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CENTRAL

THEATRE

Showing To-day

TO-DAY AT THE

Central.

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

"East of Borneo."

"The Man They couldn't

Arrest

(British Picture).

Annabelle's Affaire.”

Queen's.

At 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m..

King's.

World.

Two Stars" (Chinese film)

KOWLOON.

Two Years in the Jungle to Stage the Greatest Thrill

Melo-Drama Romance

[

Ever Screened I

HAND-TO-CLAW..com- "flicts with wild beasts

a volcano in eruption. Lava How wiping out palaces and huts... all the dangers of the tropic jungle

all a living moving part of the great- est action-romance-drama. ever brought to the talking, screen A picture you'll never forget. Don't miss

it!

"EAST OF

BORNEO"

with

ל

Blax.

Idle Rich,

Central.

COMING.

Beyond Victory,"

Web Bin Boyd.

"Shadow of the Law."

With Willian Powell.

"Only the Bruve."

Gary Cooper and Mary

Brian.

Hush Money,"

Joan Bennett,

Moroly Mary Ana."

King's.

"Bad Girl."

"Socrets of a Secretary."

Claudetto Colbert

Herbort Marshall

and

Queen's.

Five and Ten," with Loslie

Howard and Irene Rich.

"Love is Like That."

World.

Star.

Love's Identity" (Part 2)

Chinese picture),

Be Yourself."

Ep. 4 (Chinese picturs).

Gold Diggers."

The Ghost Train."

New York Nights."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932.

SHOWING TO-DAY

He

was ber

first love but when he returned she did not rec-

ognize him. That made her last love

the funniest, diz ziest of

KING'S

ANNABELLE'S

AFFAIRS

NEXT ATTRACTION

COMMENCING THURSDAY, 21ST JAN.

År 230, 5.10, 7.15 9.30 PM.

with VICTOR Mc LAGLEN

JEANETTE MACDONALD

Roland Young William Collier Sr. Joyce Compton Sally Blane

From the stage play ***GOOD GRACIOUS

ANNABELLE" by

Clare Kummer

"HUSH MONEY"

JOAN BENNETT

#

with

HARDIE ALBRIGHT A FOX PRODUCTION

BOOKING: AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 23813,

MOVIE NEWS

ON THE SCREEN IN HONG

ANNABELLE'S

AFFAIRS."

VICTOR AND JEANETTE MAKE MERRY AT KING'S

THEATRE.

#1

“HUSH MONEY'S" ROLLING STONË.

WHO GATHERS A LOT OF MOSS!

"}

Dissatisfaction, both with things as they are and with himself, set Victor Molagen, the "he man Hur die Albright, who appears with of the ps and the beautiful Jaan Bennett in Hush Money," Teanette MacDonald, are the printo be shown at the King's Theatre cipal players 171 "Annabelle's next Thursday, a long way on the Affairs," the Fox picture showing road to success. to-day at the King's Theatre.

As a youngster he used to listen Appearing in supporting roles are to his father telling his experiences Roland Young, William Collier, Sr..as a detective. These storice caught Ruth Warren; Sam Hardy, Joyee the youngster's imagination and he Compton and Sally Blane.

Miss MacDonald enacts the role of a giri who, by a strange circum- ROSE HOBART finds herself married to a rough and ignorant miner. After te escapes from him. he becomes im- CHARLES

mensely wealthy. He makes no at- tempt to see her but wpports her in luxury. The girl is a social hutterfly and always in financial diffenities:

ļ

BICKFORD

Directed by GEORGE MILFORD IT'S A UNIVERSAL SUPER-PRODUCTION

Also

Slim SummervilleTM

in

'Sargie's Playmate'

NEXT CHANGE

BLISS FOR A MOMENT AND THEN REMORSI

BARBARA STANWYCK

well dames ku-way),

-Save YOUR kori la'

She dreamed. her way to Paradise... but danced a path to formentl

СОЧИМИКА

СТ

TEN CENTS A DANCE®

On her wedding day, the miner gives her 50 shares of stock and though she was instructed never to part with the stock, she burrows 8700 on it with which to buy a pair of loanging pajamas,

KONG.

TALKIES IN THE SCHOOLS.

HOW THEY HELP THE

DULL

The first practice test in the world of the educational value of talking films in schools bas been carried out in elementary and -, sé- condary schools in Middlesex.

Fifteen schools, with 3,002 pupils of all ages from 7 to 10, took part decided that he, too, would become in the experiment, says a report, a detentive. However, as he grew older, he desided that he wouldn't and the number of tests taken was

Sixteen has we're shown be satisfied with leuthing he want-22,118 ed to create with pen, penell and The children afterwards wrote brush.

