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SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 2.30; 5.15; 7.16 & 9.30 THE GREATEST CHINESE TRIUMPH ON THE SCREEN
HUMANITY
WITH THE SHENSI GREAT FAMINE OF 1930 AS BACKGROUNDS
A PICTURE NOT EITHER THE CHINESE OR THE FOREIGNERS CAN AFFORD TO MISS.
NEXT CHANGE
SINCLAIR LEWIS'S GREATEST NOVEL BECOMES SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S GREATEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN.
RONALD COLMAN.
“ARROWSMITH”
UNITED ARTISTS
PICTURE
HELEN HAYES
ל,
SHOWING SOON.
THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S LOVE & REDEMPTION EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES
IN
"MADONNA OF THE STREETS"
COMING! COMING!
THE GREATEST RKO-PATHE SUPER SPECIAL
BILL BOYD
IN "
"SUICIDE FLEET”
ALSO
THE NEWEST, 1932 UNITED
HOWARD HUGHES
可
ARTISTS SUPER SPECIAL
PRESENTS
COCK OF THE AIR
CHESTER MORRIS
UNITED
One of the scenes in Humanity," an outstanding Chinese
Alm, now showing at the Central and World Theatron.
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CHINESE FILM IS A REVELATION.
drama is one which cannot fail to move even the most bluse of theatre-
pocre.
The enormous strides taken in the advancement of the Chinese motion:
and technique.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1932.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2,30, 5.10. 7.16 & 9:30 P.M.
KING'S THEATRE
He Saves the Day for His Friends
But He Saves the Night for His Senoritas!
The Romeo of Mexico, the Robin Hood of the Rio Grande. In a story. loaded to the guns with double-barreled IP- action!
The
Gay Caballero
With GEORGE
O'BRIEN
VICTOR
McLAGLEN
CONCHITA
FOX
PICTURE
MONTENEGRO
There's no question in Conchite Montenegro's mind but that George O'Brien
is quite a caballero in "The Gay Caballero," arw For production of modern life on the border.
"THE GAY
CABALLERO."
VICTOR McLAGLEN FILMS AT THE KING'S.
A trade notice states:-
BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE STEL, 25813
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
Queen's.
HONG KONG
The Gay Caballero."
NEXT CHANGE- SUNDAY, 12th JUNE
"The Flying Fool," King's
Central.
SYLVIA
Humanity
World.
Humanity,"
KOWLOON.
ator.
Thunder,"
SIDNEY
CHESTER
MORRIS
IRVING PICHEL JOHN WRAY ROBERT CO00AM HOBART BOSWORTH
THE
MIRACLE MAN
in love with Couchita Montenegro, niece of the Hated Gordon, fiery daughter of Spain, and the richest
Pirmin Gaye
POSSESSED"
COMING
TO QUEEN'S.
JOAN, CRAWFORD IN THE
ture,
LEAD."
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opening at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday is an adapta- tion of the succesful Edgar Selwyn play, The Mirage," Clark Gable, who last scored opposite, Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox," has the loading male röle.
i
Queen's,
COMING.
"Tell England.'' "Poxsensed,"
King'e.
She's My Weakness."
The Mirnele Man,"
***Heartbreak."
Dancers in the Dank." "Good Sport."
Central.
Arrowsmith."
Cook of the Air." "Suicide Fleet."
World.
"Story of Kiangtan "
Stare
(Part 2).
(Chinese film).
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The Last of Mr. Cheyney." Iron Marks: "
"Easiest Way" "
Escape."
Recaptured Love."
"Behind Office Doors,"
In-
dráb existence of her classi stead, she makes the moay of her charm by going to New York, where she becomes intimate with Gable in the, rile of a young millionaire with
political
bitions.
7 Dramatic Denouement.
11-17-
The love of Gable for Miss Craw- ford become a stumbling block'
Ande notice states:- "Possessed," Joan Crawford's when he aspires to become governor Intest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pie of his state. To set him free to execute a successful, campaign, she consenta to hn engagement with a y from her home town, whom she does not love. But when at the nominating convention her name is made the bun of heckling proga- Kanda Miss Crawford resorts to
oro drastic measures, which resulta. in dramatia denouement. York stage leading man, makes his Wallace Ford, well-known New
first appearance on the screen in this picture. The east also in- ondes Skorts Gallagher. Frank Conroy, Marjorie White, John Miljan and Ciara Blandick.
The heroine of "Possessed" gives Miss Crawford a wide range of reting opportunities. She is seen as a factory worker who canpot reconcile herself to the poverty and
GOSSIP &
FACT.
"Mata Hari" in London. heiress in all of Mexico. Their Mata Hari," at the Empire, hus! lovo is complicated further by the proved na anormous success, some- presence of Weldon Heyburn, saitor thing like 100,000 people having!
"Cynarn" marked Adrianne Allen's first American stage appearance and Merrily We Go to Hell" is her first American screen appear-
for Conchita's hand and chieftain seen it during the first week. It Ance. She is a slender blonde with
of Gordon's eruel vaqueros,
With O'Brien's arrival, the ac-
|was continued for a second week.. deep blue eyes.
El Coyote is the central figure in The Gay Caballero," Tom Girls' romantic adventure of the present country which Fox Films have produced with Corgo O'Brien, Victor McLaglen Conchita Montenegro in the lead- ing rétes? Around the exploits of this mysterious rider revolve the killer, a mad, insolent dare
tivities of Ei Carate become more the Empire Theatre, pointed out
Mr. Goldenberg, the manager of Do You Know.
