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QUEENS

FROM TO-MORROW

He sees his mother in a stranger's arms -his own father an

outcast

-himself foundering in the whirlpool that comes of divorce

Metro-Goldwyn. Mayer PICTURE

DIVORCE The FAMILY

in

with

Startling

Drama of Adult Lives!

JACKIE

COOPER

CONRAD NAGEL. LEWIS STONE, LOIS WILSON Supported by

"

SNOW BIRDS"

A Metro's Sport Champions Special

LATEST HEARST NEWSREEL

STARTS SUNDAY

"RICH MEN think they can take whatever they choose!

A

thrilling page from the life

of a chorus girl!

MARION

DAVIES

in her fuest portrayal

ROBERT

MONTGOMERY

'you'll thrill at his

Love-making

Blondie

of the Follies

Metro Goldwyn May

COMING SOON!

JACK HOLT in

BEHIND the MASK

Columbia Picture

-we're

poor

people

leave

our

girls

alone

A Mystery of Misery A Tale of Terror!"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933.

BRITISH FLYING

FILM

THE KING'S CUP '' DARING LEAP-FROG FEAT

The King's Cup," the first full- length flying picture to be unde in England, has been completed by

Herbert Wilcox..

mako-about as long Holt's'

A Melodrama,

ver £20,000

CAVALCADE

FIRST PICTURE ARRIVES

research work

Million Dollar Film.

Early estimates allow, for an out-

Before a single foot of Noel Coward's Cavalcada" hnd been | filmed, the Fox Company, had splay of over a million dollars before It has taken thirteen months to essential to its absolute accuracy. the film ronches the theatres.

When you remember that scores A whole London, street in which Angela Weather conditions neof quite acessful movies have the famous caster imarket scene will counted for long delays.

turned out complete, for inuch loss be set, already cecupies, full-sized There are, two kinds of bad than £20,000, you will begin to sito in Movietone City. It is in weather for aerial photography, Aappreciate what a colossal task it every detail a faithful replica of au cloudy, moist, or misty day makes is to lay the foundations of such East East London street market. "shooting" impossible. A hot, film production as "Cavalcade." and cost a little less than 800,000 to Blue-skie day that looks perfect

Very much like an archaelogical construct. "A hundred carpenters from the ground is often useless expedition, the Fox research staff and builders worked day and night because there is a haze at 1,000 feet, bave dug out tous of debris to re- for three weeks creating this, nico

On the average not more than lease every

ounce of useful fact. Jittle London estate in Tamway two days in seven in England are Historical data unearthed, in Californin. suitable for air photography, and cidentally will add hundreds of The whole exterior of a London even then all sorts of other diffvolumes to the large library main-theatre is to be built nearby, and culties are encountered.

tained at the Fox Movietone City. just a short walk away Trafalgar

For many months past a large Square of 1918 will shortly appear." The King's. Cup " is a melo-staff of trainel men and women has You will also see in "Cavalcade," drama built around a race won by been concentrated upon the collec-St. Paul's, its crowded Churchyard a woman against the competition Lion of information concerning the seething with that romantic, senti- atmos mental crowd sprinkled liberally of of a man she has rejected. As arcibtecture, traffic, and

luatily greets the planes race around Britain phere of London from 1600 to 1902 Cameronin-which there are kaleidoscopic glimpses of and the dress, uniforms, fire-fight-there, each newborn year.

Net an iota of camera artifice will familiar stretches of country, and ing devices, public ambulances, ! in on sequence you see the two policemen, soldiers, railway guards be employed; Cavalcade" is to leading

down and hundreds of other things com be the film of h generation; a terri- 'planes racing

mon to the period of the story. ife Blustration of what Hollywood Southampton Water no higher than the portholes of the ships, and "leap-frogging"

601c11 vessel in the way,

"It was a most difficalt ront of formation flying, with more than a small element of risk," said the chief pilot, but I think the result is worth it. Another exciting scene shows the dash of a 'plane through Cheddar Gorge.

