1935-01-18 — Page 7

THE GHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935

RUTH CHATTERTON AND MENJOU STAR IN "JOURNAL OF A CRIME"

A scene from "Registered Nurse" at the Alhambra Theatre.

Careers Of

The Stars

was born in

BETTE DAVIS SENSATIONAL IN

"OF HUMAN BONDAGE"

JACK BUCHANAN LIFE OF LIGHT FARCE "THAT'S A GOOD GIRL" AT KING'S

CLAUD RAINS BACK IN "CRIME WITHOUT PASSION'

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X7ILLIAM KEIGHLEY directs Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbler, Douglas Dumbrille, and Phillip, Reed and many others in Journal of a Crime"; a morbid

Diane By

drama of a woman who commits has been given distinction by high

u erime, gets away with it, and grade acting and unusual treatment finally succumbs to her own con- Recommended. .(Qucen't), science.

"Registered Nurse"

THE unaccountable workings of the human heart is the theme of "Of Human Bondage," by Somerset Maugham

good she disdainfully throws him.

Admirers think Maugham has mar-done his finest piece of work in this story, and it must be said that it

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a gives excellent chances to Leafle

It tells the one-sided love story of a medical student and a worthless teashop waitress." She Is Il-bred, l-mannered, ungrateful and faith- tess, and does not pretend to care for Philip who is fascinated Menjou is a famous playwright,

Here is an interesting mixture of against his reason and judgment, married to Ruth Chatterton, but he

romance, tragedy and humour, with and jeopardizes his happiness and has fallen in love with an actress an actress who is not, capable of career for the crumbs of affection (Claire Dodd) who is anxious"that| his wife should give him a divorce. turning in anything but a

Unfortunately for all concerned

performance-Bebe Daniels.

The heroine realises that the jealous wife shoots her rival. Suspicion falls upon a gunman who riage to Gordon Westcott is was on the premises at the time of failure, and is about to ask for

Howard as "Philip", and Bette the murder. The husband realises divorce, when he meets with

Davis, who portrays the repellant the truth, but goes on living in the accident which affects his brain.

Bebe then returns to her profes character of the waitress (slightly same house with the murderessi telling her that her conscience will eion as nurse, and falls in love with recalling the heroine in "Rain") LESLIE HOWARD was born in Lon- ELSIE RANDOLPH

John Cromwell, directs this He was a bank London and was educated private make her confess. She goes to the two doctors, Lyle Talbot, and John fearlessly. clerk till the outbreak of the war, and ly. Her stage career started as a dan-suspect, in gaol, but he advises her Halliday, the latter meaning mar- after long service Was discharged, eer. In 1921 she was a chorus girl in to keep silent, as he has to die for riage, and the former, being a R.K.O, film in masterly manner, and There is no badly wounded. He started his stage a revue produced by Jack Buchanan. another crime he really did commit philanderer, not. The husband is makes it poignant, realistic, and carrer in London in "Peg O' my lleart", For over 12 years she has shared in

No more of the atory, which, it admitted for operation on his brain, entirely satisfying. and then went to New York in "Her his success on both the stage and the

but thinks better of it, and constraining after drama, but Leslie Cardboard Lover", His first screen films. She now depends upon comedy must be confessed, is rather impos

window, Howard, to my mind, surpasses any. success was in Hollywood, in "Outward more than dancing for her success. sible and overdrawn. Let it be said veniently jumps from a

thing. he has done since the never Bound", he was later with Norma

in praise that, both the stare Mis thereby freeing the wife..

Why he could not obtain a divorce, to-be-forgotten "Service for Ladies." Shearer in "Free Soul" and "Smilin' Through". He is said to be one of the CHATTERTON was born in Chatterton and Menjou, give excel-

ing "Escape Me Never" at Elstree, role in the M.G.M. production

The famou highest paid actors in the film. He New York City in 1894. She be-lent accounts of themselves. The only the scenario writer knows, but Bette Davis, as the girl who holds ELIZABETH BERGNER, after finish. Hugh Walpole will play his first film recently finished "The Scarlet Pimper-gun her stage carcer at the age of 15, American accent in the French set-at least this can be added to the the hero in bondage, is sensational will play it. in New York before re-David" Copperfield.

She makes the character Bulky, aly, turning to British Alme again in "Saint novelist takes the part of the Vicar of He is and owes her great success to the ting is rather out-of-place.

long list of hospital pictures.*

Blunderstone. tutelage of the famous producer, Henry

The cast is a long one, and you ruthless, and cheap. Kay Johnson Joan Advised, if only to see the grand | Millar. She found her greatest famo

will see, among others, Minna (wife of the director), Reginald when the talkien started, and stage work of Miss Chatterton. (Alham

Gombell, Vince Barnett, Beulah Denny (her first husband) Frances Winifred Shotter, John Garrick, John Lilian Harvey is not yet leaving artists were so much in demand. She bra).

