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Trouble in Paradise."
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One Henyenly Night,"
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Sky Devils."
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933.
SHOWING TO-DAY
TORSDAY 31st.
At 11,50 A.M., 6.10, 7.15 & 9.33 P.M. Daily.
HONGKONG'S FINEST CNEWA
ONE MODERN PARADISE ..ONE ADAM...ONE APPLE. TWO EVES -that makes two hours of love and laughter!
Ernst LUBITSCH'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE
with MIRIAM HOPKINS KAYFRANCIS HERBERT MARSHALL
Charlie Ruggles - Edward Everett Horton
A Paramount Picture
GIRL MOVIE NEWS
CRAZY
LA HIT ON BROADWAY!...
A SMASH ON THE SCREENI
An RKO Radis Picture Directed by W. Scler
GEORGE GERSHWIN'S SMASH SONG KITS!
SUNDAY!
FATHER
and SON
face to face after years of separation, in a climax to a drama that will leave you breathless!
With Tom Brown). Siim Sum- merville, Richard Cromwell, H. B. Warner, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton, Produced by Carl Laemmie, Jr. Directed by
William Wyleroy
Carl Example
Presents
A
Том
BROWN CULVER
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
Pictures In Hong Kong-
"PACK UP YOUR
TROUBLES"
Appropriate Film For
Chinese New Year.
LAUREL AND HARDY'S NEW COMEDY AT THE QUEEN'S
SKY DEVILS":
AIR
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
"SEX WITH A SMILE"
SAYS LONDON CRITIC
Sex with a smile as only old
you
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Greater than "Hell's Angels"
HOWARD HUGHES
PAISENTS
SKY DEVILS
SPENCER TRACY
WILLIAM BOYD ANN DVORAK GEORGE COOPER
High, wide and then some, it goes tearing across thescreen
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
*** DISILLUSIONED. '*- KAY: FRANCIS
Was
Kay Francis has never had any illusions about the stage. · „Ă sophisticated little miss, she ely three years old when she practically broke up a play in which her mother was appearing by audibly refusing to take it sori ously.
Kay told the story during a lull between scenes on the sot of Ernst Lubitsch's "Trouble in Paradise," from the play by Laszlo Aladar, currently at the King's Theatro, in which she is featured with Miriam Hopkins, Herbert Marshall, Chai- lie Ruggles and Edward Everett Horton.
Her mother, Katherine. Clinton, was performing in a play on Broad way, Kay explains, and she horselt was sitting in a box with another kid of her own age."""
In the third act, a shot was fired. Miss Francis möther threw up her arms, collapsed, and died, in aë cordance with the plot. Kay turn- ed to her companion, and, in that naively loud voice which children use, remarked: :
"Don't be afraid. That's my mama, and she's not really dead. She's only acting."
The audience board it and burst into shrieks of laughter. The show was practically stopped until it died.
Kay got a good spanking,
In Trouble in Paradise he's cast as a wealthy widow, picked by Miss Hopkins and Marshall, a pair of suave super-crooks, as a pective victim.
pros-
'GIRL CRAZY” AT
CENTRAL
BERT WHEELER AND ROBT.
WOOLSEY.
The two wisecracks, Bert Wheeler. and Robert Woolsey are here again Their latest picture "Girl Crazy" is at present showing at Central Theatre, and attracted large crowds on its opening day yesterday.
The film is almost a replica of
ORIENTAL MAGIC IN "Rio Rita' in which the two come-
KISMET."'
KOTIS SKINNER'S FINE. " PERFORMANCE
When
Kismet," First Nation Ernst Lubitsch can contrive it. fal's starring vehicle for Otis Skin
have evan wondered why tollywood pays him £30,000 a pic- Sure, frouble in 'andise will ses your doubts at rest.
dians first became famous—a snap- py jazz band, a bevy of Broadway. beauties, Mexican senitoritas, gun- men, etc..
The story in brief, tells of a girl-crazy youth, Danny who is sent to a western ranch by his fa ther in order to cure Lim of his weakness for beautiful women. On his arrival at the ranch, he finds it too dull and decides to transform it into a playbody's paradise-jass orchestras, show girls and a gambi- ing concession.
1ng scenario depsirament present ed lam with a frothy, fragile plot about the dilemma & gentleman croak who schemes to rob a rich widow of her money only to find AMAZING COMEDY OF THE that she is feady to give his her veli. Just to add to the erook's difficulties there hovers about, in A picture that look a year in the the background his faithful accom making and cost more than a halfplice and real girl friend, whoso tricks necessary for the picture, Ivan sensing this, escapes to the million dollara is "Sky Devils" jealousy gets the better of her.
greed,
But the story in Lubitsch's deft which Howard Hughes, who made that famous spectacle, ** Hell's hands becomes secondary to the Angels,"" is offering as the first treatment he gives it. comedy of the air,
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tæ opeis on Sunday at the Quen's Theatre, the most distin gurshed of Ameriena romantic actors will be seen performing feats
Besides him on the ranch, bow- of sleight-of-hand that will amaze,
use, and instruct," as the circus ever, there are also his rival, in In one love, Ivan, and the sheriff annihi-
sheriff arkers would have it. sequence of the picturs Mr. Skin-lator, Lank, ner assumes the role of a Moorish Danny sends for his friends," magician performing before the Wheeler and Woolsey, to assist him Caliph, in order to obtain entrance and in a game of carda Ivan wins 80,000. Lankharbourn a desire to In order to perfect several of the get his hands on the money, and to the palace.
