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CENTRAL

@THEATRIE 45,

SHOWING TO-DAY

2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

HIS KISS IS DEATH!

Yet none can resist his allure 1

Dead 500 years, ho lived by night on the blood of the living!"

The strangest, most famiante ing" character in fiction; in the greatort of

all thrillera

DRACULA

TOD

BROWNING'S Greatest Production

with Bela Lugosi. David Hanners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert "Bunston," Frances Dado, Charles Gerrard.

Presented By

Produced by Carl Laemmle Carl La emmle, Jr.

Based upon the play adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderiton frota Bram Stoker's novel of the same nanie.

COMING

ATTRACTION

Lew

YRES

GIRON MAN

What do

you want ?

* If there - la... anything you want to buy or * small Jassified advertisement.

words $1.00 prepaid for 3 insertions.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

SINNERS HOLIDAY."

That the talking screen can greatly enhance the entertainment valuo of a stage play was amply demonstrated Inst night at the Queen's Theatre when Simora Holiday Warner Brothers. latest Vithghone production, was viewed for the first time by enthusiastic. audiences a

Sinners Holiday is a splen- die story of love among daring ragketours, well played by a chit of gapable actors. There is usually forceful dialogue, powerful and novél

settings, (2) Director John Adolf handles, his material deftly.

Grant Withers plays the, róla, of Ange), a typical Coney Island barker, one of those conceited, wise- ericking youths so agrecably dis agreeable. Though the major part of his work is in light vein, ho „sincerely · · portrays the man of bravado who at heart is not so bad after all Evalyn Knapp, who plays the role of Jenny, gives performance that is vivid and cap- tivating...

Lucille LaVerue's portrayal of the hard-fitted, harsh yet tender mother is one of the finest charne- terizations ever given on the talk- ing screen.

James Cagney plays the weak son who is lured into the net of crime with emotion and understanding.

The story of people who make their living "in and about the rackets of a penny arcade, given the Inyaan an opportunity of learn- ing what transpires behind the scenes of the amusement world of a modern" Coney Island, besides bringing to the screen a gripping chronicle of family tragedy. A picture well worth seeing.

"DAYBREAK/"

"Daybreak," new Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer talkie, which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, will present the most be uniformed star the motion picture business has known.

Ramon Novarro, hero of Dr. Arthur Schnitzler's gay love story of Vienna, before the war, has worn the uniforma of moré armies, it is said, than any other actor of either stage or screen.

When he appears as an amorous lieutenant of His Majesty's Guards in Daybreak" it will be but, ono of nearly forty times that he has appeared in the guise of a soldier,

Other appearances of this sort in- clade The Prisoner of Zonda." (which launched him as a star), Scaramouche," The Student Prince," "Thy Name Is Woman,** Devil May Care," "The_Mid- shipman? and **The Flying Flect."

To preserve the full, Continental flavour of the story, direction was rasigned to the distinguished French director, Jacques Foyder. A strong east includes the popular tage star, Helen. Chandler, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith, Wm. Bakewell, Karen Morley, Kent Douglas, Glenn Tryon, Clyde Cook and others.

KING'S THEATRE.

"MURDER BY THE CLOCK

· Irving Pichel, the character actor who is best remembered for his portrayal of the God-fearing farmer-husband of Ruth-Chatterion inThe Right to Love" will be seen in his third important charac-. ter impersonation for Paramount in the creepy mystery film; Murder: by the Clock" at the King's Thostre showing today. This film is based on the mystery novel of the sATIB name by Rufus King

Pichel only recently contributed his second outstanding performance for Paramount, under the direction of Josef von Sternberg, in.””An American Tragedy." His portrayal. of the district attorney in this pro- duction is said by executives to rank with the finest dolineations given the talking screen.

Murder

His new assignment, in by the Clock affords Pichel fullest opportunity to utilize his powerful |-and-finished; dramatic talenta Aa,

mysterious terror, Pichel playa an important part in the maţiva tion of the picture's 'strange story of a man twice murdered in a single evening

In addition to Pichel, the cont Includes such favourites as William Boyd, gang leader of "Gun Smoke' and villaing of." Thé: Spoilers?': Bilyan Tashman,, newspaper critic of 44 Up Pops the Devil ?-? Regis

Toomey, Clara Bow's husband in

#Kick In”;-Sally O'Neil Coster- Yuil, and Walter MoGrail.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931.

LAST TWO DAYS

MURDER

BY THE

CLOCK

a Guinamount litur

A Trili in every Shiver 1 W with

Willinta Koyd Lilyan Tashaman Regia Toomey Baily O'Nell

HONGKONG'S FINEST CNEMA

The Most Comfortable and the Only Air-conditioned Theatre"

in Hong Kong.

Daily at

W.

2.30, $5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

TWO BEST SELECTIONS

FROM PARAMOUNT'S

LATEST PRODUCTIONS

BOOKING AT THE

THEATRE. TELL 25313.

Three Good Things

Made

from

For the Hot Weather in the original embossed bottles

the

Fresh

Fruit.

NEXT CHANGE

He promises her undying love! She promises him love while it lasts 1

Mary Rebaris

"Rineh great

heart-drama

"I TAKE THIS WOMAN

a. Carmount Picture

watch Gary Cooper Carole Lombard

DELICIOUS

WHOLESOME

REFRESHING

Rose's

Rose's

Rose's

LIME JUICE

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY (Ending Oct. 3rd)' At 2-80, 7.15 and 9.15 pm. Special Matinee at 5-15 on Saturday and Sunday.

William Fox"

WOMEN EVERYWHERE with J. Harold Murray and Fifi Dorsay

It is terrible to know, when you see they have been

caught by using A #reng guide. The man basa, narrow escape and finally won the girl who saved him after. taking a chance into the Foriegn Legion.

