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CENTRAL THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30

THE GREATEST CHINESE TRIUMPH ON THE SCREEN

HUMANITY

WITH THE GREAT SHENSI FAMINE OF 1980 AS BACKGROUNDS NEXT CHANGE.

THE LATEST CHINESE TALKING SUPER FEATURE

CHAN YU MUI

J

IN

"MISS YUN LAN"

SHOWING "SOON

SINCLAIR LEWIS'S GREATEST NOVEL BECOMES

SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S GREATEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

RONALD COLMAN.

ARROWSMITH"

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

with HELEN HAYES

ALSO

A DRAMATIC STORY OF A WOMAN'S LOVE & REDEMPTION EVELYN BRENT & ROBERT AMES

IN

"MADONNA OF THE STREETS"

Conchita Montenegrò brings the stinging

JOAN CRAWFORD IN 'POSSESSED."

GIRL WHO FIGHTS FOR RICHES.

A trade police states :--- The attraction at the. Qugen'à Theatre starting from Sunday is Possessed," in which Joan Craw. ford and Clark Gable "have" uze leading rôles. This picture, whien was adapted from the Edgar Selwyn stage success, "The Mir nge is believed to be Miss Cynw ford's most ambitious effort in the straight dramatic fold.

well

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932.

LAST TWO DAYS AT 230, 0.10,

7.18 & 9.80 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

He Saves the Day for

His Friends ...

But He Saves the

Night for His Senoritas! „

The Romeo of Mexico, the Robin Hood of the Blo Grande. In a story loaded to the guns with double-barreled action!

The Gay

FOX

PICTURE

Caballero

DRAMATIC DUEL IN "THE FLYING FOOL.'

EXCITING FILM AT THE

QUEEN'S.

A trade hotice states:- Michael Marlow, the head of geag of crooks, made a mistake when he murdered al'detective from "Pinkerton's Agency, U.S.A., and when ho underrated young Vincent Floyd's skill and daring he made a bigger one.

There was only one course left for him to take-Floyd must disappear.

Marlow forms a plot to lure Floyd aerosa the Channel, where he drugs

with

GEORGE

O'BRIEN

VICTOR

McLAGLEN

CONCHITA.

MONTENEGRO

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE

TEL. 25818

-NEXT CHANGE-

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

Central.

HONG KONG.

"Hurunniby "

Queen's.

SUNDAY, 12th JUNE

The Flying Fool."

SYLVIA

King's.

SIDNEY

World.

CHESTER

MORRIS

IRVING PIOHEL JOHN WRAY ROBERT DOOSAN

HOBART BOSWORTH

THE

牌

MIRACLE MAN

a Gaumont T

Lloyd Hughes Boris Karloff and TO-DAY'S WIRELESS Nod Sparks.

Bosworth, only two years older. than Power, net the late actor in p 1880 and in 1885 the two joined the' historic Augustia Daly bompany in 1 New York, where for five years they shared, the same dressing room. They appeared together in many plays.

1)

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W ON 355 METRES.

1 to 11.30 am.-Stock quotations. 11.30 .m.-Chinese programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programme of

Columbia records.

1 pm Local time and wencher

report.

The present part marks the third time in their carners that Bosworthį replaced Power in a role. The first occasion was in 1001 when Besworth was called in, by the illnews pija Power, to play the charneler lead with Mrs. Finke in Vanity Fair." after Power had carried the role several weeks. Again in 1902, Bos-7.03 to 7.43 p.m.- worth appeared opposite

Mrs.

