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CENTRAL
THEATRES
Showing To-day
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
HONG KONG
Central,
"Lasen" of the Rio Grande,"
Queen's
At 2.90, 5.10.7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
live and Ton."
With Marion Davies,
King's
Hursh Money."
World.
Two Years in the Jungle to Stage the
Greatest Thrill
Melo-Drama Romance
Star..
Gold Diggers" of Broadway,”
KOWLOON.
"Dynamito."
Ever Screened I
Central.
HAND-TO-CLAW con- flicts with wild beasts.
a volcano in eruption. Lava flow wiping out palaces and huts... all the dangers of the tropic jungle all a living moving part of the great- est action romance-drama ever brought to the talking screen! A picture you'll never forget. Don't miss
it !
"EAST OF BORNEO"
with
AROSE HOBART
CHARLES
COMING.
Bayond Victory.
With Bill Boyd.
Shadow of thể Law”
With Willian Powell.
Only the Brave."
Gary Cooper
Brian.
Charley's Aunt."
Queen's,
and Mary
With Charles Ruggles and
June Collyer.
"A Free Soul."
King's.
World.
Star.
With Norma Sheriror.
Love is Like That."
Bad Girl"
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Merely Mary Ann."
Secrets of & Secretary."
Claudette Colberi and
Herbert Marshall.
Too Late (Chinese fan);
Two Stars" (Chinese film),
The Ghost Train,"
New York Nights.”
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932.
LAST TWO. DAYS
KING'S
"HUSH MONEY"
writk
· JOAN BENNETT
HARDIE ALBRIGHT
OWEN MOORE
MYRNA LOY
Directed by
SIDNEY LANFIELD
NEXT CHANGE
JAMES DUNN
HILERS
SALLY
FOX"
BAD CIRLY
Ar 2:30, 5.10, 7.15 & 4.30 PM.
A woman's
past is her own. This girl's rose up to beat her down but a kindly cop un tangled a snarl that would have blasted her life.
DICTURE
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.
MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
"FIVE AND TEN."
MARION DAVIES IN SPARKLING SHOW,
Five and Ten," which opened at the Queen's Theatre yesterday, is another of the type of films which Davies excels i-light
Marion
comedy.
The story concerns a millionaire who, in trying to become the world's
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"BAD GIRL."
A "REAL LIFE.**
STORY.
"Bad Girl," Vinh Dolmar's study of motherhood as it affects a typical young couple of New York's work- ing class has now reached the sercen with Sally Eileri and James Dunu. in the go-featured leads.
Frank Borzage, directed this Fox film production which will be the featured attraction at the King's Theatre beginning next Sunday. Much of the emotional appeal of the Alm is said to be due to Burago's aptitude for portraying the druma of life and love.
A man's
post is
his wife's.
SHEARER FILM,
SOCIETY AND THE
UNDERWORLD.
Society and the underworld, the sardedness of Chinatown dens and the beauty of Yosemite Valley aro Shtrusted in "A Free Soul Norman Shearer's newest starring picture, which will come to the Queen's Theatre shortly.
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro- "LASCA OF THE RIO duction is based on the novel of
Adeln Rogers St. Johns.
GRANDE."
THRILLS AT CENTRAL
THEATRE.
How would you like to see 'real mosien picture-one that HOYUB with all of the romance and sc
tion of the old quick-shooting." Spanish-Bavoured Border days?
Well, we have it for you. It is Universal's "Lasca of the Rio Grands," which will be the next
traction at the Central. Remember Loc Carrillo of "Mis- Briefly, the story deals with after Antonio," "Lombardi, Ltd.," BICKFORD chant, entirely overlooks the unp-young couple who loved too well bend Hell Bound" You should
Directed by GEORGE MILFORD IT'S A UNIVERSAL SUPER-PRODUCTION
Also
Slim Summerville
in
"Sargie's Playmate"
- NEXT CHANGE
with
Carrillo.
Mack
200 Johnnie Brown, Dorothy
Burgess, Bilm Summerville.
