1935-08-23 — Page 7

A touching scene from “Under The Pampas Moon” a For Film production, which will shortly be? ́screened at the King's Theatre.

Ruby Keeler and Dick Powe II will be seen co-starring in War- ner Bros. “Gold Diggers of 1935”, which will be screened at one of the leading theatres shortly.

SHORT

SHOTS

TÄSTHER Ralston recently decame!

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the wife of Bill Morgan a hand- Some' croCRET. She was previously

married to her one-time manager,

and has one daughter.

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Norma Shearer. Thalberg's new daughter has been named Katherine.

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Estelle Taylor, who was divorced] from prizefighter Jack Dempsey, is Isabel being seen with Lee Tracy. Jewell, so' rumour says, is heart

broken at the neglect as she has been a staunch friend of Lee's when hel had few in Hollywood,

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Norma Talmadge and husband George Jessel have signed to play in Lendon in a stage version of the part Jessel originated in New York, The Jazz Singer."

Otto Krager is at Elstree to play the lead in Somerset Maughan's "The Tenth Man

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Loretta Youne in “Shanghai.”

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A scene from the Universal production."Transient" featuring June Clayworth and, Gene Raymond, which is now showing at the King's Theatre.

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she could not be otherwise but she runner. Grace Moore is good in it-

has now a tremendous reputation to keep up and cannot go on playing the same story about the girl who

HE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935

FRANCHOT TONE AT HIS BEST

IN "GENTLEMEN ARE

ARE BORN

MARY ELLIS AND TULLIO CARMINATI DELIGHTFUL IN "PARIS IN SPRING”

MAGNIFICENT LINE-UP OF FILMS DUE AT

KING'S THEATRE NEXT MONTH

MARY Ellis who created

Ma

such a favourable impres sion in her previous picture with Carl Brisson ("All the King's Horses") is another of

By Diane

Diane A leave the theatre thinking

the Metropolitan Opera stars lovely voice and his attractive making good in the talkies looks, is worth anyone's money Now in "Paris in Spring" she Don't miss this at the Queen's. is co-starred with the handsome Italian. Tullio Carminati, whose

"Einer Norton”

PICTURE" that makes you

"Gentlemen Are Born. The story tells of four college boys who graduate aflame with ideals and plans for life, only to find that they must face hun- ger.... discouragement and fallure. It is a human comedy-

This is a morbid melodrama of drama, well acted and emotion- performance with Grace Moorea neurotic husband and a long faces facts as they so often are. tally appealing. The picture in "One Night of Love" will not suffering wife, with no comedy to soon be forgotten.

relieve the situations. 9.A

The husband (Hugh Williams)

Four young men. Franchot Tone, Ross Alexander, (remem- Miss Ellis sings delightfully and

bered in "Flirtation Walk"). Nick| acts with graceful charm in this is insanely jealous of his wife Foran and Robert Light all leave lighter-than-air musical" which is (Claire Trevor), and while he is

college full of hope, and their full of charting tunes, beautiful away in France (the period is

gradual disillusionment as they wartime) she falls in love with an-awaken to the fact that the world girls and a grand east.

Actually the acting honours in other man, but remains faith is already overcrowded with their this film are taken by Tullio Car-to her husband. The end comes with kind is humanly told. There is al minati, who is cast as "Faul de wildly melodramatic scenes where is in the husband's mind becomes (Lille," a man-about-town who

lot of tragedy, but a welcome Labsence of propaganda, while!

passionately devoted to "Simone" unbalanced. At least this gives a Director Alfred Green has noti (Mary Ellis), a cafe singer, who, chance to Hugh Williams for some overlooked the value of introduc- however, tirns down all his offers real old-time theatrical gestures ing som humorous touches.. of marriage. While contemplating Gilbert Roland, Norman

Eiffel and Henrietta Crosman make up chot Tone in the scene where he suicide on the top of the Tower. he meets "Mignon de the rest of the cast. (King's). Charelle" (Ida Lupino), bent on

Foster

the same errand: who has quar King's September Attractions

First and foremost in popu-l

You will not soon forget Fran-

tells of the sad end to one of thei quartette-Tone has never: done better work in any film, with the

relled with her lover, "Albert" (James Blakeley), The pair de-larity with the masses will be exception of "Lives of a Bengal

Lancer." cide that the way to bring their The Bride of Frankenstein "the

The boys overshadow the girls, loved ones to reason is to make horror picture, with Boris Karlof

enacting in a marvellous among whom Margaret Lindsay is them jealous. You can guess the again rest of the story from this-it is manner the leading role, but the given the plum role, Anne Dvorak obvious from the first. but makes play that will appeal to the sophis and Jean Muir being wasted in ticated: is "The Scoundrel" star-comparatively small parts. As in for real entertainment.

"Flirtation Walk" young Ross Be it noted that the "turns" pro-ring Noel ward, and giving the vided by the stars in the cabaret world at large their first chance Alexander makes himself remem- scenes are pat over extremely well to see England's genius on the

So often not like those we see which are so elaborated that no stage could possibly hold them.

Lewis Milestone infused a good deal of pictorial effectiveness into The subtly his work as director.

elaborated comedy of Tullio Car- minati, the singing of Mary Ellis, la clever little sketch of police officers by Lynn Overman, charm- ing work from the juveniles Ida Lupino and James Blakeley, and that grand character actress Jes- sie Ralph as usual doing her few. scenes in the most capable manner, "Paris In Spring" provides a pretty spectacle and guarantees an excellent evening's entertain- ment (Queen's).

