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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG "The Sign of Four,"
King's.
Queen's.
"Svengali
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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S HD., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons. and the Theatro Tel. 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M:
Central,
"A Bill of Divorcement,” Oriental.
Body and Soul.”
"Sintes Attorney."
KOWLOON
SEE HIM IN THE PIC- TURE THAT WILL LIVE AS A RECORD OF HIS GENIUS!
Star.
Majestic.
Behind the Mask,”
:
COMING
King's,
Street Scene."
Queen's.
American Madness."
3 Wiso Girls."
Central,
CLEMENCE DANE'S SENSATIONAL ENGLISH
STAGE SUCCESS..
JOHN
BARRYMORE
an RKO
RADIO PICTURE
of course
As great am
drama as this year will pro duce!
"A BILL OF
DIVORCEMENT".
Wth KATHARINE HEPBURN, Billi Burke, David Mannera Directed by George Cukor, David O. Selow nick, Executive Producer
One of 1932'x ten Best Pictures.
NEXT CHANGE
Ma
GET READY FOR A
MUSICAL TREAT ENGLAND'S MOST POP-
ULAR ENTERTAINER
IS HERE:
"Me a British e Komisions Aoduction" JACK PAYNE AND HIS BAND
SAY IT WITH MUSIC
ORIGINAL MUSIC INCLUDE!
"
"LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING! 11
GOOD MORNING
MISTER BUN"
AND
"I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE YOU HAPPY”
Say It with Musiq” "Nagana.'
Explorers of the World."
Private LiveR.”
Star.
"Black Coffes.”
"Ben Hur."
CANTON CINEMAS
Wing Hon.
"Love Debt."
Sun Wah Theatre,
For the Sake of Love."
Southern Palace.
Unholy Night."
Poari Theatre.
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"Divorce in the Family."
Tai Tak. '
Panama Flo."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1933
LAST TWO-DAYS
AT |2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
++
KING'S
THEATRE
HONCKONCS FINEST ONEWA
THE SIGN OF
FOUR
CONAN DOYLE'S GREATEST SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE
FEATURING
ARTHUR WONTNER
IAN HUSTER".
AND
ISLA BEVAN
AN ASSOCIATED RADIO PICTURE
- RELEASED BY THE BRITISH FILM CO., HONGKONG.
ALL WHO HAVE READ A SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY MUST SEE ARTHUR WONTNER AS THE GREAT DETECTIVE.
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong-
"SAY IT. WITH MUSIC".
MUSIC, AND HUMAN STORY FOR CENTRAL
IN
THOUGHT FILMED FOR FIRST TIME
SVENGALI” NOW AT QUEEN'S THEATRE
THE SIGN OF
FOUR"
ONE OF MR, COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES DOES WELL
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1/
BOOKING AT THE
THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25392.
NEXT. CHANGE SUNDAY, 9th APRIL.
Drama that tears at your heart Slire your soul . . . Paralyzes your emotions... Ledyas you breathless!,
Samuel Goldwyn
PRESENTS
KING VIDOR'S production
REET CENE
with
SYLVIA' SIDNEY WILLIAM COLLIER, JR. ESTELLE TAYLOR,
“A BILL OF DIVORCE MENT"
KATHERINE HEPBURN A ** DYNAMIC STAR ”
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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY (April 7).
II Moon 13th Day),
Luminext's Sale of Household Furniture, 2.30 p.m.
Variety Entertainment, Volunteer Haaduarters, 0. p.m.
Discussion Class, "Love and Mar
| ringe," St. Andrew's Church Hall,
9.p.m.
K. Theosophical Society holds Special Service for the late Brother Manuk, 6 p.m.
Lenten Discussion for Women on Life After Death," Helena May Institute, 10.30 a.m.
Catholic Lenten Mission: Fr. Cooney, S.J., on Recovery," Catho lie Cathedral, Caine Road, 8 p.m.
Meetings.
Creditors, China Sports, Ltd., Asia Life Building, noon.
H.K. University Engineering So- cioty, RoomK," University, 8.30 p.m.
Theatres.
King's The Sign of Four," Queen's: "Svengali,"
Central: A Bill of Divorce
ment,"
Oriental: "Body and Soul." World: "Lovers Courageous.” Star: "Boltind the Mask." Majestic: "Outside the Law."
Dances.
Ten Dances at. Gloucester Build- ing; King's Restaurant; and Hong Kong Hotel.
M
Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel King's Restaurant; Penin- sula Hotel; and Gloucester Build- ing.
