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SUMMER
CATHERINE THE GREAT
With Elizabeth Bergner Catherine. Douglas Fairbanks, Jun., as the Grand Duke Peter, Fiora Robson as Empress Eliza- beth, Gerald Du Maurier as Le- rocq, Irene Vanbrugh as Princess Anhalt-Zerbst, Dorothy Hale as Countess Olga, Diana Napter as Countess Varontzova, Grinth Jories as Gregory Orlov, Gibb Mclaughlin as Bestujhev. Law- rence Hanray as
Goudovitch, London-Film "production, direct- ed by Paul Cainner.
Three things have conspired to make this an important "plc- ture practically regardless of anything which may now be Written or sald about it.
Besides being the accepted successor to The Private Life of Henry VIII, it introduces Eliza- beth Bergner to the wider public of the general as distinct "from the specialised) cinema. and gives Douglas Fairbanks, Jun., his first costume part. in his.. first British Alm. There's glory enough for any picture. The line of descent from Henry VIII is not very clear, however. This is no Royal peepshow, with bolstering comedy, and monarchial high- jinks. Alexander Korda. wisely ringing the changes. has avoided comedy for comedy's sake," pro- ducing, Instead, a straight dra matle story in costume.
There are scenes which live." and which grip the imagination "strongly, notably a state banquet at which. Peter deliberately taunts Catherine by publicly showering favour after favour on his mistress. The shame and humiliation he causes can be
felt, and the atmosphere of the whole scene is extraordinarily
tense. It is real etough to make anyone shift uneasily in his seat, There is on outstanding scene when Peter "intentionally insults an old enemy as he is being for ced Into abdication, knowing that he is courting death,
Douglas Fairbanks. Jun, looks magnificent and acts well, Miss Bergner's Catherine is a great " performance. She plays
the timid girl of the early scenes to perfection and her acting has exquisite moments, Flora Robson: gives a conventional, but highly skilled character study of the Empress Elizabeth, who engineers the marriage between Catherine and Peter, and Grimith Jones a capable little portrait of a young revolutionary in love with Cat- herine. Gerald Du Maurler, Law- Fence Hanray and others all re- latively insignificant, parts with
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Cecil B. De Mille is out again on one of his famous searches, but this time is bamboo and not per- sonalities.
He has to have five acres of live bamboo with which to build an immense Malay jungle set for His forthcoming Paramount Picture, Four Frightened People, in which Claudette Colbert, Herbert Mar- shall and Mary Boland featured.
are
ction.
On the spectactoacular side the film is of unbridled extrava- The settings are excep- gance. tonally lavish, the costumes be excellent. seem to photography does both.
and the Justice, to
The technical quality of Cat- herine the Great places it on a high level. There is drama bere. And there is one acting.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934.
This is
ANNASTEN
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to
ANNA STEN, the Russo-German star who was groomed for two years by Samuel Goldwyn before she faced studio- camera and recording apparatus In America other make tests, will "soon make her first appearance at the Queen's Theatre in the United Artists picture "NANA.”
Trend Of Fashion In "Riptide"
Startling changes the trend of fashion are to be disclosed in. the glamorous new styles secretly designed by Adrian, noted screen stylist for Norma@hearer's. elaborate wardrobe in "Riptide" Creations radically departing from conventional lines and including many daring inniva- tions are said to have been de- signed for Miss Shearer, соп- sidered one of the best dressed women in motion pictures.
To guard against advance ex- ploitation of
the new
Shearer gowns by "fashion racketċers" Adrian kept his sketches secret
and surrounded his work in dee-.. pest mystery. No pictures of the costumes were permitted taken during the filming of the pro- duction.
In the past, Adriani asserts fárhions worn: In important: pictures have been copied in ad- vance and, through general manufacture, become outmoded by the time the picture reached
the screen.
Catherine the Great” is another masterpiece of Alexander Korda, coming soon to the Colony, Miss Elisabeth Bergner- who has drawn all London to see her on the" stage in "Escape Me Never," in Catherine, and Douglas Fairbanks, 3r. Is Peter III of Russia.
FAMOUS CAN-CAN-.
Revived In "Nana"
To make the can-can so new, amusing and attractive that Its popularity would be revived was one of the problems that 'con- fronted Samuel Goldwyn and his staff in preparing the filming of "Nana," based on Emile Zola's famous story of Parts in the 1870's and presenting Anna Sten' to": American audiences in the role, of the famous courtesan,
The can-can was once one of the most fatius dances in the world. It first shocked around 1670 on the new grande boule- vards of Paris. The boulevar- diers rewarded the street dan- cets for their speed and verve in the dance, much in the way that present day crowds shower, pennies on sidewalk Charleston dancers. It was a great favourite. of the Bal Mabille 'and the Bal Bullier, those gaslit predecessors of our Luna Park.
