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HONG KONG
SHOWING TO-DAY
Queen's
Dixiana" with Bobe Daniels.
and Everett Mazabal,
King'
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Central
World.
"The Gang Buster,”
Jack Oakio.
"Rain or Shine."
Lucky Fool."
Chinese alm.
KOWLOON.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
HOWING TO-DAY
KING'S
FEBRU
23010, 7.15
9.30 PM
JAKIE
IN
The Gang Buster"
A Paramount Picture
NEXT CHANGE
GET READY FOR THE
BIGGEST LAUGH
YEARS.
A REAL S-RING CIRCUS Star.
PLENTY OF
SIDE-SHOWS.
Actions-Laughs-Thrills
JOE COOK
"RAIN OR SHIN
Queen's
"Squaw Man."
| King's,
Tous of Money."
With Ralph Lyna,... Socrate of a Secretary." Claudette Colbert
Herbart Marshall,
Central
"Lonely Wives."
Waterino Bridge."
"A Woman of Experience."
The Age for Love,"
and
'The Command Performance."
World.
Robin Hood.
Girla Not Wasted;"
Chinese film.
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A Great Columbia Picture
Coming Attraction
The family circle has to
be run on the square
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18 Karas Comedy for Highbrow, Lowizowa and All the Grows in between
with" Edward Everett Berton Esther Ra'ston Laura la Planta Pastsy Ruth MIl'er Directed by: BUBBELL MACK Produced by X. D. DERN Fal on A, H WOODS" Blago play,
Y WIVES
X
COMING SHORTLY I The Age for Love
with
BILLIE DOVE
1
CHARLES STARRETT LOIS WILSON: MARY DUNCAN... EDWARD EVERETT
HORTON
1982, United Artists Pleture
RALPH LYNN
IN
TONS OF MONEY"
ONE LONG SCREAM FROM BEGINNING TO END
MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
WILLIAM COLLIER J. JOAN PEERS RAINorSHINE
A COLUMBIĄ, PRODUCTION.
"RAIN OR SHINE" AT, has the determination to go and CENTRAL THEATRE.
JOAN PEERS AS CIRCUS
GIRL.
Joan Peers, the dainty little load. ing lady in "Rain of "Shine," Columbia's screen version of the stage hit
how showing at the Cen Theatre, has had what is called
breaks."
tral
the
get it.
"A talented dancer and rider, Joan Pears acquired many now"ac-
A BRITISH PICTURE
TALLY HO IN "THE SQUAW MAN."
HUNTING SCENĖS AT QUEEN'S THEATRE.
The playgoing, public is used to lavish and spectacular scenes in every. Cocil
B. DeMille picture. Tiby may recall the tunnel explo. sion in Dynamite" the Cin- derolla bill of "Forbidden Fruit". the opening of the Red Sea in The Ten Commandments," and the Zeppelin Break-up in Madam Satan,"
It seems that they are not to be disappointed on this scow in the producer-director's newest picture, "The Squaw, Man," which will open at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, under the auspices of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
A huge English fox hunt, with scorca of men and women on horse- back, provides the background for one of the moat dramatic scenes in the production; it is the scene, in fact, which prover that Jim Carston is not a thief, and sends his sweat-
# art, Diane, to New Mexico in search of him. English devotees of
BUILT FOR
1932.
THE GANG BUSTE
UPROARICUS FUN AT THE
KING'S THEATRE.
The country pumpkin invades pine-apple-land and bombarda tho rocketeers with razzbarrios |
Jack Oakiosmacks the under- world with wise-wracks in
"The Gang Bustor, which is showing at the King's Theatro, and kopt audi- onces roaring their approval on the opening day.
Oskio undertake the highly pra-. carious job of selling accident in surance in a city infested with easy- money desperadoes. Everybody wants Oakie's policies, except the Insurance company for which he works. Then "America's Joy- Friend dives into the under world, and digs up a lot af, happi- Res, including a swall romancé, Jean Azhar is the girl; and Wil- Ham Boyd, who appeared, with Gary Cooper in "The Spoolers" and George Banereft in Dore- lict," furnishes a large share of the thrills. There are thrills uni Bus penae, but everything" begina, and onds in a great guffaw.
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hoxes, adjacent to a sircular stagh, form what was known in the days of Cayetano 68 the "diamond horseshoe." From these boxos the bluebloods of the South viewed the circus performers in a sawdust ring in the heel of the "horseshoe,"
DIXIANA Alternato acts were shown on the
stage.
Famed Entertainers.
D
FAMOUS CIRCUS OF 1840.
The nationally known entertain-¦" "Cayetano's circus-theatre, theers. George Herman, famous contor social rendezvous of New Orleans tionist, and Bill Robinson, fore- in 1840, was reproduced in faithful most tap dancer of vaudeville fame, detail for the opening scones of
Radio Pitturos play "Dixiana," were brought from New York to which is showing at the Queen's appear in this particular. Theatre.
Montis of research and effort went into the making of the replies according to Max Rao, art director. Diamond Horseshoe Replica,
Cayetano's New Orleans Hip- podrome was an important institu tion in the evolution of the Ameri- can theatre," Reo Said, "I loand
ATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20
Special Showing at NOON
at REDUCED PRICES
MIGHTIEST
DRAMATIC
SPECTACLE OF
THE AGES
Unbridled World of Pleasures Carnival
...in the Faverod Last Hours of Mardi Gras )
DIXI
with
ВЕВЕК DANIELS EVERETT MARSHALL
-
BERT WHEELER 5,000 others
NEXT CHANGE WARNER BAXTER
in Cecil B. De Mille's
THE
Production
Double tiers of lavichly fitted that this show place caused the deOLLAT
cline of the show-boat business SQUAW MAN"
(Oontinued on next Volumn.)
