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THE ALHAMBRA'S ONE NIGHT OF

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College Rhythm

Ever since Joe Penger, who makes his feature film debut in Paramount's "College Rhythm” which is coming to the Alhambra Theatre on Baturday), became a radio star he's been a myth, or rather a series of myths. And he's worrying about what his public will think when it sees him in action in "College Rhythm.".

"To those people," says Penner, and he could say millions, as his programme is rate No. 1 on the air. "who have heard me, hut never seen me, I am really a'myth. They have me pictured in their mind. Frequently I receive letters la which the writers attempt to

describe me.

of

"Some say I am tall and thin, others short and fat, others stocky, slight, roly-poly, or almost any- thing. Actually,

course, I'm short, but not fat. Just plump. But what are these people going tu think when they see me? Will they be disappointed in that they guessed wrong?”

Penner actually enjoys being "myth." The descriptive-letters he receives tickle him more than a salary check or the applause of

LOVE

Final Showing's At

The Queen's To-day-

Grace Moore, new, vibrant screen personality who

sang for the Metropolitan Opera for three years and scored successlye tri- umphs on the concert stages of every important city in the world. is seen in the starring role of Columbia's film sensation "One Night of Love" which terminates its local engagement at the queen's Theatre to-day.

Tullio Carminati," interpational star last seen with Constance Bennett in "Moulin Rouge" has the main male lead with a strong Lyle supporting cast including Talbot, Mona Barrie, Jessie Ralph, Luls De Segarola and Andres Alberni Victor Schertzinger directed it from the screen play prepared by S. K Lauren, James Gow and Edmund North from the

original story written by Charles

Beahan and Dorothy Speare."

A new and indescribable thrill; in screen entertainment awaits those who haven't seen this must- cal production.

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a visible audience. And he parti- in his official post, afford "some cularly likes letters from children. | ludicrous comedy moments. More than once he has utilized a

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1935.

TO-DAY ONLY

AT

2.30, 5.107.15|

9.30 P.M.

KINGS

BY REQUEST TO-DAY ONLY

T

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

"THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO"

WITH

ROBERT DONAT – ELISSA LANDI

RELEASED THRU UNITED ARTISTS "

Lanny Ross, Jack Oakle, Helen 20TH CENTURY" THE AFFAIRS OF

long distance phone to converse | Mack, Lyda Roberti, and Mary with some youngster confined to a Brian are featured with Penner in

"College hospital sick bed.

Rhythm." which WILS Penner's role in "College directed by Norman Taurog. Songs Rhythin" is that or keeper of the and music for the Aim were es- football team's mascot, Goo-Goo. | pecially written by Mack Gordon his famous duck. His adventures, and Harry Revel

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BY HANDELE

"THE LODGER”

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The screen's greatest star in the screen's greatest comedy triumph! The star of stars in the hit of hits!

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He said,

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TO-MORROW

The romantic comedy smash of the year!

John

Barrymore

20 CENTURY

WITH CAROLE LOMBARD

From the nacabin stage. succeer by Jan Hecht

•Charles Ahackthur Charles & Athalland A HOWARD HAWKS Preduction

POLA NEGRI

In A New German

Film

Berlin, Jan. 29.

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S:-

QUEEN'S

CINEMA

HONG KONG

The Count of Monte Cristo"

"One Night of Love"

ORIENTAL:--

"Rain"

KOWLOON

MAJESTIC:

"The Crime, Du

ALHAMBRA;—

Ductor

"The Man With Two Faces"

KING'S:-

Coming

"20th Century"

"Hell In The Heavens".

QUEEN'S:**

"Have A Heart".

"The Old-Fashioned Way" "Evelyn Prentice" MAJESTIC

"Ann Vickers"

ACTING FAMILIES IN HOLLYWOOD

Second Generation Growing

"Go to the highest point of the castle, Benvenuto, with five of

Hollywood, like other cities of Miss Pola Negri, Polish star of tradition, has its ancestrias. For our best men and our best artil-

the Pope ordered.

the silent films, is to be re-discover-every day the second generation lery,"

of players on the silver screen is turned to a steward and

ed by Germany, She is to make "Pay them now, pay them well, what the American journalists call rowing. And on the list there are "i come-back” in a film “Mazur- and see that food and wine is supka" directed by Willy Forst, whose families, some of them extending tar more than the general public realizes.. Famous theatrical plied them."

"Maskerade" proved such a great back a century or more, are re- success in Berlin.

presented. They include great stage families of both Europe and are the children of early screen stars. ihose who before them were the

ed Clement VII.

As part-author of the film mana-

new-comers

Such has been the critical ac- claim of John Barrymore's out- standing performance in Colum- bia's screen version of Broadway's!

