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THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD-
BEN-
HUR
with' RAMON NOVARRO
From, the immortal story by Gen. Lew Wallace NOW IN SOUND
A Picture For The Ages!
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THE WEDDING OF MR. SHU HONG MA.
HIS CHINESE BRIDE IN AN ENGLISH DRESS,
ST. MARTIN IN THEFIELDS CEREMONY.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1932.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
King's.
HONG KONG
"At The Villa Rose." Central...
Frankenstein,"
Queen's,
!' Ben Hur.!!
**Daybreak.".
KOWLOON.
June 18-A beautiful Chinese World. bride was married in an English) bridal dress and an Euglish setting! at the church of St. Martin-in- the-Fields, Trafalgarsquare, this afternoon.
The bride was Miss Rebecca To, j the 21-years-old daughter of a¦ former Chinese Government official in Hong Kong.
Alar.
Her bridegroom, who also was in English dress, was, Mr. Shiu Hong! King's. ala, the son of a millionaire mul tiple stores proprietor in China.
Both have been brought up in the Christian faith, and but for one or two Oriental touches the whole ceremony WITH a typical English wedding.
Bauce Fools Dance,"
COMING.
"Heartbreak."
**My Sin."
Central.
"Winge."
Queen's.
"Honky Tonk " and cur Tack Sam. "Tell England.”.......
World.
The bride wore & white satiu dress with Brussels lace, an orange flossom and pearl head dress, a long train-and just one compromiso | star. with the East, a high collar.
Sweet Peas.
"Great Meadow,"
"It's A Wise Child."
Cakes for Guests.
Her maid-of-honour, Miss Frith, Mr. H. Young. an English friend who had travelled aver from China, with her, wore a simple frock of orange, and carri ed a big spray of aweet peas, which blended with the white roses carrica by the bride.
There were two Chinese brides maids, wearing English frocks, very colourful with high collars.
After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom were cheered by the crowds who pressed round them Mounted police kept the way free to their car when they drove to the Dorchester for a reception, which was very English, too, The wedding breakfast was followed by
A great crowd that had grown for nearly two hours before the wedding thronged the steps of a dance. church and the pavements. There were Chinese who had come from Limehouse jostling with English girls in their summer frocks,
dance in
This dance had a special signt ficance, for it was at Hong Kong that the couple first met four years ago.
Only half a dozen of the 180 They fell in love at first sight" guests in the church wore Chinese and were engaged before Mr. Mo costume young girls in brilliant-, came to London three years ago to
".. represent his father's firm here.
A DOUBLE ATTRACTION | coloured, bejewelled frocks.
.....
Re-Appearance of
The service was simple and short. 1 At the end of the dance the Canon McCormick conducted it.bride changed ber English dress There were two hymns and a for the traditional bridal costumo psalm.
of her country-flowing robca
LONG TACK And, like many an English bride red, black and silver.
SAM
with
MI-NA & NEE-SA
In Conjunction with
HONKY
TONK
SophieTUCKER
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DANCE FOOLS
-Directed by
HARRY BEAUMONT
DANCE
DI
of
of to-day, the Chinese giri had. The only other Oriental custom requested the omission of the word observed was the presentation
obcy."
little wedding cakes to all the Many of the distinguished Chin- guests...
es in London were present, includ. There were almost as many Eng ing the Chinese Consul-General, lish as Chinese among the guests,
Screen Children.
GOSSIP
FACT.
Do screen children in Hollywood ever have any real fun,
With Jackie Cooper, young child star, the answer to this question is decidedly in the affirmative. He not only has all the fun and relaxation necessary for a growing boy, but also provides plenty, of excitement for companies on the studio sound
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voice with the others in praise of! love, the moon, aweethearts, etc. Later on she was, heard more pro- minently in the stage production of "Burlesque." In The Night George Brent will have Flower the muculine lead.
Thres Barrymores to Make
“Rasputin."
atages.
