CENTRAL
THEATRE
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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
AUTHENTIC! ENTERTAINING! EVERY MAN.. WOMAN & CHILD FROM 6 TO 60 WILL SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!
jungles and the frozen waste- lands to give you this thrill of a lifetime!
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933
SHOWING MA
HONGKONG'S FINEST GENERA
King's,
Queen's.
TO-DAY
A Passport to Hell.”
"Madame Butterfly.".
Central.
AT 5.10 and 3.80 P.M. ONLY
Explorers of the World."
Oriental,
Star.
Life's Comedy" 4th Episode
(Chinese Picture).
KOWLOON
Song O My Heart."
Majestic.
World.
Robbers Roost."
"Bridge of San Luis Rey,"
King's.
COMING
"State Fair."
Queen's.
"Madison Square Gardon.”
Central.
Afraid to Talk."
Star.
J
*Innocents of Chicago,"
World.
Temple Tower."
American Madness,"
*W. Plan"
"Wet Parudio "
SEX
COLOR white
female twenty-one OCCUPATIONten known DESTINATIONŸnknown
ACT..
A PASSPORT TO HELL
Elissa
Paul
LANDI · LUKAS
WARNER OLAND MOM ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Story by Harry Harvey
MEN WITHOUT HOKOUR AND WOMEN WITHOUT KOPE IN A WEIRD ROMANCE OF THE TROPICS.
AT 11 AM, 2.30 and 7.18 P.M. ONLY
'CITY MORNINGS
WITH
*This Modern Age."
Oriental,
Men dafed the perils of the
** Igloo.”*
CANTON CINEMAS
JUANITA
WANG
AND
MISINT
RASPIN PRODUCTIONS WILDEST ADVENTURES
EVER FILMED S
EXPLORERS WORLD
OF
THE
BIRICTED
HAROLD NOICE
Brought to you
from the jaws of death by
FAMOUS EXPLORERS!
HAROLD MOCRACKEN Siberian-Arctic Expedition.
GENE LAMB Tibet Expedition. JAMES L. CLARK African Expedition. Lt. Com. J. B.
STENHOUSE Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
LAURENCE M. GOULD Byrd Antarctic Expedition. HAROLD NOICE Brazil Expedition.
SUNDAY
AT 5.15 and 9.30 P.M. ONLY
THE SEASON'S DRAMATIC SENSATION
ERIC LINDEN SIDNEY FOX
IN
AFRAID TO TALK
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
AT 12.80, 230 & 7.15 P.M.
ADJUDGED THE BEST CHINESE TALKIE”.
MISS BUTTERFLY WU
"THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY"
WITH ENGLISH
SUB-TITLES.
Chung Wah Theatre.
"Hot Popper."
Sua Wah Theatre,
"Symphony."
Wing Hon.
“Island of 'Lost Souls,""
Pearl Theatre.
"Faithicas. +
Tai Tak Theatre,
"Business aud Pleasure."
KAO CHIEN
ΓΕΙ
UNITED
PHOTOPLAY
SERVICE
PICTURE
A CHINESE PICTURE WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT.
MOVIE NEWS
·Pictures In Hong Kong
A PASSPORT TO
HELL
ELISSA LANDI, THE
CHARMING STAR
There is one outstanding screen actress who has never permitted success to go to her head. Elissa
Landi.
She lives with her mother, Coun tess Zanardi-Landi, in a comfort, able," but not expensive home over looking the Pacific Ocean and keeps much to herself, seldom appearing at any public or private function though she sees all the best pic tures and is a regular attendant at the theatre.
One of her favorite partimes is analyzing acting. She likes to sit
EXPLORERS OF THE
WORLD"
ADVENTURES IN STRANGE LANDS
•
STATE FAIR"
SALLY EILERS IN A
LEADING ROLE
BOOKING AT THE
THEATRE
TEL. 25313 &-26332.
· STARTS SUNDAY
FROM THE HEART OF AMERICA comes this deeply human drama of the romance ..... excitement. gaytty.
· adventures encountered at the State Fair by an American family.
