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TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY AUGUST 24, 1933

LAST TWO-DAYS

AT

2.30, 5,10, 7:150

HONG KONG

& 9.30 PM.

King's,

"Bam Lucky";.

Queen's..

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND ́BUS

Advance Booking,at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25790.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

7.15 & 9.30 PM

My Wife's Family

Central.

"Hell on the Western Front," Oriental.

"Around the World in Eighty Minutes with Douglas Fair- banks."

KOWLOON

"Smart Womau.”

Majestic.

"I Take this Woman.

COMING

At 2.30,

A TERRIFIC DRAMA OF. THE GREAT WAR

Star.

HELL ON THE

WESTERN FRONT":

WITH REAL BATTLE

SCENES, ASSEMBLED WITH

CO.OPERATION,

OF VARIOUS GOVERN- MENTS.

NEXT CHANGE

THE PICTURE THAT

WILL LEAVE YOU

BREATHLESS!

A thrill to mance of men who make the movies move! ...Hollywood's

death-defying

stunt men.

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RKO RADIO Picture

Dorothy Wilson, WIß« Ka Gargan, Rossoe Atos David O Salpick, sucvclve,

DO YOU KNOW THAT

а

King's.

Baroud

Queen's.

To-night is Ours."

Deri is Driving."

Gentral.

"Lucky Devils,"

Star.

Three Who Lived.!! Down to Earth.

"Emden.

World.

Emden.

"Strange Interlude."

Orientat

"Charlie Chan Carries Ou"

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

THE ROMANCE OF A MODERN

BOR

CINDERELLAT

SOCKY

WITH

TALBOT O'FARRELL

RENE BAY, JOHN LONGDEN Producted by

JERRY JACKSON

Directed by

MICHAEL POWELL.

A BRITISH

MUSICAL COMEDY

PICTURE.

-Also Added Attraction

AT 7.15 & 9.33 P.M. PERFORMANCES DAILY

THE IMPS DANCE ORCHESTRÄÄ

BY KIND PERMISSION OF

Lizut. Col. J. E. DE C. BOYS, M. U. AND OFFICERS

THE BAND OF THE 1ST. Bs. THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT

WILL PLAY SELECTIONS FROM BORN LUCKY? AND THE GOOD COMPANIONS " CONDUCTOR :-0. S. TROWT.

BILL BOYD LUCKY DEVILS

Stunt men, relax between moments of peril-Bill Boyd, William Gargan and Creighton Chaney enjoy the sprightly company of Phyllis Fruser in "LUCKY DEVILS Radio's realistic thrill melodrama............”

“LUCK DEVILS"

With Five Famous Stunt Men

It is freely estimated that of the approximate 150 adventurers who

came to Hollywood to make

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RKO-

NOEL COWARD FILM

With Frederic March

& Claudette Colbert

"BORŃ LUCKY”

Now Showing At The King's Theatre

This picture

DOW on At the King's Theatre is a very fine Bri tish comedy, it can be sure of a good run because of the fine acting by Talbo: O'Farmil as "Turnips", Rene Ray as Mops' and John Longdon as Frank Dale.

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BOOKING AT THE

THEATRE TEL. 25913

& 25332.

NEXT CHANGE-- AN EPIC DRAMA OF LOVE, TREACHERY. SACRIFICE, UNDER MOROCCAN SKIES,

BOROUD

WITH

REX INGRAM ROSITA GARCIA ARABELLA FIELDS.

A BRITISH PICTURE.

THE RHUBARB FAUX-PAS

"BAROUD"

Starts On Sunday

King's

At.

"I wonder if it is realised,” asks Rex Ingram, producer of the spectacular Ideal talkie film, "Baraud," which comes to the King's Theatre next Sunday, "that slavery still-exists in "Morocco, but that the slaves invariably desire to remain in bondage? Their liberty could be theirs, if they wished, simply by applying to the Bureau des Affaires Indigenes. But no one ever applies! Mabrouka, for in instance, my heroine's nurse

VEEN

FAIR LONGITIGNED THEATRE

{TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m

THE PICTURE WILL BE LITER ALLY A RIOT WHEREVER IT IS

SEEN

Sunday Dispatch

'Bard Baroud means tribal GENE GERRARD

warfare) may be regarded as A Stave that bosses the boss.'