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Sir Alan Cobhaan, himself King's Cup winner, wrote the story und did nach of the flying. Mr. Herbert Wilcox, the director Mr M. J. Callen, who supervised, and Mr. Harry Milton, who plays à leading part, all served in the Air Force, so the details should be authentic.

WILLIAM POWELL'S

not

ROMANCE

THE THREE MUSKETEERS"

can

t

THE FIRST PICTURE OF CAVALCADE

TO BE RECEIVED IN HONG KONG.

can do in the creating of something truly English.

What William Powell,

understand is (8) why people should think his marrying Carole Lombard would break up the palship of Richard Barthel mess, Ronald Colman and himself; Can you imagine the time and and (b) why should the fact that effort entailed in one small depart

Among the tons of material which three men like and respect enchment of this vast delving organisa-

tion, which had to check up from has been shipped from London to other be of public moment?

It is the environment, perhaps, actual records, every incident load- Hollywood for use in making the that has made these three outstanding up to the Boer War Hun-film aru many objects which, super- ing male stars and their friendship dreds of books were searched for ficially, would seem to present no the wonder of the colony itself. dates tracing the gradual poset of difficulty to the Hollywood copyist. Because of it, they have been call the South African conflict; ori; But in every instance the real stuff ed the Three Musketeers," high-ginal portraits of the Boer and has been laboriously trans-shipped hat, highbrow, snobbish and aloof.

Their tennis battles, their fishing trips and their boxing bouts have become legends.

British

military and political leaders of the time; actual uni- forms and equipment used by the C.I.V.'s; namos, tonnages and ex- Others of the colony-some of act plans of the boats used for their them stars as important as they embarkation for the Cape; minu Have tried to pierce their exclusive- I test details of their campaign; the ness and have failed. Interviewers nemorable seige of Mafeking which and photographers have stormed made Baden-Powell's men. famous; their fastnesses in vain.

their ultimate return and their

because there has existed some slight danger of misconstruction.

T

A huge storehouse in which Frank Lloyd, who is to direct "Caval- ado" has gathered his "props striker one as a very good sideshow in itself a miniature British mu- seum.

An East End "Pub;"

Several London street lump posta

And that anyone in Hollywood glory and bonour". march should flee publicity and the oppor- through London. These phases of stand around the door; a couple of tunity to talk about themselves investigation alone have ran into a London enster Burrows appropriate seemed prima facie evidence that small fortune and have given many ly enr; just at land an actual somebody in the trio must he daffy, an expert a large sized Lead-ache.East End pub" bar complete with Yet, it was hard to believe that

Queen Victoria. three such strong personalities as

Delicate inquires have been fear Colman, the taciturn, Barthelmess, the strong, and Powell, the suave,lessly undertaken to ensure that the could be that way. Their bank- seres in Cavalcade" which will detail more intimately than in the

all its engaging array of papier mache signs; beer and whisky bottles; beer pumps; tankarde; glasses; syphons; and things of speak which Americans merely

One large corner is cleared to receives three actual London taxis all of which Baw actual service on London streets during the war.

rolls would be sufficient testimony stage play with the solemn obser. easily" and dreaın!!

to their clear and purposeful think- ing.

So it must be something else that would account for their shunning of the crowd. The answer probably lies in the single word--Understand- ~ing:

A clue to this mental kinship may lie in this remark from Powell, I think our friendship lies in

vaners around the bior of Queen Victoria, are beyond criticism on grounds both of good taste and accuracy.

Sketches and photos of her family, life in the Royal house, tho Royal yacht; scenes in London at the hour of her death; the mourn

ful crowds on the funeral route;

albums.

