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ALL THE KING'S 'HORSES
Comedy, songs, spectacle' and romance in a hilarious story of royal lovers makes Paramounts "All the King's Horses," which comes to" the Alhambre and Central Theatres on Saturday, one of those pictures nobody can afford to miss, Introducing Mary Ellis, lovely singing star of the stage, to the American flm public it stars Carl, Brisson and features Edward Everett Horton, Katherine DeMille and Eugene Pallette in the principal supporting roles.
THE FIREBIRD
Ricardo Cortez,, who has one of the stellar roles in the Warner Bros. production, "The Firebird," which is showing for the last time to-day at the Alhambra Theatre, **the is known in Hollywood as
He
man of a thousand deaths.". has been killed for film purposes oftener than any other actor.
Ever since the suave actor launched upon his screen carcer under the handicap" of being dark and bandsome, he has been called upon to portray rules which "in-
to his variably led up
cinema
Based on the play of the same name which enjoyed successful { demise. runs in New York and Chicago. "All the King's Horses" is the story of the king who lost his because he wore an ancestral beard and spent his time In conferences instead of at his lady's side.
queen
The king secures a double to All his throne and hurries off to Vienna to learn about lite, love and galety-hoping to surprise his spouse. But, while he is away, the queen returns and falis" in love with the embarrassed and agitated double.
This tantalizing comedy situa- tion is finally resolved when the king and queen are happily re- united on thel: second honeymoon in Vienna...
MYSTERY WOMAN.
Described by pre-view commenta, ths as one of the most ingenious melodramas produced in Holly wood in many months, the Eox. ilus pluction, Mystery Wo-
Away from the screen Cortez is
itim In direct contrast to his portrayals. He is quiet, earnest, sincere. He is an actor who con- centrates on his career and who strives constantly to improve in his acting technique....
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1935.
SHOWING TO-DAY
CATER 2.30.5.10, 7.15) & 9.30 PM..
OKINGS
[THE FIRST MRS.
FRASER
WITH HENRY AINLEY.* JOAN BARRY DOROTHY DIX HAROLD HUTH A British Picture
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"Very few films ozoite such lively comments as The First Mrs. Fraser' The Mammoth Night Club with laborata Cabaret is handled after the Drury Lane fuahion".—SUNDAY GRAPHIC,
"MENACE"
The picture is a thrilling and Thriller At Central
-most unusual drama of the love life of a beautiful young girl, in addition to the mysterious murder of the famous actor.
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THE FIRST MRS. FRASER
In these days especially, it will come as a relief to know that the British Film Industry is able to provide employment to many people engaged in a number of professions.
Sterling Film Co. Ltd., producers of "The First Mrs. Fraser," em- ployed 300 carpenters, painters and electricians, etc., for the purpose of erecting a huge cabaret set which covered the entire floor of the spacious studios. These men utan, featuring Mona Barrie, worked in day and night shifts Gilbert Roland, Juhi Halliday and
to complete the set in readiness Rod LaRocque will be seen at the for the hundreds of extras, to- King's Theatre beginning an Wel-gether with the principal artists who were taking part in this
elay.
Mystery Woman" is a story of as gallant wife's struggle to clear her husband from disgrace. Writ- ten by Dudley Nichols, one of the creen's ablest authors, in col Iaboration with E. E. Paramore, dr, it was turned into seript form
Philip MacDonald who has authored the "Charlie Chan" my tery Sinus sine: the death of Earl Der Biggara,
scene.
Everything was chosen with the desire to make The First Mrs. Fraser" a British production which would challenge any Aim yet produced in America or elsewhere.
"The First Mrs. Freser." is now showing at the King's Theatre.
DAVID COPPERFIELD
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Mona Barrie, headed straight for stardom in the opinion of Holly- wood's 'ablert probets, has the best role she has played on the screen
No auccessful author shouli Lass as the courageous wife; and that more than half his time in Holly- ane actor, John Halliday, appears word. Screen writing is too ex- 45 the arch criminal. Rad haustive, Hugh Walpole, distin- British novelist. con- LaRocque, making his first film guishel -appearance after three years of re-tributed that word of advice to tirement broad, is cast as the his brether of the pen after writ
ing the adaptation of “David Cop- husband,
porfeld," Charles Dickens' bust known and beat loved story which is the current attraction at the Queen's Theatre.
