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SHARING THE MURDER AT THE

STARS

Hollywood-London

Combination

Some of the outstanding stars of the screen will be shared by Elstree and Hollywood, if plans now being made by Darryl Zanuck, production chief of Twentieth Century Pictures, and Alexander Kordo, managing director of London Film Produc- tons, are completed.

"I cannot give the names of the players involved," as said by Mr. Zanuck. "If I did some other company might secure them first, There is also a possibility that we shall make pictures over here when the subject calls for European atmosphere."

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A similar agreement to share stars has already been made by the Fox and Gaumont-British CASE the Corporations. In this stars Affected are Madeleide : Carroll and Jessie Matthews, in England, and Warner, Baxter and Spencer Tracy in Hollywood. returned Miss Carroll "recently from Hollywood after making her

first American picture, "The World Moves On."

Mr. Darryl Zanuck, who is one brilliant of Hollywood's' most producers, has arrived in London after a. shooting expedition in British East Africa. He is only 32. At 27 he became production head of Warner Brothers, dia- covering such stars as Jame: Cagney, Joan Blondell, Edwad G. Robinson, and Warren William.

Last year he resigned to found his

Twentieth own company, Century Pictures. In its Arst year the new company has made such successes as "The Bowery" and "The House of Rothschild."

His 1935 programme includes "Clive of India." starring Ronald Colman: "The Mighty Barnum, with Wallace Beery as the famous either Fredric showman, and

March or Gary Cooper as his colleague; "Cardinal Richelieu," with Mr. Arliss as the cardinal; and Jack London's "The Call of the Wild."

"VIVA VILLA!”

VIVA VILLAI, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Alm starring Wallace Beery, has been given the Blue Ribbon award of Associated Pub- lications for the best all-around family *picture released America during the month of Mayy

This award is based on a direct exhibitor report, and the victory for VIVA VILLA! according to the publication was. the most one- sided of the past year.

Jack Conway directed the film, and the cast includes Fax Wray, Katherine DeMille, Joseph Schild- kraut, and Leo Carrillo.

VIVA

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's VILLA! and MANHATTAN ME- LODRAMA were chosen by the Motion Picture Herald (American trade publication) as box-office

champions for May.

SHOWING

-TO-DAY

VANITIES

A Super-production

One invention, namely the mo tion pictures, spelled the decline of the legitimate, stage, and another Invention, the airplane, will bring about its re-birth.

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That is the opinion of Earl Car- roll. well-konwn Broadway produ- cer, who went to Hollywood to the Paramount studios to supervise the screen version of his latest stage bit, "Murder at the Vanities." It features eleven of Carroll's stage beauties, Carl Brisson, Victor Mc- Laglen, Jack Oakle, Kitty Carlisle, and Duke Ellington and his fam- ous orchestra and comes on Satur- day to the King's Theatre.

"Complete facilitation of air tra-. vel in the future, when people may go from comparatively long dis- tances and at comparatitively low rates, wili rehabilitate the theatre in about four central points in America," he said.

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"Or Course, aviation has not yet reached the stage of development where time and rates permit this. but ten years hence I don't think It will be years bence I don't think in Ohio, for instance, say "Let's fly to New York and see a show."

"At such a time, there can be four established theatrical centres. One in New Work, of course Chi- cago, New Orleans and San Fran- cisco. From a midway point be- tween any

of these centres t shouldn't be more than a two hour Alght."

Such a condition, Carroll be- lleves, would assure excellent shows. performed by leading players. En- ough people would avail themselves of the opportunity and thereby support truly worth-while stage

fare.

Another point in favour of a future for the theatre, he foresees Is that, with a limited number of shows in presentation, the talent would naturally be of the best. "There always have been enough good performers to present a few plays." He declares. ** The trouble with the theatre was that every clty offered plays, and na- turally there weren't enough good players to go around."

Carroll envisions about Afteen theatres in each of the centres he named, with the exception of New York, where the number would be far greater, as it is to-day.

Such an arrangement he believes, would be conducive to excellent performances, because there would be no more long train rides on the "night before

an opening for the players. They would simply re- main in that one theatrical centre until practically every show patron in the entire section of the country had seen the play. This, he said. would keep a show running any- where from six months to two years.

"The main

reason for

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1934.

SHOWING "TO-DAY

AT 2.30.5.10,7.15

9.30 P.M.

KINTO

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

IRENE DUNNE

In the story of a wife who..., swallowed her.pride and went to war against a love chief in her home. shouting a woman's battle cry-

Hands Off!

A Pandro S. Berman Production. MERTAR C. COOMI; kxec- aliva producer. RKO RADIO: Picture

"THIS MAN IS MINE"

With

CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

RALPH BELLAMY

ΚΑΥ JOHNSON.

