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ELISSA LANDI - PAUL CAVANAGH - KENTTAYLOR FRANCES DRAKE.....A Paramount Picture
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THE MAN-HAN- DLING BEAUTY OF "BORDER. TOWN" TRIES HER TALENT ON A NEW KIND OF MAN}
BETTE
DAVIS
"The Girl From 10 Aven the
ADDED ATTRACTION: WINI SHAW (The "Lady in Hed"} In "GYPSY SWEETHEART" VITAPHONE'S MUSICAL
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
GEORGE FRANCIS and BRENT in "THE GOOSE AND
THE GANDER'
KAT
SISTERS SEE BOY STAR AS BIRTHDAY
TREAT
THE CASE OF MAE WEST
A DEFENDER FOUND
"Stars
are
found in far too great a quantity Bo be true. It follows that professional mortality is proportionately high. Three of four years is a pretty long life for
film star."
We shall have Mae West on the screen again soon, writes a corres- Dondent. Her new picture has aroused a certain amount of con- Troversy. because
some people, without benevolent ntent. have uttacked it. One critic (American) has allowed his reeling so lar to overcome his better judgment as to say that Migs West is an enemy of the cause of motion pictures.
It seems to me that thats gous 100 far. It gives Miss West far too great an importance in the world of screen plays."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE FILMS ARE DUE FOR A
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"The Garden Murder Case”
QUEEN'S :--
"Without Regret"
ORIENTAL:
"So. Red The Rose"
Kowloon
ALIJAMBRA:~~
"Yellow Dust"
MAJESTIC:-
"Strange Wives"
COLOUR BOOM
Big Plans Ahead
The big film producing companies of America are anxiously thinking about new plant and the addition of experts to their studio staffs in anticipation of a big colour boom,
Recent experiments and "deve-financed by a wealthy Boston at- opments have resulted in the per- torney, formed the Technicolour te: tion of a new "natural colour" Corporation and started their in- Technicolour. which is used for ventions. STAR.-
the Erst time in Paramount's "The "The Gurl, from 10th Avenue" Trail of the tonesome Pine, stur-
ናና
KING'S:-
Coming
"Captain January"
QUEEN'S :--
"Give Us This Night" MAJESTIC:-
"AMbi Ike"
WITHOUT REGRET
At The Queen's
tiny, is
"Without Regret" featuring Elissa Landi, Pau Cavanaghi, Frances Drake and Kent Taylor, showing.at the Queen's Theatre to a sophisticated dramatic romaner. The story centers around the strange situation that confronts a woman married to two men at the same time, one a handsome, roman- ties ne'er-do-well aviator, the other a celebrated, wealthy titled London, doctor. How this unusual plot in- volves mystery, murder, blackmail; romance and adventure in its ún- folding makes for first rate enter- tainment.
ring Sylvia Sidney. Fred Mac- Murray, Henry Fonda and Fred Stone
Films made by this process will use such natural and unobtrusive colours that audiences after a while will take them for granted as they how da the black white.
and
Oddly enough the first moles p.cture over projected on a screen was in colour. It was hand-tinted and presented by Francis Jen- kins, May 20th, 1895 in New York
"THE MIRACLE"
Probably the most undertaking in the history of the colour film was the first feature n colour. Robert Paul took a positive print of "The Miracle" and set about tinting the 112000 tiny photographs that comprised the
teature im
ambitious
{
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this process; which started a bogm, The first big colour pleture in:
was "Toll of the Sea." Other not- able ones since then were "Wan- derer of the Wasteland." "The Black Pirate." On With the Show," "Sally" and "Follow Thru." The colour boom of 1929-30 died because the rush was so great that there were not enough, real artists to go round.
Colour went into the doldrums and in 1932 the new three-colour process was evolved. No producer would use it for a feature.
Walt Disney tied it up exclusively for cartoons. Then, after three years" "Becky Sharp" was made.
LEARNT" BY EXPERIENCE Learning by experience, Director Hathaway made The Trail of-the Lonesome Pine" in natural colour. That means he used colour realis- tically. It is first a dramatic film. The colours used in settings and Working with small brushes costumes are natural, neutral in and 1 reading glass tinting | shade, predominantly browns and pictures that measured one inch greys. Bright colours, are not by an inch and a half he was splashed around just for the pur. practically through with his pro- pose of demonstrating the techni ject" when the constant eye cal perfection of the new colour strain threatened
Lim
with
process. blindness. He could not go on. Necessity revealed to him the mask method of tinting which is similar to stencilling,
Other producers are watching Miss Drake "is seen as the jilted
the results sweetheart of one of the two hus
reported to be so pleased
Cecil B. DeMille is bands who sees revenge for the
with loss of her man in an astounding,
He made Hathaway's results that he wili the masks and hired several make way. Kent Taylor departs from
"Buffalo Bill" in colour. his usual romantic fending man
girls to apply the colour. The re- "Ramera" probably will be made characterizations, and plays an un-
sult, naturally, was not so neat as in colour: Harold Lloyd expects sympathetic role in a surprisingly his own work had been. The co- i to make his next feature comedy
lour ran over the edges of figures in colour.. and was blurry. But notable advance had been made. "
*ympathetic war, establishing Inta- self as a character actor of no mean ability
"THE GARDEN MURDER CASE"
A penthouse," said to be the most elaborate
ever constructed
for a motion picture. is the prin cipa setting for "The Garden Murder Case," latest of the s.s
THREE-COLOUR "PROCESS
In 1914. Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, the present head of the, Techail colour Laboratles. and several physicist associates froin the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology,
Vän Dine storles to reach the RACING FILM IN
screen.
