THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932.
CINEMA "SHOTS" AND
LUPINO IN "THE LOVE RACE” A RIOTOUS FILM
MOST COMIC BRITISH COMEDY HONGKONG HAS YET SEEN
SPANISH PICTURE AT KING'S A FINE ENTERTAINMENT
NOTES AND COMMENTS BY "CELLULOID”
A VISIT to the Queen's Thea- the biggest laugh from the most tro yesterday has turned me ridiculous situation. Jack Hobbs domesticated, and recipes, in-ls brilliant in support, and ex- variably proving of use in some ceedingly able work is accom- form or another, inspire me to plished by the girls, Dorothy offer one as an antidote for Florence Vie. Another
Boyd. Dorothy Bartiam and temporary, but current, fit of ality-almost a comedy in himself pernon- the Blues. Take two hours of Arty Ashe, who gets delight- Stanley Lupino, Ditto Jack fully drunk. Wallace Arthur is Hobby, mix well with Frank another. success. The picture is Perfitt, Wallace Arthur, Arty showing to-day and to-morrow, Ash, and any other West End and to miss It is missing one of comedian and/or commedienne, the best shows of the year. such as Dorothy Bartlam and! Florence Vie, stir gently into celluloid with the assistance of late creatures to keep their mouths a camera, and there you have hat,
success,
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THE Creator obviously meant many of His more or less articu-
Ballet-dancers, peneneles.
B
pro-
"SICH
“SEQUENCES”
(CHNOZZLE” JIMMY DURANTE, one of America's loading como- diana is starring with Buster Keaton in the humouring's latest picture to come to Hongkong "The Passionate Plumber". It opens
namnion at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.
mnekee the dialogue,
a which is probably very tripe.
my
a
CURRENT SHOWS.
King's.."Pald to Love" Queen's.."The Love Race” Majestic .."Nice Women" Oriental Don't Bet On. Women"
Central "indio Patrol" Star."Life of the Party" ' Talping.."The Big Pond"
SUNDAY.
King's.."Congorilla"
Queen's.."The Passionate
Plumber"
Oriental
Earth"
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"Heaven
on
Majestle.."High Treason" Taiping..To-day"
touches to add interest to Hell Divera did not detract one foto from the alm of the production, which plainly was to tell the world how good the U.S. air force
THOSE camera shots! At times
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
Across
1 In this English town 1 ՇՈՒ
should guide you hither.
5 A product of Bedlam walked
here.
9 Fish about a distorted bush to fine one form of poor nian's carriage.
forgot the story and found my- self wondering just how the photo- "raphers had manged to rig their cameras to obtain those 10 A draught to stop from the close-ups of wheels alighting on carriers at aen or the sharp prow|11 Disense. nlaughing through the breakers. 13 Mostly seen on the alage,
sound of it.
I gave up the attempt, content to 14 This market isn't
D hundred
sit back and appreciate.camera miles from Charing Cross. work nit Its hest. Curiously 18 Isnuk rendered him compleat.
were 19 Shorten (nneg.). enough, a fow of the. shots
20 As you can spell it backwards, disappointingly amateurish and
perhaps it ought to start yned. obvious fakes, but these, to-gether with the trite dialogue, oft-repeat-1 I only wants a beau about it
Boob el story and only adequate acting.
to adapt it for a tenuis girl. faded away in the light of the 20 A goddess of whose superior photography.
racehorse owners are inclined to fight shy.
We beg to notify the Public we have removed from from, the opening dedication, to 14, Queen's Road, Central, to all glorify the eyes of the US: 18. D'Aguilar Street. musie
Savy, and it did that with the fartissimo pedal down hard, And act-
bo matter how much Yankee
me
27 Horrible: or does it describe the
effect of thyroid treatment.
28 Persuade in the name of Mus-
Kolini,
29 "Yorick
(Hamlet).
a fellow of—jeat"
30 Second name possibly Frank,
quite sultably, too.
31 Very excited, but sick at heart.
Down
1 Fall out without a suspicion of
latif.
WING HING CO.
2 Little folks' fare in N
writer on art.
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a source of briefs it is half
a lie.
The Love Race, the nectar of some women and many writers all anti-depression cocktails. jund artists suggest themselves, offhand, as being in this category. ALL of which may sound rather Charlie Chaplin is worth over mixed both in metaphor and in million sterling to-day because he fact, but the result is the same. has done it all his screen life. It means morriment-last night The Passionate Plumber, which the laughter was almost slanger comes to the Queen's on Sunday, ously explosive for as long as stresses the truth anew. It has a to attend to the destruction of his seeing the picture continues and that, promising title for แ bedroom deplorable friend. There is incidentally is not long enough, farne, and the plot offers plenty crockery-throwing act towards the Frankly it is what I consider the of openings for comic situations. end which symbolises the whole most spontaneously funny British Irene Partel, looking even comedy Hongkong has yet enjoyed. seductive than she did in The Man trifle noisy and expensive.
