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CENTRAL

TMEANTVE.

SHOWING TO-DAY

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

Coutral,

"The Suiling Lieutenant."

· King's,

Tilly of Bloomsbury,

Querb.

At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m..

World.

The Idol of the

Screen

MAURICE

CHEVALIER

in

AN ERNST LUBITSCH

PRODUCTION

The Smiling Lieutenant

A Paramount Picture with Claudette

COLBERT Charlie Ruggles

Miriam Hopkins

An Ernst

LUBITSCH Production

NEXT CHANGE

White Woman- Captive. in the South Seat!

Rose Hobart Chas. Blokford

in

EAST OF BORNEO

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

Star.

A British Picture...

"Oh Sailor Bakave."

'Dynamite."

KOWLOON.

"Rookery Nook,"

Central.

COMING.

East of Borneo,?"

Rose Hobart and Charlos

Bickford.'

Beyond Vietory."

With: Bi

Baydi.

Shadow of the Law.'

موزی و

With William Fowell.

"Only the Braved!!

King's,

Gary Cooper and Mary

Brian...

Moroly Mary Ann.”

Bad Girl

Segress of a Secretary,"

Queen's.

Claudette.

Colbert and.

Herbert Marshall.

"The May They couldn't

World.

Star.

Arrest.

(British Pictare).

Love is Like That,"

"Love's Identity" (Part 2)

(Chinese picture).

"Be Yourself"

Ep. 1 (Chinese picture).

Gold Diggers."

The Ghost Train."

New York Nights."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1932.

LAST TWO DAYS

They're a riot!

KING'S

THE QUEENS comedifas

Jack žilins

AT 230, 5.10, 7.15:

& 9.30 PM

STERLING FILM CO., LTD.

Present

"TILLY

OF

"

BLOOMSBURY ”

by IAN HAY

Directed by JACK RAYMOND.

the starring

SYONEY HOWARD, PHILLIS KONSTAM ELLIS JEFFREYA EDWARD CHAPMAN

A Burris PIOTURE

A romantic story every one knows and lovos, with the most amazing and funniest character ever seen on the screen!

NEXT ATTRACTION.

ANNABELLES.

AFFAIRS"

with

VICTOR MOLAGLEN JEANETTE MA¤DONALD

ROLAND YOUNG-

A FOX PICTURE

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.", TEL. 25313.

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE

"BAD GIRL."

ENTIRELY TRUE TO LIFE ACCORDING TO CRITIČ.

Every now and again in this passing parade of gangsters and sex-appeal that is called the Ameri cu cinema, writen Cedric Belirage, the well-known film oritio, there passes by a film that gives you palpitations of the heart and that you hail gladly as an imprisoned man haile the warden, who seems with a parlon, bringing light and fresh air into the cell a film that makes you want to tell everybody you meet what a marvellous thing the art of the screen is--and all because it is so sincere and genuine and bears go little sign of having. rome out of a factory.

Such a film is badly needed just now, is you who go regularly to the cinema will, agree. And such a film has arrived. It is called "Bad Girl," a title which needn't frighten you away, because, like most film titles nowadays, it has nothing whatever to do with the story.

of

Bad Girl" is a film with just virtue sincerity-humanness,

if you like.

From the title and the fact that there are three people in it you will jump to one obvious conclusion- but you are wrong. It isn't an i other eternal triangle. The boy doesn't make love to his wife's girl friend-in fact, he spends most of his time being rude to her. because he wants to have his wife to him- self.

The story is the slenderest thing in the world--bat Rene Clair, with his delicious Alms like "Lo Mil lias" about practically nothing at

"

SCREEN IN HONG KONG.

"TILLY OF

· BLOOMSBURY."

SOME, HOME NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.

"OH SAILOR BEHAVE!"

HILARIOUS FUN_RIOT AT THE QUEEN'S.

There can be no gainsaying the fact that, even if Olsen and John son are not America's funniest clowns, they are not very far from i These two appear in the star

Sailor role in

Oh

Behave"

Mr. Sydney Howard scores the greatest individual triumph I have yet son in any British flan. I think it is not too much to say that Mr. Howard, who appeared as Mr. Stillbottle, emerges as the greatest comedian of the talk filmas. The pic sure otherwine is entirely enchant-which opened at the Queen's The ing."-Daily Mail.

tre Laat night, Supported by a cast. which includes Irens Delry, Brilliant portrayal of Charles King and Lowell Sherman, the title role in Jack Raymond's adaptation of the lan Hay comedy, the film is certainly one of the Tilly of Bloomsbury?? "—Sunday | most humorous screened in recent Chronicle.

daya,

The funny nature of the film may. Sydney Howard excited roars be judged from the story, which of mirth such as we seldom hear deals with the romance, of a young from audiences of this kind. At American newspaperman and his times we could not hears word he, sweetheart who become entangled was saying, because of the laughter in a series of exciting events, the 43771 his appearancs.”—Sunday scene of which is laid in Naples, Graphic,

