JUST ONE OF A MILLION GIRLS -
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his voice and
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But she fused to be su .extra sweetheartf
Marion
DAVIES
GOING HOLLYWOOD
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で
LOWYN-MAYER PICTURE with
CROSBY
FIFI D'ORSAY, STUART ERWIN
NED SPARKS. PATSY KELLY
Directed by SAOUL WAISH
Produced by WALTER WANGER
You'll love her song! and dances you'll laughs at her comedy; you'll thrill to her beauty! Mariondiges everything! The Cloderella's Felia”,
Humber features the World's most beautiful chorus.
Marion and Bingsing: "Temptation":"We'll Make Hay While the SunShines", "Cinder ello't Pella","Our Big Love Scene", "Going Hollywood"
A COSMOPOLITAN PRODUCTION.
QUEEN'S
SUNDAY
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, APRIL
2
1934.
CINEMÀ SCREENINGS vide an unusual atmospherie back-ne Job na Inspector Dyke. Onslow
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Stoveus and the beautiful Shirley "Night Flight"
Grey supply the love interest. John Davidson is excellent as the Eurasian John Barrymore, Heien lingen, çlook, and Hedila Hopper, Ralph For-} Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Ro- bes, Jarlson Thomson, John Wray, bert Montgomery and Myrna Loy Tom Moore and Brandson Hurat put form the amazingly strong multi-star] life into their roles. George Arliss, beloved by theatre-cast which interprets "Night Flight" goers the world over, has found the the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "Advice to the Lovelorn" perfect role in his latest picture, "The showing at the Orlontal Theatre on
Anyone who does not believe that Working Man,,” B Warner Bros. Friday and Saturday. The story is a feature which opened yesterday at the terrifically powerful tale of flying the life is stranger than fiction might mail by night in South America. pondor the following Irenic coincid- Queon's Theatre.... It is a highly spiced | Director Brawn says of this tale,ence. The evening of the same day comedy drama of American business "Night Fight" la the only real, truly that complex niechanical contrivances and youthful felly in which the star accurate, authentic and human airplane, were used to create the Blusion of na appears an A short-tempered, soft story so fax written. The principal earthquake in "Advice to the Love- hearted champion of "big business characters are John Barrymore, atern lorn," n 20th Century Picture starring manager of the air me, Leo Tracy, an netual earthquake, short who steals time from his own affairs Clark Gable, pilot of the storm-caught but sharp, was felt in Los Angeles, to straighten out the lives of the or-plane from Puntas Arenas. Robert Hollywood and other parts of Southern phaned children di
former Montgomery, pilot of a plane crossing California. It occurred on October Helen Hayes 2nd, was the first in Southern Cal- strongest competitor. Slightly towering mountains,
re- fear-ridden wife of Gable, Lionel ifornia since the quake of March 10 miniscent of "The Millionaire" but Barrymore, the lumbering inspector and the second since 1918. "Advice bonating a more dramatic story and of airplanes, and Myrna Loy, wife of to the Lovelorn" opens with the earth- even finer production values and cast, William Gargan, the pilot of the plane) quake. Tracy,, a high-salaried news
inper feature writer who had been "The Workingman" is said to furnish to Brazil.
