QUEENA TEXTE
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ARBO
in a new picture
is an event
Raman
TOVARRO
will thrill you at
he mates love to her!
MATA HARI
An Unforgettable Drama
with
LIONEL
ARRYMORE
LEWIS STONE
-ALSO IN THE PROGRAMME~||
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COMING SHORTLY
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--and
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"America's Boy Star and Lovable, Laughable
CHARLES
Chic SALE
in a great drama - -
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STAR
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Syncopated Romance!
WASSER PRO
HONKY TONK
Sophie
TUCKER
TO-DAY
Queen's.
King's,
AT THE
· CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
Mata Hari"
"After Ta-morrow."
Central
"Corsair."
World.
"Oh Sailor Bebave." Oriental.
Star.
"No one Man."
KOWLOON.
"Honky Tonk."
Queen's.
COMING.
"Crack:"
When a Feller Needs a
Friend."
ELg'A
Disorderly Conduct." This is the Night.",
Central.
"Devotion,"
Caught Cheating."
Oriental.
"Sooky."
GUESTS AT THE PENINSULA
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1932.
"DISORDERLY
CONDUCT.
KING'S THEATRE
“MATA HARI AT THE QUEEN'S.
NEXT CHANGE AT KING'S LAST TWO GRETA GARBO IN ROLE OF
A trade notice states:- Taking characters from real life
is a certain way of putting realism into a screen story. This, accord- ing to William Anthony McGuire, noted playwright дай screen dramatist, accounts for much of the discussing that bas arisen over the gripping story of ! Disorderly Conduct," the Fox Films sensation coming to the King's Theatre on Sunday with Sally Eiters, Spencer Tracy and El Brendel in the lend- ing roles.
Practically the entire plot of the picture is based on actual hup- penings," McGuire said, recently.
1 won't say where it all occur- red, because most of the characters involved are still alive, but I was In a position to observe the whole affair, and very little changing was necessary in writing the story for! film production.
The hero was дл intimate friend of mine-a speed-cop who got into trouble with his superiors for refusing to play favourites. Just as I have portrayed him in the picture, he was 'broken' when he arrested the daughter of a notorious politician, and this sour ed him completely. Realizing that under the circumstances a man was foolish to try to enforce tho, law without fear or favour, he went to the opposite extreme.
iu Tracy's work "Disorderly Conduct has aroused as "much comment, as the grim fearlessness of the story itself. Bally Eilors as the girl in the case has scored, heavily, and likewise Ralph Bel- any as the police captain, while Ralph Morgan, Allan Dinchart, Cerbulius Keefe, Charle Grapwein and other noted players have im portant roles. John W. Considine. Jr., directed the production.
The following are staying at the I have tried to embody his own Peninsula Hotel-Major N. U philosophy and his own devil-may Adaras, Mr. G: Beckwith, Mr. care attitude in the story-and in- Berlincioni, Mr. E. G. Bird, Mrs.cidentally, Spencer Tray's charac F. Bowern and son, Col and, terization of him is one of the most Misses H. and J. Boyd Mrs. O. perfect things I have ever seen on Brocklebank, Mr. O. D. Burnette, the screen. The original of Man- Mr. R. G. Batler, Mr. A. L. Cap-ning, the honest police captain, lan, Mr. R. L. Clark and family, was also a friend of mine, although Dr. J. E. H. Cogan, Mrs. Ein actual-life he was not an ad. Cogan, General M. A. Cohen, minor of the politician's daughter, Mrs. J. J. Cohen, Mr. J. R. as I have made him." Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. H. M Craig.. Mr. F. H. Crapnell, Miss N. P. Creighton, Miss M. Day, Mr, and Mrs. Delcourt, Mrs. M. Dowling, Cal. and Mrs. E. S. Doughty, Dr. and Mrs. Fronkhahn, Mr. F. J. Easterbrook, Miss D. Faye, Mr. C. R. Ferrajolo, Capt. and Mrs. W. Field-Hook, Mr. and Mrs. Finley, Mr. R. H. Fischer, Mr. J. Frisque, Mr. R.. W. Gardiner, Mr. L. H. Geare, Mr. L. L Gilson, Mr. F. Gomez and Family, Mr. W. T. