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AT THE STAR

PARIS INTERLUDE|| SHOWING

Central Airport

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Richard Barthelimess.zooms into town in his latest First. National picture Central Airport" now at the Star. This thrilling air story Is unusual in that it glories the commercial flyers of peace, rather than the birdmen of war, and it is said that "Central Airport" tops anything ever filmed in a picture of this nature in breath-taking flying scenes, romantic love, and unusual story content.

One of the most fascinating lore triangles is formed between Dick who belleves a flyer's place is in the sky, not in the home, his younger aviator brother Tom Brown, whose viewpoint is just the opposite and the girl, Sally Ellers, who wants Dick's love but Tom's security.

Barthelmess plays the role of a commercial pliot who cracks up with a plane filled with passengers, Discredited he resorts to stunting with a travelling air-circus," which provides the colourful story with many intensely gripping scenes. After losing his sweetheart Barthel- mess

enters free-lance piloting with a savage recklessness, seeking danger in far off places, always to come through unscathed because of his uncanny ability

At The Oriental Theatre

Mixing more than a hundred cocktails, none of which were drunk, was one of the arduous tasks of Ted Healy, when he played the comedy role of the bartender in the American bar in Parts, in "Paris Interlude," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's picturization "of the New York stage. hit which comes to the Oriental Theatre to day and tomorrow.

Throughout the action Healy continually is mixing cocktails and passing them along out of sight down the bar.

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The picture. a hilarious comedy of the going-on of newspaper tolk, fashion designers, Artists and others in Paris, had many odd production problems. One was to reproduce Lindbergh's plane and stage his landing In Paris.

Gorgeous costumes were de- signed for the glamorous fashion show. Another elaborate task was the staging of the great masquerade ball given by the art colony in the Latin Quarter...

The elaborate cast include Otto

Kruger, Madge Evans. Una Merkel, Ted Healy Edward Brophy, Bert Roach, Louise Henry. George Keeker and Richard Tucker. William A. Wellman, a decorated Hundreds of gally costumed people World War airman as well as being appear in the more spectacular one of Hollywood's foremost direc-settings in the picture, in which a tors, megaphoned "Central Air- dramatic love story is told against port." In his fine cast supporting a background of comical antics of the stars are Glenda Farrell, tourists in the gay French capital. "Harold Huber, Claire MacDowell,

and James Murray,

OUTCAST LADY

Showing At The Queen's

There is a It, a swing, an i-

As an extra added attraction the ever popular 6 Hollywood Blondes will present their .novelty dance creations on the stage at every performance.

BREAKS TALKIE

RECORD AT 83...

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resistible power to the drama of Sir O. Lodge Spoke

"Outcast

Lady,"

the

Metro-

now

Goldwyn-Mayer production showing at the Queen's Theatre.

Undoubtedly ninety per cent of Its great impetus as an entertain- ment comes from the splendid ro- manticism of its two principal pro- tagonists, Constance Bennett and

..

For 7 Minutes

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, Dec. 28 At the age of eighty-three, Bir Herbert Marshall, the newest not-Oliver Lodge, the famous scientist. able pair of screen lovera

made his first "talkie" yesterday a Bim record! He -and broke spoke for

minutės, the longest-uninterrupted "take" of speech that has ever been made at the Gaumont-British studios at Shepherd's Bush.

Miss Bennett and Mr. Marshall are perfectly cast as the "Iris'" and the "Napler" of Michael Arlen's "great bit of emotional writing en- titled "The Green Hat" There is a terrific sweep "to Arlen's treat- ment of these two, with their amazingly tangled love affair, a: sweep excellently preserved for the talking screen by scenarist Zoe. Akins and Director Robert Z.. Leopard.

seven

The previous record was set up by George Arliss during the Alm- ing of "The Iron Duke," when the film star spoke for three and a hal! minutes in the House of Lords scene.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1935.

TO-DAY

3.30.5.10.7.15)

& 9.30 P.M

•KINGS

THE BAD GAD OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS I

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL No. 25919 25392

NEXT CHANGE——— SOINTILLATING MUSICAL COMEDY !

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S

HONG KONG

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road Kowlo TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2:30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

Jae Wes

BELLE F NINETIES"

ROGER PRYOR John Mack Brownd Duke Ellington's Orchestra 4. Paramorat Plature M

THAT'S A GOOD

GIRL

Coming To The King's

"That's a Good Girl" a British and Dominions vehicle starring the famous musical-comedy star, Jack Buchanan, is coming to the King's Theatre on Thursday.

It is a bright infectious farcical comedy with music, adapted from the

successful stage play, and cleverly amplified for screen pur- poses. The gags and situations are bulit around a framework of proven and popular design, and their representation la boisterous, expansive and original. A

Buchanan, who will be remem- bered for his "Good-Night-Vienna" and "Yes, Mr. Brown," fills the role of director and star, and has a orillact and versatile supporting

Belle of the "Nineties"

QUEEN'S:

"Outcast Lady”

ORIENTAL —

"Paris Interlude"

JACK

BUCHANAN

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL

Elsie RANDOLPH

ELMER AND ELSIE

The Queen's Next Change

Directed by JACK BUCHANAN

MARCSON as MCDOCTIONS T

·HERBERT - WILCOX ›

na Bucztak a Dentinint Prestonlaps.

