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“BLOSSOM TIME'

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"ORPHANS OF THE STORM"

A CHINESE PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES

TO-MORROW

Bring-'em-Back-Alive

Back from

Malaya with fiv Ing esmara record of the

strange trade

a min has eva

worked at!,

A YAN BEUREN: Predetlen

Directed by Armand Denis RKO RADIO PICTURE

ARLISS AS CHAMBERLAIN

ÖR PITT

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, May 1. Mr. George Arliss arrived from New York on the Bremen yester- day. This week-end he will confer with the chiefs of the Gaumpat British Corporation to decide the subject of the film he is to make at the Shepherd's Bush studios.

It has been agreed in advance that the picture will have a blow graphical theme, and the "lives"; have been narrowed down to two- William Pitt and Joseph Chamber- lain. The final choice Hes with Mr. Artiss, and he will also have a large say in the treatment and production of the film. These tre- rogatives are covered by his con- tract, which includes a salary/too large to be made public-in 'case it causes dissatisfaction among the Gaumont players, I presume.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S→→

HONG KONG

"Search For Beauty".

QUEEN'S

"The Man From Chicago" CENTRAL-

"Blossom Time" Picture).. ORIENTAL-'

Chinese

"The Eskimo"

KOWLOON

"Two Sisters" (Chinese nim

ALHAMBRA

STAR

"Love On Skls"

MAJESTIC-

"Hips Hips, Hooray!"

Coming

KING'S-

"Sleepers East"

QUEEN'S

"20,000 Years in Sing Sing"

ORIENTAL.

"Dinner At 8"

"The Penthouse"

The Kongo"

"Hold Me Tight"

ALHAMBRA-

STAR

"Whart "Angel"

"Kongo"

CENTRAL-

"Wild Cargo"

SEARCH FOR BEAUTY

Buster Crabbe In Lead

That an athletic star entering motion pictures has more

odds against him than would an un- known given the same chance is

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•KINGS!

Good for what ails you!

Come on down to the farm and pick peaches! Feast your eyes on the harvest of the world's beauty crop. Lough yourself sick at the Health Farm promoters who find farming unhealthy. ..!

SEARCH FOR BEAUTY

with the 30 International "Search For Beauty," Contest Winners and

LARTY" bebé CRABIE IDA LUPIND ROBERT ARMSTRONG SAMES GLEASON ROSCOE YARNS TOBY WING

A Paramount Picture

ALSO SELECTED SHORTS

LATEST PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS

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ADOLF HITLER

Charles Laughton "Fan"

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(Special Air Mail Service)

London, May 1. Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl, the German film star who is now in England on a brief lecture tou, declares that Adolf Hitler, the

the cinema. He is closely watching the progress of German films.

"He also insists upon being kept in close touch with what English

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THURSDAY

FIND THIS WOMAN!

Hold her

for the police!

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for her lips

hold the fates

of six people.

SLEEPERS EAST

with

Wynne Gibson Preston Foster Mona Barrie Harvey Stephens-

Directed by Kenneth MacKenna Freat the waved by Frederick Nožni

Scroon play by Louter Cois

SING SING"

and American producers are do- What Goes On Behind

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"He seldom visits a public cinema in Germany, but he sees many films in a private thestre He invites a few at his home. friends and afterwards discusses in detail the films he has ordered to be shown.

"Hitler has always been a great- admirer of Charles Laughton, and' i he has seen almost every film in which Laughton has appeared, and

Barred Doors

The story of "Twenty Thousand Years

First in Sing Sing," a National plcture which opens Thursday at the Queen's Theatre was hailed by many critics as a sensational human document when It appeared in book form. It is to have gained in sheer

sald

the opinion of Larry "Buster" | "tan."

Nazi leader, is a Charles Laughton he was particularly impressed with thrilling intensity, in its drama-

Crabbe,

who has the leading

romantic Tole in Paramount's

Fraulein Reifenstahl is a friend, of Hitler, and enjoys his confidence.

his performance as Hetry VID

"Hitler told me that he had sel- dom seen acting "which had. de-

Search for Beauty," now playing He has taken a keen personal in-lighted him more. at the King's Theatre 9

Crabbe is in a position to judge,erest in the films she has produc-

for, as an athlete, he was an Olymple champion who set thirty- five swimming records, and, as an "actor, he had appeared in feature pictures during his year with Paramount.

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The Arst big handicap for an athlete who aspires to a screen career, opines Crabbe, ""is the danger of being typed before he

gets started.

"An unknown, given a chance in pictures, generally gets shifted about to show what he can do in various sorts of roles. But, a man is given a screen bid because he happens to have an excep- tional physique, he faces the dan- ger of remaining just that, a sort of male sex-appeal prop to be exhibited where convenient.

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"And then there seems to be a peculiar psychology among dia- logue writers. Many of them think that, if a man happens to have won athletic fame, be must something of a mental light weight not to be trusted with too many lines. An athlete virtually must help create his own oppor- tunities if he's going to convince people that he has brains along, with his brawn."

Crabbe is featured with Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong James Gleason, Rosco Karns and Toby Wing. The picture was directed by Erle Kenton. Crabbe is cast as an Olympic swimming cham-

No definite decision has been pion who is made the unwitting made about the direction, but it alde of two money-mad promoters, is more than probable that the who use him to further their megaphone will be in the hands shady dealings with

of Victor Saville, two of whose as- signments The Lite

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a health- farm as the front. of Cecli How Crabbe and his feminine Rhodes" and "Mary Queen of partner, Ida Lupino, also an Olym- Scots" have been postponed The pic winner, outwit the Mary Stuart film is held up owing furnishes the substance of the to the retention of Madeleine Car- story.

roll, in Hollywood to make a se-

cond film.

