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CENTRAL

A THEATRE 1).

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG,

The Bat Whispers,""

Romantic Thriller.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Queen's,

nt..

(2.30, 5:10, 7:15 and 9.20 p.m.

King's.

The Chance of a Night-time." British Picture with Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter.

ZANE GREYS

Central.

THE BORDER

LEGION"

RICHARD JACK ARLEN HOLT

FAY WRAY EUGENE PALLETTE A Aaramount Picture mom

NEXT CHANGE

Commencing Thursday

After "Sarah and "Son,"

and after Anybody's Woman,

you expect

the unexpected

get it

- and

from

The Border Logion."

World. y

Zano" Groy Nevo!

with

Richard Arlen and Jack Holt,

Iron Bro."

Chinese Picture,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931.

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

AN ALL-BRITISH-FILM "WEEK!

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

British screen

Farce at its

very best.

KOWLOON.

with

Star.

Sothis is London" with Will

Rogers.

WINIFRED

SHOTTER 3

ROBERT

ENGLISH

KENNETH

KOVE

COMING.

The Hottentot,"'-- Queen's.

Bed and Breakfast,”

British Picture, on Thursday

only, King'.

A Warm Corner,"

British Picture with Leslio Kon- son, on Friday and Satur- day-King's.

The Right to love with Ruth Chatterton, on Thursday --- Central.

! Mothers Millions."----Central,

East Lynne."-King's

** Bad Girl."---King's

The Smiling, Lieutenant."

Maurice Chevalier-King's. Daddy Long Legs.*

Janet Gaynor and Warner Bix-

ver-King's

RALPH LYNN

THE CHANCE OF A NIGHT-TIME Cvek Funnlar Oak Rookery Nook

THURSDAY ONLY

BY SPECIAL, REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF

"BED AND BREAKFAST."

STARRING JANE BAXTER

RICHARD COOPER

A picture that keeps you amused all the

time.

Directed by

HERBERT WILCOX

and

RALPH LYNN

A British Production

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE.SCREENING OF

"A WARM CORNER'' STARRING LESLIE HENSON

CONNIE EDISS"

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE Telephone 25318,

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

A STEEPLE-CHASE

“TALKIE."

HOTTENTOT" COMING

TO THE QUEEN'S.

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The first all-talking picture with track as its steeplechase race

RUTH major location is "The Hottentoi," directed by Roy Del Ruth from Barvey Thew's Vitaphone, adaption of the Mápes-Collier stage comedy. It is coming in the Queen's Theatre shortly.

CHATTERTON

"The Right

to Love"

a Guramount Pictor

With

Paul Lukas

The story of a love

that dies-and LIVES again?

Coming Shortly!

Carl Laemmle

· presents

"MOTHER'S

Although essentially a comedy of characterization, The Huttentat has for its dimatic scene a classic of the larf in which a terrified and lovelorn jockey" brings home the wreath of victory after a series of hudicrous mishaps over the couras.

The all-star cast includes Edward Everett Horton, Patsy, Ruth Miller, Edmund Breese, Edward Earle, Stanley Taylor, Otto Hoffman, Douglas Gerrard and Turner Gordon.

Mande

"THE BORDER LEGION."

*

ZANE GREY THRILLER AT

„“' CENTRÁL.”

ย

Chester Morris...featured in "Che Bat Whispers"

"THE CHANCE OF

NIGHT-TIME."

DON'T MISS IT!

FILMING THE

NAUTILUS EXPLOIT

HEROIC" PARAMOUNT

CAMERAMAN.

And become

Working under, conditions never before encountered, in the grampesk quarters of an almost' obsolete sub- marine, often risking his life for

a thrillingshot," Jolm Dured has again giyen Paramount Sound News another triumph.

This intrepid staff cameraman used his mera to record the sign of Sir Hubert Wilkins' dash under the potar ice," said Emanuel Cohen, head of Paramount. Sound Newn, afbor reveiving the hows of Dored's adventures. "It is an breath-tak- ing a story as has ever been Bashed on the screen." he added.

';'

Through the efforts of Dored the seces of the Nautilus ploughing through the Arctic ice, "shuttering huge ice fields, and finally plung- ing under the bergs are now being shown. Dored even managed to secure shots while the Nautilus was. under the ice cap a few hundred miles from the North Pole, show- ing how the Wilkins craft was almost trapped beneath the frozen sheet of water. When these scenes were taken neither Wilkins, Dorod, nor any member of the crew knew whether he would over again seb foot on the top of the ice, much less on the earth's surface.

