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CENTRAL THEATRE

SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 2.80; 5.15; 7.16 & 9,30 A BRITISH FAMOUS PLAYERS GUILD TRIUMPHANT MAIDEN PRODUCTION

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דדי

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY

FINKI SHOWINGS

TO-DAY AT 5,30, 6.10, 7.10 & 9.80 FIM

KINGS THEATRE

YOU WERE MY LITTLE FANCY I WAS YOURS BUT IM NOT MARRYING YOU!

AN INTRIGUING SCENE FROM THE TALKIE VERSION OF STANLEY HOUGHTON'S SENSATIONAL PLAY

SYBIL THORNDIKE

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE FEL 25318

NEXT CHANGE

TO-MORROW

TODAY AT THE CINEMA

Quean's.

HONG KONG

"The Cuban Love Song,"

with Laurence Tibbett

King'a

14.30 oaly

· Sutishine Susio,”

"Hindle, Wakea,'

Central.

sy Park Lane:";

World.

Story of Kiangtan,”?

(Part 1).

The Air in Always Goof

and Fresa No Circulation of Old Air. but Natural Ventilation. Comfortable, Healthy, and

Safe

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20

HE FORGOT THE GIRL BACK HOME When He Held A

Cuban Lass In His Asma

TIBBETT the Cuban Løve Song

Sta:

Under

Almost a Honeymoon."

Cuban

Skies!

COMING.

Lupe Velez

Ernest Torrence

KAREH

PARK LANE

Wik

DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY

BETTY STOCKFELD

Directed by Albert De Courville,

A SOPHISTICATED THRILLER THAT. IS AS WITTY A3

IT 18 EXCITING. AS CHARMINGLY ROMANTIC AB IT

IS SUSPENSEFUL.

NEXT CHANGE

A STORY OF BLAZING HATRED, FLAMING LOYALTY AND A GLORIOUS LOVE

Jack Holt & Constance Cummings

THE

IN

HELast Parade

'77 PARK LANE."

FILM FIGHT ENDS IN CASUALTY..

A Trade Notier states!--

As a result of a too-realistic fight in 77 Park Lane," the thrilling -British talkie which is showing at the Central Theatre to-day, Ben Walden, the American actor, was

"THE CUBAN LOVE SONG.

LAWRENCE TIBBETT'S

TRIUMPH.

A trade poties aSOLUN ;- Stirring romance under, Cuban skies; melodios more haunting than the exotic story of love' unfolded an

JOHN STUART NORMAN M'KINNEL EDMUND GWENN BELLE CHRYSTALL

HINDLE WAKES

SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANUEAT11.30 A.M

"TO-DAY

EMPIRE DAY:

RE-SCREENING FOR THE LAST TIME The Finest British Musical Comedy Picture SUNSHINE SUSIE

STARRING

RENATE MULLER-OWEN NARES

(PRICES AS USUAL)

SPECIAL PRICES (INOL Tar) SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH TEACHERS.

Susi 35 ore, D. CIROLE: 55 ora

"HINDLE WAKES."

A TRIUMPH FOR THE KING'S THEATRE.

Its British in production, background, sentiment and story -- and it is undoubtedly great enter tainment."

BLACK

CAMEL

with

WARNER OLAND

Brilliant CHARLIE CHAN

solves a South Seas murder.

FOX

(PICTU

CHARLIE

CRAN SAYS

More abo

cast shadow Eka

Klophane

MOVIE NEWS

BEHIND THE SCREEN AT HOLLYWOOD

SOME UNFILMED DRAMAS OF STARS.

AND EXTRAS.

Queen's,

Middle Watch." "Tell England."-

King's.

The Blick Camel,”!!

"Oh. For a Man,**

Sedrats of a Secretary. "Dancers in the Dark Central,

Arrowsmith." "Cock of the Air.?

World.

Star,

Story of Kiangta

(Part 2).

Tiger Boat, Blackmail.

PRINCESS RIDES ON

BIRTHDAY PONY.

HER GIFT FROM KING AND QUEEN.

Windsor, 21 April.-The most-to- be-cavied little girl in Britain had her sixth birthday at Windsor Castle to-day.

It was a very exciting day in the nursery where Princess Elizabeth received her hundreds of presents and messages

Dramas much more yet than any-outs," with the director of a picture thing sean on the serenare to be present to approve the most likely After breakfast the King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess of encountered any day in the cold applicant. littlo ante-room of the studio cast From ten to twenty old-time ex-York, and the Princess Royal came ing offices of Hollywood.

tras loiter all day about the ante into the nursery to wish her a room hoping for an emergency call happy birthday. to a setting. A placard is up, "No casting to-day," but they do not believe in signs. They sit or stand talking about the good old days when they starred in vaudeville, or on Broadway or perhaps in motion pictures."

