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'TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND RUS
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TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
"Cavaleide."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1933..
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
THE PICTURE THAT HAS THE
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT
HONG KONG.
King's.
2.30, 5.10, 7.13 & 9.30 P.M.
and the Theatre Tel. 95720.
Queen's.
"King of the Jungle."
Central
"Friends and. Lovers."
Oriental
"A Fools Bridal Night,'
KOWLOON
BARTERED FOR A
Star.
"Plunder."
WOMAN'S KISS!
Menjou
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
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FRIENDSHIP
ADOLPHE
Lity
DAMITA
LAURENCE
OLIVIER
GRICH
VETROHEIM
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Friends
and LOVERS
Two Men They Shared Every-
Thing... But Never Her Love!
TO-DAY AT
12.30, 239 & 7.15
A CHINESE PICTURE.
TO-MORROW
SARI MARITZA
IN
"MONTE CARLO MADNESS"
A BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBLING RESORT.
A ÚFA PRODUCTION.
BEBE LYONS AND HER HUSBAND
Return To Hollywood.
The Press turned out in fall force at the farewell luncheon given in honour of Mr. and Mrs.-)
Majestio.
"Pleasure Cruise."
COMING
KING'S
20-26 “Cavalcade.”
27-28 "The Infernal Machine.” 29 "The Kid From Spain."
Queen's.
20
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Last Showing "King of
Jungle.
"The Story of Temple Drake."
"The White Sister." "Gabriel Over the White
Central.
20
24
Star.
House."
"Monte Carlo Mudness."
Last Showing "Friends
and Lovers."
"Blarney Stone."
"My Wife's Family.
"Public Defender “* "White Devil,"
World.
"Queen and 5 Nun,"
(Chinese Film).
"Prosperity."
Oriental.
"Blondie of the Follies."
WHOLE TOWN TALKING WHEREVER CAVALCADE HAS BEEN SHOWN, AUDIENCES HAVE ACCLAIMED IT. CRITICS HAVE GIVEN IT THEIR HIGHEST PRAISE.
BOOKING
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CAVALCADE
THE INFERNAL "TEMPLE DRAKE”
MACHINE
At The King's Theatre
This is a tale of a luxurious lin
er on its way across the broad Atlantic. There is a large passen-
Miriam Hopkins Wins
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'Star" Status
Miriam Hopkins brings to the
ger list, each and every one eager | screen her fifth great successive to return to their beloved America, characterization in the outstand- Suddenly a wireless is flashed in ing performance of her career as from Scotland yard to say there is the complex heroine of "The an Internal Machine on the boat. Story of Temple Drake." The There is a deal of excitement when picture is opening to-day at the
it is known among, the passengers. The film is seething with action so Queen's Theatre and is featuring do not miss it when it commences Jack LaRue,
William Gargan,
Its ran at the King's Theatre. The William Colller, Jr, Irving Pichel cast is a popular one, Victor Jory, and Bir. Quy Standing. Adapted and Genevieve Tobin furinsh the 'by Paramount from the sensation- love scenes in this exciting drama of the high seas. It is another Fox Picture, and that seems as- -surance enough of splendid "en-
tertainment.
Genevieve Tobin in a fetching frock the wears in the' Fez comedy romance, "The Infernal Machina”, in which sha
is featured oppovile Chester Morris.
LFC
POLA NEGRI
To Wed Again
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FOX
Noel Coward's PICTURE GENERATION
40 FEATURED PLAYERS-CAST OF 3500
a FOX picture-Produced at Fox Movietone Ciry
THE BEST PICTURE IN SEVEN YEARS"
FIRST TIME
AT POPULAR PRICES
Scene From Blarney Store.
THE BLARNEY STONE
At The Central Theatre
"THE
WHITE SISTER"
Notable Film At The
Queen's On Sunday
CAVALCADE'S DIRECTOR
A New Technique Evolved
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"Cavalcade" presents a new form in cinema technique. Frank Lloyd, the director, digested the current forms of supervision and, after' a cereful dovetailing of technique emerged with "Cavalcade," the current attraction at the King's Theatre to-day.
The problem was to present a picture that spanned more than a quarter of a century, and at the same time to include a trilogy of romances. On the face of it ✿ diccult enough task, Lloyd found It almost insurmountable on paper. It was only in its subsequent shoot- ing that the production smoothed itself out.