THE CONSTANT NYMPH
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Screen work is the hardest 1 ever have attempted," Walpole said have been astonished at the lengths to which the studios go tu make their pictures not only absolutely authentic, but highly entertaining. Three ouths in Hollywood in infinitely more hausting than a year of a novelist's regular work."
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"Menace," now showing at the Central Theatre is a murder mystery which lovers of thrills should make a point to see.
unture.
Lalike other pictures of this "Menace" affords the audience the opportunity of guess- ing the identity of the Gandish murderer, for although he figures prominently in the story's action and is often before the camera, he is not unmasked until the startling climax is reached.
Although the plot at times gets, rather complicated which could not at all be avoided in a picture of such nature, it provides many
thrill by the sinister methods of the murderer, with the result that those who like this type of picture will Gud it quite entertaining.
In all there are seven people, including two women, who may very well be the killer, but the complications are so nicely ar- ranged that the audience is kept guessing until almost the end. when the revelation is as startling as the methods used by the mur- derer. >
Gertrude Michael and Paul Cavanagh who have the leading roles give creditable performances, while the supporting cast which includes John Lodge, Montagu Love, Henrietta Crossman, Berton Churchill and Robert Allen helped in no small measure towards the
uccess of the picture.--S.A.R.
DOT-AND-DASH MACHINE
WONDER
(Special Aly Mail Service)
London, April 18.
A remarkable machine, which gives alphabetical reception of special dot-and-dash signals trans- mitted by radio, has been invented.
It resembles a moderately sized camera, and is worked off electric mains. At a demonstration in the London office of Messrs. Siemens Sent from Schuckert, a message Berlin came over the tape of the instrument.
"The Constant Nymph the Gaumont-British picture directed by Basit Dean, based on Margaret Kennedy's famous novel, is a con- baut favourite. There is little need to recapitulate a story which through the medium of stage and screen is familiar to most Suffi cient it is to say that the subject matter if this picture brings laughter and tears in its presenta- tion of the story of the luckless Tessa, of her steadfast love for no less than sixty-ava stars and considerable, the reception was featured players in tha major excellent. It is impossible for a roles. Among then are such out-wrong letter or word to be printed
W. C. by this machine. standing favourites as
"David Copperfield" which had
the advantage of the personal work Although in the heart of London, of the distinguished Walpole, has where
electrical interference
is
Lewis Dodd, and her eventual death in a Brussels garret. Vic toria Hopper, whose brilliant per formance De Tessa is of a very Fields, Lionel Barrymore, Edna Several of the machines are in high order plays the role with a May Oliver, Madge Evans, Mau- use on the Continent whimsicality that berders 00 reen O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Allan, pathos Brian Aherne is Lewis Herbert Mundin, Basil Rathbone, Dodd, while Leonora Corbett plays Hugh Williams Reland Young and
"the role of Florence Dodd.
The
scenes in the Austrian Tyrol were filmed at the exact spot where the Story was written
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many more.
MANDALAY
There is no more romantic place in the world than the Far East. Clash of two philosophies as far! apart as the poles, that of the
AFTER OFFICE HOURS
Lavish settings, dre portant feature of "After Office Hour" NEW Metro-Goldwyn white race and the native, has Mayer production co-starring | stirred the imagination of writers Clark Gable and Constance Ben- nett and scheduled as the Sunday attraction at the Queen's Theatre. In line with the ranking of the two celebrated, stars, Cedric Gib- Bons, M-O-Mart director, built Когцесря ""penthou
race and the natives. "The most colourful spot in the Far East is Burma The Burnese, a race apart from the Hindus with whom they are generally classed a proud,
1 settings depicting by the uniformed, are
boathouse-something cultured, upright, intelligent new in bachelor homes a night club people, far "aperior to the languid, natives usually lone in nautical design, and procrastinating" various interiors fashioned after found in the tropics the homes of New York notables.
Burma supplies the colourful setting. for "Mandalay," the First National production, featuring Kay Finels with Richardo Cortez, Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot.
