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TREASURE ISLAND
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On Saturday
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934.
“THE BLACK CAT" || SHOWING
LI
A Chilling Thriller
At The King's
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The age-old and stil belleved-in "Two hundred millon-boys in all uves is uniquely personified In
superstition of the cat with nine' parts of the world, many of them "The Black Cat" Universal's chill- grown man. have reading thriller with Karloff and "Treasure Island" Booksellers' statistics show that
Lugosi ("Frankenstein" and "Dra volume, except the Bible, exceeds Theatre.
printed cula") now showing at the King's this story of pirates in year to year sales." "Best sellers" of each 1welve months spring up, have their flurry and are promptly forgotten. Immortal life, however, seems to have touched the book of pirates which the kind-hearted Robert Louis Stevenson wrote to amuse the children of relatives and neighbours.
Now
tals greatest adventure story of literature has found its way into a picture that is coming on Saturday to the Queen's
Theatre.
Certain it's that there has never been a film towards which more eyes have been cast in an intense concentration of interest.
Characters whose names are as well known to millions upon mil- lions of readers; boys of eight and
"Way back in the dark ages it was believed that the black cat, lä particular, never dies. Whenit does expire through unnatural causes, it enters the body of the nearest living being and still goes on living.
The strange and phantastic be- llet la carried out in the story of "The Black Cat," which was sug gested by a tale from the fascile, though weird pen of Edgar Allan Poe. A curious change overcomes a young and innocent girl, who has been lying down unconscious trom an automobile accident, just as the time when the "black cat " killed.
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She becomes curiously agitated and feline in appearance, turning from a sweet. demure and un-
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AT 3.30, 5.10;7.15 & 6.30 P.M.
KINGS
WEIRD THRILLS AWAIT YOU!
KARLOFF AND
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LUGOSI
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CAT
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eighteen stern, bearded railroad sophisticated girl to a bold, brazen ALSO LATEST CARTOON “WOLF! WOLFI” Starring OSWALD
presidents of sixty are about to step in tull flesh and blood from the pages of Stevenson's much- loved" book.
Victor Fleming. the competent man chosen to direct "Treasure Island" Was bombarded with thousands, of letters, phone calls and telegrams when it was an- nounced that' Metro-Goldwyn Mayer had assumed the task of breathing. He into perhaps the best-known story of literature.
In Casting "Treasure Island" problems had to be dealt
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and sensual creature,
Such strange phenomenons have
of course occurred again and again in life. It is, in fact, another ver- sion of the theory of reincarnation, in which many people of various creeds believe in to this day
Universal has given this picture unusual staging and production, with unique and startling effects. Karloff and Lugosi take on new. and terrible shapes in "The Black Cat," which boasts of an excep tional cast including David Man-
Wells.
with. In the Arst place characners, Jacqueline
Egon
ters had to be chosen who looked Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille
like the traditional illustrations Lund and many others.
of the book, and secondly as well
as primarily, such players as had the required talent to play the parts, to make you beileve them. No flm company would have dared to make a talking picture of "Treasure Island" except in an era such as this an era which has among its motión picture Wallace and Jackle
stars
SE
Cooper.
"There
are no other living players so like Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins, The flerce pirate had to be a big man, a man, with a rough face and a terrible voice. Jim has been visualized by millions as a sturdy no too. good- looking English boy, caught up in the dangerous web of a gang of pirates.
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"And in the other roles the casting is ideal. No one was ever thought of for Billy Bones except Lionel Barrymore, and the pro- duction was delayed so that he could be secured.
"Otto Kruger's patrician features were immediately indicated for the role of Dr. Livesey. The magnetic power of his voice en- hances many dramatic scenes.
"Lewis Stone was chosen to play Captain Smollett and Benn Gunn, half-mad old pirate marooned on "Treasure Island" chuckling and grimacing over his heard of gold, immediately suggested "Chic" Bale, who attempts his greatest character make-up for the pic
ture.
Mr. Fleming, stated that for every ordinary motion picture
"CARAVAN"
King's Coming Attraction
With the youthful, romantic eyes of a poet, but the physique of a prize-fighter, Charles Boyer is an anomoly.
and retiring is Europe's stage and screen idol who makes his Ameri-, can starring debut in Erik Charell's magnificent musics) romance, "Caravan," coming to the King's Theatre very shortly.
Courteous, soft-spoken
His visage has the same remark- able. mobility that characterizes the countenance of Charles Chap- lin; in fact it resembles the comedian in many ways.
