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CENTRAL

THEATRE NUM

TO-DAY ONLY

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

Tarzan The Tiger."

Central.

At 2,30,,5.10, 7.15 and 9,20 p.m.

[Queen's......

The Rosary,"

King's,

World..

Tegless

Star,

Ladies of the Big House"

and Zimmy-the

swimmer..

"Sidewalla of New York,"

• KOWLOON,

Cuquette,"

with Mary Pickford.

COMING.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932.

LAST TWO DAYS

KING'S

A Grand Double Attraction I

Another Dramatic

Smash Hit!

LADIES

OF THE

BIG HOUSE

AT 230, 5.10, 7.15 9.30 P.M.

,,ALSO

AN EXTRAORDINARY ADDED ATTRACTION SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT

" OF

ZIMMY

:

The World's Champion

Legless Swimmer

IN

A SERIES OF ASTOUNDING

A Paramount PictureFEATS IN A SPECIALLY

with

SYLVIA SIDNEY

The "American Tragedy" Gir

GENE RAYMOND

WYRNE GIBSON !

And A Dramatic Cast I

· CONSTRUCTED GLASS TANK ON THE STAGE. EATS

أخير

DRINKS UNDER

"SMOKES »

AND WATER!

LIVES

YOU HAVE HEARD OF ALL KINDS OF DANCERS. AND DANCES: BUT COM AND SOB ТАЕ LEG- L999 DANCER.

NEXT ATTRACTION

ROMANCE Fraught with danger beset by savage beast and human vultures. That was the adven. some lot of.

TARZAN

THE TIGER

with FRANK' MERRILL

and NATALIE KINGSTON

Central.

**ToFable David."

"The Agå for Love.”

"The Command Perforinance,”

A Woman of Experience."

Queen's.

Guilty Hands."

Silver. Horde."

King's..

Capuries Sometimes Sing,”

The Yellow Ticket"

"One Heavenly Night."

* Dr. Jekys and Mr. Hyde.";

World.

Say It Will Songs.' "The Sea Lion." "Robin Kood."

star.

"Pardon Us."

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.

NEXT CHANGE

JOSIPH

MEEGEERIMOTO'S

GELATOSTSTOMY;

BROUGHT TO THE

TALKING SERUN

COLUMULA PICTURES

NOTABLE

DAVID

featuring RICHARD CROMWELL

with

The Picture

JOAN PEERS

NOAH

the

World

will Remember

Columbia

BEERY

JOHOL BEYEFONE

· POLICEWOMAN GRACIE FIELDS.

́PLANS FOR HER NEW TALKIE

COMMENCING SUNDAY, 28th FEB. FREDERICK LONDALE'S

"CANARIES SOMETIMES SING’

with TOM WALLS YVONNE ARNAUD-ATHOLE STEWART A BRITISH PICTURE

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

"THE ROSARY,”

RUMANTIC AND WELL ACTED

PICTURE AT THE

QUEENS

Rosary "ht

Florence

The Bubelay's famous novel but is quite as romantic and emotional a story. splendidly acted throughout and no, praise ean, bej too high for the admirable diction of the play- ers (or possibly for the eficiency of the recording) for every word in clearly audible The story tells of two half sisters, Mary quiet and religious minded, Vera gay and pleasure loving. The same man.

WYNNE GIBSON

in Ladies of the Big House “

A Paramount Picture

is loved by both and is attracted "LADIES OF THE BIG fres to Vera and then to Mary.

HOUSE."

Neither of the sisters know the identity of the other girl" of FINE ACTRESS IN IMPORT- whom, the man spooks when bo changes his allegiance from Vera, to Mary, and both of them have kept the name of the man they love from

ANT ROLE.

++

caught and convicted of murder, though innocent, is the featured at Ptraction at dhe King's Theatre,

Mina Darwell made her oveen debut in the second motion picture ever produced by Paramount. It WAS Brewster's Millions" and was produced in the historic barn that was the original Paramount studio. Had she arrived in Holly wood a week Booner Miss Derwell would have been in Paramount's first Alm..

Miss Darwell returned to the stage after two years and returned to pictures to make her talking screen debut in "Tom Sawyer. She is one of the older school of melodramatic and repertoire 'stage artists, and has played hundreds of roles in all parts of America.

FILM OF THE PRINCE.

HIS DAYS AS A FARMER.

A film introducing the personal interests and activities of the A. Stanley Williamsony and was Prince of Wales has been made by privately shown yesterday at the Phonix Theatra.

..

