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CENTRAL

THEATRE MA

SHOWING TO-DAY

WE

230, 5.00, 7.20 and 9.30 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTICE I

Due to the length of this double or

programme,

patrons are requested to note the above showing times which have been altered slightly.

PRICES AS USUAL"

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

" SONG OF THE WEST.

An oxciting and colourful picture comes to the Queen's Theatro on Sunday. It is "Siong of the West," A new Vitaphone all-colour produe tion presented by Warner Bros., and boasting a fine story as well as a capable east bonded by Vivionne Segal and John Boler

The scones are beautiful. The grent outdoors of the West, photo graphed in natural colours, ia stirring sight. The covered wagons, rumbling over the plains and the long nights with the plancors sitting about the campärys singing the simple songs of the plains, ara scones of touching beauty The love story, telling of the regeneration of a man through the devotion of his wife, fits in with

PARTLY in Technicolour, the adventurous spirit of the film.

COLUMBIA PICTURES på sentid

ALL-TALKING MUSICAL DRAMA

THE

MELODY MAN

ALICE DAY WILLIAM COLLIER, JR.

'JOHN ST. POLIS

COLUMBIA PICTURES

CELECTED BY RWILLIAM NEILL.

COLORFUL ROMANCE OF OLD MEXICO/

MEXICALI

ROSE

BARBARA STANWYCK

SAM HARDY

"E" Palanting with life 1 *** Fanotunted with heart-throbe! Tanno, Turbulant, Thrliling.

DON'T MISS IT..

ELE, C. KENTGE

COMING ATTRACTION

YOUNG SINNERS

A virile drama of youth and its yearnings :

with

THOMAS MEIGHAN -HARDIE: ALBRIGHT Directed by Jake Błystone

Vivienne Segal, woll-known on the musical stage, is delightful in the leading feminine role, and John Boles, playing opposite” Mias. Segal, repeats the good noting and. fine singing, he did in "The Desert Song Joo E. Brown, the come dian, Sam Hardy, the villain, and Rudolph Cameron, the young lieut enant, all give excellent perform-

Ances..

:

The production was directed by Ray Enright and is an adaptation. of Rainbow," the operetta. by" Laurence Stallings and Oscar Ham merstein II.

KING'S THEATRE.

WARM CORNER,

A Warm Corner," which comes to the King's theatre shortly, tolls of the adventures of a millionaire Cornplaster maker, named Corner who slipped away from his doting but middleaged wild to the joys ct

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY OCTOBER 30-

KING'S

THEATRE

HONGKON'S FINEST CR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.80, 6.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

RAOUL WALSH'S

WOMEN

OF ALL NATIONS

with

EDMUND LOWE

VICTOR M«LAGLEN

GRETA NISSEN EL BRENDEL

The battle of the century for the lady of the hour, makes the laugh hit of the year.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

THE MELODY: MAN.

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When the casting director for Columbia Pictures looked about him for someone to interpret the character of Von Kemper, the titlo role in The Melody Man," the all-talking musical production new showing at the Central Theatre, he realized the necessity of finding an Be Lido. There he became enactor who not only looked the part tangled with a designing soung lady. He bolted in a panic, when he found her to be married, but was followed home by her and a crowd of others who had all been witnesses of his carrying ou. Then

but could make it live histrioni- cally on the screenin

John St. Polis was chosen-not only because he possessed physical attributes which ditted him for the rôle, but because he had, as well, a splendid background of stage, and followed a desperate attempt by an intelligent and faished per- screen experience which guaranteod

Corner to keep his doings from formance. It developed that St. his wife's knowledge. With cach Polis had a mental and emotional arrival from the Lido his plighta sympathetic understanding of the. slant which peculiarly fitted him for

became more agonising," and efforts role.

at concealment more outrageously

MEXICALI ROSE..

