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"Hallelujah! I'm a Tramp.'

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"Pick Up."

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"The Penguin, Pool Murder." Oriental.

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THRILLS & SHIVERS

"Flesh.""

Majestic.

"it's great to be Alive,'

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Moonlight and Pretzels."

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"Disgraced."

"When Ladies Meet."

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THE PENGUIN

POOL MURDER

With EDNA MAY OLIVER Roht. Armstrong James Gleason Mae Clarke & Directed by George

Archainband. From en original zory by Lowell Brentano and Shart Palmer, AKO RADIO Piciare David Selmick. resecutive producer

ALSO

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

IN

"THE CURE

WITH MUSIC & SOUND

FRIDAY

"THRILLS BEYOND SELIEF

The BIG CAGE

CLYDE BEATTY

and his wild animali

WIA ANITA PAGE, Andy Davies, Viasa Barnett, Mckay Kaanay, Walines Ford, Reysand Hotion. Story by Clyde Bathr and Edgaré Anthony. Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by Kurt Massen. Prusted by Cari Lozanie.

A UNIVERSAL SPECIAL

"Infernal Machi "Faithless.

Oriental

"Man about Town"

Laughter in Hell "Hells Angles."

"DISGRACED!”.

Tale of Women Who! Try To Be Modern

Can woman of to-day be too modern?.

"Disgraced!", Erle C. Kenton's superb directorial achievement for Paramount which comes to the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Αν

2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

JOLSON ! THE LOV." ABLE STAR YOU SAW IN THE FIRST TALKIE EVER MADE, IS HERE, NOW, IN

THE FIRST PICTURE EVER

DONE IN

RHYTHMIC

DIA-

LOGUE!

PRESENTED BY

JOSEPH M.

SCHENCK

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

AL JOLSON

IN

"HALLELUJAH!

I'M A TRAMP!"

A LEWIS MILESTONE PRODUCTION

WITH

MADGE EVANS-FRANK MORGAN,

'MICKEY MORSE

ALSO ADDED ATTRACTION-

MICKEY MOUSE

PRESENTS

Hi

"MICKEY'S PAL PLUTO"

"MOONLIGHT

64 A.D. Panic stricken the people of the Imperial City rush about. like cornered rats, their home

Queen's on Thursday, attempts to AND PRETZELS"destroyed, their lives in danger,

answer that question. The. pfc- ture, a study of a woman in this

post-war generation, is thought-And An Interesting

fully cast with Helen Twelvetrees,

Bruce Cabot, Adrienne Ames, Wil-Point in Cinema Arts Fesponsible for it, begins to fear,

liam Harrigan and Ken Murray the leading roles.

Helen Twelvetrees is splendid as the little dress model, working for an exclusive coutourier, who gets notions of life from the upper set with which she comes in contact And, in her hurry to be modern, when she meets gaged to be married to one of her

playboy, en chents, she throws over the code of the generation past, willing to take the consequences, if things go

wrong."

And things do

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gun,

but actors and actresses lips from You may never have noticed it words on the screen before their voices come from the amplifiers behind it!

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Moonlight

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Stx big song hits in the 'picture that brings you

Leo Carrillo Mary Brian Reger Pryor Herbert RawismsON Lilian Miles Bobby Watson WIam Frawley Alexander Grey

4 Eaton Boys Jack Denny Frank & Will Brittom Richard Khes

A Willan Rowland - Monia Svice Production, Diructed by Karl Freund. Presented by Carl Lacsoda.. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

"PICK UP"

Sylvia Sidney

Dramatic Role

Vina Delmar's "Pick Up," fea- turing Sylvia Sidney and George Raft, the current attraction at the Queen's Theatre, will continue its showings there through to-day and to-morrow.

"Pick Up," produced by B. P. Schulberg for Paramount, is the story of a couple of big-city youngsters thrown together by an unusual trick of fate. Sylvia Sid- ney. after being released from pri son to which she has been sent with her husband, who "framed" her, finds herself destitute in the city on a rainy night. She seeks shelter in a, cab, and soon finds the driver, Raft, to be as deeply in love with her as she becomes with him. They buy a garage and enjoy prosperity and happiness in the suburbs,

But soon Raft becomes involved with a giddy young debutante who devotes all her attention to him. And Sylvía. sure that if they were married, the situation would be changed again, burries to a lawyer to see what can be done about securing her" freedom" from her convict-husband: It's

easy, the lawyer explains the wife of a convict can secure an annulment without trouble.

