CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'A RD., WESTHOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons
Tand the Theatre Tel. 25720.
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.90, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
HE'S IN THE ARMY! A MILLION LAUGH'S!
LEE
TRACY
—in his most brifilant role ... as the wise-cracking, discipline-hating soldier- son-brother whom only his mother understood.
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With GLORIA STUART, Donald Cook, Enna Dunn, Shirley Gray,* Frank McHugh, Russeļi Gleason, Walter Catlett Story by Rickard Schayer. Adapted by Samuel Spaweck, Salla Cohen, George Jassal. Produced by Carl Laemmin, Jr. Directed by Russell Mack. Pre- sented by Carl Loamında,
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
PRIVATE
JONES
SUNDAY
ENGLAND'S AIR CLASSIC ON THE SCREEN!
DOROTHY BOUCHIER & HARRY MILTON
The KINGS CUP
"SIK ALAN TOSHAM
Charming Romones and Di Thrills,
A BRITISH & DOMINIONS
· PRODUCTION.
ALSO
THE GREAT HEAVY- WEIGHT TIILE BOUT
"THE WALKER-
SHARKEY FIGHT"
A VIVID ROUND BY BOUND ACCOUNT OF THIS GREAT CONTEST.
BOVINE FILM STARS THROW
A TEMPERAMENT AT ELSTREE
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Patsy, Pansy and Pearl, three handsome cows were cast for "walk parts in Norman Lee's new film The Pride of the Force.' With such o popular star in the film an Leslie Fuller, the three extras from down on, the farm should have had no complaint Whether it was that Tee did not give them enough close ups" or whether it was professionally jeul- ausy no one knows, but all of a sudden Patsy. Pansy and Pearl did "Garbo." We tank we go home they mood kicked up their heels and galloped off the lot via B.I.P.': cherished rose garden.
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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
King's.
The Old Man,"
Queen's.
Hell Below."
Central.
Private Jones."
Oriental,
star.
Roodhouse Murder,"
KOWLOON
"The Guardsman."
Majestic.
Symphony of Six Million."
COMING
King's.
White Zombie."
The Silver Lining.
"Zoo in Budapest.'
World.
"[Fottentot."
Central.
"The King's Cup.'
Oriental.
"Dames Ahoy."
The Mummy.". Passionate Plumber"
Majestic.
"Golden West."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933
FINAL SHOWINGS,
TO-DAY
AT
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
SHANCKONGS FINEST CNEMA
THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
THE BRITISH LION FILM CORPORATION LTD.
Presents MAISIE GAY
IN
The OLD MAN
ANNE GREY,
By EDGAR WALLACE
WITH
CECIL HUMPHRIES,
LESTER MATTHEWS, DIANA BEAUMONT.
IN THE "OLD MAN" MAISIE GAY REVEALS BERSELF AS A BRILLIANT BRITISH RIVAL TO MARIE DRESSLER,
MOVIE NEWS
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'PRIVATE JONES
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LEE TRACY AT CENTRAL THEATRE
Lee Tracy in the finest role of his spectacular carcer-that "Private Jones," opened yesterday at the Central Theatre. This bril- liant young actor, who heretofore has been zules, dons the olive drab” of an
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PLATINUM BLONDE
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HOW THREE SISTERS LEARNED THEIR FATE
DAILY HERALD.
THE OLD MAN'
SPLENDID PICTURE AT
THE KING'S
The management of the King's Theatre announce that they have booked an exciting Wallace thriller for to-day's programine. It is "The Old Man," which won great pmise from the critics when it was privately screened,
Produced by British Lion under the direction of Manning Haynes, it has an all-British cast headed by Maisie Gay, Supporting her are Anne Grey.. Cecil Humphries, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Lester Matthews and Dian Beaumont. Miss Gay, of course, provides her own special brand of comedy which is equalled.
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BOOKING AT THE
THEATRE
TEL. 25313 & 25392.
--NEXT CHANGE
“HELL BELOW”
SUBMARINE FILM AT THE QUEEN'S
Ircle Sam's navy may be describ- ed as the unpublicized star of "Hell" Below," Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's dynamic talkie drama of submarine adventure now show. ing at the Queen's Theatre follow- ing its sensational run at the Astor Theatre in New York City. For without the active" co-operation of
Commencing To-morrow the naval department, filming of
WHITE
SHE
WAS
NOT
DEAD...
NOR ALIVE...
ZOMBIE
Starring
BELA (Dracula) LUGOSI
Á VIDDE A SPAN
HALPERIN PRANATION
Find by
UNITED ARTISTS
performing his every desira!
WOULD YOU
KNOW & ZOMBIE
'If You
SAW ONE?
this ambitious sen picture could scarcely have been undertaken at all.
