TALKIES BRING GREAT
CHANGE IN
ACTING FOR CINEMAS
REVELATION IN OLD FILM
(By "Celluloid"
EMEMBER the de Mille
Ten
From the
mandments, hailed as the might- iest of mighty productions that established marathon run re- cords everywhere it went about seven years ago? Hollywood scrap heap, Para- mount has resurrected some of the aceres and interpolated them in Forgotten Command- ments, now running at the King's
Sandwiched in between the scenes') produced by the latest technique, these old shots will be received with interest by the cinema stud. ent; Hollywood has never given us a better opportunity to compare the cinema of to-day with that of the old silent days.
How different those, old silent artistes had to be! Even bearing in mind that the spectacular Ten Commandments demanded flamboy- ant playing, in comparison to the" slow and sparse moyements of the artistes in the modern story, thei theatrical poses of old Theodore Roberts as Moser, of John Roche as Pharoah, and Estelle Taylor, almost verge on the ludicrous. The screen without a voice made pantomime essential, and the extravagant ges- tures and dramatic stance of prin- cipals and supera alike in the old biblical tale, illustrate more than anything, the entirly new technique of acting that the talking films have introduced. "
FOLLOWING her appearance in
"Million Dollar Legi," Susan Fleming, former Broadway chorus Birl, plays opposite Stuart Erwin in "He Learned About Women," at the King's on Sunday.
Not that the old pantomime was wrong: the silent films demanded seems she will be fated to fill the it, and the studious under-acting vampire roles which creep of Gene Raymond and Sari Marit-
most trans-Pacific
into za in the Russian story would no This in her first American film here, productions. more have been suited to the EgxPP-although Bed and Breakfast and tian tale than Theodore Roberts Greek Street had her in their casts. would have fitted in with 1932.
These old sequences have pre- It is an object lesson to British. But what a different Sari Maritza! served well, and except for a few producers of how to treat its femin- feet, it could be easily imagined that ine stare. they were modern productions, for
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F
IRM in its belief of the star system," Paramount has gathered together a trio of their most popular artistes for He Learn ed About Wonien, the Sunday at
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933.
KEEN CRICKET TIES
IMPORTANT LEAGUE GAMES DOWN FOR DECISION
(By "THE STUMPER”)
COME rood League matches
down for decision this week, and
an idea of the desunation of the two NEW YORK STOCK
to
hies may be "ontamed arter morrow as all the leading teams will be engaged. There are three mat enes in the senior divis:ön nnd five in the junior, All the senior matches
EXCHANGE
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AFTER their dismal betting form
WEAK
against the Univeraity a fortnight According to Blessrs. Swan, Culbert. ago, one's confidence in the Indian son and Fritz, the New York market KU. has been considerably shaken. was weak yesterday. Business done: They meet the Army on their own 1,330,000 shares. The Wall Street ground, which gives them a decided Journal reports. Stocks declined due advantage before the start but to wide breaks in U. S Bonds and if the military tent is at any New York bank stecks, the former thing like its full strengil, a very owing to unexplained liquidation. even game should be seen. A lot will perhaps due to remonetization agita- depend on how the Indian trundlers tion, the latter owing to Senate's in- and fare; if they can get the Army side vestigation of bank security
their affiliates. American Tel out cheaply, they may win, otherwise their
was weak due to anything may happen.
of the to apprehension
reduction of its possibility of a dividend on account of several com- panica which are affiliates having lowered their dividende. Utilities
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INANCIED in some quarters for the Tsenior shield, the Kowloon C.C. will have a severe test to-morrow" when they meet the Craigengower, C.C. atvers depressed due to agitation for King's Park The Happy Valley team lower gas and electric rates. Most have not been convincing lately, but Mieluigan Banks reopened bui operat- with the return of S.V. Gittins to his ine mitedly. Union Guardian only eld form, they will be difficult to beat opened its trust departments, They are an extremely nippy felding Ironage Magazine report)--Produc team, and the K.C.C. batsmen will find tion of steel was 1952, a 15% decrease it hard to get uuns. On the other hand, as compared with last week, as a I feel sure the homesters will go all result of automobile tonnage and straight win as this will smaller car specifications. The in- improve their chances for the Shield mediate outlook is uncertain owing to a lot..
lack of substantial volume in new building, almost complete absence of railroad orders and indefinite auto mobile schedules after February.
cut for
NOW that D.J.N. Anderson is gone. N
the University batting side will be robbed of their most reliable run-get- ter when they meet the Honkong C.
Brokers' loans" were reported at
C. to-morrow. Although they 26-$430,000,000, an increase of $2,000,000 feated the Indians, I don't think they as compared with last week's figure will put one over the Club. They may of $434,000,000.
manage to make a draw of it, but I
have a sneaking feeling that the Club
Time money was quoted at 4% for
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traction at the King's. The three COTTON & WHEAT Joon C.C. during the race days. Hel leads, Stuart Erwin, Alison Skip- worth and Susan Fleming are just "Forgotten Command-now high in public favour, and fortunately, in their haste to star Queen's: "The "Lodger." " them, Paramount has not pitch- Central: "Leap Year."
forked them into a trite tale. There Oriental: "Mother and Son."
is a laugh in every foot of the film. Star: "Men Like These."
Alison Skipworth, the English have received the following quota- Messra. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz Majestic: "The Old Dark House." actress with many Broadway auctions on the New York cotton and World: "Flying High." " cesses behind her, was that likeable wheat exchange for yesterday:
old rogue
who made Medame Racketeer so entertaining. Central: "The Most Dangerous has a similar role in this film.
Game.""
TO-MORROW.
.SUNDAY.
She Susan Fleming was the feminine March tead opposite Jack Oakie in Million May. Dollar Legs and Stuart Erwin, after July Queen's: "The Washington Mas-years of small ports, is just October querade."
blossoming as a star. King's: "He Learned About Women."
Majestic: "The Phantom Presid, eni"
Star: "Flying High."
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December January Fall the films that Lionel Spot
Barrymore has dominated since his return as an actor in A Free Soul, he has not had such an May opportunity of displaying his July dynamic force as in The Washing. September ton Masquerade, due at the Queen's ·October although the artistes have changed, on Sunday. He eclipses even Grand the camera work has found few new Hotel. Crities may say that his tricks. What betrays the age of Washington Senator is the de Mille classic
than lawyer of Guilty Hands and that anything is the absence of the move his extravagani gesture is too ing camera: It is just a succession theatrical, but his age, voice and of close up, long shots and half mannerismus fit in well with his distances, expertly cut, but with few glimpese of the roving lens that moves throughout the modern production and the supporting cast Technically it is a magnificent production.
includes such reliable artistes as C. In spite of its absurd plot, Henry Gordon, Karen Morley and typically Hollywooden in its side- Nils Asther, lights, Forgotten Commandments
more
part.
the
same
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duced in co-operation with Ernest Schoedsack who made Grass and Chang. Another genuine asset is thut the bad man is Leslie Banks. am. now given to understand that one of the most polished of English- the Royal Artillery are definitely actors, who plays the med hostor in in the Junior League. I believe they this wildly incredible adventure, have arranged their fixture with the
There is no touch of reality in
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born in Tientsin. Hollywood hails artistry as a director in The Most Joel McRea and Fay Wray main-RITangements are being made to her as the coming "It" girl," and it Dangerous Game, which he pro- tain, the romantic interest.
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