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QUEENS THEATRE

The Air is Always Cool and Fresh

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

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

Central.

"The Pearl Necklace."

Queen's.

TO-DAY TO "SATURDAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20-

"Once a Gentleman."

King's,

World.

"Reducing,"

The Screen's Funniest

Comedian

EDWARD EVEREAT

HORTON is

· Futrient, Comvety F

LOIS. WILSON Kind Baggot

Directed by James CHUZK

Gentleman/

-Also- UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWS

-NEXT, CHANGE THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD-

BEN- HUR

with RAMON NOVARRO

STAR

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY Ax 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 and 9.20

NORMA

SHEARER

ROBERT MONTGOMERY

in

George FITZMAURICE

Production

Star.

"Dancers in the Dark."

KOWLOON.

"Strangers May Kiss,"

COMING.

Central.

"Corsair."

"A House Divided."

Queen's.

Ben Hur."

་

"Once à Gentleman.”

* Tell_England.”

King's.

At The Villa Rose."

"My Sin."

"Heartbreak."

World.

"Great Meadow.".

fitar.

"Its A Wise Child."!

GUESTS STAYING AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1932.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,80, 5.10 7.10 & 9.30 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

Fandom's New

Blonde Queen!

DANCERS

LAURA GUERITE.

.

IN THE

DARK

a Garamanent Picture

MIRIAM HOPKINS The adorable actress of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,”

In a role that makes your heart sing!

JACK OAKIE WILLIAM COLLIER, Jr.

· EUGENE PALLETTE

BOOKING

AT THE :- THEATRE

TEL. 25318

-NEXT CHANGE- SUNDAY, 17th JULY GREATER & BETTER THAN

"THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW"

* "AT THE VILLA ROSE”

4 Twichenkum Film Production-Distributed by

Warner Bros. Picturni Lak

“AT THE VILLA ROSE"

with

AUSTIN TREVOR-RICHARD COOPER-FRANCIS LISTER.

writers in America are dej ing, and that was not in her line. She said that she was paid to be!

FAMOUS COMEDIENNE TO ❘funny not sentimental.

APPEAR HERE.

PENINSULA HOTEL' ATTRACTION.

st

Mme, Guerite was the original Girl in a Taxio and later ap peared in Zigfield's Follies in 1911; After Zigfield's she had a four year contract at the Hudson Theatre and there che, under the

About a decade ago Laura Guerite was known all over the world as one of the most famous woman, attention of one of the managers comediernes of the day and many who is now a famous screen diret- who saw her then will no doubt tov,

The last time that she played in the United States was in 1917 and

Major N. U. Adams, Major A. Barker, Mr. Berlincioni, Mr. and Mr. R. Bigazzi, Mr. E. G. Bird, Col. and Misses H. and J. Boyd, Mr. W. W. Buechner, Capt. J. W. Bundred, Mr. O. D. Burnette, Mr. R. G. Butler, Mr. A. L. Caplan, Mr. R. L. Clark and family, Mr. 1. N. Clarke, Dr. J. E. H. Cogan, Mrs. E. Cogan, Gen. M. A. Cohen, Mr. R. F. Colling and family, Mr.greatly enjoy her performance at W. H. Cooper, Mr. F. H. Crap the Rose Room of the Peninsula nell, Mr. H. M. Deakin,. Col. and Hotel on Saturday night when she Mrs. E. S. Doughty, Mr. R. N.will make her first appearance since then she has appeared in all Drake, Dr. and Mrs. Drenkhals, Hong Kong. Although Mme. the British colonies and in all the Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Easterbrook, Guerite has been in Hong Kong large theatres in England. While Mr. Chas. Echard, Mrs. B. Elder, many times this is the first time in England be appeared in several Miss D. Faye, Mrs. Ferrand, Capt. she has had time to make a public

command performances and appear- and Mrs. W. Field-Hook, Mr. J. C. appearance and it is quite by ac Fishman. Mr. Paul de Flender, Mr. oident that this one was arranged.ed before several of the crowned and Mrs. Fơng, Mr. G. E. Frisque, Mme. Guerite, when interviewed by heads of Europe... Mr. R. W. Gardiner, Mr. I. H. Geare, Mr. E. B. Gilder, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gilmore, Mr. L. L. Gilsos, Mr. W. T. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gould, Col, and Mrs.

a representative of the Hong Kong Daily Press, told how she was "discovered" while at the races u

Call of the Stage.