Charles Starrett, Louis Mason, Sidney Blackmer, Vivian Tobia Directed by JOHN CROMWELL

FLICKERS FROM HOLLYWOOD

Luan Roth, appearing in Para- mount's TAKE A CHANCE- has such small bands that she wears children's sizes in gloves.

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Jean Negulesco, co-director of Paramount's KISS AND MAKE UP, has had only eight birthdays! He was born on February 29, 1900.

James Gleason, featured in Paramount's THE SEARCH FÖR BEAUTY, was once a post-office worker."

Stuart Holmes, in Mae West's next picture, has appeared with every famous screen siren of the past 20 years.

Miriam Hopkins, appearing in Paramount's ALL OF ME, has her dressing-room re-decorated twice a year.

Edyth Fellows, appearing in MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH, has an earring which was .worn by Queen Victoria,

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"The Treasure Hunt," Eddie Cantor's new picture has Egypt and the Pyramids as its back- ground. Though this has not gone into production yet, Sam writer Goldwyn already has E working on the film which Cantor will make in 1935.

Irene Dunne, RKO-Radio's fast climber in the starry way of Hollywood, whose latest role is that of a wife who gambles with her husband's love. John Cromwell directed the picture, "This Man k Mme." showing to-day at the

KING'S

"THIS MAN IS MINE"

A New Irene Dunne

A superbly colourful and vivid

the de- my standpoint. Where 200,000 peo-Irene Dunne is the treat promised

cline of the theatre,” Carroll said, ple have seen "Murder at the Van- "was the public's ready and inex-itles" in New York, at least two pensive access to motion pictures | millions will see it as a motion plc- which, in small towns, were as good, ture.”...

as they were in the metropolitan cities. This is something that ne- ver could have been said of the legitimate stage.

"One can easily arrive at the conclusion, when viewing it from

"Murder at the Vanities" is a dit ferent musical film. While a dazz- Hing chorus parades in lavish spec- tacle, the solution of the exime, carried out in a unique fashion, furnishes a thrilling climax.

GULLN'S

TALLED OFFLO

Offering her heart with reservations!

Unwilling to lose one precious moment!

AT 2.30, 5.10,

Pork Avenue learns about love from two people who have nothing else,

Fabric

Miriam

George

MARCH HOPKINS RAFT

7.20 & 9.30.

"ALL OF ME"

with the arrival of her latest comedy-drama, "This Man is Mine" showing" "to-day at the King's Theatre, in which her role is said to be entirely different from any in which she has pre- viously appeared;

Miss Dunne, who has frequently been referred to ag Cinemaland's "Arst lady" because of gentility' and patrician beauty, becomes ele- mental in "This Man Is Mine," even so far as to portray a modern fighting Amazon who smacks her hubby over the head with a 3500 oli painting.

The story, an adaptation of the stage play, "Love Flies In The Window," discloses Miss Dne and her screen husband, played by Ralph Bellamy, as a serenely happy couple until a former love. of the husband's returns from Reno and practises her wiles upon him, finally winning him away from his loyal and too-loving wife.

When her husband' asks her to divorce hlin, Miss Dunne re- fuses, telling him, however, that if he still wants a separation at the end of six months she will consent. to it. She believes that constant Association with the other woman #G1 serve to cool her husbands ardour for the siren..

However, when her plan fatis and she sees that her husband is-}|| content to remain in the arms into which she has tossed hima, Miss Dunne casts her former serenity to the winds and proceeds to give both of the offending "“parties, a taste of the matted faste The supporting cast of "This Man Is Mine" RKO-Radio picture, Includes Constance Cummings," as the third comer of the triangle, Sidney Blackner, May Johnson, Charles Starrett, Vivian Tobin and Louts Mason. John Cromwell directed.

BOOKING. SAT THE, THEATRE

TEL. No. 25313 25332

NEXT CHANGE-

EARL CARROLL'S

For Every Gorganen Girl There's Á Melody...mind

* Thell of Mystery!

