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HAVE YOU SEEN "THE BLACK

PIRATE""

THE CHINA MAÏL,

McTavish the Scottiön pirate Reutenant; Sam: De Grasse, as tha Honourless sub-chieftain and Anders Randol as the bloodthirsty leader of cut throats. The minor roles are all excellently acted and the "mob" is made up of typos which would give Lombroso er any other criminologiat a nightmare.

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COMING FILMS.

"MADAME SANS GENE

BOOKED.

In "Madame Sans Gone" Gloria

Approximately only one, twen

As already announced, the nort! leth of Hong Kong's population

picture of historical Importunes have a yat soen Douglas Fair banks In The

and ranking with the "Monsieur Black Pirate,"

"Forty Winks" Observing that this is a flm of Raymond Grimths is the star of Beaucaire" of Rudolph Valentino, lms, and was built for only one "Forty Winks" which will follow "Madame Sans Gene" with entertain, a purpose "The Black Pirato" as stated above Gloria Swanson in the tile rela purpose, to

of the laundress who became à which it admirably fulfils, from date uncertain.

Duchess... every standpoint for all ages and This production is an adaptation

Success, classes of cinemagoers, everybody of the stage

Lord should see it. Those who have Chumley," by David Belasco and Swanson has probably the mest seen already should go again Honry C. DeMille, Viola Dans, difficult role attempted by her dur and those who have not yet seen and

ing her acreon career, but, necori! Theodore Roberts support

ing to all reports, she has created It should hurry along before they Raymond Griffith in leading roles. are crowded out by the "twicers." Griffith plays Chumley, a titled for the screen a figure as great as the French actress Rejana, did for t'a showing gives the lie to those English gentleman engaged who alrlly state that Hong Kong Eleanor Butterworth, daughter of the stage in the play by Victorien gets nothing but stale pletares Rear-Admiral Adam Butterworth Sardou and Emile Moreau.

It is Paramount picture, and This film has not yet Anished retired. Viola Dana plays. Eleanor

The exclusive run at Home. and will and Mr. Roberts is cast as the ad-as Almed entirely in Paris.

opening of the production finds not be released for general exhibi-miral. Cyril tion for some months,

"heavy" role of the Butterworth Gloria as Catherine "Hubscher, a There are several attractiva family lawyer who la alac after French laundress who, through the features about "The Binck Eleanor. He arranges with an fortunes of war-the French Ro Pirate. In the first place there oriental girl (Anna May Wong)volution-nda herself the posses- Is no wearisome introduction to to steal some valuable plans from or of the title of Duchess and a the the girl's brother (William Boyd), place in the court of, Napoleon, for! make one acquainted with

whom she used to steal silk shirts. Thon characters and why they are lieutenant in the navy. where they are, Action opens with the lawyer tells Eleanor that with from her wealthy customers, when the capture of a ship by pirates, all his wealth he can buy back the the Emperor of France was a mere who after looting it, bind the crew plans eastly enough but it would nobody.

Chadwick has

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"Messalina." Another picture which is at one!

and blow up the veasel. The only be plans easily enough but it. "Madame Sang Gene" was writ- [survivora are Douglas and his would be better for him to do this ten for the screen by Forrest The Halsey, who adapted all of Mis father, who dies moon after. Yow-as a member of the family. ing vengeance. Douglas joins the promises to marry him, if he Swanson's recent successes.

Besides de Roche, Warrick lipirate crew who come ashore in will but recover the plana und

ide their treasure, his admission save her brother from prison and Wards popular British leading mani Emile Drain, probably the to their ranks being assured by diagrace. defeating their Chief in a twel

But the lawyer had not counted foremost portrayer of the charac sworded deel earning for himself on Chumley in this little schemeter of Napoleon in the world to-day, the name of "The Black Pirate.) or his and it develops that Lord appear in the cast.

He proves his prowess by captur Algernon Cholomondeley, of course) ing a merchant vessel single han only his mother ever called him ed and it is a case of love at first that, has quite a bit to say in the spectacularly magnificent and at over all Lethe same time is based on his- sight when he finds a kiri on matter. He throws board, whom he saves by suggest-1 Sage's cleverly laid plane, handa torical fact, is "Messalina." This ing that she be held na hostage him an artistic trimming. takes the lady, no less than Nell Gwynne, thei while a ransom is: sent for. En-girl into his arms--and--but that's Pompadour and Madame Sans Gone, deavouring

to smuggle bite gir not all there is to it by a long made policies and altered coun- fastigre, he is. caught and shot. As the usual run of pictunes tries in her age, which was op- the plank, Bago, "Forty Winks" should end right proximately half a century before escapes to reterm with a band then and there--with the embrac.the Christian era.

The picture was produced in picked men.

ing. But the producers have given the closing acenes a decided Italy with an Italian cast and the twist-and that's what result is in every way superb. Thal novel"

ancient splendour of Rome provides | makes the picture different."

an excellent background for the barbaric love feasts, the dashing chariot races the Hasons between royalty and slaves.

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His boat is deliberately "scuttled to give the pirates the idea that they have sunk her by gun fire neanwhile the Douglas band have taken to the water and swimming beneath the surface, swarm up the sides of the pirate craft and over come the buccaneers by a surprisa attack.

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All ends weil when is turns out that the Black Pirate is and the damsel in distress

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yourself!

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There's rapid action in Forty Winks," love interest and all the rest and it's clean as a whistle.

CADDY STRUCK.

UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT AT

KOWLOON.

At the Kowloon Golf Club on Saturday a ball, drisen from the" second tee, struck a daddy in the forehead with such force that he was knocked insensible.

spot.

There is acting and action both in this picture,, with a story which never flags in interest and wit give the cinema fan who is critical of the entertainment offer- ed, and that other who studies the screen seriously, to compare thi

with Que lian, production Vadis? which dealt with the same

period. but was the product of German studios:

"Culture can never be secured by painful effort."-Jesse Les Bennett.

"The Black Pirate" in its effe:- tive use of colour photography 80 smoothly co-ordinated with the action, marks, a distinct advance in Alm production. It is a typical Fairbanks picture, with no dearth) First aid was rendered on the of opportunity for the star to dis- play his dashing personality and

The boy was subsequently re- superb athletic physique. The moved to Hospital, where his con-

"If there are 5,000. home stilla spectacular stunts dear to

dition is reported to be favourable.

in Chicago, Mayor Dever should heart of the Fairbanks "fan" are there aplenty. The supporting

help suppress them instead of cast is exceptionally good, withi

ex-counting them to furnish statistical Billie Dove as the lady in the chequer always does diaagreeable support for a wet argument."— case; Donald Crisp in the role of things."-Winston Churchill.

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