GIEENS THEATRE:
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.90, 5.10, 7.15 & 9:20 p.m. The Greatest: Comedy To Come to the Screen
G R
UKOUK
A Masterpiece with the
4
world famous
"GROCK'
in the leading role N.B. The first 8 reels of this wonderful production are in the|| German language as the scene ils laid in Germany, but full ex- planatory titles are employed the remainder of the ploture is entirely in English dialogue."
NEXT ATTRACTION
PALS!
-and
how
you'll
love them together! AN ADULT PICTURE:
Prodection
COOPER
America's Boy Star and Lovable, Laughable
CHARLES
Chic SALE
in a great drama,
WHEN A
Goldwyn Mot
PICTURE
FELLER NEEDS A
FRIEND
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
WARNER BROS. present
DUMB BELLS ERMINE
YOUNG LOVE and OLD IDEAS!
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1932.
MOVIE NEWS KINGS THEATRE
Pictures In Hong Kong
"GROCK."
MASTERFUL PICTURE AT
THE QUEEN'S.
This There is only one Grock! statement, unchallenged for more than two decades, still holds good after seeing the picture, Grock," at the Queen's Theatre yesterday,
"DISORDERLY CONDUCT!"
THRILLS AT THE KING'S.
A trade notice states:- Knocked: from a speeding motor. cycle into a ditch, dodging machine gun bullets from a gangster's car, and participating in a revolver
It is rock in his world-famous, duel with two crooks may all be role-but different--the supreme part of a policeman's daily life, clown, attempting to retire and but they offered plenty of excite showing all the pathos and bathos of mant to Spencer Tracy during the clowning. It is an obituary rather making of "Disorderly Conduct," Fox Films than an autobiography which is the the actor's current
vehicle now showing at the King's intention, apparently of the film.
In the opening stages of the pic Theatre.
Tracy, whose unusual, talents for ture no indication of this super- clown's merit is shown. He is just rugged roles have made him a popu n honest, well-meaning husband lar sensation in this picture, ac- trying hard to make a success of an quired considerable respect for the ill-advised match with his beauti- hardships that police officers eu- ful wife." When she deserts him countor while performing the vari because of their incompatibility, heous icats he was called upon to do returns to his old love, the stage. in his part. He spent some weeks and it is in this atmosphere that renewing his boyhood acquaintance his personality and genius asserts itself, That it takes a clever man with a motorcycle, and soon sound successfully act the fool was that his old skill with the trickly never more clearly demonstrated two-wheeler had returned. than in this wonderful piece of clowning, tumbling and musica! entertainment.
And running through it all is the undercurrent of pathos that lifts the picture beyond the level of more laughableness to that of intense and poignant humour. His stage part nor, Max Van Embdea also gives an excellent exhibition on the stage and shows himself to be no mean violinist.
Although the major part of the dialogue is carried on in German, interest does not lack for one moment throughout this amazing production. Its appeal should meet with universal response.
"THIS IS THE NIGHT."
A PICTURE THAT MUST BE SEEN.
A trade notice slates:- Completing the roster of featur ed personalities in Paramount's This is the Night," Theima Todd recently was assigned one of the most important roles in the now musical romanée,
The blonde actress shares honours with Lily Danita, Charlie Ruggles, Roland Young and Cary Grant, the latter recently placed under con- tract by Paramount, following a meteoric career on Broadway. "Thia Is the Night" will mark the first appearance of Miss Todd, who has starred in innumerable short come dics, in a featured production since she appeared opposite Chester Mor- ris in Corsair."
Ruggles and Young are teamed
their second consecutive Para
mount picture, having just complet ed roles in support of Maurice Chevalier in "One Hour With You."
When it came to racing across a street and up a stairway while an army machine-gunner sprayed a leaden stream perilously close to his head, he immediately decided that whatever pay a cop gots, it isn't enough.
Sally Lilers, Ralph Bellamy, Ralph Morgan, El Brendel, Allan' Dinehart and other noted players: are in the cast of "Disorderly Conduct," which is creating much interest among local film fans for its remarkable portrayals and, ita gripping story.
WORKING GIRLS."
NEXT CHANGE AT KING'S.
A trade notice states:-
A difficult, but interesting assign- ment was given Dorothy Arzner, Hollywood's only womna director,. in the production of Paramount's "Working Girls," which is coming": to the King's Theatre next Thurs day."
Her task was to make an interest- ing picture of the lives and rom- ances of the great army of young women living on their own "in New York city. At the very start her scener and settings had truth- fully to represent living conditions, without omitting any of the drama- tic elements.
Miss Damita stops from her role in the French production of "One Hour With You" into the charac-1: terization of the gap little Paris girl in This Is the Night," which comes to the King's. Theatre an Saturday.
"
WHEN A FELLER
NEEDS A FRIEND."
JACKIE" COMING TO
QUEEN'S.
