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CENTRAL

TIPKE" NOPIE

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG

The Gang Buster."

King's

SHOWING TO-DAY

Jack Oakkie.

Central.

At 2.30, b.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m..

"Rain or Shine."

Queen's.

World."

"Lucky Fool."

Chinese Alm.

KOWLOON.

"Dixiana "with Bobo Daniels

and Everett Marshall:

Star..

"Lumex."

King's.

11

Ji

.COMING.

Tons of Money."

With Ralph Lerín.

"Secrets of a Secretary."

GET READY FOR THE

*BIGGEST LAUGH

"IN YEARS.

A REAL 3-RING · CÎRCUS

PLENTY OF

SIDE-SHOWS.

Actions-Laughs-Thrills

JOE COOK

In

"RAIN OR SHINE

""

(1

"Lonely Wives."

Waterloo Bridge."

"A Woman of Experience."

The Age for Love."

**The Command. Performance,”

Queen's.

Star.

"Squaw Man...

Robin Hood:"

"Girls Not Wanted,"

Chinese film,

**Condemned."

"Bridge of San Luis Ray,"

Love in the Rough,"

Claudette Colbori

And

Herbert Marshall

Central.

World.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932.

LAST TWO

· DAYS

KING'S

Ar 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM

JAKIE

IN

The Gang Buster

a Paramount Picture

NEXT CHANGE"

RALPH LYNN

IN

TONS OF MONEY"

T

ONE LONG SCREAM FROM BEGINNING TO END

A BRITISH PICTURE

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313,

"TONS OF MONEY." QUEENS

BRITISH PICTURE COMING

TO THE KING'S.

A rich trong is in store for pat rens of the King's Theatre when "Tons of Money" is played!. This is the third appearance of the farce When put on at the Shaftes bury Theatre, London, and then transferred to the Aldwych Thonzre, it ran for 737 performances.

Bix years ago it was made a î silent Alm and enjoyed a further success. It was, therefore, inevit able that it should become a taikie "Tons of Mority" was produced st the British and Dominions studio, following other sucesses Buch "Splintera" and "Rookery Nook" Directed by Tom Waita and acted by a cast including Arnaud, Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Mary Brough and Robertson Hare- all of whom played in the origina). stage version-every ounce of fun har been extracted from the Indierously: amusing story of a man who "dica" twice in order to inherit a fortune which eventually is proved to be

· non-existent. Ralph Lynn proves himself to be a genius of farte. No ene should miss an opportunity ol seving this picture. As a tonic for the blues and a cure "for de pression Tons of Money" has no rival,

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 and 9:20

Special Showing at NOON at REDUCED PRICES

MIGHTIEST

DRAMATIC

SPECTACLE OF

THE AGES

Unbridled. World of Carnival Flouros in the Feverod Laub Hours of Mardi Gras 1

A Great Columbia Pieture

Coming Attraction

The family circle has to

be run on

the square

OF

N

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L

18 Karat Comely for Highbrows, Lowbrows and All the Brows in between

with Edward Everett Horten

"Esther Ra'ston

Laura la Plante Parisy Buth Milor

· Dirnoted by RUSSELL MACK

Produced by E B. DERR Based on A. 11 WOODS' Stage play,

Y WIVES

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

JOAN PEERS & JOE COOK „RAIN 0, SHINË

A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION

BEBE DANIELS AND EVERETT MARSHALL

"RAIN OR SHINE A CIRCUS. TALE.

SHOWING AT CENTRAL

THEATRE.

Although Director Frank Capra has had his greatest success in his dramatic productions for Columbia, notably" "Submarine," The Donovan Affairs," "Flight" and Dirigible,'

IN "DIKIANA" AT THE QUEEN'S.

"THE GANG BUSTER.”

AMUSING SKIT ON THE UNDERWORLD.

1

Men coming to their Own

"

on Films.

