THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933.
CINEMA "SHOTS" AND "SEQUENCES
Hail Disney!
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Peer of Screen Cartoonists
BY "CELLULOID"
yella to himself, to his goat, to his dog, to man Friday, to everyone, and keeps on yelling till he in back in New York in the soup and Sah. He bounds up tress, down valloys, across rivers, swings from brauch to branch lie a Tarzan, strides hero, jumpa there, always on the move. Flis bounding, yelling, jumping, striding and swinging nover stopa: that is probably why hela a small boya' favourite.
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PART from Fairbanks himself, the flm un entertainment, has value. The plot has several new twists, and although the supreme ingenuity of a New York clubman who fashions machines with
Fred Groves, Isla Bevan E Russell Thorndike in "PUPPETS OF FATE. TWELVE months ago, oversens | mass of crude, and often times, critics were singing the praises vulgar oddities that have mas- of Walter Disney's new edition of queraded as sound cartoons lately. synchronised cartoons with the But Disney in the peer of the car- fortlasimo pedal hard down, but toonists and into his latest work, during those months, we in Hong- he has infused a quality so far bare hands on a barren leland with
kong have been ignorant of the unknown in this branch of cinema quality alleged to make these "Silly entertainment. He has done it Symphonies" different from the mostly by his gentle treatment of sual mass of stilted absurdities | fantastic idens, an ingenious use of flashed on the screen as a support- symbols, and delicate handling of ing feature, But. belated as it is, material, for the most part the opportunity has come, and the confined to actually inanimate ob- King's to-day will acreen the first fects. In one of his coming shorts, of this new coloured issue.
he expresses daybrenk in very much the same manner as Mamoulian did in Love me Tonight, only his cen-
preview of a few during the
A week reeded to the that the trai fratres are trees, why this and addition of colour is but one minor flowers. His music is simple and factor in the added appeal of the melodious, appropriate to · his new issue. Mention of the word theme, and a clever use of satire "colour" will probably terrify the in his expression manifests itself film goer with visions of blurred throughout. To a screen bereft of and unnatural bazes that have rings, something new, Disney's intent ed before their eyes in the past, works come na a refreshing breath. Inbelled "Technicolour,"
but the
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fear is entirely misplaced, for there DOUGLAS Fairbanks always was is not that Indefinite miat obscur-
a small boys' favourite, and ing these latest "Silly Symphonies."always he will remain one, as his The colour tones are all pastel Jatest opus. Mr. Robinson Crusoe, shades, quiet to the eye like a well starting at the King's to-day, executed water-colour, with
ench testifies more than any of his ear- clearly defined.
Her films. In the old silent days' when he was busy turning out
his
Heath-Robinson dexterity is hard to swallow, there is always a laugh around the corner, even to the final fade-out when he finds the unwant- ed tropic beauty on his hands.
THE writers of Mr. Robinson
Criteo obviously had their tongues In their cheeks when they penned their funtastic story, but it is enjoyable, expertly produced and photographed, and considering that most of the talking is monologue, in Doug's strident tones, maintains interest. That the running com- mentary is bright and breezy goca without saying. The girl in the
tropic sirens, is a stranger. Marin Alba, and apart from William Farnum, who comes in as the other party to the bet, there is no other cast, except of course, the "horse of tamed and untame savages' mentioned in the trailer.
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"Evenings for Sle", at the Queen's on Sunday.
world tired of mystic South Amer-work for British studios, does his Hollywood produced it with Norma quick cross-cutting in the train fican republics. In due course, utmost with poor material. His Talmadge, but even that hasn't wreck scenes is a distinctly modern stopped the film makers from foist-effort, but he la less at home when ing it once more on the unsuspect-attempting angles with his interior
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Girl of the Rin, it la due at the a poor imitation of Hollywood's Central over the week-end, when it superb artistry in this phase will be interesting to see the effecta cinematography. of a decade-old melodrama on modern flm audience.
