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QUEENS THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20)

TWO, who make motion-picture history!

Wellace

BEERY

COOPER

The

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1

“WICKED.

ELISSA LANDI AT. THE

KING'S.

A Trade Notice 'States:-

It can nover be said of Victor MeLagien, who plays the leading

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG

Queen's,

"The Chinnup."

male role in Eliasa Landi's latest King's. starring vehicle, "Wicked", which | "Wicked." in row showing at the King's Central. Theatre, that he is a one-part actor.

"Winga."

"Reminiscences of Peking."

(Part 9).

Quite the contrary, the big amiable fellow is one of the most versatile ¦ World. and gifted actors in Hollywood. At hone in the uniform of a marine, or n soldier of some foreign innd, he feels equally as comfortable in a kirawing room or aboard a palatial yacht. Cody, drama, "rough and tumble, r he most sophisticated role, Melanglen is rendy for any part and can always be depended į Star, upon to give an excellent account of himself. Some of his best known

roles are Sergeant Flagg in "What

Price Glory" and "The Cock Eyed

World," Captain King in "The

Oriental

**Touchdown."

KOWLOON.

Atlantic."

Black Watch," Bull Stanley in "Not | Queen's. Exactly Gentlemen' and Rawson in "Annabello's Affairs”

In "Wicked," McLaglen plays the role of Scott Burrows and his part is extremely sympathetic through- gut, for he is the guide, mentor and protector of the disillusioned young wife who finds that the man she has married is not a business man but bank robber. The girl becomes an innocent victim of the law and is sent to prison.

What happens when she is finally released is a dramatic part of the #tory that critics who have seen the picture say you will never forget.

In addition to Miss Landi, in the starting role, and McLagen as her leading man, the brilliant cast of "Wicked" includes Una Merkel, Allan Dinehart and Theodore Vás Eitz in the other featured purts as well as such screen and stage cele brities as Irone Rich, Oscar Apfel, Mas Busch. Alive Lake, Eilera Percy and Ruth Donuelly.

Mary Astor.

.COMING.

"The Life of the Party."

Lovers Courageous." 2nd Floor Mystery."

Elog's,

She Wanted a Millionaire." The Calendar."

"The Spy."

"Misleading Lady."

Central.

Star.

"White Hell of Pitz Palu,"

world.

Trader Horn," Sporting Blood."

Marianne','

"Strangers May Kiss."

Oriental.

"Goldie."

"His Woman Dude Ranch.”

GOSSIP

FACT.

Mary Astor now playing in "The Sin Ship." Boro in Illinois, May 3, 1906. Made her first appearance on the films at the age of fifteen ia The Beggar Maid.". Rather frail appearance, Mias Astor is one of the most popular heroines on the American screen. Her more re- cant pictures include "The Sunset Derby," "The Son Tiger" (with the late Milton Sills), and "Dress ed to Kill.*

Height 6 ft. & in with brown eyes and auburn hair.

"Let Me Explam, Dear,"

Gone Gerrard, B.I.P.'s popular star, starts work immediately an his latest starring vehicle. Let Me Explain, Dear," which he will also dirret with Frank Miller, his ass riate of Lucky Girl." This film has been specially designed to suit Clene's own mercurial talent, and na its title suggests will trace his inatrimonial misadventures through

It is difficult, for instance, if not story of "But the Flesh is Weak," impossible, to accept some of the the new which is described as a film version Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer- of Ivor Novello's play, "The Truth Game," but bears only the faintest resemblance to the stage original.

R

Zasu Pitts' Success.

Zas Pitts, one of the most popu- lar comediennes in motion pictures, who is co-starred with Slim Sum nerville in Universal's "The Unex- pected Father," is also the greatest tragedierme of the screen, according to Erie von Stroheim, the celebrated director.

Born in Parsons, Kansas, on January 3, 1900, Zasu first kocked at the portals of picture fame with her performance in a small part of Mary Pickford's "The Little This was followed by several years of miscellaneous screen work Lazy Bonen," "The Fast Set," Mannequin," and "Greed," humorous and exciting situations. were some of the films in which she

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Ronald Colman's Next,

Princess,"

appeared at that time.

taning the film rights to "Cynara," House,"

"The

Following those marked sucERSES, Now that Samuel Goldwyn base wistful Miss Pitts has been con- defeated the other producers in obstantly busy-but always in the guise of comedienne. The Big

The Dummy," he announces that the film will go Squall," "Seed," "The Little Ae- into immediate production with cident," "Bad Sister" and "This Ronald Colman playing the leading Thing Called Love." role.

The Now British Film.