"Jane Darwell, the Widow Doug-

Naturally, there are no special ins of Paramount's" Tom Sawyer photographs of the Prince, but the

includes many "topicals and Huckleberry Finn" was ro- film signed, by that company, to portray which have not been often shown,, When the truth has to be faced one of the quietanding roles in the and gives a good idea of how hard

the other.

by both Vera seizes on a weapon House featuring Sylvia Sidney

romance. "Ladies of the Big his Royal Highness has to work.

which she knows will conquor her and Gene Raymond. sister. She whispers of a week-end The picture, which is a love story

and consequences. Mary docides to of two young persons who get mix- ed up with gangsters, and are

leave the field to her and to enter

Miss Gracie Fields is "going into training for her nexs talkie, convent. A further complication

in which she will be a palicewoman, is caused by the accidental murder She is to take the part of a Liver. by Vera, of another, earlier; lover. pool girl, who walks to London, in When the police come on the sceno search of fortune and adventure, Mary gives herself up and Vern and joins the women's police force, accepts the sacrifice. Marg's trial Her husband, Mr. Archie Pitt, has which follows gives an opportunity written the scenario, and will pro for some of the beat acting in the duce the film. Miss Fields asid: play and if the ending errs on the "What you have got to imagine side of sentimentulity it is at all is a country gird, dressed in a ni-events a conventionally happy" form several sizes too large for her, one,

arresting everybody in sight, and Bo "The Rosary" is a firm to nes pathatially sincers that she makes because it is such a pleasure to be people laugh and. sympathise with able to follow every word of a play her alternately,

with one besides the fact that it is admirably acted

To got the correct atmosphere

I mean to All up my odd moments watching a London policewoman on duty, and registering her reactions to the many things that go around her.

on a

I am worried about my height. Have you seen a policewoman sit, Jin. fall?"

The whole cast is good but, per haps, the honours go to Elizabeth

TO-NIGHT!

There are also pictures of the Prince's farms in Cornwall, where he is known as the Duke.

The aim will be publicly shown. in the West End in a few days.

4:"

TO-NIGHT!

GUILTY HANDS."

DIRECTOR, USES OWN COLLECTION OF GUNS.

BRITISH NAVY IN FILMS.

PUBLIC APPROVAL.

Should the Navy, Army, and Air! Force tako pant in the making of; Breth filmy ¥

Mr. Justies Charles thinks, not. In a cave heard list menth hosief apperred to him to be qurtaj Inmeritable that our ships and our anmen should be ixed re produce ins. Thore was to him soined hing yery sordid in it.

Judging by viawa" expressed the following day, the British public does not agree with Mr. Justice Charlos.

的

Cinema"patrons say they would like to see a great Jon! more the British fores. They are tirea of American Alms which, with the onthusiastic co-operation of the United States Government authori ties, exhibit American sailors, sa- men, and airmen ag chu world' brat,

The British Admiralty, in answes to inquiries "preferred do muke ne axmanent on Mr. Justico Charles.

statomont and to leave the public. to judge.. But it does not propost to change its official policy in the| matter of film making.

Thus attitude is to give all the assistance is reasonably can to Bri tish film producers.

The Daily Mail Film Correspon dent writes:

An American film called "Diri gible" is the most important re lease of this week. It is made with the onthusiastio co-operation of th American Government and the fight. ing forces conearned, the idea boing to prove to the worlik that she Unit ed Staten" Services are paramount.

Many men of our Air Service. who have seen American: Alms like "Hell's Angels have said to me: "There is nothing which has been done by American Alm producers:

-

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2 30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 0:20

"The

ROSARY

MARGOT GRANAME .. ELIZABETH ALLAN

JOHN MINALLY GUY NIWALL

NEXT ATTRACTION

ig featuring their own forces which ANOTHER LIONEL could not bo bettor done here if

British producers had the same co- BABRYMORE TRIUMPHI [operation from the Government des partments.?!

+

CANARIES SOME-

TIMES SING."

HOW THEY TRIED TOM ·

WALLS PATIENCE.

"Extraneous disturbances"

дре

the bane of the Talkie" direc- tor. A cough, perhaps the drop- ping of an aspirate,

fe or any sound at the moment the

W. S. Van Dyke's collection of microphone is alive is dreaded..

Tom Walls, who directed

guns and primitive weapons cume

"Can

in handy during filming of Guilty aries Sometimes Sing," which will be shown at "the King's Theatre Hunds,"

Bayard Veiller's new next Sunday, says the fear that mystery drama which will open on something untoward will happen Bunday at the Queen's Theatre with during the taking of a scene is Lionel Barrymore in the featured róle.

