1930-11-27 — Page 3

CENTRAL THEATRE

unts Sound Pictures R

TO-DAY TO FRIDAY

Daily, at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

-A FORTUNE

HE LAUGHS

VANISHES, SEE:

BACLANOVA HAKY CARROLL PAUL LUKAS

George

Bancroft

LA

"THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” a. Garumgunt Picture

Commencing Saturday

HEROES

VILLAINS

COMEDIANS

COURAGE

ROMANCE

DANGER

DARING

DRAMA

THRILLS

SUSPENSE

PATHOS

MENACE

-and a real STORY

with a smashing climax. That's

WITH BYRD

AT THE

SOUTH POLE

A Paramount Picture.

DANGER!

ROMANCE

ADVENTURE!

The Greatest Story of Adventure Ever Filmed! The Amazing Feats of a Valiant Band of Men Led by the

Admiral Byrd, Young, Handsome and Fearless.

Headmasters of schools are requested to make arrangements with the management for their pupils to see this picture at 20 cents each to Upper Circle for the 2.30 and 5.10 p.m. per formances only.

Bookings at Anderson and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

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Pro No. 18650.)

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930.

THE FAMILY ALBUM--PEACE AND QUIET.

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

fewLYES

WILLINGS

STROUS INTO LIVING* ROOM, WHERE FAMILY 'IS PEACEFULLY READING

SETTLES AGAIN, ROUSING. AT ONCE TO START A GENERAL DISCUSSION `ABOUT" OPENING A WIN-

DOW

9-24

SHATTERS THE QUIET BY DEMANDING WHO TOOK HIS BOOK, HE LEFT" IT" RIGHT HERE ON THE TABLE

FINDS BOOK ON OTHER CORNER OF TABLE AND › STARTS READING

WANTS TO KNOW WHO TAKES ALL THE MATCHES, HERE HE WANTS TO LIGHT HIS PIPE AND THERE ISN'T A MATCH IN THE ROOM

THE SILVER SCREEN.

THE WOLF OF WALL

*STREET."

With a laugh and a meer for trouble and a curso for a weakling, George Bancroft drives his way powerfully and effectively in his now starring Paramount

which

SENDS WILFRED UP TO SEE WHAT DOOR ♬ RATTLING, AND SETTLES; TO. READ AGAIN, FAMILY STARTS TALKING QUIERY

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicats, Inc.)

WITH BYRD AT THE

SOUTH FOLE.'

Two years ago one of the greatest adventures of modern times was undertaken by a courageous group of men. Previously teated by hard- ships and daring undertakings, these men obose to fathom the my stery of what to day is carelessly called the bottom of the world.

BEGINS TO TUSS ABOUT THE LIGHT, INSISTING OIL FAMILY'S MOVING ARQUID WHILE HE REARRANGES.

LAMPS

WANTS TO KNOW WHY WHENEVER HE TRIES TO

READ QUIETLY, THE FAM- BY HAS TO MAKE SO MUCH NOISE AND DIS”, TURBANCE

marks the first appearance on the talking screen together of Ralph Forbes and Miss Chatterton, who in private life aro husband and wife, and is Miss Chatterton's first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer appearance since "

Madame X."

CHASING RAINBOWS,

How does it feel to sit in a "The Wolf of Wall Streette. They hoped to penetrate through theatre and watch yourself move the vast barriers of ice mountains audiences with a song Charles oponed at the Central last night.

to The bars of Wall Street," the schoolboy knows by name, the South smile of his and shook his hond, that imaginary point which every King smiled that crinkly, boyish snost fascinating street the Fole. They wore led by a hand-Geo, it seems like a dream to me," world,

are thrown down in this some, modest young man, Richard he said, "I don't think I'll ever picture. Hero we see the inner E. Byrd

orkings, the operation, the stock When Admiral Richard Byrd

used to gel to it. It never seeins.Jiko biokor at his best for Paramount, ever alert to capture Paramount offered the services Meant For Me" and "Broadway

worst,lanned this trip to the South Pole,

iu

on celluloid that which interests the man on the street to-day, has pro- duced one of the Lavat pictures of the current cinomatic season..

Uu8,

up there on the screen." King, who made the "You Were

Melody

!

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME

BROADCAST BY Z.B. W. ON

353 METRES.

11 to 11.30a.m.-Stock quotationa 11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. 12.30 p.m.--European programme,

p.m.-Commercial Press.

1.30 p.m.-Weather report.

p.m.-Close down.

A p.m.-European programme of Victor records selected and sup- plied by Messra. Tsang Fook.

Orchestral,

Suite No. 2 in B Minor "-Over LING (Bach)-Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra,

Capricció Italian (Tschaikow- sky).-Philadelphia Orchestra. "Romance" (Tschaikowsky) and a-Monastery Garden." (Ketelbry),--Victor Concert Or

In

chestra..

