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TO-DAY AT THE
CENTRAL CINEMA,
THEATRE “....
SHOWING TO-DAY
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1932.
HONG KONG.
King's.
For Wedding Night." With Clare Bow.
TO-DAY. ONLY
Central.
At 2:30. 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
Mother's Millions."
Quoan'a
The Lyons Mail."
World.
"
High Society Blues"
King's.
LOVE... LOVE PAINTED
THIS PICTURE. LOVE
Biggest Picture
Bnenett has made
Yet!
GLORIFICATION OF
NOTE THIS STORY."
THE MOST
| BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
IN THE WORLD- was the unhappiest
,woman on earth!
KOWLOON,
Good News.”
Contral.
"COMING.
"The Common Law."
Constahre Bennett. Charley's Aunt."
With Charles Ruggles and
June Collyer.
Tilly of Bloomsbury,"
A British Picture..
"Silenen,"
With Clive Brook. Meraly Mary Aun.” "Bad Girl."
Queen's.
"Laughing Sinners **
World.
Star.
With Joan Crawford: Love is Like That." Oh Sailor Behaye."
Beloved Martyr." (Chinese Film), Dynunite,"
Love's Identity"
(Chinese picture).
Be Yourself."
Ep. 4 (Chinese picturs).
The Ghost Train.!!
New York Nights," Viking."
Rookery Nook."
See the story
of her tragic love Constance BENNETT
The COMMON LAW
Har finest role, her areotest triumph since "COMMON CLAY"!
NEXT CHANGE
"Goreious Kay Francis,
sweetheart of New " York's brilliant attor- noy. For whom he risks scandal and prison.
WILLIAM POWELL
IN
For the Defense
A Paramount Picture
with Kay Francis
(Part 2)
The best man wins the "It"
girl in a marriage
muddle like this!
KING'S
Ar-230, 5.10, 7.15 &39.30 PM
Prettler ! "ITler" Than Ever!
CLARA BOW
IN
"Her Wedding
Night"
A Paramount Picture.
with
Ralph Forbes, Charlie Ruggles and Skeets Gallagher
TO-MORROW COMMENCING SUNDAY, 10TH JAN
SILENCE
A Paramount Picture
with
CLIVE BROOK Peggy Shannon Charles Starrett
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313,
MOVIE NEWS
ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG.
CLARA BOW A VERY
CLEVER ACTRESS.
WELL-KNOWN DIRECTOR'S
OPINION.
Clara Bow is the victim of her own talent. The world he enter tains refuses to let her grow up and to show that she has real ability as ni actress in the portrayal of other wond."
This is the opinion of that.pen- minent director, Frank Tattle of the dramatic possibilities of the It Girl, and the Queen of the Flappers." For Tuttle has work. with and watched Clara Bow from her first picture to her latest bit.
Early in his own career, Tuttla was A director for the Sereon. Guild, makers of Grit," in which Clara Bow, just having won a beauty contest, played her first (PROGY SHANNON IN A
small part before the cameras. Ro has just completed directing her in Her Wedding Night," which in shown at the King's Theatre for to-day And recently he dirveted Clan Eow in two other inessive hitTrue to the Navy' und
Love Among the Millionaires." "Clara Bow in the mind of the picture-going public is the "I" Girl, and the personification of irresponsible youth while, in reality, aho is one of the most versatile ae tresses on the screen to-day.
CHARACTERISTIC POSE).
CLIVE BROOK'S CAREER.
HOW HE BECAME "STAR"
OF "SILENCE."
MARTIN HARVEY AND THE TALKIES:
CREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ACTOR.
OW FOUR ARTS BALL
IN PARIS.
SPECTACULAR FILM AT"
CENTRAL.
Five hundred players figured in the Alming of the scenes showing the Parisian "Four Arts Ball" in tho. B. K.O. Pathe picture, The Common Lear," alarring Constance Bennett. NOW n't the Central Theatre. Henry Clive, artist and beauty expert who neted as tech nical adviser for the art colony scenes of the picture, personally supervised the selection of the "girls who appeared in thuse scones-250- lin all.
From the chosen 250 Mr. Clive next selected 4 of the most beauti ful to appear in specially designed original costumes typical of those worn by the artista medels at the netual Four Arta Ball. He then picked nine of the D4 to participate in the elaborate tabloom. Then he made one more selection froin, the nine... Dolores Murray was the lucky girl whom he classed as the Tableau queen.
