$4
12
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SHOWING
TO-DAY
at 2:30, 5.15, 7,15 & 9.30 p.m.
A wonderful drama of the real love of a Princess and the Home Life of Kings and Queens. ROMANTIC-HUMOROUS-THRILLING
TIFFANY
'PRESENTS
the COMMAND PERFORMANCE
Can the Social Sundards Attained by Royalty Rastrain the Emotional Love of a Commonplac Actor and an Aristocratic Princem?' A most Romantic Picture Piercing the Inner Sanctum of Royal Love which is as Simple and Pure as that between an Office Girl and Clerk!
NEIL HAMILTON, UNA MERKEL HELEN WARE ALBERT GRAN
-Directed by Walter Lang
A JAMES CRUZE PRODUCTION
NEXT CHANGE
An amazing picture that hits you with a Leart-quivering bang
THE MAD PARADE
The thrilling story of 9. Women caught in a Man's War, With Evelyn Brent, Irene Rich. Louise Fazenda. June Clyde, Marcelino Day, Lilyan Tarbman, Fritzi Ridewao and the Keating Twins.
SHOWING
NOOS
THEIR MAD MOMENT
DOROTHY-
ATEL
BAXTER.
A NEW FOX PRODUCTION.
UNITED
ARISTS
PICTURE
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
presents
GLORIA
WANSON
·高
TONIGHT NEVER
་་
DENNIS NELSON TERRY & BETTY STOCKFELD
IN
“77 PARK LANE "
THE
The Latest 1932 United Artists Special Pictures.
COMING SHORTLY TO THE KING'S.
`Janet GAYNOR Charles FARRELL
DELICIOUS
FOX
Picture
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 22. · 1932. ·
MUSSOLINI'S PLAY. MR. EASTMAN & ABRAIN OF NATIVES NEW ADVENTURE.
STRIKING OVATION AT FIRST NIGHT,
the
it was by u
FRIENDS' THEORY OF HIS
HIS SUICIDE.
not Ex man
WAS
MICROSCOPICAL RESEARCH
Some important researches into Rome, Mar. 17.
the microscopical structure of the brain of the East African native Signor Mussolini's play, "Villa-
Arc reported in the "British franca, was staged for the first-
Medical Journal." It is now pos- time in Rome last night at the STARTING OUT ANEW. Argentina Theatro, and
Mr. Georgi ...tman, while alble to divide the grey matter of the brain into various layers and to enthusiastically received crowded and eager house.
of wide personal measure these layers accurately. Despite reports and expectations, universally knou by name, the play was not billed ae by Signor popularity, but a man of a few de-Three main divisions are recognis Mussolini, and his collaborator voted friends, and to these the led: infragranular, granular and Signor
Forzano, acknowledged theory is untenable that his self-supragranular. The infragranular from the stage the loud calls for inflicted death was either a coward- layer in held to be the seat of the "auther."
I had of the perception of arnsations; The character of the play, itsly effort to escape pain or evidence animal instincts; the granular that
of cynical disillusionment. incisive dialogue, the vivid repre-known him since my boyhood, and I while the supragranular is concern In the brain of the East African sentation of the successive steps in the progress of Italy during the must believe that the single shoted with will, intellect, control, &c. so undramatleally fired by his own off the Risorgimento to throw
hand was merely the starting nig-native the infragranular layer is 6 tutelage of Europe, the use of rous and for what he hopefully believed per cent. Ingger than in the Euro- ing Argument,
pungent patriotic sayings, the subtle appre-might be a voyage of discovery in pean, while the two other layers It is reported that "in the first ciation of character, and the gus- now fields and fresh activities for show a decrease of .3 per cent. com- tained "drive" of the action to- bis highly original and tireless pared with the European.
mind. wards the inevitable, all revealed The intimations that he was an series of brains examined micros the mind and genius of the Duce. atheist, I believe, are unjustified. copically, only 6 per cent, appeared
Most members of the were present, together with thee was an investigator. He had to approach In quality the average
with one was above the average."
James Dr. his co-operation
"If," writes through Governor of Rome, all leading Gov. created the art of cinematography of the European brain, and
his idolised Since
ita Nairobi, Edison. ernment and party officials, nud a great turn out of Roman patricinusmother's death he had had few Sequeira, of and plebs.
sentimental ties on this plane.municating these results. "it is hnd proved that the physical basis of The King's youngest daughter. The great electrical creator
present,
European, it the Princess Marin, was and gave a sense of continuity to foresworn atheism and announced mind' in the East African differs the play, und the audience, fired by his belief in the soul's immortality from that of the the herole incidents, staged round some years before his own death.deems quite possible that efforts to
Perhaps reflection stirred his co-educate these backward races the House of Suvoy, gave her pro-worker to desire, now Lint he seem- European lines will prove ineffec; longed avations.