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With Edmund Lowe 25 Philo Vance and Virginia Bruce as society girl with whom he faks in love, The Garden Murder Case" opens to-day
the Theatre as one of Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's more important contribu- tions for the new show season.
at
TECHNICOLOR
King's Derby Scenes To Be
Part Of British Production
"The Garden Murder Case" con- cerns Philo Vance's, adventures as he seeks to solve three mysterious deaths which at first appear to be acciderital but which he suspecte to be murder. He does not fully prove his case. however, until he himse is subjected to active peru.
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In carrying on his scientific in- vestigations he meets and falls in love with Miss Bruce, It is the first time romance has been per- mited to interfere with his coldly analytical mind, and the resulting
scenes of the picture are rich with.
humour as well as romance.
THE GIRL FROM 10th AVENUE
"The Girl From 10th Avenue,” a First National picture with Bette Davis in the stellar role, comes to the Star Theatre to-day.
The truth is, of course, that Miss West. like many other capable artists, has been forced into an intensity of fame which she does bot merit. The trouble with the flm business is that it is always thrusting novel personalities into the lime-light, whereas they would be better off in the half-light of Miss Davis part is far more moderate fame.
sympathetic than the one she Flim producers, not being in-.] played in "Of Human Bondage.” terested In dramatic merit or but it is anything but a sweet artletic progress in their medium, girly-girly role, she portrays a seek always for some novelty to 10th Avenue shop girl who marries bolster up the precarious existence à drunken society man following of their methods,
d champagne party. He had gone to the dogs when jilted by a gold digger. Bette makes a man of he bade them farewell twenty him and is smart enough to months ago when he left London | separate him from the woman he for Hollywood,
formerly loved, and who had married a rich relic for his money. thinking that she could continue to "irt with the man of her choice.
The girls and their father were warching the film "Little Lord Fauntleroy," in which Freddie has the star part,
"Oh, daddy, there's our Freddie,"
Laughing and crying in turn, two
The picture is a tense drama giris sat among a crowded audience. cried Hilda, clutching her father's with some rare touches of humour. at a luxury West End cinema re.
arm excitedly, "Doesn't he look It has an a'f star cast to support cently, writes ∙1 correspondent. | nice?”
| Miss Davis, including Tan Hunter. They had come from B con- When the scene where Freddie who plays opposite Bette and vent school to see their brother on weeps was shown his sisters wept. Colin Clive, lọng known on both the screen for the first time. Scat-
in sympathy.
stage and screer ed between them was their father.
The girls were Elleen, aged six- teen, and Hilda, aged fourteen, sisters of Freddie Bartholomew, the twelve-year-old boy film star, whom they had not seen since i to-day.”
I sat next to the little party .j Others in the cast are Alison *They have looked forward to Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phip this moment," "Mr. Bartholomew Reed, Katherine Alexander, Helen whispered to me. “It is a special Jerome Eddy, Gordon Elliott treat for Hilda. She is fourteen Adrian Rosley, Andre Cheron and
Edward McWade.
The colour era in British films is due to begin almost immediately.
Mrs. Natalie M. Kalmus, wife of Dr Herbert T. Kalmus, one of the founders of the technicolor pro- cess, has arrived in London, and will get to work at once on the preparations for the Arst British technicolor film.
It is to be called Wings of the racing story Morning," and" is a adapted from Donn Byrne's novel, "Destiny Bay."
Bloodstock raising in Ireland and famous British race meetings, in- cluding the Derby, will form part of the talkie.
The picture will be produced for 20th Century-Fox at the Denham studioe by Robert T. Kane, the American producer, who is now to work in Britain
Annabella, the French star wil, be the heroine of "Wings of the Morning,' and Laurence Oliver the "hero.
"YELLOW DUST”
.. Meanwhile the Technicolour laboratories have invested 'over half
a million dollars in new cameras to take care of the colour boom, they are convinced. will follow the intelligent use of colour in "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." coming to the Queen's Theatre shortly.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR MARTYR
"..
