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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720,
TO-DAY 5 SHOWS AT 12.30, 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30
EDGAR WALLACE'S MIGHTY SCREEN
FANTASY!
A beautiful woman in one hairy hand... on airplane. pulled from the sky, in the other! The
monster ape -tall as a steeple, rushes
over streets and rooftops!
KING KONG“
is loose!
From an idea by EDGAR WALLACE and MERIAN C. COOPER Wah FAY WRAY ROLT. ARMSTRONG
BRUCE CASOT
ACOOPER- SCHOEDSACK Production
NEXT CHANGE
The detective and the other fish both
had to take water when the school mares from Lown saived
THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER
With
EDNA MAY. OLIVER
Habt. Anastrang James CinaSUN
Bar Clarke
Dieacted by Cars
Archaisbeat, From
务
14. Bronzano and
Stent Palmer, RKO
RADIO Picture
David O. Selznick,
ANNA MAY WONG IN
BRITISH FILM
Heroine Of Tiger Bay
Special Air-Mail Service-
·TO-DAY AT THE
King's.
CINEMA
HONG KONG
"The Good Companions."
Queen's.
"Rasputin and the Empress.'
Central.
"King Kong.
Oriental.
"Bird of Paradise.”
KOWLOON
Star.
Ieli Below.**
Majestic.
"Racing Youth,"
King's.
COMING
My Lips Betray."
Queen's.
"Nuisance.
Pick Up.".
Central.
"The Penguin Pool Murder.
World.
"Public Defender,”
"Lovable Enemies" (Chinese
"Three Who Loved."!
Star."
"Oh Sailor Behave."
"Film),
"Secrets of M.M, Blanche,"
Oriental.
13 Women, Irene Dunn and
Ricardo Cortez,”
THE BARRYMORE
Family Of National
Actions
"Acting is the very life blood of the Barrymores. It is the sum total of more than a century of famous actors. So the best way to direct them is to lat them alone and let them act. They instinctively know more than the average person can be taught in a licetime."
screen.
"
So.says Richard Boleslavsky, the first man to direct Joba. Ethel and Lionel Barrymore together on the The soldier-author-director was at the helm in the filming of "Rasputin and the Empress," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's spectacle of the full of the Bomanoffs, in which the noted Barrymores are seen for the first time films as a trio,"
For
With Polish Lancers Boleslavsky knows" actors. years he was a director in the Moscow Art Theatre. During the World War he served Rurais with, his Polish Lancers. He is the author of "The Way of a Lancer" and "Lancers Down." amazing chronicles of the wanderings of this famous unit. He! photographed the drama of war from the air as an army cinematographer. He produced in New York such spectacles as "The Vagabond King" and The Miracle."" He knows the the Barrymores. He knows spectacle. He knows the Russia of the Czar's. regime.
The thing that made the picture. though a very elaborate out, com. paratively easy," explained Boles- lavaky in a recent interview, is that
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1933.
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
& 9.30 P.M.
THE THIRD THEATRE IN THE WORLD TO SHOW
LILIAN HARVEY'S
FIRST HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION
'MY LIPS BETRAY"
THE "LOVE PARADE" OF 1933
WITH
JONH BOLES and EL BREND L
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A FOX SUPERB PRODUCTION.
LILIAN HARVEY" -
“MY LIPS BETRAY"
At King's Theatre To-day
H
We wish to take this opportunity we, stuck to facra. The principal to remind our readers of the characters were made up to be exact showing to-day of the Fox Film duplicates of the originals: John "My Lips Betray." Dainty. Lilian Barrymore as Prince Chegodieff, Ethel Harvey is as winsome as ever in as the Czariss, Lionel ae Rasputin, this picture and we feel sure, you Ralph Morgan as the Car-ever the will be charmed with ber in the little Czarevitch the grand duchesses role she portrays. The other leads und the rest. ....
