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TOM WALLS.
STILL GOING STRONG
IN LONDON
UNRIVALLED BRITISH
SENTIMENT IN A FIRST,
RATE BRITISH PICTURE,
Ralph Lynn Tom Walls
A NIGHT LIKE THIS
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ĐY BEN THAYERS
PERRY MÉLANGE OF FOOLERS
with
مية
WINIFRED SHOTTER
ITS A REAL GOOD TONIO- PUNC FUATED WITH LAUGH. THR, PEAL UPON PEAL
A 1932 BRITISH
DOMINIONS PICTURE.
SHOWING TO-MORROW
THE STAR OF STARS IN A GLAMOROUS STORY WITH A LONDON SETTING
The S moke. Screen o War Hid
Morals of Peace!
CONSTANCE
BENNETT
Together they BORN
shared lave alone she faced the penalty!
TO LOVE
JOEL MICREA
COMING SOON
One of the big scebes
in the jungle thriller 1
FRANK BUCK'S
BRING EM
BACK
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
**The First zaak.
- King's
Queen's.
"Letty Lynton."
Central,
"A Night Like This"
Oriental,
Star.
"The Secret 6,”.
KOWLOON
"A Lady to Love."
COMING
King's.
*ThandlerBelow:
"Business and Pleasure."
"Blonde Venus.""
Queen's.
"Call of the Sea!".
Everything's Rosie."
Central,,
"Born To Love."
Star..
Bring 'Em Back Alive."
Tom Brown of Culver."
"Lord Babs.” Oriental,
Sporting Chance."
CANTON CINEMAS
Chung Wah Theatre.
Friends and Lovers."
Wing Hon Theatre.
Devil and the Deep"
Pearl Theatre.
"Huddle."
Southern Palace.
The Viking."
Tai Tak Theatre.
"True Life of Yuen Lan,"
T
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1932.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10,
7:15 & 9.30PM
TENDER situations MERRY complications
The laughter and to mance...the quarrels and forgiveness of young married love
as only these lovers can portray it.
Janet GAYNOR Charles FARRELL
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong
"SPORTING CHANCE" | "THE FIRST YEAR
AT THE ORIENTAL
DRAMA OF THE RACE
COURSE
JANET GAYNOR AND CHARLES FARRELL GROW UP
in-
The
First Year
Frank Craven's wanedy' mance: "JOHN GOLDEN production.Directed by William K. Howard.
FOX PICTURE ›
JOAN CRAWFORD
ON DANCING
TANGO INLETTEY LYN TON" AT QUEEN'S
Dancing should be an integral part of film player's training in the opinion of Joan Crawford, now appearing on the Queen's screen with Robert Montgomery in "Letty Lyntos."
"Dancing." ässerts Miss Craw ford, "plays so important a part in the social activities of the modern generation that one rarely comes across a story suitable for screen use in which the hero or heroine at some timepr other does not have to demonstrate his or her ability at dance-floor technique.
Most: Plots Demand It, "I can recall very few pictures in which I have not had to dance either alone or with my lending man, and in several instances, the dance itself played an important. part in the dramatic structure of the plot.
Letty Lynton 'is'n pertinent example, for in this picture, the story opens with a scene in a South American resort in which I dance
The trials and joys, the bliss and "Sporting Chance,” A melo-kisses of "The First Year, that drame of the race truck will be most, trying adjustment period of shown for the first time in Hong young love, constitute the dramatic Kong at the Oriental Theatre for motivation of Janet Gaynor's and Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Charles Farrell's latest Fox pic Many well known screen artists are
ture now at the King's Theatre, featured in this clever racing_pic-
"The First Year" promises a ture including Buster Collier, Clau- dia Dall, James Hall, Dick Adams, new Janet. Petite and piquant as B. H. Caplin, Eugene and Jackson. orer, the has forsworn the pathetic for the positive in her characteriza-
directing this sequence, Clarence treated to not only a thrilling flat smart modern frocks, she is said Brown wanted no footage in merely In Sporting Chance," we are tion. With a new hair dress, with Tango with Nils. Asther. In track race, but you will see the to bring an entirely fresh, and in gaining an atmospheric background, most sensational the first piring portrayal to the screen in
It was his intention to give the steeplechase race over taken in this, her first entirely grown up audience an insight into the char sound pictures, Neck to neck the role. Farrell, too, is different. He acters of the two persons facing the thoroughbreds dash madly around will be seen as an ambitious young camera. In other words, Letty the track jumping first over one business man, barassed, it is true, Lynton" and her Argentine lover fence than another-jockey and by the difficulties of becoming estab-give themselves away immediately horses falling as they rush around lished in a strange town, but on the by the way they hold each other, in their attempts to win-finally at whole a capable, energetic young the look in their eyes, the things the last hurdle it is a neck and i fellow out to prove that he can they say and a host of other in- neck race between Buster Collier made his way in the world.
