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CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 230; 5:15; 7:18 & 9.30-
THE LATEST CHINESE SUPER DRAMA WITH ENGLISH TITLES
BUTTERFLY WU
"LOVE'S
IN
TRIANGLE"
with an All Star Cast Produced by SHAI STAR CO
SHOWING SOON
A HEART-STIRRING DRAMA OF THE FOLLIES OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION AGAINST THE BACKGROUND
OF THE GREAT FAMINE OF 1930 IN SHENSI
RAYMOND KING
IN "
HUMANITY
AN OUTSTANDING CHINESE FILM PRODUCED BY
UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE.
ALSO
THE LATEST 1992 UNITED
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE
RONALD COLMAN
ARROWSMITH"
UNITED ARTISTS
PICTURE with HELEN HAYES
COMING! COMING! HOWARD HUGHES
COCK OF THE AIR
CHESTER MORRIS
SECRETS OF A NOTED TENOR.
SECRETARY."
AN ENGLISH STAR'S' WARDROBE
A trade notice states:-
To challenge the sartorial prestige if William Powell, Clive Brook, and the others enmes George Motaxa, newest Paramount talki find, fresh from London with ons
of the most extensive wardrobes yes to be seen in New York where he made his talkie debut in Secrets of a Seretary" which comes to the King's on Wednesday
next.
Metaxa enjoys the reputation of being one of the best-dressed men in England." And that, we might as well admit, means one of the best. dressed men in the world.
Metaxa for the past several years has been the idol of the British musical comedy stags. One of his most recent engagements thern was opposita Peggy Wood in the glori- ous success, "Bitter Swest."
... It was while dashing, about ́dear. old Piendilly Circus and Bond Street that he took the notion to build up his wardrobe into come- thing of Gargantana proportions.
When he arrived in New York to play his Brat American talkie Fale opposite Claudette Colbert in "Secrets of a Secretary" he brought the following items of masculine attire:-
. Forty-six suits of clothes, includ - ing threo dinner, jackets, and throw full dross nuits; 10 overcoats; 100
· shirts; 100 pairs of socks; 60 ties; 8
Lomelino da Silva, the world- famous Portuguese tenor, as the Duke of Mantua in #Bigo- latto." He will give a concert an Thursday night in the Bose Room, Peninsula Hotel,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 30 1932
LAST TWO DAYS
AT-3.80, 8.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM..
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TEL. 25818
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• Idol' Mipaday night, scoseding to
PRIVATE LIVES."
AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE,
"Private Lives" is based on Noel Coward's stage play, and is another triumph for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's
As Amanda, the young wife who divorces. her husband to marry an-
13 with Jeanette MacDonald Reginald Denny Marjorie White
other, Norma Shearer who is always Miss Helen Twelvetrees.
good in, this type of part, is soon
at her best. She has a good sing
OF A
SECRETS SECRETARY
a Paramount Picture
with
CLAUDETTE
COLBERT Herbert Marshall Georges Metaxa
GOSSIP & FACT.
TODAY AT THE CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
Dentrali
Love's Trianglo
Queen's."
Private Lives."!
King').
Oh For a Man"
World.
Star.
Midnight Thrill" Chinese picture
KOWLOON.
"The Bad One.
COMING.
Central.
"Humanity."
Arrowsmith."
Cock of the Air."
Queen's,
J
"Royal Bed."
"No Lady,"
"Flying Fool.'
King's;
“Tell England,”.
"Secrets of a Secretary."
"Dancers in the Dark."
World
Star.
"Story of Kiangion"
(Part 2).
"A Man's Man."
"Danger Lights."
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
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BROADCAST BY Z.B.W ON 355 METRES.
EUROPEAN CONCERT FROM THE STUDIO.
artists, script girla and department 11 to 11.30 am-Stock quotations.
the Well,
12.30 p.m.-European programme of
1 p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
An interesting event is expected heads, employed can the set, listan 11.30 a.m.--Chinese programme. ing voice; and this is the first time in the autumn in the family of Missing intently to the actor-director she has used it in making a film. She and Robert Montgomery, as her Helen Twelvetrees, the film explain, not only the mechanics of ex-husband participate in rather and her husband, Mi unusual duet, entitled "Someday Woody. Mias Twelvetrees played Frank
scene, but its atory motif Victor records. ' find you," specially composed,
Keer, and everyone has an oppor.p.m.-Close down.
