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CENTRAL
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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HỒNG KONG
The Bat Whispers" Romantic Thriller
The Chance of a Night-time." British Picture with Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter.
Central.
The Border Legion."
Zan Grey Novol
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
Queen'
лt
2.80, 5.10. 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
King's
ZANE GREY'S
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
HONCKONG'S FINEST ONEMA
AN ALL-BRITISH FILM WEEK!
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
with
Richard Arlen and Jack Holte
British screen
THE BORDER
World.
"Iron Hero.?
Chinese Picture,
LEGION"
RICHARD
ARLEN
JACK HOLT
FAY WRAY, EUGENE PALLETTE Ɑ Garamcamt Picture
NEXT CHANGE
Commencing Thursday
After "Sarah and Sou."
and after "Anybody's Woman." you expect the unexpected get it
from
11
Star..
4
KOWLOON.
So this is London" with Will
Rogers.
COMING.
The Hortentor.'
Queen's.
Bed and Breakfast."
British Picture, on Thursday
only.-King's.
A Warm Corner,"
British Picture with Leslie Hon-
son, on Friday and Satur day-King's.
The Right to Love" with Ruth Chatterton, on Thursday.- Central.
Mothers Millions, "-Central..
East Lynne."-King's.
Bad Girl."--King's
The Smiling Lieutenant"
Maurice Chevalier-King's.
Daddy Long Legs."
Fanet Gaynor and Warner Bax.
ter-King's
farce at its. very best.
with
WINIFRED
SHOTTER 3
ROBERT
ENGLISH
KENNETH
KOVE
RALPH LYNNA
THE CHANCE OF A NIGHT-TIME-
| Enn Finnish dan Rookery Nock,
"THURSDAY ONLY
BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING" OF
"
"
1931
A picture that keeps
you amused all the
time.
Directed by
HERBERT WILCOX
and
RALPH LYNN
A British Production
"FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE.SCREENING OF
"A WARM CORNER" STARRING LESLIE HENSON
CONNIE EDISS
BED AND BREAKFAST STARRING JANE BAXTER RICHARD COOPER BOOKING AT THE THEATRE
Telephone 25313,
MOVIE NEWS
ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.
HORSES CAN BE BLUFFED.
HOTTENTOT ACTORS
SAY EXPERIENCE.
Ou of the few places where bluffing may be lastingly successful
IN THE DAYS OF
BLACK BART. -
ZANE GREY THRILLER AT CENTRAL THEATRE.
In the exact spot where Black Bart and other carly Californi is in dealing with a horse!" says outlaws actually perpetrated ther RUTH Edward Everett Horton, who heads deeds of daring. Paramount filmed
the all-star cast of Warner Bros, its latest outdoor talkie, Vitaphone comedy production, The Border Legion," Zane Grey's thril Hottentot," which is coming to the ling story of the West of gold.
CHATTERTON
"The Right to Love
te Strimmaun Groun
With
Paul Lukas The story of a love, that dies-and LIVES again !
Coming Shortly 1
Carl Laemmle
presents
"MOTHER'S"
MILLIONS"
With
MAY ROBSON
James Hall
Frances Dade
Lawrence Gray
Edmund Breese
UNIVERSAL PICTURE
Queen's Theatre shortly.
A man must always impress upon the horse that he is master, if he expects to be able to handle the brute. This is especially true if the horse in high spirited.
"The
rush days. In this fine action ro-
mance, which is showing at the Central Theatre, audiences will see. scenes and action just as in the 1870's.
WINIFRED
SHOTTER'S
GOSSIP AND FACT.
Commenting on Heifetz opening violin recital at the new Tokio Thea B On September 28, Clarence Davios writes in the Japan Adver tiser is follows: This is Heiletz second visit to Tokio, His first visit occurred shortly after the great earthquake of September 1, 1923, at which time he played in the auditorium of the Imperial Hotel. Eight years have done as much to Heifetz as they have to Tokio. Tokio went through materi al destruction and has been re- born, and Heifetz' art has deepen ed and grown in spiritual quality. Gifted with technical skill which Some beautiful, frocks are to be is surpassed by noue, Heifetz to eren in The Chance of a Night-day adds to that gift a depth of
CLOTHES.
LOVELY DRESSES IN CHANCE OF A NIGH TIME.