Danced, originally in varied combinations sometimes, by two, women and one man, sometimes three women and two men, some- times one man and one woman- it was soon made into a solo for the music halls. Since they had to lift their skirts high, the wo men had the inside of them lin- ed with lace. Contrary to popu- lar belief, the can-can wasn't a kind of shimmy. In the original, the hip rolling and shaking mere- ly marked off a breathing spell between the intervals of fast. stepping and high kicking.
But the stepping eventually proyed too exhausting, at least in comparison with the wriggling. By the turn of the century, the can-can had became the boot "chy-koditchy that ittle Egypt made famous at the World's Fair. Then it went on its way as an amusement for stag tianers....
| Goldwyn restored "the" can-can in Nana" almost in the same way that an old master is restor- ed. Many years of dirt and wear
had to be removed. Faded and
torn
scores were examined In an effort to revive the swinging music hall tunes. Yellowed costame plates decorat ed the studio walls. Old photo- graphs and illustrations and paint- Ings were studied. And Anna Sten. daughter of a dancing teacher in Kier, Russia, taught dozen girls the can-can's lively steps to be danced as a prologue to her song "That's Love"."
All of which seems a great deal of time and trouble for that in the picture will take less than two minutes. But that is the way pictures are made, a ала, "41 United
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4 GREAT COMEDY STARS IN THE FUNNIEST PICTURE YOU EVER SAW
Here's an excellent comedy that contains laughs galore the best constructed and the most amusing of latter. day comedies, sensible nonsense with plenty of laughter,
Any picture with Buster Keaton and Charlotte Greenwood is sure to be a laughing riot.
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"MORNING GLORY"
Has Everything
All the world loves a lover, and at the world adores a' fighterwe
These are two reasons why all the world will love REO-Radic Pictures "Morning Glory"
The RE are other reasons; The Star studded cast headed by dyn- mie Katharine Hepburn, Dong- las Fairbanks, Jr, and Adolphę Меллой
The sparkling direction by that master megaphonist, Lowell Sher. man. An the play by brilliant Zoe Akins,
"Morning Glory,is the story of a fighter and a dramatic ro-
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And Its Influence In mance with New York's colourful
Hollywood
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"I like them all but this is my favourite" is a statement fre quently heard in Hollywood; where star's ward-robes something to talk about.
Even among the long rows of ravishing, Adrian-designed gowns in the stellar wardrobes at Met- ro-Goldwyn-Mayer, each star has
her favourite.
Joan Crawford's attachment to her working clothes is such that the favourite gown from every picture is carefully hang in an enormous cedar closet. It s
tendered every respect and never again worn,
The latest addition was the clinging evening gown of silver, bugle bead. worn in "Dancing Lady. Of feather-bone design, its only adornment-is a large black velvet bow a the neck. There is a silver bead jacket to match.
Although Adrian refuses to dis- cuss his creations for "Sadie Mc- Kee Miss Crawford's new plc- ture, it is reported that the star favours an evening gown made entirely of aliver sequins-25,000 of them with cape to match. Ac- cording to report, nine girls were employed two weeks making the
"MY SONG GOES ROUND
THE WORLD”
Amazing Four-Foot Tenor
Richard Oswald, Director of many Continental film successes will, it is announced, make a film. for British International Pictures, entitled "My Song Goes Round the
World,” in which Josef
Schmidt, the diminutive tenor who has often been heard on the radio, will star.
He must surely be the smallest adult actor ever to play a starring role in any fim, for he stands only just over four feet in height, although he is gifted with a won- derful and enormously powerful tenor voice,
The story for this film has been written by Clifford Grey, and pro- duction will commence at Elstree early in. Jumé.
port the star in this Willard Mack-Harry Wagstaf adaptati of incidents life of Zola's noto san. Dorothy Arzier Producti
Fourte ted the
Broadway as its background.
It presents Miss Hepburn the screen's most interesting person! ality as a girl who belleves in her- self who knows she has the tal- ents to become a great actress In stirring fashion, It depicts hel courageous, fight to win reconi. tion with its heartbreaks, and its final' truimph
It gives young Fairbanks one of the" strongest roles of his career. as a young theatrical producer who believes in the struggling girl and eventually teaches her the
· meaning of love, and it presents Menjou as a fascinating man of the world.
