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CENTRAL THEATRE

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SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.80

THE COMEDY.DRAMA THAT WAS THE KAGE OF LONDON "NOW." "BROUGHT TO THE WORLD THROUGE THE MULTI-LINGUAL TALKING SCREEN,

1932 UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

A BRITISH FAMOUS PLAYERS GUILD TRIUMPHANT MAIDEN PRODUCTION ·

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PARK LANE

DENNIS NEILSON TERRY

BETTY STOCKFELD

-Directed by Albert De Courvlite.

A SOPHISTICATED-

J

THRILLER THAT

IS AS WITTY AJ

IT IS 'DXCITING,

AS CHARMINGLY ROMANTIC AS IT

IS SUSPENSEFUL "

SHOWING SOON

A DYNAMIC DRAMA OF RACKETS,

**"RIDES” AND RAPID-FIRE ACTION

Jack Helt & Constance Cummings

THE

IN

Last Parade

77 PARK LANEW

NEW BRITISH CO.'S MAIDEN PRODUCTION

SHOWING. AT CENTRAL THEATRE,

CUBAN LOVE

SONGE

"I LOVE PICTURES," SAYS - LAWRENCE TIBBETT.

in

AT 3.80 5:40, *7:18 & 9,80 P.M..

KINGS THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SOREENING OF THE FINEST BRITISH MUSICAL COMEDY PICTURE

"SUNSHINE SUSIE”

FEATURING

RENATE MULLER, OWEN" NARES, JACK HULBERT - MORRIS HARVEY

SUNSHINE SUSIE."

POPULAR, RE-SCREENING

AT. THE KINGS.

One of the most populaires screenings in the history of local filudom took place beforo large and enthusiastic audiences. yester day when the management, of the King's Theatre bowed to public demand for a re-showing of Sun thine Susie," without doubt the most outstanding British produc tion ever shown in Hong Kong.

THEATRE

TEL: 26313

TOMORROW

Where have you been this week-end and with whom

MINDLE WAKES

Ke Paas Titzion of SPANLEY ROLIGHTOM'S

Sinsational plate featuring. SYBIL THORNDIKA. JOHN STUART EDMUND GWENN BELLE CHRYSTALE, and NORMAN MKINNEL 1. ARUNONT - UNKTIS BOROUGH PICTURE:

MOVIE NEWS

FILMS AND MAGIC OF

ELECTRICITY.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

(Centrals

Queen's.

HONG RONG.

Park Land

To Obligo & Lady.!!

British Alm.

King's..

Sunshine Susie."

World.

Gaucho,

with Douglas Fairbanks.

KOWLOON.

"Inspiration,"

Central

with Greta Garbo,

COMING.

Arrowsmith

[Queen's..

Cook of the Air."

Cuban Love Song. "Tall England."" "Middle Watch.!? King'angi

Hindle Wakes.

"Secrets of a Secretary.

Wozidi

Star

Danvers in the Dark,

"Story of Kiangbazi,

(Part 1)..

Almost a Honeymoon." Blackmail"

ه تریدیم

་

WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY ŹBW ON 355 METRES.

TELITARY PARADE SERVICE TO-MORROW.

11 to 11.30 am.-Stock quotations.. 11.30 am-Chinese, programme.

12:30 pm-ropeni „programme; 1 pm Local time and weather

горог.

1.30 pm-Mail notice, etc.

2 p.m.-Close down.

4 to 7 pm. Chinese programme

7 to 11.30 p.m-European pro gramme of Vietor and HM, V. records.

A GLANCE INSIDE A MODERN STUDIO. 7 p.m.-Mail notice, uto.

When the average picturegoer into place. buys his ticket at the box-office of

modern motion picture theatre and enters its portals for a couple of hours of screen entertainment. he saldon, if ever, stops to think of the debt the film owes to the magic of electricity..

Sunshine Susie has a charm all its own charm which is dif cult to explain, Is it the typically English atmosphere, even if the Tho flickering, uncertain current delightful ending Jady Renate that the late Thomas A. Edison Muller, happens to be Germans conjured from his first crude dy. it the simple and catchy tunes? namo, has grown to an obedient, There is actually nothing very much giant that plays a vastly important

W

"Meanwhile, in the wardrobe de partment, electrical sewing machines are whirring on costumes, delicate electric drills and burnishers in the camera repair rooms are making ready the photographic equipment, and in the big garage other cleatric tools

aiding orrhauling motor trucks in preparation, for locution trips.

