CENTRAL
TEATRIE MAR
SHOWING TO-DAY
2.80, 5.10, 715 and 9.20 p.m.
RETURNING
BY
POPULAR DEMAND !.
THE PICTURE
THE SILVER SCREEN.
QUEEN'S THEATRE,
THE DEVIL TO PAY
Ronald Colman, spent two days studying auctioneer's lingo around Hollywood and Los Angelea nuc- tion, marts, as part of his prepara- tion for his role in “The Devil To Pay," now at the Queen's Theatre. At the opening of the picture, Colman plays a young Englishman in South Afrien whose possessions are being auctioned off because of
EVERYBODY LIKES TO bankruptcy When all his friends
SEE AGAIN,
AN ENTIRELY NEW COPY.
MAURICE
CHEVALIER
The Love Parade LUBITSCH
McDONALEN
PRODUCTION
NEXT CHANGE
HIS KISS-IS DEATH!
Yet none can resist his allure
galhor to raise the prices on his furniture, Colman throws out the auctioneer and takes the hammer himself
SINNERS HOLIDAY."
"Sinners Holiday," latest Warner | |Bros. and Vitaphone! melodrama with comedy, is showing on Thurs- day at the Queen's Theatre. Grant Withers and Evelyn Kospp are featured as the romantic leads in this play of real life bebind the ballyhoo of Coney Island amuse- mant concessionaires "
Others in the cast are James. Cagney, Lucille La Verne, Joan Bländell, Noel Madison, Otto Hoffman, Ray Gallagher, Warren Hymer, Hank Mann and Purnoil B. Pratt.
KING'S THEATRE.
“FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE.
Mitzi Green and Jackie Sear!, now displaying their fun-making
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
LAST TWO DAYS
MOTHERS
HONGKONG'S FINEST ONE
OF MILLION DOLLAR KIDS!
Trying to out-ritz each other in
Forbidden Adventure
Aich
Amount Picture
· MITZI GREEN / EDNA “MAY OLIVER LOUISE FAZENDA
JACKIE SEARL".
ra-except by
genius on the talking acreen in occupied for 300 "Forbidden Adventure at. the Dracula and other undead". King's Theatre, weren't even under the same planetary influences, if vampires who return nightly from that fact would interest astrological the grave, and make of the castle, a devotees.
Mitzi, daughter of vaudeville voritable house of horrors. Some of performers known as Joe Kenso and the most massive...” sets « in the Rosie Green, was raised in associa-history of Hollywood ware con- tion with the life of the stage Her structed, for this picture, showing earliest recollections are of herself atanding in the wings, watching her various char bere in an advanced parents and other vaudeville play state of disordered ruins, and the ers go through their "routine. For a time, she was left with her grand entire interior festooned with cob. mother and older brother in Flush- | webs. ing, New York, but most of the time There are hair-raising scenes in a she either was with her parents or graveyard, with a female vampire, periodically visiting them.
Jackie's landmarks were orange risen from her grave, wandering groves until he was three years and disconsolately among the tomb
few months old. But histrionic stones. Opening sequences depict a Instincts will break out, even amonnsylvania, and a rocky moun
picturesque inn in the mountains of orange groves, "Uncle John Daggett of KHJ, Los Angeles radio tain pass on a foggy night, with station, heard the youngster give wolves howling in the darkness. a dramatic recital when three year After the story is transferred to old. For more than a year, Jackie England, involving a terrible storm appeared weekly on the children's at sea, many scenes are laid in an hour over Kill as the Orange ancient Abbey lensed by Dracula County Buddy," and this led natur location. which in its ruined con- ally to a chance in talking pictures.struction is greatly reminiscent of because of his knowledge of spoken the castle in Transylvania. lines: Mitzi and Jackie were in The strangest most faint Tom Sawyer together, and were ing character teamed recently in "Finn and in Action, in Hattie" and "Skippy." the greatest of
Dead 500 years, he lived by night on the blood of the living!
