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CENTRAL THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY at 280; 8.18; 7.15 & 9.30

A CHINESE SOUND-ON-FILM SUPER SPROTAL SINGING & TALKING PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES

الله

"PEKING AT YESTERDAY"

with an All Star Cast Produced by

THE SHAI STAR CO.

SHOWING SOON

A WONDER PICTURE OF THE WONDERFUL, WEST

BILL BOYD

AINTED ESERT

ALSO

MATHE SEATURE

THE LATEST 1932 UNITED ARTISTS SPECIAL RELMÁSH

WILLIAM HUTTER. presents

77 PARK LANE DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY BETTY STOCKFELD

"PEIPING OF

YESTERDAY.

FINE CHINESE FILM AT CENTRAL THEATRE.

A Trade Notice states - Extravagantly produced. the Intest Chinese sound-er-flm sing ing, and talking "picture" Peiping of Yesterday which is showing at the Central Theatre to-day, ha a wealth of "oriental atmosphere. In mostly happened in Old Peiping about a year before, the birth of the Chinese Repablia The synopsis of thi film is as follows:

المدنية

***THIS RECKLESS AGE."

RICHARD BENNETT IN

COMEDY DRAMA.

A Trado Notice statés :-

Richard Bannot, stage, staf for many years and father of Con- stance, Joan and Barbara, Bennett,

plays one of the loading parts in

This Reckless Age," Paramount's filming of Lewis Bench's novel.

The Goose Hangs High," which is coming to the King's Theatre Thursday..

He joined a cast," comprising Charles Buddy" Rogers and One day about a year prior to Peggy Shannon in the juvenile the overthrow of the Manchu leuds under the direction of Frank Dynasty, Prince Tung of the Tuttle, who also directed "Sweetie?" -porial Clan, rêturna from the home"It Pays to Advertise, and other

of Mr. Lee, wbers an important sorten hits.. meeting had been held, fo, consider

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One of the stage's fending figures for a generation, Bennett made his acting debut in 1893 and has been on the stage over

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SEE this feat

“Youth's breath- less clip with Charles Rogeïs

(Buddy), Charlie Ruggles Peggy Shannon

Richard Bennett and Frances Deo.

in 1932's fastest

This going love dramall

HOLLYWOOD This

ECCENTRIC DANCERS COMEDY DANCING SINGING ᎪᏞᎽᏟ

DICK LEUTERIO'S

EXPERT ORCHESTRA "THE CAPITOLIANS” MASTER 10 MUSICIANS 10

By kind permission of the Peninsula. Hotel Management.

Reckless Age"

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Garamount

Qictime

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

"DANGER LIGHTS

AT QUEEN'S THEATRE.

A THRILLING RAILROAD

DRAMA

MYSTIC PRINCESS AND PSYCHOLOGIST.

PRINCESS PANTHEA'S

ADVICE.

THE NIGHT ANGEL.

HONG KONG.

Night Angel

Central.

Yesterday at Peking.

Queen'

Dangor Lights"

Aleko and Princess Panthea

A. Wild Rose

(Chinese picture):

KOWLOON

The Air in Always Cool

and Freak

No Circulation of Old Air. but Natural Ventilations. Comfortable Healthy, and

Safe

TO-DAY & TOMORROW AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION ON THE SCREEN

Radio's

"Great

Heart

Thriller of

the Hall roads

World.

King's

17

City Lights,* ¦

With Charlie Chaplin.

Overpow

ering in

Drama

Action

Sound 1

COMING.

4.Secrets of a Secretory.""

This Rookless Age:" Over the Hill"

"Daneers in the Dark.'

Cantral

"Painted Descrt."

Queen's..

"Alias Freach Gartre."

World

| 8tar.

**Trail of '95."

Common Olay." Blackpall."

DRAMATIC ROBES BEST.

BEBE DANIELS OPINION.

A trade notice: statos Bebe Daniels, star of "Alins 11 French Gentie" opening on Wednes

day as the Queen's Theatre, never again will appear in silent, comic, athletic or Shakespearean types of photoplay:

AND HER VERY NAUGHTY

NIGHT CLUB MAMA.