STO

The starting date arrives. Play-

in the theme song, To-day I feel part in every step of picture pro-era flock to the lot, and are assign "so happy," but nevertheless ons duction.

leaves the theatre humming cho sim- A trip through one of the world's ple, and lilting refrain which largest film studios-that of the Fox clings to the memory long after | Film Corporation at Movietone more brilliant compositions are City, California gives same idea of forgotten.

the versatility of this giant, and how deftly he applies his invisible power to every task.

The story itself, like the songs in the film, is a very aimple one, but Sunshine Sude" would not be the popular film it is, if the thome bad been a heavy one. In stead, the producers have chosen a plain commonplace theme and with Renato Muller, Jack Halbert and Owon Nares there, to give life and pep to it, the resultant film is a great musical hit, and each one of the leading players gives to it just that degree of hilarity that is ap

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ed to electrically heated dressing rooms. In the make-up and hair- dressing department electric irons, Wavers and bair dryers put the finishing touches to fominias beauty. Huge Aro Lampa.

On the stage itself great lampa When the completed screen play (very possible written on an elec-consuming vast quantities of juice trie typewriter) reaches the script, are flooding the aete with lights, department, the following process and just outside air-conditioning plants are operating, cooling the begins:-Dozens of copies are run

on electrically-driven mimeo stage in summer and heating it in graphs, and turned over

winter through electrically-driven to the various department.

ventilation aystems. In the art division, the art direc

With the first calls of camera," tor draws his plans for the various electricity is driving the instru sets that will be needed. From ments, picking up, amplifying and

registering the sound waves-

.:

17:03 to 7:43 p.m. The Rustic Wed- diag Symphony" (Carl Geld- mark Op. 28, played by the Vienna. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Heger; M.109.

7.45 to 8 pm-

Pianoforte Solos.

The Air la Always Cool

and Fresh s No Circulation of Old Air, bat Natural Ventilation. Comfortable, Healthy, and Safe.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 230, 5:10, 7:15 AND 9:20

AT HER FUNNIEST

IN THE MOST NOVEL

·": COMEDY. OF THE YEAR

MAISIE

GAY

TO OBLIGE

A LADY

・WALLACE

with WARWICK WARD MARY NEWLAND HADDON MASON

NEXT ATTRACTION – HE FORGOT THE GIRL BACK HOME When He Held A Cuban Lass In His Arms

TIBBETT the Cuban Love Sønd

Under

Caban

Skle

Lupe. Velez

Ernest Torr KAREN

Valse Brillante (Chopin Op. MORLEY 18)-Ignace Jan Paderewski. JIMMY €877.

DURANTE

Nocturne A Raguze (Schall- ing).-Ignaca Jan Paderewski. Directed -0700,

by

DYKE

8 p.m.-Local time and weather re W.S.. 5.05 to 0.30 p.m. The Pirates of

port.

VAN Penzance (Gilbert and Sulli- Van The Entire Musical Num bera rocorded under the direc tion of Rupert, D'Oyly Carto

0.30 to 11.30 p.m.. $11.30 p.m

Dance: Programme. 10.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press 11.30 p.m.-Close down,

All records in the above Euro- pean programmes with the ex ception of the three lent by a listener are supplied by Messrs. Moutrie & Car

SUNDAY.

10 to 10.10 a.m. (approx.)-Reiny Service from St. John's Cathe dral

Lawrence Tibbett, playing the leading role. "Cuban Love A Trade Notice states:-

Song" which is appearing to Fow, if any, British producing morrow at the Queen's Theatro, concerns have ever entered the field,, was in the motion picture,, with its with a

more promising maiden new improvements in sound re- effort than the Famous Playera production, ane. of the greatest prociated by everyone but never these blueprints are made, in an shitaly delicate task. At noon the of the Military, Parade Church

thaless prevents the flm from being electrically-operated blueprinting company adjourns to the studio re- Guild whose first talkie produc.educational factors of the day. tion, 77 Park Lane," is showing The recording on pictures is an apology for a farcical comedy machine, and go in turn to the con-

Sunshine Susie is the film that struction department. at the Central Theatro to-day- now perfect," he states "Thereeveryone should see, and should Three months were spent on the is a son of myth that bontrols can prove a real tonic in this hot weR- picture, which is an adaptation of alter a voice, improve it, perhaps her to jaded nerven

Bunshine Susip" will be shown Walter Hackett's selebrated stage Tine is false. The recording again to day at the King's.

No expense or trouble, paratus can do nothing but record was spared in any direction, The accurately exactly what is sung Famous Players Guild arranged to into it. Also there is no singing. produce the film in French, and technique for radio or the screen. Spanish as well as English.

Buccess,

...

