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CINEMA.
HONG KON
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1931.
LAST TWO
King'
"Grumpy."
With Cyril Maude.
DAYS
AT 2.30, 5.10
7.15&9.30P.M...
Wishes Its Friends and Patrons
NOW SEE AND HEAR IT
Dawn Patrol"
·Doztral, "
Queen High."
World:
ON THE SCREEN:
FAST FUN
AND CATCHY MUSICI
LAUGHS GALORE!
QUEEN HIGH
a. Paramount Picture With
STANLEY SMITH GINGER ROGERS CHARLES RUGGLES
AND
FRANK MORAN
SPECIAL ADDED MUSICAL ATTRACTION !
DICK LEUTERIO
AND..
HIS CAPITOLÍANS (A Paramount Picture Orchestra in
Hollywoood.)
PLAY ANOTHER. NEW.. MUSICAL PROGRAMME 1-FOUR-WHEELS BREAK 2-SWAMP GHOST (Latest Hit
from Broadway). 3-M ALONE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (Incidental singing) 4.-NOW YOU ARE IN MY ARMS
5.-ME
Prices as usual!
Book Early!
with
Nora-Music programme, pletely changes change of programme.
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Tabut
a Paramount Release
com.
the
Star.
King's
Yu Tong Chun" (Chinese
picture).
KOWLOON,
High Scalety Blues”
COMING.
Monkey Business." "Merely Mary Ann.”
"Bad Girl."
Queen's,
"Love is Like That,”
Man in Possession."
Central.
World.
Manslaughter."
Mathers Million
Dirigible".
With Jack Holt.
New York Nights."
Love's Identity" (Part 2)
(Chineau picture).
Be Yourself."
Ep. 1 (Chinese picture).
Follow the Son of the
white - onmöllls —to joy
and romanos See the
dalightful ald grouch. cover a $40,000 diamond and save
* glowing romance!
KINGS
A Happy Xmas and: Prosperous New Year
GRUMPY
with
SWITHAL
PHILLIPS HOLMES CYRIL MAUDE
FRANCES DADE.
PAUL LUKAS
A Paramount Picture
MOVIE NEWS
ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.
QUEEN HIGH AT THE "THE MAN IN
CENTRAL.
CYRIL MAUDE AS
GRUMPY."
FAMOUS ACTOR'S
GREATEST PART.
ADVERTISING A FILM.
If you have a high point such as The original Grumpy has at the top of a building available for last been brought to talking sercen your use for a couple of days, you audiences, and will be seen at the can devise a stunt that will get at- King's Theatre, to-day.
tention,
"Grumpy "is Cyril Maude, the British star of nearly fifty years' Laxperience, who played the role of the cranky but benign old man 1,300 times on the stage.
POSSESSION.'
ENGLISH COTTAGE WITH "WEATHER CONTROL."
bis
Robert Montgomery had all the enmforts of home when he filmed
The Man In Possession" new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture which is coming on.Friday to the Queen's Theatre.
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NEXT CHANGE WEDNESDAY, 30th DEO, We promised you a treat. Now it is here! The town is GRINVADED to last. by
those mad comedemons
THE FOUR MARX BROTHERS
"Monkey Business
THE DAWN
PATROL."
THRILLING DRAMA OF AERIAL WARFARE.
The Dawn Patrol," a First National and Vitaphone Picture. starring Richard Barthelmess, which opened yesterday at the Queen s Theatre, is a drama of war in the air. For thrills, terrors, and the swerp of reality, this picture atoque. alona,
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Supporting Barthelmess
"are
HOW SCHMELING QUEENS
BEAT STRIELING.
FULL LENGTH FILM AT KING'S THEATRE ON WEDNESDAY.
Ow Wednesday the King's Than trg is screening: aflin at the, coun plete Baht (thren reels) between Schmeling and Stribling. This should be of general interest näd. of course, no one
who is any intureas at all in boxing should miss an opportunity like this of seeing how the experts do..it..
The following is the London. 'T'imes, account of the great fight:"| Cleveland, July 4-Max Schmel ing boat Young Stribling, at the Cleveland Stadium here last night on a technical knock-out in the fifteenth round. Schmeling thus re- tained the world's Heavy-weight Championship.
SHOWING TO-DAY
"AT 2.30, 5, 10, 7.13 AND 9.20
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THE PICTURE AWARDED THE
·GOLD STATUETTE ON NOV 102H
1031 FOR THE BEST STORY OF THE YEAR ↑
Richard
Barthelmess
Greatoas Air Romance The World Ha Ever Known
· Zoig, FÁIRBANKS, JE, "NRIL HAMILTON
From the story "TUD
Flight Commander**
by John Monk
Bankdor
DAWN
PATROL
It was one of the severest thrash- ings given to any heavy-weight in recent years. Stribling, in fact, was an badly punished that he could scarcely stand on coming up for the last round. A right to the chi Hang him down for a count of nine, bus with great courage he staggored up. All bo could do, however, was to hang over the ropes, helpless.