Mme. Guorite officially retired in 1997 but the call of the stage has

F. E. Gowan, Mr. T. M. Gregory, fortnight ago. She had no ides made her come back several times

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall, Mr. Thomas Haunan, Mr. E. Haus- mann, Mr. and Mrs. V. Havlicek, Mr. and Mrs. M. Heimlich, Mr. H. P. J. Hennus, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hodgson, Mr. Martin Ho, Mr. A. V. Hogan, Mrs. L. Howie, Mr. I S. Janes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Jen.

ings, Mr. and Mrs. F. Junes, Mr. A. M. Kerr, Mr. N. W. Keyworth, Mr. J. N. Kuight, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Lanurie, Mr G. B. Lane, Mr. R. F. Lazier, Col. J. G. Lecky,

that abe would he recognised bere but when she arrived at the race course some one greeted her with the remark, "How's your canary and as one of her songs "My Can- ary Has Circles Under its Eyes" was one of the songs she made)

famous she of course realized that she had been recognized. Many of the crowd took up the question and Boon she was called on by the man

DANCER OF 54 TRIUMPHS.

RETURN OF ADELINE

GENEE.

A dancer of fifty-four fed across the stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, pouted at a rose, then winked broadly, to a glee of her audience.

The King and Queen were in the royal box; the theatre was packed

as

the doors for a gala matinec. The dancer was Adeline Ganée, famous a louder of her school

grace.

Belore her dance the audience was very still. It is years since Adelino Genée last graced a stage with her incredible mimicry and enchanting personality,

CENTRAL THEATRE

The best ventilated Theatre in the Colony, with over 100 windows, which open at night, give frosh ---and- natural air to the whole house. Our machina is of the biggest size--the sound is the clearest and the price is the highest We have two large sized lifts for the convenience of our Patrons.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9:30

THE NEWEST CHINESE MOVIETONE SINGING AND TALKING SUPER SPECIAL DRAMA

CHAN YUK MŨI & WU SHAN

IN

"THE PEARL NECKLACE":

ADAPTED FROM THE WORLD-FAMOUS. NOVEL EXTRA. VAGANTLY PRODUCED BY THE UNIQUE CO., SHANGHAI SHOWING SOON

THE LATEST 1932 UNITED

Polara

ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE

WE CORSAIR

WEST

Gebed Artists Picture

Chester Morris

ALSO

THE NEWEST UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PICTURE

WALTER HUSTON & HELEN CHANDLER

IN

"A HOUSE DIVIDED"

"AT THE VILLA ROSE."

BRITISH THRILLER AT THE KING'S.

The unusual title of this' excel· lently conceived and finely executed mystery drama gives little idea of its interesting development into

ONCE A

GENTLEMAN."

SMART COMEDY AT THE

QUEEN'S.

Auccess

A trade notice states:- › Nine different careurs and in each of them, achieved in the space of time that most people de-

vote to winning prominence in only one, makes Maude Fulton, dialogue

Ma concort pianist, composer, dancer,

as Pavlova was of the Russian. She story that will puzzle flin goers up appears to have discovered con- to the end. It is a picture that tinual youth. She looks thirty, and once again introduces Austin Treverwriter of James Cruze's "Once a dances, with ageless lightness and to the Hong Kong public in bis Gentleman" at the Queen's Thea

favourite rôle of Bannad, the great tre, one of the most colourful per- est of all French detectives.

sonalities in the Hollywood film colony. Miss Fulton's witty, smart Madame d'Auvray, (Barbara Gott) the mistress of Villa Rose, is dialogue aids considerably in mak- kind-hearted and charming olding this gay comedy the riotous What had the years done to her lady, and her young protege, Celia succession of laughs that it is.

Miss Fulton has had aine artis. Harland, (Nora Baring) and Helen, artistry? Would she be as fleet as the maid Violet Farebrother are tic lives. In success' she has been ever, as lithe, ns roguish?

apparantly devoted to her." The curtain rose on a living pie dame has two ruling passions, the stress, magazine short story wri and she has travelled all over the ture of "The Long Song. One first, a delight in displaying upon Orient, playing in all of the pria-dancer was Anton Dolin, the other har person as often as posible her was a small figure in shimmering collection of jewele, which includes cipal ports. When asked which of white, whose face already betrayed the oriental ports she liked best, she delight at a play about to begin.

Calcutta and Hong Kong

This young girl mimed, coquetted, said,

and brought this wondering audi- Mme. Guerite has had many high

'ence to her vivid feet. spots in her career, one of the moat interesting being the fact that she way the first woman to fly from Africa to Australia She learned to fly before the war in the United

Mr. W. H. Leuthold, Mr. B. Lan-agement of the Peninsula Hotel and states in our of the early flying

der Lewis, Mr. H. G. Mackoy, Miss asked if she would appear. Mme. schools and still handles, her own

M. Manuk, Miss Mary Moonald, Guerite, sighed and said, "Every plane. Mr. W. L. McKenzie, Mr. E. J. McCann, Mr. E. H. Melbye, Mra.

expect to have a holiday I time. I'

V. Mouzoff, Miss A. Nahkur, Mr. work again."

Palmer, Mr.-A.-M. Parker, Mr. J

Fifteen years ago, she said: "I have always wanted to get my heart in my feet."

ter, playwright, director and then- tre manager, as a dancer and ae headline act with William lock; tress she toured the country in

priceless ear-ring, coveted by usa playwright she has to bef

*The Brat,** and *The Humming many persons, and the second, a credit such broadway successes as love of the occult. By a series of Bird," and she has written titles circumstances Celis is forced into and dialogue for such photoplay" the role of a medium. It was only hits as "Ouce a Gentleman," "Don Juan" and "Lady Widermere's in the nature of things that the Fan."

foolish old woman should be mark- od down by unscrupulous people, and her murder during a seance did not come as a surprise to M.

