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CENTRAL

QHHEATRE WŁ

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

GENEVIEVE TOBIN CONRAD NAGEL Zasu Pitts, Monros Owsley, Slim Summerville.

From Sidney Howard's stage success Directed by Hobert Kentoys

FREE LOVE

COMING ATTRACTION

A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION

THE

DEVIL

A Paramount Plates.

with

Skeets Gallagher Stuart Erwin Carole Lombard Lilyan Tashman Norman Foster

WATCH FOR THE RETURN OF “KING OF JAZZ" A New Era in. Sound and Colour Entertainment.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TELEPHONE No. 25720..

STAR THEATRE.

So

SO THIS IS COLLEGE." When the colligiate feature This Is College" opened last night at the Star Theatre, motion picture

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

STEPPING OUT."

Foibles of Hollywood and Agus Calionta, oil millionaires who try to theecme picture producers, gold diggers and jealous wivpa-all join in a merry molange in Stepping Cut," Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's filmization of the hilarious Now York stage play, which opened yesterday at the Queen's Theatre- The prominant cast includes Charlotten Greenwood, Leila Hyams, Reginald. Denny, Lilian. Bond, Cliff Edwards, Morna Keny nedy, Harry Stubbs, Richard Tucker, Kane Richmond and Wil- Bon Bonga"

The story deals with two oil mil- lionaires in Hollywood for a vaca- lon, Thoy Tesolve to back a pic taro and this gets them inta "the" clutches of two gold diggers. Their wives catch them, get janlous--go to Caliente. The husbands follow because the wives have” all the monay. So, too, do the gold dig gers and then fua and troubles, got fast and furious. Two college boys Birting with the wives deepen the plot, but finally a clever low- yer straightens it all out.

The dramatic highlights include the comical scenes in which tho wives catch the husbands and the two vampa in the swimming pool, the flight to Caliente, the invasion "of the men's rooms by the two charmers bent on blackmail, the discovery of "the two collage boys. in the rooms of the wives and the ensuing knife-throwing feat of Harry Stubbs, the wild alarm when the blonde wife thinks a murderer' is trying to get into her suito, the scene at the races, and the swim- ming pool sequences at Caliente.

Harris, the playwright, person- ally adapted the play to the talk ing screen, retaining all the flav our of the original dialogue and situations and bringing in as well many clever picture tricks.

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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 AND 9.30 PM

NG TO-DA

CHARLIE CHAN

CARRIES ON

with WARNER OLAND

PICTURE

NEXT ATTRACTION

COMMENCING THURSDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER

George

IN

Bancroft

Derelict

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.

A Paramount Pleture. TELEPHONE No. 25813.

Featured in the cast in "Free symbolized on the sound screen by. Riesner is one of the screen's Love with Miss Tobin and a crucible of melody which contains

the appeal of the music of the most famous exponents of comedy Conrad Nage! are Monros Owsley,tions throughout the world. and has directed practically everyka Chase, Zanu Pitts Slim

Watch for the return of "King laugh-minker.. in pictures, from Charlie Chaplin down. He is fam Summerville, Bertha Mann and of Jazz!" It will again appear on the screen of the Central Then ons for The Hollywood Revne," George Irving.

tre early in September. If you "March, of Time," several of the

have seen it, you will not hesitate Dano-Arthur hits in silent pic

in scoing it again. If you have turos, and "Steamboat Bill," with

yet not the chanor, you should not Buster Keaton.

Many have seen "King of Jazz,"miss it again this time the all-movietone, all-technicolour. extraviganza starring Paul White- man and his band which was pre- viously shown at the Central. Thoa?:) tre, and love it.

"MEN CALL IT LOVE.

"KING OF JAZZ."

KING'S THEATRE.

"OHARLIE CHAN

CARRIES ON.

