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THE GILDED LILY
Three times are a charm-ar so hopes Ray Milland. hundsome young Englishman who Anally gets uls big chance at stardom as one of the male leads opposite Claud- ette Colbert in Paramount's "The Gilded Lily," opening the Central Theatre,
to-day at
Seeking a new personality for a leading part in "The Gilded Lily." Miss Colbert and Director Wesley Ruggles selected Milland on the basis of als performance "Menace" his latest picture for Paramount lot for a year, under-
oing a building up process.
Paramount, however, is the third major studio to make use of the young Englishman's talents. D1- rector Ruggles feels Milland has finally clicked and is headed for stardom.
...
In "The Gilded Lily"" Milland vies with Fred MacMurray for the affections of Miss Colbert. The picture. which Wesley Buggles directed, is a light and frothy comedy of a girl who did not want to marry a millionaire but almost did in spite of herself. c. Aubrey Smith, Luis Alberni Edward Craven, Donald Meek and Grace Bradley are featured players in the supporting cast.
THE FIREBIRD
3.
"The Firebird" the sensational Broadway stage success of a sea- son ago; has Anally made its way
to the screen in a flaming picture
:
to
by Warner Bros, and is scheduled be shown at the Central Theatre on Sunday.
The picture, based on the play by Lajos Zilahy, carries one of the most novel and unusual romances, as well as being one of the most, powerful emotional dramas of the day. The theme evolves about, the 'strange and fatal fascination ex- erted by a popular, although un-
4 SHOWS
2.30.5.19
7.15--18.30
MUSIC IN THE AIR.
John Boles has a greater respect for the British than he ever had before and all because he plays the part of a rather vain Bavarian opera ginger in "Music in the Air." The picture will arrive at the King's Theatre on Saturday.
The role, among other require- ments, calls for Boies to wear a monocle throughout the picture. Thinking this was an easy taak,
he ignored suggestions that he practise the art beforehand, and not until a day or so before film- ing began did he try wearing a glass.
After taking a casual glance at himself in a mirror, he hurried home and spent several feverish hours with the innocent-looking ornament until he could insert it easily.
"There's
diabolic something about a monocle," Boles claims. Put it in a fraction too tightly, and it pulls the lower eyelld down. about two inches and gives one the And appearance of a dying fish.
if it isn't quite tight enough.11 falls out in the middle of one's of dialogue most important bit which "doesn't look so well on the screen either.
Gloria Swanson shares the lead- ing honours with Boles in this screen version of the famous operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935
LAST. TWO-DAYS
AT
2.30.5.10.7.15) & 9.30 P.M.
•KINGS
SHE'LL BREAK YOUR HEART WITH HAPPINESS
المنية اللاس
ANNE
OF
GREEN GABLES
Wah ANNE SHIRLEY"
#s "Anne"
TOM BROWN
O. P. HEGGIE HELEN WESTLEY „Basal uden the dsek by L. Mil. Mentzomery
published by to Ĉ Page & Co. Inc."
DOUBLE DOOR PRETTY PICTURE
Makes Excellent Entertainment
Sir Guy Standing who will ever be remembered by Alm fans for the splendid way in which he
Stone
The played Colonel Lifes of a Bengal Lancer" is with us again, this time in an entirely different role. The picture con- cerned is "Double Door," the.. cur- rent atraction at the Queen's Theatre, which tells the story of the Van Brett household in the aristocratic quarters of New York. scrupulous, actor over a beautiful The leading role, that of an iron- young girl
Richardo Corlez has the role of an egotistical and insufferable actor who first attempts to lure the mother into a clandestine af- fair. and upon falling, turns his attentions to the daughter. Verree Teasdale has the part of the mo- ther who tries to sacrifice her own' reputation and her very life to shield her daughter.
TAKE ANY TRAMOR MARRY VALLEY BUR
ORIENTAL
LAST
4 TIMES TO-DAY
VAUDEVILLE
3 DANCING
SILVER STREAK'S AND A. ENSATIONAL PICTURE
PAUL MUNI
"THE
in
WORLD CHANGES
A First National Picture
with vast cast of 26 STARS!
willed and erratic spinster. is taken by Mary Morris who in the picture tries to bend everybody
With Pretty Star",
The current attraction at the King's Theatre is "Anne of Green Gables" and when it is said that the picture is every inch as pretty as the title, one may imagine what
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SATURDAY
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Music in the Air
PREVIEW
David Copperfield
David Copperfield, a production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scrupul- ously talihim to the book, should not be missed by any ·lover of Dickens, and is as near to being
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:-
HONG KONG
*Anne of Green Gables"
: QUEEN'S:—
"Double Door*
ORIENTAL:-
"The World Changes' CENTRAL:-
"The Gilded Lily"
KOWLOON
MAJESTIC:-
"Bulldog Drummond Strikes!
