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CENTRAL

THEATRO

TAKE QUEEN'S RD.,

WESTBOUND HUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 93720.

TO-DAY & TO-MORKOW

At 2.80, 5,15, 7.15 & 9,80 P.M.

UPROARIOUS MUSICAL

BRITISH

COMEDY, WITH TUNE-

FUL SONGS AND SNAPPY DANCING

AN

Jack BUCHANAN

YES

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1933.

።

TO-DAY MALA

ONLY

AT

SHONCHONGS FINEST UK

MAKING WHOOPER WITH LUPER

HONG KONG:

King's.

[2.80, 6.10, 7.15

Hot Pepper."

& 9.30 P.M.

Quaen's.

The Secret of Madame

Blanche."

Central,

"Yes, Mr. Brown.!!

Oriental.

“Spenk Easily."

World.

"New Morals For Old."

Hotter and

peppier than

KOWLOON

Star.

"Grand Hotel."

Majestic.

King's.

Tess of the Storm Country.

COMING

Call Her Savage."

"Jack's the Boy."

Queen's.

"Night of June 13th."

"Bed Dust"

Central.

"Mon of Chance.**

"They Just Had to Get

"Afraid to Talk."

Married."

"Explorers of the World."

Oriental.

Lifes Comedy,"

Sherlock Holmes."

CANTON CINEMAS

Chung Wah Theatre.

MB BROWN Second Hand Wife."

fuck Buckan Basc AND Sing BE SURE TO SEE THIS BOOK YOUR SEATS EARLY!

THURSDAY

ONE MAN HER MATE.... ANOTHER HER MASTER!.

MARY

ASTORK

RICARDO

CORTEZ

JOHN

HALLIDAY

Men

of CHANCE

Three Great Stars in Drama of Woman Against the World... RKO-RADIO PICTURE Story by Louis Weitzenkorn Directed by GEORGE ARCHADIRAUD

BRUNETTE VOICES BEST BLONDES ARE OFTEN TOO SHRILL FOR THE TALKIES HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, The modern "talkie" microphona has proved definitely says a movie sound recording expert, that sesses, regardless of their com plexion and colouring, must have "brunette" voices.

the

Sun Kwok Man Theatre.

"Destry Rides Again."

Sun Wah Theatre.

The Wild Current."

Tal Tak Theatre.

The Painted Desert."

Hon.

Life Goes On."

Pearl Theatro.

"The Lash."

"What" Price Glory" and «The Cock-

Eyed World"

new dame!

New

belly laughs!

New cock-eyed gaga!

Flagg and Quirt trade their uniforms for boiled shirts and stage the battle of the century for a hotcha mamma

HOT PEPPER

A comedy drama with the charaction Quirt and Flagg originally created by Lauren Stallings and Maxwell Abdenon

Lupe Velez

Edmund LOWE

Victor McLAGLEN

El Brendel

Directed by John Blystone Fox Picture

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong-

'HOT PEPPER"

THREE COMEDIANS WHO WILL AMUSE YOU.

Brendel, the Swedish come- dian, never smokes except. when a a in one of his pictures de- zads that he puff a cigarette, a pipe or a cigar.

"THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE

TOUCHING AND EFFECTIVE TALKIE

a

THE NIGHT-OF JUNE 13

THRILLER FOR QUEEN'S THEATRE

A typical large city suburb, in which women exchange juicy mor sels of gossip, over the back fence,

STORE BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25332.

·TO-MORROW

WAITING,

TO BE

TAMED!

Alluring to men who feared her fury...envied by women whose hate she despised ...storming through life ...in search of her mas- ter.

CLARA

BOW

IN

CALL HIR SAVAGI

From the novel. by Tiffany Thayer

Directed by " John Francis Dilien FOX PICTURE

NOW AT THE CENTRAL THEATRE

"YES. MR. BROWN?'

You have no doubt heard "Yes, Mr. Brown on gramophone re- cords and over the air! You have an opportunity to see and hear these clever stars on the screen at the Central Theatre.

WHERE ARE THE FINEST JERSEY CATTLEY

́OVALTINE MODEL.

DAIRY FARM

QUEEN) TIRAGES

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY- At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. EVERY WOMAN HAS A LOVE

When Rudyard Kipling wrote SECRET. that "The female of the species is

What was more deadly than the male he could hardly have been thinking of Jersey cattle. For, although there is probably no cow in the work more docile than the little Jersey, the bulls of this breed are danger ous customers, and far more savage than the great bulls of other lands.

as

The Jersey is, of course, renown- ed for the richness of its milk and probably the finest herd of this breed Great Britain is to ba found at King's Langley, in Hert fordshire, on the Ovaltine model dairy farm. This farm was start- ed in order to provide a standard of quality for the enormous quant- ity of milk which is required daily for the manufacture of this well- known beverage. The cattle are all pedigree animals, including

from number of prize-winners, selected milk strains and after be ing tubercular tested were brought over direct from Jersey. The selec tion of the breed for the purpose described appears to supply addi- tional proof of its supremacy regards the quality of milk.

