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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY AT THE

King's.

CINEMA

HONG TRONG

Tilly of Bloomsbury." A British Picturs..

Showing To-day Only Queen's

At 8.80, 5.10..7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

The Idol of the

*Screen

MAURICE

CHEVALIER

AN

ERNST

LUBITSCH

PRODUCTION

The Smiling Lieutenant

A Paramores Picture

with Claudette COLBERT Charife Rugeles

Miriam Hopkins “

An Ernst

LUBITSCH Production

Commencing To-morrow

White Woman- Captive in the

South Seas!

Rose

Hobart

Chas. Bickford

in

EAST OF BORNEO

UNIVERSAL PICTURE

Oh Sailor Behava

Dentral.

World.

Star.

The Smiling Lieutenant.?

!Dynamite."

Klog's.

KOWLOON.

Rookery Nobk."*.

COMING.

Morely Mary Ana"

** Bad Girl."

"Socross of a Secretary.'

Queen's.

Claudette Colbert and

Herbert Marshall.

The Mau They couldn't

Arrest."

(British Picture)..

Love is Like That

Central.

East of Barnea,

Rone Hobart and Charles

Bickford.

"Beyond: Victory,"

With Bill Boyd,

"Shadow of the" Law."

With William Powell,

"Only the Bravo."

Gary Cooper and Mary

Brian.

World..

Star

Love's Identity" (Part 2)..

(Chinese picture).

Be Yourgolf.?!

Ep.

(Chinese picture).

"Gold Diggers."

The Ghost Traini"? :

New York Nights."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932.

TO-DAY ONLY

They're a riot!

Homent, withe

Mt Selfboth

KING'S

sit

or argen

· greatest comedian

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15

& 9.30 P.M

STERLING FILM CO., LTD.

Present

"TILLY

OF

BLOOMSBURY"

by IAN HAY

Directed by JACK RAYMOND

starring

SYDNEY HOWARD, PHILLIS KONSTAM ELLIS JEFFREYS Z EDWARD CHAPMAN

A BRITISH PICTURE

A romantic story every one knows, and

loves, with the most amazing and funniest

character aver son on the screon

NEXT ATTRACTION

ふい

"ANNABELLE'S AFFAIRS"

with

VICTOR MOLAGLEN

JEANETTE MacDONALD ROLAND YOUNG

A FOX PICTURE

BOOKING: AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG KONG. «

Jeanette MasDonald and Roland Young in " Annabelle's Affairs."

"ANNABELLE'S AFFAIRS."

".

singe farce, "Good Gracious Anna belle," by Leon Gordon, who also wrote the dialogue. The transfer at the sercen was made by Alfred Werker.

TILLY OF

BLOOMSBURY."

BUSINESS BEFORE

ROMANCE.

The reason for the postponed marriage of two prominent per- Bonalitieg in the Alm and stage worlds was recently made public during an interview with Mr. Richard Bird;

the

Richard Bird who plays the part of Richard Mainwaring" in Ster fing Film Co, Ltd.'s talkie produc- tion "illy of Bloomsbury" was to marry Miss Joyce Barbour, well-known West End actress.

The

production schedule Tilly of Bloomsbury" was arranged that it was impossible for the wedding to take place at the original time, and consequently was postponed for three weeks.

ņ

US. NAVY TAKES A HAND.

IN OH SAILOR BEHAVE

AT THE QUEEN'S.

The guptain, officers and cyow of the E.S.S. Colorado were given an unnaual. trout not long ago in the form of a visit from, i motion pic ture company which moved to "the immenso battleship for qué day.

It was for this Alming of moveral scenes "in Oh Bailor Behave!". Warner Brothers Vitaphone pic kuru now showing at the Queen'a Theatre, that the east and company- boarded the Colorado which was riding at anchor in Los Angeles harbour prior to leaving for New York.

More than 1200 smilling sailors' were actually given the thrill et working beforo canteras and it will be safe to prephray that when Oh Sailery Behavo!" plays in some city where the battleship stationed, the sides of the theatre will bulgo to the bursting point.

Ola Olsen, and Chie Johnson have the starring roles, while the aup porting cash includes such well known stage and screen players, as Irene Delroy. Charles King

Noah Beory, Lolti Leder, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Dakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence-Grants

NO HOLLYWOOD NIGHT LIFE NOW.

A BLONDE STAR'S OPINION..

