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CENTRAL THE SILVER SCREEN.

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SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

A 1981 PARAMOUNT SENSATION A picture you'll have lots to talk about when seen. SEE THE THRILLING- TRUTH

OF A LIVING RECORD OF A DYING RAUE

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The Daringly different drama of the wilds no one should ever miss! Amazing! because it is real

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Barden-Chandler Production

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Velez

IN

The

STORM

"People Who Matter".

** PEOPLE, WHO

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CENTRAL THEATRE.

THE SILENT ENEMY,”

That it is important to film and preserve the vanishing life of the American Indian to-day as it is)

sed archeological expeditions: to discover his, life of a thousand years ago-this is the motive, báci of the remarkable moving picture, The Silent Enemy," made by Mr. W. Douglas Burden and presented for the first time in this colony last night at the Central Theatre.

From it has come a picture so faithful," se houvalg bénùtiful and so dramatic as to make permanent contribution to the notorious story of the North American contingut,

Most of the filming was dono i the heart of the great Tomagami reserve in Northern Ontario, where the forestą stand as they did befor Columbus found the Now Coutin ent. The ao Indians, with their full-blood éhieftains, were gathered from all over the Northwest, Many of them never knew that they were "acting" or that a camera was tak. ing pictures of them. And the anis mal scenes are as extraordinary and as interesting 118 those of the

tribe itself.

It took a year of preparation and a year or steady work in the held to produce the entertainment lasting only one hour and twenty 'minutes on the screen

Every thing sveit on the screen actually took plac. The wolves that caused the incoe in the macse- wolf episode are real timber wolves that alunk away when Baluk came to the attack.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1931.

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THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND THE ONLY AIR-COOLED THEATRE IN HONG KONG.

LAST TWO DAYS

Ar 230, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20 P.M

in

superb

drama

of the

strangest

love and adventure story ever Olmed

Edmund Lowe

SCOTLAND

FOX PICTURE

KING'S THEATRE.

YARD

with

JOAN Bennett

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 16th AUGUST

DON'T BET

ON WOMEN

FOX PICTURE MUND LOW ETTE: MacDONA

Booking

at the Theatre Telephone: No. 25818.

departure from ordinary screen fare, and was hailed with enthus- iasm at the opening yesterday.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

SINS OF THE CHILDREN."

Sam Wood proves himself a dives.

tor of, no small discernment in

Meno-Goldwyn-Mayer's Sins of the Children."-Taking a story of a simple family, whoh children get into all sorts of scrapes and con- stantly come to the harassed par ents to get them out of their difi. culties, Wood has moulded the nar rative into a picture of powerful emotional reactions which plainly. left its mark on last night's nudi. ence at the Queen'i Theatre. f

The plot concerns Adolph Wagen- Kampf, a mid-western barber, who has never been able to rise above his position because of the demands made upon him by his children. When he has the opportunity to go into a new building and loan plan with his friend, Joe Higginson, his

ill son, Ludwig, becomes

and zophan's to use the money to semu mau 19 auty cintes: 18-

vecomes wealthy W3.10. umph remains a barber,

The entidren "parsue various careers. Louwig utvomes in dor tor; Katherine is married to a prumber; Johnny becomes a collec

or for a gas company and. Alma teaches at a school. But then the troubles begin,

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.90, 6.10, 7.15, & 0.20. A PICTURE FOR EVERY

Son! -Daughter? -Father! -Mother!" -

YOU'LL

laugh! You'll

cay! You'll

-love it!

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SINS OF THE CHILDREN

HERE is

TERE is as fine a human document as has been spread on the Talking Screen!.

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Joe Higginson's boy Nick, a fast young, follow, persundes: Johnny to borrow his collections to bet, on a horse. Johnny yields in the thought that this will enable him to buy tools and materials for an invenA story of children's ingrati tion on which he, is working, Of course the money, is lost. Subso- quently Nick compromises Akma and his nouveau-riche father re- fuses to consent to a marriage with the barber's daughter. It takes all the money poor Adolph has left to get Johnny out of his scrape.

trail is broken when they find, in stead of the criminal, Xandra's husband. Although she never loved Kim, and has now erased him from

Edmund Lowe is featured in the her memory, she dutifully goes to dual characterization that in the However, when things look black- France and returns with him to dramatic premise for the picture. est, Nick defies his father to marry England, araazed at the change in He portrays bothDakin Bar-Alma and Johnny receives recogni- his character, though outwardly herolles," the criminal, and "Sir tion. The picture ends happily with appears to be exactly the same as John Lashor," the husband. Since the entire family, children and "the man who left her three years he portrays both the real "Sir grand-children getting together for

before.

