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CENTRAL THEATRE

25720

SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 230; 5.15; 7.16 & 9.30

THE GREATEST CHINESE SOUND ON FILM TALKING COMEDY EVER PRODUCED. WITH ENGLISH TITLES

(

BUTTERFLY WU

“HAPPY

IN

STARS”

-COMMENCING SUNDAY

A HEART-STIERING DRAMA OF THE FOLLIES OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE GREAT FAMINE OF 1930 IN SHENSI

RAYMOND

IN

'KING

HUMANITY

AN OUTSTANDING CHINESE FILM PRODUCED

THE UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE

SHOWING SOON

BY

ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE

THE LATEST 1932 UNITED

SAMUEL GODVYN

RONALD COLMAN...

ARROWSMITH”

UNITED ARTISTS ...

PICTURE

with HELEN HAYES

"COMING! COMING! HOWARD HUGHES

PRESENTS

AIR

COCK OF THE

CHESTER MORRIS

'GIRLS ABOUT TOWN."

A trade notion states:- Comedy-sparkling, sends of it-and drama, romanco, pathos are the elements whigh get a thorough workout in the hands of a very capable and very large cast of stage and screen favourites in Girls About Town," Paramount's Tavish and brilliant talkie which comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday next.

NITED ARASTS PICTURE

TWO STARS SCORE.

SHEARER & MONTGOMERY SUPERB IN PRIVATE LIVES."

A tride notice states:-- In Private Lives" which is now screening at the Queen's Theatre,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1, 1932.

SHOWING TO-DAY

· AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & $.80 P.M.

AINGS THEATRE

You can get away with anything

If your family's in the social swim, says this pretty soolal' secretary,

CLAUDETTE COLBER T

and

My job as

surs allours! ma to know society I from the Sulvis insidy it in

an awful scrape and I must/ hell

Herbert Marshall in

SECRETS

wealth man

OF A

SECRETARY

are

millions

always

22 TH

a.

Garamining Pictur

ROYAL BED" AT QUEEN'S THEATRE.

LOWELL SHERMAN IN FINE

PICTURE ROLE.

A trade notita informs us; — Had all the authors in Ameries deliberately conspired to write a

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE TEL, 25818

NEXT CHANGE * SUNDAY, 3th. JUNE

They LOVE. to make. you LAUGHI

GIRLS

ABOUT

TOWN

A Garcimount Picture

with

Kay Francis Joel McCrea Lilyan Tashman.

MOVIE NEWS

THE ARCTIC ON THE SCREEN

STORY OF SPLENDID BRITISH FEAT.

20% f...

LONDON, May 4, about a production that records " Northern Lights," which begins all the more brilliantly because play for Lowell Sherman, accoa run as the Plaza Theatre brings there is no faking-one of the fleest ing to Alan Rosco, character, to the screen the heroic story of the jaad least pretentious feats in the netor, they could not have produced Watkins Expedition to Greenland glerious story of British explora Norma Shenrer and Robert Mont-n more appropriate one than Radio and the rescue of Mr. Augustinetion. gomery exhibit a multitude of rea- | Pictures" " The Royal Bed," adapt | Courtauld. cons why married folk should scrap.od. From Robert E. Sherwood's stagg

It

The most important, perhaps, is the bliss of making ap. The next The story is an original by Zoo important is that they may get Akine, the woman novelist and divorced and then appreciate just play-wright who has achieved glory how much they really love each in a few years in the held of letters other. and of the stage and screen, with This filming of the Noel Coward such opi as the scenarida of Saran tage success, is by far the breeziest

Son"

"Anybody's and most delightful offering the und and Woman and the stage original, sureen has given us this season.

Word For is breath-taking in racy tempo and The Greeks Hand a

moves to a hysterical climax of It."

The Americans have a word for the fleet wings of sparkling dialogue and zestful plot that packs wha: the central characters of

laughs in every flicker. It is "Girls About Town do. "gold-digging." Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman play these parts as invoperate brunette and blond 'dar- xlers who pray upon the easy spendera who come to the big city for business and pleasure.

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Eugene Palletto is one of these

gold-encrusted

and

which are both humerous and dra-

Glenson,

matie in their affect: Pallette wife, Lucile Wabiter arrives on the scene; Kay in dis-

Both Stars at Their Best.

As Amanda, the wife who dis- eprds her husband fog another, more for apite than anything else, Miss Shearer achieves the finest portrayal

|

Mr. Watkins, who WAE with

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TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG

King's

Secrets of a Secretary,"

Central.

“Happy Stars."'-

Queen's,

Private Lives.".

World.

Star,

King's

Midnight Thin

Chinese picture.

· KOWLOON,.

A Man's Man,"

COMING.

Girla About Town."

"Danotrs in the Dark."

Dentral.

"Humanity."

Arrowsmith."

Cock of the Aig.”

Queen's.

