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MR. PEPYS IN HONG KONG.
Queen's.
King's,
Central.
World.
"Star.
Around the World in 80
Micute,"
"Douglas Fairbanks.
A Man's Man."
TO-DAY AT THE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1932,
SHOWING TO-DAY
CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
AT 2,30, 5,10,
7.15
0.30 P.M.
The W Plan."
"Huckleberry Finn,"
KOWLOON.
+
COMING.
KING'S
Real kids in a real story of adventure
and romance!
"HUCKLEBERRY FINN"
A Paramount Picture
"The Mna
Killed,"
Saahine Susie.”
Palmy Days."
Central.
Tonight or Never." "Corgnir."
with
(Chinese picture),
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313
NEXT CHANGE
THE
GAPIDER
Thrills Mystifios Charms
Edmund LOWE
Lois MORAN
Applauded by America's
foremost
magicians-
better than
the play.
with
JUNIOR DURKIN JACKIE SEARL
"THE SPIDER.'
MYSTERY UP AND DOWN...
ני
A THEATRE.
The Spider, screen version of the mystery play of chat aame, ap pears next Sunday at the King's Thontro
MA
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
10-DAY & TO-MORROW
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15, AND-0.20
READ BY MILLIONS
NOW A FILM
MASTERPIECE!
Graham
SETON'S
The
According to advanca eriliċison, tholm is full of "thrills and chills Edmund Lowe is the star and astonishes by his feats, of mu-d gio and logordemain and eventually solves, they baffling murder which is committed in the opening scenes,
The Spider " those who witnessed the stage play are well awitre, is 'one of those entertain- men's wherein googe-flesh and amuiles. aro blended to alte exeltement and fun. The entire aetion of the picture, with the exception of a few minor and unimportant de- tails takes place ou the stage, in he aisles and among the audience of the Tivoli Theatre. It is a riot 1 of molodrama and laughs in which she audience is fused with the cast, becoming integral with the paid on- tertainers in the furious, stormy drama that follows the unwinding... of the plot.
BURLINGTON)
Never mind the story. One doesn't tell the plot of this kind PRODUCTION. of a'brnotion. The picture starts off with a mind reading act and spiritualistic seance, and developsi into a murder mystery.
FAMOUS
NOVEL
PLAN
BRIAN AHERNE - MADELEINE Lois Moran is co-featured in the CARROLL G188 MCLAUGHLIN feminine lead with Lowe, and Elord GORDON HARKER Brendel and George E. Stene are
next in
prominence. William Directed by VICTOR SAVILLE Cameron Menzies and Kenneth MacKenna co-directed.
A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL TALKIE”
NEXT ATTRACTION
Whooper.'
19h. This day betimes to my olive where I had many matters awaiting me. And those I settle, but against the grain, for mighty upset that my horse do not win who rand National. Coss me 1. To the Club where I And Mr. Povy und Mr. Chouar with whom I speak concerning the recent bitdi- ion of the electry broadcast, Mr. Caesar tolls me that the Master of the King's Postos" buth told him this there come but three orificistas of the singers, and says be do be- lieve it to be true as the publique, though might rendy to vill out upon the i fars offered, will not stir so much as a finger to help the provision of botter, though they could do it, And here I think he ja. right, and Sir R. Marpenden Arceн, Mr. Ashby comga neoking news from the North but it seems there is none though many vague rumours; and in the Now. Sheeten one day' paragraph doth but con- traubet that of the last day, and a great discourse about very littlo. To home to my muncheon and there- after bay in my garden, but with a poor heart: for my wife sets out A visit to England this day come sennight, and i murt, weeds leave | King's, iny house and all the volicies and 'gardens which do trouble the be- yond, expressing. This evening my wife and I settling our goods how they shall be distributed among the ¦ hich I have purchased a i
so to bed. 20th, Lord's Day.-Lay hite, and rending in the News Sheete, I learn¦ tint" Cambridge do win the Boat Race, at this the ninth time in successioun. And upon enquiry 1 de find that in these last nineteen Akars Oxford do win bus oner, hat in the War they ruce not. So np. and we fall to packing, bus Lord!. What a mass of useless per a Than deth gather about him in but two years! After munchren working in my garden for though I leave it, so spon I have no heart to neglect it hill I must. Thereafter we dine" with Sir R. Harpenden and his Eady and wfter, playing a cardes. And so to bed
WART.
