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QUEENS THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2,30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m
New MORALS FOROLD
Mingle by Charles Brabla
Metro
Godtyn
Mayer
NCTURI
-with
Robert Young
Margaret Perry
Lewis Stone
Laura Hope Crewes
Myrna Loy
Jean Hersholt'
"I'M FREE and
TWENTY-ONE.
I wish to live my own life!"
A memorable picture
right from the heart of Youth!
NEXT CHANGE IT WILL MAKE
SCREEN HISTORY!
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer again creates screen history with the presentation of Upton Sinclair's daring drama of the son of America to-day!
with Dorothy JORDAN Bobort YOUNG Lewis STONE
Waltor HUSTON Jinuhy DURANTE NG HAMILTON
› Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
PICTURE
THE
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1932.
MOVIE NEWS KINGS THEATRE
Pictures In Hong Kong
A SPECIALIST IN
VAMP ROLES
MYRNA LOY FILM AT QUEEN'S THEATRE
Myrna Loy finds that it, pays tu
Hav I had at least on the sorrės, ing recently scored is the seductive beauty who led Neil Hamilton to ruin in The Wet Parade, Miss Luy now
turns her attention, to Robert Young when she es her best to convince the à gay life in the Paría Latin quarter is more at tractive thân serious work, during! the narrative of New Morals for
Old."
ONE HEAVENLY
NIGHT"
MEDICAL STUDENT WHO TURNED COMEDIAN
A trade notice states!—
The Leon Errol who in Sally " use this uation of ours one of its heartiest laughs in years has suc cumbed to the audible serec, and in
One Heavenly Night," the one that brings Evelyn Laye wad John Boles to the King's Theatre to-day displays his droll humour and his rubber legs in a all tongth talking picture for the
Gr.t time.
It seems Eve always got to bej nice but naughty," explained Miss Like Jolin Boles, his fellow player Lay, when interviewed on a Metro-One Heavenly Night." Leor
Errol studied to ben
Goldwyn-Mayer"set during filming
of New Morals for Old." which is now playing at the Queen's Theatre.
Blamed It on Her Eyes.
When I played with Round Colman as the vamp in Devil to Pay Lasked him if he had any idea why producers always east me in these misleading-lady roles. think he was rather unkind when he told me it was because of my eyes.
You've got green eyes,' he said. Cats have green eyes--' and he left me to imagine the rest of the simile. I've never forgiven him for |it!!
I
surgeon.
eles attended medical school in Taxas. It was at Sidney Univer- nity, in Sidney, Australia, that Evol expected to get his doctor's shingle. I didn't, for his class
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
[At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30. p.m.
GOLDWY
Ameone! HEAVENLY NIGHT
IT WILL DELIGHT,
AMUSE
AND
FORD L
YOU !
EVELYN LAYE JOHN BOLES
\/LEON ERROL
ALSO
UNITED ARTISTI
• PICTURE
HEARST METROTONE NEWSREEL
to insisted on making a clown TO-MORROW f him. This, in turn, suited Errol to a T
For
Once the decision was made Errol became a clown in earnest. ten years, he toured through Aus-
alia and New Zealand in vande ville, light opera, musical comedy and revues. In 1910, bo came to America for Florenz Ziegfeld, and continued in the Follies in 1915. In 1010, he appeared in The Wineome Miss Loy's smile belied her words, Window and later in "The Con- however, and when asked if shotary Girl." "Hitchy Ko" and seriously objected La playing Joy Bells" followed and then the * vampy" rolex, she admitted she didn't mind in the least,
was born in Helena,
triumphant "Sally," in which he shared honours with Marilyn Miller. Since then, there were twofol les" and Yours Truly,"
Last spring, Errol took part, ay cae of the novelty masters of cerr many, in "Paramount Parade." “One Heavenly Night" is the first
After all, what's the differ euer she countered." It's only in the screen. When the day's film. ing over, I can go home and be my sweet, natural self again-at least I hope it's sweet," she added.
