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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG
HONG KONG DAILY "PRESS, FRIDAY,
SHOWING TODAY
Central.
Beyond Victory,
Queen's,
At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m. ̈ ̈
"The Lady Refusas,”
King's
Only Supa Work."
AHEAD-
World.
the Roar of the Guns BEHIND-
Two Stars" (Chinese Alm).
KOWLOON,
Star.
Splinters" (British film).
COMING.
Mary Brian
Stuart Erwin
the Beat of a Broken Heart
BEYOND VICTORY
BILL BOYD JAMES GLEASON
ZASU PITS • LEW CODY -- MARION SHILLING MARY CARE
* LẮP KKO PA335) Patice
Men as far apart as the poles, five of them in No Man's Land at the zero hour of death, and yet each with similar thoughts of the past, the mother, the sweetheart or the
other woman.
A stupendous picture of destiny and the strength of human virtue.
NEXT CHANGE
She endured the embrace of
strangers
at a dime
dance!
in
Barbara Stanwyck · Ten Cents a Dance
A
LIONEL BARRYMORE
Production
||COLUMBIA PICTURE
Based upon the. popular song ""Ten Conte e Dance
Central,
Shadow of the Law,”
With Willinen Powell..
"Only the Bruvė." -
Gary Cooper and Mary
Bring.
Charley's Aunt."
Queen's.
With Charles Ruggles and
June Collyer.
Politres ? with Marie Dressler
und Polly Moran?
"Love is Like That,"
"Side Walks of New York."
King's.
The Secret Call" Merely Mary Ana" "Secrets of a Secretary,"
Cländelle Colburt
Herbert Marshall.
and
World.
Star.
**Robinhood;"
The House of the Arrow."
New York Nights."
"The Ghost Train."
JANUARY 29, 1932.
KING'S
Get your ear
ONLY SAPS and-eyeful of
WORK'
Leon Errol Richard Ariem
fervent fun and roaring romance where,
Paramount Picture
IT'S good for you! Love and laughs on a health, farm with
the racketeers of roars.
the honies are funny,
Even
NEXT ATTRACTION
Ar 230, 5.10, 7.15
&.30 PM
EVERY BODY'S WAITING
FOR
"THE SECRET CALL'
A Paramount Picture with
RICHARD ARLEN and PEGGY SHANNON
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.
MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
ONLY SAPS WORK." MARIE AND POLLY
" IN "POLITICS.”
ROUSING COMEDY COMING
MODEL FAMILY MAN IN
LEAD.
Ilia appearance in a featured role in Only Saps Work," the Para- comedy romanco at the
MOWAD
King's Theatre, marks the first time in 10 years that Charlie Grapewin ins ever appeared in a theatrical dle without his wife as his lead ing, lady.
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This time Charlie is alone, por- traying the role of Mary Brinu's father.
TO QUEEN'S.
A ocmplete city halt and an en- tire town street, one of the largest single, exterior settings constructed since the coming of the calkies,¦ were erected to usher Marie Dress- ler into film stardom.
This is the big city hall set where the torchlight processions, railies and other demonstrations, LFC staged by Marie in Politics," Grapevin Brat saw Anna Chance, her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pic- on Sunday the girl who AVIUM to become his are which will come stage and serven partner for ao to the Queen's Theatre. It is her many years, in a box in a Philadel. first appearance since recently pro.
mcted 19 full stardom. phia theatre where he was playing. She was the only one in the box party who failed to laugh at any of Grapowin's gaça
.
The actor didn't rest until he had arranged an introduction. Thres days later the pair were married.
Grapevin coached his wife in. foot-lights technique and made her his leading woman in music hall skite and stage productiont.
When He entered the talking pic tures as a Christie Comedy star, bis wife played the loads opposite him.
In Only Saps. Work" there were no roles suitable to her type and so the thirty-year partnership had to and temporarily.
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In the cast with, Grapewin and Miss Brian are Loon Errol, tha famous stage comedian of the col lapsible knees, who made such " great hit as the hospital patient in "Paramount on Parade"; Richard Arlen, Miss Brinu's leading man in
a number of other talking picturon, and Stuart 'Erwin, the blonde and befuddled sap" "and"*"Dangerous Man McGrew.”