Time," now at the King's Theatre feeling which unquestionably ranks Realising that three parts of the him as the world's greatest violinist. attraction of American film bean-He is in the heyday of his prima ties is due to their lovely clothes, and, the artist within him reigas the British and Dominiona Film supreme," Corporation, producers of “The Chance of a Night-Time," decided Zane Grey's stories make excel-
to engage, an expert to dress the Horses are known for what is lent screen entertainment.
ladies in the cast. Lady Victor More termed 'horse senso." They are than twenty-four of them have been Paget entered into an agreement capable of knowing when a person filmed by Paramount. With the with them, and the happy result is afraid of them. When a hors introduction of dialogue, the tales can be seen in this film. Never bas forms this conclusion the human of the wide West have become oven Winifred Shotter, looked more being can do nothing but submit more gripping than they were in charming, and her clothes now seem to him. The least indication of silent form. In this case Fara-part of hor personality. Sunday fright on the part of thr rider is mount left no stone unturned to Wilshin, who plays a big part in instantly sensed by the horse. ·· make The Border Legion" trục
this production, has some really ex in every detail to the adventurous period it representa.
But a really good actor сво hlaf a horse into thinking that is not afraid of him."
A hold-up in one of the gripping To prove his contention, "Tartsa episodes, and, for this Paramount points to his role in "The Hot. selected the old gold trail from Columbin to Stockton, which winds tentot" in which he portrays the through a rock-walled defile in the part of a timid man who though Sierra Nevada mountains in Call deathly afraid of horses Luportedsfornia. The pass in just wide riding to victory the wild and one vehicle and its strategio ud- enough to allow for the passage ut untamable Hobientat
vantnies were recovnized and utiliz The cast of "The Hottentot" in-ed time and again by the daring. eludes Patsy Rath Miller, Edward (bandit bands of the old. West. Earle, Stanley Taylor, Otto Hoff-
man, Douglas Gerrard and Maude Turner Gordon. Roy Del. Ruth directed.
A scene from Roland West's
"The Bat Whispers"
CINEMA ACTRESS
MARRIED.
"MISS CONSTANCE BENNETT WEDS EX-HUSBAND OF GLORIA SWANSON,
MISS WINIFRED SHOTTER."
THE CHANCE OF
NIGHT TIME.".
THE STORY.
Henry dining with his fateve Stella, rucher upsets her by failing) to premise that he will spend the ontire day with her on her birth day. He muddies the situation by not making clear the fact that the lady he has business with an that' important day is an elderly female who desires to make a will. The beautiful Stolla informs him that as he cannot spend ond brief day in her alluring company she will viet, friends where a house party pro mises. mere exciting attractions than waiting around for Henry,
He promises desperately that he will be back in time to tako her out and made her change her mind; but on the grent day, however, un-, kind. fate gives our Henry a båd deal for although he gets away" from the gushing apinater he mis ses his train by a fraction of n minute just because his blessed suit- case decided to eject all his valu- able papers on to the platform na the train said good-bye, Henry is completely sunk. Curse na ho may, no train leaves Smail-wood for Loudon that night. The sympathe tic stationmastermum-porter tale phones the local garage for him, but hic ears are available
Another train condescends to stop at Smallwood and the discon- solata Henry hears a charming voice wildly calling for her suitcase that the train is determined to take with it. Heroic Honry goes. to the rescue, grabs the auitcase from the carriage and lands on his back. She is very pretty, and they are scon chatting as old friends, but too soun a large car comes to collect her.
Offering him a lift, Henry lla her it is not on his way but that he is expecting a car from the local garage any moment. The girl-her pretty name is Pauline Gay-pro- coeds to Smallwood Hall, where exhibition dance for the benefit of she and her partner are to give an
the house party arranged by Gen- eral Rackham, Meantime charming Stellaris being, tonated by the guests. in honour of her birthday, and sle is busily weighing up the possibili. ties of the Ceneral's nephew Ewithin, who is proving very at tentive. The choleric general be comes very angry na the dangers are due to appear; but the gentle. mau, he is informed, has not arriv od. As he is coming by road the General instructs that the local garage be telephoned in case He has had ear trouble. The garage peo ple tell him that a gent is waiting At the station, so lovel car is sent for our friend Henry.
To Henry many years had passed since he first sat on this horrible station, and the car is certainly a gift from the gods. On arriving at the General's house, our mystified Henry enquires as to the owner of the ear, and is very grateful when he learns that General Rackham has sent, the car for him. He insiste mistaking poor Henry for the dan on thanking him; but the butler.