You sing exactly as you do any The English cast was headed by where else, In acting; before the Dennis. Nelson Terry, one of Lon- screen there is a wide technique you don's most popular young actor must learn-but not in actual sing managers, and. Betty Stockfield, the ing. I sang before the microphone rising young Australian mar, who exactly as I sing on the Metropoli came to the de Courville unit fresh tan stage.

from her triumpit in "City of Song. The supporting cast was

"I love pictures and am in

HINDLE WAKES.

A "REAL LANCASHIRE

FILM

A trade potice skaten:- "They're a poor lot down Bouth they don't make anything in theur

Making the Settings. Blectrically driven saws and planers go to work in the big mill, to make the necessary settings. In the blacksmith shop, the plaster shop, the machine shon, dozens of machine, start busily to work on iron-mongery, tin roofs, marble hallways or statuary, and mecha- nical dayices that will be needed in ensuing scenes,

the eating seed to be painted

by hand. The power sprayers des corate them in a tenth of the time On the huge stages electric hoists lift the heavy walls and ceilings

staurant and partakes of meals chiefly prepared and cooked by elec- tricity.

At night takes" of film are. carried to the Jaboratory, whero electricity operates the developing, printing and drying equipment.. Thence it goes to the cutters, who nowadays use electrical viewing machines, and eventually to the theatre projection rooms, where.

whee

power, light and sound reproduc tion, that the soreea may furnish

more electricity furnishes

at the

director and the stars, it seems only And along with the names of the just that the giant, electricity, should receive scroom credit.

Preacher The senior Chaplain of

the Forces, C. of E.-The Rov J, N.. Lewis Bryon, B.A Band-1st Battn. South Walos Borderers under Bandmaster Geeks Address The Ideals and Res- ponsibilities of the Empire.

Form of Service. Hymn-"O God Dur Halp." in

·Ages Past,"

Prayers Venite. Lesson Benedictus. Crend Prayers.

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 230, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9.20

Yarbo

My

Robert

MONTGOME

Hymn Jesu, Loraz

in Hindle Wakes," a film of Lan in Lancashiro's playground, Black son, amid the gaieties of a tumul- parts," says dus of the character hectic scenes of Wakes week revelry | week and with a mill owner's

Address. led by experienced and popular happy spot where I can vary them cashire life in the raw. Perhaps pool

Hymn Kipling's Recessional."/ tuous, whirlwind Wakae Wook at players like Malcolm Keen, Bon with opera and concert work, thus intense industrialism so often fur- A really brilliant cast enact the young folk asospade, gives Belle

this is the reason that Lancashiro's Britain's Stye Stars, ---

· National Antham. Blackpool. The discovery of the Wolden, Molly Johnson, Cecil

Benediction.GET Humphreys and Esmond Knight, keeping up a sort of "variety.

Inishes the background for filma RAVATEDULE Foles Bybil Thorndike Chrystall and John Stuart opportu

Voluntary Land of Hope and Park Lane was chown for think that opera technique will

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Anyway, however that may be, all Northan McKinnel, Edmund unities for some/superb character 10:15 Clew down.. Famous Players Cuild's first pro eventually be changed by now Laneachite, and for that matter won, John Stuart, and last, but nation, of which they take fulf 11 to 12:16 pm Relay of Service duction, not only because it was o

ideals in drama fostered by talking intensely interested in this talking a new star in the film Armament, MoKinnel, Marylate, Sybil

the rest of the Kingdom, will be by no means least, Bells Chrystall, advantage. The work of Norman from the Union Church Ken- very successful play, but because in the making of a tri-lingual taikio, pictures. But this, like the idea version of Stanley Houghton's who has the role of Jenny Thorndike and Edmundi Gaonni in a story was demanded thao.ould of teaching music by Aimsis. be readily adapted apron to something for the future to fail Play with its elever story of Thors 16 nothing now under the the roles of the parents of the

amall girl's reactions to parental sun. The story of the poor man' foreign audience, 24:much. As Bri

blending partace is wonderful efforts to make her a good wo daughter and the rich man's ron STY man, after an illicit week-end is one of the oldest in the wor

camora studies of with her lover

Yet it appeal is perennial

Eu Gil's walk and Thin brief, theory Hindle Waker

tishers and Walter Hackett's play whose recent success in The moy this com ad imirably. Also House of the Arrow in which he it provided an obviously stirnative I made his talkie debut, proved that vehicle for Dennis Nelson Terry, his drawing power is as great as [Continued at foot of next cotumu a screen actor na on the stage.

Scenes of mill life, with its hum of looms, its hoot of the siren, and Stalniter of clogs, alternate with

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Prescher. The flav. Dr. Y. A

Alle 18:18 to 9 pm-Chinese recorded

programmus,

INSPIRATION

VORIES

FINAL SHOWINGS 1 AT 280, 5.157.15

DOUGLAS TAI

THE GAUCHO