1924-03-08 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA CHATTER.

Out of 18

POLA NEGRI

productions

offered for

exhibition

în China

H. K. A. LTD

have chosen

THREE!

The first of These

GYPSY BLOOD

will be shown

at THE CORONET

on MONDAY next.

54321618|021000833 +4428 33 63 33 UABKABUURICS THE TIGERS" FILM PLAY. PROGRAMME FEATURES.

TO-NIGHT.

CORONET The Third

Alarm."

WORLD Thousand And

One Nights."

STAR Irene West And Her

Royal Hawaiians..

GIPSY BLOOD.

POLA NEGRI AT HER BEST.

|

THE STAR

HONGKONG HOME OF PARAMOUNT

Week Starting March 9

THE YOUNGER GENERATION

Colleen Moore Shows That the Only Conservative- Thing About the Mod." ern Girl Is Her Clothes

Bunday

and

Monday

Conservation in clothes ssod to be. song to the anatron over Atty, but since the time when Parla gare overy- woman permission to dress like hot own daughter, there has been no place for conservatism except in the wardrobe of the daughter.

In "Flaming Youth," her latest ple- Bure Colleen

Moore shows that the

girl of today can go to extremes of

Independance most things, het her

clothes remain the correct conserva- tire fashloas prescribed for the gizl goder twenty. The nports' costume warm lu, this photographs, is a good example. The blouse fulfills all the re- quirements of style in its long-waisted effect and checked material, but thɩ,

PHILIP GIBBS.

almplicity of itu, đọngo, 'the youthfus collar and cuffs, and the practiest pleated skirt are all items which be long every season to the correct sports clothes of the young girl

AU

the right of the photograph o aketebed an evening gown of jade

onā

green crepe word by Colleen Moore ip this picture. It features the clored kirt seen in the new models, a slight by circalar fallness at the sides, and the required fist back, but its min mentation is confoed to nothing more than rows of rhinestones. The gown of henna crepe de' chine on the lett has long loops of folded extlo. çibbon to relieve its severe simplicity dil to emphasize its straight, slender lines,

small country towns and villages which, until that, invention, had no form of entertainment beyond

Tuesday

"and

Wednesday

Thursday

to

Saturday

Douglas MacLean

and

Doris May

in

LET'S BE FASHIONABLE

By General Request

Anna Q. Nilsson

་ ་ད་ཡ་

THUNDERING DAWN

Conrad Nagel

in

"THE FIGHTING CHANCE"

"2.-The window opened and a

land. The first scene was an elopement by motor car, and the actresses assembled in the little little company of actors and When The Famous Author Once an occasional magic lantern show front garden of a large empty

Acted.

or 'penny reading. They bring mansion in a suburb in the south- romance and adventure to the cast of London, namely Herne beautiful girl appeared and waft-

Hill. The heroine and the gentle-ed kisses to the boy below, Then : With all the criticism flung at turm labourer, the errand boy man who played the part of her disappeared. film play based upon a Chinese the movies it is distinctly gratite village girl and the doctor's frate father entered the house

3. The front door opened and}} and disappeared. legend of the Ming dynastyfying when one finds some praise

"Meanwhile a number of busi-"the beautiful girl rushed into the of film written by an author such

ness men of Herne Hill, on their arms of the boy. After ardent

as various tradesmen and errand

Statesman. poet, playwright, M. Clemenceau has now written a

1320-1620 of the Chinese cra. The film is now in London.. and

will, I hear (says a writer in the 9s Philip Gibbs. He devotes a some sense of the beauty and way to work in the city, as well) embraces, he came with her to

in

daughter, and despite a lot of foolish stuff shown on the screen give a larger outlook on life and London "Evening News") very couple of pages in his volume, grace of life to the great masses. They give them also a comparison shortly be shown to a gathering "Adventures Journalism" of the present with the past, and of social, diplomatic, and political (Harper's), to motion pictures, inofone country with another, people in a West End Theatre, dwelling upon the progress of Perhaps in showing the contrast The principal players include' Chinese artists of the Imperial mechanical science during the last between one class and another, in

extremes of luxury and penury,| twenty-one years.

they are creating a spirit of social "Moving pictures," be writ, discontent which may have seri- "have caused something like a ous consequence-but that re- revolution in social life, and on mains to be seen. balance they have been' and' are

Theatre, Peking, including Mr. Shu-flou, who plays the part of the blind poet whose sight is re- stored, which causes him to de- sire to lose it again, because night has proved to him that to be happy the truth of things as they are must be veiled.

