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POLA NEGRI'S MYSTERY LOVER.
WHO IS THE LUCKY".
FOURTH?
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
Queen's,
HONG KONG,
Son of India,"
Mias Pola Negri, queen of Alm. with Ramon Novarro, vamps, is angaged to marry her | King's. fourth husband. According to Renter message from Chicago, but she refuses to say who he is.
All she will reveal so far is that he' is a man whom everyone looks up to and admires," and that he is at present wintering on his estate nt Monteria, California. Sines divorcing her third husband, Prince Adivasi, Inst year the. famous Hernen vamp's name has been cott pled with that of Captain John Loder, the English getor, but she recently denied rumours of an in inding engagement anaimolutely ridienions." In Borembey last Miss Negri under went a serious opera- Bou, and is now convalescing in Chiengo
Her first two husbands Bartar Pofferen Polish Army offerr, and Coual Eugene Domaki.
"THE
CHEAT."
The Yellow Ticket.”
Dentral.
**All Quiet on the Western
Front."
World."
Btar.
The Mysterious Person in Black," (Chinese Picture).
KOWLOON,
" Ep for the Cup.”
S
COMING.
were
Queen'a,
King's.
ROLE FOR THE ENIGMATIC
TALLULAH.
Tallulah Bankhead, nta'r Tarnished Lady" and "My Sin, bus ́n rôle Ätted to her enigmatic "self in " The "Clentų't a modernized Paramount edition of Hector Turn bul's anreess of sileng days. She has the role created them by Fanny -Ward?
With Tuying Pichel, recently fea tured in An American Tragély " and The Road in. Reno," in N
Branding " rôle originally done by Scasue Hayakawa, there is no renson to believe that, this film to be shown at the King's Theaper beginning next. Wednesday, will not prove na popular as its silemi.. pre- Десливо.
George Abbot, who diraeled "My Sinand Serret of a Secretary, gets the same assignment here,
The story tails of an alluring we man intrigued by the love-making of a mystic man of oriental culture, In spite of the fret that she is happy and satisfied with hey hus band, she permiss this divustión and a gambling debt to draw her into the power of the intruder. He writes a check to pay one of her obligations. In the Ingankime money is provided with which hie cancels the check, but the enslaved lover refuse to consider her pro- mis Allod The later sequences re- veal how she is branded and the dramatic suspense which follows when her vengeful slingting of the tonnentor, beings herself and hira band to notorious position in cort.
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WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES.
(Continued from Page 12.)
Orchestral Concert.
Including Songs with orchestra- and pianoforte concerto. Orchestra-Le Rouet
D'Om-
phale (Saint-Saens Op. 31) played by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York ander the direction of "Wilhelm Mengelberg." Songs with Orchestra-" Herni dinde " {Massenet) • Il: cat doux, il cat hon."
Songs with Orchestra-Jeanne Are" (Tschaikowski) Adieu, forota. Maria Jeritza (Sop- rano).
Hungarian Fantasia" (Liszt) played by Arthur de Greef and the Royal Albert Hall Orthes- tra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald
Orchestral" Dance Mascabre " (Saint-Saens Op. 40) played by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
Half Shot at Sunrise,"
"Shuping Cardinal"
The Chest,"
with Tallulah Bankhead."
Young As You Feel."
The Sun I Killed."
Central
World.
Star.
The Age for Love,"
Around the World in 80
Minutes,
The Comiteand Performance.
Three Heroes,''
Chiese pigtare.
"Thunder."
Say Jo With Songs.' Robin Hood."
Min and Bin."
Passion Flower,” "Warm Corner."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1932.
SHOWING TO-DAY
KING'S
THIS IS A PICTURE!
A piece of pasteboard bound her to the man she hated. Only a conquering love could un- shackle her.
FOX
PICTURE
"
THE
AT 2.80 6.10, 7.15 9.30 PM.
YELLOW TICKET
Elissa LANDI Lionel BARRYMORE Laurence OLIVIER
Directed Račul Walsh'
̈ from Mlaknoć Morton's vannasional. desana
ALSO
LATEST MOVIETONE SOUND NEWS and MAGIC CARPET SERIES "SPRELWALD FOLK".
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MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
Lionel Barrymore as the gallera manera who cloaked his brutal deoda in a unitionʼn uniform in the Fox drama, "The Yuly Ticker
"THE YELLOW TICKET."
WALSH AND REALISM IN FILMS.
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Tho dominent note in every Songs with Orchestra Meisters whose latest Fox production," The picture directed by Raoul Walsh, singer (Wagner) " Preislied,' Songs with Orchestra "Lohen King's Theatre to-day, is realism. Follow Ticket showing' at_the grin (Wagner) In Fernem His people must be true to type, his Land," Richard Crooks
scenes must be authentic in local (Tegor),
colour, even the accents of thos
یت
Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in portraying people of foreign lands
B Minor (nfinished) played
by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. conducted by Leopold Stokowski,
10 p.m.--Rugby, Preas news.
