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BRITISH FAMOUS PLAYERS GUILD TRIUMPHANT PRODUCTION
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1932.
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2:30, 0.10, 7.10 & 9,80 P.L.
KING'S THEATRE
Hidden. Dang stalked neath an Hawallan moONNE MA perilous romance blossomed under vengeful you.
Chilling mystery, thrilling adventure
as CHARLIE CHAN seeks
BLACK CAMEL
with
WARNER OLAND.
SALLY EILERS Bela Lugosi
ICTURE CHARLI GRAN
Even, wlaast man sometimes mistakes bumblebee for blackberry.
BOURING
SATVORE THEATRE
TEL 95818
- NEXT CHANGE
SUNDAY, 19th MAY IT'S COMEDY.
OH. MAN
FOR A
Jeanette MacDONALD Regionid DENNY
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
· King's...
HONG KONG
The Black Gamel."
Central.
77 Park Lane.”
Queen's.
The Cuban Love Song,"
with. Lawrence Tilbett.
World
Beau Ideal
KOWLOON,
Stat.
Tigor Rose.
COMING.
STEEN TUKAR
The Air in Always Cool and. Fresh No Circulation of Old Air but Natural Ventilation, Comfortable, Healthy, and
A Safe
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5,10, 7.15 AND 9.20
HE FORGOT THE GIRL BACK HOME When He Halt A
Cuban Lass In Hia Azma
TIBBETT the Cuban Love Song
Under Cuban Sklei I
with
Lupe Velez
King's,
""Oh For a Man.'
"Secrets of a Secretary." "Dancers in the Dark.".
Ernest Torrence
KAREN
Central.
MORLEY-
JIMMY
The Last Farado."
DURANTE
Queen's...
Directed
Middle Watch."
by
*Tell England'
W.5.
World.
VAN
DYKE
Story of Kiangtun
PICTURI
(Part 9).
Star..
Blackmail
PARK LANE
Wilk
DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY
BETTY STOCKFELD
Bltered by Albert De Courville.
A SOPHISTICATED` THEILLER TEST
IS. AS WITTY AS.
IT IS EXCITING.
AS CHARMINGLY ROMANTIC AS IT
IS SUSPENSEFCL
COMMENCING TO-MORROW A STORY OF BLAZING HATRED, FLAMING LOYALTY AND A GLOR OUS LOVE
Jack Holt & Constance Cummings
IN
THE Last Parade
“THE LAST PARADE.”
BOOTLEGGER FILM AT
CENTRAL.
"BLACK CAMEL."''
ANOTHER CHARLIE CHAN THRILLER
??
A Trade Notics sento:- Teoming with thrills and su9- pense, The Black Camel show.
Trade Nolice states - "Reporta are still coming in," *ays Jack Holt, about the arresting at the King's Theatre to-day of suspects for the murder of the is a worthy successor to "Charlie Chicago newspaper reporter who Chan Carries On," again with was taken for a ride because he Warner Olaqd in the role of the knew too many facts concerning the suave Chinese detectives.
racketeers of the town. It is the belief at the authoritice that some gang leader that the reporter was
The director and scenarists of the former picture, respectively, Hamil- ton Macfadden and Barry Connors
THE CUBAN LOVE THE SILENT NAVY
SONG."
TALKS.
DELIGHTS QUEEN'S
MIDDLE WATCH SCENES AT, SEA,
AUDIENCES.
A Trade Notice said :-
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"Fan Mails.
GOSSIP
FACT.
.Travis Baaton, designer
of
置
"Heartbreak House,?"
Bays & Trade Notice:-For the "The Cuban Love Song," first time on the soreen, we have a dramatic romance of a man and a "talkie" comedy set on a British girl in the tropics, bringa Lawrence battleship in The Middle Watch," gowns for Marlene Dietrich, Miriam Jackson's to revive Heartbreak It was a good ides of Burry Tibbett, fainous baritone and screen opening to-morrow at the Queen's. Hopkins, Sylvia Sidney and other House" in London last month. This, star to the Queen's Theatre in This play, by Ian Hay and Paramount Stars gets a huge "Fan" brilliant discussion of the world in what is undoubtedly his most in. Stephen King-Hall, was very se Mail, mostly requests for patterns general, and nothing very much in toresting role sinco The Rogue cessful on the stage, but Norman to styles seen on the screen, The particular, seemed as fresh at the
Walker, the director of this British In a modern story, replete with International picture, has avoided Hans Dreier, Paramount's head ar Court Theatre in 1921.
set designers are similarly besieged Queen's Theatre as it did at the drama, adventare, comedy and theatre effects, and gave the camera chitect, reports frequent "help us " haunting music, Tibbett is seen as plenty of scope Conviction to the flettora from builders or interior de episode in the last not was
Consequently, the Zeppelin-bomb
awaabbuckling marine. The setting and atmosphere is enhanced curators who have been told by merely a trying and nerve-racking story begins before the war and by the fact that the Admiralty clients, I want a room just like insident in itself, but a blot in the comes down to the present day. granted facilities for the scones that in One Hour With You" or play. It is a pity that Mr.
dealing with actual service routine. Mome other production..
