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CENTRAL

AENEDE

TODAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

**Tiger Rose."'

(Monte Blue and Lups

Volor

Daddy Long Legs."

SHOWING TO-DAY

Queen's.

At 2:30. 5.10, -7.15 and 8.20:p.m.

King's.

SEE AND HEAR LIVING

AFRICA!

Janet Gaynor and Warner

Baxter.

Oontral,

Aftian Spanks.?'

World.

Iron Moro."

Chiness Picturo,

KOWLOON.

THE BLACK HEART OF

EQUATORIAL AFRICA

THE BELGIAN AND

FRENCH CONGO THE DUCK-BILLED WOMEN

THE PYGMIES - THE MOST AMAZING » LION

FIGHTS EVER SCREEN-

·ED!

Thrilling!

Sensational!

Different!

Mitch Speaks

THE STRANGEST ROMANCE EVER FILMED!

COLUMBIA PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

TEXAN

Gary Cooper Fay Wray

Garamexrit Picture

Star.

On Your Back."

Queen's..

COMING.

* The Ghost Train."

With Jack Hulbert and

Corily Courtüeidge.

"Sporting Blood."

Dawn Patrol."

"Man in Possession."

Central.

"The Texan."

Het Man""

with Helen

Twelvetroas, Philip Holmes.

Mothers Millions." -

With Jack Holt.

"Dirigible.".

King's.

World.

Star.

Bad Girl."

카

Love's Identity " (Part 2)

(Chinese picture).

Be Yourself"

**24 Heroes."

Ep 1 (Chinese picture).

Yn Tong Chin

picture).

"Be Yourself." "Trespassor."'

Call of the Flesh,"

(Chineas

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931.

HONGKONG'S FINEST CNEVA

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 P.M.

SHE LIVED HER DREAMS

A romance as sweet as that first kiss, and as human as life itself. It will thump your heart and stir your soul.

DADDY LONG LEGS

with

JANET GAYNOR

WARNER BAXTER

Una Merkel

Dimased br ALFRED SANTILL

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

Janet Gaynor and" Una Merkel in "Baddy Long Legs," now at the Kingia Theatre.

"DADDY LONG LEGS.'

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from the play by

Jean Wahrer

BULL MONTANA'S UGLY FEATURES.

Bull Montana, who plays a important role in Tiger Rose," the Warner Bros and Vitaphone production now playing st the Queen's Theatre, is one of the

"AFRICA SPEAKS." ugliest men in pictures. His face

surely is his fortune, and the fhet that his fentures are far from WHY NATIVE WOMEN WERE perfect is responsible for his great

DISFIGURED,

success. There are certain charac serizations that need: Ball's ugly Many African tribes-particular-face and affable personality. |ly those of the French Congo-huve Mr. Montana was born in Vog long made iba practice to mutilateliera, Italy. His family brought the faces of their women. The fact him to New York when he was has beeg oboerved and deplored not very young and as he grew up he only by travellers, but by French became interested in wrestling and guvernment officials! All efforts to boxing. In 1918 he was given the discover the origin of the custom opportunity to play the role of a failed, however, until Paul L." wrestler in a screen production and Hoefer, who recently made he did it so well that he has been amazing trip in the interests of the in pictures ever since. Now he Colorade-African Expedition, un- even receives maab moton from earthed the secret.

ladies who admire him o the screen...

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When Hoefer reached the village of Kiya Be is the French Congo, |which is inhabited by the Ubangis tribe, he was shocked, as others had bren, to see that the faces of the native women wern dafigured They all wore buge wooden discs inserted in their lower lips, which gave them the appearance of grutes- que ducks.

Slave Trafic Cause, Upon inquiry Hoofer learned tant the custom originated in the

Arab

days of the slave traffic. bands, who swept out of the desort on their quest for black ivory and comely female natives,, never failed to call upon the Ubangia, for the women of the tribe were noted for

T

Ho is happily married, has charming horas in Los Angeles, is so busy in pictures that he make more money than he ever dreamed of having, and still wrestles and hoxes for relaxation,

CÉBU.

"THE GHOST TRAIN."

