12
QUEEN THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.| The Greatest Comedy To Come to the Screen
G
CROCK
A Masterpiece with the
world famous "GROCK' in the leading róle
NB. The first 3 reels of this wonderful production are in the German language as the scene is laid in Germany, but full ex- planatory titles are employed;| the remainder of the picture is entirely in English dialogue.
NEXT ATTRACTION
PALS!
-and
how
you'll
love them
together! AN ADULT
PICTURE:
Choodschen
JJACKIE
COOPER
America's Boy Star and Lovable, Laughable
Chic SALE
in a great drama
Maya
טריז
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1932.
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong
"THE BELOVED BACHELOR."
A trade notice states:- Dorothy Jordan, as the young girl who adds herself to the list of those who fall in love with Paul Lukas
in "The Beloved Bachelor," is one
"WORKING GIRLS." -·
•
PRESENT OFFERING AT THE KING'S.
A trade notice states':- "Working Girls," which is show
of a score who have had that honouring to-day at tw King's Theatre,
in the moving pictures.
whe Was
is a story that takes the typical American working girl, er anbi- One of Lukas' earliest screentions, her sacrifices, her repressións, sweethearts was Pola Negri, the her wants, her temptations-and exotic European star
sets them up in a Peacock Alley brought to Hollywood after her big pageant coloured with the brilliant successes in support of Emil Jen-iridescence of wisecracks, drama,
Lukas appeared with her nings.
Actress," "Loves of an "Manhattan.
in
it Cocktail"
I
ТАБ
Nancy Carroll-and again the same actress in "The Skopworn Angel ". although the honours were shared by Gary Cooper. In "Hot News," Lakas "pulled up" wil Daniels.
In "The Beloved
Bebe
Bachelor," the Jordan
which is now showing at Oriental Theatre, Miss divides the attention of the hand. Home Paul with Vivienne Osborne, but it is Dorothy who lands him finally, after a series of tender and touching scenes.
Misa Jordan was borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the part she plays in The Beloved Bache for." She has had important roles "Shipmates;" several Ramon Navarro pictures, and in "Min and Bill."
in
The cast of "The Beloved Bacho- lor also includes Charlie Ruggles, star of "The Girl Habit," Leni Stengel. John Breeden, Marjorie Gateson and Harold Minjit
ناطة
THIS IS THE NIGHT.",
FINE PICTURE FOR THE KING'S.
A trade notice states:- Bercen realism, as interpreted by ja score of behind-the-scenes worked theParamount Hollywood studios, was recently given a jolt when a score of employes were er dered to quit dolling up and "be themselves" in a bit of action laid
on a linaut..
romance and action.
'<
And if women are the indicators on box-olla meters, here it some- thing new to draw them; Paul Lukas and Charles "Buddy"! Rogers, co-featured in romantic
One, coles.
sympathetic gentleman who tries to under- stand "Working Girls;" the other an irrepressible youth who thinks girls are just something to take for ride. Both Lukas and flogers are co high in feminine hearts.
that
And the girls-of the type gentlemen prefer; Venus-like heroi nes who show you the pretty legs the girl problem stands on. Fran ces Dee as the big temptation. Dorothy Hall, Alberta Vaughan, Claire Dodd Judith Wood and a dozen other fetching types.
'WINGS."
WELCOME RETURN TO THE CENTRAL.
A trade notice states:-
Cameramen are called upon to perform many exciting stunts ia making motion pictures but, accord- ing to Burton Steene, the most, thrilling experience was that, when, from the bombay" of a hugo bomber, he filmed twelve full ser vics charge aerial bombs as they wore dropped on a reconstructed French village, all twelve scoring direct bits.
Stecue performed this fant in the photographing of "Winge," Para mount's wonder air picture, which is showing at the Central Theatre to-day.
"I belief I drew one of the most
difficult assignments in the filming of "Wings" says Steene. "I was The erstwhile actors, who in real hoisted and squeezed in the bomber life are electricians, carpenters, compartment, containing 1,200 lbs, painters, property men and other of T.N.T.
inbera of the working crew, were small that I could scarsely move my drafted for atmospheric rolex durlegs in a kneeling position and I
I was in a space as
WHEN A ing the filming of an important so kept thinking what might happen
FELLER
NEEDS A FRIEND
(STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m
Lupino Lanes Latest Largest and Longest Laugh Vehicle!
NO LADY
quonce in "This Is the Night, if anything went wrong with thos which Lily Damita, Charlie Rug. bombs or we had to make a forced gles, Roland Young, Cary Grant landing.
aud Thelma Todd are featured. A thin rope was fastened to my
is amusing picture comes to the
King's Theatre on Saturday.
