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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933.
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MARVEL OF TECHNICAL SKILL AND INGENUITY
MAISIE GAY AT THE KING'S
AFTER seeing & picture like load of American sailors attemptlug Hell Below one can only sit back to reach the submarine. Here wa from object to In mute admiration for American get rapid "cuts.
cuts of the anti- skill, emciency and ingenuity: object. The This film is one of the greatest aircraft gunners on the submarine
the tributes to Hollywood, of and the aeroplane machine-gunners mechanics that we have yet seen, are of equal length, interpersed There is a stamp of thoroughness with longer and slower shots of about the whole thing. M, G. M. the men rowing hard to get back to Kave Jack Conway, the implements, their ship. In both instances the the men and the technical adviser; right.tempo is struck and the drama Conway has done the reat and of the situation given the fullest produced a really splendid picture. possible expression. its salient feature is that it in almost
the submarine nre depicted,
without melo-drama, EXCELLENT interior scenes of difficult quality to apprecinte con- cerning Hollywood films, but none complete with technical orders by the less, in this case, a fact. addition its Inconsistencies are almost unnoticeable and the film is, Ao far as the layman can see, technically correct throughout.
"HELL BELOW"-Three of the principal players in the brilliant M. G. M. production, which is now showing at the Queen's Theatro. Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston and Jimmy Durante.
In the officers. To the laymon these orders are 80 much jargon, but they complete the reality of the picture. The only time the film? strikes any sort of confusion is in the closing scone when Robert; QUT the chief appeal of Hell Montgomery is driving the sub- Bu
Below is its intense drama so mitrine, (with T. N. T.) to its last remarkably sustained, thanks to journey. The impression given is the skill of the director. In its that the concerted action of land,eft to the tender mercies of a lot of narrative from the film is practical-air and sea forces proved too un-other actors. On the whole Montgo. T ly without blemish. Scene follows wieldy for cameramen and director, mery comes nowhere near his usual succeeds and in an endeavour to pick out the standard of acting, whereas Madge sequence sequence in rhythmle order. There various factions and to give them Evans is better than ever. are no jarring interpolations. The their full value, blurr resulted. On comedy scenes are
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introduced in the other hand this can equally be WALTER Huston, probably the
most polished of all stars in
and are well timed, taken as an effort to picture an
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HE pieture obviously has pre
tensions but to a very large degree it fulfils them. Its dramatic qualities cannot be denied and in many other phases already men-
sereen greatness.
one, it approaches very near to
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CINEMA REVIEW
BABY
"CELLULOID"
| Maisie as "typical." She la far too
Individualistic to become a mere! type. But she gives a sincerity and simplicity to hor portrayal|| which will bring back vivid memori ries to many from the Home land, pared only with the Gothic novels, until the final scence, in 'n castlo particularly those who have lived of the 18th century, White Zombie on the sea coast, are ridiculously in the country. She manages to has inevitably boon overstressed, unreal. Bela Lugosi shows a nice find unbounded scope in this so that the force of what might scrise of the sinister in his panto- Edgar Wallace story, which was have been inspired suggestion has mime-demon part, and Robert originally a play. Her drunk been partially destroyed by some Frazer and Joseph Cawthorn are: scene la hilariously funny and at terribly artificial blood-freezing. the only other actors of any the same time extraordinarily The naivete of earlier audiences, merit in the cast-though the gang which were, sufficiently appalled of "zombies" includes.some of the by the spectacle of the late Lou most interesting corpses one can HERE are other features about Chanes making faces, has by this remember. The flies is an
this Alm, notably along the time disappeared, and contempor-miere at the King's on Sunday. ast. Lester Matthews and Cecily picture-goers are not likely Humphries give very impressive to be interested, except in a sardo- studies, and Anne Grey strikes anic manner, by this childish re-
electric eyes. torial side of the im also has its somewhat newer note. The direcpetition of corpses, coffins, and
points. It is pleasant to find the
"THE OLD MAN"-Maisio Gay, the famous British commedienna who takes a successful part in the Edgar, Wallace comedy-thriller at the King's Theatro...
clever.
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700 IN BUDAPEST!"--This ia a lovely half-wit of a picture-simple, silly, moving; with an occasional flash of revela tion. There is nothing accidental) correct places is also have their impression of an engagement of these poes the part, to those who have become to action sustained with due atten- NONE the less, where, the dires-about its naivety: Jesse Lasky, The love scenes cture anagnitude depicted in Hell Below, honours. looks speaks suspect the entertainment tion gives the treading
tor's hand has been more or in a cunning bid for sympathy and acts the part quality of British pictures and are mysterious atmosphere. This is less restrained, there are some combined with sensationalism, wid is there is a tendency to pro-rently unsatisfactory part of the Nothing more can be expected of chary of risking their $1.70 will well maintained and the denoue- excellent touches in White Zombit, has deliberately chosen for his without upsetting the main issues. Personally I thought it the only the part
any actor. Robert Young only
recrive a pleasant surprise in The ment is accomplished with telling The opening passages, in which plot characters with an intellig- long them a little and to impede the film?
fits into the picture, but excellent Old Man, which is having a short effect. The story in itself is good, we ride at night through Haiti, once level with the animals among action with needless dialogue, it) does not detract from the general S to the love scenes. Well, this comedy relief is provided by Jimmy
run at the King's Theatre. Judged but handled so capably as it is, jare splendidly done; and when, in which they move-the crazy boy, the and Eugene Pallette. merits. In any case I doubt if the is not a war epic, and taking Durante
an tremendous power and impetus is the dim moonlight, the lurching runaway girl from the orphan relation- They receive able assistance from superficially and purely as complaint, if such it might be in regard the essential
effort to amuse and to thrill, this given it. This picture I strongly forms of the dead men working asylum, the lost child, the lout termed, will meet with general ship of the love interest to the rest two unnamed players, who take
of the story, my usual protests the part of British Marines. The picture is as Rood as any we have recommend as a good entertain in the fields are revealed, there is of a cleaner, the gentle old doctor. acquiescence.
yet had from the British Lion ment. Alongside is a "short": a breath of horror that is gen- The result is that for the first against sex Invasion in this type of photography is of the best, and
are really studios.
It brings before the featuring Hal Jones of "Splinters" uinely macabre. So, too, with the time, the story and the accessories THE picture is a good example of picture goes by the board. Never-two close-up studies
But beautiful in colour and texture. A camera that darling of the stage fame, who sings a comedy-romance Interior of the sugar-mill, in of an animal picture'seem to be all the modern style of cutting to theless there is too much of it.
which these ghastly labourers of plece, and the unity depict action, drama and rhythm, it is well handled and when enacted profile silhouette of Robert Montgo- and screen, Maisie Gay, and who song in inimitable style.
enn deny her charm, her wit and
trudge at their capstan-bars. But has been further emphasised A typical illustration is the fight by two such players as Robertmery and a shaded three-quarter
astonishing histrionic powers? It RIDING on a wave of competi- from this point, the film grows by the consistently keen between the American submarine Montgomery and Madge Evans is study of Madge Evans
would be unfair to her to describe tive horror which can be com- steadily more and more theatrical, (Continued on Page 10.) and hostile aeroplanes with a skiff perhaps more palatable than if highlights mentioned.
are
the
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