Outstanding Songs,
There are novolties galore- an im ported Cuban orchestra and Lupe Vele dancing the Rumba, Tibbett learning The Ponnut Vender" in Spanish from the lovable Lupe; outstanding serga for Tibbett such. star official U.B. Marine Corps hymn, The Cuban Love Song," Tramps at Sea" and a thrilling
doopt een chantey.
W. S. Van Dyke directed the pro- ductions, and crammed it with deft
Amerien, of course, has long had. the advantage of such facilities, and it is gratifying to find that our own authorities appear to be relenting little in their unbending attitude
Ourious Flim Facts.
not
Shaw could not be prevailed upon "\to substitute (something else for it.. Edith Evans repeats her former The man who designs. the stun. performance as Lady Utterword, as ning gowns for all of Paramount's does Charles Groves as the Burg- stars, Travis Banten, was born and lar. Cedric Hardwicke gives an raised on a cattle ranch. « astonishingly exact study of vigor Robert Coogan, brother of the ous and spirited old age as Capt. equally famous Jackie Coogan, Shotover. after a dance, and their encounter made his reputation in films as A Rising Star. with an admiral, is most amusing ragged urchia, yet is one of the both in dialogue and situation.
to film producers." The comedy, which deals with tw girls, acci. dentally marooned on a worship
As the admiral, who is both
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The
MIDDLE WATCH
OWEN NARES JACQUELIN LOGAN
auto DODO WATTS bigscrito
NORMAN WALKER wealthiest children in Hollywood For those who like solider fare,
Wadner Oland, who has been play an outstanding picture is "The ABRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURE - shocked at the irregularities auding Oriental roles in films for a Silent Voice," the original title of terrified of what his wife will say, number of years, is a Swede.
which (before the censor stepped in) was "The Man Who Played God." The Silent Voice" is not a great
about to give information which and Philip Klein, also have repeat little touches such as the singing would jeopardize the bootlegger's ed their previons success in trans-lesson in the Cubna Jungle. activities. All known facts seem to ferring Earl Derr Biggers' exciting
Comedy-is in capable hands, for support that opinion."
story to the speaking screen, bạt The events that leap from the the plot of The Black Camel," Ernest Torrance and Jimmy Duran-is
La provide it as the two marine headlines aften and their parallel inlaid entirely in romantic Hawaii, cronies of the hero of the story. motion picture themes. This is is a very different one from the and the amusing. Louise Fazenda
lustrated in the Columbia picture round-the-world affair of the preced-plays a domineering shrow.
The Last Parade," which startsing film, A three day run at the Central Theatre from to-morrow, the story contorna a houtlegger, Big Marine, who wargs Larry Pearson, a repor ter, to stop writing stories about him in the newspaper. When Larry ignores the warning."
ford Pendleton and Robert Ellis. The attraction was directed by Erle C. Kenton
In the new picture the diplomatic Charlie comes early on the scene when a famous screen star, Shelah Fane, is found mysteriously mur dered on her luxurious estats at Waikiki Beach. There is a group of dinner guests, any of whom might have committed the crime, lis well as several other suspects and Charlie's job of finding the guilty man soon becomes a complicated one.
Lapa Velez is alluring as the wist ful Nonita and her exotic charm has a foil in Karen Morley's aristo cratic beauty as the rival heroine.
cowboy.
Frederick Volpe is excellent. He Gary Cooper, foremost expcaput mot ably seconded by Reginald of cowboy roles in this movies, real. ardell as a discreet corporal, and ly was a Henry Weuman hea marine. Jac- queline Logan gives a very good London's Opinion, performance as one of the girls, who captures the affections of Cap tai Maitland, played by Owen Nares.
film, but there are times when the
STAR
BLUE
WARNER BROS
and
LUPE
VELEZ
Tiger Rose
artistry of George. Arlies makes it TO-DAY & TO-MORBOW seem so. Mr Arliss is 04, he la actAr 2,80, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20 Stars to See:
conspicuously handsome, ha is less Fredric March in "Dr. Jekyll and obviously suited than most stars to Mr. Hyde. Hair raising adapta love scenes with young and lovely tion of Stevunson story. Big ladies. Jack Baine has the role of a thrills and good acting
But, watching him, you forgot the naval commander and Phyllik Jack Buchanan in "Good-Night, is his personality so rare his disabilition of the Hesh. So strong. pastry that “OH, FOR A MANTLoring as the girl to whom he is Vienna. Viemiese
charm, so magical his voice (smooth, engaged, whilst Margaret Haistan goes down well
Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai the speil he weaves over a young flexible, but never actorish), that is cast as the Admiral's lady. Dodo Express" (Cariton, Portrait woman in Alexander Hamilton Watts is also to be seen in the slabaster of beauty in distress naval comedy, as Fay Eaton, who Film everyone should see.
