CENTRAL
CHEATRE
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BES
King's.
Queen Kelly."
Queen's,
Cruiser Emden."
Central.
**The Animal Kingdom."
Oriental.
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25790
FINAL SHOW NCS TO-DAY At 8.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M.
THE BIG PICTURE THAT GRACED THE OPENING OF THE NEW ROXY THEA- TRE, NEW YORK.
The King's Cup."
KOWLOON
Star.
"Downstairs."
Majestic.
Flag Lieutenant."!
King's.
COMING
Warrior's Husband."
ANN HARDING Queen's
Two women for every than... One to cherish. One to love.
Leslie HOWARD
The stage star of PHILIP BARRY'S" sentational play. together with a superb caut
of stars in
of us are
#il.
The ANIMAL KINGDOM
W MYRNA. LOY WILLIAM GARGAN Neil Hamilton Henry Slephantes
Screen play by Honis Ischion. Directed by Edward H. Griffith RKO-RADIO Picture David O. Selznick, executive producer.
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
A BRITISH THRIL- LER THAT GRIPS YOU FROM START TO FINISH.
LYN HARDING A DR PYLOTF THE SPECKLED BAND
CONAN DOYLES GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMES FESTĒRI
CRITISH AND DOMINIONS PICTURE
-ENGLISH ACTOR TO BE INVISIBLE MAN
STRANGEST FILM ROLE
*
"Smiling Through."
Central.
Out all Night."
Oriental.
"Destry Rides again."
*SMILIN THROUGH"
NEW "NORMA SHEARER HIT AT THE QUEEN'S
With Norman Shearer as its star, and one of the most brilliant sup- arting casts yet assembled for the speaking screen, Metro-Golywyn- Mayer's lavish production of Smilin' Through" opens on Sun- day at the Queen's Theatre.
Miss Shearer in the Feminine ad follows in the footsteps" of Jane Cowl who achieved one of her greatest success in the record-brenk- ing New York stage ran" of the play from which the screen prɔdue! tion was adapted. Opposite her is Frederic March, borrowed from Paramount to play the dual role of Jeremy Wayne in the mid-Victorian sequences of the story and Kenneth Wayne, his son, in the modern
scenes..
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.1Y & 9.30 P.M.
<:
HONCKONES FINEST CERA
THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
GLORIA SWANSON
IN
QUEEN KELLY"
.
WITH
WALTER BYRON, SEENA OWEN
AN ERIC VON STROHEIM PRODUCTION MUSIC COMPOSED BY ADOLPH TANDER SOUND SYNCHRONIZED
A UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
THE ANIMAL
KINGDOM'
A STORY OF MODERN MARRIAGE
to
BOOKING AT TAE
THEATRE
TEL. 25313, & 25932.
-NEXT CHANGE-
COMMENCING SATURDAY, 12th AUGUST:
"All right, then, WALK home, you flat tire!""
Uproarious comedy to- mance in the land where -wamen woo and men
repel advancos.
THE
WARRIOR'S HUSBAND
with
Elissa LANDI Marjorie Rambeau
Ernest Truex David Manners
From the play by Juilza Thampean Directed by Walter Lang
A Jesse L. Lasky Production Presented by Fox Flim
"DOWN TO EARTH” “THE WARRIOR'S
WITH WILL ROGERS-THE
MODEST STAR-
HUSBAND **
DID AMAZONS EVER EXIST?
.to
Leslie Howard and O. P. Heggie. who left the screen to fulfill stage engagements on Broadway during the past season, were brought back
The most bashful and self-effac. ta Hollywod to add further lustre
Elissa "Just this one marriage, please, ing of Hollywood's ordinarily to Miss Shearer's cast. Both these
Landi, charming sim is Will Tom Collier says
spotlight hungry, stárs
star, answers the question as distinguished players have appear darling,"
with
Rogers. He has made six star whether Amazons ever really exist ed previously
star. Cecilia in "The Animal Kingdom. the. Howard in "A Frec
Soul," We must make a grand go of it: ring pictures for the Fox Filmed with the statement that they
yet to
„never really” died, and Heggie in The Actress," The How many couples have gone to Corporation and"." has cast also includes Ralph Forbes, the altar with this desire, this vow attend his first premiere, his first
"The world is full of Amazons and his Beryl
"personal appearance," Mercer. David Torrence. to make their marriage a success
to-day,' she ED78. "Virtually Margaret Seddon and Forrester convinced that theirs is an undying first studio preview in a public Harvey under the direction of love and have sooner or later rash-theatre. No clamoring throng of every woman is an Amazon, in sofar as she's out to get ner man, 5ney Franklin, who produced ed to the divorce courts for release autograph-seekers and band shak-by fair means or foul.
from a bond that has become 'un- "Private Lives."