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"RETURN OF BULLDOG
"DRUMMOND "
Car Plunge Over 50 Foot Bridge
Walter Bummers, finished shoot- ing on this new British Inter- national flim "The Return of Bulldog Drummond." There has been no rushing; the Alm has been assembled as it was shot, sequence by sequence..
The last week's shooting provid- ed some unusual excitement; the daredevil "Drummond (beautifully played by Ralph Richardson) had fallen into the hands of a political gang who placed him under a paralysing drug and seating him in a huge Bentley car, sent it furt ling over an open drawbridge into. a river.
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These scénes were arranged at Northwhich and although the utmost secrecy was maintained. the cameras, acrs, and other film- ing paraphernalia attracted public attention and before the great moment had arrived over 8,000 necks were craning over the bridge to witness the death dive
The shot had to be perfectly timed as it could not be repeated; the result seen on the screen is
termifyingly real and the man who actually drove the car at 40 mph." to within 4 feet of the bridge-end suddenly found himself the hero of Northwich
When the Bentley was nahed out nf the river after ita 50 foot plunge Ita one inmate was (of coursef), stir and lifeless its wings were twisted and its radiator more than derited.
For a shot representing the work of salvaging Bulldog Drim- mond's car, some of the Elstree technicians including Walter Bummers, the director, used the famous Davis life saving appars tus which was first used in con- nection with films when Summers made his sensationally successful submarine drama: “Men. - Like These-1" based on the Poseiden disaster.
TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMME
Broadcast by Z.B.W. on 355 Metres
1-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 1 pm-Local Time and Weather
Report.
1.03 pm-Recorded Music. 1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room by courtesy of the Management.
.1.30' p.m.—Rugby Press News, etc.,
2.15 p.m. Close Down.
· 4.39-7.30 p.m/Chinese Programme 6-6.15 p.m.-Children's Studio Con-
cert..
Pro-
730-10.30 parz-European:
gramme. 8pm-Local Time and Weather
Report.
7.30-8.10 p.m.-Variety and Dance
Music.
Bong--Ev'ry Little While. Bong-Fry Gettin' a good Night's Sleep--Frances Maddur (80-
Fox-Trot-Nice Goings On--With
you here and me here, Fox-Trot-Nice Goings on.
Whatever you do. Debroy Somers Band.
Organ
Solo-My Song. Goes
a Waterfall-
Round the World.. Organ Solo-By
Frederic Bayco.
Song-Lover Come Back to Me ("The New Moon")-Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone). Fox-Trot-Everything I Have is:
yours. Fox-Trot Sing.
a Little Low-" Down Tune--George Olsen and his Music. Piano Solo-Plano Pie (No. 2)—
George Scott Wood. 8.10-8.33 p.m.-Band Music.
Marching with Sousa-Reg1- mental Band of HL M. Grena dier Guards.
The Evolution of Dixie The
Regimental Band of HM.. Grenadier Guards.
Entry of the Gladiators-March.
(Fucik),
Sons of the 'Brave March ‘(Bid--
good) The Band of H&M. Grenadier Guards 8:33-9 p.m.-Belections from GI...
bert and Sullivan's. "Iolanthe.'
(Recorded under the, direction. of Rupert D'Oyly Carte). 1. Oh, Foolish Fay-Bertha Lewis
and Chorus of Girls.. 2. Tho' P'aps I May incur your
Blame -- Winifred Lawson
Derek Oldham, Darrell Fan- court and Bydney Granville. 3. Bow, Bow, Ye Lower Middle
Classes Chorus of Men.
4 The Law is the True Embodi
George - Bakerd.
ment
Chorus of Menaker and
5. Fare Thee Well, Attractive
Stranger Bertha Lewis and` Chorus 6. Good Morrow, Good Laver- None Shall Part Us Winifred Lawson and Leslle Hands.
7. Strephon's 'A Member of Par..
lament Mixed Chorus.
6. When Britain Really Ruled: the Waves-Darrell Fancourt. and Mixed Chorus,
9. In Vain To Us You Plead
Nellie Walker, Alice Moxon, Derek Oldham, Darrell Fan- court and Chorus of Girls. 10. Loudly Let the Trumpet Bray
Chorus of Men 9-9.30 pm-pom the Studio: Selections, by te "Music, Makers 9-30-10 r m--From the Stud
Topical Talks on the
Kingdom" by Mr G. C. Pelham (HM Trade Comm
(Continued on