1932-12-23 — Page 9

CENTRAL

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TAXE QUEEN'S H., WESтROUND.BU8. ADVANCE Booking At

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 1932.

LAST TWO DAYS

AT 2.80, 5.10,

King's.

"Danca Team,"

7.15 & 9.30 P.M

Queen's.

Chancen,

Central.

"Homicide Squad.”

Oriental,

280, 5:15; 7.15 & 9,80 P:M.

Star

¡UNIVERSAL PICTURE

HOMICIDE SQUAD

Dedicated to the Police

Force in

their war *against crime

FROM SUNDAY

THE PYTHON STRUCKI. 30 Feet of Läsking Fury Hustad

Bevinst the Giant Catz-'-

One of the thrills in

FRANK BUCK'S

BRING EM BACK ALIVE

Produced By

Corp

Every foot of PICTURE

this picture was

made in the

Malayan jungle

country. Every. thrill is reall The

wildest fiction

paize before the

gripping FACTS!

"Night World,”

"KOWLOONTM

"Transgression."

King's.

COMING

Blonde Venus"

Queen's,

* "Downstairs.”-

"Love on the Spot,'

"Speak Easily."

Contzal,

Bring Em Back Alive." "Tom Brown of Culver." Star.

Sunshine Susie," "Young Donovans Kid.!!

CANTON CINEMAS

Sun Kwok Man Theatre.

"A Night Like This."

Chung Wah Theatre.

"The First Your."

Wing Hon Theatre.

The Man from Yesterday.

Tai Tak Theatre,

Big Adventure.

The Muller Charm,

"I

Probably there is a huge publie for this kind of story.

George Robey is entitled to score of laughs for his mannerisms, but is poorly served by the author. Renate Muller invests the picture with that infectious charm we first encountered in "Sunshine Susie." Billy Caryllis given no opportun ity of demonstrating that he is one of the funniest men, on the British stage.

Still, if you have received your Aummons or both stockings have lad- dered, then try "Marry Me"

a blueschaser.

48

HONCKONC'S FINEST CNEMA

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION

SIDE STEPPING

LOVE WAS THE

ONLY STEP THEY COULDN'T DO!

ON THE STACE

AT 5,10 7,15 & 9.30 p.m. only

THE CELEBRATED

AUSTRALIAN TRIO

JOHN PRIORA

GOLDEN-VOICED TENOR

JAMES

BERTINI

DUNN

SALLY

EILERS

Sweethers of

"Bad Girl".

VAGABOND VIOLINIST

HARRY STORY

AT THE PIANO

Dance Team “THE BEST BIG

Directed by

Sidney Lanbid

Story by Sarah Addington,

FOX Picture

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

DANCE TEAM' AT THE KING'S

NEW TRIUMPH FOR JAMES DUNN AND SALLY EILERS

“BLONDE VENUS''

MARLENE DIETRICH. FILM

FÖR KING'S

Harlen night clubs, last stand of the "hot-cha" variety of night life, A truly great picture, a credit form part of the background for to its stars, its cast, its authors the action of "Blonde teaus, and director, a film of which the Marlene Dietrich's latest starring entire motion picture industry can picture, which comes to the King's justly be proud of is "Dance Theatre next Sunday, Team," the Fox photoplay which

TIME ACT"

TO PLAY THE FAR EAST

BINCE THE VISIT OF

SIR HARRY LAUDER

YOUNG FAIRBANKS AT THE QUEEN'S

IN CHANCES A WAR DRAMA

"Chances," the spectacular ro mance of the World War which is now showing at the Queen's Theatre, is the initial starring vehicle which First National provides for Doug las Fairbanks, Jr.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25992.

|– NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 25th DEC.

MARLENE

DIETRICH

In⋅

"BLONDE VENUS?

HERBET MARSHALL CARY GRANT Pirected by 184EF „VON STERNBERA

HOMICIDE SQUAD”

GANGSTER FILM. AT CENTRAL THEATRE

One of the most exciting picture of the yent comes to the Central Theatre today, when Homicide Squad" opens an engagement of two days.

STAGE AND FILM TRAINED STARS

SHINE WITH EQUAL LUSTRE?

·Stage trained stars are greater in number, than stars who have 'rison' in the Alms alone, without stago ex- perionco. At the same time, the Alm trained stars shine with equal lustre.

