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QUEENY THEATRE
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.30, 5.10, 7:15 & 9.20 p.m.
WARNER BROS. PRESENT
Ted Lewis
Is
Everybody
Happy
The revolt of youth- new-world ideas against old-world traditions. Here's a story of romaner and sentiment with Te Lewis, “igh-Hatted Tra grdian of Jazz" enacting a new role. A great singe *tor in FL great picture with a emet including Ana l'ennington and Alice Day.
«A WARNER BROS PRODUCTION
FROM SUNDAY "Something rare and refreshing in screen fare,' Evening Post
"Hilarions fooling
snappy situations,"
Cinema.
GENE GERRARD
BROTHER ALFRED
P.G.Wodehouse
HERBERT WESTBROOK
"Irresponsible masquerade -Ingenious gags Boisterous fan
"Daily Film Rouler. Entertaining farcical
comedy,
Kine
STAR
JOHN
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1932.
MOVIE NEWS RINGS THEATRE
Pictures In Hong Kong
IS EVERYBODY
HAPPY?"
AT THE QUEEN'S
TO-MORROW AND
TO-MORROW
RUTH CHATTERTON IN A DOMESTIC DRAMA
A træde nolier states:- Ayn Pennington performs her If you enjoy seeing Miss Ruth Lomons Hawaiian dance again, and Chatterion in her saddest and most` this time the gyrations form a pait intense moments you will like "To- of the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone marrow and To-morrow." showing production, “Is Everybody Happy at the King's. The story tells of a thelady, rich and brautiful, who lives vbich is Goy showing t Queen's Theatre.
In De story she is a member of tha Pollies and sings and dances before a great eborus of beauteous maiden's entirely Billing the stage of a theatre. Her exotic, costume is only matched by the ravishing ones worn by the Indies of the ensemble, and her dancing ix unmatchable.
The setting itself is rensarkáble, It is the noat complete theatre
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in at the Anericnu town. She is very unhappy, for her husband, though devoted to her and a good enough sort in his way, is chiefly fond of parties and horses. She is intellectual, and she wants children. Though she simulates an interest in stallions and broad mares her heart is not in the stables. Then a band- masne professor of psychology comes
all the way from Vienna, and they fall in love. But she has her duty to her husband-somewhat inade
bvor constructed in a motion piequately performed while the pro- ture studio. This wireture entire fear is in the house.
ly fills one of the great sound stage The years pass, and her little son
at the Warner Bros.' studio, and loves mechanical things but hates
is complete in every detail frotahorses. The unsympathetic, though: the street entrance to the backwell-meaning husband tries to teach wall of the stage.
SQUEAK DETECTIVE
SAVES THE STUDIOS. BOTH
TIME AND MONEY
the boy to ride. He has accidents, gets brain lever, and his real father comes and cures him. The Profes sor says to Ruth, "we all belong to each other, let us away together." But the heroine does the right thing, and lets her husband keep his illusion about the boy, nud suu, morals
And domesticity, A Hollywood, are duly vindicated in the end. The play was filmed from a Broadway dramatic success.
The News reel includes some sing- Ilia job is one of the west im-
Excellently portint there. He is the "squeaking by Welsh miners.
they sing with real pleasure and detective."
sincerity.
Around the M.-G.-M. studios every day walks a man with an oil can in his hand,
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Whenever there is a squeak auy. where on a sound stage, he appears, ferrots out the offending noir-and h's oil-can usually quenches it. For instance, during the making of FATHER AND SONS with Jackin
·Cooper, a squrak in the metal hoom, holding the microphone, menaced production. No one could locate it. "The
detective" arrivod; went over
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LAST TWO DAYS
At 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
More than a husband!
She wanted him to be Friend, adviser, da Fandet, love.........and father of her childt
HATTERTON
TOMORROW
VANDIN
TOMORROW aParamount Pictur with
PAUL LUKAS
NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 30th OCT.
SAMUEL
GOLDWYN
pinsets
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT
R. B.
IT WILL DELIGHT,
AMUSE
AND
THRILL
YOU I
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT "'.
