1933-04-06 — Page 5

Page

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY “

Ar 2.80, 6.10, 7.15

King'a.

& 9.30 P.M.

The Sign of Four."

HONG KONG

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatro Tel. 25720.

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. IT'S COLOSSAL!

Queen's.

"Svengali."

Central.

The Laugh Sensation of the Year!

ONCE IN LIFETIME

Hollywood torn to shreds in a gale of laughter With JACK OAKIE, SIDNEY FOX, Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton, Louise Fazenda, Gregory Ratoff, Zaru Pitts. Onslow Stevens, Produced by Cari Lagmanie, Jr., from the play by Moss Hart and Georgekaufman. Directed by Russell Mack Presented by Carl Laemmle. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

TO-MORROW

CLEMENCE DANE'N SENSATIONAL ENGLISH STAGE SUCCESS

JOHN

BARRYMORE

an RKO...

RADIO FICTURE of course.

As great a drama as this year will pro- duce!

"A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT

With KATHARINE HEPBURN. Billio Burke, David Manner Directed by Georga Cukor. David O. Sele nick, Executive Producne ---

One of 1932' ten 'Best Pictures..

appeared in several British Almis in the rele of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Dayle's master criminal investiga ter the part he plays in "The Sing of Four His recreating are book collecting and fishing.

The Sign of Tour which is now showing at the King's Theatre to-day,

"Once in a Lifetime.'

Oriental.

Star,

Law and Order,"

KOWLOON

"Condemned to Denth.

Majestic.

King's.

Outside the Law."

COMING

Street Scere."

Queen's.

"American Madness."

3 Wise Girls."

Central.

"A Bill of Divorcement." “Nagant.

"Explorers of the World."

Oriental.

"Body and Soul,

Star.

"Private Lives

"Black Coffee."

"Ben Har."

CANTON CINEMAS

Ving Hon.

יין

"Love Dabt.'

Sun Wah Theatre,

*For the Sake of Love,"

Southern Palace.

Unholy Night.'

Pearl Theatre.

Divorce in the Family,

Tai Tak,

Panama Flo.".

HONCKONC'S FINEST CNEMA

THE SIGN OF

FOUR

CONAN DOYLE'S GREATEST SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE

FEATURING

ARTHUB WONTXER.

LAN HUNTER

AND

ISLA BEVAN

AN ASSOCIATED RADIO PICTURE RELEASED BY THE BRITISH FILM CO., HONGKONG. ALL WHO HAVE READ A SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY MUST BEE ARTHUR WONTNER AS THE GREAT DETECTIVE,

7

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong·

"A PASSPORT TO

HELL"

HOW JOHN BARRYMORE HELPED ELISSA LANDI

Elisen Landi, who portrays the leading feminine role in "A Pass- Fort to Hell," coming very shortly the King's Theatre, might have confined her activities to writing novels, but for John Barrymore.

AMERICAN MADNESS

"STARS ARE PEOPLE WHO

** DON'T GIVE UP'"

Was the

Blessinga may come in the in guise of calamities, a case when Tom Dickson, the bank president in Columbia's striking dramatic picture, "American Mad. ness," showing from Sunday at the Queen's saw rise from the phenia London critics were anything of a devastating bank run, the con kind in their reviews of Kismet," fidence of new depositors--and frum: in which she played her first im- an almost wrecked maritar file no portant role on the English stage. faith that his wife loved him with She was on the point of giving up all her heart despite his seeming her intended carcer when she re-neglect of her for his business. ceived a telephone call from Barry- a stranger, who bestowed wum praise upon her "marvellous performance"

nore,

"A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT

WITH THREE LEADING STARS

to-morrow.

NEXT

།

AT THE

THEATRE

TEL. 25313

& 25932.

CHANGE SUNDAY, 9th APRIL

Drama that tears at your heart Stirk your soul... Paralyzes your emotions... Leaves you breathless!

Samuel Goldwyn

PRESENTS

KING VIDOR'S

production

CENE

with

SYLVIA SIDNEY WILLIAM COLLIER, JR. ESTELLE TAYLOR

THREE WISE

GIRLS"

SPARKLING COMEDY AT QUEEN'S THEATRE ·

Dia

OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY (April 6).

(HI Moon 19th Day). Entries Close for Fourth Extra Race Meeting, noon,

St. John's Cathedral Lenten Ser. vice, 5.30 p.m.

Mohammedan Festival Service, Mosque, Shelley Street, 9.15 a.m.

St. Andrew's Church Lenten Ser- vice, p.in.

Catholic Lenton: Mission: Fr. Donnelly, S.J.. on "Failures," Catholic Cathedral, Caino Road, 6

p.m.

Celebration of Mohammedan Fes- tival of "Id-el-Aduba.'

