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CENTRAL

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG.

A Racing Thriller.

Queen's.

The Hottentot"

King's.

2:30, 5.10. 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

Central,

his whole. life's happiness hang on ber word.

Did his vision of glorious love come true ?-

AYRES

UP MURDER

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Presented by Carl Laemmle With Genevieve TOBIN Dorothy Peterson, Richard Tucker, and other favourites.

Directed by MONTA BELL From his own original story. It's Lew Ayres greatest. I

NEXT CHANGE Starting Wednesday

What a lover!

THE

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this

Up from the ocean's "flour

strungo apparition !

comes

A fearful nonster to

the savage cannibals

-but to their 'girl victim, her rescuer ! The man she loves i

Seo.

SEA GOD

With

a Güramount Picture

RICHARD ARLEN

-COMING SHORTLY- The most beautiful woman in the world.

Constance Bennett

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"The Common Law"

A RKO Pathe Picture

World.

Star.

The Siniling Lieutenant

With Maurico Chevalier,

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The Border Legion."

with

Zane Grey Novel Richard Arlon and Jack Holt.

"Iron Horo."

Chinese Picture.

KOWLOON..

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Madam Satan," with Ra

ginald Dendy and Kay Johnson,

COMING.

Show Girl in Hellywood.!!

Queen's..

With Alice White.

Contral..

The Right to Love" with

Ruth Chatterton, on Thurs dlay:

Mothers Millions."

The Common Law."

Constance Bennett,

"Her Man"

King',

wich

with

Helen

Twelvetrees, Philip Helmus,

Sen God with Richard Arlen

and Way Fray.

Manslaughter" with Claudett

Colbert.

East Lynne.'

"Bad Girl.".

"Daddy Long Legs."

Janet Gaynor and Warner

Baxter.

Love't Identity "

World:

Star.

Remote Control.",

picture).

THE SMILING

(Chineso

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1931.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

With

CLAUDETTE COLBERT

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

Maurice

At 2 80, 5.10. 7.15 and 9.80 p.m.,

Charlie "RUGGLES Miriam HOPKINS

CHEVALIER

The Smiling Lieutenant

A Paramount's 20th Birthday Jubiles Picture.

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

LIEUTENANT

Claudette Colbert is wholly con- vincing and charming as the leader of a women's orchestra and deman strates that she can play the violin EXQUISITE MUSIC AT THE well as she can play at love.

KING'S.

THE HOTTENTOT” AT THE QUEEN'S.

This is a film of the successful riding to adapt it for the screen play of the same name, and in de- !

judgement. the producers have shown excellent

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SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD,

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE USED FOR MOVIE SCENE.

Mervyn LeRoy directed scenes for "Show Girl in Hollywood," First National's

new picture starring Alies White, for three days, with out moving out of his office.

The rest of the company how- Her speaking voice is excellent and

tor's office was doubling for a "set" ever, were there, too, as the direç her neting superb.

Miriam Hopkins gives an amazing

in this screen tale of Hollywood, Maurice Chevalier as a debonair | portrayal of the simple and dowdy

which comes an Wednesday to the lentenant in the Austrian aginy,

The central figure is a man who Queen's Theatre, LeRoy's office was princess, but what I metamor Claudette Colbert as the beautifulphosis when she learns to bob her

has an innate fear of horses, and only one of the many places in the and, talented leader of a women's hair and wear stunning clothes, pertaining to them. He is placed wood need for the picture. LeRoy a hearty dislike of anything ap-studios, and in and about Holly. orchestra, Miriam Hopkins as

ncluding what used to be called unsophisticated but "éventually en "gether garments.” trancing princess, exquite Viennese masio by Oscar Straus, wonderful settings and skilled direction are the ingredients" used by Ernst Lubitach in the production of "The Smiling Lieutenaat," which opened

The biggest attraction, however in "The Siniling Lieutenant" is Oscar Straus' beautiful music which pervades the whole production and will remain in our recollection long after the play and the characters äre forgolten.

elever

possible he photographed hatual places represented in the story.

in a most compromising position was anxious to "inject real Holly- is a lover of horses and an ardent by falling in love with a girl who wood atanosphere, so where ever admirer of good horsemen, tors are futher complicated for the Mat-

unfortunate her by the scheming of a lady match-ainker, who, in her ignorance of his real miture, informs everyone, including his lady-love, that he is a famous steeplechase rider, so that when be GOSSIP AND FACT, arrives on a visit to his sweetheart

R. F.

Among these places were the Montmarte, Hollywood Boulevard, a preview of an Al Jolson picture celebrated dining and at Warner Brother's Theatre, and dancing rendezous.

