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For Picture
"Supernatural".
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"Supernatural" the film "at the Central Theatre exposes
the tricks of psychic takers. Carole Lombard is the central gure in the story. As a beautiful heless grieving over the death of her twin brother, she as an easy prey for a fake spiritualist who has more interest In her money than her dead brother. The other members of the cash ate Vivinne Osborne, Randolph Scott, Allan Dinchart, H. B. Warner and William Farnum are in the prin- cipal roles..
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"Henry The VIII”
"The Private Life Of Henry. The Eight," England's much married monarch will be shown to Hong Kong audiences sometime next month. Charles Laughton bas been cast in the leading role in this tragi-comedy which puts the comedy first and rides rough-shod over history. It has been splen- didly produced, and most enter- talning. Special mention $BS made of the wonderful make-up of Laughton being an exact copy from the Castle Howard Holbein portrait which shows the monarch win a grey beard. Miss Wendy has been cast as Jane Seymour, the monarch's third wife. Miss Merle Oberon is the screen' Anne Boleyn, second wife, Miss Binnie Barnes is the fifth, "Miss Everley Gregg plays the sixth wife, Miss Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Chas, Laughton In private life) is the fourth. London turned out in full force to see this production when it was shown at the Leicester Theatre.
JEAN HARLOW
Jean Harlow is married again. and is now known as Mrs. Harold G. Rosson, a cameraman. She was Kansas City, born in
Missouri March the 3rd 1911; she is ve feet three and a half inches tall. weighs 112 lbs. has blue eyes. She had no stage experience.
FACING THE MUSIC"
"The musical comedy "Facing The Music" with Stanley Lupino, Jose Collins, Nancy Burne, Morris Earvey, Nancy Brown, Doris Wood- all, Lester Matthews, Dennis Hoey, Hal Gordon” and" Charles will be shown at the Central theatre com- mencing, Sunday. The film abounds in uproarious situations, interludes of catchy music interspersed with smart dialogue, Dennts Hoey possesses a remarkable fine voice. Nancy Brown's Vocal numbers have always been well rendered, and we will have another opportunity of hearing this delightful star. In "Facing The Music" we have a medley of all that is best in British Films do not miss seeing t
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The Smartest, Soap- piest and Funniest of all British Musical Comedies.
and
Grand Songs- Grand Opera, with Ex- cerpts from "Faust" and "Tristan and foolde."
STANLEY LUPINO
"FACING The MUSIC
JOSE COLLINS NANCY BURNE: LESTER MATTHEWS -- NANCY BROWN · DENNIS HOEY· DORIS WOODALL HAL GORDON
DIACETED BY HARRY MUGHES
LILTING
SPARKLING COMEDY ABUNDANCE OF LAUGHS
A British International Picture!
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"LITTLE WOMEN" SETS MUSIC HALL RECORD
To be Shown at the King's Theatre Next Month
RKO's "Little Women," starring Sunday. Katherine Hepburn, and from Monday- which the company is anticipating Tuesday great things, started Its career exhibition recently by establishing a new record at New York's Radio City Music Hall...
The Arst four days saw more than 100,000 people battling their way in to see the picturization of Louisa May Alcott's classic. gross for the first four days was $73,186, and for the last six days, $103,004. RKO officials said they
WE ARE SHOWI› G "FOR THE LAST TIME expect the full week showing of
THE WORLD'S
MOST STUPENDOUS THRILLER,
The prehistoric upe, a moun tain of hair and muscle, cracked the huge trunk like a tooth pick, and five men fell to their death i
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YOU MAY NEVER SEE IT AGAIN.
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GOLD MEDAL. FILM
First Annual Award Goes to Henry the Eighth"
22,915 21,561 23,148
FLICKERS FROM › HOLLYS WOOD
Mrs. Evelyn Oakle, mother of Juck Oakle, has a part in the Par amount . Too Much Harmony. Gall Patrick, new Paramount player, has received through the post, a toothbrush engraved with her initials in gold.
the
Ricardo Cortez will play part of a broker in Paramount's Big Executive, most convincingly because he once was a broker.
DeMille has chartered a liner. the City of San Francisco, for se- quences in his next film, Four Frightened People.
Mae West's dressing room at the Paramount Studios is finished in "pale
grey with bangings of dull, apricot stin...
Ellyan Tashman. featured in Paramount's Too Much Harmony, was in Ziegfeld Follies for two years. i
Mary Boland, in Paramount's Mama Loves Papa, was convinced she was a dramatic actress until a break made her one of the lead- ing comediennes,
John Miljan who appeared. In Chevaller's first Alm. Innocents Of Paris, is re-united with the Paramount star The Way To Love. Elizabeth Young, appearing in Paramount's Big Executive. -walks two miles every day just for ex- ercise! She started the habit se- veral years ago in New York.
A GALAZY OF FASHION
The most, fashionable function in Hollywood for years has cer- tainly been the premiere at the famous Grauman Chinese Theatre of Mae West's "I'm No Angel" All the stars attended and all wore the latest creations.
Marlene Dietrich caused a long ware of "Oh's," when she stepp- ed from her car in a long wrap which was a lovely affair with a cape from the waist down. She wore a black crepe from the waist down. She wore a black velvet tam and over the gloved fourth finger of each hand carried two startling rings, on a solitaire, the other a star sapphire.
