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NOT TO MARRY CHARLES CHAPLIN.
SARI MARITZA'S. DENIALS:
"I will not matry Charles Chap- lin.
Such was the declaration mado by, Shri. Maritza, European screen player, da sho arrived in Hollywood to begin ben Hollywood starring eurer at the Paramouns studios.
Her statement" was in answer to questious concerning the rumoured
the engagement of
Continental player with: Chaplin when he was making his recent Europeau tour.
"I danced frequently with Mr. Chaplan," she said. "We discuss ed Sims and other interesting. matters, but never talked of love. I am quit mure that noither of us even thought of marriage."
Born in China.
الوحيد
دیم
Miss Maritzu, 21 and brown hair- ed. comes to Hollywood, as one of the youngest European stars ever brought to Amerien and haljod as a cosmopolite. She was born in China of an English futher and Austrina' mother?' whs aduented in London, Berlin, Paris and Swit zerland; speaks English. French, German and Chinese; and lus lived in practically every major city of Europe.
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TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HONG KONG.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.'
King'
Central,
All Quiet on
Front."
the Westora
Queen's.
Son of India,'
World.
Dawn Patrol,"
KOWLOON.
Star.
inge
"
with Ramon Navarro.
'Ep for the Cup."
COMING.
The Yellow Tickat."
Young as You Feel." "The Spider."
Contral
The Age for Leve.!!
Around the World in 80.
Minutes."
The Command" Performance.
Queen's.
World.
She visited Hollywond onet-ten | Star. years ago. At that time she was eleven and was on her way to Lon- don from China to "complete her education. At that time the sw Douglas Fairbanka making a sceno for Robin Hood and vowed she would someday by a film actress.
Miss Maritza began her muting. der in all parts in Hungary and later rose to stardom.
She
then went to London, where she has been starred in five pietures. Sho also has made oas starring picture in Berlin
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME. "
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES.
1 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.20 .m.--Chinese recorded pro-
ano
...
12.30 p.m.--European programme of
Columbia records.
1 p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
Half Shot at Suurise."
"Sleeping Cardinal."
Three Heroes.”
Chinese picture. "Thunder"
"The Mysterious Person
Black." Chinese Pieture.
"Say It With. Songs."
Robin Hood:"
112
Min and Dill
Passion Flower,"
"Warm Corner."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932.
TO-DAY ONLY
Featuring
FREDRIC MARCH
MIRIAM HOPKINS ROSE HOBART
KING'S
A Lover by Day... At Night by Flend
"DR. JEKYLL AND
A PARAMOUSTI
1932***** PRODUCTION
MR.HYDE
RELEASING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH N.T.
AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.15
9.30 PM
ADDED FEATURE NEUTRALS SACRIFION IN PRESENT WAR HORROR AT SHANGHAL FUNERAL OF
Ably Seamen H. A. Francis and H. G. Prior
of R.M.S."Suffolk '
TO-MURROW
POWERFUMEY
Story of a Framed Wirt
Elissa
LANDI
'Lionel BARRYMORE
THE YELLOW
TICKET
A Fox Picture
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.
MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
PARIS IN
HOLLYWOOD.
BUILT UP FOR "HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE.”.
"
Nothing is impossible in the making of talkies.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT."
SUPREME DRAMA OF YOUTH AT WAR..
"LOVE INTEREST" LURE.
BOX OFFICE THE DECIDING FACTOR.
Whenever you feel disposed to snces at the Alm makers because of their little way of debilitating a strong and reasonable story by in- 18istence upon a love interest it will be well to retomber that the ulti mate responsibility rest with you. It is your money they want, and SOMETHING ABOUT ELISSA they are all exports in listening at
"THE YELLOW TICKET."
LANDI.
the box office.
They would
not be fooding Once in the proverbial blue moon!
cinemas with tears for the wistful Writers are fond of comparing | there comes to the screen a picture Elissa Landi with other screen, cele-old mother in “Over the Hill,” if This was proved when Radio Pie-which proclaims that the sereanbrities, but no one denies that the millions had not" shown that the bures produced "Half Shot at Sun- possesses powers inherent in no brilliant Fox star, who makes her multitude has moods in which it
all-talking war-tire" other medium of artistic expres. [latest appearance in the leading loves to cry. comedy with music, at the Queen's sion; a picture which appeals with Theatre on Sunday.
equal strength to the intelligence and to the emotions.
