1933-08-26 — Page 5

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Ar

2.30, 5.10, 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

AIR-CONDITIONED, THEATREN

CENTRAL

THEATRE.

TAKE QUEEN'S RO, WESTBOUND DES

Advance Booking at Andersons

HONG KONG

King's,

"Baroud"

THE DUSKY, EYES OF ZINAH WILL HAUNT

and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

Queen's.

YOUR DREAMS :

My Wife's Family'

NOW PLAYING

Central.

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

Lucky Devils

Oriental,

3• Charli Chan Carries On"

Brajastic.

KOWLOON

BAROID

A BRITISH "PICTURE.

=-NEXT

BOOKING ΑΤ ΤΗΣ THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25332.

CHANGE-

IT ASCENDS THE HEIGHTS AS FEW PICTURES HAVE EVER DONE, SWIFTLY, GRANDLY TAKING YOUR HEART ALONG WITH IT.. ·

MY WIFE'S FAMILY

Monty Banks Cock- Eyed Set

A superstitious visitor would have been severely shocked bad he, or she ventured to view Monty Banks and his company at work on the first "shots," of "ly Wife's Family," for squinting was proceeding vigorously on all sides A cross-eyed constable was the character responsible for the epidemic, and Mike Johnson, who plays the part of a policeman, was rehearsed with RONALD COLMAN patience and a stigmatic ardour by willing helpers. The difficulty was to keep the eyes orassed for some minutes in the full fare of the powerful arca and Banks himself, who is apparently gifted like a chamelon with a universal joint on his eyeball, was an easy win- ner in an endurance contest.

IN

“CYNARA

After several rehearsals and a pre- liminary "take" a rest was called for,

יד

UEEN

AIR CONDITIONĖD

TIONED THEATRE

FINAL SHOW NGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m

"THE

PICTURE

WILL BE LITER ALLY

RIOT WHEREVER IT IS

SEEN"

Sunday Dispatch

because it was discovered that the GENE GERRARD

complaint was infectious and several other players in the scene had squinted

in sympathy with Mike, who by this time was wondering if he could ever look the world straight in the inco again.

When the O.K. was finally given, it was discovered that a ro-take was necessary because the script girl had strayed in the continuity-she has" been taking shorthand notes with her fingers crossed!

MURIEL ANGELUS in

MY

WIFE'S

ENGLISH HARULD LLOYD

FAMILY

THE MOST BREATH-

LESS

THRILLER

"Star.

EVER SEEN

Ji

For "fty bucks adayandthepick of the dames" herisked his neck to make the

movies mangial

A thrillromance «

of Hollywood's

death-defying stunt'

776:1

LUCKY DEVILS

Wat

BILL BOYD Dorothy Wilson Willlom Gargan

Roko Ata

David O. Beau R. conestive pre Byngri RKO RADIO Picture

The Who Loved,"

Congress Dances

King's.

COMING

Bears

Queen's..

To-night is Oura." "Devil is Driving.""

blade on roadway

Central,

Laughter in Heil

Star.

Down to Earth.” Endeu."

World.

Endeo,

Strange Interindg.

Oriental.

" The Gallen West

AL'SO

"TIMING "

A SPORTS NOVELTY

WITH

STUDIES OF

TENNIS, GOLF AND

OTHER SPORTS"

NEXT CHANGE

The lure of one. woman's kiss sent him to prison. and the power of another woman's love saved his soul!

With Pat O'Brien, Merna Kennedy, Berton Churchill, Gloria Stuart, Tom Brow

Brown. Produced by Carl Leemmic, Jr. Directed by Edward Cohn. Presented by Carl Laemmie. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

JIM TULLY'S

LAUGHTER IN HELL

J

For failing to take out a clearance from the Harbour Master when leav ing the port, a Chinese boatswain, was fined $1 by Com. Newill at the Marine Court yesterday.

STARRING AND DIRECTED BY

REX INGRAM

" WITH

ROSITA GARCIA, ARABELLA FIELDS,

DENNIS HOEY:

ALSO ADDED ATTRACTION TO-DAY ONLY

AT 7.15 & 9,33 P.M. PERFORMANCES

THE IMPS DANCE ORCHESTRA

By Kind Permission of

LIBUT. COL. J. E.DE U. BOYS, M. C. AND OFFICERS THE BAND OF THE 1ST. BN. THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT.