Lloyd noted the difference in technique sxisting between the stage and screen and em- ployed all the artifice of the cinema to obtain" a" result con- trasted with that secured in the Drury Lane production. In the stage play stagecraft was resorted to inorder to achieve impressionis- tic effects. But in the flim ver- sion Lloyd secured realism through the use of impressionism. Added to this the Fox director attended the newsreels as regularly as he did his meals.
Newsreels, according to Lloyd, are the basis for all movie direc- tara. The modern cinema, that following the old Biograph dramas depicting, action as much through cutting as the action itself, is directly traceable to the influence of the newsreel. Even story pow- er, the director of "Cavalcade" learned, is bolstered through the rapid and enicient means of Mini cutting employed by newsreel technicians. The speed at which these gentlemen work-looking at future editions in the negative and making headlines much in the manner of newspaper reporters- makes them expert in the selec tion of human interest values.
""Cavalcade" incorporates every quality of the visual news` organ within its story. Skimming the pages of history to: include the highlights of recent events, Lloyd tried to reflect the feeling of the thirty-two years without imposing historical representation, and yet retaining a favour of authenticity that makes "Cavalcade" at once documentary and entertaining.
Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard and Ursula Jeans appear in the film version of the Noel Coward' success which ran at London's Drury Lane Theatre for eleven months.
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best in cinema art. “
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The Climax.
F. Marion Crawford's story of the girl who enters a convent when she believes her lover to be dead only to meet him again after she has taken her vows, is too well known to bear repetition in these columns. Sufficient to say that the new talkie version of the tale brings out its most forceful mo- ments, describes the experiences of
the romantic Italian girl and her
soldier-over in a series of warın sympathetic, human episodes and
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al novel by William Faulkner it was directed by Stephen Roberts. Temple Drake, as a character, offers limitless possibilities to the emotional actress, and Miss Hop- kins has taken advantage of every opportunity to give an under- standing, sympathetic performan- ce. Though she "extended exquisite Interpretations in such outstand- ing pictures B.S "Trouble in Paradise," Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Twenty Four Hours." and "The Smiling Lieutenant," her The Blarney Stone with Tom work in "The Story of Temple Walls in the leading male role pro- of imposing screen achievements ima Drake" is far more, deft, far moremises to be a film of outstanding comes on Sunday to the Queen's Hayes, Gable and an unusually compelling, bringing the.
value The indiscretions of a part- Theatre in the presentation of show ner land Tom. as Tim Fitzgerald.
competent supporting cast" which |||| world to the realization" that she in gaol, and not all his -Blarney pleture version of "The White Bis has much to do with making the among the screen's most out saves him. He is very ably sup- ter with Helen Hayes and Clark talking-picture version of The
ported by the irresistible Anne Gable in the principal roles. In Jack LaRue. In the much dis-Grey. This talented young lady its poignant tonelling narrative, that it 18. Miss Hayes, whose work
adds to her growing reputation in puted role of "Trigger," a ruthless this film and sustains the claim į camera work and in the brillant Sin of Madelon Claudet" has proved Its beautiful direction, its effective in "A Farewell to Arms" and "The
standing performers.
killer who knows what he wants that she is the best dressed actress and takes it, is excellent in this,to-day: She is loveller than ever! his Arst big role.
and will delight you in the very clever part she plays in this come-
The story is that of the curious make-up of Temple Drake, last of which is to be shown at the the line of an aristocratic family. Central Theatre. The cast is an Her personality is a weird com- excellent one including W. G. Fay, posite of conventional traits and Robert Douglas, Robert Horton, reckless abandon. Rather than Dorothy Totley Zoe Palmer and ruin the life of the young attorney many others well-known for thea- she loves, played by William Gar- [tre fans.
gan, she refuses to marry him, runs off on a lark with a member of the younger set; and a wild ride through the night is climaxed by an smashup. She and her escort take refuge in a moon- ahiner's hang-out. The men night for possession of Temple Drake, but Trigger enforces his own de
sires at the point of a gun, kills
a feeble-minded boy who attempts to protect her, and flees with the girl to a house in the city. She
“KING OF THE JUNGLE"
The Hew Learns To
Talk
Buster Crabbe, who holds a de gree from the University of South- ern California, bad to learn Eng- lish to get into the movies.
