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CENTRALA

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S UD., WEINOVNU DUA

ADVANCE BOOKING AT

ÅNDERSON'S

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

Mischiof.".

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1932.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10,'

King's.

Queen's.

· 7,15 & 0,30 P.1.

Bachelor Apartment,"

Central.

Colona and Kellys in Holly-

wood."

Oriental.

The Big Advoature."

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,80 P.M.

KOWLOON

8tar.

SHOWING TO-DAY

LAUGH

at the

comedy

riot of

the year!

COHENS KELLYS

HOLLYWOOD

GEORGE SIDNEY CHARLIE MURRAY June Clyde, Norman Foster Directed by John F. Dillan Presented by Carl Laemmle A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

STILL GOING STRONG IN LONDON

UNRIVALLED BRITISH SENTIMENT IN & FIRST RATE BRITISH PICTURE.

Ralph Lynn Tom Walls

A NIGHT LIKE THIS

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BY DEN TRAVERS

A HERRV MÉLANGE OF FOQUIAS

toith

WINIFRED SHOTTER

ITS A REAL GOOD TONIC-

·PUNCTUATED WITH LAUGH- TER PEAL UPON PEAL.

A 1982 BRITISH DOMINIONS PICTURE.

TOMING SOON

JKORADIO PICTURE

Produced by Corporation

One of the big scenes in the jungle thriller! FRANK BUCK'S

BRING EM

BACK

ALIVE

spleture to quicken the blood

of every humeo!

Klag's.

The Lady Refuses."

COMING

The First year."

"Blonde. Venus,"

Queen's.

Letty Lynton." Call of the Sea."

Central.

Star.

"A Night Like This."

Bring 'Ein Back Alive." Tom Brown of Culver." Bors to Love,"

**Leather Necking."

A Lady to Love." Lord Hals."

World.

Ited Butterfly ep. 4

(Chinese picture).

Chasing Rainbow,!

Fire and Blond."

Hook Line and Sinker."

Oriental.

The Secret 6."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hon Theatre. Morin, Crazy."

Southern Palace.

The Viking."

Tok Theatre.

Up for Murder, "

Sun Kwek Man,

Bring Youth."

RALPH LYNN

IN

"MISCHIEF"

WITH

WINIFRED SHOTTER

JEANNE STUART, JAMES CAREW

A BRITISH PICTURE

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

FINE FRENCH FILM

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY AND A VERY GOOD SINGER

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It was a privilege to be given the opportunity yesterday of seeing the furst French talking, picture to be shown in Hong Kong, through the courtesy of Mr. E. Levy, re- presenting La Société des Films Osso Paris, and the management of the Central Theatre,

The film "La Chanteur Inconnu" (the unknown singer) may possibly be an outstanding production of Films Osso if it is typical example then this French Company has done a very big thing for the art of the cinema.

MISCHIEF"

NEW RALPH LYNN AND WINIFRED SHOTTER ·

PICTURE

You ought to sco" Mischief ** which begins to-day at the King's. Ralph Lyan and Winifred Sholter have made a number of good pie- tures together at Elstree, but none better than "Mischief." Most of them have been farees, this is comedy. Its tempo is slower, its humar truer and less boisterous than that of Rookery Nook and "Plunder," Ralph Lynn is more than a "funny man," he is a human and lovable personality Winifred with a gift of humour. Shottor is deliciously demure. The "La Chanteur, Inconnu," has a quality which is new and extraords.ther big parts of the husband, the narily pleasing, in its photography wife who is "to bo kept out of It is perhaps over "artist" at mischief" (Janne Stuart), and times, though that might possibly one of two of the very small role be due to incorrect focussing in people are excellent. The story is

well and crisply told. the theatre, but nearly every atene is a picture well worth looking at

Beyond all this is the fact that for itself, with në roference to the

most of the geener are Inid in story. The photography is plastic, Kent, the garden of England, and soft and oxquisite and the group-very lovely they are. ing beyond reproach.

The other big quality is the ex- cellenes of the tenor voice of the leading player. What a pleasure it is to listen to really fine sing ing the more especially when the singing is an integral part of the story and not backed on to it se a theme song.

You will enjoy "Mischiet" it is a good story and full of quiet tumour, appreciation of which does not depend on your being British though I think that will help to make it even båtter.

E.M.B.

The story itself is, though sad,

of Frank Craven's romantic comedy interesting and dramatic. The

boasts a supporting cast which in- English captions will help, no eludes several of Hollywood's best- doubt to make it clear when the

recognized

thespians. character picture is shewn to the public, but the story telling is eo vivid and Among them are Minna Gombell, good that I do not think anyone

a hard-boiled business. will have any difficulty in following man's wise-cracking with; Leila it after the first scene or two.

