HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31,
1931
CENTRAL
TREAT DIE L
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
2.30, 5.00, 7.20 and 9.80 p.m.
IMPORTANT NOTICE I
Due to the length of this double programme, patrons are requested to note the above showing times which have been. altered slightly.
·PRICES AS USUAL !
PARTLY in Technicolour.
-COLUMBIA PICTURES
ALL-TALKING MUSICAL DRAMA
THE
MELODY MAN
ALICE DAY WILLIAM COLLIER, JR." JOHN ST. POLIS
COLUMBIA [PICTURES
DILECTED BY
* RWILLIAM NEILL
"COLORFUL ROMANCE
OF OLD MEXICO /»
MEXICALI
ROSE'
BARBARA STANWYCK
SAM HARDY
*E**
Palanting with life! Panctuated with heart-throbelj, Tenso, Turbulent, Tirilling. DON'T MISS IT.
Tezeten w
CALL G. KENTON
COMMENCING TO-MOR:OW.
Submarine
Starting JACK HOLT
A DOROTHY REVIER RALPH GLAVES, Directed by FRANK CAPRA
The greatest and. most spectacular of all Sea Pictures.
It will thrill you every moment.
THE SILVER SCREEN.
KING'S THEATRE,
THE CONQUERING HORDE?
Richard Arlen, the star of" The Conquering Hordo,” which is now showing at the King's Theatre, Paramount classic of early Texas" pioneering, has a very delafta idea about what constitutes the best training ground for motion picture work, Arlen says "that before he would advise any acquaintance to go West young man," he would toll him first to hie him to news- paper city room," where the dai- ly news is written and edited..
Arlen maintains that a copalde newspaper editor is equipped tỏ bạ a fine. im di metor; the star orm porlar shculd make H23 idual cameraman
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4. The nble editor, and reporter alyaya kinisisty on acouncy vand faithful presentation of the facts,” skys" Arion," "They nw always striving for original methods of treatment; to 'play up the story f the most attractive nadë unique minner possible. And up they are always there when the accident happens when the
breaks. They never expect the ac clilent to come to them.
This attitude sums up the pro sent Arend in pictures. You hear. a lot about technique, camera Ang les and originality. It is only that we are looking for now in our stories. Finding the nows and toll. ing it as a good editor and barsely is our job. It is this treatment fhut we gave to The Conquering Hordo, film version or Eversun Hough's novel," North of 30,' which relates the events inne wok place in Texas, immediately fal lowing the Civil War."
Arlen was at one time a répor-| ter on the Detroit Free Prem.......
THE SEAS BENEATH;"
Playing a rain on the talking Horeen, the exnot counterpart of the fatal one his brother actully went through during the World War, was the unusual experimeo that faced Ferdinand Schumann Hoinky son of the noted opera singer, "Ernestine Schuman Heink, in Fox Movietone's "The Seas Beneath,”
SHOWING TODAY
Is he really the sero she thinks he is
starring
Richard Arlon. Fay Wray
"THE
CONQUERING
HORDE
Paramount Picture
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"DISRAELI."
HONKONC'S FINEST CNEHA
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
Commencing Tuesday,
3rd. November.
NELLIE FARREN'S WHOOPER GIRLS
The finest of its kind ever
seen it the Far East.
SNAPPY DANCES LATEST SONGS
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS GORGEOUS COSTUMES
Showing at
610, 7:15 and 9.30 p.m. performances only.
Daily at
2.30, 510,
NEXT CHANGE
THE SEAS BENEATH
With
7.15 & 9.30 PM,
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL: 25313.
George O'BRIEN Marion LESSING
John Boles, Vivianne Sogal, to the vessel. The scene then cuts Mario Wells, Joe E. Brown, Sam to the interior of the submarine. Hardy, Rudolph Cameron, Marion
CHINESE MADE EASY?
