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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

Forgotten Commandments."

"The Lodger."

King's.

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS,

Queen's.

Central,

"The Most Dangerous Game."

Oriental,

"Mother and Son,"

World.

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 28725.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M.'

THE GREATEST OF

ALL THRILLERS !

STARTLINGLY DIFFERENT !

THE BEASTS

HE KILLED WERE HUMANI

Moveted hoods of kunted mon weta Zaraft's pride and joy!..

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

· Fichero, of coursi

Directed by trying Pichet and Emot

á. Schoedanck from

the story by Robert Connell

A COOPER-SCHOEDSACK Production

Devido

Stanick

Produc

COMING ATTRACTION

ENGLAND'S CHARMING MUSICAL ROMANCE

"THE BLUE DANUBE

WITH DOROTHY BOU- CHIER, JOS. SCHILD- KRAUT, ALFRED RODE & HIS. ROYAL TZIGANE BAND.

A BRITISH & DOMINIONS

~PICTURE

HIGH WATER.

"Week.

Date of

Month,

Height.

Kong

Height.

"Flying High."

KOWLOON

Star.

"Men, Like These."

Majestic.

"Old Dark House."

King's.

COMING

He Learned About Women." "Chandu."

Sherlock Holmes."

Queen's,

The Washington Masque-

rade."

"High Pressure."

Central.

"Blue Danube,"

"Once in a Lifetime.".

World.

.:" Dawn."

"Millie."

Oriental.

Star.

**Just Imagine."

Flying High."

"Bought,"

"Are You Listening."

Majestic.

The Phantom President."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hon.

"Movie Crazy."

Chung Wah.

"Hat Check Girl." Sun Wah Theatre..

Thirteen Women.' Sun Kwok Man Theatre.

"The Big Gamble,”

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1933,

TO-DAY ONLY

Ar 2.90, 5,10 7.15

& 9.90 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

It Shows You Wha

Happens When

the world we live

in sets up New Mor

als. Puts love on,

a different plane!

FORGOTTEN

spectacular eptades from the CEUL & DEMILLE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

NOT-

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong.

THE WASHINGTON

MASQUERADE”

́ ́INSIDE" ACTIVITIES OF POLITICIANS

Simple articles sometimes have far from a simple effect in the mak- ing of movies.

“HE LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN

TO-MORROW'S ATTRAC- TION AT KING'S

Alison Skipworth, noted charae- ter actress who as a popular' figure on the Broadway stage for several

ANAL

SARI MARITZA

GENE RAYMOND MARGUERITE CHURCHILL IRVING PICHEL il Paramenant Picture

“FORGOTTEN COM-

MANDMENTS”.

RUSSIA TO-DAY" AT

KING'S THEATRE

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE

TEL. 25313

& 25992.

TO-MORROW ·

Fifty Million Rich and Never Kissed!

But She Soon Fixed That!

Learned WOMEN

about

with

STUART ERWIN ALISON SKIFWORTH SUSAN FLEMING A Paramount Platiere ==

Hollywood Is Telling You!

Garbo's Next,

Greta Garbo still refuses to give the studios any assurance that she will return this year, Meanwhile, the optimists are preparing, the scenario for her next picture.

According to Hollywood, Russia to-day is a naughty old place, where many people have forgotten the fundamentals of life, such as religion and faith. That, is the theme song of "Forgotten Com mandments, (King's Theatre) Sari Maritza, the English girl, which, surprisingly enough finds the has been nominated by Paramɔunt

|

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

(Continued from Page-1.)

Hockey-Coer Clark Cup: Cen- tral British Association i St. An drew's Club Club de Recreio r Y.M.C.A. Mamak Tournament: Police T. Radio Sports Club

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

Racing Annual Race Meeting (Happy Valley), 2.30 p.m.

Rugby: Arny 1'.

(Sookunboo),

Volunteers

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

Principal Malls.

Outward for Europe vin Suez by Rajputana, 10.30a.m.

Sunrise: 6.48 a.m.; Sunset: 6.23 p.m.

!

Tides:-High at 10.50 and 2203; Low at 4.14 and 15.30.

SUNDAY

(February 98),

IT Moon 3rd Day).

Anniversaries

and Holidaya.-

Quinquagesima Sunday: Shrovs

Sunday,

King's:

Women.'.

Queen's: ads."

Theatres.

