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“AFRICA SPEAKS.

THRILLING FILM OF PRIMITIVE CONGO,

Africa Speaks," which, in eoo pliance with the public request, comes to be Contval Theatre for a thren days run again from to day, is a graphic motion picture and sound record of a trip taken by Paul L. Hoefler through the hitherto unexplored regions of Africa.

represnared he

Hoefler, who Colorado African expedition, start ed inland from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean. His objective wa Lagos on the Atlantic Ocean, a route which necessitated his pene trating the heurt of equatorial Africn."

As the expedition sped along the fondis, all-typer of wild beasts were encountered. Barli gorgrous bits of† natural beauty as the Ripon Falls, i source of the Victoria Nile, "were in photographed by Horiter's Camera men, while at one point the entire expedition was loaded on an old steamer and bouted down the an- cient Egyptian river.

The Pygmiec.

Exo weeks spent among the pygmies of the Ituri forest resultoj

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

King's.

HONG KONG.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Contral.

Afrigt Speaks."

Queen's.

Phantom of Paris."

World.

Dawn Patrol."

KOWLOON.

Star,

'Pardon Us."

COMING.

King's,

The Yellow Ticket.

Young You Feel "The Spider."

Oontral.

The Ago for Love."

Around the World

80 Minutes."

Queen's.

Son of India."

World,

The Mysterious

Person in

In some remarkable motion picture and sound studies of there myskre ons Hile. people cf whom the civi- |-Staz, lized world knows little. A Dikwa, in North Nigeria, Hoefer and his panty were entertained myally by the Emir of Dikwa, who met then ... with a native brass band and fear

ed them in y kingly soyin. Other friendly natives were the Nandi sperney, who the only spears and ahields in hunting the king of beasts. Thrilling photographs of hand to hand conflicts were taken and are shown in the film.

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In Tanganyika the explorer uhe tained one of the most amazing mo tjon picture phenomena evez made, This was of the gigantic swarni ul- locusts tha, Hew

the great plains while the expedition war

there.

over

These are only the highlights of

Black, Chinese Picture,

Say It With Songs," Robin Hood."

"Pardon Us.""

Up for the Cup."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1932.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Featuring *FREDRIC MARCH MIRIAM HOPKINS ROSE HOBART

KING'S

Lover by Day...

Ar 2.30, 5.10 & 7.15 P.M. ONLY

ADDED FEATURE "

At Night by Fiend {NEUTRALS SAŬRAFION

"DR. JEKYLL AND

A PARAMOUNT!

1932

PRODUCTION

MR.HYDE

RELEASING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH N.T.

IN PRESENT WAR HORROR AT SHANGHAI, FUNERAL OF

Able Seamon H. A.. Francis and H. G. Prior

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of R.M.S. "Suffolk ' NEXT CHANGE

POWER

Blery of a Framed Girl,

Elasa LANDI

Linnet BARRYMORE

**THE YELLOW TICKET!! For Ploture

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL. 25313.

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

MELODRAMA AT THE QUEEN'S.

"THE AGE FOR

LOVE."

shoe vast amount of material "THE PHANTOM OF PARIS HOWARD HUGHES' LATEST

Sained by Hoefler on this amazing journey. Every detail of the trip.' genrefully recorded by, camera and sound" apparatus and the resul: shown in this film is at each the most colourful and authentic disple sion of life in the wild African jang le ever presented to the eivilized world through the motion pictar medium.

Said to be unparalleled are the amazing scenes of lions caught by

the tamera, eye and ear, at PL

The Phantom of Paris," the

SCREEN ROLE.

THE YELLOW

TICKET."

GREAT PART FOR LIONEL BARRYMORE.

THE SLUMP HITS HOLLYWOOD.

"CUT ULTIMATUM TO STARS.

ALEXANDER

BRAILOWSKY QUEEN'S

GREAT PIANIST COMING TO KING'S THEATRE.

TWO MANILA OPINIONS OF

HIS PLAYING,

The recital promised for this: evening by "Brailowsky, the Russian pianist has been postpened tilf the end of April. The Management of the King's Theatre imformed us that April 29 was the date arranged, and arrangements with regard to hook- ing would be announced later.

A lending Manila erille said of this artiste; Brailowsky is a splen did artiste. He has often been called the poet of the pinney in reminia- cenes of Chapin whom he interprets

bbautifully, but appear

80.

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9,20

You'll Thrill to the End!

nd more in the guise of the dramatist. This was particularly erue in the tam major works of his programme, the D minor Teepatu

As and Fugue of Bach and the Ap- passionata Sonata of Beethoven. exciting"

JOHN

The performance of the Bach nun and unusual bor was a triumph of artistic a drama as achievement."more significant than the Talking Screen anything else which Brailowsky has shown! played. It is in a work,, of this character that the pianist appears. As the dramatist. He played hig Baob with the life and fire and (even in the D minor Toccata) the splendid musical sense of humour which marks so auch of Bach's writing.