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crooks

Mr. Arliss's latest screen blogra- " quite forget to mention, phy, "The House of Rothschild." "Susan, my dear, I had a telephone will have its European prezlere in, message early this evening, infor- London on May 24 Els last flimming me that your aged aunt, for Warner Brothers, "Head of died about three o'clock." the Family is still in the cutting-

FOOD.

"Just look at old Phillips over there thoroughly enjoying him- self! And I've always understood he was a woman-hater.”

Bo he is but she's not with him to-night!!!

"Dear, dear, how sad. One dia- mond. Or perhaps in the circuns tances...one spade."

"Yesterday, Jane, you broke three cups and two plates, to-day, a plate and two vases. What will be broken to-morrow at this afternoon at this rate.

"Not much madam. It afternoon of to-morrow.

ed.

"Since I Arst met Hitler," she told the "Evening Standard." "I have been impressed by Hitler's sincerity and by the energy he has shown in working for his country, Almost his only relaxation has been

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

tization for the screen, as it presents the amazing story of a.. 1,000 men without women and 1,000 women without, who can not get along without their men.

The original story is by the only man with a wide enough know-

"From the time when I met Hitler, two years ago, I have been one of his greatest admirers. He believes in nothing but Germany first and foremost. With the ex-

"He is not a woman-hater, but ception of the" time spent in his private cinema he has no relaxa-te cannot spare the time to be

much in their company." tion beyond a little reading.

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"20,000 YEARS

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THRILLING DRAMA

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An Outdoor Musical Romance

"LOVE

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ON SKIS

JOAN AUSTIN-JACK LESTER

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COMING

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MARGARET

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Only Yesterday

"SLEEPERS EAST"

Coming To The Queen's

It begins to appear that 'danc- in is first rate spring-board into the movies.

Wynne Gibson, who inade her own stage start as a dancer, made an offhand check up on the "Sleepers East," set at the Fox Film studio while chatting with Moax Barrie, and found a surpris- ing number of former dancers among present day stars.

Lillian Harvey, Joan Crawford, Jänet Gaynor, Marion Davis Ruby Kealer, Elissa Landi, Marion' Nix- on." and dozens of others, started. out as dancers.

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Miss Gibscxa. "playing an un- usually dramatic role in “Sleepers" East" which comes on Thursday

ut the King's Theatre, made her first stage bow in 1921 as a dancer and singer in "Tangerine."

Miss Barrie. revealed that she started her own career at sixteen as a ballet girl in Australia.

Let me kiss those tears away, sweet-heart," he begged tenderly.

She fell into his arms and he was very busy for a few moments. But the tears flowed on,

"Will nothing stop them?" "he asked breathlessly.

"No, he murmured. "It's hay fever. but go on with the treat- ment."

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ledge of criminal character and NEW ALTITUDE

sympathetic. understanding to have conceived and written i Warden. Lewis E Lawes, of Sing Sing, the man who has been sit- ting on the lid of a human voi- cano "for many years past at the famous New York state prison.

Paradoxical as it may seem,

are touches of and glowing romance love in this story which deals with the pathos and the grim tragedy of life. There are, sorrows that bring tears to the eyes, and touches of loyally that renews the faith in human nature, even when considered misguided,

there

humour, undying

RECORD

British Engine's" Success.

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, May '1

The new world's height record Spencer Tracy, who has portray for aeroplanes, set up a fortnight ed the grimness of prison tragedy ago in Italy, has now been con- in "The Last Mile" and its

touches of comedy in Up The armed by the International Aeron- River," portrays the leading role autical Federation. On this fight of a convict who goes to the chair a height of 14,433 metres was reached by Commendatore Renato to save his sweetheart and o protect the warden who had been Donata in a single-seater Caproni Atted with a fully supercharged kind to him; in what is claimed

Bristol Pegasus engine. The Fe- to be the greatest picture, of pri

gasus engine has thus regained a son Life ever-flmedi

There is a strong supporting record which it held from Septem- cast which includes Bette Davis, ber. 1933, until September, 1833, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Grant and has added over 1,000 metres Mitchell, Warren Hymer," Louis to the best altitude it had pre- Calhern and Shella Terry. The lously reached. screen play was dramatized from Warden Lawes' book by Wilson Mizner and Brown Holmes and a foremost place among the aero- adapted by Courtenay Terret and Robert Lord. It was directed by Michael Curtiz.

The case was just to be tried when the defendant was discovered in the jury box.

"But, goodness gracious!" cried the judge. "what are you doing there?"

Beg pardons, my lord." replied the man, "but I was called to serve on the jury."

This product of the Bristol Aero- plane Company has won for itself

engines of the world during the three years it has been on the market. Following the estabílsh- ment of the new altitude record at Bristol in 1932, it was used last year in the two Westland aero- planes which were flown over Mount Everest. It has been adopt- ed for several types of aircraft in the Royal Air Force, and has been supplied to a number of foreign. Governments, en da

The Pegasus is a nine-cylinder engine developed from the Bristol Jupiter, which has had s successful life since the

"But you must have known there was some mistake. You cannot sit on a jury to try your embodies own case,c

"Well, my lord, came the Tue

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