Pictures In Hong Kong

"CYNARA"

WITH

KAY FRANCIS

PHYLLIS BARRY

DIRECTED BY

KING

- VIDOR

UNITED ARTISTS · PILTURE.

"LUCKY DEVILS”.

Ronald Colman & The

“Eternal Triangle"Stunting Worse Than

More

courage

War

into battle under a peculiar psychology "A soldier". Cooper declaces " goes He feels that as one man among thousands his chances of surviving are good. He is neither courageous nor afraid. He has no thought of death or safety. Whatever emotions he will have, come as reactions when the battle is over.

Rex Ingram

Starring in "Baroud"

DOGO WATTS JIMMY CODDEN AMY VENESS CHARLES PATON TOA HELMORE MOLLY LAMONI

"I am prepared to prophesy that this is going to be one of the most successful British

pictures of the year."

-Evening News."

– TO-MORROW

"TO-NIGHT IS OURS"

Tonight Is Oars," Claudette Col- bert-Frederic March starring picture, opening tomorrow at the Queen's Theatre is an adaptation of a play by Noel Coward, brilliant young English aetor, author, composer, and general jack of-all-trades, who is best known to the movic public for bis "Private Lives."

of March on the screen since his win

The film marks the first appearance, ning of the award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best performance, of 1932.

Ronald Colman does not make many pictures, but when he does they are certainly well worth seeing "Cynara" is one of the most interest- ing and enjoyable we have had here

e is needed--and luck- Fred March Makes In for quite a long time. In this picture to be a stunt man than to go into he is cast as a successful, young barris battle as a soldier, declared Associate Noel Coward Film ter, with a future before him. Happi-Producer Merian Cooper on the ly married and unquestionably the one Devils" now showing at the Central RKO lot while supervising "Lucky woman's man type. His very good friend John Tring, played by Henry Theatre with Bill Boyd,, William Gar Stephenson, believes Ronald is apt to gan, Dorothy Wilson, Rosco Ates, go stale, lose the fire of his ambition, Julie Haydon and Creighton Chaney. and his interest in life, if he continues Cooper, who once had a price of to live the same humdrum existence. In 25,000 rubles on his head while he led other words all he needs is an air.tho Yankee-manned Polish Air Forces Quite opportunely his wife, charming in the Russo-Polish war, speaks with ly played by Kay Francis, goes away authority. to Italy with her irresponsible sister. While his wife is away he gets his first chance at being unfaithful. He resists, but finally his spirit snaps and he succumbs to Phyllis Barry, cast as a fascinating London shop girl, who is madly in love with him. It is all quite entracing until his wife returns from her trip abroad. He tries to be fair to both women, and the story builds convincingly and forcefully to s The stunt man, Cooper further decisive climax in which Ronald's act points out, is a lone challenger of fate ing excels anything he has yet accom- who must step out with cold calcula plished. It is regrettable that Kaytion. His mind must be ateeled, and Francis has such a small part, but she be must co-ordinate body and thought ia lovable and does credit to the part with precision, for his life depends on in which abe is cast in--that of his quick decisions. A stunt man knows wife. We cannot give too much praise before be launches into some seeming to Phyllis Barry formerly of the Lon-ly impossible feat that he may be left don Stage for her clover portrayal of dangling in flames, trapped in a Ingram's Romance Of prove most interesting to the the bewitching other woman.

ladies, as the stars in this picture sre

burning automobile or struggling in a The casting of the remaining players raging torrent" undeniably beautiful ani wear some

Bob Rase leads. "When water becomes ice, what was well done and contributed much. In "Lucky Devils Plained stunning gowns.

to the success of the picture. It is the intrepid stunt mon, who include great change takes place ?" asked undoubtedly one of Ronald Colman's Harvey Perry, Duke Green, Dick the professor, finest and we anticipate a bumper Dickinson and Buddy Mason. They "Well, sir." stammered the freak- (Continued on Previous Column) performed under Ralph Ince's direcman, I think the greatest change

is in the price."

