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CENTRAL
THE STREN
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1931.
Norma Shearer.
"Girl Demand Excitement."
SHOWINGS TO-DAY
Queen's...
Strangers May Kiss.
2.30, 6.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m..
King's.
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天此刻
So this is Paradiso."
Chinese picturo.
World.
"SO THIS IS
PARADISE
Part II
Another all-talking, singing and dancing
Chinese picture.
Starring BUTTERFLY WU Queen of Chinese Screenland.
With
Shaw Pei Chen
Directed by S. C. Chang
Recorded by Pathe Orient Co.
Produced by The Mass Co., Shanghai.
NEXT CHANGE Commencing 19th,
ALL DIALOG BRAMA NITE LIT
PICTUR
LADIES of LEISURE
BARBARA STANWYCK
LOWELL SHERMAN RALPH
GRAVES
HOME KETT
PEPPY
FRAKK
Star,
John Wayno and Virginia
Cherrill.
Taming of the Shrew:"
KOWLOON,
One Mad Kiss.".
and Hollywood Higlights
Revue."
COMING.
The Smiling Lieutenant."
Maurice Chevalier-King's.
"Daddy Long Legs."
Janet Gaynor and Warner Bax-
ter-King's
The Divorcee."
IN
Robert Montgomery and Neil Hamilton-Majestic.
Lord Byron of Broadway."
Holiday"
Star
Anne Harding-Central.
An American Tragedy Phillips Halmes and
Sylvia Sidney.-King's.
KINGS THEATRE
HONCKONE'S FINEST
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
Girls Demand Excitement
Sally
FC
HOW
spoor' Tellow going to resist resist-and resist?
Featuring
and
JOHN WAYNE VIRGINIA CHERRILL MARGUERITE
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
PICTURE
O'Neil in
I!
CHURCHILL,
"The BRAT"
With FRANK ALBERTSON, VIRGINIA CHERRILL BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. No. 25313.
MOVIE NEWS
REFRESHMENT IN THE DESERT-A CHARMING. BRATA GIGOLO---AND A FAMOUS DIRECTOR,
"Girls Demand Excitement."
The cast of Strangers May rell Macdonald, Mary Forbes, Al- John Wayne, who bounded pracNeil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau, Margaret Mann complete a distin Kiss includes. Robert Montgomery, bert Gran, Louise Mackintosh and tically overnight, into cinema fame Irene Rich, Hale Hamilton, Con- guished supporting cast. John Ford by his portrayal of "Breck Cole-chita Montenegro, Jed Prouty, directed this Fox Film version of man," in The Big Trial" left Albert Conti, Henry Armetta, and the original stogo play by Maude college to work as a property boy George Davik, George Fitzmaurice Fulton. In addition to his role in on the Fox, lot. His present, rale, directed. in Girls Demand Excitement" a
the picture-Collier, also neted as Fox Picture now showing at the
stage director. King's Theatre, was the first pictaru under his new contract.
Virginia Cherrill, who plays the feminine lead, spent her first two years of the screen, over Chaplin's picture, Oity Lights." Another young actrosa in Girls Demand Excitement is Marguerite Char- chill, she needs no introduction to seran fans judging by the praise which she gained for her appear anees in The Big Trail," "Good Intentions" and "They Had To Sen Paris."
The story is set in an Amèrican co-educational college and concerns the determination of the boys to get rid of the girls and a mighty battle of the sexoa is waged. One of the best scenes of the picture is the basket ball game between a team of girls and team of boys. The girls team was picked from the Movietone dancers and soon be came so expert that they beat niany of the best teams in California.
The production is the first direc torial effort of Seymour Felix. He was formerly dance director at the Fex Studios, and before going to Hollywood directed the dance ensom- bles for aneh stage producers as Ziegfeld, George White, and Earl Carrol. Other prominent members of the cast are Helen Jerome Eddy, Eddic Nugent, William Janney, Marion Byron and Marthe Sleeper.
