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CENTRAL

THEATRI

TAXE QUERY'U:RD., WESTBOUND BEY

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

FINAL SHOWINGS

At 5.15 & 9.30 P.M. ONLY

HEAR HER SING

"PARADISE"

NEGRI..

WOMAN OF FIRE

AND BEAUTY!

Sow Brings Raplendent

Drama... Romance and. Spectacle. Truly

the Screen Event of the Hour

THE NEW

OLA

NEGRI

in drama, of romance and "spostacie

A WOMAN

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG "Smoke Lightning.”

King's.

Queen's.

"To-day We Live."

Central,

"A Woman Commands.'

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Ar $2.80, 5.10, 7.13

& 9.30 P.K.

BOOKING

AMAMMA AT THE

HONGKONG'S FINEST UNERA

THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

NOT A KILLER

-But not afraid to kill if crossed by tough hombres ...And they crossed him plenty

Oriental.

"Nagana...

KOWLOON

Star.

"Girl in the Moon."

Majestic."

""Ronny."

. COMING

King's.

Pleasure. Cruise."

Queen's,

Zane

My Wife's Family."

To-night is Ours."

Central,,

World.

Star.

The Jungle Killer."

"Skyscraper Souls. "Love Waltz. Downstairs.'

"Blondie of Follies."

"Smart Woman."

"Three Who Lived."

Majestic.

She Done Him Wrong'

Oriantal.

"Vairely Show."

Grey

Smoke Lightning

FOX

George O'BRIEN

Nell O'Day

Frank Atkinson

Betsy King Ross

From the story "Canyon Walls" by Zane Grey

-Directed by David Howard

COMMANDS MOVIE NEWS

Dramatic Story of a Woman Whase- Affairs Stickad a Nation,"

·BASIL RATHBONE... ROLAND YOUNG... H. B. WARNER Directed by PAUL L. STEIN.

A CHARLES R ROGER! PRODUCTION

RK O RADIO PICTURI

TO-MORROW

THE GREAT- BRITISH EXPLORER CARVETH WELLS

PRESENTS

THE TRUTH ABOUT

•

JUNGLE FILMS

"THE JUNGLE KILLER"

A FILM OF THRILLS-

***AND LAUGHS.

Mi

A CENTURY PRODUCTION.

directorial achievements includes the sparkling This is the Night," directed" Pleasure Cruise Guy Bolton, author and co-author of

Pictures In Hong Kong

"A WOMAN COMMANDS

This picture, at present showing at the Central Theatre, is one that can be strongly, recommended. The leads are well played by Pola Negri as Maria Draga, "Roland Young 48 the King and "Basil Rathbone, as Capt. Alex Pasitsch.

are no

The story is taken in Serbia and Pola Negri plays the part of a cabaret girl who is loved by Basil Rathbone. This is his undoing as he incurs heavy debts in keeping her in luxury. Then he is sent to an outpost where there houses near so that she is unable to follow. When she hears of his debts she sells her jewels to pay them, and returns to her cabaret where the King falls in love with her. At last as she will have no- thing to do with him he propOGLE marriage and she accepte after be ing insulted by Basil, who has in the mean time returned. "

The fall of the monarchy and rise of the revolution led by Basil turn it into a very fine show.

Pola Negri, while she was in the cabaret, sang the song "If I Could Hold Your Hand" and very well too. She bas & beautiful voice which this song gives full scope for her to show off.

The acting throughout is very good and Roland Young is at his best as the King. Rathbone makes a very handsome Captain and plays

a dificult part with his usual superb style.

PLEASURE "CRUISE"

MATRIMONIAL TANGLES

#

AND A CLEVER CAST

Combining the talents of a group of modernists responsible for some of the stage and screen's most brilliant comedy successes," Plea

sure Cruise" the new Fox comedy comes to the King's Theatre Sunday next.

In the cast are Genevieve Tobin

| Joan Crawford in "To-day WS INTE"

playing at the Queen's Theat

A series of laughs, and if you are seeking for a very excellent way of spending a few hours, you cannot do better than go to the Queen's Theatre. The cast is a splendid

The cast is RS

Minga follows:

Gene Gerrard Muriel Angeles.

more than fifty successful plays and Roland Young, the vamping one and there is some decidedly noted for their gaiety and dash, wife and subtly discerning husband clever acting wrote the screen play. It is based of Ond Hour With You on the London stage hit of Austen Combell, noted for her rollicking Jack Gay Allen, who is being acclaimed by girl friend characterizations; Her the English critica as one of the bert Mundin and Frank Atkinson, cleverest of the modern authors of the screen's new comedy fat The story concerna spicy auriten Ralph Forbes, Una O'Con romance, complicated by matrinor, Theodore von Eltz, Robert monial entanglements on a pleaGreig and Arthur Hoyt sure Oraise where practically Frank Tuttle, whose lost list of

15 condoned, so long na,

(Continued on previous column).?

ever

egy... Arabeil Noah Nagg..... Sally

Ima

Dolly W

*Doa Kn Willia

Amy: Veness Charles Patona? Mally Lamonts

Dado W

Ellen Pollo

Jimmy Godd

"MY WIFE'S FAMILY"

TO BE SHOWN AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE

THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25932.