•

"Yes Mr. Brown', is a modern light comedy, with musical numbers

Phillip Holmes.

KING'S THEATRE

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Elissa Landi -- WICKED

WITHE

"VICTOR McLAGLEN

UNA MERKEL ALLAN DINEHART.

AND

TO-DAY ONLY LAURA

THE CHAMP."

BEERY-COOPER COMBINE AT THE QUEEN'S.

A Trade Notice States:-

The biggest kick I got out of it was sleeping on A train." Jackie Cooper, famous hero of "Skippy," describes his first ap pearunen uudor his new Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer contract with Wal lace Beery in "The Champ" which is showing to-day at the Queen's

Theatre.

"I got a bigger kick out of those venison steaks down there," auggest ed Berry.

They were talking over their mervorable location trip into Mexico to film the picture. They worked at the Caliente race track,

in the famous casino, and in other interesting spots below the Mexican border.

"I wanted to

go in Wally's plane," related Jackie, "but mo- ther didn't like the idea, so I didn't) even get up oner. Wally took per- plo up every day at

Boon-Mrs.

Vidor and fellows of the trope, but-

I got stung on that,"

Jackie is air-minded. He can tell the makes of the planes he sera over-

GUERITE head, and has a whole flock of

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JOAN BENNETT SPENCER TRACY

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

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30 college

1.

grid stars

"They gave me opportunities that got for years and years," he says. most actors of my age would not

by Paul Abraham, the composer of You know I'm only twenty-four i the inusic of Sunshine Busie" and And think of the eissy leading-men Viktoria and Her Hussar." It tolle rules I've dodged. Well, partly the story of the American Mrdodged. There was Confessions of Brown, proprietor of a world-wide A Co-nd. But pietures like The toy manufacturing company, whose Man I Killed gave me a chance search for romanes while visiting to net, for which shall be grate- is Vienna branch causes the branch fal for the rest of my life. You maunger, played by Mr. Jack know what happens to fair-haired Buchanan, several hectic hours and young men on the screen as a rule- involves a group of people in they wear nicely creased trousers succession of embarrassing matri- for the ingénues to roll their eyes

monial situations.

Elsie Randolph appears opposite Tack Buchanan as the branch man ager's secretary and. Mr. Brown.is Laken by Hartley Power, an Ameri- can actor.

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Mr. and Mrs. Farrell's Surprise.

When Charles Farrell and Vir- ginia Valli were in Rome, they kept getting telephone messages from a Count Corrachio. Finally, the con cierge of the hotel urged them to reply to the messages

But I'don't know any counts," objected Charles.

The asset of entertainment has certainly been kept well to the fore- Front in the now American pictures. Most of these films has its faults Nevertheless, he took the advice. and its falsities, from tho, hyper-To his great surprise, the count-a 'eritical viewpoint. Yet each is real one too-turned out to be. downred with a substantial and fast Mario Carrillo, who used to net in moving story which holds the atten- films in Hollywood. Now he wears

the uniform of an aide to Mussolini.

tion.

in action

scores!

TOUCHDOWN!

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Richard

Arlen

·Peggy.... Shannon Jack Dakis -NEXT CHANGE SPENCER TRACY

WARREN HYMER

IN

"GOLDIE

with

JEAN HARLOW. A FOX PICTURE:

"

models. When he found that Boery

was an aviator their friendship be gan in earnest and throughout the picture they were enthusiastic play.

mates..

"Wally and I used to box in the ring-and go out and see whe could tell the most makes of plates--and down a Mexico he took me to a lot of interesting places," relates Jackie of his big playmate. "He's a teal guy,"

AT THE PENINSULA.

TO-MORROW NIGHT'S SYMPHONY CONCERT.

To-morrow night's Symphony Concert at the Peninsula Hotel promises to be very attractive, Included in the programme, ap- pearing in an advertisement to- day, is a splendid selection of orchestral items, and Mrs. Sharp- ham, the delightful soprano, will be heard again in June is Call- ing" and "Lass with the Daliente Air"; her accompanist will be the accomplished pianist Miss | Nora Flint:

Two piano soloa :-" The Lark " and "Polonaise No. 3 in F Minor" will be played by the already popular Orchestra's minnist Mr. Maklezoff. Altogether the enter tainment augura well for as large a gathering as that of Sunday last.

GOLDIE."

NEXT CHANGE AT THE

ORIENTAL THEATRE.

A Trade Notice States; Lins Basquette is the latest Holly- wood beauty to shake her head at the ficklences of film fortune.

For a long time after she made The Godless Girl," ill luck dogged her stops. Then she danced at the birthday party of the Dominoes, prominent Hollywood organisation of actors' wives, and was given an evation seldom accorded a player in the film capital.

