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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY

2, 1933

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ROMANCE THAT WILL WARM - YOUR HEART!

LEOPARDS!

PANTHERS!

LIONS!

NAGANA

---scores of them and other jungle beasts fighting, mauling, tearing as a thrilling background to a story of exotic lovmå

With the glamorous TALA BIRELL, MELVYN DOUGLAS, Directed by Ernst Laemmie. Story by Luster Coke. Produced by Carl Laemmia, Ir. A UNI- VERSAL PICTURE presented by Carl Lecals.

TOMORROW

I started at the bottom. Then I got a better job, in a place where they didn't have sawdust on the

Noor. Now I'm a star with my

name in lights... a name thela

been dragged through the mud from Second Avenue to Broad-

way. All I get out of it is glitter and sham, and they take away my baby! Figure that one outt

stance

BENNETT

From the reeking diver of the half world to the shimmering Great White Way.. she's got geous! See her in the dramatic heartery of a million mothers.

ROCKABYE

With

JOEL MCCREA PAUL LUKAS Directed by George Cukor from play By Lucio Bronder

David Q. Selznick avaiuling procifer RKO-PATHE PICTURE

GERMAN DIPLOMAT PASSES AWAY

*

BARON VON SCHOEN: WAR INCIDENT RECALLED.

"Back Stinez"

King's.

COMING

* Mischief."

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Queen's.

Puppets of Fate."

Platinum Blonde."

Central.

L

Bockaby."

Little Orphan 'Aunic"

They Just Had to Get

Men of Chance,'

Afraid to Talk."

Married."

Explorers of the World."

Girl of the Rio."

World.

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Oriental.

Star.

* Soviety Girl *!*

Sunshine Susie."

"Love Rage."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hop.

If I had a Million."

Sun Wah Theatre. "Girl Crazy."

Pearl Theatre.

Fifty, Million Frenchmen."

Tai Tak Theatre.

Air Mail.

Chung Wab Theatre.

Hell's Headquarters.

PHONCKONG'S FINEST ONIMA

A THUNDERBOLT OF ACTION!

HOWARD HUGHES

Prescrti

THE

MADE BY THE PRODUCED OF "HELL'S ANGELS" AND THE DIRECTOR OF "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT."

Frontpage

CONVICT TRIES TRAI LOWRING GELAVE

ACCUSED MAN QUART

UNITED ARTISTS

PICTURE

ÁDAPED 20 THE SCREEN BY BARTLETT CORMACK.

INSTORM GANE W

SOS ON EAST.

FOUILE ARE

BASED ON THE STAGE HOT

BY BEN HECHT AND

CHARLES MACARTHUR,

LEWIS MILESTONE

WITH

ODUCTION

ADOLPHE MENJOU PAT OBRIEN MARY BRIAN EDWARD EVERETT HORTON

WALTER CATLETT GEORGE & STONE, MAE CLARKE V SLIM SUMMERVILLE

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong.

"THE FRONT PAGE”

THRILLS AND REALISM

During the long run of the piece is a Broadway stage hit, it was' discovered that women are among] the first to applaud "The Front Page," that fast-moving newspaper thriller which is now showing at the King's Theatre.

· ROCKABYE”'

CONSTANCE BENNETT IN A

SPOILT BEAUTY **

ROLE

A gamin of the streets raised to high prestige as A1 nctress sophisticated drawing room, come dies under the tutelage of a mana- ger who adored her; then a reandal Front Page" originally that smeared her fame with written for the stage by those "cld-¦ notoriety! But under all the boys of Chicago newspaperdom, glamour, romance, publicity and Ben Heet and Charles MacArthur, has been brought to the screen by hullabaloo-beneath

The

her tempers

Howard Hughes, of "Hell's Ang-and smiles-despite her morals and les' fame, and Lewis Millstone,

was 1 woman who director of "All Quiet on the Wes. quarrels--she tern Front." It is realistic to a loved children and yearned for degree, and reveals the fascinating true lover. This fascinating char human interest side of newspaper acter is Judy Carroll, heroine of life, and the dramatic exploits of Rockabye, the RKO Pathe pic reporters, who stop at nothing in ture, starring Constance Benneta their loyalties to their papers. I and featuring Joel McCrea and

to the box office.

!

Paul Lukas, coming to the Central

That feminine fans like their red Theatre. hot melodrama, their rapidfire ad tion and hard-boiled humor as male It is small wonder that Constance followers of the screen is proven Bennett had a consuming wish to Rich in emo- by the long lines of women leading play "Rockabye."

[tion, temperament and human de- sires, is the sort of characteriza- The unconventional love-story tion every dramatic actress, prays woven into this dramatic tals of for and finds eo seldom. By such back-stage newspapering may a roles talent is measured, and Mise count, too, for the amazing femi Bennett anticipates showing to her nine interest in "The Front Page." admirers a new power and glam- When Hidly Johnson, a star resour, a new dramatic staturel, Berlin, April 25-The death oc- porter, desperately in love with a curred to-day in the small Bavarian girl, trics to quit the newsgathor- The story, shows how Judy, fous- village of Berchtesgaden of Baron ing "racket" so that he can turn trated because of scandal in her. "respectable" and settle down, and desire to adopt a child, Gnda at last von Schoen, the man who handed, his managing editor refuses to let a great love for children, to make to the French Government Ger- him because he is too valuable a.the supreme sucrifice, many's declaration of

on' reportor. war

"You have eituations; which appeal to every real human Beautiful and more gorgeously August 3, 1914. He was then Ger- instinct. Torn between sympathy gowned than ever, Miss Bennett man, Ambassador at Paris. De for the girl's impatience with Bid- moves against a background of ceased was 82 years of age.

