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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY AT TIE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND ATS

King's.

"Down to Earth." "

Queen's.

Central

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

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

At 280, 5,15, 7.15 & 9,80 P.M.

HEAR HER SING "PARADISE":

NEGRI..

WOMAN OF FIRE

AND BEAUTY!

The Brings Resplendent Drama

Konzance-f

and Spectacle. Traily

the Screen Event of the

Haur..

THE NEW POLA

NEGRI

is drama of womater 20d spectacre

A WOMAN COMMANDS

Dramatic Story of a Woman Whose Afairs Shocked a Nation.......... BASIL RATHBONE... ROLAN YOUNG... H. B. WARNER Directed by PAUL L. STEIN

A CHARLES R ROGERS PRODUCTION

RK O RADIO PICTURE

SUNDAY

THE GREAT·

BRITISH EXPLORER CARVETH WELLS

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PRESENTS

THE TRUTH ABOUT

JUNGLE FILMS

THE JUNGLE

KILLER"

A FILM OF THRILLS "AND LAUGHS.

A CENTURY PRODUCTION.

MARRIAGE CEREMONY BY WIRELESS

MISS BENITA HUME'S PLANS (Special Air-Mail Service).

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"Smilin Through."

"A Woman Commands.'

Oriental.

Annabelle's Affairs."

Star.

In Majestic.

KOWLOON

Monastery, Garden."

"Ronny."

King's.

COMING

Smoke Lightning." *Pleasure Cruise."

Queen's.

To-day We Live." "My Wife's Family,"

Central.

World.

Stat.

The Jungle Killer."

"Skyscraper Soula."

Love Waltz." "Downstairs.""",

"Blondie af Follies."

"Smart Woman."

"Three Who Lived."-

Oriental.

"Nagana."

Majestic.

She Done Him Wrong."

Jeanne, aged four, was Fishing with her father, who was wearing his fishing licence on the back of his hht. Not having a great deal of luck, Jeanne offered the follow ing suggestion :-

"Daddy, turn your bat around so the fish can see your licence."

"TO-DAY WE LIVE”

#!

JOAN CRAWFORD IN A

NOTABLE FILM

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933..

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

·AT.

2.30, 5.10, 7.13 & 9.30 P.M.

& JONGKONGS, E NESTENDIN

THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

Back to Ham and Eggs

His ritzy family pre- ferred caviar and cocktails...but he brought them down to earth.

WILL

મ

ROGERS

In

DOWN

TO

EARTH

with

Dorothy

JORDAN Irene RICH

**

Story by Homer Croy

Screenplay by

Edwin Burke Directed by David Butler

A WOMAN COMMANDS

OPENS TO-DAY AT CENTRAL

"A Woman Command" opens at the Central Theatre to-day.

This is the RKO-Radio pictures' which marks the return to the

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OX

PICTURE

SMOKE LIGHT-

NING

WITH NELL O'DAY-A NEW BLONDE STAR

She lived most of her life Hollywood, and went to school

stars yet to get into pictures she had to go to New York.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

TEL. 25319

& 25332.

TO-MORROW

THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE WESTERN SKY.

GEORGE O'BRIEN

IN

ZANE GREY'S

LONDON'S NEW FILMS

(Special Air-Mail Service)

I Was a Spy.

LONDON, Aug. 1.

I hope to review this film at soms length when it goes into a West End theatre shortly, but it is such an unusually fine bit of work that I can't resist giving the Gaus mont studios a preliminary hand. The story is a tragedy of Belgium in wartime, based on fact;' Victor Saville has directed, with a kind of white passion of sincerity; Ma- deleine Carroll gives a real star performance, and Conrad Veidt leads an iron smoothness to the

"SMOKE LIGHTNING" || show.

WITH

·NELL' O'DAY BETSY KING ROSS FRANK ATKINSON

A FOX FICTURĘ,

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THE BILLION DOLLAR SCANDAL”

When Ladies Mest (Empire).

Ann Harding's delivery of her lines puts into this problem of wives and mistresses a maturity that is missing from the argument; the strength of the film is in what Ann just doesn't say. You can still spot the curtains and, recog- nise the footlight formation of the original stage play, and the char- acters do the silly, artificial things that the drawing-room stage" ex pects of them, C

The Past or Mary Holmes

||-(Empire);

So Why Bring That Up!

Gambling Ship (Plaza).

A melodrama of gang warfare between the owners of rival gamb- ling boats, moored" outside the three-mile limit on the Pacific coast. Cary Grant does his best to get the picture out of the swell; he is an untyped young actor with nerve and sensibility, who is im- proving all the time.

•

Lilly Turner (Japitol).