PUBLIC TIREDd of "GoddeSSES" AND GREEK GODS?

with

BEBE DANIELS EVERETT MARSHÄLL BERT WHEELER 5,000 others.

NEXT CHANGE WARNER BAXTER in Cecil B. De Mille's

You women must face facts. We der the heavy-weight title of "To men are coming into our own again night's the Night-Press It On" || #THE

-at lenat, in the talkies.

You can search in vain through the publicity matter for mention of a Ancther triumph woman's name.

Of the seven new pictures which received their baptism of (hopad for) applause in the West End for us men. Christmas, only one stars a

13.

WO-

Only the Leicester-square Theatre is able to summon up enough gal-

Underworld gangs are subjected to a rapid-fire attack of rollicking farco in the now Jack. Onkio pic: The ture, The Gang Buster " Can this mean that when thefe lantry to proffer a vonian-Misa Paramount picture which is now is really big money seeking har. Edna May Oliver-as tho queen showing at the King's Theatre, bourage in the box offices Hollywood pin of a picture. Even here the with a cast of well-known featur and Elstree profer to depend on senior sex may score a point, for Top of the Bill," in which aise Players supporting the star. men for the piloting work?

Oakie, fresh from two recent suc- The Misses Garbo, Dietrich, Ben-Oliver stars, has to be content to

cessos,

"Sea Logs and "Sapnett, Mackaili, Shearer, Crawford share pride of place in the pro from Syracuse," works his chinob, they have their publics. Their grammo with "Secret Service."

So much for you women:.. and grin, into a series of amusing situations as a small-town inaur- ance saleiman with big-town ideas. The ptory centers around "Oakie's adventuros in selling insurance in a gang-ridden city" where every 'prospect is a potential vigtim for the warring racketeers. An inter- esting romance adds zest to the we tion,

glamours contrive queues.

But al

lie present time the names of the woraen stars are being employed to a comparatively insignificent de Kroo by those who seek to lure us from our firesides to the West End cinemas.

Take a look round the West End at the moment...

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Another curious and immensely significant fact emerges from a close examination of this week's new pic tures. Not one of the moon stars depends for his popularity on sex appent and good looks and cooing and all that sort of thing.

Mr. Eddie Cantor is small, with After the gentle tedium of Miss goggle eyes. He is the father of Marilyn Miller's "Her Majesty five daughtera (he calls his house Love," the Carlton has gone man in Hollywood "The Cantor Home ly with the aid of that tough slab, for Girls”), of acting humanity, Mr. Edward

Men of the Moment.

Up the road at the Empire the mountainous face of Mr. Wallace living break Beery looms up, a water against the tide of feminine sex appeal.

Mr. Edward G.,Robinson, is all

Mr. Richard. Dix is certainly the

Production

SQUAW MAN"

with

Lupe Velez

Eleanor Boardman Charles Bickford »

STAR

type of man that women whinny TO-DAY & TO-MORROW about, but he manages to hold his At 230, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20 position without the "necessity of whinaying back.

are

Oakie saves William Morris, a prominent lawyer who has won the disfavour of a racket leader, from being run to death by an automs bile. Morris signs up for a large insurance policy with Oakis, and

·G. «Robinson. And observe, too, that Mfr: "Buddy" Rogers isn't Morris' daughter, Jenn Aruthur, evidences her favour in a very nice that his plötura, "Five Star Fin. You would hardly call Mr. Wallnes way. Oakie, however, is disapal," does not seak your monetary Beory "The World's Sweetheast." pointed when Morris' application favours with romance, but with is rejected by his company because

hard-hitting drama that has little of the danger to his life.

The girl is kidnapped by the truck with sentiment. gang lender who hopes to force Morris to hand over incriminating At last-the perfect singing compapers he holds. Oakie penetrates

Tired of Greek Gods. bination for the audible screen the headquarters, of the gang, un- Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall: wittingly institutes a gang war,

Then there Mr. Stanley rescues the girl is an hilarious Radio Pictures executives were chase through a beseiged mansion, nevertheless enthusiastic when they heard the and saves Morris from the menace

Lupino and Mr. Leslie Fuller. Mr., of the racketeers.