Or rather, he, had to unlearn,
brings the narrative to a close in
as beartrending a climax as has
A new contribution to the list been seen on the screen in some
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
Helen
Clark
talking-
and
HAYES GABLE
The
White
Sister
Ben Lyon, who, have sailed for Miss Pola Negri i to wed agam, their native land, Hollywood" and this time, (her fourth venture) They have both made two plc- to an American millionaire. She stays with him, ashamed to return tures, and we shall look forward left the Riveria some weeks ago home to her family and to the town to the future when these are to and is reported to be in Paris at that has always looked up to the be shown at some later date. John present Rumours have been rife Drakes. Maxwell, chairman of the BIP., for some time now and her mo- paid tribute to the intelligent help ther, who la residing at her villa the murder of the boy, Temple, An Innocent man is accused or Miss Daniels had given his com- at Cap Ferrat, denied that the Drake's lover, is assigned to defend English, and then learn it all over pany during the production of her marriage had taken place, but it him, and, necking witnesses, he Crabbe, selected to play the rule known stars, this picture stands
again
performances of Its two well two British nims, "The Song You is true nevertheless. Her hus discovers the girl and Trigger in Gave Me" and "The Southern band's name is McCormick and be their hide out. In a thrilling of the Lion Man in "King of the out forcibly as an example of the Maid," and gave thee to the longs to well-known Chicago climax, Miss Hopkins enacts the Jungle thriller now at the red on next enlumin) frequently, expressed dictum that family. He was formerly married pathetic, atonement of this: tem- Queen's Theatre found himself film stars are "beautiful but to Ganna Walska, the former pestuous character in the screen's cast as a savage who had grown dumb" He suggested In view of opera singer
outstanding performance this year up with only lions as his com- his experience with Miss- Daniels,
Don't miss The Story of Temple panions, and who, as the natural that beautiful and brainy" would
Drake," with its perfect cast, result, didn't know a word of Eng You'l admire, more than ever be-lab or any other language. ~*** fore, the work of such splendid Sô he had to learn at how to actors as William Gargan, Willam make himself - understood・・ in Collier, Jr. in the role of Toddy grunts and grimaces, and later, Gowan, the boy with whom Temple (Continued on next column)teams.
be an excellent substitute.
Bebe,
hopes to return to England next Drake runs away, Irving Pichel year, she has rushed back to fula! as the man accused of murder: her Wamer contract. Ben Lyon Is Florence Eldridge as his wife, and under contract to M.G.M.”
Sir Guy Standing.
Obviously it is the work of Miss
White Sister" the stirring, drama
beyond, doubt that she is 'one of the cinema's most striking: emo- tional actress, again brings "all her skill to the role of Angels, heroine of her present vehicle. When Miss
Hayes takes it upon herself to make an audience laugh, it laughs) torid when' she wants them to sty
they cry. Gable, likewise, proves, hitself an admirable choice fata the role of the soldier who finds religious rows an impregnable bar. to his happiness. The love scenes between the two are beautifully (handleda)
The always dependable, Lewis Blone adds another fine portrayal to his long list of character roles as the aristocratic father who: for- bids his daughter's love; the pic- pture is given humorous touches in the dry wit of the inimitable Louise
Closer Hale, who plays the family
servant; and the cast is well rounded out by May Robson, Ed-; ward Arnold and Alan Edwards. Considerable credit must also be "given to Victor Fleming, the direct tor, for his /ástute, imaginative handling of the plot.
NYMPH ERRANT
Mr. Charles B.Cochran-has ac; BESTAAN cepted a play by Mias, Margaret how to speak in monosyllables as Kennedy in which he will present bis cinematic education progressed Miss Elizabeth Bergner, at the Ultimately, along toward the end Opera House, Manchester, on the of the fim, he talks in full sen- 20th November, 1938. tences
AND HE WAS THE will be Elizabeth Bergner's Crabbe, who holds are world's debut on the English stage, but records, starred on US. Olympic she has already been seen on the
screeni
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A Paramount Picture
TO-MORROW
Au
the DRAKES had a wild
THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE
Wm. Faulkner's
flaming story of a
gid who thought she knew how to Thandle men, coul
MIRIAM HOPKINS JACK LA RUE
WILLIAM GLOR
WILLIAM
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