The first joint appearance in a talking film of Joan Crawlord and Gary Cooper having its debut to morrow at the Queen's in "To-day We Live" is a happy event for moviegoers. For here is a picture which combines romance of a stir. screen of one of its greatest favori- with half a dozen future screen executive councils of the govern some fun. ring order with a clean-cut, forcetes, Pola Negri. ful story of the war with the em phasis laid on the part played by the commanders of the dangerous British two-man torpedo boste

known as the "skeeter-feet.”

Three Men Involved. Miss Crawford, who seems to to grow more exciting in appear ance (with each succeeding vehi ele, has a striking role 38 the Aristocratic English girl who can not stand remaining at home while her brother and the two men who

screen.

This estimable lady turns the heads of three men, the Ara bigamist who leaves her penniless; the second a carnival barker, “who The coming attraction to one of is kindhearted, but drinks and the local Theatres entitled the the third, an honest civil engineer ** Billion Dollar Scandal " deals whom she can't bring herself to with a sensational swindle, con-posite her new husband, George marry. Ruth Chatterton plays op- inceived and perpetrated by a group Brent, in this edifying little story. of men high in the financial and It's nice to know that somebody had ment. It is based on the play "The Truth Racket and tells. how the whole crooked structure: carefully built up by this group, crumbles when one apparently unimportant man, a masseur and gym teacher dares to tell the truth. The role of this man, Fingers Partos, is played by Robert Armstrong who heads a stellar cast composed of Constance Cummings

Three years ago, when she was at the very peak of her fame, Nell O'Day we mean. She's the Miss, Negri deserted the screen to newest bionde aspirant for film return to Europe. Tiring of honours, playing her first leading idleness she finally accepted the role, opposite George O' Brien, in offer to reappear on the talking" Smoke Lightning" the Fox wes tern romance coming to the King's Miss Negri has devoted a great Theatre on Friday. Considerable deal of time to perfecting her traveling was necessary to attain command of English. To make her objective. Moving to Holly certain of its adequacy she stipu- wood from her native Prarie Hill, laten there wontract until she Texas, when she was six years old, talking picture contract she attended grade and high school had prefaced it with a London with Sally Eilers, Sally Phipps and love her at the front. Franchot

stage engagement.

other girls who were soon to taste. Tone, the brother, and Robert Young. the childhood sweetheart, three weeks engagement prolonged

In this she scored a triumph. A cinema success. are members of the torpedo squad itself into a run of three months career and studied dancing along Like them, Nell craved a picture while Gary Cooper, who is closest before the British would permit with her school work. Somehow she to her heart enroll in the flying her to take a farewell bow and was unable to attract the attention forces. In order to be near these sail for America

of studio, casting directors. Fin thrée, Miss Crawford becomer a Pola Negri has never before ally she decided to capitalize her member of A British ambulance been as superb se in "A Woman dancing ability and appeared in a Commandie." Those who have prologue at a big Hollywood theatre heard it are enthusiastic about the us a ballet girl. piquant Negri accent, which,

In succession she toured with while not detracting from perfect Fanchon and Marco, played in a command of English, adds a dis musical comedy in Chicago, joined tinctly interesting note to her pera vaudeville act and finally sonality.

Feached Broadway in John Murray

unit.

It is when Cooper is repored killed that the hysteria of the war forces Miss Crawford to give her self to the man who has loved her from childhood. Cooper's unexpect ed return precipitates a stirring dramatic climax. The picture is brought to a smashing dose when two men give up their lives in the sinking of a ship in order to save Copper for the girl whom they all

Love:

Cost Uniformly Fine.

UNUSUAL FILM PROJECT

LOOKING FOR THE ELEP

HANT CEMETERY"!

(Bpecial Air-Mail Service).

BERLIN, Aug. 1. "I and educational film centres here more than usually interested in the latest jungle project of a Olga Baclanova famous German air pilot, Major Frank Morgan.....James Gleason Ernst det, who has already con Frank Albertson...Hale Hamilton to film libraries. Having made Irving Pichel......Warren Hymer trilinted much that is worth while Dorothy Peterson... Ralf Harolde many flights over the African fun Berton Churchill and Sidney remarkable motion pictures of wild gles, and even succeeded in making Toller, Harry Joe Brown directed animals from the air. Udet has

Hollywood and played the part of the newspaper girl in Rackety Rax" her work in that offering winning har her present role. She is an excellent horsewoman, talented Forster with Miss Negri in mind, Her first screen experience follow.colouring have caused such artists The story, written by Thilde Anderson's "Laces and Graces, actress and her unusual beauty and is said to suit the fiery star toda small part in Paul White-as Albert Vargas to choose her as smallest detail

man's "King of Jazz-after one of the country's outstanding Appearing with Miss Negri is a which she went back to Broadway, blondes, cast of talented and popular play. I to become Joe Cook's leading Siroka ers. Basil Rathbone, Roland woman in Fine and Dandy." Young, H. B. Warner, Reginald. This role demonstrated her real Owen, Anthony Busell, May Boley talents and a contract with Fox fol- and Frank Reicher.