130 p.m.-Rugby Press news, inail | riso,” แก
nabice, etc.
p.m.-Cluse down.
BS p.m.--European programme.
5 to 5.21 p.m. ----
Band Selections.
Zip Zip " (Brooke). Whispering Pines" (Byrne).— Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Municipal Or-: thestra,-5623
Guards.1071/1972. "Humoresque" (Dvorak)-Reg. Band of H.M. Greandier Guard.-4072.
3.21 to 5:85 p.m.
Vocal Quintette
Maestros
i
The Profit-Making Way,
Hakim's poliny, at the Academy cinema in Oxford-street.
DR. JEKYLL AND
MR. HYDE."
HOW MARCH'S HEART- BEAT WAS TAKEN.
The boat of the human heart ra. cently was reorded in Hollywood Tor" talking pissures for the Ara tine.
The sound effect was scopred by Roubell Mamoulien, Paramount director, for a sechs in Dr. Takyll and Mr Hyde" in which Fredric March plays the dual personality Yolo prid-Mirian Hupkins and Rose Rart have the loading feminine róla. This remarkable dramatizu tion of Robert Louis Stevenson's wbird story is the feature picture at the King's Theatre to-day.
To obtain the boom, boom" of the heart-pump, the microphone; was held over March's heart. The sensitiveness of the instrument-boo- sted the sound past that which one naturally hears while holding an war over a heart to the quality at tained by listening through atethoscope.
The heart-beat was conceived by Mamoulian s one of his novel effects in the Stevenson story; by. use of this, the director will obtain the sensation of one's own heart pounding in one's ears as he chronicle the experiences of Jakyll in transforming for the Arst time into Hyde
HOLLYWOOD IS TELLING YOU.
ANTHEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20
NOVARRO Son of Indio
The Land of Maki-Believe: The diamonds Constance Bennett wears. in her new film are square inches of uncut glass. Real jewels would blind tho camera,
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The man with whom Miriam Hop- kins: dances in close-ups for Dancers in the Dark" is a robot constructed to carry a camera ani robate in the actress's arms.
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With & Klok.
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The wines and spirits drunk in Hollywood Alms are water and ginger-beur. At the paties they ary something else
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Sam (Art for Art's Sako") Goldwyn, the producer, turned to Howard Doits, who wrote "Rand
Wagon," the stage hit of the year, and said "Your Band Box in pretty good."
Deitz promptly turned to Gold- wyn, who has just scored a big success With Ronald Colman's Arrowsmith," and said, "I liked yourArrowroot too."
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She Said It,
A comoding was enjoying a soli tury lunch at Heury's and devoting himself exclusively to the task.. A. fascinated waitress eventually asked him whether he would like anything more to eat.
You might give me
another mouthful of that chicken," he re- plied.
"Okay, ""drawled the girl, Give me your plate and I'll fl it up"
The colour Fad has broken out again. All the stars are rushing to alleged paychologists and learning their best colour.
Mary Pickford has been told that' red is invigorating and rejuvenat ing, and appearing in it exclu sively.
Jean Harlow is sticking to blacks“ And whites, a tribute to her famous
role of Raoul Walsh's dramatic production, The Follow Ticket," opening nors Friday at the King's | This may be hard on the minority, The two comedians Bert Wheeler Such a picture is All Quiet On Theatre, has a personality and a but until a multi-millionaire comes and Robert Woolsey are featured. The Western Front, Universal's type of beauty that is all her own.
along and endows minorities with Misa Landi possesses charm and In the story they are privates of production of Frich Maria Remar-exotic grace as well as colour, and cinema we shall have put up with the American army, who go to cord crowds of audience while show-mother in a counters, she is one of are frankly after profits.
que's famous novel, which drew ro
notwithstanding, the fact that her the empirical wisdom of those who France, land in Paris and turn the ing at. Contral Theatre yesterday. French capital upside down. There have been war pictures which the most democratic young women
of the films.
