120
ENT THEATRE
The Air is Always Cool and Fresh
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1932.
HONG HONG
No Circulation of Old Air, but Natural Ventilation, Comfortable, Healthy, and Safe.
Klag's.
"The Silent Witness.!
Central.
Suicide Fleet."
Queen's
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 5.10, 7.16 AND 9.20 (At2,30 ngual picture programme only) The ONE and ONLY
LONG TACK
SAM
with
MI-NA and NEE-SA
and
Entire Troupe of WONDER WORKERS
ILLUSIONISTS ACROBATS JUGGLERS On The Stage-
WARNER ands. procent
DUMB BELLS
112
Erming
- NEXT CHANGE THE PICTURE
World.
Star.
Dumb Bells in Ermine."
and
Long Tack Sam,
"A.Death Fearing Hero," op.
Chinese film,
› KOWLOON.
"Ship Matos,"
King's.
COMING.
Choaters at Play,"
"Almost a Divorce,'"
"Dancers in the Dark,"
"Tomorrow and To-morrow."
Uentral.
"Heaven on Earth.
"Corsair."
Queen's.
Four Infantry Men."
"Tell England."
World.
Star.
"Great Meadow."
Song of the West."
"Ita A-Wing Child."!
Great Meadow,"
Tailor Made Men,”
AMAZING SHOW AT
THE QUEEN'S.
LONG TACK SAM'S CLEVER
TROUPE.
SHOWING TO-DAY. AT 2.30, 0.10, -7.15 & 0.30 PM.
KINGS THEATRE
WHOSE LIPS KISSED HER?
WHOSE HANDS KILLED HER?
She knew more about fascination than fair play. Her love story ended as a murder mystery written in scarlet headlines!
The SILENT WITNESS
FOX PICTURE
*with
LIONEL ATWILL
Weldon Heyburn
Grata Nissen
Helen Mack
Directed by Marcel Varnel and R. 1. Housh
CHEATERS AT
PLAY."
ANOTHER HIT FOR "LONG LETTY."
... Branwell Fletcher
Hardly, Friends,
BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE
TEL. 25818
—NEXT CHANGE→
THURSDAY, 7th JULY'
"Their Million Dollar Robbery BOOREJO & Million Dollar Romance!
CHEATERS AT PLAY
with a great cast including
•
THOMAS
MEIGHAN
CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
William Bakewell Barbara Weeka Linda Watkine
James Kirkwood
Story by Louis Joseph Vanco
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden, FOX PICTURE
←
GOSSIP
&
FACT.
James Cagney Again,
Seldom, it ever, has a more. | amazing and pleasing performance
been' presented on the local atage A trade notice states:- than that given by the world- Once upon a time, as the child- famous Chinese magician, Longthirteen-old school girl walked ner- ren's books have it, a lanky Tack Sam, and his supporting vously into the office of a busy
Social photographers in Holly-
"The Crowd Roars," despite some troupe, who are again drawing Boston stage manager, said she crowded and enthusiastic audien was the daughter of Frank Green tograph the stars when those hing, proved another disappointment. wood have been warned not to pho good acting and exciting motor rac wood, a local merchant, and asked ees to the Queen's Theatre this week. For a job in the chorus. She claim. mortals are out riding or driving: It has been one of the hits of the
golfing, or fishing.
Why Because Hollywood stars your in America. English audien now accompanied by body ces will find the mentality and me guards.
thods of the hero a little difficult to understand, and still more diffi cult to sympathise with.
It is a show that positively shoulded to be considerably older than She was, and also claimed to be a cxperienced dancer.
nat be missed and if you have seen
it once, aea it again, for it will be n long time before you can hope to THAT LIVES! witness a similar performance,
4
A word of advice. Book your seats carly, as last week's houses
INFANTRYMEN were completely sold out before each
NERO Saper
performance-probably a record for- Hong Kong .
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The stage manager was doubtful,' but he was late getting his show into production and there wan a dearth of girls at that moment, so, ho grudgingly took her on trial. The following week the show open- ed, and Charlotte Greenwood made her debut before footlights:
are
Soccer at Hollywood,
English sportsmen who are also keen film-goers will be delighted to learn that for the first time ever an American football flm is to have an. English version.
CENTRAL THEATRE
TEL
The best ventilated Theatre in the colony, with over hundred windows which, open at night, give fresh and natural air to the whole house. Our machine is of the biggest size the sound is the clearest and the prices is the highest. We have two large sized lifts for the convenience of our patrons'
SHOWING - TO-DAY
at 2.80; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30
THE GREATEST RKO SUPER SPECIAL FEATURE THAT TAKES THE PLACK BESIDE "ALL QUIET;" "WHAT. PRICE GLORY:" "THE BIG PARADE & ALL OTHER ENDURING SCREEN ACHIEVEMENTS, IT'S LOADED WITH LAUGHS & THRILLS & IS AN AMAZING TALKIE THAT WILL STIE THE NATION'S PRIDE & AROUSE ITS MIRTH."
