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A CHINESE PICTURE
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AND SINGING FILM,
"THE
WHITE
GOLD DRAGON"
FEATURING
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LADIES OF THE JURY
ZÓNA MAY OLIVER JILL ́ESMOND
ROSCO ÁTES KEN MURRAY
RKO RADIO PICTURE
ST FRANCIS
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A New B.I.P. Recruit
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
Infernal Machine.”.
King's.
Queen's.
Central,
"The White Sister.'
The White Gold Dragon"
In Chinese Picture)
Oriental,
Star.
The Cuban Love Song."
KOWLOON
"The White Deri!."
Majestic,
Lonely Wives.”
Theatre Calender
To the Central "King Kong"
KING'S THEATRE
37-28 The "Infernal Machine" 29 The "Kid From Spain"
also
Mickey Mouse in the
"Mad Doctor"
Coloured Symphony
"Father Noah's Ark" QUEEN'S
White Sister.
Gabriel Over the White House. All Comedy Programme. Rasputin and the Empress.
THE WHITE
F
SISTER
Director Who Says: "Pictures Must Move
move:
The thing that every motion picture director must keep in mind is that motion pictures "do that to create a single beautiful composition isn't sufficient. Beauty must be combined with action of the whole structure is of little value."
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The speaker is Victor Fleming, who recently directed Helen Hayes and Clark Gable in "The White Sister," having the final showings To-day at the Queen's Theatre, and who previously had scored with such talkie hits as "Red Dust'* and "The Wet Parade." Fleming is an authority on pictorial com position in films for before assmm- ing the microphone he was a suc cessful cameraman.
"Because I was a cameraman,” the director stated in a recent in- terview, "I am particularly aware of one of the most common faults we have in picture studjos, namely, the tendency of both director and cameraman to become absorbed in the beauty of particular composi- tions, to spend too much time with these compositions and to forget that the plot of the story must move ahead or the public will grow bored,
Avoided Temptations.
"In the carnival scenes and the convent episodes of "The White Sister, there were many tempta tions to stop, to spend a great deal of time catching this bit of land- scape, that group of picturesque characters, a lovely corner here and there. This story abounds, in such pictorial posibilities.
We
tried to take advantage of some of them but were careful not to let them over-balance the production. Beauty we must have in pictures, but it should be beauty in action, When beauty becomes "static and slows down the action, is is a hind- rance rather than a value.
"Bettings should furnish a back- ground for the emotion of the
Was
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933.
4 SHOWS DAILY.
AT
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& 9.30 P.M.
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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
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OH! LOOK AT EDDIE!
ONLY
THE KHM THE
A THOUSAND LIEF
What a man with one: Kiss he mola a rich man's fiancee, gave a thousane!
people the jitters and
rescued a ship from an
explosion that never happened
INFERNAL MACHINE
CHESTER MORRIS
VICTOR JORY
FOX
GENEVIEVE TOBIN ELIZABETH PATTERSON
·Directed by Marcel Varel
Chester Morris and Genevieve Tobin in a scene from the Fox comedy romance, "The Infernal Machine".
"THE CUBAN LOVE SONG "
At The Oriental Theatre
The Cuban Love Song, the
2PA
"INFERNAL MACHINE"
THE
Screamingly funny?
You knew But
here's a mutiča!“ romance that stožer a new posk of dra- matia thrills and 'sespleg,`` breath-
Lock booty
SAMUEL GOLDWYN Producion
Eddie
CANTOR
0.
in.
KID FROM SPAIN
with
LYDA ROBERTE
UNITED ARTISTS
PICTURE.
C
GABRIEL OVER
THE WHITE HOUSE"
Drama of a President's Career
Those who look for motioni pic- ture entertainment permeated with the tense, authentic melodrama of actual headlines in today's news. will find "Gabriel Over the White House," new Cosmopolitan-Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer production, one of the outstanding talkie events of the
year.
FILM STAR AGED the most daring expose of Wash-
ONE YEAR ·
This picture was adapted fren
ington ever written. It aanonymous author knew his politics and at the same time weaved into his story of a United States President who
CHEVALIER'S BABY IN steps out and does something about
A MILLION".
