1933-01-25 — Page 4

QUEENS

MEATNE

SHOWING TO·DAY Drafted in the War, They Even Make the Enemy Laugh !

STAN

Here's the hilarious successor to Pardon Us"--a mint of mérri- ment that'll keep you in stitches for six grand reels!

LAUREL

OLIVER

HARDY

Pack Up Your Troubles

WAR! WAR!

For the

NEXT CHANGE

Härem.

"Behold herl. The pick of years. Beautiful! Virgin! Who will be the lucky man to take her to wife ?"

OTIS

SKINNER

muster of masters-greatest of stars in

KISMET

with LORETTA YOUNG SÍDNEY BLACKMER, MARY DUNGAN, DAVID MANNERS, FORD STERLING

COMING SHORTLY

Meno

wine Temptress of the Screen

Dramatic

tion' of

ho tried to be

LIL

Dagover

Europe's heart disturbing senation

in her orang American

The Woman MenteCarlo

enchantre

HONG

WHO'S WHO

·had

Trouble in Paradise

KAY FRANCIS Kay Francis, the Mme. Coles in Trouble in Paradise, se torn in Oklahoma City of theatrical parents When was four years old, her mother, Katherine Clin tona, well-known storess, put, the child in a private school in New York, and returned to the stage.

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MIRIAM HOPKINS Miriam Hopkins, who plays the role of Lili in "Trouble in Pars dise," began her theatrical career because of a broken ankle. She studied dancing and was finally signed with a ballet com pany headed for South America, But the day before the boat sailed, she broke her ankle and couldn't Ko

A series of private school's fol- A month later, she had a vandi lawed, then the stage pisimed her. Ville engagement, and soon worked | Her first role was tres layer queen mp through the chorus of the Music of "Hamlet. She then spent ses Box Revue-to-featured role in so with Stuart Walker's stock "The Garrick Gaieties." A role companies in Cincinati, Indianapo- Excess Baggage" paved the lisand Dayton, and, on her re- way for her work, in Flight, tum to New York, appeared in "The Camel through the needle's Venus Crime," and, "Elmer Eye and Lysistrata. It was the Great while she was playing in the latter Her first screen role was as Wat production that Miss Hopkins was ter Hafon's leading woman in signed by Paramount. Her pic "Gentlemen of the Press. Since tures have been "Fast and Loose," that, timahe has appeared in

The Smiling Lieutenant?" 84"Dejgore

The Gocos hours," "Two kinds of...womon.uti

the Make-up, "Dancers in the Dark," "Tho

in

World and the Flesh.

Miss Hopkins was born in Bain-- bridge, Ca. She has silverygoid hair, clear blue eyes, is five feat tall and weighs 100, gonads. Paint- ing and reading “are her hobbies.

HERBERT HÅRSKATIE

Herbert Marshall, who appears in the role of Gaston in "Trouble in Paradien with his wife, Edna Bast, have usually opened in their series of plays in London and then have brought them to Tew York.

The High Road" was among These London-New York successen as was, "There's Always Juliet.

Tarabail's first visit to America occurred during Cyril Maude's world tour of "Grumpy, in which Marshall played the role of Ernest Heron. It was during that tour that the war broke, oirt, and Marshall returned to serve with the British army. After the war, he pidyed a great many roles, both in London and America,

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His first screen work in America | was with Jeanne Engels in "The Letter" Some time thereaftet he appeared with Claudette Colbert in Secrets of a, Secretary," White be was working in "There's A ways Juliet," Josef von Sternberk BAW him, and signed him for role pyposite Marlene Darich Blonde Venus? My I Herbert Marshall, is 'a member of the Green Room Cabin London

ti

last year

LIFE IN THE HARÐ

WHERE WORK? MEANS

BEING BEAUTIFULSA

In some harmes principally those of dowerful ruler, these are hon- dreak of jumate of all agch wit degrees of beauty. They are all slaves, their very lives" depending on the good nature of their lord and master, but they consider themselves, highly honoured.

Not all of the members of a harem are on an equal footing. There are various shades of casto and standing which are rigidly ob- Į served, besides, other lines of de marcation. Very few of the Indies attract the attention of the sheik and are called "wives, but if raised to such a status they lend lives of sase with a retinue of per sonal servants. The others are di vided into various classifications, including servants, entertainers manpors.

When herem woman renenes the age of twenty-five without having attracted the attention of the lord of the harem, she is often given in

A Scene from Trouble in Paradise.

KING'S THEĂTRE

Commencing TO-DAY

A$ 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.80 P.M.

CHINESE NEW YEAR THURSDAY 26TH TO TUESDAY 31ST, JAN. At 11.80 5.10, 7,15 & 9,80 P.M. DAILY ONE MODERN PARADISE „ONE ADAM...ONE APPLE. TWO EVES that makes two hours of love and laughter!.

