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THE GREATEST CHINESE TRIUMPH ON THE SORDEN VIVID DRAMA, REALISTICALLY PROTRATED, THE HORRORS OF FAMINE, THE VANITY OF YOUTH, THE EMPTINESS OF PLEASURE, ALL BROUGHT OUT IN A DYNAMIC STORY OF EXTREME TMOTIONS.
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HUMANITY
WITH THE GREAT SHENSI FAMINE OF 1930 AS
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- COMMENCING SATURDAY THE GREATEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION OF THE TAR & THE MOST FANTASTIC & THRILLING FITUR EVER BEEN SEEN THROUGH THE TALKING SCREEN,
A UNIVERSAL
SUPER
ATTRACTION
Prosented by CARI LAEMMLE
A FRIENDLY WARHINO-
If you have a week heart and
cannot stand interim axcitemani
or even shock, we advise you
| NOT to sue this produciton, II, on
the contrary, you like an unKA |val thrill, you will find it. In
"FRANKENSTEIN"
Produced by Carl Lars
mis, Jr., with "COLIN CLIVE, MAE CLARKE, JOHN BOLES, BORIS KARLOFF, Dwight: Frya, Edward Ven Stoan, Frederic Korr. Spred
on the story by Mary Wati. stonecraft Skatiny, Adopted by John L. Baldar- ston from the play by
foggy Webling. Directed
by JAMES WHALE,
FRANKENSTEIN
THE MAN WHO MADE A MONSTER
"24 HOURS" AT "THE PERFECT
THE KING'S..
Three, exceedingly, popular filmi ALTH are co-starred in a fin of! unusual dramatic power now show- ing at the King's. The film'is "24 Hours, and the favourites to be seen in this production are Clive
Brook, Kay Francis and Mirin Hopkins.
ALIBI."
BRITISH THRILLER AT
THE QUEEN'S.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1932.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2:30, 8.10, 7.18 & 9.30 P.M.
KINGS THEATRE
a Paramount Picture
24
CLEVER WINNIE
LIGHTNER.
HOURS
APPEARS IN "SHE COULDN'T
SAY NO.
A trade.notice sintes:-
It is an undeniable fact that
withi CLIVE BROOK KAT FRANCIS MIRIAM HOPKINS REGIS TOOMEY
Life in a ferment] Emotios that surge in a frenzied, dramatio turmoil A play of New York life as it is lived by those who LIVE!
Based on
LOUIS BROMFIELD'S famous modern novel.
BOOKING
AT THE
THEATRE
BONGAN TEL. 25313
-NEXT CHANGE-
SUNDAY, 28th JUNE A DOUBLE ATTRACTION
BETH BERI DANSBUSE
ALSO
From the Woman's Angle is her life justified P Men condamna hor!
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
Queen's
HONG KONG
Central.
"Humanity."
"Perfecs, Alibi"
King's.
91 Flours,"
World.
"Humanity."
KOWLOON.
Star.
"Sins of the Children."
1.
Dentral.
RUTH
CHATTERTON
in
THE MAGNIFICENT
A Paramount LIE"
Piotoro
COMING.
"Pinnkenstein."
Queen's.
"She Couldn't Say No" "Skin Deep."
"Dumballe in Ermine."
"Long. Tak Sam. "Tell England,"
King's.
"The Magniscent Lie."
and Bath Beri, danaenso. "Strangera in Lovo." "Dancers in the Dark." "The Silent Witness."
World.
Star
To-morrow and To-morrow."
Shipmates,"
"Grout Madnw."
Tailor Made Man" Story of Kinngtan." "(Part 2).
(Chinese Alm).
Parlour Bedroom and Bath."': Men Call It Love."
"Its A Wise Child."
'THE MAGNIFICENT WHY LONDON PLAYS' DIE
LIE.
RUTH CHATTERTON FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.
A trade notice states:
When The Magnificent Lie," Ruth" Chatterton's latest starring
Winnis Lightner, the American picture, is' shown around the coun- coneghenne of vandeville and musi-try, audiences in many cities will
YOUNG
COMPETITION AND SOME CURIOUS
RESULTS.
Be MAITLAND DAVIDSON.]
Some particulars were recently to some the suburban theatre is yet
DAY
plays have become, from the point
cal comedy, is chock-full of a nous recognize in the leading male rôle given in the London Daily Tre another alternative. Hence
a one time favourite stock player, graph of the surprising, number of Bagaging variety of personality, He is Ralph Bellamy, young, tall, short runs at Landoh, theatres dur- of view of the patronage of the and it is equally sure that in Se handsome, who toured the coun-ing the present year,
public, a matter of hit-or-misk, Couldn't Say No" the Warnerry in stock before getting which
In the course of the twenty weeks. There are no half measures. Plays
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Bros. and Vitaphone productive / has led him to the deer of moving fourteen plays lasted less than that do not enrich on are quickly i
picture fame.
which opens to-morrow nt the In The Magnificent, Lie," which Queen's Theatre, she gets is over to will show at the King's Theatre, the audience in a most remarkable starting Sanday, young Bellamy makes his screen bow. As Chatter ton's leading man, he stipe into rôle which should advance him fur
fashion.
12
Has Dramatic Role.
Miss Lightner is delightful, and in her characterization of a cabares
Zavishes entertainer, who
bex. affection on a man, only to see him
fortnight (tieven of them with only removedi.
a single-figure total of performaO)-- On the other hand, the supply ces)." Twelve. more ras less than a of potential victims of this new month; and there have been. others ruthlessness is probably increased which have not very substantially because the very fact that times are exceeded that period,
Iso bad has in some directions open-
او
Can the perfect crime be phun tarn to someone else, she plays young lumberman, who is duped by causes, among which a enlient one
may be found in the present finan-
cial situation.
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A sprinkling of "flops" the then-ed the way to those who are in- the road to stardom. In motion
tre has always known, but such aslined to "take a gamble." Then- picture circles, he is already con- sidered a "find."
heavy shower of disaster is some- bres are cheap to-dny, and the old..
It is due, I time, guarantee of four weeks' rent Bellamy. in.
thing entirely new. "The Magnificent
think, 10 several contributory in advance is not always demanded. Lie, plays the rule of a sincere |
There are theatres on which very Ted A. A. Milne, the celebrated
Miss Chatterton into believing she
low rents are being paid by the many dramatic sequences, and is a famous French musical comedy
tenants; in very few cases, I aD British author, gives his anawer in
The Perfect Alibi," which opened plays them well. Which is surpria star. Miss Chatterton undertakes As a leading manager put it to informed, is the full amount -- ex- yesterday to crawled and enthuing when one considers that in the the deception on a laughing wager, me: "People no longer, as in the noted. One leading theatre rèrent. The film is a pietrisation of a siastic audiences at the Queen's
but the man's sincerity quickly old days; may light-heartedly to each ly housed a show for no rentul af novel that has fourished both in
past she has been considered
turns her fooling to real love. Then other, 'Let's go to the theatre to all, but on an arrangement for tak
1 comedienne first, haat and always. The play tells the dramatic story-
she lacks, the courage to disillusion |night,' or 'What theatre shall we¦ing a percentage of the profits. The entire story is told against a of two criminals bent on yengeance
bim. Bellamy discovers her true go to? The question now is rather i A well known impremarie told me who convicted background of night clubs and character, and the love which his Is there any theatre really worth he had the offer of a certain thea against the man them twenty-Eve yours before. Ia-theatres, and in these gurish mur-
grown up betwear them is put to going to?"
tre on the terms that he would not
à Bevere test.
Unless they have been led to be-jbe called on to pay the rent (and) casting is excellent, and the dires. gratinting themselves into his home roundings there is unfolded
and confidence, and trading on the
The Magnificent Lie is arlieve, by written criticism or word that a nominal one) until he had tion, masterly with such 'd galaxy
dramatic tale which is unusually other of the distinguished pictures of mouth, that a pity in of out-paid off all production expenses of tident the acting could not be fact that he fails
..
book and serial form for may years. In ons round of the clock are crammed as much drama, excite. mont and romance as comes to few people in a whole lifetime. The
Theatre.
to recognise
A
anything but splendid, and the pie. them, they inurder him and cover effective in its emotional appeal. Miss Chatterton has been contri-standing interest, they are not pre.and could show a proft.
their trucks with a perfectly rennu- The atmosphere is wonderfully turegour will leave the theatre after factured alibi. Each man's story maintained, and there is a seeing this film with the impression
sin- hinges on the movements and that he or she has seen one of the whereabouts of the other at the cerity of the part of the players best productions released this year. tane of the crime.
"which serves "to raise this produc
tion to a high point among the film releases of the year.
Morris in Lead.
buting to the screen. The list in
I have oven heard of a case in pared to spend the price of a thon- ! cludes Sarah and Son," "Any-tre seat on it. They will choose, if which" the management were pre- body's Woman," The Right to determined to see a show of some pared to let without either rent or Love," and "hfully." The sort, either one of the dozen or so
a share in the possible profits of story was adapted from the novel, plays that have been spectacularly the show, so long as they received.
Laurels and the Lady," by acclaimed, or ale a fir
the profits bom the theatre bara. Leonard Merrick.
Actors and actresses, too, are so
.
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JEENS TEATRE
The Air is Always Cool and Fresh No Circulation of Old Air, bat Natural Ventilation, Comfortable, Healthy, and Safe.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT2.90, 5.10, 7.15 AND 0.20
THRILLS WITH ALMOST. UNBELIEVABLE SENSATIONS!
