HON
Page
CENTRAL
SHOWING TO-DAY
"At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 and 8,20 p.m.
The Picture that Rocked a Nation with Laughter.
NEW UNUSUAL- DIFFERENT MYSTERY
-DRAMA-COMEDY- ROMANCE-THRILLS!
Who
1s
She ?
TO-DAY
Central,
HỒNG KONG
"Mother's Millions."
King's.
Trans-Atlantic,”
„Queen's, ¿
The Lyons Mail."
World.
Dawn Patrol."
KOWLOON.
Star.
Three Live Chosts."
COMING.
Central.
"The Common Law," Constance Bounett.
"Are You There?".
"
King's
With Beatrice Lillie. Charley's Aunt."
With Charles Ruggles and
Jane Collyer.
Her Wedding Night."
Meroly Mary Ann." Bad Girl."--
Queen's.
Laughing Sinners!
With Joan Crawford.... Love is Like That."
"Ob Sailor Behavo,"
World,
Star,
"High Society Blues,"
Baloved Martyr.". (Chinese Film)..
"Dyunite."
(Chinese picturs).
KINGS THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5,10, 7.15 AND 9.30 PM,
with EDMUND
LOWE
R
A
"Love's Identity"
(Part 2)
LOIS MORAN
Tangled lives
"Be Yourself.'
Ep. (Chinese picture).
The Ghost Train."
"Clond News,"
New York Nights,"
"Viking.
Rookery Nook."
W
with
unravel amid the Greta Nissen luxury of an ocean greyhound.
Myrna Loy
When 5 Days' Love
mean a lilerime of living!
PICTURE
nireated by William
K. Howard
MOVIE NEWS
ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG. LOIS MORAN AND
Mother's MILLIONS JAN HERSHOLT,
Who is she?-You'll find out when you see the comedy they're all talking about.....
the picture that introduces you to the most amazing set of young folks you've ever heard of ... SEE the picture that hubbles over with merriment without the aid of Gin, Jazz or Jamboree With MAY ROBSON, Francis Dade. James Hall Lawrence Gray.
From the play by Howard McKent Barnes.
NEXT CHANGE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD- was the unhappiest woman on earthf
So the story
of her tragic love
Constance. BENNETT
7 COMMON LAW
Her finest rola, her greatest triumph since. **COMMON CLAY”T
MEET AFTER MANY YEARS IN "TRANSATLANTIC."
When Loin. Moran first learned that Jean Hersholt was to play the part of her father in the Fox dramt Transatlantic," showing at the King's Theatre to-day with Edmund Lowe in the leading role,
it brought back to the star, me
pries of a picture made some
| years ago, "Stello Dallas **
In that picture. Hersholt playe
Lois' step-father and won the right to be classed among the screen's greatest character actors,
It was also that picture that definitely placed Miss Moran in the front rank.
But since Stella Dallas," Miss. Moran and Hersholt have travelled. their respective ways, not meeting. professionally until director. Ho- ward assembled his cast for "Tran- satlantic."
In this picture Hersholt has the part of an old German lens grin- der, who boards the magnificent liner, Transatlantic, intent en revenging the loss of his life savinge in a bank failure, engineered by a high-flying fancier, played by Johm Halliday. Lois Moras,, as his daughter, in her efforts to forestal the rash intents of her father, meets Monty Ger, debonair gambler, the part layed by Lowe, and em barks upon a romance which has a strange ending. To add to the scmplications, other passengers are the banker's wife and his mistress,
Clara Bow Her Wedding Night: Coming to the King's..
"HER WEDDING NIGHT."
AND A BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
Clara Bow, won the billiarð
TWO VETERAN TROUPERS.
IN LAUGHING SINNERS!
COMING TO THE QUEEN'S:
TO-MORROW
with
Ralph Forbes Charlie Buggies Skoets Gallagher
and
both known to each other, as well championship of the Paramount as a gang of international crocks.
