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"CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD"
One of the longest battles of tim history was waged at Universal studios during the filming of the super-production. Captain of the Guard." which is now at King's Theatre. The action on the screen takes place in a single day, but so vast were the armies engaged and so spectacular the battle itself that It took almost a month to photn Sraph it
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The dramatic battle scene be- tween the king's guards and the revolutionist troops, including the historic march of the Men of Mar- seilles who arrived in Paris just in time to turn the tide of victory, are the climax of the picture.
Laura La Plante, as "The Torch," the flaming girl leader of the re- volutionists, and John Boles; "the golden voice of the screen," 28 B captain in the guards, are co-star- red in roles which give both of them the utmost opportunity for the greatest portrayals in their careers,
"Captain of the Guard" is an all-sound super-feature, - directed
meld.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY," "OCTOBER 21, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:--
"The Gorgeous Hussy” QUEEN'S:-
"Brides Are Like That" ORIENTAL:----
Three Godfathers”
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :--|
"Counterfeit"
MAJESTIC:-
"Captain Of The Guards”
STAR:..
**13 Hours By Air"
KING'S:-
Coming
*Women Are Trouble"
QUEEN'S:—
"Dancing Pirate" ORIENTAL:-
"Butter's Gold" "Follow The Fleet"
ALHAMBRA:-
"Dancing Pirate" MAJESTIC:-
STAR:
11
"Boulder Dam" "Fang And Claw"
"Widow From Monte Carlo"
"BRIDES ARE LIKE THAT'
"Brides Are Like That" First National's latest rollicking comedy romance," is the feature attraction at the Queen's Theatre to-day.
The picture is based on the play "Applesauce" by Barry Conners which was one of hits of the stage. It carries a unique and moab.un- usual plot and concerns the love affair of a presentable young col- lege man with a great gift for flattery, but who much prefers to sponge on his uncle, to doing any hard work
ENIQUE POST
Composing Music "On Order" for Films
DIFFICULT POST
Morris Stolof holds a unique
behind the scenes position
writes Bongs
He
of
movie, making. that are never sung, compositioną that are never published. His works, though, are beard through-` out the world wherever motion pictures are known.--
Stolo is Musical Director at Columbia Studios. As head of the important music department he is in charge of the composers and arrangers who create the music used in ali productions of the When orchestras assem- studio
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DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. Aumversaries. aird Holiday4-86. Hilarion, AbbÜL
Auction--Crown Lands, at District Office, North, Tipo, 11.30 1.
Cinemas. 'King's :—"The Gorgeous Hussy,"
Queen's :-**Brides „Are Liko That." Orionlab :-Three- Godfathers." World-Chines Picture," Alhambra.""Counterfeit.” Majextio:-"Cuptkin Of The Guarde" Star13 Hours By Ale:" Dancos -Chearo Club Dance, 8 p. Kortings. Kowloon. Union Church Women's Guild Monthly Business; 10 a.m.
Religious.Meeting of Friends of Two Fong Shan, at Tao Poog Shan Chapel, Bishop's House, 6.00 p.m.
Social-Bridge and Mah Jong Drive at St. John Ambulance Ileadquarters, Tai Hang, Australian Association Mah ble to play the music for the
Jong, afternoon, 3.00 p.m. Sailors dlm recording. It is Stolon who
Home and Seamen's Instituto Whi wields the baton, taps the music Drive. B.00 p... Reception at St. rack for starting and stoppins | Teresa's Parochial Hall," to welcome signals.
Rev. Fr. Granelli, Parish Priest, 4.30 P..
·
One of the multitudinous duties attached to his office is the task of composing music "on order" to to fit certain situations in a film. The audience is thus moved to
for receptive moud
4 dramatic presentation, made to experience the proper emotional reaction.
No long haired virtuoso with flowing tle is Morris Stoloff. Alert, brisk, fast-talking, " business ap- pearing American, as could pass for Wall Street executive, bulld- ing engineer, insurance oficial.
He was born in Philadelphia August 1st, 1898, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willam stolof. Brought west as a child, he was educated in the public schools of Los An- geles, made his debut as violin so- lolat when twelve years old..
W. A Clark, Jr., philanthropist, music lover. was in the audience. Thrilled by, the boy's ability, he assumed sponsorship of his mu- sical education, sent him east to study when Leopold Auer, teacher of Mischa Eiman. Jasha Heifetz, other famed artists of the bow and iddle.