SUCCESSFUL CREEPY"

NOISES,

An exceptionally thrilling rail- rond drama is to be presented at the Queen's Theatre next Sunday. Arnold Ridley's dramatic stage success, "The Ghost Train," is well known to the theatre patrons, and a year or two since the silent film cf the subject acherver, great suc

The noises incidental to the "creeps

action were then pro duced either behind the screen or in the orchestra pit. The new pio ture, however, in a talkie and the noises "off," so skillfully mi

version, are in the new. picture part. and parcel of the action. The pro-

is the finest railroad drama

to look for. Nothing could be morn wholestras than the study of Jady Abbott, seventeen year old orphan A PICTURE OF OUTSTANDgirl who is sent to college by Jarvis

ING MERIT.

Pendleton, a wealthy bachelor with whom she later falls in love, as he The Singapore Free Prise gava does with her, and discovers in the their beauty. The marauders were the following critique of "Daddy end that ho is her Daddy Long greedy that they soon exhausted the supply of young girls. They Long Legs," the Fox Film featuring Lega. Splendidly arranged

then made a practice of seizing Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter,terior sets 'combine with touches of female infants. These were reared which will commence its run at the pretty outdoor scenery to make a by Arab women until old enough to sell in the slave market. Many King's Theatre today: The pub, background for the story which is Ubungi men, who fought valiantly lie will enjoy this picture and it is 'correct in every detail, while the to defend their women, were killed probable that the popular verdict photography, the sound and the in these raids. The result was that

the tribe was almost wiped out. will be that Daddy Long Legs is continuity are of exceptional

How long this reign of terror con- are of the most appealing talkios! quality.

tinued it is impossible to say, but The orphanage scenes serve to dis-eventually the tribe built een but fort, around which the many seat- Both young and old will enjoy play the remarkable wealth of tered villages were collected. When ducers claim that "The Ghosi

talent in child actors and actresses tha marauders came out of the Train the film not merely because Janet that Hollywood possesses. In con- sands, the, people would retire to ever produced. Gaynor is such a favourite with clusion it may be as well to add the fort and from its protecting theatre goers but really because the that sob stuff is the secret of its walls were able to withstand all aasaulis. But further to discourage adorable Janet rises to great heights

Warner Baxter as the wealthy the slave hunters they commenced in har portrayals of this role. It bachelor has a difficult rule because the practice of disfiguring the faces in, undoubtedly her excellent acting it would be easy to fall short of the of their woman..

atmosphere which is Daddy Long that gives the picture an appeal Legs duty to create. Yet he does MILLIONS**which is not lucking in complete- not disappoint in one single thing. tions. One does not go away after The cast includes Una. Merkol, John seeing the picture with a vague the minor parts antisfactorily.

Arlodga and many others who play feeling that it could have been bet-

Coming, Attraction !

**MOTHER'S

with

MAY ROBSON

A Universal Picture

#

that has so far been" shown.

ter. Neither the acting nor the way!

desired.

it is produced leaves anything to be animous in upstinted praise of the thrilling scones and realistic photo. graphy. Needless to state, the The contor has found nothing in sounds of the jungle, brought to the screen for the first time, play a out here"

large part in contributing to the not hard unparalleled effect of the ́ẩìm.

it to call forth his

chop and the reason

Authentic photographs of thear duck-billed women are shown in Africa Speaks," the African ad- venture picture, which is now at the Central Theatre, together with many other intimate glimpses of native life. The film, released throughout the world by Columbia did scenic effects, and amazingly Pictures, abounds as well in splen close shots of the wild beasts of the jungle.

laboriously concocted for the silent

"

FILM ACTRESS HURT.

CAR COLLISION ON WAY TO LOCATION FOR NEW PICTURE:

Miss Constance Edwards, a Bri tish film actress, had her cellar bone broken in a mactor-Car collision near Dorohester, y

to location in Devonshire for a new Miss Edwards was on her way British aim

GLADYS COOPER HAS TOLD

THE TRUTH."

SCREEN LOVER SAYS HE WAS A “MUTT----IN- THE THEATRE.