John" and the "Sir John" as the Christmas dinner. enacted by "Barrolles," it can be truthfully auid that Lowe brings three distinct characterizations to "Scotland Yard."

this production. Louis Mann, the

Baluk netually killed the bull moose with his spear, and this 19 the truthful representation of the SCOTLAND YARD."" methods used by great Indian hun- tora of the past, The mountan lion and beur seer fighting toge-.

Sometimes a wife is justified in ther are both full-grown specimenits forgetting her husband, This of their 'species. It took

two theme was convincingly presented months to get these "shots."

on the screen at the King's Theatre The scenes of the Medicine Man in Scotland Yard." Fox Movie hunting the buck took seven weeks tone drama of a criminal who ac of steady work. The boy Checka sidentally found himself occupying Again the refusal of Scotland was actually run over by the great 4 gentleman's shoes and the affee-Yard" to give up the clewa, they herd of stainpeding caribou.

tions of his wife, featuring Ed had so carefully followed enters The night scenes in the medicare mund Lowe and Joan Bennett. the drama. Ton many actions and lodge, where several of the charac-As Xandra, wife of Sir John sayings of this man purporting to

William K. Howard succeeded ters ate naked from the waist up, Lasher, Joan Bennett is left at be Kandra's husband are feridge admirably in presenting logically were lined at a temperature of a home on her wedding day by a hus- to the raft: Bir John Lasher, yet every aspect of this complicated degrees below zero.

band called to fight for his coun andra doggedly persisty, in beplot with a directorial skill that The American Red Indians are try. He remains away for thres lieving him to be her husband, "The clearly defines his genius. dying out gọ rapidly from tuber-years, and is finally reported miss climax is reached when the per- Scotland Yard," which is based 'culosis, "Au," premnonia, etc., that ing in action.

sistent detentives expose a plot by ou Denison Clift's te yours from now the picture Scotland Yard, England's famous which "Sir John" is attempting to Broadway play, has an sausually successful probably could not be made,

organization of crime, specialists, swindle the bank, of which he is brilliant supporting cast composed trail the most famous bank robber president, of a quarter of a milof Barbara Leonard, Donald Crisp. of all time to a base hospital back lion pounds. The final solution of Lumsden Hare, David Torrence,sity; and Robert Montgomery. of the lines in France. These the this amazing situation is a decided Georges Renevaut nad Halliwell

portrayinf Nick with just the right touch of devil-may-care,

"THE STORM.”

No pains wore spared by Uni- versal m muking The Storm," róing to the Central Theatre next to The Silent Enemy," exactly right as to location sad atmosphere and plenty of pains were the résult

of

The story called for most of the exiorior to be med n rugged mountain country with plenty snow. However, some of the scenes. called for rugged country, withou any show. The last item furnished the difficulty.

to

The entire company went Sonora, California, where, it was reported, there was a lack of snow. Everything was in order for shoot- ing when a blizzard came, The company waited for several days, then struck out for the vicinity of Truckee, in the high Sierras, to shoot mow scenes in the kind of locality called for by the script.

Weeks later, on Teceipt of re port that Bonora was now clear of snow, the company doubled back there. This time clear weather held. and the required scenes were anot.

The picture deals with the pro- blem cf the eternal trinngie enact ed. in a snowbound 'eahin in the 'wilds of Western Canada, Inside

the cabin rages the storm of love and passion, outsitie the rage of the elements

Through force of circumstances, two men, one h, stalwart son or the barkwoods, the other a polish ed product of the cities, are în prisoned with a beautiful French Canadian girl in the now-bound. cabin. Both desire her, each in. his; own way. How the problem is solved makes one of the most dramatic pictures that has ever ecme to the screen,

-Lupe Velez is Edvally cast as the native and impulsivs little French- Canadian girl. Her performenes, in appealing in the extreme, Paul Cavanagh and William Boyd are excellent in their rôler as the two malo angles of the triangle, (AL phonz Ethier aad Ernie S; Adams also have strong parts.

Natural thrills add greatly to the intensity of the picture. There are an awe-inspiring avalanche, a tor rifle blizzard, and rvenes çf a canoë shooting the rapids of a raging. torrent all giving to the picture a gripping realism,

William Wyler has done an ex-

Hong Kong Daily Press, cellent job of direction, The

Storm" is based on Langdon Me- Cormick's sensational stage success of the same mame.

PRINCE'S THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Hobbes.

"DON'T BET ON WOMEN,”

It would seem to bon good plan when one makes a wager about the frailty of women in general to eliminate one's own wife from the stipulations.

