1931-09-03 — Page 7

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931

THE

ROUND THE LOCAL music, so his first starring picture, paar it. Directing his first pic-

CINEMAS.

Reviews from Official Sources.

"DERELICT."

Invited to take a camera-test

tryout by Paramount, Jessie Royee, Landis, young and árumplisked stage actress, known as stage star of the first magnitude in Saw York, Baston, Philadelphia, Rochester, Detroit, Chiengo and Denver, left stagedom for an important screen

assignment, as leading woman with George Bancroft, in that star's spectacular ses picture, "Derelict," which is now showing at the King's Theatru.

Miss Landis, a Chiengo girl, is a product of the Chicago Conserva tury and of stack company in Evanston, Ill. She made her first Broadway appearance in Adolph Klauber's production, "Wings of Chance," and followed with the

Otis Skinner Honour of

the

Banstelle Players in Detroit, with tour in "The Family" with Laurette Taylor in two productions, with Ian Keith in "The Command Performance." in "Stripped" with

Atwell.

in his

Universal's "King of Jazz," which has a return engagement at the Central Theatre, stands aupreme in the world of entertainment,

most

It is without doubt the tuneful, the most prodigal, the most uniformly magnificent production which has ever reached the screen.

This colossal revue. is an Movietone nuki all-Technicolour

all-

ture, he has unquestionably set on entirely new standard of entertain mant for the motion picture world.

"MEN CALL IT LOVE,”“

Believe it or not- Adolphe Menjou never carries a cane:

To be sure you see him jauntily

medley of inspiring spectacle, be-swinging a walking stick in screen witching melady, matchless dancing, portrayals but the debonair man- elever specialities and hilarious about-town of the films never wears condy. And in all of these its one in private life. excellence is surpassing,

If any particular features of so great an achievement. na "King of Jazz" can be segregated for special praise, then those features must

be

the truly marvellous music- reproduction, the conception and direction of the spectacle numbers, "Melting Pot," the notably the gorgeous dancing by the Russell Markert dancers throughout the picture, and the featured numbers'

of John Boles and Jeanette Loff.

Boles' splendid voice has already made him one of the most popular singing atars on the screen, but the combination of his beautiful bari- tone and Whiteman's musie in such songs as "It Happened in Monterey and "The Song of the Dawn" is superb. These numbers both are After a short season with the sung in beautiful settings, aulding Cukor-Kondolf enmpany at Reches- tremendously to the" inspirating ter, she went with Richard Bennett i romanticism of both Bolest person new play, "Satid South."ality and his voice. Besides these which opened

on Broadway the two, there are almost innumerable season, Miss Landis rejoined the other song hits. east of "Solid South," following her picture engagements, of which her part in Bancroft's "Derelict" was the first.

..In "Derelict," Miss Landis joined a cast of veteran screen playens, headed by Bancroft, stár of "The Mighty," "Ladies Love Brutes," "Wolf of Wall Street." and William Boyd, recently with Gary Cooper in "The Spoilers." Rowland V. Lee, director of this Bancroft picture, says the action of this sea-going melodrama called for more courage and acting ability on the part of Miss Landlia than any other picture produced within the last two years would have required.

"KING OF JAZZ:"

Jeanette Loff is so beautiful and so talented that even in "King of Jazz" her presence is outstanding, She obviously is destined to become one of the reigning stars of the sound screen.

"The only canes 1 own

were

CHINA

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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

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The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of $56 metres:

6-8 pm-European Programme of Victor & H.M.V, Records kind- ly supplied by Messrs. Moutric &

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6-6.16 p.m.-Operatic.

Orchestral--

Theatre;

Theatre;

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"The

Was

To-day Majestic "Noah's Ark."

Today Star "The 13th Chair."

Theatre,

Theatre:

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COMING EVENTS' announceD IN CHINA MAIL.

Entertainments.

To-day King's "Derelict."

Queer's To-day- "Men Call It Loye."

Today Central either given to me or purchased for "King of Jazz"

creen roles," he explained. anly time

I ever used one when I sprained by ankle:"

Edgar Selwyn directed "Men Call new Metro- it Love," Menjou's Goldwyn-Mayer feature, which is now being screened at the Queen's Theatre, the first film in which the suave actor doesn't carry a cane.

"KICK IN."

Four former films directory are

seen in the supporting east of Clara Bow's new, dramatic picture, "Kick In, which will show at the King's Theatre next. They are Donald and Donald Mackenzie, all retired from active directing by choice, all elect- ing the less exacting and confining careers before the cameras.

Sports. Sce Sports Diary on Page 4

Home Malls. To-morrow-Outward for Europe via Suez (Hakozaki Maru), 6 p.m.

Land Sales. three lots of Crown land, 3 p.m.

September 8-At P.W.D. Offices,

Lammert's Auctions. To-morrow-At Ahmed Din's

Traviata Prelude (Verdi),

Victor Symphony Orchestra (35879).

Sainson & Delila (Saint-Saens)—

"My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice",

Margarete Matzemaur (Contralto) (0531). Chorus-

Faust (Counus)-"The Fair",

Metropolitan Opera Chorus (9097),

Song

Traviata (Verdi)---

"Will My Dream of Youth”,

Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) (4870). 6.20-6.55 p.m.-Variety. Humorous Song→ ·

Moanin' Low, Some of These Days,

store, Kowloon, gentlemen's wear, Song--- 10 am.

