1930-12-12 — Page 5

ACENTRAL THEATRE

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JEANETTE MACDONALD

"Star of "THE LOVE PARADE"

Now in

"Let's Go Native"

STARRING

JACK OAKIE JEANETTE MCDONALD a Paramount Picture A Musical Romance of laughs, Love & Songs.

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Street of Chance

a. Garamount

Picture

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1930.

SNAPSHOTS OF A SMALL BOY AND-HIS FOOTBALL.

WIGFARTS.

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

-AL-

TAKES HIS NEW "FOOT- BALL OUT TO SHOW THE BIG BOYS

FOLLOWS THEM AROUND SAYING IT'S HIS TURN NOW, BUT NOBODY. SEEMS TO HEAR HIM

10-3

STANDS BY PROUDLY WHILE THEY PASS IT AROUND AND ADMIRE IT

FEELS PROUD THAT ED- DIE SELZER SHOULD WANT TO TRY A KICK WITH IT AND GLADLY CONSENTS

EDDIE ASKS CAN THEY PLAY A GAME WITH IT NOW, BECAUSE THEIR BALL 15 TOO OLD; HE MIGHT GET HURT IF HE PLAYED BUT THEY'LL LET HIM BE MAS- COT. FEELS INSTINCTIVELY IT WOULD BE WISE

TO CONSENT

¡Copyright, 1930, by The Ball Syndlists, Inc.)

"Forever!" he Swore-

but they

THE

were

human

CLIMAX

Life was a song to the singers until green-eyed jealousy joined in the song of love.

Beauty, romance and glamour in this heart gripping picture featuring JEAN HERSHOLT AND

"LET'S GO NATIVE,"

.

FINDS THAT EDDIE'S ONE NICK HAS TURNED INTO SEVERAL AND THAT EVERY" ONE ELSE WANTS TO TRY IT

WATCHES GAME FEELING THERE'S SOME INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD, AND WERING HE HAD HIS BALL BACK"

THE SILVER SCREEN.Ashing Large with her father. Miss Garbo seems to have garnered the innermost thoughts and feelings of the character she portrays and endows her with a warmth and The practice of the law lost two naturalneas which does little short adherents, and the business off bringing the screen shadow to making screen amusement gained actual life. Every gesture and two in the persons of Leo McCarey every spoken line is fraught with u deep emotional understanding. and Skeets Gallagher. Both men bave contributed to the success of The role is undoubtedly the finest the musical comedy smash, "Let's Miss Garbo has essayed during the Go Native," now showing at the few years in which she has been on Central Theatre.

MeCarey, director of the picture, is a graduate of the law college of the University of Southern California. He was, admitted to the har, and for a time practiced his profession.

the screen.

The work of the supporting cast is equally proficient. George Marion plays the father role with the sums intensity with which he created the original stage rele and later play

MRS. KEITH. MILLER IN FLORIDA.

END OF ADVENTUROUS FLIGHT FROM. OUBA,

Minmi, Florida, December 15. — Appearing worn and dejected Mrs. Keith Millor, the noted British Aviatrix, arrived 'hero to-day from Nassau in the Bahamn Islands. She declared abg is broken-hearted Į because the people of England and some Americana doubt her account of her recent adventures.

(Mra Keith Miller"said that when she has rested she will summon newspaper reporters so that to them she may explain in detail the evinda, which, last week, led the world to believe that she had lost her life while attempting to fly ΣΤΟΝ Havana, Cuba, to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Arrival of frá. Keith Miller at 0.10 o'clock this morning reunited her with her financial supporters, a group of sympathetic friends and Captain W. N. "Lancaster, her com panion on many of her aeronáutical exploits.

Again to-day Mre Keith Miller

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY & TO-MORBOW

AŢ, 2.80, 5.10, 715 & 9.20.

Greta

GARBO

in the famous O'Neill play

Anna Christie

denied that her adventures in the A

Bahamas wore deliberately planned. for publicity purposes. She said that several hours out from Havana she realized she had lost her way in; a fog. Her fuel supplies exhausted and her neroplano buffetted by Bevere storms, she was forced to make an emergency landing on isolated Andros Island.

While the world believed her to be lost she located a small sailing from Andros to Nassau. At Nassa vessel aboard which she travelled

she explained that disrupted cable facilities between Andros and Nassau made it impossible for her to communicate her plight.

U.S. EXCLUSION POLICY.

DRASTIC LIMITATION FOR

FIVE YEARS

Washington, DC., December 8.--- For three hours to-day the im migration committee of the House of Heprestatatives considered the Albert Johnson, Republican Bill of its clairman, Representative Washington, which provides for United States for a period of five suspersion of immigration into the years.

of

After to-day's hearing Representa- tive Johnson indicated that further

the part in the silent picture aade several years ago; Marie Gallagher, a featured comedian Dressler, as the tippler Murthy, consideration of his, Bill will to in the film with Jeanette Mac gives a superb characterization farneccssory before the immigra bon Donald, Jack Oakie and James removed from her previous evinedy committee can report on it to the Hall, studied law at the University roles; Charles Bickford, as Mati, and Mexico is proving to be a per- house. Immigration from Canada of Indians, but did not complete Anna's lover, gives a sterling perplexing problem, said Representa

his course.

neas.

formance.

"ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT."

tive Johnson.

McCarey found writing vande

Meanwhile, the department of villo akctahes and composing popu.

state issued an announcement de claring that since October immigra- lar music more interesting than

tion into the United States has trying cass, so he gave up his

been reduced 87 per cent. This re

bas been "Ramarque wrote that the finest duction

accomplished practice to go into the show busi-

Being a resident of Los thing out of the war was comrade consular officia's abroad.

through action of United Stater They Angeles he presently transferred ship born in battle. I wonder what have refused to grant pomport his activities to the film studios would have said had be public charges in the United States visas to persons likely to become

Oddly enough it was the writing.

the strange comradeships made State. of a sketch which put an end to while his book*All Quint On The

Representative Johnson's Bill: Gallagher's legal prospects. He

Western Front was being made would, for the next five years, ad- into a picture,"

mit only 100 "technical workers did it when he should have been So musee Williasa Bakewell, who to the United States Even KATHRYN CRAWFORD studying, and as a result received at 22 is one of Hollywood's mest be excluded from all but the Ter Filipinos, America's warda, would word from the faculty that he was popular and most promising Play-ritory of Hawaii where they are

ers and who has the of TO-DAY & TO-MORROW||-wasting his time in college. The bert," the little comrade, in Uni-seeded as sugar plantation labour- At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. fortunes of the comedy aspirant. Remarque's sensational book af tition exclusion policy in the history warning proved to be a buon to the versal's production of Erich Maria era. The Bill would, if passed, establish the most drastic immigra In a short time he had booked his Theatre on Sunday.

war which is coming to the Queen's

sketch and soon after he was work-

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"The comradeship that Remar-

ing in the big time circuits.que wrote of was that of German for German, Frenchman for French- Later he gained fame in musical man, Britisher for Britisher. In comedy on Broadway and it was the making of All Quiet as a

then just a short step to fare in picture all bounds of nationaliam

the fun-music-dancing films.

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"ANNA CHRISTIE.”,

of the United Statca,

PLANNED HER OWN SAAS FUNERAL,

BURIAL AT SEA AND NO GLOOM.

were swept away. In the ranks of the soldiers used in the picture were German, French, Russian, Cana diaa, American and Italian. Six choir, girls wearing white "They camped for a month to dresses and blue veils followed the gether, sharing tents, while the coffin at the funeral service for company was on location. They be Mrs. Parker, the wife of the Rev. came the greatest of comrades and J. L. Parker, vicar of Lantegios friends. I have seen a friendship by-Rowey, at St. Saviour's Church, develop between a Canadian who Polruan (Cornwall), AE Greta Garbo's long heralded first won a high decoration for cleaning The coffin had R. cover of royal POSITIONS VACANT. alltalking picture, Aura Chris out thres German machine-gun blue velvet made by Mrs. Farker,

tie," adapted from the celebrated soldier in the picture and a German rangements herself.

nate and who played a German who planned all her funeral ar- There were play by Eugene O'Neill, is showing who was a crack machine gunner none of the conventional a signs of at the Queen's Theatre and fulfilled during the war.

mourning. "I have seen all expectations.

Mr. Parker-and-his, brother were a. Frenchman, Miss Garbo's wounded in action over there, agree the only mourners, and at the ser- voion is not only suited ndmirably ing with a German veteran to share vice conducted by the Rector of to the role of the Swedish farm room together after the picture Lansallos (Rev. H. D. Streatfeild) girl but gives every indication ef was completed. There was noa hymn of praise and triumph

segregation. A German drilled chosen by Mre. Parker was sung. being rich enough to be adequate Americans and an American hand- After the servico the coffin was

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for any role which she may be called a squad of Germant Not once borne out to sed in a tutto jed upon to play in the future. Tho was there a quarrel or a fight, even mittal prayers were said, the comin in the beat of none of the terrific cover was removed (to be placed touch-discussed Garbo accent is so batble scenes.

in the church) and the remains

the more interesting.

making of the picture is only comware also cast into the water, had wished parable to the remarkable effect of although Mr. Parker

burial. Lit"Anna Christie," Miss Garbo the book which has transcended the no flowers to be sent to her

Mrs Parker: had designed" bor gives a brilliant performance as the bounds of nationalism the world

own mourning cards, selected the Lover and jens popular in America, a codiregimizorney chandrak erred and socks a new life on, a -Germany.

for the girls.:

slight as to only make her speech What happened during the lowered into the ses five wreaths

TALK

NY screen appearance of the mysterious, flaming orchid

of the films is cause for rejoicing. But when sheepraka¬as now for the first time the whole world Listens, and thrills! CLARENCE BROWN'S production with Charles Bickford Geo, F. Marion-Marie Dressler.

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Youth!

[RRESPONSIBLE...Irrepres sible...Irresistible youth- loughing in the grim face of |_ Mars-snatching momenti of golden fun, exciting ro- mance. Flashes of joy in whirlpool of strils.

ERICH MARIA REMARQUE'S Orist novel Presented by CARI, LAEMMIE Produced by CABL LAEMMLE, Jl. (Okoded byŁZWS MILESTONE.

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