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TO-DAY ONLY
THEY'RE BACK AGAIN! FUNNIER THAN EVER!
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HONG KONG
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.
King's..
The Golden West." Danson and the Sisters."
Garcia
Queen's.
AT £15 & 9.30 P.M. TWO SHOWS
"Fast Workers "
Central,
Cohens and Kellys in
Trouble." The Voice of the Vatican." Oriental,
"Bad Girl.".
KOWLOON
Star.
Loose Ankles." Majestic.
A Passport to Hell."
COMING
A Universal Comedy
King's.
Rome Express."
Queen's.
On The Same Programme
Chade
SIDNEY MURRAY
COHENS KELLYS TROUBLE"
with
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XI" Appears For The First Time On The Talking Screen In
The VOICE of the VATICAN
Reverently
Handled.
Intimate
Highlights
OL Scenes
Inside & Outside Of St. Peter's Church. See Mussolini, King Victor Emmanuel, Marconi and others. A Universal Single Reel Feature.
D
AT 12.80, 2.30 & 7.16 P.M.
Miss BUTTERFLY WO
IN
"THE CURRENT"
411
TO-MORROW
Played Across Two Con- tients... From Paris Boulevards to Manhat tan'a Pent Houses. .
Lily
Damita
Tantalizing Tempestuous
In Laughter and Heartache.
Ever Glamorous, In Vibrant Drama 41. Sumptuous
Settings
The Woman Between
(Madame JULIE)
With LESTER VAIL. ... O. P. HEGGIE. Directed by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER. An RKO RADIO Picture
WOMENE This Produc tion Reveals Newest Paris.
Styles for
1952
"Wiser Sex."
World.
A Lady's Profession.
**Bat Whisper.".
Recaptured Love."
Loose Ankles."
Central.
Star,
The Woman Between.""
(Madame Julie).
Viennese Night.".
High Stakes.”
Oriental.
The Black Camel."
A certain failure of nerve, sim- lar to that which overtook the later Homan Empire and led to the crushing State regulations of Diocletian, appears to be affecting nost governments, including our own at the present moment.-The Rt. Hon. II. A. L. Fisher,.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1933
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
AT
2.80, 5.10, 7.13
& 9.30 F.M.
THEATRE
SHONGKONGS FINEST WAA
BOOKING AT THE
THEATRE
TEL. 25313
& 25332.
"THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE IN THE COLONY
A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION 1
TO-MORROW
ON THE SCREEN
ON THE STAGE-
AT 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. ONLY A THIRD COMPLETE CHANGE
OF PROGRAMME.
The Film
of the
#
year
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
GEORGE O'BRIEN
· Directed by DAVID HOWARD
FOX Picture
Pictures In Hong Kong
ANKLE CLOSEUP. ' OF MAE CLARKE
AN AMUSING SHOT" IN "FAST WORKERS **
THE GOLDEN
WEST."
ZANE GREY ROMANCE AT THE KING'S
a
NEW DANCES-
NEW COSTUMES.
BUSTER DUNSON
&
THE GARCIA SISTERS
ווי.
ALSO AL BALDWIN
THE AMERICAN COLOURED CROONER IN
NEW SONGS.
CLAUDETTE COLBERT'S
POPULARITY
HUGE FAS MAIL
the press
Her moreorately agented screen sisters will speak of their "big" fan mail with reserva- tions, or in a whisper, while they are within range of Claudette Col- bert for several weeks to come.
Screenland's most unscandalized”
ROME
ESTHER RALSTON CONRAD VEIDT Harold Huth Cedric Hofricke
•Joan Barry. Gordon Harker Donald &lihrob Frank Vosper
DIRECTED
WALTER FORDE
"A FINE BRITISH TALKIE.
LAS GOOD AS 'GRAND HOTEL","
THE PEOPLE.
THE WOMAN
BETWEEN"
LILY DAMITA FILM AT CENTRAL
“DON QUIXOTE” AS A FILM
CHALIAPINE AND GEORGE ROBEY
[Special Air-Hall Service)
LONDON, May 30
The immortal story of Don Quixote, as directed by G. W. Pabat, with Chaliapinë as the Knight and George Robey as San- cho Panza, makes a signally mov- ing film, which will be shown at the Adelphi Theatre on and after Monday next. Seldom, if ever, has more beautiful photography than that of Nicolas Farkas been seen in any picture, and the whole spirit of the period has been wall caught and maintained. Some of Pabst's greatest work is in this film. Indeed.