Berlin. It has been reported that Ronald Colman, the world's most popular screen lover, intende

to

return to the legitimato stage, writes an Evening Standard correspondent Mr. Colman, who

is now in Berlin, discussed with me to-day his plans for the futur‹, and also replied to the statement fin-Miss-Gladys-Cooper's-biography-- that he was the worst metar she had ever appeared with.

Mr. Colman said:

It is nine years now since. A "appeared on the stage. In that period I have been as happy u Hollywood as I eculd possibly have been anywhort. I have enjoyed film acting, and have been alter- ed by the full measure of approval that the public has so generously given me. Yet there is something inside me that is for ever trying to drag me back to the theatre I knew in the years just after the war.

Not that I became an actor (30 called), cr am un netor (stil), 30 called), because of any urge to ex- press myself artistically. wanted to be able to express myself Annu- cially

Flileen Year's Ago! "Gladys Cooper has told you that when first she knew me suniu 15 years ago I was the world's worst actor. That is absolutely and undeniably true. Without any shadow of doubt. I was the biggest. muts facing the footlights. Had it been otherwise I might "nevot have thought of changing to tho

filma.

"I am anxious now to face thoat footlights again to prove

anme

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

AT 5.10 AND 9.20 ONLY

WARNER BROS.I

Present

MONTE

BLUE

LUPE

VELEZ

Tiger

Rose

A fugitive lover-the long arm of justice- and the ferocious in- etinct of a tiger girl fighting for her man.

A vivid talking picturization of the great stage play by Willard Mack. In a superb sciting of scenic grandeur.

NEXT CHANGE

A BRIGHT AND

MYSTERIOUS DRAMA !

whether experience of seren acting A BRITISH SUCCESS

has improved my stage ability; or whether shall still be the worst actor of Lady Pearson's nequamt-

anca!

"As for the art of playing in films-if there really is any 1 may well leave that to the critics and stage artists to define,

"The Unholy Garden." "Acting In The Unholy Garden. for instance, was a gloriously ex- tended thrill. To be irresponsible was a welcome challenge after the grave earnestness with "which orie must ordinarily sally forth into the jaws of the camera. Though Barry Hunt is undoubtedly an artful fugitive from relentless justice, one cannot help feeling extremely hope. ful for his safety. Aricwsmith,' which I completed just before I sailed for Europe, gavo me Fimi- lar thrill

My contract with Mr. Goldwyn calla for me to make two films a year for the next five years, That leaves me plenty of time for stage holiday between, pictures When and whether I shall go back to the stage depends to a large ex-j tent on my success in finding the right play.

"When I find that we shall

ACS!"

"MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE " IN LONDON.

MR. RAYMOND NEWELL'S SUCCESS IN A ROMANTIC ROLE.

By far the loveliest of the presenz series of Daly's Theatre revivala is "Monsieur Beaucaire," saya the Brening Standard.

IN EVERY SENSE OF

THE WORD !

GHOST TRAI

SEE

JACK HULBERT & CICELY COURTNEIDGE

IN THE GREATEST MYSTERY THRILLER EVERSCREENED TRAIN PUNGES OVER BRIDGE-EXCITING -- WERD-MYSTERIOUS

ADDED ATTRACTIONS “TOYLAND'

and

CINE MAGAZINE

(STAR)

This agreeable combination of late Mesanger and early Fredorick Lonsdale (who made the adapta- tion) requires delicate handling, and there were musical defects A notably an almost total lack of rhythm.

"But an extremely good featurë was the fine performanes of Mr. Raymond Newell in the titla-rôle. Mr. Nowel is a good romantic au tor and a fine singer.

..

Mias (Barbara Pott-Fraser, as. Lady Mary, hardly played up to him; the part rejuíres more ex! * Mperienced handling. Of the fest, Mr. Miller, another member of Authorities and informed laymen the party, was also admitted to

Mr. Stanley Vilven as Best Nash gave good, honest support, even it who have seen the picture are un hospital suffering from minciat did not suggest the "quality" (Continued on Previous Column: 5 | juries.

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of Bath in the seventeen-thirties.

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20′′

Á FASCINATING DRAMA OF A MOTHER'S LOVE

with

IRENE RICH

H. B. WARNER

ON YOUR BACK