till he finally escaped Up comic.. planting his escapades on a pal. A new menace has arrived to add who had really manoeuvred him to the trials and tribulations of into his Warm Corner," and, as Hollywood producers the aero- plane. Flyers have become so num- he reckoned, deserved no sympathyerous in the cinema capital and its Specially notable is the perform-environs that they interfere serious. ance of Leslie Henton in the paruly with picture-making. Companies of the naughty and embarrassed on location are frequently compell. Mr. Corner, and the geniused to hold up operations for half an for comedy he displays has caused hour at a time, until the drone of him to be hailed as the Charlie noisy motors. has faded out of the Chaplin of the British

reach of the microphone. soreni. An incident of this sort occurred With him is aabrilliant cast, which includes such fanious artists as during the filming of Mexicali Connie Edies (na the wife), Hea Rose," the Columbia all-talking ther Thatcher (as the girl), and drama of Mexican border life. Austin Melford as Heather That playing at the Central Theatro.

Director Erla C. Kenton had To- chor's husbanda

hearsed a large company of extras for a dramatic scene in which Sam Hardy carried the leading role. Just as he was ready to shoot, Kenton was informed by the sound- mixing engineer that he was un- able to cut out the interference of un approaching plane. Work,bad to be held up for a while.

A Warm Corner is an Ideat, Gainsborough picture, directed and adapted by Victor Saville from the play by Arthur Wimperis and Laurie Wylie, Walsh out for the opening date.

"THE CONQUERING HORDE."

LORD BYNG LEAVES

SCOTLAND YARD.

FAREWELL MESSAGE TO METROPOLITAN POLICE

*The Conquering Hordo,” Richard Arlen's Intest!"čalkie," "opena at the King's Theatre to-morrow and for those who like pictures and storics of life in the wide open spaces of the ranches, this is one not to be missed. The story -con- cerns the early days of Texas and herland poor" pioneers when they were victimized by a crowd of

*** I nun very sorry, to-lcave," said carpet-beggers who foroed the poor ranch-owners to sell their pro Lord Byng. Commissioner of Police perty at less than sacrifice pricen, for the Metropolis, whose retiro-

ment took recently. A the government secret-earvice agent out to put a stop to this un-Age and health," he said, "aro derband business, Richard Arlen the sole reasons which compel me nlays his part excellently, while to go and I am responsible for Fay Wray is geen to good advan neither of them. Lage as the far-sighted owner of ons

"The police force, I can any

of the biggest ranches in the pan- truthfully, is the finest force in the handle of Texas, who finds that unworld. It is keeping race, as no loss who can drive her herd of Ano other, with modem scientific de cattle to Abilene, Kansas, almost a velopments in regard to wireless thousand miles, away, she will be and every other form of advance faced with ruin.ment that can help it in coun

Arlen gets himself hired as guide teracting the activities of the to the outfit on their trial across criminal, WA the wilderness but his good inton- A special polies order was issued tions are taken in the wrong light last night in which Lord Byng and although, she knows that he said. WAN Joves her. Tuy drives him awayIt is with the feelings of the onu night when, he is accused of utmost regret that I bid you all. conspiring with a crowd of cattle farewell Your unstinted loyalty. thieves. But he turns out "trumspa and your generous help so freely when the gang is foond with troubla given use made my three years from a band of Tidians and at the of Commissionership asuntomely and we find the young couple rondy happy memory ile

to let the dead bury ita, dead and I can only wish you all the merge

start anew The picture is very good entertainment and the photo graphy excellent.

happiness, in life which you have invariably brought to me during our work together.

CTURE

TO-MORROW.

You'll be

action thrill'd

CONQUERING

HORDE

RICHARD ALLEI EAT WRAY

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PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 280, 7.18 and 8.15 p.m.

Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturdays and Sundays

William For presents "NOT DAMAGED” with Lols Moran and Walter Byron

DAMAGED

Misunderstanding

KEY-NOTE of this picture

the

Be careful not to create any nanecessary misunderstandings before your ideal lady. It may develop into something serions:

Added Attraction : Why Be Serious Comedy and For News

IMENCIEO NOVEMBER 18T The MARK OF ZORRO starring the

DOUGLAS FAIRBBANKS:

DISRAELI

AT THE

QUEEN'S.