This is what Herbert Foarjon, the foremost theatre and film critic'

The rooms have the atmosphere of in England wrote after, he had 90011 a pre-view of "Hindle an army recruiting, station. Any Wukes" I have just seen the film he may walk in, though there is A abrupt sign reading "No Loiter Land, echoing this critics words, aming," which is seldom enforced in prompted immediately to congra less the place becomes too over tulate the management of the crowded.

On the right is a tiny cubby-hole

Suddenly there is a telephone call.

There was a hugs table filled with Some of the gifts were presents. too large, to be brought into the nursery. For instance there was

the pony from the King and Queen, which is housed in the royal stables. 1t is bigger than her Shetland pony, Poggy, because the Princess

handed down as a legacy to. Prin

Browing fall. Peggy is to be There was rocking-horse from

almost prevented from appearing in the screen, tense drama and 'thrils King's Theatre for having procur in which a boy who hopes to be a the play." Smokey Cell at Wynd- mingle in "The Cuban Love Song" ed for the entertainment of the casting director methodically a Fire more extras are needed: Be-cast Margaret. ham's Theatre in which Le was, aet. Lawrence Tibbett's newest appear.Hong Kong publié a film so definite-swers ing mourrently with the film eng. ance on the talking screen.

agement.

فراد

fore the vlerk has reached the counter Efteen hangers.cn are beg ging for the work. The five chosen

the Duke and Duchess of York.. with which the Princess was im mensely pleased.

The

"

new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picturely in keeping with the spirit now.

the telephone every few minutes. Across the rest of the room is a high counter, shiny and

Then there wore dolls from the sands of elbows, over which "stumes; the others resume theircester's gift was a little work signment checks are handed to posts. the fortunate.

basket, and Princess George sont

A

a

MORLEY

with

·JIMMY··

DURANTE

Directed

by

∙W.S...

VAN

DYKE

ADDED ATTRACTIONS THE GRAND NATIONAL HEARST NEWS SCORES AGAIN ! **WILD and WOOLLY/

M-G-M's NEW SPORT SERIES

NEXT CHANGE

STRE FAFOWS.COMES

“LAN HAY Mu

· STEPHEN KING-HALE

The

MIDDLE WATCH

OWEN NARES JACQUELIN LOGAN

LUE! DODO WATTS DIRECTED

NORMAN WALKER

Under the direction of Albert de is now showing at the Queen's reigning in the colony whilst the worn from the pressure of thou- ones go off to be fitted for their cos Princess Royal The Duke of Glou- | A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURE -

Courville Welden was taking part

scene was furished.

overturned;

Theatre.

1

Into

The telephone rings again: Famous Flayers.

lean, harassed youth leaps forward Beyond is a large room where the at the sound and grips the edge of

the counter. Rating director functions. this inner sanction are admitted players whose names are famous

Here are held interviews and try

"No. There's nothing more to- day," says the clerk, hanging up the receiver. I'll call you later Bill, it anything turns up for to morrow.”

wheelbarrow and set of gardening tools, as the. Pripecss is going to have her own garden when she goes to live at Royal Lodge, Windsor Drent Park.

As soon as she got a chance Princess Elizabeth rushed into the grounds to the royal news to have her first ride on the birthday pony.

ean: produeshagsfors, the east of one to-day who can ar versciously, centicator, trannuiter, which

film is being shewa. The Cuban Love Song" 13

An Empire Film for Empire in a territe fight scene with Esmond

Tibbett Knight as his opponent. During the essentially a love story.

is seen as a swashbuckling marine Week, and a film, moreover, con- struggle tables were chairs were broken, and whiskey who, atubioned in Cuba, meats and sidered to be Britain's greatest

loves a little Cuban peanut soller: dramatic screen achievement. decanters, soda syphous and glasses

A war, duty, and fate ecmspire to

"Hindle Wakes has been pro- wero smashed against the wall. In

break a romance and kill a love that

duced as a stage play, a silent film, the excitement neither of the ac- tera realised that the floor was, as was really only a memory, & result, littored with broken glass Tibbett as the dare devil horo, and a "talkie, and it is as the players who are to sign contracts.

the

A MESSAGE TO MARS? Over and over they roiled, hitting, proves that in modern roles be is latter that it will go down in clutching, snarling, until finally the s colorful a figure as in costume annals: of: British drama as a dis- and uniform. His singing of "The

WIRELESS BEAM MAY DO IT. When they had time to compose Cuban Love Song," "The Halls of tinot success. The stage version tor of the day; he is only satisfied elderly, heavy father type of part

he has gathered together, að a′′ Cash

The development of a themasives, both actors found they Montezuma" and other musical inscald only produce a semblance of that a film will be success when and he is being misted from the the best talent that Britain stage and scroon where there is no had movere cuts. Welden's hands cidentals is superb; his acting is the outside scores, the silent screen