There is a huge wardrobe packed with real costumes worn by people in every grade of London social life from 1900 to 1939.

the

The collection of "small arms " the actual procession and entrain embraces all kinds of odd articles the fact that we speak the same. language-vocal or silent. When we ment of the body fill several large from an old London bobby's bulls. eye lantern, to actual souvenir clap converse, there are Do awkward pauses. But even when we sit for countered by the research staff was Trafalgar Square

One of the most difficult tasks en-pers and streamers picked up in

and in hours before a fire--none of us say that of securing exact descriptive Strand after the wild mobs had ing anything-the thing is under- stood, there is no wondering of what records of London's architecture; worn down their first Armistice de- the others may be thinking; there its actual form at the various dates lirium and gone home to ponder is no straining to make conversation mentioned in the story. You might the cost of war and the price of when there is nothing to say,"

recon- peace, think for instance, that a struction of the first delirious Armintice scenes on

of

He spoke of the great test

A British 18-pounder used in the friendship between himself, Barthel

Trafalgar war stands ready for some of the mess and Colman--that business of Square, could be easily staged on symbolical scenes of war which will being able to sit together for long big "set" copied from this emphasize in the film, the pagean stretches without speaking.

of the background of which famous contre as it is to-day.. try "I've wondered," he volunteered, Pictures giving away the extent to Noel Coward sketched his vigorous "what make three individuals as which the appearance, not only of story of English family life....

In conveying this story to the congenial as we have been. On my Trafalgar Square but other London side, I can find the basis in my thoroughfares have changed, would screen, Capt. Reginald Berkeley, gratitude to both the buys to Dick provide one of the surprises of your the English dramatist, who wrote especially. He first got me interest-life. London the unchanging, has the adaptation, has, presented all ed in pictures; he gave me my changed more than those of you the original stage scenes with the first good part; he followed that who have watched, it most closely single exception of one brief setting conceived by the author 28 B up by getting other people interest can realise.

server

1

"Cavalcade"

ed in my work-he's been tireless. The Nelson Column which will be satirisation of the youth of old in his efforts to see that I got the copied to life-size inside the Fox England during the Edwardian breaks.

grounds, remains as it always was, period,

On the stage, the two young "I'm not an cepecially keen ob- but looking, as you will do in

across the Square Marryat brothers, heroes of the er of paychological affairs nor "I like to o talk too much about towards whitefall and Northumbertory are on a private re

The A matter as dear to me as this land Avenue, you will notice great staurant suite with actresses. three-way friendship. But, I would changes in surrounding buildings, whole-party--is merry, and the way, if forced to an analysis, that new frontages have replaced old, juvenile, then a youth of 16 is in a understanding of each other and but the correct aspects of the fresh incident with a twenty. the ability to be in tune, conversa periods concerned in this historical stone blonde of 40. tionally or otherwise, plus the wil- span of London lite wul arise Et This ace will be substituted-in- lingness. of each to go to Hell, if every point in the picture

the film by one in which a clean necessary, for the other two, is why, This accuracy is what Fox have romantic development between the our friendship began and is Ioan purchased so cheerfully for their young lovers in the story, Fanny not understand how marital hap£50,000. The cost of erecting all Bridges and Joey Marryot, will piness can conflict with this com the gigantis sats necessary will be serve a more definite object in the radeship."

another story.

preservation of tons and continuity.

MARION DAVIS

Marion Davis in "Blondie of the Follies" coming to the Queen's..

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

King's.

If I Had a Million.”

Queen's.

"The Lash."

"The Back Street."

Central,

Oriental.

"Mati Hari.”

"World.

The Squaw Man.”

KOWLOON

"She Couldn't Say No.".

Star.

Majestic.

King's

Law and Order."

COMING

The Man from yesterday." "Devil and the Deep.' "Horen Feathers.” Queen's.

"Divorce in the Family. "Blondie of the Follies.” "Bohind the Musk." Central,

"Once in a Lifetime."

"Igloo."

"States Attorney."

The Mummy."

Oriental,

Star.

'Old Dark House."

Middle Watch. "Dacon Patrol” "Flying Food."

World.

"But the Flesh is weak."

"Ducon Patrol."

*Middle Watch."

50 Million Frenchmen."

CANTON CINEMAS Wing Hon.

Trouble In Paradise." Chung Wah.

"Bad Sister.” Sun Wah Theatre.

Is My Face Red?" Sun Kwok Man Theatre.

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