GREAT POLITICAL

ROMANCE

Disraeli, 2 romance of British "polítics" and "patriotism in which, Bonjasmin Disraeli is the leading figure, comes at a very appropriate time to the Queen's Theatre The 1km was shown to crowded houses yesterday, and will be soreen to day and to-morrow. The story tels of Disraali's purchase of the Stez Canal" and "the" welter of intriguo that surrounded his coup. The climax is when the fruit old Jew who has become Prime Minister of England, bullies the heavy and overboaring manager of the Bank | of England into giving unlimited credit to newish fimooier, who his bicked' Disraeli's purohese, and been brought to the edge of bank- ruptey by foreign intrigue, so that his cheque shall not be honoured.

Warner Brothers have produced the film with excellent judgment sad careful accuracy in detail. The soones and the photography are delightful, and the Victorinu atmosphere closely reproduced, Disrachi is played by that extreme- ly fine actor George Arliss, who deminates the action from first to "kat. The supporting staff, is ados quate: Jona Bennett looks very alarming in bustle and the hat from. which the modern bowler has been copied, and Doris Lloyd has Avdramatic moment, as - the lapy. whom theold Jew corners with ity courtesy

The play is historical; perhaps it needs some feeling for England and for England's part to appre cate-it to the "full-but after a rather "slow opening the drama moves along quickly, amid plot and counter plot, to an admirably staged finale. It is a film that can be unreservedly recommended.

LANTERN SLIDE SCENERY.

COLOGNE OPERA DEVICE:

Cologne, projected lantern sido pictures in place of convell. tional scenery was the outstand ing feature of the now production; of Verdi's "Aida," with which the Cologne opern велком opened- Herr Hans Strohbach, the pro- ducer, is the first to experiment with this method an a large scale. In the temple scene mшesive stone pillars were seen supporting tons of masonry, and even in the rtalis it was not realised that the scono was nothing more than picture cleverly projected from a bridge some forty feet above the stage.

Many difficulties were experi enced before perfection wasnt- Lained. Three projectors were used, each so finely adjusted that the three sectionis into which the pictures were divided were thrown on to the semi-circular Borcon, or horizon," as it is termed, without any detectable" overlapping Shadows concealed the "joint between the picture and the stage.

The delicate task of transferr ing the scanes to the "slides" WE carried out by Fraulein Fritz,, one of the opera's artista. Absolute perfection was necessary, for a microscopic defect in a slide would have been a glaring error, on the stage.

THE BIG HERRING HARVEST.

1,500 FISHER GIRLS READY FOR GREAT CATCH.

London, Sept. 24. * In about a fortnight the herring harvest will culminate in the fah

ing fleet's "grand lum”, ai. “Yars

mouth And Lowestoft

Hundreds of Scottish fisher girls are now preparing for their pil- grimage to the East Const to deal.. with the millions of herring that will be landed by the trawlers, which are now slowly following the migratingsboats in their Bouthward journey from the north of Scotland Thisscason some 1,500 fisher girls are expected to travel from Scotland

Some of the girls have followed the fleets all the way down the coast, but most of them are travell- ing direct to Yarmouth and Lowestoft, and the LN.E.R. has mado arrangements for scores of special trains which will run from almost every fishing port in Scot land

The herring, which a few months ago were scarce, seem to have res appeared, and there are hopes of asatisfactory season. About 700 drifters are expected to congregato at the two main ports

Aromarkable export trade, is done in the herring landed at Yar mouth and Lowestoft," an expert stated. Huge quantities of salted berring are sent to Arabia, and there is an incessant demand from the desert tribes for tas fial. The.. higher the herring, the better they like it.Thousands of barrels enowned fare lo exported to Polande

Italy, and at one time, Russia, wia- iche of the biggest buy

ly, however, there has

demand from Russia

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WARNER tkus.

presant

George Arliss.. DISRAELI

JDAN BENNETT

Meet him face to face, hear him speak for the first time from the

Gourge Arliss, shed actor In dramatic ma

NEXT CHANGE

The Old West Låven Again

In Color and Action

ALL THE

ROMANCE OF

THE ETERNAL WEST

WARYCH BADE

NATURAL COLDA

SONG OF THE WEST

JOHN BOLES VIVIENNE SEGAL JOE E. BROWN

STAR

100)

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DAVIES

THE

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