Bohemian Costumes,
Ton designers worked three weekn in evolving the original and daring costumes for the beauties,
They
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2,80, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20
THE CELEBRATED DRAMA OF THE ENGLISH STAGE
NOW
AN ALL BRITISH SUCCESS
** SIR JOHN MARTIN HARVEY
faced a difficult task. They had to The Lyons Mail“
creato eostusnes typical of those au- tually worn at the most Bohemian of all art colony festivals which would meet with the approval of the film engors, It took time, in- genuity, and countiem sketches to do it. It addition to the costumes for ninety-four picked beauties, the designers created original costumes for fifty men. The rest of the 500 players participating in the foto scenes wore artista", smocks decorat ed with futuristic paintings.
"The Big Baliroom. Three adjoining sound stages were made into one to hone the
THE NEW NORMA big ballroom settings on which the
SHEARER FILM.
A LONDON CRITIC'S COMMENTS.
The Intest Norma Shearer produc-: tim, "A Free Soul," had a fairly good reception in England. The London Daily Telegraph said of it: Miss Sheurer is not, in my opinion, a great actress, but she is careful to appear in réter suited to her abilities, and has acquired hard glitter that passes for sophis tication.
she is in love with the gangster whoun the father successfully, de- fenes on a murder charge.
I find that I am given much greater cops for facial expression
She appears on this occasion as on the serem then on the stage," the unvirtuóis daughter of a bibul- anys Sir John Martin Harvey, reous barrister," who is unaware, ferring to his talkie debut in
that The Lyons Mail." Tuke for instaned the difference of character between the good Leurques and the villain ous Dubos. On the stage I havu to stress their slight physical differ- ences entirely with the aid of make- ap, whereas on the screen I use the same make-up for both charne- lers, and I am able to depict the contrast between them entirely by Incial exprersion and movement."
The Man Who Copghed; › An using story is told, by the way, of the filming of The Lyons Mai," et Twickenham. As we all know, it is a veritable crine for anyone other than the artistes to make the slightest noise or move nent during a take, ah, of course, any such noise will be faithfully re- produced on the sound track.
During one auch take a loud cough we heard, and Arthur Olive Brook was a follower of Maude, the director, rushed up to Clara Bow has a faculty for de may professions before he became vent, his wrath on the helpless a motion picture star, but, without offender, who turned out to be none livering perfect scenes without any doubt, it was the rigorous physical other than Julie Hagen, the genial preliminary building up or pre-training required for his screen managing director of the Twicken- paration. That, to my mind, work that enabled him to rough up ham Studio. "I am glad it was what makes her one of the best four extra players, with an average not one of my staff," said Hagen, film actremes of the time," say weight of 225 pounds, during the with a twickle in his eye, or thera Tuttle, Her new picture. Her filming of a scene in his latest pic. would have been a douce of a row." Wedding Night,' is farere coinedy, ture, the first picture of this kind she show at the King's Theatre.
Silence," next Sunday to han ever played in. It gives her an opportunity to do something new and to display her very real powera,"
COMING TO THE QUEEN'S.
JOAN CRAWFORD DANCED HER WAY TO SCREEN FAME.
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cinema prison guards that the Brook was so rough on the four Paramount studio, where "Silence" was made, increased tho pay for the work of the "extras." Tho "Extras" reported gore. rnuaclea and bruised flesh. They admitted Brook might have won the four-to- one tussle if the seript hadn't order- ed otherwise. #!
"THE COMMON LAW."
CHEVALIER'S COLLEAGUE AS DIRECTOR.
The serean star keps up a stondy Manrica Fallot, who appeared programme of physical training, with Maurice Chevalier at the year round. He is one of Holly-ed as technical director during the boxing, swimming, and rowing the Casino de Paris for five years, act- wood's champion ainateur boxers filming of French sequences for and tennis players,
Constance Bennett's now BKO
Her officin lover shoots, the gangster, and, at the subsequent murder trial the father secures the prisoner's acquittal by pleading that things might have been differ- ent bad his daughter had a better phront.
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scenes were played. The ballroom was 240 feet long by 100 feet wide and is said to be one of the largest scta over constructed for interior setion of either talking or silent. pictures.
The Common Law, which is based on the novel by Robert W. Chambers was adapted to the Stein dirested. screen by John Farrow, Paul
Constance Bennett, who recently appeared in "Born to Love" plays cast are Joel McCrea, Lew Coily, the starring role With her in the Marion Shillings, Robert Williams, Helda Hopper, Paul Eilia, and Walter Walker.
CHILDREN AT THE 24. CINEMA,
CHEERING THE HERO AND HOOTING THE VILLAIN,
How children react to the cinema was discussed by the Rov, Donald O. Soper, Superintendent of the Wesleyan Central Mission int Islington, N., in a speech at Sout-
hend.
