1931-10-21 — Page 3

CENTRAL

IN THEATRE MA,

SHOWING TODAY

2.30, 5.10, 7:15 and 9.20 p.m.

气

MEN

WOMEN

without

WOMEN TALKED ABOUT

by men without women --and how 16 men talked about their gule in every port while they waited for death in

n steel prison on the

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT.”.

Art galleries, and private hotnes known to possess genuine French Renaissance furniture and paint- ings were combed of their most. valuable exbibit pieces by the United Artists studios, Hollywood,. for the rich collection of furnish ings and decorations used in film- ing On Romantic Night," the all-dialogue screen adaptation of Ference Mohar's staganceses, The Swan", which introduced Lillian Gish at the Queen's Then tre in the fed talking picture of her carver.

"1

Though Our Romantic Night' ig by no means a period picture (on the contrary, its welting 'is' atrictly modern), Paul L, Stein, director, and John W. Considine, ir, executive production head at' the United Artists' studios, con-

bottom of the Chinasidered the French decorative style Sen

AMAZING!

GRIPPING!

SENSATIONAL!

A talking picture

worth shouting about

with KENNETH MacKENNA Farrell MacDonald, Erwin' Stuart, Frank Albertson, Warren Hymer, Paul Page, Walter Metrall,

NEXT CHANGE

„A UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION

Batty Compson

Elliott Nurent Jean Arthur Tully Marshall, J. C. Nugent, Allison Skipworth in

THE BIGGEST LAUGH HIT OF THE YEAR 1

A joyous, rib-" cracking comely of tremulous hips that begged to be kissed, and husband who be loved the Mother Goose 'T'alos!

VIRTUOUS HUSBAND

THEATRE ROYAL

The Committee of the Hong Kong A.D.C beg to announce production

A

DEAR BRUTUS,

by

SIR JAMES BARRIE

November 14, 17, 19, 20 & 21

on

with a Matinee on

A November 18,

Booking at Anderson's from October 26.

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the only suitable one to convey the sophisticated elegance which char- nelerizes the story.

Planned months ahead in every detail, One Romantic Night brings to the street new sense. of richness in pictorial, effects. Ith magnificent furnishings, gleaned from the richest homes and the most exclusive art shops in the vicinity of Hollywood, eet a precedent in elaborate set decoration,

One Romantie Night," which sponsors Miss Gish's debut in talk-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1931.

HONCKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30,

5.10, 7.15

AND 9,80

P.M.

6

CYLINDER LOVE

with

SPENCER TRACY-SIDNEY FOX EDWARD EVERETT BORTON

Ál80

Thrill-a-second. Laugh-a-minute

FOX MOVIETONE NEWS

presente

Through the courtesy of the National Flood Relief Commission, scence of devastated districts between Nanking and Hankow. Photograhped personally by Col Charles A. Lindbergh while making an aerial survey, for the National Flood Relief Commission.

ing pictures, in romantic comedy from his employer without the Int drama with Rod fa Roeque, Conradter's knowledge, but the employer Nagel, Marie Dressler, O. P. discovers he loss and gites him the Heggie, Albert Conti, Edgar Nor-alterative between rupying or ton, Billie Bennett, Rits Powell, facing prosecution...! Sam Blum, Phillippe de Lacy and Byron Sage in the supporting cast.

EYES OF THE WORLD."

Hubby sells his house, tells the spougës what he thinks of them, gets rid of his white dephant of a car at the crucial moment and squares his debt. But the the ex- perience the newly-weds go through provides the audience with a pleni- lade of laughs.

William Collier, Sr.,

Una

The stern code of the hills, that inexorable, anwiftten law which holds young womanhood inviolate, is the basie theme of "Eyes of the World," the Inspiration-United Merkel, Buth Warren, E. Brendel Artists dramatization of the Harold and Bert Bonch do especially splen Bell Wright novel, coming to the did support work. Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

WAYS OF THE YOUNG GENERATION.

AN AMAZING BOY AGED SIX.

A sturdy boy of six, neatly clad, with wide open, fearless eyes, stood calmly in front of the magistrates in Aldershot Juvenile Court and listened while the potion fold a

story of his escapades. He was

charged with wandering.

Police inspector Hibberd said that the boy was the son of a stok er in, the Navy. The mother had recently moved from. Devonport, to Farnborough and she found she could do nothing with the boy,

NEXT CHANGE

WHEN

Prettier Girls are possible

VIC and EDDIE will chase and love 'em

En Raoul Wafshe's

WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS

with

VIC McLAGLEN and EDDIE LOWE

FOX

PICTURE

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.

AIRWAYS AND AVIATION

(Continued from Page 9.)"

. R.101 MEMORIAL.

IMPRESSIVE SIMPLICITY OF

ALTAR TOMB.

At Cardington cemetery, near Bedford, builders removed a hoard- ing and revealed an altar tomb, ap- proached by steps, above the grave of the R.101 airship victims.

It is in Portland stone on a con- erete base, made when the gravo "|

was filled in, and stands in n square sunken enclosure with stone coping."

The names, in alphabetical order. are carved on the two long faces of the tomb.