criminating detaile. Thue the on the favourite and the second choice. Closer and closer to the
dance is used, as a subtle medium finish they rush and Buster pulls
of expression. his horse before the judges stand the winner by a split second as ha
and
topples from his firing mount.
Among the supporting players, of "The First Year" are Minna Gom- bell, seen in a hilarious comedy role, Leila Bonnett, Dudley Digges, Robert MoWade, George Meeker, There is pleaty of romance, Maude Eburne and Henry Kalker, thrills, laughter and pathos. in "Sporting Chance." The races are all of whom portray important anid to be the best yet produced for parts suited to their capabilities.. the talking pictures.
William K. Howard, directed a screen adapta- The First Year,"
stage, farce by Lynn. Starling.
EL
'THUNDER BELOW tion of Frank Craven's successful
TALLULAH LEARNS TO REHEARSE
at 8:30A.m, and spends the entire day rehearsing. The same scene is played over and over until actors "Motion pictures have taught me and director are, satisfied. how to rehearse.""
In such startling manner Tallu- lah Bankhead recently described
Now I have learned to 10ske a situatiudience. If still rehearse poorly when I know the
her film career following eight cameras, aren't grinding away. years of stage stardom.
But when cameras! is called: an Talking pictures are all re-imaginery audience forms itself. hearsals to the stag
'she I have to gut a new perspective oxplain
Than-all-over again ili entering motion at-tile-Paramount pictures, I have been forced to
learn the film Lechnique
der Below
studios in
As a stage
The spirit of the
bright footlight
wood. actress, was & ppor silent players had to learn the tech
never get info.nique of talking pictures.
ith an empty Thunder Below," with
-bébind-Bankhëndu
and facing an role, and audience, I always found myself; }, Laika Then I could time action and lines.
swotion pictures, ongunrises Continued at fool:bi mes Glumn).
18
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"So far as its physical value is concerned," continued Miss Oraw- ford, everyone knows that there is nothing like dancing, for the development of poise and grace, two things essential to, the screen player. I've often thanked my lucky stars -(Continued on next columASA)
ORIENTAL THEATRE
BOOKING AT. Tax THEATRE TEL. 25319, & 25332.
TO-MORROW
TALLULAH
BANKHEAD
IN
"THUNDER BELOW
a Garamount Picture
WITH
CHARLIE BICKFORD
PAUL LUKAS
BUSKY PALLETTE
FILMGCERS TO HEAR
"
PINS DROP!
NOTABLE ADVANCE IN METHODS OF SOUND RECORDING
BORN TO LOVE
CONSTANCE BENNETT ...
FILM AT CENTRAL
`A·loud "apenker system; símilar to that used in the amplification at 'public addresses, was employed by Paul L. Stein in directing the Lou- don: Armistice Day celebration scenes of Hom to Love, the Intest Constance Bonnott picture which opens at the Central Theatre i on Thursday. Through the use of this syalon. Stein was able to give direct orders to the 2,000 players who milled, shouted and paradod their way through the stirring Action.
Six cameras, mounted at various
strategic points captured every de -tail-of-the action, while micro phones recorded the din of shout- ing and singing voices, shrilling whistles, wailing sirens, screaming bagpipes and blaring bands. Tons of confetti and a big truck load of decorative streamers were
used, while the buildings lining the stppeta wore gaily docorated.