Even cocktail shakers have gone modernistic! In keeping with the Because the files of the Central modernistic motif in the bachelor Theatre are piling up with requis apartment used by Adolphe Mentions from their patrons request- jou in "Men' Call It Love," which ing the re-screening of big pro Roles ranging from Oklahoma will open on Thursday at the auctions such as "King of Jazz, country girls to French debutantes, Queen's Theatre, the Metro-Gold- "Vagabond King," "Love Parade" from the daughters of "little Ita wyn-Mayer property department etc. the management of the Theely to pioneers of the Thirties, designed a cubistic shaker.

tre has decided to run "King of Jazz once more for a few days' engagement.

od."

have been Marguerite Churchill's lot since her talkie apearance for Fax. The actress, who has been winning a large following of screen fans for her consistently fine characterizations in

Big Trail," "Good Intentions," "Born Reckless," "Girls Demand Excite

and other hits, makes her next ap- pearance as the heroine of Char lie Chan Carries On," Fox mys tery drama which is now showing at the King's Theatre,

The shakur, which figures pro- Iminently in the picture, has no

durves. Cr roundness whatever, bo King of Jazz," is a climax of ing made entirely of square mo-

misie and spectacle that has never dernistic lines with a set of glasses before been preaunted. either on or silver cups to match,

tha stage, or screen. The most cu Edgar Selwyn directed the pro-lossal interior set ever built is the duction, which is a picturization of Melting Pot" setting This trement, They Had To Soo Paris the stage hit, "Among the Marrimendous setting, with its huge yol

The cast includes Leita

den crucible, its enormais double Hyama Norman Foster, Mary Dun- staircaser and rows of columnades, cun, Hedda Hopper and Robert could only have been constructed on A huge soundtage at Universal, the largest in the world.

There are eight different changes of costumes by all the hundreds of players in this one number alone, which is the, fnace of the picture, Almost all of the glittering array of screen, stage and vandeville stars who appear throughout the picture appear in this number also,

Emmett Keane.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

· “TREE LOVE."

"This is going to hurt me more than it does you," remarked Con-

rad Nagel as he unleashed a wild "haymaker" "on the jaw of Gen- evieve Tobin during the filming of "Free Love," the Universal talking picture which is now showing at the Central Theatre, and sant the famous Broadway star "down for the "count."

This scene happens when Nagel, after being nagged to the point of desporation by his wife, acted by Miss Tobin, loses his temper and béromes's cave-man.

To Universal, which has epon- ed more stars than any other mov- ing picture concern in the history. of pictures, belongs the credit for introducing to the screen such a the actress as Miss Tobin,

Miss Tobin was born in Now, York City, the daughter of a doc tor. Though none of her forebears had ever been interested in thea tricals, both Genevieve and her sie-

fans saw a cast that has not appear-ter Vivian went on the stage as

ed before in a pisture.

The scone is set in the University of California and the big football scones were shot" at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

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quickly ne they could get out of school. They were both educated in New York City and at the In- stilute de l'Etoile in Paris.

Genevieve Tobin's firat nopear. once was as the "crick" in Wilton Lackaye's play, Palmy Days" at the Playhouse her last, the fea Robert Montgomery and Elliot tured role, in "Fifty Million Nugent share the leading role. Frenchmen. In between game two

Years in Little Old Now York"- while Bully Starr takes the part at the Plymouth, "Polly Pre- of the college" vampire. Clift forred at the Little Theatre, The

Youngest at the Gaiety, and in (Ukelele Ike) Edwards turns out to "Murray Hill with Leslie Ha

a likenble clown who puts his ward. In 1928-29, she was featured musical numbers over with the in the British production of "The same personality as he has in all Trial of Mary Dugan" at Queen's

Theatre, London, e

of his phonograph records.

Miss Tobin has a far sopráng College life is the background of an unusual dramatic talents, as voice, splendid ability as a dancer.

the picture in which the vampire | well as a keen sense of comedy nearly breaks up the friendship of technique. She is five ret thres A Wand-one-half inches tall, weighs 108 the two football heroes and causes pounds, has green eyes, and light the school to lose the football game reddish brown hair."

which is the biggest single produé tion ever filmed,

The theme of the number is the transition of the music of all na tionalities into American jazz-

In this offering, which follows the plot of Earl Derr Biggers novel of the same name, Miss Churchill enacts the part of the wealthy grand-daughter of the killer's first victim, who continue on a round-the-world trip inan effort to help catch the murderer. Warner Oland lays aside his. cus- temary villainy to play the lead ing part of the Chinese detective hero, and John Garrick has the romantic lead opposite Miss Chur chill...