The buildings where this herd is quartered are worthy of the cattle themselves, being a model of scieri- tific design and contained all the The most up-to-date equipment. cow sheds, for instance, are vacuum cleaned weekly and aro automatio- ally ventilated, the temperature be- ing thermostatically controlled, The most scruplous cleanliness is, of course, enjoined for both the cows The cows Arg and the cowmen. groomed daily and their coats shine like silk; fanks, tails and udders are washed before milking, each cow and before going on to the next. The white overalls of the milkers blend with, the white tiled walls of the cowhouses.

Beneath the deep straw bedding on which the cows stand are cork slabs and the liquid manure drains away into an underground tank well removed from the cow sheds.

Adjacent to this tank is the roofed- in manure shed, and here the liquid. is pumped up and sprayed over the farmyard manure;, a process that is continually repeated before the manure is carted out on to the mosdows.

The modern buildings are parti. cularly striking on account of their beautifully thatched roofs-the work of a famous family of Nor- folk craftsmen. But perhaps the most interesting of all the farm buildings is a great barn, now fitted up inside as a model cow shad. This bara, which was but it some 300 years ago as a barn and thresh-

and from whied the men - commute to work each morning, forme the background of The Night of June 13," the film showing on Thursday at the Queen's Theatre.

It was Nicky Baumann's ambi- Clive Brook, "Lila Lee, Charlie Ruggles, Gene Raymond, Frances tion to become Mr. Brown's parting floor, is considered by experts Doe, Mary Boland, and Adrianne |ner, so that the firm should into be one of the finest examples in Allen head the large cast.

amed roof type.

WOMEN IN ODD JOBS

Brook is cast as a young business future be known as Brown and the country of the old hammer be man whose wife, played by Miss Baumann. Nicky managed the Allen, is insanely jealous of hum. firm's Vienna factory, and was dai Suspecting him of an affair with ly expecting a visit from the chief Miss Lee, their next-door neigh As poignant and touching drama as has reached the talkies in bour, she commits suicide by shoot. To that end he instructed the some time is depicted on the screening herself, and Brook, to protect staff in the importance of observing In one scene of the Fox picture, of the Queen's Theatre where The Miss Lee, withholds certain in the courtesies and honours of the Washington, D.C.-"The U.S. Mr. Brown's enquiries Census Bureau has received some "Hot Pepper," detailing the most Secret of Madame Blanche" is now formation. He is charged with occasion

should always be answered, with fold reports from its investigators recent adventures of Quirt and showing with Irene Dunne giving murder.

At his trial, each of his "neigh: "Yes, Mr. Brown." Brown was on women in unusual occupations.

Listed as "examples of such be- Fagg, the Murines couple originat another of the strong emotional

by Laurence Stallings and Max- portrayals which have made this bours who is called upon to testify delighted with his reception, and if

popular with cinema lies to keep certain petty delin-, he wondered at the mmsical refrain cupations" were brick and stone Tell Anderson, Brendel smokes in star, so

quencies of his own secret, and it he did not bat an eyelid. Things masons; coppersmiths; cranemen, is turnerable oigarettes and

So audiences

Stirringly enacted, intelligently appears that Brook, innocent, is might have gone smoothly if Nicky derrickmen, hoistmen; forgemen umsy in his efforts to be non-

had not squabbled with his wife and hammermen; iron moulders; chalant that he is funny without directed and produced with the about to be sentenced to death.

A sudden and dramatic climax, Clary. Then we should not have machinists; millwrights; mining trying..

customary proficiency of the Metro-

ultimately straightens had the riotous fun which followed engineers; plasterers; plumbers; stonecutters; telegraph and tele.. Brendel also has some ludrierous Goldwyn-Mayer studios, this pic however,

a dinner party where Nick's secre

phone linemen. scenes with Lupe Velez to whom he ture holds one's interest from the matters out.

tary played the part of Mra makes love when Quirt and Flagg very opening sequences in a New

Baamunn and Clary posed as the theatrical atmosphere in are not fighting for her affections. York

At the beginning of the picture, which Miss Dunne sings and dances,

Secretary. A merry tuneful mix-up Quirt and Flagg lay aside their to the final climax. in uniforms and become rival night courtroom.

