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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKY QUEEN'S D., westbound DOW

Advance Booking at. Andersons and the Theatre Tal. 25720,

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.

NOT HIS ARMS... NOR HIS MEN... NOR HIS RIFLES.

COULD TAME HER

Braggart...rascal...”

bes'Caballero with the

ladies to be floured,

TODAY AT THE

King'a.

CINEMA

HONG, HONG

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Queen's.

Central.

"Evenings for Sale."

Girl of The Rio."

Oriental.

"Bean Hunks,"

World,

"Grand Hotel,"

Star... #

KOWLOON

"Arsene Lupin."

Majestic.

Sunny Skies."

King's.

Queen's,

COMING

Face in the Sky.'

Hot Pepper, **

Payments Deferred."

The Secrets. of Madame

scorned, tricked, subdued

Contral.

Paris-Begiun."

by this girl...

but what a girl!

GIRLA

RIO

OF THE

with

DOLORES DEL RIO LEO CARRILLO

NORMAN FOSTER

HERBERT BRENON'S

DRAMATIZATION OF WILLARD .MACK'S SENSATIONAL STAGE HIT 'THE DOVE'

RKO RADIO

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PICTURE

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A DISTINCTLY NOVEL

ATTRACTION

A FRENCH ALL-TALKING SINGING, DANCING FILMS WITH ENGLISH TITLES.

JANE MARNAC

IN

"PARIS BEGUIM

(PARIS-CAPRICE) PRESENTED BY DOSSO FILMS.

NO KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH REQUIRED TO UNDERSTAND THIS FINE FILM OF THE PARISIAN FOOTLIGHTS.

Blanche,"

Little Orphan Annie."

They Just Had to Get

** Men of Chance."

"Afraid to Talk."

World,

Married."

Explorers of the World."

"Untamed."

"American Madness."

Oriental,

Star.

"The Champ,"

"Bet Hur."

May he its Love" Now Morals for Old.”

CANTON CINEMAS.

Chung Wah Theatre.

Hell's Headquarters,”

Sun Kwok Man Theatre,

fted, Trouble in Kianggi."

Sun Wah Theatre.

Shanghai in Darkness."

Tai Tak Theatre.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.K.

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

~HONCKONG'S FINEST END,

LIGHTING. TAP

BOUNDING!

Douglas FAIRBANKS

IN A MODERN COMEDY-DRAMA

ALIVE WITH ACTION AND THRILLS

mr ROBINSON

CRUSOE

MICKEY MOUSE CARTOON

'TRADER MICKEY ”

Army."

"A Soldier of 19th Route

EVENINGS FOR

SALE"

DELIGHTFUL ROMANCE AT QUEEN'S THEATRE

Evenings for Sale," showing at the Queen's is a really charming film, notable for the polished acting of Herbert Marshall, Sari Maritza, Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland. The story is laid in Vienna where everything is upside down" and the old nobility is being kicked pretty hard by the people over whom they used to lord it. Money rounts, and the ex-butlers and valets have a turn for making it, and one old fellow runs a night club where officers of the pre-war Im rial Guard are the sorry and sorrowful dance partners,

[Dawn he wen), twinging “from the houro-möda mollay Zwith ani kand, Ryšking off

manheng with the other!?

SILLY SYMPHONY

'KING NEPTUNE"

THE SHORTS THAT ARE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION

"MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE"

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AND

SOUTH SEA CHIET

GIRL OF THE RIO

DOLORES DEL RIO SCORES

and

ANOTHER SUCCESS

Dolores Del Rio's latest success on the silver screen to come to Hong Kong is the "Girl of The Rio it is indeed voy pleasant to see that the absence two years from any screen work has not robbed this charming little act of any of her versatility.

One of the principal actors in Douglas Fairbanks' new picture, Mr. Robinson Crusoe," now the feature attraction at the King's Theatre, is Chief Tupa, of the dia- trict of Mahina, Tahiti, who braces his areatry back to the time when The picture opened at the Central white men were unknown in the Theatre on Saturday and attracted large houses to all the performances. South Sens

Chief Tupa, an expert fisher-Girl of The Rio" is a splendid man and diver, plays the part of picture and can be recommended to the cannibal chief in the Fairbanks even the most fastidious film fan. film and demonstrates an histrionic It starts with a swing and the Ec- ability that amy well be envied by Lion is maintained throughout s any of Hollywood's trained charac- that there isn't dull moment right ter actors.

through the show.