Strangers May Kiss,"
Bally O'Neil indulges in some facial gymnastics in the title role of the Fou comedy. "The Brat"
IPA
"The Brat."
"Just A Gigolo."
A former Austrian army officer plays comedy Frenchman in William Haines' latest starring pic-| ture"Just A Gigolo,"based on the
HOLLYWOOD HI-LIGHTS.
SPARKLING SHOW AT THE STAR..
04.
WHY PLUNDER
WAS NOT SHOWN QUEEN'S
AT BALMORAL.
BRITISH FILM FIRM'S BEHIND IN ART OF SHOWMANSHIP.
Strong oriticism of the obsolete methods of showmanship adopted' by British Alm combines was made recently by Mr. Tom Walls, the stage and talkie star: ""
He claims that the system of pro sentation of outstanding now Eng lish pictures compares most ~ favourably with thas adopted by the big American firmą,
When Hollywood gets, a good picture no effort is spared to tell averybody what a fine entertain- ment they haves
Over here, thanks to the "fnat that British. Alma aru enjoying thei groatent vogue, there is a dangerous tendency to think Hollywood is on the run and that it is only noces. sary" to put a British picture in a programur, and let the public flock
in.
My film Blunders said to Jinyo becked £80,000, the biggest success, 'Any home-production has ever achieved. I contend it would have donia even better with more satisfactory send-off. It had a fifty chance of being shown to their Ma jesties at Balmoral, but my colle ague, Major Charles Steel, nacer. tained that the deciding factor bo tween it and the American made City Lights was that practically everybody on the royal staff and heard of the Chaplin picture, but. not of Plunder."
pra.
"The latter was given a bad premier presentation Critics were invited to trade show, and their notices were. forgotten by the time the film was publicly screened. When it was shown it was sented for a week at a West End cinema, taken off in favour of an American film whden lasted two. days and then put back into the programme. Can you imagine any American firms doing this with are of their star products? In spite of this, Plunder' has booked to 1,400 cinomas in this country, and has done better business than sever al American supers. But we are still years behind the Americans in the art of showmanship."
included a puppet and mannikin show, proved a huge success. The puppet show is world-renowned and though not new to Hong Kong thusiatically received. audiences, was nevertheless
en-
The Hollywood Hi-Lights again drow & very good house at the Star Theatre last night when they pre sented a sparkling programme. charming dancers ever seen in Hong
The programms Waa full of Kong, variety to suit all thates and ranged f Mr. Len Mantell's novelties, which from juggling to violin solos,
While it would be invidious to pick out any item as being the best of the evening, it seems fairly safe
His funny stories were anappy and of the company, carried the show to say that Box Story, the comedian
In addition to this the juggling were well received by the audience, by Dr. Foster described as the liniss, played so well that the house worth going a long way to see but Mit Patsy Shannon, the vioJuggling Jester, was something simply demanded an encore. audience could have done with much mysteries of Tellman the Mysteri
The it was in every way equalled by the more of Miss Shannon's beautiful pus, who succeeded in mystifying playing.
the audience with his tricks.
Altogether a good show, which we would like to see more of in Hong Kong.
Another interesting item was the dancing of Miss Peggy Chann, pro- bably one of the most expert and
1
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Belasco stage sucess, Dancing WHO'S WHO AMONG
Partner." The new picture which will come to the Queen's Theatre shortly is a romantic drama of Europe with Haines in an unusual role as a British nablcinan. The heroine is Irene Purcell, in the role she played on the stage. Q. Aubrey Smith, Charlotte Granville,
Lillian Bond and Albert Conti have important rolce.
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Tae Smiling Tentenant."
THE
Next
STARS
In." Strangers May Kise" at the Marguerite Churchill, unmarried
Queen's
i born in Kansas City, Mo. White ing Tinlberg: born in Montreal, Trail," "The Spitler," Mr. Lemon
Norma Shearer, married to Iry-Feminine leads in "The
her at Fox studio. Cuntract player. Big Canada. Write her at M-G-M of Orange Charley Chan Carries studio.
