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CENTRAL

FHEATRE HU

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG."

The Great Lover"-

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30. 5.10, 7.15.and 9.20.p.m.

Queen's.

King's.

(Adophe Menjou and. Irune

Dunne).

"Enat Lynne."

THE DRAMATIC SENSA-central.

TION OF THE TALKING

SCREEN!

THE LEADING ROLE IN

"THE SMILING

World.

Star.

With Anh Harding

Manslaughter."

Claudotio Colburt and

Frederic Marsh.

Iron Hero."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1931.

Chinese, Picture.

KOWLOON.

FOX

PICTURE

The Golden Calf."

COMING.

Queon's.

LIEUTENANT "

THE SCREEN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,

CLAUDETTE COLBERT,

as the girl whose every gesture makes a headline !

Tiger Rosa,**

(Monto Blue and Lupo

Velezi.

Oh, Sailors Behave."

Central.

11 Man" with Helen Twelvetrees, Philip Holmes. Mothers Millions."

The Common Law-** with

Constaned Bennett.

Mrien Speaks."

"Dirigible"

With Jack Holt.

Daddy Long Legs."

Janet Gaynor" and Warner

Baxter.

Bad Girl,"

Chinese picture),

Be Yourself.”'

Rough Romance."

On Your Back."

» Rich!

CAUGHT!

Laugh loving

Reckless! And then tu tremendous smash-up |

Manslaughter

A Paramount Picture

with

Claudette Colbert and Fredric March

Next Change

THE STRANGEST ROMANCE

EVER-FILMED!

AFRICA SPEAKS

A COLUMBIA

PICTURE

Thrille

Chilis- Roaring

Africn 1

The Jungle Brought to you!

Its Wonderful Breath-

Taking Beauty-

Itm Terror-

Its Primitive

Passion

Coming Attraction !

"MOTHER'S

MILLIONS

with

MAY ROBSON

King's.

World.

L

Love's Identity

Star.

(Part 2)

With

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

SHOWING TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 P.M.

Harding EAST

LYNNE

Clive

Brook.

A Love Lesson

Conrad

Nadel

of Timeless Truth

NEXT ATTRACTION

Daddy Long Lego

JANET

GAYNOR

WARKER BAXTER

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MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

GAYNOR'S GREATEST - TEAKS, LAUGHS!

-und dreams cont true

a rainbow of romance comes to

the screen.

.." DADDY LONG LEGS.”

ANN HARDING AND "THE GREAT LOVER.”

"EAST LYNNE."

East, Lynne eommenced

its

reason it the King's Theatre yes- terday to crowded houses.

ADOLPHE MENJOU AT THE QUEEN'S.

JANET GAYNOR AND WARNER BAXTER,

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE:

TEL 25913.

Andy Long Legs," coming shortly to the King's, is the first film in which Baxter, and Miss

"MANSLAUGHTER.”

THRILLING DRAMA AT

THE CENTRAL,

When George Abbott left Holly. wood for Broadway to direct his latest stage play, Those. We Love," he expressed an opinion that talking pictares were supérior to the stage 18 a story-telling medium. Buck in the film city, after several mouths absence, Abbott stifl advances his preference for the movies. Albott is back in Hollywood writing and directing for the screen, and his initial produe. tion following his absence is "Man-

Adelphe Menjou is in one of his Everyone knows of " East Lydine," | favourite rôles in The Great the play and the novel, ont Fox Lover, now showing at the Queen's Movietone now gives Mrs. Henry's Theatre, as an opera singer who is Wood's story in n form which holds 32 famous for his voice as he the interest of the talkie enthusiast for his love affairs. His Manynghor bare ever appeared to- from first to last. One of the out amoure result in most unexpected other, although both stars have slaughter the Alice Duer Miller standing scenes is the historical complications until he trice · his gathering of the Emperor and bis far-famed skill en Diana (Irene men working on the Fox lot for Staff at the close of the. Frane, Duane.) Then he inde he meets the past several years. Prussian War.

more than his match and there is the first picture in which Alfred a very interesting end to the story,

The heart held by the story ne presented by the cupable" cast is enhanced by the charming musical entertainment which accompanies the picture.

Clive Brook in East Lynne."

