HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, MAY
1932
CENTRAL THEATRE
20
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
at 2.80; 5.16; 7.15 &
„DYNAMIC DRÁMA OF RACKETS, RIDES & RAFID.
FIRE ACTION LOVE, REVENGE & JEALOUST all left behind with each step in
Laughter on his face rancor in his heart
He sacrificed life
for the sake of lovel
LAST PARADE
The Thrilling Story of a Gangstar's Final Fadesut
A picture that will
tug at your heart
&
and catch
at your
throat.
with
JACK HOLT
A COLUMBIA PICT
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THE NEWEST CHINESE SUPER PRODUCTION
BUTTERFLY WU
IN
"LOVE'S TRIANGLE"
SHOWING
SOON
THE GREATEST CHINESE UNITED PHOTOFLAŤ
SERVICE TRIUMPH
"HUMANITY
·ALSO
DAYS
AT 1.30 6.10, 7.45 & 980 P.M.
The
KINGS THEATRE
Hidden Danger
scalked neath an Hawaiian moon as perilous romance blossomed under
vengeful eyes
Chilling mystery,
thrilling adventure
CHARLIE
CHAN seeke
THE BLACK CAMEL.!!
A SILENT FILM FAVOURITE
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AT THE THEATRE
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NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 28th MAY
IT'S COMEDY.
OH MAN
FOR A
(weith
Jeanette FasDONALD.
Reginald
DENNY
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Glots
What
Wanted
Fox
PICTURE
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
HONG KONG
The Blade Camel."
Central
The Last Parade,
World.
"Beat Ideal".
· Star,
KOWLOON.
· Blackmail"
Queen's,
COMING.
*** Privato Lives.”
*Royal Bed"
No Lady." "Flying Fool
Tell England."
Oh For a Man."
Secrets of a Secretary." "Duiters in the Dark". Central.
Loves Trianglo;?" Humanity."
" Arrowsmith.*** Worlda Me
Star
Midnight Thrill,” Story of Kiangtan
(Part 2).
Bad One,"
The Goat That Wouldn't
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and Fresh A
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KAE FAMOUS COMBOY BI
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OWEN NARES
JACQUELIN LOGAN
Guet DODO WATTS RECTED NORMAN WALKER
A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURE
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BLACK CAMEL
with"
WARNER OLAND SALLY EILERS Bela Lugosl
OH, FOR A MAN!"
ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE
THE LATEST 1832 UNITED
SAMUEL GOLDVYN.
RONALD COLMAN...
ARROWSMITH"
HELEN HAYES
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HOW REGINALD DENNY MADE GOOD.
A Trade Notico states: Reginald Denny, co-featured with Jeanette MacDonald in the Hamil
ton MacFadden production for
2.
"THE LAST PARADE." WEDDING GOWNS IN Movietone, Oh, For a Mani”
STRONG DRAMATIC PUNCH.
tre last night, an entralling screen production:
"PRIVATE LIVES."
LATEST IN MODERN BRIDE'S TROUSSEAU.
church
A trade notice states:- Solid entertainment qualities, combined with a timely, and inter-
A Trade Notice states: esting theme, make "The Last
Before the strains of "here comes Parade," the Columbia picture; which opened at the Central Theathe bride" resound through the there are weeks of prepara- important event and strong for his most imp of atmosphore, speed and strong in a girl's lifet dramatic punch this film registered
Ideas for the modern girl's trous a real hit.
'sou are aan in two distinctly dif Cookie Lenard, a wisecracking newspaper reporter with no job, ferent varieties in Norma Shearer's and Mike O'Dowd, a New York latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, star- policeman, are the principal chairing picture. Private Laves," due racters. Both men are in love with Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, for the same girl pretty Molly Pear-Bot only does Misa Shearer appear son. Cookie bijacks a liquor truck as a bride, but also Una Merkel, and swiftly takes his place na king As Miss Shearer is a divorcen
who is in the supporting chat of the underworld. He clashes with bride she passes up the wedding a rival racketeer and Anally bumps veil, appearing before the Justice him off. Even the efforts of his friends Molly and Mike do not of the Peace in a smart going away aavo Cookie from a tragia eader a plaid blouse and black skirt. costume sbowing a white coat worn Jack Hols as Cookie Leonard-a yale fien to anything he has ever With white hat and accessories abe before attempted-proved that begives a bridey "picture as ahe Dosasses versatility and finished promises "I do."
Acting ability Tom Moore scored Miss Merkel takes her first trip in the part of Mike O'Dowd and to the altor in the picture in Ba Constance Cummings made Molly array of wedding finery, her eatin drees styled with quaint puffed, Pearson charming heroine. S
Splendid performances were con-sleeved and train-finished skirt, tributed by Robert Ellis, Gaylord and a Jullet-type wedding veil. Pendleton Joss De Verska and Vivi, Blank velvet hat and smart acces Erle C Kenton's direction was well sories. handled throughout.
an interesting pattern. Besides Miss Shearer and Miss Merkel the cast includes Bobert Montgomery Reginald Denny Jean Hersholt and George Davica Eldney Franklin directed,
aggegen super
For their first wedding dinner, the two brides appear in lovely evening gowns Mian Shearer's being of eyelet embroidered gold cloth trim- med with bandings of able fur and Miss Merkel's of black velvet, with chiffon flower trimmings
Negligees and pajamas are shown in gay array with other costumes of (Continued on previous column, j
coming to the King's Theatre next Sunday interrupted a very promis ing stage career as a leading man to answer the call of his country. in 1017.
*..
Upon his return to England he 'joined the 28th
FOX PICTURE CHARLIE CHAN
Even wisast mont sometimes mistakesį bumblebes for blackberry.