Cast Lived Under Water.
The picture was adapted from Commander Edward Ellsberg's story, "Pigboats," and its all-star cast includes Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jiauny. Durante, Eugene Pallette, and Robert Young, under the direc tion of Jack Conway. For 15 days the actors in "Hell Below" coached by regular navy men, manned tor pedo tubes, worked controls and literally lived under the water at the submarine base at Pearl Har- bour, Honolulu. That's how the biggest thrill ever staged by sub- marines for a talking picture was made.
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Cameras from portholes of sub- merged submarines photographed action-thanks to special under- water lights and lenses, and the fact that Hawaiian waters are so remarkably clear, In the picture a big submerged sub- marine heading. right for the ramera-sees it blow off, dive, pump out the tanks and rise again, One sees depth bombs being hurled hy "Y-Guns as they lay a pat tern under water. One sees them explode, making great globules as the water is displaced, and the
submarine rashes through them, in desperate race to escape their ter- rific concussion. Anti-aircraft
guns, operating against diving attack planes aro shown in another thrilling scens.
"THE ROADHOUSE Then a bomber appears on the
MURDER
"
AT THE ORIENTAL
THEATRE
horizon. The submarine dives, and the camera follows the dive down below the surface.
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Intense Scenes in Holl. One of the most remarkable and engrossing scenes of the produc- tion is the dramatic episode in the submarine's control room. The A wayside inn, abandoned by all submarine is at the bottom of the but the grizzled caretaker and his tralized the compressed air, The The water pressure has neu- black cat provides a background ship cannot rise. for RKO-Radio Pictures' mystery escaping. The ballast pumps won't Chlorine gas is thriller, "The Roadhouse Murder," work and the clutch slips. New showing at the Oriental Theatre leathers are installed by the chok- to-day.
ing crew. The oxygen is gone, The story concerns a cub reporter Then the commander and his girl friend who seek re-emery wheel from the workbench,
graba ugs at the inn when their car pounds it up with a hammer, and night. What for the moment ap- You hold your breath, the lever is breaks down in a storm late at reatters the abrasive on, the clutch. peare a mere romantic escapads, pulled, and it works. That's drama The story concerns the appear-murder and come face to face with
auddenly takes a across a double in twenty feet of space under the ances and disappearances of
The work at Fearl Harbour. mysterious figure at Lord Arran.
the killers.
accomplished with Eric Linden and Dorothy Jor- cameras, some fastened în diving spécial dan, two of Hollywood's most bells, some operated from port- turd. They are supported by actually slung on the submarine and some Rosco Ates, stammering comedian; decka in glass windowed boxes. Phyllis Clare, blonde, beauty from Bruce Cabot. Purnell Pratt, Gus three months, their Majestie, the the London and New York stage; tav von Seyffertitz, David Landau King and Queen of Siam, to-day and Roscoe Karns.
Linden is seen as the young remonths residence and ware
returned from Hua Hin after three- porter and Miss Jordan plays the comed by the state council. sweetheart.
King is in excellent health. After discovering the murder, the boy conceives the daringly fan visit the King's gift to the play- To-morrow their Majesties wil! tastic idea of putting the police ongoing people of Bangkok, the super his own tran. fame, with westh in the electric Privy Purse a million
His gamble for talkies theatre which cost the through thrilling situations which chair the price of failure, carries quarter ticals.- build suspense to the last reel.
Pren
seen in Metropolitan become a national pastime, since it becomes involved with a black popular young players, are fea- holes of, submarines
American dough-boy and gives us nu entirely new type of war drama, making Bill Jones" the rebelli- ous soldier, live
no screen soldier has ever lived before in motion pictures.
The plot is new and well-woven, The characters are human, and the acting is superb, probably because the east is of the first order. Tracy with his dynamic personality and ready flow of crnekling dialo gue deserves Bret mention. It is easily his beat yet, and that is say. ing something when you mean this young man's amazing screen re cord. Gloria Stuart, as the bero ine,, performs in a winning manner, and Donald Cook is perfectly cast in the sympathetic role of the
young lieutenant who tries to make something of his recalcitrant troop. er. Berton Churchill, Walter Cat- lett, Frank McHugh, Emma Dunn, Shirley Grey are likewise excellent ly coat. Russell Mack directed "Private Jones."*
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It is grand entertainment from start to finish, and it will satisfy those who cry for artistic direction and dramatics as well. "Private Jones will entertain you-sée it by all means
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Dandelion blowing bids fair to has leaked out that Loretta Young, Sally Blane, Columbia stars and Polly Ann Young, their sister, used this old. superstition to, determine chuhe three children moved from Salt Lake City to Hollywood, it was Datural that, these, young- sters wanted to become" screen actresses. One day a gateman saw them peering through a doorway leading to one of the studios. He chased them away but they stop. ped on the studio lawn and each picked a dandelion. They wanted to be actresses and, childlike, de- termited to find out whether their wish would come true by trusting to the flower's, forecast.
their future screen careers.