EVELYN LAYE FOR THE KING'S
A trade notice states:
the machine, and found that a bit of artificial snow had lodged among Its moving parts. "Squirt" went
A merry, frolicsome and witty the oil-cant-and then came splence.
romantic comedy drama with music Sometimes: twe electric wires may opens on Sunday at the King's rub and make a noise on a sound Theatre. The title of the piece, stage. Someliaes squeaky shoes are One Heavenly Night," aptly de located. Oil squirted into the soles scribes the glorious singing cures that. Then again, a camera Evelyn Laye, John Boles, and at bungalow doar may be the offender. times, by the entire cast. In no or part of a metal tripod.
sense a comic opera, "One Heaven- The detective" and his oil-cantly Night" provides tuneful music' save many dollars in last time due throughout, and though essentially to unexplained noises.
WAYWARD"
reason
modern, there is a variety of cos tuming that lends colour and brightness to the atmospheric set- tings,
The story deals with the desire of Lilli, poor flower girl to have -the joy, freedom and gifts that' Bre lavished upon her singer idol, Fritzi,
A cabaret
A trade notice states tsp.
Richard Arlen,' who co-foitures with Nuncy Carroll in Paramount's FWayward," says he has more pep of scandalous reputation. Fritzi at
has had for now. than he
lask oversteps the mark, and is eleven years. There is a back of Arlen's exuberant spirits, banished by the police for six “Wayward."— was filmed at the months, to be kept under the eyes a magistrale, at his Paramount New York studio and of the Count, a
castle. Fritzi induces Lilli to im- Arlen's sojourn in northern lati personale her in exile: Arriving tudes is the first touch of cold weat the castle the Count mistakes her for Fritzi, and makes advances ther he has had in eleven years. which in exceedingly witty dialogue The Hollywood climate, Arlen says, are repulsed by the disguiser Lill, When the substitution is discovered drys up a northern brod man.
Lilli is brought back to the city. Upon leaving Hollywood early in The cons of the story is Budapest, November Arm expected to find and its night life, cafes and snow and blizzard weather when he cabarets, together with the castle, the scene of Lilli's escapado, aré reached New York. Instead he was well presented."
GILBERT grested with real Indian summer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's WEST of
rama
BROADWAY"
with
weather and was disappointed
fichard Arlen has appeared in long list of excellent pictures in recent years, the later ones being,
Evelyn Laye, famous and popular English light open star, makes her initial
itial bow in screen uradiences a Lilli; her dainty blonde loveliness creating quick sympathy and ad- miration. Her richly beautifal voice, heard in solos, and in dueti The Conquering Horde."." Gun with the Count, is a genuine treat, Smoke," "Caught, The Secret while her delivery of King Call,” and “Touchdown. In his dialogne reveals her genuine gifts as a comedienne John B6366, xy last picture, Wayward," he plays the Count, gives a fine performance, opposite Nancy Carroll in the lead Every inch the romantio hero-lover, serveral difficult and pleasing num Бехи.
EL BRENDEL-LOIS MORAN the role. This picture is his voice in licard to advantage in
showing at the Oriental Theatre.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
"To-morrow and To-morrow."!
King's.
Queen's.
Central.
Oriental.
Is. Everybody Happy!"
The Unconquered Lover,"
Wayward."
Etst.
King's.
KOWLOON.
West. of Broadway.”.
COMING.
"One Heavenly Night,"
Amateur Daddy."
Queen's.
Brother Alfred."
Central,
The Lost Squadrop." "The Doomed Battalion." Oriontal.
"1
"Sky Bride."!
AFTER EFFECTS OF RICKETS
SIR WALTER FLETCHER'S
THEORY
Sir Walter Fletcher, secretary ai the British Medical Research Coun cil, raises a very important point in the September issue of the "Practitioner na regard the pos- sible part played by rickets in the production of a high inaternal mor-
EVELYN LAYE in England. He is com JOHN BOLES
YLEON ERROL
ALSO
UNITED ARTISTI FICTURE
HEARST METROTONE NEWSREEL AND METRO-GOLDWIN-MAYER COMEDY- CHARLEY CHASE IN
"THUNDERING TENORS!
