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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND-HUS

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Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel 23720.

TO-DAY 5 SHOWS AT

TO-DAY AT THE

King's.

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"The Good Companions.”

Queen's.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Ar

2.30, 3.10,.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

GRACIOUSLY PATRONISED BY THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.

A MUSICAL COMEDY!

"Raspitia and the Empress."

Central....

"King Kong.

"Hell's Highway."

12.80, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,80|| Oriental.

EDGAR WALLACE'3"

MIGHTY SUREEN

Star.

FANTASY!

A beautiful woman in one hairy hand... on airplane. pulled from the sky, in the other The

monster ope

-tall as C steeple, rushes

over streets and rooftops!

KING KONG"

is loose!

From an idea by EDGAR WALLACE and MERIAN C. COOPER Woh FAT WRAY

ROST. ARMSTRONG BRUCE CABO? A COOPER- SCHOED SACK production

NEXT CHANGE

The detective and

the other fish both

had to take water

when the school- marm from lowa

saived.

THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER

With

EDNA MAT OLIVER Roht. Armstrong James. ClouzON Mae Clarks Directed by Gerar Anchalsband. From originatory by Lowell Brancang str SanFalmer, BKO RADIO Pietars David Or Selznick, enerating producer.

ST FRANCIS

KOWLOON

"The Public Defender."

Majestic.

"Carnival Boat."

King's

COMING

My Lips Betray,"

Queen's.

**Nuisance."

"Pick Up."

Central.

"The Penguin Pool-Murder"

World.

"Public Defender."

"Lovable Enemies (Chinese

Film),

"Three Who Loved."

"Hell Below."

"Oh Sailor Bebare."

"Secrets of M.M. Blanche,'

Oriental

"Bird of Paradisë.”

13 Women. Irene Duna and

Ricardo Cortez."

Majestic.

"Racing Youth."

"KING KONG"

Most Fantastic Of

All Films

In Hollywood there is a man who makes the sphinx seem talkative. Not even his employers know his

secrets,..

He is Willis O'Brien, from Oak: land, California-a-miracle XILAJ

"THE GOOD COMPANIONS"

BASED UPON THE NOVEL BY J. B. PRIESTLEY

"Stawing JESSIE MATTHEWS

EDMUND GWENN. MARY GLYNNE A. W. BASKCOMB JOHN GIELGUD Directed by VICTOR SAVILLE

A

GAUMONT-BRITISH PICTURE

"THE GOOD. COMPANIONS”

How The Film Was Cast

The casting of "The Good Conf panions" was a matter demanding a vast amount of consideration in order that the right types should be selected for the carious charac

ters of the novel and at the same to ensure that the requisite amount of star value was assured who can revive the past! He pulls weeks was devoted to the task,

for the film: Altogether four prehistoric monsters," seventy-five feet long, out of his hat He makes to-day yesterday—yesterday " to day.

*||

He is the man of the hour on the RKO Radio lot, for without him that studio's great hid for screen immortality would be impossible. The bid is "King Kong," completed" after more than two years of pro- duction effort conducted behind looked and guarded stage doors.

For "King Kong" O'Brien con- jured, magically, among other things, animals that thrived from seven to thirty-five million years ago, including a tyrannosaurus, ̈ a stegosaurus, a brontosaurus and a pterodactyl...

Henry Ainley was the first selec- tion for the important role of Less Oakroyd. When he fell ill after three weeks of "shooting" the mund Gwenn in the "role" of the Alm had to be restarted with Ed-

warm-hearted little Yorkshire-

man

The selection of the player for the "role" of Mrs. Jess Oakroyd was a more difficult matter. It called for a woman, forty-ish, possessing a knowledge of the Yorkshire dialect. There wasn't such a person on, the books of any of the flm or stage agen- cies, 80 Victor Saville. the director, went to Yorkshire to And her. Ta Hudders-feld he was

-NEXT

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25332.

CHANGE

· OCTOBER TENTH- THE THIRD THEATRE IN THE WORLD TO SHOW

LILIAN HARVEY'S

*

FIRST HOLLYWOOD-

PRODUCTION

"MY LIPS BETRAY

with"-

JOHN BOLES EL BRENDEL "THE LOVE PARADE"

.. OF 1933

A SUPER FOX PICTURE,

Lilian Harvey starring in "My Lips Betray"!

MY LIPS BETRAY

Coming to the King's Next Tuesday 10th

"My Lips Betray" has been call- ed the Love Parade of 1033. This is another of the Fox successes," and with John Boles and Lillian Har- vey in the leads you are guaranteed splendid entertainment. We were fortunate to be able to witness the private showing, and find it diff- cult to say to whom the honours

should go. El Brendel as the 'King's chauffeur was most amusing, and strikes quita a «figure riding around the town in the company of" a very pretty yound lady none other than the charming Lilian Harvey, who hardly needs and introduction to theatre fans. If you saw her in "Happy Ever After," and were delighted with her dainty dancing and singing she will appeal to you even more so, as the little Miss who is supposed to be the King's favourite and had never set eyes on his Majesty. The gossipers had seen riding in the King's car with his chauffeur and as all gossips go they were sure she was the favou rite. This notoriety was the means. of her, soaring to fame, and she falls in love with the ruler of Ruthania, and ends up by becoming his Queen. John Bolce is at his best and makes a. decided bit as the handsome young King, whose mother wishes him to marry royalty, but he ends up by marrying the girl of his choice. Momma Watshek played by Maude Eburne is wonderful as the boarding house keeper, and almost steals the honours from the leading players who happen to be stars in their own right. It is a musical treat and the setting for this pic- ture is equal to the Love Parade" in which Jeanette Macdonald and Maurice Chevalier delighted so miany thousands of theatre fans all" over the world. Do not miss it when it is shown at the King's Theatre next Tuesday. The cast his as follows:-

· Lili

King Rupert....... Stigmat

Lilian Harvey John Boles. El Brendel

Queen Mother .. Irene Brendel Momma Watchek. Maude Eburne, De Conti. Henry Stephenson Weininger Herman Bing

ETHEL BARRY-

| MORE AS CZARINA A Gown That Weighs

25 Pounds

Reproducing royalty on the talk- ing screen has itsdifficulties. Ethel Barrymore; for instance, in playing the part of an empress, wears a gown that weighs twenty- five pounds:

.