Beon

Tho noting is good, and it is Bennett; as Hattie, the coloured interesting to note the points of maid whose "misery "

Alat

difference between the Freach and conses Janet to have hysterics and American technique. I felt the

film to be not only good entertain whose gin enables Charlic to for- ment but an artistio pleasure and get his trouble-both matrimonial I fell suro that will be very well and financin: Duddly Digges received by the public, and that

a warm welcome will be extended Janet's kindly, sympathetic uncle to any further French pictures whose sage advice enables Janet which may come.

and Charles to weather their mari- E.M.B.tal storm: George Mecker,

the

THE FIRST YEAR

JANET. GAYNOR AND. CHARLES FARRELL

village braggest and suiter for Janet's affections: Robert HoWade and Maude Elsirne as Jauct's per plexed parents; and Honry Kolkér, shrewd purchasing agent for a railroad

William K. Howard directed, the

"The First Year," which will be picture which was adapted in shown at the King's Theatre on screen play form by Lynn Starling, Sunday next, is said to be cne of remembered for his dialogue con- the most perfectly cast picture of tributions to “Don't Bet On Women," Transatlantic" and Co-starring Janet Gaynor end Charles Farrell, this Fox version other Howard directorial queccases.

TEAR JERKERS" AID JOAN CRAWFORD

INLETTY LYNTON" AT

QUEEN'S THEATRE

"Set music," used on movie stages in the day of silent pictures work up emotions of players, still helps. But it's worked dif- ferently now.

to

BOOKING

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'THEATRE TEL. 25313, & 25332.

- NEXT: CHANGE

SUNDAY, 11th DEC.

The laughter and romance...quarrels 'and forgiveness of young married love.

Janet GAYNOR

Charles

FARRELL

in

The First Year

From Frank Craven's comedy romance FOX PICTURE

CHARLOTTE GREEN- WOOD STRUCK SHY

THEN A TRIUMPH ON DRURY LANE STAGE -

The Play: "Wild Violets."

Theatre: Drury Lane. Authors: Hansard Short, Desmond

Carter and Reginald Purdell. Joan Crawford, when she played her dramaatio role in Latty

London, Nov. 4.-The story of Lynton" used a phonograph and this first night is the story of bow records for inspiration. Between shy and modest Ainorican actres scenes she'd work ap the right pitchsenred & triumphant success any her n British of emotion by the aid of music. first appearance before When the cameras started, the audience, music, of course, would be shut off. by & switch connected to

cnnern.

the

"Wild Violets" opened at 8.20. Ry 8.42 Charlotte Greenwood had the house in an uproar of enthu sjaem.

French and German Songs.

The manner of her first entrance German songs by Richard Tauber, Connais De Paris" from "Mig- deserves to be recorded. She slip- "Die Lorelei " and such ped on to the stage when we were No rolling selections proved her favouritalonet expecting her.

drums signalled her coming; no are "tear jerkers."

lighta flashed her way.

non,"

It was the entrance of, a grand trouper who, like all great perform era, was obviously shot through with stage fright.

Would London like bar

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The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, which is showing on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, shows Miss Crawford and Robert Montgomery in an intensely dramatic romance of modern moral escapades. They play the son and daughter of million. What sort of a welcome was lurk- aires, who fall in love on n. steamer, ing in those stalls and that far off and, through former indiscretions gallery... of the girl, aro plunged into a vortex of intrigue, mystery, and finally conflict with the law which is avoided by an amazing dramatic

elimax.

`Clarence Brown Directs.

Clarence Brown, director of "Posseased, "A Free Soul" and other hits, seresned the new pro duction, in which an elaborate cast appears.

Applause and Cheers.

For few seconda there way silence. Then the audience made it (Continued at font of next Column)

heroine's mother is played by May Robson, Now York stage star, and Louise Closser Hale, Emma Duan, Walter Walker and William Pawley Nils Asther, the famous Swedish have prominent roles. John Mee- Actor, plays the jealous South ban adapted the story from the American lover. Lewis Etone is sensational novel by Marie Belloc scen as the district attorney. The Lowndes

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

FLEMING ROAD, WANGEN AT 2.30; 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. TEL. 28437 TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS. SHOWING TO-DAY, TO-MORROW AND SUNDAY

THE INIMITABLE GHARLIE CHAPLIN

A BEVIVAL OF HIS OUTSTANDING COMEDY PRODUCTION.