Frank Campeau
LASCA
of the RIO GRANDE
ending ve-and-sen-een-store tner
pines of his family, a youdg wife, a scapricious daughter, and a
alami.
Winzame Toam Bennsti zo-fratura & feminine lind in the Fox drama, “Huiß Hongy.**
The attractive daughter is tolerat ed by Rociety only because of her father's million When he falls in love with a poor architect, it
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for women,
for they were married. Sally see him as the politely murderous Elers, as the heroine, is shadowed half-breed cattle owner with an eye with the stigma of being known as
in this one! And Bad Girl," whereupon. her sweetheart, enacted in the aim by Janes Dunn, agrees to marry her.
Sally's happines at this prospect is dimmed by her brother's cruel treatment of her in forcing her to leave home, but it is soon renewed when she is married and rettled in a comfortable little fut. Then the realization that a baby is coming brings conflict into their home..
Thoir worries, fears, and some times laughable experiences during this trying time in their liver make
Dorothy Burgess, the seductive, fiery little senorita who played the menate to Warner Baxter in “* In Old Arizona"? She will give you the suscn's thrill' as the dance- hall girl, Lustn. She's better than she was in "Arizons.
American football star and hand- John Mack Brown, fratwhile ali- some here of "Our Dancing Daugh- ters," "Billy the Kid" And "Coquette." plays a big, strapping Texas Ranger in "Lasca of the Ric Grande." Slim-Summerville. the lanky comedian, and the squat
up the body of the drama which isty Frank Campeau engaged in a
riet in human interest.
An admirable supporting cast in cladea Minna Gomball, Frault Darion and William Pawley.
duet that you will remember for
long time.
The story, based upon the ro mantic Frank Desprez's pcem, Edwin Burke, author and drama-netion and colour of the poetic. "Lasca," retains all of the romance, tist of many past stage-und screen-}-
creation, and Edgard Laemmle, the secases, adapted" Rnd Girl" for director, has done An all-round
excellent job of the picture.
the screen version.
tish Nows Reels only, will be shown. It is the intention of the meanga- ment to hold these performances every Wednesday and Saturday and their enterprise is we think, assur- od of the success it deservos.
Each programme will last about half an hour and will undoubtedly be a boon to those who have tiffia in town and have that time to! spare. The prices of admission are also attractive-to cents upstairs
entertainment tax
INNOVATION - AT
KING'S THEATRE.
BRITISH NEWS REELS AT TIFFIN TIME.
seems that her money and his social and 20 cents., downstairs, including innovation will commence at the
standing will be a good combina
An interesting and very woleoms We refer our readers to an adver- from 11.45 am to 2 pm., a con- King's Theatre to-morrow when, tion Life, however, is not as sim-tisement appearing in this is tinuous performance, showing Bri- where to-morrow's programme is given in full,
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ple as all that, and the girl dis covera ironically that her money is lier greatest handicap when the man she loves is convinced that she is {"buying " him.
Marion Davies as the daughter of the millionaire," is brilliant whila | the supporting cast,. including Leslie Howard; Richard Benrett and Irene Mich help to make the picture an enjoyable entertainment.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS
OPENING AT KOWLOON-MON, NIGHT, JAN. 25
60
EUROPEAN
30
50
ARTISTES
BIG ACTS
NEW
PERFORMING
ANIMALE
JACKIE COOPER'S GENIUS.
GOOD ALL-ROUND ACTING' IN "THE CHAMP."
There is en performance which is even outstanding in a company
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 and 0.20
"I DIDN'T TRY TO
of excellent ones, that is the acting | BUY,YOUT
of, Jackie Cooper in The Champ
ut the Empire, writes the London Morning Post Alm critic. It is not- too much to say that this boy is a Konius
"The Champ."
