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MOVIE NEWS
Charles Boyer is going to Holly- wood from France. He wil ap- pear in "Private Worlds" probably directed by George La Cava.
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Esther Ralston will be William Haines' leading lady in a talkle version of his silent picture "The Marines Have Landed" (not to be confused with a picture of the same title which Haines is mak- ing at present) This will probably mark Haines return to the M.G.M; studios.
THE PAINTED VEIL
Marshall's Happiest Role With Garbo.
Herbert Marshall, the greatest in demand as a leading man for the biggest stars, doen't exactly enjoy being "typed" as a polished gentleman, but he plays the most enjoyable role of his career with Greta Garbo.
" In Miss
Mctro- Garbo's new Goldwyn-Mayer pleture, The Painted Veil, Marshall appears as her husband, Dr. Walter Fane, a zealous medical scientist who Chira's drugs. his wife into
plague-infested interior.
"I really do not mind playing a polished gentiemat," He said, "so long as he has revealing moments when he can crash through and display a lot of intestinal forti- tyde.
giving
"Although I generally prefer engaging crook roles, the tole that I play opposite Mis Garbo in The Painted Vell is me much pleasure. I have found that it is the part of an honest and and gentle chap who can does get beautifully angry.
when I speak of the pleasure I have with engaging crook parts, I do not mean the general run of criminal parts. I mean a plea- sant, interesting fellow who is not too bad and not too good, whose adventurous nature gets him into same sort of a muddle from by which he extricates himself means of strategy and cleverness. Although Marshall has pre- lously stated, his fears of screen glamour-that an actor should avold becoming glamorous if it Is possible to do so, he recently amplified this statement:
"In what I said before, I meant that to be only glamorous often proves to be a tremendous handi- cap to an actor when it comes to getting parts that call for variety, and there's no actor Uving who does not want his roles varied."
As for Painted Vell. Marshall said that the picture is being made "under enrbanting cond!- tions of work, starting with one of the best scripts I have seen in a long time."
DIO-
The new Garbo pleture. duced by Hunt Stromberg and directed by Richard Boleslavsky, is based upon Somerset Maug- ham's famous novel of the same title. The cast also includes George Brent, Jean Hersholt, Cecilla Parker and Beulah Bondi
The Cameis Are Coming. Characteristic Jack Hulbert come- cy, given some novelty by a semi- which realistic background, of
more 'might have been made.. Good work by the star and bright idas from the director. Satia- factory light entertainment spite of some scenes which don't come off.
Jew Suss Britain's biggest but scarcely brightest production Lavish sets, some holding seches: & fine acting" (especially from Conrad Veldt) But a heavy and
Este Janis the well-known act-slow-moving story of eighteenth ross who retired on getting mar- ried a few years ago, has turned dialogue writer. Her first work
will be on the script of "Old Lady Thirty-one" for an in- dependent company.
Arthur Wontner will shortly be seen again on the screen Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of Conan Doyle's
The Valley of Fear" This will be... Wontner's fourth appearance as the great detective, having play- "ed the part previously in "The Sleeping Cardinal, The Missing Rembrandt, and The Sign of Fouz,?
century oppression and revenge. Impressive rather than enter- taining.
George The Last Gentleman. Artiss in a cleverly writtten and and acted modern comedy of a formidable old man with a pack of relatives. Mr. Arlis enjp98 himself hugely. So will his, ad- mirers.
Of Human Bondage. Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in Bomer- set Maugham's story of a sensi tive youth in "bondage" to a vulgar girl. Sombre but well acted, it just misses the strength, of the novel yet remains Rochelle "Hudson has been given a worth-while film for the the feminine lead opposite Ches- serious-minded. ter Morris in Tye Been Around."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934.
Mickey Mouse Club All Set
Organisation Plans Are Announced
Here we are with the Mickey Mouse Club for Hong Kong. All the dope on how to join and what it is may be found below, or in the advertisement on another page of this issue.