"THE BIG ADVENTURE"

THERE IS A SOMETHING ABOUT CHAPLIN that no other screen cowio possesses. Chaplain can put the Hall Mark of reflauient on slapstick comedy that makes it acceptable to all clusion.The Big Adventure - is a scream, "Don't Miss It

STARTING MON. DEC. 12th. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Thrilling

Gangster Picture THE SHORIT g "

WAS PAVLOVA A "POISONER?”**

STARTLING THEORY OF

HER HUSBAND

Now York. What was the precis nature of the mysterious power wielded by Anna Pavlova and what was its source? ·

A fascinating attempt to answer this question, is made by Andre Oliveroff, an American despite his name, who figured for ten years in Pavlova's company, and John Gill, in their new hook published under the title of Flight of the Swan.

Mr. Dindre, who was the world- famous dancer's husband, protector and advisor combined, sought to explain the phenomenon by statin that she "poisoned the public,''' that her personality threw out a sort of fluid which charged the atmosphere, infecting it with a sort of poison, to which all the au- dience, but especially the women in it, were susceptible."

Mr. Dandre was convinced that while the air was so charged Mme. Pavlova could do anything she pleased with an audience.

Mr. Oliveroff prefers to call her power a species of witchuraft.'

"Anna Pavlova," he says, how- ever, did posses certain namab's qualities which lifted her to the supreme position she hold among the dancors of the world.

"First, last, and all the time there was the consummate perfec tion of her body and her natural grace.

"The proportion of her body was not only no perfect as to be un- canny, but any exaggerntions at all were on the side of beauty, and especially of the ideal dancer's ba auty; the long neck, the leader aukles and incredible foot, the

small head, the hesitating ling from the waist suggesting strength and |yet essentially feminine.

cuni.

"Her body," he writes, bined a surpassing delicacy with grace, and you might, if you so cared to analyse it, find in her swauliko neck and almost abnor mally orched fect that strange- ness in the proportion which is the requisite of all perfect beauty" He says that Pavlova "danced the rain of the Russian Empire. which produced her, into all her

abers of Death.

48he was," he goes on, "one of the very few great artists of her epoch; and it almost seems to have been an accident of fate that sh was a dancer at all-and almost a catastrophe, since she was doomed to work in so perishable a medium."

Justice In the Stocks.

In Sir Churia Mallet's bio- graphy of Lord Gladstone it is re- vealed that this most conscientious of Home Secretaries tried forcible feeding on himself before allowing it to be inflicted on women suf- fragists. There cannot surely Le many cases at all parallel to this, although there are some of a less voluntary kind. There was a ense in which Lord Camden inter- rupted counsel who had declared that everybody knew that being put in the stocks was no punish- 'ment at all.

"Brother," whispered the Chief. Justice, "were you ever in the stocks is

Counsel repudiated the auggea- tion with warmth.

"Well, I've been in them," re- plied the Judge, and I assure such you, brother, that it's no trifle as you imagine."

Camden, it appeared, had been walking in Essex with an abeont- minded friend and, coming upon some stocks, had remarked that he would like to see what the punish- ment was like. The friend fasten- od him in the stocks, but instead of returning, as had been arrang- ed, to release him walked away And forgot him altogether. Pre- sently Camden, finding his situa- tion must uncomfortable, appealed to a passing yokel to release him. "No, no," said the fellow, "I'll 'be bound you warn't set there for nothing."

perfectly clear that they remember- ed Charlotte Greenwood from her performances in talkies.

After that her progress through tho show was strewn, with applause and cheer

Yi, a grand trouper-blonde, but unfully, tall, angular and disdain. ing to trade the familiar brand of cellophane wrapped "It."

The show itself—it is described as a musical comedy operetta "-re- presents a triumph for the pro- duder, Hasanrd Short and the com. poser, Robert Stolz

~~ Nevir for morient does the pra

duction lalter Drury Lann's re- volving stage provides all the cons tinuity offered by talkies and serves as supert selting for scenca: at once dazzingly beautiful and com- pellingly impressive.

Tebert Stolz's molodies are of the kind that you will soon be mring" bathroom theme songs.

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ЯNOEL FRANCIS 1) She Had a Perezh asin Prisco, but She

MAE MURRAY HìnhTran

CLAUDIA DELL Sede Rution to Her the Beas...

A bundred woS – mes on his trail

--and the one. who mattered just couldn't be

bothered!

You Can't

Keep Them

Away from

Bachelor

APARTMENT

IRENE DUNNE LOW LL SHERMAN Ivan Labedel Mao Murray Claudin Daft Norman Kerry

NEXT CHANGE THE SCREEN'S

Finest Lovers!

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This

picture

will put beautiful Joan

and handsome Bob at the top of the heap as the screen's finest romantic pair!

CLARENCE BROWN'S thrilling production

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