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CENTRAL

ولا

"TEPCANT RIEGA..

ONLY

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HỒNG KONG..

Lasen of the Rio Grande."

TO-DAY

King's

Bad Girl"

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.`

Central.

Queen'

A Free Soul."

With Norma Shearer.

World.

ROMANCE LIVES A NEW!

A dashing, dramatic story of the days of the Dons and Desperadoes in Old California.

LASCA

OF THE

RIO GRANDE

with

Leo Carrillo Johnnie Mack Brown Dorothy Burgess Slim Summerville Frank Campean

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

BEYOND VICTORY

BILL BOYD..

JAMES GLEASON • ZASU PITTS

-SEW-GODY---MARION-SHELING-

MARY CARE

A KO PATHÉ

Factors

Star,

King's.

Too Late" (Chinese film).

KOWLOON.

www.

The Duke Steps Out.”

COMING.

Only Sups Work." Meraly Mary Ann."

Secrets of a Secretary."

Central,

Claudette Colbert

Herbert Marshall. ·

**Beyond Vietory.”

With Rut Royd.

Shadow of the Law."

With Willian Powell.

Only the Brave."

and

Gary Cooper and Mary -Brinn.

Charley's Aunt,”

Queen's.

Wish Charles Ruggles and

June Collyer.

The Lady Refuses."

"Love is Like That."

World.

Star

"Twa Stars". (Chinese Alm).

New York Nights."

The Ghost Train."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1932.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT LAST

KING'S

SAT 230, 5.10, 7.15

No: Like The Others

He had a new line

A drama of love in which She had a new slant. “

the husband gets a break! They kissed

JAMES DUNN EILERS

SALLY

and gavelovea new twist

You, too will laugh,

weep,

BAD GIRL laugh

From Vina Delmar's sensational novel

Frank Borzage Production

again

COMING SHORTLY

9.30 P.M

A CHUCKLE IN EVERY HUG! LAUGH YOUR

HEAD OFF AT

"ONLY SAPS WORK"

with

1.EON ERROL, RICHARD ARLEN, MARY BRIAN, STUART ERWIN

A Paramount Picture

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25813.

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

Sally Eilers' music apparzutly holds no charm for James Dann, which avses the cynical Minna Gombell in this important some of the Far picture, "Bad Girl,"

""BAD GIRL" AT THE girl, mects Dunn, a radio mechanu, matual

KING'S.

TRIUMPH FOR TWO YOUNG STARS.

Marked adhorences to its human qualities characterizes the Fox Film version of Vina Delmar's novel, "Bad Girl" which is now showing at the King's Theatre. Frank Borzage's direction emphasized this quality.

James Dunn, as the sensitive cen-p scientious young husband gives a performance of astonishing strength. All future estimates of the screen a leading actors must take this talent. ed young man into consideration. Ho presents any type of film

star...

Sally Eilers, as the girl-bride heroine, is especially well suited, both in personal charm and ability," to the role "abo portrays, The characterization is one calling for diversity of moods and emotions, The feminine lead in Bad Girl" is the greatest opportunity yet given Miss Lilers, and from her capable: handling of the part she should go far.

Their story, briefly, is the story) of young love and as an American critic put ita Although in New York, it might just as well have been laid in Milwaukerar Ban Francisco so human and univers is its theme.' Sally, as a working

"ONLY SAPS WORK.”

A FARCE ABOUT “SLEUTHS.”

Diversion-seekers who have been hoping for large helpings of "nut * comedy with their movie fare will be appessed when "Only Saps opens at the King's Thea- tre on Friday

Work

Only Baps Work is based on an Owen Davis comedy. It has an interesting plot and plenty of robust 'humour.

Richárd Arlen, Mary Brian, Leon Errol, Stuart Erwin and Charlie Grapevin are the princi- pals in the cast,

Arlen is the ex-football player

gets job

A FREE SOUL.”

