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CENTRAL

THEATRE MUL

MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY At 2,80. 5.10, 7.15 & 9:20 p.m.

FALL TALKING ROMANCE of the GREAT OUTDOORS

CALL of the WEST

DOROTELY REVIER

IT

MATT MOORE DIFFERS!

BEFORE

Directed by ALBERT HAY

BEEING · ROMANCKA OF THE AMERICAN WILD WEST, TO J CAN SEE SME REAL NEW TORK NIGHT OLUD DANCES AND HEAR AWEET MONGA,

NEVER IS TUIRE A BETTER OUT DOOR, PICTURE THAN TUM)

THURSDAY TO SATURDAY

ONCE A SINNER

with

Dorothy

Mackaill

Commencing SUNDAY, 26th July

THE SILVER

SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE

"PARLOUR, BEDROOM "AND

BATE."

"Parlour,. Budroom and Bath” with Buster Keaton in the featur ed role, had audiences roaring when it, was presented at the Queen's Theatre yesterday,

Here is a role that its tho straight-faced comedian perfectly. He depicts a shy and reticenty bill- poster whe through no efforts of his own achieves the reputation of A "great lover.!! In a desperate

*་ attempt to uphold this reputation he becomes involved in an up- roarious series of Amorous affairs which are brought to a swift con- clusion when the jealous, husband appears on the scene with a gun.

Kenton's antics start the laughs Felling and they are kept rolling by the rest of the imposing 'cast," which includes the lanky Charlotte Greenwood, who scored on the stayo, in the original role; Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, others aro Dorothy Christy, Jonn Peers, Bally Eilera, Edward Brophy, Natalic Moorhead. Walter Merrill Midney Bracy.

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Among the high spots of tho farce are the epiando in which Keaton is discovered in the arms of Miss Moorhead by his other sweethearts; the coinedy of errors by which he finds himself with the wife of a jealous husband in à hotel room; the chase and shooting melee which follow the sinash-up in which Denny runs Keaton down in a motor-enz, and the exciting wreck which follows upon the it tompt of Keaton and Miss Peers to outrace a locomotive,

A tremendously funny scene is that in which Miss Greenwood ten- thea the navie Buster to make

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working on Buster, who is not so

A wild seramble"through a hotel follows with most of M-G-M's

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* Booking at ANDERSON'S and at the THEATRE(Phone 25720)

GRAMOPHONE AND

DIVORCE.

WIFE AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND EFFORT.

Los Angeles. Jesso A. Smith in- "rented a gramophone that would repeat every day in every way. I am getting better and better" and similar psychological suggestions" } for the benefit of his subconscious mind while he slept

the time of his or her life.

"LAST MILE,”

Getting a break on the stage in such a production as the much- discussedThe Last Mile" proved great advertising for Clark Gable. This black-haired young man has been exceedingly busy since the serern lured him away from New York a few months ago.

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PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 2

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THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATER IN HONG KONG,

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NEXT CHANGE

COMMENCING WEDNESDAY

PERCY CIGSBY'S

Skippy

"a Granorom Pictur

with.. Robert Coogan Jackie Cooper Mitzi Green

Jackle Scarl

bannlífalvi fort like giving some body wook in the jaw,"

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LAST

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SMALL SPACE

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strong attention value by the

proper

USE

white space

and an eye-arresting spot." Effective lay out and intelligent use of space will sell your goods better than three times the amount of indiscriminate advertising. This service is given to all clients by the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.

the part of the sympathetic wen tern mother.

From "The Painted Desert" he was immediately grabbed by Metro. "Call of the West" is different Goldwyn-Mayer for the part of

to ether outdoor pictures. It shifts Nick Foliki, sweetheart and hús. bind of Auita Page, in the new

its locale, from New York night Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, clubs to the western ranch and in

The Ensiest

Way."

starring corporates thrilling action with Constance Bennett, and opening on dancing, singing and romance. Thursday at the Queen's Theatre, This Jack Conway-directed film also The pict is concerned with Violet

features Adolph. Menjou, Robert La Tour, Broadway musical comedy Montgomery, Anita Page and Mar. jorio flambeau.

Other stage successes of Gable, beside the sensational "Last Mile," include "Love, Honour and ," "Machinal" and "Blind Betray," Widowa

"ONCE A SINNER."

RUTH

CHATTERTON

Unfaithful"

a Garamount Picture

First Lady of the Sarson Now she proves itoon- cinsiraly!

with

PAUL LUKAS

TELEPHONES:-26313, 25330.

Is confession good for the soul

and the peace of mind? This

forms the basic theme of the plot

in "Once Sinner," the Fox Movietone, which is coming to the Central Theatre on Thursday.