INTERESTING LECTURE AT
THE UNIVERSITY, A
Chinese Made Easy (1) wha the title of very inzeresting lec ture given by Father D. J. Finn, SJ, at the Hong Kong University on Thursday night under the auspices of the University Chinese, Society
Ar. Les Yau Song preaded over a large audience, NIN
Father Fin began by saying that ho could not say how or when the Chinese language could be made, easy, but he would attempt to tell thean something about it. Chinese was far from being easy. Since ancient times, there had been much change in the language. Chinese could be divided. Tuto (a) Archaie. (Shang and Chow Dynastics), (b) adcient (Tang Dynasty) and (0) modern (later dynasties) One of the chief features of the language. was its remarkably large number of homophones (words. that have. ane sounds but different mean ings). The foreigner simply inar yelled at the, tremendous expendi ture of energy in the study of the language, in remembering the vari- ous, sounds, meanings, and uses of the some 0,000 symbols or charac ter that were most commonly used. One had to spend a whole life- time in study, in order to become a first-grade scholar. In Chinese schools, pupils were taught to learn characters by heart often without knowing their meaning. That was adeplorable, fast..
Romanised Mandarin,
The leoturor went on to say that Turkish had become remansod and that when Mandarin became the universally-used dialect in China, it might also be romanised. At the present time, the Chinese Government was advocating the use of Mandarin as a national language. That would make the Chinese language easier. As the Hifference between spoken and written Chinese was very great, Er Fina suggested the method of writing Chinese in exactly the same way as it was spoken
The lecturer brought with him
Byron, Eddie Gribbon, Ed Mar- The men are nearly overcome by tindel, and a chorus of one hundred Jack of oxygen. One has lost bidrinted hists of Chinese charactera þ One of the opening scenes of are in the cast. Song of the mind and imagines himself drown various dialects indding Korean with pronunciation nccording to eoning next Tuesday to the King's "Disraeli," George Arlisa" Warner West" is Harvey Thow's adaptioning another is unconscious. Eland Annamite. These were dis-
Theatre,
Schumann, Heink, who served in
the 249th U.S. Field Artillery dur ing the war tells the story this
way.
Bros, and Vitaphone picture of "Rainbow" by Laurence Stall- which is now
Queen's Theatre, takes place in the Vincent Youmans did the music. see if there are enough to go showing at the ing and Oscar. Hammerstein II. captain is counting. dat bullets to House of Commons, with Glad-Ray Enright directed. stone making a bitter speech
WayMy brother, August Schumann against Disraeli, and Diarachi, re-
Heink was in the German mer | plying with his úɛnal "elarity "and chant marine, and at the outbreak | cleverness,
Entering the navy, he was as signed to submarine drty, and just three months before the Ar mistice, was off the Belgian coast abourd a new type of cruising sub
marine.
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CENTRAL THEATRE.
SUBMARINE.”
around. The oxygen enters tho boat. The crew brightens up This, men drink in air, as though it were water.
of hostilities was navigating of Completo photographic reprodue err of the Fesident Lincoln' oftions of the minutest details of the
Those
scenea are tremendous. tha Hamburg-Amerika line. The House of Commous were obtained by
They are dynamic and ship was interued in New York, the Warner Brothers art department
grip the but August worked his way back for the construction of this set,
The difficilities encountered spectator Th
The ploture was made by to Germany
Complete fidelity to detail was also divers in trying to reach the lower under the direction of Frank observed in the sets picturing the in-depths, aro forcibly presented in Capra with Jack Holt, Dorothy terior of No. 10 Downing street, the Columbia's drama of the Bellevier and Ralph Graves heading official residence of British premiers,titled "Submarino," coming to the and in the scenes at Djerneli's coun- Contral Theatre to-morrow, The the cast, try seat at Highenden.
pieture in one of its,most thril ling moments shown several divers trying to roach. awrocked sub- marina_embedded 400 feet below the surface. At 200 feet the pres sure overcomes one. He loses "con- schounees and bleeds at the mouth. Through the window in his helmet the autionen is allowed to see the man's face as he descends. The effect is highly dramatie
The most exciting moment shows Thursday with an able supporting Jack Holt descending the full depth cast
Amerionn Surprised by two destroyers, the submarine Was sunk. All on board perished?