Producers anon began to hear that Lina Basquetto was looking better than ever, and was ripe for her re- turn to the screen. The first offer she accepted was the role of Con stantina, the Greek beauty in Goldie, Fox comedy co-starring Spencer Tracy and Warron Hymer tant being for "Wings," now at the Oriental Theatre.

Jean Harlow, platinum blonde. sensation of many recent films, will be seen na "Goldie" in the title role. Bonfamin Stoloff directed,

CENTRAL THEATRE

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SHOWING

95720

TO-DAY

at 2.80; 5.00; 7.20 & 9.40 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME OWING TO THE LENGTH OF THE PICTURE)

A MASTER PICTURE MADE BY MASTER CRAFTSMEN, EN- BY MASTER PHOTOGRAPHY. ACTED BY A MASTER CAST, FILMED ON A MASTER SET REALISM THAT THRILLS. BRAVERY THAT STIRS. BEAUTY THAT AWAKENS. IT'S AN AIR EPIC OF THE WAR "ACES" WITH REMARKABLE SOUND SYNCHRONIZATION AND SPLENDID MUSICAL ACCOMPANI

MENT.

A tragia Blood of lead) ·

Madly be fired round after reand into the vitals of the ship of the air that bore the inalgals of the enemy.

How was be to low that the pilot was the ped he believed dead-the very pef he had bee avenging!

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At's the most, stirring dilanx the screen has givent And it's but one of a host of 'towering moments is a mighty picture that will carry you over the clouds to a thousand thrilla Aõ tually biased miles high in the alt.

try the picture which thrißed Broadway low mora than a year. It's the picture Loodan, París and all the big cities of the world haled sa the groeimet serken matergic It has won a rising volume of praisa

WING

WITH

"CLARA BOW -

CHARLES (BUDDY) ROGERS RICHARD ARLEN GARY COOPER

SHOWING SOON

THE GREATEST THRILL PICTURE OF ALL TIME. NOTHING LIKE IT BEFORE! NOTHING LIKE IT AGAIN! A MIRACLE OF PICTURE MAKING A DRAMA YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!

“TOUCHDOWN.”

-

AT THE ORIENTAL THEATRE.

A Trade Notice States;

'WINGS."

EPIC OF THE AIR AT

THE CENTRAL.

A Trade Notice States:- Music scores are to become as im-

Peggy Shannon, auburn-haired i beauty from Arkansas (via the portant as scenaries in the making the "Follica" in New York) who; of motion pictures, according to J. made good in the films when she 6. Zamecnik,

WEs pressed into service as Clara He is the composer of several Dow's substitute in "The Secretsongs and of innumerable photoplay. Call," has the principal feminino, accompaniments, the most impor lead in "Touchdown," Paramount's tant being for "Wings," now at the exciting modern story of big college Central Theatre. football at the Oriental Theatro.

Zamecnik is an. American by In "Touchdown" she is the sweet-birth.. As long ago na 1913 he was heart of Richard Arlen again. This assembling notes to guide the omo- timao Arlon is the coach for Mid- tions of cinema spectators. -

com-

west, a large college, where football

"If an audience fails to feal," is played on a big scale in stadiums

says Zamecnik, the composer, "the scores of thousands of that. hold

picture is lost. Nothing makes persons. Peggy's brother, played by

spectators so responsive as appro- Charles Starrett, is a member of the Midwest team-and the big interest have become more and more

priate music. Accompaniments comes when Arlen refrains from plicated and more and more ex- putting Starrett into the final game of the season

to save him from pressive. The day will come when the scoring of a picture will not be

•permanent injury, Peggy, not knowing that Starrett has already

left to chance. It will be prepared in the studio and released along been slightly injured in the game, is

with the film.”. much aggrieved and decides to

Zamecnik's best known songs have throw over Arlem But their dif ficulties aro solved in a romantic,India Dawn".

been "Neapolitan Nights" and happy ending.

"Wings" is being shown for MOV And a rare feature of this story eral days at the Central Theatre.

is that Arlon's great team losses the last game, rather than winning it after the manner of the Cick Mer riwall spirit that has prevailed in 30 movie football plays out of 100.

and reality, with Howard Jones, famous coach at the University of Southern California, Jim Thorpe, A score of football celebrities take famous all-round Olympio athlete, part in the thrilling action of and gridder, Tom Lisb, former aide Touchdown. The picture was made to Kaute Rockne and many other with painstaking care for exactness authorities assisting, Norma Me- (Continued at foot of next colum Leond in the direction..