Principal Mails,
Inward from Europe in Siberia
by Ranpura.
Outward for Canada and Europe via Siberia by Empress of Russia, 10 a.m.
Sports,
Athletics: St Paul's College, Caroline Hill, 1.30 p..
5 p.m.
Hockey:-Friendly match: Eong Kong Hockey Club "A" w. Central British Association (King's Park); Snerise: -6.11 am.; Sunset: 6.41
Tes-High at 8.25 and 19.09; Low at 1:15 "ad 12.40.
A Blue Coat School Wedding.
Isla Devan was educated at Cour-
She looks like a gentler cousin of trai in Belgiumu. Left at the age of the Borgias She's alon and a 17 and became one of Mr. Cochran's little mysterious. Perhaps ite bep.m.
Young Ladics in This Year
cause she's never mingled with the uf Grace."!
From this she was nob. She's rich and has never chosen by Mr Nogl-Coward to play knowu the heartaches that make one of the birdes-mails in the New
for humanness. And yet the !! Bitter York
production of Sweet. On her return from New
prop men and the electricians on her set swear she's the most York she appeared in Mr. H. Har- woods's Cynara" at the Play- house Theatre, London, under democratic person they've ever met studying Celia Johnson which part in years. Jahr Barrymore chuckled ale afterwards played opposite Mrs over her with delight. She was the Owen Nares on tour. It was inBrat actress who approached him without fear, called him at every this part that Miss Bevan, was seen that she was placed under contract by a flm producer with the result
turn, made him work for his foot- age. New York has known her for with A.R.P. studios. "Nine Till
two sereons Philadelphia and Baltimore society knew her felore Six" was Miss Bevan's first screen appearance followed by The Sign that. of Fur," which is now showing at the King's Theatre,
The opening on Tuesday next t the Central Theatre of the latest British and Dominions' film "Say
The photographing of a thought It with Music. featuring the popu might seem to be a problem cap. Ir Jack Payne and his band, able of defying even the ingenious should undoubtedly prove an inter-movie-makers of Hollywood, but it esting occasion.
We are informed that this film is appears to have been effectively not merely a jazz music recital. a zecomplished during the filming of it contains a richly human story,
"Svengali," John Barrymore's written by William Pollock, Letion. al, bat using as its theme the alarring picture, at the Warner dramatic history of the Irving Ber West Coast studios." The picture lin number. Eay It with Music " which is famous throughout the is showing to-day at the Queen's world as Jack Payne's signature tune.
"Svengali" of course, is the Percy Marmont plays the part of Philip Weston, the composer of in a new screen dress--with round.
"Trilby of George Du Maurier the atmosphere. “ Say it with Music, and a war-
Several days were devoted to the In the story the scheming hypnphotographing of this sequence, time ral of Jack Payne's. Theist Svengali (played by Mr. Barry which is of capital importance in more) axerts mental control over
the picture as giving the "feel"
story goes that one day, in the Air Force mess, Jack is thumping out same popular war-time melodies and Weston requests him to stop making such a horrible noise. Jok-
Theatre.
unaccountably toward the hypnot- ist's house, retracing on the ground the strange journey which Sven- gali's thought has made through
....
the young heroine (Marian Marsh) of Svengali's power, one of the who-, by once submitting to hypnotprime moving farters of the plot. is by him, has become amenable
10 his mysterious influence, Ho Che "Svengali" cast includes ingly, Jadk makes bot that Wes- projecte this influence through | Marian Marsh as Trilby " and space and intervening obstructions Bramwell Fletcher, Lumsden Hare, to: force her to comes to him in his Taris Alberni, Carmel Mycra, Don- attic lodgings.
ald Crisp and Paul Porcasi.
fon cannot, on the spur of the moment, compose and play any thing more catchy." Weston sits at the piano and slowly picks out stune that eventually all the boys ham or whistle.
Realising that there is a worth while melody in Weston's composi- tion Jack dots the notes down on the back of an old envelope.
A Zeppelin raid puts a stop to their playing and in the ensuing tnttle Weston's plane crashes. He suffers concussion and loss Imemory.
of
Years pass before "Say it with Music" becomes famous and Payne cannot trace Weston.
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There will be a big gathering at Horsham at the end of the month, when the Headmaster of Christ's Hospital is married in, the school chapel Some 400 guests are go- ing down, including beveral Dead- masters.