The story of "After Olice Hours" is that of a society murder in Park Avenue where the audience sees. the murderer cornmitting the crime and then watch a skilled "investiga- tür unravel the mystery and brings the murderer to justice. Clark Gable turns in a dawless per- formance as a managing editor and his socialite reporter is played by Misa Bennett. The two leading players are ahly supported by a cast including Billie
JACK DOYLE MARRIED
Ban Diego, Calif., April 30. The marriage has taken place Burke, of the boxer, Jack Doyle, and the
Stuart Erwin, Harvey Stephens, fim actress, Judith Allen. Katharine Alexander and others,
Reuter
SHOWING
TO-DAY
DISNEY'S NEW IDEA
News of important development at the Walt Disney studios rea- ches, from Hollywood, Disney is reported to be thinking out a cartoon, Snow-White and the Seven Little Dwarfs, which will be as long as the average dra- matic feature fim, but will be made, like Suly Symphonies, in Iull Technicolour. The Cartoon king has toyed with similar ideas in the past. He seems to be set- lous about it this time,
He admits it will be an exper- tence, a risky one, too, for it will cost about £30,000 and may not "click." But if it does he will produce at least one full length cartoon, not necessarily à comedy, each year. More than one if the pubile approves and practical difficulties can be overcome.
At present the workshop of Mr Walt Disney "is at full pressure. The studios are seven cartoons behind schedule, and each sub- ject means several weeks hard work.
It is a solemn thought that Dis- ney probably would never have been able to make such miniature masterpieces as "The Goddess of Spring," and. "The Tortise and the Hare" without the income ne der- ives - from Mine tale of Mickey Mouse dolls and toys,
The Walt Disney Enterprises Company, formed to exploit these reproductions and Mickey and Minnie Mouse and other chara- ters from the cartoons, brings in more money than is derived, from the exhibition of flims, And the revenue goes into production of more and better cartoons which would not other wise be a paying proposition Commerce, in other words has once again come to the ald of Art.
MOVIE NEWS
Walter Mycroft Directors of Production to BIP." announces that Miss Lilian Harvey, who has been signed to star in three-plc- tures at Elstree during the nert tures months, has arrived in England.
It is understood that Miss Har- vey is being paid a record šalary for a British company.
Miss Harvey will take a holiday in Switzerland before commen- cing on her first picture in Eng- land.
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Miss Harvey's first film for BIP. Will be "Invitation to the Dance," which will include We-
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE Tac. No. 25918 25932
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MONA BARRIE
GILBERT, ROLAND
WRONG DATE
On Byrd's Letters
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, April 18. Over 50,000 American stamp sol- lectors are up in arms over an unfortunate alip made by the Postmaster of Admiral Byrd's South Polar expedition, Mr. Leroy Clark, of Cambridge, Massachu- setts, who had charge of all the Antarctic mali.
Disturbed in his duties by such handicaps as frozen obliterating ink and cold that numbed his Angers, Mr. Clark inadvertently cancelled a huge pile of letters entrusted to him with the date "January 31, 1934," whereas it should have been January 30, the day on which Adml. Byrd flew over the South Pole,
Dealers who had agreed to pay. the Admiral 2s for every letter, handled déclare that the error. rendered the envelopes valueless and complain that they are likely to lose thousands of dollars,
to
At the end of that time he had ́ not dealt with more than 8,000 of them. It was therefore decided to appeal Washington for a machine to do the work. This was despatched in due course, but once
more misfortune befell the project because the machine reached "Little America," "Admi. Byrd's headquarters, before the Post Office oficial who was to show Mr. Clark how to use it.
When the official arrived," how- ever, he found that Mr. Clark had made it work and had cancelled the remaining stamps in record time. Unfortunately he had re- peated the original error, dating them all January 31.
ber's famous "Invitation to the Waltz number.
The story of the film and the music has been written by Mr. Eric Maschwitz and Mr. George Fosford, who wrote the phenom-. nally successful "Goodnight Vien- na" film.
Carl Brisson, Paramount star, has sent orders to his London tallors to furnish part of the 30 changes of wardrobe, which in-" cludes twelve military and naval uniforms which he will wear in "All the King's Horses." Mary Ella international operetta star, will be his leading lady.
Coming to the Alhambra and Central Theatre on Saturday,
QUEEN'S
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No one but Charles "Dicken" "could have. written this tenderand moving love story. No one but M-G-M could have given it the mar- velous, star-studded production it cried out forl
DAVID
P.M
COPPERFIELD
With w sier oast of 86 players
MADOL EVANS DE LONA PRANE LAWTONDERELLAS
LIONEL BARRY
ELAVAN
LEWIS STOW'S VINSKOLA Directed by GEORGE COLOR SZÁROS MENT
YOUNG
7 Woodmen by David C). Sülendale
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The First, Mrs. Fraser" QUEEN'S:—1
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The Firebird"
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