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1932 UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
Sinclair Lewis's Greatest Novel Becomes Samuel Goldwyn's Greatest Screen Achievement
HE FOUGHT
FOR MAN... and lost awoman! ·
N told this story...No
10 other age could have
other world has known such a man-fighting humanity's battles...his restless mind searching for truth.... his 'steadfast heart clinging to the woman whose love he lost in his hour of triumph.
SAMUEL GOLDWyn
presenta
RONALD
COLMAN
Arrowsm TH
WITH
HELEN HAYES
FROM THE NOVEL BY
SINCLAIR LEWIS
JOHN FORD FOTON
UNITED MOKES PICTURE
SHOWING SOON
A DRAMATIC STORY OF A WOMAN'S LOVE & REDEMPTION EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES
.. IN
"MADONNA OF THE STREETS"
COMING! COMING!
THE RKO PATHE SUPER SPECIAL FEATURE BILL BOYD & ROBERT ARMSTRONG
IN
SUICIDE FLEET
THE NAVY'S BIG PARADE
ALSO
INKO PAYND
ANOTHER 1932 UNITED ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE
CHESTER MORRIS IN
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'CORSAIR"
Ronald Colman in Samuel Goldwyn's Arrowsmith'
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1932.
FINAL SHOWINGS: TO-DAY
.AT 2,80, 8:10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
The
KING'S THEATRE
"A little child ́
shall lead
them!"
Miracle
SYLVIA
SIDNEY
CHESTER
MORRIS
I
Man
Garamount Picture
Is there a power moro smighty more golden
IRVING PICHEL than rishes
than worldly gain?
To the strains of a dreamy waltz John Boics dances his way into the heart of Lindu Wythins in the Fox production, “Good pert." 2PA
JOAN CRAWFORD.
FACTS ABOUT A FASCINAT-
ING STAR.
D
LK
"GOOD SPORT"
A STORY OF MODERN MARRIAGE.
A trade nolice states:- Lindy Watkins, who scored
"BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE
TEL. 26313
TO-MORROW
How the "other woman'
holds her man "
GOOD! SPORT
wilt
Undo Watkina • John Boles Greta Nissen • Minna Gombell Hedda Hopper
Eth
verssfully in her first motion pie
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA,
King's.
KHONG KONG,
The Mirnelo Man."
Central.
Arrowsmith."
"Possessed."
Queen's.
World.
Star:
Sins of the. Children.”
KOWLOON.
Recaptured Love."
COMING.
King's..
"Good Sport." "Ambastidor Bill.""
The Silent Witness,"
•The Bingnerņi Lie,” Dancers in the Dark."
OGEtral,
Madorna of the Streets," Suicide Fleet."
Queen's.
She's My Wenkness,"
*** Beggar Student.“
World!
A FOX PICTURE
Star.
Joke that Failed!
Perfect Alibi...
She Couldn't Say.
Tell England."
Parlour, Bedroom and Bath."
Humanity" (Chinese Alm).
Story of Kinngtan "
(Part 2).
(Chinese film).
Behind Ofßes Door,"
Kept Husbanda.”
Sing of the Children." Gentlemen's Face."
GOSSIP
& FACT.
Eddie Cantor is making "Bally-
Will Rogere „failed" badly with a hop" with special songs written for joke about Greta Garbo at that the English version. Al Jolsun. famous opening performance of after a long absence, is also sche "Grand Hotel in Hollywood. The duled for a film, as yet untitled, show over. "Regers rig on the stage When Oonnie Sings.
nad asked the audience not to
2 per
leave, as the star of the evening, Greza Garbo, would" make
onal appearance,
Everyone waited, for the Garbo had sever appeared at a premiere. Then Walluce Beery walked on in u backless gown wearing a blonde wig and chewing gum. The audi- ence were nit amused,
Bad Luck.