Throw out the whole board...in sea of laugh
SUICIDE FLEET
with
BILL BOYD!
ROBERT ARMSTRO
JAMES GLEA GINGER RO
and thousands of fighting through the courtesy of the L
TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT PLEASE, RESERVE YOUR
SEATS EARLY.
NEXT CHANGE
There is no qucation, however, of] James Cagney's punch" and per- sonality, and the acting of And For years English audiences have Dovorak, Joan Blondel, Eric Lin amarted at the apparent inanities of the American football code. In den and Frank McHugh is uni.: THE LATEST UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTION "Huddle," which stars Ramon formly good." Navarro, an extra film is being shot! showing how the entire thing might terrific speed, sickening akids and They racing scenea, too, with their happon in an English university, spectacular crashes, are technically
But the game they are substitutauperb. ing is soccer, which is funny, il you work it out.
De Mille's Latest.
Hollywood Chips.
It wasn't long, however, before Charlotte advanced from the chorus Greatest
to specially bits, and performed Feats of dexterity, strungth, and funny little steps that her long War Film
superb equilibrium distinguishes the neither extremities enabled her to : Ever
do. Presently she was found on performance of the Chinese, the Broadway, attracting attention in Made magic of the East and the West The Passing Show" with these
being placed before the audience to same unusual stunts. judge their respective merits. Serville tour, and then back to Broad-
Next came a successful vaude
sation follows densation in the 45 way; then more vaudeville, and
Fourteen of Paramount's fifty. minutes. Sam and his troupe or
after at the long series of "Letty"
one stars and featured players are shows, "So Long Lotty," "Linger Cecil B. de Mille, once one of New Yorkers... A United States eupy the stage and Hong Kong Longer Latty Let Her Go the biggest shots in the film world, Congressman played Homeo to Tal- showgoors are kept continually Letty" and so on. Frank Green-looks like staging a core-back. Ho lulah Bankhead's Juliet... It hap marvelling.
wood's little girl was gaining fame. receive £12,500 for directing "The poned' years ago when Tallulah's With the coming of talking pic-Sign of the Cross," in which Char- dad was giving her dramatic les Long Tack Samy a great showman, tures her field widened consider les Laughton and Adrianne Allen, sous George Bancroft's first seri- kept his audience guessing with his abily: she had essayed a couple of the English, players, will appear Lous role was an Uncle Tom... Lily Damiita has sailed for Honolulu... magical turns, whilst his two charm. silent films, but without arenting
Judith Wood is rehearsing for "Down Our Street." any great furore, so wisely stuck ing daughters, both exceptionally to the stage until the round track
stage play in Beverly Hills... "Down Our Street,is one of the William Slavena McNutt is plan- talented girls, came in for a big gave her, a chance to use her voice best British Rims ever made, share of the applause. They are
as well as her legs.
ning a yachting_trip to the South Harry Lachmann has taken an Sena.. So Long, Letty" was trium.
George Bancroft never uses aplendid performers and the tocphantly reincarnated on the screen, father, loyal and inarticulate mo carries an empty makeup kit.
Entend family-good-for-nothing; makeup on the screen but he always dance offered by the younger earn, and then came "Parlor, Bedroom ther, daughter longing for the gaie.
and Bath."
Stepping Out," "Flying High" and other film hits, and pretty clothes she Aces on Non-Stop," which served to make her as much convincingly to the screen that you ment in London's theatrical world the stage-and transferred them so
One of the chief topics of the mo of a penalar favourite with picture feel that here at last is authentis non-stop entertainment, and ar- fans as with Broadway.
Her litent screen appearance is Limehouse.*****
GERMANY'S
MIGHTIEST EFFORT
(STAR)
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 0,20
Robert MONTGOMERY
SHIP MATES
pete with
Ernest TORRENCE Dorothy JORDAN
od her an encore,
rangements have just been conclud.
.......
LEW AYRES (Of “ALL QUIET" FAME) and ANITA LOUISE (Successor to LILIAN GISH)
LEW
AYRES
IN
IN.
HEAVEN
ONEARTH
~ARNIVERSAL PICTURE
SHOWING SOON THE LATEST 1132 UNITED VARI
Boland
ARTISTS SPECIAL PICTURE
West CORSAIR
WESTS
DUMBBELLS IN ERMINE."
Heading the pictorial programme in the Fox Film thriller, Cheaters The plot is simple: A girl falls fed for yet another theatre to adopt isif Dumbbells in Ermine " at Play" which opens at the in love with a reformed crook, leaves the now policy.