Dee, Alan Hale, Reginald Owen and Stuart, and Mary Lawson, have just Hollywood, and Victor Schertzinger finished "D'ys Ken John Peel, a film("One Night of Love") will direct her. married Ralph Forbes in 1925, but was

Reginald Sheffield, stand out with which should have an unusually strong with Tullio Carminati, who was seen later divorced, the next day' marrying

brilliant surety. ·

Jappeal to :Brillah Almgoers...

in "Once a Gentleman". George Brent; she was again divorced.

in 1898.

nel" with Korda in London.

married with two children.

Edgar Wallace's thrilling Mystery story!

SWELL

ENTERTAINMENT?

--Variety Daily

RETURN OF THE TERROR

with

MARY ASTOR

JOHN HALLIDAY LYLE TALBOT

SUNDAY

AT THE

ALHAMBRA

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"Crime Without Passion”

The partnership of two famous playwrights Ben Hecht and Charles

LAUDE RAINS was born in London. Mac Arthur (husband. of Helen He first started on a theatrical Hayes) yields a highly interesting enreer in Shakespeare. He has been

His first screen story, and "Crime Without Passion" married four times. success was in "The Invisible Man". Rais one you will remember, recently finished "The Man Who Re- Rumour has it that the film was claimed His Head" and "The Mystery produced as a bet, on the smallest of Edwin Drood" for Universal, where amount of money, in an old disused he is one of their stars.

studio in New York City, and that

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ÁY JOHNSON was born in Mount the two author-directors "ahot it off Vernon, and started her career the cuff", (that is to say, they wrote after graduating from the New York the story as they went along). Academy of Dramatic Art. She mar: Helen Hayes is said to have mingled ried the English film actor Reginald Denny (one of his four wives) and has in the crowd of "extras".

one daughter. She was later divorced

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I assure you it is an

unusual,

and is now happily married to John striking, and worthwhile story, Cromwell, a director. Her first screen success was made in Dynamite with something on the idea of a film we had recently "The Crime Doctor" Charles Bickford.

but in this nothing happens accord- DETTE DAVIS was born in Lowell, Ing to the Hollywood pattern, and Mass, in 1908. She followed ex- you will find your attention held tensive stage-work by a small part every moment. a film for Universal, and was later given a good change by George Arliss,

in "The Man Who played God". She married Harman Nelson, an orchestra piano player..

"Return of the Terro

A film you would be foolish to miss (King's),

Leslie Howard is starred in the highly emotional heart drama, "Of Human Bondage," RKO Radio Picture from the W. Somerset Maugham nove). Bette Davis is the siren featured as the menace, while Frances Dee, Hay Johnson and Reginald Denny have, im- portant roles.

SHORT SHOTS

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W. S. van Dyke is directing Joan Jeanette Macdonald is likely to ap- Crawford, Robert Montgomery, and pear, in Europe in the new Franz Lehis Clark Gable in the play: Tallulah Bank-operetta Judith", and if it is a success head played on Broadway"Fereaking M.G.M. will Alm it. All Others" Joan discovers she loves don Jack Bachanan directed as well as Gable after she has had the love of Frank Borzage will direct the first. starred in this B and D Production. Montgomery. Does not sound a very Marian Davies musical for Warner's.

*** original plot, but the cast is a fine one, as we w★ (King's).

Norman Forter and Donald Cook-aro Mary Elle, the American singers "The Return Of The Terror in the Columbia release Against The actress who recently appeared in the

Evidence".

G-Balm "Bella": Donna" with Conrad An insane asylum is the focale of

Veldt, is to replace Elissa Lundi as the § minister happenings," a lavish amount Far Wray is leading lady with Jack leading lady with Carl Brisson of murder let loose in the night, and Hulbert in "Allas Bulldog Drummond" Paramount.

a wild stormraging-how could for G-B at Shepherd's Bush

this picture fail to be thrilling?*****

Rene Clair, the most famous of

Warner Oland.is at work with Mary French directors, is Hollywood bound.

The doctor in charge of a private Brian on Charlie Chan in Paris".

asylum is tried for the "pity kill

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Faith Baldwin, who writes "best sel-

ing" of several of his incurable Loretta Young is again leading lady lers is writing an originale story.

