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CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY, at 230; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30 THE LATEST CHINESE SOUND-ON-FILM SINGING AND TALKING SUPER PRODUCTION
"MISS YUN LAN"
With an all Star Cast Produced by TIN YI CO. NEXT CHANGE
SINCLAIR LEWIS'S GREAT ST NOVEL BECOMES SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S GREATEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT
SAMUEL GOLDVYN
RONALD COLMAN...
ARROWSMITH'
UNITED ARTISTS.
PICTURE
with HELEN HAYES
SHOWING SOON..
A DRAMATIO STORT OF A WOMAN'S LOVE & REDEMPTION EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES
IN
"MADONNA OF THE STREETS"
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COMING
THE GREATEST RKO PARE
S. PER SPECIAL FEATURE
"SUICIDE FLEET"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1932
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.30 P.M. E
The
KING'S THEATRE
"A little child
shall lead
them !"
Miracle
Man
SYLVIA
SIDNEY
CHESTER
MORRIS IRVING PICHEL
MOVIE NEWS
On the Screen in Hong Kong.
uždaring
wice in the game of love is the role portrayed by bionda Zenda Watkina in the Foz production, “Good Sport."
*GOOD SPORT
THE KING'S.
AT THE KING'S.
MIRACLE MAN" AS A
TALKIE.
A Paramount Picture
Beauties one of the most, dissin guish all-star cans of the current
sayson of cinemanufacture,
Miracle Man," classic American
The
Is there a power more almighty than riches... more golden.“ than worldly gain?
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25813
NEXT CHANGE- THURSDAY, 16th JUNE
How the "other woman'
holds her man
GOOD! SPORT
with
Linda Watkins • John Boles
Greta Nissen » Minna Gomball Hedda Hopper
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
King'a.
HONG KONG.
The Miracle Man,"
Central.
Miss Yun Lau."
Queen'*.
"Possuance."
World:
"fron Masks.""
KOWLOON.
atar.
Lacape."
COMING.
King's,
The Silent. Witness".
The Magnifeent Lio,” Daneers in the Dark." "Ambassador Bill.”
Central.
Arrowsmith,"
"Madomin of the Streets."
Queen's.
." Good Sport.”
A FOX PICTURE
"She's My Weakness."
World.
RONALD COLMAN AND
ANNA STEN ·
RUSSIAN RIVAL TO MARLENE DIETRICH.
Ronald Colman, who was stated·
to be making as his next lm "The Murder of Karamazov" with the new Russian star, Anna Sten, has
an official of United Artista, the
firm controlling Mr. Colman's-films
Star.
Tell England."
Story of Kiangtan."?
(Part 2).
(Chinese Alin).
"Recaptured Love."
Behind Offies Doors"
“POSSESSED" AT THE QUEEN'S.
JOAN CRAWFORD AS A
KEPT WOMAN,
in this country, is thas Miss Sten EVE AND HER SORRY ADAMS. 18 battling with our irregular
verbs,
A
Possessel," showing at the
changed his plaas, says a London Everything is being get in readi-Queen's Theatre, is the best per-
» Critic.
.....
He is making "The Way of a Lancer "instead.
No reason is given for the change, play, showing at the King's Theab the enuse is not beyond con | tam today,
jecture.
to
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ness for the day when Miss Stenford. She has & five role,
formance yet given by Joan. Craw can say, "I hate you." Then sh will have the whole vocabulary of talkies at her finger tips.
Without a Star.
mevca, a fiery and queenlike Eve, anong a group of sorry Adams. The story tells how the beautiful Factory girl gets the wealth, and ull that wealth means, as the mistress It happens that I was the first In the meantime Ronald Colman
ai # draw autention over here to has started work on "Way of But though he is truly in love with fashionable young lawyer. Anna Sten as a new star rising over lancer," with no star gamed as his her, and has her transformed into Europe. That was when she had leading lady. just completed a gangster film,
an accomplished woman, he story Tempest," with Emil Jannings.
a Polish meet enough to refuse to marry Those who had seen her in Berlin cavalry regiment in conflict with her. He is adamant on that point, declared that she was a Russian Russian troops during the Great despite the humiliations that the rival to Marlene Dietrich, and War, and is to be directed by King in the amusement world. It first since seeing her'myself' I agree with saw the light when it was publish them.
TheMinucie Max," which
opened yesterday at the King's Theatre, appears in the fourth phase of a metamorphosis which I more the rule than the exception in the days of harking back to the old stand-bys for new thrills
ex in novel farm; next it beam. successful play; thereafter
ib
silent movie Gn 1919) and wow-
talkie.
The cast of The Miracle Man"
a
is an imposing one. Sylvia Sidney and Cheater Morris play the land AT bull, known to`you purbaps asing romantic roles, us the girl and Edna, the girl friend, in "Bad the dapper young confidence crook, Girl," Claire Maynard, Betty Fran. These were the roles played by
Betty Compson and Thomas Meig-;
WIFE AND HER SUCCESSFUL RIVAL.
A trade noties alates:-
cisco and Eleanor Hunt.
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I learned, however, that she could not speak a word of English, and now the news comes that she has just arrived in Hollywood with only five words in which to make herself understood. “
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girl suffers on his behalf. Her old- time sweetheart turns up, but turns.
An interesting item from the her when he learns the truth, Hollywood Star Exchange is that though he still wants to keep in Joan Crawford has been lent to an- with her lover, who has promised other company for the talkies pro-to help him get a big contract.