JANET
WILL
GAYNOR ROGERS
LEW
SALLY
AYRES EILERS
NORMAN MA
LOUISR
FOSTER DRESSER
FRANK
VICTOR
CRAVEN' JORY
HENRY KING
PRODUCTION
STATE
FAIR
LINH TRONG
FOX
cused her of being high hat, and probably no one ever will. While she is as enthusiastic about her career as a youngster just out of school, success apparently has not inflated her ego in the slightest.
Like Janet Gaynor, the other romantic heroine of "State Fair” What sort of girl is Sally Eilers? Miss Eilers is a simon-pure product Well, to begin with, she is a good of the screen. Shortly after her Book, and likes to prepare bath
graduation from Fairfax High plain and fancy dishes. Waf- Bles, however, are her
School in Hollywood she visited supreme the Mack Sennett studios with her culinary achievement. They are friend, Carole Lombard. Fate, ap- crisp and brown and fluffy, and i are her own creation from the parently having elected her as one mixing of the butter to the tend of its favorites, landed her direct
ly in Sennett's vision just when ing of the iron,
he was trying to fill a role sudden- ly left vacant. Sally got the part and a contract.
She is fond of good clothes and axpert at designing them. She ales likes to new, although she leaves the making of her own gowns to the dressmakers.
Like many another illustrious graduats of the Sennett school Miss Eilers has gone on to stardom. She rides and dances expertly, is It was her work in Fox Film's more than fair at tennis, enjoys "Bad Girl" that lifted her to the golf and gets a thrill out of play-top bracket where she stands to
!day. ing polo. Roughing it in a moun- tain camp is one of her chief de- lights and she isn't afriad to handle, the controls of a speeding airplane, although she has yet to make her first solo flight.
Harold Noice, Director of the motion picture "Explorers of the World," now showing at the Cen- tral Theatre, has led a life of high adventure on land and sea. He once
ailed away presumably on a su mer cruise to the Arctic, and did not return to civilization for six fears. Part of this time, he spent exploring the islands of the Arctic Ocean for the Canadian Govern- ment, then he turned himself into beauty who carries the feminine Further than that, the browneyed an ethnologist and lived for three years with the famous blond Eski-half of one of the two roman- mos on Southeastern Victoria land, ces in Fox Film's all-star picture, living in the snow houses in the "State Fair," is the sort that in a theatre and watch a perform winter and travelling over the makes friends easily. And once ance, and afterwards decide tandra with them in the summer, tabe acquires them, she never losses what element of the production He was shipwrecked twice, and them. stirred her, what made her laugh was once sentenced to death for or what made her cry. This she breaking an Eskimo tabu. He has calls studying technique knowing! flown from Egypt across the de what it's all about and proving an serte of Irak, and over the moun- instinct to be right.
tains to Teheran, the capital of Miss Landi dislikes to talk about Persia, to pay his respects to His herself or her accomplishments, Imperial Majesty, Reza
Shab preferring to have them speak for Palavi, King of Persia. He has themselves. Whatever measure of led a number of expeditions to the success she has enjoyed on the stage jungles of South America. of the soreen or by her literary In the picture he tells the story efforts she has earned by hard of his journey by dugout canoe work.
through the foaming cataracts of She objects, too, to being com- the river to study the ethnology of pared with other actresses. She has the wild Tariano Indians on the personality all her own and is headwaters of the Amazon in North- ready to rise or fall as her indi western Brazil. vidual efforts dictate. She has, nò
desire to be classed as a recluse
or to be known ne, a woman of my-
stery. She merely insists on liv these tots and has done her share. ing her own quiet life and to en- to make happy.
joy the comforts of her home. In "A Passport To Hell,"
On the motion picture set, when romantic drama, which is now her presence is not required before showing at the King's Theatre, the camera, she usually spends her Miss Lendi `portrays the role of a time writing letters or working on woman who marries a young army tbook. Again she may be seen officer who, following the wedding, chatting, with an electridian, leaves her alone in an African carpenter, a hair dresser, 'n make, village on the edge of the jungle up man or a designer of some of while he goes on a mission that the gowns she wears on the screen takes him lay into the interior. all important parsons any motion Then into her life comes another. picture craftsmanship,
Perfect democracy is one of the secret of her ability to win and hold friends No one ever has, ac-
-4 SHOWS
BOULY *2.30–615
7.15–1.20)
1
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TO-DAY
(Maya).