Ranches in Montana were the taking picture in which he has a childhood playgrounds of Myrna stoły part. Laby. She Montana, where her father operated large ranch properties. When 01 high school age, her parents brought her to Los Angeles, where she at tended the Westlake School fut Girls, and later an art school. Her ability as a sculptress attracted the attention of the late Rudolph Va- lentino, and resulted in her playing a bit in "What Prico Beauty," which Mrя, Valentino produced with Nita Naldi as the star.
AMATEUR DADDY'
WARNER BAXTER FILM FOR
KING'S THEATRE
A trade notice states: Warner Baxter's hardest job is Last Played in "Emma."
ying to convince Boquaintances At first This was followed by other small that he is an American. rules that stendily grew bigger. meeting, they are invariably as Her first leading role was in tonded to learn that the tanned, "Renegade with Warner Baxter, wavy haired star is not a Spaniard, followed by Devil to Pay" and or some other of the Mediterranean Arrowsmith." ต "Transatlan-peoples This is because he has tie" she proved a sensation and fol- so often portrayed in his screen lawed it with "Emma" in which characterizations men of foreign, she appeared with Marie Dressler repecially Latin, extraction, at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stu. dios. The studios placed her under
contraet.
Miss Loy is five feet five inches with dark hair and eyes and weighs 125 pounds. She loves dancing, col- lects paintings and sculptures, swims, plays tennis and rides.
**THE LOST
SQUADRON"
THRILLER OF THE AIR AT CENTRAL THEATRE
A trade notice states:- "The Lost Syuadron," R.K.O. Radio. Pictures novelty sensation opened at the Central Theatre yes terday. It is remarkably fine film, and is enacted by a strong cast of players. Richard Dix stars and is supportol by Mary Astor, Dorothy ||| Jordon, Joel Meles, Robert Arni strong and Erich Von Stroheim.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY || At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m
SIR
JOHN
MARTIN-HARVEY
“The
it
LYONS
But the truth is, Baxler was worn in Columbus, Ohio, of Ameri ran parents, and was educated there. Although he dabbled with Spanish while in high school, he does not speak The language fluently, French being his favourite acquired tongue,
In "Amateur Daddy" his latest Fox romantic drama "which opens on Thursday next at the. King's Theatre, Baxter has every oppur tunity to prove his Americanism, even to the most skeptical. As a pipe-smoking, hard-working Ameri- van construction engineer, ho is seen as the typical, kind-hearted bachelor no characteristic of our everyday life.
Marinn Nixon is paired opposite Baxter in the unusual and wim-. sical romance that motivates this. drama 'of bachelor love from Mildred Cram's novel, ** Scotch Valley," Rita La Roy and William Pawley are niso featured, Jolia Blystone directed.
dare-devils, or has picturized so The vigorous red-blooded charac-many hair-raising crashes and ca- tem of the Dick Grace original are tastrophies. Responsible for tho etched in sharp relief against a blue loops, spirals, spins, banks and background of breath-taking sky thrilling nose dives, were Dick scenes, tragedy, romanos and gle Grace, Art Gobely, Frank Clark, morous Hollywood boulevards and Babe. Green and Garland Lincoln- gay places and behind the scones in aces at. Of particular interestin the mammoth sound stages. "The gala premiere staged at the noted: Lost Squadron" combines a strong Chinese Theatre on the boulevard, story of movie-making and intimate featuring stars, lights, dazzling Hollywood with a glorification of gowns, limousines, radio speeches, intrepid stunt flyers, who daily risk and the pomp and display of a re- Their lives that theatres may be prugular first anght movie,The Lost Squadita ? is the answer to the ory vided with thrilla.
No air picture has ever assembled for vigorous entertainment Buch an imposing squadron of bears the stamp of George Archain-
(Continued on next Column.) baud's direction.
