1931-02-26 — Page 3

CENTRAL THEATRE

TO-DAY TO SUNDAY

THE SILVER SCREEN.

CENTRAL

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931.

ATRE.

THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR

TRUE TO THE NAVY."

Electrifying! That's the effect Clara Bow had on the audience at the Contral Theatra Inst night.

At 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. where for latest "IT" hit, "True

OLARA MAKES LOVE

TO A FLEET-FUL

OF SAILORS

Why Sailora come home!

CLARA

BOW

& 'True to the Navy

A Gumpmount Glamor

*Cobs of Love!

And Clare sings There's Only Ono Who Muters"

CLARA'S GOT A BOY- FRIEND IN EVERY PORT-HOLE

NEXT CHANGE

Once in a Lifetime a Show Like This!

Paul

More

Bong

hit than

vou've

ever

heard in a picture bo

fore.

WHITEMAN "KING JAZZ"

AND HIS BAND IN

Including the first dramalization of Gurahwin's "Rhap- sody in Blue:"A Corf Laemmle, Jr. Produc Hon directed by John Murray Anderson, Presented by Carl Lacan'ı.

thousand

rund one

wonders.

Gorgeous all Technicolor beauty.

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

Speakers,

Singers,

Athletes

TRY,

VALDA

PASTILLES

the result will delight you

On Sale at all Chemplits & Druggiata INSIST on the boxeshening.

to the Navy," is showing to 'crowd-

id houses. She's a new Row with

a singing voice that's a knockout, and a personality appeal that pulls the audience into the story,

Imaging Clark, mtrrouded by kobs.. A dozen of them love her in #True to the Navy," and Clam loves every one. She's a drug store soda-fountain girl who serves. "IT"? with the soda, and Harry Green, thự hilarious highlight of “Honey," is the drug store propriitor. Harry keeps the laughter rippling and Clara keeps the pass beating

double quick.

Clara never looked more 'lovely,

than she does in "Trae to the

Navy." Her redhended flash makes her entire performance i

vivacious delight. Again Fredric March, the sun young man, who enptured her fancy in The WEB

GWUYAS Fullciars

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

THAT THRILLING MOMENT DURING CHRISTMAS

WEEK WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS

AND YOU ARE HUSTLED UPSTAIRS WITH ORDERS NOT TO PEEK, BUT YOUR EARS TELL YOU IT'S AN

ENORMOUS BUNDLE COMING IN THE FRONT DOOR.

Party," walks off with the prize, GETTING THE BEST FROM but only after a series of really

YOUR LOUD-SPEAKER. thrilling adventure which arouse

overybody to a high pitch of ex. eitement.

"There Is Only. One Who Mai- ters to Me" is 'clare Bow's own song. It was written for her and she puts it over in "17" fashion, Her voice is fresh and fine, a new revelation in Bow talent.

"KING OF JAZZ.”

(Continued from Page 2.)

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

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME. '

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W, ON 335 METRES.

Many of the new balanced-arma- ture and dynamic sprakers will to 11.20 a.m.-Stock quotations. not work properly if there is a

11.30, a.m.-Chinese programme. stendy large

flowing current through the magnet windings, and 12.30 p..-Europena programme Apart frein the possibility of break-1.30 p.n-Weather report, local down caused by this large current time and Rugby Press news.

at a high voltage, the working of 2 p.m.-Close down by we

the armature mechanism is upset.5 to 8 pan-European programine A filter circuit eliminates this

steady current.

No setting has ever been more On the other hand, there is the romantic than... beautiful Old importance of having the imped- ante” of the speņker approximately Mexicolourful Monterey, with

the same a Mat of the valve. Ac ite graceful palms, its golden stars, curate matching is not essential, its velvet skies and its langorous nor indeed van accurate matching tights, And it is in this setting be checked by rough and ready that Jobi Baira, the "golden voice, means. If the matching of imped- sances shows more than about 25

-f the screen," sings the intest

Spanish song by Mabel Wayne, Per cent, error, then the ear will

famous for her "Ramena" and "A

notire a difference in tone aud,

a little Spanish Town," in Uni-Kenerally, in volume.

R

of Victor and H.M.V. records.

12-1,

Song "The Pirate."-Sir Harry

Lauder (Baritone). Humorous

Can't

Song" You

· Kill Flies by Scratching Them."--Gracio Fields." Chorus-" Sea Songs"-Nautic-

al Male Cherus. Pianoforte Solo" Wake Up and Dream Medicy."-Carroll Gib. bone.

.

Humorous Song "Soused 'Er

rings. "Will Kings. Monologue A Cockney Girl at the Cinema."--Wish Wynne. Song (a) Git on Board Li

Chillum, (b) Dero's No Lidia' Place" (air, Lawrence Brown).-Paul Robeson (Baas),,

supplied by Messrs. Moutrie & 5.49 to 8.13 p.m. Co

"concert.

