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CENTRAL
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY”
at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.80
THE BIG LAUGH TEAM IN THE COMEDY SCREAM
Slim SUMMERVILLE ZASU PITTS
The UNEXPECTED
FATHER
UNIVERSAL
PICTURE
-COMMENCING TO-MORROW GET - RICH · QUICK—WALLINGFORD UP-TO-DATE- A NEW LAUGHING WOULD BE CROESUS COMES TO LIGHT IN THIS MAD MERRY COMEDY, PACKED WITH THRILLS, SPILLS, HUMOR & LOVE.
PATHÉ
- Feature
BIG MONEY
with EDDIE QUILLAN Robert ARMSTRONG JAMES GLEASON
MIRJAM SEEGAR MARGARET LIVINGSTON
NEW COMEDY TEAM.
"UNEXPECTED FATHER" AT THE CENTRAL.
Slim Summervilla and Zasu Pitta That is, the combination of langh experts that Universal has placed together for the first time in "The Unexpected Father," the current attraction which will have its final showings at the Central Theatre to
day.
Zasu entors the scene as a nurse from the local dog hospital who' comes to the milliohairo's house by mistake to take care for a sick puppy, but finds that Slim has just been 'adopted by a little wall of the streets who needs both cara and love.
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There is a new kid sensation in this film, Cora Sue Collins, who boasts of four years of existence and a great deal of natural acting ability and beauty, it is reported.
It was popular demand. that. Dorothy Christy, the blonds elevated the tall Innky Tjaden of willowy vamp of many a devastat All Quiet on the Western Fronting screen affair Cloud Alister, the and it was a happy thought to team popular English comedian, Alison "him with the girl whom she has Skipworth, Grace Hampton and
called the screen's greatest come- dienne, wistful-eyed Miss Pitts.
Slim plays the part of a gawky follows of the rural districts who suddenly discovers enough oil in his back yard to transform him egernight from overall to a house full of servants and riches.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1932,
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2:30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
KING'S
▲ 1932 UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
Don't Let Him Fool You-
He's not as serious as he looks. You're headed for the laff thrill of a lifetime when he gets
that disguise full of laff soup from dunking dough, nuts. This bluebeard chases the blues away with,
a song 'smile and sinker!
Samuel GOLDWYN presents
EDDIE CANTOR
in
Palmy Days'
CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
an EDWARD SUTHERLAND production UNITED ARTIST S
WILLIAM HAINES AS REAL REVUE ON THE
A GENIAL GRAFTER.
QUICK-MOVING COMEDY AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE:
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SCREEN.
EDDIE CANTOR IN "PALMY DAYS””
BOOKING" AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25319
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
King'a
HONG KONG.
"Palny Days."
Queen's.
With Eddie Cantor,
**Got Rich Quide Wallingford"
Central,
"The Unexpected Father."
World.
King's..
DO YOU
KNOW
THIS MAN?
• When last seen lal
children
wire throwing lighted match
it into his beard!
Ku Tz Kin Sing"
Chinese picture.
KOWLOON,
Lady's Morals."
COMING.
"The Man I Killed.""" "Delicious,"
"The Miracle Man."
"One Hour With You.""
Queen's.
"Beau Ideal,"
Central
"Big Money,"
To-aight or Never." "Coul of the Air." World."
PICTURE
Star.
"Dixiang."
"Keily the Kid,"
Way For a Sailor." Sleeping Cardinal,”-
|| JOHN AND LIONEL BARRY- MORE IN "ARSENE LUPIN"
TERRIFIC BATTLE OVER---MONA LISA.