Lupino may lay claim to regular it was comedy that gave him his two sing together for the first time. A Edward Sutherland, who

start in motion piotures!

"Secret Servico" features, and from time, to time. words William Le Baron; in charge of directed Oakie in two previous Capra's work with Harry Langdon .

comedies,Bap from Syracuse... occupy the lights outside the Lei. finds a little lovemaking in his Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," and RKO production, was exceedingly come Fast Company" was in charge cestar-square Theatre. True, there script; but his stock-in-trade is The Strong Man also marked pleased by the selection of Mar and William Boyd, who opposed is a strain of romance running primarily humour, and women the high spots of that comedian's shall to appear opposite Miss Gary Cooper in The Spoilers, through the story, yet the star is Daniels in Dixiana, the first and George Bancroft in "Derelict," It was like old times, theramore, singing drama written directly for does equally well in this picture, when Columbia Pictures assigned the screen: This production, done in which he plays the part of the to Frank Capra the important task largely in technicolor, is now at chief racketeer. Francis McDonald of dirasting "Rain or Shino," the Queen's Theatre.

who did well in Morocco," has which introduces the noted stage Victor Baraville, Radio Pictures another menace role in "The Gangquota of chorus girls--but only as personality, Joe Cook, to the screen.musical director was also most en Buster." The picture in now running at the thusiastic over the rich quality of Central Theatre

Miss Daniels' voice which was en- Directing Rain or Shine" was hanced by the confidence she had in actually and literally a Cirous her singing partner's ability. for Frank Capra. The story is of, j

big

COMING SHORTLY I

"The Age for Love'

with

BILLIE DOVE

CHARLES STARRETT LOIS WILSON MARY DUNCAN- EDWARD EVERETT.

4-1982 United

*

career.

7

in, and about a three-ring tent show, and with Joe Cook, Tom Howard, Dave Chasen, and i largo

64

... years.

The

And Mr. Leslie Fuller, so fas not the blonds heroine, but Me don't-love-the-mon they laugh at... Richard (Square-Jawed) Dix... from being a Charles Farrell or a Bince "Palmy Days" at the Ramon Novarro, carries a label Dominion is a musical comedy, the bearing the disillusioning words celluloid has to carry ita prescribed rubber-faced comedian, Ma Cinama audiences all over the background for the masculine world are tired of the Greek goda humours of Mr. Eddie Cantor. Bob who conjured queues way back in the picture of Cantor and leave the 1930. Personality, charm, and bu women to contrive an entertainment mour have taken the places once and the idea is unthinkable.

occupied by cooing, and straight Still further up the road the noses, em!!!! Regal bangs a talkie drum labelled Of course lovers are still neces "The Lovs Race," wherein another enry to the film. But they must of our representatives Mr. Stan appear as sombre-eyed bullies, as of stardom.

Miss Daniels surpassed all cur Delight, Expert's

expectations and any doubt as to whether she could balanco her voire It's the greatest singing com, with an opera star had been dis tro pe of real circus performers to bination ever brought together,"

palled.. execute his ideas, Frank Capra was said Baraville, who has been & Their obligates are marvellousley Lupino, bears the laurel wreath does Mr. Clark Gable, as unscrupu in his glory Female rules aro musical director for Ziegfeld and Miss Daniels rises to vocal heights played by Louise Fazenda and Joanother Broadway producers for That no other star of the screen yer

10amtinued as foot of next column.) has reached, Artists Ploture Peers.

HORTON

lous cads like Mr. William Powell, The London Pavilion offers a or as milling, fasinoers philanden Tostie Fuller comady groaning unern of the Menjou typa

Joseph M.Schencke

LUMMOX

HERBERT BRENON

PRODUCTION

Westover

Edsa Murphy

Ben Lyon-Willem Collier, is

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