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Show Girl in Hollywood" is by J. P. MeEvoy. finds that he has a reputation portrays Dixie Dugan the little Alice White to live up to. How he endeavoursBroadway musical comedy nebress who comes to appear in the talkies, and Jack Mulbail is a playwright, Miljun and Virginia Sale are also Blanche Sweet, Ford Sterling, John

prominent in the huge cast.

Joan Barry will make people cry to overcome his fear of horses, when they see Mr. Alfred Hitch and emerge triumphant from the cock's picture, "Rich and Strange."ordeal by winning the great scap "I shall not be surprised," says lechase of the year of a horse de n critic. "She made me wipe my monly considered unrideable, which eyes in Mrs. Moonlight," and it he has previously bought and given was hard to resist the pathos of her to his girl as a present, make an acting as the crippled beauty inoxciting and highly amusing story. "The. Outsider,"

Edward Everett Horton as Sam able and very clever performance. Harrington, the hero, gives a cap. He is ably supported by Patsy Ruth Miller, who needs no intro- duction to cinema gders, and a very competent cast.

She surpasses herself, they say, in the part of the auddenly wealthy young wife who loses her heart and her head in Rich and Strange." If this is confirmed when you see the picture, you may think it rather rich and strange, too, thar Miss Barry, with all her stage celebrity and her experience of silent alms, of the Chinese prison wherein

Bartlam had to insinuate herself into talking Dorothy. Maurice Chevalier in the "Smiling pictures by.. spunting the English Thomas, the heroine and hero of

and

Evan dialogue for the Czecho-Slovakian Tin Gods," are now filming their girl who played the heroine in most elaborate love sceno,

Blackmail."

Lieutenant."

to capacity houses yesterday at the King's Theatre.

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UP FOR MURDER.

THRILLING FILM AT THE

CENTRAL THEATRE.

&

with Up for Murder tells the story

"Up for Murder," a Universal production, yesterday opened, an engagement at the Contral Theatre,

usually capablo cast, and an atmos It has drama, love interest, an un-

phere of reality which is exception. al, even in these days of uncanny Sky Bride," a romantic adver-realism on the screen, In the second Teddington film ture of modern aviation, will be of Warner Brothers, Benita Hume produced by Paramount is playing her last part in England Carolo Lombard, Richard Arlen and of a young man who works in the "The Smiling Lieutenant'

before going to the United State on Stuart Erwin, heading the cast, and mailing room of a great metropoli- modern, fast-moving, and, at thees, sand of pounds for her. She is the tor of Monkey Business."

a contract that means many thou-directed by Norman McLeod, direct newspaper, later to be pro- daring story of life in what has hercing of a story to be done in story is by John Blytte and is be portor.

The moted to the position of cub re

Here, he falls desperately been called Europe's gayest capital far only its French title, Le Soir author of so many of Wally Reid's editor of the paper, only to dis English and French which has so ing adapted by Byron Morgan, in love with the beautiful society. -Vienna, and is a ideal vehicle des Rois," Mr. Boland Pertwes and auto racing hits.

cover eventually that the object of Chovalier's peculiarly" intriga Mr. John Hastings Turnor have

his affections is the mistress of the ing personality, to which Claudette Jerome Kingston. Martin Walker ending roles in Paramount's pic effect on all the principal characters

adapted this from a story by Mr.

Nine well-known players have the publisher. This discovery leads to Colbert and Miriam Hopkins serveis the hero.

a. tragedy which has a devastating as perfect foils.

tura of Robert Louis Stevenson's of the story, and from this point Some of the in- cidents and, to a lesser degrea, the ing cobwebs at Elstree. They squirt Fredric March plays the dual title

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which the story becomes one of most ab- It is fascinating to see them mak Rouben Mamoulian is directing sorbing interent enyersation, is at times a little them out in a thin and sticky rules; Miriam Hopkins is the street risqué but are carried off by Chevautream, and if you came across them girl; Rose Hobart is Jekyll's fance, duction, and fulfills the promise of Lew Ayres in starred in this pro- accidentally you would not know and others are Holman Herbert, great future, which he registered

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tier in a way tint gives no offenes them from the real thing. Cobwebs Edgar Narion, Halliwell. Hobbes, not long ago in Unversal's, opic of and add a touch of spice which e are part of the enshrouding gloom Anold Lucky Tempe Pigott and the World War, "All Quiet on the

(Continued at fous of next column.) Chl, McDonnell,

(Dontinued as foot of nezi column.)

story of this kind requires,

AWAY FROM STUDIOS.

WHEN STARS RISE IN THE MORNING.