1. CHANGEI

Added

Attraction

"The

Treasury

Report

-Comedy

and

Fox News.

M.G.M. PictureThe Trial of Mary Dugan

LEMON SQUASH

ORANGE SQUASH

THE EX-KAISER AS DEFENDANT.

SUED BY LABOURER ON" HIS

FARM.

HONG KONG STOCK QUEEN'S

MARKET.

YESTERDAY'S TRANSAC

"TIONS:

The market is still on the quic ade with some transactions" takin pinco on a cash basis,

Banks were in demand at $1.620. Cantons were on offer lit $1,600. Unichs were wanted at 8435. * China Underwritors could have been obtained at. 831..

Hong Kong Fires were in the market at $1,485.

Steamboats had sellors at, 27, Wharves were done ht 8131. Providents (old) could have been bad at 80.00. The now shares woro wanted at thebbenda bedraa

Hotels (old), which changed hands at $15 and 8181, had buyers ab the former rate and sellera asking the latter at the close. The new shares could have been, obtained at

315

Lands were on offer at 880 Realties wore offering at $18 Ewos, after being done at Tls. 16.40 and Tis, 101, closed in demand nt Tis. 17

Trams were dealt in nt if and 821.

Star Ferrias, which were done at

894, closed with sollers; at 805.

Chins Lights were denit in at $281.

Electrics could have been obtain- ed at 880.

Telophones (fully paid) were in demand at 843), as were also, the! part paid shares at $294, after sales- being put through at $30, U Ropes were in request at $16. Dairy Farms were offering at 832--- Lane, Crawfords (old) were in demand at. 85,

Constructions' rights were offer ing' at $2.

AFTERNOON SESSION." At the afternoon session & Fair. amount of business passed on a cash basis The following are the changes:

Banka were, int demand at the slightly advanced rate of $1,075. Unions were wanted at 8445. Wharves were the medium of anles at 8151.

Hotels (old) changed hands at 813, and ht the close there were sellers at this rate. The new shares. were on offer at $14,75,

Realties could have been obtained at 915.

Ewoc, after being reported sales to Shanghai at Tls 17.55 and Tis." 17.00, closed in demand "at" "Tis. 17.50.

Trams were wanted at 21, but seller's were asking 321).

China Lights could have been ob` tained ́at $28.

Telephones (part paid) were dis posed of at 830, AN

Cementa (combined), which were done at $18.40, 'closed in requent at

8781, but sellers were sacking 8183

Ropes changed hands at $16), but closed in demand at this quotation, Dairy Farms were on offer at :831,

FILM STAR'S £6,000 A WEEK.

EXTRAVAGANCE OF HOLLY- WOOD DENOUNCED..

New York-Hollywood like the rest of the world is faced, by a Onancial crisis and several.com. conies are expected to follow the lend of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who Berlin, Sopt. 3.-The ex-Kaiserva just announced a 10 per cent. increase in the price of their films. one again figures in the German Representatives of÷ 14,000 Ameri- Press The causes of his appearance can picture houses, meeting this this time are financial and legal.

afternoon in New York, proteited against this rise and invited the Ho is reported to have had several million guilders invested in the Dutch bank, Rhodius Konigs Han- delemaatschappij, which has been badly hit by the German Guantial arisis.

THEATRE

TO DAY & TO-MORROW Ar 30, 6:10, 7:15 & 9:20

WARNER BROS.

Present

SINNERS HOLIDAY

Take time off for Bad Behavior It will do you Good!!

Raketh With

Grant Witheri Evalyn Knapp

| NEXT="CHANGE HE PAID FOR HER LOVE

-and lost it!

MIRAMON

NOVATIO

brings new romantic thrills in this Arthur Schnitzler story of love, laughter and death in gay Vienna His finest role!

with

HELEN CHANDLER.

JEAN-"HER-HOLT 0. AUBREY SMITH

directed by Jacques Feyder +Ya? tEr;

DAYBREAK

(STAR)

Ar 280, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20.

public to join them in a great cam-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW paign to deflate Hollywood," de claring that the industry is threa tened with ruin through reckless The extravaganca

Mr. David Barrist, & Philadelphia BELLAMY TRIAL

theatre owner, complained that the film-going public is being forced to shoulder the burden of excessivo anlaries paid to stars and directors, |E nd that the increased prices will be passed on to audiences.

A report, which has been officially denied, states that the Dlitch bank, which is closely connected with sev eral Gorman banks, has been assist- ed by the Gorman Government to-gets- £5,000 weekly from Warner Brothers, yet they are not paying any dividends. No ability or genius justifies a salary of £8,000 weekly...

the extent of several million marks.

The second affair is a caso in which the ex-Kaiser, under the name of W. von Hohenzollern, is dotén- dant in a case at Potsdam..A farma Tabourer has brought a charge of non-payment of wages against him.

The labourer was employed last Augustion on estato Dear Potadam. He stated that on refusing to work extra time at threshing, on account "of (an2áúflammation of the eye," ho was immediately discharged, al- though he had been engaged until the end of September

He had produced a doctor's corfi- duale stating his incapacity for, the work, but this did not prevent bis dismissal The case was adjourned.

Conatanee Bennett," he said,

Tear to Ruin.

"We exhibitors are trying to call “ halt to the most colossal orgy of extravagance known as peace-time industry, and they have brought our business perilously close to ruiti - Hollywood's reply to these char- gos is that the leading companies. have recently cut salaries wholesale. to balance the losà in revenue, which has been very marked in recent months, 6

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Wall Street bankers financing the | industry have also demanded an end to the period of prodigal spend- ing, now that revenues ara-surinke ing.

LEATRICE JOY

GEORGE BARRAUD

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