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HONG KONG DAILY I
THURSDAY DECEM
1931
CENTRAL
TODAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG
"The Bat Whispers." Romantio Thriller,
Bed and Breakfast"
British
Production with Jana Baxter..and Richard Cooper.
The Herder Legion."
TO-DAY to SATURDAY I
Queen's.
2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 8:20 p.m.
The First Lady of the Servon in the first dual role she has ever given to the world.
King'
Central.
A Flesh-und-Blood Drama- Searching the heart of avery woman, who loves, has loved-or hopes to love.
After "Sarah and Son,"
and after Anybody's Woman, you expect the unexpected and Ret it
from
RUTH
CHATTERTON
IN
'The Right to Love
Û Panca Ficture
With
Paul Lukas
The story of a love
that dies-aad LIVES
again!
تخریم
NEXT CHANGE Commencing Sunday
........his whole life's happiness hung on her word...
Did his vision of glorious love come true?
Lo
AYRES
UP MURDER
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Presented by Carl Laemmle With Genevieve TOBIN Dorothy Paterson, Richard Tucker, and other favourites.
Directed by MONTA BELL From his own original story. It's Low Ayres" greatest 1
KINGS THEATRE
HONGKONGS FINEST T
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 510, 7.15 AND 9,80 P.M. BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF
Starring
Zane Grey Navel with
Richard Arlon and Jack Holt,
JANE
Directed by
World
“BAXTER”
WALTER
RICHARD
FORDE
COOPER
Star.
"Iron Horo."
Chinese Picture.
KOWLOON,
Lon Chaney in The Unholy
Three.
COMING.
"The Hottentot."-Queen's..
Bed and Bronkinst.”
British Picture, on Thursday
- my only.-King'
A Warm Corner."
British Picture with Loglie Hon- son, on Friday, and Satir- day-King's
The Right to Love" with Rath Chatterton, on Thursday.→ Central.
Mothers Millions."-Contral. "East Lynne."--King's.
"Bad Girl."- King's "The Smiling Lieutenant?
Maurice Chevalier-King's.
Daddy Long Legs,"
Janet Gaynor and Warner Bax
ter-King's
Love's Identity (Chinese pic-
turq).—World. -
Madame Satán."-Star.
Remote Control”-Star,
BED AND
BED AND BREAKFAST"
A BRITISH PRODUCTION FRIDAY AND: SATURDAY
BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF
Starring
LESLIE
HENSON
CONNIE
EDISS
HEATHER
THATCHER
Directed by
VIOTOR
SAVILLE
“A WARM CORNER
A BRITISH PRODUCTION
MOVIE NEWS
ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.
BREAKFAST.”
་་་
By special request the King's Theatre will re-screen the British pietura Bed and Breakfast for to-day only,
"BAT WHISITARS."
AND MAKES YOUR HAIR
STAND ON END!
With Chester Morris in the fen- cured role, Roland West, producer- | director for United Artists has con- tributed a startling hour and a
Farce-comedy. Familiar story of flirtatious complications et country studio Deft direction maintains Booth succession of comedy situa.half of film entertainment, ;
Each of the cast is undef suspiciou tions based on predicament of pair} forced to pose as man and wife, various times as the dare-devil backed by incidental gags born of criminal who holds a city, in terror diverting characterisations of cleric And not until the last minute is and Cockney. No lack of purely the seret of his identity disclosed. popular action, good climax, BINUS-
The climax is a most surprising bit Clover ing dialogue throughout. portrayal, good settings, fair cording. Depandable booking pi exclusively popular pattern,
Although this lattet British farec presents little that is new, it gives
Richárd Cooper in "Bed and Breakiast.
12-
enough comedy, alapsing dialogue, and clover characterisation to be assured of a welcome. Its familiar opening situation introduces to a pair of ill-assorted couples who ex- change partners in order to teach the other pair a lesson, and thus.
of drama.
'THE RIGHT TO LOVE."
AT THE CENTRAL
THEATRE.
David Manners is one of the three leading meh cast with Ruth Chatterton by Paramount in "The Right to Love," talkie of Susan Glaspell's book, "Brook Evans."*
This new drama of romantic re- pression throughout three genera tions, offers Miss Ruth Chatterton the film's Brat triple characteriza tion. The picture opens an eng agament of three days to-day at the Central Theatre.
novel,
COMING SOON
maurice
Paramount's 20th Birthday Jubilee Picture
a Paramount
Say
CHEVALIER
THE VPO SMILING:
AN ERNST
LIEUTENANT
with"
Claudette COLBERT Charlie Boggias" Miriam Hopkins
LUBITSCH
PRODUCTION BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25918.