With nine 'olock onila at the studio kodek"must ariso early to prepare for work. There is usually.

farm ist OXOTCISO

the schedule and breakfasts ranging' from a glass of orange juice to a four course neal

The alarm clock, beside Richard Arlen's-bed-rings-rt 7am-'fEls breakfast

at 745 usually consists of fruit, two eggs cooked in various ways, toast sanked in. butter, and caffer.

Ruth Chalierton,

Ruth Chatterton gives herself two and a half hours from alarm clock timo to 'the set.

Still in her pajamas, she "spends the rat fifteen minutes imbering up. Although there are setting up exercises com- ing over the radio at that hour, Miss Chatterton prefers to use her. own ideas.

A she sits down to breakfast. which usually starts with grape fruit or sliesd oranges. She loaves Eoy the Studio at 7.4 arriving there at eight. In her dressing room a wardrobe attendant awaits hor. Miss Chatterton applios her grease paint which takes nearly forty-five minutes while the war drobe girl sods that her costume is in proper shape. When she is ready for the sat of "Quee a Lady," she will had a few minutes and brushes up on her dialogne for the day. She does not report to the set at sine but waits until she is called, for there often in a delay on the first scene:

Marlene Dietrioit."

When arlene Dietrich's maids' alarm rings at 5.45, the maid arises. and starts coffee and then dresses. At 6.30 the coffee and the ranid are ready and Misa Dietrich is awaken- ed and presented with the coffee. She drinks the first cup of coffer before getting up, then agises, puts

her bathing suit and goes to the little pool she has in her back yard. She swishes around here until 0.46. then returns in the house..

At arven, she has breakfast in her negligee: The breakfast starta with coffee and includes pan cakes and sausage which she covers with syrup. The next step is a perusal of the morning newspaper and then ho applies her own makeup for the set, leaving for the studio at 8.20 in a closed car, regardless of the weather, to keep dust from settling on the grease paint.

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Dakle and Rogers..

Jack Oakie is a à horror in his own home. If he has a nine o'clock call on the set of Touchdown,' be seldom considers getting up bo fore eight. His alarm rings at 7.30 but he shuts it off and strala another half hour of sleep. He shaves and has a shower and by 3.50 Is having breakfast of crisp bacon and eggs, tomato juice and coffee. Ten minutes later he is speeding to the studio and gets into his costume in no time. Onkie's record is aris sig at 8.30 and being fully costumed on the set at 1.68. He didn't have to shave that day.

YQUEEN'S

10-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 3.10; 7.15 & 0.20).

RIDING DYNAMITE

WARNER BROS.

The

HOTTENTOT

Harrington

ant on The Hottentot

"and couldn't

it down for a week!

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON » PATSY RUTH MILLER-EDMUND BREESE - SAAM METREPLAY DE VICTOR MENET MEWAAN VOLUNTA

Dorsa D4 ROY DEL RUTH.

BROS &

NEXT CHANGE

A Show Gini throws "wide open the closed dopra of the talle studios!

Show GLA Hollywood

alice

WHITE -ŠĄ MULBAIE

BLANCHE SWEET FORD STERLING JOHN MILJAN

Directed by MERVYN LEROY Based on story by J. P. McEVOY,

Charles Rogers arines at seve every day of the year unless ho has ra been ap all night working. He lives a short distance from a riding academy and goes for a fast ride through Beverly Hills returning home for breakfast at eight.

Anne May Wong.

Anna May Wong retains many of her Chinese tastes. Although she' was born in Los Angeles, she was reared in Chinatown and retains, many ancestral customs.

She is awakened in the morning at 6.45 by a Chiness gong touched. lightly by her umah. She im mediately arises, dresses and goes for a walk. On her return at 7.15 ahe takes a shower and at 7.40 bas breakfast consisting of mixed fruits, rice muffins, marmalade and ten

She leaves for Paramount studios shortly after eight and while a girl is applying her makeup she reads the script of "Daughter of the Dragon

on the dressing table in front of her. Then she dona ther costume and is ready for work.

Western Front. Hore in ?now star who has youth, good looks and realability as an actor.

His supporting cast, is headed by Genevieve Tobin, a recent recruit! from the New York stage, and an uctress of beauty and ability. Others who do good work in the pic ture are Purnell B. Pratt, Bichard Tucker. Frank McHugh, and Fre deric Burt.

A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE

STAR

TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY AT 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 $20.

MADAM SATAN

with

MA REGINALD

Much of the story is told ngainst the bustling background of a newB paper, editorial room, and thear stenes are 8o. true to life that it i filmed in a studio. difficult to believe that they::wers

Meno

DENNY

KAY

TALKING

JOHNSON