CENTRAL
J THEATRIE MAL
SHOWING TO-DAY
| 2.20, 5.10, 7.15 and 6.20 p.m.
能
THE SILVER SCREEN.
KING'S THEATRE.
EODY AND SOUL":
Dlikas Land, one of the Tor zasylotone's latest discoveries... given the lead in "Body and Soul”
PASSION HATE which opens at the King's Theatre
ALOHA
Half Savage! Half Naked!
A Child of Nature 1-
She lifted a man to the Glory of Heaven only to cast him into the depths of Hell and Damnation with her Native Heritage.
BEN LYON RAQUEL TORRES
And An All-Star Cast
Directed by ALBERT ROGELL
A TIFFANY PRODUCTION
SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION
Nothing Like It Even Shown Before."
THE TIFFANY CHIMPS
THE LITTLE COVERED
·WAGON
An All-Talking Comedy With a "Cast consisting Entirely of
TRAINED MONKEYS
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PRODUCTION-
DRUMS
Starring
Warner Oland-June Collyer And A Famons Cast
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to-day. Miss Landi hails fröm Italy and with her beauty, charm
And, personality should go far.
Charlie Farrell plays opposite her. The story is a oloverly written and about the dick days of the war. It opens with a seans of a "squadron of the American Air Force who while awaiting orders in the billet, make the best they enn of trying situation. Then orders are issued that three planes must be brought up in an, to destroy a spy" ballon and
young Jim Watson, who is Farrell's pal is chosen to take the first place upa. It might be mentioned horo that although Jim is married (his wedding took place four days. before he sailed), He is terribly in love with anathor girl, "Pom Pom" (Myrna Loy) who, it is eventually discovered, is a spy. Just before he is due to go up on his plane, Jim breaks down and tells his friend that his yill not go, and what follows is an example of what many. men must have done for a comrade. during those terrible days.
THE NEW DISCOVERY,
Elissa Landi who plays the feminine
lead in" Body and Soul"?
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1931.
KINGS THEATRE
KONG'S FINEST CREPA
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 230, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.
THE EVER POPULAR
CHARLES FARRELL
AND HIS NEW LEADING LADY, THE GORGEOUS
CONTINENTAL STAR
ELISSA LANDI
IN
Body And Soul”
A FOX PICTURE.
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man, ho will die within twenty-THE SILVER SCREEN. four hours f
The necklace has belonged to the Russian royal family of Petrois for several generations, and than it falls into the hands of one. Boris Karlov, whose daughter was botray edly one of the Petroff princesa Of the four men in the Petroff family, Karloy does not know which one was responsible for the death of his daughter, so he sends the drums-four of them one by one this Petrofia
QUEEN'S "THEATRE.
*SHIPMATES.""
The most difficult of all sounds to record for talkies is the piping of
bos'n's whistle, according to technicians who worked aboard the Robert Montgomery's first starring US.S. Colorado during filming of picture," Shipmates, coming to the Queen's Theatre to-morrow. whistle, ranging from the lowest The bos'n's pipe produces a shrill
notes to the highest treble scale This makes it extremely difficult to locate a level for recording par« ticularly when mixed with dialogue, it is said. ERANDAA
How Karlov pursues his van. geance and the Petroffs, with the Faid of an American secret service agent, play tag with death, keeps
The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. pietura was directed by Harry:: the story moving awiftly and thrill-Pollard with Dorothy Jordan. play- ingly...
ing opposite Montgomery. The cast includes Ernest Torrence, Hobart Bosworth, if Edwards desta Gordon, Joan Marah, Edward Nugent, E. Allyn Warren, George Irving, Fadda Hopper and William Worthington. ATO PA
The Drums of Jeopardy" is It is about this stage that Mies Tiffany production. Besides the Landi comes on the scene and aho featured players mentioned, the shows at once that the producers cast includes Wallace MacDonald, mado no mistake when they gavo. her the leading role. Charles Hale Hamilton, George Fawcett, Farrell was good but I thought it Ernest Hilliard, Florence Lake, great pity that he left his Ann Brody, Mischa Auer and Clara ukulele behind in this talkio. for Blandick.
all who have ecen Charlie" seem
to be agreed that his ukulele is
A part of this star. Myrna Loy,
too, played her part well while &
good word must also be said of the supporting cast.-F.M.A.