6.43 p.in.

Organ Solos,

"Betreuse (Gadard) and "Thais” -Meditation (Massenot). Charles Cronham.

"Traumeroi" (Schumanis).-Edwin

H. Lemare.

8. p.m.-From the Studio: Child-

ren's programme.

A Concert.

6.45 p..

The Shepherd's Sorenade."-Vic-

toria Quintette

"I Know a Bank Whereon the Wild Thyme Blows" (Shakes-

peare-Horn).--Olivo Kline and Elsie Baker, Duct. "The Moon Hng Roit'd Her Lamp Above."Royal Dadmun and Lambert Murphy, Dust,

(Liszt)-

Piano-

"Dance of the Onomas

Sergei Rachmaninof....... forte Soloist."

"The Rose of Tralee"-John Me-

Cormack, Tenor. "Melody in F" (Rubenstein)- Pablo Casals, Violoncello Solo- ist 'Danny Boy" and, "The Kerry Dance."-Ernestine Schmann, Heink, Contralto... Roralia

Hungaria Presto (Dohnanyl) and Molto Vivace.

Fritz Kreisler, Violinist. "Ruralia Hungaria-Gypsy" Ap-

dante Fritz Kreisler, Violin ist.

7.30 p.m.

Operatic.

Gems from: “ Bobemian Girl ” (Balfe)-Victor Light Opern Company-

"Dinorah Ombra Leggiera" (Meyerbeer), -- Amelita Galli- Curci, Soprano, Rigoletto"-Quartette Wordin and "Mignou" - Entr'acte Gavotte (Thomas). Pietro, Accordian Soloist.

"La Figlia Del Reggimento--None,

two of its camerounen to go along and get a permanent record on

hits in Metro-Goldwyn- motion picture film of Byrd's grand and who scored again with Your

Mayor's first musical extravaganza, Can Grinsay It" (Donizetti)' adventure. Never before had this Mother and Mine" in the Holly

And "Fickle. Fortune."-Toti Bancroft portrays tho "Wolf" of buen done. The exploits of Scott, wood Revue of 1929," for years has

Dal Monte, Soprano. Hall Street. He is the unscrupul: Amundson, Nobile and Byrd him- been crooning to audiences 8 p.m.-Chinese Studio Concert,

self-made, ruthless stock brokoraclf, in previous exploration trips the musical comedy stage...

9p.m.-Woather, report. who deliberately loses a fortune to

to the North and South Pois, hast Loop his faithless wife and her lover been recorded merely by te writ-Bessie Love with whom he made his Now, teamed once more with

10.30 p.m.-Close down. from getting it. Bancroft's work ten word. People throughout the talking debut, he is singing tender in this picture further stamps the world had wad of these deeds, you milads in accomplished actor as the leader in

it was almost impossible for them which opens on Sunday at tho Chasing Rainbows," really to understand the drama, the Queen's Theatre. exploits. tragedy and the humour of such

gripping -dramatic characteriza-

tiona

Bancroft is not without stellar support in his new picture. There ate Baclanova, Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukag and Arthur Rankin to share bonours with him. Others in the cast are Brandon Hurst, Craufurd Kent and Paul Guertzman.

TO-DAY to SATURDAY

At 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 3 0.20 p.m.

THE MARX BROS

THE COCOANUTS

OSCAR MARY

SHAW EATON

. & Gturanmorant TALKING GICURE,

Music! Singing! Dancing! fooling! Irving

melodies I Ziegfeld's

and a glorious whirl of chorus beauties ! The musical laugh hit of the screen.

Marx to

THE

MAJESTIC

Pataniount's cameramen, the story But to-day, through the efforts of

can now be enjoyed by young and eid throughout the world.

SETS OF THE FUTURE.

ONE-YEAR NAVAL PROGRAMME.

U.S. PREPARING TO BUILD TO TREATY LIMIT

(UNITED PRP35.]

It is quite clear that the receiv Paramount has titled this picture, ing set of the future must become With Byrd At The South Pole." more and more refective, and at Washington Nov. 19.-Congress- As shown to a "selected aúdience at the same time there will be man Fred Britten of Illinois, chair-i 4 New York preview where the stronger and stronger demands for man of the House Naval Affairs famous radio favourite and war cor good quality. Dr. Robinson's Committee, announced to-day that respondent, Floyd Gibbons, was the Stenode system is the one most tentative plans have been drafted gurst of honour, this mighty adven-likely to provide a solution for the for submission of a one-year Navy tare reaches the heights of superb keen long-distance man. The broad- building programme which will trama; a vital, vigorous, thorough- cast model of the Stenode has now initiate construction under the Lon- ly human story of men who faced emerged from the experimental don Naval Limitation Treaty.

ternity for the sake of science, an stages, and licences to construct it

He said that the plan will pro- ideal, a thrill With Byrd 'At are being, issued to firms and many. hably provide for modernization of The South Pole," is a picture sofacturer, The original Stenodo three battleships, construction of a Jectively handled as one continu made use of a quartz crystal gate, second super-dirigible, and for en ous, logical and dramatic story that and with this no difficulty was "propriation to construct a new it takes its place with the great found in separating stations werk. dirigible base somewhere on tha achievements of the moving picture ing on channels 2 kilogycles or less Pacific Const.

cambers.