BELLE OF THE NINETIES

Showing At The King's

Mae West the "come up

here again in "Belle of the

Dealing with the everyday pro- blems of a typical American cou- see me sometime" girl is back Ple. "Elmer and Elsie," Paramount's new George Bancroft. film will be shown from Thursday at the Queen's Theatre with Frances Ful- ler Roscoe Earns and George Barbier also in featured roles.

The film presents the virile star in a new type of role, entirely dif- ferent from the fales he has been playing. Here, Bancroft is cast as a gruff, likeable,bashful truck- driver, who rises to great heights in business through the unselfish devotion of his wife.

Nineties," the current attraction as the King's Theatre. Though frankly the picture is not up to the standard of "Tm No Angel,” it is nevertheless worth seeing in that Misa West provides much amusement with her. original "wise-cracks while the supporting cast all play their parts well..

cast, which includes Elsie Ran-Barbier, he thinks that women's

by George they say in the fairy tales, they

dolph. Vera Pearce, Dorothy Hy- son, Garry Marsh, William Kenfall and Anthony Holles.

Jack Barrow, an impetunious youth, learns that he has inherited a legacy on condition that he visits the South of France and protects An exceedingly strong supporting

Sir Oliver was making a Alm fortune-hunters. In order to im

his wealthy cousin, Moya, from cast aids to keep the tempo of the emotionalism

high pitch for Gaumont British instructional press his aunt, Moya's inother, he at a

arrives, accompanied by two well-

Henry Stephenson, fresh from his triumph in "Little Women" is fine as the stern Sir Maurice, Alec. B. Francis has a beautifully done part as an old family retainer. Robert Loraine is splendid as an unre- quited lover.

Alms.

He was, one of a number of bred friends, Francis and Timothy. Francis, unfortunately, is en-

eminent scientists who are to give

of

a series of film talks for the In-tangled with Sunya Berata, a stitute

Electrical Engineers jealous opera singer who has put Each has been a pioneer in the Joy Dean, an attractive detective development of electricity:

on his trail. Joy is in love with

As Ruby Carter, the rage of St. Louis, Miss West shows that one smart woman is easily the equal of a scheming man insofar as out- Because he reads success stories, witting each other is concerned. he believes his wife should con- I She has, however, a genuine affec- tine herself to cook books. Like tion for & prizefighter 2nd, 19 his boss, played

eventually merry and "five happi- place is in the home, and resentsly ever after." their interference in the careers of their husbands. "It's "a

(man's world" he says boastfully,

Adapted, from an original play by George S. Kaufman and Mare Connelly, Elmer and Easter was directed by Gilbert Pratt.

Preceding the feature nim is an extremely interesting "short" en- titled "SportBght" which gives an idea how the different athletes prepare themselves for the fray. Added to this is a "Betty Booper comedy and when it is said that Betty is rather Mae Westish, film fans ought to be assured of good

to the King's Theatre.

MAJESTIC

KOWLOON

"Call It Luck" ALHAMBRA

"The Fighting Marshal

Coming

"That's A Good Girl"!-

KING'S:-

QUEEN'S

"Elmer and Elsie", "Babies In Tofland"

HIS

DARK

HORSE

WASA

NIGHT-

MARE!

CALL IT

LUCK

with

"PAT" PATERSON HERBERT MUNDIN CHARLES STARRETT GORDON WESTCOTT

Produced by JOHN STONE

Directed

- JAMES TINKING

THE ́ANT TRAM OR HAPKI VALLEY BUS

FOX PICTURE

ORIENTAL

DATS ONLY

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

ANOTHER DOUBLE SHOW!

ROAD ANCHÁI

STAGE AND SCREEN PERFORMANCE.

ON THE STAGE

THE MOST POPULAR

ENTERTAINERS/ THAT EVER CA E TO HONG KONG

6

HOLLYWOOD

POSITIVELY APPEAR AT ALL PERFORMANCES

NO ADVANCE IN PRICE -FOR THIS BIG SHOW,

THE DU PONTS

HE BELIEVED IN entertainment if they pay a visit Family of Munition

PANTOMIMES

(Special Air Mail Service)

Tondon, Dec. 26. When anyone suggested to Mr. Julian Wylie that pantomime was dying he used to laugh, or else it made him angry

A copy of the film is to be pre- Jack and disguises herself as a Particularly outstanding, however, is Hugh Williams as the alchoho- served in the vaults of the in-

telegraph girl-in order to be near lic tempestuous "Gerald." Mrs.stitute. Patrick Campbell gives one of her