Learned About

Washington Masquer

Stars Flying High." Oriental: Just Imagine." World: Dawn" (Chinese film).. Central: The Most Dangerous -Game-

Majestic: "Phantom President."! Ten Dances at Repulse Bay and Hong Kong Hotels; Gloucester Building: King's Restaurant; and

Majestic Dancing Academy.

Sports

Golf:Completion of fifth round of Royal Hong Kong Golf Cubs Admiral's Cup Competition and final of Junior Championship; Kow- loon Golf Club "Fear" Cup Com- petition.

Meet (17, Pine Tree Hill), 3.15 p.m. Westling:-Tiger Daula r. Joe Cross Kowloon Football Club ground), 3.30 p.m.

Hunting:-Fanling Hunt Hounds

city of movies throwing some hefty as their Wampas Baby Star for EMIL JANNINGS IN ENGLISH brickbats at certain aspects of life | 1833. in Russia

These brickbats are powerfully underlined by some of the greatest sequences from the old silent film, "The Ten Commandments," such as the parting of the Red Sea, the extermination of the Egyptians, and God's message to Moses and

TALK FILM

Elissa Landi gave the gayest din- ner party of the month to celebrate the arrival here of her barristor-speaking entirely in English for the Emil Jannings will shortly be husband, John Lawrence.

first time in a talk-film. It is call ed "The Merry Monarch," and has been made in the South of France and in Paris, with Mins

Whereas in the old days Holly

For instance, when Karen Morler decades, and then, in "Madame the subsequent smashing of the wood stars hid the fact that they Sidney Fox in the chief, feminine played a scene combing her hair Racketcer" and other films, won tablets bearing the Commandments. I had children because it was deemed part.

in "The Washington Masquerade,' Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's drama of politicul life, showing from to

herself screen laurels, too, is featur- ed with Stuart Erwin in "He Learned About Women," comedy

Susan Sunday next,

Fleming, Grant Mitchell and Gordon have other important roles.

bad publicity, the nursery now comes before the parents.

There is such an epidemic of pre-

morrow at the Queen's Theatre, the/ which comes to the King's Theatre ance in a Hollywood picture of Christmas parties that stars are

sound expert halted the rehearsal until a celluloid comb was substi- tuted for the hard rubber one ste was using.

They are the strongest points in this tale of Red Russia, which is also notable for the first appear-

patita Sari Maritza, who looks charming and just like a picture book Russian charmer. Irving Pichel, Gene Daymond, and Mar The story concerns the adventures guerite Churchill complate the cast. of Hard rubber, it seems, gives off 850,000,000 and a lot of books, but A young fellow who has electricity when it is rubbed. The no knowledge whatever of the miniature "'crackles," literally microscopic thunder, picked up in the delicate microphone. An amber pipe stem has the same trick. Silk also does it..

world, who suddenly decides it's dan, a London girl. time he learned the facts of life. The role is played by Erwin.

Tink She Go - "Ome, Bebe Daniels Stanwyck, the favourites of the and Barbara Warner studios, never have to buy

having to work while babies take Possession of the family limousines.

On Her Toes! ...

The ultra-refined Constance Ben- nett is learning to tap dance!

Hollywood's latest romance: The lovely Billie Dove and young Phi- lips Holmes.

The story is based on "Le Roi. Pausole," by Pierre Louys. · Jan- nings will play a Ruritanian monarch who has a different wife

for every day in the year, The film has been directed by Alexis Granowskis and will be distributed over here by the United Artists Corporation:

MAJESTIC

THEATRE Nathan Road, Kowloon: Tel 57222

STO-DAY ONLY

Out in pic for the first time, The new picture is a vivid drama he stumbles into an auction where of the "inside" of lobbyist activi- the services of the unemployed are ties at the national capital, with being offered to the highest bidders. Howers for their dressing-rooms. the pay envelope over to her mo Polly Moran has decided to hand Lionel Barrymore heading the cast Intrigued by Miss Fleming, who Each morning they are supplied ther every weak, She says, "She At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 pm As a senator and political power steps onto the block. to offer her with nosegays from electricians, can't be bothered spending so much who falls victim to the wiles of a services as a stenographer, he hires painters, and carpenters. woman lobbyist. A notablo cast her. Then, at her request he hires appears including, Diane Sinclair, Miss Skipworth, an old actress who Nils Asther, Reginald Barlow, Wil- has seen bettor days. liam Collier, Sr., William Morris, Rafaela Ottiano, C. Heary Gordon, Burton Churchill and Henry Kol ker.