I thrillers-
DRACULA
TOD BROWNING'S Greatest Production
with Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston, Frances Dade, Charles Gerrard.
Presented by
Produced by
Carl Laemmle Carl Laemmle, Jr. Based upon the play adapted by
Deane and John Baldersten from Bram Stoker's novel
Hamilton
of the same namen
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MURDER BY THE CLOCK,"
He studied liberal arts at the University of Pittsburgh, expecting later to major in law; instead he became a steel" salesman, and ever- tually found his way to Hollywood. and a motion picture career." This" is the nutshell history of Regis Toomey, currently featured: in Par amount's "Murder by the Clock," a picturization of the Rufus King thriller of a man murdered twice on the same night, a
Steel was in young Toomey's blood. A native of Pittsburgh, his father was a worker in stebl, his. friends were in stoel It, socmed inevitable that his plans to study. law "nover would materialize and that Toomey too would enter the stool business. He did.
in in
Toomey found diversion amateur theatricals," Success these led to professional engage ments, and soon Pittsburg and the steel mills were left behind. With various - companies he toured the road, playing, among other cities, in Los Angelos, where he attracted the attention of film producers, and was persuaded to give up the stage for motion pictures
1. In " Murder by the Clock,” which vill come to the King's Theatre on Thursday, Toomey plays a genial, onsy-going patrolman who annota an important" part in the strange events that go before and after the picture's dual slaying,
Others prominent in the Mur der by the Clock cast are William Boyd," Lilyan Taahman,, Irving Pichol ans Sally O'Neil:
NEW GAS DISCOVERY BY KA
JAPANESE
CENTRAL THEATRE.
“DRAGULAMAS
Tokyo, September 12-Dr. Yoshio | Tanaka,, of the Toky Imporini
Some of the most picturesque University, claims to have discover- voltings in the history of the screen ed a new gas which, when mixed to included in Dracula, Univer
|sal's "weird" "mystery drams whith with hydrogen, reduces the pos- comes to the Central Theatre.com. sibility of the lattor's explosion by morrow, t over 50 per cent, The new mixture, ho said would enhance the safety of du ibles:
Many of the earlier, scones are laid in and about" the crumbling stone castle of Count Dracula, an ancient ruin which has been un-
Amid these picturesque settings is enacted what is said to be the screen's strangest story, with the famous Bala Lugosi in the title role of Count Dracula and a cast which also includes David Manners, Helen Chandler, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Frances Dado and Herbert Bunston.
The Most Comfortable and the Only Air-conditioned Theatre In Hong Kong
Daily at
2.30, 5.10,
7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
This Picture in also recorded by the New Noiseless Proces of the Western Electric Sound System.
BOOKING AT THE
THEATRE. THE 25313.
NAUTILUS GOING BACK
TO. U.S.
ARCTIC SUBMARINE WILL NOT BE SCRAPPED.
our has proved unfounded that it is Washington, Sept. 22-The rume
intended to scrap the Nautilus on her return to America. The United States Shipping Board has instruct, ed Sir Hubert Wilkins to deliver the submarine to a United States port on the North Atlantic,
The Nautilus was chartered by Sir Hubert Wilds fro
from the United of one dollar a year for the pur States Navy for the nominal sum
pose of making his undersea dash to the polo.
Il-luck, however, dogged the Nautilus from the outset of her voyage. She met with storms and accidents and finally the attempt was abandoned She arrived in
· Bergen a few days ago where her: crow was paid off..
The Nautilus managed to reach a point 400 miles from the North Pole and Sir Hubert states that, al though he failed to achieve his main objective, he is well satisfied with his journey as he was able to make many useful experiments with his scientific apparatus.
PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY (Ending 80th):
At 280, 7.16 and 8.15 pm.
Special Matinee af 5.15 on Saturday and Sunday.