Dolores Del Rio, playing the part of the dance hall girl was splendid. She sang a couple of songs in a way all her own while she played the Spanish guitar as only a real senorita can.

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A of the South Seas nutives Herbe. Marshall plays one of

actors," these. and along

nare natural comes

said Doug rather fatuous American million-"You merely tell them what to airess, still very good-looking, but do, and immediately they perform by no means young. To her he is with the skill of veterans. Rhythm Prince Danilo out of the Merry and pantomime seem to be among Widow."

The supporting east also deserves Thus there is the cruel their birthright."

The scene in which the caani-special mention, particularly Leo position of our hero's humiliation,

gay as a gigolo, having to please this hals, under the leadership of chief Carille who made a very

make a shore caballero." derly American in front of the Tupa, prepare to

Before the feature film, the audi- high spirited Sari Maritza, with dinner of Doug is so realistic that

it makes the jitters jump fron whom he is in love. He has a

ence was put in good humour by a Fire mine liking for the generous vertebra to vertebra like flashes of rollicking comedy entitled,

house Honeymoon." American, and she buys lack his static.

Although Chief Tupa plays a ancestral castle in a fit of impul sive generosity, though hoping he most realistic cannibal, there are of cannibalism in his will How the reality comes to

family, at least not among his an her, and the way all ends well isentors in the Society Islands, I very neatly told.

Mary Boland takes the honours this custom was in vogue before

his people migrated from

trocea no

of the film, for she does get across more remote South Sea Taland, hoth the silly, and the big hearted there is no record of it in the family side of the character she plays album.

phic efforts and composition of the scenes in "Face in the Sky" are said to mark a long step forward i filni artistry.

Sam Hardy and Sarah Padden hend the supporting, cast, of the romance, Myles Connolly wrote the original story and Humphrey Pear son the screen play. William Col

Sari Maritza is a great credit to In privato life, the chief engages Tientsin, where she was born, and is in a very orderly though exciting lier, Sr., served as dialogue direc- a most fascinating person, especial line of endeavor. He is a pearl | tor.

ly when she discards a not very diver and fisherman, and holds the becoming wig and appears in her record for time under water. own natural and very pretty hair..... He bad lifted many valuable

R.B.

pearls from the bottom of the sea, and shot the throat of many shark and octopus,

Sari Maritza's Career.

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Sari Maritza, Paramount's new exotic star was born in Tientsin, China, on St. Patrick's day, of an English father and Viennese mother.

Sari early education was obtain dd in China where she spent her youth She is an accomplished linguist, and completed her studies in England, France, Germany and Switzerland.

FACE IN THE

SKY"

THE LAST WORD IN MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY

While brilliant photography has She made her screen debut in a come to be accepted as a matter of Hungarian film at the age of eigh course in modern motion picture teen. Subsequently she appeared in offerings, something out of the or English and German pictures. She dinary in this regards is promized first came to the attention of Ameri- in the Fox Films production of can producers for her worth in Face in the Sky," coming on Two Way Street an English next Thursday to the King's

Theatre. {film.

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Wellington Street, Hong Kong.

The cameraman on this Spencer Tracy-Marian Nixoo-Sturat Erwin feature is Lee Garmen, whose re cent winning of the Academy Award for his work on Shanghai Express" marks him as Holly- wood's foremost film photographer. The director is Harry Lachman, who abandoned a spectacular career as one of America's fore moat painters after receiving many distinotions abroad, inculding the Legion of Honor, for the field of screen direction. He brings to his work nu unusual artistic scense.

With the talents of these men combined, the resulting photogra

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DREAMING of Happiness The inspiring romance of a Venus in gingham ... raised to be the nation's ideal of beauty overnight by a Rem- brandt in overalls.

FACE in the SKY

with

Spencer

TRACY

Marian

NIXON

Stuart

ERWIN

FOX PICTURE.

"LITTLE ORPHAN

ANNIE

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DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

(May 3).

(IV: Moon 14th Day). Sale. of Lansehold

Property,

Hughes and Hough's Sales Room, 3

p.00.