William lines, as the genial "Palmy Day," is New York grafts, J. Rufus Wallingford, is stage, revue, brought to the screen. Two of the Barrymores hattling Why Guerchard was mous one the current attraction. at the Early attempts were made to do over a blonde and the theft of the has no iden, unless it was because. Queen's Theatre where New Ad-that in films" iko Broadway
Mona Lisa from the Louvre form he was Lionel Barrymore. The ventures of Gothlich-Quick Wil Melody," then there was a long Lupin"
the central excitements of Arsène theft of the picture from the Louvre lingford," suggested by the famous silence, and not zeyde har rej
is an amazingly ingenuicus affair; This is that time Joba and but Jack Conway, the director, hav Cosmopolitan Magazine stories, is emerged in the talkies, a hundred Lionel Barrymore have acted to seized its possibilities with such re- now playing:
times moro polished and efficientgether in a film, and it is also the source that it becomes one of the The irrepressible Haines romps.
fira chance the blonde has had to ligh-lights of the film. through a series of amazing adven, than those efforts of two or three taka feminine lead in a picture.
years ago. Palmy Days" spins along at amazing speed from effect to effect. Through it all dances pop-eyed " Eddie Cantor, an Blackie amazing, marionette figure, singing Daw, Leila Hyams is the heroige, and dancing as if on wires. He is The story starts"abourd, a ship. astonishingly good in new Blackie tries to swindle J. Rufus technique of his own, a kind of Wallingford in a card game-and robot of musical comedy. Around the pit he digs engulfs him. So him is a bevy of really lovely girls, they become partners," and start out and after him is that excellent ́ looking for new suckers to trim comedienne, Charlotte Greenwood, The first is a Syracuse manufac-fierce, angular and devastatingly turer. One of the funniest agones amusing. There are crooks, and in the picture is his adventure thrills, and fake seances, but not a with the muster grafters in the
bure in high and crafty finance, aided by Jimmy Schnozzle Durante a comic chauffeur and by Ernest Torronca in the role of the saxophone-blowing
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bank.
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There are others, and the two lead a mad and merry life, untit a girl comes into it. Then a pretty love story is blended with the comedy and Wallingförd finally re- forms. All of which may or may not have a moral, but is interesting na entertainment.
"
This incident is the climax to a Sho is Miss Karen Morley, a series of thefts in which Lupin first- putile and pleasing personality who of all robs the guests while a dance may one day become a star.
in in progress, and then steals" n The story of Arsène Lupin," whele gallery of "masters" from that classic of crool:dom is the usual under the nose of a wealthy war- barrage of thrills with everything profteor.
perfectly timed from zero. But the His go-between in the lovely Spnia battle of the Barrymores is a ter.(Miss Karen Morley), who makes rifle affair, one of the great spar- Lupin believe that she is inaccent ring matches of the screen.
until abe is maaked by Guerchard
Lionel Barrymore, of course, is himself as a notorions crook. always terrife. It is the only word Such an exposure can have little which describes him, and for an effect on a retilly nice crook, and actor of such power this is easy stuff"
al Lupin says is that he thinks she through which he strides in dis-
is quite the most charming little serious moment throughout-not ahevelled fury.
swindler he has ever not. foot of sob-stuff in the whole film.
THE BARRYMORE MANNER.
He conecals her in his Paris
Hollywood is growing up "Palmy
hide-out "rather a shock to the Days" is the film of the "bard
John Barrymore, lover and crook,
Parisian atmosphere of the film. young thing of to-day! It gets switebes on the currents of his per and there. Guerchard succeeds in across; and the producers and personality and electrifies the air
tracking him down. Lupin geta formers deserve full mark.
with romance.
Sonis to put handcuffs on him, hop- It is conventional
ing to bluff the dotective into think romance, but it is done in the burn- ing Barrymore manner.
ing the girl has double-crossed him. When this ruse faile he has an dominating the film, and action all Guerchard that he has kidnapped three such personalities other card up his sleeve. He' talls
Film-goers will be interested to
nonsense of Sunshine Susio compare it with the mellow, happy both are excellent of their kind, and Sam Wood directed the new pleit will depend on your own taste burs, with an elaborate cast in which you like the better of the cluding Guy Kibbee, Hale Famil- two. But however Dritanuis you ton, Robert MoWade, Clara may be you will enjoy "Palmy Blandick and Walter Walker.
Days."
*FLYING HIGH"--A
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| SATIRE ON AVIATION
MUSICAL TALKIE FOR
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
RB.
With
QUEEN'S
FINAL SHOWINGS TO DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7,15 AND 6.20
a Million
Dollars in Entertainment
Get ready forʻ
the laugh of
a lifetime!
