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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
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KING'S:-
\"Rembrandt"
QUEEN'S:--
“As Good As Married” ORIENTAL:-
"Mary Stevens, M.D"
Kowloon
ALHAMHRA :-
"Branded"
MAJESTIC
"Every Night" At Eight"
Coming
KING'S:--
"Polo Joe"
QUEEN'S:--
Marian Marsh
ORIENTAL
FLEMING
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LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•
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What ▲ theme that's närer been touched in motion pictures . . . goes on behind the door marked "Private" Intimate details of
·ber practice and her practices.
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SCREEN'S FIRST STORY of □ WOMAN DOCTOR
MARY STEVENS M.D.
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Kay FRANCIS
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De HAVILLAND The CHARGE of the LIGHT BRIGADE
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"MY AMERICAN WIFE"
Here's a fast action comedy production.
with Francis Lederer, "Ann Sotbern, Fred Stone.
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THE ANSWER TO A PRODUCER'S PRAYER
The Great Gambini" ORIENTAL:-
"The Charge of the Light
Brigade"
"My Americam Wife" ALHAMBRA -
"Hotel Haywire".
·MAJESTIC:
"Son Of A Sailor"
REMBRANDT
FUTURE OF FILMS
Artist's Attack On Colour
STAGE AND SCREEN RIVALRY
‚»Ta an artist, the appearance of the average colour" photo-
·graphy · picture is more or less of an abomination. It lacks everything he prizes form, definition," and subtlety. 11 em- phasises everything he has striven to overcome-realism, banskty, false values."
...
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the
This is the opinion expressed by' | ander ··Korda· ·-states -- that Mr. Paul Nash, the painter and American market - hag not been art critic, in "Footnotes to the captured to the extent ' that was Film" (Lovat Dickson, 185.)
hoped. There is no attitude of hostfilty in the United States to our Alma When British pictures have succeeded here the warmth and generosity of the : American Press and the unstinting praise of the American people have been re-
His criticism of British filma is
"With all the boasts and strivings of directors, cameramen, and la; boratory technicians, an absurd but obstinatë fact remains,” he writes, "Colour cinematography cannot produce natural effects. It can produce isolated objects with | markabià: . an effect of verisimilitude, pro- vided they are within focus, and naturally Hghted. But, as its focussing range is distinctly milt- edter more so than that of the ordinary screen camera-most of Ita scènes are travesties unreal compositions in which things look either too real to be credible or definitely unreal."
BLONDES AND BRUNETTES An Interesting point the author raises on the subject of colour is its relation to women's hair." Ac
sult blonde women, with the re- sult that In colour films the
that they are imitative.. "They escape from narrow nationalism but they have not become truly national. By importing American. stars, directors, and writers, we have embarked upon a false policy of imitation. We have tended to produce pseudo-American pictures the defects of which have been all too obvious to the American people. Our only hope of salvation is to make good English Alms, just as the Americans make good Ameri can sima America wants to see England on the screen."
platinum variety will disappear, about the films he would make if Mr. Alfred Hitchcock write: Black hair is difficult to photo-be were free to do exactly ag be graph, browns, and half-shades-
impossible. Golden are almost and auburn hair
"To that colourful company of cording to experts colour does not unforgettable screen characters peopled by the merry, lusty "Henry VI" the relentless bloodhound, Javert of "Les Miserables," the brutal Captain Bligh of “Mutiny on the Bounty." the unfathomable Henry Barrett of The Barretts of Wimpole Street" and the cherubic .butler of "Ruggles of Red Gap," Charles Laughton has added a new member-a member who tops them all."
The addition is "Rembrandt." the greatest painter the world has ever known, who comes to the King's Theatre to-day in Alexander Korda's personally directed pro-
shades
are the best
The book-"Footnotes to the Film" is a collection of essays on almost every aspect of the film in- dustry and its future, edited by Mr. Charles Davy.
Discussing the present problems of British film industry, Mr. Alex-
liked without having to consider the box-office. He would make travel films with a personal ele- inent in them; a verbatim account of a celebrated trial, edited, and cut down; and a fre at sea.
The popularity of the theatre as compared with that of the cinema is the main theme of a contribu- tion by Mr. Robert Donat.
duction of that name, and offers THREAT TO KILL REVELATION
Laughton his greatest, must human and colourful characterization.
The Alm, which reunites the great producer-director, and actor combination of "Henry VII fol-
EVELYN LAYE
lows the great and much mis- Actress Shakes Hands
understood Dutch master's life
and loves from his early triumphs With Man After Trial
30 to his early decline and the poverty of his old age.
EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT
To "Every Night at Fight,' hilarious romantic musical comedy which is at the Majestic Theatre, goes the distinction of utilizing the timeliness and current popularity of the amateur radio hour and bringing it to the screen for the Arst time as a basic theme for a motion picture.
