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CENTRAL THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5, 10, 7 15 & 9.20 p.m.

A SENSATIONAL ROMANCE AMONG THE COLONIAL TROOPS STATIONED IN CENTRAL AFRICA

STIFFANY

Deprésent's

MAMBA

All-Talking All-Technicolor Super-Spectacle

Throbbing romance, pow.

erful drama and terrifie thrill-in a white man's story in a black man's country.

Jean Hersholt-Eleanor Boardman-Ralph Forbes

Directed ty

Al Rogeli

NEXT CHANGE

CEORGE

BANCROFT

FAY

WITH

WRAY RICHARD ARLEN.

IN

THUNDERBOLT

A Paramount Picture Bookings at Anderson and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

A BRITISH TALKIE AT LAST.

It was predicted in tho' solamps of the Daily Mail that if oppor- tunity were seized, the advent of talking pictures night and ob viously could-spell a new import anoo for London as a filmproduo, ing centre of this world.

Already London has proved its ability to overcome the apparently insuperable language difficulty that talking films present by taking Ber lin by storm with n London-made picture," Atlantic," which is show- ing at the Queen's Theatre, pro. duced in Germany with a brilliant German cast, as well as in England ith a brilliant English cast. Some of the poenes were made in a tiner In Tilbury, the others nt Elstree.

E. A. Dupont, who made the glit- tering. picturds, "Vaudeville" and "Piccadilly," was the craftsman who undertook the task of provid ing what was in fact, two complete pictures in two languages at onet. This British all-talkie and sound film is a super production, and a screen adaptation of Mr. Ernest

Raymond's play, "The Borg." It displays in a remarkable way how the ortainty of death reacts upon various people-athoists, people of' the world, and upon one magni- ficent priest, who tells then how eu ought to dix And there is o another good plucked'un, the wireless operator, who, true to his calling's tradition, carrice on with the ship sinking beneath his feet, During the "shooting" of these Lence at Tbury Docks and Ela tree, some of the actors had to s in the water for three solid hours.

CALL OF THE FLESH."

Ramon Novarro did all bis re- henreils for a Spanish picture in French. While filming "Call of the Flesh, which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, Novarro had with hin two French attendnuts, and away from the microphone conversed entirely in French.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931,

THE WORLD AT ITS WORST

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

IT'S AMAZING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ERRAND TO DO FOR YOUR WIFE AT THE NOTION COUNTER IT TAKES YOU. HALF AN HOUR TO GET WAITED ON, BUT IF YOU'VE JUST AR-... RANGED TO MEET YOUR WIFE THERE, THE WHOLE PERSONNEL OF THE STORE IS IMMEDIATELY HOVERING ROUND ASKING WHAT

THEY CAN DO FOR YOU

THE SPANISH

“REVOLUTION.”

"PALACE SAVED BY CHILDREN."

FRANCO EXPLAINS.

(Copyright, 1930, by The Belt Syndicate, Inc.)

ELUYAS WILLIAMS

all the younger officers. But the "What we want is a moderate older officers are still Monarchists." Republic, something like your own When asked him whether he political constitution, but without a had intended to bomb the Royal king. We can no longer trust to a palace in Madrid, Franco said monarch, and to such advisers as "Of course I did. I went up in a, have crowded round the throne of plane loaded with bombs with the recent years..· ́ intention of bombing the palace and

barracks.

"When over the palace I noticed a large number of people gathered Mafra (Portugal).-Major Francoin front of the building. At the began his talk to me with these side children, in the care of their graphic words, writes the News- nurses, were playing about. Chronicle correspondent.

"The Spanish revolution goes on, "Make no mistake, the fight for that liberty and justies of which dictators have deprived us for eight

The reason for this is that Novarro was "brushing up the language, so that, in case he were called upon to make a French version of any of his pictures, he would be letter perfect. He learn ed. French some years ago, and belong years continues came adept at it during Europezni "We shall neither halt nor par trips.

Acked why his last stroke failed,

The star is one of the best key." linguists in the screen colony, sa be speaks French and Spanish fluently the and also fair German, which he picked up while in Europe, when he visited Berlin and other cities.

famous nirman answered: "Our political leaders in Madrid were rather slow. They kept on His new picture is a romantic narrative of a Spanish opera singer postponing the date till' some of us and contains a wide variety of and most of us are young got popular songs written by Herbart impatient and acted independently, Stothart and Clifford Grey as well

Last Monday was the day eventual- ng number of operatic arias.