Dorothy Macksill has the leading featured role of "Diani" Barry," in which she plays the beautiful,

a year, in exchange for fashion- costly furs, diamonds,

favourite, who temporarily loses girl who barters her honour for her looks through, an illness. Shr is relegated to a cheap road com- pany through her illness by her

and a life of luxury manager. Violet collapses in Sage-

Then she meets a young inven- brush, Toxni, and is left stranded

tor, falls in love with him and there. A cowboy admirer, Lon

agrees to marry him. It is the Dixon, takes her to his ranch and

first real love ahe hus ever his mother nurses. her back to.

experienced, but before mar health. During her convalescenco, rings she insists on confessing Her Violet falls in love with Lon and part on the basis that her past marries him. She believes sho has belongs to her before marriage...

What happens and whether she should or should not have confess.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

"CALL OF THE WEST, "Call of the West," the all-talk- ing dramatic romance of the Ameri- enn Southwest is to be screened at to get a subconscious idea that sue the Central Theatre to-day. There been forgotten, and she herself has wanted a divöréĎ.

are thrills and romance unfolded

Before lung, Mrs. Smith began

"I don't know what the automs against a back-ground of. scenie forgotten Broadway, until Lan Aed, the picture reveals.

beauty that has never been equalled. Ententionally burts her feelings.

tie gramphone was, except that it was suppose to work on my hus band's subconscious mind,”

Joel McCres has the important

Beautiful Miss Dorothy Revier Then she packs her grip and goes featured role of the young hus

Smith told the Judys but at Moore placing in the male would wind it up before he wont to leading role. The cow-boys who eep and it would go off overy lend realism to the cutdoor acquon, hour

right by his bed. It was just ces are Buff Jones, Tom O'Brien, shooting my nerves to bits"

Nick Do Ruiz, Ford West and Vis The divorce was granted.

Potel Kathrin Clare Ward plays

is the star of the picture with back to the scene of hor former band, John Halliday is "the other

romphe How the toronto P

Bergo Ratoff gabilandering. Rus the realization that real love has sian gambler and gambling house spoiled her for the artificialitics of owne Bally Brane and Ilka. New York night life, supplies the Chase have importent supporting rest of the action for this drams.

-rôles:"

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He learned about love

in Hollywood, where Movietone's brilliant.

singers and dancers

play

with

Joseph Wagstaff

Lola Lane Skaron Lynn

Frank

Riobardson presented by

William Fox

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.15..7.16 & 9.20.

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THE SILVER SCREEN.

KING'S THEATRE,

CINEMA'NOTES FOR

UNFAITHFUL.

Unfaithful," Starring Ruth Chatterton, is now showing at the King's Theatre.

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A native of London, the author, Van Druten not

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his thirties, ..cannot 20 member ever having had any other ambition than to write for the atage His father, a Dutch banker, and his mother, an English wo man, discouraged his early efforts at writing, and finally prevailed upon him to study law. Neverthe less throughout his school days, Van Druten wrote constantly. His numerous stories, articles and poems, which, as he reached col lege, began to find publishers,

"Unfaithful" is the story cf an American girl who marries the "catch" of the season, a handsome, young aristocrat' war-horn and club-man. The girl is ecstatically happy madly in levo with her busband, until she discovers that the reputation he has built up is murely a mask for undercover love

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affairs. Ilis particular paramour The Broadway in the wife of her own brother. laugh hit, Unable to denounce her husband here now as a without involving her brother's film hailed happiness," the girl weeks the only the funniest way out of her nerve-wrecking position. She let's go, throws her, self madly into the reckless, re putation-destroying pleasurcs,........

The cast of "Unfaithful, addition to Miss Chatterton, in

in

ludes Paul Lukas, Paul Cavanagh,

ever made!

Don't miss it!

Buster

Keaton

ette Compton, and Donald recently featured in three Gutstanding New York stage hits, REGINALD "Paris, Bound," "Half Gods and DENNY

Rund."

CHARLOTTE A GREENWOOD

"The thrill of a life-time," which comes not many "more times than cace, to most lives, arrived cn- messe and with a bang for the children of San Bernardino, Call- fornia. For a period of two weeks

they were called upon to act for a talking picture.

Before Paramount sent`a

CLIFF

EDWARDS

PARLOR BEDROOM

AND

BATH

› Metro fokluyn ↑

"Don't make me laugh- (hiking about love you'vo · tasted luxury and that's worse than

com.

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pany sixty-five miles from Holly, wood to San Bernardiac, to make, opisodes of Percy Crosby's "Skip- py," which will open on Wednes day at the King's Theatre, ar- rangements were made with schoo!!

officials to permit one hundred chil- dren of the off studio city to per form in atmospherio bits.

Children, whom it was consider ed most needed the monoy, were

selectd and given permission by!

the board of education to mark with Jackie Cooper as Skippy; Robert Coogan, five-year-old fra- ther of Jackie Coogan, as Bocky Jackie Seart and other film play-

Although neting in pictures, the children were not allowed tó miza

school--Arectionl room was erected; un. location and several teachers, ausigned to instructing the youths while not before the cintras, pr

Crosby episode, tells-in a way that impre both adnits and kids,

ofa youngster's trials, puppy love, and joys

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THE EASIEST WAY

A CONSTANCE

BENNETT

ADOLPHE MENJOU. ROBT MONTGOMERY

ANITA PAGE"" MARJORIE RAMBEAU