"He always does that," says 1.30 p.m.-Mail notice, etc. tunity to affer suggestions befure 5 to 7 p.m.-Chiness programme. even the rehearsals. And their sug-17 to 10.30 p.m.-European pro- gestions are not confined to their granime. own particular work, either!"
Hollywood Chips,
by Noel Coward for the stage, pro leading parts in "An American) duction Montgomery whistles the Tragedy," "The Grand Parade" tune while Nornia accompanies him and other successes! singing.
They are ably supported by Una Merkel and Reginald Denny, who do much towards making the play
& Success,
Prince Edward Theatre,
"Several alterations will be made The action is mainly taken up by at the Prince Edward Theatre." the squabbles between the respective London for the John Murray Aa- husbands and wives, and there are some Amusing scenes in which Nomu
derson revuB.
For instance, an
Marlene Dietrich starrod in her) Shearer and Montgomery are seen apron-stage vill bo introduced with vary first American-made fl--- going for each other like wild cats, the result, of course, that the bar, Richard Arlen started his career in wrestling with each other, andrier between the audience and the the motion picture business as a smashing all the furniture in the room. The acting and directing is performers will be lessened, au imam delivery boy. Paul Lukas was excellent, from start to finish. portant point when a revue is pru boru.on a railroad train as it was
This is the fourth film in which duced in a large theatre. Norma Shearer, and Montgomery
speeding toward Badapest - have appeared together, and it Tho. spectacular side of a showy Dorothy Arzner is the only wo makes still another success for this can, of couro, look after itself, nan director under pair.
contract in The Alm is an example of Sidney
but comedy scenes are apt to be Hollywood.-Irving Pichel's Franklin's discriminating. direc- difficult with a huge auditorium tract with Paramount stipulates tion, and is a picture which should and a mass of space between the that he is to act, write or direct, not on missed-it is now showing footlights and the first row of
at the Queen's Theatre.
E. L'
stalla. "
FINE ACTING
BY JEANETTE
MACDONALD.
George Graves' Advice..
.
!
Carole Lombard,
7 to 9 pm- programme of Victor records supplied by Mesars. Tsang Fork Piano Co. "p.m. Stock quotations, mail
notice, etc.
7.03 to 7.30 p.m.:
Operatio
"Don Carlos" (Verdi)-Oh Fatal
Gift.
Faust (Clounod) Flower Song-Margarete Matzenauert (Contralto)-0318. con-
Was
t
Caroje Lombard was a student. at Los Angelos high school for three It was George Graves who, giv years? Her grandfather ing advice as to how to get a joke directer of the company that laid across in a certain theatre even the first transatlantic cable? Sho larger than the Prinos Edward, de-
has two. athletio medals won at clared that the only thing to do high school-for sprinting and "OH, FOR A MAN" AT THE is to shut your eyes and bark broad jumping? She so much pre-
KING'S.
into the chasm,"
fers blondes that if she were Jeanetta MacDonald is a very
Dion Titheridge is writing some brunette she would take the neces charming personality, and she is special scenes for Violet Loraine sary steps to change herself?' particularly good at playing the for the Prince Edward revue, in beautiful woman being silly, She
does it so well in Oh, Fors which the leading comedian will The Luncheon Hour. Man that last night at the King's be Jon Cook, an American who is Theatre she had a staid, Hong Kong said to be extremely diverting. Audienco letting itself go with laughter and the wags shouting the kind of encouraging writicisms you would expect had she been there in tho flesh
put her up against the music of
Director of Hits.
Although Lowell Sherman, bas
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are
Cavalleria Rusticana "-Selec tion (Masengni). Creatore's Band-33813, "Aida" (Verdi)-Heavenly Aida. "Boheme" (Puccini)-Rudolph's Narrative. Giovanni Martinel-
(Tenor).-6595.
p.m. Local time and weather,
report.
7.30 to 8.13 p.
R a
Variety.
Vocal Duct Side by Side."- Vocal Duet Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away."Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin.--90714 Saxophone Solo Marilyn Saxophone Solo — "! Saxema??
