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MEN: HATED
and envied him!
WOMIN DENOUNCES
and adored himt
No wife could resist
hima... ex- cept his own!
RICHARD
in the saga of a free
Mince lover... who meanered me in
women wor
The
GREAT JASPER
with WERA ENGELS EDNA MAY OLIVER
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
David O.Setrich, essesative produce
ALSO
RKO RADIO
Picture
"A CENTURY
TO-DAY AT THE
King's.
CINEMA
་་་་ ་
HONG KONG
"The Man From Toronto," Queen's...
"King of the Jungle."
Contral.
The Great Jasper,"
Oriental.
"City Lights."'
KOWLOON
Star.
Majestic.
"Looking ou the Brightside,”
"Wild Girl."
COMING
Soldiers of the King."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1933.
LAST TWO-DAYS
Ar
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M."
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREY
A DOUBLE ATTRACTION! ON THE SCREEN
A ROMANTIC LEGACY WITH A “CATCH"
IN IT!
JESSIE MATTHEWS IN
BOOKING AT TH THEATRE. TEL. 25813 & 25392.
NEXT CHANGE COMMENCING SUNDAY,
17th- SEPTEMBER ENTERTAINING STORY OF MUSIO HALL ARTISTES WITH THAT GREAT COMEDY'
CICELY COUBT. NEIDGE RULING THE *LAUGHS.
"THE MAN FROM TORONTO" QUEEN
WITH
IAN
King'a.
"Calvaende."
HUNTER
Queen's.
Story of Temple Drake.".
AND
Central,
"Friends" and Lovers."
Star
FRED
1.
"Plunder.
Melody of the Heart."
KERR
"As you Desire Me."
"Prosperity."
World.
"After 1 Years." (Chinese
Filu).
The President of Latvia has decorated Lord Baden-Powell with the Civil Order of the Three Stars, Arst class. That's all right in the Chief Scout's case, but one think of public men who might be Httle doubtful about the com-. pliment if it came to them.
сая
From Buenos Aires comes news of a curious amphibian. It has, a "kangaroo-like body. fox-like fur. a cat-like face, cow-like eyes. and a sad expression." You have probably seen that expression and those eyes on young lovers.
ON THE STAGE
DIRECTED
Br
SINCLAIR
HILL
A BRITISH
·GAINSBOROUGE PICTURE
At 5.19, 7.15 and 9.30 P.M. ONLY
Pictures In Hong Kong
JOF PROGRESS" "THE MAN FROM
THE CHICAGO WORLD FAIR BROUGHT TO YOU TO SEE!
NEXT CHANGE
FRIENDSHIP
BARTERED FOR A WOMAN'S KISS!
ADOLPHE
menJou
DAMITA
LAURENCE
OLIVIER Von/TROHEIM
ERICH
Friends
and LOVERS
Two Men They Shared Every. Thing... But Never Her Love!
UNDERMINING CE.R. FINANCIAL POSITION
A Soviet Complaint
TORONTO"
A Clever Character
!!
Study
TALE OF A LION MAN
King of the Jungle at Queen's To-day
SITSON MA
NOTED CHINESE
VIOLINIST
ACCOMPANIED BY HARRY ORE
WELL KNOWN LOUAL PIANIST.
+1
"THE GREAT JASPER"
At The Central
to
Cicely
COURTNEIDGE
in
SOLDIERS
THE KING
WITH
EDWARD EVERETT,
HORTON
"ANTHONY BUSHELL
DOROTHY HYSON FRANK CELLIER, REBLA
Directed by
MAURICE ELEVY. A BRITISH GAINSBOROUGH
PICTURE:
FILM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
Silvertip At Polytechnic
Theatre
Although any film which breaks away from commercial traditions
"MAY 15" MURDER ULENY
TRIAL
Stern Punishment
Demanded
an
The
Tokyo, September JI sditorial, the "Miyako" stresses the need of the accused in the May, 15th affair being "punished. in strict accordance with the dic- tates of the national law. testimony given in Court by the military and naval accused most boldly and frankly since their trials began has so deeply moved the public mind that some people are urging clemency or even quittal for the accused, to whose behaviour they' pay a high tribute. The Tokyo journal professes that It has profound sympathy with the pure and patriotic motives which drove them to commit the deed, but this does not prevent it from deploring most sincerely that these young officers, with their immature discretion and with an Inadequate knowledge of actual life, allowed their strong Impulses to carry them into a desperate- plot in breach of military disclp- line and national law. With the utmost sympathy with their mu- tives. the "Miyako" finds ii im- possible to justify their deeds.