Robert Montgomery and Madge. is engaged to the Cuptnén, of Evans in Lovers. Courageous Marines Hamilton Koons. Thin (Empire). The girl who put a play A Trade Notive states:A very is altogether a most enjoyable pie wright's play right. All very on definite idea of the importance atture, and one which shows how far tertaining is demonstrated in "Oh, For A ing of first-class comedy talkies. tached to coats in audible pictures England has advanced in the mak Man!" production for Fox Films, coming
Hamilton MacFadden gelte
JEANNETTE MACDONALD AND A BURGLAR.
and again in The Silent Voice becomes plausible, even natural.
The heroine of this new film "is Bette Davis, she comes from Broad- way (where, she played in Ibsen) and aho will be a star, inside twaivo Janet Gaynor in Delicious," months.... (Marble Arch Pavilion.) Janet as a wistful emigrant mixed up with This Clark Business, Russian rag-time. A lot for the
money.
Another racketeer, Cookie Leo. nnedy avenges Larry by taking Marine for a ride. From that point the screen sequences proceed with increasing teneity to a climax said to possess unusual dramatic power plot and intrigue, Charles steadily But through this tangled web of The leading players in "The Lust makes his way and eventually, with Parade "are Jack Holt Tom dramatic suddenness, disclosus the Moore, Constunes Cummings, Gay. two killers. A delightful, romance to the King's Theatre next Sunday way for the screen, was signed.
Something ought to be done about; her boyfriend is cleverly inter- botween the stress' protege and The basic theme of the picture is
Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn in this "clurk" business. It was woven with the rest of the story, the marriage between
the romantic affair culminating in-
Other members of the support A Night Like This New Gal shock some time ago to hear Elissa and the actual filming of all the donna and a burglar.
prima ing cast
who have either boen lery.) A night club, a necklace, n Landi pronouncing the word Ameri exterior scënés in Hawaii gives the
starred or featured on stage and girl-and great fun. Laughs all can wine in her first Hollywood pio ture; but Hollywood Haunta quits The supporting, cast includos Ed-production nacenically gorgeous- Jeanette MacDonald plays and screen include Warren Hymer, Marthe way,
a bouquet of similar defanoon at mund Broase, Jens De Varaka; Vivi, and authentic setting. sana nings the role of the prima donna jorie White, Alison Skipworth, Al-
us in the new Lansdals storya Sally Eller and Robert Young burglar, who also sings
and Reginald Dennys the role of the bort Conti, Bela Lugosi and Andre The Honour of the Family, Robert Graham and Earle D. Buna
Lovara Courageous." Saying Cherong play the romantic leads, with Bela
Phillip Klein and Lynn Starling This is a version of #olark for clerk may boas The story was written by Casey Lugoni as the mysterious fortune The prima donna is courted by wrote the screen story and dialog. Balzac story, Anew star unreasonable as the variations of teller Tarnoverro, and a splendid any men, one in particular Oh, Fox A Man! is the fourth from the stage, Warren Wil "ough that arouillorien by Andre Those who have not seen supporting chat includes Victor Yar wealthy, sincere and ardent admirer directorial assignment of the youth liam, appears in this film, and Randal in his song in Bow Bells.
coal, Dorothy Hetier William Post, whom she respects but does not ful MacFadden in one year, His Fred Kerr is an old Hungarian But it is our way and if the Park Lane," are advised not to: C. Henry Gordon, Marjorie White,
prior Fox SUCCCSECS included nobleman who is at the mercy of great American public doesn't like miss its final showing to day for it J. M. Kerrigan, Violet Dunn, Rich For this apparently minor role Harmony at Home, Crazy an alluring woman (Babe Daniels) it Hollywood might have found in- Ard Tucker, Rita Boqulle, Mary William Davidson, one of the finest Thina Way, and “Are You and her confederate. It is a well other word in dealing with cur_XA- is an English talkie that are worth. Gordon, Otto Yamaoka, and Mur stagn actors that ever laft Broad-Theret the latter a Beatrice produced picture, but it is not for presentative British dramatist's a
ray Kinnell.
(Continued at foot of next column, Lille starring picture.
the young
cond play direct for the sorem.
Robinson.
seeing
love."
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