THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 16,
CINEMA “SHOTS” AND “SEQUENCES”
HOLLYWOOD
HAS SENSE
OF HUMOUR
A DELIGHTFUL
SATIRE
"THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM”
CASTILLIAN AT THE QUEEN'S
-(By "Colfuleid") ONE very attractive quality about
Hollywood la that it enjoys a great sense of humour, and can laugh at itself, poke fun at itself or take itself vory seriously as the aplrit moves, Hollywood has ta kon the gangster and other evil ovil elements of its social and industrial life very seriously in- deed, and oven if it has been guilty of stressing the sonsational and| glamorous sides of these per-
nicfous systems, it can also claim to have tackled them vigorously and without shirking the issue. But when it turns to have a laugh at human nature Boverly Hills is often seen at its best.
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ND this is one, of most appenl-, ing features of The Greeks Had A. Word For Them, which la show- ing at the King's, and which con- atitutes a glorious expose of our modern "gold-diggers", Thore is
a laugh in every line and a broad
N
NEAS
Ina Claire, who gives an animated portrayal of a hard-boiled. "gold-digger" in the clever Hollywood satire "The Groaks Had a Word for Tham", now showing at the King's.
YOU CAN SEE THESE TO-DAY.
"The Greeks Had a Word
For Them'' .King's. "The Broken Wing"
Queon's. "Penalty of Fame" Central. "Five Star Final" ....Star. "Mummy" Majestic. "Arsene Lupin"..Oriental. "This Modern Age" World. AND THESE ON SUNDAY. "Clear All Wires" Queen's. "Second Hand Wife"
King's. "Call Her Savage" Majestic. "Tell Me To-Night"
Central.
"TOW's this for a zot?" I asked
Herbert Marshall, between the shots of "I Was a Spy." "How doca it compare with the sets you saw in Hollywood 7"
"It's a grand bit of work," he said, "as good as any I've seen in the States-and that's saying a lot. This little man, Junge, who designs for Gaumont-British-he's
a sad bit of news about the set genlus. I
heard a
ite
this morning t though that a a starling, knowing nothing of the impermanent nature of such things, has built a nest. in the church tower. I really fool I shall have to leave some clauso about
before I go." Its preservation
The company might start a bird sanctuary," I
"Excellent publicity value!" he said,
Buggested. with the sad smile that excites the picturegoers of two continents. "But seriously, I agree with the star- ling, this set the real thing. It seems to me a miracle of efficient organisation and foresight."
"Foresight T
"Yes. Look at these horses-the
years
many respects Joan BlondellAUMONT, In conjunction with way, the men handle them the way they're controlled. I know the cavalry captures the honours of the pic. Ufa, the German producera, used in this scone are mostly ex smile in 90 per cent. of the situnture. Particularly does this apply to famed for their documentary films, service men and officers, and under. tions. But the picture is never her work in the scene described in [have scored a big success with Tell stand their job, but lots of them allowed to descend to farco. We the preceding paragraph, She be Me To-night, which opens a run at haven't ridden a horse for ten
Can you imagine what can belleva in the characters from comes realistically "tight" and uses the Central Theatre to-morrow: or more. the introduction to the final fade her eyes and voice to perfection. Lo-This is another musical romance would have happened if a thousand of
those
men had been brought straight then best of its type turned out of Eng- or even rehearse it for the cameras? through the picture and themo presented that we feel there vanishes, which is a pity as this land not excluding the popular Sun- Well, Victor Saville had them all out. is truth in every incident and artist is always a pleasure to wat-shine Susic. The brilliant English in that field the day before he began realism which makes a fellow inch. Davis Manners has, I think, stage comedian, Sonnie Hale has a shooting, letting the men get used voluntarily put his hand over his been seen to better advantage, but prominent part and hands the to their horses, and saddling them, and pockets, and mutter "Yes, but as his part is subordinate to the laughs over with becoming regu-riding them around. That's foresight three girls, it matters little.. larity, but chief interest is in the for you. It's the sort of thing that appearance of Magda Schneider and saves time and money In the end. Jan Kiepura. The former is an- But directors so seldom think of it," ploits of three (we are led to Greeks Had. A Word For other accomplished German actress Them is first rate entertain-and the latter the brilliant Polish believe and not without foundation)
cinematic value typical "gold-diggers", whose habits ment. Its
grand opera star. A whimsical "Do you'd better organization of legally picking men's pockets, negligible, but its shrewd thrusts story, plus first rate musical scores, day than you did before you went to of becoming "fances" without on-at America's, and for that matter the introduction of some of the like the world's society parasites can more and some extremely capable
British gagement rings, and of living
"Ob, undoubtedly. "The of case and luxury thanks to some be enjoyed by 'overybody.
acting all-round makes this pic-flm industry has made tremendous heriditary physical attractions and
ture stand out as a rare entertain-strides since we worked at Gainsbor
cugh in the days of "Michael and nimble wits, bind them together,
mant.,
out. At times, so forcibly is the well Sherman stays until halfway avec comedy and is probably the own here and told to play the scene,
not I".