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs, J, Gould, Col. and Mrs. F. E. Gowan, Mt P. Palmer, Mr. A. M. Parker, Mr. T. M. Gregory, Mr. and Mra. C. W. G. Pirie, Mr. F. Reck, Mr. A.. M. Hail. Mrs. W. Hannevig, Major Reinshagen, Mrs. A Reinshagen, A. L. Harris, Mr. E. Hausumans. Mr. F. C. E. Bendall, Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hodgson, Mr. A. P. Hubino, Mr. W. C, Ryan, and Mrs. F. A. Dooley, Mrs. Mr. A. Salnikoff, Col. and Mrs. C. Howie, Mr. and Mrs. T. Jones, R. Savile, Mr. E. Scott, Mr. L. Mr. L. Kadoorie, Mr. E. A. Kinsey, Mr. T. S. Kilkenny, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mr. E. G. Smith, Mr. R. L. E. Lamorie, Mr. G. B. Lane, Stillard, Mr. L. E. Stone, Miss Mr. P. A. Laroche. Mr. R. FT. Svetlanowa, Mr. J. Thomson, Lazier, Col. J, G. Leeky, Mr. and Mrs. A. Tromp, Miss M. M Mra, J. Ledesina and family, Mr. Tyrrell, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. E. J. MeGani, Mrs. M. MoGill, Ulderup, Mr. L. P. Van Calcar Mr. W. L. McKenzie, Mr. E. HMr. M. J. Van Schreven, Mr. J. Melbye, Mrs. M. Mien, Miss J Watts, Mias P. Webster, Miss E. Moisand, Mr. A. H. Morant, Mrs. Wolnizer, Mr. A. J. Weismann, J. Murphy, Mrs. D. Norman, Mr Mr. A. J. Weidman, Mr. E. B.
Gontinued on next column.)
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Winterbottom, Mrs. L. R. Young.
GOSSIP
& FACT.
署
mett O'Connor, Gertrude Short, Gono Morgan and Miss La Roy..
The Chorus Again.
Chorus girls and dance numbers, entirely different from the kind musical that featured the film comedies of last season, have re- turned to motion pictures.
*
Greta's Gowns in "Mats Hari."
The gorgeous gowns Greta Garbo wears in Mata Hari" gave & romantic history. Adrian the de- signer, claims to have gathered the material from all over the world, Beads from Czecho-Slovakia, more beads from Japan, fragile silver threads from Germany and rich fabrics from Paris. Her boots were Hollywood's "It" Girl: hand-made in Russia, Although! national costumes from various Hollywood's latest and grouicat countries were used as inspiration "It" girl has signed up for for these now Garbo clothes, a British films Miss Ann Dvorak, decidedly Javanese influence is seen the beautiful ex-chorus girl who in the most of them. This is due captivated two continents with her to the fact that Mata Hari was sup. work in Scarface" and "Sky posed to have been of Javanese ox Devils," and who walked out
on Hollywood during the height of traction
the last temperamental session, has reached England. She will star in Gaumont British production, to bo made in conjunction with tha Uta Company of Berlin, and after staying in England will travel over
"make" the im to Germany
Btara in "Blonde Venus.".
The most important role in "Blonde Venus," next to that of the star, Marlene Dietrich, has boen awarded to Rita La Roy.
Miss In Roy has been signed for is Friends but not → the part of Taxi Belle, the harden!
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od Harlem night club entertaiser. "We are good friends, but if wo The addition of Mias La Roy to remained together for another two the cast of "Blonde Venus" brings years we should become enemics," the group of well-known players. In these words Maurice Chevalier, appearing in the picture up to eight, the stage and screen, star, summod Hloaded by Miss Dietrich, the cast up his reasons for wanting a divorce. includes Herbert Marshall, Gary from his wife, who is better known Grant Dickie Moore, Robert Em to the world ne Yvonne Vallès,
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The Stage Play of Young Love that Broadway Adoredi
After Tomorrow
with
CHARLES
FARRELL
MARIAN NIXON
FRANK BORZAGE PRODUCTION
FOX PICTURE -NEXT CHANGE- SUNDAY 4th, SEPT.