Exhibition of Chinese Goods at Sinceres, opened by Mr. Liu, Chi Wen, Mayor of Canton,

Contral:

Theatres,

Once in a Jifetime." King's: The Sign, of Four." Queen's: Svengali."

Oriental: "Law and Order" World: "Harmony Heaven." Star: Condemned to Death." Majestic: "Outside the Law?!

Пассов.

Ten Dances at Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building; and King's Restaurant.

Dinner Dances at Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels; and King's Restaurant.

THE SCHNEIDER TRIO

Farewell Concert at H.K. Hotel Roof Garden

Quite a large number of music lovers assembled in the Roof Gar- den of the Hong Kong Hotel last. night to hear the final concert of the Schneider Trio, before they leave for South Africa and South America.

The programme was classical, no

QUEENS TURATIEH

SHOWING TO-DAY,

[At 2:30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m

HE'S MASTER OF HER MIND BUT NOT OF HER HEART! JOHN

BARRYMORE

IN

SVENGALK

MARIAN

MARSH

concessions being made to popular ASTRILBY

taste, and for this the audience was glad. In the Brahms Trio in C Minor, the players showed their "A. story of three girls, who loved complete mastery of the intricate, Two of America's leading stare and a newcomer who seems destin-ot wisely but too well is told in if not vastly profound pattern of ed to attain the same, great screen

"Three Wise Girls," a Columbia the music. They played it with the prominence are seen in "A Bill of feature, which commences its run lightness and ease of the artist, who Divorcement," the new. Rko-Radio to-day at the Queen's Theatre. Mae has something in hand and is work- Picture, showing at the Central Clarke, Jean Harlow and Marieing under mather than up to, or Prevost are the three young ladies, over his power. They had the mea- Billie in this picture, which is one of John Barrymore and Burke, contemporames through those, smartly produced, sophistice of Brahms, and played him-

with graceful perfection. years of this country's most colourated comedy dramas.

In the Caesar Franck Trio they ful period of the theatre, are seen Out for all they can get, Cassie, had material worthy of their metal. together for the first time in this Dot and Gladys thought they could The very beautiful opening, with powerful picture taken from the play with fire and not get burned its conflicting motifs, the echoes of famous play by Clemence Dane. They come to the big city to make the Fifth Symphony, and the Katharine Hepburn is the now- good. Love hits them all with comer about whom Hollywood, at

varying results for Gladys it is original virility of the Allegro the moment is buzzing with praise. tragedy; for Cassic it is blissful Maestro made this number a joy These three tell a story unusual happiness after a great deal of and a delight to all who heard it. shell-shocked English veteran who to her to that she doesn't know the quiet assurance that has no to the screen. It is a tale of misunderstanding; and for Dot, It was music indeed, played with vainly tries to find in the world whether she's coming or going. Tweed to bluster, that drew the of 1932 a place for his torn and

utmost from every note. twisted dreams. It is a tale of se- cond love, of sacrifice and of aplen- dour.

Familiarity

The men in question are played

It is a pity that there are not by Walter Byron, Jameson Thomas and Andy Devine. Walter Byron, more people who can gather the de Barrymore, Miss

Hepburn the Jerry Dexter of Cassie's ad light to be found in the playing, and Міне Burke are BUD

ventors, falls in love with the like this, of thoughts expressed in ported by a distinguished cast beautiful Cassie Barnea (Jean music by minds of strength, per- which includes Divid Man Harlow), a model, but neglects to caption and delicacy, But music So it was with Constance Cum- nere, Henry Stephenson, Faul tell her he is married. He is work. does not yield its secret at the first mings, the charming feminine lead Cavanagh, Elizabeth Patterson and ing on his divorce. When Cassie or second hearing. in "American Madness," whose ear Gayle

Evers. George Cukor learns what's what, she is advised with every note brings understand- ly efforts to scale the heights of directed.

by the wordly Gladys (Mae Clarke), ing and affection. Let the trained who is being kept" by Arthur musician scoff at mechanical music, Convinced of his sincerty, Miss screendom nearly met with mag-

Phelps, a wealthy, married banker. Landi decided to remain on the dening defeat, but which, through

but it is by the wireless set, and and innate talent, stage and she became one of its persistence

is convinced of the wisdom of her the humble record, that people are cutstanding leading women before brought her the acclaim of aliwood motion picture production is to give him up, Cassie does so and

said to be the funniest thing the decision when Gladys commits sui-learning the music of the masters, the was out of her 'teens: Barry Hollywood.

screen has shown for a long time, cide on learning that Phelps has so that they can appreciate playing, more is still an admirer of her work Her first professional opportun and takes the audience not only returned to his wife. Cassie en the standard of the incompar He an actress. Recently he wasity was as a chorus girl, and g quoted as describing her as one of little later, ahe induced Willard into the forbidden precincts of the turns home, fed ap with city life. sound stages, but into the private | Jerry proves that Cassie misjudged the greatest emotional actresses of Robertson, the play-wright, to give offices of executives, where the rehim by coming to Cassio with the

her a chance in "This Man's Town." Miss Tandi's latest production is He was impressed by her sincer. Putedly fantastic methods of con- happy news that his wife has agre

ducting a great film plant are ed to divorce him.