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very wearing.

The possibility of disturbance is always in one's. mind-and there The adventurous director, whe 2 other little troubles. He told of the canary which was an im- acquired the collection of weapons purtant super in "Canaries Some- during his trips to the South Seas! times Sing." "Percy" was re- and Africa, used the gun, khivos,quired to be disconsolate and, there- fare, quiet in his age. But the a "background property people selected a cock bird spears and rifles as for the hunting-trophy room scenes which persisted in singing and in which much of the dramatic sc-spuited three or four acches. Then tion of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer they introduced a hen bird which, film takes place. Many of the arms after the manner of her sex, twit were gathered during the making tered when she should not have of Trader Horn."

done.

Shows Versatility.

"Guilty

Van Hands" gavo Dyke an opportunity to show, his versatility in the directorial feld for while the picture is replete with the same feeling of thrills, saepensc and unexpected action which made his other pictures so popular, it is his first venture into the straight mystery drama and ong of the fow occasions on which he has confined his activities to the M-G-M studios rather than taking his company on an extensive location jaunt.

Barrymore plays an astarte stud ent of murder in the picture. The caut also includes Kay Francis, Madgo Evans, William Bakewell, C. Aubrey Smith, Polly Moran and Alan Mowbray.

CHILD TAKEN BY

CROCODILE,

FOUR-YEAR OLD GIRL .PLAYING IN RIVER..

Townsville, (Queensland), Ján. 4. A four-year-old

child, Betty Doherty, was taken by a crocodile in the Seymour River at Halifax this morning

The four Doherty children were. playing a shont distanes from their home on the bank of the river, when a crocodile appeared. A 10- year-old lad immediately took alarm and carried one child up the bank. out of danger, and, returning, had just picked up four-year-old Booty

"TOL'ABLE DAVID," when the saurian seized the childr

STORY OF VIRGINIA

TAIN FOLK.

Deg and dore her from the boy's grasp, threw her backwards into the MOUN.river, then turned around and fol-

lowed to where the child had dis appeared beneath the water.

An intensive search of the river The United States boasts of an walers and the bank so far have

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS unique and unusual genre of peo, failed to reveal any trace of the

AT 9.15 P.M.

Wanchai, Hong Kong

Third Change of Programme

30 European Artists 30

50 Performing Animals 50

い

LAST TWO MATINEES Saturday and Sunday at 4.15 p.m.

Chlidren: Haif Pries to Matinees only Booking at Moutrie's Co. Sundays at the Cirens Allan as Ver Walter Piers SOLDIERS & BAILORS IN UNIFORM Half Price to Stalls & Second Chairs only

***Captain Mannering," the girls father, and Charles Groves

Menagerie open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. na Hornett," The two counsela

B. BELLA, J. CLOTHIER, W.HARMSTON, are also oroollantly played by John

Proprietor.

Reproemiative Agent MoNally and Victor Fairiey.

Crocodiles are very numerous in

ple in ita Virginia and Tennessee missing child. -.-.- mountaineers. Those people aro entirely different from any other the reaches of this river, and, ai

though during food times aro Boct or group in the states.

A particularly clear-cut charac severe monace to stock and cattle,

tor study of these hardy illiterates, they have never previously been with their peculiar moral codes, known to be so venturesome. their aimple living standards and

amazing bravery, is found in

Columbia Pictures production of They are a law unto themselves. "Tol'able David," which opens at

He cheated the law, but Fate

Zook an amazing revenge I

GUILTY HANDS

Directed by

W. S. VAN DYKE

Meng Goktuum Muve

LIONEL

with

BARRYMORE

KAY FRANCIS

STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20

MARY

PICKFORD

"Coquette"

A newcomer, a young antist nam-2:44 the Central Theatre on to-morrow. od Richard Cromwell, depicts the Director John Blystone depicts role of Tol'ablo David. He in vivid fashion what happens in possesses the naivete that makes the mountain country when the him ideal in the role of the simple, member of any family is wronged, nature loving lad depicted in the revealing the workings of the ensu-story. Others in the cast are Joan ing feud and the manner in which Peers, Noah Beery, Henry B. Wal the family's mon measure out ju thall and George Duryea. John tics without the aid of law courts G. Blystone handled the direction (Continued as foos of next salumin.) of this production with artistry.

sweene you from capti vating romance to grip- ping drama.

United Artists Picture

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