That Sylvia Sidney has & port- the whole countryside, fostered by cumstances is a picture held over. by Sarah Beinhardt during the annoying to Gordon: Cureat scizes that only in very exceptional cirable dressing table that was used the mocking Gay Caballero, who Normally, the policy of a new pic qarly years of her career? rides forth from the Arizona hillature overy week is adhered to. and
to fling open challenge to Gordon's
That
picture industry is fully revealed. It is only a genius who is zitted The neting, the staging and the pro-day border with the power of depicting in let-ducing vie with western method ters ar on the screen the soul of his countrymen, and one of the most remarkable achievements in this line can be seen in the silent pit tere amanity" now showing at nity, is portrayed to such a fine strange and gripping dramatic in devil, or a liberator who reckons in favour of England setting the seting u the Royal Academy off
the Central and World' Theatres.
To foreigners, the film is of special interest. Living in China among China's millions, with commercial and other interests ao closely allied, it will be of special benefit to one and all to understand the modern
The acting is the name of Perfec tion. Every emotion, gread. Just, ambition, hate, love, jealousy and
point that one actually lives with cidents that compose the picture the characters and goes through the and showing at the King's Theatre drama with them. No greater tri- bute can be paid to the producers and the greater of the drama.
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to-day.
George O'Brien, as collega The story itself is a masterpiece graduate frosh from gridiron from the pen of a master. It tells triumphis, arrives in Arizona to find of the swaying of human soulsby Victor McLaglen enrefully manag- phase of China..
ambition and greed, which so dis- "Humanity is a drama of soulstart the mind of a youth that in the ing what is left of his father's once powerful gripping, intense, The height of his gaiety the heart-rend great holdings. To his surprise, he p rorance of a youth in the city, ing appeals of his starving parents discovers that instead of falling beir am its gaiety and pleasures, damnd wife register but a momentary sharply contrasted with the suffer- pang of remorse, which is brushed to a fortune he has inherited a ing of millione, dying for want of side when his vampirish lover fight against the might of Sustenance. The story has for its béckous. theme the great famine of Shensi in In the City, the fight for money Mexican land baron, portrayed by 1030, and the producers have done and newer goes on, while the teen-C. Henry Gordon, who seeks to excellent job of it. The drama ing millions living on the soil of bring all that section of the country is remarkably well handled, and a Shenai are dying by thousand, under his ruthless control. rare touch of realism is given the save a life, is the slogan of faming whole picture with authentic scenes relief workers, and while hundreds from the famine districts, taken of the spot at the time.
To the youth of China it is an eye-opener, a lesson which they may almorb with much bonefit to them in their after life, and looking at it from an impersonal angle, the
Against
his. cruel schemes,
of dollars are flung away in hollow O'Brien and MeLaglen have but one pleasures only a solitary dollar means of defending themselves-El finds its way into the coffers for the Coyote, beloved protector of the alleviation if the suffering,
oppressed peons, open foo of: Gor- den and his lawless policies.
Romance of a dramatic intensity enters the story when O'Brien falls
A remarkable story, remarkable producing, but most remarkable of. all, the baring of auuls.
power.
Fredric, March still has a savings account in Racine, Wisconsin, which May Fair Panorama,
he started when he was ten years Alfred Hitchcock, who is warmly old That Adrianne Allen studied. pace in themes. vogues and story Dramatic Art, Londosi.
Stephen R. Roberts.
the rights of home-makers above idens, would like to take all the the masters of great wealth-who social and personal events from a is the Gay Caballero? That is Society news column and condense what troubles Gordon. He sets Mayfair. The trouble with Mayfair
them in a majestic panorama of Stephen R., Roberts, whose work powerful governmental machinery themes is that they are too exclu length designment,
on Sley Bride," his first feature
the aid of the U.S. Cavalry in yoit would have to show the May Gacrgo Bancroft in his next Para has”: consed in action and succeeds in enlisting sive for world consumption. To Hollywood to hail him & new make a success of such an ideh directorial suoceas, will dircut hunting down the mysterious rider. fair of London, Paris, Borlin and mount starring picture, The Chal
But before the mystery is unravel-New York and call it "Biches" or lenger." bordor, O'Brien and Hyburn meet
Amerient Bar," or something like ed, before peace comes to the that...
The you would got a big slite in heruulcun combat to see whe-of life of world-wide appeal. ther one place enn hold, two such
Murder
will be "The Famous Ferguson
Amerien is preparing a cycle of murder flmis. The frat of these Case, in which Joan Blondell is
the star.
£60,000 British Film,
A big event in the British £lm world was the showing of Henry Ainley's Arst talkio, The Firss Mra Fraser
time, is another production in the This picture, like Lily Chris.
"super" class. It has cost Bome thing like 200,000 to make. Joan
as they. The desert unforida death, and the day Caballero, un Tove, treachery, high courage, and
masked at last, leads a gallant hand of followers in a last mighty raid on what he knows in rightfully his love.
Alfrod Werker directed the Adrianno Allen was "discovered" tic ballot which is one of the big powerful cast which also includes by Nool Coward and her frst pro-effects in the film, and Harold Huth Linda Watkins,..Willard Robertson, fessional engagements were in three dances a. tango in the cabaret,aceRAL. Martin Garralaga and Juan Toreas. of Coward's, plays in London. with Yvetto."
.
Adrianne Allsu.
Barry and Dorothy Dix ero in a cost of extravagant "dimensions. Espinosa bas devised, the modernis-
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-COMING SOON IS LOVE A CRIME?"
Boelety Sought to destroy them. Because of it!
Beautiful
JOAN
RAWFORD
In
CLARENCE BROWN'S
Soul-drama,
POSSESSED
Kissed by the screen's most fascinating man OLARK
GABLE
with Wallace Ford Skeets Gallagher.
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Constance BENNETT:in THE EASIEST WAY.