At Devonport he had stolen chick ens, a petambulator, and other

At one end there is carved in “WOMEN OR ALL NATIONS." things, and, during the past five Henry King, the director, useK

weeks had been six times. in the relief the Royal Air Force devico this stern, ethical law Kis the

Leading, photographers and ill-hands of the police. Once he stole and the motto, "Per Ardús ad foundation for a beautiful romance ustrators are unanimour in acclaim-

scooter and went off for adven Astm." At the other appears the and a dramatic story of the conflicting Greta Nissen, who portrays the tures. Ho unchained a savage dog! between two diverse stratas in the leading feminine role Raoul in a builder's yard and took it inseription: "Here lie the bodies social scale-the simple, kindly Walsh's Fox, production, Women with him. He was next seen up an of forty-eight officers and men who apple tree with the dog on guard perished in his Majesty's, nirskiö natured dwellers of the hills and Of All Nations," the most beauti the sophisticated urbanites.

ful and natural blonde of the below.

R.101 on October 5, 1930' Eyes of the World" is a clean, screen. Yet Miss Nissen has never beauty wholesome story of an outdoor giri stupped her foot into a who meets young artist and falla parlour, and, with the exception of in love with him at first sight. Lordinary cold cream, has never aid. Their romance is temporarily im-ed nataire with the use of cosmetics, paired by the machinations of an It is also interesting to note panserapulous woman of the cities that though Miss Nissen has blonde who attempts to wean the affectresses that are the envy of every tions of the artist.

woman in the film colony she has Una Merkel, who startled Broad-never permitted any one to dress way with her. vivid characteriza | her hair. sions in Coquette," and "Pige," and who was chosen by D. W. Griffith to play the role of "Ann Rutledge" in "Abraham Lincoln," plays the part of "Sybil" in Eyes of the World." John Holland is seen as "Aaron King." McLaglen and Edmund Lowe each, after having stolen a box of the artist. Nance O'Neil, who is carrying on from whore they left them from a van." He bit and kick unu of America greatest emo off in "The Cock-eyed World Eled when arrested. tional actresses, portrays the grim Brendel, who was first seen on the The boy was ordered to be sent role of Myra, who haunts the screen in "The Cock-eyed World," to an industrial home and kept He left the themories of her past, seeking is present in the new film, and in there till he is 16.

Swedish court quite unconcerned, and later character, a same

demanded cake with his tea

Miss Niesen's charms can be sten, beginning next Sunday, when "Women Of All Nation" opens at the King's Theatre, This photoplay depicts the further adventures of Flagg" and "Quirt" with Victor

his

revenge.

Others cast are Brandon Huret; Marine.

as Mr. Taine Hugh Huntley,

as the profligate "James Rutled- ge" Fern Andra, as the love- starved Mrs. Taine": Frederic Burt." as "Conrad La Grange," and William Jeffery, as the ranger.

KING'S THEATRE.

"SIX CYLINDER LOVE."**

Especially picked for their com ady Lalents, the east of "Six Cylin der Lave which opens at the King's Theatre-to-day headed by Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox and Edward. Evere, Horton, cortain- ly live up to their past reputationa and Director Thorton Freeland deserves credit for thosh little touches that go so far in making the picture stand out.

"Fix Cylinder Love" tells of the troubles a pair of newlyweds meet when they buy a car that is. to. expensive for their means. Own- ing the machine brings a crowd of spangers, whose principal interest is having the newly-weds throw a continuous round of parties Pre sently the diost finds the pace tell ing on his pocketbook, but his wife

rules his objection Facing bankruptcy, the final straw comes when the wife smashier into another ear, and hubby has to raise five thousand dollars o eco his wife go to jail. In des poration he, "borrows" the money

ANEMOGIROUTTE.

When the owner ordered him down be threatened to set the dog on him. "He upset a barrel of tar on the roadside and was taken' home by soldiers, smothered from head to foot with the tar. Ho rau away the same night, and was seen by the police in Aldershot's main street smoking a cigarette. would give no account of the money found in his possession.

The French Academy of Science During the week he stole a horse have heard & report of the experi- from a meadow and rode it into Aldershot, where he fell off and was ente made by Colonel Elévé with

He was the object of giving stability to" helped on by a soldier. later in the hands of the police for aeroplanes controlled by wireless. trying to sell expensive hats for d

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 230, 7.15 and 8.15 pm.

Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturdays and Sundays

MGM-production. “BELLAMÝ TRIAL with Margaret Seddon and George. Barrand

Law is nothing ́but common

ведао.....

This picturo will interest you from beginning to end

We're pretty aure of that.

COMMENCING ON OCTOBER

!!

Added: Attractions;

He

Walt Rosner"

and His Commanders

and

Hearst News.

The M.GM. production “MARIANNE”

Colonel Etévé has invented an the instrument which he enlla

Anémogirouette," capable of auto- matically re-establishing stability in the case of a change of speed in the plane or in the wind and in that of change of, direction, Com- pletely satisfactory results are stated to have been obtained in practice with the anómo girouette."

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AIR MINISTER'S ESCAPE.