PRINCE'S THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Daily at 280, 7.16 and 9.15 pm.

Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturdays and Sundays Only,

SONG OF KENTUCKY

***

LOIS MORAN JOSEPH WAGSTAFI

DESOJIN FLEGIAN

TOMATE:

A distinguished supporting cast has been assembled by Director Hamilton MacFadden, including Warren Hymer, Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon, William Hol. den, John T. Murray, George Brent, Jason Robards, Lumsden Hare and other film favourites. According to reports, the picture, is said to be one of the most fascinat ing and intriguing productions of the year.

"DERELICT.!!!

Physical hardship, labour tech- nical difficulties and actual danger involved in the filming of "Dere- lict," George Bancroft's masterful drama of the sea and sea-fearing men, made this picture, which will show at the King's Theatre on Thursday, the most gigantic un- dertaking of the star's vivid career.

Filmed on a scale of epic pro- portions, "Derelict" called for such courage from the he-man hero of The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Ladies Love Brutes" as cron he was unconscious of possessing, ac- cording to Rowland V. Lee, direc tor of the picture.

As Bancroft stood in a narrow out-board cabin of a 400-ton sea- going vessel, for one sequence of "Derelict," he knew that the action

required a second vessel of equal tonnage to crash, bow on, through the steel bulkhead of the hull at his side. Yet he stood feigning ignorance of the terrific crash,

who cameras watched his ronctions with pitiless oyca. A second in stance. ceairing complete nerve- control, came, when Bancroft stood on the deck of the vessel waiting for twenty-five tons of water, to come sweeping down “supon him from a trap tank sixty. five feet up a steep inoline at his back.

In neither case could Bancroft bet himself for the blow, or give. any indication that he anticipat ed its coming. The ship collision acene was filmed far out on "the" Pacific, cff the coast of Lower Cali fornia, and, according to Lee,

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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON

355 METRES.

11 to 11.30 am.—Stock quotations. 11.30 am-Chineso programims, 12.30 p.m.-European programine. 1 pm-Local time and weather

1:30 pm-Rugby Press now, i

notice, ota, 240

9 p.m. Close down..

4 to 7 p.m.--Chiness programme. 7 to 8.17 p.m.-European pro

gramme of Victor and HX.V.. records supplied by Mosars; Montric & Co.

8.17 to 10.30 p.m.-A selection of recorda kindly loaned by Air. }AM. Bowes-Smith,

7 p.m.-Stock quotations, mail

notico, eta N 7.05 to 7.50: pim-Symphony No. 6

in G Major Burprise (Haydn). Tha Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, under the direction of Serge Koussević- Paky

1st Movement Adagio and

Vivaco neni,/.

2nd Movement" Andante.". 3rd Movement-" Menuetto." 4th Movement-*Allegro di mot-

to."YA

7.30 to 7.33. p.m. Quartetto in G

Major, Op. 18" (Beethoven). The Flonenley Quartetto: 981/ 8544

Int Movement "Allegro."

2nd Movement" Adagio - conta-

bile.

M

3rd Movement" Schorio.”

4th Movement! Finale."

B p.m.-Laca) time and weather

report.

7.53 to 8.1% p.m.

Piano Solos..

To Piacos from the Children's Corner Suite (Debussy), play- ed by Alfred Cortot-7148.

“The Little Shepherd" and "Gols

liweg's Cake Walk."

The Maiden with Flaxen Hair" 7% (Debussy) The Wind on the Plain" (Debursay), played by: Alfred Cortat.-7148, Polka De W.R." (W. Rachmauï

noff).. Troika en Traineaux" (Tschni- kowsky)-Sergei Rachmaninoff.

8.37

6857.

to 10.30 p.m. Third pro- grantime of records, kindly loan.. el from Mr. A. M. Bower Smith's collection. (A fourth programme from this source, in the form of a typical Queen's Hall Orchestral Programme, will be broadcast on Sunday, September 0).

