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DEVIL IS A WOMAN'
Plu warmth, the fervour, the cachantiment, the music, the very breathing counter-part of Spain have been magically reconstructed in Hollywood and how they serve is, the background for a moving and poignant love tale in Para "mount's "The Devil Is A Woman," closing today at the Quren's Theatre."
Marlene Dietrich, who has won the position of the soreen's greatest enchantress with her earlier portra- yals, returns as the stor of this picture in a typically Carmenesque Tole. She is the protagonist of the drama, a wanan whose smile fares imaginations, whose "kim nutt's destroys their souls. Opposite Miss Dietrich is Lionel Atwill and Cesar Romero, as the middle aged lover and the youthful romantic. Atwill, who has lost position, hap piness and wealth in a foolhardy pursuit of this heartless beauty, at tempts to intervene when he learns the girl" is luring his friend Romero. With the undertones of a wild and fantastic Spanish carnival for its accompaniment, this drams works itself out to the point where the two friends meel un the field of honour over Miss Dietrich's love. As a result of the fight" Atwill is gravely wounded. Romero is captured by the polig na political" fugitive.
It is
af
Samme
this point that Miss Dietrich ne MATĖS herself, employs the charm to free and aid the who have risked all for her.
"DINKY"
men
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"WOMAN WANTED``
"Action-packed as the only tens to describe "Woman" Wanted," | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer s amazing new story of the law and its battle against organized crime now play-
at the King's Theatre.
miled an one of the fastest- aving pictures over filmed, is crowds the events of eight neetid Hours into an evening's entertain- alent through a plot startlingly novel, and dramatic twists that keep the audience agog with it terest every second of the picture.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1935.
HUN MIKRONDITIONED FÄLLTREN
TO-DAY ONLY "at 2.30. 5.10; 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.' TEOK PADARI ES ON . . POR ANN GEMY!
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WOMAN WANTED
D'SULLIVAN JOEL MCCREA
LEWIS #TONS LOUIS KALNIOUN - EDGAR EDOKONY ANBENDY AND
ALSO SELECTED
SHORTS
Maureen O'Sullivan is delig ful as Ann the heruins, both pur suing and pursued in the rapid fire action of the story.
She i teamed with Joel McCrea, athletic young leading man, who repeats the splendid performance he gave in "Private Worlds" Lewis Stone is luminant as the district at torney who turns detective, and comedy is provided in hilarious sequences between McCren and Ad- | 110-KORROW.GRACE MOORE in "'LOVE NL, FOREFER rienne Ames, playing a jealous and suspicious fiance, Robert Grieg. who ents the pompous hutler. and Edgar Kennedy in the role of the dumb. hotel detective, Sweeney,
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Other clever players in the cat include Louis Calhern
the racketeer overlord, Nool Madison, William 8. Davidson, Granville Bates.. Richard Powell, Erville Alderson and Gertrude Short.
Grorga Reitz in his direction deft skill that shows the same marked his "Times Square Lady." "Society Doctor" and other recent bita. The picture is based on a by Wilson Collison, with screen play by Leonard and Dave
story
Clic youngsters Supporting Silverstein. Jackir Cooper in his latest Washes Bros., picture 'Dinky' commencing " to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre, from group that sounds like "Who's Who" of the child stars of Hollywood,
When the picture was being east it was decided to give the list star the very best supporting ent and
was spared
no
expense
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reaching out and getting the very "best in child talent. Betty Jean Haney, who is Jackie's lending lady, is regarded as one of the promising youngsters ju motion picturés. She hart just Gnished an important part "Mary Jane's Pa" for Wurner
most
4 SHOWS
4.30–5.13
7.15–1.30
in
into
Bros, and stepped right 'Dinky," Edith Fellows who has been referred as a "vest pockat" edition of Lily Pons, because of her exceptionally fine voice, was given the part of a little orphan
George Ernest. who has more hearts of the screen than any other youngster in the screen with roles in "Little Men" and the Mystery of Edwin Drood" plays one of Jackie's orphan pala.