Here we have a rat-

though the story is by no meLAS an Italian story, Inify the lova affair of the young Americans thoro class, clean and funny Ian Hay. enters a Roumanian general and comedy, cleverly produced and ex-

4 Russian prince, which results in cellendly photographed, acted by an

many misunderstandings. this two milors who become involv all-star cast... Syd Howard as Mr. Still bottle is

ed in many humorous situations in a scream, Miss their search for a man with Phyllis Konstam gives a first-elaas worden leg who has stolen the ship's performance

us Tilly Sydney Howard's Triumph.-He made even funnicat story imaginable.

stores and you have a plot for the the hard-boiled professional bookers

HUGH WAKEFIELD.

HERO OF " THE MAN THEY

*COULDN'T ARREST."

FILM FIGURES

IN RELIEF.

WITHOUT A SCREEN.

NEW HOLLYWOOD" CLAIM.

Has the three-dimensional Alın arrived 1

A new claim thag an slectrician in a Hollywood studio has "taken Dug 20 patenta covering a devica. which will exhibit motion pictures without the use of a screen, in such way that they will give the la sion of solid reality may indicate that the promised cinema, revolu tion is on ita way.

It has been claimed for years pas that stereoscopic films had been perfected; yet for some reason the practical appliention of theep dis- coveries has always been delayed.

If stareoscopic effects-con-be-pro-|| jected-as is claimed for the Spoor. Borggren process, which is the best known-the absence of a screen is not so sensational as it sounds.

Ghost-like.

1

Many years ago. the Seala Theatre in London, there was damenstration of an invention call- od Kineplastikon. The illusion of dapth was so remarkable that, for example, in the case this gaver a banjoist was made to sit tipon a genuine ohair which had bogi placed in position boforehand.

The figures, however, were rather ghost-like and she effects on the whole, was unranny,

The Kinepinstikon method did not lend itself to crdinary projection, and the Agurts were soon through a gauze.

Its inventer has pegged away since an arrangement of lenses and machinery to associate his idons with modern cinematography, but the demonstration he gave me some time ago was net so good as I had been led to expect

REINHARDT AND ROBEY.

STARS THAT DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

QUEENS

THEATRE.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30. 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20-

WARNER BAOS

WAILOR BEHAVE

-GOBS OF FUN-

".

with

OLSEN and JOHNSON America's Funniest Clowns

and a great -cast includ

ing IRENE DELROY CHARLES KING

LOWELL SHERMAN

VITA

NEXT ATTRACTION

A Londoner, bora. Made his firsthat he had never heard of The WHO ARE THESE? Since Mr. Charles Chaplin, said appearance on the stage as a child Good Companions," nothing "has

man.

occasion.

of ter, at the St. James Theatre, airprised me more than the story appeared in various West End that Max Reinhards says he has Theatre, then went on tour for some

never heard of George Robey, writes

London Critiq, " yours. Beveral in the army, in I can see Mr. Robay's cyebrows the Royal Flying Corps and the going, apan amazement, bus not in Air Force, 1914-20, retiring with annoyance, for Reby is a modest the rank of major. After being His meeting with Reinhardt wb demobilised, again appeared in the rehearsal should be an interesting West End, with occasional tours in Herr Reinhardt takes himself America. He will be recalled for somewhat seriously, but should Mr. his role in that riotously-funny Robey give his famous impression Gainsborough film, "The Sport of of a German professor for his bene. Kings," as the racing man detorit, he would, I think, enjoy him mined to convert the anti-betting self. crank (Leslie. Henson), and suc. As a matter of fict, cur leading ceeding

comedian's knowledge of German IJL The Man They Couldn't is not confined to Judicrous bur- Arreg tho British thriller losques of it, of which he is partien showing on Sunday at the Queen's larly, fond. He has a cuaider- Theatro, he gives an outstanding|able" ncquaintance with the langu- performance as the herp.

age.

Films Going Back to Nature

LOVE "QUITS THE BOUDOIR.

(c) A girl in love with a married man whom she marries after" a divorce.

Are you"¿bored by drawing room geometry, jaded by" kåress: shirt affluence, tired of gangsters,

The film of the week is definitely despairing of crook filmas, and left limply protesting at musical comme-Tabu" (at the Plaza), which is dies? Add in

very nearly a great picture. It is If so, there is hope for you yet, the result of a Pacific Ocenii expedi in the cinematic fare which Easion made by the German, the late boen dished up this week. "Let's F, W. Murnau, whose last film it Go Native" is the motto.