But the very-der the papers Come through, the husband ap pears on the scene. fresh from a jail break in which he has killed a guard, and desperate in his de termination

to revenge himself upon Sylvia and upon Raft, The Alm reaches a breathless climax in Sylvia's attempt to sacriЯce herself to save the Bfe of the man she loves,

out!

The day

behind the throne asks Nero to let Marcus go (for she is in love, with him) and kill Mercia, instead. "The. Emperor agrees and 'Marcus hear- Marcus' mistress.

ing this, immediately rushes to the Another has also. heard of, the Palace where he pleads to Nero for Maidat incident. Tigellinus, jealous of mercy. He admits his love for the

and power while Nero plays and sings, being tells

Christian girl and even goes so far position Nero that Marcus bas as to resign his position. But mare concerned with his harp than disobeyed his order by releasing Nero, looking at his people

Poppace (who' As the fire continues, Nero who

two dangerous Christians.

shakes her head) refuses, remark- plan a secret meeting in the night.

At their home the two Christiansing that justice must be carried the consequences of his crazy Mercia is preparing for the even-

of the arena sports action, but Tigellinus (Ian Keith), ing meal, and Stephanus, another arrives. Here is the best part of for favour, tells him the Christians inform the people of the faith of glimpse of the horrible games of captain of Nero's guard, craving pupil (Tommy Conlon) is sent to the picture, for it gives you are responsible. As a result orders the meeting. Stephanus is betray the old days Sword men and net are given to persecute the Chrised and seized, and carried away to

men fighting each other to death, Tigellinus.

combating with pigmies, Meanwhile in a low tavern in a side street in the slums of Rome,

men being fed to beasts. two men, Favius (Harry Beresford) and Titus (Arthur Hohl) pass each cross in the sand. It is the other. Favius makes the mark of secret sign the Sign of the Cross,

Within the tavern two soldiers of

tians.

He

women

Take, for example, Leo Carrillo screen musical comedy coming to in "Moonlight and Pretzels," the

Stephanua is made to speak of the Under the most Horrible torture, !

Then comes the tarn for the exa."! the King's theatre, on Thuraday

place of the secret meeting. In thecution of the Christiana Spiteful meantime, Marcus has learned of and cruel to the end, Poppaea or- nale.td catch him in the act. For

Tigellinus with his soldiers, go to If you see the picture you'll be

the matter, but he is too Jate,

ders. Mercia to suffer her fate alone. The Christians go to their the time that elappes between his

the meeting place, and there mas- go wrong! The forming in your ears amounts to

doom singing, and only Mercia re- boy, like others of his class, con- only one-1,200,000th of a second! Ners are gambling One of them tend the meeting, though, Mercia, sacre practically all those who at

mains. As her turn is announced siders her but a temporary inter-. est, and when he tires of her, de electricity travel at the same speed away. It rails on the Sign of the Marcus arriving just in time.

Marcas arrives and tells her that The reason is this, Light and lost, and in anger throws the dice who is also at the meeting, is saved

the only way she can escape is to spite promises of marriage, he 180,000 miles a

renounce her faith. This she re- goes back to his fiance, prepared studio siages, where action is re-ing the dice, recognize it. With a

second, 'But on Cross, and the soldiers, in reclaim-orders the injured Christians to be fuses to do and although admitting to give up the other girl. A

put in prison, and Mercia to be her love for him, she steadfastly strong, stirring situation develops electricity, there's difference in re- Christians, and succeed in captur-

corded by light, and sound by shout they run after the two sent to his house.

refuses to give up her faith. Mar- when the girl comes to his coun-carding the two, Light is picked ing them. try home, originally furnished for up by the camera, only a few fact

That night he plans a big ban-cus in desperation tells her that he quet, and in the midst of it he does not wish to live without her, her, hysterically carrying a