Boyer is an inveterate cigarette smoker but not nervous. He is Impassive in repose, contemplative, dreaming apparently, his sombre eyes half-closed in retrospection.
volition. His recent determination Boyer is a man of tremendous
in a complete mastery of the to learn to speak English resulted language in a few months. His vocabulary is astonishing.
To keep himself fit, physically. that he made. he picked his cast Boyer goes in for all sorts of sports. as he saw best but for Treasure But his chief Interest is in winter Island" he had to pick the players sports. He is an excellent skater, as if every one of the millions of and can ski extremely well. Of all, readers of the book were looking however, he prefers bonsleddging over his shoulder and. it would most. have been unfair to have done otherwise.
He is adept on has negotiated
得
RECKLESS LOVER WOOES A COUNTESS, as shown.. above, by Charles Boyer, favorite romantic leading man of the Continent, and Loretta Young, Caravan", Erii: Charell's lavish musical production with a star-studded cast.
numerous occasions, Cresta Run. in Switzerland" on
Boyer's only affection is a chain wristlet of heavy gold links. When he was mobilized with the army.
disc, the little circle, of metal his mother gave him the chain to which was attached his identity
and company. giving his name, number, regiment wristlet to this day.
Boyer wears the
Boyer has two leading women in Jean Parker. "Caravan," Loretta Young and
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Film Secret Leaks Out
The Duke of Kent, who has ask- ed for a print of the new Gau- mont-British film, "The Iron Duke," for his little private cine- ms at Himley Hall, where he and Princess Marina are staying dur- ing part of their honymoon, has also selected other films for each of the seven evenings to be given up to cinema „shows.
At this special desire Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer are providing four entire programmes. The main features will be "The Merry Widow," the new Lubitsch picture starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, The Thin Man," the brilliant detective story In which, William Powell and Myrna Loy scored such a success, "Queen Christina," starring Greta Garbo," and one other picture not yet selected, together with Laurel and Hardy comedies, shorts, and cartoons,
These pictures were all selected by the Duke of Kent himself. It is understood he had intended the film shows to be a surprise for Princess Marina, but the secret slipped out
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The films shown on the other evenings will be supplied by other Hrms.
Circus Crown.
Star Sun-Mon. (Dec. 23-24):
Where Sinners Meet.
Tues.-Thur. (Dec. 25-27): Aunt Sally...,
Fri-Sat. (28-29):
Lady Killer.
World
Mickey Mouse Silly. Symphony programme No. 2. | Wed.-Thun. (Dec. 19-20);
Charlie Chan's Courage.
Tues:-FIL (Dec. 25-28):
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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
A GRIPPING MYSTERY DRAMA!
The
The mystery slayer rever failed to claim bis victims on the stroke of Seven. In glittering balle, on speeding trains, abore the clouda in zooming planes, his dagger got them at the appointed moment i
TOMORROW
AT SEVEN:
With
CHESTER MORRIS VIVIENNE OSBORNE Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Henry Stephenson, Grant Mitchell Directed by Lay Enright RKO-RADIO PICTURE Produced by JETERSON Pictures Corp- THE MYSTERY THRILL
OF YOUR LIFE!
LITTLE CAESAR crazy, but that's exactly what hap-
Showing At The Alhambra
pened in "Uncertain Lady."
Horton and Miss Tobin are ideal ly paired in this intensely amusing story, while the supporting cast include such players as Paul Cavanaugh, George Meeker, Renee i Gadd, Mary Nash, Dorothy Peter: son, Arthur Hoyt, Herbert Corthell; Gay Seabrook and many others. Three
BONE of three Karl Freund, one of Hollywood's famous fathers take part in "Little ace directors, who made The Caesar" the First National and Mummy" with Karloff, "Moon- Vitaphone Picture now playing at light and Pretzels," "Madame SpyTM the Alhambra Theatre. They are and "Countess of Monte Cristo" Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., William performed an admirable Job on Coliler, Jr., and Ben Hendricks, Jr. this picture.
famONA
"Little Caesar" is an adaptation of W. R. Burnett's famous story of racketeerdom. Edward G. Robin- son plays the title. role. Mervyn LeRoy, Hollywood's youngest megy. phone wielder, directed.
ALHAMBRA
FRN ATK.
SHOWING TODAY
Iner Fox and Bydney Blackmer in a scene from RKO Radio's South Sea Musical
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PLATINUM PLP in
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UNCERTAIN LADY
Coming To-morrow To The Queen's
Ladies, how certain are you "of your men? Get some pointers from Uncertain Lady, Universal's gally sophisticated comedy which opens to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre.
This hilarious, smart, and mo- dern screen drama is one of the highlights of this season and has an excellent cast Edward Evorato Horton Genevieve Tobin.”
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LITTLE CAESAR
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