This is 2 replica of the cere- mon-al gown of the late Ozarína of Russia, worn in the great cathe- dral ceremony of "Rasputin and the Empress," in which Miss Bar- Lymore makes her frst joint screen appearance with her two brothers, celebrated

John and Lionel The picture is now show. ing at the Queen's.

The gown of the Czarina, hand wrought by Russian women, was an elaborate sflair of white and silver brocade, worn with the fa- mous diadem which was also du-" plicated for the scene.

The largest of these, tyranno introduced to Mrs. Florence Greg-with subtle highlights and shadows thing like a hundred igarettes a form, jewelry and even the ciga- Other reproductions designed for this episode were those of the uni- saurus, weighed thirty tons,

is son, the wife of a Yorkshire play so as to give a suggestion of a drop day. His twenty feet bigh and measureda wright and actor. Mrs. Gregson

favourite Habit when rette-holder of the late Czar. The fifty feet in length. The ptero acted in her husband's plays. She pig and sagging of the face. nervous was to pull this holder cigarette-holder was famous. It dactyl, a flying reptile, had a wing was (dare we mention it) or the

The greying of the hair was not apart and put it together again. resembled a small pipe and, in it spread of twenty-five feet,

age demanded by the script and

resorted to until the last period of John Barrymore enacts the ro- the Russian emperor smoked some- she could. also speak the necessary

1933 was reached. With it came a mantic Prince Chegodleff in "Ras- dialect. So this

(Continued on previous Column). further development of light and putin and one

the Empress," and Saville's difficult problems.

shadow effects in order to add at Lionel is seen as the Mad Monk, The "role" of Onigo Jolirant another ten years of the journey The role of the Czar is filled by through life. The net result is one Ralph Morgan and the cast also was not so difficult to settle John Gielgud had already created of great naturalness rather than features, Diana Wynyard, Tad this part in the stage version of forced staginess."

Alexander and C. Henry Gordon, Priestley's novel.

These, moreover, can be consider ed mere samples of his ingenuity, for he created an ape fifty feet tall, thirty six feet around the chest and weighing between Gfteen

and twenty tons!

The story, fantastic one by Mo- rian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, is based upon the situation which arises when the mammoth ape be comes fascinated with a beautiful white woman he captures in the jungle. For her he battles prebis toric monsters to the death, and in the end makes an attack upon civi- lization itself.

The mysterious powers of O'Brien, which are not even known by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, producers and dir- ectors of "King Kong made all that possible..

Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot and. Sam Hardy are in the cast. "King Kong" is show ing at the Central Theatre to day,

"THE NUISANCE"

NITELY Tale Of Crook Doctor

AN IDEAL FAMILY HOTLE

And Lawyer

solved

as

The choice for the "role" of Busie Dean was made in favour of Jessie Matthews. The player all- ing this "role" had to have a good singing voice, be able to act. and also understand Aim technique: Miss Matthews had all these quali- fications,

The banjo is not played a great. deal these days, and the necessity of getting a player for the "role" of Mortion Mitcham who combin- ed acting ability with musical talent in this direction also pre sented a problem. Fortunately Percy Pargore stepped into » the breach.

"The Parsons stepped into the ing to-day at the King's Theatre.

IN THE MOVIES

The four periods of life through" which Sylvia Sidney passes in the Paramount production of Dreiser's novel, JENNIE GERHARDT were reproduced, through subtle, nigges. tion by Walter Westmore, Para-

A howling, smashing, screaming Madge Evans comes through in a success. Les Tracy out-Tracles mount's studio make-up Artiaf, 95% big way as the little 'stool pigeon" anything to date as the go-get- The passing of the six years from who falls for Lee, while Charles ting ambulance-chasing syster 1904 to 1910 and the insinuation of Butterworth as Floppy, the pro- lawyer. Right on the dot at every gradual ageing has been made en- fessional accident case, brings accident, even before, it gets tirely by lightly padding her clo

through happening. Second to thing to give her a little heavier The Nuisance" Metro's intess that of Lee stands the marvellous appearance. It is the next period feature, will be the attraction "at" performance of Frank Morgan as of 1929. that make-up, is "first the Queen's Theatre from Thurs- the drunken doctor accomplice. resorted to and this was all dóne day: next

(Continued on previous col.)" (Continued on next column);

many a howl;

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BOAT

OBART BOSWORTH

RED KOHLER

ROGERS

VEER

BAIR CONDITIONED THEATRE

TO-DAY

At 2.90, 6,10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m

JOHN

BARRYMORE

as Prince Paul, a role thaf wins him new fame

ETHEL

BARRYMORE

as the Czarina, added fame to the stage's brilliant star›

LIONEL

BARRYMORE

as Rasputin, a living portrait

of unforgettable power

in

RASPUTIZ

AND THE EMPRESS

with

DIANA WYNYARD

(STAR)

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