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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD,, WESTBOOKD BUS.

Advance Booking at Andersons

and the Theatre Tel. 25720..

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.80, 5,16, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

t

A WALLSIAN COMEDY WITH A FLAVOUR OF

ROMANTICISM!

TOM WALLS. LEAP YEAR

HE DOMINATES EVERY SCENE:

A BRITISH & DOMINIONS. PICTURE

STARTS TO-MORROW

THE BEASTS HE KILLED WERE HUMANI

Mounted Heads af kuwed mes ware Zaroff's pride and joși..

THE

MOST DANGEROUS

GAME

The story of a fascinating fiend, strange and terrible!. with

JOEL MCCREA Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Arm- strong... An RKO-RADIO Picture, of course! Directed by-ledag..... Pichel and Erned

■ Schodack from

the story by Robert Consell

À COOPER-SCHOIDSACK Production

David

“MOST DANGEROUS

GAME"

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

King's.

Forgotten Commandments."

Queen's.

"The Lodger."

Central.

Leap Year."

Oriental.

"Mother and Son."

World.

Flying High."

Star.

Majestic.

King's

KOWLOON

Men Like These."

Old Dark House."

COMING

He Learned About Women. Chandu."

Queen's

"The Washington

rade."

High Pressure."

Central,

Masque-

"The Most Dangerous Game."

Blue Danube,"

"Once in a Lifetime."

"The Flag Lieutenant."

Back Street.?

World.

Star.

"Dawn."

Millie

Flying High.' "Bought."!

"Are You Listening."

CANTON CINEMAS

Tat Tak.

Struggle for Love."

Wing Hon.

A Trip Arsund Kwangai."

Chung wah.

Society Girl."

Southern Palace.

Hell Divers."-

Pearl Theatre.

But the Flesh is Weak."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933.

LAST TWO-DAYS

AT 2.30, 5,10 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

HONCKONC'S

It Shows You What Happens When

the world we live in sets up New Mor

als. Puts love on

a different plane!

FORGO COMMAND

by spectacular episoder from the CECIL & DeliLE, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”

אן

ROY

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong·

"FORGOTTEN COM-

MANDMENTS

GENE RAYMOND'S STRIKING PERFORMANCE

!

THE WASHINGTON

MASQUERADE”

EVERY SCREEN COSTUME

HAS ITS DUPLICATE

Wardrobe of acreen stars can be unusual, when there is enough of it. Otherwise not..

..

•

with ❤

SAR! 'MARITZA GENE RAYMOND

MARGUERITE CHURCHKU "

IRVING PICHEL

17 Garamount Pictur

"LEAP YEAR"

TOM WALLS IN GREAT FORM

BOOKING

AT THE "THEATRE

TEL. 25313 & 95832.

NEXT CHANGE

SUNDAY, 26th FEB.

Fifty Million Rich and Naver Kissad!

..But She Soon Fixed That!

He

Learned

about

WOMEN

with

STUART ERWIN ALISON SKIPWORTH SUSAN FLEMING mm A Paramount Picture

THE LODGER" AT THE QUEEN'S

MURDERS IN LONDON FOG

Debonair Tom Walls is said to be in great form in "Leap Year," the latest British and Dominionsly production. This new picturo is from an original story by A. R.

an

Rawlinson, and is excellent. vehicle for the style of acting which Tom Walls has made distinct- 15 his own.

مومی

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

(liontinued from Page 1.)

SATURDAY

(February 23).

(II Moon 2nd Day). Annual Meeting of Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, 11.30 a.m.

Dances.

Tea Dances at King's Restaurant; Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building and Majestic Dancing Academy.

Dinner Dances at King's Restau- rant Peninsula, Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; and Gloucester Building.

Sports,

Central British School Athletic Sport, 2.30 p.m.

Cricket:-First Division: Indian R.C. e. Army (L); University c Hong Kong C.C. (L); Kowloon C.C. e. Craigengower (L). Second Division Police Navy (L); Craigengower v. Kowloon C.C. (L); Civil Service r. University (L); Hong Kong C.C. v. RA.S.C. (L).

Football: --First Division: Navy e. Chinese Athletics; St. Joseph's 1. Lincolns Club, Royal Artillery; Recreio . Kowloon. Second Divi sion Tsung Tain "Ewo! South- Wales Borderers. Eastern: Lin- colns Navy; South China

| Club; St. Joxph's u. Royal Artil. lery: Kowloon "e. Chinese Athletic. Third Division St. Joseph's t South China Lincolns. Univer

ity Chinese Athletic r R.A.F.: Recreio r. Taikou.

Hockey Cher Clark Cup: Cen- tral British Association St. An- drew Club: Club de Recreio ». Y.M.C.A.