Graduating from Carnegic Tech, essays on (what they had such, and he went to an art institute in Chithe teachers discussed the value of cago. Again he became dissatisfied. His interest this time had turned from art to the theatre.

the films

The outstanding feature of the report is the effect the films had on the backward boys and girls. Points in the report were

He appeared in a stock company in Pittsburgh, acquired a following and could have remained there in- definitely. But he became dissatis. fod again and came to New York.

Broadway he crashed for he She arns the stock is worth caught on almost immediately. uillions and that her primitive bus There followed principal sales in band and another multi-millionaire,Gang War," "A Hundred Years had learned from the talkies, named Roland Wimbledon, are Ok"The Cradle Song" and fighting for control of the mine,Yoang Sinners,"

Many children ordinarily classed is almost hopelessly dull made of cited attemps to describe what they

Girls and the Prince

WHEN KINGSWAY WAS EXCITED.

LEASTS FAIRY CITY QUEENS

AND VOLCANO,

STRANGE AND THRILLING FILM AT CENTRAL THEATRE.

PYTHON BEHAVES BETTER THAN SCREEN RAJAK.

It is a great pity that the cinema trade murders language in the interest of "the host." Evory filin is the greatest triumph of the screen,, every actress the most beautiful and accomplished in Hollywoudi, every actor the leading honan, comedian, polished rake, or what- ever other rile be habitually takes to himself, of the age. The result is that when a really good Alm lika East of Hurneo" comes along it

is is good proclaiming its murit. The reader merely says, "I have honvil that tale before." In East

TO-DAY &

MORROW

AT 2.30 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20 WHO ARE THESE?

of Bomen the heroine, errectly He's Hugh wide a WAKEFIELD

blondle and beautiful, forces her way in a raft, rowed by singing natives, up a tropical river. They say Borneo Never mind where is is, it is dark, and sinister, and beautiful. Monkeys gibbor at you, lious and optirds snarl and roar, and the water is alive with crocodiles. At night an immense python atirarted by the light,, low.) ers himself from a tres, takes a look as tovely Rose Hobart, peace- fully asleep you see his shadow on her mosquito net and its head Solinust against hers. Then, satia Fed, he lowers himself an to the raft, Tasses over a sleeping coalie, his body nearly as thick as the man's, and disappears into the river: A gentlemanly python, bus the tative

FLYING SQUAD AFTER THE in a fons and a vent, that

MAN THEY COULDN'T

ARREST."

Kingsway was thrown into a tur." moil of excitement recently when a Rest of Flying Squad de dre up a cmper building and disgorged large body of uniformed and plain clothes police, who proceeded to raid a block of offices.

did hot look to me to acting. Never mind if there are no Bengal tigers in Barne-just yiki your self to the shorjand romaste of this him.

The mysterious jungle city, huge ke Badylon in decuy, and the great. volcane brooding over it, are things a lively end strange as the screen has ever shown. The Rajah is

A large crowd, obviously speculative, and courteous, and terrible ing as to the cause of the raid as the pyaan. An offender thrown foregathered, quite unaware that inte ble river cvades and outswims they were being covered by film the waitul crocodile. cameras and microphones, for th whole affair had been staged for scene in The Man They Couldn't Arrest. The police raid is bat single incident from a film which has sufficient thrills for half-a-dozen full-length Tentara

BOMB IN GILDED BOX.

SENT TO FILM STAR

Santa Monica, A bond reveived by post ng A Christmas gift Ming Marion Daviest sailed complish the sender's phjept of ki ing or maiming the golden-haired Shi manages to get herself engaged He played in Young Silners"

Elm star, de fra 18, a enok at the Wimbledon re until he was offered the juvenile

The gift" arrived in a gilded zidence where she unes her wits and lead in "The Greeks Had A Word Some unable to write down their wiles to regain possession of her For It." The play, and he wore thoughts in sentences recorded them box addressed personale to Mis stock which has fallen into Wimble both hits.

ochou by queer drawings, more vivid the Davies, but members of her hour don's hands,

But when a Fox scont approsabeu warde In the meantime she has mut her him with an offer to take a test for It is claimed that in the milking One of them began to open in but hold staff become suspicious of it. husband but does not recognize him the soreen version of "Young Sin- un neenant of his improved appear nere," Albright jumped at the pictures "an instrument has been stopped when he saw puff unce and manner of speech. He chance. He took the test, and won found to arouse the desire for moke. joke, tells her he wants the stock and not only the role but a long termi offers a liberal bribe, but though contract as well.. the girl has by now, fallen in love with him, she is loyal to her, hus- band and refuses to part with it,

It is not until he grabs her primitively and gives her a hug and kins that she recognizes him.