THE HAPPIEST ROMANCE SINCE "DADDY LONG LEGS!"
WARNER
BAXTER
Amateur Daddy
Marian NIXON
FOX PICTURE
ORIENTAL
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINOS 70-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 p.m.
THE MAN IKILLED
Lionel BARRYMORE Nancy CARROLL Phillips HOLMES
A ERNST
LUBITSCH
PRODUCTION
a Garamount Picture
· TO-MORROW:
~~~~TAN FIRST VANTONESE-
TALKING PICTURE
WU SAN
.IN
TOLIVAN AT THE
King's.
CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
One Heavenly Night." Queen's.
New Morals for Old." Central.
"The Lost Squadron.” Driental.
Star.
The Man I Killed.”
KOWLOON.
"Lyons Mail"
King's,
COMING.
Amateur Daddy."
Queen's.
"Wet Parade,”
Central.
"Carnival.",
Blaz.
**Possessed,"
Oriental,
"Two Orphans."
'A TALKIE GAMBLE "COMES OFF”
THE TRIUMPH OF ALL-STAR ***GRAND HOTEL "
GRETA GARBO AT THE TOP
London, Oct. 9.-16 would have been difficulty to find in London
CENTRAL
THEATRE
UNDER ENTIRELY
NEW
MANAGEMENT
to-day a man more backed with life SHOWING TO-DAY
than Mr. Sam Eckman, Junior.
the Metro film chirt in England.
Six months ago ho gambled with
DAILY AT
the most valuable talkie over made 2.80, 5.15, 7:15 & 9,80 P.M.-
The crowds which stood outside
the Palace Theatre for, six hours "Grand during the night when Hotel "
was having its double premier, and the enthusiasm of the nxhibitors at the tra le show, prov- ed that his gamble had come off;
AN RKO RADIO
SUPER PRODUCTION
SKIES AFLAME. Grand Hotel," na a talkie, wili WITH SEARING
probably earn about £170,000 i Great Britain.
་
It arrived in England in the laic spring. Should Mr. Eckman give it a short season then in the West End or gamble on the public still being interested in the subject in
C. B. DE MILE'S "SIGN the autumn, when it could have a
OF THE CROSS” ·
NAERLY 8,000 PERSONS
EMPLOYED
Ushering in a period of prosper- ity to more than 7,300 Hollyword extra players and providing em ployment to several thousand arti. enns and technical workers, filming was began a few days ago of Cecil B. De Mille's most elaborate talk. ing picture "The Sign of the Cross" at the Paramount studice.
Because of its spectacular nature, the picture will utilize the services of thousands of people during two and one-half months of production, What are said to be the largest sets ever built for a talking picture have bren constructed at the studio and at the. Paramount ranch, thirty-two miles from Hollywood.
The Sign of the Cross," which marks DeMille's return to the type
With the courage of long run? heroes Mr. Eckman put this talkie gold mine on the shelf,
And now all he has to do is tol sit back and watch the exhibitors tumble over themselves to get the film, and listen gleefully to the storm of argument the picture will provoke among the public,
But "Grand Hotel" is really a very good piece of film-making. It follows the book very closely and yet contrives to be a real movie.
MELODRAMA!
LOST
SQUADRON
The adaptation and photography)
brilliant technical achieve. are ments, and the direction by English|| Edmund Goulding is almost entire- ly admirable,
though
Only almost, because everybody is so good, the film loaves you curiously dissatisfied, though) you know you have been marvel- lously entertained all the while.
The reason is that the characteri- sations are imperfect. There is too much of Lionel Barrymore under the makeup of poor dying Kringe-
in the much of Joan Crawford
the typist and not enough of naughtiness of Flammchen, and too much of Wallace Beery in Herri Direktor Proysing. That is an old fault of Hollywood films. The star must never sink his or her person. ality, in the part.