John and Lionel Barrymore, who During the filming of his latestave recently completed their parts in "Arsene Lupin," a mystery play, picture, Jackig enjoyed himself. A will next be co-starred in "us- gang of kids" worked with him putin," an original screen play Through the production who were based on the life of the notorious always glad to join in the games or Russian priest. M-4-M has not yet off-stage fau. When they first announced the cast or director, rived in the morning Jackie would But it is thought certain that get a bunch together to play cop Ethel Barrymoro will also take a and robber" around the sets while part in the picture. the cameras were being lined up.
"Single Night."
Hard Won Earnings.
The hardest hit of the films stara "Single Night,” Louis Brom-to lose their money in the failure field's account of the drama be of the First National Bank of tween sunset and sunrise in one of Beverly Hills is Mr. John Gilbert, New York's famous brownstone the English star, who had recently houses reduced to the status of deposited the proceeds of his latest night club, has been purchased by picture amounting to 50,000 dollars Paramount and will be produced with a cast headed by George Raft, with the bank Nancy Carrull, Wynno Gibson and
Others to suffer, it is said, in
Alison Skipworth. The picture will clude Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow be one of the first productions (the original "platinum blonde" under the company's recently ani star of Hell's Angels) Wallace nounced policy of forming "all- Beery, Marion Davies and Harold star" combinations for its 1032-23 Lloyd, Miss Garbo's losses do not amount to anything like the 1,000,000 programme.
dollars at first reported.
French Films for India?
Mayor Walker as Tum Hero,
Mayor Walker having disclaimed
An original venture in the fim any intention of appearing in a world may shortly be started in motion picture, Columbia Pictures Bombay by the introduction, of plans to do the next best thing and French films. An effort to popu make a film about him: James arise the products of the well- McGuinness, a former New York known Societe des Films Osso, newspaper man now turned script Paris, is, being made by M. E writer, he been commissioned to Levy, who arrived in Bombay by write a story based on the life of
the Mayor. The film is tentatively the s.s. Conte Rosso scheduled for a place on the new xeapon's programine, but Columbia
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What percentage of an average
wants to see the story before mak-Bombay audience could follow the ing any definite announcements.
Barbara Stanwyck Can Sing.
EWORLDA E
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'dialogue of French talking film re- mains to be seen. The oversong popularity of Oaso filma, however, depends largely on the fact that It seems that Barbara Stanwyck they are only 25 per cent. talking can sing, so in her now film, "The and 15 per cent acting in other Night, Flower," she will render awards, the dialogue is not vital to Away As a chorus girl on Broad the films will be supported by sub, way Miss Stanwyck raised her titles in English
balind called Take Me the plot and is not profuse. Also,
SOPHIE TUCKER IN
KING'S HONKY TONK."
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LONG TACK SAM RETURNS TO THE QUEEN'S.
A trade notice states:- An unusual feature of the great} · night club setting in Warner Bros latest talking, singing Vitaphone THE production, Honky Tonk," which introduces the famous Sophie Tuck- er as a film star and opens to morrow at the Queen's Theatre, in eonjunction with Long Tack Sam's act, is an ascending stage on which the magnetic singer makes her entry to the floor of the cabaret.
Throngs of merry makers dance--- a bavy of choristers trip down the runways-others put on a dancing act-then from the far end of the tlab floor, rises a stage, bearing nat only the astonishing Sophie Tucker but her accompanist, Tod Shutpiro, seated at a grand piano.
Some of Sophie's songs are given from this platform, and for others she steps down into the middle of the floor going back at the com pletion of the number and dissp. pearing as the stage returns to its! former level. This stage is moved
the most finished examples of stage- craft.
VILLA ROSE by hydraulic power, and is one of
with
AUSTIN TREVOR RICHARD COOPER FRANCIS LISTER A BRITISH PICTURE.
-NEXT CHANGE- WEDNESDAY, 20th JULY
CHARLES FARRELL
through
MADGE EVANS
"Honky Tonk" was directed by Lloyd Bacon, and Miss Tucker's supporting cast includes George Duryos, Lila Lee, Audrey Ferris. Mablon Hamilton, and John T Murray. Leslie S.. Barrows did the original story, C. Graham Baker, the adaptation.