OF HIDDEN
TALENTS
Varieties Of Roles In Hollywood
"The only place in the worla where an actor or an actress isn't
Miss Evelyn Laye, the actress, shook hands in the Old Bulley hall with a man who had been bound over for three years on a typed in Hollywood," claims George charge of sending a letter threa-" Murphy: tening to kill her.
Murphy. who has appeared in many successful stage plays 0% Broadway and London,land who is now appearing with Eleanor Powel in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Broad- way Melody Of 1938, firmly be, leves that performers on the stage are typed.
The man, James Michael Biggs, aged 23. a labourer, of Poplar, apologised to her for the annoy- ance he had caused. Shaking hands with him, Miss Laye said, "You will go straight now,"won't you?" Biggs, almost in tears, re- plied, "Yes, I promise.”
Since arriving in Hollywood" Mr. Maxwell Turner (prosecut- Murphy has become convincea This filmusical serves a two-folding) said that while Miss Laye that screen producers are more purpose as well, not only in pre- (Mrs. Evelyn Lawton) was re- willing than stage producers to senting George Raft in an entirely hearsing at the Lyceum Theatre gamble with their players in let- new characterization as an egotis- A letter was intercepted which i ting them play all varieties of tical leader of an amateur dance
read "Dear Miss Laye,-I am roles. band, but introducing to film fans warning you that next Friday you
DIFFERENT PORTRAYALS Frances Langford, radio songstress will meet your death unless you'
"While on the stage, to the pró of considerable fame. who makes a pay me a thousand pounds. If ducer, I was a dancer, a singer or highly favourable impression in her you decide to pay. come to the
a comedian," says Murphy. “When Arst screen rola
Poplar Hippodrome, where I was called for a role, I always shall be waiting outside with my knew beforehand that I was to do hands in my pockets."
one of the three-never a varia- He said that Biggs wished to tion. But in Hollywood, producerá have taken into consideration and directors let me do dramatic Punches and thrills! Everybody another charge of demanding and romantic parts in addition to The nrst set constructed was a Polish inn, providing the setting western-and they always get it. Beryl Sidney
expects them in a Buck Jones' money with menaces from Miss at the where Powell, as a Polish noble Branded." Columbia's latest star-Saville Theatre
an actress man, and Luise Rainer, as a Rus-ring vehicle for Buck Jones, that
noblewoman, first
Biggs was described as of rather Lower floor, entrance, lobby, cafe, opens at the Alhambra Theatre to low intellect and below the aver- stairway and reception room were day, does not fall short in these age mentality. constructed, in an actual replies of an existing inn. Other settings. built albead of production
A few pennies worth of celluloid ture, proved ideal. Scenes in the is the very litepulse of a motion" script checked against the cellülold picture. It contains a schedule. time records and vice versa, with- more 'complicated than that of a out a hitch. Considine calls the railroad, and a system of account-system "the answer to a producer & ing that in any other form would require a roomful of ledgers.
ed.
This is the assistant directors "shooting schedule," on which track of every second of time, and every detail of the making of a picture, can be instantly ascertain
Ore of the most elaborate of such production boards, on a new and complete system, was used in Aiming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Emperor's Candlesticks, co starring William Powell and Lulse Rainer. Edward Woehler, 25- sistant to Director
George Fitzmaurice, perfected a system that accounted for entire time on production down to a half-second. NO DELAY
prayer."
meet.
BRANDED
with flying colours. But, in addi- respects in fact it comes through
lon, there is an Innovation. Here NEW COLOUR FILMS is a "shooting and ridin'" feature
warrant a
Mr. A. Korda's Contract
activities progressively. included & with enough hilarious comedy to cichly decorated drawing room in
robust laugh every Viennese palace, a European minute. Fast as you get your mansion, an auction salon in Lon-breath after seeing Buck swing the Screen is indicated by a con- The steady progress of colour on don, & Polish fall, an antique shop across a canyon suspended to his tract just signed between "Mr. in Warsaw, the Grand Opera Hous stirrup by one foot, you lose it Alexander Korda and the Techni- in Vienna; the Czar's throne room agar is a loud, guffaw at some color Corporation, at St. Petersburg, three different ludicrous comedy antic that is as railway stationis.
diverting as it is unexpected
ESPIONAGE AND INTRIGUE The story is one of espionage and intrigue, with Powell and Miss Rainer pitted against each other na rival secret agents. smuggling messages between two countries,
Use of the new production board
DUKE OF WINDSOR
To Visit California Next
ear.
It calls for the production of six pictures in colour during the next 18 months. Four of them will be: "The Dram,” by A E. W, Mason, a story of the Khyber Pass. which Zoltan Korda is direct Ing. with Babu, the little In- diari star of Elephant Boy is already "shooting" scenes in the Khyber Pass.
a
my singing and dancing. In one picture I find that I'm the hero, in the next I portray an entirely unsympathetic villain":
"I feel that stage producers have overlooked many a star because of their insistence in typing players," continues Murphy.