Mr. Skinner had to work for sev border with the girl Molly who is"
also loved by Danny, Ieral weeks under the tutelage of
an expert sleight-of-hand artist. A wild chase across the desért, The feats he performs, in keeping in which many funny situations, with the eighth Century setting of which could only be handled by these the picture, had to be of the sort two comedians, arise until Lank practised by the magicians and and Ivan are put out of the wây: fakirs of that time. As a result A strong cast supports the two the tricks will be found to be ab comedians, including Eddia Quillan solutely new to American audiences. as the girl-crazy youth, Dorothy' Some of them have never been per Lee, Arline Judge and Mitzi Green. formed outside of the Far East, There is plenty of mirth, melody, and date back to the legerdemain romance and action in this picture, Love calls for slowness and a
of Oriental antiquity,
and on the whole it is quite ap-. ..his is Producer. Hughes' first fingering. Jealousy and greed move Supporting Mr. Skinner in thepropriate with the Chinese New
Crime demands speed. comedy production since "The faster."
stellar cast assembled for "Kis Year.. Knights," a box-office.
And from beginning to end the met" are Loretta Young, David Laurel and Hardy, have a big Arabian following in Hong Kong and there sensation of four years ago. "Skyscreen is suffered with beauty, the Manners, Sidney Blackmer, Mary are some who can laugh by merely Devils" contains more laughs than beauty which comes from perfect Duncan, Montazu Love and Ed-
ontinued on Previoits Volumn) directed the production
The picture flows along like n stream of molten gold.
"Sky Davids" is a lihtning-fact The managenient of the Queen's comedy, based on the trilling and Theatre made A very appropriate
romantic adventures of three It's risqué, it's gay, it's packed election when they decided to show American aviators during the. with that brand of suspense which Pnek Up Your Troubles" over World War. The leading rolos are gets you sitting on the edge of the the Chinese New Year holidays and!
played by Spencer Tracy, William the theatre was crowded yesterday! d, George Cooper and Ann at every performance and seats will i no doubt be in great demand while i this picture is being shown.
rak.
Feat.
Study the tempo.
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seeing still life' picture of the dough boy opus, and in ad- lighting, sneaking shadows, and ac- mund Brosse. John Francis Dillon MAJESTIC
them, so great is their talent for provoking mirth.
ing
dition, is full of air scenes spectacular as the most thrilling moments in Hell's Angels."
In " Pack Up Your Troubles
An air-fleet of 5 planes Was Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy give used in Alming the sensational By. their "fans" something entirely ing scenes in Sky Devils," and in new in the way of comedy.
one sequence alone 60 ships are Since the introduction of "talk-shown in thrilling combat above the
pictures many, new comedians clouda, .. have sprung up and they provide
It is ar audacious talent of three good comedies too, but like Eddie flying clowns who violate every Cantor, and the Woolsey-Wheeler rule of war to have a good time, combination, they have depended and in the face of court-martial more on their speech and witticism for dis-obedience accomplish to make laughter than upon their many rare and accidental feats of action. But Laurel and Hardy are gallantry they are decorate for quite different and their success is their impertinent exploits. traceable more to their mannerisma The story of Sky Devils," acul soreen "stupidity" than to which comes to the King's Theatre- anything else. There is less chance on Sunday next has many uumual of missing a joke in such a film twists, and the dialogue sparkles than in one. where the ear has to with humour. It moves be on the alert all the time.
terrifia tempo, from start to finish,
Su
ată
To try and tell the story of end piles laugh upon laugh, and Pack Up Your Troubles" would thrill upon thrill, as the action un-
be an injustice to Laurel and reels on the serean."
Hardy and a waste of time. One must see it to appreciate how much
fun and humour the producers have tion set against enchanting still packed into the picture. Can any life.
one adequately put in writing what Only Lubitsch could have achier these two comedians would looked all these things without shari. like us garbage heavers in the ficing the story's drama, comedy or army, or the laughter they pro romance. voked when they tried to evade an
Of course, the acting is per army recruiting sorgeant by pro{fect. Herbert Marshall confirnis
verhat one arfa i Tabisch's opinion that he is deadles Kenching to nare
The rest of the programme also ed to become one of the servéil's, is quite attractive. There is a greatest stars. He has about him
Hearst newsreel, which is followed that air of comforting
by a musical item and then the which - always bringsy. audience in put in the right humour fluttering round the box-office. to receive Laurel and Hardy byzd Franois and Miringdiopkin shortOur GADg Comody, send the feminine department of the nie titled Bohool's Out
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