ly, and admiration for Hidly's tartners and elegance in "Rock newspaper, loyalty, women in the hye," which is an adaptation by From 1903 to 1907, Baron von audience. have a fine emotional Jane Murfin and Kubec Glasmon. Schoen was Gerinan Ambassador time.

to St. Petersburg, then Secretary

One of the most expensive easte of State for Foreign Affairs and, from 1910 to 1914, Ambassador to ever assembled for a film-play is 50 he can mary the girl, played Paris His son is well-known in scen in "The Front Page." Adolphe by Mary Brian, who finds this the Far List where he was clution highest departure mom portionlarly-sympathetic-paas ed for a number of years as Coun the type of impersonations which Edward Everett Horton, · æða cillor to the German Legation in made him famous, plays the part reporter, who as his pals say is Peiping and the German Embassy of Walter Burns, a ruthless, de Goofy on the subject of personal

bonair in Tokyo, after which he was trans-

managing editor. Pat hygiens, has a comic role worthy ferred to Berlin as chief of the O'Brien, former New York stage of his best efforts. Others impor- Far Eastern Department of the star, is Hidly the crack, police retantly cast are Slim Summerville, Foreign Office and, a year ago cate himself from Burns' clutches Matt Moore, Phil Tead, Frank porter, who tries vainly to extri George E. Stone, Walter Cathlett. appointed German Minister Addis Ababa, Abyssinia.

(Continued of foot of next Column) McHugh, and Spencer Charters.

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Whist Drive, Civil Service 0.0. 8.30 p.nl.

Queen's

"L

· MISCHIEF'

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LOVE

1933 STYLE ! From riches to disaster Fate swept them. but Youth and Beauty of Today has in- unite courage... . you'll thrill

as their love is tested in the Magicrucible of circumstance! ›

HAL ROACH FOR ENGLAND

FAMOUS PRODUCER TO MAKE FILMS IN LONDON

COMEDY STAR FINDER.

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, April 11.--Hal Roach, ous of the leading film comedy pro- ducers, the discoverer of Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, and other atars, is coming to England to direct lins. He sails for London on March 31, and will set up an independent production unit here,

lle plans to produce British comedies for world distribution by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corpora tion. Mr. Roach, I understand, is at present negotiating for studio space in London, and as soon as his arrangements are complete he' will go into production with a cast drawn from British, French and. German players.

This is a significant move at the present time, and marks an import- ant departure in production on the part of a leading American com. pany.

3. Roach is in charge of all the comedies produced by the Métro- Goldwyn Corporation in America. He is famous as the creator of the Our Gang" comedies, which ho has produced without interruption for the past 11 years: He brought Jackie Cooper and Dickie Moore to the screen.

More Employment.

Should Mr. Roach's plan mature. as he hopes, it opens up, the pros pect of one of the most powerful American film companies establisht ing a British production unit here for every class of picture,

This would mean an automatic world release for British films, and

employment for many more British hands.

Mr. Roach began his career as a lorry driver in Alaska. His rat job in pieture was as a cowboy at £3

Tala Birell, the soreen's newest Ralph Lynn is certainly Britain's buminary, made her screen debate Prize Ass and long may be hold in a motion picture made by a Ger his title! He is as unique in his man company and recorded in the quaint mannerisms as he is in his German language. lot filmed "on sense of humour. In "Mischief,"location" in England. Miss Birell his latest film, directed by Jack is now appearing on the screen at Raymond, he is at his very best. the Central Theatre in the princplayers, technicians and studio The story by Ben Travers is a pal role of “Nagana," Universal's humorous affair; and the situations wild-animal picture told against the background of African jungles and give Ralph Lynn every opportun- ity of displaying his inimitable flair detailing the dramatic fight of for giving us every ounce of comedy science. against the dreaded jungle possible. For instance, when our discases. Friend visity

ye 1g lady in the 1 puested to put country and is out a fire in the chimney, does he

Noll do it with charming grace But he does it with charming idiocy He promptly falls off the roof, holding a tin of salt in his mouth, into the waterbutt! Life is a jolly business when we can see and hear Ralph Lynn on the

screed.

"Mischief" which will be shown

at the King's Theatre again Wednesday.

03

saw fake money being inade. But where it was located or how he got in he refuses to say. Nobody be lieves him, but the set certainly has an authentic look about it!

4 SHOWS

DAILY 1.30-5.13 7.13-1.30

THE COINERS DEN

REAL THING SHOWN IN "PUPPETS OF FATE"

commer's den looks like the place

Have you ever wondered what a

where counterfeit money is mana- factured? Well, in "Puppets of Fate" at the Queen's Theatre on Thursday you will have your chance to see. James Carter, the Twicken- ham Studios Art Director, swears that be visited a real den before constructing the set, and actually

(Continued on presions colúmn)..

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#THE MAGICIAN

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EDMUND LOWE

Bela Lugosi Irene Ware 1.1.Walthall Directed by

arcel Varel and

C. Menzies

A PRIZE. FIGHT. ACTION PICTURE WITH PLENTY OF COMEDY,

JAMES

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SOCIETY GIRL

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TRACY

PEGGY...

SHANNON

Fox Picture

week Shortly afterwards he met Harold Lloyd and made a pcture which brought profit to hoth of them. Te then set up the Hal Rubel studios in California, where the famous "Lonesome Luke" comedies were made.

ever

Tn. 1910 he joined the Metro. Goldwyn studies at Culver City, and has produced for them since. He is now completing a new type of Laurel and Hardy comedy, Fra Diavolo," with Dennis King. As soon as this production is eady Mr. Roach will sail for Europe.

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