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CENTRAL

MAGININE

SHOWING TO-DAY

8,80, 5:10, 7:15 and 9.20 p.m.

YOUNG SINNERS

A virila drama of youth

with

THOMAS MEIGHAN HARDIS. ALBRIGHT « Directed by ' Jaka. Bipriona

and its yearnings.

NEXT CHANGE

Commencing Sunday, 15th Nov

品出司公影電鰃有產國家民 HBETIKAKANBA

天此刻

*5D THIS 15-

PARADISE

Part II,

Another all-talking, singing and dancing Chinese picture.

Starring BUTTERFLY WO

Queen of Chinese Screenland.

With

Shaw Pei Chen

Directed by S. C. Chang

Recorded by Pathe Orient Co.

Produced by

TO-DAY AT THE

Queen's.

CINEMA.

HONG KONG

On with the Show !

All colour, singing and

dancing,

King's.

#Honda Up."

Charles Rodgers King's

Central.

ינ

and Noilie Farrena Whoopee Girls..

"Young Sioners"

Thomas Meighan and

Hardie Albright.

World.

Heart Ache."

Star,

Chineso picturo.

KOWLOON.

Puttin' on the Ritz "

COMING

The Smiling Lieutenant."

Maurice Chovalier-King's,

"Daddy Long Legs."

Janet Gaynor and Warner Bax-

tor-King's

The Divorcee."

Robert Montgomery and Neil Hpaniitan-Majestia.

Lord Byron of Broadway."

---Star.

Stringers May Kiss"

Norma Shearer.-Quoon's.

"Holiday"

Ann Harding-Central. Girls Demand Excitement"

John Wayne and Virginia

Cherrill-King's

An American Tragedy" Phillips Halmes and"

Sylvia Sidney.-King's

Young Sinners."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

KING'S THEATRE

A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION

SHOWING TO-DAY- PICTURES AT 2.30, 6,10, 7,15 & 9.20 PM.

PICTURE

HEADS UP

www.

CHARLES ROGERS

Helen Kane : *- and Victor Moore

A Paramount Piature

REVUE

AT 5.107.15 AND 9.30 PM-ONLY:

NELLIE FARREN'S WHOOPEE GIRLS

ARTISTES

THEIR FAREWELL PERFORMANCES A COMPLETE CHANGH OF

PROGRAMME

NEW SONGS, NEW DANCES, NEW COSTUMES

INCLUDING THE OLYMPIC, TRIO

COMMENCING SUNDAY, 15TH NOV

GIRLS demand EXCITEMENT

For Thrills Y

„John Wayne dinia Cherrill

and

Marguerite Churchill

Booking at the Theatre, Telephone No. 24813,

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG

And the flop' of a gigantic revac or musical comedy entailed the loss of millions of dollars."

Young Sinners" was sensa tional success on the stage, but on the screen, as viewed and heard yesterday it the Central Theatre,. it is even greater. The production is credit to Fox films, to John Blystone, who direcoed is" and to the cast of popular actors that people it.

CHARLES ROGERS

Paramount turg

"Girls Demand Excitement is based on a story by Harlan Thomp son and reaches its high point" with basket ball game between girls and boys. For this particular scene, Ad Schaumer, famous, basketball coach spent weeks instructing the Fox girls in the technique of the game with the result that he has developed a basketball outfit that has defeated all challengers on the coast. Prominent in the support ing cast are George Irving, Helon Jerome Eddy William Janney, Eddie Nugent, Terrance Ray, Marion Byron and Addie McPhail. "The Smiling Lieutenant.”

confusing A most intricately. speech is carried off with a great measure of success by Robert Strange, in support of Maurice: Chevalier in "The Smiling Licut ant, the Ernest Lubitsch produs Strange garbed in patent leather hip boots, a brass chest plate and an elaborate, plummed hat, calls on

The chief interest in Young Binners centres about Thomas Meighan, the celebrated star, who, following two years, of retirement, returns to the screen to portray the featured role of the rollicking Irish trainer who, by almost brutal force regenerates the headstrong. and spendthrift son of a millionaire. The role is a perfect fit for Meighan

The class picture, Gowing cou- and he gives a notable performance, tends, will depend on characterize Hardie Albright, who with Doro-tion dialogue rather than on lavish thy Jordan, furaishes the romantic settings. It may be, he thinks, betion for Paramount, interest, proves himself a real fod. produced with comparatively few: He gives a 'spirited and intelligent and inexpensive sets. This would interpretation of his role and the be following the lead of the Little Chevalier and is required to say vivacions Miss Jordan, as always, every advantage of the opportunity to satisfy demands. Other fine performances are given by Cecilia Loftus, as the girl's mother, James Kirkwood, as the boy's father, and Edmund Breeso as the attorney.