These particular scones are laid on a sot in a big picture studio, with a troupe in action.
left arm and led to the cockpit
where Captain S.R. Stribling was in command. A signal of two shar pulls was the word to tell me that the bombs would be released. 1 When this workers reported, for could not see what was coming, duty in front of the cameras, Direc hoase the signal, and naturally the tor Frank Tuttle was surprised to scene would be a short one as the discover them wearing freshly ship was doing 90 miles an hour, laundered shirts, neckties, caroful. Capt, Stribling gave, the two sharp tugs. Locking through the ly-pressed suits and shiny shoes.
Clot back into your work clothed finder in my camera, it was my job and play the scene like you really to pick up the bombs as they fell yelled Tuttle. What are I could neither see not hear them you trying to do, kid the public?" rati) they came into the finder.
ATC,
NEW SOURCE OF HELIUM.
FOUND IN: BRITISH · COLONY.
PLANTER'S ANXIOUS WAIT.
a reply definitely identifying the gas as helium.
Helium, was first detected in 188
by Lockyer in the spectrum of the sun's chromosphere during eclipse.
an
ter
It was not known to occur in restrial matter until in 1895 Sir William Ramsay, while searching for argon in certain minerals, ob tained the helium spectrum. An anxious wait of three montha'
Next to hydrogen, helium is the on the part of a planter hamed lightest known gas. Being net-in- Fitzwilliam who owns a cocon estate flammable, it is extremely valuable Rear Port of Spain, Trinidad, har for use in lighter-than-air craft. been followed by the announcement
Hitherto the only place in the that he is the discoverer of a new British Empire where helium ap source of helium.
peared in any quantity was Canade Mr. Fitzwilliam was actually dril. The United States, on the other hand produces large quantities of ling for oil on his estate. Es
the gas. ! struck the gas at various depths Had the ill-fated R:101 beon filled under ninety feet, A sample was with helium on her last flight the sent to the United States for a feat tragedy of Beauvais, atates Reuter, and it is reported he has received might have been averted
KINGS THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.80 p.m.:
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA.
HONG KONG
King's.
Working Girls."
Centrál
"Wings."
Queen's
World.
Grock"
"Politics."
Oriental.
The Beloved Bachelor:"
KOWLOON.
Star.
No Lady."
COMING.
Caught Cheating." "Devation."
Contral.
Queen's.
It's nice work
When
Friend."
Feller Needs
#
ft you can get it!
King's
This is the Night."
"Man of Mayfair."
Star.
WORKING GIRLS"
**Stepping Out."
A Paramount Picture
with
PAUL LUKAS FRANCES DEE CHARLES ROGERS STUART ERWIN..
ALSO
CARTOON
"BABBLING BOOK" "NAUGHTY CAL"
-NEXT CHANGE SATURDAY 10th, SEPT.
Hey, Mister!
Look out she's
trying to marry you, and
THIS
IS THE
NIGHT
La Gurramorine Pictur with
Lily Bamita Charlie Ruggles Roland Young Cary Grant
ORIENTAL
THEATRETTA
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
Joyous
Love-Storp
with
PAUL: LUKAS DOROTHY JORDAN CHARLIE BUGGLES.
The
BELOVED BACHELOR
a Garamani Ciction
NEXT OHANGE SUNDAY 11th, SEPT.
"THE ROAD
TO RENO"
4 Paramount Picture
LILYAN TASHMAN. CHARLES ROGERS- PEGGY SHANNONAA BOOKING TEL. 28473
"Bung of the West."
World.
Get Rick Quick Wallingford"
Inundation of Treasure City"
(Chinese picture),
"Love and Parontage"
(Chinese picturo).
Oriental,
"The Road to Reno,"
FAR TOO MANY PHYSICIANS?
- OVERPRODUCTION IN U.S. AND EUROPE.
"The aumbor of physicians 'in Franco continues to increase faster than the population."
In Hungary the number of phy. sicians exceeds 8,000, which is too many."
The new medical students (in Germany) enrolled for the past few years have greatly exceeded exti- mated number of assimilable young physicians. It is evident that, dur ing the past three years, 7,800 more medical students than needed have received training.” ・・
The sentences quoted above are taken from letters from Berlin, Budapest and Paris and are repeti- tions of statements that have ap- peared very frequently within re- American cent years, saya the Medieal Association Bulletin.
"In 1000, with horseback and horse-und buggy transportation, with few telephones and with oer- tain diseases very prevalent that are now comparatively rare, tho medical schools of the United States turned out 3,214 graduates," the writer continues. "In 1930 less- than half as many schools produced 4,585 young physicians. In' the meantime there has been almost unbelievable improvement in trans- portation and in all the facilities of communication and there has been a remarkable diminution in the prevalence of certain discases that formerly kept physicians busy. In the meantime, also, the number of hospitals has increased tremendous- ly.