The fighting continued for days, great comedy smash, "20th. Cen- the enemy being repulsed before it tury," which

to the could enter the castle that shelter- script. Herr Forst cabled to Call-America and many of the screen's is coming King's Theatre on Thursday.

Significantly, it was Barrymore himself who led the vanguard of raves with his own unsolicited de- claration: "I've never done any thing I like as well as this rolel

Carole Lombard, who enacts the leading feminine role opposite the great Barrymore, comes in for her share of praise from this astute thesplan. Of Miss Lombard, Barrymore says, "She's probably the greatest actress I've "ever worked with

Produced by Columbia Pictures, the same company that have mo-

A Day," the

A distinguished appearing bm-fornia inviting Miss Negri to play the leading role. She arrived in cer was seen by Benvenuto riding Berlin this week to begin work. the margin of a trench directing Herr Forst must finish the film be- his men to a weak spot in the palace guard. He was mounted.fore June as he is under contract to go to Hollywood to make a nim Benvenuto took aim, well ahead,

Miss Negri started her film career and applied the torch. The officer was killed and such consternation in Berlin studios over ten years ago, playing "Dubarry" with Emil resulted in the enemy as to me most amazing. Word came that Jannings, under the direction of the man killed was the Prince of Lubitsch. A young Potsdam girl, Max Reinhardt's actor-pupil. Ernst Orange, whereupon Clement again came up and praised Benvenuto.

Ingeborg Theek, only sixteen and Pope Clement was

without previous film experience, a man of many talents, especially in defen- is to play opposite Miss Negri, sive warfare. He noted a house

It is interesting to note that the la Company has gone to Prague for their new star, Lyds Baarova,

in "Bacarole.”- Slavonic types it appears, are still able to charm the Germans.

on picture audiences "It Hap in which many enemy officers en pened One Night" and "Lady For tered. He ordered all to fire a

new film has been salvo at the house, figuring that who will play bailed in many quarters as the if they killed many generals at once the enemy would take fight But Cardinal Orinst, one of the de Medicis, took Clement aside and argued "against "it.

comedy successor to these now: famous film masterpieces with

million. more laughs and & TO- mantic angle that is entrancingly novel!

FAMOUS

"If we kill so many generals at In the large star-studded sup-once the rabble will be without a MASTER porting cast are included such leader," he argued, "whereupon perennial favourites of the stage nothing can stop it from sacking and screen as Walter Connolly, this palace and putting an end to Roscoe Karnay Ralph Forbes, Char-ua"

TO PIPE OR NOT TO PIPE

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London, Jan, 29. The Scots Guards proud posses- of the Prince of Wales's bagpipe tune, had great difcuity in placing pipers on their esta- blishment.

To-day's presentation of "The

The regiment had no pipers at Lodger," "at the. Star Theatre, in- troduces

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes first, except those maintained at popular story

of the captains of in modern gulse. the expense Cinematographic technique has companies:

ing

progressed considerably since "The Indeed. when Sergeant Evan Lodger" was produced as a slient Henderson was sent to the Crimea film. The adaptors have kept in as pipe-major in 1853 with five

the esta mind the desirability of present-pipers he was not on

the many incidents from blishment. When he paraded in angles which are different from London and at Windsor he was. the original version. Full ad- burlesqued by "Punch." So an vantage has been taken hot only inspecting officer demanded the by them but by Maurice Elvey, withdrawal of pipera: K who directed the picture, of the advantage of sound in the pre- sentation of a thome the mysticiam of which has to be "closely preserved.

They were restored on appeal by Queen Victoria

Yet 12 years later the Adjutant- general intervened against them again.

Scots in the regiment organised an opposition which made him withdraw his ban

Not until 1928 did the pipers, officially get heather bonnets, which were presented to both battalions by the King

The story itself deals with a mystic. figure who comes to the Metropolis during a period when a series of brutal and inexplicable murders is outraging public opinion by the immunity of the murderer from arrest. The deeds are committed with impunity, and the police are glad to accept the assistance of a police official from get that he is the central figure a foreign state, where it is be- In the unfolding of a strange lieved that the perpetrator is a drama, and from the entangle- maniac musical genius, addiments of which he cannot i free

* Maurice Elvey has developed the himself, is mystical angles so cleverly that He is ably seconded by Elizabeth the spectator, though - having a Allan, A W Baskcomb Barbera wider outlook than the Buntings, Everest and Jack Hawkins, who

Is held in suspense, Ivor Novellos i give this Twickenham Film Btudios. interpretation of the mystical { production a really

character of the lodgers is said to convincia:

be fascinating in its sincerity The Lodger"" is in Never for a moment does he for-worth-while enterta

