CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAXE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS-
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tol. 25720,
FINAL SHOWINGS TO:DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M.
A MAGNIFICENT DRAMA WITH GORGEOUS SETTINGS SARI MARITZA
IN
MONTE CARLO
MADNESS"
A BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL
OF THE
ROMANCE
WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBLING RESORT.
A UFA PRODUCTION.
TO-MORROW
GOOD POPULAR".
ENTERTAINMENT!
SPARKLING DIALOGUE!
DELICIOUS SITUATIONS!
TON WALLS
BLARNEY
STONES
WITH
ANNE GREY.
A BRITISH & DOMINIONS PICTURE.
"MONTE CARLO
MADNESS
"
At The Central
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
"Cavalcade."
King's.
Queen's.
The Story of Temple Drake."
Central.
"Moute Carlu Madness."
Oriental.
Star.
"Blondie of the Folies.
Majestic.
KOWLOON
"My Wife's Family."
"Bird of Paradise,"
COMING
KING'S
"The Internal Machine." "The Kid From Spatri"
Quese's.
"The White Sister." "Gabriel Over the White...
Central.
Star.
"Blarney Stone."
Publie Defender."
"White Devil"
World.
"Queen and the Nun.
(Chinese Film).
"Prosperity.".
Oriental.
1
"Grand Hotel:"
Majestic.
"To-night is Ours."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1933.
SHOWING
TO-DAY.
AT
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.80 P.M.
WUNO
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
THRILLING ENTERTAINMENT-
Titanic in its Power!
AVALCADE
PICTURE OF THE GENERATION)
by Noel FOX Coward
THREE seething decades of relent
less change sweep before your eyes, plaguing nations, threatening empires, smashing civilization...a "Cavalcade of mobs and monarchs
a
the march of time measured by the beat of a human heart. mother heart... triumphant in its courage and steadfast faith.
40 Featured Players-Cast of 3500 A FOX Achievement Produced at Fox Movietone City
THE REST PICTURE IN SEVEN YEARS
FIRST TIME "AT POPULAR PRICES.
Pictures In Hong Kong "THE BLARNEY
“CAVALCADE” “TEMPLE DRAKE”.
Diana Wynyard's Dramatic Triumph
LS Draik wynyara, the lovely
English gui, wno nas created DILULON mollywood's num Noel Coward's "Cavalcade
01 to
snare the martyrdom, of the few um beauties who seem fated to grow prematurely old?. Cinema- goers will be able to form their owa" conclusions when they tae fimm at the King's Theatre tp-gay.
see
Miriam Hopkins At The Queen's
LA POWERFUL STORY
interest, and is
"
STONE'
Tale Of Sinn Fein Ireland
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL: 25313 & 25332.
-NEXT
CHANGE-
WHAT A MANI With one kiss he stole a rich man's fiancee, gave a thou sand people the jitters and rescuedaship from inexplo sion that never happened INFERNAL MACHINE
with CHESTER
MORRIS GENEVIEVE TOBIN VICTOR JORY ELIZABETH PATTERSON Novel by Carl Sloboda Directed by Marcel Varnel
FOX PICTURE
CE THE WHITE ·
SISTER "
Showing To-Morrow At The Queen's
In their programmé to-morrow
"The White Sister, Metro- Central Theatre are presenting Goldwyn-Mayer's new talking plc- the latest Tom Walls comedy, ture version of F. Marlon Crow- "The Blarney Stone" from anford's fine romance, will open to- amusing story by A. R. Rawlinson. morrow at the Queen's Theatre. A drama ot ownusual with many tense moments,
Tom Walls has quite "a "differ- Helen Hayes and Clark Gable ent" type of role in this film and not without Its lighter side
are co-starred for the first time he plays it with vivid charm, ex- on the screen in the classic love "The Story of Temple Drake''
plotting to the full the famous story and a prominent supporting showing at now
the Queen's Theatre.
Wallsian wit and spicy, sophisticast features Lewis Stone, Louise cated humour. Miriam Hopkins plays the title
Closser Hale, May Robson. Edward Drama is also incorporated in Arnold and Alan Edwards, under role and supporting her is a cast the story of Tim Fitzgerald (Tom the direction which includes Jack La Rue, Wil-Walls). an impecunious Leishman who filmed the successful Gable of Victor Fleming liam" Gargan. junior, Irving Pichel and Sir Guy who is threatened with death by In the present film, Miss Hayes William Collier, with a delicious sense of humour-Jean Harlow Alm, "Red Dust" standing.
