CENTRAL THE SILVER SCREEN.
TIMEANDRIE VY
COMMENCING TO-DAY
2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
A UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION"
THE BIGGEST LAUGH HIT OF THE
YEAR!..
Betty Compson Billatt Nugent Jean Arther fully Marsholl, J. c. Nugent, Allion Skipworth lu
A joyous, rib. cracking comedy of tremulous lips that begged to bo kissed, and husband who be
A
Haved the Mother Gooss Talos
VIRTUOUS HUSBAND
NEXT CHANGE
"Don't trust
any
man!
I did.......: what hap
pened
10!
THEY
VICE SQUAD
a Gamami Pictur
With
"Paul Lukas Kay Francis Directed by John Cromwell.
R.A.F. BOMBERS
SECRET TEST.
QUEEN'S THEATRE:
"EYES OF THE WORLD."
The mating call of the birds, the mocking host of owla and the vibrant chirrup of crickets are part of the natural atmosphere which Henry King has captured it Fyer of the World," the Inspira tion-United Artists picture "show- ing at the Queen's Theatre.
Instead of employing one of the numerous animal and bird imita lors ng has been the custom with many directors, King wought the natural actors in their native haunts and waited patiently, anti! they were ready to sing for bin.
It was interesting to note, said King, that temperament is not alone in the property of hu... "man" actors. We spent severda hours one night trying to reward. the voice of a mocking bird whier had kept many þf us awako ak nights,
IN
80 PER CENT. HITS ON BATTLESHIP,
The old battleship H.M.S. Can- turion was early in September, in secrecy, bombed from the air by K.A.F. day bombers,
៧
"I thought it would be a simple matter to set up our recording ap- paratus, under a tree and catch its song, but the bird must have been annoyed or stubborn. It wouldn' sing until it was ready to do so.**. Sparrows wore the most aminble
of the bird species, King discover od. Their merry chirping, went. ch. regardless of whether it was want- ed or not. Likewise the, coyotes. These predatory bensts howled and burke whenever the impulso came, and that was often enough.
These natural sounds are part of the romantic photoplay King had made from the sensational novel by Harold Bell Wright. The gran. deur, tumultuous out-door scenery and the natural sounds form ine- pirational backgrounds) for tho scenes with Una" Morkel and Joh's Holland.
Novis.
THE BAD ONE."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931.
HONGKONG'S FINEST CNIMA
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.80,
5.10, 7.15
AND 9.80
P.M.
6
CYLINDER LOVE
with
Thrill-a-second
SPENCER TRACY—SIDNEY FOX Laugh-a-minute
· EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
Also
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS prasenta
Through the courtesy of the National Flood Relief Commission, acenes of dorpelated districts between Nanking and Hankow, Photograhped personally by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh while making an aerial survey for the National, Flood Relief Commission.
LONDON POLICE VINDICATED.
STORIES OF, BRUTALITY
DISBELIEVED
Others in the east of this vital. ly picturesque drama aro Nance TRUCULENT" SMALL MEN. O'Neil, Brandon Hurst, Hugh Huntley, Fern Andra, Freden.c Four of the seventeen persons, Burt William Joffrey and Donairwho wore arrested during the de
monstration outside the Houses of Parliament on Sept. 9. appeared on remand before. Sir Chartres Biron at Bow-street and were fined.
They were accused either of as saulting or obstrupting the police.
James Huntley, 24, a labourer, of no fixed home, who had alleged that he was asenulted by the police, was charged with obstructing a police officer, whom, it was stated, he had struck on the helmet with a flag pole.
Charmaine and Forgeant Quirt are together once more in a motion picture, although not in their original charactors.
Dolores Del Rio, starring in the George Fitzmaurice, production, The Bad One," with Edmund Fawd, has the most powerful role of har career. It is the first time Miss Del Rio and Lowe have been to Rether since What Price Glory," when both made tremendous hits in their respective roles of the French girl and the hard-boiled, sergeant." Artists picture, based on an origin
"The Bad One" is a United al story by John Farrow. It will open at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.