out on a periodic souse, sleeps through Arliss with his most human role in a
it, misses the biggest story of the year story that in tinely and contains wide
and is forced to take over the "love- pia appeal. As "Reeves,” grumpy Marion Davies plays one of the turn column by a managing editor bachelor head of a great manufacturs must entertaining roles, of her film with an scule talent for diobollen! ing concern, who goes fishing for a career in the novel musleal produc-nunitive measures. Sally Blanc plays vacation only to find that the expedi- tlun, "Going Hollywood, her now the feminine lead opposite Log Tracy tion leads hita into the most exciting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehi. in this mirthful comedy drama business battle of his life—against ele "which" comes on Sunday to the United Artists relcase currently his own firm-Arllas displays all the Queen's Theatre. The picture, anaowing at the Alhambra Theatro.. qualities that have made him recox-original atory from the witty pen of nized as the foremost actor. of the Donald Ogden Stewart, acter, humor.. screen to-day. It la a story Billed at and playwright, a key-hole vlow with humour and amusing situations, of the real Hollywood, yet one spiced Quite fittingly, the youngest star of replete with real drama, played by a with catchy song hits and bizarre the screen was born in Hollywood. Cast of all-star calibre. Bette Davis; dance ensembles which make it one He in Jackie Cobper who, with Wal- Is featured in the principal support of the most entertaining films of the lace Beery and George Raft, co-stars) ing role as the gay young reckless-year. Bing Crosby, noted crooner of in "The Bowery", 20th Century iving orphan, and Hardie Albright radio and motion picture, plays the Picture showing to-day at the King's has his first sympathetic role in a radio crooner role opposite Min Theatre. Jackie celebrated his eight long time as the love interest opposite Davies. Six jingly molodies have birthday on the set while making Mins Davis. J. Farrell MacDonald been created for the nim by the noted "The Champ". Ho is under contract bán a fine part as Arliss' fishing com- :mposing team of Nacio Herb Brown to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, from which! panion, while Gordon Westcott sup- and Arthur Freed. To beautify the empany 20th Century Pictures bor-i plea the menace. A promising new-musical numbers, numerous originat rowed him for "The Bowery", a comer, to the acreen, Theodore New-| dance ensembles gorgeous, colour- United Artists release. ton, red-headed young actor from New ful settings were created and super- York, has an important role as brother vised by Albertina Rasch, famous to Miss Davis.
***Going Hollywood"
dance Instructor. Knout Walsh.i veteinn director of many stellar mo tion plcture productions, directed the
"Bombay Mair
""The Bowery"
"The Kennel Murder Case" William Powell and Mary Astar,' both Hollywood stars of long stand "I Am Suzanne"
ing, will be seen together for the first time in the Warner Bros. picture, Hollywood is a town of specialiste picture. There you find men and wonten wha
"The Kennel Murder Case," which in spend their lives learning to do things
coming to the Alhambra Theatre an just a little better than anyone else, Excellent acting, fascinating back-Sunday with Powell again playing his be it building that proverbial mouse grounds, characters who are, tuch most famous role, that of S.S. Van trap or training a mouse to waltz in alive, and the plot which bubbles over Dino's Philo Vance. Not only have I. Take Danny Huysentruyt, who with suspense all play their parts in thuy both been playing in Hollywood was signed for a bit in Jesse L. making Universala "Bombay Mail," but they have played in the same Lasky' I Am Suzanne" the Fox showing to-day at the Central Thea- studios at the same time and yet nover film sun to be seen at the King's Ire one of the most gripping screen have been cast together before, and Theatre. Danny has an odd profer play mysteries seen in a long time. by a strango anomaly never actually sion for California where the bulny The story, written by L. G. Blochman, have met in person before they went climate is the big boast. He can who is well versed on life in India, on the set for the current production. Jump more barrels, while skimming and the people on that train racing Each has been an admirer of the alone on ice skates, than any other from Calcutta to Bombay. These other's work in pictures and was de skater In the country. Several ex include a much-disliked and feared Bghted to be cast finally in the sam hibition koters will be seen in this British Colonial Governor, a Mahara production. The picture is one of the elaborato revue, which will present Li jah, an American miner with a for most baffling mysteries of any of Han Harvey as a Parisian musle hall, tune in rubies, on side to the Governor, Van Dine's stories with a strange love dancer. Gene Raymand has the leading who fear the loss of his position, a lungle as the motivating theme of the masculine role, with Leslie Banks, scientist with a live cobra in a sult plot. Others in the cost include Georgia Caine, Goneva Mitchell, Halli case; a supposed Russian spy who in Eugene Pallotte, Helen Vinson, Jack Hobbes, Murry Kinnell and quite benatiful, the Governor's wife, La Rue, Arthur Hohl, Henry O'Neill Edward Kenne in supporting parts, and an Eurasian crook, to mention and Itobert MeWado. The picture was Podrecca's Ficcoll Marionettes pro- only a few. Edmund Lowe does a directed by Michael Curtiz.
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