ORIENTAL
THEATREF=
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m "Our first-boro!"
wwg lorg her so *mich, David? Dur even she. liccladar- ling, cannot hold us togacher while
your mother, your whole family, hata
See this drama ---
Wayward
Parament Gicture
....wich
・Nancy
CARROLL
#chard
ARLEN
Pauline
FREDERICK
TO-MORROW- RICHARD ARLEN SKY BRIDE
IN
with
JACK OAKIE. ROBERT COOGAN
A. PARAMOUNT PICTURE.
this
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menting upon the recent report of the Ministry of Health on whole subjeel, and he points out how the mothers of to-day and all their predecessors for genera tions in our dense and industrialis- ed community have belonged to n people riddled by rickets Our medical profession, with stea dily increasing skill, have had to meat all the difficulties and dan- gerous offered by the narrowed pel- vies that has been characteristic of a very high proportion of our wo men. Since rickets can now be claimed to be a proventable diz ense, this disability should tend to disappear and. "ns the post-war young come into the ages of mo therhood we may expect to see a shift towards normality of the pol vic measurements of British, wa mon, and lowered maternal mor- tality."
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CENTRAL THEATRE
WE ARE GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL COM- MENCE SHOWING THE BEST SUPER & SPECIAL RADIO, UNIVERSAL & BRITISH DOMINION PICTURES IN 1932-33 FROM NEXT WEEK.
SHOWING TO-DAYA
at 2.30; 6.15; 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
THE LATEST CHINESE TALKING & SINGING SUPER SPECIAL
PRODUCTION IN CANTONESE DIALOGUES. ・・
"THE UNCONQUERED LOVER"
WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST PRODUCED BY THE TSE MEE CO. OF CANTON, SHOWING SOON
RKO-RADIO'S GREATEST WONDER SHOW.
A JUGGERNAUT OF THRILLS COME! SEE! WONDER! Back of the Scenes With so Aặr Show IN THE BAKINGI... Nellywood Gave its Magis Soul to Make This Picture... Men Dared Death? Directors Dreamt Miracles! Cameramen Rahed| All ....... To Give YOU the Supreme Thrill... Superlativa Novelty of the Hourf. "
THE LOST SQUADRON
Richard DIX
Mary ASTOR..... Erich VON STROHM.. Joci MPERIA Dorothy JORBAN. Robert ARMSTRONG.. Directed by GIDERT ARCHAINBAUD
ALL GLORY TO THE DEVIL-REAT-CARE WINGMEN WHOSE HEROIC DARING AND COURAGE HELPED MAKE THIS THE 'PICTURE WITHIN A PICTURE'I
COMING! COMING! THE PICTURE TERRIFIC! THE "ALL QUIET" OF 1932.
THE DOOMED BATTALION”
With TALA BIRELL, LUIS TRENKER, VICTOR VARCONI. THE NEWEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PICTURE,
GOSSIP
FACT
Paramount Goes Shopping.
Paramount went on a shopping tour for stories. First was Sophie Kerr's magazine serial.
"In for
a Penny," which was purchased for Frances Dee and Gene Raymond, who are to be exploited at a team. "The Lion's Way," to be titled-
Gertrude Lawrence's Silk Stockings Gertrude Lawrence has discover ed a good use for discarded silk stockings, that of using the tops ns attractive boudoir caps, A glistening beige silk turban in which scenes of Bona Levy's B.I.P, film, he appeared in the studio between "The Case of Lady Camber," in
In the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, where the mortality rates in childbirth are considerab. ly lower than in England, the dan gers of "contracted pelvis" are in- frequent and, it is argued, since King of the Jungle, was bolight which she is starring, provoked diet is better balanced than in from Charles Thurley Stoneham, mrch feminine interest. "I put the England and Wales with an in- with no player in mind, but a wide end of the stocking on my creased consumption of milk cape search is being conducted among the head; tie a piece of silk round the off the remainder, nul there you cially during adolescence in these late Olympic contestants for a new cg at the crowne and then est
"Bodyguard," a story
By allowing plenty of countries the fight against mater male star.
in gangland, for are." nal mortality is easier. Sir Wal-of adventure
the edge to be artistically rolled ter Fletcher points out how recent George Raft, was purchased from. length, a fold can be left round
Los Angeles
for a turban effect, while the middla research work has brought means Stanley Garvey, a of making adequate supplies of waterfront reporter.