Hollywood continues to Burn the midnight oil but it has stopped burning the candle at both ends. EAST OF BORNEO.ing into the early morning Stories of Flollywood night revels

FILMED IN JAVA AND MALAYA.

"A motion picture set furnished with Oriental" "props" valued at $200,000 was used at Universal City for a number of scones for "East of Borneo, the Far Eastern drama which comes to the Central Theatre next week,

Straits,

hours may, once have had founda tim; they have none to-day.

The morning after the night before' has taken on new meaning. The Night before is the only time left in a busy Hollywood day to study the diningas lines to bu spoken the morning after,

These Carole Lombard, the heroins of Paramount's "No One. Man."

are the statementa

..

of

"Dialogue changed Hollywood's outlook, its whole mode of living." continues Mise Lombard, "Spoken lines must be studied they can't bo properly memorized in the few minutes between scenes on the set. toep late hours, but it is a studious "Yes, Hollywood continues to

The setting of the story is in the East Indies, and the exterior scenes were actually photographed in Juva Sumatra and the Malay and industrious Hollywood not a "Interiors were filmed Hollywood at play. Often it is at the studio, and this particular one o'clock or later, in the morning setting, representing the interior before I put aside my script, with of an old palace, found the studio my next day's dialogue well in property men gatharing many rare

hand, said Miss Lombard, "and I uld Oriental pieces.

must be up at seven sach morning to make a nine o'clock call at the

"ป

The prize of the collection" was a studio bronze Buddha standing nine feet "My case is no different from in height, and valued at $25,000. that of any featured player appear Other smaller statues and stafing in talking picture. Of forbuettes were scattered about the course, we have time off between sot, and Lal Chand Mehra, the picturos to seek what I call deser- noted East Indian technical advi-ved recreation, but when we're sor. declared that the "White working, we're busy. There's no Buddha," a small marble statue time for play."

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Richard Bird, although a very young man, has already made five visits to America whore he ne played lead in a number of big stage successes. His most recent being the part of Captain Stan- hope in "Journoy's End."

Sood after the marriage cere- mony which took place on a Satur- day, Richard Bird went straight on to the Studio where an important sequence in Tilly" was shot, one which kept him busy until the early hours of the' next' morning.

The cust supporting the leading All the original honeymoon kr. THE HERO AND HIS ARAB players includes such favourites as rangements had to be cancelled,

"VALET,

Roland Young. Ruth Warren, Sam pending the completion of the pro Hardy, William Collier, Sr., Joyce, duction after which the bridal par Compton, Sally Binne, George spent a well earned rest on the Andre Berangor, Ernest Wood, Riveris. Hank Mann, Jod, Prouty, Wilbur. Mack and Louise Beaver.

Included in the household of Victor MacLaglen, is an Arabian valet, a boy grown, to manhood, "when the robust screen actor picked Fup in the desert near Bagdad auz- ing the war. McLaglen takes par- ticular delight is talking to Ab. dulla in his native tongue, and has no fear of others understand- ing what is being said,

of

McLaglen portrays the role John Rawson, the uncouth and bearded western miner In "Anna-

bello's Affair" the Foxe comedy, coming to the King's Theatre on tomorrow. He is co-featured with fascinating Jeanettes Mac-

the

Donald. She enacts the role of the girl, who by circumstance, is for ced to marry him.

McLaglen treats his bride like a captive woman, but she finally es capes by stealing his horse and maken heŋ way. to an castera city where she lives in luxury on the liberal allowance sent to he regu larly by her cave man. "He comes after bar, And then the fun roully. bogina.

Annabelle's Affairs" was adapt. ed from Claro. Kummer's famous

Tilly of Bloomsbury” is now showing at the King's Theatre.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

AND ROYAL MENAGERIE, THE BARNUM OF THE EAST

Opening Monday Night, January 25th, 1932.

AT 9.16. P.M.

Location Next To Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon.

30 European Artists 30

Now: Artists-New Acts-New Clowns-Everything Now This Year

50

Performing Animals 50

Lions, Tider, Elephants, Panthers, Bears, Monkeys, Geese, Horses, Ponies, Kangaroos, etc. MATINEES Children Half Price to Matinees only

Every Saturday and Sunday at 4.15 p.m.