"I saw you, Benvenuto," he cried, "I saw you below and know that you overheard my talk with his Holiness, you also heard him agree with the that the house was not to be fred upon. You have doubtless done something that will end in the death of, all of us, but to make sure that you do not escape, you shall be hanged

once!"

les Levision, Dale Fuller, "Edgar. Now Benvenuto, going below to Kennedy, Etienne Ciradot, who order up more ammunition, heard created the famous character, of all of this. Without a word heat the religious lunatic in the origin- went up, trained his guns" en' stage play, GIGI Parrish, the masse on this house and fired. A Wampas baby star, Billie Seward pillar in the courtyard crumbled and Snowflake. Howard Hawks and a corner of the house fell, directed

It's mense! A role that comes once in an actor's lifetime!

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| causing dire destruction there.

At once Cardinal Orinsi rushed up, white with rage.

Now Bentenuto seems to have "taken altogether too much upon himself and in those days when i a'. Cardinal "ordered hanged, he was hanged. Don't misa "to-morrow's exciting chap

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Te perfand time! -

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`proves again

YOU CAN'T WINI

Otto Kruger Karen Morley" Nils Asther

Judith Wood William Frawley

Directed by John Roberton, Marian

GCooper, executive prodircis?

2KO

RADIO

Picture

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IRENE DUNNE

IN

· ALSO

ANN VICKERS" BAER AND CARNERA FIGHT"! "HAVE A HEART

Opening To-morrow At The Queen's

charm of Jean

Another "Cinderella story" has come true in Hollywood,

The youthful

for the Olympic Games, has car Parker, that little more than year and a half ago graced a poster.

ried her to the highest possible position in a screen career. She was recently given full star rating on the current Metro-Goldwyn-" Mayer season programme with Have A Heart" as her frat star- ring vehicle opening to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre.

This places Miss Parker in the distinguished group of star not- ables that includes Greta Garbo.. Violet Kemble-Cooper is a repre- Marion Davies, Norma Shearer. sentative of an even older theatri-Joan Crawford, Clark Gable Jean cal family in Great Britain.

family

Constance Collier represents

that dates back three generation in the theatre, to grandmother who was a Portuguese ballet dancer and brought her. ballet to England.

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fame for themselves include Dolores Chilirea of screen stars who won Costelle (Mrs. John Barrymore) and her sister Helene, daughters of Maurice Costello, the first screen matinee idol.

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Another great soreen idol of the past, Francis X. Bushman, is the father of Ralph Bushman.

Ann Dvorak is the daughter of Anna Lehr, once E reigning favourite among feminine stars of silent days.

Present Day Stars Theatrical families of note are represented by many present day stars.

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Mady Christians, Viennese star, is the daughter of the late Rudolph Christians, great Continental actor, and Bertha Klein, famous opera star. The theatre, in her ancestry, runs back several geners- tions.

Evelyn Laye, champagne blonde British star, is the daughter of Gibert Laye and Eva Stuert Froud, British actor and actress.

Jean Hersholt is the son of Henry and Claire Hersholt, dramatic stars of the Royal Theatre in Denmark JONA A

Philips Holmes the son of Taylor Holmes, famous stage star The Alarx Brothers, are descand ed from a grandfather who was A. Hungarian, magisian Their mother used to play the harp in his act

Constance Bennett is, of course, the daughter of the famous Richard Bennett.

Chester Morris is the son of that great American stage actor, William Morris, and himself onor played in variety as a magician.

George Marion and George Marion Jr. and the Nugents are other two-generation combinations

And that's not all. Jigg the comedy bull dog, is grandson of the original Jiggs

In Quoque

The golfers; excellent friends. who like so many players, enjo

pla

each other about their Just completed the course

place the

Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, William Powell, Maurice Chevaller, Constance Bennett and Gloria Swanson.

Supporting Miss, Parker in her :starring picture James Dunn as the male lead, with Una Merkel comedy highlights. and Stuart Erwin supplying the Others who have supporting roles include Muriel Evans as the "office vamp," Willard Robertson and Edward Brophy.

Produced by John Considine and? directed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Darf Butler, "Have A Heart is the love story of the year blend- ing youth, romance, pathos and comedy.

Oh, Well!

Friend: Doctor what is your favourite sport?

Doctor: Bleighing. Friend: Ah, but I mean "apart from business.'::

ALHAMBRAY

THE STREA

TO-DAY TO FRIDAY Edw. G. Robinson

The MAN WITH

TWO FACES

MARY ASTOR - RICARDO CORTEZ MAE CLARKE

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