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In "Bailor's Luck," the now Fox film, opening at the King's Theatru to-day, James Dunn ardi Bally Ellers prove once again that they are the most vivid romantic team of tho screen. The promise they gave in "Dad Girl," the picture that lifted thom both to the cinematic sklos is fulfilled in gunerous measure by thoir joint performance in Sailor's Luck
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933.
Unough to seat this 7,500 extras, as well as the entire 00,000-square-foo|| urons in which the games were actual ly conducted.
*Westward Passago
rip aboard his yacht, when fur Paris | over puts in a sudden appearance and complicates mattera EKERETA
· The manner in which four worldly-i Wise peuple meat this situation, thos Dues a trus tirat passita evor die er lover and his beautiful but neglect Cụn a waman renty duva twice? dancer, hur engineer-fanco, har form- completely? Those are the questions ed wife is eald to be absorbing, and asked and answered in Westward the denovemont is reported on a dia-
favour
cowboy
act. He has been à
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L'assage,” the Ann Harding starring tinct surprisO.
The Midnight Follies of 1933-34, pleture at the Central Theatro to-day.
In her superb performance as the Faw travelling companies can boast
Harding
the โ love-tortured woman, Miss
of talent to be seun icisely. pressed for
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on Sunday Laurence Oliver and Irving when the Midnight Fellies of 1033-34 Duon plays the role of a happy-go-husband number two respectively,
who pl
play husband number one and hold forth. Fontured in the produc lucky gob, always ready, to
to fight
tion is a beauty chorus outstardling always halve in the ways of the world.
"Westward Passago" was directed allifty and appearance. Sally Dilers, as the girl who is rex-fiarding, Olivier and Pichel ni In
rld. by Robert Milton and besides bliss clover girls sing and dance themselves ponsible for it all, is the perfect feil. cho cast are Zasu Pitts and Irene
meet quito secldontly, na in
wandert toro lately with their Supporting Barliono, in a real Purcell, usually the case with a gob and
arists are Frank Braid- girl, and from then on the action is
"I Loved You Wednesday" wood, the co cetic and hilaricus. Dunn resents
"I loved You Wednesday," the Fox Western Fee screen presentation of the successful featured on in all the con- the attentions that other men to Miss Eilers, but the girl happens to with a cast of notable be the kind that provokes attention, sonalition, starts on Sunday at the Kitty Watson, of the famicus Watson screen per tros, besides being the husband of Sho just can't help it. After a series
King's Theatre. of misadventures, and.
Frank Braidwood is King, diree-Sisters, enry separation provided by both the United States of "State Fair," is wald to have mueleton singer and comedian and duplicated his success with this Alm
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remenica through- I a quarrel of their own, the in which his all-star cast includes out the performance of Midnight two are re-united in a climax of rare Warner Baxter, Eilesa Landi, Miriam Follies entertainment. The supporting cant Jordan, Victor Jory and Laura Hope is excellent in a number of character
Betty and Arlene are star acrobatic] Crowe.
dancing marvels and are making their portrayals, each of which is a gem.
East The story, rovolyos around the very first appearance in the It includes 'Sammy Cohen, Frank Moran, Victor Jary, Esther Muir. Will Elamorous figure of a ballet dancer freet from Continental succORSOS. in Paris who seeking to heal the Their act in fled with thrills and Stanton, Curley Wright, Jerry Mandy, wounds left by an unfortunate love excitement and exceeds anything yot Frankfeld, Buster Phelps and affair, goes to South America to offered in Adagio Dancing. They hold audience spellbound for the time Raoul Walsh, the guiding genius of launch. on a professional dancing an "What Price Glory" and "The Cock-career. There she meets a handsome of their appearance.
engineer who falls in love with her. Luba Haeanking a clover little Eyed World," directed "Sallor's Luck" Their work separates them, but they artist filled with sparkle and versa- also her modern Jazz and Acrobatic programmo. Supporting these Artists with the sure touch of a man who meet later in New York, each of them tillty is offering ber senrational nero- Waltz dance. Mins Nadia Claire, the are Milller Rox, Toren Larska, Zina knows comedy when he sees it.
having a measure of fame. They are batic snake Dance of Death with which Harmony Trio, and Tollman the 'roman, Lucy Delay, Nina Kellen, "The Sign of the Cross."
brut to embark on a honeymoon she has made a tremendous success famous Blagician, make up a capitalf and Rott and His Busical Trio,
Lacion'
The day of the million-dollar spectacle-drama has returned. And, ne far no Hollywood is concerned, prosperity has at Inst managed to get Around that mythical corner.
Cecil B. DeMille's "The Sign of the
CYORK," snectacle of pagan Home in the days of Nero, last of the Caesars, waste picture which did the trick, Like DeMille's "The Ten Command- imenta" and "The King of Kinga, "The Bign of the Cross," which opens; to-day at the Queen's Theatre was produced on a gigantic scale, with thousands of players, elaborate, settings and all the other features that run up bills, but stun audiences. into awed delight in the magnificence they are beholding.
Nearly 7,600 persons made up the cunt of "The Sign of the Crou.” These includo Frederic March, Eliasa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, and others in leading roles, and thousands of "extras" who appear in Roman street scenes and in the arena in which Nero stages his bloody games.
Practically, the entire Paramount ranch, comprising several score acres of land near Hollywood was converted into a section of the City of Rume an it was in Nero's day. Streets, public squares and houses wore dup licated from research based on several hundred years of excavations in the Imperial There setting wero later
destroyed
by fire
fire, when DoMilla filn.ed Nero's burning of Rome.
An elaborate Roman bath, in which Miss Colbert, as the Empresa, is photographed during the course of her ablutions, was constructed from blue. prints and charts of bathis uncovered in recent excavations.
Most elaborato of all the settings was a duplication of the Cireux Maximus a huge amphitheatre which for Boveral hundred years was the scene of the bloody gladiatorial coin- bats and chariot races in which the Romen populace delighted. A huge structure, the original Circus Maxi- mus seated 350,000 persons, DeMille built a section of the grandstand large
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