THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1931.
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Hollywood's Ope hundred most serious faces were seen recently at the United Artists studios in Hully- wood. The reason: They were mak- ing comedy.
IL'A Sam Taylor's paradoxical method. He gets his whole company that way. Taylor is producer--direc- tor of Mary Pickford's new picture, "Kit a sizzling combination of laughter and heart interest, now show. ing" at the Queen's Theatre.
“Mias Pickford" seriously studied a dance that turned out to be uproari- ounty funny. Reginald Denny, light- hearted leading man, lonked like he had the weight of n world un his shoulders. Margaret Livingston, comedienne, hadn't a sadlo to” -her name, and didn't have until the pie- ture was ankhed. Joseph Cawthorn, who has wrong laughter from thous sands on the stage and screen, went gravely about the business of being funny, Phit Toad, who was a comedy står, put sukde his nonse of humour temporarily because It was mcessary. Fred Waltun, who played the comedy blts in "Taning of the Shrew." had a Bn in his features. So did Edwin Maxwell.
Taylor always had his player in a serious mond when he need to write and direct Inrold Lloyd's comedy
hita. When Taylor directs a drams, contrarily, be in « Joking individual, Ilo inisis thal John Barrymore i a great dramatle actor bremuse har bever takes himself serlonely, 4154 13oyd in a comislian toreanse he cloch, And now that Minn Pickford Is serious Taylor prediets she will make the most blithesome picture of bee career. Oat
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SPYJORES onlenvour has come an avalanche of langby.
If
"Man of the World,"
The difference between 1ek, a stick and a athch was revealed to the astounded William Powell during the making of latest starring picture. "Mun of the World," the current gt traction at the King': Theatre her when the mate netur investigated the mistery of the printer's "truale,
Powell, who bni provicariy bolieval o stick was a stick and let it go at that, learned that a stick is a unit of printer's measure a fire, an accus. sury to a gentleman's stroll, a twig from a tree, and that annoying cuti- tion which results from stepping on a piece of mastlested gum,
SHANGHAI RESUMES ITS
POLO.
Of the sports which have suffered most from the recent spell of rainy weather in Shanghai, palo was perhaps the greatest loser. Since the start of the polo sesson, there have been no more than four alternugas Available for play, and after repeated attemple to get the Army Polo Cup competition underway, the senil-final was eventually ranched last week. Dur pictures show various in- zidenta of the maichen.
"The Silent Enemy." The Enemy," the great
In one sequence of "Man of 11:0 World," Powell plays around a print battle, Barrollo, the criminal, is unde their own lives. shop and there learns that a stick is ta
It be a winy every periods in the history of the United oppear exactly like Sir John | father known. the little two-sided box It which Lasher. English gentleman,
States. type-settern.#rrange types, poseti ben fore their CRAC
Elo yams plays At first it seems that he is to be feminine role mit Robert Mottery the principa picking out the "AR" "E's" and "Q" with nimble acted by ociety in his new challiott Nugent, Jeans Wood, Henfy fingers. Not only did the actor learner without having to pay the penuity i Armetta, Clara Blandiek, Mary Doran denna of the Ojibway Indians in their]
for his former crimes, But his wat j what stick is--he learned how tezare; it. With a year or so of practice, he sense of hour presents him from Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Lee Kali
mar, Dell Henderson and Robert Wit is convinced he could develop enough bring up the no-s when in speed to set up at least two lines of that the wife of the man whom he is MeWade ure in the east. pien per hour.
"Beatband Yard."
linda
representing to be loves him and he in Turn loves her.
Clever child players appearing in. clue Philippe de Larcey, Gordon Thorpe. Betsy Ahn fiske, Evely him Mills and Edwin MR.