The story centres about Sally club owners. Much of the plot's action takes place in the speak-easy who is getting her start in the where gaiety reigns supreme and theatrical world as a dancer, in beautiful girls appear in a number the chorus of a New York musical of musical and dancing numbers.comedy. When the show is taken to England she sings and dances her way into the hearts of Londoners, and particularly into the affections Now

Z

CALL HER SAVAGE of a wealthy young blads.

THE NEW CLARA BOW PICTURE

Clara Bow's

French

add thirty years and you have Miss Duane going from girlhood to motherhood with her great drama- tie gifts at their best. The result is amazing. She puts herself into a lifetime with utter conviction.

Meanwhile, London of the 90's o-

** first starring with its quaint costumes passes be vehicle for Fox Films is Edwin fore you. You see the famous Kit Burke'a adaptation of Tiffany Kut, first of the night clubs,“then Thayer's sensational novel, "Call the home of the rich Englishman Her Savage." It will be shown at where Sally is an unacknowledged the King's Theatre on Wednesday wife. Even as a mother she is an unacknowledged wife. Even as Described as an intimate portrait mother she is persecuted and her next. of an impulsive girl's fight for hap-child taken from her. After the piness, the drama pictures, the War, the son strays into the French heroine's transition from her cars cafe. Sally has come to own and ¤ Texas faces the consequences of the "death free, tom-boyish life on rench to become the sensation of of a man resulting from a brawl. Chicago society; to a marriage with To save the son who doesn't know a worthless playboy; to her mad his mother, she shoulders the blame gamble with men and money; to the until the stirring climax of the pre- birth and tragic death of her baby.ture when he discovers her true and, finally, to

Explaining that the voice of the average blonde has a higher fre- quancy of vibration than brunette's, he said that the micro- phone shows a decided preference for brunettes.

"Recent perfections and refine ments in sound recording ap paratus have made the difference between the blonde and brunette voice more apparent than ever be fore," he said.

"We now believe we have found the reason why several of the gor- geous blonde stars of five and six years ago were only mildly sucpose ful in felting pictures. I believe the brunette voice is a prerequisite

for success.

her return identity.

to the peace and freedom of the The role of the maligned heroinë ranch and the genuine love of hier of The Secret of Madame Blan

la undoubtedly, one of the Indian sweetheart, one of her ow

kind whose veins carry savage blood finest parts Mige Dunne has ever On the other hand, this ex- Gilbert Roland as Moonglow, her had and who plays it with all the plains the success to a large degres half brood sweetheart, hende the skill at her command. Lionel At of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, supporting cast: Other featured 'will is excellently cast as the em Carole Lombard and other blondes players are Thelma Todd, Monroe bittered father and the part of the who have "branette" voices. Becall Owsley, stally Taylor, Willard young Englishman is effectively the doop, rich qualities of their Robertson and Weldon: Heyburn, played by Phillips Holmes. tone of speech and you will see John-Francis Dillon directed the admirable supporting cast includes Una Merkel, Douglas Walton, C what I mean, cen

Juction

An

Henry Gordon, Jean Parker and

Mitchell Lewis.

No little of the credit for the success of this picture must go to Charles Brabin who has shown a discerning touch in his direction of the narrative and a splendid eye for beautiful photographic sequences.

4 SHOWS DAMY

120-5.18 7.15-8.20

to

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affording Jack Buchanan wany op: portunities. "Yes, Mr. Brown is good, entertainment, advise ОЦТ readers to see it. The players Jack. Buchanan, Hartley Power, Clifford Heatherly, Vera Pearce- Margot Grahame, Elsie Randolph.

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TOGETHER AGAIN!

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The very romance that YOU would have written for these ever popular

screen lovers.

GAYNOR

Charles

FARRELL TESS

STORM COUNT

THE

OF MADAME

BLANCHE

The soul of

a woman "smashed to save her

son!

IRENE

Dunne

with Lionel ATWILL

Phillips HOLMES

Directed by Charles BRABIN

» Merry Gohlvom Maver meruse

TO-MORROW-

47-STAR HIT!

Were you one of the 3,000 people In this town within eanshot of the "crime"com=

mitted on-- THE

NIGHT

JUNE 13

CLIVE BROOK IIŁA LEE CHARLIE RIMALEL ŠEBE RAYMOND -FRANCES PEL. THARY BOLARD

ADKMANNE ALLEN

MIA CRETA CARBÓ;- LIONEL BARKYMORE, WALLACE BEERY,

JOAN CRAWFORD,

BJOHN HARKYMORE.

EWORIDA

NEW MORALS

FOR OLD

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