·GOSSIP AND FACT.
The maximum salary of Parisian stage stars is to be fixed at G.20 daily as the result of an agreement reached among theatre directors,
Leatrice Joy, the motion picture actress, was married at Del Monte " last month to William S. Hook of Los Angeles by Rev. Edward Sharp, Monteray Presbyterian clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Nagel and Paul Hammond of Hollywood were present. After the ceremony, the couple left by automobile for Bani, Alberta, Canada.
Olive Bordon, who threw away $1,000,000 in one night so that sho could hear a certain someone whis- per, "I Love You," returned to the screen in a James Cruze pro- Hughes, recent arrival to stardom, duction, "Hallo Sister." Lloyd plays opposite. Youth trails youth in the picture and there appears to be a general abandonment of responsibility.
Adolphe Menjou has always been
considered one of the
21
screen' a
greatest man with women, bis loves being either within the law- In the role of Joe Copeland, or. outside the pale. "Whatever the Manners will enjoy the opportunity environment he is usually successful Chester Morris, star of "Alibi,“ to portray the sympathetic part of in his affairs. In The Great and romantic character of "The Miss Chatterton's first lover in the Lover," he sustains his reputation Divorces and The Big House, filming of Miss Glaspell's virile as the Casanova of the Screen. His amoura in the film-meet with de gives an electrifying performance. In Journey's End," Mannars finite favourable reactions, until a picture adds another triumph: made his screen debut, and his he meets the woman, his operatic aucocss in this production resulted student, whom he really and truly to his remarkable screen career, in a Alm contract with First Na-loves. With her success she con-
Una Merkel, who played her waytional..
fesses her love for him, but his into popularity on the Broadway of talents, from puppeteering, to she is overcome by a pseudo-emotion Manners' career.includes a variety keer perception informs him that stage before D. W. Grith cast her that of cowboy guide in Arizona, and in a touching climax he re for a part in Abraham Lincoln," He has also collected antiques and nounces any obligation she might is the sweetheart. The proves her- ne paintings, was shining light in have had for him and sorrowfully the Little Theatre movement in allows her younger lover to stap. self a most capable and finished New York, played a stage role in into his (Menjous) shoes. young leading lady.
You'll enjoy this picture but don't
I
the stage production of "Dancing Mothers," and holds a degree of bachelor of science in forestry from
give the secret of it away to you! the University of Toronto.
friends. Let them find out for themselves what The Bat Whis! pers,
THE SMILING
LIEUTENANT."
A BIG HIT IN LONDON
THE HAIEETZ VIOLINS
A MODERN JOHN GILPIN.
THE HOTTENTOT " AND HIS RIDER.
Famous riders of history and fic tiou have nothing on Edward Everett Horton and the uproarious Heifetz, owns several celebrated feat he performs in the leading violins, known to connoisseurs and featured role as a member of the collectors the world over. His all-star east of "The Hottentot, "
favourites, however, are his Ganr-Warner Bros. all-talking Vitaphone serius and his Stradivarius, both comedy, which is coming to the.. of which accompany him on all hig Queen's Theatre shortly. echcart tours,
Such renowned equestrian a The Guarnerius, which Heifetz Faul Revere, Mr. Pickwick, John plays the more frequently, is dated Gilpin, Ichabod Crane, Lochinvar The initial foreigu presentation, 1742, and valued at a fabulous and others and a new name added the stage is set for the ansuing of Maurice Chevalier in "The helm, the great German artist who Harrington who, in order to win price. It formerly belonged to Wil to their ranks in the person of Sam. farce-comedy developments in Smiling Lieutenant" occurred July toured America in the days of the girl of his heart, casts aside country studio belonging to one of 27, at the Carlton Theatre in
our grandfathers Before that it his hysterical fear of horses, and the girls.