Sparkling A Fussport to Hell," in which ity and charm, and wrote several handled without gloves.

comedy, romantic The cast of "Once in a Lifetime" drama, and interesting performàn- she portrays the role of an outcast lines into his play for her; but

includes Bidacy Fox, Jack Oskie, ces make this a film that should the play was a "op." who, to save herself from deporte Soon after that, she was given Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton, go on your program of entertain tion, manages a marriages with a young army officer at a post in a small role in "June Moon," and Zasu Pitts, and Louise Fazenda...

as she says, understudied every Africa where the action of the pic-

the part but

window-washers ture takes place. She z supported Samuel Goldwyn, who was in New by a cast that includes Paul Lukas, York at the time, looking for an Alexander Kirkland, Wawer

land, Earl Foxe, Dolond Crisp, Colman, spied

actress to play opposite Ronald her. Following Yola D'Avril and Vera Morrison.

screen tests, Constance got the coveted role and set out for Holly. wood as the widely acclaimed new est discovery of Goldwyn.

the screen.

THE SIGN OF FOUR"

ARTHUR WONTNER AGAIN PLAYS SHERLOCK HOLMES

It would seem as if she was sit ting pretty at this time. But Connie lasted only two weeks un- der the Goldwyn banner. The Colman picture was entirely cast, and Hollywood jumped to the conclusion. that "Constance Cum- mings was not good motion picture material. She was already to re- turn to New York when a screen test was arranged for the role or the girl in "Criminal Code," with Walter Huston.

Mr. Arthur Wontner is a London- er and made his first appearance on the stage at Ryde, Isle of Wight, in 1997 as Sir Thomas Terby in "The Sorrows of Satan," and his first London appearance on the From then on her vista changed, stage was at the old Globe Theatre and, although everything was not in 1898 as the Comte de Rochefort easy sailing, Connie's climb has in "The Three Musketeers." Mr. been steady and conspicuously auc Woutner, on the stage, has been cessful because Columbia has given Acen in such widely varing roles bet the right material to show her an A. J. Rafles, Ben Hur, Captain tenta Hook in Peter Pan," Hopple- white in Our Mr. Hepplewhite Petor the Great in "Catherine (succeeding Bertram Wallia), Charlee J in "Our Nell," the Rev. Benjamin Cobb in Marin ers" and his Shakespearean roléa are too numerous to mention, in cluding Orsino, Bassanio, Laertes, and the present Malvolio. He has (Continued on Presiour Column}

"ONCE IN A LIFETIME"

AMUNING FILM FOR DULL DAYS.

Universal's hilarious "Once in a Lifetime" comes to a close at the Central Theatre to-day.

This uproarious satire on Holly. (Continued on nezt column..

4 SHOWS

- DAILY" 2.30-5.15

7.15-3.30

ment.

TAKE ANE FRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

▸

ORIENTALE

THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

A THRILLING 'WESTERN COMEDY. DRAMA!

WITH

WALTER HUSTON AND A BIG CAST. OF FILM STARS

LAW AND ORDER

A UNIVERIAL PICTURE

TO-MORROW-SATURDAY

A STARTLING PIOTURĖ I Adopted from the FAMOUS STAGE PLAY SQUADRONS

SEE

CHARLES FARRELL AND HIS NEW LEADING LADY ELLSSA LANDI IN.

A BUPERB SCREEN PLAY.

BODY

SOUL

FARRELI

able Schneider Trio.

"R.B.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Boad, howloon. Tel. 57222

Barrymore at his - best I 'sensational

With the DOW star find lie him- self selected! En acting the waird: est drama of - woman's passion: over filmed A thril no fan can

resist!

ALSO

CARTOON COMEDY

NEXT OHANGE DARING! TIMELY! ORIGINAL!

Greater than a

Motion Picture

AMERICAN

MADNESS"

with

WALTER HUSTON

Kay Johnson -Constance Cummings.

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. |||| Daring, Sensational theme,

OUTSIDE

THE

LAW

WITH

MARI NOLAN EDWARD G. ROBINSO

OWEN MOORE:

closest to everyone's heart to-day, giving you an inti- - mate insight into conditions of present-day in America.

STAR

TO-DAY ONLY

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

ARTHUR WONTNER

GORDON FÄRKER

EDMUND GWENN

CONDEMNED.

to DEATH

Adopted from "JACK 0 LANTERNS

Thrilling Murder

Page 5Page 6