KING'S THEATRE.
6. CYLINDER LOVE"
Modern realiam in film produs ion is a great thing, for the hungry actor, according to William Collier, Sr. During the making of "6 Cylinder Love," the current Fox comedy at the King's Theatre, one of the opening scenes shown Collier The object in view was the testing and his film wife, Ruth Warren, at of now instruments and apparatus breakfast. ensuring greater accuracy of bomb-blocks away from the studio restau Now the set was nearly threo
rant, and ordinarily Collier's diges Results of the tests are not yet to tion would have been affronted by be divulged, but it is understood plates of clammy wheat cakes and cups of lukewarm coffee. But the that the naval experts who were sot was not an ordinary one; it present wors, deeply impressed by was the dining room of one of the
ing.
the large proportion of hits obtain-built especially for the picture.
two completely equipped houses
able.
Centurion was moving at a fair spoed throughout the bombing prac- tice, and it was understood her
Querice among the technical staff resulted in the discovery that Eart McKee and Mack Elliott, both of the property department, prided themselves on their culinary movements would be controlled by land promptly appointed them com- ability. Director Thornton Free- wireless from another vessel." It
pany cooks... was, however, disclosed that, al- 1 though wireless control was oper- WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS."" ated, there was on board the Con-
Raoul Walsh came off with first
turion a small party of engineers in linguistic-honours-during-the-mak well-protected part of the ship. ing of his latest Fox production, and that they exercised some control'
"Women of A Nations," which, features Victor McLaglen and Ed over hét movement
mund Lowe in the further episodes During the practice Conturion of their careers ៧ .. the two moved, in, zig-zaga, changing direo | hard-fisted," soft-hearted, Marines, tion frequently and rapidly. It is "Flagg" and "Quirt” and which reported that the percentage of hits opens at the King's Theatre on "exceeded 30.
Sunday,
Such a' test cannot give any idea The story starts these two of the effectiveness of the active de- beathernecks off on their adventures fancen of a manned warship, and a in Nicaragua, takes them through measure of realism could only be so the Panama Canal to the Brooklyn cured by combined operations, the Navy Fund, and from there on a attack being delivered simultane good-will cruise around the world ously by many bombing and torpedo with porta of call at Gothenberg, nircraft deliberately committed to Sweden and Turkey,
a certain proportion of casualties as |--Greta. Nissen enacts the leading
the prios of their success,
**' In the recent test success was as- cured in kite from such a height that protected docks were pierced.
femining role, that of a young and alluring Swedish girl who counen the hearts of "Flagg"" and "Quirt": to fultor.
Huntley told the magistrate that he was hit on the chin by a police- man and then two or three other officers struck him on the head with their truncheons
"Grossly Exaggerated."! According to witnesses for the defence the police behaved in an outrageous manner, but he did not believe their evidence. It was grossly exaggerated, even if there were any foundation for it. If it were true, as they stated, that three or four constables were using their truncheons on Huntley's head bis injuries would have been very dif forent. The police evidence that Huntley received his injuries through tripping over somebody's foot and falling was corroborated by one of the witnesses for the de- fonce. The medical testimony, moreover, showed that Huntloy's injuries were of a slight character and consistent with the police
story.
NEXT CHANGE,
WHEN
Prettier Girls are possible
VIC and EDDIE will chase and love em
is Radol Wolsie's
WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS
with
VIC M¿LĀGLEN and EDDIE LÖWE
PICTURE:
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.
THE KOWLOON CITY
"MURDERS.
"TWO_DEFENDANTS DISCHARGED.
