Columbia Plans 48 Features
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HONG KONG
"The Invisible Man" QUEEN'S
"Operator" 19"
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"The Deeds Men Do"
ORIENTAL: "
"Up To The Neck"
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NEW FACE IN THE GALLERY OF STARSI
Titles of the 1934-35 pro- Framme as announced are:
BROADWAY BILL: Frank Capra production, with Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy.
ANOTHER FRANK. CAPRA production as yet untitled,
FEATHER IN HER HAT: by I.A.R. Wylle one of the current season's best sellers
ONE NIGHT OF LOVE: with Grace Moore noted opera star.
An Edward G. Robinson pro- auction, to be produced by Ho- ward Hawks as yet untitled.
PARTY WIRE: a best seller by Bruce Manning.
A Claudette Colbert production untitled.
MAID OF HONOUR:" from the best seller and Cosmopolitan Mazuzine Story by Katharine Bush.
CARNIVAL;
rn-
2 dramatic mance by Robert Riskin.
THE GIRL FRIEND: a musical extravaganza by Herbert Fields, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz
Hart.
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ONE JACK HOLT-EDMUND LOWE production untitled.
LADY BEWARE. a
drama.
comedy
BLACK ROOM MYSTERY: # thriller staring Boris Karloff.
SURE FIRE: starring Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern.
MILLS OF THE GODS: drama by Melville Baker and
HOLLYWOOD IS GOING CHINESE
Hollywood is
going Chinese. For no reason at all, except per- haps that China happens to be an international "HOT SPOT" at the moment, fourteen Oriental pictures are now in production.
Included in current cycle of pictures with an Oriental back- ground are.
METRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER: "The Painted Vell" "Indo-China," "China Seas." "Good Earth,"
WARNER BROS: "Farewell to Shanghai" "Oll for the Lamps of China," "War Lord." "Skipper of Ispahan."
PARAMOUNT: "Sacrifice." RADIO: "Ho for Shanghai." FOX: "Three Charlie Chan pic- tures...
Clyde Elliott will take a techni- cal crew to China for an Oriental picture titled "Yellow Waters."
LOST PROPELLER
Steamer In Distress
Jack Kirkland presenting a cross section of Industrial America to- day.
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DEPTHS BELOW: starring Jack Holt in a romantic melodrama.
TWO ADDITIONAL "JACK HOLT productions.
BREAKFAST, FOR TWO: A
farce.
EIGHT BELIS: a drama of the
sea,
ONCE A GENTLEMAN: from the story by Bradley King.
THAT'S
GRATITUDE: from the stage comedy SUCCESS by Frank Craven
Z
SPRING 3100, a melodrama. MAN PROFF: Comedy drama. MURDER ISLAND: & thriller from, the men of Leland Jamie-
son.
HOLLYWOOD IS GOING CHINESE.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY: drame. WHITE LIES; romantic drama. LADY OF NEW YORK: drama. PRIVATE PROPERTY: UNKNOWN WOMAN: thriller.
drama drama
$25 AN HOUR: Gladys Unger and Leyla Georgi's romantic stage comedy.
I CONFESS: drama.
In addition to these listed there will be eight Tim McCoy Durdoor action dramas and eight additional feature drama
NEW SECRETARIES OF Y.W.C.A.
Chinese Officials Entertained To Reception
Shanghai, Aug. 25. Y.W.C.A. centres in Shanghai were visited yesterday by the new Chinese secretaries who have been appointed to take, positions in various parts of China in Septem- ber. They were entertained at the National Office and at the Inter- national Branch of the Y.W.C.A. In China to tea yesterday, the tea being preceded by a talk given by Miss Ruth Barr. Miss Barr graphically sketched the history of The Y.W.CA. and its development and work in this country, her speech being translated by Miss Alice Yang, secretary of the Chi- nese Y.W.C.A.
Among those present "at the gathering were: Mrs. Slu Seng Huang, Chairman of the National Committee; Miss Hu Chung Ying. general secretary of the VW.CLA. in Nanking Miss Susan Teng student secretary at Pelping; Miss Chlen Soo Ying of Hangchow; Mies A dramatic 8.0.9. call was pick-Hu Pel Shou of Tsinan; Miss Sin ed up by the Chinese freighter Ah Shang of Nanking: Talita Ger- Hal Sang while nearing Foochow lack, student secretary of the on a
voyage from Shanghai to Shanghai National Office; Miss Hong Kong. The call was from Ting. Miss Deng, and Miss Llly "the Chinese freighter Yu Shum, K. Haass, secretary of training. and the message stated that she Miss Georgina Fuller, resident had lost her propeller off the secretary, and Miss Yang, all of treacherous Alligator Rocks and
Shanghai.
was at the mercy of the weather.
BY SPECIAL REQUEST
The FEFTEW masters the "impossible"
to give you the thrill of a lifetime!
H.G.WELLS
The
INVISIBLE MAN
A girl loved him- the world hated and feared him! See the most amazing picture of the year.