HERE'S BREATH-

LESS

ROMANCE

Dictiore

FOR EVERY GIRL Ernst LUBITSCH'S

WHO WANTS

STRONG ARMS

FOR EVERY BOY

Street of Chance," "Let's Go marriage to a slave who has woo

“ABOUT HER The Virtuous Sin," the good gaces of the sheik, and a Native,"

Street of Women" "Jewel Rob younger and prettier girl takes her place, me she may be given other bery," and other films..

duties to perform, such as preserv ing peace and order, keeping" ac- counts, “teaching and 'managing the establishme.it generally,

Miss Francis is five feet five in ches tall, and weighs 112 pounds. She has jet black hair and grey green eyes.

(Continued at foot of cal. 6 and 7.)

CAVALCADE

Play Filmed At Drury Lane For

Reference Only

A Scene Which Should Not Have Been Shoot

The stems are strongly guard edwith, an outside guard, an ner guard and the harem guard. The only men allowed within the doors are, physicians, teachers of the young sons and daughters and some relatives of the imates. Ve casionally musicians are allowed to enter," but they play or sing behind) screens, without being able to see "their audiences,25 k

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The women who have no duties to perform find difficulty in killing. time. They spend hours in dres sing, paying particular attention to their hair, with the result that harem women have become famous fur their betul tresses. Beau

Frank Lloyd, who directed Cd stage, and secured from him a ty is their dowry, and they never valcade for the screen arrived, at guarantee that he would pay £1,000 anderestimatecita:value. On festive Southampton on April 13th to the funds of both Equity and bheocations they hist their hair with accompanied by 8. Afusicians Brian if the film was golder and bhie powders to M. Behndan and Botha - Lebown for profit at any cinema match their gowns and adorn them- vien, and spent a busy time, either in Britain or elsewhere. selves liherally with pearls, dia¬ in London. The object of the

monda, emeralds and Tables

Not unnaturally the inmates of visit to England was to study the

The people in the Auditoriums harem rezaubject al times to atage version of "Cavalcade" "Noel Coward's sensational success. Onthought it was all part of the the whims of their master. -he show. Mr. Cochran told the de-saffers from insomnia, he may

April 22nd, a private performance

Film Record Only,

of "Cavalcade" was given by the putation that the film was being arouse the whole harem and compel full company at Drury Lane Thea- made only for the purpose of them to dance for him.

tre and was filmed, in sound, in its record to assist the production of Selecting girls for the harem Movietone another film of "Cavalcado" to be scenes of Kismet which is coun entirety by British News This was done at the ex-made at Hollywood for world ex-try to the Queens next Sunday was hibition. JAMAA one of the most "dimcult assign- press wish of Noel Coward and, theThe Atm we are making here," ments a casting director. ever un film was used as a reference by the Director, Frank Lloyd when he said, "is not the film which will making the screen verson. It will be exhibited. not be seen by the public and no

portion of it is used in the "Ca valcade we shall see soon in Hong Prior to the "shooting" thers was an incident" that around

Kong,

the interest of the Press This how Gordon Beckley described it in the Daily Herald next day

The curtain rose at at Drury Lane yesterday on Cavalcade scene that Mr. Noel Coward did write. The play was about to be filmad in cold blood, so to speak for the benefit of its Hollywood reproducers Giant arclights jost- led a battery of cameras in the Buditorium. The curtain rose ^si- ··· lently, disclosing the famour draw- ing-room scene, on which the play foundations are laid. Around a table sat men engaged in spirited argument Now and then one of them woukl gesticulate with em phasis and raise his voice:

Lights! bellowed an American voice, and. Drury Lane was flooded with the burning glare of the film studio

But, the curtain had risen too soon And it was at this unexpe ed point that a Daily Hemptio

ographer took

howing

Mr. CB. Cochren Bentatives of the

Build:

Upon this undertaking, and Promise that the stage organise tions should be consulted in Au- ture before the filming of any stage show, the unions withdrew the. ob- Jections

Campbell Dixon, in the Daily Telegraph, ran a column story about the controversy and declared that the decimoti bo make, the sim record had given tise to a dispute

Brook.

tiste of far-rea

dertook. It took more than three weeks to pick beauties that fitted the requirements of shape, deport meat, face and personality even from among the hundreds of lovely "extras" in Hollywood.

PRINCE OF WALES SEES LAUREL HARDY COMEDY

Emure and Harly Have been in formed ydable that the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Empire Theatre, Bienser Square, and wit- nessed a performance, of “Pack/un Your Troubles their latest vital Roach feature comedy, showing to- day at the Queen's, Yamah

Need it be said that the popular! Famore fundnsely pleased with

1. Did you know, by the way, that Bibnel Barrymore once weighed more than the reightier Imember fof Laurel and Hardy and played Pimilar parts on the screen 1 Rigid Exercise and diet Brought him down to his present, slenderness

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TROUBLE IN PARADISE

WHO BISKS CAP HIM ALỆT KESSES THAT INTIMATE

WIS MIRIAM HOPKINS KAVALANCIS HERBERT MARSHALLS Charlie Roggles - Edward Event

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