1931-11-25 — Page 11

CENTRAL

THEANTURIES

·2.80, 5.10. 7.15 and 0.20 p.m.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1931,

HONCKONCS FINEST ONEHA

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY!

Quoon's.

nfi

"Just A Gigolo."

Witham Haines.

King's,

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20 P.M.

"An American Tragedy '

Phillips Harney and Sylvia Sidney,

1

ever produced in

Great Britian.

Central.

One of the

most successful talkies

Don't you miss this

Great Popular

Entertainment.

A

Romantic Story

of

Youthful Love and Life

in London's

Italian Street.

Wonderful Dances

Melodious Song Numbers

Pretty Girls

and

A Delightful Romance.

Bert Coote GREEK STREET

[* A Gaumont-British Talking & Singing Production

With Added Attraction

اکرم

Gresk Street,"

British picture, with Sari

Maritza.

**Blood and Tears."

Chinese picture,

IT MIGHT BE

YOU!

Seo bis story-of desire, love,

folly and four. Thon judge him!

?

Featuring

Phillips Holmes Sylvia Sidney and Frances Dee

World.

Star,

تو ہو

KOWLOON.

Not So Thimb,”

COMING.

East Lynne."-King's Doctor's Wives."--King's.

The Smiling Lieutenant'

Maurice Chevalier-King's.

Daddy Long Legs."

Janel Gaynor and Warner Bax-

ter-King's

The Divorcee:"

Robert Montgomory and Neil Hamilton--Majestio.

Eoliday"

Auno Harding. —Coutral,

ON

"HUSH MONEY."

THE ART OF BREAKING

THROUGH.

AN

AMERICAN TRAGEDY

a. Paramount Picture

Lirtoled by.. JOSEF von STERNBERG Based upon THEODORE DREISER'S

Novel

MOVIE NEWS

There are supposed to be many ways of breaking into the movie Hardie Albright, co-featured with Joan Bennett, in the Fox Drama, Hush Money," coming to the King'a Theatre next Sunday, used what is probably the beat merod."

It came about when Albright was playing the juvenile lead

Young Sinners "on the stage. A Fox Films senut saw him and made la mental note of the fact that he was perfectly suited to the part. He also noted that Albright, youth ful, Ave food eleven inches, 160 pounds, with light brown hair and

settlor of Manhattan qa his mother's. He has been & seaman, a boxer, wrestley, rancher and land- scape painter, as well as an actor.

Among the other notabies in the cast are Conrad Nagel and William Farnum.

THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

Since that time, both players have repentedly scored in Fox Filan, offer. ings, and appear together for the rss time in the delightful Fox acreou version of Jean Webster's [ play. "Daddy Long Legs" is now playing to capacity audiences at the local theatre and bids fair to beccine the year's most popular pic- ture. Una Merkel, John Arledge, Claude Gillingwater, Sr., Kathlyn Williams head the support ing cast of this production, which was directed by Alfred Santall.

AN AMERICAN

TRAGEDY."

and

This very unusual film is based

|

HOLIDAY.

Two important players in the screen cast of "Holiday"

which Patho filmed under the direction of Edward H. Griffith, were members of the original Broadway company playing in this Philip Barry" stage

auccess,

Elizabeth Forrester, who will be. seen as "Laura Crum" in the sercen play, played the role of "Julie," in New York. Mary Astor

blue eyes-was typical of modern on the novel. by Theodore Dreiser, fills this part in the picture. Monroe

VOIS-

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER

American youth.

and was directed by Josef von Fox Films at the time did not Sternberg, Leading parts are play-Owsley will be seen in the part he 'need a juvénile so no

ed by three young favourites, created on the stage. overtures Phillips Holmes who made his na Ann Harding has the featured were made to Albright. Young Sinners closed after a long runin "The Devil's Holiday," and lead in "Holiday," which will be at the Central Theatre on Thursday, Stolen Sylvia Sidney, the dark. and the young, actor, took the haired, actress, who made a Edward Everett Horton, Robert juvenile land in "The Greeks Hadation in City Streets" and Emea, Hooda Hopper, Creighton A Word For It.". Once again the Frances Dee, whose talent and Male, Mabel Forrest, Hallaan Cooley Alm scout saw and approved him beauty won her stardom" after and William Holden are in the sup

Meanwhile, Fox Films had pur-hor first appearance with Chevalier porting cast. chased the screen rights to "Young Playboy of Paris." Sinners and was secking someone

"An American Tragedy" which to play the lead. The scout, acemgi

is now showing at the King's Word For It remembered him in "Young Sinners" and asked tam

"LADY OF LIONS" Albright in "The Greeks Had Thentre is the story of a weak, an-

A UNIVERSAL COMEDY,

NEXT CHANGE. Commencing Thursday

SISTERS IN COUNCI

Ann Harding Gmented) and Mary dater lo di appealing acties from, the fube" dialorien.

redudios, "Haliday"

to take a test.

bitious, likeable boy: a lonely

good" gh, and the girl's rich and benutiful rival. There are ho villains or herous in this story-it

HUSH MONEY'

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With

JOAN BENNETT HARDIE ALBRIGHT

FOX

PICTURE

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25913.