"OPERATOR
13"
Opening To-day At The Queen's
CE
With Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan,. Dudley Diggas, Úna O'Conner, Henry Travers, Forrester Harvey, Barsanplay by R. O. Sherrif Produced by Cari Laemmle, dr. Di rected by James Whale.
NO MORE WOMEN"
Lowe And McLaglen Again
picture making often do not ap- The thrills and perils of motion
pear on the
As a complete contrast to her earlier light-hearted screen roles Marion Davies contributes her. Ginest dramatic performance members of the company which screen, as. eleven her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer- Cosmopolitan
made "No More Women." the plcture "Operator" 13" which
Paramount picture, coming opens to-day at the Thursday to the King's Theatre. Queen's Theatre.
can testify.
The picture is based upon the last best-seller novel from the versatile pen of the late Robert W. Chambers who, his intimate friends declare, had Miss Davies in mind as his heroine for a screen version of the story.
Different from other motion pic- tures with wartime back-grounds. "Operator 13" deals with the most romantic and thrilling phase of the Civil War--the spies.
Seen As Gale Loveless Miss Davies plays the role of Gale Loveless a northern actress whom the famed Allan Pinkerton, General McCleland's chief of Se- cret service, send into the Southern
lines to track down Captain Jack Gailliard,, scout on the staff of General J. E. Stuart.
on
For two-and-one-half hours
these eleven fought a battle with death when the tug which was towing the barge on which they were stationed, was cut loose in a sudden storm off Caralina Island.
EDMUND
LOWE
VICTOR
McLAGLEN
in
NO MORE WOMEN
with
Sally Blane Minna Gombe!! Directed by Alberi Regall
A Peronoun) Picture
ALHAMBRA:-
"You Said A Mouthful” MAJESTIC:
STAR:
"Fanny Foley Herself""
"One Way Passage"
KING'S:
Coming
"No More Women" "Strictly Dynamite", QUEEN'S:-
"Wandering Jew" ORIENTAL:- ?
"Blood Money"
in the vaults. It had been bought and paid for. And the price was a pretty penny.
So for two whole years Univer-
Edna May
OLIVER FANNY FOLEY Herself
YOU'LL LOVE HER
as a grand old trouper al the stage-a poignant mother role barber with her own inimitable homori JOHN DARŁOW .. L'HILIN GĦANDLIE HOKART BOSWORTH............ ROCHELLE HUDSON MEL BROWN PRODUCTION RKO RADIO PICTURE
“THE INVISIBLE sal studio technicians knit their THE ALHAMBRA
MAN"
brows and drove their ingenuity to the breaking point. But the total results were nothing to speak
about.
"Show the presence of The In-
Back Again For One visible Man by spirit wires mov-
Day Only
"To be or not to be: that is the question!" And technical experts, cameramen, and electricians at Dalversal City wagged their heads for two long years!
The reason was "the perplexing production, problems which Univer- sal faced, and finally solved, in transferring H. G. Wells fantastic story, "The Invisible Man" now at the King's Theatre, to the screen.
ing books, chairs and what not. Show him by suspending a coat, trousers, or hat on wire," were the But most persistent offerings. that was too obvious. It might have been done a few years ago, but to-day never!
However, studio ingenuity would not go down to defeat. The pro- blem was finally solved. The plc- ture was made. that are
How? There are studio secrets
never perhaps, guarded as stock in trade. told. They are, This much, however, is known.
"The Only Girl"
Lilian Harvey, the gay, winsome and provocative English star, is stated to have an ideal role in "The Only Girl," colourful musical ro- mance which is to have its pre- miere at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow. Playing opposite her in this film is one of the leading French actors, Charles Boyer, who played leads in the French ver- ston of "The Big House" and "The Trial of Mury Dugan.
"The Only Girl" is a British Gaumont-Ufa production, directed by Eric Pormer, and has been staged on the opulent and gran- dlose lines that have characterized
ganization "Congress Dances" and "Her Highness Commands" for example. Among notable settings are some charming reproductions of the court of the Empress Eugente, around whom the story is largely
Director Whale, Cameraman Among the eleven were Camera-
Charles Edeson, and Jack Pierce. mah Theodor Sparkuhl and Arthur memorable "Frankenstein," Direc-ered, after months of ceaseless ex-
In directing Boris Karloff in the Universal make-up expert discavallar pictures made by this or McLaglen begther of Victor Mctor James Whale chose to keep the periment and the employment of Laglen who is co-starred with terrifying Monster silent through-the well-known trial and error Edmund Lowe in the picture. The out the picture. But in directing system, the tremendous possibil- barge was being towed back to the "The Invisible 'Man," Whale was ties offered with the use of small Caralina base when, the storm forced to reverse the rule that mirrors arranged in much the struck." Almost instantly all the weird screen characters should be equipment was swept overboard. seen and not heard, and make his in creating optical illusions. Per- same manner as magicians employ and a keg of spikes remained. menacing creature, without seeing Fortunately, a heavy hammer audience feel the presence of a These spikes were driven into the him. these the eleven clung. flat deck of the barge, and to
How could a man actively par- ticipating in a well lighted photo- after the lines parted, and only staphic scene be made invisible?