MURDER AT THE VANITIES

MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN THE WORLD I

CARL BRISSON VICTOR McLAGLEN

HAVANA WIDOWS

At The Alhambra Theatre

In spite of the inclement wea- ther last night "Havans Widows" presented by First National pic- tures and screened at the above picture house, certainly played to a large and appreciative audience, both from Hong Kong and Kow- Joon

The story is about two young chorus girls who were having the devil's time trying to keep "the wolf from the door" on $15.00 a week; so after a good deal of consideration they eventually de- cide on "pastures new" CUBA.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:-

HONG KONG

This Man Is Mine"

QUEEN'S:-

**All of Me"

CENTRAL:-

Carl Hagenbacks Circus"

ORIENTAL:-

LEE:

"Hidden Gold"

"Oh! Oh! Cleopatra"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA

"Havana Widows" MAJESTIC:-

STAR:

"All Men Are Enemies"

"The Woman Between"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Murder At The Vanities": ORIENTAL:-

"Reaching For The Moon" ALHAMBRA:-

"The Mad Genius” "The Sitting Pretty"

COCKEYED CAVALIERS"

Wheeler And Woolsey's Best Comedy

Choosing a

background which is in itself an excrutatingly comic contrast to their ultra modern antics, Bert Wheeler and Robert

have Woolsey

perpetrated "COCKEYED CAVALIERS," and now run rot with a double accent on their laugh appeal! They pro- ject themselves back 400 years You may talk about your gold or more into thell nut-brown-ale. rush days in Alaska, but when clash-of-raplers and fair-dam- Mae (Joan Blondell) and Badle sels-in-distress era to wisecrack (Glenda Farrell) hit Cuba with their way through way, side inns, their gold digging implements-baronial estates and medieval

well, the rich daddies had to fight with their back's to the wall and their wallets in hip pockets to keep the home Ares burning... · · Included in the supporting cast are: Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donelly and Ralph Ince. As it is the last showing to-day, everyone who wants a good hour's entertainment should make it a point to see "Havana Widows"."

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ANOTHER WESTICISM Mae West's definition of optimist:-"A man who believes his wife, has given up cigarettes when he finds cigar ends round the house."

Paul Muni's next film, "Black Hell" will deal with labour troub- les in the coal mining district of Pennsylvania........

gaols to the accompaniment of convulsing hilarity. Added that, those charmers, Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee, again fro- lic with them through these mad proceedings, with knockout music and lyrics by Will Jason and Val Burton. There are three song- hits-'T LIKE TO DILLY DALLY," which is asure-hit and "THE BIG BAD WOLF IS DEAD" and "T WENT HUNTING." "COCKEY~ ED CAVALIERS" is produced by Lou Brock who made "FLYING DOWN TO RIO.". It is much more elaborately mounted than pre- vious Wheeler and Woolsey plc- tures. It has good music, plenty of laughs, bevies of pretty girla. and a wild boar chase that will surely have any audience in con- vulsions. It 19. an RKO Radio at the Picture and will be seerr

King's Theatre in the very near · future.

The House of Premier Shewings of the Best Pictures at the Most Popular Prices.

TO-DAY

ONLY ALHAMBRA

FALSTER

WATCH TONY'S WIVES "GO TO TOWN"!

· Sen zhoni blow maxin down).

· in Cuba. When they roll their

chumba hips and bankroll sym, it's all over but the laughing.

JOAN BLONDELL GEENDA PARRELL GUY KIRT FRANK MHUGH! ALLEN JENKINS_ KUTH BONNETTY

MAJESTIC

kage

[HEATRE- Nathan Road Kawloon, Tel. 57222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.10 P.M.

ALL MEN ARE ENEMIES

HUGH WILLIAMS HELEN TWELVETREES

THE MAD GENIUS

Coming To The Alhambra

To remodel a human being is a difficult and dangerous business- yet this is the blazing and fanatical ambition of Tsarakov—. the central character in the most amazing of all modern screen stor- les The Mad Genlus,” in which John Barrymore is starred by Warner Bros., and which comes to the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow,

Playing with the vital forces of life and love, Taarakov attempts to build a great genius out of the human clay of an outcast lad he has kidnapped-over-riding with his own demoniac... mind the na- tural human instincts of his vid tim, he triumphs only to fail.

Mr. Barrymore revels in the part.. Having turned defnitely to charac- ter roles, that of Tsarakov, so he says, offers him the opportunity of a life time.

"The Mad Genius" is the strangely melodramatic fe story of an impresario of the Russian im- perial Ballet-played against dark- 1/ colourful European backgrounda

Marian Marsh plays the leading role opposite Barrymore-with Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth. Luis Alberni and Carmel Myers and many others. Michael Curtiz 'directed.

Cecil B. DeMille has signed a new contract with Faramount to make two pictures a year, each of them casting over £1,000,000. De Mille will receive a percentage of the takings in addition to a fred salary...

STAR

TODAY

+

AT 2.80, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20

TO-MORROW

havana widows

First National's newest fun-

TO-MORROW

John Barrymore in

"THE MAD GENIUS”

with

Marian Marsh & Charles Butter

OWEN NARE'S ADRIANNE ALLEN

IN

The WOMAN BETWEEN

NEXT CHANGE PAUL MUNI

“THE RUGITIVE”

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