When seventeen Stoloff went on
He loses the hand of the belle solo tour, swung around the coun-
·WOD
Philharmonic Orchestras, laurels as its violin soloist for ten seasons.
Sports-
(Yacht
Sailing-TreveSSA Trophy Chb), 4.00 p.m.
Shooting.Hong Kong Rifle Associn-
tion Spoon and Practice Shoot (Army Range, Kowloon City). 2.00 p.m.
A Swimming-Annual V.R.C. Harbour Race, 5.00 p.m.
Moon. Moon, 7th Day. Sunrise.-6.93
p.ra.
3.m,
Sunset.-5.53
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14.82 and 23.47;
Tidea.-High Low at 7,90 and 16.31.
BRITISH SHOES FOR FILM
Idol's Perfect Feet
Marlene Dietrich has the long slender foot of the artist. That is the verdict of Northampton crafts- men engaged on her special order for hand-sewn shoes.
The shoes will be the best that money can buy and the best that Northampton, the nome of shoe-
But few hand-sewn factories re- main; they have gradually dis- the advent of appeared. since machinery, and with them most of the old craftsmen.
of the village because of his utter | try. Back in his adopted homemaking, can produce. irresponsibility and his presump- town, he joined the Los Angeles tion that he can become engaged to "her without even, proposing. His rival, 3 smug, self satisfied doctor, after his betrothal; pre- sumes to tell his fiancee what ahe can and cannot do.
This leads to a series of highly amusing entanglements and a startling climax in which the flatterer puts his rival to rout. There is an exceptional talent ed cast which 1s headed by Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn. Gene and Kath- leen' Lockhard and Richard Pur- cell,
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COUNTERFEIT
Rivalling the G-Man cycle for spectacular thrills, Columbia's "Counterfeit" which 13 beitig shown at the Alhambra Theatre to-day brings to the screen for the first time the powerful, dyna- mie story of a new arm of the federal law enforcement agencies -the T Men.
Sound came to the movies about 1028 and so did Stoloff. He joined the music department of Para- mount Studios and econ won pro- motion to post of cofcort master.
Not one of the men engaged on the order has fewer than forty years' experience and some have fifty.
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The shoes for Miss Dietrich are all in reversed calf and their colours are nigger brown navy blue and grey. in
After seven years in that capa" city he moved to Columbla Studios to accept his present position and already is winning attention his 'hew job with his musical in- novatons.
.
His biggest task is to see that he and his men do not commit infringement when they compose musical numbers and create scores. All assemble to hear a new born tune, make sure it doesn't resemble anything any of the group have heard in their long and varied musical careers.
He admits that everybody writes music. His mail is cluttered with manuscripts, all of which are re- turned to the senders unopened. Thus lles escape from the plagiar- No musical work is more
ism.
BRUNETTE TO BLONDE
Joan Crawford To Make Change
"FOR ONE PICTURE
Blondes all over the world, routed by the recent fight from the "gold
Operating in velled secrecy, the difficult, he declares, than writing standard” of Jean Harlow, Alice
music "on assignment" for movies,
the
Columbia
T men are mainly concerned with stamping out the national coun- terfeiting racket.
Swoloff music bever has words, Chester Morris, giving one of his never is published," Mr. and Mrs. Theatre-goer, though, often walk most brilliant performances por- trays the government agent who home happily from &
headed by Lloyd Nolan who de- pursues the phoney-money band show humming a Stoloff tune.
livers a convincing portrayal. The beautiful Margot Grahame acting her strangest role since "The In- former is seen as the criminal's sweetheart and she manages, through an interesting series of circumstances, to innocently in-
kia.
"THE GORGEOUS
HUSSY"
"The
Gorgeous Hussy."
new
Faye and other flm stars, can breathe again states the Hollywood correspondent of a London paper.
They are to have a new cham- plon, and a dazzling one.
Joan Crawford, brunette through- out her career, except for one Alm
that was banned in England on re- Ügious grounds, is going blonde!
"For one picture, anyhow," she stated, "And if I like it, and it photoraphs well. then blonde it shall stay."
