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CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 280-516-7.15 & 9130
RIPPING DRAMA! BASH TREACHERY!.
BILU BOYD
VENTURE! WHIMSICAL HUMOR!
Greater than the greatest western! The wonder picture of the year!
HELEN TWELVETALES:
WILLIAM FARNUM
BILL BOYD
THE
PAINTED DISERT
HELEN TWELVETREES.
and WILLIAM FARNUM? Shared by HOWARD HIDOJN
FIGHTING MEN-DARING
WOMEN-LOVE-LAWLESS- NESS AND THE DESERT'S TREACHEROUS BEAUTÉE
- NEXT CHANGE
THE GREATEST' :: CHINESE SINGING & TALKING PICTURE EVER PRODUCED, WITH ENGLISH TITLES
"HAPPY STARS”
EMPIRE DAY ATTRACTION
A BRAND NEW BRITISH SUPER PRODUCTION RELEASED BY UNITED ARTISTS
WILLIAM HUTTER presents
77 PARK LANE DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY BETTY STOCKFELD
"THE PAINTED
DESERT."
WITH BILL BOYD AND HELEN TWELVETREES.
MUSIC OF "LORD BABS."
DELIGHTFUL FILM COMING TO QUEEN'S.
A Trade Notice states:-
"Lord: Baba," the Gainsborough film version of "Kable Howard's
A Trade Notice States:-- Packed with dynamie drama, thrills and romance, "The Paint ed Desert a Pathe western pic hilarious farco, which Edeal Films. tura featuring William Boyd, Ltd, are releasing, excels not only Helen Twelvetrees. William Farin its intensely humorous situa num, and J. Farrett Macdonald is.
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KINGS THEATRE
Youth Have Its Fling?
EVERY dad and mother, In hallowed, glowing. hours at the hearthside, can see in memories, the things they did that "parents" called foolish. They too,once mada
THIS
RECKLESS
AGE
FRANK TUTTIE
·with
Charles Rogers
Charlie Ruggles Peggy Shannon Richard Bennett
·Frances Dee
RECOGNIZE HER? She fco Murah who returns to the screen, after an absence of hole years in the. For production, “Out The Hall
"ÖVER THE HILL.
SALLY EILERS: THE VERSATILE STAR.
A Trade Notive states
• First came to light as a come
Garcamotent Gichar
Central
KONG.
No
This Racklog Age
Com
15th. MAY
The Painted Disert
Queen's
TO D
IEDAY:
into the soul of
Alias Frosch Garbie,”
Wild Ross."
JANIS BUNN SALLY EILERS
FOX
[{\DICTUAL
OVER THE HILL
CROOK" DRAMA
AT ITS BEST.
BEBE DANIELS AT THE QUEEN'S
In Altus French Gertie, which opened yesterday to enthusiastic, audienges at the Queen's Theatre,
Bebe Daniels essays her first crock
with
OSH
nose ploture),
"KOWLOON
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. With Norun Shearer,
"Over
COMING.
HUL
Secrets of a Secretary." Dancers in the Dark,"
Happy Stars."%
Queen's
Park Lane.**"
"Lori Babe."*
"To Obliga a Rady.
Toll Eagand”
World
Trail of 937 143 French Garla."
Inspiration."" Chucho
Dawn Patrol/
**3 French Girls:”?
Inspiration:
HOW TO BECOME
MOVIE STAR
EXPERIENCE! SAY FIVE WHO KNOW.
role and a splendid job she makes The answer to youth's demand, two years in films form her color-
of it fact it is probablyther«Haw, con 1 become a screen cele-ful background. most serious characterisation in the
takies, Misa Daniels gives a vivid brity lies in a study of back-
BEBE
DANIELS
"BEN LYON
Alias FRENCH GERTIE
Singing Star of
Rio Rita. in Smash ing New Talking Bale NEXT ATTRACTION Bobby Howes,
ENGLAND'S
GREATEST
COMEDIAN
Miss Tobin began her stage career**LORD BABS”
and forceful portrayal in a dual grounds held by leading members in 1920 in Pulmy Days Through rote-French maid and crook-both of Paramount's One Hour With plays. like "Polly Preferred," difficult ones, excellently suited to Hos brunette beauty and vivacious personality. Especially as the female racketeer she displays now power as a dramatic actress,
Her voice in clear and bell-like and her manipulation of French argot is amazingly effective.
You? cast.
The Youngest and Tifty Mil- Experience! That is the impresion Frenchman" she 1891 gained sive reply.
her knowledge of acting. During The five players who carry the a little more than a year on the important parts-Maurige Cheva screen, she has appeared in seven lier, Jenuette. MacDonald, Genes pictures.
Ben Lyon, who, incidentally, in viove Tobin; Charlie Ruggles and private life is Miss Daniel's hus. Roland Young-all have fought Band, is perfectly cast as the male their way to the top through num lead and gives a stalking portrayal.
erous performances. The plot is highly dramatic and
more to score & genuine hit on it, but also. in its delightful dienap; then she was discovered as Abes French Gertie' is one of
musical numbers.
premier showing at the Central
Joan Colin, who enchanted all Theatre to-day. In "The "Painted
London récently by her portrayal Desert," Bill Boyd has his Arest of "La Poupee" at Daly's Then- picture in many months. Ringing tre, as well as her delightful play- with real old time action the part givos Bill an "opportunity to wade ng of "San Toy," sings some cherming numbers, including à
in and do things and he does. A dilet with Bobby Howes, At the amashing cattle stampede and a Top of the Staris," which, they sing ruce with death along a yawning Canyon, driving a twenty-mule team like mad are but part of this thrilling story,
45.
od by William Farnum, riding off
as shoy scand fights inumerable to their little flat.
