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CENTRAL THEATRE

The Best Natural-Ventilated Theatre in the Colony. that has the Greatest Number of Windows and Electrle Fans, Being Equipped with the Most High-Priced and Clearest Sound Equipment Available, & with Lifts always Operating for the Convenience of the Dress Cirole, Back Stall, and Upper Cirole Patrons

SHOWING ↑ TO-DAY

at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30

THE GREATEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION

OF THE YEAR

EVERY SENSATION KNOWN TO

MAN EXCEPT THE LOVE OF WOMAN!

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1932.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 6.10, *7.18-4-9.30 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

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AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25813

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

TO-DAY

From the Woman's Angle:

is her life justified? Mon condemn her!

RUTHA CHATTERTON

THE MAGNIFICENT

▲ Paramount "

Picturs

ADDED ATTRACTION

TO BOTH PARAMOUNT PICTURES

BETH BERI

DANSEUSE

MISS BORI WILL APPEAR WITH THE USUAL PICTURE

PROGRAMME AT 5.10, 715 AND 9.30 P.M. ONLY

PRICES AS USUAL

BOOKING NOW OPEN

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WEDNESDAY

He loves where

the lovin' is best!

Strangers

盅

in Love

a Paramount Picture

wit's

FREDRIC MARCH,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

Central.

HONG KONG.

Frankenstein.

Queen's.

"On Approval,"

King's. "

World.

Star.

The Magnificent Lie,"

And Bath Beri, Danseuse,

Shipmates,"

KOWLOON.

Parlour Bedroom and Bath."

COMING.

"Suicide Fleet."

Central.

Queen's.

"Skin Doop."

Dumbella in Ermine." Long Tak Sam. "Tell England." King's,

"Strangers, in Love."

Dancers in the Dark."" The Silent Witness."

KAY FRANCIS

Stuart Irwin

Juliette Compton

Po-morrow and To-morrow,"

World.

Tailor Made Mon."

Star.

"Great Medow,"

Mon Call It Love."" "Ita A Wiso Child."

QUEENT TEARE

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20 ALL TALKING PICTURE OF FREDERICK' LONSDALE'S COMEDY

"ON

APPROVAL"

Starring TOM WALLS

Yvonne Arnaud Edmond Breon

Winifred Shotter

A

BRITISH & DOMINIONS

Production

Also

Showing

GAUMONT SUPERSOUND

NEWS

TO-MORROW A Double Attraction

Warner Bros.

FRANKENSTEIN

-- THE MAN WHO MADE A MONSTER

And he lived in misery and died in shame...a fiend or friend or fabled monster?...or a soulless wretch with mechanical brain? ...hunted by a thousand men.... the only thing he feared was fire! .... a man-made monster with the strength of a dozen men, he made,no concession to life ar love! A UNIVERSAL SUPER ATTRACTION PRESENTED BY (ARL LAEMMLE

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WIN GORIN CLIVE, MAE CLAFEN, JOHN BOLES BORN KARLOFT, Dwini Pays, Ldward Van Slow, Friketa Kary, Based upon it Mary Wpilleromet zalı Shelley Bay,

Adaped by John L. Baldamin

Irom play by Pussy Webling Predand by Cat Lavašo, J. Dawned by JAMES WHALL

ATTRACTIONS

"STRANGE AS IT SEEMS”

(Novelty all in Color)

'HELLO, NAPOLEON"

(Universal Comedy in. 2 Reels)

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SUICIDE

CLEET

THE NAVY'S

BIG PARADE

with BILL BOYD, ROBERT ARMSTRONG,

JAMES GLEASON & GINGER ROGEKS.

COMING

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-ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE

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FRANKENSTEIN.”

A REAL THRILLER AT THE CENTRAL THEATRE.

"Frankenstein" is a hair raising picture, and because it is such a thriller it is attructing crowded houses to the Central Theatre, where it is having a very successful run. Cinema fans have had so much of

In this picture Coli Cli 1. Frankenstein, plays the part of an ardent young scientist whe, with bis devoted assistant, a dwarf."sets about to create human life through.

"THE MAGNIFICENT

LIE."

کرو

AN ENTHUSIAST'S OPINION.

trale nosive states:

deepest emotions of an audience has superb ability to touch the brought Ruth Chattertou her present popularity. Her characterizations, are vivid, sincere; she sweeps people with her through rodose and high drama with compelling realism.

GOSSIP

BEX

'The Middle Watch"

FACT.