REX INGRAM AND ROSITAGARCIA IN BAROUD Playing At The King's

"BAROUD

**

The Spahis

Always the pioneer in" whatever he. undertakes, Rex Ingram has seeming- ly surpassed himself in the production of "Baroud", an epic romance of the Spahis in Morocco, long awaited, by fiini-lovers all over the world.

"Baroud, an Ident picture, which Ingram produced in Nice and North Africa, is likely to be regarded as the most spectacular aud ambitious film production so far. niade since sound- Alma began.

It is a love drama, in which the leading protagonists are a French sergeant of Spahis (Rex Ingram,) his bosom friend and brother officer, a Derber of high degree (Pierre Batcheff), and Zinah, the loverly sister of his friend (Rosita Garcia). The story contres around the inevitable clash between Orient and Occident, for the Frenchman falls in love with Zinah, thus involving himself in the grave riska implied by, such association. At one time in the story "it would seem that this life must be forfait-and ut the hand of his friend-for his infrac tion of the precepts of Islam.

How Rex Ingram surmounts & MR. G. B. REA GOING TO in good time to the onlooker. seemingly insurmountable dificulty is UNITED STATES

It is, however, very certain that few pictures made within recent years have TOKYO, Aug. 20.

been so keenly awaited as Ingram's Mr. George Bronson Ren, Ameri first incursion into the talking field. caz advisor to the Manchoakut himne with a masterly hand one of government will leave Yokohama the most poignant of love problems

A B C

that have ever confronted a producer,

on August 24 for the United the love of East for West, sweeping States on the M. S. Tatsuta Maru aside the barriers of race and religiou Mr. R is to meet influential per in the great ourush for mutual passion sons in Americs and try to remove "Baroud" ghowing to-day at the tho misunderstanding in regard to King's Theatre, and its coming may the relations between Japan and be regarded as a distinct event in the Marlehukno÷United Prit,

history of screen entertainment

house when this very excellent picture is shown on the screen at the King's Theatre. It is alive with action and

This film is to be shown at the "King's Theatre" commencing on the 30th.

A SHOWS DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-2.30

TAKE ANY TRAM ÖR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTALE

THEATRE COM

TO-DAY ONLY

A MOST THRILLING AND SENSATIONAL:

DETECTIVE STORY..

CHARLIE CHAN

CARRIES ON

wills

WARNER OLAND

CHARLIE CHAN says

All *mischief

comes

* from

opening the

mouth

tion.

Is Ours is an amusing and romantic Like other Coward works, "Tonight tale of the lives of clever, intelligent people, Miss Colbert is cast as young ponsibilities of a kingdom for fling at woman who has tossed aside the res Paris, and March as a young Parisian who insists on sharing the fing with her. Their romance has its hectic mo ments, as well as its deeply passionate wrecks it, but a dramatic, even breath- ones. A queer trick of the fates almost less climax, ultimately sets everything to rights.

A

PLEMING

ROAD

TEL. 28475

TO-DAY

ONLY

||AT 2,30, 5.20, 7.201|

===THEATRE:

TO-MORROW

MONDAY TUESDAY

HERE'S A REAL FAST ACTION

COMEDY "DRAMA '

THOUSANDS

IN THE CAST.

carving an empire out of the West

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LILIAN HARVEY

HENRY GARAT

IN

CONGRESS

DANCES"

11

FILMDOM'S KING

FOR 1933!

With Shearer, in

*Smilin' ThruTM

With Colbert, he

“Sign of the Crois":

With Hopkins, in

"Jekyll and Hyda

Now

With Sidney, in "Marrily to Hell"

Together Again! Fredric

MARCH Claudette?

COLBERT

--in Noël Cowards

Tonight.

NEWS REEL is Ours

and

Latest Paramount Shorts

STAR

TO-DAY TO MONDAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 pm.

BETTY

Compson CONRAD NAGEL

ROBERT

AMES

UJA CONRAD VEIDT

LIL DAGOVER.

Drama wrung

from the THREE

fathomless

WHO

depths of a LOVED

woman's soul!

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