Itudy Wiedoelt.--21152. Chorus
Evenin
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The
Chorus Comin' Home,"
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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
ZOZLUOMERY
PRIVATE
LIVES
From NOEL GOWARD'S great Broadway success with Begi- nald Denny, Jean Hersholt
and Una Merkel ADDED ATTRACTION - M.G.M's COLORTONE BEVUE "GEOGRAPHY LESSONS”
The Sensational Horse
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LOWELL SHERMAN MARY ASTOR
THE
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Duet for Two Pianos Raga — JOSEPHUCBCK ANG
muffin."
the Paper Dolls.”-Victor. Är- den and Phil Ohman.-2199. Song" Where the Shy Little
Violets Grow."
Screen stars are granted an hour's respite from the camera and gleam- “ ing lights on the set avery day for lunch. Jeanette has, also, directed but three pictures, they the hour besides at Edmund What do the players do during good light-opera- voice and her Its; 24 pairs of shors, 24 pajamas sense thout his efforts not to be pleasing, but it was hardly fair to question was asked of Charles Kerr, Lowe and Claudette Cibert, who Duet for Two Pianos-“ Dance of song in an Italian garden was most are all distinct hits Why This and 12 dressing gowns.
come a mere prince-congot, and His tailor in London hus 12 sds presumably you are suppose to fool Wagner, the most exacting of all Sherman'a assistant director, where su-featured in Sensation,'”
Terry for hun. Reginald Denny-composera of key patterns on file by means
to his interpretera. is in a position to know the me
two lunch-hour "sleepers of which Metaxa ordera his clothes struggles with a part that hardly ing blunder.
made up with slanty criminal oves However, that was merely a direct-thods of his chief. Korr indicated Having the principal roles, they without bothering about Sttinge.
any actor could have made either.
As foil to her caprice and her a group packed around Lowell work the hardest and the little In "Seczaty of a Secretary" hetvincing or sympathetic. There tantrums, is her dresser, cool and Sherman standing in the center of miesta" of less than a half bour plays the role of a South American piece of acting by a professor of acting by a lady whose name is not king's office during the filming of is, by the way a delightful little unperturbed, a beautiful piece of a luxurious Oriental rug in the fortune hunter who marries Miss music, whom Jeanette engages to given on the programme.
teach the loutish hero, to sing. Colbert, a wealthy New York so
But what a pity that Jeanette Radio Pictures," The Royal Bed In spite of the bad directing of should be wasted on a Blm like appearing soon at the Queen's elety girl, for her money. When Hamilton MacFadden and the "Ob, For a Man! The story is her father dies and sho Joss the stupid story (to say no worse of of a popular prima donna who com
Theatre. family fortune, he deserta ber and Laura and her band of devot burgler, and duly marries him it) the noting of Jeanette, her pletely falls for a big handsome. manke love to the younger daughtered friends, carry the performance The burgler is no gallant Rames Au Inspection of the group - likes to be surrounded with a gay, of the family to whom Claudette through, and though it pote's out
vealed not only cameramen and wise-cracking crowd at lunch. The Ying boon forced to become a socini
where it began at least it escapes Any suggestion, of dullness. secretary.
sound technicians, but grips hour is spent in pleasant repartes KB
disctricians, wardrobe men, makeup and laughter.
but a mean-minded gangster from the gutter who tries to be the he man. Thare is a lot of film non (Continued on previous column)
The huddle process!" he said.
afteracun grind of film-making. refreshes them for the gruelling Nancy Carroll lies on a coach and halfdream about things, and places which are very remote and distant
Song" Sweethearts on Parade."i
OLORES
The BAD ONE EDMUND
LOWE
Johnny Marvin,-21820. Hawaiian Orchestra"Palolo-
Hula," "SA Hawaiian Orchestra mony Boys-419 Ulaula."--Sum-Ku-West Har-E RİZMAURICE.
from the confines of a motion pic8.15 to 8.35 p.m.- ture stadio Tallulah Bankhead
Lope
ques Thibaud (Violinist) and Alfred Cortot (Pianist Jac "Trio in G Major" (Haydn).
Pablo Casals ('Cellist)-3045/ 040
8.35 to 9 pm
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