"Smilin' Through" is the story bearable!
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ers ever has succeeded in running him down. He is a past-master at
it I have
THE CELLULOID DERBY
SHOT FROM FORTY-FOOT
TOWER
While the horses were being paraded in the paddock on" Derby Day pictures of the King and Queen's arrival.on the course_were being screened at the British · Fara- mount News Laboratories in Lon don. A intervals of a fow minutes successive portions of the day's events were being received from despatch riders and rapidly passing through the developing, printing. editing stages. Within an hour of Hyperion's runaway victory - the British Paramount News record
Ws
assembled and afterwards copies of a special Edition were on their way by airplane to cinemas in all parts of the country.
This is the result of weeks careful preparation and planning, and the cumpleted 6lm shows for about five, minute on the screen!
...
The detail is the most important. part.. Special arrangements wore made by the British Parliament organisation to obtain aspects of the finish from additional, angles. apart from the positions-ordinarily used.
In order to obtain an extra-long. janoramio shot of the field round- ing Tattenham Corner they erected a forty-foot.camera tower in the angle of this famous bend. When Hyperion flashed Away from the field at this point the Paramount cameras commanded an unexampled view and from their lofty grand- stand" srcured one of the most sensational "follow" shots in news- reel history.
of
starred with Ernest Truex.. Sho is a sister of Hippolyta, played by Marjorie Rambeau, queen the Amazons, and incidentally is the commanding general of the army.
This hilarious comedy, which many will see as a subtle satire
directed at the modern woman who insist on "wearing the: pants" literally instead of figura tively, deals with the troubles of the ancient Amazons when mar rige was first introduced into their scheme of things..
The queen's husband, although a weakling seethes with ambition to in equal rights for his sex, and to that end helps Hercules steal the famous Diana Girdle from his wife. This girdle gives the Amazons the power to rule över men, and with its loss, they re.... vert to type and become loving bousewives and sweethearts while ATA restored to their the men rightful place in the sun.
*The "Warrior's Husband," "Of course," she added, "I adapted from the Broadway suc of an old man who seeks to shed What is the flaw in marriage? Is the art of alip-away, hide-out and have no infention of malign- cess of Julian Thompson by Ralph the relentless bitterness of his it that in affairs of the heart-run-star-run.
ing my OWL Бех. Far from Spence and Sonya Levion, is a lighted
pair despite intelligence, culture and
too much respect Jesse L Lasky production for romance on a of young lovers, The colourful ideals we still belong to the animal Friends declare Rogers to be far and pride for it. Under the pre- Fox Film, and comes on Saturday
from unsocial. Quite the contrary sent economic system, it is vir- be ground provides a contrast be kingdom!
to the King's Theat ween, the English of 1860
Tom Collier, played by Leslie is true. But they do admit to tually necessary for a woman to modern days.
Howard, breaks with Daisy" Sage, bis being bashful and ill at ease be a huntress." Most of us con. portrayed by Ann Harding, to
among strangers. He will talkceal it, of course, but the 'fact re- marry Cecilia, enacted by Myrna and joke for hours on end with, mains nevertheless. Loy. Daisy is an artist. of fine those he knows.... sensibilities and generous nature.
Owner of a large and beautiful wanted their love to be without bonds. estate not far from Beverly Hills: owner also of setring of polo Cecilia belongs to Tom's own social world, and could be had only in Rogers himself presents a strange ponies and several large cars, There is something of the artist paradox. His customary garb as in Tun and something of the courte a slouch hat, leather jacket, blue Marlene Dietrich wears 28 dit-on in Cecilia, who has no Seruples work shirt, baggy trousers and a about using physical wiles to get pair of battered, heel worn cowboy ferent dresses in "The Song her selfish way with her husband boots. Songs," and carries us back twen-She cares nothing that she is rob, tyfive years when women's clothes bing Tom of his personality and really were feminine. This 13 killing his artistic and creative in-Earth," will soon be seen at theed Amazon in The Worrior's rather in contrast to the stars pulses-she cares only about things King's Theatre on every day apparel as the protago-her own war. Is such a woman en-
NEWS FROM THE PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
She loves Tom, but has
marriag
her
Lam Wing, unemployed, was sentenced to six weeks hard labour Few women are equipped to by Mr. Schofield, at the Central make themselves economically in- Magistracy yesterday on a charge 173. dependent. Every one who does, of having been found in is by nature, if not by appearance, Queen's Road, East, 1st floor, for go forth and do battle just as her living in a cubicle on the floor an Amazon at heart. She must an unlawful purpose. Chan Shuet, sisters, back in antiquity, battled found the defendant hiding behind neighboring tribes in a curtain, and when she pulled it against Pontus. Modern, woman of course aside he dashed out into the street,
not do
use swords or battle but was arrested by, a tailor. axes or hows 2nd arrowe That they have weapons just
effective in their armories.
