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TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

King's.

"Cleaning Up."

"Night after Night."

Central.

****Topaze."·

The Spider."

World.

CENTRAL

THEATR

IEAT QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND 109

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"Wedding Rehearsal."

World.

"Runaround."

"The Kid."

"Right of Women.

Majestic..

The Phenton of Crestwood." Oriental

"What!

No Beer

"CLEANING UP"

"Excellent Fare At

The King's

Those who have not seen the pic- ture now showing at the "King's" should not miss the opportunity of doing so when it is put on for the last time to-day.

Judging from its

поте.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREY

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION ! -ON THE SCREEN

·GEORGE GEE

THE MAN WITH A 1000 'FACES: MAKES YOU LAUGH IN

"CLEANING

UP"

WITH

BETTY ASTELL DAVY BURNABY

A BRITISH PICTURE.

ON THE STAGE

AT 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. ONLY.

COMPLETE CHANGE

OF PROGRAMME

THE WORLD FAMOUS ACROBA-

TIC TROUPE

"ABELLO"

NOVEL SCENES, DANCE AND OTHER

ACROBATIC FEATURES.

NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE COLONY.

"NIGHT AFTER

NIGHT"

Final Showings At Queen's Theatre

Equipped with an amusing ultra

cast that

modern story and one

a

"SECRETS" Mary Pickford's Latest Success

would expect to see a story depict-would do honour to any film oring "Secrets," the United Artists

ing a clean up on the stock market. This picture only goes to prove how true is the old saying, "What's in a Name ?".

stage play, "Night After Night" the screen version of Louis Brom- field's story "Single Night" will have final showings to-day at the Queen's Theatre.

Two double-winners befors the Academy of Motion Picture Arta and Sciences and two runners-up worked with Mary Pickford mak picture, which come to the King's Theatre to-morrow.

The double-winners

are Frank Borzage and Frances Marion, the former for direction of "Bad Girl" George Ges makes his debut in

and "Seveath Heaven" and the lat- Cleaning Up." As the only son of

The Alm is an unusually pala-ter for scripts of "The Champ" an ald English family with nothing table connection of sophistication and The Big House" The run- but their long line of ancestors left, and naivete. Each one of the

ners-up are Rat June cameraman, he is informed by his father that characters follows that descrip- and Richard Day, art director. he is to marry Angela Hoggenheim; tion. Joe Anton, the role played All worked hard with Miss (played by Joan Matherson). Bored, by George Raft, for example! Ex-Pickford, herself an Academy win-

George Gee and Betty Astell in Cleaning Up" showing to-day at the King's.

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BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313

25332.

FROM TO-MORROW. DON'T KEEP ANY SECRETS FROM YOUR NEIGHBOURS TELL THEM TO SEB

PICKFORD Lecrets

· WITH

LESLIE HOWARD

UNITED

ARTISTS PICTURE

A FRANK BORZAGE PROD

“HOLD YOUR MAN"

Starting To-morrow At Queen's

Jean Harlow and Clark Gablë are teamed again in "Hold; Your Man," which opens' to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre, following in the wake of their smashing suc- čess in "Red Dust,” “ which brought a popular demand for the present reunion.

In a story calculated to afford the co-stars opportunity for per- formances fitting their individual talents and personalities. Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer offers a produc- tion both intensely dramatic and romantic. An" original by Anita Loos. the story concerns à rowdy love affair that being as a sketchy human romance.

Sam, Wood Kas directed the picture with a fine valuation 02 the starring pair's popularity. His tempo is swift and smooth; and the love scenes are about as warm as this reviewer has seen In many a day—or night.

SYMPATHY AND HUMOUR.

As the cheap little drifter who goes to prison for the man she loves, Miss Harlow endows her characterization with A wistful sympathy and humour. Partieu- larly in the incident in which she awakens to approaching mother- hood is she effective. Gable banters his way through the early part of the picture with delight- ful nonchalance which sharply" contrasts" his important work in the dimatic sequences when he risks arrest Op 匿 murder charge to give a name to the un- born child:

Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard in." Seerets" commencing to-

morrow at the King's Theatre,

ner for her "Coquette" and behind JOHN BARRYMOR

all of them was M. C. Kevce, Mary's production manager, who

was president of the Academy last Saves Another Success

year.

In front of the cameras was an- cther all-star cast. Miss Pick- ford's, leading man was Leslie Ho- ward and the other girl, Mona

Maris. Others in the cast are C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Frederici, Doria Lloyd, Herbert Evans, Ned Speeka and Jerry Stewart.

"Secrets," it will be recalled, is based upon the stage play of Rudolf Besier and May Edginton which was produced in New York by

Sam Harris.

In "Topaze”

John Barrymore completes his run at the Central Theatre to-day where he has been delighting his old friends and winning new with his performance of that incredible rogue, Topaze."

the first serious role we have seen

Stuart Erwinia excellent in

him play. Dorothy Burgess also comes in for, her share of plaudits

and the cast is rounded out by

such splendid players 25 Muriel Kirkland, Garry Owen, Barbara Elizabeth Barondes, Paul Hurst, Patterson, Theresa Harris, Blan- che Friderici and George Reed,

There also is a song hit, "Hold Your Man." by Nacio Herb Brow and Arthur Freed.