+

Band Music,

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

"BLACKMAIL.”

Blackmail," which will be show. ing at the Queen's from to-day,

on recount of both dramatic in

terest of the story 'and the perfect recording of the voices, constitu tog a triumph for the director, Alj fred Hitchcock, and a splendid augury for the British Internation- nl Pictures' success in that new field of movie entertainment,

The picture has been produerd with such intensity and convincing-. ness that we follow gladly hud do

not pause for cross-examination. This is the best "tribute that can be paid to the brilliance and sin- cerity with which "Blackmail" hás been direced. And it is nó less n tribute to the splendid band of artists who net in it..

Anny Ondra, by her magnificent rendering of the part of the gir proves beyond doubt that in her the talkies have found a young aci tress of sterling ability who will go far in this medium. Donnid

| Calthorp makes a memorahis figure of Tracey, and John Langden giver striking performer of the policeman-Cover.

"LET US BE' GAY."

The oft-repeated saying thint. "clothes wakes make the man" may be applied as well to women for the influence of dress exerts-4 strong power over their sex as well, and perhaps even more sp-becaNS) while

inan' Buit

fellows uniform pattern woman's costume shows so many variationi that it can easily become a work

of art or fall into an unattractive H.M. style.

tu. 10,30 p.m.-Chinese studio The Bells of St. Mala" (Rim...

mer). The Baud Coldstream Guards.

Variety. Orchestral Wedding of the Painted Dol."--De Groot and

is Onchestra. Humorous Song "The Clatter

of the Clogs."--Gracio Fields.. Chorus-(a) Fire Down Be

low." (b) "Hullabaloo Baday.!! -John Goss and' Male Quar Lette. Dialogue The Bullfighter."--* John Henry and Gladys Hor- "ridge.

versal's spectacular extravaganza,

Choke and Transformer Ouput. "King of Jazz," which opens - da Power valves have impedances next change at the Central Theatre, ranging from anything below

Boles has attained his tremen- about, 20.000 ohmis up, lo, 9,000 or farads, must have good insulation dous popularity in romantic set-10,000 ohms. Speaker units have for it is to stand up to the high- tings such as "The Desert Song" impedances covering an even wider tension voltage, "Rio-Rity" "Song of the West" rauge and any unit may be diksi- and "Captain of the Guard," in milar. from the valve with which

it is used. all of which pictures he has por. trayed the singing, romantic lover, In "It Happened in Monterey, both the romance of Bole's mat velous voice and the romance of

York musical shows, who directed the film, for Carl Laeminic, J.

ed.

H

a

The power clothes have in mould, Semper Fidelis March" (Sousa)ing the lives of modern family is The Band of H.M. Cold the theme of Norma Shearer's latest stream. Guards.

"Suite Francaise" (Foulds).

The Band of M. Coldstream Guard, Marche Aux Flamberux" (Meyer beer-Tho Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards.

0,15 to 6.45 p.m.--European child ren's programme from the

Studio

6.45 to 7 p.~,

"The

Organ Solos.

Swan" (Saint Saens).— Marcel Dupre,

Valeo Mysterieuse" (Moale).

Arthur Meale. "Chelsea Fayre (Goes Custard), Reginald Goss Custard, F.R.C.O.

17

· Shepherd's Lullaby" (Howitt).-

F. Rowland-Tims, ER.C,O. p.m.-Stock quotations.

7.03 to 7.37 p.m.-

ין.

A Concert.

Song "Arcady Is Ever Young" (Monckton). Winnie Meville (Suprano).

Violin Solo" La Serönata '

(Angel's Serenade) (Braga).-- Marjorie Hayward.

Metro Goldwyn Mayer starring picture, "Let Us Be Gay, which will be shown on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre..

Depicting a young mother, Miss Shearer shows how. onsy it is to neglect one's personal toilet in errying out the numberless dutie confronting a housewife, and ma- ther.

Only by the realimlion that her husband's love has waned; does she awaken to the fact that she has neglected her personality. Then, in plage of clinging to her husband for "the sake of the children, whic unselfishly gives him up.

