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CENTRAL

THEATRI

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ADVANCE BOOKING

AT ANDERSON'S

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.39 P.M..

The Smiling Fight- er...The Woman... and The Other Man... Fighting their emotional battle in the midst of the most terrific

war scenes ever

filmed... Picturing the life struggle of two nations!

A Marcel Vandal and Chas. Delac Production staged In Hollywood and the Alps. Directed by Cytli Gardner, Presented by Carf Leemmis. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

DOOMED BATTALION

THE PICTURE TERRIFICI

NEXT CHANGE

BRITAIN'S GREATEST

MUSICAL TRIUMPH

DELICIOUS VIENNESE "ROMANCE ~

JACK BUCHANAN

ANNA NEAGLE

Good Night Vienna

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1932.

LAST

TWO-DAYS

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

AT 2.80, 6.10,

HONG KONG.

King'a,

"Rebecca ak Sunnybrook

Farin,"

Queen's.

May Be It's Love,"

Central.

"The Doomedi Battalion.".

Star,

KOWLOON.

"Greek."

King's.

COMING.

"Life Goes On."

Forgotten Commandmenta.”

Vanishing Frontier."

***Movie Crazy,."

Que n'x.

Young Donovan's Kid.” "Huddle."

Ceutral.

Oriental.

Star.

end Night Vinnan."

"One Hour With You,"

** (ilist Train,”

Brown Suger."

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

since you've seen such ten- der, delightful, stimulating the kind that

romance ...

makes the worldseem kinder.

REBECCA of SUNNYBROOK

FARM

with

KARIAN NIXON RALPH BELLAMY

MAB MARSEL LOUISE. CLOSSER HALE. Based on Kate Dougla V

a Wiggin's and Chatore Thompson's play Alfred Santal producción. LA-FOX PICTURE

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

MAY BE IT'S LOVE"

WITH JOAN BENNETT

A480

COMPLETE SUBJECT

of

THE OLYMPIO GAMBS

of

1982.

"THE DOOMED BATTALION"

NOW AT CENTRAL

THEATRE

A trade notice. states:- Grinding a camera while shoot- ing at breakneck speed on skijs down the precipitous slopes of the REBECCA OF

Alps Swinging out over bottom- SUNNYBROOK FARM"lean chasms at the end of a rope for a shot of a hidden ledge! Scaling treacherous cliffs with ons

AMERICA'S CAMPUS IDOL COUNTRY IDYLL AT KING'S hand and cranking with the other!

A trade aotice states:

The "All-American** girl is Holden blonde. She is five feet three

THEATRE

These were some of the nerve testing feals necessary to film Universal's tremendous production "The Doomed Battalion" which is now showing at the Central

A trade notice states:- "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm,"

inches tall.

production She weighs one hum-Fox

co-featuring dred and vight pounds. She has Marian Nixon and Ralph Bollany, Theatre.

Nor was the cameraman alone' blur eyes. She has a soft speak-now showing at the King's Thea- ing voice and is a first class flirt! tre. Headed by Moe Marsh, the exposed to these hazards of the She is Juan Bennett, who por supporting cast in this latest ver- aiighty Alps. Every member of tinys the sweetheart of the "all-sion, of the Kate Douglas Wiggin the cast, directors and production Amerienn” football team in, "May- and Charlotte Thompson classic in staff brayed hitter cold, be It's Love," the Warner Bros.cludes Louise Closser Hale, Alphonz blindncas, raging storms, precari. and Vitaphone allegiate comedy Either, Sarah Padden, Alan Hale, uus positions, avalanches and nli romance which is now showing Eula Guy, Clacir McDowell, and

at the Queen's Theatre,

others,

Alfred Santel directed lovely from the screen play by S. N. Behr. en-ed in this story of campus life man and Sonya Levien.

Miss Bennett ennots

stars

and love, whoso flirting ways auc- The adventures and tender, ro- ceed in recruiting cloven "all-mance of "Rebecca" will live. American" football

under again on the screen of the King's Theatro beginning to-day when the recently completed Fox version of "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm,"

the banner of her Alma Mater. This all-star team is composed of the best talent selected from the all-American teams of Grantland featuring Marian Nixon anil Rice, the New York Sun, and the Ralph Bellamy, opens for a stay of coaches team chosen by Conches to-day, Rockne,

Jones Warner,

and

Alexander.

vamp

Opposite Miss Nixon, in the character of Mr. Adam Ladd, Re- The various methods which Joan becca's romantic lover, Ralph Bel- Bennett employs to

the lamiy plays his first entirely sympa. football stars provide many of the thotic part since going to Holly

wood Alfred Santall directed "Re- comedy moments in the picture.

James Hall has the leading role besca" from B. N. Behrman's sad

Bennett. opposite Miss

Joe E. Sanya Lovien's screen transcrip- Brown and Laura Le contribute tion of the Kate Douglas Wiggin additional comedy as a couple of and Charlotte Thompson stage play, Mae Marsh, Louise Closser Hale, dizzy campus sweethearts.

Sarah Padden, Alan Hale and many others are also featured in the supporting cast.

GOODNIGHT

VIENNA"

BRITISH PICTURE FOR CENTRAL THEATRE

grammes.