"BEN-HUR."
MIGHTY SPECTACLE AT THE QUEEN'S.
A trade notice states:--
The novel, "Ben-Hur," written by General Low Wallace in 1880,
has been a best seller for over fifty
years, and has been translated into
ten different languages; it was the
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IN
"WINGS"
first novel to be translated into WITH Arabia
"Ben-Hur" was first produced as a play in November 29, 1999, at the Broadway Theatre, New York, where it ran for forty weeks: It played on the road for twenty-two
HEARTBREAK consecutive seasons and grossed
to happiness
You women who know how to forgive will know that when her lips told him to go har heart would call him back.
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about seven million dollare. There was only one company on tour be cause of the stupendousness of the, production It played for twenty weeks at the Drury Lane Theatre in Lendon with an average business of £7,000 a week.
The screen version has been three years in the making One year and Fa half were spent in Rome on his- torical sites and another year and a hall iming scenes at Metro Goldwin-Mayer studios.. The '6lm premiere was on December 30, 1925, at the George M. Cohan Theatre, New York Ono hundred and fifty thousand people were employed in the picture-100,000 in the Antioch Chariot Race alone. One hundred ships were built and launched for the sca fight between the Roman and pirate-navies. Jerusalem were restored for important sequences in the story the procession of Roman power, Triumph of Arrius, Grove of Palms, the Court of Filate. It is a reverend picturization of his tory's mightiest events; -1,000,000 feet of negative exposed and 850,000 feet of positive printed Forty cameras were used to im the Boones in the arena which is 1,500 feet long. This was the biggest set ever érested on any studio ***
CHARLES
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ARLEN,
GARY COOPER, JOBYNA BALSTON & EL BRENDEL
REUNION IN VIENNA, Safe after stormy days, Charles Farrell and Madge Evans renew their loos, triumphant over "Heartbreak”?, in the For: romance if that title.
"HEARTBREAK."
MADGE EVANS FOR THE KING'S.
It seems to be harder for an ex- star, old or young, to get a chance than for any newcomer, Miss Evans posed for artists, advertise ments and modelled hats, and kept on trying..
Finally, in 1024, Dick Barthel iners gave her a chance ns his lead A trade notice states:
ing woman in Classmates." The carter of Madge Evans who Though she scored, Modgo was not is co-starred with Charles Farrell satisfied with hot work, wold boyd in "Heartbreak," Fox romance She decided to improve it. She coming tomorrow to the King'e went on the stage and played & Theatre, is an interesting exemple variety of roles. Fianity some of the idiosyncrasies of the movies. scout, who probably never heard of Back in 1016, or thereabouts," Miss har child stardom, signed her for Evans was a child screen star at picture, the old World Film Studios, locat. She is paid to give a splendid por.
"Heartbreak"--and- ed in the then busy centre of films, formance i Fort Lee, New Jersey She was she has grown in beauty and suré doing nicely for six years and then ty. She approaches stardom, för she started to grow.
the second time, something that fo one but Jackie Coogan and Pola Megri have accomplished.
directed
The cast is as follows:--Bon-Hur, Ramon Novarro; Messala, Francis X. Bushman; Esther, May McAvoy Mother of Hur, Claire McDowell; Tirzalı, Kathleen Key; Iras Car mel Myers; Simonides, Nigel do Brulier; Sheik Ilderim, Mitchell Since there is nothing you can Lewis Sanballet, L20 White, do-about children growing out of their parts, little Miss Evans had Arrius, Frank Currier Balthasar, to quit The same thing happen Heartbreak which was prepared 48 Charles Beloher; Madonna, Bettyed to Jaskie Coogan. One minute for screening in continuity and a talked-about star, the next a for- dialogue by William Conselman. Bronson; Amrah, Dale Fuller;
gotten school child.
The featured support isoludes Joseph, Winter Hall; the director,
Miss Evane grew up a bit and Hardie Albright Paul Caranos 1 Brod Nible
tried to get another moric.chance, and John Arledge manag
Alfred Werkar
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