King's Theatre next Thursday, her family and comes back-that This is Daly's, which is to be sparkling comandy-drama.
Teamed with Thomas Meighan inia all. But Mr. Lachmann, by far taken over by a prosenter, who does ved Artists Picture this, exciting tale of burglary, ad the most artistic and imaginativ not want his name mentioned at venture, romance and Comedy director working in this country. present, for a season that will start
font and ashore, she has some of las made of it a complete picture about July 18: the funniest scenes of her film of life in mean streets, illuminat career.
With Robert Armstrong and love ly Barbara Beat in the featured romantic roles, and a cast which includes Beryl Mercer, James Glen hon, Julia Bwayne Gordon, Ar thur Hoyt and Mary Foy, “Dumb bells in Ermine " comes to life with a shout r
If to the team of “Armstrong. and Gleason who assure laughs, one addi Arthur Hoyt na an eccentric reformer, Claude Gillingwatar - në an amorous if rheumatic unclé, and
Beryl Mercer as a foxy grandma
"THE SILENT
WITNESS.
{EXCELLENT MYSTERY.
STORY AT THE KING'S.
A good story with good plot,
Chester Moms
The plan is to give there a sort" SUICIDE FLEET AT ed by comedy, pathos, and nobility. of continuous revue, with connect,
Down Our Street is a triumphing links between the items, and a CENTRAL THEATRE. for Nangy Price, who makes a me- compère to assist in holding the morable figure, of the mother.
affair together.
Salmer, and Bramwell Fletcher asly somewhere about the middle of Anthony Howard, respectively, the story and then of course, com These two players, however, do not claim all the attention. The one who does that is Lionel Atwill, who,
plications set in.
"EXCITING, HUMAN ENTER- TAINMENT,
-A trade, notice states:--
Suicide Floet," which is show ing at the Central Theatre to-day is an exciting and very human enter tainment as well as worthy example of the talking screen's complete conquest of the out-of-floors. It was produced on a huge scale by RKO Pathe with a large cast head
whirled through thrilling sea battlos
in which ships are actually sunk!' And not once is it necessary to cling desperately to illusion to be- liave, the whole thing. The answer 18 that everything is real, eved to the shells from the American Navy submarines which atriko a powder magazine and send half of a big. antling vessel leaping a thousand feet skyward, in what is perhaps the most spectacular photographic shot over brought to the screen.
The girl is strangled by the boy when he learns the truth and he The result may be guessed...and throw some excellent acting
Outstanding performancosby D Dumbbells in Ermine" unfolds into the bargain as well, then you as Sir Austen Howard plays the Idavce her fat, with the uncomfort
capable cast and excellent direction do their part to make this pleture its startling action in & small hive The Silent Witness" which part of Tony's father. He gavo nble knowledge that he had, killed
the super attraction that has been Virginia town. It concerns is drawing suck good crowds to the of his beat and it would be no her. Everything points that way,
promised. Bill Boyd never before romance between the ' \protected |King's, Theatro,
oxaggeration to say that he was and things seem very black for, the led by Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong, has appeared to such good advan daughter of a conservative family The picture opened yesterday, easily the best of all the players young man but his father turns out James Gleason, Harry Bannister tage as he does in the rdle of the and handsome prize fighter. The and from what was seen of it, we concerned in "The Silent Witness.") trump card and shoulders the blame and Gonger Rogers. It tells an un-chief petty officer who knows how mother and an unetuous young man venture to prediot very good boxThe story is rather an old one for hun. As a consequence, Bir usually interesting story without to lead men sad meet danger. of her choice, who has appointed afice roccipta, for it is one of those There is the girl and the young Austen is faced with the charge of paying the slightest heed to those This sort of characterization is himself the town's reformer, ob murder stories which is so different man, the son of wealthy parents murder and it is not until after he limitations supposed to restrict the ideally suited to his virile person- ject to the match, Grand mother to the stuff that is usually served who is in love with her, and who, had undergone the scandal of a cameras and sound recording apality and rugged physique, es and uncle encourage it. There is up to film fans."
my in order to win lier affection, is i trial in Court that "The Bilent paratus.
Robert Armstrong and James: an unexpected exposure, by, show Of course there must be the girl, ready to go through anything. Un Witness" decides to speak and The audience ta takon on extend,
Gleasou na Boyd'a sailor pala, con girls, rakded by the unctuous fianco and the boy and these parts are fortunately for him, however, the thus clear a mystery which grips theed cruises aboardAmerican Navy tribute splendid performances and
and an excellent finish.
Į taken by Grota Nissen ne, Nora Chusband turns up quite unexpected,,, audience right from the start **cht destroyers and submisrines. nad P(Continued on Page1E):
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