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"ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT"

4 INFANTRY MEN

Directed by

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THURSDAY

SONG of the

TURDAY

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

King's.

"The Silent Witness,"

Central,

"Suicide Fleet."

Queen's.

"Four Infantry Men,"

World..

"A Death Foaring Hero,"

Chinese film,

Star.

KOWLOON.

"The Great Meadow."

COMING.

King's.

"Cheaters at Play."

"Almost a Divorce."

"Dancers in the Dark,"

"Tomorrow and Tomorrow."

Central.

"Heaven on Earth,"

"Corsair."

Queen's.

"Emma."

"Once a Gentleinam.”

"Tell England."

World.

Star.

Misguided Love.!! "Reducing."

Great Meadow," "Song of the West."

"Daybreak."

**Strangers May Kiss." "Its A Wise Child." "Tailor Made Men."

"FOUR INFANTRY- MEN."

GERMAN WAR FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.

The following is the outline of the story of "Four Infantrymen," the powerful German war film now. showing at the Queen's Theatre:÷ In a French village occupied by German troops, some German in fantry suldiers are resting. Jacque- line with her grandfather are also staying in the name house. Among the soldiers are three friends, the Bavarian, Carl and the studenta

The French begin to bombard the village and everybody runs for shel- ter. Jacqueline and the student take shelter in the cellar, where the lat- dor tails Jacqueline that he loves her

and wishes to marry her.

Orders are received for the troops to take up their positions in the trenches, under the command of their Lieutenant. The student leaves, Jacqueline telling her that he will come back to hér.

own

The German artillery, by mistake, begins to bombard their trenches and the lieutenant tries to telephone the artillery's Comman- der to inform him of his zaistuke,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6,

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10,

-7.10 & 9.80 P.M

KING'S THEATRE

WHOSE LIPS KISSED HER? WHOSE HANDS KILLED HER?

She knew more about fascination than fair play. Her love story. ended as a murder mystery written in scarlet headlines!

The SILENT WITNESS

Greta Nissen

FOX PICTURE

with

LIONEL ATWILL

Waldon Heyburn Bramwell Fletcher.

Directed by Marcel Varnel and R. L. Hough

Helen Mack

CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD has risen so rapidly in society that she thinks she can read Thomas Meighan's thoughts through her lorgnette in

Cheaters at Play".

*.new F'oa pichon.

*THE SILENT

WITNESS."

TENSE DRAMA AT. THE KING'S,

A trade notice states:- Without reference to her screeni

but the telephone is out of order. proficency, Greta' Nissen, who plays |

The student bravely offers himself

"CHEATERS AT PLAY"

1932.

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O-MORROW

"Their Million Dollar Hobbery Became a Million Dollar Romance)

CHEATERS AT PLAY

with a great cast including

- THOMAS MEIGHAN

CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD William Bakewell Barbara Wesks: Linda Watkins James Kirkwood

Story by Louis Joseph Vanco Directed by Hamilton MacFadden FOX PICTURE

SUICIDE FLEET."

SEA DRAMA OF THE WORLD.

· WAR.`

A trado notice states:-

Is Davy Jones' locker a sort of happy hunting ground to which ships that have had gallant careers go gladly to well earned reward!

This interesting question was raised during the making of RKO Pathe's sca spectacle, "Suicide Fleet," which is showing at the Central Theatre to-day,

Deep water asilors of the fast vanishing canvas era believe so. To them, ships are human and no sight in the world is so distressing as that of some noble sailing vessel rotting away in a harbour graveyard.

That staunch belief brought com fort to two grizzled sailing cap- tains, H. N. Burgess and Tomas Ryan as they saw their ships, the clippers Indiana and Bohemie, sent to the bottom of the Pacific for battle action of the Navy's Big! Parade,

"It's the kind of an end they Although both. Barbara Weeks,

would want," spoke Ryan, as he whose father is an airplane dealer turned away while a shell from a in Boston, and William Bakewell Navy submarine ploughed through are accustomed to air travel, they the stout wooden hull of the Bohe- mia. "Action to the last. Going did have a new aerial thrill during down fighting." ... the, making of Cheaters ht Play,"Aye," responded Burgess, whose coming to-morrow to the King'a vessel was soon to follow her aister clipper to the bottom. It would Theatre.

break their hearts to rot in a har-j bor berth and maybe in the end be used for kindling wood to keep some land ubber warm. They'll join

:

Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong,

He sends a police dog with a note oad of the leading feminine parts. The company moved bodily aboard back to Head Quarters and asks at in The Silent Witness," the Fox the US.S. California in Los Ange the same time for volunteers to go. drama now playing at the King's les Harbour, und as the big battle-noble company down there,” and manages to reach Headquarters Theatre, with the international star, ship headed out to sea Miss Weeks safely with the note. From there Lionel Atwill, in the same role that the student goes to seo Jacqueline. In the morning he leaves her saying he created in the stage production that he must go back to his com of the gripping story, is one of the most talented women in Holly

des in the trenches.