"Now you can call it Fate, or what you will, but it is strange that of all the actors in Holly wood, should be selected to dupli cute my brother's career on the serien. The only difference is that I Anct killed in the picture."
The Sens Beneath" was direct- ed by John Ford. George O'Brien and Marion Lessing, a new find, have the lending rôles,
WHOOPEE GIRLS AT THE
KING'S.
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT NEXT WEEK.
Hong Kong is to have something new in the way of entertainment next week, as the management of the King's Theatre has been forta nate enough to secure the engage men of Nellie Farvea, and ́ ́ber Whoopee Girls, "who are, passing through on a world tour. The com- pay is to make its first appear ance on Tuesday in conjunction with the film, "The Seas Bencath," und has been booked for a short season only.
Miciature extravaganza" is the most. Sitting description of the com...- pany's act. Nellie Farré herself leads the b, and from the vast experience she has gathered in ali kinds of stage and cabaret work, she has modelled and fiued out a performance that is part revile, pant singing, and part dancing, pre- sented on unique lines.
The main feature of the net. is its extravagant mounting, which has been done on Javih lines, With the company comes its own sconery and sets and its own specially selected orchestri,
SONG OF THE WEST"
A tent city, one-fourth as large as the nearest town, was erected by Warner Bros, during the filming, on location, of "Song of the West," the all-colour, singing, talking, dancing Vitaphone picture, coming to-morrow to the Queen's Theatre.
A complete movie sat, the village of Red Dog." was erected for the filming of the 1830 sequences of this amazing picture. But it was also necessary to build a real tent city, out of sight of the cameras, to house the four hundred actors and technicians who went on location near Lone Pine, California, a towo in Owens Valloy at the base, of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in America.
There were not sufficient accom- modation in the town to house the large movie company which went on location to make these covered wagon and gold rush 'scenes.
STAR THEATRE.
**THE FLORODORA GIRL."
"The Floridora Girl," starring Marion Davis and Lawrence Gray, opened at the Star Theatre on
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tributed to the nudience, and fully
explained.
The lecture terminated with a vote of thanks to the speaker.
"DRASED FROM THE REGISTER."
THINGS A DOCTOR MUST NOT DO
Sir Farquhar Buzzard, present ing the prizes for the session 1030 31 at Guy's Hospital Medical School, referred to the various mo- thods by which you may calis your naine to be erased from th register,"
Ito sa that it was clear that Medical Council the best body to Parliament considered the flenersi judge what conduct was infam
It was certainly not likely to the animated by petty profes: sional prejudice. The protection of the public was the guiding prin ciple.
The Council forbade qualified practitioners to act as anesthetists who did this were not, as a rule, to unqualified practitioners. Men much disturbed by being struck c
the register.
"THEATRE-
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
WARNER
PROS. prezent
George Arliss
DISRAELI
JOAN BENNETT. SHIKIMAENDE NEWS A TANZBONY BUSHU
QAWU TURQLVLE
Meet him face to face, hear him speak for the first time from the screen. George Arliss, distinguished actor in a great dramatic master piece.
ZİYAFENERİ BROS.C
VITANNONS
NEXT CHANGE
The Old West Liver Again
In Color and Action?
ALL THE
ROMANCE OF
THE ETERNAL WEST.
WARNER BROS
INS
100%
NATURAL COLOR
SONG OF
THE
WEST
JOHN BOLES VIVIENNE SEGAL - JOE E. BROWN
RAY ENRICHT
CHORUS.