DR. V. K. TING
Changsha, May 4.
A memorial service for the late Dr. V. K. Ting, eminent geologist, who died of coal gas poisoning in January, was held here yesterday under the auspices of the Hunan Provincial Government.
The service was attended by numerous representatives of official and academic organizations, both Chinese and foreign, including Dr. Oong Wen-hao, Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan.
Presiding over the gathering. General Ho Chien, Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, said that in the death of Dr. Ting. the country has lost an eminent scholar and scientist. His per severance in the pursuit of know- ledge should be emulated by the youths of the country.
"Though his physical body is dead, his spirit remains for ever," General Ho said in conclusion.
ANOTHER TRIBUTE
A tribute to his life long associate' and friend was then delivered by Dr. Oong Wen-hao.
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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5 1C. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
The GARDEN
NEXT 'CHANGR
MURDER CASE
The best-selling mystery novel comes to the screen. - Three murders - but no clues-by a murderer who was not even there!
Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce
Benita Hume · Douglas Walton. Nat Pendleton Directed by EDWIN L. MARIN
A Metro Goldwyn-Mayer meruna
SHIRLEY TEMPIE in "CAPTAIN JANUARY
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Richard DIX
TO-DAY
in a flaming tale of the great Nevada gold rush....... a scarlet chapter in the history of yellow metal.
Yellow Dust
With LEILA HYAMS
Moroni Olsen • Joselo Ralph
IKO
Directed by WALLACE FOR, Associate producer, CF# Kaki ̧.
RADIO
Andy Clyde. Onslow Stevens NEXT CHANGE--
Ficture
|SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “CAPTAIN JANUARY"
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WRECKED BY RELATIVES!
EDITH WHARTON'S
STRANGE WIVES
ROGER PRYOR. JUDE CHAYWORTH
ESTHER RALSTON-
FRIDAY:-" ALIBI IKE" with JOE. E. "BROWN
of a branch of the National Taing-GARBO'S NEW SCREEN hua University.
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BURIED NEAR LUSHAN
LOVER
In order to perpetuate his memory among the students of holm the next few weeks to reach Greta Garbo. will leave toca- Tsinghua University, the Hunan Hollywood in time to begin work
Her new leading man is to be dark-haired
In his pursuit of knowledge as. Provincial Government has there on her new picture, Camile," on well as in the performance of his fore decided to bury the mortal re- June 15. All the romantic flavor of Cali public duties, Dr. Cong said, the mains of Dr. Ting near the Chang- fornin's gold rush days has been late Dr. Ting had always striven sha branch of the University at Robert Taylor, the authentically restored for film-goers.
with thoroughness and indomitable | Lushan. by the settings for Richard Dix's.
fortitude. His sincerity and noble- Tributes were also delivered by was unknown.
young actor who three years ago action drama, Yellow Dust," now showing at the Alhambra Theatre. Dess of character compelled the ad- Mr. Tsao Ti-chtu, member of the ings and photographs of such his-
It was when playing in a school Reproduced from etchings, draw miration of all his associates.
Hunan Provincial Government, Mr production of "Journey's End," at In the course of the past three Ting Hst-in. representative of the Pomona College, California, in toric tough towns as Angel's Camp, years, Dr. Oong continued, Dr. Ting Academia Sinica, of which the late 1933, that he was arst spotted by Hangtown, Poverty Flat, Red Dog had been engaged in a special study Dr. Ting was Secretary-General at and Jackass Hill, an entire mining
£ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent of the coal mines in Hunan Be the time of his death, and repre- scout town street was erected on a ranch
fore his work was completed, how- | sentatives of numerous other near Los Angeles as a scene 'for thrilling action. Other outdoor ever, he had died of coal gas academic bodies scenes were filmed in the pine poisoning. In his Will, he express Ko Min. covered foothills of the Biogra❘ed the wish to be buried where
death overtook him, Nevadas, which, hide the main de posit, of California gold. Interiors
Dr. Chu Ching-nung, Provincial include copies of old barrooms and
Commissioner of Education for Hu- gambling halls
Leila Hyams, Jemie Ralph, Andyan, said that Dr. Ting had come Clyde, Onslow Stevens and Morgni to Changsha not only to study the Olsen are in the cast of "Yellow I coal mines, but also to select a Dust," an RKO Radio Picture - suitable site for the establishment
Husband: "The shares I paid so much for last week are now only worth five shillings each}"
Wife (trying to console him); "Then isn't it a good thing you've got so many of them."
This company has since trained him through a succession of small parts up to the highest that can be conferred on a Hollywood actor -playing Garbo's lover B
Taylor made his first big hit in "Broadway Melody of 1938, just released. "Camille" vil be the first talkingm version of Dumara famous play, 'La Dame ...aux CameĶam.".
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