(V Moon 2nd Day). Ascension Day, Holy Thursday. British Empire Fair, Peninsula Hotal, Kowloon.
Lammert's Sale of Household. Furniture, 30, Humphreys Build- ings, Kowloon, 10.30 a.m.
Claims in the Estate of Gabriel John Spink, late of 11, Wanchai" Road, due.
Gala Night, Peninsula Hotel," Rose Room.
Meetings.
William Powell, Ltd., 0, Des Vœux Road Centrálí 11,00 8.m.
China Underwriters, Ltd., Hourg Kong Bank Building, noon.
Canton Insurance Office, Ltd., Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Offices (Annual and Extraordinary), noon and 12.15 p.m. respectively... Theosophical Society, 6 p.m.
...,Theatres, Central: "Explorers of tho
World."
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Queen's: Madame Butterfly." King's: A Passport to Hell." Oriental: "Life's Comedy." World: "Bridge of San Luis
Rey
Star: Song O'My Heart." "Majestic: "Robbers' Roost,"
Dances.
Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel: Gloucester Building; and King's Restaurant.
Dinner Dances at Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels; and King's Restaurant
Sports. Billiards: Garrison League: Small Units r. Lincolns; Royal Engineers RAM.C.; South Wales Borderers ». Royal Artillery. Lawn Bowls-Open Champion- chip: J. Fraser v. J. M. Jack; G. H. Sherriff r. A. S. Gomes (Kow."" loon C.C: green), 3.20 p.m.
Lawn Tennis:--Hong Kong Área League: Kowloon Section, Hong Kong S.R.A. F. 20th Battery, Royal Artillery; Hong Kong Section, RAS.C. 12th Battery, Royal Artillery,
Water Polo: Y.M.C.A.. South China, 6. p.m.
Sunrise: -40 à.m.; Sunset: 7.01 p.m.
Tides-High at 920 and 23.27 ; Low at 2.32 and 18.31.
NIPPON'S IMPERIAL
· THEATRE DIRECTOR SELECT COSTUMES
director of the Imperial Theatre, in Costumes chosen for her by the
Tokyo, are won by Sylvia Sidney in the modernised screen version of the popnir love story, "Madame Butterfly." which commences to-day at the Queen's Theatre.
Miss Sidney plays the role of a luigh born Japanese girl in the pic- ture. To guarantee authenticity in her wardrobe, the director of the Tokyo Theatre was requested to choose the proper costumes.
He selected four complete changes for her tea gown, a street robe, ceremonial and geisha, costumes.
Two ceremonial fans, exquisitely: painted, are also carried by Miss Sydney in the picture. They are personal gifts to her from Sadako. Kitajima, one of the leading In. "State Fair," coming to the actresses with the Imperial Theatre. King's Theatre on Sunday next. Miss Eilers plays the role of, tho-Sun, the Japanese girl enacted It is with the love affair of Cho- Anshy trapeze artist who attracts a farm boy into his first love ex- perfence.
Norman Foster plays the role the star who makes love to Janet opposite her, and Lew Ayres is
Gaynor.
Other stars of "State Fair are Will Rogera, Frank Crayan, Louis Dresser and Victor Jory. Henry King directed the production, which is based on the Literary Guild prize novel by Phil Stong...
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"the terrific bantlaş
and a furculous polar bears which Isi abour to devour
#the glit he tausta. man and for the first time in her
Recently on location where Alife she inde real love. How des- Passport To Hell" was made, Misa tiny works, oat ber problem forms Landi found delight in studying at the basis for what is said to be close range some of the negro child of the most interesting filme ren who furnished atmosphere in to reach, the soreen in many months the. African sot interested in, the, Supporting Ming Land is a cast children she encountered that notables, tant includes Paul orphanage ab⠀
anford Lakaa, Alexander Kirkland, War "Wicked were
nor Olahd Donald Criap and Earlo times since
Foxa. The pic Was directed by (Contine
rank Lloyd
IGLOO
Miss Sidney, and the young Anectican naval officer, played by Cary Grant, that "Madame Butter- fly concerns itself,
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