By Our Film Correspondent In "A Bedtime Story" the new Chevalier picture the French come- diam breaks new ground,
current problems ·"an gripping human theme.
unusually
Walter Huston Heads Cast. Headed by Walter Huston as the President who overnight is trans- formed from an insincere, back slapping politician to a шать of There is no spectacle, and of the iron the distinguished cast of three or four young women who "Gabriel. Over the White House" come into the story only a nurse includes Karen Morley, last seen is of the slightest Importance. The opposite Wallace Beery in "Flesh"; pivot around which everything re- the Broadway stage star, Franchot volves 'is a young person you have Tone: Arthur Byron, Dickie Moore, never seen before, called Leroy." C. Henry Gordon, David Landau, Master Leroy is the show. We Samuel Hinds, William Pawley, have had stars aged eight and Jean Parker and, Claire Dubrey. four, but the latest sensation of the screen is aged not quite oft. Norman Taurog, the director need- ed someone to play a baby left in the hero's car, and the Leroy child was chosen from a thousand.
We congratulate Mr. Taurog on bis judgment. Here is an infant in a million.
He smiles bewitchingly at exact
comes
The drama, laid in the historic background of the national capital with authentic scenes of the execu tive mansion, the two legislative houses and various other Washing- ton locales, starts, with the inau- guration of the siraple, back coun try man, Jud Hammond, who bé- the Hon. Judson Ham- mond. President of the United ly the right time he cries when States. His first press conference he is supposed to, which is infre- shows him to be a typical politi- quently, he says "da-da" with a cian, jovial, insincere, evasive, un- nice open "a," which some of our willing to cope courageously with more mature screen performers national problems. He is injured might imitate, he waves his hands in an accident and on his return and sings something that escaped to work following a long period of as, but seemed to please him, in illness which has given him time to time with the music, and he ama-think things over, he becomes a
stead of soft. decisive instead of This prodigy apart, "A Bedtime vacillating. Story" is quite charming-simpler He fires the Secretary of War and quieter than some of its pre- and asks for the resignation of his decessors, but not necessarily the entire cabinet when they bositate worse for that.
And Something About shes every watch with nonchalant new Judson Hammond, hard in-
The Star
Sarah Bernhardt,
the
WES
gusto.
to support his moves to relieve the Unemployment Army. He demands that Congress give him the powers
principals," continued the director. dramatic romance of a man and famous of French actresses,
They must never take the spot- light away from those emotions, for a girl in the tropics, brings Law-¦ the inspiration for the stage an it is a great love scene that you rence Tibett, famous baritone screen career of Genevieve Tobin, rols in Walton Lackaye's produc-of a dictator. He fights directly remember, not whether the room and screen star now showing to dainty little Pos Plim star. in which the scene occurred
As a child in Paris, where she tion of Painy Days," and later, with the "king" of the racketeers Romanesque, Byzantine or 1933 the Oriental Theatre in what is attended school, Miss Tobin, at the ripe site of 15, played her and through a federal police force American in its architecture.” undoubtedly his most interesting taken by her mother to see the arst featured part in "Polly Pre-wipes him out. He forces, an In- The White Sister" is the first role. In a modern story, replete Divine Sarah m "L'Aigion one of ferred ring denternational, Debt Congress, not Procure in which Helen Hayes and with drams, adventure, comedy her most famous foles The Title After that she had leading roles behind closed doors but on the deck Clark Gable have appeared to and haunting music, Tibbett is
in "The Youngest, This Woman of a yacht where a graphic de girl was no frigofed with the er of that memorable actress,
Bakines The Play's the Taing". ¡monstration of how quickly, war- gether. Supporting the stars are Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, seen as a swashbuckling marine. immediately decided to go on the and "Murray Hill," in which me craft may be destroyed by airplanes war'co-started with Leslie Howard leads to debt payment via sums May Robson, Edward Arnold and The story begins before the war stagh when she grew up: A Alan Edward. The picture was and comes down to the presenten she returned to New YorShe made her strat trip to the
When
who wrote the play painted saved in disarmament, adopted to the screen from, F. Marion Crawford's sovel by Donald day. Ogden Stewarn.