"I'LL PAY ANY
PRICE FOR THRILL!"
Rich enough to do what she wanted. Pretty enough to get away with it!
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
with EMSALLY
EILERS
SPENCER
TRACY
EL
BRENDEL
Dickie MOORE
Directed by JOHNW.CONSIDINE.Jr. FOX PICTURE
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Her Heart's Content
with
man
no one
a Rummount Gicture
CAROLE LOMBARD RICARDO CORTEZ PAUL LUKAS
NEXT OHANGE SUNDAY 4th, SEPT.
JACKIE
COOPER
AND ROBERT
COOGAN
“SOOKY"
A Paramount Picture
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BEAUTIFUL SPY.
A DRAMA OF THE WAR.
CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWING
2572
TO-DAY
One of the most amazing charne- ters of the world war was that of Mata Hari, beautiful German spy whose notorious career as an exotic WALTER GREEN'S FAMOUS LIBERTY MAGAZINE NOVEL THAT dhuneer hides her real character. | THRILLED MILLIONS NOW. BECOMES A GREAT SCREEN No one could say where Mata Hari TRIUMPH, ROLAND WEST & CHESTER MOERIS NEWEST cams from. Conversation held that GREAT SUCCESS IN A SURGING, FAST-MOVING, HIGHLY- aho was "a real Javanese."
THRILLING & GREATLY-ENTERTAINING DRAMA OF THE "No, I hear sho's Dutch," -
HIGH SEAS. "Married a Scotch army officer and divorcet him."
My dear, she was born of a union be- tween a Javanese god and a texiple dancer.".
at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
"THE LATEST UNITED ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE:
This is the rule given to Greta Garbo in the sensational Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer film, "Mata Hari " which commenced its run at tho Queen's Theatre yesterday. Greta Garbo, with her mystical charac- teristic gives a wonderful portrayal of the role.
When work was to be done-work which involved life and death, Mota Hari (or rather Greta Garbo)-used her beauty, and her brain to accom- plish the purpose.
The dance in Brahmanist temple scene was na outstanding piece of acting which shows Garbo's ver Batility. One sat. watching the dance with suppressed excitement and tense expectation. Equally wonderful were the love scenes in which the male role was taken by no, less an actor than Ramon Novar- ro, whilat Lionel Barrymore, &sa Russian Military attaché once more proves the sound judgment of those who awarded him the acting honours for 1939.
A MODERN PIRATE who became the menace of the bigh scan only to be canquered by a beautiful stowaway aboard 'kis raiding' crafti
ROLAND
WEST'S
ORSAIR
STARRING
CHESTER MORRIS
ALISON LOYD
Walton Green's Liberty Magazine
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
Story,
SHOWING SOON
The locale of the pictura is Paris THE STAR OF STARS IN A-
in the early days of the World War. There is in the film a glimpse of a casino just outside the city which is supposed to be the rendezvous of the fashionable set in Parisi Mata Bari in the course or Her 'act tivities as a spy falls in love with a young Russian officer and thus incurs the wrath of a Russian mili tary attaché who, in a fit of jeal ousy, telephones the French police and gives away both Mata Hari and her lover. He is shot to death by Mata Hari before he can give away the woman's lover,
Meanwhile, the young Russian officer starts out by aeroplane for Ruasin on other secret missions but is shot down. The wound results in his blindness' und Matu Hari comes out of her hiding to his sido. Sha arrested and the closing
WONDERFUL STARTLING STORY
ANN HARDING
DEVOTION
ALS
CHARLIE MURRAY GEORGE SIDNEY
IN THEIR NEWEST LAUGHING HIT
"CAUGHT CHEATING"
#
CORSAIR.":
scenes of the picture, as acted by THRILLS AT THE CENTRAL. Greta Garbo are as fascinating as it is expected. Altogether it is a picturo na ono should miss.
"NO ONE 'MAN."
AT THE ORIENTAL.