Two of the oldest troupers" of Other members of the cast are Hollywood studios from Geneva stage and screen appearin Greta Nissen, Myrna Loy, Earle Mitchell, Rosita Moreno and Char "Laughing Binners," Jonn. Craw Roye Billy Bayan and Rosalie lie Ruggles being runners-up. ford's new, Moro-Goldwyndager The tournament took place be-starring vehicle which will open on tween scenes of Clara Bow's Intest Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, THE LYONS MAIL." picture, "Her Wedding Night,” in Thoy te Bert Woodruff and which Miss Mitchell, Miss Moreno George Marion, both having and Ruggles have important sup been on the stage and screen for porting roles. Scenes in the pin more than fifty years. Woodruff is ture, Her Wedding Night," which seventy-five yours old and Marion is will fanture at the King's Thantresoventy-two Woodruff and Marion The Lyons Mail, showing to on Thursday next, were being taken both played in their firat motion day at the Queen's, in which Sir in the billiard room of a beautiful pictures in 1916 and both enjoyad John Martin Harvey makes his Mediterranean villa, and, natural wide stage prominance in legitimate talkie debut, was also the first picce in which he played after join-ly, the equipmont was at had to productions, Marion's best known ing the Lyceum Company under supply the billiard enthusiasts. Sir Henry Irving; but in thos
| stage "and" sureen role being in Miss Boy wen when Ruggles, who]
Anna Christie."
MARTIN HARVEY AT QUEEN'S THEATRE.
days, he did not play the famous dual rate of Lesurques and Dubosc, was about to take this honour from Harry Beaumont directed the but the part of the frightened little her, was called on the set, just be new Crawford picture, which was tavern boy, cliquet, a part played in the film by little Willi fore he had a chance to make his adapted from the Kenyon Nichol
tying shot,
son stage hit, The Torch Bong."
Graham.
Happy days akend! The Red-Head catches the handsomest lover on the Jeroon, Ralph Forbes 1
CLARA
BOW
IN
Her Wedding Night
A Paramount Picture
فریم
PITY THE RICH!
WHAT MOTHER'S
·MILLIONS " WILL SHOW YOU.
NAVAL AUDIENCE SEES BRITISH SUBMARINE EPIC.
An evening performance of "Men: Like Their "" ab tho Ragal, Marble Arch,, was set aside to ac commodate the numerous high: officials of the Board of Admiralty · and other 'Naval authorities who. wore koonly anxiona to have an our ly view of this Walter Summers' picturo, produced in admiration of the heroio encrifices made by the men of His Majesty's submarino gorvice, and the house that evening
Galr suggested n
performance night.
Over pie hundrod selected man from the chief nybmarine station at Gosport marched to the Regal, and seven of the original crew of the ill-fate Poseidon were present. His Majesty's Board of Admiralty was represented by high officials.. Miss Mogan Lloyd George was also
Not until you BCO Mother's Millions, which is playing at the Central Theatre, will you be able to know the real trials, and tribula- tions of the rich If you, in this time of depression, feel that money.. is more important to you than your health, more important than the normal happiness to which we all have a right to look forward slip into a seat in the Theatre and see the story of Fairs and Tom Breen
children of the richest woman in the world
To read the nowapapers, YOU would think that all of the sons of the wealth' tore around in o bor CDTH, went
to spouke
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20
THE CELEBRATED DRAMA OF THE ENGLISH STAGE NOW
AN ALL BRITISH SUCCESS
SIR JOHN MARTIN HARVEY
present. Distinguished person's from The Lyons Mail
the Royal Household included Ad- miral Brookes, Comptroller to H.R. H. The Duke of York, Sir Godfrey Thomas, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales Secretary, and the Rt. Hon. Major Alexander Hardinge, Equarry to the King. The Admir als presont included:"
Admiral Sir Frederick Field.. KOB., KC.M.G, First Son Lord and Chief of Naval Stuff, Adwirgi Sir Cyril Moulden Fuller, K.C.B... C.M.G., D.SO., Second Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, C.B.. CM.G., Vice- Admiral Lionel George Preston, C.B., and Vice-Admiral Frederic Charles Dreyer;
*PETER PAN" IN LONDON.