"My Song For You"

"My Song for You"

was first:

Charles Boyer is co-star with makes good (after a hard struggle) produced in Berlin with a German

at the Metropolitan, and marries the Clive Brook is back in London to helped her to fame and fortune.

man who has been her friend and cast and background and this is the Gaumont-British version with play in "London Symphony" and

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the same star Jan Kiepura, giv- then will do another film for London Fred MacMurray is the lead oping an encore to his first grand. Films before returning to Hollywood posite Carole Lombard in "Hands success "Tell me To-Night"

Across The Table."

Grace Moore's latest film "Love me Forever" was shown recently in Lon-

It tingles

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he originated.

screen.

A close-up of Gene Raymond and Frances Drake. from **Transient Lady," now · showing at the King's Theatre.

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See this if you like a play that is human, true and intellectual (Alhambra).

"Black Sheep"

A most enjoyable cleverly com- cocted, smartly produced Fax re- lease, starring Edmund Lowe, who is in his element as a shipboard card-sharp. He finds his

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(Tom Brown) caught in the foils of a beautiful lady thief (Adrienne) Ames, in one of the roles in which she shines). The hero forms a friendship with the pretty Claire Trevor, saving Tom, but losing his | heart to Claire. Good support from Eugene Pallette, Herbert | Mundin, Ford Sterling and· David, Torrance, with a word of praise. too, to. old-timer Allan Dwan for! expert direction. (Alhambra).

"Transient Lady"

With a sleepy town of the Old South as the background, this pic-| ture ambles along, at the opening If you like Mae West (and if especially, in too slow a manner. Like Grace Moore, he was in a not seen too often Miss West can performances, and as I have said The actors all give convincing first Kitty Carlisle is to be in the next tight spot to equal his

hold tremendous box-office appeal) don for a trade preview, but crowds Marx Brothers comedy "A Night At musical, and unfortunately the you will be glad to see her latest once before Frances Drake shows | stormed the cinema to see it Press The Opera." reviews to hand are not too flatter-

gorgeous scenery of the other film "Goin' To Town All should be possibilities of becoming a comet ing, as they say it is simply the “One

the magnificent camerawork and on your "Must See list.

in the cinema skies when she is Night of Love story with the same band, Director William Wyler, are now

Margaret Suliavan and her hus- the artistic interplay of visual and The Countess Of Monte Cristo" role. Gene Raymond, as the young provided with a really suitable characters and situations merely switched about a little, and misses the living apart and it won't be long now vocal beauty is missing in this

Fay Wray is an extra girl in a lawyer who is torn between two spontaniety and freshness of its fore- Her first husband, Henry Fonda from have Jan Riepura as the young Viennese flur stadio, and on being loves and a political machine, does

before a divorce, so rumour says. British-made picture. Again we the Broadway

stage, looks like and care-free Grand Opera tenor scolded by the director leaves in excellently, especially in the love making a big hit in films, and is lead with Janet Gaynor The who refuses to be weighed down a temper, and, wearing the fur scenes Helen Lowell and Claire cost in which she had been acting. Blandick lend the touch of humour Farmer Takes A Wife, which part by – his responsibilities, while

Sonnie Hale once more provides appropriates somebody's automo as the strait-laced kindly spinster bile and sets off with her girl sisters. June Clayworth makes a most of the comedy-this time as Reginald Denny is being sued for the manager, trying to bully his friend (Patsy Kelly) for adven- charming Southern girl, and Henry He is now happily married to "Bubtemperamental star into keeping hotel and our heroine signs the ling The darky dialect may be a

ture. They register at a smart Hull contributer some grand act-r bies" Steifel, an ex-chorus girl, and important engagements. Kiepurs

sings as gloriously as he did in name of "Countess of Monte little diffeult to understand it you Cristo" Here she attracts the in-re not too familiar with it. For Tell me To-Night, and that national crook (Paul Lukas). excitement there is a murder and Mr. and Mrs. George O'Brien (Marcould not be improved on, and he who gets all the credit, plus a con- lynching, but the film does not guerite Churchill have a daughter acts with the same fresh small-

boyish manner, leaving the real tract and lots of publicity for his quite live up to the excellence of Charles Ray, one-time movie idol.

capture.

the story, which, appeared in the has left the screen for good and acting to Sonnie Hale. opened a flower shop called "The Alleen Marson, the pretty girl! Patay Kelly, Reginald Owen and Liberty Magazine Rosary in Hollywood

others do nice work, but the 200. If are a of a diplomatic father, who has touches of comedy required for you will Dolores Costello has obtained her been educated abroad and speaks

the leadi

zrezzissi in this pi divorce from John Barrymora, and

the pers he will most likely stay away from many languages, does really well

more sui Hollywood for some time, se ha in in the heroine's role, although, she

[of novelt tends returning to the stage.

is not too well photographed at: times.

one of the

with action- flashes with

BLACK

SHEEP

EDMUND LOWE OLAISE TREVOR

ALHAMBRA TO-DAY

unpaid alimony by his divorced wife.

has two soES,

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Dorothy Wilson will play the lead opposite. James Dunn vin “Bad Boy" by Vina Delmar^

Gladys Swarthout will play inLives and Loves of Victor bert She is a prominen tan Ope Star and Radio

who was born in Egypt, daughter

the st

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