What makes the roguery of Prof, minute late but became so self-con- Auguste Topaze incredible is that fident that he deliberately kept he was the most innocent, honest other waiting. He could easily and meekest of men when he met seem impossible and absurd, but Baron de Latour-Latour and ac. the Barrymore finesse and imagina- and honest. She debunks them cepted the position as consulting tion make "Topaze" a rare delight all, and she understands them all chemist of the Baron's company Myrna Loy, Reginald Mason, She alone has the patience to see engaged in selling, at enormous Luis Alberni, Jobyna Howland and that the school teacher, who, hap-proft, impure water for a curative Frank Reicher complete the cast of pily, is Alison "Skipworth, gets the brand advertised as "Sparkling this RKO Radio Picture most out of her first night in a Topaze" and endorsed by Prof. Harry d'Arrast directed. "speak."

These are the characters about whom centres the story of "Night

Topaze.

Barrymore's skillful art makes very real the ex-schoolmaster who

After Night." They are interest- outwits the Baron in businees and MAJESTIC

A SHOW'S

DAILY

in love who was once so meek that ¡he apologized profusely for being a

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

PLERENG

ORIENTALE

pugilist, present speakeasy proprie.ing and they are real. Their story

can't fail to be absorbing., tor. Joe has all the background and habita of the regular tough, know-it-all insolent type that has been pictured so often in the films But notice Joe with Miss Jellyman, the school teacher who comes every day to teach him how to talk like a gentleman. He is no more than a naive schoolboy, standing in bumbling awe of the superior knowledge and culture of this dowdy, middle-aged woman, who has never had any fun

with toddling along to the Club day after day, he threatens to upset the family traditions by going to work. The father druma the family motto "No Fear" into him only to be replied to in the same words when he tells. Tony (George Gee) he is to marry an heiress,

One of the most laughable scenes is where Tony, when applying for a position, seeing the sign "Want ad stuck in the window, tears it down, rebukes the staff for insert ing such an advertisement, de- mands upon seeing the Managing There is The Lady, portrayed by Director and informs him he has Constance Cummings, perfectly- decided to engage the firm. Au- Dolsed, lonely, disillusioned, the other scene where everyons is guar-perfect representative of that stra inteed to throw their dignity to tum of society which bases its Joan Maude is the final choice to the winds is in the Oriental scene conduct on appearances rather. play opposite Conrad Veidt in the when, he comes to the end of his, than fundamentals. But what hap... fourth phase of the Wandering adventures by making a mad jump Dens to The Lady when, in spite Jew. She is actress-manager into a palaquin to face no other of herself, she falls quite funda- Nancy Price's daughter. She made than his father sitting in the stalls. mentally for Joe? Where's, her her first film his at Twickenham-His song, entitled "No Fear" be sophistication then? "In A Monastery Garden,"

littles aristocracy in general, par- ticularly his father, as well as some of the latter's friends, one of them is financing the show,

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN

BRITISH STUDIOS:

Cedric Hardwicke, Bir Nigel Playfair, Nigel Bruce, and Georgs Zocco bare now joined Leslie Howard and Binnie Barnes in the east of the Columbia British. Pro- duction," The Lady Is Willing' which is being made at Elstres.

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There is also Iris (Wynne Gib son), the hard-boiled chorus giri who had originally taken on Joe for a good thing. Iris can take care of herself she knows her way around! But how about the Iris who fights to hold her man, pathetic in her losing battle? Any- thing hard-boiled about that Irls? THE

Maudle probably has more We- knowledge than all the rest of them Maudle whose role is in the extremely competent hand of Mae really hard to say who was the West, Mandle has lived longer beat, as one or two of the girls pus than the rest of them. She's learn- up a particularly fine performance, ed that most of the things that Abello himself does not appear excite the others 205much aren't until the last act and the way he really worth bothering about. Bo juggles his topper is marvellous Maudie 1s food-natured," tolerant

It is impossible to describe in words what a delightful comedy "Cleaning Up" is and it must really be seen to be appreciated The marriage has taken place” în Mention must be mads of Abello London of Eric Hakim, the London | and his troupe of Acrobate. Parti Cinema proprietor and film pro-cular credit goes to the youngest ducer, and Mrs. Nina Kind, who, member of the troups who cannot as Nina Tanna, was formerly well be more than seven though it was known as a lending lady of British films.

M.G.M. is planning to prepent Márie Dressler and Jean, Harlow aa co-stars in "Living In A Big Way" story by Louis Bromfield.

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From the tangments

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the love

of many

women!

Low-born, brutal, he ́became filled with the glory of love for the lady who sit

alone.

NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

with GEORGE RAFT CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

WYNNE GIBSON MAE WEST and ALISON SKIPWORTH Directed by Archie Mayo from a story by Louis Bromel

a Paramount Picture

TO-MORROW

HARLOW BLE

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YOUR MAN

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