MacWest herself. reigned dur- Ing her triumph in a gown and 20.584 short jacket of silver lace massed 14,303
with tiny crystal beads. The slee- .15,515 ves of the jacket were three bands of white fox and a large muff of the same for accompanied the costume. And of course, it in- cluded one of those yard-long
trainst
Total... $142,084 $103,004 Unusual was the complete un- animity of favorable opinion ex- pressed by New York's newspaper critles. Saturday and Sunday
Carole Lombard, who is to be thousands of children witnessed seen in White Woman wore a knee. the story of Victorian The
length coat and a gown of star- girlhood, Sunday the theatre's doors were piece of adornment was displayed sapphire beads... Not another opened shortly before noon and by one o'clock all of the theatre's
Dorothea Wleck, whose Arst 6,200 seats were filed.
starring picture for Crowds
Paramount were waiting to enter even when tention because the prendere was is Cradle Song, caused much at- the overworked box offices were: closed shortly before ten in the pubilc function. She was simply her first appearance at a large evening.
black velvet. Her wrap. also in Ivory satin wth large sleeves of and cleverly, gowned in a frock of
black velvet, fastened with sever- al, enormous buttons of brilliants. Two of the younger Paramount players were there Allen combined a gown of royal too. Judith. purple velvet with a long cape of white velvet. probably, the most excited young And Toby Wing was lady in the whole wore her first, fur coat—a white theatre. She
ermine one.
"Little Women" to surpass al Music Hall attendance and box office records since the opening of the theatre, eleven months ago. It is estimated that the gross for the entire week will be in excess of $120,000, while over 185,000 people are expected to have visited the theatre during the first week.
Following is a day-by-day record of attendance and receipts:
Attendance Gross
$23,073
Thursday Friday Saturday
four
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kets each day at the peak of the The theatre stopped selling tie matinee and evening rush. Оп Saturday the box office was closed times and at 1. p.m. 3,000 people walted in the street, with 1,000 standees" in the lobby. Thirty mounted policeinen called to:eep
were crowds in order, police department officially $15,650 The 23,033 15.750 reported that those on duty had 28.354 21,202
never seen "such an orderly riot."
News Snapshots
**Mae West's fame has enabled her sister. Bererley West, to emerge from retirement and star in American vaudeville on the streng-
th of her relationship to the heroine of "She Done Him Wrong." The West sisters were on the stage together in 1916.
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Marleane Dietrich's daughter Maria Sieber, is playing her first Alm part in. her mother's Para- mount picture," Scarlet Pageant." She will appear as Catherine the Great (Miss Dietrich's role in its later stages) at the age of seven...
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GOLD MEDAL FILM The Council of the Institute of
An M.G.M. director and his staf Amateur Cinematographers
"are coming to China to film scenes has decided to originate a gold medal for Good Earth," a version of
of merit to be awarded annually Pearl Buck's well known novel,
to the directors of the nest talk- Many of these chinese scenes will ing picture made in Britain.
The be played by Chinese artista.
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Arst medal awarded is to be given
to Alexander Korda, the director Russ Colombo, celebrated Amer-
of "The Private Life of Henry ican Crooner, and rival to Bing
the Eighth." It will be presented Crosby, will croon to
Constance
Twentieth
by the Duke of Sutherland, pre-Bennett. In her new sident of the institute, at the Century picture "Moulin Rouge." Leicester Square Theatre, London, on Thursday,
THE BARRYMORE KIDS Jack Barrymore. tells one about John and Jenny who went to grandmother's for the holidays.
Evening came, and the dear old grandmother said:
Now dear, say your prayers at granny's knee, like good little children."
"Ha, ha, the joke's on you. granny." exclaimed the dear little tots, "we don't know any pra vers!
ON CLARK GABLE "Hey Clark," hailed one of those .officious acquaintances," what was the matter with the old bus?
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Emil Jannings is making a film in Vienna.
divorce proceedings in Hollywood Doris Kenyon has commenced:
against Arthur Hopkins, whom she married last June,
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Janet Gaynor is to be supported by Lionel Barrymore and Robert Young in her Fox Film "House Of Connelly
FARNUM BACK~
William Farnum, romantic star What'd you want to go buy a new of early movies is back again, He one for ?"
has been in retirement since 1925 "Well, you see smiled Mr.. when he sustained an injury, Gable, with that easy Gable smile, Farum spent seven years on the I went into a salesroom to use New York stage before going into the telephone and didn't like to the moyles. He makes his come Retailed at All Good Stores. come away without buying some-back performance in "Superma
tural the Faramount Dim.
thing."
AND CLASSLOTH
LA POLA IZ HOROBAILO
NOW SHOWING AT THE LEE THEATRE
FLICKERS FROM HOLLYWOOD
T
"CYNARA"
LEE THEATRE
DANCING
Edward Sutherland, director of Paramount's Too Much Harmony. was born in London."
This is the final showing of the Ronald Colman film "Cynara" Mae West Paramount sensation, which is being shown at the Les is the daughter of Jack West, Theatre. In conjunction with this famous champion of the world.
featherweight boxing fim there is also a Mickey Mouse Bing Crosby, starring in Para Varah and Lydia will entertain Cartoon, The troupe of Artista mount's Too Much Harmony, has you never bean out of a job since, he left college to work.
Twenty characters from six of the most popular comic strips are to be brought to the screen In
Paramount's Funny Page."
Magician Sam Bay is also on the
with their dances.
same programme.
Bari Maritza the Faramount star, speaks flawless Chinese.
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TO-DAY AT
THE
KING'S
SAMARANG
INTO A MAELSTROM of FIGHT-TO-THE-DEATH
She plunged to the side of her lover and together they fought the killer-shark! For it was the law of Samarang
that lovers must live...or perish...together!
LOVE WAS NEVER FIERCER THAN THIS
Directed by WARD", WING
Musical. Accompaniment
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