He said that he had an ideal op- portunity of cusurting the effect of films on children, because every week 2000 alum children attended his 2d cinema performances, al This alien affair, which could which Western dramas were shown only have been conceived in the most ad lib. He added: foreign of all foreign nations, has been directed with great skill, re- when, as always, the film opens "These children cheer loudly source, polish, and thorough under- with the appearance on the horizon abanding of commercial values, by of a man on a horse wearing an Clarence Brown, one of Hollywood's impossible hat. He is the hera, and most efficient artisans.
they cheer him because he stands Lionel Barrymore, the father, 1 for right, justice and truth, as they gives the only performance that do also the charming hereine, with really touches the humanities. He her hair immaculately waved even is vital, but Clark Gable, Leslie in the middle of the desort. Howard, Miss Shearer, and the "The villain is heartily honted. others, are mere puppets in the and when, to the knowledge of the emotion. hands of a master of mechanised audience, he deliberately deceives
the heroine they all shout Linr A Proc Soul" is Aawless, con- Fat the top of their voices. They principles, but it leaves the realities vindicated and wrong defeated. sidered as a confection of box-office are only satisfied when love, is Antouched, and the social ethics on Such things as these convince ou which it is based are as remote, as of the inherent good in human na: the summit of Everest.
tuze."
EMIL JANNINGS AND MARLENE DIETRICH.
TWO LEADING STARS TO APPEAR IN LONDON.
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Emil Jannings, the great ilm man teacher of the language. Betor, is now considering several Now, according to Mr. Scott, plays for his London stage appear Jannings can speak perfectly good ance in 1932.
English if he learns it as part of ing Jannings to England, states though he is not fluent sa a con Mr. Stanley Scott, who is bring the characterisation he is giving,
that he contemplates acting in Lonversationalist, don for the best part of a year. His London performances, will bo plays with extreme cATO,
Consequently, he is choosing his in English,
Jannings is a very fine actor, Though Jennings was actully with an unconimen gift for soaking
after hard times on the stage. many that he became a film acter¦ part, "S
To bring him and Marlene His father and mother were' Biotrich together on the stage Germans, and they took him with would be much too expensive now.. when he was a boy. them back to their native country adayal
Marlene for London Stage? Even when he was the foremost She talkts English vory well in- dramatic actor in Hollywood he deed. neglected to learn much English. Mr Clifford Whitley, who present Germany, where he made a striking a week engagement (and made
The talkies sent him back to ed Maurice Chevalier on his £4,000
"some-back" in "The Blue Angel, handsome profit), has been me in the English vorsion of which his gotiating with Marlene for a Lon deficiencies of speech were necom don season of a few wooks, but modated by casting him as a Ger. they have not yet come to tarma.
Joan Crawford was born March 23, in San Antonio, Texas, and was educated in Kansas City, Mo. She began her career as a dancer in Now York rovues appearing at the assistant accrotary at the Colonial commencing Sunday ne the Centrul "Brook started his life work nr Pathe picture, "The Common Law," Winter Garden where she came to Club in London. For short time Theatre, In that capacity, he as the attention of Metro-Goldwyn he was a newspaper reporter, and sisted Henry Clive, noted painter Mayor officials. She attained then a short story writer He and illustrator, who was the toch-born in New York, it was in Ger his personality in the colour of screen stardom in "Our Dancing studied the violin, and, later, eloqu-nical adviser for art colony scenes Daughters." Recent vehicles in- tion, which he taught. When the of the production. Clive also did elude "Paid," "Dance, Fools, war broke out, he enlisted as a paintings of the. star which were Dance," and her newest production, private, winning a "Laughing Sinnera" showing to within six months. After the war
commission used in the film. nt the Queen's which is he went on the stage, and made his Fallet is a native cf Paris, Ho, has Actor and musician by profession, the Kenyon' Nicholson first picture in Paramount's London ranny friends in the art colony atago success, The Torch Song" studio, MAM
there, and in 1928 received one of The notion of "Silence" covers the coveted invitations which per a period of about twenty years,mitted him to attend the gaycet of starting in pre-war days and com- all annual revels, the Feur Arte ing up to the present time. In this Ball was filmed with sa mach au- picture, which is to be shown atthenticity, as the screen code and tho King's Theatre, Olive Brook ocasor permitted for The Common (Continued on previous column Law."
morrow based on
portrays a crook whose early crimes monaco his daughter's happiness. To nave her, he attempts to make a gront sacrifice but is saved by the girl's action... Peggy Shannon is seen as Brook's daughter.
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With
NORAH BARINGTM
BEN WEBSTER
ALSO SHOWING CINE REVIEW
and
"JOINING UP"
TO-MORROW
JOAN
CRAWFORD
is here
In a
dramatic
talkie smash-
:
LAUGH
with
SINNG
. NellHamilton Clark Gable
Marjorie Rembeau Guy Kibbee
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30,5.20, 7,20 AND 9.20
UNDR
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