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CENTRAL

THEATRE MAL

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m

SHE DARED TO LOVE though love to

her meant peril!

CZAR OF BROADWAY

See this astonishing disclosure of high life in low places. It will grip and amaze you!

The all star talking cast includes JOHN WRAY, BETTY COMPSON, JOHN HARRON, Clauda Allister King Baggot, George Byron, Duke Direated by William James Craft. Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Presented by danz LaмKLE.

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NEXT CHANGE

THE daring Tdifferent

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drama for which New Yorkers stood in line to pay $8 a seat!

SILENT

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A

Garamount Picture

Burden-Chandler Production

COMING SOON

*NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN

VICTOR M<LAGLEN?

FOX

PICTUR

Booking at ANDERSON'S and

at the THEATRE (Phone 25720)

SERVICE TO READERS.

TPRESS, LTD., and, the HONG

HONG KONG DAILY

KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through their London, Office, at 53, FLEET STEKET, E.C. 4, Tel: 3137, are pre- pared to give Bubscribers and Visitors advice regarding accom modation available, motoring, faci lities, suitable shopping centres,

If when at homs, they will call for telephone. to, the abors addrem,

they will roceive the utmost aukist-- ence and the latest availabloginfor mation on all subjects of enquiry will be placed at their disposal.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

In

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

“THE PRODIGAL.

The Prodigal," now playing

at the Queen's Theatre, Lawrence Tibbett forsakes *** period drama

to play his first strictly modern in many ways the most role. It is interesting of his screen career. "

The singer appears as the pro- digal son of an aristocratic south- ern family who returns home to

atmosphere

"make good" in Að

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of suspicion and hatred. When ho attempt to prevent his brother's

| wife-froni eloping with a formor lover, and falls in love with her himself, the dramatic action begins, aud continues at a fast clip, work ing to a surprise climax,

The songs, as in the case of "The Rogue Song" and "New Moon," are woven into the narrative as a salient part of the plot. Tibbett sings ons of his best known concert. numbers," De Giory Road," as well as a number of love songs and southern melodies.

The star is supported by a large cast of general excellence Esther Ralston makes an attractive heroino; Roland Young and Clif Edwards as two "bobos "~~forma new comedy team. Parnell, B. Pratt na the ignoble brother, Hodda Hopper as the snobbish Bister and Emina Duan, as the understanding mother "deliver. equally

Minor roles are well handled by capable performans.

Stepin Fetchit, the comic coloured player, Louis John Bartels and Theodore Von Eltz.

The direction of Harry Pollard. shows expert touches and clover áæ of camera technique.

A

DANCE FOOLS, DANCE "

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY: JULY 30, 1931.

HONCKONG'S FINEST CNEMA

THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE IN HONG KONG

with

LAST TWO DAYS

JACK

At 2.30, 5.10, 7,15 and 9,80 P.M.

Lillian Roth and Harry Green

AKIE

IN

Sea Legs

"a Paramount Picture

CENTRAL THEATRE.

CZAR OF BROADWAY."

For the first time in seven years For the first time since coming King Baggot will be seen on the into pictures, Cliff Edwards plays screen in the Universal production, " straight * rôle without his Czar of Broadway," which opens famous ukulele in "Dance Fools, at the Contral Theatre to-day? - Dance," Joan Crawford's

At one time in his long and Metro Goldwyn Mayer starring varied motion picture career, King vehicle, which will come on Sunday Baggot was one of the most popular to the Queen's Theatre..

new

idols of the screen. During the In the picturization of the thrill-past seven years he has devoted his ing Chicago gangster etory, Ed- entire time to directing, and has wards enacts the part of the news turfied out some of the best pictures paper reporter whose discoveries of to be made in Hollywood. - underworld crime result in his murder.

-NEXT CHANGE

COMMENCING SATURDAY

DIETRICH

Yes

CAN

smile!

But beneath her smile-?.

VICTOR

McLAGLEN

MARLENE

DIETRICH

Dishonored

A Paramount Picturé

Dangerous to lovel Yet she sacrificos everything for the one man who reads hor guarded

heart!