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THE pictures deals with the ex-
But the real expose is that althoughHANKS chiefly to Leo Carillo, The Broken Wing, Paramount's they foreswear loyalty, love and what-not one to the other, the de-melo-drama of South America la, sire for more gold (or, in the terms (up to a point, made enjoyable. But of the Telegraph correspondent, even this accomplished actor cannot on hide the snags of a typical product "goods and services") grows them to such an extent, that a sort of mass output. The insincerity of "survival of the fittest" theory of the whole film leaves one with is brought into play, and they are a vague detached sort of interest; not afraid to put-one-ovor each an interest confined mostly to other if occasion demands.
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IRENE Claire, who is beginning
to find her feet again in pictures,
in the "bad girl, and she carries
Carillo or wondering what next the director is golag to do to make
a perfectly asinine story into some- thing intelligibio.
on a sort of quasi-vendetta against THE dialogue is on Madge Evane and Joan Blondell
11 50-60 bnals of English (broken) and throughout the picture, although Spanish, and although appreciating finally she becomes reconciled. the effort to infuse colour and a "reality into the picture by the use Irene has his type off She can be naughty but nice with- of Spanish, it is unfortunate that out in any way outraging one's the players cannot back up their feelings; she can be disgustingly dialogue (unintelligible to
with deceitful, yet remain delightfully (Castillian students)
wisecracks reality acting so as to explain what attractive. Sho has which cut like a sword yet leave they are jabbering about. no wounds. In short an amazingly accomplished actress living a part.
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EO CARILLO is picturesque and
and aquipment in our studios to-- Hollywood" I asked.
Lee Tracy, the spectacular newspaper correspondent (and co- respondent) who features in "Clear All Wiros"; a fast moving drama which starts a run at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.
hesita
in-the same language.".
MADGE Evans falls down (I am an attraction to the film which no now writing in the vernacular other member of the cast can give. of the picture) in ene scene only, Lupe Velez gives one of her moal otherwise her performance is unconvincing protrayals and George stamped with that delicacy of charm Barbier, bewildered by the rapid which and always associates with Spanlah conversations holds a sort her. But in the scone where the of helpless watching brief through- three girls drown their sorrows in out, and is nforded opportunity WHEN one continually bears the Mary Going Into the Gaumont champagne, Madge is like a fish out only to speak a few of the hackneyed trumpets of the publicity offices studios at Shepherd's Bush you might of water and is obviously waiting phrases such as "There, there, my "telling the world" about the tre linngine yourself at Paramount, or for the next move from her part- dear! Everything is going to bonendous improvements in the British any of the big studies in Hollywood. samo equipment ners in wine. Throughout the plo- all right", or to whip out an un-film industry, and from the meagre There's much the
in and organisation to-day in the film ture Madge lends a dignity to her impressive "pronto", and "Beunos number of British films shown
small chance of part which marks her as a "differ- Noches" whenever
Judgworld, wherever you go. It's not a the chance Hongkong has inct, apart ent" sort of gold-digger to her occurs. In
hand for oneself, an apt case of one country being behind or from ing frat friends, and when she endeavours Carillo, the whole of the cast act to become a little sceptical about it lead of another. They all make
Which is why I have no all. to bring herself to a drunk scene as though they were square pegetion, in quoting a most refreshing pictures in the same way and talk tervlow obtained by Miss C.A. Lejeune "Then our studio organisation has from Herbert Marshall whilst the acbecome thoroughly Americanized 7" tor was taking part in the production "No, I wouldn't say that, but in I Am A Spy. Herbert has no doubts
the film world good work's turned out about the progress of the Welwyn under pretty much the same condi studios, and as his comments aro
British studio based on a keen analytical judgment ilons everywhers. The
organisation has the advantage over doesn't have to carry such
office. So far AM IN her interview, Miss Lefaune heads or spend so much money on I can see, writes: Fourteen days ago the
a more direct contact between market-aquato at Roulers, where there's a went to interview Herbert Marshall, production manager ilke Mickey Italcon and staff here than there was a bare field at Welwyn. To-day would be in a studio in the States. you can wear out your shoes on acres Thero aren't so many nephews eating of cobblestones, ride in a
In a steam tram, take your pick of stuffed birds' head up the expenses, and cutting down the and brass bedsteads from stalls in the money available for actual work." square, chat with the
she is quite naturally stilted and put into round holes. unhappy.
Sonnie Hale and Jan Klepura' in a scene from the Gaumont-British RimTell Me To-Night” which shows at the, Central Thestre from to-moYTOW.
they can be taken as fairly authorita-Tollywood in one ver
tive.
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"You're going back to Hollywood
July, aren't you," I asked Her
nuns in a con- vont doorway, regard the bottles (but not open them) in the bar of an estaminet, study the 1916 fashions bort Marshall,
of hair-dressing in a colffour's win-
"Yes," he said. "After this I've
dow, or dodge into the town hall to got a picture to make for British and
avold the passage of a thousand Ger man troops.
Dominions with Jeanette MacDonald (Continued on Page 7.)
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