"Royal" Bed,"

"No Lady."

World.

Stat.

Flying Fool."

Tell England.”

"Story of Kiangtan "

(Part 2).

"Humanity"

(Chinese Alx).

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."

"Danger Lights"

"To Oblige a Lady.”

"Thunder."

Easiest Way."

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY .Z.B.W ON 365 METRES.

1 to 11:30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 a.m.-Chinese recorded pro-

gramme.

OLEEN TIRES

The Air is Always. Cool' and Fresh No Circulation of Old Air, but Natural Ventilation. Comfortable, Healthy, and Safe.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Ar 2.80, 5.10, 7,15 AND 9,20

BSIHARUK

Come with these two popular stars and see with the help of the brilliant playwright Noel Coward, what takes place behind the

drawn curtains of

#ZOZHUOMERY

PRIVATE

LIVES

From NOEL COWARD'S great - Broadway success with Regi- nald Denny, Jean Hersholt and Una Merkel ADDED ATTRACTION M.G.M's COLORTONA RAYDE

12.30 p.m.-Europenu, progran.me of | "GEOGRAPHY LESSONS"

Victor and H.M.V. records. p.m.-Local time and weather

report,

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, mail

noties, ste.

2 p.m.-Close down,

5 to 7 pm.Chinese programme,

to 10.30. p.m.-European pro-

gramme.

7 p.m.-Mail notice, etc...

7.03 to 7.17 p.m.-Sakuntala "— Overture (Goldmark),- Victor Symphony Orchestru, — 22535/ $2330.

Varloty.

It is a Alm that no one should Mr. Cozens, · Mr. J. R. Rymill, 8 panoen tiene and weather The Quren's Husband," miss. - There are glorious views of Mr. Courtauld, and Mr. AL

report. dre Friday at the Queen's Theatre. | Arctic sen and coast, with ice floesfred Stephenson, all of whom 7.17 to 8.08 p.m.--

"It presents another sidy" of and incuntains mirrored in the played prominent part in Sherman's talent, hitherto undis clear blue water; you see members the expedition," said that he hopes closed on the screen," says Roscoe. of the expedition practising sealing to leave on his Antarctic Expedi

"In He Knew Women," Sher (on which their lives depended)"inftion in October. One of his main man was a bit as a suave, polished their frail kayaks; and there are objects will be to complete the task man who knew his woreen and pro-vivid "shots" of a bear lumbering which Shackleton set himself, and fited thereby 1

with

up to look at the camera, huskies trace the southern extension of the In Lawful Larceny* hauling "sledges, and other pictures Andes, besides settling the question Debo Daniels, he was a polished, que aspects of life in the Arctic. whether there is one great Antare elever and rather fascinating thief! "Northern Lights," as Mr. H. G. tie and mass or two, It will first!

In The Pay Off! he was a Walkins said at the private screen- be necessary to send a member of brilliant, callured gang leader. ing was photographed as a spare the party to procure sledge doga But in The Royal Bed he is time job by Kh-Lt. Cozens, with from Greenland, for po other dogy, humanized, possessed of the or- a camera tant cost only £100. Mr. except perhaps those from Baffin dinary human heart." He portrays Cozens himself way equally modest Land, are, so hardy and saduring.

lovabla, king of a mythical king- dom, a benpecked husband of a dominering Queen.

•

When the kingdom is threaten- ed by revolution, and the heart of his daughter, whom he adores, is to be bestowed on

diasolute Prince, the worm turns

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1

anu

SECRETS OF A

SECRETARY."

A trade notice. states:- A night club without gangsters Sherman becomes a man of sparks the achievement of George Ab-

r

"Desmond

who had been sitting calmly all this while as the various tables.

But George Abbott, who, like mont New Yorkers, has been in enough night clubs to know what the average one looks like, has changed all this, There is a 80-

Many of those who have visited of a night club. Abbott ordered

The

Vocal Duet Katie, Keep Your Fect on the Ground."-Aileeu Stanley and Billy-Murray. Vocal Duet Oh Baby What a Night."Billy Murray and Walter Scanlon,-29040. Chorus Hallelujah "The Re.

vellers,

מנין

Vocal Dunt" Sometimes

Happy. Louise Groody and Charles King.--20009. Organ Solo-Where the Shy

Little Violets "Grow." Organ Solo Whon Summer is Cone."-Jesse Cranford-21976. Song "Wait Til You See Ma

Cherie.'"

Song-Louise."-Maurice Che-

valier (Baritone),~~21918. Chorus Valencia." Chorus The Blue Room."

The Revellers."~~20084. " Organ Solo Why Can't You ?? Organ Solo- Little Pal

Jesse Crawford.-21001. Song- Dream Mother.". Song A Garden in the Rain.!! -Gene Austin (Tenor).-1915. 8.08 to 8.5 p.m.

Operatic.