Police v.

. Mamak Tournament: Radio Sports Club

(U.S.R.C.), 4.15 p.m.

Racing-Annual Race Meeting (Happy Valley), 230 p.m.).

Rugby:Army

Volunteers

(Soókunpoo).

Yachting: Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's First Corinthian Race' for racing yachts.

Principal Malls, Outward for Europe rin Suez_by_ Rajputana, 10.30 a.m.; for Austra lin by Kibano Maru, 9.30 am

Hollywood Is Telling You!

Mrs. Bellor Lowndes' cerie thriller good film. The natural doubt of The Lodger," makes an exceeding. those who know the book was lest the picture version should be unduly horrific. By very fine restraint in treatment this is avoided, but at the same time there is thrill and Suspense in plenty The whole nt- He is the Star of the production, mosphere of London, in the fog Charles Farrell has completed his dominating every scene in the man-season, and terrorised by the strange contract with the Fox Studios and ner to which cinema-goers have be-criminal who destroys young women, has left them because he has been come accustomed. To assist him he mainly but not wholly of the under-offered so many bad stories recent- has Anne Grey, playing her first world, is admirably conveyed. ly. principal role and Edmond Breon. There are flashes of humour, A. W.- While he is free-lancing, Janet run at the Central Theatre to-day.

"Leap Year" is having its final Bascomb, conveying the true Lon. Gaynor will be teamed with Lew

doner, shrewed and resourceful, and | Ayres, never at a log in tight corner-of a battle of words.

Gene Raymond, former Broadway stage star, now plays his third and

When Lionel Barrymore appear most important talkie role as Paul, young modern. in Paramount's ed in the reception scene in "The about the facts of life. When be dramatic romance of present-day Washington Masquerade" he wore falls heir to the Kendall fortune life in a modern city, "Forgotten one of his own specially made dress of fifty million dollars, he decides Commandments" which comes to the shirts. The vigilant wardrobe man that he ought to find out how to King's Theatre to-day.

inspected it and found that the ac live, and goes out into the city to tor didn't have two alike. So "re-pick up local colour. Raymond's extraordinary per- gula." shirts, all identically alike, formance as Sylvin Sidney's blond- were bought in sets of six bofore haired sweetheart in "Ladies of the the scene was shot. Big House brought him imme-

Sometimes Have Four. diate acclaim and marked him for

The reason is that if any gar- greater roles on the silverscreen.ment is damaged in a scene it has He was assigned work in Para-

to be duplicated at once to permit films.

the production to go on. Actors His first appearance was in have duplicate suits for every pic "Personal Maid" as the rich young ture and women duplicate gowns wastrel who falls in love, at the sometimes three or four of them. finish, with Nancy Carroll. Then

"The Washington Masquerade," followed Ladies of the Big Houas" playing

from Sunday at the and now this new production, Queen's Theatre, is a vivid drama "Forgotten Commandments." As of national politics and the “in- the romantic male lead, he is team-sida" of lobbyist activities at Wa-

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he picks up Susan Fleming, a pret At an auction of the unemployed, ty stenographer, and Alison Skip worth, who had once been a noted actress, and the two women become competent teachers for the bewil dered young man. They are aided, moreover, by Grant Mitchell, as an ex-husband of Skipworth, and by Gordon Westcott as a crooked, then trical producer.

ed with Sarl Maritza, blonde, sen- shington. Barrymore plays

Nanking. Feb. 15-The Munici- sation from Europe; Marguert dominating role as the senator and pal Authorities have decided to Churchill, former Broadway actress political power who is finally trip-supply pure water gratis for one and supporting player in a dozen ped by a woman seat to lure him month from the new waterworks to films and Irving Pichel, Para- to the side of the lobbyists.

cunt character player whose latest

the residents of Nanking city: wasThe Miracle Man" in which he played the atheist.

Raymond enjoyed a stellar rating or the Broadway stage before he was signed by Paramount,

He is the youngest member of the exclusive Players' Club in New York. He was born in New York, of French parentage, and began his TWO ADVENTUROUS STARS stage activities at the age of five,

in New York stock companies.

He has light blond hair, deep blue eyes and a splendid physique.

`AT THE CENTRAL ·

For several years the names of Marian C, Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack on a motion picture signified a film crammed with ad- venture and thrills.

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ing duel to the death between this madman and a young sportsman, with a beautiful young girl as the stake, forms the strange theme of this exciting film.