A Film With A Popular Appeal. Colonel and his Adjutant, are

attracted by the beautiful gipsy. ! On leaving, Carmen whispers to him that she is to be found at Lillas Pastias," which is known to all the soldiers as the head- quarters of the smugglers; he meets her and comes completely under her influence. Dolores not having heard from Jose, comes to Seville and also discovers from

There is no doubt that Pola was born to play. Carmen, and in this version of the familiar story she is the gipsy to the life. Her seductive charm and undulating movements are peculiarly appro- priate to this play of passion and intrigue, and the actress makes full use of her opportunities. What those opportunities are will be apparent from a perusal of the following brief resume of the

story:

his comrades where he is on duty and decides to try and see him there. Carmen, who is on inli- mate terms with the smugglers, informs them that Jose is on duty to-night, and advises making use of the opportunity to smuggle thegoods. While Doloresis - re- theproaching Jose for not having written to her, the smugglers, led by Carmen, approach. Carmen again uses her wiles on Jose, and while he forgets his trust and honour as a soldier, the smug; glors at a given signal get through with their booty.··

The story epens in Pyrenees Mountains, and beautiful Dolores awaits the re

turn of her soldier, lover. Jose Navarro, a Dragoon, stationed at Seville; she passes her time in the company of his mother, who hover fails to seize an opportunity to recount the virtues of her son.

Meanwhile the Adjutant, who Dolores is, overjoyed at his is also in love with Carmen, dis. arrival, and the little party spend covers where she yes, and on- many happy hours together. In reaching her home one afternoon the midst of their happiness Jose finds her in Jose's arms. A fight receives notice that he has been ensues, and the Adjutant, through promoted to sergeant and must a slip, falls on Jose'n sword and is rejoin his regiment in Seville at mortally wounded. Carmen takes once, Carmen, 'a gipay, the most Jose to the smugglers' lair, where fascinating of all determines to she proposes he shall join, their attract his altention, and to that bund. Corman Jeaves him- fre- end, throws him a red rase which quently, and he diacrusta her; alc he picks up and hides in his tunic. has fallen in love with Escamillo, On Në same day. Carmen becomes the bravest Toreador in all Spain. ogabroiled in a quarrel at the Escamillo is flattered by the cigarette factory, caused by a attentions of the beautiful dark- fallow worker reading out af eyed gipay, and invites her to ride love letter addressed to Car in his carriage on the day of the men; Carmen stabs her the big bull fight in Seville, Carmen, guards are called quty Jose dressed up for the great occasion, is in charge and arrests her. comes to Lillas Pastias, and Jose Carmen uses all Her charme an hears of her intentions. He tries the way to prison to induce Jose to dissuade her, but in spite of to let her escape and he succumbe, his throats with a revgiyer she to her blandishments and con- goes to the bull fight, accompanied sents. His superior officer blames by Escamillo, and witnesses his him, sentences bim to fourteen great! friumph.” She awaits days' imprisonment and reduces Escarillo' return from the fight, him to the ranks going but nose hay dragged himself to After several weaka, Carmen the wrong, and while the multi- meets Joan again. He again falls Ludes are shouting their applause A victim to her charms, and not Carmen falls, lifeless" to the tie alebo þat alan the officers, the mound, stabbed by font.

THRILLING RESCUE.

♫ GREAT "THIRD ALARM”!

EXPLOIT.

