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SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30.
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932..
A Sparkling Comedy of Smart Society and Modern Morals
Wisely Wicked
and wickedly wise are the girls women envy and men highly prize-
Come see how this wise little merchant in the mar- ket of love won the man of her heart.
CONSTANCE BENNETT
IN
Sin Takes a Holiday
LOVE AND LOVING AS AN EMOTION, AN ART, A SCIENCE
AND A RACKET
The production is Lavishly Mounted--Gorgeously Furnished, with Gay Paris and New York as Backgrounds
The Wardrobe is the last word in Ultra-modishness The Dialogue Fairly Reeks with Wit and Charm -NEXT CHANGE -
By Special Request
Re-screening of
The mightiest melodrama ever conceived in the
Mind of Man
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STRONG TEAM CHOSEN TO
MEET INDIAN R.C.
The following have been selected to play for the Rest of the League against the Indian Recreation Club, R. C. ground on Saturday, at 2
The
A million youngsters in Amerien to-day would kindly trade places with Junior Durkin, Not because he is in motion pictures, for hundreds of champions in the First Division, on her boys have shared the honom.-G. R. Bayer (Capt.), and J. E. or because he happens to have a Richardson (Civil Service), E. C. quired some money in his own name, Fischer and G. C. Burnett (Kowloon for there are thousands of boys who C. C.), E. J. R. Mitchell and A. C. are intinitely more wealthy than he
Beck (engkong C.-C.), Capt. Barnett But, because he happens to he
(Royal Navy), L. T. Ride and D. J. loping along on a frust pony, is chased
N. Anderson (University), E. Zim- by real Indians, wings a Inriat
mern and R. Lee (Craigengower). around actual cases, site down to ent with hardened cowboys and, in short, info all parpares a "sure enough" Cowboy,
in
Durkin plays the part of "Old Timer," a youth of the curly West "The Santa Fe Trail," Faramount's talkin film edition of the Hol G. Evart novel, Spanish Acres" and the 1
incipal offering at the King's Theatre to-day.
As the pal of Richard Arlen and Eugen Pallette, he herds thousands of p across country from Kana to N Mexien.
Bing a cowboy is the benit's desire For of early every American buy. that reason, youngsters play at Indian miniature and enwhoy, dress up in cowboy salts procured from the de partment store, and make bold mo tions with a cap pistol a wooden revolver.
Like all of the others, Durkin has cherished the same dream. Born in the Eust far away from the cnw Punter, Durkin has lived hes life around the stage. Before he was three, he was acting Since that time, he has appeared in wameroas plays, one being the successful per formance of "Courage" for forty-two weeks un Broadway.
Being a stage favorite is a con dermbi nchievement, expreilly for one of tender years. But Durkin al- ways longed to do cowboy things auch as he saw on the serren and real in Looks. I has kept hat road in the back of his curly heat ever since his first screen cliege efforts before the camera were for a society draTVER.
The Champions' Eleven, The following will represent the 1. R.C.-A. A. Rumfahn (Capt.), F. D. Fereira, S. R. Kermani, A. H. Ram- Jahn, A. H. Madar, 8. A. Ismail. A. K. Minu, A. R. Minu, J. S. A. Cur. reem, H. D. Rumjahn And A. N. Other. Reserve.-I. S. A. Curreem.
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LOCAL FOOTBALL.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS IN HONGKONG LEAGUE.
0. 1.
Results of senior division lengue football played yesterday were:
5 Recreio S.W.B. Hongkong F.C. 3 H.K. Police
The Division II game between the Argylls and R.A.0.0. arranged to be played on the Chatham Road ground was postponed.
Or Katherine Cornell, Ethel Barry- wore and the stom of the Barbara adils.
"Behind flies Doors,"
At last the private secretary gets break! This
itch-abused, hard-worked queen of the office can't say now that he is completely overlooked in the scheme of life, for Radio Pictures' His Arstehind Once Doors" which opens at
| Comesty of Gel-Rich-Quick Promoters. The festive and hilurious activities of J. Rufus Wallingford grafter 'de luxe, are depicted in "New Alven tures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.
William Haines portrays the master erouk. Jimmy Durante, the famous "Schnozzle" comedian of the New York stage, has a prominent role as the chauffeur who in an uproarious episode impersonates a senator, and
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the Queen's Theatre to-day in romantic Om weven out of her every- day experiences.
Mury
Without CXCPARIVY gloss, Astor portrays vividly the role of a private secretary who falls hopeless- ly in love with her boss only to dis-i cover that he regarda her merely us an office worker.