lowed. She took the first train for

In "To-day We Live," Mina Crawford offers what is probably the finest work of her entire career, and she is ably seconded

Paul L. Stoin, responsible for by Cooper, the scenes between Many screen smocesses, directed "A these two rising to a new height in Woman Commands.” the way of fervid romance. Ro- bert Young as the lover who loses out offers a distinctive and sym- pathetic portrayal, and Franchot Tone as the brother proves to be

“BORN LUCKY”?

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a new talkie "find Excellent "Born Lucky!

performances are contributed by

the story

Rosco Karos, the inimitable Louise of a young Cinderella who be "Hilda Wangha”

comes a great star and marries a This is the first story to come successful playwright. Talbot

to the screen by William Faulkner O'Farrell, the world famous the much-discussed author of "Sano" tuary" and "Light in August" singer of Irish Songs, makes his The unexpected touches of this film debut in the leading role, remarkable writer are prevalent As the kindly old singer be be throughout the picture. Consider friends the heroine, played with able credit also must go to Ho

ward Hawks who bas given great verve and charm by Rene day We Live the same intelli-Ray John Longden, famous gent, discerning direction which British screen star, who appear marked this director's previous ed in the first all-British talkie, success, Skarface."

plays the hero, while other mem- bers of the cast are Ben Wlden, Helen Ferrers. Barbara Gott, Glen Pointing and Roland Gil lette. The picture was produced

cult for the wedding to take place for some months They have there fore arranged for him to take out papers in London, and after these by Jerry Jackson, and directed Los ANGELES, Aug. 1. have been exchanged and signed by Michael Powell, is also notable A remarkable wedding service is for the ceremony to take place by for its music. Talbot O'Farrell planned by Miss Benita Hume, the wireless. English actress, who recently scored Miss Hume would be here with a

in his own inimitable style sings She is en minister, and Mr. Dunfee with one one of his typical songs, while several successes hare gaged to Mr. Jack Dunfee, brother in London, both before microphones Rene Ray sings the fascinating of the racing motorist who was and nach with a proxy. It is not Oh Mister Moon, specially killed at Brooklands last nutumn yet certain whether such, a ceremony written for the film This 13

Mr. Dunfee cannot come to Azie would be recognised in England, rica, and Miss Humse under a but it would be no more odd than be shown at a future date at one contract here, so it would be diffi- many previous weddings here.

of the theatres.

SHOWS

DAILY

7.15-2.50

the

includes

now the ambition to fly over, cer- tain territory to try to solve a mystery that has always puzzled science where elephants go, to die. In his trips above the jungle he has traced a long line of elephant bones in the forest, and he hopes, with the aid of an autogyro, to

The Observer obtain the answers to the problem."

QUEEN

AER CONDITIONED THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. ROMANCE that will TOUCH your HEART!

NORMA

Tenderness and teara

in Norma Shearer's romantic triumph, Glorious romance that will touch your heart!

SHEARER

FREDRIC

MARCH

LESLIE

HOWARD

Smilin' Through

Man

"Directed by.. SIDNEY FRANKLIN.

-SATURDAY

Your

Your own beating heart own quivering lips..your ow cheers and tears will tell you best that here truly is a great picture. THE STARS 'YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE TO...

JOAN

GETHER,

CRAWFOR COOPE

Lightning de MAJETIC TODAY

Betsy King Ross and Fank. Atkin- on in its cast. David Howard directed from Zane, Grey's novel, “Canyon Walls.”

TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BRAB:-

PLENUNGS-

ROAD

·WASOMAI

TEL: 16473

ORIENTALE

TO-DAY ONLY

A SUPERIOR COMEDY PRODUCTION JUST PACKED WITH LAUGHTER.

́ANNABELLE ́S

AFFAIRS

KLAGLIN

TOMORROW SATURDAY

AMAZING

JUNGLE PICTURE!

Terrific Thrills!

NAGANA

THEATRE:

Nathan Boad, Kowloon. Tel:57222, TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.80, 6.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.

WE LIVE

KATHE VON NAGY STAR

AND

WILLY FRITSCH

IN

RONNY

NEXT CHANGE

MAD WEST

SHE DONE HIM

WRONG

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

Ja a fionastery Garden

JOHN STUART MUCH WILLIAMS JOAN MAUBE · GINA MALO

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