Coronet Theatre's Big Picture,"

boys, were astonished by the one of the motor cars, placed her sight of two motor cars, half con- inside, and drove off at a furious

'High upon the balcony she cealed behind the bushes in the pace. drive, and by the group of "4-Another window in the stood, a grim spectre outlined by peculiar-looking people, appar house opened and an elderly the searchlight against the flam- ently engaged in some criminal enterprise. They were still more gentleman looked out, waving his ing. smoking wails! Down in the astonished and alarmed at the arms in obvious indignation, bor- teeming street, a riot of panic and

disorder, stood the father, struck? dering on apoplexy. following events:

"I-A, good-looking. youth. "5. Shortly afterward heto the heart by terror as he saw advanced toward the house from rushed out of the front door after the smoke engulf his daughter "I was an actor for journalistica hiding place in the bushes and the departing motor car (which an immense boon to mankindpurposes in one of the first film threw pebbles at a window of the had made several false starts) and womankind, especially in dramas ever produced in Eng- house,

with clenched fixts and the words,

2

...Gibbs.An Actor.

save them

Heaven's Name

"

STAGGERING STUPENDOUS

SPECTACULAR SENSATIONAL

THIRD ALARM

ORROW

THE CORONET

and blog her completely from view. Then the thrilling rescue!

the Caronet Theatre.

'My God! My God! My That; briefly, is but one of the daughter! My daughter!' terrific action situations in the "By this time the Herne Hill great fireman's melodrama "The inhabitants gathered at the gate Third Alarm," now showing at were excited and distressed. One gentleman shouted loudly for the police. Another. chivalrously remarked that he was no spoil 'sport, and if the girl wanted to elope it was none of their busi- ness. A fox terrier belonging to of unusual proportions which is the butcher boy, ran, bárking still entertaining millions of furiously, at the despairing theatregoers throughout the father, who was still panting world.

"The Third Alarm" is a com- panion picture to "In the Name

the Law," # police drama

It is built on the same. down the drive. Then the usual huge lines but with far more policeman" strolled up and salu!

Emory, Johnson produced both, productions, impelled by his long and fervent regard for policemen and firemen, to whom, he thought, the public owed a great debt of gratitude which it had long weglected to pay.

'What's all this 'ere? Explana thrilling action than was develop- ting and laughter followed.ed in the production which im- Nothing like it had ever been seenmortalized the policeman. before in respectable Herne Hill,; but they had heard of the cinema't and its amazing drama. So this was how it was done! Well, well?

"The Real Parson Arrives. "Astonishing things happened in that early film drama," us old as the hills now, but novel and sensational then. The rate father, giving chase in another While "The Third Alarm," has powerful motor car (which moved been invested with truly magni- at about ten miles an hour), wasficent love interest and stupendous arrested by bogus policemen with

red nosen, thrown off the scent dramatic thrills, it also shows by comic tramps, and finally blown what hazards the fireman con- upla an explosion of the car, fronts, how he struggles manfully creating terror in a Surrey to support his family, how he village, which thought that goes to his duty, no matter how anarchists were loose. After

many further incidents the run great the danger, and how, in the "away couple were married in a end, the public is all too likely to little old church I walked in forget what a fine and noble work front of the camera 28 one the fire-fighter has achieved. At of the guests while two of the

actors were posted as spies to give no time, does Mr. Johnson become warning of any approach of the preachy. The Third Alarm" is country, clergyman., He, dear first of all entertainment; but in man appeared in the opposite the development of his homely direction and was horrified to find theme, Mr. Johnson has gone far

wedding going on without hia)]

knowledge, and an unknown par beyond the mere individuals with son (who had dressed behind a whom he has told his, stary and hedge) officiating in the most shows the noble and unselfish unctuous way. For me it was a day instincts which actuate the aver of unceasing laughter, for there

was something enormously ludi-age fireman in the pursuit of his orque about the surprise of the duty.

passers-by, who could hot guess. In the cast are such well known at what was the real meaning of players as Ralph Lewis, in the the mock drama Now. It is a role of the veteran fire-fighter coramonplace, and no ona ia sur Johnnie Walker, Ella. Hail, prised when a company of film Richard Morrie, and others. actora - taken, possgssion - of- the- F.B.O, is distributing the produce riad.