All three drew in their breath for a lusty puff at the dandelion. At a given signal all three blew. Then, strange but truc,, each of them held the naked stem of a flower in her hand. Not a single strand of fluff remained.
They looked at each other then simultaneously broke into shouts of joy. Their wish had come true.
Home they went singing at the top of their voices, "We're going to he in the movies-we're going to be in the movies." Truth being stranger than fiction, the Bowers prophecy came true. That night their uncle, who. was connected with a film company, phoned their mother that he wanted all three girls for a picture.
From that point on all went well with the sisters. Loretta, Sally and Polly Ann appeared with Fair- banks, Valentine and other star, Then school called them and for a time they were off the screen,
One day, after the phone at the Young home had been ringing furiously, Loretta answered and found Director Mervyn Le Roy wanted Polly Anu for a picture.. Polly Ann was in Salt Lake City. Le Roy asked 'Loretta if she would. like to do the part in her sister's place. Would she? Well, she did and accredited herself so well that she walked off the First National lot with a contract.
in
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Then she gained additional isu- rels with the late Lon Chaney in Laugh Clown Laugh," with John Barrymore in "The Man From Blankleys" and 'was later featured many important productions. Her latest picture is the Columbia picture"Platinum Blonde" which will be shown next week at the Queen's. Others in the cast are. Jeal Harlow, Robert Williams, Louise Closser Hale and Halliwell Hobbs, It is a Frank Capra pro- duction,
ways' mansion. Lady Arranwaya niler, who is a confirmed lady killer, and it is around her plight, and the identity of the mystery. unfair to tell too much of the man, that the plot revolves. It is story, which will give local picture eers many thrills, and march plea- sure, in its unfolding,
CONCHITA' MONTENEGRO
Spain, spent years learning danc Was educated in a convent in ing and theatrical work in Madrid. Berlin and London and the other European centres-such is the in teresting record of Conchita Monte. beauty. She is the daughter of a negro, nineteen-year-old Castillian prominent Spanish engineer, and diplomat. She plays the guitar as only a Spanish girl ean-plays an excellent game of golf and e swim- mer of wote.
Her terpaichercun well suited to her portrayal of thei training makes her particularly fascinating danzer, Carmencita, in the Cisco Kid.
4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30-5.18
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KING OF, SIAM'S GIFT TO BANGKOK
BANGKOK, July 7 In order to take part in the 1
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and Singapore Free
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ceremonies at the commencement At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
of the Buddhist lent which lasts
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The story of a fascinating fiend who invented a new thrill-for he would unleash human beings in his game preserve and trail them with dog and run!1!
Mounted headi of heated man wara Zuroft'ı -pride and joyl
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
The story of o Fascinating fiend, strange and terrible!
with JOIL MCCREA Fay Wray, Leille Banks, Robert Armá
RKO-RADIO
SYMPHONY OF SIX MILLION
FANNIE HURST'S
Genius Touches With Soul-Stirring Tender ness This Story of Hu man People and Cities. IRENE DUNNE RICARDO CORTEZ GREGORY RATOFF ANNA APPEL RKO RADIO PICTURE
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"GOLDEN WEST'
with
GEORGE O'BRIEN,
BEER
PAK CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO DAY
at 2.30, 5.10, 7,20 & 9.30 p.m. THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME!
SUBMARINE WARFARE DRAMATIZED!
Such scenes of undersen figuring you're navar witsmard: Unbelievable! Nevar batori, never spin! You'll think you'r ating inside aubmarine. You'll expe rience every thrill of being theref
AMAZING PERISCOPE CAMERA
M-C-N's egter Inv tien lelds photograph
traits... hell below and above the
can!
"NO FUTURE-
NO PAST... Tonight is ours" Was fair that her marriage to un invald soldier should stop their mad, glorious co maner?
TRAPPED AT BOTTOM OF OCEAN The scenes Inside the submarine are 30 grip pinx raw secully hold your breathi
ALONE ABOARD SUBMARINE
LOADED WITH
T. N. T..
Monamusingacene: " evar fimed." Kône- ning the gash Of death to blockade
harbor.
JIMMY
DURANTE FIGHTS A KANGAROO Schnozola was never fans ior. He's 6 miles studyor ing mall-order dentarai
Hell Below
with ROBERT MONTGOMERY
WALTER HUSTON
MADGE EVANS
JIMMY DURANTE
♫
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
PICTURE
(STAR)
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LUNT Fontanne
The Guardsman
A METEO-GOLDWYN-Mayen Picture
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