"THE GIRL FROM HAVANA" | Love and Jeanette

Fox Production

with

LOLA LANE & PAUL PAGE And Others.

AN Absorbing Drama of Tropical Love and Tropical Thrills

A band of society crooks, suspected of a

jewellery theft, are pursued and

finally captured in.

Havana after a

8,000-miles

chase

by

'à Lady Detective who finds

Caba a port of ROMANCE.

ADDED ATTRACTIONS :--

1. Stepping Out ́

Comedy

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Dally Performances:

As Usual

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United Artists present: ALIBI

This is proven in the Fox Movie- tone production, Don't Bet On Women," directed by William K. Howard and featuring Edmund MacDonald, coming next to the King's Theatre

Lowe, who has become fed up with women in general, does not hesitate to declare to his attorney, Roland Young, that "All woman are bad. Young rather resents the implication, an argument follows and ends with Young wagering Lowe 810,000 that he cannot kiss the first women who steps on a nearby porch and even will give him forty-eight. hours to win "the wager.

The first woman who does step on the porch happens to be Jeanette MacDonald, the beautiful young wife of Young

A splendid cast was chosen for

veteran.stage actor, makes his Arst Appearance on the talking screen in the role of the barber. There is a feeling of Emil Jannings in his genial interpretation marked by a homely sincerity which makes you take the old man to heart." excellent. Leila Hyams as Alma work of the children is uniformly

than merely proving herself to be much more beautiful young. Johnny with woman: Elliott Nugent playing a youthful impetuo-

The

tude, and of children's love. A" picture to interest every son every daughter, every father and mother.

A Cosmopolitan Production

with

Louis Mann Robert Montgomery Elliott Nugent, Leila Hyams

NEXT CHANGE

JOSEPH M.SCHENCK prance

D.W.

GRIFFITH'S

ABRAHAM

with

LINCOLN WALTER/HUSTON

UNA MERKEL

Fine work is also done by Fran eis X. Bushman, Jr., Mary Dorna, Te Char Blandick, Robert MeWade, Henry Armetta, 'Lee Kohlmar, Jeane Wood and a clever group of child actors.

"ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

Twelve hundred ex-soldiers were engaged daily in the thrilling battle scenes of Abraham Lincoln," D. W Griffith's epic all-dialogue life of the Emancipator coming to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.

The veterans were

engaged through the employment office of the Hollywood American Legion and the disabled veterans' home at Sawtelle, Calif, near the film city

The cast of this spectacular romance includes Walter Huston and Una Merkel.

Queen of Spain at Dartmouth.

STAR

ohn

GILBERT

Dartmouth last month by the Tor- Qaben Ena of Spain arrived at bay, Limited from London on a private visit to her son, Prince "Don't Bet On Women" is the Juan, who is a cadet at the Royal smartest comedy drama turned out Naval College. She was the guest hy the Fox Studios in months. It nf Capt. and Mrs. Meyrick during TO-DAY & TO-MORROW has a flawless cast with Una her visit. The Queen was received Merkel, J. M. Kerrigan and Helene at. Kingswear Station by Capt. Millard in addition to these men Meyrick, Com R. 8. G. Nicholson,

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20, tioned and teems with parking and Great Western Railway of dialogue supplied by Lyan Starling cials, and made the journey across and Lean Gordon..

the river in a naval pinnace to the Dartmouth pontoon, where Prince Juan awaited her. A large crowd gathered at the quay and gave her an extremely hearty welcome. The Queen, who made a charming pic "I am inclined to agree," writes ture in a gown of blue colour, was Londoner," with complaints I have evidently surprised at the warmth heard in various quarters that, the of the Dartmouth welcome, and Gentlemen and Players match at smilingly acknowledged the cheers Lord's is being robbed of its old accorded her. The party entered character. It used to constitute a two motor cars and proceeded to the sort of certificato that, on current college. The Queen was accompani form these were the eleven bosted by her lady-in-waiting, the amatours and the cleven best pro- Duchess of Lecera. fessionals in the country? Then a

Spolling a Great Match.

cricketer at the end of his career

uld look back and count with

satisfaction the number of times be] UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. had appeared this match. Now;:;

it is becoming an experiment with AT THE EASTERN EXTENSION,

an eye on something that is going

to happen eighteen "months 'heneo. If we want Test trial matches (and I think we do), by all means, let us hare the more this "ancient" and noble fixture what it was before Teal matches were thought of.

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* powerful drama of conflicting loves! From Tolstoi's

"The Living

*Corpse"

Redemption

with

ALKING

JOHN GILBERT

RENEE ADOREE CONRAD NAGELANG ELEANOR BOARDMAN

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