Two of the twelve Chinese "charged with the murder of Miyo- Yamnahide at Tang Foo Villas on the night of September 28 wete dis- chargod by Mr. J.A. Fraser when the hearing of the case was reMUD- od at the Kowloon Magistracy yet. terday afternoon
do
They were the eighth defendant, Cheung Leung Pak, and the twelfth defendant, Yiu Kam. The only evidence against them was the formad evidence of arrest, and it. was on that account that they were diavharged.
Dr. Smalley, Medical Oncer in charge of Kowloon Hospital, said that on the night of September 26. four Japanese were actraitted to the hospital, They wore an old Indy of about 74, a girl of about 16, and two boys, aged about 9 and 4 respectively
They wore a severely injured, and alt died during the night..
Statements by the Accused.
A police interpreter, Tanng Man Kwai gave evidence of having read out the charge, that of widal mur der, to the nocused men at Kowloon City police station. *
The gist of their replies was that they either knew nothing of the affair or were there, to look on, being attracted by the crowd.. Two spoke of having been urged by a man in European-style trousers to attack the Japanese, and threo alleged that the police had threat- ened that unless they made the statements given
in they would be beaten.
A Chinese police constable gave. eqidence of arrest with regard to the eighth, ninth and tenth defen- dants, who were apprehended by a patrol of police and soldiers at Po Ko Village, dot far from the scene of the murder.
After another constable had testi-
A MAYOR AND MARRIAGES. fed to arresting the sixth defen
WEDDING MARCH BY
GRAMOPHONE.
+
daat af Diamond Hill Dairy Farm, near Kowloon City, His Worship intimated that since there was no further evidence against this man ho might be discharged. Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, for the Crown, con Paris. At hat away has booncurred, and the man thereupon left. found of bestewing upon registry the dock. offer marriages some of the dignity with regard to the twelfth defen
A cimilar proceeding was adopted of weddings in church, The Mayordant, who was arrested by an In- of St. Mauris, a commune on the dean constable who said he had banks of the Marno, has installed head him say to a friend, Laat an up-to-date gramophone, com
night I atmuck the Japanexe." plete with amplifier, in his town until to-day at 230 p.m.
The hearing was then adjourned hall. It was frst used recently to the astonishment and delight of the young people who were being made husband and wife,
CORRESPONDENCE.
As the bridal pair entered the Tall letters intended for publi. vestibule of the Mairie the beadlocation must be accompanied by the pressed a button just inside the end address of the writer, not for publication, unless so desired, door, and the amplified strains of but an evidence of good faith-Ep.j the Wedding March" from
When the legal formalities bad
Lohengrin Alled the building
boon completed, the headle pressed
SCHOOLS AND THE CHINA EXHIBITION.
DAILY. FRESS."*]-
I wish to thank you for, publishing. Sin-On behalf of the General Committee of the China Exhibition, the announcement ro admission of school groups to the Exhibition at
a second button in the wall, and 10 THE EUITOR OF THE HONG KONG in the room in which, the marriages. of the Méditation de Thais " was are solemnised, the dignified musie
heard, Finally, as the young people and the friends wore about to leave the town hall the beadle Pressed a third batton and the March, from "Tannhauser" ∙rang out.
Huntley was fined 40s.
road, N.W, stated to be secretary 'Lewis Jones, 20, of King Henrys
Humphrey Slater, a teacher, or of the Young Communists Leagus, defence, aaid that a policeman of assaulting the police. Elo-road, S. W., called for the was fined 40s on each of two charges standing opposite the entrance to Jones denied the charged and a the House of Commons
wont aorted that the police kept jostling straight up to Huntley and with him and pushing him in the back. out provocation struck him on the Sir Chartres Biron said it was jaw. The witness stepped forward true, as Jones had remarked, that to prevent further police violence. he did not look a very formidable The police continued to be extreme- person to attack two big policemen,. ly provocative, and three or four but," Sir Chartres added, ""in the of thera struck Huntley on the back course of my long experience as a of the head with their truncheons magistrate the curious thing has They afterwards frog-marched him struck me that the smaller people
are the more truculent. They seem Maurice says to a maiden of that to the station.