Much of the same thing should be said of the roading of the Bea thoven Sonata. It is so familiar a work that the countless tricks of phrase of persons of less imagina- tion than Beethoven are constantly likely to stand in the way of its complate enjoyment

The Chopin wake, (dat Op: 18) was played with delightful faci! Hollywood's film industry has ity and verve, and was thoroughly boon crippled by the slump to auch enjoyable, while goes without an extent that all but six of the saying that a pianist with the vir tuoso equipment of Brailowsky can more important companies have SUB-

bring down a Manila audience with pended production. The studionthe Lizst Hungarian Rhapsody, Ho still working are: Fox, Metro-Gold wyn, Paramount, Radio, Warners, and Universal

did, and played for an encore, Mondelsohn's charming Spinning Song. Brailowsky has concluded All the others have been absorbed his short engagement in Macila, or forced to stop work until revenue. and has given the public'an oppior. from Alme already made begins totunity to hear an artist of really Howard Hughes, "The Ago Forl In a role exceeding the dramatic come in. Pathd have merged with colossal stature. Love," which relarus Billie Dovo power of his impersonation of the Radio, Columbia recently closed for a rare combination of romanen and, lo che screen after more a inebriate lawyer in

A Free Soul" & month or more, and United Artists year's absence, will open at the and the father in "Guilty Hands," will suspende production for six Central Theatre very avon.

Lionel Barrymore, se the insidious monthis. Howard Hughes, made his how head of the Czarist Russian Secret

French melodrama starring Joon Gilbert as the Queen's Theatre, is

intrigue and the action moves swiftly oros a background. of continental splendouy cubal,

John Gilbert, whose flash, dasà

than

o the film inthustry with Two Police in Raoul Walsh's "The and easy mannerisms, have under Arabian Knights and followed Yellow. Ticket" will show at the with The Racket." Both of these King'a Theatre Dext Friday.

ed him to so many millions, netims won awards from the Academy Though Mr. Barrymore is reputed

ions in the art of love, but is cal

and in motion the the must tragia only lives up to the Gilbert trade of Motion Picture Arte and Sciento be a most kindly individual in }

and breathtaking shots ever filmed is that of the "destruction of 21 young savage who tries vainly enters, new to him. The first, in escape from an engagad giant male,

which Gilbert of the immaculate dress and tidy mustache is seen, is that of a magician whose feats of magic have made him the toast of all France. These very feats in

"SON OF INDIA,"

ORIENTAL ROMANCES FOR

in a character, or almost two share, as "best pictures" of the years, and won similiar honours in na ion-wide polls of the country's The young producer then made lending movia erilios.

Hells Angela," and more recently he panicked movie audiences every turn serve to extricate him from where with The Front Page."

almost impossible situations, even from a vast French prison, when Ramon Novarro's new Metro he is unjustly arrested for a mur Coldwyn-Mayer picture, Son ofder which he did not commit. India which is coming to the Queen's Theatre on Wednesday tells

RAMON NOVARRO.

its vivid story of Ladia with no balts and no interruptions.

The story starts with a Hindu bandit raid on the party of a jewel Indu rajah and his son..

A yogi, savea Noyarro, the 900, from death by burying him alive! The rajah is killed in the fight,

Later, in Bombay, as a beggar, Navarro tries to sell the only thing be saved from the raid, an enormous diamond. A greedy jeweler charges him with theft of his own property and Navarro is saved from false in prisonment by the intervention of an American, Conrad Nagel

Savos Heroine's Life.

private life, one would never think that possible after seeing his re- lentions and cruel persecution of

star who plays the feminine lead Eliasa Landi, dhe brilliant Fox

in the picture. So realistic and genuine is his performance that one would believe he took personal delight in his brutal treatment of

And now comes The Age For Love" w United Artists release, the defenceless girl. a bold and sophisticated treatment

marriage.

The Yellow Ticket. ie the first

FAMOUS RUSSIAN

PIANIST.

KING'S THEATRE RECITAL POSTPONED

Owing to the short noties given to the public, the concert by the celebrated Russian pianist, Alexander Brailowaky,· advertised to take place to-night .at the King's Theatre, has been postponed till is return from Japan towards the end of April..

The most rigid economies are be-

A Second Opinion. Another crilic saya of him.

Mr. Brailowsky is an artist who combines musical myaticism of the most profound depths with mathe matical calculation and accuracy. He has an finite capacity for de- tail, embellishing and enriching the organic whole with little, ex- pertly placed items-a kint of tone colour here, a variation in temp> ther, a short vigorous attack in one place contrasted with a quiet, singing tone in another.