A GOOD SHOW AT THE KING'S.

Silent films are through," she explaine Comic and athletic stories. nearly put an end to my Shakespearean

the King's Theatre is an excellent plays are not adaptable to screen

The Night Angel," showing at movie ..career.

melodrama about a night Club. We treatment. are told that it all happened in "Just give me

The mystery of that unknown to morrow is always before us. We "Danger Lights," featuring all wonder what life has in store Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong for us, we hope and trust that and Jean Arthur, opened its run solution of what to-morrow wil

there is soma way of finding tho nt the Queen's Theatre yesterday. bring.

well-known actors... Supporting the "stars" are such

dramas with We have been told of others who Prague,but to be candid it is opportunities to set and sing, ligh- Frank Gave had the good fortune of beninety-nine percent. American in tened with not too obvious humour Slaridan, Hugh Herbert, Hobarting cautioned aboat this and that setting and outlook. The story is and I'll be happy." clouds, thicken, and the Prines Strongheart," "What Every Wodeson, Allon Roecou, and Jumer and it is only natural that we exciting and full blooded, well

the annoting activities of there volutionists. Friends gathened for his weekly musicals for which de was famous and clustered to him. for details, but are told to enjoy themselves. Gradually the

war

shows his wife. ring containing poison, which is the latest extremity is to free him when all hope is gone,

The expected early roturn to Chong Ping, hia eldest son, from a foreign school, warms the heart of the old gentleman, until bopy is gone with the nows that the boy bad joined the revolutionists,@and- ned mot his death in the hour of the

since.

the United States and in: London, Among his growwest stage bite, in

ara"The Lion and the Mouse,

man Knows The Brass Bottle,"

Stop Thief," "Damaged Goods" Farley, Kick In," "For the Defértae," Beyond the

Horizon,"

**The Ghost Between," "He Who Gets Slapped;" "The

Dove,"

Barker" and "Jurnegan."

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should endeavour to find some!

As Gortie the Gun in Radio Pie: mystic power that will aid us to acted and capably produced. The turos Alias Fronch Gertie," Miss The picture an all-talking fail-*es into the future.

theme is a three cornered fight in Daniels sways her first crook, roje road drama starts with a swing!

And now Princess Fanthea, was which a wicked old Countess, who

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"The and as it progresses action become with Aleko is appearing at the runs a diareputable night club,

mora and more intonee. It is about us that she seas, that she knows and Queen's Theatre; comes to inform Several years ago, Bonnet created one of the greatest dramas connect that she tells. a sensation in the silent version ofed with the railroad ever produced "Damaged Goods." He also ap- sucucas of his comrades. At the peared in one of the early all-talk and has scored, a tremendous hit in following: ianual birth party of the ing productions, The Home the United States as well as all the "Prince, while surrounded by well

Towners," and recently appeared other countries in which it has been wishes, ho receives a photo of his with his daughter, Constance, zo roleased. The amount of time and son, which overflows the brim of

Bought." sorrow. He tells his friends ha

work spent on producing this Alm will act for them a drama and un- In This Reckless Aga" Ben- perceived sips the poison from the nett and Frances Starr play fa- may well be judged when it is stated ring, gloriously he sets the drama ther and mother roles in a comedy-hat the company had to travel and fully dead to the horror of all. duma, in which they portrays 1000 miles on three treins whi Eight years of the new régime dulgent parents who sacrifice them they went on location in twelve pass with the Tung family living

solves to selfish modern youth. panosfully at Peiping, Lee Yoo Charles "Buddy Rogers, Pagy

is

12:

statcs.

her daughter and the young Public Prosecutorare concerned. The

DANGER LIGHTS

LOUIS WOLHEIM ROBERT ARMSTRONG JEAN ARTHUR

of"