F

Caught in. whirlwind near Grosseto, Italy, recently big' Caproni bomber, which General Bebo, the Air Minister, was pilot- ing, was thrown into a tail-spin which lasted for over 4,000ft, and gave rise to great apprehension.

Spectators who rushed in motor; cars to the spot where the nero, plane seemed likely to crash were ralieved to find that General Balbo had succeeded in regaining control and in making a safe landing.

113 WOMEN AIR PILOTS.

One hundred and thirteen women have now passed their Air Minis- try, teste for "A" or "B" pilota licences. Of these, 10% hold A" licences, which entitle them to fly anywhere and to carry passengers. In amateur capacity. The fivo: others bo "Boences which edite them to s for hire of reward."*34* per

pilpte oaniq into force Ministry has iseu women.

Hoensing

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W ON FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7:15 & 9.20.

355 METRES.

11 to 11.30 am-Stock quotations 11.30a.m.-Chinese, programme, 12.30 p.m.-European programme.

1 p.m. Local time and weather

reporte

Got A

ALL FOR LOVE 1

For two different men this aristro- bratle beauty prepared to run" away at the risk of giving up Teverything. Waa her love cons

tant P The most amazing love

1.30 pm Rugby Press nows, mailstory ever told I

notice, ale

2 pmClose down,

5 to 7 pam --Chinese programme,

0 to 4.30p.m.-Chinese children's

programme.

7 to 10.30 p.m.-European, pro-

grauame of Victor and H.M.V.

records supplied by MeasTA,, Motrio & Co.

7 p.m.-Mail notice, ete.

7.03 to 7.98 p.m.

Aand Selections.

The Bella of St. Malo" (Rim-

mor).

Semper Didelis March" (Sousa). -The Band of HIM. Cold- stroam Guarda-B2647. Selection" of Leslie Stuart's

Songs

(arr.. Hume). The Band of H. M. Coldstream Guarda-C1628.

A Musical Switch" (arr. Alford). -The Band of H. M. Cold- 'stream Guards.-C1580.

8 p.m.Local time and weather

report.

7.28 to $.08 p.m.-

} A Concert,

Song "Bird of Love Divine”

(Haydn Wood): Song" Valley of Laughter" (Sanderson), Mavis Bennett (Soprano)-B2372. Piano Solo Caprice (Gluck-

Saint-Saens).

Piano Solo"Fantaisiem. promptu (Chopin)-Harold Bauer.-6548,

Song Bisherman of England "

(Phillips).

Song Young Tom O'Devon ". (Russell).-Peter Dawson (Bassa ̧ Baritone).-B3301," Violin Solo"La Cancion del Olvido." (Serrano-Perainger); "Rondo "Spohr-Persinger). Violin Solo" Song of Spain" (Samazeuilh)-Master Yehudi Menuhin-7317 Song – Thinkin

(Bennett). Song-Columbine's Garden" Besly). Walter Glynna (Tenor)-33108.

of Mary"

Piano Solo-" Etude in G Flat * Major" (Black Keys) (Chopin), Piano Solo-"Etade in C Minoy" (Royolutionary). (Chopin). Igpace Jan Paderewski,--12§7. 8.08 to 8.30. p.m.

Organ Bolos,

"Chelson Fayre " (Goss-Custard). "Londonderry Air" (arr. Stewart Archer). Reginald : Goss-Cus tard, F.R.C.O.--B2375. "Schon Rosmarin" (Kreisler). "A Brown Bird Singing" (Haydu Wood). Reginald Foort.

B2004, Cantilene Nuptiala” (Dubois). Imperial March" (Elgar).-

Stanley Roper-C1297. 6.30 to 0.05. p.m.-

Variety.

Humorous Duet Cute Little Flat, Gracie Fields and Archia. Pitt. Bong.When You've Gone."

Gracie Fields.-B3134, Banjo Quartette Whistling

Rufus." Banjo Quartetto A Swance Sing Song--Emile Grim: shaw's Banjo Quartette-B3377; Humorous Song Dock My

Sweetie Care for Me? Humorous Song" Don't Criti- cise. Leslio Barony.—B2351; Dialogues Two Scenes from Private Lives. Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward.

Bong Carolina Moon Song Woary River" Gens

Alistin (Tenor) B2005

9.05 to 10.25 p.m.-The entire musi

eal numbers of the Opera Patienco (Gilbert-Bullivan) recorded in Europe's under the direction of R. D'Oyly Carte. with

10.23 :mugbeinid-day Press newsand London Board of Trade letter

10.30 p.m.Close-down

LILLIAN GISH One Romantic Night

ROD LA ROCQUE' CONRAD NAGEL 'MARIE DRESSLER

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"ME AND THE BOYS"

TO-MORROW

INSPIRATION PICTURE

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the EYES.

WORLD

FROM 'TING STORY BE

HAROLD BELL WRIGHT"

HENDY KING

PRODUCTION

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Thrilling to wil- lions as hest.. selling novel, it is twice as intensa'ns & talking picture.

BUNITED ARISKS, PICTURS,

FIN EMER

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 6.20, 7,20 & 9.20.

Ramon

NOVARRO

-in a gay, thrilling,

passionato, unforgettable romance of Old Spain