There are novelties galore imported Cuban orchestra and Lupe dancing the Rumbe; Tib A clever sixteen-year-old actress, was Italla Conti, who has brought bet fearning The Peanut Ven- Daphne Courteney, is the latest so many fanóns juveniles to star- der " in Spanish from the lovable addition to B.I.P.'s contracted dom, who saw the great possint-Lupe; outstanding songs for
ties in Daphne After some She was born in South Africa ing, she made her stage debut as Tibbett, such as the official U.S. and left with her parents for Eng- the child in "Thunder on the land at the ago of four. At school | Left," and before returning to dancing classes, she was inspired school, danced in "Where the to consider a stage career, but it Rainbow Ends."
players.
that he has moved to
T. NAKAO
Wishes to
announce
to
the Ladies of Hong Kong
58, JOHNSTONE ROAD:
teadily schooldays behind her, she career. "White Horse Inn," "Over
progressed in her stage
Has Stirrlag. Ullmax. stage career that her mother took Pacific Coast to play the leading her to see David Belasco, who plac-mole in Polly Preferred, later re-
The story is brought to a stirring ed her under his management turning to Broadway to be co-
Bull a child, me played her first starred with Oscar Shaw and Wat-and logical conclusion after son- ter Catlett in "Dear Sir" a musicalsational peace conference with Jud. Dan comedyOWN LAMP BOD Hammond leaving his mark on During the season of 1928-29, the history as ons of the greatest Pre Marine Corps hyran, he was featured in The Trial of Mary about to rule at the White
Dugan" in its run at the Queen's Carey Wilson adapted the anony Cuban Love Song, Tramps at Theatre in London, scoring a tremous novel to the screen, with schi- Sea and a thrilling deep son mendous hit. tional dialogue by Bertran "Block chantey
Returning to America, she play and a musical score by Dr. William
W 8 Van Dyke directed the ed, the featured part of Tolu At The Data we directed by Carroll" in Million French-George Cave, known for his fine production, and crammed it with men on Broadway for 32 weeks, work on Symphony of Six Mi the Fase" (or "Fanfare") were fol-deft little fouches such as the her good work winning her frat, lion?" lowed by a small part in and un singing lesson in the Cuban screen, contract, one with Univers derstudy to the lead in "Children ungle. Comedy e in capable
She played in A Lady Burren
Then the
In Uniform." Her most important part to date was Wendy to Jean hands, for Ernest Torrence and ders, res Love," "Seed? Op She returned to New York and Forbes Robertson's "Peter Pan." Jimmy Durante provide it as the for Murder On Promise Me," few from there to Hollywood to Daphne has been seen in only two marine cronies of the story " Lady Endures," and "The Gay sign a Fox contract. Her first me one Alm," "The Fappy Ending, and the amusing Louise Fazenda Diplomat but BLP is certain that with ex- perience and training, she will plays a domineering strew quickly become a screen favourite: Lupe Velez is charming as the" The possessor of a pair of brilliant wistful Nenit and her exotic and Intelligent brown eyes, she is charm has & foil in Karen Mor blonde and winsome in personali-,
ley's aristocrats beauty as the ty, Her first part under her con- tract is in The Mummers."
rival heroine.
the yamp in Jon
ture under this Banner, the "In reat hit as fernal Machine, adapted from the With novel oy Carl Binbods is doing a You" with Maurice Che ller and remarkable business these days at Jeanette MacDonald fter which the King's Theatre Chester Mor he went to England-for- an im- ris is co-featured with her. Marcel
Perfert Understanding. portant part in Gloria Swanson's Varnel is the director and Victor Jory, a newcomer to the screen, is Continued on next colu}: also featured,
UEEN
FAHU CONDITIONED PILATHE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DYA At 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
p.u
CLOTHED N ETERNAL ROMANCE
HELEN
HAYES
CLARI
GABLE
-M
The White Sister
with.. "LEWIS STONE
LOUISE HALE—MAY HOBBON
-TO-MORROW
Startling!
The Birth of
NEW Nation!
GABRIEL
with
OVER
THE
WHITE HOUSE
A motion pleases that is Kalika
picture by tha history of
Pellegro Player @mopolitan Prodection.
WALTER HUSTON
KAREN MORLRY, YBANCHOT TOŠE
· ABTHUR «BYRON," DICKIE MOORE Directed by GREGORY, LA CAVA
(STAR)
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.20.
20 9.20 p..
WHITE
DEVIL
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