Miss Landi is a real old-fashion-
Wednesday. Husband," in which she is co-
(Continued on next column),
Rogers' next picture, "Down To
4 SHOWS
DAILY
230-5.13
TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VÄLLIN BUS
ORIENTAL
nist of the trousered suit style is titled to the respectable name of David Butler directed. wearing a black German persant wife just because of her marriage mourning costume of the 1007
license? Is she wanton Or wife? period, with very full skirt.
Bela Lugosi of "Dracula Fame" Has she reversed roles with
tells husband's mistress- is in a comedy now He everyone how pleased he is to get something besides a horror part. Edward Sutherland, who, is direct ing the picture. is confident that Lugosi will be ás pralar in his new character.
Claude Rains, the British actor, is to play the strangest role in fin It is said the trouser vogue for History, that of the unseen prota- women has been anticipated by, de gonist of H. G. Wells' The lavisi-signers, ever since we saw the tre-
ble Man"
"The Animal Kingdom is now playing at the Central Theatry. It is an adaptional stags success. pro duced by REO Road, Pictures and directed by Edward H Griffith. Re- sidrs Ann Harding, Leslie Howard and Myrna Loy, the bast includes William Gargan. Neil Hamilton. Henry Stephenson, Tika Chase, and mendous hold that pajamas badDonald Dilloway. gained on the feminine fancy. Of course they are sure the American women will not went them for formal occasions, but fi lounging and sport as they are there com- Gary Cooper is contemplating trip to China after his hunting trip in Mexico.
In most of the scenes be will be heard, but otherwise his presene will be indicated only by the effect of his movements on objects and fortable. people.
...
Mr. Hains started his screen career at the age of six in "Sweet Marlene Dietrich will spend the
Yellof Old Drury, became a call
summer in Germany.
H
A FAMOUS WOMAN
JEWELS AND MARRIAGES AND COMEDY
01
One of the best-known women in
the world has joined Paramount ta
hoy at His Majesty's Theatre in Frederie March will retreat to play an important part in " Inter- London, and after seven years with miles south of Hollywood to his national House."
fet his roles in
Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree left for lovely cottage on the Pacific at She is Peggy Hopkins Joyce who as "one of the Australia to continue his dramatic Laguna Beach When here, he has been hailed career. He is known more recently lives in a pair of trunk bathing, most romantic women of our gen Karl and Anna, sleeping, playing tennis and rideration," Much-married-she was ing. No catching of trains oronee the Countess Costa Morner- boats for Mr. March when he is on much jewelled, and always clad in a holiday.
magnificent gables, she was known" Sylvia Sidney is contemplating few years ago as The Lady of "The Invisible Man" will be
vacation either to New York or the Orchida" austher all-English films made in the Hawaiian Islands.
She is a former musical comedy. James Whale Hollywood.
Shaw's The Apple Cart," and
Too True to be Good."
>
will Two Charming Chinese girls, player, is the author of a book.. Jireet, Sherriff has adopted working in International House" Men, Mariage, and Me," and she the story, and the cast includes stopped in at the studio to renew is reputed to own one of the most Dudley Diggs, Henry Travers, Una their acquaintance with Gary famous collections of jewels in
Cooper." "O'Connor, and Billy Bevan
"America,
7.15--20
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TO-DAY ONLY
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THE KING OF ALL COWBOY'S
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COMEDY DRAMA.
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as
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HENRY EDWARDS
WARD
ANNA NEAGLE
IN
"The Flag Lieutenant"
"ROMANTIC LOVERS IN. DRAMATIO SEA SPECTACLE.
VEEN
PAIR CONDITIONED. THEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
THE STIRRING EPIC OF THE SEA !
CRUISER
EMDEN"
Based on the diving exploits of Be rikatest "sen @ralder in-- hlaley !
-FROM SUNDAY-
·ROMANCE that Will TOUCH your HEART!
NORMA
Tenderness and tears in Norma Shearer's romantic trafmph!!
Glorious romance that will touch your heart!
SHEARER
PREDPIC
MARCH
LESUE
HOWARD
Smilin' Through
* Meter
Directed by.. SIDNEY... FRANKLIN,
STAR
P
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.90, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 The Comeback of Brilliant Screen Star........
GILBERT
returns to greatness. in his own role.
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