A COMPLETE CHANGE

· ́ADDED STAGE FEATURE ALEKO, PANTHEA & CO. Staging a Most Mystifying and Scientific Demonstratio

of Telepathy Marvels

NEXT ATTRACTION

BEBE

DANIELS

with

BEN

alias FRENCH GERTIE

of the audience. But how will Her years of experience on the night club is portrayed with real little wild cat, Yule, hit it off? this correct young man and the

stage have given her a power quits power. It is really nasty, a place Probably he will soon be back to mystifying. Her advice in good.of disorder; hectic revelry, in the pleasant, if somewhat dull reaped a paychology that is of in- The atmosphere is vivid it though his disgrace, engineered by terest. And out of her experiences she has trigue and a big streak of crime.

fiancée, who sticks to him all

real apeak-ousy and Alison Skip the Countess and her myrmidons efte "I care not what a man or woworth as the presiding genius is an and then gracefully retires in Isce man does so long as he or she puts amazing old reprobate, witty and

of true love The Night Angel "- is not art, but it is exceedingly love and dignity into it there a wicked to the core. And her daugh- higger and better things in store is proper young vixen. 8ood entertainment and the old for such a person says this charm. Nancy Carroll, pallid and beauti. Countess is the gem of the show!

ful, revels in the part. She-has-the- Fold woman's ferceness, and readi- It's that, you empty from your pass of tongue, but being, despite

|ing: princess) –

-For-Lovers of Jams,~~-

"If you like fazzy, and who of the younger generation doca" not, you'

Ching, in- evil servant,, is adopted Shannon, Frances Deo "And Charlio Apart from the clever acting, the heart that counte I know many her maturity, only eighteen, Do will also like the vandeville turns by the wife of the Prince, who Ruggles carry the principal action scenery of the Rocky Mountains men who have built great fortunes wonder she falls in love with theby the Capitolians" band, Marty

......

of the youthful roles.

and Mrs. Tung crazed with the misfortune spring into the blaze.

and incorruptable as Joseph and handsome Public Prosecutor, stern Sands and Mildred Down The

gradually brought under his in-

the plain

plains of the North and Middle and whose names are knowir for fluence Eco also in love with

West, and the feckgrounds

what they have done. But in thor the daughter of the Prince for this

Chicago have given opportunity for ing many of them I And that they St. Anthony rolled into one. After uusicians, play well and the two he is severely reproach by Ping

the most marvellous photographic are much smaller than what they all he did send her mother to geol, Van, the second son of the Prince,

effects. Another thing that desertos have done

entertainers are clever. But why who dislikes to see his sister'marry- The evil Lee Yoo Ching, now special mention, is that through the

and then to have this terrible young

some of us, will ask regretfully, are On the other hand I know of man at your feat is too much even rious effusions of syncopated music. they harnessed to the more lugub

tion.

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ing a former servant of the house, married to the daughter of the of newly-parfected sound re- those who are working at ments for this hardened little sinner Still to lovers ofjarr, one can say Log Yoo' Ching prevails on the wife Prince, becomes a military oflcareording devices, extremely realistic taska, yet whose character and fine Love and hate for this man struggle the turns are well done. The last of the. Priner to support the cause in the servies of General Wei, round effects have been obtained. ness of spirit are things of inspira in her mind and the former wing. of the monarchista, But the plot whose concubine he now coveta George R. Seite directed the pic- is discovered and damning evidences Lorning of this his own wife turo which is an adaptation of lead to the rest and imprison-threatens to expose his intention, James Ashmore Creelman's original ment of Ping Fan Lee guarantees and he attempts to poison the girl. story, The Railroad Man. ment of a free the youth, Complications follow step by step pisture is well worth going and as entered the house to secure some until this evil person is killed by one of those which can be thorough jowallery” The plaon takes a fire the faithful old serviter, Kadly recommended without fear of dis- (Continued at foot of next column) Shing,

appointing.

"My advice to those who wish a He and his mother show how the

Frederic March plays his part well.

number" Crazy," soma quite

real material success is to try to thoroughly unpleasant virtuous To be bigger than the things they do, people can ha, but Marou suggests "Just bear in minds were the change of mentality to se beautiful princess in conclusion sa thing quite hums

you do your task to-day-try to and in the and wins

igger than the thing you do.Continued at

cheerful moments, and is the best 12 ust one hint to this enterprising

couples.it is no good trying to gut Hong Kong dienge to join and pick up chornies, and

thing

It wont there's no mors, to be sidi

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