Household Lammert's Sale of Furniture, 3, Tantallon Torrace, Kowloon Dock, 10.30 .m.

Theatres.

Central: "Girl of the Rio."

King's: "Mr. Robinsea Crusoe," Queen's: "Evenings for Sale." Oriontal: "Bean Hunks." World: "Grand Hotel." Star: "Arsene Lupin." Majestie: "Sunny Skies"

Dances.

Ten Dances at Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building; King's Restau. rant; and Majestic Dancing Acade

my.

Dinner Dances at Poninsula and Hong Kong Hotels: and King's Restaurant..

Sports.

Billards-Garrison League, Lin. coln Royal Engineers; RA.M.C. Royal Artillery; South Wales Borderers . Small Units.

Lawn Tennis-Hong Kong Ares 24th Section, League, Kowloon Battery, Royal Artillery . "ABA Company Lincolns, Hong Kong Sec- tion, 40th Company Royal En- gineers R.A.P.C.

Sunrise.-3.47 a.m.; Sunset.-6.33

p.m.

Tidesigh at 7.56 and 20.48; Low at 1.36 and 14.14. 3

ed. Why didn't he change Anne's attire once in a while; why didn't ho give her eyes pupils; why did le depict Daddy Warbucks as a pau- per-such questions filled the fan's mail to him at the Chicago Tribune syndicate.

In reply, Gray rontended that the public wants novelty. It is wearied by the monotonous run-of trite jokes. In his comic strips, he injects romance, suspense, thrills and danger along with freshness and originality, he asserts NA

Paralleling the success of Little. Orphan Annie" the comic strip, is that of the radio broadcasts, Back in December, 1030, the first etheriz ed exploit of the red-headed girl was unostenatiously given on Sta- James Whitcomb Riley, the fa- tion, WGN, Cricago. Her radio inous poet, was not aware when he adventures proved Be fascinating created his little tyke, a half-cen- and thrilling as her tury age that she would live through the years to be caricatured: in newspaper cartoons, dramatiz ed for radio broadcaste and pre sented in big feature talking mo- tion picture.

Little Orphan Annie," the girl with ten million homes-but still an orphan.

But who is Annie? How did she become famous What made her the orphan with ten million homes" 1

newspapar

rics, and four months later the" programme became a nightly fea- ture over a National Broadcasting Company net-work of 24 stations, emanating from WGN.

In time the radio series acquired an audience of 5,000,000 boys and girls. Religiously, thousands of listeners in follow Annie's adven- tures every night. Parents have Her cartoon creator is Harold written letters to the net-work, re- Gray, who adopted the name for a counting talos of extended trips in cartoon character as an appealing order that their youngsters might ene for an artist associated with be near a radio at broadcast time.

The cameras and microphones are: Sid Smith, of "The Gumps" fame, on The Chicago Tribune, Gray ob- the latest dispensers of entertain- tained an insight into the techniquement to claim Annie as a feature of cartooning. On August 5, 1924, length comedy-drama. "Little Or

an RKO-Radio: Pic- he launched the initial adventure phan Annie,' of "Little Orphan Annie" in the ture coming to the Central Theatre New York Daily News.

on Thursday. The versatile ju- Annie made her debut without, venile actress, Mitzi Green, plays 1.0 the title role, and is featured with special fanfare and proved.

Gray ac- May Robson as a wealthy foster- instantaneous access, counted the immediate popularity mother. The remainder of the cast includes Buster Phelps, Edgar to the uniqueness of his cartoon.

"I offer Annie as a tiny mite, Kennedy, Matt Moore and Kate without mother or father. This was Lawson. The picture was directed decidedly an innovation in comic by John Robertson and was written

strip.

Was BA adventurous | Namara. trips. In fact, it wasn't a comie by Wanda Tuchook and Tom Me- story told in Cartoons. But it seemed to be popular."

It

MAJESTIC

HEATREPRENEURS

The "Little Orphan Annie" car- toon strip is now a daily feature in scores of big newpapers in the United States and Canada. Artist Gray sometimes encountered trials

Naiben Road, Kowloon Tel. 57222 and perplexities with his brain child. Readers lauded and criticiz-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

(Continued on next column).

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