George Robiry, Harry Green," Union Theatres Feature Exchange and Owen Mars figure in new pic- Jessie Matthows, Renate Muller have announced their intention of

Add to the unequalled Chatterton the love story (has a change likeability a story that thounds in re-issuing in Australia Theres which Edeal Films are to pro-

dramatic power,, filled with tense Middle Watch" of the lm the! duco. this, once in a way, is wekame. situations, with a depth of feeling sydney Morning Herald Baid The Good Companions" is one that brings a catch to the throat The Middla Watch' does of the most impurtant of these, and and you have-the-elements of Bush not suffer by comparison with among other subjects. Albert "de Chatterton's new drama, Magnificet Lie," which is now alking screen.'

The contemporary productions of the Courville will direct Thers Cibes and exhibitors are the Bride." George Robby is 10 showing at the King's Theatre hurrying to cash in on the remark- appear with Renate Muller, There are sobs in "The Magnificent able popularity of this film by ar- William Thiele's Marry Me." Lie." There are laugle as well. the use of various electrical devices Aud, more than anything, there is Bitter Tao."

ranging for return engagements. which he has perfected. An ahan-dramatic motion. intensifed by doned watch tower serves as hiscensional flashes of humor." laboratory and here he and his

asistant attach together a human body parts of which they have stare bly collected from various

Sources.

Undistinguished.

in

Anna May Wong has a big part **The Wise Sex " has been in "The Bittur. Ten of General adapted from n play by Clyde Fitch The Actors.

Yen,though how it can be bitter which originally bore the banal efficiunt lalph Belining makes a brought the happy, Wong, man whe loves because he won't give Young, attractive, dramatically with her in it is hard to say. She tile of Her Confessions" · Of ending to the two women in it, one rejests the brilliant how in a featured 76" Shanghai Express,

entertainment

that gives hin the greatest oppor-you may not remember, was in"Ed-up work, the other is a gangster's tunity any young male actor hangar Wallace's play," On the Spot," girl who comes to a bad and; so enjoyed in months of screen pro when it was staged in Londen, and they re-ticled it "The Wiser Sex." While he is so engrossed in his ductions. Ometime favorite stock also appeared in it in New York.

says a critic; -. ancanny work, his fiancer, (Mae player, more recently a Broadway

I am not one of those who cry Clarke) is worried to distraction

star, he played his first moving pic. The Silent Witness.".

that gangster films are finished; I ture role in "The Secret Six" over his peculiar actions.

"The Silent Witness" shortly am sure the public don': chre two- As he A stroke of real showmanship coming to the King's Theatre a Lon-pence whether a film is about gangs- refusus" to see anyour she gets the genious put Stuart Erwin into the don critic enys: Of Adapted from lers or airasen or entburglars or help of his friend Victor (John fed cast. He adds A note of the Westend play, the film is not archbishops, if only it be a good

comedy, mixed with dramatic pa-able chiefly for the performance of film. Bales) and his old medical pro- thos, that assures the production Lionel Atwill, the English actor fessor, Dr. Waldman (Edward Van of well-rounded

"The Wisey Sex" is not à good who made a hit in the same part on film. The characterisation is con- values Francoise Rosaý and Char: Sloan) to reclaim the young seien.les Boyer, French actors popular Broadway, M. Awill has done vantional, the plot can be antici tist from his absorbing experimenta on the Parisian stage, contribute only two films and is already in patet at least two moves ahead, the The party arrives at the jouer just fateresting character parts, to the the front rank-asy, strang, a strategy to which the heroine re in time to see him making his fial production, and Sam Hardy is in mirably deft in his comedy touches, worly to obtain proof of the gangs

and a beautiful elocutionist.

Hetar's guilt is too familiar. Lets, and this terrible monster

The Inspiration,

has come to the screen rather late.. comes to life. Unfortunately, how-

but given the right parts should go to the admirable acting of Clau It is only fair to add that, thanks ever, through an error on the part

Leonard Merrick's popular novel, fur.

dette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, of the dwarf, a criminal brain was Laurels and the Lady," supplied Note also in this picture a brilli-¦

Lilynn Tashinan, Rud secured for this monster who only the inspiration for the story of The Fantly odious characterisation as |

William knows hate, horror and murder. Magnificent Lie." Samson Raphael.gigolo by, Weldon Heyburn, who re- Boyd, the story never draga,

What follows is the most "ropy" son wrote the screen play, after contly married the vamp of the. part of the story. How the monster completing work on the scripts of picture, Greta Nissen. Nothing | Joyce Compton, strangles the dwarf, how it breaks several recent outstanding pictures, quite so sinister as his smile has Joyce Compton, the Southern loose, how i catches the young The Smiling Lieutenant, The been seen since the rise (and fall) bolle of the screen, has been sigued artist and carries him away, and Jazz Singer," "A Boudoir Diplu of Roy D'Arcy. feally how it is trapped in an old (mat" and "Serna Blandish."' mill and burnt to death go to make ! Frankenstein "! thriller.