Carl receives leave to go home for a holiday. On the way he meets Miss Nissen is an accomplished the student who informs him that he wants to marry Jacqueline. On planist, an expert in any style ol reaching home, Carl finds his home dancing and she devotes most of life wrecked, and he wishes he had her spare time to this art of

sculpture.

inllan at the Front...

A sudden French attack surprises the Germans and, one of them is captured. The Student goes brave ly to his help, but is attacked by French soldier and both of them fall into a shell hole.

This beautiful blonde is unques- nably an actress of great drama die talent, in fact she is to-day con sidered the greatest interpreter of

cast The story, an action drama

and Bakewell, clad in flying togs, James Glenagn, Ginger Rogers and climbed into the cockpit of a scout- Harry Bannister Lead the featured

plane on the California's for ward catapult and were shot off into the air while cameras hummed away from strategib points on the vessel's broad decks.

The ensuing scenes form one of the high spots of the picture, but the two playera insist that the "kick" they got out of the experi- ence was even greater than any

the audienco receiver,

Thomas Meighan and Charlotte: Greenwood head the cast of "Choa- The time arrives for Carl to go siren rules on the screen. This was fers at Play," with Bakewell and back to the front and taking leave proven by her splendid perform: Miss Weeks in the romantic leads. from his wife he says he is happy to go back and fight by the side ances in the recent films," Women The story, from a novel by Louis

Carl, resor All Watons Ambasador deals with

of international crooks to stoal turns to the front he finds that his Bill" and "Good Sport." And it some valuable emeralda Miss Green friend the student is missing. Ha wants to go over the top to look is emphasized by her portrayal in wood is trying to smuggle into the for him, but the Bavarian tells him The Silent Witness of the al-country. The film is said to be one of the most thrilling production of it is of no use, as it is already five juring but merciless wanton, who the year. daya since he has been missing.

The Lieutenant informs his man lends a boy, to the very brink of

that the French are going to attack, destruction,

of the World War as fought au mo sea, was written by Commander Herbert A. Jones of the United States Navy. Low Lipton prepar- ed the screen play. Albert Rogell

directed.

RENEE CHEMET.

ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME FOR FRIDAY.

The following programme will be given by Renée Chemot, the world's King's Theatre, on Friday at 0.30 She will be assisted by Ance Seidlova, pianiste este

Part L

-Concerto in A Minor......Vivaldi,

Allegro-Largo-Presto. A

2-Concerto in F Minor.El. Lalo,

-Andante Recit,, Allegro, Ro mance, Allegro con fouso,

Part II

and asks for four volanteurs to go Atwill's part in the picture is the role of the son, with Holen over the barbed wire to take up that of an indulgent father, who, butante stars of 1931, sharing loud. Mack, one of the three Fox -de- advanood positions.

In the big battle that follows, the in order to protect his son from thing feminine honours with Miss Lieutenant, Carl and the Bavarian penalty of a murder charge, Nissen. Weldon Heyburn completes 3-Poeme .... Are wounded. Finally the French sumes full responsibility for the the list of featured players with auch luminariese Wyndham attack is repulsed by the Germans.crime. Bramwell Fletcher, who also Standing Mary Forbos, Alan The Lieutenant, wounded, stande

and cheers his men to go on played in the stage production and Mowbray, Billy Bevan, Montague In the hospital the thron men re was last seen in the picture, Shaw, Lumsden Hare, Herbert edive treatment for their wounds Daughter Of The Dragon, enacts Mundin and Eric Wilton in the whilst the war continuos

Continued at foot of next column) supporting cast.

E. ChaussoĎ..

Dvorak Kreisler.

Knight-Logan Kreisler,

Foldini-Kreister. Turing Chemet

(a) Slavonic Dance

(b) Pale Moon (c) Dancing Doll Se

(d) Mirasner

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