With a mentel picture of the "other womanʼa'' charm before her, the she begins to concentrat: on subject of clothes, Their untold importance is realized time and time again in her experiments which result in her becoming a fas cinating woman and the rage of Faris

Song" The Gay Highway " It is at a house party that she (Drummond), Peter Dawson meets her husband who sees in (Bass-Baritone).***

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20

AN

ALL BRITISH

PROGRAMME

British laternational - Pictures, Ltd. Prosats

BLACKMAIL

ANNY ONDRA

JOHN LONGDEN

DONALD CALTHROP

CYRK RICHARD - SARA ALIZÇOO

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

SEE

AND

HEAR

ADDED ATTRACTIONS PATHETONE WEEKLY

- ——— FEATURETTE · AN OLD WORLD GARDEN

--NEXT CHANGE

The

·Divorcee" Star-

NORMA

SHEARER

LET US BE GAY

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer ALL TALKING HŢuse

THE YEAR'S OUTSTANDING TALKIE

with

Marie Dressler Rod La Rocque Gilbert Emery Hedda Hopper A Robert Z

Leonard

Production

STAR

It is advisable to arrange the condenser coupling so that one The impedance of a spenker wire is earthed. If, for spraken unit is generally greatly any reason, it is desired to have different from its chmit resistance, both the aponker leads insulated Lo far na direct current is concern from earth, theu another fixed con

The effect of this difference cendenser may be connected in the Old Mexico is blond with the in impedance can be counteracted return lead. Such a necessity may magic touch of John Murray An-by the use of a choke output or arise where the negative side of the set is not connected to the derson, famous producer of New transformer output.

·Transformer manufacturers pro- | mains earth, as in some seta work- duce anddo transformers, the pri- ing on direct current mains. mary of which is connected in There is no real advantage in The feminine interest is suppli-lace of the speaker terminals in using power valves in parallel un- ed by beautiful Joanette Loff, whose the anode of the power valve, the less only small valves are available. dancing and singing ability, in

secondary is connceled to the When this system of coupling is addition to her histrionic charm,

Lapčaker. Generally thị primary is used, however, it is a real advant- won her a long term contract with

wound to have an inductance of ¦ agt to have an output transformer, Univeral for her work in the pic-40 to 60 henries with a fairly low use with valves in parallel im turo Resides Boles and Miss Loff ohmic resistance. The secondary pedance is practically intved (de Piano Solo turtle of Spring" evening gown. For this scene Miss TO-DAY TO SATURDAY there are the piquant Sisters “G,"

(Sinding).-Una Bourne, may have a tapping so that one pending entirely on the characteris

Shoarer wore all-black, choosing a the dance sensation of Europe may try the effect of altering the ties of the valves used and it is

Pinno. Solo La Jet D'Eau clinging style with glittering trin especially imported from.. Berlin; impedance to suit the speaker very probable that the speaker

Sydney Smith). Una Bourne.

mings, a fan adding further sophia- George Chiles, New York stage windings. There is no necessity, unit will not match, an with this

Song Valley of Laughter??

(Sanderson). Mavis Bonnet tication. headliner, and the celebrated Rus with most sote, to connect the slow impedance. Generally speak (Soprano). Roll Market dancers, whose beauti condary winding to earth, although ing, push-pull power valves neces

Trio Humoresque" (Dvorak). ful tine, tap and ensemble dancing with

The Venetian Trio. Bino receivers, especially sitate an output arrangement and is one of the sensations,

Song "Little Lady of the Moon" thow working from the mains, it there are many push-pull output (Contes), Sydney- Coltham may be desirable to do so."

transformers on the market.

(Tenor). The ratio of an outait transfor or used with a single stage, de pends upon the speaker employed. Muny new dynamic speakers have auitable output transformer in corporated, or suitable values are indicated,

A tapped choke is sometimes used Mr. Upton Sinclair, who, after in place of a tapped transformer four days' suffering, les at last CGH- quered a severo attack of hiccups, and then the coupling to the must have had a very unhappy speaker is made by means of tano, for thpro nro ba more dii Tressing experiences than these pitt-

a fixed condenser. A-tapped choke sisht spasmodic attacks. A small should have as inductance of the wineglasfai of crês de menthe same value as the primary of the drunk quickly, is an efficing transformer which it replaces jvědy for orditary liccups, and.a

pedance, used with a power valve, the transformer ratio may be any

With a speaker of normal im

Song The Vagabond "(Vau- ghan Williams)-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone).

7.37 to 8 pm

Musical Comedy, Clowns in Clover --Selections,

The New Mayfair Orch," Duut--" The Chocolate Soldier." Winnie, Melville and Derek Oldham.

B. Cochran's 1930 Revue Vocal gems-Light-Opera Co.

:. Concert

tried this succesfully in several The condenser, which can have a five, but with low-impedance unstu. It is no doubt a variation value of anything over 2 microakers ration to large as 23to.m.-Wanther report, loent time,

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of an old remedy which took the form of mist tea,

etc.

10.30 p.n-Clow down.

place of a homey wife in gingham dress and common-sense slippers a stunning woman. in an alluring

Supporting Miss Shearon are. Rod La Roque as husband; Maria Dressler, Gilbert Emery. Heddr Hopper, Raymond Hackett, Sally, Eilers, Tyrrell Davis, Wilfred Noy William O'Brien and Sybil Grove. Robert Leonard (directed.

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