Song" Walkure. Brummhilde'a

Battle Cry" (Wagner).

·Song--" Walkure Brunnhilde's Appeal to Wotan" (Wagner); -Maria Jeritza (Boprano).-

I fure we have befield since the

advent of talkies. She has always industrialist, shown considerable promise along laden with laere, who harges into these lines but the present, vehicle the big town and runs against the proves beyond all conjecture her sirruasque wilchery of Kay and adriolness in this type of role.

ing repartee, sophistication and bott, director of "Secrets of "quence ja "Secrets of a Secretary,” Lilyan. Palletto has brought with Montgomery, as Elyol, who also vitrolic wit His role embraces Secretary" which is now showing a play about New York society him Joel McCres, young

weds, again, only to repent with very artistic talent he possesses at the King's Theatre to-day. - people, which calls for an interior good-looking member of his firm.

cut much leisure, is splendid and in ona delightful story!" Kay deeply in love with him. matches her skill with a cyclonic The Royal Bed." includes in New York and have been taken to a real one constructed on the set Lilyan gets to work on the doughtly performance, Reginald Denny, Units east Mary Actor, Naner O'Neil, night clubs or speakeasies have ex. at Paramount's New York studio. Pallette, and falle deeply in love Merkel.

Jean Fersholt, and Hugh Wrovor. Anthony Busbell, pressed disappointment upon fnde. The resultant reality of action is Complications arise Goongs Davis round out the brilRobert" Warwick, Alan his dough.

to be won on the surcon.

·Roscor,! ing that the night rondezvous wAS fiant cast asembled by Metro-Gilbert Emery, Frederick Durk not what they expected it to do. i

principals in the play-Claudette Goldwyn-Mayer for this priceless Carroll Nail und

-7905;-- The trouble of course was the old Colbert, Girger Mutaxa, Hugh production. If this doesn't get the Roberts. laughs, then there isn't any use'

movie method of making a night, O'Connell and Betty Garde-dance eluh look like a sumptuous gilded on a foor that is so-orowded that trying in these depressive days.

"pulace of sky-scraper proportions dancing is virtually impossible, a situation which is characteristic of Į with... · regiments of bouncing cho-

most New York wine-and-dine" rines, glass floors and golden- framed mirrors for walls. There joints. was always a little secret office in night club, where the and fluidity of action that the stage almost unto the death in the most fendish villain held his court be could not attempt. Not the least hilarious we have witnessed in tween times of performing as mas of the surprises that come in the long, long time. If at times it unreeling is the revelation of Miss stems to approach the slapstick itter of ceremonies, Shootings, stab Shearer's lovely singing voice. She is only because Miss Shearer and bings and rough-house-brawis never sings one song number Bome, Day Montgomery had to exert every failed to take place amid the wails I'll Find You with an appealing phynient monas, to further the swift and scampering scared and dis

traught members of the upper crust Continued at foot of next column.) ' paco they started.

covered to have a husband-skeleton i in the clonot; McCrea learns of the girls trickery. But it all

Comes

out to a happy and perens finish, in which no one gets hurt,

Others who contribute to the gen- themeral interest: of this swiftly-paved and witty production are Allan Dinehart, Robert McWade, Judith Wood, George Barbier, Lucille Browno, Adrienne Ames, Anderson Lawler, Claire Dood, Patrica Caron and Louiso Deavers.

Film Claverly Directed.

Sidney Franklin directed the pic- taru with a conscientious cyo on-the

charm.

From start to finish the picture original stage play and managedia either a fight or a kiss and the

to endow his screen version with climax where the elopera battle such

a great wenith of pictorial beauty

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1

The chorus of this place is com- posed of eight and an "additional specialty dancer who doubles in a Nong. The master of ceremonics is a sane, wise-cracking young fellow who doesn't look ho's about to order the orchestra to blare kunder bo- cause he expecta a shooting the whole place.

In short, there isn't gangster in

Band Aida-Introduction and

Moorish Ballot" (Verdi). Band Aida-Grand March and Finnlo" (Verdi). Creatoro's Brad-C1339. Song-L'Africana-Lead Me To ward the Vessel " (Moyerbeer), -Enrico Caruso (Tosor)-7156 8.38 to 9.15 p.m.--

A Concert,

Piano Solo-"Impromptu in "A]

Flat (Chopin)

Piano

Bolo-" Fantaisie

promptu (Chopin)

Scharror.D1087.

I'm: Trend

(Uintinued on Fage 12.) -

The Sensational Horse PHAR LAP

in Latest Hearst Newsreel

-NEXT CHANGE

LOWELL SHERMAN

MARY ASTOR

IN

THE

OYAL ABED

STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

BILL BAINES comes through again with a per fect pisters enter. talament i

JAMES CRUZE production

| William

Laughe

Haines

with

Josephine Dunn Mae Busch

A MANS

MAN Cetion