Won
Another orphanage friend Jackie in the story is Sydney Miller who appeared in the "Band Plays On" and "Hi, Nellie."
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IT'S A SMALL WORLD
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Cicely Courtneidge's First Hollywood Film
Cicely Courtneidge will stage a night in a London music-Hall, for her frat Hollywood screen appearance. But it's not to be done with any of the old-time songs that marked the careers of Vesta Victoria, Marte Lloyd, or any of the ploneer English come- diennes of variety...
Such songs, she insists, would be "miscast" in her case. So, for her music-hall act in "THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN.". for which she was brought to Holly wood by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. a complete set of specially written sorgs, which are to follow the English pattern, but not copy the songs themselves, are to be ar- ranged. Also she is to use two folk song numbers.
STYLES IN SONG
"In the story," Miss Courtneidge says, "I play a former music-hall star trying to make a comeback, Now, a person trying such a thing wouldn't even ·get an audition with very old material. Styles in songs change because styles in audiences change. People have been through upheaval, and have changed their point of view. Hence things that entertained
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Selection Topical
Byp-Nut - Tist
POPEYE CARTOON
Marlene Dietrich
in
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN
⚫ with
LIONEL ATWILL
NEXT CHANGE
JACKIE COOPER
BEHIND THE SCENE IN
HOLLYWOOD
HOW TO TRAİN A DOG STAR The youngest star in Hollywood is 18 months old. He is six feet tall, when he stands on his hind legs. and he can pull a sledge frighted with 1,000 pounds at blankets, flour, meat, and cooking utensils along a snowy road, un-
alded
Of course King is a deg, & St. Bernard, the largest and heavl- est breed of canines. He shares honours with Clark Gable and Loretta Young, in "Call of the Wild." the Darryl Zanuck picture based upon Jack London's famous novel about life in the gold-rush days of the Alaskan Klondike. He plays the part of Buck, the four- rooted hero, and he actually hauls the heavily loaded sledge in one of the most breath-taking and dramatic scenes in the picture.
The metamorphosis of King into Buck, by a process of education' that developed a highly responsive canine actor from a wholly un trained puppy was accomplished by Carl Spitz, head of the Holly- wood Bog Training School. It is from him that the screen obtains some of its best four-footed actors.
DIRECTED BY SILENT CUESTM According to Splts, the decline of so prominent a star as Rin Tin-Tin was solely and because the training necessary to the success of a dog
in
"Dinky"
ris
Doy trainer Spitz, divides canine actors into four classes. In his price class are ten dogs ready to play any role on silent cue. Salaries vary, but King, during the three months in which he was occupied with "Call of the Wild." 1r arned $5,000 for his master. the second class are dogs, of "good training" "whose services may be had for $35 a day. Class three has dcgs of "some training" that are rented for from 310 to $12,50,
The dream of every Hollywood trainer, says Spitz, is to unearth a full-fledged star. Rin-Tin-Tin' $1,000-a-week talent is the goal toward which they are reaching It is the figure Spita, too, will set on King if all his hopes are rea- ized through the dog's perform- ance in "Çall of the Wild."
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"MIRACLE MOUSE"
Mickey Mouse is being called the Miracle, Mouse-in Murray
Bay, Canada, at least..
con-
The story that going the rounds there is borne out by prac- tical evidence. Mickey Mouse, it Is stated, was perfarming at 8 theatre there recently. In the audience were numerous patients from a convalescent home nearby One patient, according to eye- witnesses, entered од simply
crutches. navigating the aisles wth methods
siderable difficulty. During the Mickey Mouse showing, he laid his crutches beneath the seats. For the next half-hour he forgot all about his affication as he laugh- ed at Mickey's antics When the show was over, he got up and strode from. the theatre, without even a Ump, leaving the crutches beh.nd him.
In this day of the audible screen are different from those of the past.
A canine actor to-day is direct. ed by a silent cus-he must be able to perform entirely by bard signals when the human member of the cast are speaking. The master of the dog may now, only be seen. mot heard. Rin Tin Tin, trained to respond to the spoken command. went the way of those leglons of actors whom the talk- les submerged.