A mob soon gathers, and Mercia tells Mercia of his love and begs and arm in arm they ascend the prepared to make him keep his way from the action and recorded (Eliska Landi) a pupil of Farius, her to renounce her faith and stairs to their doom. The film is immediately on the film. Sound on hears of the uproar. She rushes marry him Mercia refuses, and in superbly handled by Cecil De "Disgraced!" is a revealing por-mediately by miscriphones, but Marcus (Federic March), the pre-zelle), the playmate of the Court, to wonderful and we heartily recom- the "other, hand, is picked up im-to the scene, but at the same time, desperation he asks Ancaria (Joy Mille. The scenes and settings are trait of the modern temper: it is travels a quarter of a mile by wire fact of Rome and a great favourite indulge in a dance of passion" mend this to both young and old. an indictment of the single code from the mikes to the recording of Nero, arrives. Mereia pleads with a view to making Mercia sub- The school children should be en-

with him to drive the infuriated mit. Mereis, however resists, and couraged to see this as it. second for the electricity to travel

It takes one-1,200,000th of a mob away, and this he does.

tin well she stands there, praying, the sing worth their while. Infortunately the incident has ing of the Christians in the dun- Figure it out for yourself! the quarter of a mile of wire, not gone unnoticed. Across the geons reach the room.

street from a balcony in Nero's As the barquet is drawing to a and Pretzels besides Carrillo are Court gossip and mischief maker, command of Nero to take Mercia Prominently cast in "Moonlight palace, Dacia (Vivian Tobin), the close, Tigellinus arrives with the Roger Pryorm, Mary Brian, Her- has seen Marcus and Mercia. She away. bert Rawlinson, Lillian Miles, goes and informs Poppaea (Clau- Alexander Gray, the Four Eton dette Colbert) of the matter. Pop- Boys, Bernice Clarie, Doris Carson, paes is the wife of Nero, but quite Jack Denny and his Orchestra, and willing, and indeed anxious to be the Frank and Milt Britton comedy band, Karl Freund directed.

promises.

that hides shame behind the mask of courage. But more than any- thing else, it is the superb story of one beautiful girl, confronted with a great love, willing proudly and unthinkingly to give everything for it in her native trust in the man who offers much and gives

little.

"HALLELUJAH. I'M A TRAMP”

Showing To-day at

the King's

Al, Jolson's United Artists vehi- cle, Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp

music"

room.

"THE SIGN OF THE CROSS"

Story Of An Outstanding Film

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the first screen production with Those who saw "The Ten Com- "photographic

running mandments' no doubt enjoyed the through it, also will introduce a great film spectacle, and they will number of new song hita.

soon have another opportunity of Bix numbers, composed by Rich- seeing similar film which, apart ard Rodgers, and Larry Hart, are from having the advantage of being an inherent part of the film story a "talkie," surpasses the silent one which is said to promise a revolu both as a story and as a spectacle. tionary method of presenting music It is the "Sign of the Cross" on the screen. The titles of the which is

cuming shortly to the numbers are "Hallelujah, I'm a Queen's Theatre. Although the Tramp,You Are Too Beautiful,story mainly concerns the persecu "I Got to Get Back to New York, tion of Christians by the Romans "What Do You Want With Mon- during the reign of Nero, the pic- ey?", "Sleeping Beauty" and ture is full of unusual and dramatic incident. The massacre of a little Rodgers and Hurt stumbled upon band of Christians, the dance to the germ of the new screen music the Goddess of Passion, the asses method while working on Maurice milk bath, and the brutal sports of Tonight, and have fully developed men fighting each other to death, Chevalier's picture, "Love Me the old days sword men and net. of salaries in the film industry the technique in Jolson's comedy girls combating with pigmies, and code will be met by a walk out of which is adapted from an original Christians being fed to beaste

and actresses, Eddie Cantor, story by Ben Hecht. actors

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FILM STARS MAY STRIKE "Laying the Cornerstone."

Hollywood, Oct. 13. Any attempt to include a scale

"Hallelujah, I'm

Tramp,

the President of the Screen Actor showing at the King's Theatre to- -Guild announced to-day, Reuter. I'day,

these are a few of the scenes in the picture..

The story begins on the third right of the great are in Rome in

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