Herbert Wilcox has taken Holt: Marvell's story and -lyrics-the lat- ier wedded to melodious turies by George Ponsford-and made of A trade notice atatea -

them a production equal to the very Strength of production and sweet best that has come from any Bri- ness of theme-are the outstanding tish studio. "Goodnight Vienna". features of "Good Night Vionna, has five song-hits--the-theme song; the latest picture from the British" Just Heaven," "My Pretty and Dominions' studios, which is Flowers," "Living in Clover " due at the Central Theatre, next and The Marching Song": change. The theme song, which in It is cortain that everybody in elgenratty gives the picture its title town next week will be minging, has already become one of the most humming or whistling these frequent iteris in broadcast pro malodious tunes, which have already (Continued at foot of next Column) become popular all over the World:

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DETAILS OF LADY BEATTY'S WILL

NEXT CHANGE COMEDY- RAMA-INTRIGUE AND MYSTERY,

"LIFE GOES

ON"

WITH

ELSIE RANDOLPH HUGH WAKEFIELD

A Paramount British Picture.

the other dangers attached to the production of this great drama of

Cominless Beatty, wife of Earl Ileatty and daughter of the late

Mr. Marshall Field: the dry goods

store inagnate, has left—in addition to settled fanda amounting to some millions of dollars" and pro- perty outside the United Kingdom —unsettled, "personal-estato

int

Great Britain in her own disposi

tion of the gross value of £107,131. Probate of her will has been granted to the Public Trustee as

40le executer.

From funds of which she had power of Appointment from the estate of her father, she appoint-

́ed $1,000,000 in favour of her hus-, band, Earl Beatty, and ench of her children, David and Peter, and her son by her former inarringe, Arthur Ronald Lambert Field

Tree,

Houses and Jewels.

From her own estate she left to

her husband her portrait in oils at The Priory, Reigate, and should

he not be the owner at her death

of Brooksby Hall (Leicestershiro) £10,000 and her effecte there for the war-torn Tyroi. Days were life, with remainder to her son apent transporting equipment David. She also left. to her hus across treacherous cravasses, One band such of her jewellery as he sevne alone required eight days to might select. film, owing to the difficulties en- countered. An assistant director

་

If her husband should still be the owner of Brooksby Hall, aho left to

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MAYBEITS

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-NEXT CHANGE - MAN AND BOY

WHO THRILLED

lost an eye. Universal, however, her sou David the Dingley Hall THE WORLD!

considers itself well compensated

estafe at Brampton. Ash (Nor- for its great effort by the en-thaute). but if her husband should thusiasm demonstrated wherever

nob be the absolute owner she left

this photographic masterpiece is him this property for life with re- shown..

mainder to her said son,

"The Doomed Battalion " has for its theine the struggle of friendship with duty to country. It tells of the sacrifices an Austrian mountain soldier and an Italian officer make in the

name of patriotism, Tala Birell, is featur

To her son David she left her leasehold property and effects at

Grosvenor Square, London, ker yacht Sheila, her pearls and her diamond and pearl tiara. To her. on Peter she left balance of her

ed in, the production with Victor jewellery, all her horses, and her property known as The Priory Rei- Varconi, Luis, Trenker, Albert

gale, and her effects there. She left Conti and C. Henry Gordon. her plate equally between, her hus Cyril Gardner, who has established band and her said two 2003. an enviable reputation for handling pictures with human theraes, does some of his best work in "The Doomed Battalion."

Beautiful Street Scene..

The residue of her property she left equally between her sons David and Peter.

GOSSIP

FACT.

T

of a Jewish lad who by persever-

In "Shanghai Express" Marlene ance becomes a great surgeon. It Dietrich gives by far her beat is an adaptation of Fannie Hurst' screen, performance as Shanghai!

story," Symphony of Six Million," Lily, and Clive Brook's portrayal and as the young doctor Ricardo of the British officer will cause lots)

of discussion, which is all good for Cortez gives a performance which the pictura. This is one of the is a triumph of sincerity and skill, finest films of its kind and it is The big scene shows the great sur- now at Stoll's, Tussaud's, the Ken-geon operating on his own father, sington, Trocadero, Elephant, and

& magnificent example of imaginn. Paramount-Astoria theatres, Lon.

tive and sensitive direction.

don.

Bound Experts.

•

Kid Berg as Bone-setter.

recent

A group of sound experts were

Kid Berg, who has. temporarily observed recently perambulating this turned his attentions to the screen, B.I.P. studios in earnest-conference and is playing a leading part-in- and the trade show of the now the B.LP. film, "Money Talks," i comedy, "Josser in the Army," has considering a carver as a bone provided enlightenment. They were setter when he resigns from the evolving a method for providing a boxing ring. A severe injury, to a sound-track of a piece of ripe Limfinger sustained during a berger cheese! The latter is hurled fight led to an introduction to a back and forth across No-Man's famous osteopath, and so fascinated land in this comedy war story, and did Berg become with the science, becomes enraged as well as high that he has visited cases with this with the result that it has to hum. physician to see further domonatra A partly dismantled electric coil tions of his skill. Now he has de provided a hum that was both cided that when he has done with sondrous and suitably irate and was breaking bones in pugilistic encoun duly recorded and attached to the tors, he will set about the task of cheese in the film in time for its healing others. This tenderness of premier showing.

Ricardo Cortex"ay Surgeon,"

bears has a great appeal to Griffit Jones, the young film actor, who

Great picture is "Melody of will be his opponent in the fight Life," a brilliantly directed story scenes in the film.

RICHARD

Beloved stars

of " Cimar- ron" and "Champ."

DIX

JACKIE COOPER

and

MARION SHILLING

YOUNG DONOVAN'S

KID'

They

now stand Shoulder-to-should-

er la stirring drama from Rex Beach's "Big Brother"

STAR

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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. The Greatest Comedy To Come to the Screen

G R

O

C K

A Masterpiece with the

world famous 'GROCK

the leading role.

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