At last boys and girls of Hong Kong are to have a Mickey Mouse Club. They will now be able to join their brothers and sisters all over the world to the tune of over 1,000,000 as members of over 2,000 such Mickey Mouse. Clubs. These clubs have proved so popular that, even the grown-ups have asked to be permitted to join, and af course there is no greater plea- sure than seeing Mickey in sc- tion, Now that Mickey is present- ing his Silly Symphonier, he is more popular than ever.
Here Ja how you may
become 1
of
• member
the
Mouse Mickey
Club of Hong Kong. Ä special programme of Mickey Mouse Cartoons and Silly Symphony Cartoons is being given at "the Alhambra Theatre commencing Saturday December 22, and by special request, grown-.
upa, are to be permitted to attend as well. Beneath the advertise- ments, of the Alhambra Theatre as published in "THE DAILY PRESS" you wil find a blank, re- quiring you to all in your namie, address and age. After you have filled this in, present it at the box offices of the theatre at the regular performance time, and you will be given without charge a medal signifying that you have been duly enrolled as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club.
Any member of the Mickey Mouse Club by presenting his or her badge at any of the Local Theatres that shows a Mickey Mouse Programme will get a re-
'duction.
Watch
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS for further an- nouncements.
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in *Black Cát
showing to-day at the King's Theatre.
TREASURE ISLAND'
Memorable Scenes Reproduced
when thirty-five million people to the extent of actual excerpts have read the same novel and formed just that many different impressions about its characters. settings and costumes, the man who undertakes the creation of a composite picture of these im- pressions for the edification of many more millions of film fans faces a difficult task.
The novel in question in TREASURE ISLAND, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate story. "and the man is Victor Fleming. who is directing the taking ple- One Night Of Love. Stunning ture version of the famous tale George Raft has just had the spelling of his surname legally re-vocal exhibitionism by Grace for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cam
gistered. Previously it was spelt
Ranft,
Leslie Howard's first picture on his return to Hollywood is to be "Beau Brummell" and not "An- Thony Adverse."
Bulldog Drummond
Strikes
from dialogue and descriptions of action, "he said." "And so, when I read instructions for action to Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore and others in the cast, I am following what Stevenson himself "wrote." It is not merely a film version of what might be done with a stene.
"In settings we were confronted with a situation that made atten- tion to detail imperative. Men- tion the interior of the apple barrel, the stockade,inding of the treasure, the adventure ship Hispaniola, to anyone who has
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We Live Again Samuel Gold-TO-DAY'S RADIO
wyn's idea of Tolstoy's "Resurrec-
tion." Tells the familar story of
the peasant girl and the Prince
with some emotional-appeal, but with far too many exaggerations
PROGRAMME
and banalities. The acting of Broadcast by Z.B.W.
Anna Stent and Fredric March - and the lavish production are the main attraction
The World Mover On. Large- "Caval- scale spectacel in the cade" manner tracing the family and business relationships of an American cotton king's descen dants and their English partcera Packed with characters and in- cident, but lacking singleness of ... purpóike. “A varied But not a par- ticularly gripping" entertainment.
Lonă Ándre is claiming £2,000 compensation for Injuries she re- ceived in a car smash that occur- red last May.
Evalyn Knapp has married Dr. George A. Snyder a Los Angeles physician.
Bing Crosy may have Con- stance Bennett as his leading lady if she accepts the part in "gallors Beware" which Para- mount have offered her.
Annabella is playing a 'Shakes- pearean role in Paris. She ap- pears as Rosalind in "As You Like It."
Marie Prevost is making sceen tests in Hollywood. If these are promising she will return to the
studios.
Moore as a grand opera star ing to the Queen's on Saturday. read the story and he can give you
the making. The story, Pleming, who has to his credit: Re exact description-To have Dick Powell will appear as a though naturally developed is, such productions as AROUND glight and easily seen through THE WORLD IN 20 MINUTES, It is the remarkable singing, re- corded in full-throated fashion. which has made this one of the successes of the season.
The Richest Girl In The World A disappearing corpse, Miriam Hopkins as a poor little beautiful gift in Istress, rich girl in search of a true lover.