"Don Quixote falls little short of being a picture of genius.
Inevitably, Chaliapine has the heaviest task of all, His dominat- ing, dynamic personality had to be carefully subjugated as the Knight of the Mournful Countenance. It
is impossible to believe this, Don. Quixote mad. But it is possible. to believe that all the woes of the human race rest on his shoulders. In other words. Chaliapius con firms what we already knew. He is one of the world's great actors. George Roboy is an excellent foil. He has few lines of humour, but he has carefully built up his char acterisation like a real artist.
The main trouble with this film is that it too often gives the im- pression of being an English ver- sion. Neither the dialogue nor the editing are up to the level of the acting or the direction. Chatin- pine's sccent is not always easy to understand, and throughout, even when he is singing, the sound is not up to hormal standards, al- though the noise of the windmills was eerily effective.
Still, this is a film of great be auty, to be seen and enjoyed by everybody. And, what a grand
story it is!
CAR THEFTS REVELATION
STOLEN IN NEW YORK,
SOLD IN SINKIANG · ·
AND PERSIA
NEW YORK, June 10. Somewhere along the bumpy roads of distant Sinkiang there rides a Chinese general in a re- plendent de luxe limousine that once belonged to the wife of a That flaming lady of Hollywood, State Senator from New York. In Lily Damita, springs a new one a tiny corner of the cars powerfully calculated to set up loud yowls of whirring motor is stamped a num- protest from both men and women, ber that figured in a trial of four She announces emphatically that automobile thieves here yesterday, tion of love for the last million shipping company employee, these According to the testimony of a everyone's been wrong on the defini.
years when they declared that wo-four individuals engaged in the The ankle closeup ". is one George O'Brien experiences
men are ruled by their hearts and lucrative practice of stealing only photographic angle that an entire number of "Arst times in Zane beauty, who appears in the "Wiser men by their heads.
the finest limousines and selling production staff likes to concen- Grey's "The Golden West, his Sex" at the Queen's Theatre to the glamorous Lily, who is to be generals in far distant corners of It's just the opposite," claims them forthwith to potentates and trate on in a talking picture latest Fox picture now playing atmorrow received at the Paramount studio.
the King's Theatre.
New York studio during produc- the Central Theatre.
seen on the screen on Sunday at the globe. This limousine and three This difficult camera
"Most wo-others went to Sinking. Six tilt was He portrays the first dual rete tion of this feature, a Christmas men are guided by an alert, reason others were sold in Teheran, the used to photograph the nether ex-of his career and this picture marks Card some ten feet in girth, tremities of Maé Clarke' as
ing instinct when it comes to mar-capital of Persia. she the first time he has ever been walked across a room to meet John killed" in a production.
When the number was disclosed, The unusual card, expressing the ringe, while men-the foolish cren- Like-
propelled appreciation of a group of Cintures are Gilbert in Fast Workers, his wise he wears his first moustache cinnati admirers for a Santa Claus thumping hearts and aroused sense be the property of the wife of State by their the Sinkiang car was discovered to new starring vehicle for the Metro in a talking picture and, further who was thoughtful enough to put over the sight of lovely faces and Senator Hastings of New York Goldwyn-Mayer studios now at the than this, for the initial time in Claudatte in their "movie sock figurea Queen's Theatre.
City: The car was stolen in Brook- his career, he appears in the garbing," came in a large envelope, When a girl sets her cap for slyn, N.Y. on June 90, 1932. of an Indian chief. Director Tod Browning and the
The Golden West" tells the colourfully lined, sealed, and bear man her brains are working at top cameraman watched Miss Clarke's feet vary closely to make sure that story of a romance that was halted a large two-cent stamp pro- spoed under that cap. even if the This arouses his spirit of conquest. perly cancelled. After & proper usually goes after him by pretend. He redoubles his effort and finally she did not step out of the camera! by a family feud but which was exhibition to studio associates, Mising to run away
rekindled in the succeeding genera Colbert hore her card home for the
wing her against great "odds.” focus while the electrical stuff care tion.. O'Brien and Janet Chandler, approval of her mother, engaging of a man's decision: Generally it is women, Miss Damita finds that it
Marriage is seldom the outcome
Despite this reaming superiority of fully gauged the amount of light whe portray the leading parts, play in subdued soliloquy of plan the woman who forces the man into is a natural law. A woman, she to clearly outline her shoes from dual rales, a lapse of 20 years se the floor. A slight movement one
and fancy private "cussin," which love.
persons.