RETURNS
A Trade Notice states
Butt
One of the few foreign picture PEGGY'S TRIUMPH AT ELSTREE STUDIO.
oclebrities to make a comeback"
with the advent of the talkies,
Victor Vargoni, who has an import.
Lupino Lane, who is directing the
ant féle in the Fox mystery, The new B.I.P. comedy, Torendor's Binck Camel, showing at the Don't Care," had some exciting ad King's Theatre to-day, is rapidly ventures with a goat which he en regaining, the prominence he held gaged for special genes in the film, in the silent ora of the films.
The goat had but to possess one Bern
in Hungary,
Varconi qualification and than to batt with originally intended to, follow a little or no inducement," business career, but after, a year
horror, she discovered that she was held back by Peggy who had un obtrusively nibbled away, the back of her tooth on a stout: seam
No sooner had. Peggy been separ ated from the skirt, then the true artist revealed herself. Whether it
was the loss of the remainder of the actores'
dreaz
that infuriated her or the flavour of black satin,
Peggy arrived, sable and white, or two of this work, he decided with the sweetest brown eyes, but fhat he preferred to become anno inclination to butt. She was which upset her, will never be
actor, and quitting his job, enrolled offered every inducement, but even in the Theatrical Academy of a rear view of Lealin Fuller's plaid Hungary, Here he displayed un trousers, had no effect on her docile usual ability,
temperament.
While on a visit to America, he ~ ** was approached by representatives of the De Mille organization, and went into pictures under that pro ducer, soocing in such films as Triumph" King of Kings" The Divine Lady" "Chicago" and "Volga Boatman."
When talking pitures came in, Varconi realized his inability to speak English properly, and return.
known, but it is a fact that Peggy began to butt, and could not be approached save with caution for
the rest of the day. She butted Leslie Fuller full and square into the pond, Tincat Sefton was the
Lane went into conference on the matter, Peggy wandered round, de voured the studio greenry and leannext victim: Drusilla Willa popped ed affectionately against Drusilla in the pond voluntarily, forgetting Wills, who appears in the film as her fears, and a thwarted Peggy
Bill's Wife Sho, since early made it three times for hack by morning, had been pondering on her catching Lane himself on the spur unenviable task of having to fall of the moment. into a shallow pond in the next stene. Ot was decided to take this
It was a tired but gloriously happy Peggy that completed her
and soon b London Flying Corps od to Euroße, where he spont Plunge at ones, in the hope that day's work at Elstree.
several hours a day mastoring Eng. Peggy's ambitions might be fed at a lieutenant, Later Lish. He again came
America the sight of a bit of noting,
Mina Wills
he was transferred and did night and began to regain his former patroi duty and defense flying with laurels with an outstanding pers.
Having
estes everything within reach an detachable in the studio, she had
A
Come with these two- popular stars and see with the help of the brilliant playwright Noel Coward, what takes place behind the drawn curtains of
PRIVATE
LIVES
Marco Mer
From NOEL COWARD'S great Broadway success with Regi nald Denny, Jean Hersholt and Una Merkel
(STAR)
for the also achieved, the distinction of TO-DAY & TO-MORBOW
showing a director "where he got AT2.30 6.20, 7620 AND 9:20. fomance in Fox Films Doctors plange, bat at the crucial moment off Lane still speaks with fooling
With of PeggY.
the 112th squadron 26 an observer and machine gun operator. Warnor Olurid, Sally, Eilers, Bela
Denny comes of an old English
Lugosi, Marjorie White, JM. professional family
ating back Kerrigan, Murray Kinnell, Richard several generations, even lacther Tucker, C. Henry Gordon and back than the Barrymore family Violet Duan are in the cast. Hamil He made his fret appearance at the bon MacFadden directed. Court Theatre, London, in "The
Foot
Royal Family" When ho was six, Dark Lanterns, Constance Bin teen ho played bits and "walking nyin
lights" with Elsie gentleman" with Charles Froh man's company at the Duke of York's Theatre
He came to America for a short engagement with the production
The Quaker Girl," but returned to England and toured there and in, India with the Bandmann Opera Company, singing the leads over a period of two years in a repertoire of seventeen light operas,
M
ise unable
take
HUGE SETS FOR DEL RIO near Los Angeles are alieved to
seh LOWE FILM.
THE BAD ONE AT QUEEN'S.
new record in size of talking, picture backgrounds for outdoor talking piocire sequences. An army of: Carpenters and other artisade worked for two weeks on construo Aqua, tion of the ablourful film community. A Trade Notice states
"I that was designed by W. Cameron Using natural backgrounds for Menzies, supervising, art director at
wood
***The Bad One," & story, laid in Marseille, presents Miss Del Rio in the role of a waterirodu. tainer who nyaah
"BLACKMAIL"
Featuring Anny ONDRA John Longden- Donald Calthrop
Cyril Ritchard British International Picture
WODIDA,
AT230 5:15-7-15 & 9.20 RALPH FORBES, LORETTA YOUNG IRENE RICH, LESTER VAIL In
Universal signed him for the some of the biggest scenes in the United Artists studion, Holly-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW lead in the Leather-Fushers | Dolores Del Rio's Arst United serial series. He followed this with Artists all-dialogus picture, The light comedy and farce, loads in Bad One, with Edmund Lowe, the feature length productions for the film company spent considerable same company.
time on location blong the ocean Then came the advent of the front at Palos Verdes and Sau talkies und Denny, because of his Pedro, California, in making the stage and surcen experianer, same spectacular feature, coming to the into greater demand, his work in Star Theatre on Sund Aladam Satan and Three The huge steered
His early silent sureen work in French Girls oluded loads with Alice Bri (Continued at foos of meet
His latest work:
Oh, For
of Lowe, playing. adventure seeking Haupt,
Mitabell Avril, Adri
for the Bla
BEAU
BEAAL
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