STAR
of 100 feet a fow yards at a time The picture depicts the wild life to allow him to get used to the of New York in the Minoties, pressure. The audience seen the heavy boots weighing twenty-four Miss Davis taking the part of pounds-twelve pounds of lead Daisy, the last of the original forming the soles of such. These Florodora Girls All the girls of weights carry the diver down and the original troups have been mar tend to overcome the buoyancy of ried to rich men and the present the water. When once at the wreck east is trying to got married but practices, and receive a certain
They usually continue such FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY the diver is shown crawling over Daisy seems unable to catch her amount of adulation from the pun-
AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20. ite surface signalling to the men man Jack, Lawrence Gray, comelie, who regard them as martyrs entrapped within. When he recel on to the scene and trys to pre Mir Farquhar dealt with the ves an answer the phones for the auade Daisy to take an apartment rules against doctors advertising oxygen line and the audience is and to live with him. He is rend said that once the principle treated to a view of the manner, in pulsed and soon discovers that he which, it descends and is attached loves the little actress and tries drawing the line. It might lead wns admitted. "there could be ni to win her. The rest of the story shows the troubles that Daisy en pockets of the profession, but would to more money flowing into the countors before the happy ending it benefit the public?.
All, the costumes are of the ear ly "Nineties" and the event of the horseless carriage" is woll brought into the picture in many uses the contrast between present-day austams and those of the "Nineties is very laughable and the play is interesting from start to the finish
PRINCE'S THEATRE
SHOWING · TO-DAY
At 230, 7.15 and 8.15 p.m.
Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturdays and Sundays
William Fox presents "NOT DAMAGED" with Lois Moran and Walter Byron
NOT
DAMAGED
The Whoopee Girls, all contin- ental artistes, are finished singers nud tancers, who feature both classical and popular numbers, and nra equally at home with solo or ensemble work of They "have just finished two years reason at Shanghai, where they were under engagement at the Canidrome" and} Majestic.
And then, as an added attrac-|||- tion, in the Olimpio Trio, who spbrano in aerobatics and adag-
gio, Their's in a fuished perform
the
"Misunderstanding" is EEY NOTE of this picture-
Be careful not to create any meccessary misunderstandings before your ideal lady. It may develop into something serious 1.
Added Attraction: Why Be Serlons!! Comedy and Fox News
COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1ST.
ance which was immensely popular The “MARK OF ZORRO" starring the world renowned
in the Shanghal kabareta, "ge
The company will be only a few. nights in Hong Kong, as it has engagements in Singapore and other cities, en route to Europe.
DOUGLAS FAIRBBANKS.
PERSIAN AND POLE IN COURT.
ALLEGED LARCENY BY: TRICK.
and for that reason, the Council Ho thought the Roswer was' no. had issued: 3 warning not becaus they wished to adopt a hush-hush policy or because they wished to damp the enthusiasm of geniuses-
FIVE-YEAR PLAN HITCH.
DRASTIC CHANGE IN SOVIET POLICY.
ני,
Rign A remarkable change in Soviet policy, constituting an entire reversal of the plans for regulating The Polo and the Persian who the supply and demand of labour were remanded last week by Mr. which the Government had attempt- Williams on a charge of larceny ofed to enfora under the Five-Year gold ring by a trick, minde a Plan, is indicated in the text of the second appearance before his Soviet decree, announced last week Worship yesterday when the bear and now published, drastically ing of the case was provisionally changing the methods of recruiting sot for November: 10.
labour in Russia
A AN This decres deprives the Commis sariat of Labour of the sole right of mobilising urban and rural lab- our aud" man-power and empowers " industrial and commercial and other enterprises to hire workers and employes without being obliged to have recourse to labour officer
The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet has also instructed the Commissariat of Labour to draw up before, the end of this week altera: tions in the labour laws pecusitated by thin decrie}:
At the previous hearing the Persian had turned in a quantity of jewellery de bail, but yesterday , it was stated by the police that they wore prepared to accept 82,500 buil for each defendant in the, form of the jewellery which the police had in their posemion, if the Persian agrocil. Harden
In remanding the defendante, his Worship agreed to accent bail of $2,600 for each of the defendants to be furnished in the form of eash or security.
MARION
DAVIES
THE
FLORODORA GIRL
with LAWRENCE GRAY
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