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A front many, good judges of Alm neting particularly in the rank of sta lm actors, regard Jackie- Cooper's performance in Skippy " as the best piece of acting of the par. That was astonishing piece of work, but it is nothing to his Dink im The Champ." In this film he is up agains, and acting with, Wallace Beary throughout the film, and it is no discredit to Beary that Jackin Cooper leaves him "stone cold. There is not one moment in this Alm when this boy of nine is not real and natural. Never once doos 'ho inake a fala gesturo orra false intonation. His performance is about a near an net of genius as can be, imagined. Whatever his futurs may be, there sannot be the slightest doubt about his present. He has got what so few child, actora ever ohfain-natural gŕnec, natural pathos, and most sturdy mas culinity. One almost has the temerity prophesy that he caus be spoiled in the future as an actor. On the whole "The Champ," .nl- though in many ways it is an astonishing piece of filmmaking. does not quite come up to one's ox: pectations. Et in admirably direct ed by King Vidor. It is admirably acted by Roscoe Atas, Ifale Hamil ton, and, especially, by the little nigger boy friend of Jackie Croper, over and above the tremendous per formances of Wallace Benry and Cooper himself. But half-way through the scenarist threw his hat over the most sentimental of wind- There is also one of the best film mills, and so became unconvincing.
Aghts I have seen in this picture! It is a film most" definitely to be seen by all lovers of superlative acting.
saved when, in a dramatic appear ance before a jury, her father bares, bis own sins to save his child.
Leslie Howard, last seen in Five and Ten, and Clark Gable, who Miss Shearer plays the daughter will remembered for his out. of a brilliant though drunken low-standing work opposito Joan Craw yer The ultra-modern tenchings of ford in "Dance, Tools, Danen." the father give her an idea of and with Wallace Beary in The feminine freedom" that in the Secret Six" share leading an end sonde the structure of life honours in the supporting cast with crashing about her ears. Tora be the heavy charactor rôle going to tween the love of a gambler and Lionel Barrymore, who agnin ap society man, her happiness is finally pours before the camera after an
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interval of directing.
Harmaton's Girous: The Colebrated Palomers Family.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS
";
OPENING ON MONDAY.
IT'S A L'E
Poor little rich girl! But all bor father's millions couldn't buy love for her!
Marion
DAVIES
in her finest
talkie-
FIVE and TEN
ktagen Mayer mesums,
From the great Amerigan novel by FANNIE HURST with
"LESLIE HOWARD
Richard Bennett Irene Rich
Kent Douglass: Mary Duncan
A MARION DAVIES PRODUCTION
NEXT ATTRACTION
The spot. light now
chines on
A great
star in
a great picture 1
ORMA
HEARER
FREE
SOUL
(STAR)
Overture, by the Cirens Band Duble Tandem, Misses Williams TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Contortion Act, C. Frank Juggling, Delroy and Chocolate Trick Riding, Ar 280,5.20, 7.20 AND 9:20 Miss Williams Comic Boxing En- tree will make you cry with Laugh. ing, Little Peter and Tony.
Circus lovers will be given the Hilver; introduced by W. Harm- real treat and entertainment of theston, Daner, 5 Ladies Eight Aus- season when Harmaton's circus and tralian Horses, introduced by W. royal Monagerie opens next Monday Harmston. evening, January 25, opposite the Peninsula Hotel,
The troupe it composed of 30 artists, with 30 performing animals among whiel, are lions, tigers, cle- phants panther, beara, monkeya,. horses. panice and kunguroos.
Matineos will be held every Thura- day, Saturday and Sunday at 4.11 pm, to which children will be ad mitted at half price..
The programme for next Monday evening, is as follows:-
Wire Jumping, Miss Palomar'a Leaping the gap on a motor cycle, Dare Devil Moscowitcho.
Trick Cyclist Delroy, Kalty. Millle and Charlie dieptes van di Tisley Act, The Celebrated Pa ilomar family, Bounding Jonkey, J. Williams - Dental · Auf? Extra- Fordinary 2Moscovitche Elephants introduced by W. Harmston Jumbo, introdused by Clown, Billie, Qui Pots from the Jungle, introduced by A. "Turkey.
CECIL B DE MILLE'S first Talking a picture
MITE
with CONRAD NAGEL KAY JOHNSON. CHARLES
**BICKFORD"
Picture.
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