In futuro, when a youth of St. Four other witnesses gave evito be on these occasions. dence for the defence.
A large number of men gathered place, "Let us play the town hall Bir Chartres Biron said that the in the vicinity of the court, and gramophone," she will know that
was properly 200 of them eventually walked in his proposal is serious, disorderly crowd moved by the police, and Huntley procession to Museumsquare, where obstructed them in the discharge of they were addressed by a lender. their duty.
There was no disorder,
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PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY-
At 2.30, 7.16 and 9.15 p.m.
Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturdays and Sundays
M.G.M. presents
MARION
DAVIES
Marianne
alaugh
Just guess what is the most wonderful thing of all, the most wonderful buman motivo? Marion Daries will tell you what it is in a wonderful way. Don't miss the picture
Added Attraction
FOX NEWS.
COMMENCING. ON OCTOBER 25TH.
M.G.M. production: “MADAME X”
U.S. CITIZENSHIP CLAIM REJECTED.
Washington, October 12-The Supreme Court of the United States to-day denied to Professor Douglass Macintosh of Yale Uni versity and Ass Marie Bland, Now York nure, their petition for
reduced charge of 20 cents per been received totalling 1,200 child- head. Applicationa. bave already.
ren and as this is the maximum possible aumber that can be ad-
be considered. Yours, et
tied at the special rate, we re- gret that no more applications cop
R. ASHTON HILL, Hon. Becretary, China Exhibition.
The University, K
Hong Kong, Oct. 22, 1931.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.BW. ON
355 METRES.
THEATRE
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20.
TURK
FOL·LESSER Battat
EYES WORLD
LOSTOR THE FRORY, BY
HAROLD BELL VRIGHT:
HENRY KING
#RRODUCTION
UNA MERKEL, JOHN HOLLAND NANCE "O'NEIL
Thrilling to mil. lions aan hent selling novel, it in twido sa intense a a talking picture.
ŽIMITED ANTHIN PICTURIN NEXT CHANGE.
JOSENI JASCHENCK MASON;
OLORES
DELOR
The BAD ONE EDMUND
LOWE
UNITED]
· ARTISTS
PICTURE
STAR
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20,
Laughs Cuties Gobs! -the thrills and mance of the destroyer
11 to 11:00 am-Stock quotations. 11.30 am.-Chinose programme., a re-hearing of their applications Local time and weather fleet!
12.30 p/m.-European programme.
for American tizenship.
Professor MacIntosh and Misa Bland are Canadians. They were denied American citizenship be enuse they refused to take oaths to bear arms for the United States re- gardless of whether or not the coun- try might be engaged in,
war.
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What do
report
1.30 p.m-Rugby Press news, mail
notice, etc.
3 to 7 pm Chinese programmas. 9 p.m. Close downs
to 0.15 p.m. European pro aremma of Victor records sup _plied-hy Messrs. Trang Hanki
Piano Co
just.
you want ?
there Is anything you want to buy or
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for 3 rtlón
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p.m. Stook quotations, mail
, notice, etc. Ma
7.05 to 7.47 pmL-A concert
8 p.m.-Local time and weathe
report.
7:47 to 8:12pm-Orchestral S peband; sélectionaman 8:30 to 9:03 Overture
Venusborg music,
9.05 to 3:15 n.m.-Hawaiian music. 9.15 to 11 p.m., (approx).—Helay "of the Volunteer. Promenade Concert by kind permission of dout. Colonel L 0 Bird, D.S.O.. O.B.E.
11 p.m. (approx)--Rugby mid-day
|71.05 p.m.--Close down. "THE
In the event of bad weather there will be a recorded programme up till 10.30 p.m.
TO-
GLARENCE BROWN sproduction with Anita Pare:
· Kael Dase, J. C, Nugeot-