Poor Adam No. 2, is worse than duction of Rain," the film in which Glorin Swanson appeared Adam No. 1, and Eve loves the
latter." One Snal, and under the title of. “Sadie Thompheartrending effort, and all is well! on."
rather
She can say "I love you," so I
"Possessed" is the summit, of see no reason why she should not The sta brokers frequently, do
zood entertainment. Joan Craw." start making pictures at once.
this kind of thing, but this parford facts really well, while Clark However, the suggestion made by tieplar case has a piquant touch.
after a spectacular healing.
For years it has been the dark-han in 10. Hobart' Bosworth The plan works admirably, but to! haired maidon who has hold sway plays the central role the faith the astonishment of the gang.
as well as the masculine eye; but hadler patriarch. John Wray plays Robert Coogan, a truly crippled since the publication of a certain the part of the fake paralytic, "The
screen
13
+
popular novel, hair dressers have Frog "-the part which made Loney, is cured at the same gather- | As a forerunner of the style trend noted a great increase in the sales, Chancy famous on thầ of milady's eciffure, the fact that of those preparations guaranteed to six blondes are to be found among give the hair the colour that gonile- the leading feminine players in the men now prefer. Fox production, "Good Sport,"
years ago.
ing. The gang is so impressed by the miracle and by the simple goodness The story deals with the reforma, of the Patriarch, that they refuse "Good sport deals with the tion of a gang of crooks by
continue their deception-all
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a to
"SHE'S MY WEAKNESS.
BRILLIANT COMEDY
Cable earring through his diffealt part better than anyone else would have done. In fact he looks far too pleasant to have behaved so badly. The opening of the film and a little scene between Joan and Skeets Gallagher, ns & silly old rone, the lattor in & Pulman car,, the former on the railway siding, is beautifully Jane. From start to finish the A trade notice states :----
story grips, and if the morals and Refreshing, diverting and enter sontiments are queer-well, Holly taining does not begin to tell the wood, like the Restoration drama, story about the coming struction from a mistaken senas of duty it has no morals, and is tedious when, at the Queen's Theatre.
DRAMA,
She's My Weakness," Radio gets on that back. Unless you are Pictures is an all-talking romantic straitinced or inordinately high- alm to comedy drama, co-featuring Arthur brow, "Possessed” is
R.B. Adapted from the stage play!
known 19 "The which opens its local engageraent a story of a young and trusting "faith-healer, the King's Theatre next Thursday wife, who suddenly discovers that Patriarch" in the vicinity where except Morris, who, still in love Lake and Sue Carol. may be of decided interest to wo- her husband has transferred his he lives... Chester Morris. plans to with Sylvia, determines to kill 1" Tomany," which had a run of al- men. And especially an when one affections to another woman, Ra. exploit the Patriarch for the benefit Llyod Hughes, who, he thinks, has most two years on Broadway, the story is filled with romance and of the gang.. considers that the picture is one of ther than turn to the divorce courts
stolen "Sylvia's love. When he finds comedy. The plot deals with the modorn' matrimony, luid in the for help she decides to find out just Sylvia Sydney, Morris' girl, is Hughes, the latter tails Morris that struggles of a young man in lovs with a girl who professes love for fashionable sections of New York why this other woman was able to to impose herself upon the Patri-Sylvia has refused to marry him him. Their happiness is throatened and that each of there fair haired lure him away from her and in do-arch, as his grand-daughter, while because she still loves Morris. by energetic approval given by the enacts the role of a member of the ing so she monts up with some rather John Wray, known as "The Frog." Delighted and softened, Morris girl's parenta
Arthur Lake and Sue Carol play į startling revelations
a supple-jointed faker,, is to pre-hastens to the home of the Patri- the roles of the young lovers. Their
them In the male lead opposite Miss Lend a marvellous cure by the arch, who is evidently, approaching characterizations shown
smart set.
at
Watkins in to be seen John Boles, faith-healer and rise from the death. All the gang are much their best.
Lucien, Littlefeld, inimitabl.
These golden-tressed actresses are Linda Watkins who made har screen debut recently in "Bob Sister" star of "Rio Rita" and "Soed." ground before the astonished crowd. affected, and Sylvia starts to con- character comedian, lives up to his and who is cast in the title role, The other featured players include Sylvia is then to collect the shower foss their deception, but the Patri.usual standard of comedy and adds
Allan Dinobart and Hadda Hopper:
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TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY Ar 2.30, 6:10, 7.15 AND 9.20
IS LOVE
Society Sought to destroy them Because of it!
Beautiful
JOAN
A CRIME?
Mover
AWFORD
In CLARENCE BROWN'S Boul-drama
POSSESSED
Kissed by the screen's most fascinating man
CLARK "
GABLE
with Wallace FORD Skeets GALLAGHER Preceded By "FISHERMAN'S PARADISE
and the Latest HEARST Newsreel NEXT CHANGE Whizzing Rumble Seat Romance]
INSHE'S my WEAKNESS
with
SUE CAROL ARTHUR LAKE
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SIB GERALD DU MAURIER in GALSWORTPY'S Amazing Hüman Drama
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Greta Nissen, noted for her Kenneth MacKenna directed the of money which is always abundant arch interrupts, sad tells them he Collier, sr, is an important member HONGKONG DAILY PRESS;|| “IRON MASKS”
siren portrayals, Hinna Comfilm.
(Dontinued at jost of next colymai (had known it from the start.
of the cast.