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CENTRAL

U THEATRE NĄŁ

FINAL SHOWS TO-DAY At 2:30. 5, 10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

LON CHANEY'S LAST BUT EVERLIVING THRILLER

(A' Talking Picture)

متر

Phantome Opera

WITH ITS BEST PARTS

IN TECHNICOLOUR

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

COMMON CLAY.

In making "Common Clay," the

Fex movictono dramatic" zensstion coming to the Queen's Theatre to- 'day," Donsitlerable number of pro

minent film people.

mado their debut with the Fox organisation, after establishing their reputations at other studios

Constance Bennett, who plays a leading role, Low Ayres in the chief masculine part, Baryl Mercer, Matty Komp, Charles MoNaughton,. Parael B. Pratt and Geneyiovo Blinn, as well a Director Victor Fleming and Scenarist Jules Furth- man, are among those who "mako their initial Fox venture in this production.

"The picture is said in be one of the most absorbing and dramatio offerings of the season, dealing with the efforts of a pleasure-loving girl to overcome the handicap of her. past and to rehabilitate herself. This Harvard prize play, by Cloves Kinhead, has been a well-known stago hit and the screen version adheres closely to the theme and spirit of the original.

"GENTLEMAN'S FATE"

If there is anything Anita Page

-COMMENCING TO-MORROW is afraid of it is a gun. “Be

"frightened.... sot as though you? are scared to shoot it," instruct-

A Gorgeous Productioned Director Mervyn Le Roy in

with 7 Songs

filming a shooting scene for "Gentleman's Fate,” John'Gilbert's now talkie, which will open at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.

BROADWAY SCANDALS

ALL TALKING

SINGING DANCING REVUE/ with

SALLY O'NEIL JACK EGAN

CARMEL MYERS

and an Ensemble of Bomlife

Dancing Guls

Vivid melange of melody and laughter replete with jazz numbers and gorgeous spectacles

| Bracked by GEORGE ARCHAINDAUD-

"I don't have to act frightened;" chattered Miss Page." "I am.""

Miss Page plays the tragic role of the underworld girl whoso affec- tions Gilbert accepts as a mocking gesture to his society fiancos, who has jilted, him in the story by Uraula Parrott.

· Louis Wolheim heads the sup- porting cast and other players in-" eludo Leila Hyams, Marie Pre- vost, John Miljan and George Cooper.

KING'S THEATRE.

"MEN ON CALL."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY

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1931

THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND THE ONLY AIR-COOLED THEATRE IN HONG KONG SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m..

His Pal-Or the Girl He Loved?

Tempestuous as the sda

he served, was the passion she stirred

in his heart! But

royalty to a pal -then the sea answered!"

Answering al- ways

the call

of Duty-if not of love.

Battling fer.

cely Loving tenderly !

FOX

MOVIETONE

PICTURE

A drama of men

MEN ON CALL

NEXT ATTRACTION

-who save

ships and

human 8 ****

Our

Guard!

Coast

Edmund

LOWE

Mae Clarke

William Harrigan

Warren Hymer

Directed by John Blystone

SUNDAY, 12TH JULY, AND MONDAY, 13TH JULY BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING

SPLINTERS"

HAL JONES

BRITISH ANA

with

REG STONE LEW LAKE

Presented by

DOMINIONS FILM CORPORATION, LTD,

Booking at the Theatre.

"SPLINTERS,"

By special request, the manage. mont of the King's Theatre have de- sided to rescreen the famour Bri tish film 'Splintore for another "Down to the ses in ships is two days commencing on Sunday.

Guards.

Telephones: 26818, 25830,

to the crows holding the seats in tremely intelligent, and congenial place and many of them are artist. She is always ready to lis loosened,

The thrill that makes the seats absolutely unsafe is obtained when tho mask is ripped from the face of Lon Chaney, whose impersonation

ten to a director's suggestions and will adopt them without any un necessary display of temperament if she finds them beneficial. An ar- tistic, temperament, unaccompani

ct the Phantom is the most grotesed by common sense, usually ro- que makeup he has yet obtained suits in an egotisties! person who

is hard to manage.

On the coast visit she met Mar-

was so im-

THE SILVER SCREEN.

STAR THEATRE.

