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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1933-
MADAME BUTTER AT THE QUEEN'S
FLY"
TO-MORROW. AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE
This is proclaimed one of the '30 outstanding films of 1932. If you wish to see something worth while do not miss this picture. It is a romance of a Japanese Geisha girl. and an American sailor. Sylviä Sidney plays the lending role nud is supported by Cary Grant, San- dar Kallay, Irving Pichell, Helen Jerome, and Charlie Ruggles.
The Story In Short,
Madame Butterfly is the story of the touching love affair between a Japanese girl, and a young Ame- rican officer stationed in the city where she lives. Cary Grant, a sensational newcomer to the screen. plays the latter role, with Charlie Ruggles furnishing comedy angles. The film is based on the true love story of a beautiful Japanese Geisha girl.
Costly Courting.
Japanese swains seldom tak their girls to the theatre. The rea- san:-They would have to take the whole family with them. This statement was made by Michio Ito.. the Japanese actor, who was techni- | cal advisor on production. During courtship he explained "young Japanese" couples are never felt alone. They do not get a moment of privacy until after the marringe ceremony.
.. RED DUST
Final showing of this picture starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable.
SYLVIA SIDNEY as the appears in Paramount's "Madama Butter- By" commencing to-morrow
at the Queen's.
HEATHER ANGEL IN BERKELEY SQURAE
LIZARDS, SPIDERS AND TARANTULAS!
ALL PART OF EXOTIC ATMOSPHERE IN "RED DUST "
The spot on the globe where housewives have the most trouble to keep their domiciles in order has been discovered by the research department at the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer studios,
RADIO STARS SIGNED FOR
NEW PRODUCTION.
LUXURIES AT THE CINEMA
Opera glasses for short-sighted Almgoers may be provided in a London cinema sharily. The idea might enable ardent patrons of the synthetic drama to see anything they feel they are missing from the
Srd
row. The management pro poses to fit the equipment from the tenth row back, buying something like 900 glasses for the purpose. As in the theatre, the luxuries will cost sixpence a time. Matches, ci garettes, earphones, chocolates, and other things can already be obtain- ed on the same principle, so the cinemas of the future should be very bright places indeed.
Rudy Vallee, Cab Calloway, and Baby Rose Marie have been signed for Paramount's International House featuring Peggy Hopkins | Joyce, Stuart Erwin, W. C. Fields and many others. This picture is! highly recommended.
that would be encountered during housecleaning were found to be This area was found to exist near lizards, tarantulas, spider monkeys, Cochin, China, which serves a black spiders, and a choice coller locale for Red Dust," the production of snakes, All of these items tion in which Clark Gable and of authentic plantation atmos Jean Harlow are co-starred, and phere" are included in sete of the showing at the Queen's Theatre. For one slight item of household picture through which Cable, Miss Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary disaster are the fierce storms that Astor, Donald Crisp and other blow almost daily, raising huge members of the cast go warily! dust clouds over a large part of through their action." Indo-China. Layers of dirt almost an inch thick are left after the Victor Fleming, who recently terrible "winds.
scored with his fine work on "The "Choice household companions. Wet Parade" for M-G-M, directed (0outemand dit font af next Column] the tropical drama..
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WILL ROGERS, JANET GAYNOR, LEW AYRES.
NORMAN FOSTER
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which The Lancet," one of
WHEN PEGGY HOPKINS CURLED HER OWN HAIR
Haste innkes business for the doctor, Peggy Hopkins Joyce has learned and the lesson was painful. Miss Jayce endeavouring to cut down "over head" during the eight- week salary reduction pöried, tried to curl her own hair, and accident ly burned her left check with the electric curling iron. The burn prevented her applying make up for Paramount International House" for several days.
FAN TAKES HAT OFF AND SENDS IT TO DE MILLE
A felt hat, unwrapped and car- rying only a mailing tog attached to its brim, was received by Cecil dies. It was sent to the Director B. Demille at the Paramount Stu-
by a movie fan who stated in his message that he had seen the "sign of the cross" five times and herewith take off my hat to you,"
A FILM ACTRESS AT 90! The oldest actress in England is playing in the religious 6lm, "I Our Time." She is ninety years
old:
Her name is Horatia Nelson, and she is the great-grand-niece of Britain's sea hero. She has played 950 parts and she has brought up eight children.
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I'd have worn better if I hadn't had to bring them up through two wars on nothing," she said to a Daily Express representative.
"I remember only one time when film work got me a bit dizzy. That was when I had to smoke a pipe- ful of strong tobacco for two hours solid in. "Maid of the Mountains.'
SALLY EILERS
THE TWO FAIRS
YOU SHOULD NOT.
MISS
PASSPORT TO HELL THE BRITISH
Elissa Landi, supported by a cust that includes such favourites a Paul Lucas, Alexander Kirkland." Warner Oland, Earle Fox and Donald Crisp comes to the King's theatre on May the 28th. The scones for this picture are laid in tropical Africa. It is the story of
EMPIRE FAIR
AT THE
a man who falls in love with the PENINSULA HOTEL
wife of his best friend. As the wifs Elissa Landi handles the situation most creditably. Desir- ed by all, but undesired by one, they dare to love, defying conven- tionalities. A fine melodrama. Hounded from one tropical part to another, she struck hack at her persecutors with the only weapon she had her sex.
ALSO
STATE FAIR
A FEW FACT ABOUT THE OMMENCING SUNDAY
PLAYERS
Elissa Laadi is the daughter of Countess Zanardi-Landi of Aus tria.
:
Paul Lucas was born on a train just as it entered the city limits of Budapest, Hungary.
Warner Oland never played a sympathetic role until he appeared in "Charlie Chan.”
Elisan Landi went on the stage. in England in order to secure first hand material for a novel and a play she was writing. She is a talented - musician, and an expert dancer, a widely read novelist and an accomplished horsewoman.
"I often get up at four in the; morning and walk to the station-A"
a couple of miles-to be on the set. at Ealing ready to be made up by, 7.13. Acer I had been in bed with du for two weeks I stood
BREAK " FOR SOMEONE
Some lucky girl is to get a real. about in pouring rain for two Joyca has persuaded
screen" "break" Peggy Hopkins nights in Soldiers of the King,officials to permit lier to
Paramount select and it didn't hurt me a scrap.”
ORIENTAL EYELASHES
HOW THEY DIFTER FROM
THE EUROPEAN'S
curve
from the extrag who will work in "International House," her first talkie, some young player for a "bit" role...
"I'm going to select some girl from the extras and Paramount officials have promised to give my choice in small role and more im- portant things later if he or she Do you know that Oriental eye. inakes good." she says. "I WAS inward instead of given my first start in this way by lashes
V. G. Fields.”' outward ne ours do?
Paramount make-up men dis- covered that when they began making up the cast for "Madame Butterly," featuring Sylvia Sid-
ty, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles The position of eyelashes, the and Irving Pichel, which comes to make-up men discovered, gives the the Queen's Theatre to-morrow. eye an entirely different appear The Japanese actors, they found, ance, the converging lashes produc had eyelashes that converged To- ing a greater shadow, This dis ward each other at the tips, while covery enabled them to give the the American actors in the produc American actors playing Japanese tion had the conventional occidental roles the amazing Orientar Jike- lashes that spread wider from the nesses that have drawn mach
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