Booking

at the Theatre Daily from 11 A.M. Telephones: 25313, 25330.

Besides Baggot, the all-star cast of the Universal: production Czar of Broadway," includes John (Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron, Claud Allister, Wilbur Mack and George Byron.

"THE SILENT ENEMY."

Filming wild animal life in ita native haunts is one of the most difficult things to accomplish, ac cording to members of the Burden Chandler expedition into North Ontario, which brought back the Authentic record of Indian life,

The Silent Enemy."

buck took seven weeks of steady work. Yet these scenes were notes: sary to the continuity of The Silent Enemy. The pictura took more than two years to make.

WORLD THEATRE..

"HELL HARBOUR,”

"Hell Harbour". now showing at the World Theatre, is a South

Sen film with an innocent girl in the midst of disreputable in habitants as a background.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

KING'S THEATRE.

"SEA LEGS."

Take it from Jack Oakie, there are disadvantages in having a T putation

I wiso-oracker Arriving in Hollywood three years ago with his now famous grin. Oakie made some fast returns in his verbal encounters and suddenly found himself regarded as a wit

Now, he said, as he stood on the deck of the battleship where scenes of ** Sea" Legs," "his" new starring picture which is now show

ing at the King's, Theatro, were being indo, I'm expected to say something funny overy time I open

my mouth. It's impossible Thero aren't that many funny things.

I'm human, whether I look it or not, and my mind never gave lightning any lessons in speed. Even if I wanted to, which I don't, I couldn't talk anart cracks all the tíme.

If I start to squawk about the price. I pay for a suit of clothes," the tailor laughs, rubs his hands and says, " you always have to have your fun, don't you, Mr. Oakie? My wife and I go to sod all of your pictures and take the family. We think you are terribly funny, especially my daughter. Now that you've had your little joke," Mr "Oakig, you will admit that this suit is a great bargain at the price I'in quoting.

"Or, if I go to my bosses and ask for a raise in pay, they lenn back in their chairs and laugh until tears come into their eyes. Then they tell me to Lave "my humour, for the screen.

"If I have a toothache, I get no sympathy. I'm just being funny when I moan. But, if I leave my car parked by a fire-hydrant, am I joking! Not so the policeman. can notice."

DISHONORED

Talk is about, to start again when Marlene Dietrich is back

at the King's Theatre in her next attraction; in a pic ture that is bound to startle film audiences even more than her

original opus, picture is "Dishonored," in which this surprising woman is csat, as An Austrian spy in wartime, play- ing a reckless and dangerous game,

Morocco. The

With the coming of the dialogue In addition to filming animal life wanderer, narrowly escapes he spurred by a patriotic purpose,

pictures Baggot again felt the urge to take the role of an actor. Some of his most outstanding work as an actor was in Universal pro- ductions. When he made his deci. sion to return

The story doalz ». with a young girl who, following the murder of

ing forced" into marriage with an undesirable pearl-diver, who threat threat to safety.

ens to disclose that her father is. responsible for the killing if she

Harry Bonomont directed the

in nature, however, the Burden sensational picture from an origin.

Chandler expedition had to capture a story by Aurania Rouverol.

Pictures of the animals in scenes Lester Vail plays the romantic lead

which would work definitely into the and the supporting cast includes

romantic eynopsis of the romance, refuses. to the screen, he

For instance, 巍 William Bakewell, William Holden, stated that his first desire was to

great caribou Clark Gable, Earl Foxe, Hale appear in a Universal picture, con- migration forms the climatic Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead, Joan, sequently he was cast in a promin-sequence of the story, and, in order Marsh and Russell Hopton.... ļeņt róle în “, Czar of Broadway ft.

to capture these scenes, a great deal of careful planning and long- suffering patience was required.

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING · TO-DAY.

WILLIAM FOX, pasisté

SUNNY

SIDE

UP

The Song Hits:

"I'm a dreamer, aren't we all

HALL TALKING,

SINGING, DANCING MUSICAL, COMEDY

JANET GAYNOR CHARLES FARRELL

DAVID BUTLER

“Bunny Side Up” gives you rich meanings to Digesti The screen's famous sweethearts at their sunniest-give your eyes wonderful sights to enjoy.