are well cast: John Boles will de- light you with his wonderful voice and your old favourite El Brendel,
The settings were authentic, exact copies being constructed of the Win- ter Palace, the cathedral, Rasputin's roops, and so on. And the play is an echo "of history with which the whole world is familiar." Thus, mid all the spect cle, we imply were film- ing human life in its trust form.. Ethel Baryinura knew the late Czarios, ao played the role from a personal knowledge that made it al
at inspired. That's one of the things about the Barrymores. They know people before they enact them. They deal with living people rather than with the trick of stage and BUTEEN":
The new picture, in which hundredı appear in spectacular opurt; e enes, a great military review, and the im- pressive rathedral sequence, is literal ly a historic sceeunt of the drama of Bussia's last days as an empire.
villainess of the piece she appears as the Oriental guardian of e white girl for whom she eventually sacrifices her life. Although the drama tends towards artificiality. and the acenery suggests the
London, Sept. 19. Probably the first British film to studio, Miss Wong takes advantage have a Chinese heroine. "Tiger of all opportunities for sympathetic Bay," had an encouraging recep- acting and does extremely well. tion at its private view this after he has a most agreeable talent noon. Anna May Wong completed for avoiding undue sentiment even this melodrama shortly before her when an avalanche of emotion recent visit to Scotland, and she seems inevitable, and knows fust regards the role as one of her hap how to use a pair of exquisite Diest. Instead of representing the bands
and
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 95332.
NEXT OHANGE BUCK UP! LOOK UP! ∙CHEER UP! .
SING!
proment by JOSEPH M. SCHENCK
ALJOLSON
IN
HALLELUJAH!
I'M A TRAMP!
MADGE EVANS FRANK MORGAN, HARRY LANGDON Lewis MILESTONE
Production
United Artista Pictuen
Tad' first picture" evvridane in "Rhythesle
- Biologue"
SIX NEW SONG HITS IN
THIS PICTURE HALLELUJAH, I'M A TRAMP!", "YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL" "I GOT TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK' "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH MONEY?”, SLEEPING BEAUTY" AND "LAYING
THE CORNERSTONE".
ALMA TAYLOR'S
ROMANCE
Meets Professional
Dancer at Viennese
Club
Special Air-Mail Service
London, Sept. 19, Miss Alma Taylor, the Brush Aim star, is acting in "Vienna..at present with a British cast in a flm to be called "The House of Dreams.
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One evening at L. dance resort (says the film correspondent of "The London Evening News"), she was recognised by a professional dancer, a member of an aristocra- tic Austrian family whose fortune has been affected by the change of circumstances in Austria since the war.
He asked to be introduced to her and apparently they fell in love at first sight. For, it is stat- ed, Miss Taylor has admitted to friends in letters that "It's true."" "T'll tell you all about it when I re- turn," she says.
Da Not Understand.
Her friends expect eh early an- nouncement of an engagement. When they first met neither Miss Taylor nor her Austrian could un- derstand each others language.
He has resigned his engagement at the Viennese night club now, and has expressed the intention of coming to London with Miss Tay-
lor.
Alma Taylor, once the most po- pular of British film stars; has 'been in retirément for some time, but recently she has appeared on the screen again, and this present
MARLENE THE Alm gives her her biggest talkle
ARTIST
Don't Vulgarise Her Talent!
Special Air-Mail Service
part...
SIR CLAUD SEVERN'S
WILL
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London," September -19.
Sir Claud Severn, K.B.E., C.M.G., of Ewelme, Oxon, formerly Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, who died intestate on April 8, aged 63, left. estate of the gross value of £1,312, with net personalty nil."
