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COMMENCING SATURDAY, MARCH 14th. Universal's 1936 Super-production! First run in the Colony of Hongkong & China !
EAST OF JAVA! WEST OF ALL CIVILIZATION!
There life roars with the mutiny and the madness of human
and beast. pitted against each other in the fast_wilderness!
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936.
CINEMA NOTES
The stary of a modern girl with a super-charged temper who ments and loves a man who perfers fighting to eating was brought to the screen in Paramount's Intest picture, "The Bride Comes Home," next attraction at the Queen's Theatre, with Claudet te Colbert and Fred MacMurray in the featured roles. It is a thoroughly) amusing story, akifully presented, and possesses a definite appeal for all married couples. The spočiacle of a young woman and a young man who disagree on everything from spinach to tooth-brushes, but minnnge in their impetuous way to work out their heavy problem, would be difficult to present without being entertaining. Yet The Bride Comes Home," is more than that. The picture could not inve better cast Lovely Mina Colhert is suporb As the aociety girl whose father has lost all his money and who decides to go to work, while MacMurray is grand as the hard bolled, two-flated newspaperman who turns magazine editor and fins Mis Colbert na his nasistant. Though they battle from the moment of their meeting. the magnetic force of love conspires to bring them to the thres- hold of marriage-with the filted playboy millionaire, Robert Young, left sulking in the corner.
Stanley Hilarios Conklin, vents follow that "The Bride Comes Mann, Louis Nothrux Home," is a picture that should be marked down as "must be seen.'
advantage over, the stage production | will probably be found to consist in
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beautiful natural backgrounds FURTHER NEW CONSIGNMENT OF
Beveral of the more important scones were filmed amid the grandeur of the Dolomites and on the, canals of Venice where the company spent. several weeks on location Jast" autumn Another seeno, a Ballet with music by that meteoric genita William Walton, was filmed on the Alago of Drury Lane Theatre. Some interesting newcomers are brought to screen in this D. and D. production. These include Hugh Selair who played opporite Bergner in the play,
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Penckupe, Bulley Ward who make A Comprehensive
her debut in the important part of Fenella, and Leon Quartermaine who has never before played in talking film. Others of the strong cast In- clude trene Vanbrugh, Lyn Harding and Griffith Jones. Dr. Paul Czinner, hushand of Miss Bergner, directed the film.
The Irish In Us" Warner Bros., "The Irish In Us," with James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank Mcilugl in the leading roles, now delighting audiences at the Queen's Theatro. It is said to be one of the most entertaining pictures of the season, combining riotous comedy with tense drama, pathos and most unusual lava story, Involving brothern for the Will Rogers, who appears in the love of two
same girl. The cast as well as the his last and greatest role in director and mext of the crew are "Steamboat Round the Bend," now at the King's Theatro.
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Irish, including that inimliable trio, Cagney, O'Brien and Mellugh as the three sons of Mary Gordon, herself Sandfor, Hank born in Ireland. Once a happy family rift sets in when Cagney And and Allen a Garela, most of whom have been O'Brien fall in love with the same associated with Charlie Chaplin since girl, Olivia de Havilland. The film Chaplin Film Coming
his earliest days 39 a screen star. Presents what is said to be the long-
"Rica"
at and most fiercely fought ring Charlie Chaplin arrived here this murning on the Dollar Liner Presi For perhaps the first time in ali bout in history. Although it takes dent Coolidge. Accompanying him is Hollywood's strange history, filming but fifteen minutes on the screen, It! I'nutite
Goddard, his leading lady, of a major feature pleture depended was five days in the making Cagney Chaplin's latest and by far his best upon the whims of a shl The pic and Harry Parry, & former boxing
the contestante, picture.
"Modern Times", has beenture, is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Rr. champion are booked by the King's Theatre, and
starring Jean Harlow with, Farrell MacDonald and Thomas Jack- will he pinged the end of April. Spencer Tracy and coming on Sunday also have important roles. The Alexander Wooleatt, one of America's the King's Theatre, The Ash is picture was directed by Lloyd Bacon, When Franers an Irishman despite his English top radio Commentators, recently the blue-in tura.
