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CENTRAL TINEATRE w

SHOWING TO-DAY

| 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m. §.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

DRACULA.

The Colony is ganping over

Dracula, Universal's strange

drama which closed its run at the Contral Theatro last night, and which bus created a veritable sen

...

VAG RLD'S Faation among local theatre-goers.

Lew

· CHAM-

PION

Never before, it is said, has the screen presented a story which exercises such n powerful effect on The emotions of the audience deal- ing as it does with the terrible -No man bad depredations of a human vampire "Over knocked and his stuntlily mounting influence him down --

over the lives of a group of people, But a woman's combatted by the apparently hope- kiss toppled him lesa efforts of a scientifle physician. from his throne, Bela Lugosi, the famous Hun and a new cham-garian actor, was seen in the title pian, was born,

role; and the cast also included Edward Van Sloan and Herbert Bunston, who appeared with Lugosi in the original stage production of the play..

RES

în

GIRON

MAN

grostent and most fascinating role rinsa

"ALL QUIET ON. THE WESTERN

FRONT.". A "TOD BROWNING PRODUCTION eo-foaturing ROBERT ÁRMATRONG and Jean HALLOW with John Miljna

Ned

Sparks, From the novel by W. R.. HORNETT, author of "Little Cassar pre- sented by CAILL LAMMLE, produced by CADL LAENUE,

NEXT CHANGE

IRON MAN.?

Jch Harlow, who plays the feminine lend in Iron Man" now

al

at the Central Theatre, entered pictures twice. The first time Roach gave her a contract, but her grandfather put up such strong objections that she left. Eventual- ly she was offered the lead in' "Hell's Angels," and this time her grandfather's opposition was over-

come.

KING'S THEATRE.

1 TAKE THIS WOMAN."-

No one who has followed Carole Lombard's recent serean work

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER

HONGKONG'S FINEST CN

LAST TWO DAYS Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7:15 AND 9.30 P.M.

Man and wifo-to-day! To-morrow strangers! Yet this strong man wakas modern marriage yield him undying lore-1

I TAKE THIS WOMAN

a Paramount Picture

with

GARY COOPER CAROLE LOMBARD

Joan Marsh, the good-digger" Student Prince." Kasda, bowover, a more modern hero than the first in of the production, made her appearance even carlier, playing Prince" He is an up-to-date the baby in Henrts Aflame" when love adventurer, with so many con- che was but nine months of age, quests that he has come to think of and playing child parts in Daddy love'ns murely a game, not at all Long Legs and Pollyanna"

to be taken seriously: with Mary Pickford before starting her educational career.

John Wayne of The Big Trail doubts, the she is well on her way fame and Lew Cody have the prin to stardom, and, after seeing her sipal masculine roles in this offer- ig1 Take This Woman," nowing, with Joyce Compton as the showing at the King's Theatre, her meteoric Hollywood career is in derstandable. She is beautiful, in- telligent, has a sense of humour and n well-developed dramatío

ROMANCE OF THE talent.

OPERA"

AN-ALL-TALKING, SINGING, DANCING CHINESE PICTURE.

FIRST SOUND-ON FILM PICTURE PRODUCED

IN CHINA.

Featuring

Nur Mei Young

Foremost Chinese

Film Stär

and

Violet Wong

Known as

Tze Lo Lan

And An All Star Cast

Produced by

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UNIQUE FILMS, SHANGHAL

AVOID, and CURE

COUGHS, COLDS.

SORE THROATS, BRONCHITIS, Elc.

by Taking VALDA PASTILLES

On Sale at all Chemiste

INSIST ontheboxer bouring the name VALDA.

in

Co-featured with Gary Cooper thy Mary Hoberta Rinehart story, Miss Lombard displays depths of emotional felling hidden in several of her recent comedy-romance parts,

third lost girl" and Faul Fix, Andre Beranger. Addie McPhail Kathrin Clara Ward and Dick Krene in the supporting cast.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

DAYBREAK

That love sooner or later, will catch up with you, is the theme which is woven through the engross

But one night he meets Laura, played "uy the talented Helen Chandler. He succumbs, and lots himself in for a train of circum stances which lead to the very gates of tragedy. Perhaps the greatest scene in the picture is that in which Laura, become a bardened habitue of gay gambling casinos, openly Bouts the man who had won her Arst affections. It is a splendid piece of acting by two very fine players,

In listing acting achievements of the fim, one must pay homage to Jean Hersholt. Again this gront character actor shows himself a leader in his art. Schnabel, the Ramon Novarro Metro-Goldwyn, just a human being without breed- Mayer vehicle, which is showing at ing possessed of too much money. the Queen's Theatre.

C Aubrey Smith, as the general Daybreak" deserves all the also does an excellent piece of praise it has been given as antage characterization REPOR play. Navarro and the French direct Supporting role are ably played

1931.

NEXT CHANGE WEDNESDAY, 7TH, OCT.