September 9-At Sales Room, household furniture, 2.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous. To-morrow-Philharmonic Chorus Rehearsals, 8.45 p.m.

one of the most

active character

heavies and "old school detectives" on the screen.

Wade Boteler, the third ex-

•

Sophis Tucken (22049),

Right Now! Moonlight Saving Time,

Maurice Chevalier (Baritone) (22723), Organ Solo

Senny Buyi

:

I Love You Then As I Love You Now....Jesse Crawford (21728). Song-

So. Tired.

Out in the New Morn Hay,

Aun Penn (Comedierno) (B2003). Sung

Sweepin' the Clouds Away, All I Want la Just One,

Maurice Chevaller (Baritone) (22378). 6,55-7.20 p.m.--A Concert.

directed for the American Academy seen

In "Kick In," Clara Bow makes her bow to the American public as a dramatic star, in a role entirely diferant than the well-known "IP roles for which she is most famous. To-morrow-Reception for Miss The cast of "Kick In was selected Marion Hewlett, Helena May In- with care to assure the proper pro-stitute, 11.30a.m.

of Clara's jection

full-blooded, tensely-emotional characterisation being sustained in every part. There are in all, eight musical Crisp. an Oxford graduate and a spectacle numbers whose grandeur native of London. directed for Para- sweep

everything before them. mount for five years, guiding the director in "Kick in," once stage-Piano Solo Between these are the specialities screen destinies of such players as

Bees Wedding (Mendelssohn), and comedy blackouts, in which Wallace Reid, Theodore Roberts of Dramatic Art. During the war, Etude in C Flat (Chupin), glitter a galaxy of names long and stars, contemporary with them.

Irene Scharrer (D1303). active in producing and famous on the

Song- the He was D. W. Griffith's assistant directing entertainment for soldiers Indian Dawn (Roos-Zameonik),

during the filming of "Birth of and, afterwards, he played, wrote

Please Keep Out of My Dreams, Nation." As an actor, he won hie

and directed. Douglas MacLean

Frances Alda (Soprano) greatest fame in "Broken Blos

(1094). comedies. He also, directed, for Violin Sale-- som."

several independent companies.

Le Coq D'ur-Hymn to the Sun Mackerlate is one of the true old- {---- (Rimsky-Korelow-Franco),

Thais-Meditation (Masacnet),

'(Minksenet), famous most

Song-

Just ng Paul Whiteman himself supreme in the world of

standa

acreen, on

stage. in vaudeville lights and in the most celebrated night clubs.

John Murray Anderson, long known as one of the three most celebrated stage producers in Amer-

Paul Hurst started his stage jea, cannot be too highly com- career with a San Francisco stock mended both for the breadth of his company. In 1925 he became a film Conception in creating "King of director for Vitagraph, later direct Jazz" and for his selection of the ing for Metro, Ince and many in marvellous array of talent who ap-dependents. Recently he has been

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"UP POPS THE DEVIL"

Mitscha Elman (7382).

Rosalinde (de Feunter). My Love (Otco),

Tito Sekipa (Tenor) (1290). 7.20-8 pm.-- Selections by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Conducted by Eagone Goosens "Symphonies Under the Stars" (M40).

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A trio that gained triple honours for comedy and romance in "It Pays to Advertise" are seen cur- rently in another Paramount comedy-romance, commencing ite engagement -to-morrow at the Report, etc.

Central Theatre:

8 p.m.-Local Time, Weather 1

8.03.10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio

They are Skeets Gallagher, Carole Concert,

10.33 p.m.-Close Down. Lombard and Norman Foster; and the name of their newest picture la "Up Pops the Devil.",

The case against Pun Wai and Lo Ho was proceeded with in the District Office South, this morning, Mr. J. McLaren sitting as Magis trate."

Although "Up Pops the Devil" RIFLING CLOSED DOWN FACTORY portrays an entirely different phase of modern life than that disclosed in "It Pays to Advertise," the roles are, in their essential points, the Samc. Foster is the young man in love. Miss Lombart is the girl he loves.. And the blond and glib Skeets to the mutual friend who help them put the old love-game "on ice" as they say in the ball parks.

Three charges were preferred against the two men, (a) conspiring to defraud the Wing Lung Bean Curd Factory of fittings and utensils, (b) larceny, and (e) re celving.

Mr. F, C. E. Randall appeared for the prosecution and Mr. H. S. V. Mpsaop on behalf of the first de-

Up Pop the Dowl" is based on the original Broadway hit of the same name which" packed them in" at the Masque Theatre in New York City last season. It was fendunt. written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich Hackett, who is only 26, is a brother of Raymond Hackett, who played the juvenile in Ruth Chatterton's "Madame X."

The spenes of the play are laid in Greenwich village and in the Fara mount, Theatre, New York.

He

Evidence for the prosecution was taken. Sub-Inspector Elston gave evidence of going to Ma Wan Island to investigate a complaint laid by the manager of the factory. found that the factory had been stripped of all its fittings, and even the roof taken off. A search of the village brought to light most of the stolen articles, which had been purchased by the bargain hunting population of Ma Win.

The story deals with the lives of a young couple, Foster and Miss Lombard, who live in a a circle of "good time" artists, and writers In the very sophisticated region of "After hearing the evidence of which MacDougall Streat a the arrest and other witnesses for admitted man stem. Their the prosecution the case was ad- apartment is in a continual uproar

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