Jenn
Wolby the recompanying.
the perfect ingenue type; later as a screen vamp and in turn as the most beautiful brunette in Holly- wood!
Yet with all of these discoveries.
vealed and it was not Sally's real form, remained unra
recent success, "Bad Girl," "was until hør
produced and previewed that her emotional talents were unearthed..
the beat of this type of picture ever screened in Hong Kong and can be heartily recommended.
Ruggles to day may look back upon twenty years behind the foot
lights and before the, cainera, He
began as a boy in "The Admirable Crichton" in San Francisco play
is an exposé of the smooth methods All of them have stage experience of swell grookdom. It is an ex-behind them, bach beginning, his ed many years in stock and, vaude cellent vehicle for the colourful career at ages when most, youthsville and on Broadway inQueen. personalities of the two stare are studying high school subjects. High," Rainbow, Rolling Stones," White Collars and other productions. He was one of the first of talking screen netora
Young, also, made his debut twenty years ago. In. 1011 he ap peared in Find the Woman" on the London stage. Froid that time
until to-day, he has received his
aetor's training "in the school of emember's experience, Broadway him in "Rollos Wild Oat,"
Beggar-on-Forme
“THIS RECKLESS
AGE.
WITH CHARLES: ROGERS AND PEGGY SHANNON,
Chevalier, the star, was » eleven years old when he first sang pro- fessionally in public. It was in a tiny cafe Although just a
boy when the War called him, he was Mistinguet dancing partner From the close of the War until 1928, when he entered Almas, he was on the stage constantly.
Min LacDonald was only fifteen when she went into the chorus of
The Night Boat" on Broadway)
A Trade Notice states:- Hollywood pre-raporta quota Charles "Buddy" Rogers as say. Eight years of work in such stage And it is this Sally Eilors, the do not wish to desert the musicals as "Tip Toes," "Bunny emotional actress, who is again reen permanently. hope to Days" and Boom. Boon"
make two or three pictures a year,
Last of Mrs Cheyney. He has learned camera technique through
half dozen recent pictures.
am going to get the best musicians obtainable,
"Babies on Parade," another number which will prove exceed Overnight she was acclaimed. A The story of "The Painted Destert deals-with-a-twenty-year annies wheeling their charges Eilers, was at lust discovered.
ingly popular, discloses typical now Sally Eilers, the real Sally old foud of two old pioneers that had its start on the desert when in Kensington Gardens. they found Bill an infant Colin, whose "baby" is none other deserted in a covered wagon. An
than Bobby Howes pretending to arguments as to who would take be afflicted with mental regres teamed with her "Bad Girl?" sweet after I take over my new work."
sion, the child develops and results "in
song, with E.-M.
heart, James Dunn, in the Fox With the above thought in mind one of them, Chah Folbrook, play These are just two of the many drama, "Over The Hill," which Rogers has been perfecting plane picture, featuring Charles Buddy" with the youngétor. Jeff Cameron, delightful sequences in a film bub.opens at the King's Theatre on whereby he may continue to deve Rogers, Richard Bennett, Peggy played by J. Farrell Macdonald, bling over with tuneful and mirth next Sunday. The two youthful op his picture oareer and at the
"It is not definitely set as yet, stars enact the romantic leads, with
izing a jazz orchestra for theatre. Des and Trancos Starr, is the fea but we will play probably in some Mao Marsh venerable player of feature and radio broadcasting ture at the King's Theatre to-day hotel or show, and broadcast, onom Holbrook ja excellent. Clark Gable, recruited silent days, in the other featured purposes. N comes a power in the cattle coun- from the stage, was the menace, role, the first role she has portray try. Scene after sons of intense Others in a cast who were seen toed on the screen in twelve years, organizing an orchestra with him- tions wars on for him to become a network"
Rogers states that his plan for, Rogers admitted that negotia for twice a week over a national interest follow!!
advantage include, Edmund The large cast, supporting, Miss self as its leader has ben-delayed Ziegleid mucissl-star but declared In This Rockless Age, Spic Helen Twelvetrees in the lending Breese, Al St. John, Jerry Drew, Ellets, Duan and Miss Marsh in on account of bin. rocent work in that a contract had not beenture portraying... woman's role was appealing and Will Walling, Wade Boteler, Guy Over The Hill, includes James pictures.
Wilham Earnum gives a Edward Heart, William LeMaire Kirkwood, Claire Maynard, Ed In the last few months he has been
signad ne yat. performannica worthy of his stellar James Donlan and George Burton ward Crandall, William Pawley buy with the film Farrell MacdonaldThe picture was directed by Ho- and Olin Howland, Henry Kiay to Renoor sed at foot of news column.) | ward Higgi
directed the production.
THE Reckless Age:
settles at a water hole, marries; and.
has a daughter, impersonated...by; Helon Twelvetrees. Holbrook ba?",
•ful interludes.
4 Balk
same time carry his idea of organi-
Shannon, Charlie Ruggles, Frances
Shortly after I go to New York and will start anndmbling This Isat]] n'bjake orchestra,/!".
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