Garbo the Dancer,
of production which brought him lein, too much of John Barrymore fame with The Ten Command-in the Baron (and Mr. Barrymore is ments" and "King of Kings.", is a shade too old for the part), tooj the director's fifty-eixth film sincs he began making motion pictures at the old Lasky studio barn in 1913.
De Mille has assembled one of the most imposing casts ever to appear an the talking sereen. Headed by Frederic March, Elissa Landi, Clau- dette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Jan Keith, Vivian Tobin and Tommy Coulon, the supporting cost
What of Garbo Little as the includos such well known character players as Frederick Burton, Fer-usually attracts me in talkies, 1 dinand Gottschalk, Robert Man- am satisfied that she wins most ning, Clarence Burton, Arthur Holl, Nat Pendleton. Richard Alex ander, William V. Mong, Constan- tine Romanoff and Harold Henly.
"The Sign of the Crows" was adapted by Waldemar Young and Sidney Buchman from Wilson Bar- watch.
Next I place Wallace Beery for rett's stage play. It is being photo-so nearly sinking himself in the graphed by Karl Struss Mitchell part of the blustering Preysing, Lesen, who has been De Mille's art director for thirteen years, is serv ing in a similar capacity. Burns is the directar's business manager, and Russell Matthews and WELL. RECEIVED BY ITALIAN Charles Braton are the assistant directors.
MONTY BANKS CAST
GALLANT SAGA OF HOLLYWOOD'S DARING STUNT MEN... SUPER- LATIVE NOVELTY OF THE HOUR!
starring RICHARD DIX
MARY ASTOR JOEL M¢ CREA ROBT. ARMSTRONG HUGH HERBERT ERICH VON STROHEIM
DIRECTED GEORGE
ARCHAINDAUD
RKO RADIO PICTURE
POPULAR PRICES Dress Circle
honours in "Grand Hotel." She Back Stalls does succeed in making us feel that
the tired-of-life danser had a won Upper Circle
derful rejuvenation when the wick ed Baron brought love to her. Her scenes of rapture are a delight t..
Roy SOVIET FILMS FOR ITALY
"FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE."
in
PRESS.
The Soviet films, the Ticket_for Life" and "The Quiet Don," have scored great successes at the inter rational exhibition in Venice. The former production received special Press attention, being hailed in long articles for the exceptional artistic merits.
Intensive preparations are
The newspaper Popolo d'Italia hand for the now B.I.P. production, points out that this film is of "For the Love of Mike, which, especial interest for the Italian public, which is as yet but little under the direction of Monty acquainted with Soviet movies.
Banks, will take the floor at Elstree, Emphasising its artistic values the paper says: "Above all, the specta A special film version has been tor is struck by the ability of the adapted, for the screen of this puc-| actors who were taken directly from cessful story by Clifford Grey and the streets and noted for the screen with a technical perfection of which Frank Launder, and will be prectly the Soviet cinema industry is sented Be a comedy with musical capable. Whatever the political numbers interpolated by logical intendency of the picture, one cannot troduction.
$1.50
1.00
.50
TAX INCLUDED
Servicemen in
Uniform 50 cents
to Back Stalls only.
ADVANCE BOOKING.
AT
ANDERSON'S.
·NEXT CHANGE
but regard it as one of the most out MATHESON LANG Members of the original cast of standing achievements of the world's For the Love of Mike," will re- cinema art."!
CARNIVAL peat their outstanding performances Gazeta del Popolo devoted a long EVENING STANDARD; THIS IS A REALNOUME for the screen and include Bobby article to the Soviet films and de
"TWO ORPHANS" Howes in the starring role, Arthur clares that the II.8.8.B. 16 creating
Risers and Wylie Watson wa another Hollywood which will put A BRITISH & DOMINIONS.
PRODUCTION.
Produced by
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Monty Banks is at present busily out excellent pictures. It desurfber conducting taste for the feminine the Ticket for Life" as roles and the names of those select classical chef d'œuvre of the Soviet ed will be announced shortly.
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