A trade notice states:- Emerging after three spectacular years as a star in his own right, Chester Morris comes to the Ces tral Theatre to-day in Corsair," the Roland West adaptation of the novel of society piracy upon the high seas. Thus the scion of ono A trade notice states:-
of America's most prominent stage She obeyed that impulse, and families reaches, heights comensar now her story of success is a awcetates with those attained by his reading chapter from life. It was
not a tamo, carefully studied and parents in another generation. As tidy impulse that came to Julietto befite à star, Chester is surround Compton, either; but a very wild, ed by four leading women in rugged and impetuous impulse,
AFTER
TO-MORROW."
REALISM AT THE KING'S.
A trade notice states -
Dropping the rose-coloured lenses from its cameras and turning the soarchlight of reality and human- mess upon that too often glorified thems," mother love," Hollywood has turned out a picture that will rank-with the year's "best, in "After To-morrow," the Fox drams which Theatre. is now showing at the King's
Stripped of all sentimentality and clothed only in stark realism, of the type that really exists, even it presents not one mother. by two, though you may never have met up with her selfish, pleasure seek- ing self-ambitious, and willing to
which stole in on her as a conduc"Corsair which
ich is a United tor shouted awayaboard," and Artists picture. Ons of the four in delay and wreek the romance of nestled intimately up to her even recognizable try name, int fans as the first tiny steam hissan served.
notice that her vacation-bound train will know her instantly when they for the Compton summer home in see her upon the screen, for the Maine, was under way.
their own children in the interests
of their own affairs de coeur.
Were it possible to forget the splendid acting and deft direction with which the production is gifted you would still remember the pic-
When that train clanked in the Grst loading woman-Alison Loyd was has been known for years as North country. Miss Compte Hotel Thelma Todd. Mins Todd hoe ture for its unique and caring under an assumed name, with a changed her personality in this crs and its director, Prank Bor busy finger on a directory's pulse
that showed a fevered theatrical picture from that of a light com-zage, is comething you cannot for- agency inclination.
medienne to that of a dramatic
-Charles-Farrell in the leading Her education had been mostly in the old bome town and at an ex- actress, and her screen name was role gives a performance that ex clusivo girls' school. From these changed to it the metamorphesis. coeds Anything he has done in The other three leading women are many a day and that ranks with sources she had heard that a suf- Mayo Methot, Gay Seabrook and his memorable Chico" in th ficient amount of widely prèss,” agented (on Broadway) southern Addio McPhail, all former stage Heaven. Opposite him plays. Marian Nixon, but different beauty might be fancy stuff to flash actress. MAKA
In bringing Chestor Morris to Marian Nixon, than you have ever in a step across to footlights.
It worked, and where should the leading producers ever since he left seen before. Her wistfulness re find herself but in Fay Bainter's no one stone returned in his determinds one of Janet Gaynor and show, The Kiss Burglar Came mination to make this the best Director Borzage has mitoceded in then a season with Bir Zicgfeld's picture of his thirteen years of capturing the fast spark of tat "Follies," and an all-star" en-film-making, and when one con of this delightful and dimin gagement with a selected troupe of siders that he has been among the dark-eyed and brown haired girls sent to England in a C. B. leading producers ever since he left just as he did with Sally Cochrane show. Mr. Cochrane the stage for Hollywood one can when he directed her in the title thought so well of her work that he gain the idea of the heights he role of "Bad Girl." gave har a three year contract, in aimed at
Corsait!! the course of which she frequently. The story of Corsait con- of the two mothers are Minna, appeared with Sir Gerald Du Maucerna an All-American football rier, British matinee idol half-back who starts his business
She is the studied mantrapper career in Wall Street only to "en whose enticements give Carole counter the ruthlessness of a cer Lombard something to worry about tain financier. In order to ciri InNo One-Man Paramount cumvent the powerful multi featurization of Rupert Hughes millionaire, he turns hi-jacker upon famous novel, and the principal the high seas and thus not only attraction at the Oriental Theatre, brings him, to his knees, but wins to-day!
his arrogant daughter,
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Admirably suited to their rule
Gombel and Josephine Hall, Mie Hull is a newcomer to the screer. while from the Broadway stag Miss Gomboll is wel her performances in
Dance Team and other Fox pictures. The other Dripcion players are William
nier
William Pavley, Ferdinand” Greta Granstedt and, Nore Lane,