To story is one of the best! comedios ever written by Owen Davis, the distinguished American" playwright.
of Sweetie,"
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Charles F. Riesner diretted the new picture, in which a notable enst. appeal'K, including Rosgo. Aten, Karen Morley, William- Bakewell, John Miljan, Joan Marsh, Tom McGuire, Kane Rich mond and Mary Alden. The story,
GY BRITISH FILM BOOM QUEEN'S
"BEYOND VICTORY” SCORES SUCCESS.
INTRODUCES NEW FILM »
METHODS
The public taste for something new and entirely different in the matter of mereen entertainment is gratified by
--THE TRUTH.
| WE. MUST - GET OUR STARS AND BOOST THEM.
Filmgoers are all for British Blm at the moment. - It is a fact whien has hot as yet been recorded in print for the very good reason that I feel that overstatement of the merit of homo 5lm products, in opired by patriotism have done good deal of harm to the Elatres. industry.
To say
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"this film is better than
Hollyword eat do," implying thora, by that you are hitling the height
of literary shperlative, is a weari some habit with some of my col legues.
Let us examine this British ffm batan dispassionately.
It is a wayward thing. Holly- wood has built up fts own success. ful and glittering edifice on the star system. They think stars over there, like this:-
Greta Garbo. is slipping. bolater her with stars in support. William Powelf has been a pad and a lady killer too long. Make him a hero.!!
And over here we have no stars. Yes, there is a British film boogn on, but it won't last if the execu- tives don't make strenuous efforta to make permanent stars of the present favourites,
¡Ân American, Walter Morosce, put the whole case in a nutshell for me recently,
I came over here," he said," tu form un English organisation an atarted by "looking for talent. saw plenty swimming abous, but could enich much.
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All the bonusiful and elevez young women over here are willing to take Alm work, but a contract -no! You can't ropa 'en in.
You can't hureen away from the glitter and the glamour of the West End, whers Lord Thinguni- mybob in in the stage box and Beyond Victory a there's no director to make am fine Pathe picture which was shown jump. with great miccoss at the Central Theatre. It is from start to finish a highly impressed production.
For perhaps the first time in the history of the screen the routine story structure has been discarded. is an original by Zelda Sears and, and the usual continuance of Unity, of thought, development of Malcolm Stuart Boylan. It was adapted by Wells Root with dialo gue by Robert E. Hopkius,
"THE SECRET" "CALL."
FILM OF AMERICAN
POLITICS.
To Richard Arlen fell the happy lot of playing the role of leading opposite Peggy Shannon, an Hollywood's latest Lucky Girl."" Miss Shannon. was thrust into film-fame when she was cast in the The construction of the huge set principal romantic part of "The i was interesting. As an exterior Secret Cal" after the part was building it had to be very solid vacated by the sudden illness of so every wall was treated acoustic. Clara Bow.. ally, and the sidewalks were land The story deals with events in a over foundations of porous materi- big city during an electioneering Miss Shannon, whose to aboorb the bulk of the noise campaign. of footsteps.
politician father dies a victim of the persecution of the "big boss" of the political machine which runs the city, gets a job as a telephone operator in a big hotel. As such she learns many of the secrets of the politicians, and is in a position so much to damage the big boss expese that "he will lose his grip on the she crooked mayor and his gangster voters. But she learns that Arlen, satellites, call out all the women her sweetheart, inclin son of the
big born.!! on trike against their husbands
Thus the plot bri when the men try to organize, and
together a generally raise the dickens. There number of thrilling dramatic forces. Are which end pleasingly, in a romantic are laugh galore...There dramatic spones, too, where Miss olimax. Dressler has some remarkable char- nebor acting.
Marie Runs for Mayor. The new picture is a hilarious story of Marie's running for the mayor's job, with, Polly Moran as her campaign manager. They or ganize the women's vote.
TO-NIGHT!
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17" "The Secret Call comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday next.
TO-NIGHT!
theme through a picture is con- spicuous by its absence in this ex- traordinary production,
Beyond Victory." tells not one, but four separate and distinct stories linked by a fifth, quenes which portrays a dramatic situation in the Great War when four sol
.
He mentioned one young wanah of moderate beauty and talent who has roooived extravagant and very damaging praise from critics, He tried to sign her up, accing possibi libies in her. But he didn't succe» ed.