The Nourrice-wet nurse, in Arabic 'Mreddaa'is a person" of great authority.

"Mabrouka, who is drawn from life, may afford the public a new angle on what slavery really means. The prophet Mohammed commanded Feed and clothe your slaves as you, feed and clothe your. selves before God you are respon sible for thera.' And I will say that the happiest people I have ever met are so-called slaves."

"Barowd" is a thrill-inden ro- mance dealing with the age-old problems of East and West, and, is set in the picturesque Atlas Moun tains of North Africa. Film-

lovers of every type should make a point of seeing this extraordinari. ly lovely production.",

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HELL ON THE WESTERN

FRONT "

TRUE STORY OF GREAT WAR AT CENTRAL

In My Wife's Garden the German war nim which start-

The beautiful miniature garden that forins the chief Dack ground for Elstree's latest comedy "My Wife's Family" and which was artistically laid out and de- corated with a Ane display of roses and geraniums for Monty Banks, the director, and his com pany. was invaded by the plebtan intrusion of rhubarb during the production of the picture...

"Hell, on the Western Front,"

ed its run at the Central Theatre yesterday, is an historical record of the battles of Verdun and the struggle between the French and the Germans for the possession of Fort Douaumont, from the point of view of the Germans.

The picture was produced with the co-operation of the German military and some of the players In It ́actually participated in the War and went through these battles as for instance, Captain Haupt and Lieut. Radke.

centres The scene of action. round the determined German at-

Mops is the singer in third class touring company under the care of Turnips another member of the company. They find themselves at of work before long through a quarrel with their manager and so The landscape gardener respon set out to find other work, they sible for this Ane set Was happen to get in with some hop pickers and

there Mops meeta to the plot, for the young and

to gain possession of Verdun, that Dale, a young author who is trying worried husband, of the story has being a very important position to get local colour, they fall in planted his shrubs upside down love, but love's cours can never and only the roots (represented by run smooth. Turnips' is wrongful, the sticks of rhubarb) have sprout- ly imprisoned, so Mops is again coed. the lookout for work. "She lands

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aghast that rhubarb is necessary tack about the beginning of 1918.

held by the French.

The time of the attack, for which, secret préparations had been go- ing on for a long time, had to be changed on account of terribly the job of maid with Lady Chard, The rhubarb, however, in defiance inclement weather and the French where one day she befriends of this dramatic, license, has been had time to learn of this attack tramp. The tramp of course is revenged. Assisted by the warmth

'd prepare for it, so that when none other than Dale still out for of the Studio, friend rhubarb the Germans did take the offensive atmosphere. He repeals himself sprouted vigorously overnight, and (on the 21st of February, 1916) through a friend in the play busi-threatened to ruin the continuity they found the enemy ready and ness and obtains the leading role of the scenes taken round it by with an army almost as great as for Mops in his new show. This growing to twice its height in theirs. infuriates Dale's fiancee, who had what would appear on the screen been promised the part, and she to be matter of minutes. Uproot breake off the engagement. Hops ed and thwarted once more by the is a huge success and manages to vigilant eye of Monty Banks, the facinate Lady Chard's son.. Now Thubarb wilted and faded away.

Maps has her chance of revenge on

Lady Chard, she makes full use of

it. Lady Chard is furious with ber

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The picture makes no pretenses to be anything but a true record of the battles of Verdun and Fort ouaumont, and those who expect faked "cinema" thrills will be dis- appointed, but it is thrilling enough in all conscience and as a true, life-like and historical, record of sou when she, bears that he has concert by those well known music a part of the greatest of all wars asked Mops to marry him. thrills when firms and serials were. Claudette Colbert and Frederic turns round and tears up her che

"Tonight Is Ours," starring tries to bay Mobs off but Mops the 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. performances.