IN
A trade notice states:-
with ROBERT ARMSTRONG BARBARA KENT
En-
From many kinds of residential homes for working girls that were investigated, Rolf-Hall was evolved as a type of residence truthfully portraying living conditions. dowed and semi-institutional in character, Rolf-Hall became the pic tury home for the group of girls who portray Now York's young fominine
workers.
With Rolf-Hall and other New-
д a background, York scenes
Working Girls" depicts a vigar ous drama revolving around an in- triguing love story."
'SOOKY."
CURRENT OFFERING AT
ORIENTAL.
A trade notice states:-
In spite of the fact that he in THEovely for his bachelor's degree in
A small bit in a Lloyd Hamilton
emotional acting, at the age of Boven. Jackie Cooper hardly comes under the classification of!!! pro- digy
Jackie is merely an ordinary boy
rapid - fre ́ ́ imagination., whose strongly developed emotion and comedy, which paid him five natured mimicry make him a per- dollars, started Jackie Cooper on feet child actor. Instead of delight- a film career which was destined
Are
to make him the youngest star ing in the life "prodigies
expected to enjoy. he rejoins Robert the Hollywood firmament.
"Sooky." Googan for Paramount's
His
mother, ́n vaudeville pianist, re showing to-day at the Oriental cognizing Jackie's virtuosity, help Theatre.
ed him to secure various juvenile
roles in pictures, but it was not
and a great cast.
antil, he did a singing number in
youth sets a
fast pace for the town busybodies
the Fox Movietone Follies that ster to play the title role in
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.80 p.m.
"PLL PAY ANY
PRICE FOR THRILL”
Rich enough
to do what she wanted, Pretty enough to get away with it!
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
with SALLY
EILERS
SPINCER
TRACY
EL
BRENDEL
Dickie MOORE
Directed by
JOHN W.CONSIDINE JL. FOX PICTURE
ADDED FEATURE
"MAGIC
CARPET SERIES"
TO-MORROW
PAUL LUKAS FRANCES DEE CHARLES ROGERS
WORKING GIRLSTM
a Paramount Picture
ORIENTAL
THEATRET FLEMING ROAD, WANCHAI, FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7:15 & 9.80 p.m.
JACKIE COOPER
& ROBERT-: COOGAN IN
Sooky
a Ganamosina Picture
A great Story for Boys that Mothers will Understand.
TO-MORROW PAUL LUKAS
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HONG KONG.
Queen'.
Grock."
CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWING
TO-DAY
at 2.80; 5.80; 7.30 & 9.30 pm.
(Please note the special change of
King's.
"Disorderly Conduct."
Central:
Two Swords."'
World.
Oriental,
Stepping Out.”:
Sooky."
KOWLOON.
Star.
Durab Bella in Ermine.'
2.30 & 7.30 SHOWS
King's,
COMING.
Working Girls."
"This is the Night."
Central.
** Wings.**
Caught Cheating."
"Devotion."
Queen's.
Star.
"When A Folier Needs
World.
Friend."
No Lady"
"Politica."
Oriental.
The Beloved Bachelor.". "The Road to Reno."
CORRESPONDENCE.
[All letters intended for publi- cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless a desired. but as evidence of good faith-ED.j
› YOUR FAVOURITE, FİLM?
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."}
DEAR SIR,--My husband and I were discussing last night the merits of various films we had both seen, We then sat down and, indepen- dently, wrote a list of what we con sidered the best 12 films we had seen during the last 10 years.
I thought that possibly the lists might be of interest to some of your reuders, I wonder whether any one of them would agree with my choice or my husband's? Our lista which do not represent order of merit wore as follows:.
My own selections were: The Temptress ((Greta Garbo). The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin). The Coast of Pleasure (Glorin
Swanson).
Sunrise (Murneau's 'direction). Mouna (South Sea. Idyll). La Vie de Boheme (Lilian Gish).. Resurrection (Dolores del Rio), Bon Hur.
Atlantic.
Anna Christie (Greta Garbo). Sunshine Susie.
The Calendar.
My husband's choice was:-
Griffith's Intolerance (D.
spectacular film).
W.
The Cirous (Charlie Chaplin).
Anna Christie. East of Borneo. Ilesurrection. Bunshine Busic. The Calendar.
The Love Parade.
The Green Goddess.
The Gold Rush.
time for showing Chinere picture only)
DRAMA WITH ENGLISH TITLES
A WONDERFUL CHINESE
"TWO SWORDS"
5.30 & 9.30 SHOWS
SCREENING OF PART
SCREENING OF PART II
NEXT CHANGE
BY SPECIAL REQUEST-RE-SOREANING OF THE AVIATION'S. MARVELOUS MASTERPIECE NOW PERFECTLY SYNCHRONIZED WITH SOUND;
SHOWING SOON
THE GREATEST & NEWEST
LAUGH PICTURE OF THE YEAR CHARLIE MURRAY & GEORGE SIDNEY IN THEIR LATEST LAUGHING HIT
CAUGHT CHEATING
ALSO
THE QUEEN OF THE SCREEN LATEST SUCCESS
ANN HARDING
DEVOTION
GOSSIP
B X
*Maurice Loves but Ms.”