3)

With Byrd At The South Pole will be presented at the Central Theatre 'starting Saturday.

**THE · LADY OF SCANDAL.”

apart. The tuting, however, was really too fice for any but those who had considerable practical ex- perience with sensitive sets. Now, for present-day broadcasting condi

GERMAN-POLISH:

RELATIONS.

:

tions, such high selectivity as this BERLIN REFUSES TO ACCEPT is unnecessary, The

broadcast

model does not incorporate a crys

TREATY FRONTIERS.

Berlin, Nov. 19. In a letter to

The Lady of Scandal," based on tal gate, but it gives clear-cut Frederick Lonsdale's stage hit,separation between stations work

The High Road," is Metro-Gold-ing on chaunela 6 kilocycles apart, the London Timer, the former Ger wyn-Mayer's now, feature which The set itself is a seven-valverde-man Secretary of State in the For upened yesterday at the Queen's signed for mains operation. The sign Office and well-known colla Theatre. Featuring Ituth Chatter tuning controls are very simple in-borator of the laty Foretga Minia Lon, nad with a notable cast which deed to operate, and the quality in ter Stresemann, Herr von Ithein- includes two players from the super-excellent

baben; deals with a number of 'ár- original London stage presentation,

ticles and letters published recent it a brilliant comedy romance of

ly by the Times on German-Pulish modern society and show life.

relations ur Br

-THE HEAVISIDE LAYER. ::

Opinion is at present divided as

After remarking that he has come

to the conclusion that all German

Mits Chatterton plays an actress thrust through a betrothal into the midst of London society, to work to how far wireless waves penetrate efforts to come to a modus vivenes havoc thereia. Bidney Franklin into the Heaviside layer before they with Poland must be regarded as a directed the play, written by Fre- are diverted back to the earth's complete failure because - Poland derick Londale, apther of The surface. According to one school of showed no auxiety to come to at Last of Mrs. Cheyney

thought, the waves are reflected understanding with Germany, Herr The cast is a notablo one, includ immediately on impact, it, they von Rheinbaben says: "Germany ang Basil Rathbone, as leading man, do not pass into the interior of the cannot and will not accept the Ralph Forbes, Herbert Bunston, jonised zone. The other theory is frontar-lines fixed by the Voreail Nance O'Neil; Cyril Chadwick, that the Inyor refracts rather than les treaty in the East as a definito Moon Carroll, Robert Bolder and reflects the waves," which meane Bottlement and aims at their revi- other notables. Rathbone appeared that there must be very consider sion by peaceful means in secerd In the film version of "The Last able penetration before the wave-ance with the vow the has don of Mrs. Cheyney and ales recent front is reversed in direction. The sistently holds up at Gostyn ly in The Bishop Murder Cage point is of considerable importance such possibilities are necessary

fita Chattorbou came to the ero is, posciato organizatory (of in Madame X

carth's magnetic field as affecting world-peace.

The reproduction of a British | polarisation, akip distance, etc. If The latter ruds by

by expressing the

society tennis match; and a series of stones in the home of a London investitures of the new play, which max staged on a lavish scale.

the waves travel far into the in earnest wish that an attempt to terior of the layer, the effect of the establish an accord along such lince

pronounced than if they are merely perative in din lu

It

reflected back from the near surface. peau consolidation;

QUEEN'S

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 230, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

THE

LADY

OF

SCANDAL

That charming and marvelous actress:

RUTH

CHATTERTON

even greater than in "MADAM X?.

Sh-s-sh! It's interesting! It's thrilling ! It'll give you some- thing to talk about 1

with

BASIL RATHBONE, RALPH FORBES. NANCE O'NEIL

Directed by Sidney Franklin..

NEXT CHANGE

with

CHARLES

KING BESSIE

LOVE

JACK BENNY

MARIE

DRESSLER POLLY MORAN: EDDIE PHILLIPS directed by CHARLES RIESNER

STARS of

BROADWAY MELODY"

POLLOW the crowds to this glorious suc cessor to "The Broad- way Melody." The samo starring pair. Charles King and Bes ale Love, in a vital, colorful love SIDEY - against a backstage set- tin withs lilting songs, gorgeous girls, eye-bil ing Technicolor scenes.

Metro- Goldwyn.

MOT

TALKING

PICTURE,

"ANDALL-TALKING

ROMANCE,