"HELL HARBOUR,'

The dissolute lives lod by, bagch combers and dishonest tradera in a half-forgotten South Sea port pro vividly portrayed in Hell Har bour, showing until Saturday at the Star Theatre, Kowloon,

The story deals with the life of a girl, Anita Morgan, played most charmingly by Lupe Velez, amid the driftwood on a Carribean strand.Cursed with a villainous fathor, she narrowly cacapes being forced into marriage with nauseating pearl dealer of the settlement, who' •has. D hold over her father and it deter mined to use it to its best advan tage, that he might make Anita his bride, withal an unwilling one. A

The tale is unfolded phase › by phase, one might almost say "mour- der by murder, until: the inevitable happy ending is roached with Anita- in the arms of her rich American lover

An excellent character study is given by that veteran actor," Joan Hersholt, who plays the part of the rascally pearl trader with convin eing villainy. His untimely demise robe the picture of its moet inter- esting role, though, the perform aneca of the remainder of the, cast are well up to standard.

THE U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY.

LITTLE EXPECTED FROM HOOVER PROPOSALS,

N

Now York, July 1-Steel, prices and production are not likely to be effected materially by President. Hoover's proposal for a war debts moratorium, the Iron Age Journal, the official publication of the American iron and steel industry, declares to day, WA IN

The Iron Age Journal, however, recognizes that to some extent buy- ing interest has been stimulated although prices and production may not react definitely to President Hoover's plan..

Pig iron is now quoted at 15.59, which the Iron Age Journal pointa out, is the lowest price since November of 1915. This now level was recorded after the pig iron, price had held at 16.80 for three woeks

Steel operations are showing a downward trend, according to the Iron Age bulletin.

MOVIELAND

FOR

THE WEEK

STAR

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

a phrase that always brings to mind. In "Splinters," Reg Stone took the inherent call of the sea, but to female impersonation as mon "Men On Call" is a phrase des did in Shakespeare's day, not so cribing accurately the guardians of much from bent as from necessity, the son and its shipping-the Coast for there were no women available, and everybody felt that a revue without girls, more especially over the front line, was indeed like a choice viand, without the essential sauce. Se the front line supplied the Tiller line and was ever 矗 Tiller troupe more feminine in ap pearance than this troupe of Tom

Miss O'Neil has appeared on the mies from the trenches! Ask any

stage but once. This was quite of their post-war audiences. tom by the moly through the myset. But she loves the footlights recently in a Fanchos and Marco

The post-war

"Splinters" is antorious collare of the Paris Opera other stery, though this also was House finishes, the damage to the

and is preparing herself for the

The falling of the sixteen thon sand pound chandelier on an un- suspecting audience, is another ahel Neilan, who was then a direcAT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20. thrill which sooner or later causes (tor for M.G.M, Ho the audience to look above them, surreptitiously of course, to see if thera is a similar chandelier in the Central Theatre.

Theirs is a service devoted en- tirely to the cause of humanity. As such, it forms fting material for "Men On Call," the Fox movie tone dramatization of the lives of Coast Guardemon which is brought to the audible screen at the King's Theatre to-day, with Edmund Lowe, Mas Clarke and William Harrigan in the featured rales.

Directed by John G. Blystone,

The stirring scene in the latter part of the picture during the rescue of the love from the phan- tom's torture chambers and the finding and pursuit of the phan.

pressed with hor vivacious persona) ty that he selected her for the lead in Mike." "Sally, Irene and Mary" for M.G.M followed. Sho was made. Then came one suc cess after another.

INSPIRATION PICTURES, INC

· presentatieka

Henry King's

MOVIELAND

FOR

THE WEEK

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

That powerful clash between a love hungry lad and respectability seeking girl

Harvard prize play by Cleves

Kinkeod

COMMON CLAY

movistona.