Signor Mussolini himself did noted no longer needed here, to relive and probably disastrous." appear in the theatre to receive the Join the electrical wizard in pos sible new flelds of research, menn acclamation of the audience.
while, perhaps, regaining his Aociation with his mother, to whose leath he could not be reconciled,
Cabinet
RIGHT TO CRITICISE THE DEAD
"PRICE OF GLORY"
Paris, Mar. 27.
not
H.
com-
QUEENS THEATRE
To-day & To-morrow at 2.30. 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 Against him—the hand of every man... With him the heart of every woman!
GALSWORTHY'S
ESCAPE
AMAZING DRAMA OF HUNTED MEN.
with
01
GERALD DU MAURIER
as-nding physical health so falling that he was threatened with inefll- elency in this sphero,, should wish to penetrate another, undertakingt Work Well Done.
that great adventure, death. as an "My work is done,” he said in a investigator, hoping and with faith
"Why
wait?" that he might there find old friends farewell note. There is no suicidal cowardice or and new opportunities of achieve best munt weak despair in that, his
Talks on Religion. Friends try to think. Elis had been
good He had studied us many to ex-a great work well done. The right of historians
What, first, dry plates, then the phases in this life as he could find press their opinion freely regarding
Alm, in the convenient time for, and was not intreested in the subjects treated by them was rolled
own boyhood. judgment given amateur cameras, and, finally, the the reverse aspects. I remember maintained in a
motion picture film have meant to an episode in my
the Civil here.
The action was brought by the many phases of human advance- My father, crippled in
would require hraveryWar, and a clergyman in Rochester descendants of Admiral Duperre, ment Commander of the French naval to estimate. His youthful training some years prior to his death, be- forces in the expedition against a bank and careful home counsel cume the friend of Mr. Eastman Algiera in 1830, against M. do made him a good business man, then busy in the early stages of his Valous, the author of a study of which helped to assure the effec career. Sometimes they discussed tiveness of his products for the religion earnestly, Anally agreeing the campaign.
M. de Valous criticised the Ad-purposes of education and enter on the belief that increasingly well- instead of proofs miral for his "hesitations" and tainment and enabled him to create trained minds would increasingly
was demand
neither "bad will." The Admiral's descen- a world-wide business which
theological theories. But this always highly profitable. dants
exception to took
lle was an explorer. He had doubted that those proofs would criticism and sent a letter to the review in which the study appeat-penetrated personally or by proxy come when humanity ceased gues
in-sing and began the actual study of into the vast acientific fields ed.
The review refused to print the volving first the fascinating. pro-the problems of the soul as earnest, letter, and the plaintiffs took the blems of light and chemistry and untiring. expert study as Eastman photography. No, matter into the Law Courts. The then of mechanics. Next he had and his group were then giving the Court, however, dismissed the case, adventured marvellously into scien- problems of
de-tific industry, business, and finance, Eastman's suleide was no flight to holding that the "heirs of a censed person have only the right until the name of his product was escape pain and boredom. Those to reply if the writings directed known the world around. With his who knew him best belleve that it against the memory of the defunet deeply-worshipped mother gone, his was bul the act of one determined are insulting or defamatory," aml few closest friends vanishing, his to start out anew. "Why wait?" added: "Duperre, like all illus-business grown beyond need of him, he wrote with firm hand just bc- trious men, has passed into history, what was more natural than that fore the fatal shot. His time had and the criticisms complained of by man who after seventy had ventur-come to start upon another journey, the plaintiffs are the price of hised into African wilds in pursuit of that was all. No light. Adven-
the most dangerous wild beasts, ture. glory."
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DAYS At 2.30, 5.10,
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KING'S
A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION!
PICTURES — AND — VAUDEVILLE
He feared no man. ari
he rifled
many women.
FOX
PICTURE
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THE STRIFE
OF THE PARTY!
Three thundering... blundering...retired cho nus girls... four-flush the four hundred...while you laugh...
HOLY STEPPING SISTERS TERROR
AND
GEORGE
O'BRIEN
SALLY
EILERS
RITA LA ROY! JAMES KIRKWOOD
THE WONDER SHOW
DIRECT FROM AMERICA
3. BIG ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE
Including
BEAUTIFUL MARJORIE LOU IN
DEATH ON THE GUILLOTINE The Greatest Death Dafying Illusion Ever Presented.
with
Louise Dresser- Miana Gombell Jobyna Howfand William Collier, Sr. Directed by Seymour Fall
A FOX
PICTURE
EDNA BEST
FROM SUNDAY
GRETA GARBOG
Susan Lenox
"(HER FALL AND RISE)
The perfect Garbo romauce!
A performance to sweep you. off your feet.
AT THE
STAR
པ།
with CLARK GABLE
JEAN HERSHOLT
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2,90, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20
IAN HAY'S Greatest Success
TILLY OF BLOOMSBURY”
with SYD¬EY HOWARD-PHYLI IS KONS PAM
MAJESTIC
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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
Fate hounded her. Love snared her Innocence and beauty inflamed her persecutors. Your heart will raptly follow her brave struggle, her crashing triumph. Barrymore at his grentat. Landi more glamorus than ever.
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