"While comparatively few of the graduates of the schools of the United States go to other countries, a very considerable number of the graduates of the medical schools of other countries come to the United States, year after year. Approxi-, mated that the population of this United States each year. It is esti mately that the population of this country will be stabilized within a few years. There is one phy- sician for each 780 of the popula tion. In 1931 there were enrolled in our medical school 385 more stu. dents than in 1930 and the number
"
CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWING
TO-DAY
at 2.30; 5.05; 7.20 & 9.35 p.m.
(Please note the change of time
owing to the length of the picture) THE MOST WONDERFUL AIR EPIO OF THE WAR "ACES" WITH MARVELLOUS SOUND & MUSICAL SYNCHRONIZATION
A tragic food of leadt
Madly be fired round after reumid lab the vitals of the ship of the air that bore this insignia of the engry,
How was he to know that the pilot was the Bad been pal be believed dead--the very paí *verging!
It's the most adrring climax the screen, bas given! And it's but one of a host of 'towering "moments in a mighty picture that will carry you over the clouds to a thousand thrills. AG bually fined bilen bigh in the air.
try the pictues which theiled Broadw than a year. It's the picture London, Paris and all the big cities of the world hailed as the greatest screen
for mor
etterplot has won a rising volume of pražan
WING
CLARA BOW CHARLES (BUDDY) ROGERS RICHARD ARLEN GARY COOPER
Picture
SPECIAL PRICES
$1.10; DRESS CIRCLE
BACK STALL
55 cents UPPER CIRCLE & FRONT STALL, 85 cents (including tax) NEXT CHANGE
THE GREATEST & NEWEST
LAUGH PICTURE OF THE YEAR
CHARLIE MURRAY & GEORGE SIDNEY IN THEIR LATEST LAUGHING HIT
CAUGHT CHEATING
SHOWING SOON
THE QUEEN OF THE SCREEN LATEST TRIUMPH
ANN HARDING ©DEVOTION-
Hollywood's Axe-swinger,
GOSSIP &
FACT.
The move to reduce the exceeding ly high salaries of Hollywood film stars was started by the new Pre sident of the Radio-Keith Orpheum Company, Mr. Merlin II. Ayles worth, formerly Lead of the Na tional Broadcasting Company, A
J
each is distasteful, Still in search of a boverage that looks like whisky and yet has an appeal, he is now experimenting with a weak caugh
ixtum.
Two Walls,
During the making of "Thark" Mr. Aylesworth, who is still on Tom Walls spent the early hours of the right side of 45, has an attrae- every morning training his horse tive personality. His success as the April the Fifth for the Derby. After head of one of America's dominant giving some hours to this task, Tom broadcasting services earned him Walls would then motor from Epsom the presidency of the Radio-Keith-to Elstree, put in a day's work on Orpheum, which is a General Elec Thark," both as star and direc tric organisation operating theatrestor, and then motor back to Epsom late at night, in order to be on the and cinema, interests.
Aylesworth took one look at the spot first thing in the morning of graduates increased by 170. books of the movie interests and an. And it was also during the making 2e of “ Thark that the Derby was
In in little booklet called "Notesnounced:
on Legal Education, published by Unless drastic reductions in the run, with April the Fifth justify the section of legal education and salaries of stars are made the in ing his trainer's efforts by a KDSC- admissions to the bar of the Ameri-dustry will be broke in mnety tacular win of three quarters of a
length. can Bar Association, some very in- |'dayall de
is
teresting figures are presented and It might be remarked that Mr: soms very pertinent questions are Aylesworth's own salary asked. In the ten years from 1920 150,000dol. (about £30,000) yearly, to 1930, according to this booklet, for which be works 18 hours a day approximately 18,500 new lawyers
were admitted to practice in the Bubstitutes for United States. It is estimated that
winds for Whisky,
"Another Sewing: Bes,"
}}
The eight of a strong, silent prop man gotting, busy with, a fine needle and thread attracted. many amused-onlookers on Geno
the number of lawyers who die and Jimmy Godden, who is playing in Gerrard's set at Elstree where he is
the number who withdraw from Double Trouble" is searching for directing and playing in "Let Me
and non-alcoholic practice cacht year together maka | a
synthetic Explain, Dear It appears that 4,000, while in the year 1931 about whisky As Mr. Trout he appears a pearl necklace plays an import 9,700 were admitted to practice, so pleasantly intoxicated throughoutant part in the lm, and towing. that the committee that prepared the picture, and has already found to its constant handling breaks on the booklet haa poncluded that that property" whisky is apt to an average six times a day. Every more than twice as many lawyers pall sifor a succession of scenes. In time props hears the beads sest are being produced than are need search of variety he has sampled as tering on the studio floor, he threads, ed. The question is asked,Is it substitutes Lemonade, weak to his needle anew and prepares for not time to take some steps to re- vinegar and water, Kola, ginger what he calls another sewing duco this flood tide 122
ale, and cider, but even a little of bee."
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.