Hindle Wakes heing in a serious condition and gripping: Thon, too, there are the production could not produce the

be rightly interpret the hard, resolute, man ends wireless waves in a direct

boam, like a searchlight, as sug called a galaxy of stars, two of as he could. bleeding profusely. It was thought lighter moments, "na when Lupe sound effects and dialogue, but nt art what he would not be able Velez teaches him "The Peanut Hindle Wakes" as a "elkie, which are meteors of outstanding Bells Crystal is the hero of gosted to Mr. I. E. Mouromsteff, The Fiesta, with its helped by the now film technique of brilliance. I refer to Sybil the film. She is not well-known as research engineer of the Westing to go on at Wyndham's Theatro that Vander."

Dame Sybil Thorndyke, D.B.E., a future, for her portrayal of mer. Pittsburgh, Pa. that communica night, but finally the goctor agreed trouge Cuban orchestras, with the recording sound and spooch, has all Thorndyke and Norman MaKinnel an actress but undoubtedly she has house Electric Company, East wich, him do so, and Wolden ap- hery Lupe doing the Rumlin, and that the two previous versitas lock LLAD is considered the greatest ing and tense drama is magnificent, tion with Mars might now be pos Details received in London show poared on the stage with both bands the wealth of color that is Havana's ed, and the film therefore lives, and tragedienne that the British stage Edmund Gewan, playing the part sible

will live, as an intriguing and any has produced since Mrs. Sid of her father, gives his usual splen-

dona. On the production of St. did performance. This actor is that the new transmitter, W8X1, on craplately covered with bandages. Are specially interesting.

* W. Si Van Dyke, of "Trader powerful production: a production Joan" in 1964. Bernard Shaw, in draw in any production, and he is the top of the research building at It was weeks before his wounds Hora fame, directed the picture, that is a step in the right direo a public speech, stated that the said to be the most reliable artiste East Pittsburgh, where many fa by the brilliant parformance of roles, which are miner ones com ducted employs a vary small aerial Little things like that are all in and injected many deft hamar tion towards making the British success of the play was enhanced on the British stage. The other mous experiments have been con touches into a drama of love and film industry, as yet in its infancy, Sybil Thorndyke s the maid pared with the four foregoing, are placed in front of a motal parabo-

se great and as powerful pa indus Joan." Dame Sybil is at her extremely well played and help fic mirror.

best in tragic drama, and in greatly towards the success of the Mr. Mouromsteff skys: "Its is Comedy is taken cara ol by try as it is in any other country Hindle Wales" she has a part fim as a whole. I have written at conceivable that the power we have Ernest Torrence and Jimmy DurThe majority of the people viewing admirably suited to her special length on this powerful film drams succeeded in getting into our 42 ante, a Tibbett's two fighting the film know the story of Sydney powers. She gives a perfect in order to prove that Hindle centimeter ben sufficient to

companions, and Laiss Karen Morley as the girl marine

Norman McKin Wakes,as well as being a moving pierce the Heaviside layer and Fazenda scores as Elvira, who Houghton's play, but a treat ins; the other super-star in Hindle and tragic story, is also a film con travel the 35,000,000 miles to at home" plays the role with an

becomes Jimmy's devoted but heli-store for the audience in the superb Wakes died recently. His part in taining incident and action clever Mar aristocratic dignity a

Until recently it was thought im The musical sore by Herbert gereat spouse,

acting of the entire cast, Victor this film was one of the last he un-ly handled by the best acting talent Stothart, and songs by Stothart,

Lupe Velez, the fiery little Baville, who directed" Hindie dertook in films or upon the stage, of the day. I feel that local critics possible for wireless waves to be although he had been cast to play and the public generally will leave trate the Heaviside layer, but Dorothy Fields and James McHugh

(incidentally be also the King In Mr. C. B. Cochrane'a the King's Theatre voting that Marconi hashown that ultra add great charm to the production, Cuban charmer, has a rate such as Wakes" and the fiesta in it-tropical gar she has not bad in a long time, directed "A Warm Corner has revival of The Miracis now Hindle Wakow is the finest short-waves can be directed up running at home. Norman Mokin dramatic film shown in Hong Kongwards, through the Heaviside layer den, the vivid episodes at sea, and and her captivating.

mto space and are never heard of the battle sequences are staged on piquant charm, and clover dancing the reputation in Almeirstes e nel had the Art of the noter in his since the advent of the talkies. WM (Continued on previous olema, being the most painstaking direo vary being and specialised in Les

healed a

the life of a film actor.

in the Cuban episodes are outstand

ing,

Lupe Valez Delightful.

manner,

performance.

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 AND 9.201

"ALMOST

A

HONEYMOON?

with

Clifford Mollison

Tiger Rose

3.1. WASHA, Comes - Wichoris,

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