To-day in the manager's office the incredulous may inspect the crutches as concrete evidence of the powers of Mickey the Miracle Mouse.
Loretta Young, Clark Gable and "Buck" in "Call of the Wild” * 20th Century Picture, releaand through United Artius
them, say, twenty years ago, don't always do so now, and this applie particularly to topical songs. Fur- thermore, most of the songs of great comediennes were written specially for them-and couldn't. be aung as effectively by anyone els:."
Miss Courtneldge adds that her songs in her new picture are to serve as elements in the plot. Sh is supposed to make a stage failure with them. She was for- merly a star. Hence, she says, the songs should convince the audience that she has failed
through singing the wrong ma- terial
Miss Courtneidge plays a for- mer variety favourite, teamed. with Frank Morgan as an impo- verished army major in the gay comedy of London, life, which Tim Whelan is directing. The play is by Edward Childs Carpenter and Harry Rapt is the producer. Hea ther Angel, Richard Waring, Her-, bert Mundin, Doris Lloyd, Mary: Forbes, Brenda Forbes, Ivan Simpson, Henry Stephenson, For- rester Harvey and Uns O'Connor are among the players.
WENDY BARRIE'S FIRST HOLLYWOOD FILM
Wendy Barrie, the young Eng- ish star, has her first Hollywood role opposite Spencer Tracy in "It's A Small World." the Fox Film comedy now playing at the Star Theatre.
Audiences remember her por- trayal of Jane Seymour, one of the many wives in "The Private Life of Henry VII"
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Woman Wanted
QUEEN'S
"The Devil is a Woman"
ORIENTAL:-
"It's A Gift"
Kowloon
ƐALHAMBRA :—
"Against the Law”
MAJESTIC:-
STAR:--
"Scclety Doctor"
"It's A Small World"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Love Me Forever"
QUEEN'S;-
"Dinky" "Every Night At Eight","
STAR:-
"Laddie" "Roberta"
MOVIELAND GOSSIP
ARABIAN
NIGHTS
start
Charles Boyer will soon work in a modernised version of "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS," which Walter Wanger is making for Paramount.
Boyer will play the part of Haroun al Raschid, "the just," Caliph of Baghdad at the begin- ning of the ninth century.
Beveral leading screen actresses are now being considered for the role of Scheherezade, whose tales were told nightly to delay her execution.
NEW KIND OF FILM Paramount have evolved a name. for the type of film which centres. on activities of a dance band, It is tunelm"-and this is how "CORONADO" which
features Eddy Duchin and bis orchestra, lę described.
an
Incidentally, the leading femi- nine role is being taken by blonde Betty Burgess,
18-year-old high school girl who, two weeks
had never ago
film camera or the inside of a studio.
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SUPERSTITIONS OF
HOLLYWOOD
Most of the theatrical
and screen folk have some pet super- stition or another. There aft even sume general superstitions which none in the profection
would
dare to fout...whistling
in the dressing-room for instance. Harold Lloyd, whose next star- ring comedy is "THE MILKY WAY," "always, insists on wearing his oldest hat during the making of each fim..
Claudette Colbert, soon To Do seen
COMES in "THE BRIDE HOME," retuses to do staircase scenes or walk all the way down- stairs on a Friday. She usualy jumps three or four steps at a
time.
Cary Grant, featured th "THE" LAST OUTPOST." has about 20 pet superstitions, including the old stagers...ladders, salt, crossed knives and the rest.
Sir Guy Standing of "Bengal Lancer" and "GENTLEMEN OF THE NAVY" fame, has only one- he crossca his fingers before he enters a car.
MAE WEST AT WORK Mae West will find herself rather pressed for space during the making of her latest picturs, “KLONDIKE-LOU”
The blonde star, who usually works in Hollywood's most elabo- rate and extensive sets, will sperd
almost half the shoot ng time of "KLONDIKE LOU" in a tiny cabin in a sea-going freig .ter When measures upprox.mately long by ten feet.
