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CENTRAL

THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

TAKE QUEEN'S AD., WESTBOUND BUS

King's.

#

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

Rain.

Queen's.

"Reunion in Vienna.'

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.

Central,

"Phantom of Crestwood."

With a deadly

dart in her silver

Oriental.

"Secrets of the French Police"

World.

hair, she lay there,

white and stills

Thirteen different

Star.

"Hell Below."

people had shirvone

different rammenfør

- winning her out of

Majestic.

the way.

THE

Any one of them

sevišova beancom victed of the murder,

'WHO KILLED JENNY WREN? Now the world shall knowl

PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD

KOWLOON

"Under the Roof of Paris."

The Cisco Kid."

King'a.

COMING

"Down to Earth."

"Warrior's Husband.'

Queen's.

Cruiser Emden, "Smiling, Through,"

with

Central.

RICARDO CORTEZ KAREN MORLEY

"Animal Kingdom.”

A Woman. Commands."

Directed by 1. Woller Ruben Screenplay by Borten Cormack

Star.

Dynamite (Sound on Disc)." "Downstairs."

David O. Selenick, Executive Producer Merion C. Cooper, Anocicle Produce

Á SKO-RADIO Picture of owne

TO-MORROW

ANN HARDING

Two women| for every man... One to cherish. One to love.

Leslie HOWARD

The stage star of PHILIP BARRY'S sensational play together with à superb cast of stars in

KINGDOM

The ANIMAL

where

the best

only human, after all.

'Weλ MYRNA LOY WILLIAM GARGAN

Henry Stephenson

Screen play by Horos Jackson. Directed by Edward H. Quflich RKO-RADIO Picture David O. Selznick, executive producer.

STAR LOOKS FOR A JOB

i

WHEN JANET GAYNOR CHANGED HER MIND.

World.

"Love Waltz."

"Skyscraper Souls."

Secrete of the French Police."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1933

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT

2.80, 5.10,7,15 & 9.30 P.M.

SHONGKONGS FINESTORY

THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE A STORM OF EMOTIONI

YOAN! The Rigide,

ning star of stMPS)

At the peak at her.

- cerver in the mast talked-of pistora

of the yearl JOANI AT THE SCARLET WOMAN' OF THE SOUTH

SIAS!

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

JOSEPH M SCHINGE Prazants

JOAN

RAWFORD RAIN

(Courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

with WALTER HUSTON"

A LEWIS MILESTONE Production

MICKEY MOLISE

ALSO ADDED ATTRACTION

MICKEY MOUSE

Presents

KLONDIKE KID”

AND "

BABES IN THE WOODS”

A Silly Symphony in Technicolour

Pictures In Hong Kong

“THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD”

THRILLER AT THE CENTRAL

If the nervous suspense had been carried one degres further in Radio Pictures The Phantom of Crestwood'

now playing at the Central Theatre, the audience and perhaps – ench

would have started chewing up

“RAIN ".

JOAN CRAWFORD'S" GREAT PART

THE WARRIOR'S

HUSBAND

"

ELISSA LANDI AS AN

AMAZON GENERAL

It's a lot bf fitu"" to act with your cloles o

Elissa Landi, telling about her role in "The Warrior's Husband," it might be added hastily, was speaking figuratively, rather than literally.

BOOKING AT THE

THEATRE

TEL. 25313 *& 95992.

COMING SOONT

ALWAYS GOOD FOR A

LAUGH AND THIS ONE

IS HIS BIGGEST!

America's Jester

He was dressed like a king and he felt like an idiot.

Full of side-spiliting

laughter

WILLAR

ROGERS

DOWN

TO

EARTH

Dorothy JORDAN

Irene RICH

Marty Kemp

Story by Homer Croy Author of "They Had To See Parte" Screen play and dialog by Edwin Burke

Directed by DAVID BUTLER, FOX Maure

QUEEN'S THEATRE

**REUNION IN VIENNA "

PRINCESS TO BEUEEN

A STAR

PREFERS FILMS TO GUN

SALUTES

"Princess Pearl." Elizabeth Brooke, second daughter of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the white Rajah of Sarawak-in to make her debut on

the films with Jack Buchanan.

The title of the film has not yet been settled," she said " Mr Buchanan is working on the story, and building the part round me. We're to shoot very soon. I am thrilled."

&

This little princess much prefers the glare of the arc-lights to throne room. In Sarawak abe is entitled to a salute of guns which is periodically fired in her honour. But she is much more excited over. the fact that she has successfully undergone a film test

One Contract Refused.