8.17 to 8.40 p.m.-:

Musical, Comedy, Vocal Duet Dance Little Lady from This Year of Grace! (Noel Coward).---Layton and Johnstone (Col. 4956), Piano Medley Bone O' Guna.” Piano Medley"The Love Hace,"

-Billy Mayerl (Col. DB188) Vocal Ducts--" High and Low

From "Here Comes the Bride."

·Vocal Duets-“I'll Always Re- member" from Here Comes the Bride.-Jean Colin and Clifford Mollison (Col. DB70). Selection Eunny.... FRCO-Vic

tor Arden-Phil Ohman thoir Orch. (Victor 35916), 9.10 to 9.03 p.m.

Operatic.

and

Overture to Die Meistersinger "- (Wagner).—State Opera Orch., Berlin (H.M.V, D1314). - Prize Bong from “Die Meister- singer "(Wagner), Richard Crooks (Tenor) (Victor 7105), Vocal Gems from "Die Fleder- aus" (J. Strauss)-Grand Opera Co. (H.M.V. 'C1847), 9.03 to 9.36 pim

Concerto, Concerto in E Minor for Piano

and Orchestra". (Chopin).— Brailowsky and the Philhar- monic Orchestra, Berlin: (Polys der 27276/27283):4

1st Alovemant-Allegro Maouto

2nd Movement

enzo."

Larghetto Rom-

3rd Movement Vivaco Bom

Anzor

8.38 to 19.25 p.m.-

Selected Fox Trots (1927-1929). When Day in, Done”....(H.M.V

B6310)

AN "There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me (H.M.V: B6400)

If You See Sally."LIN

Up, Keep Smiling"

The story deals with the romance of youthful

Cheer who are thrown collegians

one of the most spectacular scenes(R.M.V. B0278). together in a network of New York night life com plications, complexes and comedies

Added Attractions:

"Forget Me Not," comedy

and Fox News,

COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 18T SONG OF KENTUCKY"

"A" Musical Movietone.

ever made for a motion picture. It

is recorded in full sound, a special recording laboratory installed on a

lower deck of one of the vessels capturing the sound.

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The storm sequences, in which huge waves swoop over the side of the ship, on which Bancroft and his men are standing, were filmed by Paramount at San Pedro har bour. California.Siz mammoth trap tanks were constructed on a tower sixty-five feet in the mir, _each' tank lading approximately 1,000 gallons of water, weighing in excess of eight tons Traps were sprung in succession, seading huge. waves down an incline to strike deflecting lip and be thrown onto the dock whore. Hancroft and his crew were standing

Luok") Jack Hylton and his "I've Lenrat, & Lot" (from "Lady

Orch. (H.M.V. BE205),

ap

Try to Learn to Love

This Year of Grace,

A Room with a View

from

from

This Tour of Grace'.-AI Band (Cel 4833), Starita and the Picadilly

Teach Me to Dance Like Grand- ma" from This Year of

An' Furthermore " from "Clowns in Clover."-Ray Biarita and his Ambassadors "Band (Col. 4016), WA "Fancy Our Meeting." Sweet Sound. Bo

GeoToy

Golder, and his Keltners Five (Regal Goi48)

Somers Band (Col. 503a). Constantinople,*

Paul White-

The force of each wave was bullaughing Marionette. Debray cient to knock the men from their feet and to sweep them to the op jureite side of the ship. All of the

including Banoroft, rere, severely bruised and battered by the ox perience

10.2

man and Orch. (Coli

pm Rugby mid day

LARGE, AOWN.

10,30 p.m

Close down.

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

They stopped out all right this mare ried set- but not with their wives and not with their hus bands! Don't miss this laugh riot 1

TEPPING

OUT

with this five star

cast of famous makers !

with

CHARLOTTE:

GREENWOOD

REGINALD DENNY

“LEILA HYAMS LILIAN BOND CLIFF EDWARDS.

Directed by CHARLES F. RIESNER

* Pengkokkum Maxet beruni

NEXT CHANGE'

MEN CALL IT

Love

with

ADOLPHE MENJOU LEILA HYAMS NORMAN FOSTER

Metro Goldwyn

Mayer

PICTURE

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