&
FACT.
Yvonne Vallee, the wife of Mau- rice Chevalier, spoke of the impond. ing divorce when she returned to
Canies. She said:
"It is true that Maurice and I are divorcing The reports which are untrue state that it is because Maurice is annoyed that I have
made a access.
"We are divorcing to keep our love for each other intact. Maurice loves no other woman bug me and I do not love anyone else. There is no wrong on either side.
"We are very temperamental and our love was being killed by our being together and seeing each ather constantly. So we have de elded to live apart.
We shall see each other often,"
White Shadows in the South Sea and in this way we hope never to tire of each other. Our love will remain for ever fresh.
Moana.
Yours faithfully, "ONE WHO ENJOYS THE FILMS." Hong Kong, Sept. 6, 1902.
U.S. CLANSMEN IN SCOTLAND.
ONE COLLECTS SWEEP". FORTUNE
The Anchor liner Caledonia ar rived at the Clyde last month carry, ing 800 members of the Order of Scottish Clans of America on their fifth biennial excursion to the home land.
"I am going to live with my mother at Acachon, while Maurice will stay at our. Villa in Cannes,"
Josser Joins the Army,
six plays extended only over six months of his career. In each play, Laughton had a "fat" part for a minor player. In his sixth play, Laughton created a sensation in his "bita." Critics, while bemoaning the fact that the play would not last long, showered him with praise. One enterprising dramatic reporter sought. Laughton's background. Upon learning that this young actor had done the six parts which stood out in recent fiascos, he wrote.
column article about the player. Overnight, Laughton became the moat falked of new player in Lon don. Producers sought him and he quickly became one of that coun try's stage favourites,
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Arms and the Man "And the
Midges.
Cecil Lowis, who has been direct- ing scenes in North Wales for ver sion of Bernard Shaw's ́“Arms and the Man," has returned with his unit and cast, all of whom bear the bonourable scars of alfresco film- ing. The site of the unit's activity In "Josser Joins the Army," a was a private estate, near the prel comedy film which reconstructs tai ty little village of Beddgelert. This in the studio, severál German film property has been untenanted for artistes were engaged in order to some considerable time and Ita play in special scenes and also to haunted by millions of midges, teach the lines and pronunciation gaats,nosquitoes and flies, who to the British actors playing parts had not had a square meal in as German officers. Such successful months. The general activity pupils were Harold Wilkinson and aroused the hungry insects from Arwnold Bell that a visitor from their leafy lair into swarming Berlin mistook them for the genu clouds which descended indiscrim ine article until his remarks evokinately on actors and technicians, ed no response from the embarrass ed and speechless actors.
Fallures and Fame,"
and the first day's work was held up while a messager dashed to Portmado for an insectiélda spray!,
This was not the only difficulty with which Lewis had to con- Six stage failures brought fame tond, for within a distance of a to Charles Laughton, England'e quarter of a mile were two main loading character actor now in roads and the constant passing of Hollywood for film roles.
motor traffic, the drivers of which This paradoxical situation was were of course blissfully unaware of in Dublin. He is a Glasgow-born revealed by the actor as he began filming operations at hand, delayed his contract with Paramount in production slightly as the sensitive plasterer, now living in Brooklyn, support of Tallulah Bankhead and miscrophone picked up, even at that His daughter had taken a ticket in Gary Cooper, in Devil and the distance, the ham of the engines. the last Dublin sweepstake
ke and won Deep
When the ship called at Belfast clansman, James Patterson, stopped off so claim a sweepstake fortune
£30,000.
Less than five years ago, laughton AWEKA Father and daughter pro made his stage debut in London Walls and Lynn in
Thurk:**
For instal talents were on the "Skippy, Jackie was among the "The Beloved to Dublin to collect the Until that time he was hotel clerk, Tom Walls has never played be..
forcibly to attention of many applicants for the role. He producers,
was chosen for the part and the Featured naria in Sunnysido rest of his career is screen history. Un and His First Seven Years' His Ifrat role was as Dink in followed, after which young Cooper The Chaing." "He then appeared became an important member of in Bocky, and after a short rest the "Our Gang comedies. When began his role in When a Feller Farmount made tests for a young Needs & Priond, which is playing. (Continued at foot of next calund) shortly at the Queen's Theatre,
Bachelor
Dorothy Jórdan
A Paramount Picture.j
money, and intend to return in spending his free time studying at ter than in Thark Ralph time to catch the same liner out the Royal Academy of Dramatic and he have not shown on be
Arts, His first part gave ample a fumier scene than their joint ad ward bound for America.
opportunity for elever characterize venture in bed together in the The clansmen received a great |tion in a minor role but the oppor haunted house. This is another ovation at Glasgow, where they tunity continued for only a short truccess for British films and were welcomed by the Lord Provost, time; the show closed, For Av: "Thark should prove to be the Bir Thomas Kelly and various other consecutive shows the same biggest box-office winner that ins Burns Associations
thing happened: Daughton's first yet come out of any English studio.
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