"I long to be an actress," she "said. It's different with Noni- Princess Goldmy sister-who has just married Lord Inchcape. She's a born hostess. But I want to be so many things. I ended my year at the R.A.D.A, by playing a part ia Young Woodley. A man who was there offered nother a contract for me at Hollywood:

"My mother refused, saying I was too young at twenty. I was just marking Lime. I could make a fight for it at enty-one, when Douglas Fairbanks junior say me in the paddock at Ascor

"He trailed me round and brought his father along for an opinion. This was lucky, as my mother knows Fairbanks nior. Mr. Fairbanks senior said that T was the right girl to play" with junior in The Mark of Zoro-a talkie both the Fairbanks are plan- ning to do together and changed. mother's attitude.'

HOLLYWOOD'S LABOUR

TROUBLES

TO END STRIKE.

Elens, a court beauty during the

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., Aug. 1 pompous days of Emperor Franz Josef, is married to Dr. Anton Actors, writers and directors of Krug an eminent Viennese psy- Hollywood's film colony moved to chiatrist whom she consulted to help day to end quickly the dispute be tween producers and technicians, ber forget the violent affair she ax perienced with Archduke Rudolf, which sent thousands of men out mad, impulsive but lovable Hapson strike July 54, through the bury, now banished.

agency of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scfences.

Hearings were started by a eum- mittee of the organization in an effort to get at the nub of the con- froversy.

The movie studios made erectiye to-day the minimum wage and

Former members of royalty gather in Vienna for a reunion to try to recapture some of the past glory of the imperial court. Elena, fearing Rudolf will be there in spite of rigid

maximum hour provisions of Pre- police guard against his return, re- fusce to go. Her husband, realiz-sident Roosevelt's national recovery ing she must face this trial to per programme, 22,000 workers in the manently dismiss the love affair film industry being affected. from her mind, urges her to go so, that she might see her former -

Hollywood can be forgiven for many a utilation of great works

In this successful Broadway of art-Tess of the d'Urbevilles for example for an exceedingly comedy, which was adapted for fine triumph in the screen vethe screen by Ralph Spence and of Somerset Maughan's "Rain. To us who live in Hong Kong. Sonya Levien, Miss Landi has the the drenching tropical rain, alter role of a general in the Amazon nating with steamy heat is familiar Army-a sister of the Queen who rules her sisters, and the men of and significant enough. The set- ting in this film is beautiful work the kingdom with a will of iron.

Her costume consists of a mailed If this is not the perfect mystery ed and yet not permitted to shirt, extending just below the mirer stripped of his royal glamour have safe passage back across the drama, we do not know what could dwarf the players. A trade be. The skill of its construction notice said that the vehemence, hips, a brief pair of shorts, a bel and behold him as simply a man, border, never to return.

met, "greaves and heavy sandals. aninteresting without his regal Greaves, it should be explained, are armored "sain pads" worn by the Amazons to protect their legs.

the chairs other.

is such that any of a dozen charae-inspiration is hardly too strong ters might have killed the luscious word, with which Joan Crawford and unscrupulous gold-digger, play played her part was couraged by ed by Karen Morley.

her magnatio personality to every And what a cast of suspects: H. member of the easte. For once a B. Warner, Ricardo Cortez, Pau- trade notice spoke truly. "While it line Frederick, Robert Elliot, Ivan is Joan's film, there is a splendid Simpson, Anita Louise, Robert team work all through; the dyna- McWade, Maru Duncan, George mie force of Davidson, the bigot, Stor Sam Hardy, Tom Douglas, who is more than a bigot, but a Matty Kemp and Cavin Gordon. man of power, like some sinister for from

"Measure A de luxe mystery drama and a de character

Measure," is portrayed by simostr -luxe cost!

as fine a piece of acting by Walter

position.

Rude slips through police guard "It is great to have freedom of and shows up at the reunion of the movement," Miss Landi said, "and broken down nobility. He finds not be hampered by tight skirts, Elena and makes ardent love to her

as in the old days. She flees, wish for a change. My costume is neces sarily light, because in the storying to keep sacred her marriage am a frisky youngster who goes vows. Radolt pursues her into her leaping about like Doug Fairbanks very home and makes his presence. used to do in his exuberant type and intentions known to her hus- of roles."

band. Anton, confronted with the situation that demands proof of the

Story, acting, direction, photo graphy, all are uncannily good, far Huston, as that of the star player ours with Ernest Truex, while adage, doctor, heat thyself," ar

too good" for one's wervous system. The settings are acutely, disturb ingly realistic.

Written originally for the screen by Bartlett Cormack and J. Walter Ruban and directed by the latter, this shatterer of one's peace and Composure gains its title from its Jocale, Crestwood, an estate locat- Charles Farrell, one of Holly-rd on the California coast. wood's greatest stars, is unemploy. ed.

herself.