In making his film, Siz Oliver, while Francis, unaware of inimitable performances as "Lady stood at a desk surrounded by pending trouble, pursues Moys. Eve", Lumsden Hare and Les Car dazzling are lamps. Two cameras The tangle soon assumes crazy Toll are also finely cast.

were focused on him. Over his proportions with daylight coming

He had a right to be. He em only when Sunya head a microphone was suspended.

eventually ployed some 5,000 people every realizes that she is in love with Christmastime. He sometimes had At least twenty men were busy

her manager. Buchanan is in his seven different pantomimes run- with lamps and cameras and sound devices and all

best form and trips tirelessly ning, and reckoned that he travell aphernalia of the modern film through the picture. Introducing ed every year 15,000 to 20,000 miles

the while a number of sprightly looking for talent. and tuneful songs, and some His journeys began in February, hilarious dances partnered again He spent his summer holidays listening to seaside concert parties

But, as was said at the start the great impetus of the picture lives in the love-making of Miss Bennett and Herbert Marshall It is a film to thril: all those thou-

sands who like their romances | studio -acted to perfection.

KING AND CÓL. WARD

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Dec. 23.

the par-

Peep Into The Future Then, surrounded by electrical

devices which to-day. seem ordinary, the aged scientist, who could recall the work which has gone to their development, began to speak

He told of how be remembered Lord Kelvin inventing the word: dynamo.

A message of sympathy from the King was received by Mr. Donald Ward, son of Lt. Col. He recalled the Arst electric John Ward, the "Navvies M: P who died on Wednesday last The telegram, which was sent by Sir Clive Wigram, was as fol- lows:

lamp, invented by Mr. Swan, who said it would serve well for a reading lamp and would not re- quire any matches for its lighting

Then Sir Oliver looked into the * "It is with much regret that

the King has heard of the future, He prophesied the work death of your father, whose that lay ahead to complete career his Majesty has follow the theory of the ether and to ed with interest and admira- show how all things lead to an tlod. I am commanded to inteligible and concrete reality. assure you and your family of very different from the abstrac- the King's sympathy in your tions and confusions under which loss. Col. John Ward will long we now labour? be remembered for his services.

to h's country, both in peace and war

When the flm was unished he said he was not tired. When told that he had broken a film

Mr. Ward's mother died some he simply said, time ago His brother, Dr. Larn

er Ward, died in 1928,

He was conducting

operation, when be disease from the

Ward

spoken for longer"

could

His mind was stat looking int

icate the

said that matt he mid ADO

with isle Randolph.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

ADDED

and noting which songs were most applauded.

Tabloid Judgments Here are some of the tabloid judgments he delivered out of his unique experience:

The best towns are Manchester and Glasgow.

A good provincial show costs £6,000 to produce. In London the minimum is £10,000,

Millionaires

(Special Air. Mall Service)

London, Dec, 26.

ON THE SCREEN

“A QUALITY PRODUCTION.

PARIS LOVEL

ROZENY YOUNG. OTTO

1.4.

·Market

veloped the vast many-sided family concern which during the war made an acknowledged profit, of £50,000,000.

The modern foundations of the Du Pont fortunes were laid by Alfred du Pont in 1902 with a bit powder trust. Later, however, he was ousted by, his cousins Pierre, Lammot and Irénée.

It may be added that Du Pont. Is pronounced with the accent on the Mr. Irenee Du Pont, who has last syllable. It is spelt with a y gured in a scene at the US.

when it is preceded by Senate arms Inquiry is the vice. a name, title or initial, otherwise chairman of the great American with a capital D. munitions firm of E. L du Pont de Nemours and Co.

A production takes six months. He is the most articulate member Costumes are the most important of the Du Font family, and has the item. A principal boy's wardrobe best public manner. - Therefore he costs £500, a principal girl's £300 does the talking for the firm on Principal boys always provide such occasions as the present, in- their own tights

quiry

At Granogue, his vast mansion, near Wilmington, Delaware, he tertains on July The provided by this manufacturer for the

The best dancing girls come from Manchester and Liverpool.

QUEEN'S

AFTRY

Constance

IRST E OTC

Fiction's Most Fascinating Beauty &

BENNETT

Outcast Luster Lady

HERBERT MARSHALL

PTA VATRULE »

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CAMPBELL WILLIAMS ALLAN

LAUR - 210 HARD)

AT 2.80, 5.10,

7.20 & 9.30

PM

Day celebrations are

ally unique.

Firm's Driving-Force

His brother Mr. Lammot du Pont, the president, is the real driving force in the fir

the majority of the family

8 Republican. He has been mar ried four times.

The chairman, M. Pierre du Pont is another brother. He owns

of the four great Du Pont palaces, Longwood,

he gives a huge but

the

party once a yea

private

the world

president

The

"Many members, of the vast Du Font clan vary the spelling accor ing to taste.

ALBAMBRA

TO-DAY

"MORROW FIGHTER FIGHTS:

the last thrilling punch

to right a great wr

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