CENTRAL THEATRE.
"ALOHA.":
Aloha" brings to the Central Theatre a Tiffany special produe tion that moistens the eyes, tickles the funny bone and evokes many thrills. Its entertainment valus is foregone conclusion with the plot revolving around efforts to take a wild and tempestuous-beauty from a primitive country and fit her into the cold, cultured and sop. histicated atmosphere of society: In such a situation there is bound Lo be a lot of excitement. Lyon and Raquel Torres play the leading roles
From sparkling, delightful comedy to very heavy drama swings this romantic drama that is sweep ing in its emotional appeal," build- ing up steadily tog a tremendous climax that is thrilling and spectacular.
Ben
Aloha is having its final show- ings to day at the Central Theatro. It is a picture that worth to pó a long way to sea,
"THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY."
Harold MacGrath's famous novel, The Drums of Jeopardy," in the itttraction to-morrow at the CentralTM Theatro with Water Oland, June Collyer and Lloyd Hughes featured. The story is the type calculated
to
thrill and terrorize, Tho drums" of the title are set with rubies and are, hung on a necklace that was once stolen from the neck of the wife of the Emperor of India: Tradition says that a man has only
to hang the necklacs about 4 wo-
fman's throat and she can refuse: him nothing but, if one of the drums is detached and sent to a
Most of the notion scenes were filmed aboard the U.S.S. Colorado, placed at the disposal of the film company by the Navy Department..
PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING: TO-DAY (Ending on 19th)
At 2.80, 7.16 and 9.16 pm.
Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturday and Sunday,
RAMON NOVARRO
In THE Hear him sing the PAGAN hif
"PAGAN LOVE SONG"
The picture ends with a dramatic climar in which senaational battles with the "Tigers of the Sea" and an astounding. denouncement figure, Ramon Novarro wins the girl and conquers his enemy,
Added Attractions;
1. "They Go Boom”
2 Fox Movietone News. NEXT CHANGE.. COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 20TH.
G. M. picture SO THIS IS COLLEGE
"MARRIAGE LAWS IN
SPAIN.
DIVORCES BY MUTUAL
CONSENT.
Madrid Sweeping changes of the marriage laws of Spain aro foreshadowed under the new Con- stitution which is now in process of being drafted.
Strict secrecy is being observed. by the Parliamentary Drafting Commission. It is, however, re ported by El Sol that:
Divorce by mutual consent by the substantial domand of tho husband or by the simple request of the wife, is one of the many. radical features embodied in the draft Constitution, in Illegitimate children are to have
BUSINESS MANAGER OF COURTS.
SUPPORT FOR BIG SPEED UP PLAN.
An appeal to the Lord Chancellor. to altor immediately, the rules of the Supreme Court to make the trial of law suits in English Courts chpaper and quloker is made in a memorandum of the London Cham- ber of Commerce,
A number of important reforms, it is claimed, couki be put into forco at once, because they do not call for legislation and have already been approved after consideration,, at the invitation of the Chainber last year, by the Bar Council, the Law Society and Mr. Justice Roche, A further suggestion is that a wholetime business manager ??: shoull be appointed to organise the Lists and Courts. Such a maungor should be a solicitor; or + barrister |with practical experience of "Army de Government office organisation,⠀ Proposed Changes
Points on
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 230 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20
THE LATEST
BRITISH
SUCCESS
Tags Pet Tamintojus
WAARICK THE
SUCCESA
ALMOST A
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on which agrocment has been reached, and suggestions, piem which, the Chamber claims, could | CLIFFORD MOLLISON be put into effect at once, include #
The main reduction in expense
DODO WATTS
must be obtained by alteratione DONALD CALTHROP in the system, and procedure.||LAMÓNT DICKSON
There should be a consideration
by the Master of the Court, or a Judge, after pleadings as to the further procedure to be adopted ( Dates of brinla should be fixed. Documents should be accepted ia evidence, without formal proof unless challenged.