London, where it scored an enor David, a famous violinist of the terrible. Hottentot to victory,
was the property of Ferdinand becomes the jockey who rides the Walter Forde keeps the comedy mous success. The press reviews last century. He was the teacher The ride of Sam Harrington in ball rolling, and Jane Baxter is a were the most enthusiastic aver of Wilhelm and gave it to his pupil | « The Hottantoa is indeed a clas pretty new-comer, with a flair for given a motion picture and the it came into the possession of the The cast includes Patey Ruth
in his old age. At one time, too, sie comedy, in the role of the truant loading British exhibitors are re Spanish virtuoso, Bergante, who Miller, Edward Breese, Edward wife, Richard Cooper as her sillyas ported by cable as being bighly en- played it for two years. It is Earle, Stanley Taylor Otto: Hoff- accomplice, Frederick Volpe as the
and is listed in all catalogues of Turner Gordon, Harvey Thew pre known as tho" David Guarnerius man, Douglas Gerrard, and Maude prosy cleric, Alf Goddard as the
historic old instrumenta.
pared the Vitaphone adaptation of radiant bookie, and Sari Maritz
master in the year 1730, is a benahi-Mapes and William Collier, Boy The Stradivarius, made by the this successful stege hit by Victor as the other erring little lady.
ful volin in excellent condition, Del Ruth dirited.
thusiastia over the prospects of tremendously increased box office receipts when the special is released generally throughout Great Britain.
JOAN CRAWFORD MAKES FILM
"WHOOPEE.
THIS MODERN AGE."
Misa Joan Crawford, the storm- dentro of orring youth, has had an- other shot at proving that the mo drans are a hopelessly bad lot.
In This Modern Age," she rei poats her famous impersonation of. the dynamio darling floundering in the mire of modernity "This Modern Age is a well-produced picture, revelling in "whoopep and the wild party spirit. It is a. vivid portrait of love among the cocktails. But you have only to prick the bubble of its drama to sco what a vaporcus mixture it con-
tains.
Take the story--a story, by the way, which brings back no less an actress than Miss Pauline Fre derick to the scraón.
Super Charged Siria, Miss Crawford, na Valentino, 17 this film, is the frothy, super- charged, self-starting siren who goes around Paris absorbing cock- tails with a highly-absorbent Ameri can youth, Tony (Mr. Monroe, Owsley.)
They dash round together in cars and bump into parties of inebriateil friends in other cars. In one of theso encounters young Tony comes. fist, to fist, a it were, wish Bob: Blake (Mr. Neil Hamilton), who belongs to a nice old Boston family and frowns upon the Jezebels t Jazz.
But Valentine, not insensible to the Bostonian frown, smiles bak at him, and a Joan Crawford smile. not a thing to be missed. The two becomo-friendz They become cagager
Then coca the decline, and Call At a party given by Bub's parente- a very stiff affair, at which all Boston looks down its ne Talen- tine's mother, Diane, is caught in a totally un-Bostonian attitude with a boy-friend
This boyfriend, in fact, is her lovor, and Bob, with extraordinary thek of gallantry, reveals the while secret to her daughter
Valentina flares up and talls Boss to quit, and in a fit of modern stupefaction, goes off with Tony. But Bob turns up at the hotels and by sheer force carrica her dựwn to his car outside. There, Valentine discovers her mother, Bings bermi!";
into her arms. Close-up. Curtain Applause.
You will see from this that This. Modera. Age is a thoroughly dramatic story, packed with atmos- phore and offer vessing with enter. tainment-
COMING
TO THE
KINGS. HEIFETZ
THE
WORLD-RENOWNED
VIRTUOSO
OF THE VIOLIN ·
will give ONE RECITAL ONLY
FRIDAY, DEC. 4TH
£8,200P.M.
PLAN NOW OPEN BOOK FABLY.
QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY AT Z30, 5.107.16 & 820
JOSEPHAN
SCHENCK
BAT WHISPERS
ROLAND WEST'S
FRAME
PRODUCTION CHESTER MORRIS
A man and a girl plt. their brains against the sinister mind of anaroli criminal who has baffled the greatest detectives.
COMING SHORTLY- RIDING DYNAMITE!
WARNER BROS.
The
HOTTENTOT
Harrington wat on The Hottentot- and couldn't nds down for a week!
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON" PATSY RUTH MILLER-EDMUND ARLESE Duingia Ber- RØV DEL AUTHE
(STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY Ar 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.
HANEY talks
THE
UNHOLY THREE
tro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture