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The Best Natural-Ventilated Theatre in the Colony, that has the Greatest Number of Windows and Electric Fans, Being Equipped with the Most High-Priced and Clearest Sound Equipment Available, & with Lifts always Operating for the Convenience of the Dress Cirole, Back Stall, and Upper Circle Patrons.
SHOWING TO-DAY
THE GREATEST
at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9:30
UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION
OF THE YEAR.
EVERY SENSATION KNOWN TO -
MAN EXCEPT THE LOVE OF WOMAN!
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1932.
SHOWING *TO-DAY
AT 2.80, 5.10, 1:18 & 0.90 P.M.
KING'S THEATRE
Who wouldn't, with Fredric March lead- ing the laugh parade as a gay, modern Romeo,lovin'where the lovin' is best- in a swift-paced story that moves as fast as a honeymoon!
STRANG
TRANGERS IN LOVE
toith FREDRIO MARCH KAY. PRABOIS STUART BRWIN
a Paramount Picture ADDED ATTRACTION
BETH BERI
DANSEUSE
M199 BERI WILL APPEAR WITH THE USUAL PICTURE PRO- GRAMME AT 8.10, 7.18 AND 9:30 P.M. ONLY
PRICES AS USUAL
SCAM
BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE
TEL. 25818
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20
A Grand Double Attraction
-NEXT CHANGE- SUNDAY, 3rd JULY
Long Tack San.
King't.
Strangers in Love.”
And Both Bari, Darsenae,
Central.
"Frankenstein."
World.
Humanity,"
KOWLOON.
Biar.
"Men Call It Love."
Ope
THE KISS THAT LED TO MURDER!
Who killed this woman who was always playing at love but never play- ing fair?
The SILENT WITNESS
welth
LIONEL ATWILL, Greta Nissen Bramwell Fletcher FOX PICTURE
COMING.
Barner Bros. present
Monte Blue
Woman
Loatheel
Queci's.
"Dumbella in Ermine.¿ "Four Infantry Men." "Tell England!
Hi.
Elg').
"The Silent Witness."
"Daneers in the Dark."
"To-morrow and To-morrow."
Central.
"Suicide Ficet."
**Corsair. "?
World.
Star.
Great Meadow."
"Tailor Made Mon."
"A Denth Feuring Hero," ep. 2
Chinese
m.
"Song of the West.
"Its A Wiso Child." -Shipmaten."
"Great Mendow."
Tailor Made Men."
Ugly
Face
Another
Girl
Loved Him Bertusa
Ha Was Handsome
SKIN
DEEP
DAVEY LEE
FRANKENSTEIN
--THE MAN WHO MADE A MONSTER
And he lived in misery and died in shame...a fiend or friend ar fabled monster?...or 1 soulless wretch with mechanical brain? ...hunted by a thousand men... the only thing he feared was fire! ...a man-made monster with the strength of a dozen men, he made no concession to life or love! A UNIVERSAL SUPER ATTRACTION PRESENTED BY CARL LASMMLE
WHEN. DOLIN BLIVE, MAX CLARKS, JOHN BOLEL BORIS KAMOVE, DUPREME Pryn, Edward Via. Slaa, Producto Bier, Beend upon the Mery Walletosul, 190 sallay Shary, Adapted by L. Be Carmon
the playing Pan Wing Produced by Cal Landa, Jr. Did by JAMES WHALE
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
“STRANGE AS IT SEEMS”
(Novelty all in Color)
"HELLO, NAPOLEON"
(Universal Comedy in 2 Reels),
TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEATS EARLY BY DIALING TO 25720"
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THE MOST WONDERFUL RKO SUPER SPECIAL, FEATURE YOU HAVE LONG BEEN WAITING FOR A PICTURE THAT TAKES THE PLACE BESIDE THE BIGFARODE:" "WEAT PRICE GLORY;" "ALL QUIET" AND ALL OTHER ENDURING SUREEN SPECTACLES.
SUICIDE
FLEET
THE NAVY'S BIG PARADE
with BILL BOYD, ROBERT ARMSTRONG, JAMES GLEASON & GINGER ROGERS.
COMING SOON
THE LATEST 1932 UNITED
ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE
WEDE CORSAIR
Evited Artists Picture -
Chester Morris
STRANGERS IN
LOVE.'
ALL THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THRILLS.
Aande noire staten:
FRANKENSTEIN.”.
THRILLER AT CENTRAL
THEATRE.
YOUNG AUSTRALIAN STAR
LUPINO LANE FINDS THE MAID.
any, has sweured the most coveted and dazzling smile, Lane tarbed British film lend of the year, in the back for just one more chance." title role of B.I.P's musical pro- His worried countenance became duction of "The Maid of the Moun-I wreathed in smiles when he per-
A trade notion states:-Universal A young Australian actress. Missing and speedy taxi that she suc obviously went into the production Sangy Browne, whe is at present a red in meeting Lane at all. “Strangers in "Love", which is of its weird thriller, "Franken-miser of the Palace Theatre Com-Struck by her dark flashing eyes now showing at the King's Theatre, in which was shown to packed is a story that, has all the fanda-houses at the Central Theatre du mentals of entertainment thrills, ing the last four days on the famous whetted to dazzling speed, lavoured lange scale of "The Hunchback of with lilting romance, forged wills, Notre Dame The Phantom of the Opera," All Quiet on the blackmail mystery, rollicking come.
Western Front ' and King of dv. an exciting pursuit by motor
Jazz." and speed bout, a blisting climas that will denotate hearts "inte throats-diversion tension-parched"
"Mob. Sceney *! of the film utilized nearly 1,000 people in cer-
portions of the story and Director James Whale enhanced that number by adding an entire Tyrolean string band to the picture in all other scenes.
that is Modern, and portrayed by a erat of Modernes as newly popu-
ar as they are capable!
Fredric March, always a good actor: an inspired one in Royal
Colin Clive plays the absorbed Family of Brandway "--Tremendous New Sensation in Dr. Jekyll and medico who succeeds in scientiäen Mr. Hyde!! March has another
ly manufacturing, human life, and Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris dual role in this one, as brother; more pleasant than his Karloff, Dwight Fryes, Edward "jekyll and Hyde" work, every bit Van Sloan and Frederick Kerr n effective! Film fans can asic formplete the cast. To Karlo, falls little more than a double-barreled the lot of playing the role of the monster which Loir Chaney longed to play,
"twin
tains."
For many, mouths Lupino Lane, who is to direct the film, has been searching for a girl who must be brunette, beautiful and a first-class vocalist.
ceived that a' girl who looked like Teresa possessed a rich full voice which led the theatre with the awestness of the familiar waltz song."Love Will Find 赴 Way." There followed a Les at Elstree which was highly successful, and the studio sighed with rulicf-the Maid had been found.
Nancy Browne, aged twenty-two, is an Australian and hails from
On the Stage.
LONG TACK SAM
The World Benowned CHINESE MIRACLE MAN teith Misses Mina & Nee-sa long
and
Entire Troupe of WONDER WORKERS
AT 5.10. 7.15 & 9.20 ONLY
NEXT CHANGE
WARNER BROS. present
DUMB BELLS.
In Sydney. She studied at the Royal ERMINE
This combination of fa- cial and vocal excellence to sisfy both camera and microphone reft- dered Lane's task a difficult one. Many well-known stars were aspi rants for this important part and
texts ansed. interviews and one enge vocal audition" was Academy of Dramatic Art and
between conducted
singer in Beqared her. Brst stage engagement Birmingham and Lane, with her at the age of 10 to understudy the photograph in hand in London, via late Rosaline Courtneidge in The
telephone, a unique occurrence, Unfair Sex.” but the perfect Teresa seemed im passible to find.
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Following provincial tours, she first discovered her vocal possibili At last, despairing of finding his ties when she sang, on the spur of the moment, at an addition for Teresa among the stars, Lane. or ganised an audition at « West End Rose Marie." She understudied theatre for unknowns. Having Edit Day in that production and head and seen some handred girl, as in "The Desert Song" and none of whom were entirely suit Show Boat." She has sien play Kay Franois, another consistent
able, the disconsolate director was fed the lead in the American and star who never mufis a characteri
about to leave the theatre, when a Canadian prodactions of "Bitter zation. Acclaimed for her fine Pole All those who anw "Dracula "
late arrival predited harali. Sweet" following na underslady of The False Madounn. Bet will be much impromed with the re-ane Browne had heard of the the same capacity for Peggy Woods Only a quarter of an hour before, | Evilyn Laye, mail is now acting in them know she is teamed for the markable work of Dwight. Frye and alition, and it is due to an oblig-in "The Cai and the Fiddle"
portion of March:
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Bret time with Marcly
Juliette Compton, the 1922 model Edward Van Sloan. But the mone- vampire, sleek, beautiful, smart:ter, this is the "of the really as- the perfect hornbred menace 10 wishing things in the picture.
me.
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"THE SILENT WITNESS."