21st. Rending in the News Sheete learn to my greatest possible sorrow that trouble aguin Jooms with freland, where the Pres sident bears the antienthish name of de Valera, and is minded, tự đo way with the oath of allegiance. Yet, if Ireland herr allegiance, I do suppose that a. duty or tithé will be levied upon the goods they do send to England, which shall bring them to a stonde, und I do not believe that "the mass of the Irish nation will suffer it. Talking of this at the Clubh, where Mr. Ashby tells me that were it not for English money lavishid in Ireland in Victorian days, the land had been a wilderness with mighty Acw dwelling therein. Yet I can hardly believe it for I have heard from my Father, who did come from Galway, that if the people did fail of their potato crop, they could get then a living by alling to aneb other winners for the Grand National. And this tell Mr. Ashby but he laughs. It seems at home England benza Scotland - oti Rugby Football, and I see that a son of my old friend Mr. Garrard, who was here an officer of the City Watch but nowy is dead, do play for England. At which I am very glad but Lord how it be strange to see a Scotsman do serve a try nainst his own land.
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Queen's.
"Hook, Line and Sinker." "Alibi."
The Spider"
World..
Stax.
Spring Time."
Say It With Songs."
obin Hoxi," "
"Strictly. Enconventional:"
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MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
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“THE 'W' PLAN" ÁT THE
QUEEN'S,
“HUCKLEBERRY FINN."
KING'S.
Mark
GOSSIP
FACT.
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The Vamp Laughs,
| Film Witkolit Love." Natalie Moorhead, one of the I have seen it sated that no most notable portrayers of man-film can appeal to the public un- charmer roles on the talking screen, less it has a love story. I # do hvows that vamping comedians is not believe that this is true. If it twice as difficult as vamping the is, then this is not the sort of public | uuwry hemen of straight drama, "Io whom we are appealing," said
"
a Radio
A BOYS' CLASSIC AT THE laugh up my sleeve," she declared, Lord Ritchie of Dundee at the while putting dramatic charae screening of The Story of the tors under my, ar... spell. That's Port of London," at the head office an esențial part of the characteriza- of the Port of London Authority, Huckleberry Finn "
tion. But when I loosed this par-Tower-hill. The idea of Alming the Twain's excellent story of boy lifeicular form of theatrical artistry history of the Thames was a mag- a generation ago in America, huson Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool nifipent one, and even if all the been made into a film which is now sey in Hook, Line and Sinker," possibilities had not been realised running at the King's. It is 3I found it difleult to keep from "in this production it had exception- picture which boys should enjoy laughing right out loud. On two al interest. The story of the not very little boys, perhaps, for occasions their reactions were too Port of London is, as the film there is a good deal of rough talk much for me and I really had to shows, the story of the rase and in it but certainly boys. of the laugh !. The production,
of the Empire," Lord Ritchie said. more lusty type who dream, as Tom Picturay ** apecial" comes to the
"You see the growth of trade along Sawyer did, of pirates and roman-Queen's Theatre on Sunday.
the banks of the Thames.from the tie adventure..