The young German has vastly im proved since he won the title from Jack Sharkoy a year ago. Although he was often alow to seize advant agusy ho fought a well-planned fight against one of the clavarcat of i American heavy-weights, showing) that he was able to take plenty of hard blows and emerge smiling ant not seriously damaged after is rounds. Stribling's speed and superior boxing skill enabled hin to outbox bis more powerful gppcn. ent in the first four rounds, but then he steadily weakened under the Germania "dogged pounding. From the tooth round onwards it was little better than a massacre in which the American's gameness ww unavailing..
After deduction of Government- X the receipts amounted to: 854.742. The affein attendance was *30,930, Schmeling's share of the gato nmounte to approximately
91,227 to Stribling's £8,033.
EUGENE CORRI'S OPINION.
Mr. Eugene corris opinion of the fight:-
CX-
As to Stribling, I am bound, to say that I was not prepared to his defeat. He won me over to him, when he was here, and there was his long and varied Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Neil Ham perience behind bim, No ton, Clyde Cook, Cardnor Jameighten within recent years has and Frank MeHugh. It is an all-
30 persistently tried for f place among the world-beaters, and none, masculino cast, and the plot is a story filled with an iron quality of
when the grand opportunity came, eculd have more signally failed. masculinity. Here is the war as
I refuse to believe that he had gone stale. So to believe, would be be deny the credit due to tire Gerzą It is but fair and proper fo say of Schmeling that his establishment
Tell your carpenter and artist to construct a sign-device in the form of a box-hite. The large lower sar- face of the "kife" on a wire which is of dull colour so as to be invisible Harwood stage fares a complete a moving drama of the war which For thin filming, of the H. Mit was fought in France. Here is From the street. A heavy white string runs from the lower front five-room Engliali cottage was built, shook civilisation to its founda
the kite" to a building across on one of the big studio soundtions the street or to some bidden spot stages, practical" in every detail below the "kite." The idea is to- create the illusion of a flying kite
Cyril Maude, was born London, lingland, on April 24, 1802, the son of a British Army offeer.
For the first time on the screen He was
and ready for housekeeping. It in-we both bee and hear battle in the studying for a stage career when The lettering must be plain cluded hot and cold running water clouds authentically reproduced. (his health, failed and his parents enough to be seen from the street. system, electric lights, gas range, There are camera shots that almost sent him on a voyage to Australia. high spot" is to have a screen modern conveniences,
Another way to make use
automatic refrigerator and other make one leap from one's theatre Upon his return, he went to constructed of panels which regem. Best of all, it boasted a wea chair, so completely are we identi Canada to live on a farm. His ble playing-cards. Two or three ther control system which all
fied with the cavaliers of the air. panels will be enough, depending house-wives will envy, enabling the health improved there, and in the upon the points of vantage from cottage to be hot, cold, daylight or
as they struggle for the cause that ispring of 1863 he went to New York which the
'norarn "
will be seen. night, fair or rainy at will All is nearest to their hearts. booking a stage engagement. His Each panel bears the same copyone had to do was push a button firat opportunity was with a travel you've
"You haven't seen anything until and it was bright sunlight through
And through it all--through the seen Queen High, ling repertoire company managed Fresh Funny Face at the Cantrri," sun arcs." Another button turning planes, and the rattle of the the the power of the huge batteries of soaring and ewooping of the fight. by Daniel Bandmann. The troupe
od on the sprinkler system that deadly machine guns run the spirit opened in Denver,
made Colorado.
rain for scenes demanding inclement weather, Maude's first part was that of the servant in East Lynne.".
The season concluded; he return. ed to England. His first London stage role was in The Great Divorce Case." He was successful and soon was playing featured or starred rôles, He has starred in more than 100 plays.
Theatre."
"I
Protruding above the screen,' so as to be soon from the street are the head and shoulders of a pretty girl. Of course a clothing dummy is used as the girl
In the picture Montgomery plays the part of a young English blade who poses as the butler in the home of a dashing young widow.
that animated the youngsters who faced it all and went through with it to the end,
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This stunt may be, further built up by the use of a telescope and Sam Wood directed the new fea attendant in a point of vantage ture with Irene Purcell playing op GOSSIP AND FACT. beneath. Passers-by may look at the posite Montgomery as the widow.
girl" behind the screen from, To stimulate additional interest, Charlotte Greenwood, Aubrey Included in the imposing, cast are have an attendant working at the Smith, Beryl Mercer, Reginald
acreen, removing the figurine Owen and Alan Mowbray,
from view and making it appear again at short intervals. This will create an impression among the
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Fun Star's Earrings.
Lupe Volez, who went to Paris after being in London for a whole week practically unnoticed, wears the most gorgeous ear-rings, She
'screen "* gazerg that it is really ever a convivial group gets toge-possesses over one hundred putra,
an in-the-flesh girl they are observ-ther...