She makers "The Imps," playing at we can recommend it strongly. born, only a scant dozen remain. March opens on Sunday at the que and refuses the son turning to Five of these-Bob Rose, Duke Green, Dick Dickinson, Harvey Queen's Theatre. Perry, Buddy Mason-appear in Brilliant and witty, like all of R.K.O Radio Pictures "Lucky Coward's works, Tonight Is Ours Devils," a thrilling action film of centres around a young woman the stunt men coming to the Cen- who has tossed aside the respon- tral Theatre on Saturday with Bill sibilities of a kingdom for a fling Boyd, William Gargan. Dorothy at Paris, and a young Parisian Wilson and Rosco Ates,

who insists on sharing the fing with her. They lead each other a hectic chase through the pleasure" spots of the capital, but their mo- ments alone are moments of in- finite tenderness and passion.

The majority of the movie stunt men, who laugh at death to thrill picture fans, died that movie-goers may be thrilled. Because these men lead 'unostentatious lives, re- ticent in their quest for fame and The film is the fourth co-star- glory, accurate Agures on the ring picture for March and Miss actual toll are unavailable. All Colbert, and the first appearance fatalities, however did not result of the former since he received from their calling. The air ser- the award of the Academy vice attracted many; polar ex- Motion Picture Arts and Sciences peditions claimed a few; and a for the best performances of the number died in jungle forays and year; game hunts,

The generally revered names among adventurers and soldiers of fortune are those of Omar Lock- lear, internationally famous air

of

Allan Skipworth, who won fame in character roles of "Madame- Racketeers" "Night After Night" and "If I Had a Million," heads the supporting east. Stuart Walker

Louise * Closser Hale - made Chinese headdress for herself out of tinfoil to wear in the Metro "Goldwyn-Mayer picture, The Bon-man Jean Perkins, Dick Curwood; directed. Daughter?

Wallace Beery, star of Flesh, has

a frigidaire in his aeroplane, and

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was killed in an airplane crash near Hollywood. During the pro- duction of a picture, he threw his

machine into a tailspin, endea-ladder attached to a plane high keeps the wild ducks he shoots on vouring to fall sufficiently close sa in the air. He lost his grip and Ice until he gets home to dinner?] that the stunt could be illuminat- | plunged to death. It was believed ed by sun arcs and photographed that a sudden, twinge of pain in Five dozen bows were used on from the ground.

His injured back was responsible one dreas that Joan Crawford Perkins was killed near River for his weakened hold. wears in her new Metro-Goldwyn-side, California. He attempted to Thompson went into oblivioni in Mayer starring picture?

change from an airplane to a Alaska, after he had successfully speeding freight train, but mis-shot the Ambercrombie Falls, con- judged timing and fell.

ceded to by the most turbulent in, Curwood's death was doubly the world." Safety calculations-ms- tragic. Before his fatal accident, carried, and was swept over the he was seriously injured, suffering | violent falls. Ha body was never

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Thirty-five yards of taffeta were used for one ruffled skirt that Irene Dunne wears in the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture The Lady?

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RKO-Radio Pictures" has woven

a broken vertebra, when he leaped recovered. An old-fashioned miniature used from the top of one building to on one of the sets in Joan Craw- crush through the glass skylight ford's new picture is more than another. Several weeks later, a hundred years old and was Curwood essayed an serial sfont in found in an old deserted, house?: which he swung from a rope

a romantic action tale around many of these early-day movie tragedies in “Lucky Devils,” which was directed by Ralph Ince,

Dale and marrying him instead

This picture can be strongly 're commended for its clever plot, and the excellent quality of the acting.

Ramon Novarro had twenty-five, hair-cuts for his role in The Son-. Daughter, the Metro-Goldwyn- Besides this comedy. The Kings Mayer picture in which he is co- are offering a programme of music starred with Helen Hayes?

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--Evening News,

-FROM SUNDAY

FILMDOM'S KING FOR 1933

With Shoorer, in

"Smilin' Thess"

With Colbert, in

"Sign of the Cross" With Hopkins, In "Jekyll and Hyda”

Now

Wah Sidney, in "Merrily to Hall

Together Again! Fredric

MARCH Claudette

COLBERT

in Noël Coward's

Tonight

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