Forty-seven Disembowelled.
The famous vendetta of the Forty-Seven Ronins, the "Miyako".. proceeds, caused a great sensation at the time as it took place when the civilisation of the Tokugawa Shogunate was at its zenith and the morals of the samurai class' were degenerate. The deeds of the Ronins were then extolled to the skies by the general public and praises were lavished on the Ronins as models of the samurai. The theory of clemency for them ruled accordingly. Even Hayashi Daigaku-ho - Kami. who had charge of the educational affairs of the Shogunate, insisted- that they should be dealt with lenient- ly by way of Yostering the spirit of loyalty among the samura! class. Boral Ogyu, the famous scholar of the day, however, raised He declared that the law was the a strong voice, against clemency.
mainstay of the rule of the coun- try and that Justice could not be upheld by any disregard for the dictates of law. He strongly re- commended his
view to the Shogunate through Yoshiyasu Ya- magisawa, a powerful Minister of the Shogun. His point of view. finally prevailed and the Ronink were ordered to commit harakiri which was the honourable way for
samural in disgrace to end their
lives.
So Likewise To-day.
Richard Dix "ores probably his greatest triumph in The Great
and takes us out into the wilds Insper despite the epic qualities must, on first principles, have a lot of "Cimarron" and "The Con to commend it, Silvertip is far querors, for in-s new RKO-Radio from being one of the most admir Picture he plays a straight charadable of its kind. The wild country ter role and plays it flawlessly. of British Columbia offers the ca- The Central Theatre is the scene mera some magnificent opportun- of Dix's new triumph. "The Great" ties, but only very occasionally-as Jasper" is a translation the in the shots" of the avalanche screen, literally and in spirit, of roaring down the mountain side, Fulton Oursler's novel of the same does this film make the best use of guiling Inver who ever begged the graphy suffers from bad lighting name. And Jasper is the most be them and, in general, the photo- pardon in advance of his conquest. and an indifference to the demands The story is л stirring, heart. į of composition, The significance of throbbing one leavened with rather the actual title is not apparent until delicious natural humour, Jasper nearly the end-"Silvertip" is a local name for the grizzly bear-for the bear hunt takes but a few min- utes of the film, and the only re- vealing picture of the bear is taken Jasper goes to Atlantic City, after he has been shot. The cam- where he thinks o man ought to fadimentary: does not avoid the sin of Plenty of fun. Thanks to the im-facetiousness which besets films of Pression he makes on an old and this type, and altogether Silvertip homely fortune teller, he becomes is a mere skeleton of what could a famous seer "For Women Only." be done by men with an imagina The picture comes to a breathles. As his fortunes and his affairs pro- tive sense of the possibilities which it must be more so in the present
gress he is happy, but for the stub-nature holds out to them. Fasing to live with him and their bornness of Jenay, his wife, in re- boy.
King of the Jungle," zuimal There is one striking character thrill-drama which brings Buster in "The Man from Toronto," show- Crabte, world-hampion swimmer, ing at the King's Theatre to-day, to the screen in the role of the the Gainsborough picture which Lion Man, opens today st the Ideal is releasing, whom film-lovers, Queen's Theatre. will delight to see on the screen, Crabbie is the central charactey She is Mrs. Hubbard (Margaret in a story of animals in their native Yarde), the owner of the Red Barn,jungle and in the artificial Bur- strong minded, square toed lady rondingstof a cireus. He is cast as who is determined that the villagers a youth who orphaned in the jungle shall mould their lives to the de-at, an early age, grows up in com- sign that most appeals to her, Mrs.pany with a pack of lions, Cup. Hubbard is one of these masterful turned and brought to the United women who affect Harris tweeds States, he becomes head trainer in and a loud tone of voice; who con- a. circus. vider Morris dancing the last world in village entertainment, and whose abhorrence of jazz is very akin to a disease.
