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Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, after 2 years. Re-United
"Change of Heart."
FLICKERS FROM
HOLLYWOOD
Maurice Chevalier has signed a three-year contract with M.G.M. The contract will take effect as soon as Chevalier returns from working on his forthcoming Lon- don Aims picture.
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Charlie Chaplin is reported to be experimenting with dialogue for his next film.
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George M. (Phantom Presid- ent) Cohan is considering an of fer to appear on the screen in his stage success, "Gambling."
Reginald Denny and Fay Wray will support Miriam Hopkins in Radio's The Richest Girl in the World,
Charlotte Henry heroine .of Alice in Wonderland will appear as BO-Peep in the forth coming
"
Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland."
Operetta.
Gloria Stuart was married re- cently to Charles Sheekman, a scenario writer whom she met ' while at work in Roman Scan- dals.
Gloria Swanson will probably have Gable as her leading man in a new flm tentatively titled Riff Raff.
To-day's Limerick
A butcher once sold a full acre Of land to his neighbour, a bacre,
Who now tries to raise Enough so it pays
His bills to the candlestick macre
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Not A Note Bill: You know that music stool you sold me?"
Jim: "Yes.”
Bill: "Well, I've twisted and turned in all directions, but I can't get a single notë out of it!"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1934.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30,5.10,7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
EVERY WOMAN'S HEART
WILL ACHE FOR HER!
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ፍ.
The can only sit and wait
... in anguish... to hear
from the human beasts who stole her baby... while the police report "No news, yet.”
DOROTHEA WIECK
ALICE BRADY
IN
RUPERT HUGHES' STORY
MISS FANE'S BABY
HEJA PARAMOUNT PICTURE
WITH
BABY LEROY:
AT THE CENTRAL
Shadows Of Sing Sing
Accused of the murder of his fiancee's racketeering brother, Bruce Cabot enacts one of the most exciting roles of his career In "shadows of Sing Sing," Colum- bía production, opening at the Central Theatre to-day. Mary Bran is cast as the girl, while Harry Wood is the murdered man.
· This altuation is
of but one many gripping moments in the action of the photoplay, which was directed by Phil Rosen from a screen play prepared by Albert Demond. Katherine Socla and Dor's Malloy wrote the original story, while others in the cast are Grant Mitchell, Bradley Page and Claire Dubrey.
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Indefatigable (Almost) Youngster Conducts His Diarnal Routine on Full Schedule Just like 'other Stars' Baby Le Roy will be seen in "Miss Fane's Baby is Stolen"
TO-DAY
ONEY
Showing at the King's Theatre to-day,
Paramount picture.
GVILN'S
AT 2.30, 5.10,
7.20 & 9,90.
Britain's Supreme Screen Achievement !
The
Wandering Jew
with
CONRAD VEIDT
IN HIS GREATEST ROLE.
IS STOLEN
AN ANCIENT
LEGEND
The Wandering Jew
This screen version of the fas- cinating story of the Wandering Jew is a "plg canvas" picture now at the Queen's Theatre and made with the closest attention to de- tall, finely acted, sumptuously set and beautifully photographed
The
on
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SHE WAS AN
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A million dollar baby left as security for o gambling debt with a windler, a pug. and a pickpocket... DAMON RUNYON'S
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MAN'S CASTLE
Coming To The Queen's
The matchless craftsmanship of Director Frapk Borzage has wrought of the simple, beautiful love story in "Man's Castle” the most glorious, romance since "7th A love bom, of the Heaven." fragile dream of two hungry
of a
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:-
HONG KONG
"Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen" QUEEN'S :-
"Wandering Jew"..
CENTRAL:-)
"Shadows of Sing Sing"
ORIENTAL:--
"Tiger "Shark"
"KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA
"Heads" Wa Clo MAJESTIC:-
"Good Dame"
STAR:-
"Humanity"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Little Miss Marker"
QUEEN'S:=
"Man's Castle"
ALHAMBRA—
STAR:
“Bureau of Missing Persona“
"King of Wild Horses":
"Worst Man In Paris"
"The 9th Guest"
"Let's Fall In Love"
"Carolina"
"Playing ArounMİ” "This Side Of Heaven" CENTRAL:—
"Night Of Terror"
THE ALHAMBRA
"Bureau of Missing
Persons"
She is the bride of one husband who wants very much to lose her because he loves another woman, the missing. very much sought after wife of another. And the strangest" part of it is that the
husband she is constantly shak- ing down ia a detective in the Missing Persons Bureau, played by
MAJESTIC
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HE COULDN'T GET TO FIRST BASE WITH HER!
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SYLVIA SIDNEY FREDRIC MARCH GOOD DAME
IBXT
CHANGE
a B.P. Schulberg production.