That there is a public for what Many of the scenos call for Paris have been wae pictures which, vere tion "to become a stage or screenshown by the success of Mr. Eric
were primarily spectacular. There
I was nover Miss Landi'a inten- are called intelligent pictures is Nell Gwyn Dances (German), streets. It was impossible to go to primarily romances. There, bare actress. She accepted her first stage Rog, Band of H. Grenadier Paris--a alight difficulty the studio been war pictures which were pri role merely for the opportunity is solved by building a whole Paris The Western Front" is the story of play she was writing at the time
mavily melodramas. All Quiet Orgave her to gather material for square on an eighty-acre ranch near youth All Quiet On The Western Her ability, however, pioved so row Encino, California.
Meanwhile a little injustice has Front" stands alone de motion that shot permitted herself to be been done to car British Alm barong Four thousand square feet of will never be forgotten. The youth roles.
picture achievement. Once seen, it
persuaded into other and bigger Popular Medley."The lacs.streets were laid out and paved, of all nationa--in war. It is the
by the statement that they rejected Later she came to the United a film record of a hazardous Hima tros with Novelty Orchestra.-| Parisian gardens wore planted,story of one youth who symbolizas State and while appearing in the 3002/5883.
hair. in himself the fate of all youth-Broadway production of A Farayan climb because it had no love 5.35 to 6.05 p.m.-Children's Con-constructed together with a huge flaming maw of war.
eight three-story buildings were comrades and foamen-cast into the well to Arms" was offered a con- interest. cert from the Studio.
tract by Fox Films.. Her first pit- palace and an elaborate. Frendi In All Quiet On The Western ture was "Body and Soul" cabarat.
Front" thousands of men go downposite Charles Farrell, which she to death in the forno of lettie followed with Always Goodbye'
Mr. F. S. Smythe, "the courage- To complete, the picture, the en- to show the offers upon the soul of and Wicked.?
ous young mountaineer, who led Violin Sulo -
"Paderewski's tire country was scoured for for, young Paul Baumer, To this same In The Tollow. Ticket," Minuet Paraphrase
mad cinematographed this expedi- end, others are maimed and tor powerful and romantic drama, tion, admitted frankly that his film rowski-Kreisler-Leo Cheruiav-World War period.
(Pade sign and army automobiles of the tured by the wounds inflicted by filmed, against a pro-war Russian sky. 3300-R..
Twelve ma shot and steel. To this end, thou-background, Mira Landi portrays had been shown to only one com Pino Solo --"Au Couvent "chines were secured, including two sands of shells whine and scream a young peasant girl, who is caught pany, and that his much-para
(Borodine)-(Jan. Cherniavsky) old army cracks,
nero, the fields of Europe, which, in the meshes of circumstance and a dilapidated the hate of men has turned into the becomes a social outcast, the pitiful graphed complaint about a "love Song A Fairy Went A-Market French taxicab or two, an old army living "grave of youth.
victim of the crubl perscention of interest" requirement arose out of ing"
(Fyleman-Goodhart). Dodge and Studebaker and several Dame Clara Butt (Contralto).popular foreiga passenger cars.
the head of the Car's insidious some rather vague talk before he set
caret police. PBS.
All Quiet On The Western Instrumental Trio-" A Bright
Lionel Barrymore xanets the role out upon the adventure.. Front is beyond the power of of the relentless police officer, and Morning on the Alps (Holst)."
wozds to describe. It is technically, Laurence Olivier, a newcomer to the It has some wonderful photography London is to see this picture soon.. -Anonymous.—2345R.
and, above all, spiritually-faw seroon from the London and Now Home loss. Universal has kept faith with York stage is also featured as an and is, in parte a thrilling, ex- Remarque. There are no conces English journalist in love with Miss position of human endeavour, but mail sions to what is known as "movie." Landi.
6.5 to 3.38 p.m.-
3300-R
A Concert.
Band Robin
Adair
With
Variations" (Hartmann)-St. Hilda Calliery Prize Band with Cornet Sale by Alwyn Peasdale.
Violin, Solo- Chant Hindou" (Rimsky-Korsakow and Kreis-
lor):
Violin Bolo- Minuet
Ain't it Great to be Again."-DB38.
p.m.-Stock quotations, notice, etc.
-6.52-to 7:25 pm-
Squire Celeste Oclette.
Toreador et Andalouse" (Rubinstein, arr. Sear).