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 6.10;. 7:15 & 0.20.
JOSEPH LE SCHENCK BALENYS
THE
BAT WHISPERS
UNITED ARTISTE PICTURE
ROLAND WEST'S
PRODUCTION CHELTER MORRIS
A man and a girl pit their brains against the sinister mind of an arch criminal who has baffled the greatest detectives.
COMING SHORTLY-
RIDING DYNAMITE
"WARNER BROS.
present
The
HOTTENTOT
cer, sonds him p to pretty" Pau- linc's room. What luck! Henry uystery to Henry and tearfully Harrington iš overjoyed. Pauline explains the
anks him what she can do now that Louis Bolero, her partner, has let her down.
Ina Claire one of England's clever rest comediennes was as the Gaiety in 1913 in." The Girl from Utah.' Her photograph then makes an as-
Some champague, kindly sent up tonishing contrast with her preby the General, give our Houry sont personality.. The soft, rather
an inspiration, He w b hei leasant-looking young woman with
Parther. That house party had more entertainment tha tiny ex fuzzy dark hair and wearing: those ported by a long way, and the impossible clothes has become, with"
troubles that ensued for Puulins the passing of the years, a chic,
and Henry tied them for bfe as well as a night time! brittle young woman, long-legged and cheerfully impertinent.
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Over 4,000 cinematograph films, valued at about $20,000Cited States currency, were imported into British Malaya in 1930 direct from the United States. In addition, & considerable portion of the remain. ing 17,000 filmas, valued at $250,000, were of American manufacture but imported via Hong Kong, Java, and China.
Extraordinarily difficult caméra work mapped out for Roland West's United Artists production, "The Bat Whispers," featuring Chester Morris, was handled by Itay June.. June has been in charge of the camera batteries on a number of big productions. He photographed "Alibi" and "The Lottery Bride and others.
"The Bat Whispers," a thrilling quisite evening gowns to wear, par. comedy-drama, now showing at the Hollywood, Nov. 22-Miss Con- ticularly outstanding is black Queen's Theatre is replete with stance Bennett, one of the most and yards of soft not forming a The cast includes Una Merkel, dance frock with a velvet bodies effect shots and trick camera stunta. highly paid actressos of the Ameri-tiered skirt slightly trailing at the Gustav Von Seyffersitz, Ben Bard, can motion picture industry, to-day married James Henri la Baily de back. Miss Wilshin wears elbow Grayce Hampton, Spencer Charters, in Falaise, Marquis de in Coudrays, and with her lovely blonde hair Eburne.
length black gloves with this model. Charles Dow Clark and Maude of Vendee, Franes. The Marquis is. the former husband of Miss Gloria and svolto figure the looks upst Swanson, noted motion picture alluring! A very useful little day suit is worn by Miss Shotter, niso in black velvet, consisting of a short Mink Bennett is the daughter of jacket with the new basque hip Mr. Richard Bennett, a famous line, edged with astrakan and a actor. She is one of three sisters perfectly straight skirt. A "sort who have achieved fame on the little white satin tuck-in blouse ja silver screen.
worn with this and a black turban Misa Swanson, following her hat, awathed in white. A charra divorce from the Marquis, rently ing Onishing touch is added by married Mr. Michael Farmer, a spray of white camelias worn on wealthy Irish sportsman.
the lapel of the cont..
actress..
"I had been advised by Michael Arlen before he left for Cannes to go to see the film Silence," writes h plus critic. moved him to tears, so I prepared "He told me that it very nearly myself for a similar fate.
It Clive Brook had been banged" at the end I think there would have. been a wail as of distressed ban shees, but luckily we were not har- rowed to quite that extent,"
COMING
TO THE
KINGS.
ant on The Hottentol
and couldn't sit down for a wock!
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON PATSY RUTH MILLER-EDMUND BRITSE ZDANIE VE TALULAR DE VICON MARED IN MILAN COLAJEN DBY BOY DEL RUTH
PAYNER
STAR
HEIFETZ TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
THE
WORLD-RENOWNED VIRTUOSO
OF THE VIOLIN will give ONE RECITAL ONLY
on
FRIDAY, DEC. 4TH
at
-
8.80, P.M.
PLAN NOW "OPEN BOOK HARLY.
Ár 2.30, 5, 20, 7:20 & 9.20.
WILL ROGERS
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