Constance Bennett Law Ayres

NEXT CHANGE

in the

under-

world

be

found

real

love 1

John GILBERT

and a Breat cast bring

you a

dreat

hit

HEL

HARBOR

Gentleman's

Fate

who megaphoned "So This Is Lon-sponsored by the late Lord Horne,seats begun early in the first half time when she will take: Broadway

tho

many

by storm, And Sally will. Her danging and singing in "Brood-

den," the story of "Men On Cal" who presented them, on demobilisa of this spectacular picture. deals with a member of the Coast, tion, with 21,000 as starting capit Notwithstanding Guard who joined the service only and ived to see them; after thrills which cinoma-goora always way. Scandals" surpasses that of escope. from a misunderstanding in- CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-

many ups and downs, make by like to have, thero is in the pic-many Broadway musical comedy love. Ho is befriended by the cap Low Lako the most obstinate suture a whole act of Faust inquoens who are now the talk of ORIENT.

the "Great White Way." MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATE tain of the Coast Guard station to

scan touring It was by strange technicolour, with many graceful who starred in whichho is detailed,and their ÅDENTS.

friendship grows throughout the ment with Lew Lake that Me.sends and songs which one rarely terin of his enlistment.

Jack Rüymond made the "Splin- sces or hears in Hong Kong. Those Drama entera'the situation whion ters" talkio for British Dominions, who have not seen this picture contly at the Central Theatre, and the girl in the caso reappears and

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tries to reopen the love affair that with a cast including, besidng Haltalkis" form are advised not to had once existed, but she only suc-Jones and Reg Stone, such artists miss their last chance. ceeds in waking love in the capas Nelson Keys, Sydney Howard tain's heart. Friendship, betwoon

the two men is brought quickly to und Low Lake himself.

hatred, and is only saved by a

storm' at soa" during which they

It is this production £hne rovçalı

beth prove their sterling qualities "Splinters" not only as a revue, and heroism. The girl is saved, but as a real-life romance,

and her final choice is made with. such justnesh as to leave the two men happy.

Edmund Lowe portrays the lover who misundørsands, and William Harrigan, as the captain, is the man who calls him friend. Mao Clarko is the girl in the story, - whose indocision at first bringe"a" rift in their friendship, but whose: final decision brings them closer in the bonds of brotherhood

Warren Hymer Jos Brown. Sharon Lyon, Huta Warren and

CENTRAL THEATRE.

THE PHANTOM OF THE

„OPERA.};

BROADWAY SCANDALS."

Jack

"Broadway Hoofers,"""" shown", re

Carinel Myers, asilver-acroen beauty, both appear in this musi cal extravaganza.

WORLD THEATRE.

"SUNNY SIDE UP

Sally' O'Neil, who is starred in "Broadway Scandas," the all- talking, singing, dancing musics!" comody sensation coming to the,

Sunny Side Up." now showing Central Threatre to-morrow, pos- at the World Theatre till Saturday, sesses that rare combination, good probably affords the last opportu common sense and artistic ability. "nity for light music lovers who have Both those characteristics are not yet seen the picture. The well- here by inheritance, The common known and popular song hits, sonso comes to her from her father, a Dreamer," | Bunny Side Up," Thomas Francis Noouan, who was o and "If ? had a Talking Picture Justice of the Supreme Court. At of You," besides the bubbling the time of his death, he was a humour of the well-known comedian,

I'm

An interesting sidelight on the showing of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Central Theatre, George Corcoran complete the cast, which is having its final shinga which also includes an actual crow today, is the fact that two car of Coast Guardamon taken from panters go through the house each prospective candidate for the post El Brendel, are sufficient recoin- Undrétations ku tho California. Const, peop

migal afte the performances" to "uf Secretary -of-Warm "Artistic mondations for bio |Bfen-On Call" is based on an tighten the seats which aro lodeon. | ability, in good measure, was con- - Farrel and Janet

Griginal story by Tom Geraghty led by the audience. The impact fributed by her mother Hann fromantic coup dialogue was written by Paul Heron the seats during the many thrills Kelly, who, was an opera singe

in this picture proves satrous these qualitica Finke

Hong Kong Daily Press, and Andrew Bennison and the

rtox" by Fra

Richar

Marjorió,,Whiti

with

LUPE

Brother against brother I Gentleman against thug! You'll hold tight to your Beats I

with

LOUIS WOLHEIM

LEILA HYAMS.

ANITA PAGE MARIE PREVOST

VELEZ Jean Hersholt

John Holland

COMING SHORTLY?

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WORLD-COLOSSAL

ARON

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

AT 2.80, 5.157.15 & 9.20.

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