Mary Astor is festured in patients, after he had admitted that with Ronald Colman in "Clive of In: Wife Verang Secretary' in "kich My

na of die". Franch Later (London actor), Loy, Jean Harlow and, William. Powell he did end the sufferings of one of Colin Clive, Lunden Hare, Doris Lloyd will be featured {them.

and Gilbert Emery are listed in the To save him from the chair" big cast. his lawyer pleada insanity and he is committed to the asylum from which he later escapes,

The central character is a success Bondi, and Irene Franklin all of ful lawyer with unsuccessful love whom try not to look out of place affairs, and the plot deals with their surroundings. (Alham erafty build-up of an alibi in a mur-bra). der and finally the unwitting be JALTER CONNOLLY was born trayal in a moment of passionate

Cincinattiin 1887, and started to

"That's A Good Girl"

Frank Borzage is directi Francis, Warren: William, and Tom Walls is again, directing and Brent in "Living On Velvet co-starring with Ralph Lynn in Fight ing Stock", Marie Lohr is in the east. Ruth Chatterton is returning, The rest of the picture is taken

films with Dorothy Arzner dif up with the search for him, figures Matheson Lang will portray the fead- her. in "Modern LadyDIANE. stealing through shrubberies, faces ing role in another of the historical çarn his living as a bank clerk. Then anger. Claud Rains, hitherto known Jack Buchanan, with his charm peering through windows, bodies films for BLP. This time it will BRITISH PICTURE

WINS PRIZE. Came the war and service overseas. only to filmgoers as the voice in ing personality, puts over this light tumbling out of cupboards, and the history of Sir Francis Drake,

& commendable Herbert Mundin stealing laughs in Alice Faye and Jack Haley have been Later a course at Dublin University, "The Invisible Man", gives a subtly musical show in

New York the land of his fathers. (which accounts for his excellent Irish accent). He is powerful performance as the lawyer, manner, ensuring lots of amuse the role of a comedy detective given the leads in the Fox production Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, and a of Nymph Errant", the play in which

The British film "Man of Arag” · *married to

fellow actress after his proving himself to be a really finement.

The story tells, in the simplest few more of the Warner stand-bye, Gertrude Lawrance scored in London.

has been awarded the National. return and has one daughter. Hactor, with polish, economy of geg

B.K.O. here insured the feet of Fred Board of Review for Motion Pic-.. first film was "Washington-Merry-go-ture, and wonderful command of his fashion, of an impecunious young Mary Astor, John Halliday, Frank

Astaire for £200,000, man who goes to the Riviera in McHugh, and Robert Barrett de

tures Prize for the beat film of the round", and he is now a star for Colum-voice... bia, but will return to the stage from

fyear out of 10 American and five Margo, & Mexican dancer is the order to dodge his creditors. This excellent work with the material day.

Claudette Colbert has signed another European pictures. time to time--DIANE.

tortured sweetheart, while Whitney leads him into, a series of adven they are handled.--(Alhambra) om

Elmer And Elsie”

contract with Paramount for £20,000 Bourne, Paula Trueman, and Star tures.

ght to make ley Ridges all recruits from the With his two pala (William Ken George Bancroft returns to Para-Per picture, and Has the

pletares elsewhere at: stage give excellent accounts of dall and Garry Marsh) he hopes to mount in a part that is not strictly themselves. The sordid tale is well make a good impression on a rich true to his type, while Frances told with excellent dialogue, some aunt from whom he expects mone Fuller, fresh from a season on tremendously exciting moments and tary help. Unfortunately, one of Broadway is hardly any more has a strong climax. Altogether them is engaged to a buxom Opera satisfying.

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"PARIS INTERLUDE'

With

Madge Evans, Robert Young

OTTO KRUGER

-GOLDWIN-MAYER PICTURE.

SUNDAY

NIGHT

A RENDEZVOUS.

WITH DEATH

HOUSE OF.

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is a gripping plece of work which singer (Australian Vera Pears) If you can picture Bancroft be a who arrives on the scene to cause fatuous husband who does not know trouble."

he is ruled by his wife, then you

can believe the rest

Through the plot .... The moral of this simple domestk

we have a sprightly comedy is that,

lady detective (Elale delude themselves

Randolph) adding to place is in the home, abe

the iment, Some the power which guides,

of her scenès : with

Jack are exaggers

ed," but Buchanan is

ng, 80 def

through

Roscoe Karns stands out Cast-off friend, George

fella Walker are both

selves. It in a pits Bee: Banc wasted(Quee

"Pictures. Here are

SUNDAY

AT

THE

This is the first time that a Bri tish film has been chosen.”

KING'S

BETTE