Contract star. Starring: On," "Over the Hill, “* Skyline" rite in Strangers May Kiss" and and Sugar Daddies" for Fox. The great upper stage of Para-"A Free Soul" M-G-M. mount's New York studio was filled picture to be As You Desire Me." In "Just a Gigolo" Coming to the with frenzied, though silent acti-
Irene Rich, married to David vity. Against the sumptuous backe Blankenhorn; born' in Buffalo, New ground of a great ballroom in the York. Write her at RKO Radio Royal Palace of the mythical king studio. Free lance player. Mother in Staunton, Va dom of Flausenthurm, Maurice
in "The Mad Parade," Liberty. M-O-M studio. Chevalier was being married, much against his will, to Miriam Hop Celia in "Strangers May Kiss," Brennoin
Five and Ton,"
tion.
Queen's.
#
William Haines, unmarried; born Write him at Contract star. "Remote Control,' stellar role in A Tailor Made, Man," "Just a Gigolo," The.Now Get-Rich Quick Wallingford," "all for M-G-M.
SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
THE YEAR'S FINEST PICTURE
NORMA
She travels
the path of modern ro-
mance in the most talked
of picture in years.
HEARER
STRANGERS MAY KISS
A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer PUTURE
with Robert Montgomery
Nell Hamilton Marjorie Rambeau Irena Rich.'--
-COMING SHORTLY-
HOLD
EVERTHING
with
JOE E. BROWN
and
WINNIE LIGHTNER Singing, clowning laughing their way through with sparkling dia- logue brilliant húmor. All Technicolor.
Hold Everything "HOLD EVERYTHING",
"HOLD EVERYTHING"
and Jenny in kína n the rôle of the drab and
M-G-M. uninteresting princess, of the realm.'
Campras were clicking. Property Robert Montgomery, married to men and electricians were hurry- Elizabeth Allen; born in Beacon, ing about on tipice so as not to New York Write him at M-G-M disturb delicate microphones. The studio. Contract star. Wally in Taming of the Sfrew" at the actors alone were speaking as they" War Nurse." "André in Inspira-
World. did their best to register both the tion." Mals load in "The Easiest
Mary Pickford, married to Doug- and a featured role in ins Fairbanks, Sr.; born in Toronto, In keeping with the popular de comedy and tragedy of the situa- Way" mand for novelty on the screen,
"Strangers May Kiss." Starred in Canada.
"Man in Possen- Artiata.
Write her at United something new in the way of film einns and even the script girls were
Assistant directors, sound techni-] "Shipmates,"
Atudio. That the fascination which the entertainment is promised with casting anxious glances at a little, for M-G-M."
and A Family Affair,"all Title role in "Coquette." Co-star- Contract" atar. desert, is said to exert over those The Brat," which opens next dark man who stood tensely "just
red with Doug in. The Taming of who have once FRANK
seen its vast ex- Wednesday at the King's Theatre, off stage his face reflecting every Whitner born in Lynn, Mass. all for United Artists.
Neil Hamilton, married to Elsa the Shrew. Title role in "Kiki, punse is a fact is the unanimous with Sally O'Neil in the title rate. emotion which appeared on those Write him report of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Whether this picture should be of the actors before him,
M-GM atudio. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., married players who journeyed to a desort classified as a romantic comedy, or.
Contract player. Starred in Not to Mary Pickford; born in Denver, location for the taking of certain a comedy drama, or scenes in the picture, Strangers romance, is hard to say. It has it been played correctly, or wouldgers May Kiss, M-G-M. Business Contract star. Larry Day in a" dramatic moment of anxious waiting. Had work," Fox. Male lead in Stran- Colo. Write him in United Artists.
JOSE May Kiss," which is now at the plenty of action, a joyous and it be necessary to do the whole man iz.