WAS. Readers will remember thab Indeed, ED. determined is the Muruu was killed in a car smash. contemporary Bergen to go back. Over the way, as the London to nature and relax that there is Pavilion, "The Mystery of Marri even a film being made at Elstree age" supports "Creeping Shadowa," called Let's Go Naked," which both British films. They make deals with a bevy of bathing beu quite a good programme. ties and in the making of which,

BRITISH THRILLER FOR

1.

al has made it as plain as a pike-shrick with mirth, the laughter "Oh Bäiltrs, Behave is not stall that it isn't the plot, but the being of the vintage accorded only an all talking picture but way it's treated that really matters. Charles Chaplin in his heyday."--has averal very good songs in it. It's another supirstition that dies Daily Mirror.

It is a Warner Bros. production. herd in Hollywood, that the more complicated your plot le, the more dramu and suspense you get in it.

Most of the hardened This idei, of course; is nonsenes, as fila observers present at the pri you will appreciate when you rouvate show seemed to think it was" Bad Girl. But you must realise, all very funny and I was assurod please, that Hollywood, except on afterwards, by exhibitors whose the rarest occasions (and then gen- experience demands respect, that erally by mistake) gives you, the Tilly of Bloomsbury is a natural people who pay to see motion pie.winner at the box offies" pures, no credit for possessing any The Evening News.. intelligence at all. Now that they

see what wonderful successes films

like Bad Girl" and "Le Mi!-

Tion

is really nothing more than a story

baby.

-*

*

THE QUEEN'S. "

An assailant with a dagger up. raised, a man determined to maks an end of that superb figure who seem to anticipate every move of the gang He is ready to atriko, *Vinest performance since who from the gun with which " are having, they are inst Talkies arrived

Sydney John Dain protected himself, came The a flash of blinding light." beginning to wonder if they can Howard in glorious beyond descrip- possibly be wrong. "Bad Girl" tion," in Tilly of Bloomsbury, dagger few out of nerveless

I which

fegard as the most com- grasp. The eyes of his assailant were in darkness 1 Just one aspect of a boy and girl meeting, falling pletely enjoyable British film I in love, marrying and having a have seen since talking pictures of the unusualness of "The an began. the finest comedian on They Coulda's Arrest which is Since the talkies began, audiences the screen."Sunday Pictorial, showing at the Queen's on Sunday. have nearly always laughed at love scenes, because they have been so completely unreal A perfectly. ordinary young man is shown tak ing a girl out for the evening and bathing in her ear, it hasni Yankee tones, words of romance which any boy of that kind in real life would be far too self-conscious to speak. Bad Girl” is the first talkie ramunen that really comes off, and the inarticulateness of the Boy makes it not less, but more romantic

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

OPENING AT KOWLOON-MON, NIGHT, JAN, 25

60

PERFORMING

ANIMALS

30

"HUROPEAN

ARTISTES

^^\NEW

BIG ACTS

50%

to

in order to ensure the right at "Creeping Shadows" is no ex- mosphere, the entire production ample of a film being better than unit is reported

the play on which it is based, for round in bathing costumes them- selves!

The idea appals me. Cameramen are seldom ornamental, and film director is stream-lined,

be walking "The Limping Man" was creaky

Grass Tracks.

stuff on the stage. The fin is good entertainment without being par- ambitious, no ticularly

Franklin Dyall and Arthur Hardy star in it

But I frankly prefer the short- Now, as a result of seeing "Tabu Mystery of Marriage," made" bý and "The Mystery of Marriage that talented and under sung lady, the same day, I am developing Miss Mary Field. There is an at ideaa shout the drift of the screen. Itamps' here to trace the gamut of In The Mystery of Marriage," courtship, almost up from thu charming little English course vegetable kingdom. And the at.. in natural history, an attempt is tempt is chastening to humans, mado to analyse and co-ordinate We notice alarming parallels be the emotion which has for years tween stags who fight to the death taken the rock out of Gibraltar and and Chicago gunmen who sheet up put it into Hollywood.

an odd town or two because a blon And Tabu, which is n very dine chorus-girl wants it to be said fine film, is in some ways spiritual with diamond bracelets.

ly associated with it. Yet, despite The lovers.cn the stile at the end those two filips, where some effort of the lane have a lot in common is commendably made to get down with a pair of goldfish who swim to brass tacks and grass tracks, the around a bowl for the ddification rest of the West End fare provides [of the camera. ..... us with....

Really, Hollywood must look (a) A son in love with his father's after its sturs better or a generation

woond wife;

of filmgoers will spring up who (b) A professional gambler in will not mind whether they get the love with anything and ovary-great emotic from John Gilbert, thing which wears a blonds John Gilpin, or a couple of guinea-

wigi

pigs

He's Bugh widea WAKEFIELD

THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARREST "

She's RENEE CLAMA who gives the touch of charm.

to

*THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARBEST"

WITHOUT DOUBT

BRITAIN'S BEST

(STAR)

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. AT 2.30,6:20, 7.20 AND 9.20

Ralph

in

LYNN ROOKERY NOOK

THE "GREAT

BRITISH SUCCESS

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