Evidence from abroad should be given in written form such as affidavit or declaration.
Written evidence should be more widely used in substitution for oral evidence..
The Chamber recommends that witnesses shall give them evidence in written form mless the Court or judge should order the contrary. and that if any party applies to the Opurt that witnesses should be pro duced for cross-examination, and the Court no orden, then that party should deposit the cost of cross-examination and witnesses excenses." M
The memorandur puts forward the view that "the great majority. of litigants would be fully satisfied with an appeal to only one Court of Appeal.
MAWR
The Chamber considers, however, that no real simplification of proce dure caw he brought about until 16 merely to the goodwill of the is made compulsory and not left
parties.
SECRET DISTILLERY FOUND IN US
ELABORATE EQUIPMENT
Clifton (New Jersey). A modern moonshiners' distillery, equipped. with private railway siding,
electric alarms, and secret under
the same rights and privileges as those born in wedlock. It is beby Federal agents here. loved that this is the first time that such a provision has been em bodied in a Constitution. I
The civil war will require the investigation of their paternity by the State
ground passages, has been seized
with coal, were found on the sid Three wagons, ostensibly loaded ings. But under the coal farga tanks, kolding gallons of alcohol, lay concealed One man was ar rested, but it is believed that several others escaped by the secret tunnels, which the officers discover
Private property is recognised, for the present, but gradualed Ister. T socialisation is forecast Parlia ments to be given the power to expropriate without indemnifica tion, “35 social interest demands such action,"
A hint that the Chamber of De. putics alone will make the future "laws for the Spanish Republic con aludes the forecast of the Constitu ∙tion;:
MARGINAL NOTES OF CHARLEMAGNE,
GERMAN SCHOLAR'S DIS COVERY IN VATICAN.
In front of the ofice of the factory an elaborate. system of warning lights was found, as well as a sliding door worked by electricity. This guarded the entrance of the unders Bround panengo leading to a room stalled with a 23,000-gallon still with fifteen vats. Another passage from this led to a secluded spot in
MONTY BANKS
A BATI KANTERNATIONAL TALKING PICTURE,
TO-MORROW
HAY!
Robert
MONTGOMERY
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the open air. It is By this thatodikas And the arrested man's confederates are thought to havé escapod.
MAYOR OF NEW YORK IN
LONDON.
*Mauro Goldwyn Mayer nICTUIS
(STAR)
PREMIER GIVES BANQUET IN FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.
HIS HONOUR.
Berlia, August: 7. The German scholar, Wolfram von den Steinen, beliovos that he has identified the London, Sept. 13,Mr. James marginal notes in a manuscript of Walker, the Mayor of New York, the Libri Caroline, made for Char-arrived in London from Paris to lemagne himself, ne, recording the day and was met by the Lord personal comments of the great Mayor and the sheriffs, bake MIL Frankish King.
The Premier Mr. Ramsay Mas-1 Donald, is giving a luncheon in honour of Mr. Walker to-morrow.
The Libri Carolini is a theolo. gical work composed by representa tives of the Frankish Church in 790 to refute tho, resolutions of the Second Council of Niosa in 787... The work was composed at Charle magne's instigation
BRITISH CHESS.
FD, YATES CHAMPION.
The British Chess Championship. touranment at Worcester resulted as followes
The manuscript in question, the Codez Authenticus, now in the Vatican, was written at Charle- magne's court in 790 or 791, and contained many marginal notes which clearly do not come from a theologian mines they record ap- proval not so much of the fine zad and 3rd Bulton, and Win -points of theological dialectic butter (tied with 7 what may be called the great com 4th Bir George Thomas and manplaces which would appeal to & Spencer (tied with 61), keen Jay mind,
Sultan beat Yates by very fin
- ist prize: F. D. Yates (8 out of possible 11
LACE
Horn von den Steinon Balieres - chess in their game in the last that Charlemagne himself, is the round after more Laanemine houten only contemporary lagman who ning. This was the only low m could conceivably have had his refered in the touriinment by Tate flections recorded in the margin of who played a strong and consist The manuscript.
tent game throughout,
The All-Talking, Singing, Laughing Baseball Picture.
The
About Women
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