I can cite you a perfect example In the case of Eleanor Powell. Eleanor was not a star on Broad- way until she had made a picture, in Hollywood, and this wasn't be- cause she had any more talent be- fore the camera "than she had on
the stage, but for the simple rea
son that, while she was "on" the stage, he was never given the op portunity to show what she could da." A
POTENTIAL STARS
'AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRON
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"LOVER OF BEAUTY" "PRINCE OF SHADOWS:
the world called him!
And now the world honom him with a motion picture" masterpiece such is only kis own exotic life could paint! -
ALEXANDER KORDA
present
CHARLES LAUGHTON
REMBRANDT
GERTRUDE LAVAXNCE » KLAA LANCROCITIE EDWARD CHAPMAN
-A LONDON FILM PRODUCTION RELEASED THAU UNITED ARTISTS
ALSO "TORY TORTOISE RETURNS
A Silly Symphony in Technioniour
JOE E. BROWN in POLO JOE
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SHOOTING HIS WAY TO VICTORY!
Thrilling Story of Love and Lawlessness!
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A Paramount Picture
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BUCK
Jones
BRANDED
"Punch Drama of Western Plains
Directed by D. Rosa Ladurman.
Columbia Picture
HOTEL HAYWIRE
with, Les Carrillo.~ Lynas Overman · Mary Carilile
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD
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THIS IS OUR OLD FAVOURITES WEEK! TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY I
George RAFT
Something "déing":
- ovary, minnia 'In
this song-packed - musical tour af rodie's umanister hours.
Alice FAYE
Paremont Mows will FRANCES LANGFORD PATSY BELLY
TERCE RADIO ROGUES
·TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ! JOE E. BROWN; "SON OF A SAILOR
"A: FIRST NATIONAL LAUGH HIT!
ASTURIA TO BE WRECKED
St. Juan De Luz Aux a
VALENCIA DISCUSSES BRITISH PROPOSALS
Paris, Aug. 2
In a menage receives from Va On the stage, Eleanor begged lencia, it is stated that M. Gon-Reports from Valencia state that
the Valencia, Government met yes zales Pen, Austurlan leader, in Va- the producers to let her sing or act, but all they would let her do lencia, during his ten days sojourn today to discuss the proposals of the British Government regarding was dance. She came to Holly- there said that should General foreign volun- wood, as a dancer, but, alm Franco's trowos enter the Provice the withdrawal of executives saw in her hidden of Asturia, they would only anders. talents that they revealed and now she is a star."do
Each celluloid strip stood for a production day. The set, players to work on it, and estimated time of scenes, were laid out on it in advance. The time figures were checked of as acenes were.com- pleted. While the company work- ep on one set, Carpenters and technicians were building the new is simple... The cellulold strips are.
Writing in the Hollywood, werk- seta' as called for tu the schedule arranged in sequence. Changes or ly magazine, script,,, Mr. Corne- The Divorce of Lady X,” star- for each succeeding day. More erasures are possible on them, and lus Vanderbilt, Jr., claims that he ring-Merle Oberon.
"I wonder how many more than fifty sets were bufit, each should weather or unforeseen has "virtually positive" Informa "Red Shoes," by G. B. Stern, also potential stars Broadway is keep ready on the schedule laid out on trouble delay work on one set, the tion that the Duke and Duchess starring Miss Cheroning in hiding.", concluded Murphy. the production board. Not a mo- strip with this detail is moved for- of Windsor will visit California "Bleyel Made for Two, a period ment's delay through non-com- ward on the board and another next year, and that they will place, to be made by Victor
ROYAL COUPLE IN pletion of sets occurred during the scene strip inserted under the reside permanently in Austria Baville, entire picture.
HOLLAND particular date. One set is always after their honeymoon The contract requires that Mrs. The new production chart, tried I kept in reserve as an "alternative They will never make a per- Natalie Kalmus, wife of the inven- out as a "test case" by John W. set," for use in case of inelement manent home in England or the tor of Technicolor, should stay in Considine, Jr. producer, in con- ¡ weather or any delay; so that pro-
States. Mr. Vanderbilt. | England and act as technical ad- Junction with the script of the ple- duction is never held up,
adds!
viser.
Tag-London, "Aug 2:" Prince and Princess Chichibu of Japan arrived in Holland to-day
wrecks and ruins, as all publi buildings and communications would be blown up beforehand.---` Tranincent News Beresce
on a four-day visit. The Prince visited the Scout Jamboree and the Colonial Institute,:/
The royal couple will inspect the reclamations on the Zuider Zen during their stay-/VNNDA fienter's Bulletin Service.
It is stated that several South American Governments have sent notifications to Valencia urging "as the "best course of action, ac-
centance of Britain's proposal,
The members of the Valencia Government, however, are of the opinion that General native Moroccan troo also be regarded as fore
Trustning News Service
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