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CENTRAL

CHEATRI

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT

HONG KONG

*JONCKONG'S FINEST UNERA

THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

ANOTHER BIG DOUBLE ATTRACTION

Advance Booking at Andersons Tand the Theatre Tel. 25720,

2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

King's.

The Painted Woman."

Queen's.

**70,000 Witnesses."

Central.

"Lady with a Past" Oriental,

ON THE SCREEN

ON THE STAGE

"A Passport to Hell.".

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Chandes."

"Nagana."

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ENTHRONED IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD THIS DIVINE ENCHAN- TRESS COMES TO. US AGAIN!

CONNIE.. the supreme. the divine......... IN HER GREATEST LOVE STORY

Constance

יד,

BENNETT

LADY WITH

A PAST

·Beyond all doubt ber greatest... surpassing even *BOUGHT" for sheer romantic thrill! En- riched by Hollywood's Vaunted Magic!

BEN LYON D'AVID MANNERS The art by

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SUNDAY

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LILLIAN HARVEY

IN

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Loves and Old in thejŝ

Too Busy to Work

She Done Him Wrong."

- Hell Below.”

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Face to Face with New

South Seas.

The PAINTED WOMAN

with

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Private Jones."

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"Age of Consent."

'Out all Night." "Ronny."

Animal Kingdom." Oriental,

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Rondhouse Murder."

"TOO BUSY TO

WORK

31

WILL ROGERS AS A TRAMP

Because he was not required to wear evening clothes, high hats, powdered wigs, or other trapping in the production of "Too Busy to Work," his latest Fox production, Will Rogers enjoyed this picture.. It is the coming screen attraction at the King's Theatre next "Suna day.

Sporter

Pezdy

Tracy Shannon

WILLAM BOYD

IRVING PICHEL

Directed by

JOHN BLYSTONE

FOX

CHIN LOO

COMPANY OF

22 CHINESE ACROBATS AND JUGGLERS.

MARVELLOUS BAR WORK!

UNBELIEVABLE BALANCING I

JUGOLING AND MAGIC!

THE GREATEST PRESENTATION

OF ITS KIND EVER

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-NEXT CHANGE

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M

TOO BUSY TO WORK

FOX Picture

THE KING'S

THEATRE

An Excellent Programme

THE CHIN LOO CO. IN

GREAT FORM-

The Chin Loo Company of Chinese magicians, jugglers and scrobats gave an excellent perform ance at the King's that night. Three points denervis especial com- mendation: The burus followed one another without any pause; no turn went on too long, and the show- manship of Chin Loo was admir able."

The acrobats give perhaps the most amazing performance, and yet when one remembers the juggling it is hard indeed to give the palm fairly. Mr. Chin Loo himself pro-

duced a bewildering number of bowls full of water from under his robe--but he does it with such

smiling case and assurance that it is hard to believe that it can be difficult at all.

The whole, performance is a riot of colour and movement, carried out in the highest spirits. It is enjoyable from start to finish," bus to see it once is not enough, for the noise, the colour and the rapid movement make it impossible to carry away more than a dazzling dramatic picture, which shifts and whirls as one tries to remember any detail.

You do not have to he unsophis- tiented and easily pleased to enjoy Chin Lao and Company, in fact it you can watch their performance and not enjoy it you do not deservo entertainment at all.

"THE PAINTED WOMAN,”

"LADY WITH A SONG HITS IN "SHE "70,000 WITNESSES" East of Suez, wherd the best it like

PAST"

NEW ATTRACTION AT

CENTRAL

Gay and brilliant, "Lady With Past," the new attraction at the Central Theatre, is another Con- stance Bennett (starring hit.

A

DONE HIM WRONG”

NEXT SUNDAY'S FILM AT QUEEN'S

THRILLING PICTURE AT

THE QUEEN'S

A football star murdered, no "Moanin' Low for Libby Holone knows how, in the football field man

in the presence of 70,000 specta "Please" and "Here Lies Love" for Bing Crosby!

tors This is the basis of a meat

70,000 Witnesses-which is show thrilling and exciting picture

FINE FILM OF THE TROPICS.

"The Painted Woman" is very much a creature of "somewhere

the worst." Much poetic licence has been taken with the name of Singapore, where the opening scene is athgod, but any tropical place' with a romantic name would do as well. The story moves well, and is full of primitive violence; the men, are brutes, Spencer Tracy is quite an attractive brute, and, setting them aflame, is the exotic and innocent, but still a long way sophisticated Peggy Shannon, ne better than the men. Three of the she was through, and gives the latter go to the deaths for her, but

idea that by now she is quite settled down with her rough and

Rogers dislikes to "dress "up" and in his daily life wears the modern comedy strongly dashed His Time" and "Haren't Got No And now, "A Man What Takes most ordinary clothes. A pair of with romance, it is played against Peace of mind' for Mae West! well worn trousers, l mole-skin colorful, backgrounds and provides

ing at the Queen's Theatre. Those three steps mark the pro- jumper and a white shirt minus the dazzling blonde star with A necktie, constitute his most fre perfect vehicle. For the first time av rise of Ralph Rainger, It tells of the keen rivalry, and ready pearl fisher, and become per- haps an ornament of a Middle West New-York-born composer, to quent outfit. He does not own a in considerable period, Miss top ranks of present-day writers players and supporters of the res misadventures, her shifts and twist- the animosity, that exist between the Town. But her adventures and dress suit and, at public functions.' his attire is invariably a blue Bennett is not cast

as working of popular music. Rainger de serge business suit.

