QUEENS THEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m
Thrills!
Love!
GILBERT "FAST WORKERS
with
ROMÉ EXPRESS IN THE U.S.
+1
TO BE SHOWN AT THE KING'S THEATRE
Sunday 25, Following upon its record break- ing reception in its country of ori- Kin Rome Express the Gaumont British super has now been acclaim-i ed in unique terms by the entire U.S. Press.
The following extracts from American reviews give convincing and vivid indication of the successį achieved in that country by the production.
scant salection They are but a from a long list of adulatory criti eisms. New York City "Mirror."
"It is a skilfully constructed. brisk and baffling mystery` pie- ture, admirably neted and produc ed, with greater finish than the most of the British films..."
Brooklyn, N.Y. "Eagle.". "...acclaimed as pue of the out- standing achievements of the Bri- tish studios. Such praise...was not unjustified, for Rome Express is indeed one of the superior talkies of the seas')}},"
New York City "News." "Here's
dramatic, actionfull picture the cleverest yet to reach here from England's shores."
New York City "Journal." Rome. Express on display at the New Roxy Theatre this week turns out to be excellent entertain- pat, surprisingly excellent...A thrilling, well contrived and ex- pertly acted and directed malo- drama."
New York City "Sum." - "On a par with the best Cali-
ROBERT ARMSTRONGfornia products."
MAE CLARKE
-NEXT CHANGE
SOCIETY GIRL SPIES ON.MOB TO SAVE LIFE
OF HER LOVER
THE
WISER SEX
A Paramount Picture
with
Claudette Colbert Melvyn Douglas Lilyan Tashman William Boyd.
New York City "American"
As fine a photoplay as the senson's screens have, seen."
'World Telegram," New York.
At lust there is an English pie- tare that one can welcome with rousing huzzahs.
Post," New Work,
"Not only. a sort of milestone in English film production, but one of the most entertaining shows off the season."
San Francisco "Examiner." "This unusual film discloses one of the most brilliant lents in di- rection I have ever seen...the most skilfully enacted and imaginative thing that has come here from the English studiqs."
"Washington Evening Star."
Rome Express...is the surprise picture of the year. "It is smouth, exciting, and roars along on its track to a sleek and satisfying climax..."
Washington Post." "Rome Express is excitingly and extravagantly superlative in its
very department."
"Philadelphia Public Ledger "A brilliant production is this so superbly executed, so completely removed from the cold lethargic unimaginative films, expertly di- dected, admirably acted picture."
TO-DAY AT THE
King's,
CINEMA
HONG KONG
Broadway Bad.". "Danzon and
Sisters'
the
Queen's.
"Fast Workers"
STAR
TO-DAY at 2.30, 6.30, 7.30 and 9,20
INITIAL SHOWINGS IN HONGKONG
Romance Lives in
His Flashing Smile!
Central.
Tell Me To-Night."
Oriental
7" Lifes Comedy
Picture).
KOWLOON
Star,
Gallant Cavalier!
Fuliant
"Gay Diplomat," Majestic,
Fighting,
Mani
8creen's
Newest
"Sensation !
VAN LEBEDE
Brought to Stardom by Insistent Popular Demand In Story of His Life!
GAY DIPLOMAT
GENEVIEVE TOBIN
BETTY
COMPSON
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933
FINAL. SHOWINGS,
TO-DAY År
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9,30 P.M.
KINGS THEATRE
HONGKOND'S FINES"
BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313
& 25932.
THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE IN THE COLONY A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION {
ON THE SCREEN
Cash in, Baby...
while you're ahead in this Broadway game. If you don't break it, Broadway will break you.
Fox Film Presents
BROADWAY BAD
with
JOAN BLONDELL RICARDO CORTEZ
Ginger Rogers, Victor Jory Adrienne Amos
Story by William R. Lipman and A. W. Fazet
Directed by SIDNTY SANFIELD
FOX
KING'S THEATRE
Garcia Sisters in New Programme
"BROADING BAD."'
pro.
#
are
Theatre in their "current
The dual attraction at the King's
gramme affords theatre-goers splendid opportunity of spending a delightful two hours. Buster Dun- ston and The Garcia Sisters presenting an entirely new pro- gramme of dance members, and the one which drew the most applause yesterday was the "Fast Song and Dance." It was one of the cleverest bit of combination tap-dancing seen in Hongkong for many a day.
rendered delightful musical support
The Peninsula Hotel's orchestra:
and also gave an excellent selec tion, while Al Baidwin" was alan, good.