SHE WORE A WIG Such a vital decision was not
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Hussy
Gorgeous
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TROUBLE"
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volve her young sister, portrayed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production by the charming Marian Marsh from the best-selling novel by arrived at with just a snap of the The latter ably enacta a difficult Samuel Hopkins Adams which fingers. A conference was held, at role and rises to new dramatic opens to-day at the King's Theatre tended by Miss Crawford, Luis B. heights,
is a fictionized treatment of Ameri-Mayer, M.-G.-M.'s ace photo- Erte Kenton directed the screen ca's most romantic period, and it grapher, and representatives of the play from the original story byla primarily a story of the stormy art wardrobe and make-up depart- Bruce Manning and William Ran- circumstances surrounding the menta
13 HOURS BY AIR1- take his place. He is on the point election of the Presidency of An- Faked photographs of the star as
of refusing when he ples the love- drew Jackson, and the role that a blonde were produced. A Fred MacMurray, and Joan Ben-ly Miss Bennett, who is to be a one girl played therein.
sequence from her new picture with nett play the leading roles in passenger, and changes his mind.* Although Peggy O'Neal was only Clark Gable, "Love on the "Run,” Thirteen Hours By "Air" exciting
Also aboard, as the plane takes a tavern-keeper's daughter she with Joan acting in platinum-story of murder and intrigue on a off are the nine-year-old heir to
which is showing at the Star Theatre.
ا. و
£20,000 WORK OF ART
Titian Discovered By Chance knew all the big-wigs of Washing- blonde wig just for the test, was transcontinental transport plane, a fortune of millions and three
tom politica, Andrew Jackson was shown to the gathering in a guard-
suspicious-looking male passerigers. A new painting by Titian has her beloved Uncle Andy Daniel ed projection-room.
MacMurray begins to suspect. Mis been discovered at Dubrovník. Webster read to her by the hour.
LOVELIER THAN ÉVER
In the cast which supports thein Bennett is the girl involved in a The painting has been hidden Martin Van Buren brought her The heads of the studio went into are Zasu Pitts, John Howard, Ben- big jewel theft, for he discovers by John Robertson, which features for more than three centuries in dolls. John Calhoun taught her a huddle, and from it there em- nie Bartlett, Grace Bradley, Alan she answers the description al- the singing of fire songs by Boles. a little medieval church. The how to keep her father's books. erged the news that will gladden Baxter. Brian Doblery, Ruth Don- most exactly. But when one of All of these songs were especially | Church of Our Lady." - I was But John Randolph of Roanoke the hearts of "fairheads" from nelly and Fred Keating. The film, the male passengers offers him a written for the picture by Charles discovered by acclilent,
fell in love with her. When Peggy China to Peru.
much of it made in the sky and at bribe to set the plane down in an Wakefeld Cadman, and Rex Roch- At the Invitation of Prince was old enough to marry, her In a subsequent run-through of airports on the New York-Sahi isolated spot in the mountains, he
Paul, Mr. Bernhard Bernson, the "Uncle Andy" was running for Fre the screen test, which I was pri- Francisco route, is authentic in turns his suspicions elsewhere. Some of these songs are sung art expert, visited Yugoslavia and mident. He needed her help. Ran-vileged to attend, it was a new and every details
Ahe probe more and more. by Boles during his gorgeously ro-vetted" the picture as the work dolph was opposed to his, policies, loveller, Joan Crawford who smiled The story of "Thirteen Hours By deeply into this plot, trouble be mantic love scenes with Ales Ls of the famous Venetian master. | A true patriot, Peggy sacrificed love as us from beneath the platinum Alr opens at the New York ter- gins developing rapidly. There is Plante. The others are sung dur-] The picture represents the "Im- for duty,
wig...
minus of the route, where Mic- | gủi play, đất nguufig and an at- Ing the impressive dramatic... “xa- maculate Conception."
-It is Joan Crawford's Amst÷cos- Only Franchot Tore, her hus- | Murray; senior priot of the air line, †telhos to crash the plane.” How ́quences of the nim, when the peas- Unomcial, estimates put the tume picture and Adrian has creat- band, "does not share the studio has just arrived to begin a vaca- the variis tükiled threads of the
antry of France is rising up to value of the painting at £20,000, ed. for her twenty-six of the most enthusiasm.
tion. When one of the other story are numeshed, brings the plan throw off the yoke of tyranny sterling.
dazzling gowns ever photographed. "I like her as I met her," he said. pilots is taken fil, he is ordered to i, ture to a thrilli
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