It is also

Melodrama, which he Adapted and, directed for Paramount.

the stage, did not change my mind Going back to my first love,

one which is not the usual and Santell has directed Janet, but about the greater possibilities they lived-happily-ever-afterwarde Baxter and Santell have worked the screen, says Abbott. On the ending.

rontrary, it only increased my on- Rio The locale is laid in an operatic together in "Ronánce of

thusiasm for talking motion pic environment but it must not he Grande" and "The Arizona Kid."tures as the most flexible and inferred from this that there is

The cast supporting Miss Guy-evolved. I got a new appreciation effective story-telling medium över anything operatic about the film since it is a good straight drame, nor and Baxter includes Una Mer- of the freedom by the camera from with several welcome comic inter kel. John Arledge, Claude Gilling gain experiencing the cramping ludes and several outstanding chor.

limitations of the stage"

aeterizations. Menjou, as is to be water, Kathlyn Williams." Louise exported, is the very essence of male Closer Hale, Elizabeth Patterson satorical elegance while Irene and Sheila Mannors. The "screen Dunne wears many creations

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Abbott is one of the few writer. directors of both stage "and screen. In February, 1922, he was brought

fus that were "specially designed atory was adapted by Sonya Levieno Hollywond. by Paramount, after

for her.

One of the most interesting scenes in the story is n set which is copy of the famous Cafe del Pezzo, once pointed out by sightsreing guides in New York as the restaur ant at which Caruso entertained his friends,

from Jenn Webster's famous stage play of the same name.

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·MISS CLARA BOW TAKES

A HUSBAND,

Las Vegas, Dec. 4-Miss Bow, well-known hotion picture

making such Broadway stage suc nesses Love 'Em and Leave 'Em." Brondway." "Four Walls" and "Coquette." He also directed"

Chiengo" and "Gentlemen of the Prags on the stage. He began his parcer As an actor. His first feature dength talking picture was the Moran and Mack vehicle, "Why Bring That Up", for which he wrote the story and rested..

In addition to the main picture, the programme is rendered the more attractive by the inclusion of a short, but highly entertaining film fonturing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, who need no intro duction to Hong Kong Sim fans, actress, and Mr. Hex Ball were hert, the charming heroine of The The title "Our wife suggests the tied secretly by justice of the peace here last night); if; was re- vealed to-day.

comic nature of the farce.

Then there is Tennis Technique" by Tilden, dhe famous, American Davis Cup Star. Every phase of Ann Harding reversed the usual the game ia shown so clearly in formula for picture success, for it this special film that one totally was through her interest in motion unfamiliar with the game can grasp pictures that she got her chance on how it is done and some of the the stage. Eventually her stage drives ara slowed down so that the career led her back to pictures and oye can follow every detail of the to the opportunity to play the starstroko. role of Isabel in

East Lynne, Frank Lloyd's Fox Movietone pro daction. Miss Harding's father

is a senior officer in the U.S. "Stolen Fruit," and "The Woman Army and she herself was born ut Disputed." Then came her great- Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Berest stage success, in "The Trial of tasien were literary and eventually Mary Dugan." Meanwhile, she

"Manslaughter," to which he Clarabrought all the enthusiasm for talk- ing pictares engendered by his re- cent vacation, has Claudette Col- Big Pond" and Young Man of Manhattan," in the leading feminine rôle, and Fredric March. seen with Ruth Chatterton' in Sarah and Son," as the young district attorney who is forced to send the girl he loves to prison..

Manalaughter opened four days, run at the: Central Theatre; | last hight

** TIGER ROSE" THEME SONG..

TO BE HEARD AT QUEEN'S THEATRE ON THURSDAYS."

Warner Bros. newest song writ

Ned Washingtop" · and

Michael

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EXPENDITURE OF

CHAPLIN'S SONS.#

EACH BOY ALLOWED 81,000 PER ANNUM.

she called on Harry Durant, head i hag married Harry Barnistering "combination, Herg Magidson, of the New York story department | going to California with him of a motion pictifie company. She where he had been engaged to play" rend and synopsized many books in the Los Angeles company of Cleary, known as the ** Thres Mus- at her boarding house,

Strange Interlude." Shortly atcers of the Music World," wrote "She met people affiliated with the after Miss Harding signed for the Provincetown Players in

whose lend in Paris Bound" in which the theme song for Tiger Rose work she became interested,

the made her screen debut. Fol-in which Monte Blue and Laps Then she accepted the first offer lowing came "Hor Private Affair" Velez. fire co-starring and which is which came her way, to play and opposite Ronald Colman i coming to the Queen's Theatre on Jr., D, and Sydney: 8. edle in "Like a King."