B

CIRLS LOST

First g

girl gave, 2nd girl grasped,

3rd girl got what?

with

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME:

QUEEN'S

BROADCAST BY ZBW ON TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY

355 METRES

11 to 11:30 4m-Stock quotations 11:30 a.m.-Chinase programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programmie

p.m. Local time and weather,

reported

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, mikil

A notice, eta.

2 pin-Close down.

8 to 7 pm-Chiness programme. 7 to 20.30 p.m.-European pro gramme of Victor, records sup plied by Messrs. Tsang Fook #Piano, Co. -

quotations, mail

Stock notico, etc... 7.05 to 7 pm

Trom the Studio,"

A lecture by Doctor CA OF Herklots D.Ph., M.Sc. on

Tropical Fruits."

6 pm Local time and weather

report.

7.35 to 8:25 pm-

90508.

AT 2.80, 6.10, 7.15 & 0.20.

HE PAID FOR HER LOVE

and lost it.

RAMON

NOVATO

A Concert. Orchestral Romance (Rubin stoin)-Victor Concert Orth Song-The_Cuckoo' (Lehmann) Song" I Know a Lovely Gar den (Teschemauler D'Haido lot)-Marin Jeritan (Soprano), 3, 79 ---1301.

Loretta

YOUNG

John " WAYNE

FOX PICTURE

Piano Solo" Mazurka

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL, No. 26313.

MOVES AGAINST U,S. GANGSTERS.

EXPERT SHOTS READY TO FIGHT IN STREETS:

CALL FOR STRICTER FIREARMS LAW,

New York, Sept 1-1 New York's war on gangsters has not resulted in the arrest of many pro- minent underworld figures; it ens increased the population of the city's gutols by 20 per cent in a fortnight, and presented the gaolers with the problem of putting 1,664 prisoners into 975 cells, with condi- tions worse than in the famous

on

Tiano Solo "Variations

Themes from Cartiten" (Bizet Horowitz).

in C

Sharp Minor" (Chopin). Vladimir Horowitz.-1327;

Scotch Song" Mary of Argyle"

(Jofferys Nelson),

Scotch Bong“ Auld

Scotch

Sangs "(Bethune-Teeson)-Sir Harry Lauder.-2002. Violin Solo Ruralia Hungari- en-Molto Vivnce" (Dohannyi). Violin Solo Rurația Hungari- ch-Prento (Dohnanyi)-Fritz. Kreisler-1428.

Song Neno But Lonely

Heart" (Tschaikowaky). Song-Who is Sylvia? (Shake. speare-Schubert). John McCor mack (Tenor)-1306. Pinno Solo Fairy -Tale:""

Medtner)

Piano Solo" Suggestion Dinho- lique (Prokofieff). Benno

8.25 to 8.55 p.my

Moiseivitch-140"

Orchestral,

Festivals" (Debussy).-Philadel phia Symphony Orch, -1309. Eaneza Hapgorie " (Chabrier).--

Detroit Symphony Orch.1337. March of the Little Lead Sol-

diers (Pierne). Petite Suite-Marchand's Im promptu'' (Bizet)-Vietor Con Wcert Orch.19720. 1991 fan | Rustic Wedding Symphony ---

Serenade" (Goldmark).

und Choper, strong, outdoor, virile, ing story of Daybreak." the new other man," is never a heavy, but Tombs Prison, where there, are 42**Rustic Wedding Symphony-

makes an excellent lending man for the charming actress,

To love, to cherish." divorce," tells the story of

to

tor, Jacques Feyder, have indeed by William Bakewell, Karen Mor aenhanced in the talkie the original ley, Kent Douglase, Glenn, Tryon

charm of this sophisticated drama. and Clyde Cook.

Novarro, as the Viennese lieuton- ant, Willi Kasda, is seen in a role quite different from the Spanish lovers of his two most recent pie

- ON WITH THE SHOW.

Take This Woman" which, under the title "Lust Eestasy," was celebrated novel before it became a motion picture. It is the story, of selfish and capricious daughter of wealth, vacationing on a Wyoming tures, In Gay Madrid" .and "On With the Show," the first As the im-100 per cent, natural colour, talk- ranch while a pociety scandal in "Call of the Flesh." which she is involved blows over.maculately garhed-lieutenant, with ing, singing dening picture opens

prisoners and 448 cclis.

Bridal Song "« (Goldmark). "It has had also its colourful age. Viétor Concert Orch-35968. pects in bringing to Police Commis-55 to 9.37 p.m sioner Mulrooney letters from fully

1,000 persons who describe thein- eclvca no expert shots with pistol and rifle, and who are ready to en- list in the war on the baby, killing

bandita.

The gang war did not prevent another street shooting in Brooklyn last night, in which several innocent

She falls in love with a ranch-hand .toonocle in one eye, Novarro sends at the Queen's Theatre on Thursbystanders narrowly escaped, as

Her

Cooper, and marries him. father, exasperated at this final in-: discretion, disinherits her, and, in months of struggle, she tries to, accommodate herself to the rough! life of her husband's barren ranch. Unable to cope with the hard life, she leaves Cooper. Her gay and glittering society world is opened up to her again. But, with every- thing she thought she wanted again. hers, she finds all useless without the man she has learned to love. Cooper refuses to come to her, and she is forced to decide between the luxury of her own life, and love.