William Fox
“NIX ON DAMES
with Mad Clarke, Robert Ames & William Harrigen
Dramatic
Life
converted into
Real Life 1.
Story ends with
two happy
couples.
NEXIL CHANGE.
Added
Attraction:
Small Talks
and
Fox News.
presents “WOMEN EVERYWHERE
NEXT CHANGE:
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MURDER
BY THE CLOCK
A Paramount Glame
William Boyd
Lilyan Tashman
The clock strike a man dies! It strikes again he comes to life! And again
murderer kills the him t
1931
VARIETY IN PLACE OF FILMS.
NEW POLICY OF BOX OFFICES.
HOPE FOR WORKLESS ARTISTS.
Cinema exhibitors in England and the United States are anxiously watching costly experiments which win back lost ground at the box are being made by many houses to
office..
ཐཾ་
LEO GUIMARAES GUILTY
COUNSEL'S STRONG PLEA FOR LENIENCY:
SENTENCE OF NINE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
A verdict of guilty was brought by the jury againah Leo Arthur, Guimaraes late in the afternoong yesterday on the charge of obtain. ing 87,000 by means of trick. Ac cused appeared to be much dis tressed hearing the verdict, and a plea for leniency was made on, his behalf by Mr Leo D'Almada;
The jury found the first necused, Kong Sze Yik, not guilty of the same charge. He was accordingly acquitted, but he was detained as he is involved in another case thườ for trial at the next Criminal See. sions in which Lee Guimaraes, and, his elder brother, “Guilherme bre alsogaconed.
An Unreliable Witness,
When the case was resumed in the afternoon, Mr. Lao D'Almada": addressed the jury at length, point- ing out at the outset that Wong To Po, the principal witness for the prosecution, deserved no sympathy whatever, as on his own evidence ho was trying to buy forged notes for himself with money supplied by his father-in-law, the like of whom Dould only exist in fairy tales. Counsel also recalled that witness. had to be told by his Lordship twice not to tell lies in the wit- ness box, and there was also his desire to koop back from the police. the fact that he was engaged in an illicit deat
Referring to the deposit "of $2,000 in the bank," Mr.. D'Almada said that this fact did not make the second accused a criminal, As a result of accused's extravagancer he had to borrow money from his sister, and the explanation given for his possession of $2,000 must be accepted in the absence of con. tradiction by the other witnesses.
Mr. D'Almada also submitted. that the evidence of Guilherme Guimaraes was highly command- able, the nature in which it was given was frank and truthful, and
his brother and also the first ac." the object of his return to enr Fender himself was to exonerate
cused,
cused, said that the accused way dress in defence of the first ac- Mr. Hin Shing Le, in his ad-
More and more are mixing vaude Po that they should consult some. the first to suggest to Wong To ville with ilma. A leading Ameri-body else to find out whether can circuit has been instructed by Guimaraes (second fecused) was and to an increasing extent the which left him every opportunity its chiefs to feature variety acts really a police officer. This fact, until pictures improve in quality coupled with
his movements, aime policy is being followed here. to run away, supported accused's In the Leicester-square Theatre the defence that he was not aware of latest and most notable London con- vert to the new policy, vaudeville the plot by the others to steal the provides half-and, probably by In summing up the ovidence, his far the most costly part of the Lordship said that the principal whole programme.
and on his own showing he was a witness was an undesirable person.
reason for disbelieving the whole proper scoundrel; but that was no of his evidence.
If the experiment succeeds the effects will be far roaching. The de- mand for films will automatically be reduced to something like half the present output, and employment. amongst vaudeville artists, stage, hands, electricians, and allied work- ers will be enormously increased. It is estimated that about 3,000 variety artis variety artists are almost constantly
Striking Change-overs,
It was the cinemas which brought about the fall of vaudeville-á fall so complete that it has vanished from many large provincial cities, It will be ironical if the vaudeville artist now has to be called in to save the cinema.
money.