ADVENTURES
GET RICH AQUICK WALLINGFORD
The Laugh Riot!
with
WILLIAM
HAINES
JIMMY DURANTE
(He's a scream }}
ERNEST TORRENCE LEILA HYAMS
A
SAM WOOD
production TO-MORROW, MOMENT of MADNESS'neath MOROCCAN SKIES
One Last Embraco
While Savage Horder Sweep "Death
Desert. Sands
Across
BEAU IDEAL
*
RALPH FORBES LORETTA YOUNG
IRENE RICH
A Radio Pletüre HERBERT BRENON
Directed by
the time, some of it spiced with his daughter and will not be respon. SEQUEL TO BEAU GESTE’ daring, the picture is front-rank! entertainment.
44 Arsène Lupin" is the story of the gallant blackguard, the "Due de Charmerac," alias John Barry more, alias master-crook, who con- advertises that she wants to marry ducta his robberies on a scale of an aviators and does. grand and glittering magnificence,
Guerchard, the famous Frenob detective (Mr. Lionel Barrymore), on pain of dismissal from the ser is given the job of arresting Cupin
Perfect Toils.
Lahr and the long lanky Char lotte make a great comedy team, ons of the finest of recent years..vice. The rubber-faced Lahr and the tall Many people, these days, are and thin Miss Greenwood, are ad- taking aviation seriously, but mirable foils for each other. The comedy which is showing next Sun-air, in Lahr's queer narocopter, are "Flying High,” M-G-M's now scenes of their fighthigh in the
day at the Queen's Theatre, doesn't. extremely funny.
It gets laughs galore out of avia- Flying High" is a comedy with. Tyroll Davis aro" slao prominent tion folda, aviation training and music, and thers are four delight- pilots, treating all with gentle but ful numbers, three by Dorothy Tyrell Davis are also prominent mhighly amusing satire. The princi- Fields and James McHugh, and members among the cast. Thorntonpal protagonists are Bert Lahr, one by DeSylva, Brown and Hen-' Freeland the man who filmed America's most imitated comedian, derson "Whoopee" and "Alibi" directed in his starring role of Rusty Other members of an excellent "The Unexpected Father" and Krause, and Charlotte Greenwood cast include Pat O'Brien, Kathryn Max Lief and Rober, Kief wrote the as Pansy Botts, the waitress who Crawford, Hedda Hopper and
·(Dontinyed at foot of next column) Guy Kibboo.
story.
EXCITING INCIDENT IN **BEAU IDEAL."
sible for her fate unless allowed to go free.
But Cuerchard sticks to his job. Ho takes Lupin away with him in
STAR
Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 and 9.20
·
his ear. On the way he hints that TO-DAY & TO-MORROW a former prisoner of his had got away by jumping out of the car and leaping over a bridge.
And 30, moment, Lupin takes the hint, at the appropriate
to headquarters and a happy ending Guerchard explains the accident"
is amured,
kases while desert winds, covered the group with zine, whila tand;
Meanwhile the cameras clicked. and microphones recorded unusual- BURIED ALIVE FOR REALISM. ly" realistic human moans and
groans.
་ The scene graphically depicts the alive?
How does it feel to be buried hardships that befall those soldiers of fortune who seek adventure with Just ask any one of the fifty the French Foreign Legion. "Legionnaires" who appear in Beau Ideal," a sequel to Brau Radio Pictures. "Beau Ideal," Geste," by Parcival Wron, has a Coming to the Queen's Theatre to distinguished cast including Loretta morrow. Not only once, but several Young, Irone Rich, Ralph Forbes, times, "extras" playing soldiers Lester Vail, Don Alvarado, Otto of the French Legion in Bean Matieson, Paul McAllister, Leni Ideal," were required to squat Stangel And George Rigas, Her with their Beads between their bart Brenon directed.
The love-life of a famous beauty, brought now to the Talking Screen in a perfect **production F
A
LADY'S MORALS
GRACE MOORE REGINALD, DENNY
WALLACE BEERY JOBYNA HOWLAND
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