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PICTURES THEY ARE SEEING AT HOME.

Seven new talking pictures wire recently released in London. Film "goers, may be well satisfied, since four of those talking pictures are: of exceptional merit, writes the film oritic of a London paper.

"Daughter of Luxury," starring Miss Marion Davies, is a drama of groad sincerity with most sensitive direction and brilliant acting.

"Bought" in a well-told tale of wilful youth, giving Mias Constance,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

Queen's.

King'a

HONG KONG.

The Silver Horde."

Once Lady" with Ruth

Chatterton...

***Zimmy." **

the legless Aquatic Wonder.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 1932

SHOWING TO-DAY

Central.

"Gue Smoke.”

World.

th

Dawn Patrol."

KOWLOON.

Harmony Heaven.'

RUTH

Bennett perhaps the best part star. has had in talking pictures.

Dishonoured," although on-

what art flein, derives glamour.

From 3x Marlene Districh and

excitement from Mr. Victor McQueen's;

Laglan.

pri

King's.

Donoviut's Kid,” besides senting un henest and tender story of childhood, has the one and only and irresistible Jankie Cooper in the cust.

Here you have dramalle variety with material virtue.

On the whole I prefer Daughter of Luxury." The story is inclined, to famble, but it is sold with hu man understanding. One can be lieve a the neglected wife and son and daughter, and even in the mil- lionaire father, who neglects them.

Marion Davies' Triumph.

Miss Marion Davies, nu the daugh er, has done nothing better since her flawless performance in "Little Old New York." To the heroine. of "Daughter of Luxury she brings, with very great skill, joy and tenderness and truths

Moreover, as usual, Miss Davies surrounds herself with a perfect cast yiolding us pleasure in the work of Mr. Leslie. Howard, Miss Irope Rich, Mr. Kont Douglas, and Mr. Richard Bennett,

Mr. Richard Bennett is the inther also in "Bought, but, in this ense, f

COMING.

Phantour of Paris." Son of India."

**Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

The Yellow Ticket." One Heavenly Night."

Central,

The Ago for Love.”.

The Command Performance." "A Woman of Experience." World.

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Say It With Songs." "Robin Hood."

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Up for the Cup.”

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"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE."

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it is a parent's indulgence in plea sion of "Dr. Jekyll aud sure and not his devotion to-busi.Mr. Hyde," which is the ness which is the mainspring of the King's Theatre's feature next Sun Betion His businese in modef gowns. His pleasure is models,

"GUN SMOKE.”

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AN UP-TO-DATE WESTERN.

ONCE A LADY."

Acoustic difculties of an unusual sort even for the tried engineers of talking picture studio, wero en- Western Alms have been, brought countered during the recording of up-to-date |

weng for Ruth Chatterton's new feature, **Once a Lady."

"Gun Smoke,” tha Richard day, a total of nearly 800 actors Arlen starring picture which is are shown on the screen. The orm-showing at the Central Theater to- His daughter, played by Miss ployment of this large number of day, is as modern as "rockets" of Constance Bennett, is a middle people in the production of one the big cities-pat it combines all class girl who is resolved, at any picture helped to relieve the unem the red-bloaded fervor, all the free cost, to arrive in society, where-ployment among the extras at Haliling glamor, all the picturesque upon this story is unavoidably |lywood, da hay similiar work on outdoors scenery of the true West- awarded an adult certificate. Miss other pictures filmed by Paramountjern picture. „ Bennett gives a remarkable per-during recent months. formance in which there is subtlety and intensity.

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The scena.

diverce,

ROMANCE

FILM STAR.

MARIUCCIA 'AND' GIOVANNI.

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Here is the story of a real-life, Alm romance from Hellwood.

Application for divorce has been made in the Massachusetts cauris by Mariuccia Mondianro from her. busband. Giovanni Fionda.

Mariuccid, it appears, is wel! known as a film netress" (under au- other name). Giovanni is still in humble circumstances in Italy.

They were marujed seven yeary ago in Turin, and began to live happily ever after. Bus Mariuccia“

was £ film fan.

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A

Rising Star,

One day she disappeared, Shortly afterwards Giovanni re ceived a letter from her in which she avore eternal fidelity and told him he was not to worry.

"Recently Giovanni saw her photo- graph in an American film ma-. gazine, in which she was described as a rising star, of Hollywood.

Giovanni wrote to her. She re- plied, informing him that she has become an American citizen and would never return to Laly. Then she began divorce proceedings.

As Giovan is too poor to go to Amerien he has had te orasent to the divorce proceedings

The Happy Ending.