NORMA SHEARER IN THE POWER OF CROOKS.

Cim deum in the underworld; in opulent homes, and secret gambl ing halls in a great alty-theso are the settings amid-which Normən Shearer moves in her latest drama of the screen, A Free Soal “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film of ** novel by an American writer, now playing as the Queen's Theatre..

Is heroine is a beautiful girl Finisled into odd idens of "Freedom" by a brillinas though dissolute fa ther: a girl torn between the lovo af an honest man and that of a gambler, and underworld exar; a girl who finds life crashing about hre ears when the structure of error topples. Miss Shearer plays with her, nauni skill, "even if the part does not give her the best of opportunities.

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*.*

The supporting cast includes Leslie Howard in the romantic tead, Lionel Barrymore an are markable portrayal of the drunken Lather,, Clark Gable us the gambler, Jumes Glenson as the humerous bodyguard, and Lucy Beaumont as the aristocratic, grandmother.

The clever direction of Clarence Brown is particularly apparent in the baudling of such scenes as the meating of father and daughter in the rooms of the gambler, the pa thetic episodes of the courtroOM, ANË the adventure in the disreputable wharfside saloon,

"BEYOND VICTORY" AT THE CENTRAL.

ZASU PITTS IN THE LEADING ROLE.

Screen romance is nt last.eaming into the life of Zasu Pitts perhaps. the finest actress on the hims.

Ordinarily, it has been iss Pitta. lot to play forlorn spinsters, home! heusomaids or other unlovely rules in which the sconario writers docm her to languish while a pret fier girl carries away the matri

QUEENS

THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Ar 2.90 6,10; 7.15 AND 9.20

A tense drama for Norma

Shearer's finest Lalkie performance!

SHEARER

In a new

12/08

Atrimasple

FREE SOUL

with..... TIONEL BARRYMORE. LESTIE HOWARD, CLARK GABLE › Metro Goklizyn Ma

who tote a ich as pantry-boy chamonial prizes. Bus whenever she NEXT CHANGE-

his father that he is capable of plays with Jimmie Gleason, the one

supporting himself, On his way

to the farm Be, becomes the unwil ling accomplice of Leon Errol, a light-fingerad orcok who has just robbed a bank, carrying the monoy in a suit case.

and only Pitts perks up, and does.

Northwest-Folice film with the result that she gets her man.

Zasu and Jimmie recently played two of the world's most original Errol decides to go to the Benith sweethearts in "Oh Yeah," and Farm also, posing as a private dewisecracked their way from casunt teative in quest of a "eroek." aequaintance to high, romance, Now Stuart Erwin, belboy at the farm, they are again united in "Beyond takes lessions in sleuthing from Victory," which preschts Miss Pitts Errol. Mary Brian, who Arlen had. as a cirens knife-thrower and Jim- met casually before going to the mis as the object. of her affections Health Farm, arrives with her fa- and her daggers. The roles are snid ther, Charles Gropewin, who is a to be ideally suited to this pair. patient... Arlon "goes through a of talented players. sories of funny situations trying to prevent Mary from learning that he is a mere pantry boy.

"Meanwhile Errol has hidden he swag in the room he shares with Arlen. Detectives arrive and in- dicate their suspicions of Errol. He manages to throw them off the trail, but when he sees Arlen blamed for the robbery, he confesses

In addition to Miss Pitts and Gleason the imposing cast of "Boyoad Victory which comes to the Central Theatre on Wednesday, includes such favourites as Bill Boyd, Marion Shilling, Liasi Arnap Fred Scott. Lew Cody, "Russell Gleason, and a host of other play- era. John Robertson directed the film, which seems destined to be

At this juncture two real detectives | one of the outstanding offerings på arrive, accusing the first sleuths as Pathe a programme for the current crooks who had been after the year.

Errci swag.