Back
ALHAMBRA.—
"jew Suss"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Music In The Air"
QUEEN'S
"David Coppeṛield”
ORIENTAL
"Death on The Diamond" "Mandalay"
"Dude Rangers”
"Student Tour"
"Circus Clown"
ALHAMBRA:------
"The Gided Lily***
CENTRAL:--
"The FirebirdTM
it is like. The story is perhaps critic-proof as any picture could STAR AND
familiar to us all but in spite one. The settings and the detail
it we will also enjoy screen version of it. Anne Shirley is the heroine (as a red-haired orphan siri)" and she is sent to the home of a middle-aged bachelor and his spinster sister who rather expected the orphanage to send along a boy. They are not unnaturally disappointed but Uttle Anne worms Into their hearts and her way
ngs them both the happiness for which they had so long sought. (at least everybody connected with
Then there is the story of her the household) to her every wish. So determined Is she
love affair to have everything to her liking that she murdering the attempts bride of her half brother but just at this stage things take a drama- tic turn;
even
with her schoolboy beau, a part played splendidly by Tom Brown and though the pic- lure has its lighter moments it is to story which cannot fall touch the heart of young and old alike.
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ROAD WANGHAI
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TO-MORROW
& SATURDAY THE BIG SPORTS COMEDY
THRILLER AND ANOTHER BIG VAUDEVILLE SHOW
DEATH ON THE
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PRICES MATINEES 20 cts.-30 ets —————EVENIRGS 20 cts.-35 ets.-55 ets.
1,500 SHOTS A MINUTE GUN
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NEW FILM PRODUCED BY
A SCOT
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Gougow, Apr. 6.
London, April 8. electric machine-gun, cap-
A film of special interest, "The able of firing up to 1,500 rounds a
song of Celyon," of which a Scot, minute, has been invented by Pri-
Mr. John Grierson, was producer, vate James Bagnall, of the 2nd
was included yesterday afternoon Battalion of the Royal Warwick-
performance in Edinburgh shire Regiment, stationed at In-
under the auspices of Edinburgh kerman. Barracks, Woking."
"Specifications of the gun are al-in Guild. The alm was being ready being sought by two foreign Powers,
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But Private Bagnall is in quandary, "me.imes," he said last night wish I had never thought of it. It seems to bring nothing but trouble."
He has submitted his prelimin ary specifications to the War Of- fice, but, being a serving soldier, he finds that there is little pro- spect of making much out of his Invention.
he
Fearing foreign espionage, keeps some of his plans in a strong room at a bank.
shown in Scotland for the first Line, and one of the audience was the producer himself.
In four sections thé Alm grá- shically presents one with a rich pression of the native cultural background and abiding tradition- characteristics, off-setting con- 4c. with the modern world,. An example of the novel technique:
and strong subtlety employed to achleve an artistic expression of the life of a people may be taken Irom the third section. While pid- Torially one is shown the natives working at their own pace and in their own fashion, the sound track conveys influence of the West
He said a combine of four busi- ness men from the north had of- fered him "£1,000 for a half share"" rough a subdued recital of Stock In his invention, but a legal hitch Exchange prices, radio reports, in- prevented the scheme from deve-voiced letters, etc. This absorbing
film is directed by Basil Wright.
loping.
The young couple are played by Kent Taylor and Evelyn Venable who make a good team and but for the fact that it will spell all your fun when you go to the Queen's (and you must for "Dou- ble Door" is sure to please). I will tell you all about Sir Guy's part. At the risk of being accused of plagiarism, however, I will say that this is "one of the pictures which must be seen to be appre- ciated."-F. Mela.
TWO PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
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I hear that the prospective National Conservative candidate for the North-Eastern Division of Derbyshire, in succession to Mr. Jardine Whyte, the retiring mem- per, will be Mr. H. B. T. Cox,writes a correspondent.
Another vacancy in the ranks of candidates has also just been fill- ed. Mr. Morgan Crofton, the son of Sir Morgan Crofton, is to succeed Col E., W. Lascelles as National Conservative candidate in Colne Valley, Lord Snowden's old seat.
The new candidates have youth on their side. Mr. Cox is 26 and Mr. Crofton 27.
TO-DAY
ONLY
The book has ranked amongst best sellers for the past twenty-six years but after those who have not yet read the book have had a look at the picture, it may be safe to say that more coples will make their way into our homes.
"Anne of Green Gables" is a very human story; it is something which may happen to any of us and because it serves' to show us something.of human nature, you must see it at the ever-popular King's Theatre.-3.A.R.
Athletes Both They are also both athletes. "Mr. Cox was Captain of Games at Eton, and shone at the Field, and wall Games and as an oar.
Both are boxers. Mr. Cox won the welter-weights at Eton, while Mr. Crofton acquitted himself well in last year's amateur champion- ships, Mr. Crofton, in addition, plays for the LZ., 1st XI and for the M.C.C. 2nd XI.
Mr. Crofton was at Sandhurst and in the Hampshires. Mr, Cox since leaving Eton has travelled all over Europe and the United States, working in every type of factory and bank. His knowledge of in- dustrial and commercial matters is therefore unusually 'wide.