She decides that she must ergats
way or another was enough to carry / Parating their romantic adventures is the accustomed Colbert method the impression' that she is very. The cast also includes such well of registering delight at any aur the actress through the tiny scene, known favorites as Marian Burns prise perpetrated by unidentified
Many other unusual camera ang who come to picture from the les were used on this production New York stage, Arthur Pierson with breath-taking views from the Bett Hanlon, Emmett Corrigan, The star's holiday fan mail clock top of skyscrapers seventy and Edmun Breese, Onslow Stevens and ed forty-two countries off the world eight stories in height. The pro- Julia Swayhe Goordon. David
map, including " remembrances not duction staff was carried
Howard, who has been particular-only from the Scandinavian pro- ly successful in transferring out-vincee, but from Siam as well. door romances to the screen, direct-
tiny platform swung by cables from one girder to obtained the thrilling scenes.
.
An unusually strong cast appears with Gilbert and Miss Clarke in- cluding Robert Armstrong, Muriel Kirkland and Vince Barnett,
ed the picture. “.
ROME EXPRESS'
BRITAIN'S SUPER FILM SHOWING TO-MORROW
gives ouch of them a very good chance. Of course, the Teadora shine particularly, but it can cer- tainly be said that each part haa bean given very careful considera- tion and a bright star found to in photography, acting, story and fill it.
Brilliant in technique, brilliant
everything else you look for in a "Rome Express” is a film in super film "Rome Express" throws which every Britisher, should de- light. It is a triumph for Eng. land, as well as for director, stars and Gaumont-British.
"Roma Express," which will be shown at the King's Theatre Sunday,
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desirable. How does she do this By being very coy. She plays on his vanity and makes it appear that she is the reluctant victim of his ardent pursuit.
"When he proposes for the first time she is shy and difficent (Continued on yext Column)
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YOU'LL LOVE THIS PICTURE! It's Fast, Snappy, Full Action-
AMES DUNN
the gauntlet down to America and and plenty of comedy. casts a deep shadow over every pre- viens British effort. The first great super from the new.. Gaumont- British Studios, it fulfills every opening of the Studios and ranks promise made by Gaumont at the
Walter Forde as one of the world's few first-rate directors
To merely mention the cast: Esther Halston, Conrad Voidt, Cadric Hardwicke, Joan Barry, Harold Hub Gordop Harker, Donald Calthrop, Muriel Aked, Eliot Malcebam, Frank Vospers Finlay Currie and Hugh Williams, To describe their various roles and the brilliance with which they in terpret them would be too long a job they are superb
Walter Forde hus handled his material in a masterly manner in dead. Each of these players are made the most of in a story that (Continued on previous colauma.j
ILERS
AD GIR
TO-MORROW.
AND MONDAY
THE BEST OF ALL DETECTIVE PICTURES Mysterious! Thrilling
Romantic !
Exciting E
BLACK
CAMEL
WARNER OLAND
Brilliant CHARLIE CHAN
solves a South Steel
Beas murder.
states, wants to be courted "firmly."
QUEENS TRAN
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
Thrills!
Love!
GILBERT "FAST WORKERS
with
ROBERT ARMSTRONG MAE CLARKE
·TO-MORROW
SOCIETY GIRL SPIES ON MOB
TO SAVE LIFE
OF HER LOVER
THE
WISER SEX
A Gartenment Pict
with Claudette Colbert Melvyn Douglas Lilyan Tashman William Boyd.
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WARNIE DIAND ALEXANDIR KUKLAND Mary by Marry Merwe)
FOX PICTURE
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LOOSE ANKLES
Mix-up of Mirth and Marry-ment
Adapted from play by Bam
Janney.
ORETTA YOUNG and
DOUG FAIRBANKS,
18e Fazenda. lan, Eddie. N
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