''

identity of their employer, they When the two women discover the decide to do so hing about it. Miss Skipworth caftily plays plans for marrying the girl to the be- wildered hair. But a number of complications, amusing but drama- tio, ensue when her own ex-husband' and an unscrupulous companion Appear and demand that they be ALL A.D.C.'S FEMALE PLAY cut in for a share of the profits.

NINE TILL SIX

Local playgoera have always been

unanimous in their praise of the

enterprise shewn by the Hong Kong project alone, is making a decided Amateur Dramatic Club in the and wide-spread appeal, selection of plays, but when it was

announced that the cast of the next be engaged in the lighter parts; 'A' grost deal of new talent will production would be 'all-female, the more responsible characters bef and to the number of sixteen at that it was felt in soms quarters ing filled by such experienced ac- that the Committee was rather over tresses as Helen Prior, Veronica stepping the mark of discernment Butterfield, Margaret Bunje, Hilda and that the theatre-going public | Arnold etc. would, as a whole, be somewhat un-1 responsive.

Of more than usual interest comes the welcome news that, after sti From what we can gather bowl absence of two years, Fay Gross- vor, it is already apparent that man returns to the footlights on o A.D.C. announcement, in recent this occasion; and it augurs woll years, has created the amount of for success that this talented lady interest, already being evinced in is to appear in the leading role 16% 032910 the forthcoming production of

The Booking opene, at the Kings

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE, From February 26, to March 8 1923,

LOW WATHE,

Hong

Hong

Kong

Standard

Standard

Time

Time:

Sat, 25

Sun

10 504 9

26

Mon. 17

Tues 28

Wod. 1

Thur.

-2

Fri. 2.

h. m. 0414

10.

0-0

$205 74 1526 26

11 16.5-1 040 1 0 92448-9 -10·08-1-8- 11 40 5.205 06 2318

195

62 1864

1280 54

21:

23 54 5 B 1738 182 Aimes and Philip Stuarts' play Theatre, on Sunday next 90th in- 06 47 21 "Nios till Bix, which is to be stant and an early application for 18 28 23. presented at the Kings Theatre on seats is boommended. In this con ..00:0. 2.8 the nighte-of-March-14th-15th und

2519th at 0.20 p.m. Contrary to sme nection it is to be noted that seats 000025 expectations, the novelty of the the one dollar seats) can be reserv

in any part of the house (including) 2050 2 6

0:34 4.7. ∙12 60 .00 500)

1981 5 61

198)

(Vontinued on next Column)

Janet Gaynor, has gone Garbo. She refuses to work overtime, and at 6 p.m. promptly she t'ink she 'ome and walks off the set.

4 SHOWS DAILY

£30-15:

アー

money."

Hollywood Intest picture team is Warner Baxter and Mirlam Jor Continued on Previous Columns

TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG AND A STAR CAST IN A THRILLING MELO-DRAMA OF RENO, THE FAMOUS DIVORCE CITY.

GAMBLERS ALL! See

MOTHER

SON

AND

A STORY OF RENOSN

GAMBLIN

FLEMING ROAD

TEL.28478

TO-MORROW MONDAY,

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.

WHIRL OF WIT Future thrill and lun in o romance with music

Featuring EL BRENDEL

Maureen O'Sullivan

JUST MAGINE

QUEENS THEATE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AĈ 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p

YOR

IN

ALSO SHOWING

PATHETONE WEEKLY

FROM TO-MORROW

THE

ZOLOZ»

MASTER OF MEN tool in the kand a lovely woman

Now for the

first time the

cam oras of Hollywood

dare to reveal what takes place in the shadow of the Capitol

with LIONEL

BARRYMORE Karen Morley Nils Aather directed by Charles Brabin

Bes the fate of a p tion banging DOA lovely channer's wiles! A Pageant of Pärlitet.

WHO?STAR

Who was

Harts of the marooned. folks in terious, for You'll know THRILL

OLD

DARK HOUSE

the Universal Picture from J.B. Priestley's novel with KARLOFF, MELVYN DOUGLAS Charles Laugh ton. Directed by JAMES WHALE. Presented by Cerl Laemale.

|_ FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m

MEN LIKE THESE!

A NATIONAL EPIC O

NAVAL HEROISM

DEDICATED TO

B.M. SUBMARINE SERVICE

EWORLDA

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2,30, 5.15, 7:15 & 9:20

BERT LAHR

Flying High

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