1.30 pm-Rugby Fress news, mail 2, p.m. Close down.

notion, etc.

season,

him preparatory to finging him in Viake in Mary Magdalene" dur the Seine. He flies back to Enging that plays second land with Murella, Floyd's fiancee,

Power having had the part the whom he has enticed to marry him, frst year. and who demands on landing to he In 1915, Bosworth, then starring shown then and there over the uero- Wallace Ford, New York stage drome. Marlow has no choice but to enter motion pictures and was in motion pictures, induced Power player: Skeets Gallagher, known talkie comedian: Frank to comply with her request, Whilst responsible for his securing his first Conroy, Marjorie White, Joha Mil-in the control tower he hears screen role. Power played in jan and Clara Blandick are im

Floyd's voice over the wireless ask-number of productions at the time ing cast.

ing for directions to land. Realis

and then returned to the stage. ing his plans have gone, astray be makes a futile attempt to destroy his opponent by tampering with the controls but the game is up.

rhythm of her native Spain The Gay portant members of the support

Caballers," For picture, in which she shares honora with Georgs O'Brian, IPA

'THE GAY

CABALLERO.”

OUTDOOR ROMANCE AT THE KING'S.

A trade notice states:--

Clarence Brown Directs,

The picture was directed by Clarence Brown, who was respon sible for the success of most of Greta Garbo's films and who re cently scored with Norma Shearer's "A Free Soul."

fe leaps into his Bentley which is waiting in the grounds of the The plot of "Possessed" con berodrome purposing to make for corne a factory girl who longs for the coast from whence he can cross wealth and admiration and funds to France. Floyd, as soon as he both in her association with. Clark Gable, only to give them up in his plane. Marlow, thundering land, realises this, and gives chase when she learne that she is stand along the Dover Road, catches sight

success.

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"The Miracle Man' one of the

major cinematic productions of the year, come to the King's theatre on next Sunday.

to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme.

的 10.30 p.m.-European pro-

gramme, of Columbia records.

7 p.m.-Stock quotations, mail no-

tica, etc.

Operazic.

Orchestral Gotterdammerung- Song of the Rhino Daughters " (Wagner).-Sir Henry J. Wood conducting the Now Queen's Hall Light Orchestra.-L1993. Song La Tosen-Visai D'Arte "

(Puccini).

Song- Cavalleria Rusticana

Voi Lo Supeto (Mascagni).-— Eva Turner (Soprano).~12118. Orchestral The Magic Flute Oversure" (Mozart). Şir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Symphony Orchestra,← LIOGR Trio-"Rigoletto — Prelude and Duke's. Song" (Verdi).-Maria Gentile. Alessandro Granda and Carlo Galeff. '

(Continued on next colum.)

い

Film Stars In The Making.

The arrival of George O'Brien's latest Fox production, The Gay Caballero," which showing to-day at the King's Theatre, leaves no doubt of the increasing popular appeal of

The reception luxury-a private car temporarily romanco. aucorded this enga of the modern in the railroad yards: her quarre, the car leaps over the top, to crash

with her home-town swart-heart; her shore below.

in a socthing mass of flames on the frat meeting with Clark Gable; the discovery that Gable's friends won't

ing in the way of his political of the plane and it dawn on him BRITIsh_studio_OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS.

Highlights of the story are Miss that all is lost. As they are near- Crawford's impassioned outburst ining the Channel, to avoid a crash the box factory to the affect that with two other cars. Marlow turne poor wives are nothing but unpaid up a sido road which raps atraight servants; her first glimpse

of up over the cliff's edge. He jams

on the brakes, but it is too late

outdoor

West by the first audiences sende it off to a fine start.

In this offering, which is the

screen version of Tom Gill's recent novel of present-day harder life, The Gay Bandit of the Border," Alfred Worker, the director, neome to have forgotten all the hindering rules of theatre and the stage for the more flexible and direct method of telling the story with the camera. Thus we have the pure flow af action that characterized the novel, the twang and zest of which rocreated so vividly the colourful West of to-day.

bring their wives to her parties: her disillusionment anent at the lack of the power of wealth alone to make one happy..