Awful Discomfort.

It was dreadfully cald inside the Nautilus, so that the men were Ahammocks slung from the sides of forced to sleep in their tiny metal

The Chance of a Night-Time." the farce specially written for the auren by Ben Travers, is to br

GOSSIP AND FACT. shown at the King's for the lass

וי

When Jascha Heifitz gives his

evening concert nt the King's Theatre, on Friday at 9.30 p.m. The repertoire will consist of the (selected works of Bach, Schubert. Debussy-Hoffman, Ravel, Vitali. and others. Mr. Heifitz will be ac- companied on the piano by Mr.

landore Achron.

time to-day. It is interesting to see how Travers has tackled a faree not intended for stage production. He. had been tok that" it was all very well to reproduce his stage successes on the serven, but what. about something new, something essentinily, “cinema ** ↑ His ana wer is The Chance of a Night- Time," and in this film WO 50e Ralph Lyon in a new light. part. producer as well, as leading play- I am told that it has been written with A view to giving

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the vessel by cEains, woaring their heavy fur overcoats. But it was 80 much colder, outside, many degrees below zero, that the humidity creat ed caused a constant dripping of icy moisture on the upturned faces of the sleepers. Conditions wore so uttarly discomforting that the crow alept only when utterly exhausted. And even then a sudden list of the slim underma bony was likely to throw them from their bunks.

The constant grinding of the leg no the craft's sides was terve shat- tering. The motors failed several times and the heavy reek of burned oil permented every nook of the crowded vessel.

But Sir Hubert Wilkins and hia band pashed on, and with them Dored, taking pictures wherever possible, never losing his perspec- tive as a trained news man. Whep the Nautilus bored her way to the surface, Dored would unpack the little rubber rowboat and set out for a nearby cake of floating ice. He didn't take pictures frond the yowboat--not steady enough-but preferred to risk his life on the: slippery top of a small burg, where

death, so that the quality of his werk should remain high.

Some of the films shown recently Ralph Lynn opportunities for disa miss-ster meant almost certain

in London were:-

Fighting Caravang'"* at the Plaza Theatre,

Bad Company"

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the, Leicester-square Theatre, Alexander Hamilton" at the Now Gallery, and The Modern Age” at the Empire.

at

playing his inimitable brand humour. He has the sole of a very harmless solicitor whe, mistaken for a famous dancer, is taken to a country house where he is to give an exhibition. The charming lady partner played by Winifred Shot for, persuades him to carry c with the deception as the dancer has not turned up, and trouble will ensue for her. He does and the house. party are given entertainment as unexpected as it is funny. Kentieth Cove, famous in many Aldwych and his too-tired-to-speak manner, maccesses for his vacuous expression

thehas a role that suits him well. One of the biggest laughs in the picture is when he is asked the meaning of ward be persists in using, and the explanation proves how very tired he must be to abbreviate such a brief expression "O.K. Nevertheless, he does!

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The Calendar" at the Capitol, Bought" nt London Pavilion, The Unholy Garden" Duminion, Merely. Mary Ann "THE BAT WHISPERS' at the Tivoli Theatre, and "The Mad Genios" at the Marble Arch Pavilion. "My Sin," Tallulah Bankhead's second picture, was ehown at the Carlton Theatre.

REAL THRILLER AT THE

QUEEN'S..

VER

Richard Arlen and Jack Hols in) Zane Grey's," The Border Legion," an outdoor, all-talking picture, at

his gaze: If the Nautilus should the Geutral Theatre, opened last Our old friend "The Bal "' hakes Miss Renata Muller, a star from lose him perhaps he didn't night to an enthusiastic audience.

an excellent talkie, and a visit to the Berlin stage, is appearing with think too much of this possibility. The Border Legion has swift,

But the Nautilus returned sfoly Mr. Jack Hulbert and Mr. Owen to civilization, after one of the action, hard riding and romance. the Queen's Theatre during the run, There is great Rusponse as Arlen, is warmly recommended. If you' Nares in a musical comedy," Sun-most perilous explorations ever Hols and Stanley field face cach saw The Bat" as a silent film shine Susie," now being made at brought back his film in perfect undertaken by man, and "Dored other with guns in their hands and fight it out for the love of Fay you have probably forgotten all the Gainsborough Studios, Eng-condition. A new suit he pure sad Wray. There is comedy with that about it, and you will find yourself | land. droll character of the S. 6. Vaneaught up ones more in a welter Dine murder mysteries and "The

MILLIONS" Virginia, Eugene Pallotte, lead of thrills and horrors. Incident coma-back" in British talkies his film, which he guarded careful-

With

MAY ROBSON

James Hall

Frances Dade

Lawrence Gray

Edmund Breese

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

The

ing the fun. There are magnificent tumbles after incident, eerie, my vistas, gorgeous backgrounds, vaat Lorious and unexplained, but it herds of cattle, and always "The Border Legion, riding, joking, keeps you on tenderhooks, fighting, terrorizing.

abellar east of lead and character

jan.