Dorothy Jordan plays oppositely fixed for the rising, but before Novarro, while the cast also in that the revolt burst out at places cludes Ernest Torrense, Nance like Jaca.. O'Neil, Renée Adoree, Mathilde Comont and Russell Hopton.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

"MAMBA."

"Mamba," the featuro attraction to-day at the Central Theatre, wo believe brings to the talking screen. the first drama of feature length to be produced entirely in technicolour, We have had musical comedics and colour sequencca in pictures of various types, but "amba" is sheer drama-without theme song-and its local, has been laid in the heart of an African jungle,

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Joan Hersholt, Eleanor Board man and Ralph Forbes head the cast of this Tifany production; which Al Rogell directed from an original story by F. Schumann- Heink and John Reinhardt. Hersholt, once again in his spectacular career as an actor, be comes à villain. In fact, it is from the meanness of the character ho portrays that the pictura gets its title for the mamba is a deadly poisonous anako of Africa and August Bolts is as vllo and feared as any reptile. ***

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The Army Failed Ua." There was lack of co-ordination, Then the army failed us. The rank and file are Republican, and so are

When we succeed King Alfonso will, if he does not care to flee, be taken before a High Court of the Spanish people to answer for his actions.

"And so will all those who have been lording it over us in uncon- "I flew round about for a while, I stitutional fashion. There is no and could see scores of children need to mince words, because our looking up at my 'plane. I thought position is tremendously strong,

"We want a Republic and we What if I killed or injured some

We failed in of them! What if I slaughtered don't want a king. innocent men and women 1

I could have smashed the palace to pieces, but at what a cost in the lives of men, women and children, who were chatting and playing and wondering what the 'plane was doing up there.

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"Then I knew that I could not do it. The children saved the palace, and probably the King.

Too High a Price.

our attempt this time, but we áre going to try again soon.

"Senor Alende Zamorra, whom the Government has under lock and key, would have been the Repub lic's presideat. It is nonsense to say, us some people have, that Mos. cow financed us. Is the first place,

Amance the Bolshevists are not likely to moderate Republican

anovement.

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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

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5:30 to 6 p.m.-

- Piano Solos and Trios, "Happy Days" (Strolezki)-Nea-

politan Trio,

"Herd Girl's Dream" (Labitzky).

-Neapolitan Trio,

Fastasin in D Minor" (Mozart),

Hans Barth (Pianist),

Le Coucou " (Daquin) - Hac

Barth (Pianist).

The Sweetest Story Ever Told "

(R. M. Stults).—-Nespolitan, Trio.

«Simple Confession" (Theme),-

Neapolitan Trio..

"The Flatterer": (Ghaminado),——|

Hans Barth (Pianist).

" Scart Dance" (Chaminade).—

Haus Barth (Pinnist).

4 to 0.40 p.m.-European children's

concert from the Studio,

0.43 16 7.13 p.m.---

Orchestral,

"Don Juan" (Richard Strauss).—

Symphony Orchestra.

"Liebestraum "

(Liszt). Victor

Symphony Orchestra.

"Kamennoi" - Ostrow

(Cloister

Scene) (Rubinstein). --Victor Symphony Orchestra.

7 p.m.-Stock quotations.

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Band Bolections. "March of the Mitton Men' (J. P. Sousa), Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., Co-operative Band. The Thunderer" (J. P., Sousa).- Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., Cooperative Band. "Forge in the Forest." (Michaelis).

-Arthur Pryor's Baud. Travators --Anvil Chorus (Ver-

di)-Arthur Pryor's Baad. 7.30 to 8 p..

Stephen Foster Melodies,

(By special request.) "Ring de Banjo-Oh! Lemuell-

Nelly Bly Oh Boys-Carry

Me long-Los'siana Belle-De Campelown Racea Open Thy Lattico Love Uncle Ned-Vil. lage Maiden-Beautiful Dream. er."-Nat Shilkret and the Vie tor Salon Group. "Hard Times Come Again No

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