The bridegroom, Mr.. H. L, O. Flecker, was until recently head of Berkhamsted, and before that ne was on the staff at Marlborough with a number of men who have
It was in "The Warrior's Hua-since become heads, band that RKO-Radio Pictures spotted her on the stage and saw in ber great screen possibilities. The fact that she was to play the role in which Katharine Cornell rose to fame failed to daze her.
the first folk who saw her in Holly
wood. thought she
was an Irish
The bride is Miss. Mary Hessey, daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. W. F. Hessey, of Boxford, Suffok This will be the first wedding in the school chapel since the school Was moved from Newgate-street thirty-two years ago.
Mr. Flecker's father, the Rev. W H. Flecker, now vicar of St. master at Dean Olore School, Peter's, Staines, has also been head- Cheltenham, a post he held for thirty-eight years, in pa
Myrna Loy, exotic, lithe, sensuous: the aet, briching errors away with But when she began trouping on expletives, her type was recognized her for the first time in A Bill of as distinctly dynamic. You'll see
With the Bishop of Croydon be Divorcenient" coming to the Cen-will officiate at his son's wedding. tral Theatre to-day. She supports Barrymore and according to West Coast preview reports almost steals the show from him and from Billie Burke. Her name is Katharine Hepburn and next to calling her by her first names, the worst affront you can offer her is to spell it with
It's likely you'l like her
TAKKANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB-
How was this to be, shown con- Miss Marsh is the young screen vincingly on the screen? Some of discovery of which 20 much has the people concerned with the probeen written recently.” duction declared that it simply couldn't be done. But Directo Archie Mayo possesses the bound- less confidence and optimism of Hollywood in all its exuberance. and he was supported by Mr. Barry wore in his resolve to show that thought-or at least the travela, al the thought-to the audience.
So, by a most unusual sexies of The eventual meeting between camera shots, the spectator is taken Payne and Weston is dramatic, along the path covered by the ray, particularly as the latter remembers or waves, or whatever it is on nothing about his war-time melody which such a hypnotic thought as and the post-war result. How that of Svengali in borne to its Payne brings about Weston'a com-destination, The objbet of this plete recovery and gets him recog séquence is to make the watcher nition makes splendid entertain feel the strange force and compel ment.
ling Tower of the thought as bo rides with it over twisted chimney- pots, crooked "Paris roofs and de- Iserted streets to the darkened win. dows of the sad little room where Trilby lies sleeping: ·
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Then, on the orest. of a sudden gust of wind, both camera and thought enter the room together end move straight to Trilbvia tron bled face. The girl is Dghting in her slumber against the hold' that the distant magician exercises Over her.
The entire sequence is silent, save' Ipr the rustle of wind and the sounds" of the night and the girl's she
murmur.
Svengali,..as wakers. And then the camera fol lows her foot-steps as the is drawn (Dantinued on next Oolumn)
4 SHOWS
..DAILY
8.30-5.13 7.15-12.30-
RIENTALE
THEATRE
"2′DAYSONLY-TO-DAY—TO-MORROW
WOMAN'S LOVE
BROUGHT HIM WITHIN THE SHADOW OF THE FIRING SQUAD;
THEE INGENUITY SAVED HIM.
BODY
SOUL
AND
THÈY CALLED HER A APT BOTTLES
CTURE
with
CHARLES FARRELL
and ELISSA
LANDI
directed by
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Nathan Boad, Kowloon Tel. 67222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
TIN GOD TO THE PUBLIC
BUT TO HER? ....
QUEENS THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m
HE'S MASTER OF HER MIND BUT NOT OF HER HEART!
JOHN
BARRYMORE
IN
SVENGALI
MARIAN
MARSH
ASTRILBY
Barrymore, at his besti With the sensational new star find he him self selected En-i acting the weird- est. drama of, woman's passion ever filmed! A thrill no fan can.
..resist!
ALSO CARTOON COMEDY-
NEXT: OHANGE
DARING! TIMELY!"
· ORIGINAL! Greater than a
Motion Picture
AMERICAN
ADNESS
with
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WALTER HUSTON.
Kay Johnson Constance Cummings.
Daring, Sensational, theme closest to everyon
diving you an inte *mate insight into conditions of present
די
America.
JOHN
None Knew Hi Secret, But She {and'the Man- He Threatened
to Hang!
BARRYMORE
In Drama Thar
Sweep Him from
STATE'S ATTORNEY
LENETWELVETRIIS- FOR MORDAMIA WILLIAMY Start) BOYD
STAR
TO DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
The Tense Thriller!
BEHIND the MASH"
TACK HOFT-
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