She states that she only desires to be free to follow her artistic career. She is as fond of her Giovanni as ever, and as soon as she has made & fortune she will return to Italy' and they will remarry and be hapruefulness for his facilitating tho py together.

(Continued on previous column.)

Now, the grateful Mariuccia has written to Giovanni expressing her

WHAT A GIRL MUST HAVE IN HOLLYWOOD.

SEX APPEAL: ROMANTIC GLAMOUR OR A LITTLE EVA-CINDERELLA LURE.

"This movie angle," said Ina Barrymore has been chosen for the Claire, is very funny."

pathetic part of the poor clerk whu The brilliant Broadway actress is spending all his savings on a now under a five-years' contract dash at dissipation to wind up his to Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, and Mr. last few weeks of life. Goldwyn is puzzled about the parts

for which she should be "east;

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Oddly enough, the difficulty came with one of the smallest speaking

úles in talkie aänals,

Mr. Barrymore seems far top do- English one, gave a sore of adf

minating a personality for this | Piring oxtras a chance. One alter another was disqualified beemingo- We must surround you with sex frail, creaturs, but he never gives nono could speak the two words appeal," Mr. Goldwyn told her.

a bad performance.

As required, "Hear! Hear!", in A That was in relation to her inst.) John Barrymore will be the wick exciting The action of Gun Solte " In "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, '

way that did not make the words picture,The Greeks Had a Worded Baron and Wallace Beory will and unusual takes place in a little horse and sound as if they were a summons. for Them," which is the screen ver eighty-one players have speaking cattle trading centre in Idaho. There is

be the financial magnate whose a drama as Of these, ton are principals Arlen is seen

between sion of a New York stage success. Flaemmchen, the typist, ends so has shown!

affair with Joan Crawford as the enterprising | Hoap "

as the Talking Screen Jackie Cooper Again.. in the cast. Fredric March play's young wild broncho hunter who quididate subtly discovered With Had a Word for Tham" so altered one Miss Claire found "The Greeks the Jekyll-Hyde dual-personality makes "Donovan's "Kid" is gangster role; Miriam Hopkins is a Cockney choice riding stock from among themand that sounded to other com-thoress, Zoe Atkins, that she was a living by rounding up supreme effort he managed a comfor the screen that she told the at- melodrama supercharged with senti

street girl who becomes the bewitch ownerless cuyuges that roun, the ment in which the rank and fileed victim of Hyde; and Rose wild regions of the state.

petitore like, "Hair!· Hair! *** at a loss how to make, her charne of film-goers will rejoice chiefly be- Hobart is the aristocratic faces of

"Once a Lady," the drama of a tor effective, cause of Jackie Cooper, who has the kindly Dr. Jekyli,

Woman forced into, dramatic

EL perhaps a more appealing part in

career by marital incompatibility, this film than in "The Champ,"

is now howing at the King'a

Theatre.

parte,

Into this untroubled community comes William Boyd, a gang leader - Thirty others have paris above from a big city in the East, with c the "bit" class, as they each aphalt seorg of his henchmen, out for He is here the son of a gangster, pear in more than a single scene a vacation while their latest pe lofs in the care of another gangster, and are all designated by script tivities in the big town blow over, played with rather too great" a names, There are forty-one addi- flourish but with real feeling by tional "bit" actors, all of whom Mr. Richard Dix.

This is a simple and obvious story for receptive rather than critical film-goers, As such, ita emotion is

Mury Brian, owner of the hig ranch where they come to idle their

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difference

and Here"; as

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FOUNTAINS OF LIGHT,

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Then we are to have Lewis. Stone:

as the shell-shocked doctor and Jean Hersholt as the head clerk of the hotel

Greta Garbo, as I have stated, plays the fading and temperamentai dancer.

Mr. Edmund Goulding, once

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A Child of Three.. "Play it," said Ming Atkins; "a if you were, a child' of 'three.”

"And that," Miss Claire remark- ed, "is what I have done. I hopa London butcher's boy and now one you will find the result amusing,"

of the most popular men in Holly As the character is a calculating wood, will direct and acquisitive young woman, the Hubert as a Policeman. least sentimental of three "gold.

Jack Hulbert plays a London his associates, is prepared to spend A brighter future is being diggers," the treatment should he large funds in booming the anetion planned for Eros

interesting, at any rate. But Mis policeman in his next musical pic where she lives

He was christened, when the Ioan Claire has a twinkling sense of huture, Jack's the Boy," which Mr. Walter Forde is to direct for the She filts Arien, who has out-tains began officially to play, Later mour, and, of course, she will be, spoken opinions of the real charne he may be bathed in colour by flood-funny.