Yesterday her feet still embodied the emotions of her acting, just as her face gave the expressions.

At the end of her performance the Hanaud. audience applauded again and again, from the Queen in her royal box to the crowd in the gallery.

Suspicion naturally falls on the murdered woman's ward, Celin, who

on the And they did not clap to the cour-disappeared

night

returning to the stage for charity's

0%

'DANCERS IN THE

· DARK.”

AT THE KING'S THEATRE.

Dancing because they earn their

Mme. Guerite stated that shege of legendary dancing figure the crime in the midst of the living that way, making love be-

M. Mien, Mr. O. Mojzicek, fissa found out and have to go to wished to go to Macau and when asked if she gambled ahe said, "1 ́ gamble every time I appear on the stage an 1 never know when I am going to receive

J. Pauw, Mr. R. W. B. Pearse,

Mr. W. G. Pirie, Mr. R. Pleister,

Stage Debat et Five:

Mme Guerite was born in France

Mr. S. E. Prosser, Mr. F. Reck, but went to Montreal at the age Mr. F. C. E. Rendall, Mr. J. N.

Robertson, Lt-Comdr. R. C. V. of four. She made her first stag Iloss, Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Rubino, appearance at the age of five and Mr. W. O. Ryan, Cal. and Mrs. C. since then she has been on the stage R. Savile, Mr. E. Scott, Mr. L.

almost continuously. Scott, Mr. E.. G. Smith, Miss V. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

a bottle or some other missile."

aske, but to perfect ballet dancing ance, How Hanaud, step by step by an artist of genius, and a beunravels the mystery forms one of loved magnetic personality, who the best dramatic episodes seen on none but herself can be her the screen for a long time. The parallel.*

Mao, Guorite will speak over the DONT FORGET

radio next Friday night and it is possible that she will appear in g She stated that she was the first charity performance in aid of tho Squarey, Mr. G. W. Stabb, Mr. Lto discover Irving Berlin when he Po Leung Kuk

STRANGERS

MAY

KISS

EWORLDE

E. Stowell, Mr. and Mrs. C. Sy was working as a waiter in a renIt is certain that she will be well quin, Miss C. B. Thomas, Mr. J.taurant in New York and sang his received next Saturday when she Thomson, Mr. G. Travers, Mrs. At song "Everybody's Doing It will make two appearances at 10.30 Tromp, Miss M. M. Tyrrell, Mr.

Among her num And Mrs. P. Ullerup, Mr. L. P. which soon became famous -For scand 11.30 p.m. Va Calear, Mr. M. J. Van Schro-veral years sho.

ven, Mr. M. J. A. C. Verschore, Berlin's compositions, Mr. J. Watts, Miss P. Webster,

Mr. W. D. White, Mrs. L. until he

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

REDUCING 'Young

started Bentimental songs,

Bang:

all hers will be My Canary Has "Bomo White Blave"

at least Circles under its Eyes,"

write Bpring,"

most

of number.

THAT WHEN You are at Home

you can get the

HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES.

cause its part of their job, and gold digging for a little recreation, behind the scenes (so far behind that they seem hardly aware of the fact themselves) ordinary girls who denouement is most unexpected, and are looking for the sober realities of married life. That is the im- wo are kept in the dark as to the pression one gets of the women who identity of the murderer right, un- play in "Dancers in the Dark." It is not every film that leaves a til the end of the picture.

clear memory and "Dancers in the At the Ville Rose" is from the Dark" deserves consideration, be- story of the same name by A. E. W. cause it does. There are other factors that serve to lift the picture Mason, and was directed in pro-above the ordinary. The personali duction at the Twickenham Film ties of Jack Oakie, Miriam Hopkins Studios by the most famous of all and Lyda-Roberti, the clever stage English directors, Leslie Hiscott. craft and the very human atmos

phere The picture enjoyed an extraorMiriam Hopkins and Lyds dinary run to capacity-in-Londea. Roberti act well and are always and the Provinces where it was interesting, and though one lady.

"star" and the other a "featured released late last year.

player, it would be hard to say The picture represents a decided which does the better work in this

pietura, advance on-rocent British-producWe think a good many people will remember Dancers in the Dark" tions, and with very little exceps da unusually interesting picture

tion, the atmosphere has been most convincingly achieved.

•

and advise a visit to the King's Theatre while it, is ob.

E.M.BA

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