Linted a great pories of westerns, run, : filled with entertainment and true.

before making the trip was ruined. His great coat was in tatters. He Miss Betty Balfour is making a was pale and weak from the sunless weeks below the frigid ocean. But with "Paddy the Next Bestly every minute of the return Thing."

journey, was remarkable for its clearness. It was rushed to America on a fast express liner.

...

Left Alone!

From the ice he pictured, the Nautilus planging below the "yur- face. What his thoughts must have been as the boat. went below! The last link in a thousand miles of frozen wastes slipping out of sight. But Dored sighted his lons and pashard the button. Then he'd sit down on his fee cake and wait for it to come back. As these times enly the limitless tundra of ice met, (Coatinged on Previous Colum123. )

COMING

TO THE

KING'S. HEIFETZ

THE

Great Aid to Expedition. Dored, with one of the greatest records of any cameraman in the WORLD-RENOWNED Tromioe, Norway. world, boarded the Nautilus at Sir Hubert

story deals with a lonely country The successful career of Harvey The Border, Legion" with its house; where plumder from a bank Stephens, now playing in "The players is one of the most ambiti robbery is stored, and the attempts Chant" with Tallulah Bankhead ous and best of the western out- to frighten the cool and determined and Irving Pichel at the Paramount door talking films.

The Virgin lady who owns the place to leave New York studios, is based upon "Paramount's first nudible: nesion drama of the outdoora, ini.it and give the criminals a clear failure. Before going on the stage, I found him a courageous explorer,

Stephens tried to sell bonds, real Amid the "ghosty" twists and estate, Fords and mining claims. the screen. This picture in parti-turns, the crimes and the secret Fin failed in all. cularly noteworthy because it rooms movs detectives und an old brings back to Zane Gray drama the outstanding portrayer of Zane doctor, the heroine and her, sweet- Grey roles of silent picture days, heart, and a gang of comical people, Jack Holt. His speaking voice is terrorised by the Bat and spurred as virile as his action has always | Бесл

un to some sort of courage by the indomitable old lady.

to the old and new traditions of

This combination of Paramount, Zane Grey, Richard Arlen, Jack Holt and Fay Wray means vivið". and thrilling action,

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Bat" you will be snart indeed, for there is a clever and deliberate confusion. "The Bat Whispers is good exciting stuff, and the time

If you guess the identity of "The flies, all too quickly while he is on (Continued at foot of next column.) | the screen.

an invaluable scientist, and a great the name of Dored was frequently general aid to the expedition," and

mentioned in the lender's wireless messages to American newspapers.

The Nautilus, became useless after

VIRTUOSO

OF THE VIOLIN will give ONE RECITAL ONLY

on

at

8.80 P.M

her gallant battle with the ice,|FRIDAY, DEC. 4TH and was sent to an eternal grave story of the Jules Vernic adventure in the North Atlantic. But the under the frozen Arctic will be preserved for posterity through the bravery and ability of a cameraman and the foresight of the Editor who sont him on the pioneering journey.

PLAN NOW OPEN

BOOK EARLY.

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20.

JOSEPH SCHENCK,

PAKSEMAI

BAT

WHISPERS

UNITED ARTIST? PICTUNG

ROLAND WEST'S

PRODUCTION

WITH

CHESTER MORRIS

سياسة الماسة سيارة بين جواب میدم و حب الرا

A man and a girl pit their brains against the sinister mind of andreh criminal who has baffled the greatest dotectivest

COMING SHORTLY

RIDING DYNAMITE!

"WARNER BROS.

-present

The

HOTTENTOT

Harrington sat on The Hottentot-- and couldn't sit down for a week!

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON- PATSY RUTH MILLER-EDMUNO SREESE

ALLE 25TH PLAY BY VICTOR MAMOS A HELLAS COUL DSADY DEL RUTH

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 & 9.20, 4

WILL

ROGERS

HIS IS

DON