The locale of the story shifts Be tween the New York of the Four Hundrod und Wyoming'e sun: drenched plains. The contrast of setting adds vividness to an absorb- ing love story based on a vital

modern theme.

3 GIRLS LOST!""

Although a few noted screen play ors of to-day-made their initial screen appearance as children, the vast majority did not, came before the camera until they were grown up and roady for a career. NBA

By a queer coincidence, however, two of the threb, actresses in the Lifle role of "s Girls Lost the Fox picture coming to the King's Theatre on Wednesday, made their film debuts at a very tender age and then retired until they had completed their education before Peamining celluloid career.

Loretta Young who endets the feminine lend had her first part on the silver sheet when only four VARTA old as a child actress in a Fanny Wari picture, and cont tipted playing child roler until the was seven when she abandoned Aims for school, um

one's memories onekto

The day for a run of 3 days.

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 280, 7-16 and 918 pm.

20

Special Matinee at 515 on Saturdays and Sundays.

A MGM. All-Talking Picture

THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN'

with

the beautiful Norma Shearer in title role

THE TRIAL OF

Who killed. Edgar Rice,

Hear the evidence,

follow

every thrilling move in the

picture and you'll know.

Added Attraction:

Hearst News.

MARY DUGAN

Metro-Goblugin," Påver

ALL TALKING

PICTURE

gunmen were pouring a volley from a motor-car at a liilliard-room where Abe Relcz "gang makes, its head quarters.

The volley misind, and shattered the window of a vehien's'dress shop adjoining.

The proprietor and customer threw themselves on the floor na the firat shot brake the window, and escaped uscatlied.

Anti-Pistol Law, Declaring that emergency existed warranting an "extraordinary mea sure to uphold the hands of the police," Governor Roosevelt, of New York, in a peoin" message to the zizi "Keisti || Legislature, has asked for the strengthening of the anti-pistol low to prohibit the private possession of machine guns, making their posses sion or sale, a criminal offence,........

At the same time he has submitted

William Fox presents "LOVE, LIVE & LAUGH" on October 6th Tuesday,

recommendation to Police Com- missioner Mulrooney that the issue. of pistal permits be taken from the Courts, and given to the polics clcfs, that all applicants, for per mits should have their fingerprints taken and be required to show clean record that permits "should be issued for a year, only, and that the penal law should be echended to provide an additional penalty for

he use of motor care in cocmaitting.

* Variety.

Humorous Song Appund the

Corner."

Humorous Song-“ Down by the Railroad Track."-Frank Crüs umit.----29423.---

Organ Solo "After I Say I'm

Organ Bolo The Prisoner's Song"-Jesso Crawford.-19980. Monologue The Trick Boys."

Marshall Cole $2305. de Saxophone Solo"Rubenola

Rudy Weidooft, dirsek spot Saxophone Duct The Swal-

Arnold Brilhart.-21898. low Rudy Weidoeft and Organ Sola Dinah," Organ Solo"Always"-Jesse

Crawford, 20000 Instrumental Trio Fun at the

Instrumental Trio O'Brien's Wedding." Ed., Geoghegan's Emerald Trio with Mattie Has king-20702. coding ap 9.37 to 10.14 p.m.

Operatic.

Gems from Aida" (Verdi), Victor Light Opera Company 35040 Rigoletto Weep My Child

(Verdi).

Rigoletto--" Sately: Guard This. Tender Blossom (Verdi). Madame Amelita Galli Curci and Giuseppe Do Lyon 3051, Selections from Mefistofelo ~ (Boito, arr. Crentore):-: Mefistofele Prologue (Boito,

Creatore) Crestore's Band-35871,

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

with

HELEN CHANDLER JEAN HERSHOLT 0. AUBREY SMITH

directed by Jacques Feyder

DAYBREAK

ADDED ATTRACTIONS CHARLIE CHASE

GIRL SHOOK? NEXT CHANGE

ON WITH THE SHOW

The... first:100% natural color sing ing, talking, dancing picture in Techni

color.

STAR

TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY Ar 2.30, 5.20,7.20 & 9.20.

THE picture

that moved bird-boiled Broadway'as"

on Giovanni-To My Beloved" never before. (Mozart), :)

Don Giovanni-On For All Toy

**Dependoth

Bohipa (Te Gems from Tales

(Ofenback) Victur 10.14 to 10.27 1m m

Hawaiian Maslo,

Waonahele-Medi

Kash

fand

Commissioner Mudrocnoy stress- | 10,97 *p. ed the

the line of motor.

dised crime.

Tito

Royal Hawai

Talking draina,

Madame

ameX

Ruth Ch