"Condemned." She scored mensa- wistful tionally in the screen adanations Thursday at 5.10 and 9.20 Her deliente features, appeal and excellent diction im-of "Holiday"" and "The Girl of

The title of the Bong is The mediately won how the leading part the Golden West," "

only.

in a forthcoming play, and she re Clive Brook and Conrad Nagel Day You'll Fall in Love," and will mained until the season closed. are.featured in "East Lyrne."

bosung by Lupe in this Vitaphone After two years she scored Broad- Cesilia Loftus and Bory! Mercer

triumphe in

The story of the famous stage play. "Tarnish," bead the supporting east. "(Continued on next (olumn.) settings are by Joseph Urban George Fitzmaurice directed.

way

A Universal Picture.

A court report filed, recently by Lita Grey Chaplin, former wife of Charles Chaplin, showed that it cost somewhat less in the last year. than in the year before to main. tein Chaplin's two sons, Charles

The property settlement at the time of the divores gave ench of the sons nn nnnual allowance of 86,000.

The report shows that in the year ending September, 231073 was sponi on young Charles, and 83,509 on

(Continued on next Column.)

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"MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND."

SOME "SECOND IMPRESSIONS,”

M's Hook of Holland" was produced for a second time by the Philharmonie Society on Saturday, when a very satisfactory audienco was prosent. The chorus again achieved the greatest success, while i Doris Beilby, as Sally, and Reg. Anderson has the Bandmaster hero cook chief honours anong the prin cipais... Both of them can set na well as sing and have obviously hai real experience of stage work. They are capably supported, on- pecially by. T. R.. Rowell; whose Byen velvet suit is a delight, and by Anne Moodie as Minn..

Miss Hook" is so good that a word or two of criticism as to woak places, as they appeared to a men- ber of the audience, may be of help to players and producer.

The comedians take their parts: too slowly. Their back-chat should either be shuttlecocked" much more.quickly, or shortened. Frank- ly the songs are the thing. This is no fault of the actors. Many of the allusions suffer by the passing of the year, and the dialogue has not

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

The

Finotau

Great OVER

SAFETE

the real sparkle of W. S. Gilbert. MENJOU DÜNNE

The first uct ought to be consider- ably shortened.

가

Captain Adrian Paup is not an casy role but F. E. Skinner cm- phasises the pomposity and the bullying until the part verges on the irritating I should unbend bit more with the ladies, and generally make himself nlove

human, and legs the conventional

popinjas. The Market Woman A Metro-Golliwyn-Mayer-Picture (Rita Cole), might make herself a bit more of a muisance. She does not raise enough noise to carry off thepbaixing of old Mr. Hook. would have needed more to get ten puilders out of the old fellow!

G. W. McLeod gives a very care- ful and polished portrait of Mr. Hook. Usually amateurs clown too much-but Mr. McLeod errs on the other side. The part is frankly farcical, and he takes it in the comedy manner. V. C. Labrum is also a bit too deliberate. When he geta a chance he should vary it by "moving quickly "-the contest would be amusing. There are several places where this should be done.

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"Miss Hook "

is, in fact, a gdbd piece, wel produced, and the strength is the chorus. The werk- ness in that the story is slow, and the talking part of the libretto needs.

G. P. Huntly or a Leslie. Henson. to carry it off.

The Society obviously feels the loss of that most genial and finish ed performer, the late A. J. Brock, and it is a pity that several of the ladies, who have done such good ser-: vice in, the past were not available: for this production. The newcomera shape very well and particularly the eight mauve girls" a real

success.

are

Anyone who has been in Holland will agree that Datek sernery, has "been well reproduced, and the cos-

Lumes arg. 4tune up

on: ren! life that is most colourful and ut- tractive.

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"Miss Hook" is being produced this evening, at a matinee on Wed- nesday and again on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

Sydney. The amounts included 200 each per month for board and a nurse and the balance for cloth- ing, amusements and incidentals.

In the previous year $3,810 was spent on Charles, and 83,038, on Sydney.

Charles now has a balance of $8,730 in savings from the allow- ance and 88,890 has been saved for Sydney.

Each boy wore out five pairs of shocs during the year, the prices ranging from 81.25 to 5. Charles' shoes cont. 826 and, his brother's $4. Clothica cont Charles 8528, while Sydney aport 8640, 100)

Charles apparently was the only one to get toys, and received only 81.80 worth. The remainder of the expenditures were itemized as me dical attention and incidentals,

ADDED ATTRACTIONS BIG BILL TILDEN

n

in "TENNIS TECHNIQUE"

STAN LAUREL in

OLIVER HARDY

"OUR WIFE"

NEXT CHANGE

WARNER BROS.

MONTE

BLUE

Present

and

LUPE

VELEZ

Tiger Rose

A drama of human emotions i

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20.

EL BRENDEL

SUE CAROL and JACK MULHALL

Presented by WILLIAM FOX

Golden Calf