Their pictures, "Grass;" "Chang" and "Four. Feathers", were among the screen spectacles that shattered Joel McCrea, Fay Wray Leslie box-office records. Now the globe Broke and Robert Armstrong head trotting pair have in Hollywood the cast which introduces a rich produced for Rko-Radio. Pictures mixture of romance and action in their first studio-film," The Most one of literature's most colourful Dangerous Game, which will open tales. Irving Pichel served as co- at the Central Theatre on Satur- director with Schoedsack. day.

!

Charles Brabin Directs. Charles Brabin, whe filmed "Sporting Blood" and "Beast of the City," directed the production, in which a notable cast appears. Karen Morley, who played with Barrymore in "Arsene Lupin," ap- pears as the political vamp, and Nils Arther as the political mani- pulator. C. Henry Gordon; the Hari," is the principal lobbyista, secret service agent of "Mata and Diane Sinclair, Reginald Bar low, William Colier, Sr., William Morris and Rafaela Oltiano have important roles. Spectacular scenes at the President's recaption, drama- tic moments bafore the United States Senate and other elaborate details are part of the production.

HE LEARNED

·ABOUT WOMEN"

NEXT ATTRACTION AT

KING'S THEATRE

"He Learned About Women, the comedy featuring Stuart Er- win, Alison Skipworth and Susar Fleming, which will be the featurs attraction at the King's Theatre next Sunday,

In the film, Erwin has the rola who

It is appropriate that after their The possibilitics afforded by local other films which showed the strug conditions in Shanghai for found gles of animals for fife in the ing & Too H Group here discussed jungle, their new picture tells the yesterday evening in the 8.7.0. converse story of the hunter bunted. Headquarters. The meeting was

Most Dangerous Gane" 18 & weird attended by a considerable number of young George Kendall, tale of a half-crazed Russian oof oon of all ages, who, at the on- can spank many languages and delve bleman who invents a new gamedelusion, indicated their willingness deeply intl book learning bat zhe most dangers of all A hunt to take an active part in establishedon't know the principle “Continued at foot of next Oolumn) ing a local, branch

(Uontinued on neat Putumn)

SHOWS DAILY 2.30-5.13

718-8.30:

The honours go, however, to Ivor Novello, as the strange and roman- tic-looking lodger. He is extraordi narily handsome, and so well doen he make love that one wonders why he has not become what Hollywood hap for years been seaking-the suc beth Allen, playing opposite to him cessor to Rudolf Valentino. Eliza gets across the girl of genuine but not insipid sweetness. The stage a pretty hard profession and there are few enough women who can re- tain, after breaking through to sue- coss, those qualities, even for pur- poses of their work.

"

The direction is good, but some of the scenes are cut too shart giving Now and a certain scrappiness. again, just as one is interested one is switched on to the next, How- ever, this is a minor defect and the film besides taking one back to fami- liar London scenes and peoples has a strange story to tell, and a de- nouenment that takes away your

B.B.

breath.

TAKE ANY TRANĴOR HAPPY VALLEY BOR

ORIENTALE

THEATRE

2 DAYS ONLY-TO-DAY and TO-MORKOW

Why play in the

Game c

Chance

See MOTHER

And

SON

A STORY OF: RENOandGAMBLING

with CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG ARD A STAR CAST

that

Hollywood still persists Charles Chaplin has been secretly. married to the blonde Paulette Goddard. The couple will not con-

firm it.

QUEENS TEWEL

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

TVOR

NOVELE

ELIZABETH ALLAN ZA

ALSO SHOWING

PATHETONE WEEKLY

FROM SUNDAY

THE

"MASTER OF MEN -a tool in the hand

of a lovely woman !

Now for the

first time the

cameras of Hollywood dare to reveal what takes: place in the shadow of

The Capitol !

with LIONEL

mie in years as sweeping Califor "The most serious tafluenza apide-

known invalida include been reported in a week. nian studios. Over 1,000 cases have Well- Clarke Gable, Bette Davis, Carale Lom- Brown, Lionel Barrymore, and

Helen bard,

Hayes, Clarence BARRYMORE Ann Harding.

Karen Morley Nils Asther directed by

MAJESTIC Charles Brabin

÷THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon, Tel, 57222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

·

Bee the late of How hanging a Lorely charmara wew sad Pagrant, of Thrilist",

WHO? STAR)

Who was he-this man" this "voice”—that throw fear Into the hearts of the storm- marooned folics in that mys- terious, foreboding: hows? You'll know -- and you'll THRILL, when you see

OIDE

DARK HOUSE

the Universal Picture made from J. B. Priestley's novel with KARLOFF, MELVYN: DOUGLAS, Charles Laugh ton. Directed by JAMES WHALE. Präsented:

Cad Laemmle

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

MEN LIKE THESE!

A NATIONAL. EPIC OF

NAVAL HEROISM

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"Flying High

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