TALKIES IN LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

CINEMA INDUSTRY'S

PRESENTATIONS."

STUDIO ON WHEELS THROUGH LONDON.

This year's Lord Mayor's. Show was enlivened by a large-scale ex- hibit from the cinema industry.

which was represented, last year by

Wild West" tableau.

There were five 5-ton cars carry. ing presentations," classified as

follows:-

COMING

TO THE

KING'S. HEIFETZ

THE

JUST A GIGOLO."

Willian Hains in "Just a Gigale". which was shown at the Queen's Theatre resterday, 14

still the sams old inimitable Haines spite of the cola which bo playa in this story. Imagine, Haines as a festive British nobleman and then imagine him posing as a "gigolo to text a WD" "man's love And what happened? He danced bis way into her heart. In a Hninos picture tha; must hap pen, but it is nenusing to watch him changs from the ghum gigalo to the heman" laver. It is William Haines' most refreshing rule.

ROUND THE WORLD WORLD-RENOWNED

WITH HEIFETZ.

VIRTUOSO

The feminine lead in the picture is taken by Iveno Parceli, who, to- gether with Charlotte Granville, was one of the original players at the New York ago.hit Dancing Partners" on which the screen ver sion is based.

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Other members of the cast include C Aubrey Smith Lilian Bond, Albert Conti, Maria Alba, Ray Mil land, Lenore Bushman, Gerald Fielding and Wolw Davril.

The backgrounds of the picture are a Coptinental anmmer resort ind the interior of a big air liner During the filming of "Just A Gigolo Haines was required to spend the greater part of a week in the cabin of the air liner. A

RADIO CITY DREAM.

FILM MAGNATE'S BIG SCHEME.

Meet Samuel L. Rothafel-known to the fun world na Ruxy." after: the big 8,000-seating cinema he manage in New York-

Imagine 10 thick-set. faintly Napoleonio man who does not care about materialistic things, but is all out for ideas and dreams.

At a luncheon given in bis. honour at the Carlton Hotel by the directors of Radio Keith-Orpheum he spoke something of what is in his mind.

His insistence on the showman understanding the psychology of his audiences crystallized itself into

showmanship da "paychology:"

»

All Over the World.

Sir Oswald Stoll, Mr. C. B.. Cochran, and the many fm mag- nates present, tried to look us this was a revelation,

Roxy's scheme sounda fantastic- the dream of an entertainer in a world created by H. O. Wells.

It in the erection of a Radio City of Entertainment which will broadcast music, variety and plays not only to Amerien but all over the world.

The difficulty of language, Roxy hopefully suggested, would be over- come by all the nations speaking English.

Television, he was understood to say, is on the point of perfection in Amerier...and in two years' timu it will be a matter of fact,

Talkies "Dead,"

Such minor difficulties as the dif ference in time between New York and, any, London, will be overcome by round-the-clock performances.

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.90, 6.10, 7.15 & 9,20.

He danced his

way into her heart! "Then watch him change from make believe gigoto to he-man lover!

William

Haines

This is not as impossible as it sounds, for the Radio City will in- Felude no fower than seven theatres, as well as an opera house, and per- formances can be so arranged that) London will hear, and see them hours before New York con.

Talkies will, it is thought, be as dead na door-nails, for every radio subscriber will ase and bear plays by television...

That there is a technique for talkies quite different from stage technique does not worry an idealist like Roxy His picture of the f-

worry the film magnates at the lun ohcon.

'will give RECITAL ONLY tare of pictures did not seem to

FRIDAY, DEC, 4TH

on

Since Albright knew the charge ter, he had no trouble in making deals entirely with average, man around the world is an amusing

For the average tourist a trip OF THE VIOLIN his test convincing. He was given beings; fighting, groping, sinning, but often a standardized experience. the role and a long term contract laughing, dying. with it.

Hush Money," besides Co-fer the film possibilities of the novel grandiose moving picture perforONE

So highly did Paramount regard It is apt to resemble a sort of turing Joan Bennett and Albright that they paused for five years, manco with the train and staterdom counts in its cast such well known waiting the improvement the talk window for a silver screen. To the players of the stage and Barcen asing picture medium and the advent artist, however, who, violin " Owen Moore, Myrna Loy, C. Henry of the right director before attempt, hand, wanders from place to place Gordon, Douglas Cosgrove and ing. to translate it into sereen

in strange countrim playing every- George Baft. Sidney Tanfield drama. According to the Trade where before people as different directed.