#
Constance Berrett. who now saya she is retiring from the screen this
your is taking a deep breath and singing exareises. She is to chant the theme songs in The Truth About Hollywood, another of the now fashionable pictures satirising the film city,
As Connie has never sung before, abd ever performs vocally at Hollywood parties, she will auto- Kathryn Carver. Mrs. Adolphematically he suspected of having à
double. Menjou to you, has fractured shree Cribs as a result of slipping in her Gary Cooper
bathroom.
Gary and Tallulah.
Gury Cooper has returned from Africa with 40 big-game trophies and a pet chimpanzee among his Under & new contract the ex-luggage. The big moments of his cowboy star will appear in four round-the-world boliday, he says. films year only. The first will be were when he jumped behind
tree to avoid a maddened rhino- Good with Tallulah Bankhead.
eerus and when be missed a hyenn in the dark from close range.
To Learn English...
tare, Sob Sister," and "who now Sport" opening next Thursday at plays the lending "rále in the King's Theatre 18
one screen Quoor People.
A
A trade notice alates:- Joan Crawford, whore talkie, Possessed, now on finil screenings the Queen's Theatre, was born in San Antonio Texas. Her real name is Lucile Le Seur. She is five feet, four star who believes that matrimony ches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has is not only a worth while venture authors of the novel, "Queer Pro- When the two Graham Brothers, red hair and dark-brown eyes. She for either man or woman, but ple" tried to put over their story was educated at a private, shoo! splendid institution, as well. in Kanons City. Her father was a
about Hollywood in a picture ver- theatre owner. When her family leap myself" she admitted recruit
While I have never made then the high powers of the Ameri opposed her wishes to on the ly. I believe I can speak with them lite a lot of bricks and for can Bim industry came down on stage, she ran away from home some muthority. Most of my friends bade the production. The and joined the chorus of a musical are married or have been, some of is by a wetaan well known to duction was altered to "The Way comedy in Chicage. In New York them several times, and one canot American she appeared in
· and The Paaring Show," whore!
star and featured screen, actor: Helen Ware, dramatic octress, do
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IS LOVE
Soolety Sought to destroy them Hecause of it! Beautiful
JOAN
A CRIME?
Metro-
Meer
RAWFORD
Ja
OLARENCE BROWN'S Soul-drama
SSESSED
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
A RADIO PICTURE
(STARD
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WARNER BRUDI
proront
RECAP
APTURED
LOVE
The evils of divorce revealed! An hilarious expose of the terrible social menace that allows a man to make two macrimonial mistakes instead of one!
Balle BENNETT
brought from Berlin to be Ronald Ann Ste., the new Resantion
Colman's leading lady in "Brothers weeks in which to learn English. Karamazov" has been given three
story While she was travelling, the pro- reuders-Adeln of a Lancer," and before Anna gets fiction. Innocent. Eyes" lend a sympathetic to repeat-Rogers Hyland. Gregory Bajoff is the job she muat loss her accent,
ing divoreres without her work attracted the attention of things
learning to take the part of an eccentric film The Latest Vogue! Harry Rapf, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer į
director and Lowell Sherman also executive. Rapf signed her to modern matrimonin problems lies
In my opinion the key to many hag a lending part.
Motherhood, which every NOW The truth about motion picture contract. For au in the lines of the climax of my should prove as entertaining as the popularity, is the vague again.
Hollywood and then has a burst of publicity cess has been one of the most new picture, 'Good Sport, There's fiction. aational in the history of pictures nothing wrong with marriage-it's Stars, Old and New,
Sue Carol, Mary Astor, Helen Her outstanding vehicles include the people in it. In other words,
Twelva-trees, and Florence Vidar "Our Dancing Daughters," "Our people to-day don't take the in-
Ronald Colman is to make are among those about whom inter- Modern Maidens,"" Our Blushing forest in marriage that they once "Cynara" for United Artists.esting rumours, are circulating. Brides" "Paid." "Dance, Fools, did it's a sort of interlude, and Dance," Laughing Sinnors and things go wrong, well there are *** This Modern Age.”
always trains leaving for Reno."