High Pressure and Law and time when fishermen used 'coracles. The caste which made "Tom
Order."
to the present day, when London. Sawyer" has been largely used
Filme atorying iwo of the nest is the greatest, the best-equipped, Huckleberry Finn." again for
acters on the screen were seen in and the most cosmopolitan of all There is Tum: once more admir-London last month.
the world's port.""" ably played by Jackie Coogan, "High
Pressure" introduces Huck," by no means an easy file, William Powell in a
new vein Queer Things Used, taken with astonishing understand- [high speed comedy. It gives no
Everything from bees wax to ing by "Junior "Durkin, and opportunity for the effortless power for which he is distinguished; noi-
razor blades and gasoline goes into ther is is as good in its way as the production of a motion picture. that other saire on American sales- Among the materials purchased manship, "The New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" But in Hollywood during 1831, were:- it will serve. The comedy in offer. tive, the dialogue is lively, and the
best Westerns for years, though it story keeps moving,
"Law and Order" is one of the will not be everybody's ment. Bas ed on the novel Saint Johnson," by W. R. Burnett (who wrote love story or comedy and is altoge- paper,
Little Caesar"), it has neither!
ther sa austere a bit of picture- making as one, could see. But it Kives a vivid picture of the Ameri can West the famous frontier. town of Tombstone, Arizona, to be exactforty years ago. "Forbidden."
In "The Plan," which opened at the Queen's Theatre yes terday, British film producers have "Becky," rathor saccarine; but given us a real thriller, as good much as Mark Twain drew her, in
2nd. This day very busy laying! up my gear in cases against my wife's deportare, and ordering things in my garden. And I know not what I shall do with my many pot plants. At the office setting ny business in order and thereniter to the Club whore Mr. Povy and
The magic carpet which was one others are talking upon the veran- dib. And there I hear Sir R. of the marvels of "The Thief of Harpenden very hot against those
will not prosecute illegal Bagdad" Borves, again in "Arounds, if not better, than anything of the person of Mitzio" Greon. uracker firing they do themselves the World in 80 Minutes with the type Hollywood has sent us So very good is the acting of the so, lest they must to the Court to Douglas Fairbanks," at the Central The W Plan" is the story two boys, that grown-up people, give their evidence; yet when an offiour of the City Watch do take istioun, they do miscall him for use, it served the purpose of fan- dying Gorman officer which leads to days when they longed to be pirates Theatre. But where, in its original; of the delirous wanderings of a who may perhaps have forgotten the that he do but prosecute near his tasy, in the present him it is one the discovery of Colonel Duncan or redskins, will find the film in own house, where he can see the offence with his own eyes, But how of the devices of reality. Fair- Grant (of the British Intelligence) toresting, largely because of the he shall prosecute those whom | banks' new film is record of his of a strange plan, referred to as revelation of the boy mind given, they do see, but he does not, his adventures on a recent trip around the inverted M" dectaructors "say not. Yeu as Sir R. saith, there be so many in Hong the world, the carpet being in- Kong are of this type the wise man troduced as a means of conveying hredeth not. of their yapping. At the camera party quickly through muncheon with the Botary Club. where Mr. C. Champkin make a pace from one country to another portant enough very witty speech upon anti-aircraft "guris and coffee. And I shall join.
"the W possibly anconsciously, by Jackie Plan." The man dies before Col. Coogan and Junior Durkin. But "Grant can find out the details of; apart from that the story is well this plan, but he considers it im-wold and there is plenty of incident
raport to the in it.
To those who are boys, like boys, Commander-in-Chief, who decides Douglas appears as a hero of real to send Grant by 'plane behind the or have boya, 1 recommend a visit to adventure rather than of myth in
tho King's" while 23rd-Up very betimes and after his new film, Around the World Gorman lines, to aek out all the Fin" is running.
"Huckleberry trimming mysell, to the Office and
information he can of the man
"E.M.B. there romos the knave I have in 80 Minuten with Douglas Fair- Ulrich Muller, the dead German! hidden to transport my gear from banks." With three companions officer, as it is known that he was my house; and so send him there with his epolie's to fetch it, but I Doug travelled in strange lands
engaged on soms apecial work, and have great fours he will misenrry seeking adventure and unusual in Jor want of brains and care. With cidents for his film record. The my wife
My Lord Sunderland's. where we take our nuncheon with party spent considerable time in his Lady and a very merry.com Japan, China, India, Siam, and PAY. Back later to my office. Indo-China, where they were enter- where to my greatest possible, joy tained by celebrities and royalty. rd and I do perceive that the knave Out of more than 600,000 feet of
J
23,750 slabs of wall heard. 2347 1000-0 3000-watt electric light globes.