Powerful Olmax Scene.

in the scene in which Miss Craw

The plot also reaches high points ford learns that she stands in thei way of Gable's political aspiratione: her heroic attempt to cut herself from Gable's life by accepting the marriage proposal of a man whom she does not love; and the climax

who have

Prominent artists, already entered into contracts for intending productions, include Mr. Jack Hulbert, Misy Cicely Court neidge, Mr. Gordon Harker, Mr. John Staart, Miss Belle Chrystall,

A Scholarship and apprenticeship work. scheme for training future film stars and directore is indicated in the formal announcement of the plans "Wallace Geoffrey and Henry Ken-of the Gaumont-British Picture dall, who play the parts of Marlow Company in regard to their vast and Floyd respectively, in. "The Flying Fool" showing now at the now studio at Shepherd's Bush. Queen's Theatre, provide unfor- Under the apprenticeship plan | Miss Rezote Muller, Mr. Fred Kerr gettable thrills in their dramatic 20 young men are receiving inten duel which forms the main theme of

sive training, and 12 girls are be this film.

ing taught all the essentials of film acting under the scholarship chemie.

“THE MIRACLE MAN."

£1,000,000. Programme.

The cost of the now building and its equipment is £230,000, und a

The drama denis with the career scene in which she makes a dramSTORY OF A FAITH HEALER £1,000,000 programme has been ar

of college gudants who leaves gridiron honours for the more spirit ed life of the West. He finds, upon arriving, that his inheritance, from his father consista wholly of a bitter fight with a powerful Mexican Inndlord, which fact is immeasurably fightened when he discovers that the nicuo of this man is it particularly charming and fery young Spanish girl.

tic speech at-a-political-onvention

A further attraction of "Pas- Bossed" is the singing on the part of Miss Crawford of "How Long Will It Last?" written by Max Lief and Joe Meyer.

A trade notico states:

"ranged"

Control will be centralised and directly in charge of both the Bhen Hobart Bosworth, life-long friend herd's Bush studio, and the wurb. of the late Tyrone Power, succeed

and Mr. Sonnie Hale.

Included in the writers whoss

work will in all probability be film. ed are Mr. J. B. Priestley, Mr. H; M. Harwood, Mr. Hugh Wal- pola, Mr. A. P. Herbert and Miss Clemenco Dane.

"The Good Dompanions."

The total programme for the year will be between 30 and 40 pictures. It will include "Die Fledermaus (directed by William Thiale) and

The Gay Caballovo."

Humanity,"

KOWLOON.

Star.

The Easiest Way."

Contral,

COMING.

Miss Yun Lan"

* Arrowsmith.**

"Madonna of the Streets."

Quoon's.

"Postossed."

King's.

Sho's My Weakness."

Tell England."

The Miracle Man,"

"Heartbreak."

* Dapeers in the Dark." "Good Sport,"

World.

Btar.

Story of Kiangtan ”

(Part 2).

(Chinese film).

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." "Iron Marks."

"Escape."

"Recaptured Love"

Behind Office Doors,"

Quartetto Rigoletto- Fairest Daughter of the Gracea (Verdi)-Maria Gentile, Ebe Stignani, Alessandro Granda and Carlo Grleff-L2310. Orchestral "Die Meistersinger " -Overtare. (Wagner). Bruno Walter and Symphony Orches. tra-DX88;

8 p.m.-Local time and weather.

port.

145 to 8.10 p.m.-

Vocal G'ams.

ro.

Veronique (Messager-Eldeo)- Columbia Light Opera Co- DX303.

"Lee Cloches de Corneville " (Planquette).Columbia Light Opera Co-DX238.

3.10 to 8.46 p.m.-

Orchestral,

"Egment" Overture (Bect

hoven-Willem Mengelberg and his Concertgebouw Orchestra.- LX161.

The Music of the Spheres (Josef Strauss).-Felix Wein- gartner and the Royal Phil- harmonic Orchestra. -LX 40. "Anacreon-Overture (Cheru- bini)-Willem Mengelberg and his Concertgebouw Orchestra.- L1972/L1973.

6.46 to 9.27 p..~

A Concart,"

Violin Solo-Waltz in A Major"

(Brahms, arr: Hochstein). Violin Solo-"Air on G String " (Bach)-Bronislaw Huberman,

---LX107.