10.33 p.m.-Close down,
which is Almed against a back
ground of Imterial Aurais.
ON THE LOOSE!
Egbert Woolsey and Robert Wheeler romp through Gay Pares with Dorothy Lee in
Half Shot at Sunrise."
"HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE.'"
must be perfect Realiam has be- RIOTOUS FUN FOR QUEEN'S come a fetish with his prominent
director, and well it might for it
has served him well in elevating
him from an obscuro actor in D.
THEATRE.
W Griffth's The Birth of a We are informed that radio Nation to a leading director in
piotures' wartime comedy with Hollywood to-day
In his well remembered What music. "Half Shot at Sunrise," Prico Glory" and "The Cock to-morrow's attraction ab the
THE NEW DOVE.'
UNITED ARTISTS FILM AT "CENTRAL THEATRE.
In accordance with the announce- ment made by the Central Theatre we under stand that they have purchased the exclusive and sole rights for the exhibition of a lot. of the lolcat 1082 United Arlines productions" within the "rolony of Hong Kong. The Age For Love," is the first picture that has arrived here and in to be shown for a few days run from to-day,
SON OF INDIA."
RAMON NOVARRO AT HIS
BEST
Adventuro,, romance and an oxotio localor
fentures of Ramon Novarro's latest fim "Son of India" which is now showing at the Queen's Theatre. It is the first time that Novarro has been seen in The oriental role since
ALI
[Pagani
" and ho equals the admir ablo performance of his farmer hit in this latter vehicle,
The story concerns a young Hindu who is ruined when his father, a rajab, is killed and robbed by bandits. He has managed to save one huge diamond but when he tries to sell this to a disreputable dealer, the scoundrel charges him with theft of the diamond. Novarro, is about to be railroaded to prison when he is rescued through the in- tervention of a young American, played by Conrad Nagel,
Subsequently, Novarro falls "in love with an attractive American girl. On an exciting tiger hunt. their friendship ripens into in- fatuation. The girl tures out to | be, the sister of the man who had saved Novarro from prison. When Nagel comes from: America, to stop the marriage of his sister to a man of another race, the story is brought to a plimax.
Madge Evana Scores,
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 280, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20
4
NOVARRO Son of Indio
Madge Eyons, the New York stage star, plays the part of tho C. Aubrey Smith Mitchell Lewis, American girl, who behaves very John Miljan and Nigel de Brulier."
But chief honours must go to badly to the Indian, and she offers Novarro, who, in spite of an un- performance which combines eertain start, again proves himself charm and capable dramatic work." one of the finest players on the
screen.
His performance is marked Excellent portrayals are also offer. with sincerity, dramatia vigour,
ed by Nagel, Marjorie Rambenu, and a charming fair for comedy. (Continued on Previous Caluma. )
STARS THAT PASS
IN A NIGHT
SOME THOUGHTS ON DOLORES DEL
RIO'S NEW FILM.“
After a laps of two years the The silent Valentino is still missed original Mexican wild cat returns by hundreds of feminine admirers" screaming to the screen.
who was lukewarm over his succes- sors a month after Stardom.
But, for all her shouting, the tempestuous Dolores Del Rio has been sadly tamed, by time.
The Procession.
It seems such a short while ago What happens to-day? Each new that the storm-toeaed signorita was, and exciting personality skyrockets waving her jet" curls at London, to the heavens, manking millionaire's visiting Limehouse in old clothes, money for about Ave pictures, then and gracefully accomplishing those he is outshone by someone either conventional things we have come to stranger or funnier of coarser or
louder. expect from American actresses A now
Litele
The Age For Love is produc ed by Howard Hughes, the map whe made Holl's Angels" and "The Front Page" Is is adapted from Ernest" Pascal's novel and marks The return of Billie Dove. Billie Dove will flashed across the. screen when it is shown.
It is Miss Dove's first Picture since she retired from the screen 18 months ago, Under the new Ho ward Hughes' producership and in one of the most brilliantly enter taining pictures gince the advent of sound' films, the beautiful, star ja presented with a new glamour, and in a charecterisation which metro- politan critics hailing her as "the new Dovo." have declared, is the finest performance of her career.
In this picture with Miss Dove are Charles Barrett, Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton, Mary Duncan, Adrian Morris, Betty Ross Clarke and others.