Broadway Bad the film at- traction proved quite a nice story,
Blondell Featuring Joan.
and Ricardo Cortez, the film deals with the romance of a Broadway actress and shows how side by side with her. success, she nursed an infant who had to be kept out of the limelight. Quite a good theme with plenty of romance about it. The scenes "back-stage" with which the film abounda are some. Garcia thing of a novelty and the pro- gramme, taken on the whole, is one which no one can afford to miss.
(Chinese
"Madison Square Garden."
King's.
*COMING
The Golden West.' Rome Express."
Queen's.
"Wiser Sex" World.
"Skin Deep and Dumbbelle in
Ermine." Gay Diplomat.”
Central.
Cohens and Kellys in
Star..
Loose Ankles."
Oriental,
***Bád Girl,"
ON THE STAGE
AT 5.10, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M. ONLY
A COMPLETE CHANGE
OF PROGRAMME,
NEW DANCES. NEW COSTUMES. BUSTER DUNSON
&
THE GARCIA SISTERS
ALSO
́AL BALDWIN'
THE AMERICAN COLOURED
CROONER
IN
NEW SONGS. PRICES AS USUAL.
Joan Blondell, who plays the lead-
ing feminine role in "Broadway Bad"
the now For Film production, ̈ ́ IPA
KING'S THEATRE
+90-21
92-23-24
16
Broadway Bad."-
"Goldon West."
25-23-27-28 Rome Express."
户
CENTRAL THEATRE
Tell Me To-night."
"Cobang and Kellys in Trouble."
44
Secrets of the French Police."
The Half-naked Truth."
QUEEN'S 'THEATRE
21-24 Fast Workers."
CLOTHES MAKE THE
PICTURE
It is a proverb that women dress not to impress men, but to Im-
Esther Ralston Hugh Williams in press women.
"Rome Express.”
AUSTRALIA RAVES
*
TO-MORROW
A VAST THRILLING SPECTACLE
Only Zane Grey could have written this dra- matic story of two gener- ations of fighting Amer- ican pioneers Zane Grey's The
GOLDEN WEST
th
GEORGE O'BRIEN
Directed by DAVID HOWARD
FOX Pizze.
NEXT CHANGE AT THE CENTRAL
THE COHENS AND KELLYS
IN TROUBLE"
The Cohens and Kellys in Trou. ble" is a reamingly funny pic ture. When George Sidney and Charlie Murray get together you are sure of the laughter of a life- time. Sidney appears as, the mer- chant who always wanted to go to sea, making a ridiculous figure in a pea-jacket and striped sweater. while Murray is a tug boat captain. For the first time in the history of Universal's famous series, Sidney and Murray are presented without wives. Sidney is a bachelor, and Murray is a grass widower. Jobyna Howland-contributes her share in
side splitting comedy. Maureen O'Sullivia л Patrick Kelly's daughter does some excellent work, she is as winsome as ever in the róle of an Irish Colleen.
COMING TO THE KING'S THEATRE
ZANE GREYS
THE GOLDEN WEST " George O'Brien, Janet Chandler and Marion Burns play the leads in this Western Thriller. There is Do more popular actor than this handsome young man. He portrays the first dual role of his career in this production, and is the perfect type for both. Janet Chandler is beautiful blonde, has a carefully trained voice. Like George O'Brien she appears in a dual role. She is particularly effective in the scenes when she is held a terror-stricken prisoner in the Indian Settlement. Marion Burns has recently been in New York where she has played Heading role on the stage. These stars are supported by a powerful cast too numerous to mention here." The musical theme of the picture is Home Folks" which is sung and played in many of the sequëners; - | first by a négro chorus and later by
a group of pioneers.
"TELL ME TO-NIGHT”
FILM WITH A VERY PRETTY HEROINE
www.www
The heroine of "Tell Me To night" is an exceedingly pretty. Continental actress, Magda Schnei der. Although only nineteen years of age she is a very well-known artist, having appeared in several. successful' plays and popular Ger- man films. It is interesting to note that prior to her appearance in the British film version ot
"Tell Me To-night" Magda Schneider could not speak one word of English, yet in this film her enunciation is excellent. She is a most natural actress, putting over, her part of the saucy heroine, with whom the great singer, Ferraro, is in love, with a partness that is fascinating in the extreme.
Dark-haired, and brown-eyed, possessor of flashing white teeth, An infectious smile and saucy dim ples, Magda Schneider is destined to become exceedingly popular with British filmgoers. "Tell Me To night" is having its final run at the Central Theatre to-day, an aonishing mixture of romance, comedy and singing, eet against a luckground of beautiful Switzer- land, this picture has never been bettered."