girl or an erring sister. She is finitely arrived when, "Moanin' pective teams, and of the crookedings make a fine story, and the mord man cannot but like her, and fashionable social set in this RKO He kept on soaring, however, with Cast as a wealthy member of a Low," his first song, made good. dealings of the latter in regard to

the mere woman must envy her tha betting.

thrilla sho gete, the lothes she Pathe production, and is thorough- "Please," which was featured in ly convincing, as well as altogs-The Big Broadcast." And he'll The action starts immediately that come-hither look." The film wears, and, he she herself puts it ther lovely in the party. One big anar even further, critics predict, after the mysterious murder of is well above the average-a rough advantage of the new characteriza- with his two new numbers,, A Clark, (John Mack Brown) a foot-melodrama skilfully told in the tion, which all feminine faha will Man What Takes His Time", and ball star when he was in the act lovely setting of palm and Ingoons, appreciate, is the opportunity it "Haven't Got No Peace of Mind,"

banana plant. affords the star of wearing beauti- which Miss West sings in "She of scoring a touchdown in the pre matshedy and a ful costumes from the first scene Done Him Wrong," her firat star sence of 70,000 spectators. The which takes the place of a matshed! One always feels that one day the to the last.

ring motion picture, which opens murder was so perfect-not a mark on Sunday at the Queen's..

was found on the body-that every-

film's will produce a great drama, of the tropics, comparable to the Rainger was born in New York one including his best pal, Buck

In "Too Busy To Work, he ap pears as a vagabond wanderer and wears a costume that fits both the role and his personality,

Too Busy To Work is based on a story by Ben Ames Williams and deals with the adventures of a paaniless, happy-go-luck tramp who either walks, or dies the brake beams of freight cars, from place to place in search of his daughter who disappeared while he was fighting at the front.

pianist. At 18, he wrote his first directed, and those who like thrilla At seven, Rainger, was a skilled. The picture is well acted and composition. When be graduated and excitement should see what is whitemon, stand, he joined Paul generally called the most perfect Whiteman's band, as a pianist. He crime ever committed--on

(Continued on previous column). screen!

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Based upon Harriet Henry's latest novel, "Lady With a Past" but grew up and received most of Buchanan (Philips Holmes) who is East Tide. Here at least there is The child, now a young woman, talls the very human story of a his education in Newark, NJ. He in love with his sister (Dorothy cave-man theme is laid on a bit no mushy sentiment, even if the accompanies her mother when she Kove-hungry girl who cannot at attended the Damrosch Conserva-Jordan) was suspected in turn thick. runs away with a man in тоге affluent circumstances. The mo tract men because she is shyer and tory of Music, Brown University till eventually, by a strange coin- ther dies and the girl becomes the more serious than the other beau- and the New Jersey Law School. cidence, as is usual with this type head of her foster father's house. ties in her social set. When she He graduated as an attorney from of film, those responsible for the hold and falls in love with his son, sees the most eligible males, in the latter.

But he never practised crime-wore caught. There is pathos in many of the cluding the man she has marked, situations in the picture, but for her own, flock about an ch Roger is said to have ample op vious siren who was once suspect portunity for introducing the ad of having murdered her hus-1 brand of comedy for which he is baud, she is about ready to give famous. Marian Nixon, recently up. seen in "Rebecca Of Bunnybrook Farm." "Amateur Daddy" and Winner Take All" divides the love Interest with Dick Powell, a recent discovery whose only previous pic ture sole was in "Blessed Event" Other favorites in important parts are Frederick Burton, Doug laa Cosgrove, Constantine Roman off and Louise Beavers. The pic ture is Jolin, G. Blystone's 57th production for Fox Films.

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A trick of circumstances puts her in Paris, and there, under the ex- pert tutelage of a gay gigolo, una blossoms into real charmer and through no fault of her own sc quires & "past" which rivils that of the suspected husband-poisoner.

Ben Lyon, as the gigolo, makes the most of a fine parts It is a lovable character and Lyon plays it for all that it is worth. Others in the cast are, David Manners, Meraa Kennedy, Dorothy Christy, Don Alvarado and many other screen players.

appeared in that capacity in numerous musical comedies,, among them "Queen High," the 1927 "Follies," "Rosalie" and the "Tirat Little Show."

For the latter, he wrote a tune. called "Moanin' Low," which the entire country was soon singing in company with Libby Holman, who introduced it. As his success con- tinued, he was put under contract to Paramount Pictures and has since written music for countless Alms.

"She Done Him Wrong" inn atory; of the Bowery--a lusty mele drama of its saloons and its honky. tonka, its politicians and its ladies of lessuro. Miss West is cast aa-r queen of its night life.

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Er

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