Miss Landi shares starring hon Marjorie Rambeau has the role" of the Queen David Manners is the The cheerful old landlord, who leading man. "The Warrior's Hus quotes Zoroaster, Benlab Bondi, band" comes to the King's Theatre who plays Mrs. Davidson and

very shortly. William Gargan as the marine who in the end marries the bedrabbled heroine, are reel pillars in the production,

Somerset Maughan's story, is slightly, only slightly modified; in There, to the dark music of fact there are few films which pounding aurf and high night follow the original story so closely. Farrell for five years was Janet wind, is enacted as baffling a mur-"Rain," is a film to see-and sea Gaynor's leading man. Suddenly, der an aoy over conceived by Pot, twice, first for the thrill of the halfway through last year, Janet Doyle, Chesterton or any other story, and then to watch for the

master "thriller.

subtleter of acting and direction, changed her mind. She wanted

which, are there in plenty.

new leading man. He materialised.

Karen Morley, as Jenny Wren, in the shape of Lew Ayres in specializes in the art of separating "State Fair and -Henri Garat in tired and affuent business men from "Adorable."

their morals, their domestic wor ries and their excess capital.

She succeeds, at the outset, win maneuvering wealthy and elderly.

Refused One Part: Meanwhile Farrell marked tune. He refused one leading part, and, failing an agreement with his em Priam Andes (H. B. Warner) into players, "walked out." That was inviting her to his Crestwood estate. many months ago.

Since then he has had only one

offer of work, a supporting part

But Charles refuses to be beaten. He knows well that the decline, in bis popularity since the talkies came has been due entirely to his voice. He is taking singing leasons from Bing Crosby, the world's highest paid crooner. Charles means to come back.

Indulgent. Father:

"No" man

The feature film is preceded by Mickey Mouse in the Arctic this time-and a charming Symphony," of the old Grimwa's fairy tale of Hansel and Grethal.

Silly

She also intimidates him, sweetly threads of lives bound together and delightfully, into inviting, sev- that

everyone in that ex

ral other mature and wealthy cellent cast is suspected until the atharios, their wives, sweethearts, final scene discloses the motivation families, et al, for the same of the murder and the identity of

casion-nothing less than a fare-the murderer. well dinner to herself!

Jenny's candid purpose is to col. lect half a million dollars from the elderly playboye. They do not dare refuse her.

But after dinner, and after night fall, with the sea pounding mourn wants to be too hard on his child-fully and the wind whistling like rend follice."

Saitor: Then, if I marry your daughter can I count on you to make the proper allowances for her 1"-Pathfinder

It would be a bit unfair to tell more of the story at this time. Many heard a ondensed version over the, radio when Radio Pictures heald its prize contest ending over the N.B.C. network, awarding prizes totally 80,000 for the best endings submitted by the public.

a pack of flying ghosts, someone But the cinema is far more ter ently, thoroughly and unobtrurifying and, of course, includes the ending. If it did not, mont sively murders, her!

But who? So intricately are the of us might not have been able to (Continued at foot of nert col.) go to sleep last night,

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.15-4.30

2

ranges to spend the night on a dia tant mission, obtaining permission from the authorities for Budolf to (Continued on next column).

TIKE ANY TRAM DR HAPPY VALERY BUN

ORIENTALE

MOR TODAY & TOMORROW

DAYS

THRILLING SCREEN DRAMA AT FEVER PITCH! An exciting story of a crook who tried to

· steal a princess and a throne.

Alone in the house together, Rudolf and Elena renew the shreds of their broken romance. The doc tor's coup is highly successful. He returns in the morning to find

'Elena is content to renew her Rudolf ready to leave the country. domestic Hle with Anton.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon Tel. 57222 TO-DAY ONLY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.n

O HENRY'S Bad Man

(AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

Another Stage Play Immortalized

on the screen!

Direct to you now from its tremendous

stage success!

The gayest and most daring of all romances

JOHN

BARRYMORE

in

REUNION

in VIENNA

Diana WYNYARD

A SIDNEY FRANKLIN

Production.

NEXT CHANGE THE STIRRING EPIC OF THE SEA!

"CRUISER

EMDEN

· Based: pa tha.

She wore the Romahoff coat of arms—and would have worn the cro

Jewels

that:

CISCO KID

forgot his

STAR

TO-DAY & TO MOBRO

2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

SOUS

Les

TOITS de PARIS

SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE

LOWE

Conchita

Albert Prejean-Pola lle Directed by RENE CLAIR

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