The screen play is by Earl brondensi front coast-to-crast a most Marion, I. W, Henemann and Anita me remarkable tribair to Charlie Chaplin Loos wrote the screen play of "Rir. Bakwin Based on the story by Frank ITE "Modern Times". Mr. Woolcott raff", they Incorporated vitally im and in part: "Now 1 kos how I'm portant scenes to be filmed aboard
"Steamint Round The Bend" going to spend February. I'm going the tuna clippers as the shermen-
Out of, the romantk every day to see Charlie Chaplin in Tracy among them-hauled the giant
pages of Modern Times' and several days in Ash from the sen. Not being fisher American history, Fox Film plucked March too, and I've no doubt in the men, the writers perhaps didn't know one of the most exciting and colour-
the tuna haven't world that year from now, if nble that
visited the ful phases of Mississippi River life
to furnish a thrilling climax for Will Gloves for Spring to walk (and two years from now) const TE
"Steamboat chasing it up side streets in eight years. They've been off some- Rogers new picture, far corners of the earth. For it is, where in the far reaches of the sen. Round the Bend", now at the King's I think, far and away the best Job Oddly enough, the day cameras be Theatre. Once a year the fatest he's ever done," Mr. Woollceit, on gan to turn on the studio scenes of packets of the Mississippi and Ohio his recent trip to Hollywood, was one "Riffra", the Los Angeles news- Rivers would line up mld a great
papers carried word that the ginnt culebration
stage a slcam- of the very privileges few to なぽむ
Тиля ant "Modern Times", and this great tri-
returned to California | bout raer from Nathchez to 'New bute to Mr. Chaplin's genius was
waters
and that senttered catches; Orleans, the gala orent of the year. passed by him to a vast audience of had been made in the vicinity of San Crowds would line the shores, river millions of radio listeners.
Two Diego. The studio chartered a fleet craft would drift up and slown stream and all million god dollars have gone into of fishing boats and engaged acouts cheering their favourites
making of "Modern Times." to keep in daily touch with the move-work was forgotten in the excite- which was two years in production. ments of the ft. When the tuna ment and anticipation of a thrilling Of particular interest
In the film, as in the old days, is the fact reached the vicinity of Santa Catalina race. that the first sequence 197 Charlie island, studio work was called off Rogers and Irvin S: Cobb, rival Chaplin films to be shot directly in and the entire film troupe embarked on steamboat plots, employ every musst From gound will be
and heard in the trail of the fish. "Rirat" was
ble means of winning the race. Old WRX statues, fire-water "Modern Times". It is in this scene directed by J. Walter Ruben. The furniture.
and, most anything that that Chaplin performs a pantomime supporting cast is headed by Una medicine of the old French song, Tiina," Merkel, Joseph Callein, Victor Kilian would burn are used as fuel to turn and comics closest to letting his Mickey Rooney and J. Farrell Mar- the file af victory. The race, how- voice be heard from the sereen. The -Donnli.
ever, is merely a highlight to the remainder of the film, in accordance
"Escape Me Never"
dramatic climax, since Ilogers' sole with the famous comedian's tradi- Margaret Kennedy's stage play purpose in entering the race is to tion, has been photographed as "Escape Me Never," written specially save the life of a boy, who through silent, with synchronized sound and for Elisabeth Bergner, took both a misunderstanding is held by the musical effects. The film serves to London and New York by storm. The law for murder. In support of Ro- and Cobb, the large cast 'of introduce Paulette Goddard, the star's Blo version, adapted by Miss Ken-gera
Anne Shirley. newest discovery, in the leading neds, is at the Star Theatre toxiny players includos feminine role. In the supporting and a claimed to be un improvement Eugene Pallette, John McGuire, Bur- cast are Henry Bergman, Chester on the original. The film's principal ton Churchill and Stepin Fetchit,
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ELIZABETH YOUNG FRANK ALBERTSON and LESLIE FENTON Tadapted from the GOUVERNEURÍ MORRIA NOVEL, "Tiger taland” Produced by Paul Hohner iotracted by beorge Melford
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Directed by Pen Stofell, Przeciate fyndaçki,
The pick of the thing storicis in a quickstep melody drama Hit Songs: "Santa Claus Came in the Spring," "If You Were Mine," "Meet Miss America," "I Saw Her at Eight O'clock: "
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