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work are excellent and it is a de- lightful experience to watch the Dickensonian scenes come to life, one after the other just as one had imagined them. Usually in films the characters of ‘a Dickens story have been exaggerated but here the miracle. is accomplished There are with apparent ease. more than a dozen performances of amazing fidelity and complete-
ness.
Edna May Oliver is the dead spit of Aunt Betsey Trotwood and nobody could be more like Micaw- ber than W. C. Fields. Elizabeth Allan as Mrs. Copperfield, Bazil Rathbone 'as Aintlike Mr. Murd- stone, Madge Evans' gentle Agnes John Buckter's honest Ham and
several others. All these might have stepped straight out of the book. At the same time the whole
would produción
have" falled without Freddie Bartholomew to make the childish emotions and sufferings of Copperfield the Eng- Ish boy wonder from Wiltshire, vividly real. His performance is not just a parade of juvenile pre- cocity; his restraint, his careful timing of dramatic emphasis, his clear detion and his sensitive res- onse to the adult players with whom he appears, stand out in striking contrast to the average American acreen child. The char- acter is carried on excellently 13- ter by Frank Lawton
The public should take the op- bortunity of seeing and hearing on the screen a first class Dickens production and all lovers of the author should not fail to go. It is first class opportunity for those who have studied Dickens to re- fresh their memories and see the
fe book practically come to F.L.M.
'Ow Orrible ... Complaining Customer: "That lawn mower I bought last summer has a rusted."
Hardware
Merchant: "Maybe that's because there's so much due on it."
QUEEN'S
År 2.30, 5.10
7.20 & 9,30
P.M.
NEW PRICES! A 2.30 5.10 & 7.20-81.10, 70 cts, 40 cts. & 20 ots.
Servicemen in: Uniform to Stalls-55 eta..
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Paramount Picture with EVELYN VENABLE KENT TAYLOR
STANDING
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· At 2.30, 5 29.7.20 9.20 ̊ P.E.
The NEW ADVENTURES of Bulldog Drummond
Pombal COLMON
BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK
with LORETTA YOUNG
which does not give me the right,
FILM to refuse any story or part that I
COMPANY
£10,000 Hollywood
Offer
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London, Apr. 3. Film star Jessie Matthews has quarrelled with Gaumont-British to whom she has been under con- tract since 1932. She has just re- turned from a holiday' ini Spath with her husband, Sonnie Hale, and to-day told me that reports that she has signed a new con- tract with Gaumont-British are untrue, writes a correspondent.
Mlas Matthews said to-day....
I did not receive the actual contract until a few weeks ago, and I at once saw that it contain- ed several clausea which I was not prepared to agree to
"The most objectionable is that
do not like. I insist on that right, and there the matter stands.
Settlement Efforts
"My representatives have been trying to settle the question while I have been away, but without success. I have had several offers to play in American talkies since the success of "Evergreen" in the United States, and am considering them. One of these offers is for £10,000 a film and no restrictive clauses.
"I wish you would also con- tradict the statement that I have said that if I go to Hollywood my husband
must have a contract Sonle and Tare able to stand on our own, and he is convinced that his style is not suitable for the Americans. He is under contract to Gaumont-British.
But, of course, I should not like to go to Hollywood without Son- nie.
I understand that Miss Mat- thews has one more picture to make for Gaumont-British under her old contract.
THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW AT THE
CENTRAL
NÄTHAN. ROAD. KOWLOON CAR PARK: 'DIRECTLY, OPPOSITE.
&
QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL CAR PARK: JERVOIS STREET
ALHAMBRA
THEATRES
THE TWO FIRST 'Hún Thratums at the MOST POPULAR PRICES (To Central take Buses No. 4 of ♪ going West, Booking at Montrie's)
CENTRAL ALHAMBRA
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY at-2.80, 6.16, 7.20 & 8.30 pm.
Orchids to you Claudette Colbert
for giving is another picture every bit as delightful as Hop pened, Oxa Night" | Kénink „Zukur, prsounte
landette COLBERT
The GILDED LILY
Paramount Fidera wik FRED'MIMURRAY: PLAY, MILLAND C ́AUBREY SMITH EDWARD GRAVEN
WELLETERUGGLES
TO ALL SHOWS -- Popular Prices: Dress Circle $1.10 Back Stalls 55 ets.; Front Stalls 85 ets.
SUND
stars in-
jos Zilahy IRLBIRD
TO-DAY TO SAT: RDAY at 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 £ 9.20 p.m. A Gaumont-British Picture
CONRAD VEIDT
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will Gerald du Maurier Beolta Home. Frank Vosper Cedric Hardwicke TO ALL SHOWS Loge 31.50; Dress Circle $1.00 Bick Circle 70 cts; Back Stalle 60 ets. Middles lalla 35 ets: FrontStalls 20 eta.
~~ SUNDAY "THE GILDED LILY
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