climax, and the maddened animals break loose from their cages and stalk through city streets, leaving behind them a trail of blood and
Mrs. Hubbard's attempt to revive the art of willow-bottoming Pot run. teyr, and dead-and-gane arts and crafts is as funny as it is pathetic. In the minds of the villagers the Hubbard lady is rather a bitter pill to swallow. So much so, that the village hall which. under normal circumstances, should resound to
old-time English melodies, livens -up in her absence to the strident potes of jazz. Then comes an aminous whisper, "Mother Hubbard's.com- ing! Dancers unclasp, smocks are hurriedly donned, and instrumental- ists flutter the pages of their mánu- script music. As the good - lady makes her appearance, a benignant smile on her face, the hall resounds once more to the dirge-like melodies that Mrs. Hubbard loves so well No sooner is she out of sight thau jazz is monarch once again.
"SOLDIERS OF THE KING"
Cicely Courtneidge's Double Role
How would you like to be your own mother and meet yourself face to face? It doesn't sound possible, and yet Cicely Courtacidge man- ages to be both at once on the screen in "Soldiers of the King." This seemingly impossible fent was milde It is all very amusing, very na by double-exposure photography. aral, very typical of village men and a marvellous make-up. Cicely tality, and is much good fun that as Maisie Marvello, the daughter
it is impossible not to laugh at this easy. As Jenny Marvello, ex-een inasterful lady, whose attempts to of the Marvello Troupe not so dominate the villagers are inevitably
easy! doomed to disappointment. The Moscow, Sept. 2. Soviet reports Man from Toronto" is just the sort from Habarovsk say that the of story that goes with a swing South Manchuria Railway has re- Never yet has Jessie Matthews nounced the agreement existing appeared in a picture to greater with the Ussuri Railway since 1928 advantage. regarding proportional distribu-| *.
tion of Manchurian freights.
!
The manager of the Ussuri Rail- payments for through freights. way has field "a protest with the
management of the Bouth Map-
Undermining the financial post- churia Railway against the renuntion of the Chinese Eastern Rail ciation of the agreement before way, the Soviet reports allege, the is due time and warned that all 8.M.R. Is seeking, to make the lasses which the Ussuri Railway exploitation of the C.ER. by the may sustain will be placed with Soviet Union unprofitable, bellev the 8.MR
“ing that this may force the USSR, to sell the railway to According to Harbin reports, the Manchukuo at a still cheaper 8.M.R. has annulled the agree- ment with the Chinese Eastern Price: These methods naturally Railway in connection with excess will not avail, it is declared.
The effect was achieved mainly by a specialy wig and by skilfully changing the line of the eyebrows entirely, making them bushy and somewhat droopy, at the sides, and also by treatment of the month: which was left free from lipstick and lined, to give a dried-up effect. The hands, too, were altered to give ashrivelled, veined appearance. Add the mannerisms to the make- and you have "the portrait of an old lady.",
up
Boldiers of the King con
on Sunday next at the Klogs
Theatre
Court Clerk Referring to a let ter There is something before the signature: it looks like crosses.
is ordered to leave his town when his boss and benefactor discovers that Jasper and not himself is the father of his wife's ann.
Years pass and Jasper and Jenny are almost united again through mutual love for the boy, now gru- duated from college and engaged to a beautiful girl,
fiar position of being aligned, through his love for his own flesh and blood, against the very things be had always tolerated with a smile and a wink.
Dixis splendidly supported, A gripping climax arises when Wera Engels, a new German im Jenny on the verge of forgivingportation, having a fresh young Jasper, discovers the illegitimate beauty that is charming Florence son, and that son wrecks the hap. Eldridge, Edna May Oliver, Brace piness of the other boy by stealing Cabot Betty Furness and James his sweetheart.
Bush sequit themselves well in" im- Jasper finds himself in the pecu-I portant roles.
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This was, indeed, the fight cour- se for the Shogunate to take m the circumstances, the "Miyako" thinks. The dignity of the Sho- guriate and the authority of the law were upheld by ordering sell- destruction to the Ronins, while the Ronins could end their lives honourably by harakiri If the law had to be sternly upheld in. the autocratic days of Bhogunate,
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in black and while.
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