♫

first

the cast.

li

for an important role in George Bancroft's now starring vehicle, Berthold Victel, the director, <is Lady. Tree as Star.

The Challenger." Paramount an- rate noted for his keen sense of the un- Alexander Korda is so delighted ounces. This is her first part at usual in motion picture story pre with Lady Tree's performance in Paramount since her featured rôle sentation, His

early picture Wedding Rehearan]" that he has in Up Pops The Dovil." She is making training was gained in placed aur under a five-yanz, con- the favorite daughter of Lexington, Germany. Since going to Holly-tract with London Film Froduc Kontucky, and came to Hollywood wood, he has scenarized The Four ions. He is hoping to star her in several years ago on completing her Devils and Directed "Seven Faces,"

studies at Tulas University.

"STRANGERS IN LOVE."

A FREDRIC MARCH FILM.

"A trade notice states:-

Fredric March, whose amazing)

ON APPROVAL.”

double role in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. Hyde" is one of the topics of con-

versation still on the tongues of all One cannot fail to appreciate the movie fans, bas- a new dual por witty repartee that. scintilater in trayal of more genteel cut as "twin "On Approval" the Frederick brothers in the Paramount talkic, Lonsdale comedy, which is showing "Strangers in Love," filmed from a the Queen's Theatre.

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the novel, The Shora. Lamb," and

to be headlined at the King's Thea-

The Alm is fortunate in having Lonedales brilliant dialogue, and

tre, beginning text Wednesday. Mr. Londule is equally fortunate in

forthcoming production.

MONTE BLUE IN SKIN DEEP."

is

ALL-TALKING GANG HIT.

A trade notice states:--

of

It presenta the underworld denizens as human beings with de finite impulses which lend them in the search for happiness and con- tentment. There are many thrilling opisodes in "Skin Deep" but it does not put its dependence on gun-: play but rather on truth of charac- terization and tensenews. of situa- That the ideal combination

biou. March enacts the role of an usurp having a splendid cast-Tom Walls, star, director and story, has been Monte Blue has already scored w ing son who forges a will to de Emond Brean, Yvonne Amaud and found by Warner Bros. in Skin talking pictures and his latest prive a brother of his inheritance, Winifred Shotter-to give the neces

Vitaphone product shows him at his and also the role of the adventure- sary poing and fuess. Altogether Derg the all-talking Vitaphone best. There is not a moment when some vagabond brother who comes a happy combination and one that production for Monte Blue, open he does not register and interest bis into his own after a series of thrill. gives genuine entertainment and ening at the Queen's to-morrow. The audionee-first as the scarred victim ing and romantic episodes. joyment. "On Approval 4 ran for play is based on a magazine story of his wife's perfidy and swiaty's Kay Francia, Juliette Compton, a considerable period at the For by Mark Edmund Jones. It was vengeance and then as the man Stuart Erwin, George Bachior and tune Theatre, London, and proved a adapted by Gordon Rigby and physically and mentally remade. Lucien Littlefield bend the support.great success.

When the film was Ray Enright directed.

The supporting company includes ing cast,

Direction is by Lother shown in London the critics stated “Skin Deep" has to do with the Davey Lee, Betty Compson, Alien Meu des.

that the screen yorsion was as great, life of a gangster-hin golddigging Day, John Davidson, Tully Mar- Beenes are lavishly het in New if not greater, than the play. More dancing wife his pale and his foca shali, John Bowers, Georgie Stone York and Long Island,

I need not be said!

-all enemies of law and order. "Land Robert Perry.

J1

Monte Blue

SKIN

DEEP

WITH

DAVEY LES

Ope

WORLE

Louthed

His Ugly

Face

Another

Cil

Loved Him

Because He Was Handsame

-On the Stage-

LONG TACK

SAM

The World Benowned CHINESE MIRACLE MAN

with "

Misses Mina & Nee-sa Long

..

And Entire Troupe of WONDER WORKERS

(STAR)

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY'

Ar 2.30, -5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

Don't say 'LAUGH" till you've

Seen

PARLOR

BEDROOM

BATH

Starring

BUSTER KEATON with Charlotte Greenwood Reginald Denny Cliff Edwards,⠀

EWORLDA

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Ar 2.30, 6.15, 7:15 AND 9.20 Robert MONTGOMERY

"SHIPMATES"