Wants To See World Series Buseball
London, Sept. 19, Writes a London critic:-Mar. lene Dietrich has her enemies. They point with not unreasonable disgust and scorn to her habit of parading in men's clothes; they allege that she owes much of her LAMENT OF AN ORDERLY" beauty. to ber cameramen and directors. It' is not disputed that the fascinating shadow on the Die- trich cheek is a piece of photo-.. graphic trickery.) But when all has been said it remains true that the screen has never known a more supremely lovely woman. She is an artist using "a perfectly controlled face and body as mediums through which her art finds expression. first to fight if there is a light- I hope that in her next Allon she in Cuba: Private First Class will not be obliged to stink about Edward Roche," long an orderly at. cheap restaurants with a hand on the Navy Department, hopes for her hip and a cigarette dangling early calm in Cuba, from her lips. Because she did "I have been waiting in Wash- that sort of thing in The Bludington for eight years to me Ankel" she is evidently condemned World Series baseball game,"
Washington, Oct. 3. At least
one United Sintes Marine does not want to be the
gazed at
bulletin board "an="
to blow smoke with a soul-weary Roche explained to-day, as he air and droop smouldering eyelids on her fat admirers at least once nouncement of fleet and marine in each film she makes,
orders issued proparatory to possi- ble intervention in Cuba-United
funny as ever. It is a wonderful picture, and with such a cast you I begin to feel slightly tired of are assured of excellent entertain those big hats-scenes In "The ment.
Song of Songs" vividly recall There is to be an added attrac-parallel scenes in "The Blonde tion in the way of a competition | Venus" and I do wish she would for the ladies. the Sincere. stop whining drivel. The cabaret Company are offering beauty out- sequence in her new film is deplor- fits for the ladies whose lips resem-
ably weak and compares badly ble those of Miss Harvey. The
with those in which she appears "Marvelous" tollet. articles are ex-
as an unsophisticated girl Plenty of half-baked actresses can play "ramp" parts. It is time Marlene Dietrich was allowed to ̈· escape from them
although in a minor role, is as cellent and well worth trying for.
4 SHOWS
DARY
2.33–5.15
7.13-4.00
TAKI ANI TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTALE
THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY
THE GREATEST MELODRAMA
IN THE HISTORY OFT HE SCREEN
RICHARD WALTON TULLY:3
TO-MORROW and THURSDAY
GREAT NOVEL!. GREAT PICTURE!
TIFFANY THAYER'S
nova)
13 WOMEN
World Sweeping Stage Success | Storting on the screen!.
Granter OMR KO
The Screen RADIO KING MEDORES. Pic
PARADISE
DOLORES DEL RIO- and JOEL M¿CRIA David D. Selenich..
TRENS DUNNE
- RICARDO CORTEZ S JILL ESMOND MYRNA LO Diched by Gueron Arch David Seferick, Esc Produces
THE
SCREEN'S GREATEST SENSATION !
SOVIET BALLOON GOES UP 12 MILES
Important Scientific Data Obtained
Kolomna. Bept. 30,
* Searing new scientific data con- cerning conditions in the rarited atmosphere twelve miles above the earth. the great Soviet stratistat made a perfect landing in a field just across the Moscow river trom this city early this evening "
In a little less than nine hours the balloon designed and piloted by Soviet scientists reached ap altitude estimated to be 19.000 metres and Its crew of thizee work- ing at top speed throughout the fight obtained information - that may determine whether aircraft of any kind can navigate the upper regions on a commercial basın. - The balloon named the USSR. which left the Frunze aerodrome in Moscow at 8.43 o'clock, this. morning, landed, here shortly after 5 o'clock this evening with its grew in perfect health and its mechan- um intact
Press."
VEEN
CAM CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-I`AY At 2:30, 5.10, 7.16 & 8.20 p.m. JOHN
BARRYMORE
ar Prince Paul, a role that wins him new fame
ETHEL
BARRYMORE
as the Czarina, added famé to the stage's brilliant star,
LIONEL
BARRYMORE
as Rasputin, a living portrait "of unforgettable power
RASPUTIN
AND THE EMPRESS › Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Merums,
with
DIANA WYNYARD NEXT CHANGE
LEGS
LAW..
LOVE
J. Phineas
Stevens couldn't live without them!
LeeTRACY
THE
NUISANCE
toyolluyn Mayer mATURE
with MADGE EVANS
MAJESTIC STARI
THEATRE
Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 TO-DAY TO THURSDAY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
BERT
WHEELER
WOOLSEY
The Cuckay Birds
· are Jailbirds Now!
YOID EM
With ED NA
OLIVER
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
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