We are sure of a FULL HOUSE, só better come und

BOOK- YOUR SEATS EARLY.

Daily Performances: $2,90, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

NEXT CHANGE: Metro-Goldwyn-filayer presents

Epic of the Dark Continent

HORN

TRADER

We were eitting round a little fire which we constantly fed with sinall dry twigs picked up here and there on the beach, when we saw across the river, a small yellow streak which seemed to be moving ́towards us. -- In a few minutes the } yellow patch had grown to such

site, that we realized, for as we were from it, that it covered many acres After that we began, to sar in the small of yellow, hundreds and thousands of tiny dots which moved individually. Then we know what it was... It was a great herd

Later she has the assistance of n rich American trader who happens to visit the place, and eventually finds happiness...

The rule of the young girl 'is" brilliantly portrayed by Lupo Valez, the Mexican star,, while the rest of the cast, including John Holland and Jenn Hersholt, handle. their parts excellently.

THREAT TO A SURREY

BEAUTY SPOT.

BY-PASS OBJECTED TO,

Some concern has been becasion ed at Shere, Surrey, by the dis

of reindeer, the Barren Land caricovery that, a new, by-pass-read, bon, migrating south."

with love as the ever eminent

"Dishonored is a brilliant story. It is said the facts, were taken from the life adventure, uf one of the war's most glamorou woman spys. Whether or not this is so, Dietrich gives glamorous in- terpretation to ils sometimes subtle, always exciting, chief character. Beautiful, clever, disillusioned, the amazing actress plays men at their own game, and wins until one reckless, mockipa young officer throws love into the game and then ? Then comes the smashing surprian climax which makes." Dishonored !' the throbbingly great drama.it is

Co-starred with the luscious Dietrich is Victor McLaglen, star of such hits "What Price

passing through some of the most Glory ?? The Cock-Eyed World" With their cameras, the Burden-beautiful country in the neigh" A Devil with Women, Hero he Chandler men captured a record of boughood, and threatening the plays the kind of roistering role, amenities of the district, has been in uniform, which won him fame recommended by the Town Plan ning Committen.

this

great imigration, such as the Indians know, and watched for in the Barren Lands of the North for untold centuries. ↑ It is estimated that, within a few years, caribou will be practically unknown to the American continent, but - 4 The Silent Enemy," which will show nt the Central Theatro soon, has the tion being an obscure paragraph in undying record of this phenomenon.. a local paper -

Even the short. flashes of the

beasor in the frât aceel-cautio,

pieturu took a month to get, necord-

ing to Willinn Douglas Burden,

head of the expedition. The scones

The, inhabitants were unaware that such a plan was being coner dered, as no notice was received, even by those over whòio land the road would pass, "the only intima

was reali

that

of the Medicine Man hunting the opposition to the scheme:

QUEEN'S

CHEATRET

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY (AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20. HE FELL

IN LOVE WITH HIS BROTHER'S WIFE 1.

The brilliant star

modern romance!

Limerence

LIBBETT

in a talkie of hobos and heart-throba! THE

PRODIGAL

NEXT CHANGE

JOAN CRAWFORD

DANCE

Dances her

from

way

the gayest

social whirl

to grimmest

under-world

FOOLS DANCE

Men Foldings Mayer" ALL TALKING POTTER

(STAR)

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.80; 5.20, 7,20 & 9.20.

SPACE-IN OF

LAUGH MAKERS?

WARNER BROS.

The

AVIATOR

·Edward Everett Horton, Patay Roths

Miller, Johnny

Arthur,

ORLDA!

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY: AT 2.80, 5:15, 7.15 & 9.20.

HELL

HARBOR

on the wreen, a care-free persuasive- lover. MeLagien and Dietrich are. splendid together, a pair of lovers with the flavour of romance, i

#Dishonored as the third Josef.

picture: to fostare

Mar! Dietr

Moroc

The Blu

ALUPE

VELEZ