QUEENS THEATRE

The Air Is Always Coof and Fresh 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

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES LTD

PRESENT

THE

FLYING FOOL

BENITA HUME HENRY KENDALL URSULA JEANS.

WALLACE- GEOFFREY.

UNDIRECTED BY MALTEKTURNOZA

See THE GRAND NATIONAL

In its Every Detail and from Every Angle in the British PATHE Gazette'

NEXT CHANGE

לן

IS LOVE

A... CRIME?

"Socisty Songht to destroy them Because of it! Beautiful

JOAN

Mezo

RAWFORD

In

CLARENCE BROWN'B Soul-drama, di

POSSESSED

Kissed by the screen's most fascinating man CLARK

Song- The Songs My Mother

Sang" (arr. Grimshaw). Sang-"The Kerry Dance" (Mol-

ley)-Doris Vane (Soprano)? DX157.

Piano Solo Ballade No. 1 in G Minor" (Chopin)-Robert Casa- desus.--9009,

GABLE

with Wallace Ford Skeets Gallagher

STAR!

Song "The Mountainn of TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. Mourne" (arr. Houston Colli- AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20-

son)--Edgar Coyle (Baritone).

--300ER

Verum "

'Collo Bolo- "Ave

(Mozart, arr. Squire). 'Cello Solo Sarabande" (Bul-

zar).-W.H. Squire.-L2936

8.27 to 10.03 p.m.-

Variety.

Orchestral "Daly's Theatre Waltz Memories Charles Pentrice and his Orchestra.---. DX318. Humorous Monologue-"Old Sam -One Each a Pioce All Round" -Stanley Holloway. DI21. Organ Solo-"The Vision of Fuji- San"-Reginald Foort.-DX3ię.

Gems- Helen"-Colum bia Light Opera Co-DX331. Orchestral — “What's Next?

Herman Tinck and his Orches tra,-DX304.

Vocal

Song "A Fine Old English Gentleman." Harry Dearth (Baritone).-DX30.

el to the title role in Paramount's sidiary Gainsborough Company's talking production of "The Miracle studio at Islington will be a com." The Good Companions." Mt. 10.03 to 10.30 p.m.--"Suite No. Man" left vacant by the recent bined executive controlled by Mr. death of Power.

Selected because in age, stature Michael Balcon." Victor McLaglon, as O'Brien's and general appearance he striking- friend: Conchitu Montenegro as they resembles Power, Bosworth will

bring pence between the Luations and happiness for the lovers.

When complated, the Gaumont

Priestley is also to write an entire ly original subject for filming.

Films are also to be produced jointly by the Gaumont Corpora- tion and the Uta Company. Work

The romanec which immediately develops motivates the plot which moves swifty through intrique to giri C. Henry Gordon, as the Menact the famous rule of the Patrl Company claim that their Sho oper conflict, before the effort of Lavlen's Don: Linda Watkins garch, faith healer, as a member of pherd's Bush laboratories will be as the young man combined with McLaulen's faithfully sweetheart; all-star Cust including Sylvia all other, European laboratories on the first of the English versions thong of the Coyote mysterious-and Weldon Heyburg, my O'Brien's Bidney, Chester Morris, Irving Robin Hood of the burder-finally rival, are the principal players in Pichol, John Wray, Robert Coon, combined. Already they are deal of a Ufa superproduction is already 1, Wontinued at foot of next column.] the large cast.

(Continued on next colums.) ing with 2,000,000 feet of film per in progress in Berling

in B Minor for Flutes and Strings" (Bach)-Willem Men- gelborg and his Concertgebouw "Orchestra.-LX134/LX138. 10.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press 10.38 .m-Cloto down

news.

Constance BENNETT in. "THE EASIEST WAY"

- STARTS SUNDAY SIR GERALD DU MAURIER

in

"ESCAPE"

From JOHN

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programmes are supplied by Mears. Anderson Music Co.

Amazing Human

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