The story is fuit in a typical Ameri- can office where numerous typewriters elatter in a noisy industry that is familiar to more than lulf of the country's population. There, girls who families to support live and
Ernest Torrence completes the trio have
The
in
as Wallingford's partner in easy pick-work-girls drowning out personal ings Blackie Daw. Leila Hyams has tragedien, secret love affairs and joys , unceasing flow of work. feminine lent.
a constant, Into this familiar, human back- The picture was suggested by the George Kundalph Chester stories ground, Director Melville Brown has which ran in the Cosmopulitan Maga Interlaced a beautiful romance which zine
Haines comp rough a dezen will awaken an interest in the heart tricky deals in high time, floats af every working girl who sometime clay mine, bilks a Syracuse manufae- or other his fallen captive to the good ture, out-smarts a detective who is looks and kindness of her boss. his Nonevis and in general proves himself, 113
match for the keenest wits. Finally, however
however, he meets defent at the hands of girl, reforas, marries und settles down.
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The result is an intimate demma of
a private secretary, seen through the eyes of those actively engaged in the work.
The
Film features an unusually Aside from its many comedy no atrong enst in mildition to Miss Autor, ments, the picture presents a straight including Robert Amor, Richarda
High lights in Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen romantic narrative. clude an nating
Edna Murphy. gam at sea,
the billing of "sy
in a bank, an ingenius heme for the opening up, of at clay bill and the pative trag into which Wallingford falls, only to be saved by ith escape. Charles MacArthur prepared the eren seript
ript and
the picture was
who has film directed by Sam
mony Hines ce and scoreil sith one of last season's biggest film
The Man In Possession." The supporting east includes Guy Kibbee, Hade Hamilton, Robert MeWade, Clara Blandick, and Walter Walker.
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"Sin Takes a Holiday," One of the most brilliant casts ever ecmbled in any motion picture dis imguishes Constance Bennett's Pathe
production, "Sin Takes a Holl day" which is showing at the Central Theatre to-lay
Miss Bennett's role in this pleuro is one that she plays to the manner born and in the somewhat risque situations which abound, she displaye artistry of diamond-pure lustre.
As her lending
beautiful "This Thing star of "Rich Prople thes Called Love" and "Common Clay," han Kenneth Mackenna produced, direct- ed. and played lends in many New York successes, including "The Big
el him
Samuel Goldwyn's ceaseless star hunting activities take a new turn in the Eddie Cantor enmedy. "Palmy Day" eaming in the King's Theatre," before talking pictures claim- on Sunday. Youthful Barbara ("Boobie") Weeks, of jet black eyes and blacker hair, is the girl who in call- amoré serious picture would ed "the romantic interest."
Playing MacKenna's rival Is Basil Rathbone, who appeared with Norma Shearer in "The Last of Mrs. Chey- ney."
who started his Rathbone. was featured in "This Mad World,
Murder Case" and "Lady
Hobbie Weeks sings, dances, and theatrical career on the London stage,
of "Paling Days."
through the picture
of
Cantor
menave
laagh her way as an accomplice and condjutor to Bis Cantor and the elongated Charlotte Greenwand. For rall intents And
is
the stars purposes, she
In the Parlier
picture, "Whooper," Goldwyn selected her as
cheris girl out of a great arm of Broadway recruits. Bobble had trying to forget that she was a daneur. She didn't particularly like the idea of dancing again, even if she did lead an pulchritudinou an ensom. blo through claborate and complicated daner routines. She wanted to be u dramatic actress,
been
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To Rita La has gone the femining Mies La Roy's work in at
The Love Trap,"
The Bachelor Girl" and "The Delightfal Rogue”
won her
picture contract, Helen Johnson, blonde stare and film player, has the role of a society girl.. Men-about-town roles are played by Louis Bartels and John, Roche, ent
film players with stage A a sophisticated Kendal Lcé adds an- woman, authentie touch to the caat. Murrel Finlay, solected by Henry Cilve
artist, the
California's Gene Buck had promoted her from "golden girl" and designated by chorus girl in "Take the Air" to Florenz Ziegfeld as one of America's speaking dela
determination as only a foremost beauties, also has a suelety Bostonian can command. For sheen-girl role,
Fred Wallon, veteran rolled herself in two prominent de-character actor, plays a butler.
matic
schools and worked diligently
Paul L. Stein directed "Sin Takes
at memorizing the lending parts from Holiday," Among his directorial the dramatic classies. But Barbara's successes are "One Romantic Night," tine hadn't come yet. Directly, shelfer Private Affair" and "Thia Thing Robert Milton and found herself in the chorus of the Called Love." New Amsterdam Theatre production Dorothy Cairns wrote the original of Whoopec",
without a line or story and the photoplay in by Horace
Jackson. speaking part.
From that she migrated to Holly wood, and to the chorus in Goldwyn's and Ziefeld's picturized "Whoopee", Goldwyn quickly saw possibilities in her and took an option on her ser. vices,
Not only was the option taken up by the producer when Cantor was ready to begin on "Talmy Days", but he signed Barbara to n ve year Which, taking Goldwyn's contract. reputation as a a finder and developer of stars into consideration, seems to
Days' Indicate that in "Palmy Barbara Weaks is taking place de side Marilyn Miller, Adele Astafro and the other great stars of munien) comedy.
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