The storm swept the tug away
the fortunate arrival of a revenue cutter saved the men from death. The picture is replete with au- After, more than an hour, the thentic episodes and in the cast cutter managed to get a line to appear characters whose names the barge and then towed it to are famous in Civil War history..
Caralina.
With the bottom of the sad as Pauline Cushman, a famous the locale, this picture presents Federal Spy
in the rebellion, is those ancient rivals, McLaglen and well-known New York stage star wits manage to offest McLagian's portrayed by Katharine Alexander, Lowe, as deep-sea divers Lowe's recently recruited from Broadway.fists until the girl Sally Blane, for motion pictures.
appears and the feud becomes serious.
General "Jeb" Stuart, the fire brand of the South, is character- ized by Douglas Dumbrille. Other well-known playera in the support Ing cast are Ted Healy and Rus- sell Hardie, Federal spies The steamer Hai Sang arrived in querading as itinerant medicine Dort on Monday.
The skipper of the Hal Sang im- mediately steamed to the asals-chorage, which is to the north of tance of the distressed vessel, and Foochow." putting a ne aboard, towed her to safety at the Matsu Island An-
TO-DAY
ΤΟ
SATURDAY
show men.
QUILN'S
A girl-spy, beautiful, dangerous...but a pris-.
Robert
oner of love! W. Chambers grand romance, brought to the screen with the specta cle of "Birth of a Na
tion," the heart-beat of "Smilin' Through!
mas-
AT 2.30, 5.10,
7.20 & 9.30
OPERATOR
Marion DAVIES
Gary COOPER
A Metro-Goldwyn-M
Cosmopolitan Production
13
Jean Parker
Ted Healy
Alexander
The Four Mills Brothern
In a fight between them, Mc- Laglen. is supposedly Killed and Lowe is arrested McLaglen,
not dead, really.
bides out. hoping Lowe will be hanged, but he finally has to show up again and both men start out on a big salvage job. Another tug cuts in, and there is a four-cornered battle on the ocean bottom from which McLaglen and Lowe return. Then the on-shore rivalry for the girl is | resumed."
V.C. RETIRING
Col. Forbes-Robertson
London, Aug. 15.
It is announced in the "London Gazette" that Col. J. Forbes- Robertson, V.C., DS.O., M.C., relin- quishes the appointment of Com mander, 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade (Ter- ritorial. Army) and retires on re- tired, pay.
Col. Forbes-Robertson, who en fered the Border Regiment thirty years ago, served with great dis- tinction in the Great War, in which he won the M.C., Dao. (with bar), and the V.C
It was while commanding the 1st Battalion, the Border Regiment, that bis gallantry earned for him the Victoria Cross,
COL Forbes-Robertson had held many battalion commands, includ ing that of the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders (1928-30)
How could be become a menace, a dramatic agure. when he was not visible to either the actors in the scene with him or the dience?,
Photograph invisibility Studio experts, cameramen
au-
Mr. Thurston or the late Harry naps an idea was borrowed from
Houdini. At any rate the iden worked, and the "invisible man" stalks through the picture, a mov- ing force, without form or feature.
With this complicated process it was even made possible for Claude Rains, who plays the title role, to be seen as he, fades "from his real self into the shadow, that is the. man, invisible. He is seen disrob. anding, and his clothes fall from his form. Nothing but invisibility re- mains,
electricians were outspoken in their protests. After all, there were possibility even in a picture studio. some things outside the pale of Nevertheless it had to be done, There was the story, marking time
Director Whale with a twinkle in This much you can say," says his eye, The Invisible Man is not wrapped in cellophane!".
The House of Premier Showings of the Best Pictures at the Most Popular Prices,
TO-DAY ONLY
JOE E.
ALHAMBRA
DEXTRE
woven.
The music for the film was com posed by Franz Wachamann and is based on contemporary motifs Lilian Harvey sings a haunting. Waltz-song, "How Can I Live Without You," which all Europe is humming
"The Only Girl" promises to be stimulating entertainment for jaded tastes seeking something new and different.
stuart, who has the feminine lead, With the exception of Gloria the cast of The Invisible, Man" is all-English.
William Harrigan and Merle Tot- Henry Travers, Una O'Connor, Dudley Diggers,
tenham all of them hail from the -British Isles.
AT 2.30, 5.20, TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
:7.20 & 9.20
WASN'T. it a great depression until
BROWN
flashed the "pan" that has turned the Panic into laugh riot!...We're telling you he's never been funnier and tomorrow you'll be telling us
"YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL
You
A Fire National Hi --Turnier thas "Fireman, Save My Child,” Local Boy Makes Good" with GINBEN KOKEES and FARINAK
"Loaded" with " guffaws a broad as the stars facial civity
-Hollywood Herald.
TO-MORROW AN HARVEY I say romance set to Jiiting song and musia 14
THE ONLY GIRL
BLITVELIAM
POWELL
and KAY
FRANCIS
"ONE WINY PASSAGE"
FRIDAY GEORGE LEE
in his Hilarious Comedy CLEANING UP"