A survey of the fourteen stari under contract at the Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer studios shows that all but two had stage training, and many of them had outstanding stage success before coming to the silver

screen,

John, Ethel and Lionel Barry- moro are, of course, indelibly woven". into the history of the stago Marion Davies first won fame in the Siegfeld Follies, Wallace Beery was a Henry W. Savage comedian prior to his first attempts at the screen; Clark Gable was a stage setor for years; Joan Crawford in Innocent. Eyes and other musical shows. "

Maric Dressler's stage career ex- tended over a lifetimey

John Gilbert "was on the stage as a boy actor, Buster Keaton in varisty with "The Three Keatons " until he was seventeen, Robert Montgomery came to Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer from the New York stage.

Normin Shearer, star of Strange Interlude, A Free Soul and other Banettional hits, on the contrary Wis cver on the stage but started her career in films and progressed from an extra girl to a star by dint of hard work.

Jackie Cooper, youngest of, film stars, has never been on the stage either-except for a recest personal appearance trip made after he had achieved stardom.

FILMING UNDER THE

MIDNIGHT SUN»,

PICTURE TAKEN ON ICE- BERGS-BY WOMAN OF 25

One of the most remarkable pic- tures ever filmed has been brought to London by Fraulein Leni Rei- fenstahl, 物 28-year-old beautiful German actress and producer,

It was taken entirely on iceberga and ice floes off the coast of Green-

This startling Universal produc- tion deals with the constant war, fare between police and gangetersland. The camera men worked not Chances" is adapted from the in a great city, with particular

under arc lamps but in the light of the midnight sun. best-selling novel of A. Hamilton reference to the notorious Louie Gibbs Screen play and dialogue Grenado, Italian-born leader of a

The east played thair parts in Alan gangster mob. This story dif are by Waldemar Young. Dwan directed. It presents in its fers however from others in that a temperature many degrees below war sequences the work of the ar- it is sold. strictly from the policezero, and more than once were tillery during the war.

side and not the gangster side, thrown into the water by the break

up of a los beneath their feet,

Himicide Squad" boasts a remarkable cast, including “such favourite players as Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Noah Beery, Russell Gleason, Walter Percival and 5. Carrol Naish

JOHN GILBERT AS AUTHOR

The romance is that of two young British soldiers--brothers who both fall in love with the same girl. Temporarily miffed at the one bro ther the girl promises to marry the other when the war enda. She

Don't miss this sensational pic later reveals the fact that she is ture. You will enjoy every rinite was received with unstinted and York's black belt still preserve the she is engaged. The working out

A dozen such places in New not in love with the youth to whom, if it. enthusiastic applause at the King'shot music, the wild dances. the Theatre.

uproarious tempo, that ten years of the strange conflict comes in the Its stars are those Bad Girl" ago was the rule in dance halla midst of a night bombardment en favourites, Jashes Dunn and Sally and supper clubs throughout the

the Western Front. Eilers, its cast includes Minna country. Elsewhere music of the Combell also of Bad Girl" faster slow, sweet type, has replaced the Rose Hobart, plays the girl: The among others, its adaptor and old variety.

brother is portrayed by Anthony dialogist is Edwin Burke, who was responsible for the sparkling lines. Best known of the earrent crop Bushell. Others in the cast. of "Bed Girl" and its director in of Harlen supper clubs is the Co Homes Horbert, Mary Forbes, `Ed ton Club, where Cab Calloway, co- Sidney Lanfield.

writer of Minnie the Moocher" mond Breon, Harry Allen, Jeanne and other songs of the mean-and- Fenwick, Edward Morgan and low-down" type, and his orchestra

Tyrrel Davis. preside. It is patronized by a wealthy clientele

The story is a simple and human ale that strikes straight froin the shoulder and hits hard the heart. It tells of two ambitious, youngsters, who, on a cash capital

At

of a dollar and ten cents, start out

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Poung Fairbanks gives his finest Others of a less savory reputa- characterization as Jack Ingleside tion draw cosmopolitan crowds of brave, brutal, laughing, loving, to become Broadway's premier thrill-seekern. Their orchestras, dancera It realistically depicts

human unknown of the Great War. boasting well-known names, their ups and downs, their win ning of a dance contest and a silver blare hot, fast tunes well into the one place, their bodily dawn; blacks and whites mingle ep at eviction from another and their on the dance floor; liquor flow aventual success in Broadway's toin with more gusto than any- freely; and the entertainers enter wmartest night club. But pros where else in the country. pority proven too much for the

male half of the team and the It is in a Harlem club, some dramatie complications that ensue where between the latter type and maintain the fast tempo of the the Cotton Club type, that Mias very last fadeout

Dietrich is an entertainer in The performances of Dunn and Blonde Venus? She takes the Miss Eilers are nothing short of job to earn enough money to send super. When this couple made its her husband, a scientist suffering first success some months ago in from radium poisoning as the 're- Bad Girl there were many who sult. of his research,-abroad to be said they could never repeat cured,

human portrayals in that film. It is while he is away that a But after seeing "Dance Team" wealthy patron of the place falls

DONT FORGET those same persons, if they are in love with her, and she, coom re

THAT WHEN You are at Home you can get the HONG KONG DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES,

honest, will have to admit that ciprocating his love, finds herself Jiminy and Sally not only have re- torn between her husband and soni peated but have even toppes their on the one hand, and her lover, on previous triumph. They are with the other.. nut doubt the most natural and

-realistically-human-pair of youngs-Herbert Marshall, recent Holly ters that have come to the screen wood importation from the New in many a day,

York stage, plays, the role of the husband, with Gray Grant, as the lover, Dickie Moore is the child.