"Heads Up:"

takes

Theatre movement, where serious drama often is performed with the rapid and without cracking a barest minimum of seenery and smile, the following, and more. change of sets. The growth of this movement attests to a real demand for thoughtful pictures.

Such specialized productions would serve as experimental laboratories for new ideas.

**Strangers May Hias."

Seven nations were represented. in the film of "Strangers May Kiss," Norma Shearer's now Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle which will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre...

Motion picturea, designed to ap peal to particular classes of society will be produced in mych greater numbers shortly and will bo greatly in the progress of the film industry, according to a belief expressed at Paramount's New York studio to- day by Gone Gowing, well-known Miss Shearer was born in Canada, director and stage actor. A George Bitzmaurice, the director, is

Gowing who acted in "Courage"

from France, Conchita Montenegro, during its two season on Broadway hails from Spain, Albert Conti is an Austrian, Henry Armetia comes. and found leisure between engago- ments to organize the professional from Italy and George Davis lists Players Club of Philadelphia and Amsterdam, Holland, as his birth direct the Cape Playhouse produe place. Others in the cast, Robert tions at Dennis, Mass, has the prin- Montgomery, Neil Hamilton, Mar cipal role in Houds Up." record-jorie Rambesu, Irene Rich and Jed ed with songs and dialogue by Prouty, all are Americans.

showing to-day at

Mass Co., Shanghai. Paramennt, and she, with a cast on John Meehan's adaptation of the

COMING VERY SHORTLY I

ANN HARDING

in.

"HOLIDAY”.

The greatest picture

of the year.

1..

RKO PATHE Super Special

embracing Charles Rogers, Helen Kane, Victor Moors and Margaret Breen

The new Shearer picture is based novel by Ursula Parrott, author of. The Divorcee," in which the stBT achieved her careers triumph, last year.

"The advent of sound has paved the way for class pictures with Gira Demand: Ezeltement." intense but limited appeal," he de elares, Dialogue has opon an When a co-ed starts to get her immense now field so pictures, but man she generally succeeds. This it also made it more difficult to give exemplified in the Fox Movietone oach production a universal appeal production, Girls Domand Excite Audiences demand something more ment, directed by Semeur Felix to-day than the fast action which and featuring John Wayne, Virginia charuotorized silent pictures, but Cherrill and Marguerite Churchill they do not demand the same which opens at the King's Theatre,

Dext Bunday. things,

Therefore," he continued, "it In this screen play of collegiate will be more and more necessary life, Wayne is the leader of the to produce pictures appealing parti male group of students out to cularly to the intelligence and elimate co-eds from their school. others which will be mainly emo The leader of the co-eds in Virginia tional.. This specialization will Cherrill and she and Wayne clash allow directors the same freedom periodically. Virginia joins Wayne's they now have on the stage and paychology class and offers herself will permit innovations which have as d subject for an experiment to been avoided in the past because determine the varying emotional re- they might spell' Anancial failure. actions to kissing:

VCOME!

Can You Say It ?.

Her Highness, Princess Anna wanted to talk to you, but before, talking to you naturally she took

up the matter with her father, His Majesty, the King. His Majesty the Fing, decided that Her Highness, the Frincess should not talk to you first, on the contrary, you should first talk to her. Highness, the Princess, but before you talk to the Princess, His Majesty, tha King

wants you to talk to him so that he can give you permission to talk to the Princess. But then we all had a little talk fogether etc., etc.”

If you think it's easy try it your- welf.

" DADDY

LONG LEGS."-

A dislike of the grocery business. brought John Arledge to the screen.". The youthful actor, who plays

the part of Warner Baxter's colle giate rival for Janet Gaynor's affections, in Daddy Long Lega,*** was born in Crockett, Texas, and was attending the University of Texas when his father's death re- called him to take charge of the lattar's wholesale grocery.

The business did not appos to young, Arledge, however, and being a Arst-class pianist, he joined a vaudeville company, went into legitimate druma, aud was on the stage in Los Angeles when Director, Alfred Santel, then casting for “Daddy Long Loga,” saw his per formance. "A test for the role 5000 followed, along with a Fox Films contract, and the critics are now. heiling John Arledge as one of the mcas promising "finds" of the year:

The cast which supports Min Gaynor and Warner Baxter in Daddy Long Legs is an import

HOW STARS ARE MADE.

BETTY NORTON:

THE CALE IN THE WILD

Although she was a child-star in Hollywood and played in comody with the great Mabel Normandy no thought of a film career entered Butty Norton's head for many youru and then ambition dawned in the middle of an African Jungla

Betty is the daughter of a well- known theatrical manager, and since hor birth in South Africa she' has travelled with his company all

the worlds

Over

After her brief excursion to

Hollywood, Betty Journeyed; vid. England, to India, China, Japan and Java, and here she made her""

stage debts " Icaponse to her de mand to sing ono: song every oven- ing, bofore going to bedi

0

Through tours in New Zealand; India and Africa, Betty tock to a stage career in earnest and played

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWIN

AT 280, 107

ON WITH

THE SHOW

IN TH First 100% natural Ing, talking, dancing

TODAY

Hundred heavenly. Hundred gorgeous.