Gainsborough Company at Isling- ter of the visitors. His suspicions lights hidden beneath the waters of are verified when Boyd slays Striko

manners. She falls for Boyd. He tells her he is a financier who, with,

deliver at least one line and many time is fascinated by their city of them bad several days work each. More than 500 extras" found "am- ployment in various scenes. À med undeniable.

ical college sequence employs more than 150, music hall scenes made use Those who like more robust en-of nearly as many, while large tertainment

mny And it in crowds were used in ball-roem, "Goldie," in which Mr. Spenstreet, park, and hotel scenes.

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Tracy

and

Mr. Warren Hymer are the principals of a story

Jackson, veteran prospector who his basin. has discovered a ride gold vein

Hollywood, according to

Miss Claire, Ales is actresses in gute THE PHANTOM OF which Boyd calculates he'll appro-fountains will play for three hours The girl with sex appent

For the next three months the gories:

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Cicely Courtneidge has the other leading part

in the same class as "The 'Cock Eyed World This formula has

priate by force:

Mr. Forde, now-one of the busiest Thus the battle is precipitated, each Saturday and Sunday an "The actress, with romantic glam-directors, has had to postpone “ The been so excellently exploited by

Arlon on one side, with his mus hour and a half at mid-day and an our.

·Mr. Victor McLaglen and Mr. Ed

Rome Express" (a tale of a murder |tang-hunting pale-Boyd on

The actress who is "just a little on a Continental train) to tackle mund Lows that it is not easy for demand when production began on who have by this time taken over

Hollywood extra were much in other with his desperate cronice hour and a half after 3 p.m. others to follow in their footsteps. John Gilbert's newest talkie. Toe the town, ruling it with a reign of the times will be extended," Mr. A. "If the experiment is a suCCORN

the Hulbert subject. And so forth. Nevertheless, those who like their Phantom of Paria" which is com terror: laughter loud and often will alstrs. For the picture is of the ela Arian rescues Mary from the talons L.C.C. Art Committee, said. La-Them" Miss Claire combines vamp ing on Sunday to the Queen's Then- After a series of thrilling scenes, McD. Gordon, chairman of the In "The Greeks Had a Word for like Goldie."

borate type requiring large num of the treacherous Boyd, and there ter, when questions of economy areing, I gather, with knockabout Otherwise we have two quite good.bors of extras.

in a very happy reconciliation be Western dramas in "Sundowna Paris amphitheatre, where Gilbert

The opening scones take place in tween the lovers.

not so dressing, the fountains may comedy: The story of "Gun Smoke" was play at night,

"If that is well received," she Trail, starring Mr. Tom Keene, as a magician extricates himself written by Grover Jones and Wm. We shall also consider instal said, "I suppose I shall be put 1981 was the second largest among and The Avenger," starring Mr..from a sealed cass filled with water. Slavens McNutt, a team who have

the down as something between Jean British studios seems to be justi- The episode of course required a worked together as adapting reeling coloured light beneath Buck Jones.

typical theatre audience, which ariste on a number of successful fountains which will produce a still Harlow and Polly Moran.!! Bometimes I think the popularity lengthened the extra liat consider Paramount pictures, including prettior effect."

The Mighty" and "Tom Saw

It WRA

One of the minor marvels of Bri-

of clever work they get through in tish, film production is the amount

the small Twickenham Film Studior near St. Margaret's station.

Their claim that their output for

find by the records, and when you'

epinpleted inn fiming began on the yor

consider that such pictures as "The Garbo in " Grand Hotel,” Eros in aluminium By

SleepingCardinal, Condemned: next sequence, which depicted a ball

directed by Edward the use of coloured fountains ho may What strikes me as a surprise islo Denth" and "Frail Womeis in a fashionable townhouse. All the Sloman, the man who

made extras had to do was to change o "Puttin' the Ritz,"

appear as gold, silver, or

wonderful array of box-office are in the long list id is clear that copper, the formal clothes and they were randy Kibitzar· ** and The Conquering assuming three different hues in as names for the Hollywood version of Mr. Julius Hagen is a man of push for more work 1

of Western drama should make

ably. No sooner was this scene

our

talking picture producera

whether dim-goera are quite

as

sophisticated in taate as they im agine,

Horde."

on

The

i many seconde.

"Grand Hotel" is that Lionel and foresight.

JOHN

GILBERT

in

The

Phantom of Paris

with

LEILA HYAMS

LEWIS STONE JEAN HERSHOLT

C. AUBREY SMITH Directed by JOHN S. ROBERTS

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