For several years Mande was associated in the ownership and management of the Haymarket Theatre, London: Among outstanding. ing events in his long career were command performances before two
British monarchs, the late King "MONKEY BUSINESS.
Edward VII. and King George V
Maude made his first appeararies: in Grumpy" in Glasgow, Seat- land, in 1913, at a try-out perforan- anco in preparation for au Ameri- ean tour. The play became ́ a Buccess in America and later in England and Australia.
In 1015 he played in silent firm version of "Peer Gynt" which was made in Hollywood. That was his oaly serven experience prior to his visit to the film capital this summer to make Grumpy,"
Mando is almost equally famous in America. and England for his work in "Aren't We All,"
and has just bought another pair in The game of "Marx" is played as the Rue de la Faix. These are of follower
diamonds and platinum in the form The party salecta a victim, proof lighted lanterns. The lights" ferably.
practical: Joker. inside the lanterns are drop din- Everyone also know what is to monds of great beauty. transpire.
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1,001 LAUGHS AT THE KING'S.
An American Game. Ah American enthusiast describes the game:
Noah in the Snow!
true
The
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an
Noah Beery recently had group sits in n circle alarming experience.
Ho Was and the game is started by the hos- caught with two companions in a When the Four Marx Brothers tess lightly pinching the cheek of terrific snowstorm in Californian, went to Paramount's West, Coast the one to her right. This bit of nountains when searching for a studios to film "Monkey Business,' affection is passed around the cir- follow film actor. They spent the the picture with a thousand and one clo. The other cheek follows, then night in a log cabin.. laughs which come to the King the nose, ears, temples and other The Best. Theatre on Wednesday next, they parts of the face. started a number of innovatione.
In fact, the Marx Brothers didn't go Bollywood "Hollywood went Marx Brothers.
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Ever since they arrived there, the film colony has been revelling in one game in particular, which the Marxes introduced, and the ory let's play Marx "is hear when
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Marie Dressler, the film star, and fact that the man who gives the as the best film actress and setor The fun of the game,lies in the Lionel Barrymore were acclaimed victim "chubs" has his fingers of the year at a Hollywood banquet.
After the sport has run its court covered with lamp-black a mirror is supplied for the victim, followed by soup, water and towel. might say "there is no end to the As the old books on parlor games fun from pastime."
Harry Tats Eobbed.
During the abuco of Mr. Harry at Liverpool, burglars broke into Tate, the comedian, and his wife,
(Continued pa next Column.)....
es the first fighter of all the nationa.
is complete. The confession which we all make, that there was seldom a period when hozvy-weights were less formidable, is not to be meant as a disparagement of Schmeling.
their house, The Drive, Belmont, Sutton, and stole clothes and other articles, including a fur coat, which are valued together at over £500,
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Freedom for Bonita. Eume.
Lord Merrivale, in the Divorce Court, granted the petition of Mrs. Benita Siepmain (Miss Benita Hume, the film actress), of Berkeley- street, London, for a decree niet againat her husband, Mr. Eric Otto Siepmann. Mrs. Siepmann alloged misconduct on the part of her hus band at a Paris hotel. By his an- swer Mr. Siepmann denied the charges, but the petition was not now contested. The marriage, took place in 1926, and petitioner's cABO was that after eighteen months the
NEXT CHANGE LOVE IS LIKE THAT! The Newest Star
Robert
heatgem
shows how to, wia
a woman's heart-
In the talkie hit-
The Man in
Possession
...with
Charlotte Greenwood Irene. Purcell
C. Aubrey Smith
STAR
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AT 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 AND 9:20
marriage ceased to be happy, owing The Screen's Sweethearts
to her husband's association with other women and bis irregular life. He left her about three years ago. Mrs. Siepmann was allowed costs.
When Charite Frenched
So dense was the orowd" of 'about 30,000 which listened to Mr. Charles Chaplin at an open-air thanks- giving service held for fisherfolk da
Plymouth quay that a ten-year old boy was pushed into the s. A young man who dived in fully dressed after the boy got into diffi- culties and had to be pulled shore. Another man, also fully, dressed, then jumped in, and saved the boy. Mr. Chaplin addressed the crowd from a lorry, on which were his hostess, Lady Astor, the Bishop of Plymouth, and other civic and reli gious leaders. He said he gym pathised with fishermen in their arduous work. Still we all have our tribulations, be added. Even millionaires have their tribulations, And we that just put up with them."
He attended a dance of, East End Conservatives, when he danced with Lady Aster and several young women. He amused the gathering by making his bowler hat do all sorts of funny tricks,"
HIGH
JOCIETY BLUES
that scintillating "Sunny Side Up trio
Janet
GAYNORA
Charles FARRELL
Directed by DAVID BUTLER
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