NEXT OHANGE COMMENCING TO-MORROW

ALL ABROAD FOR A „PLEASURE "CRUISE.

Fox Flim Presents

PLEASURE CRUISE

with

Genevieve TOBIN, Roland YOUNG

HERBERT MUNDIN. Ralph Forbes

Minus Gombell

From the play Dy Lucien Allen

Directed by FRARK TUTTLES

“THE JUNGLE” KILLER"

AT THE CENTRAL

THEATRE

“ SMOKE LIGHT- NING

A ZANE GREY THRILLER

Every inan is a rebel at heart, according to George O'Brien." To this universal urge for altering. conditions about him, the actor at- tributes the popularity of action and Western pictures

Although Robin Hood probably neven lived at all, he has been a ymbolic hero to millions," says Fox star. The moralist deplores the modern tendency to glorify the outlaw, but overlooks the fact that it is not the outlaw's criminality, but his defiance of organized in- justice and tyranny, that wins him admirers.

"In the good old days, a knight who decided things weren't going properly, climbed on his horse and went around adjusting them. To- day the average man cannot get into his liver and go about slay. ing dragons and rescuing beleaguer- ed damsels, but the urge to do so still exista Our boasted civiliza- tion is by no means perfect, and until it is, this occasional impulse of wrongs to be righted will always remain alive.

"But since economic and other conditions prevent this average man from being another Robin Hood himself, the next best thing is to enjoy the spectacle of some one else championing the oppressed. Here the Western picture especially meets this demand. Whether its hero be an honest man or an outlaw, he is presented as waging a single-hand ed fight against injustice and evil in some form as the champion the spectator would like to be if he could. And consequently such pic. tures have a wide following.",

a

O'Brien latest vehicle, showing at the King's Theatre today, is Smoke Lightning," taken from Zane Grey's novel of the cattle country," Canyon, Walls' Noll O'Day, Besty King Ross and Frank Atkinson head the supporting ent of this exciting film, which deals with a cowpuncher's efforts to save a little girl's heritage. David Ho ward directed the production for Fox.

LONDON FILM NOTES

Anna Ster is going to sing and dance the Can-Can in Nana," based on the famous Zola novel Miss Sten has been in California for a year making tests, fifty-one in all, for voice, singing, diction, hair, lighting, eyes, costume and dancing.

It is said that a wild animal will The title alone, seems assurance ehough that this picture is a good eat anything, and this statement is one, and it is certainly a riot of supported in the thriller that is fun from start to Enish. The being shown at the Central Theatre privileged few who witnessed the Commencing Sunday, Mr. Wells preview enjoyed it more than any famous leoturer and explorer is the

The screen version of Eugene comedy as yet flashel on the screen. Jone man who can tell the truth and It is bubbling over with mirth and make it sound like a lie. ItO'Neill's "Emperor Jones" is now there is plenty of clean, humour. almost unbelieveable, but it is being completed in New York. The parts are funny and yet noth-true nevertheless as he proves on Dudley Digges will play Smithers- ing one could find any fault with the screen. It is a very entertain the only important white role in all situations being cleverly handling picture, and instructive in its the film Paul Robertson, in addi- ed The story revolves around the way so every member of the family tion to playing the title role, will

There be haerd in three songs, much discussed inother-in-law, who will enjoy it we feel sure.

in which

anakc Ne wires her daughter and son-in-law is a scene

to say she is paying them a visit, swallows another, a native is des

AGAIN

Jack Dempsey the former heavy. weight champion and former hus- band of Estelle Taylor, Movie pic- ture actress is about to marry again. His fiancee is Miss Hannah Williams, She is the daughter of a Welsh coal miner who emigrat ed to Kentucky. This is her "third venture. Her first marriage was and she was recently annulled, divorced from Mr. Roger Wolfe Kahn. Jack Dempsey is now a boxing promoter, and stage the" re- cent title. contest between Sharkey

and: Carners.

much to the young husband's distroyed by crocodiles and a gun JACK DEMPSEY TO MARRY

a maddened gust, who does, not disguise his con- bearer crushed by tempt for her. The young couple elephant. These are only a few of are rather surprised to see the en- the exciting things that actually tire family arrive including Mrs. take place in this thriller. Every Gay's young brother who happens animal fight in this picture is real to be living with them. He is and not staged as some would sup

that camera- secretly married to the maid (Sally) pose. It is known who also happens to be the mother men have actually been killed in of his child. On a special after taking films such as these, it is not entertainment that noon the child is left in the summer only for our house by a friend, and on the same these things are being done, but for day a piano is also stored there educational purpose as well. We to be brought out at some future heartily recommend this extraord- date. Things get rather complicat-inary picture playing at the Cen ed, and on one unfortunate day the tral Theatre to-morrow, Sunday. mother-in-law comes upon the baby. which means there is trouble in store for the young husband. The climax is reached, when, confronted with this situation Mr. Gray.think ing it was the piano she was re- ferring to puts the blame on the shoulders of none other than the old lady's husband. This film is (Continued on Previous Column)

BARY

141-2.30

Jan Kiepura, the Polish tenor, and Benita, Hume, the English · actress, have both been engaged by Universal Pictures Ltd. Miss Hume will star with John Boles in "Only Yesterday.”

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