Oriental villain and (Bulldog) Iman
'the
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Ronald Delightful acting and cleverly
the contrived eltuations in very aving the amusing though Tandkreatify,
thirds unbelievable treatment of a polg hansensernant theme, Good light enter
tainment
THE WET PARADE and RED DUST, explained the unusual cir- cumstance which forted sil.com- cerned with the timing of the picture to exert, utmost caution Bgainst anything lacking suther
city,
Responsibility
tried to achieve an ideal design in each set that will seem as familiar as childhood memories"
"Design of costumes has follow- ed the popular conception of pirate garb with a simplicity that will make them seem real and take away any impression of
to
of readers estimated
have enjoyed John
faithful
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creen continuing to
Other technics
for the
taxi driver who goes to Venice and becomes an opera singer in Warner's "Broadway Gondoller ”
City of New York Be is consider- ed to be America's leading pirate authority and has dozens of war figures of famota buccaneers that he is now bringing to life,"
The cast. besides Beery, Jackie Mirate Cooper and Lionel Barrym
the cludes Otto Kruger
th, of
Chic Bale and Corn Sus Colins
on 355 Metres
12.30 to 2.15 p.m.-European pro-
gramme.
12.30 to 1 'p.m-Recorded music. 1pm-Local time and weather
report.
10 p.m. Recorded bangle. ** 1.15 p.m.--Arelay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra fráfa the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room (by courtesy of the manage- merit).
130 pa-Biruter Press Bulletins,
Rugby Press news, etc. 2.15 pm-Close down.
4 to 7 pm-Chinese programinė. 6 to 6.15 p.m.-Children's Studio.
Concert..
7 to 11 p.m.-European programine 7p.m.-London and New York stock and commodity quota- ¡tions.
7.05 to 7.38 pm-
Light Opera Belection A Princess of Ken- sington (German)-The Regi mental Band of HM, Grena dier Guards, 2
England Vocal Gems---Merrie
(German), Miriam Licette, Clara Berena, Francis Russell. Dennis Noble, Robert Carr with Chorus, and Orchestra: Vocal GemsThe Belle of New York (Morton). Columbia Light Opera Company. 738 to 8 p
light Orchestral Selections Amoretten Tanz-Walts (Gung1) Bien Amles-Valse (Waldteurel)
Albert Samler and his Or chestra
Le Chaland Qui Passe (Bizio). Love's Last Word (Cremieux)
Albert Sandler and his Orches trave
Study in Db Major-Liszt, 2. Songs:-
(a) The Lass with the delicate
air.Arne.
(b) A Blackbird
“Michael Hërd.
3.- Pianoforte Bolos:-
Singing.
(a) Waltz in Db Major, Op. 84.
No. 1.--Chopin.
(b) Nocturne in F sharp Major
Chopin
4. Songs:-
(a) One Morning very early.
Sanderson.
(b) The Willow Song-Cole
ridge Taylor.
8:35 to 9.27 p-Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 95 ("The New World.” (Draak).-The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra "con- acted by Sir Landon Ronald. 4th Movement-Allegro con fuoco 917 to 1.36 pm
Jár Plano Solos by Baie da Costa
1-Dancing Butterfly.
2 Waltz Time---Medley. 3-One Minute to one..
4-I had to change the words. 9.30 pm. Reuter Press Bulletine, London 1. p.m. stock and com- modity quotations.
0.35 to 10.30 p.m.---
From the Studio Dance Music by the Orchestra of the President Jefferson." : 10.30 pm-Reuter Freks Bulletins, Rugby" mid-day Press news. further London stock and com- modity quotations.
10.35 to 11 pm-
11
Seymour
Old Melodies
Ellains Terziss and
Hicks Medley, Elaine Ter rise and Seymour Flicks
A Night with Paul Whiteman as
the Biltmore Paul Whiteman
and his Orchestra.
pan-Close down..
BERLIN PROGRAMME
9 pm DJA DIN Annoucemer
(Germ. Engl.), Programme Forecast
Engi)
Symphony Orchestra conducted 9.15
by Eric Coates. p.m-Local time and weather te- 0.45 pm
porta
803 to 8:35. p.m.--
Bond the Studio
A recital by Doris Blair and Greta Parkinsor forte)
1. Pianoforte Bolo: Ca Concer
Music
Tale Time) in English on DJA
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