Alfred L. Worker directed.

MARION DAVIES AND IRENE RICH.

DRESS" AGAINST EACH OTHER IN FIVE AND TEN."

knowledge which is dormant--not non-existent in children of this costumes are worn. Miss Davies type," appears in a cloth suit combined. The talking films were agreed by with youthfully-eared Blouse majority of teachers to make which is carried out in a gay print facts live for the children who sh In this same scene Miss Rich wears; them.

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Koy Ignition.

The police were called, und putting the box in water, opened is and found the homb

It consisted of three bage powder, arranged to explode when tarn of the kuy of the box, guitől

of matches.

row

The police ure.comparing the type

Fa will make the further bank- there, are plenty more crocodiles waiting for him there are the Rajal na ho follows the man maker mee, through his glassen, all bia attendants chriking their. applausend howling their delight

the grim hale The the veng

wonderfu photography.

“THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARREST" She's RENEE CLAMA who gives the touch of charm to

"THE MAN THEY COULDN'T ARREST “ WITHOUT DOUBT BRITAIN'S BEST

Y

NEXT ATTRACTION

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production

MARION

DAVIES

with

LESLIE

HOWARD

ace of the volcanu j and terrifying-a pice of staging and IRENE

The acting is good-though the parts do not make great demands On the nators and the story, rings rue, and avoids the no-common vihema rush. It is, however, the seenery and the spectacular effects, the anus ad the jungle sounds that make the film.

The pigramine inchados an amus og enrtop skit on "All Quiet on the Western frons and an odd,

of the way comie abuit, Bolshe

Central management for a rattling vist Rusia. Thanks are due to the

good entertainment.

R.E.

CIGAR THREE FEET

LONG.

MARION DAVIES! JEST,

Richard Bennett's complaint against "prop" cigars he had to smoke in Five and Te," Marion Davies new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

a lovely silk gown, of a henna shade, Girls bended to do best in goga

phical and natural scienes filmas just as attractively fashioned

Another sequence of the picture Two tenchers stated that girl had shows both Mina Davies and Miss been particularly interested in the Rich costumed in black velvet."Prince of Wales film Silver fox trimmings, appear on Boys, on the whole, did better f Miss Davies' costume white lovely than girl in the Coal Faces on the address label with taps,

Submarine" and "Flight Ma writers in the folder Film starring Marica Davies which ermine decorates the ensemble worn

chine films. by Miss Rich,

Meter Mayor udice, There hire two other suits pietur. The master of a secondary schod) that the bom ed, Miss Davies' being at ten brand stated that whereas he expected a

Davies by cloth collared and cuffed with sabia difference of between 30 to 40 per As smart and modern as their skins. An olive-green brandeloth, cont, between the normal and re there daughters, the mothers of to-day worn by Miss Rich, is contrasted tarded boys, the striking thing was Mise Davis, the daughter of x

The day in past when daughtera must took with makanen at the styles their mothers wear!

assume such a

|

ng on the theory-

is coming to Thursday to the sent to Miss atled worker Queen's Theatre, touched the

sympathy of the fair Merion....

Bennett found had to keep hej charging eigara distantly beccaBE

flare for droening by mink fur edging an unusual that the difference had been reduNow, York judge, Began her they burned down too rapidly in

that the daughters feel oniled upon elepve line.

to address them by their first names. This is the type of mother Marion, Davies has in her latest Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer starring picture, "Five and Ton" which will open on Thursday at the Queen's Theatre, With Treno Bich portraying the mother the two actress appear in a number of lovely costumes of equal smartacus.

In ons scene laid on the absorva- tion, car of a train, smart travelling Continued on next Colum720.)

ed to 114 por..cent.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

OPENING AT KOWLOON-MON, NIGHT, JAN. 25

EUROPEAN

60

30

'ARTÈTES

NEW BIG ACTS

50

PERFORMING

ANIMALS

fessional engerna member of a musical, comoly heauty chorisat a salary of £en week, Now her for fuile

10.

at

from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000.

Earlier this year she settled hor differences with the income tax au

scones, so Miss Davie presented him with a perfect cigar nearly three font long which she had mad- torder for him.

Robert Z. Leonard dirasted the now Davies film from the Fannie Hurst novel with Leslie Howard

RICH

and Ten STAR

Five

TO-DAY & TOMORROW AT 280,5:20, 7:20 AND 9.20

LEILA HYAMS

and

BESSIE LOVE

*THE

in

IDLE RICH"

thorition by sending them a cheque playing opposite the star. The IDLE

for £168,000waf

It is estimated that she earns. £200,000 a year.

supporting cast includes Treno Rich Kent Douglass, Mary Duncan," Loc Boranger and others.

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

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