In this instance, the supposed murderer, though really innocent, actually believes that he committed the crime. Yet when his father,
who had not the slightest connection
YOUNG LOVE and
OLD
IDEAS!
with ROBERT ARMSTRONG BARBARA KENT
and a great eusi.
Wayward youth sets a fast pace for
the town busybodies.
STAR
with the murder, insists on stand-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ing trial for it, the jury comes within a hair's breadth of convict-
Stuart Ewin, easy-geing chup | You know, it is almost inevitable- who dallies with He and draws when one has been led to expect a langhing crescendo from the brenth es thrill of the other's fellows seat parent thrill that the realization 18 | disappointing. Everyone is CT- on a dynamite situation,
Gourge. Barbier of "No One tain that the muster is going to
A STORY OF CIRCUMSTAN Man" real character, and a lovable ir a thrill, but for once they won't
TIAL EVIDENCE. gentleman. Lucien Littlefield, un
This monster, disuppainted. urist in u variety of types: the he amusing "Schaltz " of Broken with its semblance of human ap-
A rade nolice states:-
ing the father for a crime that the | Lullaby"
pearance, aman guit and hum
The next time you see, in BOR only thinks he committed! actions, still gives a most, over- newsreal or elsewhere, a group of The picture, of course, hrings the whelming impression of supernatur
prisoners matching abolidly through issue home in a far more diamatie al and mechanical motivation. He the grim, hienk corridors of a manner than is usual in most cases i penitentiary, it might be well to ye such a dramatic presentation of pause and reflect that probably the subject is considered necessary. many in that group are utterly by many liberal penalogista if the and completely innocent of the public is to be awakened from its crimes for which they have been present lethargy and stirred to ar convicted.
MISS BETH BERT
KING'S THEATRE.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME AT is the most ancanny creature that has ever stepped on the screen. To miss this picture is to miss one of the most thrilling picture of all the time.
Miss Beth Beri, who has been appearing before enthusiastic nu- dience it the King's Theatre this week, will change her programme of dances today.
more classical dance, Miss Beri will By request, she will repeat the wear a Trojan costoide:
How nuzabers.
Statistics, while still too incomtio..
!)
plete to chart actual percentages, Lionel Atwill plays the dramatic have been gathered that go far to role of the father, are which he prove that, perhaps, more than half created on the Broadway sirge.
Bramwell Fletcher, who likewise all criminal convictions in Amerien are based, is some degree appeared in the singe play, enacts. other, on evidence of a circum thi role of the weak son and Greta stantial nature.
Nissen portrays the role of the false A recent survey, covering several winton who is murdered. Others your, and undertaken privately by in the exceptionally fine costia- one of the most famous and au clude Helen Mack, one of the three thoritative panalogista in America Fox Debutante stars of 1881. Wel tends to show that a deplorably don Hoydurn, Herbert Mundia, large percentage of such convictions Mary Forbes. Montague Shaw, Serlubine. are miscarriages of justicn.
Wyndliaza Standing and Billy A good illustration of the mau-Bevar. „Albeniz, ner in which the blind goddess can The picture was directed by „Granddos, he failed is said to be presented in Marcel Varnel, former Paris and
Wan Dance, bus, in addition, Miss Olga Tiand, a well-known the danseuse will give wo entirely Shanghai pianist who accompanies Miss Beri. will play two selos be Of these, the Gunplas" is tween the dances. Following the modern Spanish dance, of her own
dancer's engagement in Manila, creation, in which she portrays, oy Miss Ifiand will return to Hong eranture of weird and subtle fasci- Kong where she will open a sio
of music.
Programme. The Amazon
Bath Beri. 愆 Salo
of bat-like moverments,
nation. In this dance it is easily discerned that, although ché popu-l lar conception of the bat verges on the horrible, the dancer finds some beauty in it.
The second number will be a interpretation of a Scriabine Pre Judo, and although the music is tragic, the dance itself in symbolic af triumphant, emotion. In this Wafinued at foot of next columa.)
1.
3. Dahzc
Beth "Bori, Sulo
AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20
MEN CALL IT
Love
Adolpha
MENJOU
WORLDE
graphic manner in The Silent New York director, and R. LTO-DAY & TO-MORROW Alben. Witness,' the now Fox picture, Hough. Douglas Doty made the
AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 AND 6. Fan Dance (Music from Para- dealing with such a cave, opening screen adaptation from the stage.
HUMANI mounts "Love Parade.") at the King's Theatro work "Sun- play of Jack DeLeon and Juck.
Both Beri
Celestin
day.
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