The Summing-up.
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
TO DAY & TO-MORROW AP 230, 6.10, 7.15 & 9,20,
Ronald Colman
THE DEVIL TO PAY
LORETTA YOUNG
“UNITED ARDIII NCTURE
The nitrn-gmSTS, TO- manos of a vagabond aristocrat.
.
Hg marar took Things · seriously: 'spaný mostey, like | 4. Crosane Ca holiday, took his
The lost his heart-
to the one girl deberzalned®'ha'd 'DRVST_MAITY--
Mora turarval than a talpra
· to Maruj murers intriguing than continental tions, 20óra,, atadazdama, than a ecqusita's merilni Hero la klagh comedy told. in the grand manor.
NEXT CHANGE
WARNER BROS
Present
SINNERS
HOLIDAY
Dealing with the first accused's caso, his Lordship-pointed our that the a point in favour of the accused. was that he did not run away al- though he could have done so. The receipt of such a large sum of money as his commission was, how- ever, a point which required the close consideration of the jury, and if they found that he was not aware of the plot the verdict would be one of not guilty,
Es
For vaudeville artists, hoping for the arcond accused, his Lordship Touching on the evidence against the end of the longest spell of de said that accused's relativen had pression, and in some casca semi-given an explanation for his pos starvation, that they have known, session of $9,000. It was, natural the situation really does hold some for relatives in given evidence to promise. It is a sign of the favour an accused, and though this Variety Artists Federation, refer might not be so in this case, it was ring to the Leicester-square experi-a point for the jury to consider. ment
His Lordship asked if the jury, as Trusonable man of the world, would accept the story of the 82,000 as a reasonable and proper explana- ticn,
They will be further encouraged by the conversion of the Hippo drome (Balham) from legitimate" revue to all-variety though this change is not quite so striking as The jury retired for only three. the return of all-variety to the Em- minutes, their unanimous verdict pire (Islington) and the Palace being one of not guilty against the
Take time of for Bad Behavior-It will do you Good!
WRS Grant Withers Evalyn Knapp
STAR
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT230, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20.
(Camberwell), both of which have first accused and guilty against the William HAINES
hitherto been given up entirely to second. Guimaraes was much films,:
Saffected by the verdict and gave Elstree, with production pro- visible signs of distress, grammes providing for twice.as Mr. Fitzroy mentioned at this many flms as are required to fulfil stage that there was no previous quota demands, in naturally watch record against Guimaraes, and it ing the new trend with the keenest was probable that the Crown, would, interest.
not proceed with the other charge on which he had been committed to the Sessions,
Mr. D'Almada continued that any sentence, however light, pasced on
a European, was aufficient to end
Ples for Leniency,
MISS
his career in the Far East and Mr. D'Almada, given permission his reform must only be undertaken by his Lordship to address him, DONT in another continent. Another said that the jury had found the consideration was that accused's second accused to be guilty of the brother was put under arrest. when offence with which he was charg he came back in an attempt to ed and he would not doll with save the accused.If the brother that verdict at the moment, but was convicted also then the mowinthe desired to bring to mind ther would be deprived of the was facts and circumstances con assistance of both her sons, Innected with the case
I took her for rida — and had to walk home.
view of this, and accused's youth Counsel said that his Lordship himself! he would ok his Lordship to pass would ranlise that throughout the
the lightest sentence, and transaction the second-accused had Bill Hain funni In passing sentence of nine been no more than a tool in the we Laiking Execst meuthe imprisonment-with-hard--- hands at a much less scrupulous |_ IT'S, RIGHTS. labour on Gultoarnes Mr Justice parzon, and he might have been
Land aliand that he agreed with counsel that the accused had been fnd Batray
the wickedness of his elder bro
led to take a part in low of his position as a member of the house with his brother, o
(Continued on previous Column)
LEIEA
THE
GIRL
SAID
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