Aluwit is violent, unoriginal, a "HELL DIVERS" which occupied It is riotous entertainment from in Pasuenaton, wants to be
The screen at the Queen's REMOVAL NOTICE, earlier in the week was, to the opening "shot," which shows tected from the advances of Gil-)
"PAID TO LOVE," or, to give mind, nothing more or less than the inimitable Luping in a similar bert Roland, a gigolo, to whom she ite its original title, Hay Qhe Hollywood version of how state, to the final fade-out, which is attracted by the baser elements Canar al Principe, is, in long decumentary film should be pro- is glorious slap-stick.
in her nature. She gives a stray kong, one of those might, or might/duced. It set self out, right that plumber the job of heading her not, films. Which by way of ex- "THE LOVE RACE" is a picture 'admirer off. Buster Keaton plays planation means that being by Stanley Lupino, and adapted the plumber. While he is silent ¦ from his brilliant musical comedy he is as funny as anyone could, Spanish in dialogue and about it is that most of the alap- of the world's great pantoministstings), it is bound to be viewed allyhoo irritates, as an entertain-
The most amazing part be in the circumstances; he is one but typically American in stick gags are as old as the hills, But as soon as he speaks he rater Having yesterday seen it, I have US. naval air force, tell Divers by numbers with some misgivingsing and intimate glimpse of the yel so cleverely fre they re-spoils it all. The situation isn't introduced by Stanley and his improved very much by the pre- no hesitation in recommending the must rather full marks.
first-class entertain. partner in comedy, Jack Hobbs, sence of Jimmy Durante and Polly picture as that they appear as fresh Moran. They have to grab their metoys run betekent daisies and as welcome na a cold laughs where they can, and they at the King's Theatre will prove two-days given it shower after the night before. But don't find many, Pictures like the picture isn't dependent on this make one realise the
insufficient. vir- slap-stick for its appeal. It con- tuosity of City Lights, in which IT is no use denying that unless reel, and in those few sequen- tains gems of wit, a tile satire one lunatic stunt follows another and hundreds of comic lines. in quick succession. The Pansion one is conversant with Spanish Co where the locale was Stanley Lupino gives a remarkable ate Plumber is very amusing on the that the picture loses something aboard an aircraft carrier or aloft
in the clouds. It may be that. lend which is enthusiastically whole, and has a few really bright of said at all. Thanks Hollywood cannot resist the temp- For example, the duel on to some brilliant acting, and some tation to interpolate romance, or followed by his supporting col- spoti.
enter the outskirts of Paris, in which equally beautiful singing by Jose leagues and the result is
maybe the men behind the gun tainment on a large scale. Ile Keaton gets a chance to register Mojicu, who sometimes looks like jouts, quipe, grins, sings and wooden imbecility, while Durante John Boles, sometimes like Ramonare firm in their belief that 10) per cent, documentary films to pantomimes his way through the fries with ingratiating smiles to Navarro and ut intervals like Jose not create rushes on the box office, film as though it were a competi- win the approval of the disdainful Mojien, the film offers one an en- but even in this obvious propa- tion to decide who could produce aristos in tophats who are there joyable interlude. Despite ab ganda film were the usual Holly- #chice of intelligible dialogue wood touches of melo-drama and (again I speak for those who are femininity. Personally I am in- without knowledge of Castilian)elined to be on the side, of the the story, thanks to it being of the directors. for incidentul jusual musical-romance type, is perfectly easy to follow, and I urm quite convinced that one 4- preciates fuller the really Ane characterisations,
"DAID TO LOVE”—A dramatic scone from the all Spanish talking
picture which is a corrent attraction at the King's Theatre. It provides splendid entertainment, with Jasa Mojica and Conchenita Montenegro in the load.
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IN. this direction Miguel Ligero carries off chief honours, with Jose Mojica and Manuel Arbo run- ing him close. As for Con- chita Montenegro, who is not an entire stranger to the American sereen having neted with George OBrien in one of his numberless! pictures, she seems to be a mix- ture of Greta Garbo, Winfred Shotter, Phyllis Konstam and| Francis Dee, with an occasional glimpse of personality quite distinct from any of these, or from anybody else we have been on the sereen. She is delightfully fas inating as the camera is quick to sense. In consequence We are | given number of close-ups which with anyone else would become somewhat nauseating, but with her, delicious. The film is worth
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H&T it came from Hollywood was manifest in every scène,
every one of those marvellous
camera shots that sent the brain
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AND OSCAR
WERE READY TO LGAVE THE CAVE,
POODLE TUGGED AT
FRECKLES
SLARVE, LEADING HIM
EQHIND A
ROCK WHERE
-HE....
LOOK,OSSIE...PUPPIES!
WELL. IF THIS AINT
A SIGHT FOR
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!!
PUPPIES! REAL LIVE ONES? HOW
MANY ARE THERE?
THREE OF THEM! GEE!. WE NOT ONLY FIND POODLE HERE, BUT THREE MORE DOGS BESIDES... WHY,
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OH BOY! I WONDERZ, HOW POODLE KNEW THESE PUPS WERE IN THIS CAVE? WHAT'LL
WE DO WITH THEM, FRECKLES?
WHY, WELL
TAKE THEM HOME WITH US-POODLE WOULDNT LEAVE UNLESS WE TOOK EM ALONG-
MRBEE THIS OLD CAVE 19 A DOS
MINE, FOR ALL WE KNOW.
NOWN I KNOW WHY POODLE DISAPPEARED........ AN'
WHY SHE GROWLED AT US..., MAN! I'M TICKLED ALL OVER,
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