Sinn Feiners. 3 His "blarney" baves plays the role of an aristocratic
For months the Fox Company searched the world for an English gir: who could be expected to give 江 true characterisation of the dignified, austere, but soulful
The story gives Miriam Hopkins ample scope for characterization Jane Maryot who is the chier
As Temple Drake she portrays the: character in "Cavalcade."""
role of the last line of an aristo- Tests proved that even the best cratic family, whose personality is that the stage could offer would a weird mixture of reckless aban in no way satisfy the film pro- don and conventional trait. A young attorney (William Gargan) Then Diana Wynyard at that falls in love with her, but rather
ducers.
was cast by South Africa:
"
time unknown" in Hollywood, was than spoll his life she refuses to tested. She went before the marry him and runs off with a camera, as the young Jane Margot member of the younger set. They of 1888, a fresh young wife and Agure in a smash-up and fake ra- mother, into whose life a shadow fuge in a house of 1 ruthless The killer (Jack La Rue). The young Boer War was taking from her escort is killed and Temple Drako the young officer husband with is compelled by circumstances to whom she was passionately in
run away and live with the killer. Meanwhile an, innocent man is The result of the test was elec- charged with murder and Drake's trifying: here was a striking new lover is assigned for the defence. star, a pure English type with The story has a thrilling climax great dramatic force. and with and is one which should not be regal dignity subsistent in the missed.
love.
best British womanhood, ***
But the Hollywood people still
doubted whether, Miss Wynyard Wild Young Aristocrat
could play the part. For Jane
Miss Hopkins, cast as a wild young aristocrat, whose wildness however, hns the fortunate
| Marryot she must be able to start her 'performance at the age of 32 and end it as a woman. of 85.. "Monte Carla Madness," which With faint hopes they asked began yesterday at the Central 26-year-old Diana to show them quality of mowing its own limita Theatre is a picture to be recom- she could do with the character mended more for the picturesque of Jane Marrot aged 65. Clothes, hature of the scenes and the langu make-up and art combined in the age than for anything else.
Sari Maritza does some good nim test turned out of the ex- making of the most astonishing work as the Queen of Pontenero perimental studios of Hollywood: and Haris Albers, although, some-
is in love with Gargan, a young attorney. She refuses his offer of marriage because she is not good enough for him. For Gargan she goes to Collier, a drunken college boy, and they speed off in his car in search of more liquor. The times overdoing"the cave man stuff, Diana, as the whole film world ride ends in a crash, and they puts his part over well.
now acknowledges, "WES Jane climb from the wreckage to and Charles Redgie a Peter is excel Matryot. Not only the Jane of themselves virtual prisoners
01-
lent but the story and plot is a 1900 with the two young children. La Rue, a big-city gangster, in a bit thin.
The story deals with the Queen childless. Jane of
but the bereaved elderly and remote,
desolate hideaway. La 1932. Her Rue ships the boy off to the city, of Pontenero and the troublesome. commander of her cruiser, Captain greatest hope is that her great and forces Temple to remain with Erickson. He disobeys a royal com "Cavalcade" success will not rehim. He kills the only man who maad, goes to Monte Carlo against Bult in a long, succession of old tries to protect her; then drags her off to the city and keeps her nil orders, and there has a hearty woman" part.
with him in & time with the money he.. innost
tawdry rooming forepd out of his Consûl.”
With her in "Cavalcade" are house. But unknown to him hig Queen bert Mundin, and Uria O'Connor has been assigned to defend the Olive Brooks, Irene Browne, Her There Gargan finds her. He is also there and he makes a fool who also age with the story other man charged with the murder La of himself over her, not knowing her entity. She finally lets him British artists in the Alm include Rue committed, In his search for know who she is just in time to Frank Lawton, Ursula Jeans, evidence, he looks up La Rue, and present him from belowing up the Merle Tottenham, Margaret Lind Casino and most of Monte Carle say and Tempe Pigott. All are
with it...
British
is horrined to discover Temple
with him. The nim reaches
climax in the action that follows.
his skin, but lands nimi penniless Italian girl who turns down the on the Thames Embankment.
!! With the help of a friend he gains financial success in the City, but trickery on the part of this same friend gets Fitzgerald' arrested and sentenced to seven years penal servitude forem bezzlement,
suitor of her father's choice in favour of a young officer in the Italian air force. - When noiifled of his death at the front: she enters a convent. The story rises over returns and finds the gift's to a sensational climax when the religious rows an obstacle to his
happiness.
There are several unexpected twists in this entertainment story that holds the onlookers' interest gums and rotan and an energetic from start to Anish. Tom Walls promotion of wood exploitation' in directed the picture himself, and the Outer Possessions and for im- he proves once again that as an provements in the fisheries. actor he is in a class by himself, sum has been appropriated for and as a film producer he is the general, strengthening rapidly making a great name for development of Netherlands In- himself
dian industry.