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Northern gripping story of! Primitive man's battle for existence against the cruel adversities of nature; That is the dramatic climax of
thrilling romance of love in the wild the situation in which he direla Make-up na an net in earncteriza-ell. He must choose, and choose
spaces of the Indian country. It will tion, is brought to its highest perquickly, whether he shall take the ' Among the dramatic high opals are fection by Edmund Love In the fal love that in freely offered him and the snerifice of the father's chance to
be shown ut the Central Theatre, leaders have telegraphed Chang hole he portrays in "Sentlamal Yard," escape the prison bars that are walks be a millionaire, in order to save the starting from Thursday.
Chi and Wu Tich-chen vrging them Kamburs Fox Movietone dram of the finering or confess, and carn-the right kohenith of his child; his giving up of
to go to Canton for the discussion Hankow of the world's greatest erisian hun that love.
everything he owns to educale a non is the natural unfolding of a tribal
The story of "The Silent Enemy" of peace terms. ters, directed by William K. Howard, Joan Bennett, de Xanden, the wite in medicine and save another from story told simply and replete with ex-scuding of delegates from Canton In reply they have suggested the which will be alown at the King's of Sir John Lasher, heads the
dis. Prison, and the Thentro, next.
tragic. Christas elting wild animal encounters, the play to Shanghai. The outcome of these in support. Eve that finally brings him real hop-of human emotions, love, falou evertures is now awaited--Reuter, de chiained on application As Sir John Lusher, in the pieture. These
enst Meet ine : sle Barbara Lowe portrays his sun)
Leonard, PinesKA. polished Danni Crisp.
hatred and vengeance, all portrayed by Georges Rezevan gentleman of the world. But
The primal people, the Indians them Lumsden Bare, David Torrence and Dakin Barrelies," England's mot Halliwell Hobbes.
solves. feared bank rubber, he must assume the facial disguise and lir utto' charneter nuances of the underworld.
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Bad man trying to be gond furnish. Defeated time and again in their. ed laughs last night at the Central hunting, and long miles of weary So successful was Lowe In this
Theatre with the presentation of Fox travel against odds that make more American family life and the "short Movietone's "Not Exactly Gentle civilized attempt, the fint day he appeared on, and simple annals of the poor" are men." Victor MeLaglen wax
folk tremble, they come the set in his new make-up he was woven into an amazing human doesntertaining in his latest role of "Bull herd of caribou is found. The igen
very through in triumph when the great! not recognized by a single member ment in "Sins of the Children," Metro Stanley," wanted for beraking lawa tion of the caribou is one of the most of the cast or technical crew working Goldwyn-Mayer's
The following cable at the close on the picture except Howard.
He makes adequate use of his fists tremendous scenes ever recorded for of the sugar market yesterday has the "Main Street" featuring Louis Man and strength and he gets in quite the screen. A herd of thousands of been received by Messrs. Pen- director, who
ail dietated the and an elaborate cast, und dening a bit of real character acting.
horned animal character the make-up artists was the, Queen's Theatre on Thursday,
the rampage in the treath and Co, Barren Lands, with Indian warriors; 1 The story takes a family in a sinn
American town through three genera ure Lew Caly and Eddie Gribbon wheeld weapons of their ancestors, the. Aiding bin in his role of bad naslaying right mid left, using the nge- tions. Their joys and sorrows, their more than sufficiently fill their cumle bow and arrow. comedies and tragedin, are woven roles. Fay Wray gives a delightful into what is literally a cross section performance as Lee Carleton over is an extremely interesting mo-) of netual life.
whom the three "gentlemen" assumotion picture with thrilling sequences. Sam Wood directed in elaborate protectory interest.
There is nn umażingly vivid fight {l tween a mountain lion and
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For two weeks while the sequences in which the bank robber character was being filmed, Lowe had to spend hours every morning putting. on the dificult make-up.
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The intensely human story Involves the struggle af an underworld charac-enst. Mann plays the head of thej Ler to resume is piace in decent famly as an old German barber; his "Not Exactly Gentlemen" is a plea-wolverine, the trek of Indians through | society. Through the mistake of alchildren grow up to be doctors, tenant romance built an a background the snow as they look for game and plastic kurgron who rebuilde his chers, inventors, and finally leave him of the historic Dakota land rush in the frenzied onrush of the caribou es
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