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BUT even without their colour, triffes like Headin' South and Mr. the new series stands out in Fizit, he always had bad men with as many respects as does the 1920 him, but they were good bad men, silent feature film from the latest and there was never anything to Lubitsch gem. In subject matter, blush the check in a Fairbanks YOU CAN SEE THESE penmanship, execution musical film. And so he has bounded his synchronisation, they bear the way through a procession of liter. finished stamp that comes after long ary classics adapted for the screen experimenting with a new material. in romantic roles The appeal is mainly in the simp-youthful heart, always the same, licity, but beneath the ingenue op-no matter whether Robin Hood, pearance, there is a touch of d'Artagnan, Don Qor the Thief sophistication and art.
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brighten up the picture, THE last act of Belasco's stage though both Isla Bevan and God-proceed to deal with such application for a duplicate or other now al- such original certificates is made to the Directors they will then show brought the house downfrey Tearle are guilty of "stagi certificate or certiacates. when the "best dam caballero in ness", and
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not always in characters. escape with the girl, for no other Fred Groves puts in some good reason than that he was the "best work and Russell Thorndyke is dam caballero." It was a great
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RT may seem a trifle misplaced Is Robinson Crusoe is just the in connexion with sound car-same. He yells out a bit to Loons, especially, in view of the live on an uninhabited Island, be
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"Mr. Robinson Crusoe"
"Evenings for Sale"
of it, for he has done it countless AND THESE ON SUNDAY times on the stage. In the silent version, the role was taken by Noah Beery, now seldom seen, with Gil- bert Roland as the gambler, and Harry Myers. Dolores del Rio is the first in the talking film, with Norman Foster playing Roland'a part. Leo Carrillo is seldom seen in films, most of his time being occupied with the legitimate where he has earned a big name player of Latin-American roles. well filled, although two
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IT was Paul Rotha who wrote such when attempting some West coun- a scathing condemnation of of try dialect. Because the film is misuse of dialogue on the screen wholly British, it will certainly ap- and the insiduous influence thepeal to many talking voice han towards the des-judged from the cinematic view- in Hongkong, but truction of an art, and his meaning point, one cannot truthfully say it is made clearer after one has seen Puppets of Fate, the British film The supporting programme, how is a credit to the honte industry, now showing at the Queen's Thea-lever, is excellent. tre. Never havo I seen and heard a picture bousting of such laborious and superfluous dialogue as this. Hundreds of lines as well as the
think you will enjoy Evenings
the Queet's on Sunday, for the cast for Sale, which opens a run at boasts the charming Herbert Mar- shall and the irrepressible Charles Ruggies. Marshall la undoubtedly one of the most polished screen players of the day, and his classic work in Trouble in Paradise is still fresh in our minds. It is the typa of film which depends on its acting and music, for the story has little in the way of drammatic appeal therefore offering but small scope to advanced technique either in photography or direction. But the cast, sees that the utmost is made of the situations and the amort dialogue, and one need have no fenr of not being entertained. By the way don't be surprised if you find Mary Boland steals the honoura. She does some splendid work.
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended May 4, 1912.
...
Charming study of Marion Nixon, who stars with Spencer Tracy and Stuart Erwin in "Face in the Sky" duo shortly at the King's whole sequence of shots Illustrating In train wreck could have been cut fout and the film would have gained,
rather than lost, anything. Every-was 1/11 15/16. thing is heavy, henty aa lead. Codfrey Tearle as the Barrister- Detective takes up yards of valu-
The rate of the dollar on demand
Hon. Mr. Rees Davies was ap
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able celluloid partially reconstruct-pointed Chlef Justice. ing a crime about which the audi- ence already knows overything and can even go beyond the detective's divinations. The audience has to tennis championship, beating H. patiently sit through long scenes | Hancock 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, whilst situations and occurrences about which they are fully aqunint-
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A supplementary vote of $1,000 gether a film, boasting of fairly was made by the Finance
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