With the exception of Constance Bennett and Jon McRen, practic ally the rest of the cast were British. Paul Cavanagh who gives a magnificent performance in this picture, is a graduate of Cam bridge. Anthony Bushell, a popu- lar player is from Oxford. There were also numerous British extras employed in making this film.
dent that the now" High Fidelity" Bound-rocording.system is an instru- mont which will enormously widen the possibilities of the sound film.
Range Extended.
Until recently it was impossiblo to register many sounds because they were either too low or too high. The overtones of the human voice
and of musical instruments were therefore lost. Only sound frequen- cies up to
to 5,000 cycles could be re- gorded.
Very soon, however, cinema audi ences will be able to hear the pior cing sweetness of a violin's top notes frequencies up to 10,000 cycles, as well as the distinctive Lastening to a Sibelius symphony notes of a double bass, with fra in & Glasgow cinema it whe hard to quencies as low as 60 cycles. Blo believe that there was not a first-red or faked sounds will become class orchestra behind the screen. things of the past.
The R.C.A. Photophonie engineers, who are responsible for the latest
The demonstration showed th
advance in sound recording, may the new system can be applied wi!! well claim that they have achieved equal success to the recording of the the "complete illusion. At "this"
private demonstration it was evil ordinary dialogue film, the sound
(Continued on next columnɔ cartoon, and orchestral music.
Turtle Hack."
•
GOSSIP
FACT.
*
oord was the fact, that the run over-
Buster Keaton is the latest screen lapped by two weeks the General player to succumb to the turtle Release of the picture through- neck sweater craze. However, he out the country-an unprecedented has worked out an innovation by event. having a "zipper" in the front top
**Money Talka.” open the sweater, when he prac Lises baseball with the Metro-Money Talka," the production of which has included so many, in- Goldwyn-Mayer studio team.
teresting and novel fentures" such is one of London's most picturesque **Lucky Girl."
Lucky Girl," the Gene Gerrard comers, Berwick Market, under the comedy riot, had an eleven weeks, film name of Magenta Street, as a background, scenes on e racecourse. run in the West End...
The retention of this British and at the first-night presentation picture in a West-End Theatre, the of a revus, and a thrilling boxing Rialto, American controlled, was a match in which many well-known great tribute to the popularity of the principal star, but a farther re
for the training my dancing id Innocent Eyes gave me before I left the stage for the screen. I'm convinced it helped my screen work immeasurably.
ORIENTAL
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WALLACE BERRY, LEWIS STONE JEAN HARLOW, MAJORIE BAMBEAU, JOHN MAOK-BROWN
CROOKED POLITICS
AND
UITY GRAFT BOUND-UP IN A ROMANCE THAT CARRIES
EWALLOP
EVERY SCENE
* THE GREATEST
GANSTER PICTURE
EVER MADE OPER
STARTING TO-MORAUW.X-
NIGHT
A 1933. RELEASE FIRST BUN IN HONG KONG
champions supported Kid "Berg, the Stepney whirlwind, has now l'completed for B.LP. by Norman Leo
with a festive wedding party.
The lovely bride was B.IP.'s pro tegee Judy Kelly and the radiant groom was-Kid-Berg,
A Jewish Menu.
As the scene depicted a Jewish wedding breakfast a special menu was provided and a Rabbi from & London synagogue, with Falestine wine in the Bern Broches, recited grace. The festive board groaned beneath Kreploch soup, stuffed fish, giblet pie, challer bread, olives, cucumbers, French salad, gateaux, peaches, almonds and muscatels, black coffee and Kosher wine, Á Yiddish toastmaster was present to call the guests to order, and the mashgil to declare the dinner as orthodox fare,
"Redio Stars as Film Stars.
Production has now commenced at Elstree on B.EP.'s novel film "Radio
Thrilling! Revuo Under the direction of
SPORTING CHANCE
Archie de Bear and Richard Beville, this film will present famous wire leas stare, hitherto known only to thousands as voices in person. Already four great favourites have got to work. Flot
have declared:
inserely Stainless St hisqusint punc
his film deb
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Give me
Hafreedom-
سة
begging
for my at life and love
CLARENCE BROWN'S
The 'tineat -
come frons'. Hollywood
GOMO
ELETTY LyhTch
TOMORROW
A STIRRING NAVAL ADVENTURE
THE CALL OF THE SEA
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"A LADY to LOVE
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