It all comes out top-side up, bu, it's a merry whirl of comedy, teni-

misunderstanding as to in an excursion steamer. They fail whether the baby is wanted or not in love, marry, and have a baby, forms the basis for the episodes inpered by romance. The bitter conflict brought about by which the picture is told.

TO-NIGHT!

TO-NIGHT!

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

AND ROYAL MENAGERIE THE BARNUM OF THE EAST

· AT 8.15. P.M.

Location Next To Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon.

30 European Artists 30

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

A

50 Performing ́ Animals ~ 50

MATINEES

- ` --

81.10 155

Lions, Tier, Elephants, Pauthers, Bears, Monkeys, Geese, Horses, Ponies, Kangaroos, etc.

Every Saturday and Sunday at 4.16 p.m. Children, Half Price to Matinees only PRICES OF ADMISSION (Including Tax)

BECOND CHAIN FULL BOX TO HOLD MIX... $22.00

8 2.20 BIEGLE SEAT IN BOX ...$ 4:40 STALLS CARPETS FIRST CHAJES

...8 3.80 | GALLERY Booking at Moutrie's Co. Sundays at the Circus BOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN UNIFORM Half Prica to Stalls and Second Chairs only Menagerie open daily from 8:00a.m. to 6.00 p.m. W. HARMSTON, R. BELL, À. J. CLOTHIER,

Proprietor.

Representative. “Agent.”

SCREEN

EXPLAINING THE BARBECUE.

'VAMP" IN REAL A FEATURE OF LASCA OF THI

LIFE.

RIO GRANDE

CHARMING AND GENEROUS WOMAN,

One of Hollywood's best-loved film actresses is Margare Livings ton, friend of the rich and the "down-and-outer" alike in filmlaud, but nearly always seen as a schem- ing vamp" in her pictures. "

The public knows her in such parts as she plays in Radio Pic tures The Lady Refuses" show ing on Thursday at the Queen's.

Her generosity is exceeded by no ons in Hollywood, but at the same bime, Miss Livingston is unconvon- tional, full of the joy of living and acbody's fool.

Margaret was born in Salt Lake City. She was educated in a bus nesa college, and just before going to work as a secretary, took a vaca tion trip to Los Angeles Meeting some friends there who worked as "extras" she joined them in a pic ture. In that very first try she was singled cut of the "mols and given a bit of added action. Reach ing stardom within two years it silent films, producers several times tried to provide her with sympathy

A new fad has conquered Cali- fornia.

is

SHOT WITH STARK HUMAN EMOTION!

Passion and Pathos! Humour and

*Heartache !'

Lady REFUSES

with

BETTY COMPSON Ivan Lebediff Gilbert Ennery.

Directed by

GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD

STAR

THE

DUKE STEPS

It is the barbecue. Leo Carrillo, TO-DAY & TO-MORROW star of "Lasca of the Bio Grande," which is now playing at the Central AT 2.30,5.20, 7.20 AND 9,20 Theatre, reveals some interesting' facts about the barbecue before fr became a sandwich. And Carrille has every right of authority. His ancestors settled 'this land and own- ed most of it from San Diego to the border, and beyond. 1

In the first place, the correct term.

barbecoo and not barbecue, Toasted meat was an invention of the old Latins and fulfilled both masculine and a feminine need. 1. was very like the freless cooker ot to-day. Those original Californianx dug doon pits lined them with rock, built a fire in them and threw carcasses of owen and sheep, halved or quartered upon the heated bould era te remuín for hours and hours, The old Dons went off oarly in the morning to fight. Naturally, they came back hungry The senoFES and senorites set out early, too to practica the castinet and tam bouring dances. Eo it was an ASBY

OUT

mattor for the ladies to keep the JOAN CRAWFORD

sans of the

šie róter. Thp attempts were un- dinner warm and peace in the fami- successful she had made in indey as the same time by lible impression on the public mind, . barbecon.

WILLIAM HAINES

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

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