Notice" It is here at lasta pic. from cosmopolitan audiences

an American Ford differs from a ture that will live, for a long time, na ons of the grent accomplishments of the screon."

"DADDY LONG LEGS."

"J

"DU BARRY, WOMAN

OF PASSION."

Hobert Bosworth has played "a man's part all his life. Not only

Chinese ricksha, a world tour is an endless chain of new and fan- tastic adventures, an unforgetable experience in the field of music and of human psychology.

Heifetz who has made three world tours and who will make a fourth this year, says that, after having played before an almost endless variety of audiences, he has found that our standard Western' music speaks an eternal and international

at 9.30 P.M.

PLAN NOW OPEN

BOOK EARLY,

Building Begun,

Just a GIGOLO

IRENE PERCELL. C. AUBREY SMITH LILIAN BOND

A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Picture

NEXT CHANGE

NORMA

Vivid T

Daring

Vital

TALMADGE

SAM TAYLORS

PRODUCTION

Du BARRY WOMAN ?PASSION

WITH

CONTAD NAGEL XWILLIAM FARMUN

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 6:20, 7.20 & 9.20.

This fantastic prophecy is not in the air. The actual building, which will cover na much ground sa from Swan and Edgar's to the Ritz Hotel, is already being erected.

Curtainly Roxy is an unbelievable the various arts, crafts and seiences the money involved in the scheme, 1-Symbolic designa representing American. He refused to talk about. which have contributed to the debut took lily stand as a showma volopment of the cinema industry, who, will bring the nations together and figures of scientists and others by understanding their paychology. asociated with the growth of eine He is very great on psychology,

Sir Oswald Stoll, who spoke brief | KING matography.

2-Structural and other devicesly, was suitably impressed, representing the beginnings of cine- matography, including an enormous "Wheel of Life,' a

1.

Probably the most prized distine. tion in Filmdom is the winning of } the annual awards to the actor and Actress who have given the finest performance during the past year. These awards, made by the Motion Pictura Academy of Arte and on the screen and stage, but in the language, intelligible to the Forsee Sciences, are Hollywood's equira workaday world. His latest charac merchant, the Arab Shaik, the Zoutrope, or lent of the Nobel Prize, and they torization is in Norma Talmadge's Japanese student, or the American Victorian toy which is said to have with a continuous programme of 5.-Daylight travelling cinema. mean more to the fortunate candi tarring pisture, "Du Barry,stockbroker. Ho has discovered Arst suggested the possibilities of pictures and loud-speaker equip date than any other possible honour Woman of Passion," for United three things which knew no borders: illusion in the direction of "perment, which will describe the history they may over attain.

Artists, which is coming to the classical music, American jazz, and sistance of vision. Thus the fact that Janes Gaynor Queen's Theatre abortly.

applause as the sign of the public's

Earliest Apparatus. and Warner Baxter, co-starring in Sam Taylor, producer-director, approval. Play where you plens, the current showings of "Daddy selected Bosworth for the powerful he says, if your men are dromed by 3-Models of various projectors, Long Lage" at the King's Theatre. rûle of an elderly officer who gives Bond Streat and your women by cameras and other apparatus used Miss Gayner won the coveted dis-up his own son when the son at the Rue de la Paix or if your audi- from the earliest times to the pre tinction in 1928 for her work in tempts the life of the head of the ones comes in kimonas and sandals, | sont day, in addition models of "7th Heaven," Street Angel "government.

you may be sure of one thing-that | the first cinema theatres of to-day. if your hearers like the Beethoven, 4.--Modol of a typical,film studio, they will show it by elapping their with all the apparatus used, and The personnel not drawn from hands together long and foudly." showing the director cameraman the, cinema judnetry /was (provided'} Heifetz is expected to be in the ↑ and other technicians at work." by the Barrett-street Training Colony again on Dotember 4th. (Continued at "foot of next column.) Schools of the L.0.0.

and, "Bunrise while Baxter's Bosworth inherits his strength of award was for his portrayal of the will from Puritan ancestors, He is half-broed, aditin "In Old & descendant of Miles Standish and Arisons the screen's first outdoor of Johh and Priscilla Aldon on his talkid

father's side, and of old Dutch

of the cinema and the progress it is making.

The scheme was worked out at the suggestion of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association by Mr. Simon Rowson and Mr. Leslie Eve leigh, and has been approved by thin City Remembrancer without altera- sion.

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