A SHOWS
- OMANY 2.80-£15 7.18-8.80
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and
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TO-MORROW and MONDAY
DAVIES THE
and ROBERT
MONTGOMERY
Blondie
1
of the
Follies
The greatest cast sines "Grund Hotel
h
TE BILLIE DOVE
JIMMY DUBANTĚ
** Jamison Gleason, Zara Pitta
EXTRA COMEDY FEATURE
LAUREL & HARDY
ONE GOOD TURN"]
BOREEN'S GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENT
No other picture can bogat so "great a galaxy of big stars.
GARBO
GRAND HOTEL
ECLIPSES
BALL
STAGE AND SORERN ENTERTAINMENTS.
DIARY OF LOCAL WULEN
EVENTS
TO-DAY
(September 23).
(VITI, Moon, 4th Day) Ember Day.
Autumnal Equinox (Ch'iu-fen), Entertainments-Grand Concert and Demonstrations by 2nd HK. Company Girl Guides and ̃10th H.K. Boy Scouts. St. Paul's Girls' College, Macdonell Road, 7.30 pm....
Social Functions-Whist Drive, China Light and Power Recreation Club, King's Park, 9.p.m.
Theatres
King's: “Cavalcade.” Queen's: "Story of
Drake."
Temple
Central: "Monte Carlo Madness." Oriental:*" Blonde of the Folles.* Star: "My Wife's Family." Majestic: "Bird of Paradise."
Dances
-Tea Dances at King's Restaurant; Hong Kong, and,, Repulse Bay Hotels: and
Majestic Dancing Academy.
Dinner Dances at King's Res- taurant: Peninsula, Hong Kong. and Repulse Bay Hotels
Principal Malls."
Outward air mall for Europe by Naldera 9am.: steamer via Suez 10.30 am for Australia by Atsuta Maru 9.30 am.
Sports.
Racing: Hong Kong Jockey Club's Ninth Extra Race Meeting; Aquatic, Twelfth Annual Sports of Police and Prison Departments. V.R.C. Bath, 2.30 p.m.; University Swim- ming Club. European Y.M.C.A. Bath, 1 p.in.
Sunrise.-8.12 am. Sunset.-6.19
p.m.
Tides-High at 11.50 and 23.25 Low at 5.14 and 17.11.
DUTCH COLONIAL POLICY
To Aid Javanese
Amsterdam-A scheme to Im- prove the standard of living of the people of Java-who have been most affected of all the East Indian peoples by trade, depres slon, has just been published by the Dutch East Indian Govern→ ment. The plan provides for agriculture in its various aspects, including agrarian colonization and labour colonization,
The object of agrarian coloniza- 'tion-is to reclaim the soul of the so-called Outer Possessions, thus assisting the Javanese to improve their standard of living in a new forming a labour market outside home. Labour colonization aims at
Java.
The cost involved in the trans- migration of Javanese to districts slight, says the report outlining where labour is scarce, proves to be
of such transmigration are satis- the scheme. The present results
factory in South Sumatra. but for East Sumatra it has not yet been possible to arrive at a decision. In South Sumatra thousands of families have already settled.
NEW GUINEA.' Colonization in New Guinea also is receiving the attention of the Government. An expert from the
Netherlands is to be appointed to
investigate market gardening and prospects of, preserving industry............ plans for production of resin, The scheme further contains
(Continued on previous col.);
MAJESTIC
THEATRE.
Nachan Bond, Kowloop. Tel. 67242
TO-DAY ONLY ||At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20
F-M.
ON THE SCREEN
IN A BLAZE KOLORY!
Richard Wafton
Tully Workd
Sweeping play!
A drama of forbidden love berand
the", pase of white man's warats.
RADIO Picture
David 0.3%
Executive
Producer
DOLOLES DEL RO and JOKE MACERA
NEXT CHANGE
TO-NIGHT IS OURS
FREDRIO MARCH, CLAUDETTE COLE
→EIR CONDITIONED THE STRES
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5, 10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.
Women Whispered and pitied
Men Laughed
and rememberett
mysit Drak
am guilty of Love
THE STORY OF
TEMPLE DRAKE
MIRIAM HOPKINS JACK LA RUS SSLAR SARCAS
--don't condemn me.....Or despise me
until you
hear my story.and see me as really am.. Latest BETTY BOOP
TO-MORROW
CLOTHED IN ETERNAL ROMANCE
HELEN
HAYES
CLARK
GABLE
SK
The White Sister
Not since "Smilin Through" has the Talk- ing Screen shown a love- story with such tender- ness, tears, beauty!"
with
LEWIS STONE, LOUISE CLOSSER HALE, MAY
ROBSON
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
GENE GERRARD ou MURIEL ANGELUS.
MY
WIFE'S
bODD WATTS, &
SINGHEY, DOORRAAT ANDY, VINESAN CHARLES TAYON? TOM HELMORE MENLEY. CAMONT
FAMILY
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