Bebe Daniel's Record Kiss.
GOSSIP &
FACT.
* Home i #
The seren's record kiss goes to
置
Gladys Unger, playwright of signed by Paramount to adapt "Ladies of Creation," has been "Wayward" for Nancy Carroll.
Paul Likas, now appearing with Bebo Daniels and Everett Marshall! Ruth_Chatterton in To-morrow Their very Arst kiss during the feels at home on a Pullman. He and Tomorrow for Paramount, Alming of "Dixiana, " showing. was born aboard a train as it was to-day at the Queen's Theatre, last speeding through Hungary: ed two minutes by the stop watch. Two Arrangements.
It came as a sequel to three weeks' rehearsal, two days', production and at the end of their first duct, "Love is Like a Song." Four hundred
Charlie Ruggies has been assigned on, as well as
the comedy lead in "Second Chances," in which Paramount will executives
feature Charles Rogers, Richard When the kiss came to an end, Bennett and Peggy Shannon: Bebe Daniels' new leading manArthur Collins. found himself surrounded with congratulating executives
extras" looked Radio Pictures
The prominent figures of "Old among Drury" are passing rapidly, and
Rood and Mia Daniels herself.
It meant that this phenomenal singing couple had also clicked " in a romantic way.
"Tons of Money,"'-
vivad "Jimmy" Glover.
complishments while playing op fox hunting will, perhaps, find in-thom William Le Baron, Luther Arthur Collins has not long sur- "posite the versatile. Joo Cook interest in hunting in the De Mille "Rain or Shine." Mias Peers en-anner-and report to their Master
at Home nets the role of a circus performer.
Realistic Scene. She had plenty to learn and ob-
Hundreds of horses and trained serve watching the star Jos Cook who is equally adept at, juggling, riders, all former." devotees of the tight rope-walking, singing, dane chase, we are told, were gathered ing and acrobatics. One of the together to make this particular. difficult stunts acquired under Joe sequence entirely accurate.
The fox hunt in. compared later" Cook's tutelage was a complete She made her first public ap-|
aerial trapeze routine which she is very dramatic fashion to performs for the camern.
western cattle round-up on Car- pearance with a famous star, Guy
ston's ranch, "Rain or Shine," u circus picture, Bates Post. After one trial screen.
It will be recalled that The appearance in Now York, the features many novelties never shown
Squaw Man" ja the Edwin Milton. I on the screen before. A tremen- landed on Broadway." She had a
Royle story of racial intermarriage, trial screen appearance in Now dously successful stage play, it has considered one of the three most York, and was then sont to Holly. been brought to the screen with popular plays (in America) over wood. After making one picturs many additions, which the unimit-written. It has been played steadily there, she secured a long-term coned medium of the screen makes in ever90 ok has been translated every known language. In pic- possible..
tures it has been made twice in "silento,
„ both times by Cecil B. De A stellar cast play supporting
Mille Getting the "breaks" is one.
roles. Among the players are De Mille now transfore thy story thing, however, but managing to Louise Fazenda, William Collier, in talking picture form, with the hold on afterwards is another and Jr., Tom Howard, David Chaser, help of an extremely powerful cast, Miss Poors has demonstrated that Alan Boscoe and Adolph Milar. Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles including "Warner Baxter Lupe sho can do both
Bickford, Rokund Young) Paul The real secret back of this little It has been brought to the screen Cavanagh, Raymond Batton, Julia lady's success is the fact that she on a lavish sale Many of the McDonald, Dickie
Faye, Dewitt Jennings, J. Terrell Moore and knows exactly what she wants and etage stars appear in it.
tract.
+
Frank Capra directed..
others.
For years Arthur Collins has been an invalid, with a heart so weak. that he was hardly allowed to move, "He might live for many years," ne of his many brothers told me re- cently, and he might die to A British picture from a studio night Tor such an active mage- that has very materially contriout-active in mind and chafing at the ed to the outstanding position opinativity ill-health forced on him cupied by British films in-day is at a comparatively early age-death coming to the King's Theatre, must have come as a blessed relegee. Tons of Money" made history, ne No man in the theatrical più a farce 'sight years ago." It is said fassion was ever beloved as was that as a talkie it is even better Arthur Collins. He was straight. entertainment. Tom Walls, who He was kind. He was modest And directedTons of Money," had the, he was supremely efficient,
advantage of being able to what Comedians Owed Him, include m the cast Ralph Lynn, I Yvonne Arnaud, Mary Brough mod He saw that his companies had Robertson Hare, all of whom were plenty to eat during rehearsals. in the original stage production As the first night drew near he which ran to 737 performances. The entertained them to a hot lunch fores is rich in fun, arowded with daily in the theatre, for Drury good lies and guaranteed to Lane at that time had its own canso continual menrument. Relpl kitchen.. Lynn, for his performande, has been There was a businem side to this, termed “The Chaplin of Farce;"
for Arthur Collins gave his come diane many of their humorous Another Barrymore.
effecta. He used to say to Dia Leno "Look here, Leno, I pay you four Auxións to carve out a career! times the smount Augustus Harris fuence or capitalizing on the family you to do what you like. You mu without depending upon family in- paid you. I can't sword to allow
(name, Samuel Barrymore Colt, non do what I want in your own
of Ethel and nephew of John and inimitable way Lionel, is making his first bid for screen honours in Working Girls fas the Paramount studios.
Nearly all Leno's famous pate tomine triumphs were the tennis, of Collins
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Lope Velez Eleanor Boardman Charles Bickford
STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9,20,
Joseph Mbabanek,
LUMMOX
HERBERT BRENON
PRODUCTION