A-A MILNE'S
SENSATION AL MYSTERY
DRAMA "
with A Distinguished Cast Robert LORAINE C. "Aubrey SMITH Dorothy BOYD
BASIL DEAN
Production.
The PERFECT
ALIBI
ADDED
ATTRACTIONS
HUMANETTES
PATHE SOUND GAZETTE "HAWAIPAN
PINEAPPLE ”
NEXT
ATTRACTION
**WATCHING
BY DREAMS:
GO ET
DARN FOOL
WOMAN
LIKE
MET
WARNER BROS. prosent
he Couldn't Sau NO
WINNIE LIGHTNER_ CHESTER MORRIS
and
(STAR
Clive Brook, married to Kay
Although the audience is always francis, finds himself in a delicate situation with Miriam Hopkins: she aware of the identity of the mur-
The picture was directed by. Bart- Even if there be some uncertain- I hard put to it that numbers of them derers, even sees the crime, com- has put him to bed whilst, he was
holu Viertel, the celebrated Euro-ty about the quality of the pictum, will accept almost way terms. In FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY drunk and he awakens to find hermitted, suspenst is built to fever
pead director and playwright. they are certain of a comfortable many shows, I am told, they ara dead body on the floor. Ho i, pitch by the extraordinary moni-
Chester Morris, the brilliant Stuart Erwin, playing his first sat for much less than they would working co-operatively for a share charged with the murder but the pulation of the plot which the
mthor has provided for the dis young stags actor who registered dramatic poles for the movies, and pay in the theatres, and a continuin the profits of the venture. Some- publicity of the courts' sorvey to
ous and varied entertainment. And times, alas, there are none to divide. clear his honour and to restore him covery and arrest of the criminals. such a sensational hit in his first Sam Hardy, are in the cast.
How it is done is the big thing in picture" "Alibi," plays the leading
The Perfect Alibi,” and Queen's
to his wife, herself not entirely fres from errors of a moral nature.
Clive Brook as the husband who seeks the solace of a paramour to, sover up the loss of sn erring wife gives a great" performance, while Miriam Hopkins ropents the success
she also played the part of a lady
of a character not strictly moral. Kay Francis is her umaal beautiful
Theatre audiences seemed to relish the appeal to the mind which the
Sim offered.
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nale rple opposite Miss. Lighter, BOWERS AND MONTE BLUE. wad does it in a manner which goes
fur to explain his immediate oleva But The Perfect Alibi" has tion to virtual stardom. Other more action than mental gymnas- ties, and there are some excellent players who do good work
Are
IN EXCITING TALKIE
"SKIN DEEP."
Vocally suited for the talkies, Mr. time. His first stage experience Bowers has sharod his histrionic was under the management of Wm. experience between both stage and A. Brady. He entered pictures in screen. Hin stage plays include 2010. He is a member of the Cali such Broadway hits as "Lifo,"fornia Yacht Club, Hollywood "The Family Cupboard." "The Athletic Club and the So. Cal. A trade notice states:-
Things That Count" and others.Athletic Club. His hobbica John Bowers, who has an import-.
His
leading pictures include sports, yachting and aeronauties, ant role in support of Monte Blue "Rocking Moon, Pals in Para He is married: to Marguerite de la in "Skin Deep Wamer Brothers dise," "Lorna Doone," "Chickie," all-talking Vitaphone production
Motte,
she scored in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. players in it, including C. Aubrey Sally Eilors, Johnny Arthur, and Hyde," when it, will be remembered
Smith,
Lloyd Bacon, Warwick Ward, Dorothy Tully Marshall Boyd and Robart, Loraine.
famous as the director of Al. Jol A rattling British thriller which son's highly successful pictures, of a great city's underworld, open- "8ky Pilot" and "When
a Men's
Mr. Bowers makes his talking Why to chote of the
debt-Ski-Deepbar while be Joh Bowers was born and plays the role of the district "Sho Couldn't Say No," and he figures who have attained addition
attorney responsible for the in Indiana. He stu- } al prominence in talking pictures. brought
viction of Joe Daley, gangster, 7 has done superlatively well.
(Continued at fout of yezt volumot died lay but practiced only a short played by Monte Blue,
should not be missed
moll, and giver kequstomary and her can't the most complished performance.
Barbier, Adrienne Ames, Charlotte Supporting those stars are George | Granville, Minor Watsonm, Lucille (Vuntinued at foot of neat column.) | La Verne and Wade Botnier.
dog Sunday...at the Quranlamin
another of the screen's outstanding
Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20
A MOST
HUMAN AND
LOVABLE PICTURE
SINS OF
THE
CHILDREN
CRANS D-
Robert MONTGOMERY ElHot Nugent Leila HYAMS