And just as sincere and intelli gent and human as Dunn and Mis Eileri in their roles are the other inembers of the cast, particularly.

Miss Gombelly Barry Beresford, ture: a perfect gem and Bidney, Ralph Morgan and Nora LARON Lanfield who has applied the hand And while praise is being passed of a real artist in his direction. around one cannot overlook Edwin The story is based on the succ | Barke,, whose lires make the pie--"ful novel of the lesine – namé

and do and out Columa) Sarah Ardingtoy

& SHOW

DAILY

REVERSES "DOWNSTAIRS

USUAL WEDDING CLIMAX.

Most motion pictures have the heroine ending up at the altar but the situation is reversed in "Down stairs," John Gilbert's new atar- ring vehicle being abown from Bun. for the first shot" of Virginia day at the Queen's Theatre. -

Bruce, heroine of this picture, insinued at, tout of grat rujuma.!

TAKE ANY PHAM OF TRAPPY VALLEY BAN

ORIENTALE

TO-DAY and TO-MORROW ONLY

MIGHT

WORLD

NIGHT WORLD. LEW AYRES MAE CLARKE BORIS KARLOFF

THIS BIG UNIVERSAL, SPECIAL SHOWS YOU THE INTIMATE DETAILS OF THE CAFE RACKET HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF EXTRAS: used in one of the most stupendous night club scenes ever introduced in say picture. CROWDED TABLES AND EMPTY LIVESI.

BABIES, GIN HOUNDS. QUEER PEOPLE **** BREKERA - LIVING LIKE FURIES AND

LOVING LIKE FOOLS,EXARTIKE

JOY

THE GRANDES KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW OF FIGHT LIFE EVER STEING IN ANY PICTUBE:

Berg Turned Turtle

On one occasion a sinal berg' turned turtle while the camera men.

were working on it. This incident is shown in the film, which has been made. fortsUniversal, and is to be called "SO-8 Iceberg."

Another shot Ahows the collapse. of a glacier, which plunged over a cliff into the sea and sent up an; ocean geyser 600 feet high.

Fraulein Reifenstahl, a tall; graceful girl stuck to her work for five Thonths, and became no ill that she had to be Funlied to a Copenhagen - hospital by aeroplane,

"I lived in a primitive but, just like an Eskimo, woman," she told a raportor "yesterday, "filept in a seal sleeping bag, and for food I had seal's meat, which was very good. But absolutely refused to drink whale oil.. In spare time

·''off' ' I 'shot, seals and ses brids or bathed

Each dip had to be limited to exactly one minute, because the water was so cold that It seemed "to burn the skin. Climbing, up the icebergs was the most difficult part of our job, although member

overy of the film expedition was an ex- "perienced mountaineer.

"We had in many cases to cut

our way up with ice axes, step

step.

shows her in the quaint marriage service of the Austrian pea The event takes place in the

of a Tryoleau cantle and is acoon panied by the singing and dancing of the guests and a picturesque piction of the wine-making with the. mon pressing the grapes with their. bare feet.

The story of ́ ́ Downstairs "was written by Gilbert himself an ters about the Ectivities of (four“who knowat nog mora.

Paul Luka Hedde

ginald Owen and

QUEENS DIFAGRE

TO-DAY & TO-MOBROW At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 8.20 p.m.

TEN-SHUNI” Here's Doug Jr. ln his first starring role.

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS.JR

CHANCES

Glorious Spectacular-the Che Great Story of the warl

with ROSE HOBART

· ANTHONY BUSHELL. HOLMES HERBERT MAET FORBIA

Life probed to its. depths by the pen of A Hamilton Gibbal

·ALSO SHOWING? "THE GOLF SPECIAL

MATCH

PLAY

FROM SUNDAY The Comeback of Brilliant Screen Star

Role !

Unforgetable

GILBERT

returns to greatness in his own role

DOWNS

A Bachelor prepetual honey-moon.** Just the type of role

the Gilbert you want ta-s66

with PADL

LUKAS

STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

At 2:80, 5:20,