He builds his climaxes along perfectly proportioned lines, enun ciating the themes with growing importance, never hurriedly, -af- ways with sober restraint, never taonotonous, "always carrying the listener along in a flood of ravish ing tonal beauty...

and interpretative attainments, the Aside from his superb technical

ings and his boncat, unassuming poise, make the impression receiv ed from his playing doubly..more grateful and lasting.

of a modern subject-love and picture in which Miss Landi anding insisted on by the Wall Street

Barrymore have played in toge financiers who control the industry.striking individuality of his read Then comes the quick change ta "The Age For Lovy washer and it is admirably suited to Salaries of players, executive offi the Gilbert style. In order to get directed by Frank Lloyd, and is the highly dramatic methods of both viale, writers, and technicians have the information that will prove his based on the popular novel by stars. innocence he has to impersonale Ernest Pascal, Robert E. Shur- Olivier, a newcomer from the Lon- given the ghoice between accepting. With them is Laurence been cut, and most stars have been another, i cold-blooded marquis. wood, noted playwright and movie don and Broadway stage, in the 20 or 30 per cent, loss and finding The Gilbert mustache, BO well critic composed the dialogue, and other featured role, Miss Laadi's other employment. known to alm fans, gives way to the cast, in addition to Miss Dove, lover. The other players are Wal- a trim Van Dyke and one Hashing includes Charles Starrett, Lois Wit

tor Byrone, Sarah Padden, „Rita

that reaches the heights.

Treelances,

eye looks through a monocle. Gilson, Edward Everett Horton, Mary La Roy, Mischa Auer, Boris Kar bert plays this almost dual role Duncan, Adrian Morris and Betty loff and Arnold Korff. It is the

John Barrymore has followed the with finesse and convincingnes Ross Clarke.

talking sersen's version of Michael example of Adolphe Menjou and is Morton's play that caused great left the screen for broadesating, and now freelancing, Charles Rogers has; comment several seasons ago. It was adapted by Juloa Furthman who also collaborated with Guy! Bolton....

The great French magician falls)

in love with Cecile, the daughter of Novarro falls in love with Madge an old and wealthy family, played

BEST GANGSTER FILM.

Evans, and saves her life during an by Leila Hyams. The Marquis du FINE ACTING BY NEW STAR.. exciting tiger hunt, when he meets Touchais, IL villaincur money

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His scherzos were made with great technical accuracy; his playing brilliance and with infallible

even in moments of highest lyric tam never lost its thoroughly mas culine touch and vigor. He Wha equally impressive in soft, mur- mured, planisimo passages as in crashing, dramatic chords in the fortissimo.

'DR. JEKYLL AND

'MR. HYDE.”

DRAWS FULL HOUSES.

filled the King's Theatre yesterday. The talking film version of Steven- gon's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,

The strange and terrible story is

suoll-bound by the grim narrative. beautifully staged, acted and re- corded, and the audiences were

Frankly, it is not a picture for children and the highly trudg should think twice about going, but

at least a dozen other celebrities have not had their contracts re- newed.

While the bardzhips of lesse and conquers Juggat, the bandit who sockor, wishes to marry Cecile for killed his father. When the pair

people are arousing much sym- return to Bombay, Novarro is faced her money. In order to accomplish gangster Ainis, but none more excit. gang leader, devoted to his mother boen too greedy. In no other in- America has given us many line the end you can understand oven the pathy, it is agreed that stars have by the girl's brother, who prove to his ends he murders the "girl's faing or more convincing than "The and children, whose pride and amdustry in the world are the workers bo Nagel, to whem Novarro owes ther and the magician Cheri Bibi Guilty Generation," which such a debt of gratitude.

Wonbition drive him on to his doom. What happens later in

this is accused of the crime. He is a last month. Indeed, it is in many performances are memorable.

shown in the West-end of London, All the acting is good, but two 50 growly overpaid," says the editor romance of interracial love must be restad but frees himself from priways the best gadgeter Alm yet made Carillo, the new Spanish-born star other industry will good looks- Leo of a Hollywood magazine," "In no left untold. To relate how Mady Evans solver the problem would be so. After years of hiding he hears as well acted and directed City who has become the chief rival of to detract from the public's enjoy that the marquis, who has married Streets, and more realistic than Edward, 13. Robinson, brings to the whether you have talent or not-

Cudite dying. He shalehce the The Guilty Generation does enough to break into the game."

gangster part a quiet but profounder bring you big money if you're lucky Ernest of Art Vajd talented authet marquis from his deathbed and, by not rely for its effects on police-card premie strength had realism Fata Morgana" did the adapta plastic surgery has his face made sirene and the roar of guns. It is a Agure of the gangster's mother who tion from F. Marion Crawford's over to resemble that of the mascontrived situation. All the chame the younger generation from being

drams of character and brilliantly is driven to kill her son to prevent humour.

But Hollywood still has a sense of The latest jest is that novel," Mr. Isaace. The picture

directed by the leading director quis. From then on, romance and ters are real human belage, and in sportced to the unending fend of times are so bad that even yes men Miriam-Hopkins also wine a real of France, Jacques Foydar

gue run rampant

"The Searchdi 24

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merely god."

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