FAST WORKERS": A JOHN GILBERT - -
FILM
SHOWING TO-DAY AT QUEEN'S THEATRE
Brrr! The gun in the hands .of John Gilbert splattered forth its spray of sound. It wasn't the grim-jawed John Gilbert fighting for his life in The Big Parade" this time. It was a John Gilbert in overalls, standing nonchalantly on a narrow girder of the thwes of a rising skyscraper. The gun in his hands was a riveter's gun- a trip hammer.
Here was the thrilling moment of Gilbert's now starring picture, "Fast Workers," to be shown to- day at the Queen's Theatre Robert Armstrong, as his buddy, "Bucker? Riley, was going to push him off the skyscraper.
CENTRAL
CHEATRE
TAKK QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND' BUS:
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Thoatre Tel. 25720.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
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THE FIRST OF THE GAUMONT-BRITISH- OF A PRODUCTIONS.
A PRESENTATION TO BE PROUD OF!
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JÁN KIEPURA
TELL ME
TO-NIGHT
SONNIE HALE = MAGDA SCHNEIDER EDMUNE GWENN. ATHEHE SEYLER
PAÍS ANATOL LITWANK
BOOK YOUR SEATS EARLY!
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
THEY'RE BACK AGAINY FUNNIER THAN EVER!
SIDNEY MURRAY,
COHENS KELLYS. „TROUBLE"
MAUREEN
with
O'SULLIVAN
A Universal Comedy
On The Same Programme
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XI Appears For The First Time
On The Talking Screen In
From a tiny platform above, The VOICE of the
Director Tod Browning was train- ing two cameras on the scene. There must not be a single mishap -the scene could only be shot once. For all the precautions taken, the risk was too great. Hence the two cameras, where space ordinarily Ав was convenient for only one. the scene" proceeded, the coolant member of the whole troupe was Gilbert himself Armstrong, Vince.
Conrad Veidt in Rome Express." Barnett, Warner Richmond Sterl
SOMETHING ABOUT. MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
ing Holloway, and Robert Burns. -fellow workerson, the skyscraper were visibly nervous. So, too, was Mae Clarke, the girl in the cast.
He's Ualm Under Fire.
Not that Gilbert, inwardly was without
Bat out qualm, ย
VATICAN
Reverently Handled Intimate Highlights
Of Scenes
Iaside & Outside Of St. Petera Church See Mussolini, King Victor Emmanuel, Marconi and others. A Universal Single
Beel Feature.
DO YOU KNOW ?
That George Raft once was mass
Maureen O'Sullivan,' vivacious wardly he is one of the most com- Irish beauty who supplies the love posed of all screen players under And the film industry agrees. interest in The Cohens and Kellys fire. At the most hazardous mo- Film actresses wear stunning en-
was discovered in ments he can maintain a semblance cot for the New York Yankees and somebles not so much to set the male in Trouble" half of the audience a flutter, but Dublin while driving out one even of perfect calm. Even balancing later played professional baseball 1 That, although Zasu Pitts mado ing by Frank Burzage, who was himself high up on a steel girder to interest the féminine half.
Women closely watch how an ac- looking for a landing Indy for John for the big scene in "Fast Work-ber first screen his as a tragedienne ne, she has played nothing but OVER CAVALCADE" / tress is dressed. They talk about McCormick in "Song of My ore," he gave this impression.
the costumes worn, and frequent Heart." Maureen had never acted For one of the scents in Fast comedy for the past three years?
That Sylvia Bidney dislikes all Sydney: Cavalcade" is off to ly they recommend a picture to before, but made a decided hit in Workers" he had a souffle in a what is certain to be a sensational therr friends on this basis. And that production. She is 18 years speakeasy with two burly waiters card games, but will play back- career in Australia. It has been there is no question of the infruen of age and laments the fact that and a policeman. When they fin- gammon for hours? -
she has never had a chance to wear ally tossed him into the street That Richard Arlem once had” Trouble." running six weeks. There is not the oe of motion pictures tant factors the latest styles In the Cohen his assailants were in complete dis live on fourteen cente
slightest doubt from the way tho. The six most important picture has been received that it in the making of picture are the and Kellys In Trouble" she wears array. All Gilbert had to do was locking for work in Holl
That Fredric Tha will be an all-time grower. The story, the performance of the playboy's clothes. However any girl can straighten his tie and comb his critics raved about it, and the ere, the direction; the photography, wear beautiful clothes but it takes hair. There is no conscious effort campus comedian and public has beer storming the doors the sound recording and the style an O'Sullivan to look beautiful in od his part to be fastidipun. He dance exp
pants and a sweater. of women's clɔthing."
was just born like that. over since the opening.
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