"Lives of a Bengal Lancer" was can be bound in coloured silk to. vitamin D readily available for all
cast after nearly a year of dolay make an attractive topknot. nursing mothers and growing chil dren throughout the population The billboards will carry the names and hence rickets should be no of Clive Brook, Fredric March The Youngest Contract Player. longer a menace. However, as he Gary Cooper and Richard Arlen, Jerry Tucker, youngest player goes on to say, "administrative with Stephen Roberts directing the
has signed new acting papers at. action is lagging too far behind the Francis Yents-Brown story. Laat under contract to a major studio, advances in knowledge that have year. Ernest Schoedszek went to In the Paramount studios. The five- brought these increased powers," dia to make the backgrounds for, and more urgent application of the Intest work is necessary.
Avoidable FactorE.
the process, shots to be used in the year-old lad now is appearing in studio, and as soon as Mr. Brook Marlene Dietrich's "Blonde Venus" returns from Fox, production will after having completed a part un-.
Prosper dor loan to MGM for ity,"
be started. Moss Hart,
It must not be thought that this aspect of the subject is by sang
Moss Harl, co-author of Once means a dominating one or that the disappearance of rickets also will in a Lifetime," in busily writing. make a great impression on the for MGM, And his experiences
Jerry was signed a year ago. He made his entertainment debut the radio
maternal mortality rates. Indeed, have not been without Lifetime" Love Me Tonight.
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Years ago, Director. Rouben Ma in the Ministry of Health Report tinges. When he first arrived he is is difficult to see that "contracted was handed a copy of "Flesh" on moulian would sit at his grand- pelvis played more than a minor which it was expected he would do mother's feet as she told fairy tales. pert in the list of causes of masome work. He read the story and The most popular theme was of a ternal mortality. Taking those refused to work on the piece. They prince at whose feet the wind-drop... cases where a primary avoidable then gave him another script, which ped a princess hasdkerchief. He factor" was the cause of death it he turned down after reading, would then away on his horse and would appear that if all cases of hen studio officials told him that had her. sepsis following a complicated dethey wanted to be happy and cou. When Mamoulian set to work on livery and all cases of ""lock" is tented while in Hollywood, that Maurice Chevalier's Love Me To causing death are taken together they had just the story to bring night," he sought to modernize this it only amounts to one-third of the cheer and light to his heart, and wind wafting idea. He has done whole or approximately one-sixth they again handed him "Flesh" of all maternal deaths if it is as The Chaplin Children.,
dapted that 50 per cent of these
it in wong And the song changes like the famed chameleon, M
Chevalier sings it in his tiny
can be provented because of a pri- Tranquillity on the Fox lot has tailor shop as a fox trot. A custom- mary avoidable factor Important been somewhat upset. In the face er swaggers out humming it in one- though rickets may be it will not of the court's decision that the step time. He passen a taxi-driver explain the old high maternal Chaplin children should not appear who picks it up to whistle in lilting rates in certain parts of England in picture without the consent of fashion. A composer enters the and Wales (i... the Isle of Wight), both Charles, and the mother justi taxi, dare the tune, and sets it He continues to write it on a but the subiect is a complex one is the picture was about to go into down in waltz mode. and if the diet is lacking in vita-production, a rapid and mysterions min D it may also ba lacking in change in cast in Tess of the train. Soldiers pick it up and Releave the train, singing it as march other factors which play a part in Storm Country was made, producing resistence to puerperalhearsals were under way with Janet A gypsy boy is inspired by. it and music comca v to sepsis, for example. These criti Gaynor and Joel McCri, borrowed phys it on his viche in pay cisms are offered here because too from RKO when it was decided to fashion. The much must not be expected from withdraw Mr. McCrae from the Jeanette MacDonald, and she cons any one line of attack as Bir Wal-part Production on an otherwise pletes it as a ballad,
In this manner is a fairy tale tor Fletcher would be the first to rushed lot was held up while a sub-
theme brought up to date, stitution was made:
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