TO-MORROW-

in her father's productions She BY SPECIAL REQUEST. gained invaluable experience in rovno: ca a singor and dancer, and her heting ability was nurtured by manns of the dramatic sketches in which she played overy different part of character possible.

In Afrion "The Globe Trostora," as the company was called, visited. inning camps at the back of beyond as well as the big towns, and a rail.

WARNIN

21

way cool furnished as a bunga George

low, was their permanent home. It

was during a trip into the bush that film aspirations downed upon Betty Captain Shackleton, the hunter, succeeded, during the return famous abot and big-game

car ride, in bagging two lions in the face of an attack by dive of the great beast, though he had only three shots left. Good enough for the films," was the popular come thought for the remainder of the ment, and Betty sat wrapped in

journey.

The result of Betty's new, notion was that in a few weeks she arrived herself for aim work. With no pres at Elstree Studios and présentéd

vione film experience, but an un- bounded optimism and eighteen Fears of casperimes of the wide world Bethe faced a stiff werben. test So auccessful was, this that B.I.P. gave her a leading part in Norman Les's sunbathing

Let's Go Naked."

m

Botty is a mid-blonde, with twink- ling blus aves and a graceful igure,

JOAN BARRY,

Joan Barry was born on Novem ber 5, 1903, and after completing her studies at the Royal Academy, of Dramatic Art, made her first appearance on the stage at the St.

played the pars of Eva Johns, with the late. Sir Charles Hawtrey in His Lady Friends! Among the other plays in which she has ap peared since that time havo -bec... The Wrong Number," "Welcome Stanger," "Belinda," The Rising Generation, )) # No, No, Nanette, "The Gold Diggers" and "Com- promising Daphne, but for a long time it appeared that because of her amazingly youthful appearance and quality, she would be condem od to play bright young Happers ad nauseum. She was mercinally delivered from this horrible rate, however, by being given the oppor tunity of playing Sarah Moonlight| in Ben Levy's beautiful play Mrs. Moonlight," at the Kingsway Thes tre, and in this extremely diffouls role she was given perhaps her fra opportunity of showing that she could really sete an opportunity: of which she made ample use. I

IB was, in fact, on her performance in this play that the sponsors. of the film of The Outsider "based their judgment in offering her the big role of Laisge

James in August, 1920, when she

The inevitable happened and with ant one. Una Merkel last seen in a very few days of the trade Don't Bet On Women" and "Six show of this picture she received an Cylinder Love" has a featured.offer to go to Hollywood on a long- role with such colcbraties as Claude Gilling-water, Kathlyn William, of silent serial fame, Louise Closser Hale, Elizabeth Patterson, Sheila Mannors in prominent parts, tė name but a few.

The Slm play was adapted in ocntinuity and dialogne by Sonys Levien from the famous stage play of the same name by Jean Webster and will” soon be shown at the Kinge Theatre. ***~

HOW TO GET ON."

This week's bedtime story comed from Hollywood, where an offion boy in ons of the studios was overheard to remark that, in view of the general depression, his company should engage only half-wit actors on half-salary.

A leading executive overheard

KIME FARREN'S WHOOPER him make the remark, and the boy

11, now an associate producer..

terar contract at salary far in axcess of anything that she is over likely to receive in England She turned this down, however, bo cause she feels that she wants to do a good deal more at home before. even contemplating taking such a plunge. It is more than satisfac try therefore, to know that she is playing the leading role in Alfred Hitchcock's production, of Rich and Strange

Her previous experience in pic tures has been extensive probably her most successful appearance 15. ailendrpistured bang with Bay Compton and Jack Buchanan 10

The Happy Ending and then of course, there was her wonderful veica doubling for Anny Ondra in Hitchcock's Blackmall Up to now, the talkies have rather neglected ber but as "Emily in “Rich and Strange there can no doubt the will not only have the Anest role in her career but will also achieve a icoon, which tie her to England for good.

Arliss

DISRAELI

COMING SHORTLY

NORMA

ROBERT MONTGOMERY

SHEARER

* NEIL HAMILTON MARJORIE She found RAMBRAU the freedon IBENE

RICH

in love she

oraved, but her heart yearned for the man she

could

have 1

one

not

STRANGERS

MAY

STAR

TO-DAY To SATURDAY-

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.

ON THE

Ritz

JOAN BENNETE HAMES GLEASON

ALLEN DRING