In my role in Good Sport! I [ul epidemies of it in recent times am confronted with a marital prob The novel of Arrowsmith acknow- and it is said to have killed six lem, a serious one, having discover- |ledged to be Sinclair Lewis' master-million people in India betweened that my screen husband, Mr.
But 1500 and" "1907. piece, is of course, fiction.
And it is only Allan Linchart, has transferred his neither the ravages of the black through the fearless investigations affections to another woman, But death nor the perils of the men who of men like Mr. Lewis' Dr. Arrow- instead of entraining "for Reno I have sought to stamp out-such fit-that-the-plague has finally pursued another course and any. scourges are fictitious.
been remover an constant menace that led to abartling results as you Nowadays the civilized world pays to the civilized world.
will discover when you see the pic- little attention to bubonic plague When Congress recently awarded ture."
The picture is an adaptation of A trado notice states:-
because it is no longer a threat. a inedal, to the last survivor of Dr. ↑ Cast opposite Miss Watkings in
the play, "Tommy" by Howard Arrowsmith," Sanuel Goldwyn's But until a few years ago it was Walter Reed's yellow fever expedi- the male lead of "Good Sport," in Some of the most widely know Linesay and Bertrand Robinson. picturization of Sinclair Lewis not even known that it was ratation in Havana in 1898, the world John Boles, star of "Seed," Ono character actors in motion pictures It was adapted to the screen by J. novel, starring Ronald Colman, which travelling from ORA Con-
was again reminded of how gallant Heavenly Night” and “Rio Rita," which came to the Central Theatre tinent to another on ship carried ly scientists have faced death for The remaining honours go to the appear in
She's My Weaknem," Walter Ruben, who has collaboratad to-day, record the thrilling, tragic the terrible disease from ita breed the general good.
feminine sex, with Minna Gom- Radio Pictures" all-talking roman- on several pictures with Melville TO-DAY & TO-MORROW story of what fearless scientistsing places in the East to Europs So that this "Arrowsmith," boll, known for her humorous portie comedy drama which is coming Brown, the director. have done to stamp out the great and Americu, Time and again, which now serves Ronald Colman trayals in "Bad Girl" and "Sob to-morrow to the Queen's Theatre. plagues which have always been the both in mediaeval and modem for one of his greatest wiles, is a Gister." Greta Nissen, last seen in
Sue Carol and Arthur Lake have worst enemics of mankind. In the times, the Black Death came out. atory of modern heroes, fighting "Ambassador Bill' and Hodda Headed by Sue Carol and Arthur; been given rötes which fo thơm to Ale of ita crusading doctor here, of the East and exterminated whole with test-tubes and microscopes in Hopper in the other featured roles. Lake, youthful featured players, perfection. "She's My Weakness," Ronald Colau goes down to a cities and. countries..
stead of with sword and shield; but Claire Maynard, Louise Beaver, savage island in the West Indies to
In the 14th century it killed halfcruanders all the same. It is a Sally Bans und Betty Francine the cast includes such players, as is a most amusing comedy of young the population of England. In the faithfull record of a grim romanse para also in the cast. Kenneth Mac Lusien Little field, noted for his love, admirably directed and well 17th century it killed 70,000 people of modern life and it is a picture Kerns directed the production portrayals of comio middle-aged played by in London alone. New Orleans and Feveryone is waiting for and longing from the screen story by William
a splendid all-round San Francisco have both had fright to see for a long time.
Hurlbut..
men; William Collier, er, stage cast.
"ARROWSMITH" AT
THE CENTRAL.
A FEARLESS BATTLE WITH BUBONIC PLAGUE,
risk his life against hubonic plague, the historie Black Death, in hopes
of proving that he has discovered
ita cure.
'SHE'S MY
WEAKNESS."
p
AN EXCEPTIONAL CAST..
A trade notice statem—
a comedy characterization; and Alan Bunce, stags star, in his screen debut.
IN
HALLIDAY Dorothy BURGESS-
WORLDA
Ar2.80, 5.16, 7.15 AND 9.20.
SINS of the
CHILDREN
Louis MANNE Robert MONTGOMERY
"A M-G.M Picture