71,500 carbone for are lights. 27,000 "yards, of cheese cloth. 250 pounds of bees wax. 0130
reams of mimeographing
4,000,000 feet of lumber. 10,000 razor blades 200,000 cigarets,
10,373 bottles of soda pop. 85,000 yards of material for costumes.
100,000 gallons of gasoline, The Columbia" company, respon- Richard Arlen in "Sky Bride." sible for so many brilliant pictures during the last six months, scores)
Continuance of the trio of buddies that this secret plan may be the group of fifteen others, and they "Forbidden," which came to Lon-
another putstanding success with in "Touchdown1" Was affected clue to the enemy's plan of attack. decide to give the Commander-in- don Inst won'h to the New Gallery with the assignment of Rágin How Grant assumes the role of Chief and the boys in the trenches at the week-end. Forbidden in Toomey to a leading role with Muller's best friend, moets Rose, a warning by blowing up one of a story of a woman's encrifice. It Richard Arlen and Jack Onkis in is written and directed (usually a Paramount's modern aviation story. and the thrilling experience ho the tunnels at the half-way hait. goes through before he solves the With the help of McTavish, a fatal combination) by Frank Capra."Sky Bride," In the football. problem of "The W Plan is Scottish miner, they manage to ox The film has power, pathos and production, the three were vividly portrayed. He discovers plode the gallories at this point unforced comedy, and it may well mates on a famous grid squad. For that the plan consists of a series and dig themselves out through the be styled as one of the ten best Aims Sky Bride," they are meer as of tunnels mined under the British bottom of the crater. Another reof 1932. Adolphe Menjou gives one flying comrades. Waldemar Young he no such fool as I had thought. negative used in filming Fairbanks, tronches, and coming up to various buff moete them when they got to of the inest performances of his and Agnes Brand Leahy are pro Home onrly where I help my wife, with the noted playwright and points behind their lines. through the top and find both sides shoot arear as the lawyer-politician" for paring the screen play Frances who, noor wretch, is much throng- ed with her packing, and after humorial Robert Sherwood, as whois armies so that the British them Germana--are firing at the honour, and even liberty; and Bar production which Sephen Roberts which the Germans intend to rushing hard, and the British-thinking whom the girl anerings-happiness, Dee has the fearing lead in the writing in my diary do take a little editor, have assembled a true adven-will be taken absolutely by surprise, Grant, though wounded, manages bara Stanwyck, one of the newest will direct Toomey's part will be food and wine, and so to bed.
ture tal which discloses the high their retreat out off, and wiped to reach the British trenches, and stars, brings to the part of the another dramatic portrayal such ne fights of the travels in eighty Waller, a British prisoner, and a Commander-in-Chief, the precious emotional power which should take Finger Points" and "Strom of : out. He disgloss his identity to his information conveyed to the woman a charm, distinction and he has had in Hours,” “The
(Continued at foot of next column.)!'W' plan ia rendered useless.
her a long way: "
Chance.
I do find my gear all safely stocke
24th.-This day very busy and so
have little time to read in the nowa (Continueil an Page 14.)
minutes of screen entertainment.
team
Mighty Stars of "Half-
shot
at
Sunrise **
WHEELER WOOLSEY
Heading the Parade of á Slam-Bang Cirons in Nonsense
HOOK, LINE AND SINKER
DOROTHY LEE RALF HAROLDE Jobyna Howland Natalie Moorhead With World's Greatest Array of Nuta, `Niz-Wita and Dames Directed by EDDIE CLINE
STAR
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 and 9.20.
GAY!
SNAPPY 1 MARVELLOUS !
ZIEGFELD has outdone himself in this the most gorgeous of all spectacles f
"WHOOPEE
with
EDDIE CANTOR
an all-colour sensation