THIS SEASON'S CAST.
at the Palladium (Dec. 21) will be London, Dec. 14.- Peter Pan
its twenty-seventh year, with son and George Curzon again as Jenn Forbes-Robertson, Mary Cas
and Zona Dare; a Peter of 23 years Peter, Wendy and Captain Hook,
ago, da Mrs. Darling.
D
James C. Wilton, who was in Peter Pan for many seasone and played Smee in several years,
asics, played golf all day, and died a few days after signing, his gambled all night. They don't say contract to appear as the soft- so much about the little daughters hearted pirate again this Christ.
of the rich, unless they get into a MO
jam hut the prevailing opinion:
about them is that all they have
to do is sit on a money bag until
Cecil Foyler will now be the Space.
Tond of Toad Hall will be at
a Prince Charming comes along who the Savoy Theatre for matinnes only
is acceptable to the head of the this Christmas..
house, and then live happy over
after. Howard McKent Barnes in this story, "Mother's Millions,"
has written a story of a home of this year's scream successes; that of the richest woman in the world. He gives you the real reason why rich girls want to run away with the chauffeur and why the sons of mit lionaires are easy-marks for chorus girls.
It is worth seeing, and incident ally, you will have the extreme pleasure of witnessing one of the Bost remarkable performances of (Continued on next Column.).
May Robson in a part which fits her like & glove. The big cast which James Flood assembled to interpret the story in talking pic tures includes James Hall, Law rance Gray, Frances Dean, why recently appeared in Dracula" and who plays an important role in" Seed, Edmund Breese, Lif lion Hartner, Elinor Flyn, Leah Winslow and William L. Thornes
WHEN STARS" GO SHOPPING.
CHRISTMAS SCENES IN HOLLYWOOD SHOPS,
Someone else may write what, occasions will be present this year. fim players say in their pictures, But, while film players are in buy and prepare their meals, de a rush to get their buying done on sign and make their clothes, drive. Christmas, they give little care. their automobiles, handle heir to the fact that they may ha atop business accounts and even handle ped to sign autograph books when their personal mail.
they should be looking at those But the stars themselves have the mesh bags in the nearby store. thrills. of Christmas shopping. Last your, Lilyan Tashman, Clive, They shop in Hollywood without Brook, Kay Frands Philli disguises or bodyguarde
Holmes and 1841 6hers. signed It is curious thing that tourists, many a book on Hollywood Boule hoping to catch a glimpse of say, vară sa George Bancroft or Marlene Dietrich in the flesh will stand by bow he was delayed an entire hour And Paul Lukas well remembers the hour in front of & studio or in a huge department store while àheatre premiero and then, not. fans seemed to gather in endless donsider the logical opportunity C quantimes. He missed his whole seeing their favorites in Hollywood afternoon's opportunity to shop buth stores,
the following day made purchzam in soven stores withcht once being recognized.
Additional reasons why the Gary not noticed during their Christmas 8, to him players it is a matter Coopers and Sylvia Sidneys are shopping lies in the fact that every of change whether or not they will, one is rushed and mentally cecupi- be able to go about their shooping od with his buying problems, without Interrupschu, TN-LAIN Many have been the times in past Even this favetites of favorites. rubbed aibows with auch of their Robert Coogan and Jakid par Bodacus when forvent fans have young Fackie, Sloppy Cooper. favoritos on Richard Arlen, Nancy find themselves em notiks (918) Camel Fredric Maroh, Miriam they go to buy toys for blend Hookins and Carole Lombard we Christmme is, az any other without knowing it. The same
With
NORAH BARING
BEN WEBSTER
ALSO SHOWING CINE REVIEW
and
JOINING UP
-NEXT ATTRACTION
JOAN..
CRAWFORD
is here in a dramatic talkie
smash-
LAUGH
SINNG
Hoffamilton Clark Gable
Marjorie
Rombeau Guy Kibbes
(STAR)
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20
IMPRESSIONS OF
THOSE ROLLICKING
THREE
GHOSTS
LIVE
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