There are five men in England who Frankly, the position is this: can put the British film industry up on its hind legs and kicking like mad They are all employed by the same group and their names are Sydney Howard, Horbert Mar shall, Gordon, Harker, Hugh Wake field, and Jack Hulbert.
I should like to be able to add
diers from different walks of life, Jack Buchanan to the list, and I face almost certain death. And in hope I shall soon be able to adu each of these suparate stories the Tom Walls, the greatest of them dominant and most dramatic inci-
dent in the civilian lives of the four all, for I hear he is getting well. men is upfrided-incidents which in These men have an appeal quits themselves contain all the ingredi-as strong, in their several English ents necessary for the ordinary pic ways, as Gary Cooper, Ronald Coi man, Wallace Beery and 'Walter Huston:
ture
The four soldiers are played by
They need violent expicitation William Boyd, James Gleason, Fred Scott and Lew Cody, while in the and clever crven writers to keep civilian sequences, there are stars them going.
Ladies.
und featured players including But just a minute. This picture Zasu Pitt. Marion Shilling Lissi is too rosy. What about the wo Arna and Theodora Von Eltz. Ex'ment cellent support is given by Russell Gleason, Mary Carr, Wade Boteler, Bert Roach, E. H. Calvert, Fred Walton, Rockliffe. Fellowes, Lora Baxter and Hedwiga Raicher. The direction by John Robertson was in every respect praise-worthy as also, was the photography with by John Mescall. The sound reproduction
was perfect.
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FILMS AND THE CHILD.
PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN PICTURES.
Yes, there's the snag. Some peo ple any that it's because English women are ladies and don't permit a reasonable intensity in their emo- wonder whotber Noll
tions. I
Gwynn was a lady. Was Maric Lloyd?
No it's not that,
Miss Eli Landi, whom I found in a very highbrow mood when she returned to London, a month ago, fresh from Hollywood triumph, is cortainly at lady and as certainly vital screen. material.
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10-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 230, 510, 7.15 AND 9.20
SHOT WITH STARK HUMAN EMOTION.
Passion and Pathos Humour and Heartache !
LOUISES
with
BETTY COMPSON
Ivan Lobedli Gilbert Ennory Directed by
GEORGE ARCHAIN BAUD
ALSO SHOWING
HEARST NEWSREEL
and
"The BROKEN"
WEDDING BELLE
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THE STRAIGHT LAUGH, TICKET
DRESSLER X
POLLY
MORAN X
with
ROSCO ATES in the comedy you'll
vote their funniest
POLITICS
STAR
Perhaps Mr. Morosco is right. TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Catch 'em young and work 'em and you've got your Garbos.
AT 2.80,5.20, 7:20 AND 9.20
resolution urging that the
The British film industry has Government should set up an in succeeded in catching several, young quiry into the effects which the ladies young. but has omitted to THE BRITISH COMEDY films shown at public cinemas have work em hard. So they remaini upon children and adolescente was fadies and attend charity balls. passed as the Council meeting in Some of them open local bazaars,
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS London of the Inecrporated Associa. I am reminded here of the plain-
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tion of Assistant Masters in Stive cry of the late Mr. Harry condary Schools.
The Truth.
Mr. E. Davies, of Reigate. Sur- Weldon Any lady I would rey, said that it was time that. Bri- suggest that as the present stogan tain made a stand against the in of the British film industry. sidious influence of foreign Alma • Meanwhile, our Dorothy fox- The American," he declared, Chili) Bouchiers and our Belle ' has no historical sense. He does Chrystalls must work vory hard, not see the world from the Eng lishman's point of view. He would. Alm Charlie Chaplin, dressed up lika Cosar, being assassinated ta The fruth about this British Bhim the Capitol, without seeing that boom is that it is doomed to be there was the slightest discrepancy sporadic unless other; mun capture |
The worst point about it is the comething of the spirit and the introduction of the talkie," which sense of Mr. Michael Balcon, gen- lowers the, standard of the English oralissimo of the Gaumont-Gaine language to that of the American. borough foreca. He believes in We must ban all talking filma, or stars. I hope ho's hitched his cise have them made by people wagon to several. Fnul Holt in the | who can talk the King's English," Daily Sketch
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A richly comic talkie of the war-time concert party.
Is with
NELSON KEY SYDNEY HOWARD. LEW LAKE REG STONE
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