A Paramount Ploture
"MU DER IN TRINIDAD
HEADS WE GO! Whistling Under The Moon
Whistling under the moon-to- tooo, to-too00-" You'll be whistling under the moon, too, when you've heard this haunting song-number from "Heads. We Go!" It's some-
thing new in song and dance tunes and it's by a composer who has to his credit some of the most delightful compositions of the modern musical; world-Montague Ewing. Sung by Iris Aanley, a popular cabaret star, this tuneful melody has a special significance to the Alm, as the hero and hero- ine became sequalpted because of the latter's inability to whistle,
Another song number, which will prove to be an, easy winner for the humming stakes is "She's
Glenda Farrell, who plays the role of a blonde vamp in the First National pleture, "Bureau con- ancient legend of the hearts is unfolded in the
of Missing Persons” which will be Wandering Jew is
sambre presented one thetrasting setting
of
at the Alhambra many curiously fascinating myths poverty-ridden depression com- Theatre to-morrow, forms one leg of the Middle Ages. This story munity
and portrayed by of the strangest love triangle on of the Jew who spat upon the two of the screen's most popular the screen. Nazarene
and appealing players, Spencer on the day of the Crucifixion and was condemned. Tracy and Loretta Young, in consequence, to wander about Spencer Tracy, fresh from his the world through the ages has triumphs in The Fower and the been told in many, tonguem, 1
Glory" plays the role of "BM" an historical evidence"
'irresponsible, ⠀ gruff, kind, The
bat which the tale rests is too slender charming fellow, Loretta Young is "Trina" a-hungry, homeless, for 218 to admit for it any helpless girl, who is befriended by credence other than that of "B" and taken into his miser. Pat O'Brien who in turn Is Everybody's Sweetheart, Now" a.myth. The names and the circumstances connected with the
able shanty home in the squatter searching for the other man's This is rendered by Darrot Rich- community on the river front. missing wife and does not know ards, accompanied by Emilio Co- Jew and his doom vary in every account, and when Julius Hagen Farrell, who plays a role" similar
Others in the cast are Glenda | he himself is married to her, lombe, and his Orchestra. Rich- The situation brings about. one ards a noted opera singer, made resolved to produce the story he to the one she had in "Lady for or the most hilarious incidents in his film debut recently in B.LP's wisely decided upon the late Ea Day" that of a musical comedy a picture filled with humour, Facing the Music?" as Faust. Temple Thurston's stage play star. During the course of the drama and romance. The screen "Heads We Go!" is showing for which was produced at the New film she sings several songs Ar play is a timely picture of the the last time to-day at the Alham Theatre in 1920 by Matheson thur Hohl well-known character workings of Police Missing Per bra Theatre, Kowloon. Lang.
actor, is cast as the braggart sons Bureaus. It touches on This screen version of **The "Bragg" a powerful and vivid every phase of disappearance Wandering Jew" is the most character; Walter Connelly as a
ses in which
tragedy and dramatic. the most complete, and preaching night watchman; the pathos are intermingled with the presented as the cause of the dis- the most reverent rendering of ever-colourful Marjorie Rambeau more comical side, from kidnap- appearances of men, women and the great theme. Maurice Elvey as a broken-down- WODIan, and pings to voluntary dropping out young girls. was responsible for the direction Dickie Moore as a lovable and of sight.
Others in the cast include of the "silent" picture ten years appealing crippled boy.
Bette Davis is the heroine of Lewis 3. Stone, Allen Jenkins, ago, and in this new im has "Man's Castle" which was the real romance with the detec- Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert and again demonstrated his flair for adapted by Jo Bwerling from a tive, although she too is missing Alan Dinehart. The picture, was the large canvas. Perhaps noth- play by Lawrence Hamard from another city, where she is directed by Roy Del Buth from ing more clearly demonstrates opening to-morrow at the Queen's wanted on a charge of murder. the screen play by Robert the immense advance in cinema Theatre.
Many are the unusual reasons Presnell tographic technique than the contrast between this new Alm and the then outstanding "produc- tion of 1923. ".
The story is told in four Phases or Episodes: 1-Jerusalem on the day of the Crucifixion, 2—Antioch in the time of the First Crusade, 3-Palermo, Bicily, 1290, 4-Seville, in 1560 during the days of the Inquisition.
The story of The Wandering few is not merely the story of a mythical figure Like a great legends, it symboličal of the life of any individual human being The figure of the Jew is used to represent the dreams, aspirations and thwarted desire of humanity.
Temple Thurston's story deals, first of all, with a proud, ordinary man in the days of the Roman occupation of Jerusalem. This man is intolerant and does not believe in the divinity of the Messiah. The symbolism here is that none of us have faith,
Through this lack of faith the man is cursed with a curse of living forever until faith shall enter his soul.
It is humanity which is cursed with unbelief. It is humanity which wanders for ever through the earth, seeking peace and con- tentment, and never realising that in its own lack of belief in good- neas and sweetness les humanity's great failing
Through the years the Jew wandered and then.
phase he accepts the Christianity means sweetness gentleness of living.
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the Most Popular Prices.
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An Intoxicating Affair of Heads & Tales
A Compound of Charm, Wit, Adventure and Romance
Constance CUMMINGS
HEADS WE GO
FRANK LAWTON
MONTY BANKS
34 B. I. P. Production
TO-MORROW
The Thrills of 272,000 Spestacular True Life Mysteries 1/
BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS
with Bette Davis, Lewis-Stone Pat O'Brien -
Boots
Mallory
and
Ralph Morgan
"HUMANITY"
Alexander Kirkland
and
Trene
are
Picture
How
Edmund Lowe
"LET'S FALL IN LOVE"
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