4.8 2.20 $ 1.10

.55

PRICES OF ADMISSION

...- (Including Tax) [+ FULL BOX TO HOLD SIX... $22.00 SECOND CHAINS SINGLE SEAT IN BOX ....$ 4.40 STALIS CARPÉTA FIRST CHATES ... 8 3.30

GALLERY Booking at Montrie's Co. Bundays at the Cireus

BOLDINGS AND SAILORS IN UNIFORM Half Price to Stalls and Secood Chairs only. Menagerie opon daily from 8.00 am to 6:00 p.m.. W. HARMSTON, E. BELLA, J. CLOTHIER,

Representative.Agent.

"Proprietor;"

QUEEN'S

THEATRE ALL

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.3p. 8.30, 7.15 and 9.20

WARKEN:

ONJAILOR BEHAVE

GOBS OF FUN.

....with...........

OLSEN and JOHNSON

America's Funniest Clown

and a great Cast. includ-

ing

JRENE DELROY CHARLES KING LOWELL SHERMAN

TO-MORROW

WHO ARE THESE

used in the picture, was one of the With Miss Lombard in "No-Ond finest pieces be had ever soen. Man," the filmization of Rupert He's

In addition to the statuary there | Hughes' novel of the same name, was a great array of real Oriental are Ricardo Cortez, Paul Lukas, furniture, the most valuable piece Arthur Pierson, George Barbier, being a long ebony bench inlaid Julietta Compton, Virginia Ham- with mother-of-peari. Rugs and mond and Frances Moffet. Lloyd draperies which were used also re- Corrigan is directing from the presented a small fortune, and script of Sidney Buchman and sterling silver was used for table Agnes Brand Leahy. Perey Heath

prepared the screen adaptation.

services.

OLIVER HARDY IN LOVE.

"BEAU CHUMPS"; WHEN FAMOUS PAIR JOIN

THE LEGION.

Let ind warn you, so that you school-children who sat behind mo may take out some form of laugh at the Empire Theatre yesterday insurance, that Mr. Oliver Hardy, called out lustily: Look at the more adipose of the partners Laurel. Isn't he Igvoly 1" in the firm of Mesra. Laurel and Hardy, has fallen in love!

Mr. Hardy has loved and font, and in "Beat, Chumps," at the Em- pire Theatre, London, he sings The Pagan Love Song" to "a stricken Stanley Laurel.

"Beau Chumps," which comes with rather a bang off the tongue, is a skit on the Foreign Legion film typified by "Beau Geste" and its

auccianors..

Oliver in the Legion. When Oliver is thrown over by the beautiful, blonde, Jean, there in nothing left for him to do, but to join the Legion: "

"I am going away to forget," he says, with tears rolling round the equator of his face. Where upon the house in which he liver colimpses on top of him, and the fun begins...

A disastrous jolt like that is the right way to precipitate slapstick comedy

I cannot endorse this opinion. Lovely" is not the word I ́sbould use to describe the peculiar facial. paralysis of Mr. Laurel when over- taken by foll circumstance. But I hand this bouquet to bim for his fan mail.Ha deserves it.

Out into the burning debors they go, these two seared souls, facing fearful odds to obliterate the panga of embittered, love, Weighed down with a bargain basement of front line equipment, they stagger across the sand, take the wrong turnings to battle and roll helplessly into a sandstorm

Mr. Hardy very soon discovers

that his girl, Joan-he is really Jean Harlow, but you only see her photographs also beloved by his company commander and most of the men in the Legion: His face is La study as he makes this discovery. The two men fight liko cómedians. As all the Riffs are barefooted it is an easy muttar to empty a fow

The two comedians join the Le-barrels of nails on to the rond

gion wearing,

valued bowler hats, and assisted,

asual, their leading to the fort, so that while the enemy are disabled for the attack Laurel and Hardy can pop: nor them with bomba.

as the programme tells us, by "3,807 Arabs, 3921 Rifans, and four native Swedish guides,"

Im't, Laurel-Lovely.

I count Beau Chumps" amDZ the major successs; of Laurel and |Hardy and very good laughter for This seems to mo the correct the money. Such a gorgeous piece spirit in which to approach the of todling has not been seen for Christmas scene. One of a party of months.

Hugh widea WAKEFIELD THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARREST She's RENEE CLAMA who gives the touch of charm. to

J

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THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARREST "*.,

WITHOUT DOUBT BRITAIN'S BEST

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

·AT, 2.30;6,20, 7.20 AND 9.20

Ralph

ROOKERY NOOK

THE GREATERA BRITISH SUCCESS

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