The second 1932 United Artists super production having reached here da Douglas" Fairbanks Around the World in 80 Minutes" Is will be possibly shown within a week's time. A
and Dorothy Lee of "The Cuckoos," Roberta" "Robinson, the Cinderella Girl," Edna movie May Oliver, who was the come
In The Yellow Ticket." Miss Eyed World." the marine actors Queen's fully lives up to its ad herpes, is a riot of laughter. Landi portrays the role of a young had to be men who had seen service vance notices, and is a triumph in The cast includes Hugh Trevor pensant girl, forced by circum and know the leather-neck language fun-making for the talkies and for atanoca to scope a yellow ticket, In "The Big Trail" he travelled Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, that makes her a social outenst, his company over miles and miles featured comedians. and who faces exeile for the man of the samo territory the pioneers Cast as two American doughboys, nho loved, Lionel Barrymore has a troked in their history-making they go to Paris. The only reason dienas in the stage presentation of powerful rule, tant of the cruel and march. And in his dramatic pic the Eiffel Tower remains standing Show Boat, Loni Stengal, con is that they do not got within tinental benuty, George MacFar relentless head of the secret police ture, "The Man Who Came Back." while Olivier is the man of whom with Janet Gaynor and Charles range of it. They steal their lane and John Rutherford, Miss Landi is enamored. The Alm Farrell, he had real orientals to Colonel's automobile, his daughter Tho" musia by Harry Tierney, and is ons of romance, oppression, enact the Chinese roles,
and his French sweetheart... lyrics by Anne Caldwell, are, dis mystery and intriguo and is said Before starting production of The story an irresponsible and linet nong bits, introduced in to be finent Walsh har over pro The Follow Ticco," which don funny one, holds its tempo without clever and logical fashion, duced. It was adapted for the tures Blissa Landi, Lionel Hoxry interruption while the laughs-come Wheeler and Mier Les sing two creen from Michael Morton's stage more, and Laurence Olivier. Walsh from hilarious situations and dever numbers, Whistling the Blues play, and includes in its cast scoured Hollywood and its environs dialogue rather than From the Away," and "Kiss Me Choric,' Walter Byron, Rita LaRoy, Mischa for real Russians to play the extra time-worn *gag *** system. The while Woolsey and Miss Stengel Luer, Sarah Padilco and Boris and "bit" roles in the picture climax, wherein the boys merge na have a side-splitting number in Karloff.
(Continued on Previous Column.) (Continued at foot of dext column.)" "Nothing but Loss"!
Remember Al Jolson?
Crowds, pressed and roared and rushed wherever the dark ore saun-Bessie Love came back furiously for. a couple of pictures, until Evelyn tored. The fans talked and dream-
Brent and Betty Compson suddenly od "Del Rio." Even the little girl's views on subjects she could house. We have to visit the more appeared at every otller picture not possibly know anything about obscure places to satisfy our loyalty were eagerly sought and printed.
A year later she was favourite, stär of a London film poll.
จ
these days,
Like a
flash Robert Montgomery becomes the feminine rage, and thon, right on the heels of his success we hear rumours of a new young man called Clark Gable
George Bancroft and William.. Powell then proceeded to face each Where Would She Be? other, ueross the street in gigantic To-day, in 1832...
posters. Next came Victor, Me-- where would
Laglen's
of all-owoaring days she be in the film dist: It is hardly chivalrous to bring the question up. (evon he started to repeat himself." triumph. The hour arrived - when This direct plunge from the heights to the comparative depths. is one of the phenomenal changes brought by talking pictures. The memory of film enthusiasts has al ways been 2 fickle mixture of
And so the oblivion continue3. passionate adoration and forgetful one wonders for how many more ness, even in the moro" faithful pictures Sylvia, Sidney will last, and whether Joan Crawford will be silent days whon stars, like Vic forgotten before Lupe Velez. torian women, were regarded ne
The silent actors may have lasted beautiful mystaries. Talkies have longer, but I doubt if they could shattered their remaining glamour, act as well as their successors. The memory of film fans is even shorter than before.
The Dove." -
H
ere is Ramon Novarro's finest ro- mange since. The Pagan"! Such a story of young. love in old India as will. touch your heart i
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with
CONRAD NAGEL MARJORIE RAMBEAU
MADGE EVANS C. AUBREY
SMITH
-TO-MORROW
BERT
WHEELER
ROBT.
WOOLSEY
HALF SHOT
AT SUNRISE
DOROTHY LEE
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 AND 9,20
For instance, in "The Dove "" My personal opinion is that a long-reigned hierarchy of stars Dolores Del Rio's chief method of such as axisted under the
silent expressing emotion is the tender régime has gone for ever.
raising of her enormous and still Remember how faithfully the old lovely eyes. I am sure this was im timers lasted Mary Pickford lock.mensely effective in the grimacing ed like being the world's sweetheart past. Without wishing to be over.
16 for the rest of her life. Theda Bara vere on Dolores Del Rio,, I am held the heavyweight vamping cham. afraid her public will not find quite pionship with Nita Naldi-throughton glamorous person of two years countless foot of villainy...
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back,
Mas Murray, the Talmadge | The Dove" is a Spanish story sisters, Charles Chaplin, Tom Mix, that föllows a normal sourse, 1,60- Pauline Frederick, Colleen Moore, Carrillo as "the best odballero in and Harold Lloyd seemed to pass all Mexico" makes his third ap- straight from one film into another.pearance in Alms this wook.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
BRITISH
COMEDY
UP FOR
THE CUP"
with
SYDNEY HOWARD