12 feet
Miss West's huge clicus tent "I'm No Angel," the elaborate cus.nt in Belle of the Nineties," and the "Club International" in "GOIN' TO Town, were among the largest sets ever built in Holly- wood, with hundreds "of "extras" in each.
in a
In "KLONDIKE LOU," a large portion of the action takes place boat with four characters. including Victor McLaglen, work- ing in the tiny cabin.The story deals with the Alasky gold rush days of 1898,
"EXTRAS" EAT Hollywood "extras" eat very often! And they ate enough fancy groceries during the filming of "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" In which Carole Lombard stars. to supply any four London night- clubs for three weeks.
A partial list of the food con- sumed in one day by 100 "dress extras included · 20 large hams, 100 Allet mignors, six dozen melons, four dozen tins of caviare, six cases of grape fruit, eight of champagne cider and four of pine- apples. Added to all this was pounds of butter, crates of celery and hundreds of French rolls.
CARL'S LATEST Carl Brisson, sitging star. of "Murder at the Van'tles" and "ALL THE KING'S HORSES," had a fine day recently at the begin- ning of his latest flim-THE BOUNCER."..
In hall an hour Carl, in the role of a singing stocker, bad three fights with fists, one fight with shovels, one face-slap from Arline Judge, who is his "oppo- site"...and two songs..
DIONNES MAY ACT Pending & decision from the Guardianship of the famous Dionne quintuplets, я specia sequence has been written into the "Milky Way” utilising the ave sisters as actresses!
They will appear in scenes with Harold Lloyd,
Lloyd and the Paramount sound and camera crews are in readiness for a flying trip to Cal- tarder. Ontario, where the scènes. would have to be photographed.
Preliminary arrangements -bave. been made satisfactorily, and the final decision will be very soon.
Mickey Mouse in "Mickey's Fire Brigade"
made
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON TO-DAY® & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 8.20. 7.20 & 9,20 P.M.
SOCIETY
DOCTOR
CHESTER MORRIS VIRGINIA BRUCE- ROBERT TAYLOR BILLIE BURKE RAYMOND WALBURN
LOVE ME FOREVER"
The movies bave more than come into their own! And this fact to made public by no less than the Society of Arts and Sciences for the venerable society's award to Grace Moorn for "vitally affecting our national culture at the presen stage of our evolving cistlization: give unsple proof that the motion Picture is an intelligent art and a Ant potential cultural influence. This is the first time that mution pictures have been so honoured and, in the past, only one other has been awarded thi 'society's medal Eva La Gallienne,
for her contribution to drama.
woman
Maintaining the same splendid calibre of artistry, lovely Miss Moore comes to the King's Theatre on Thursday in Columbia's drama- " tie musical, "Love Me Forever," featuring Leo Carrillo and Robert Alien..
In winning the award, Miss Moore automatically raised the standard of film entertainment several notches, and Love Me Forever" is in excellent example of the demand for film fare finer Lat every (y hase,
Besides the Society award, Miss Moore is also the Winter of other ngular laurels. She is the only American actress to be honoured with a pique in the foyer of the Opera Comique, Paris the "hall of fame" of Fronch theatrical dir- cles. She is, also, the only Colonel on the staff of Hill Mo Alister, governor of the State of Tennessee. This rank was bestowed upon her following her triumph in "One Night of Love,"
screen
"IT'S A SMALL WORLD”
AT THE STAR"
Love at first crash-via a head- un collision at eighty miles an hour-occurs in "It's A Small World," the Fox Film comedy success which opened yesterday at the Star Theatre. Spencer Tracy has Wendy Barrie for his leading woman, in a cast composed of Raymond Walburn. Virginia Sale, Astrid Allwyn, Irving Bacon, Charles Bellon, Nick Foran, Belie Daube, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Fránk McGlynn, Jr., Bill Qills, Ed Brady, and Harold. Miniir,
ALKAMBRA
[E-DAY ONLY at 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9-30 P.M.
Two young stars in ahappy show!
JOHN MACK,
BROWN
against the Law
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