"Laughing
Sinners," "Reaching for the Moon, United MOJICA different sort of love story, bits thing again with consequent loss of Age," M-G-M. Male leads in
M-G-M Bob in This Modern Artists,
Lover," M-GM,
CADER
COMING VERY SOON !
ANN HARDING
In
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King's
Has Everything":
STAR
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.80, 5.20, £7.20
ONE MAD KISS
word and the tension relaxed.
Finally the little man apoke one
"Ookee" he said, and sank into In" Giris Demand Excitement 婆
Frank Albertson, married to Vir- a chair on the canvass back of which was printed in large letters:
the King's,
ginip Shelly; born in Fergus Falls, Ernest Lubitsch, Director.
Mina. Write him at Fox stadio. John Wayne, married; born in Contract player. John Goodman in Columbia studio. Contract player. Clarence in "The Connecticut Yan Winterset, Iowa Write him ab "Big Business Girl," First National. Stellar róla in "The Big Trail," kee," Fox. Barry in "Travelling Lost" and "Girls Demand Excite bert in "The Last Flight Firat ment,"
Foz. Bob Denton in National. Campus hero in Board- "Arizona" and Clint Turner. in ing School," M-G-M. "Duty Bound," Columbia. ****
June Collyer, married to Stuart non-professional; born in Chicago, Write hor at Paramount studio.
Virginia Cherrill, divorced from Erwin: born in New York City.. IN. Write her at Fox studio. Con Contract playor, Betty Thatcher in tract player. Blind flower girl in Beyond Victory REO-Path Co-S
Chaplin United starred in: Drums of Jeopardy,
Queen's Theatre.
There is, they say, an influence of of sheer pathos, and dozens of magnetism, the healing qualities of hilariously funny situations, a which are refreshing to jagged | mélange tant makes it thoroughly minds and weary bodies, and asem enjoyable, to make they trials of city life trivial A penniles cinderella from the and ingonsequential.
Bowery is taken to the home of With Norma Shearer, the star,wealthy author, who is looking for the company spent their spare mo heroine for his next novel. The menta capturing the benefits to bo giris dual romanos with the writer way of putting his stamp of ap "Ookea" in Lubitsch's peculiar found in the dry, warm air and the and his younger brother, the proval on every soone he photo returned to Hollywood with renew, two society girls who have already as applied to that duosyllabic ed vigour and sun-tanned bodies. marked the author as their matri American slang phrase, O.K.," In describing these baths, Miss monini proy, and the resulting com. Shearer, as spokesman, revealed the plications all keep the interest at
and somehow it seams exactly to interesting fact that the hotels, or a high pitch.
suit his personality.
Lubitsch looks something like baciendas, are fitted with an ex-Allan-Dineldry-noted Broadway Napoleon with the corners of his porures on the roofs to enable their athge star, who makes his screen mouth turned up in a sort of guests to indulge in sun bathe in debut in the film, has the role of mountebankian grin. Hi pomad. the modern manner. The water and the author, and Frank Albertson ed black hair is always neticulous City.Lights," mud baths still carry out the that of the, brother, while Junely combed. His is frantic in his Artists. Joan Madison in Girls Tiffany, Feminine lead in "Man- method adopted by the Indians who Collyer and Virginia Cherrill play actions when directing and sombre Demand Excitement and feminine hattan Musketeers, feminine load cons Super Special Production. first settled in the desert and still the two society girls. William Cof and reposeful as a denton when off-leads in Trailin',"
retain land-holdings there.
lier, Sr., is also feature while Far stage.
Brat" Fox..
"HOLIDAY” healthful waters of the springs, they jealously her coming arouses in the graphs. It is the Lubitsch, touch and featured parts in Three Girls Husband," RKO-Radio. Shop Lau-
The Greatest Picture ever madel
Watch out for the date.
A RKO-PATHE...
and The in Dude Ranch, Paramount
Featured role in The Brat."
is.
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