(Beet-
hoven).--Bernard: Reillie.--3985. Song- The Temple
Belle
(FromTM**Filian Love Lyrics" Woodforde-Einden),
"Romance (Rubinstein,
Sear),--5238..
H. Squire).
Song Less Than the Dust" (From "Indian Love Lyrim”--- Woodforde Finden).
Coyle (Baritone).--3084R.
Edgar
0.39 to 0.09 p.).—Four songs by
Layton and Johnstons :
"The Punch and Judy Show"
A Cottage for Salo."-DB:43.
Bilv
ry Moon."
(Continued on near voluma,)
arr.
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No Concessions to Movie.
.op.
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The Roof of the World,
It is tremendous as is spectacle, The cast includes Walter Byron, it requires editing and shaping. but its greatness does not lie in Kits La Roy, Sarah Paddon, that. Its surpauing power lies in Arnold Korff, Mischa Auer and its deep human appeal. It is more
Boris Karloff. than a drams of uniforms. It is a drama of men.
...Acting and Direction. Young Low Ayres gives a superb performance-simple, moving, naive
"Twilight on the Waters" (J. in the role of Pat. Baumer, Loui
"The Picganninnies Pionie"
SquirDB2.
The Yellow Ticket! was adapted for the screen and who would be a star there again a star once in her native Seville, from Michael Morton's stage play if only she could earn the fare of the same name, by Jules Fürth home; a disbarrod bearister ribbing man, who also collaborated on the shoulders with a novelist whose last dialogue with Guy Bolton.
Budoes Was in 1926-all dance to the director's call. A man who jeighty years ago dírated Gloria
Norma Shearer is now, B/3- phony in greens: white GIGTIN Swanson is favouring saphire
Ann Harding, leader of the down- trodden feroine cult, is clinging to sentimental pastels.
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Wynne Gibson is trying to put herself over as a poetess, but the scheme is not working very well. Some of her verse is much too Blank
Wynne, however, is the world's champion radio fan, owning five sets. She is even strong enough to have one in her bedroom.
着し
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Walince Basry is now on another peak of stardom, "an event which happens every five years with him, "Four thousand dollars a wook I was getting when the talkies came in and sunk me" he said. "Then I waited nearly a year and "The Big House" sent me flying up the. ladder again.
Here is Ramon
ይና
Novarro's finest ro mance since "The Pagnu"! Such a story of young love
in old India as will tonch your heart |
Ni with CONRAD NAGEL MARJORIE RAMBEAU MADGE EVANS C. AUBREY.
SMITH
NEXT ATTRACTION BERT
WHEELER WOOLSEY
ROBT
SCREEN'S RIOTOUS. NIT WITS ON A SO JAG
THROUGH GAY PAREE!
HALF SHOT
AT SUNRISE
DOROTHY LEE
sila
ZINEMYS
STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20
THE MOST
That's the way with Hollywood SUCCESSFUL
Any actor can do well in the talkies-if he keeps his mouth.
anut
Forgotten-Legion
Jack Oakie is conducting a dance. band in the big scene for "Dancera in the Dark."
BRITISH
COMEDY
Over one hundred perfectly dream“ UP FOR
Wolheim is magnificent as Katexin- gonfirm his position in the foremostwanson's greatest acessos is don- (Jaky, hard-bitten veteran, benevolen rank of motion-picture directors. cing with movie star who is now
protector and defy of bewild Hy is it once case mater of the foxgottery Up of a soothing waits. They surn two Baby's Swontheart (Corri),
Eerad..
cad sabool boy spldiers John Fide sweep of the panorama, arid "Six 'names" "who were once "Chanson In Love) (Frimal)Wray gives an unforgetable porthe delicate lines of the miniature famous are waltzing away starva ormanes on the martinet Himmel- He has painted with unerring tadi di They are the nameless host stosawal speed2
Lewis Milestone's direction will the magnificently terrible back people who forget to remember their lity living human Agaree against of Hollywood's Foreign Legion, the (Continued as fout of nest column.) ground of war.
3807.
7.25 to 8 p.m.—
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past famą.
ed "axtras are dancing to the kuna.
guineas a day, with a five shillings promium for wosting dress clothes, Who are they, there extragit
A formar bank president, 65 and pannilom, a Spanish,girl, who was (Continued: ok:previous:column").
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SYDNEY HOWARD