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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

ARLISS AND AMBITION

"Seek Happiness. Not Fame," Great Character Star advises youth.

67th mile- Approaching the stone of a career marked by hard work and distinguished accom- plishment. George. Arilas believes the world is suffering Jargely from "too much ambition."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1935.

THILLS AND SPILLS

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

IN PICTURE

"Red Hot Tires" At

The Queen's

Dare-

devil stunis performed for the picture by nationally famous rucers, and in which six members of the cast participated caused even the most blase motion picture fun to gasp in amazement.

In addition to. unfolding a rea! hot romance, the new First Na- tional production, Red Hot Tires," Arliss is paying just such a man next change at the Queen's Thea- in his latest picture." "Cardinal tre depicts some of the most Richelleu." Darry) Zanuck's lavish thrilling automobile racing scenes production for 20th Century Pic-ever shown on the screen. tures, which is now at the King's Theatre. But in private life, the actor deplores excessive ambition. "A desire to work hard for the sake of doing a good job is better than ambition as a driving force," says Arliss. "From a desire for

The picture is fast in action. self-development, comes happiness-

with one melodramatic thrili fol- Ambition leads the other way."

"In my younger days, I had no lowing another to the smashing ambition either to make a lot of climax in which the hero wins a money, or to be famous. I mere-spectacular race by a hair with his ly wanted to become as good an sweetheart riding with him as his antor £5 my capabilities would mechanic. In addition to the race permit. To that end, I made the track thrills there is a sensational necessary sacrifices and performed court trial in which the "hero is' the necessary work. I spent ten convicted of wrecking the car and years in obscurity, but wasn't į killing a rival driver who is also unhappy or discontented-I was the rival for the love of a beautiful doing the thing I most wanted to girl, a fall break and man hunt du, regardless of the effort. That's for the

Lyle escaped prisoner. the secret of happiness."

Talbot, as a crack. auto racing driver, has one of his best roles In his career. Mary Astor, in the leading feminine role, that of a acsigner of racing cars and a fol- lower of the tracks, gives a sterling performance as the girl for whose love two daredevil racers literally battle to death.

"RED WAGON"'

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Based on Lady Eleanor Smith's famous novel of circus life, B.I.P's great film "Red Wagon." the first showing of which was attended by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, s¦. due at the Alhambra on Thurs- day

2 together as curiously plebald Most of the story is told against community, living near to romance beautiful country exteriors," to film, yet on the verge of stark tragedy. which B.I.P. unit travelled over Paul Stein, who directed the two thousand miles through Scot- pleture, is claimed to have made land, Ireland and Wales. It is a one of the most impressive drama- powerful tale of people of all tic. offerings, that has ever come, classes and all nations, clinging from Elstree.

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LEE TRACY Advice to the LOVELORN

A DARRYL F. ZANUCK Prodration with

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ELSA LANCHESTER IN WEIRD ROLE.

6.

Elsa Lanchester, noted Engilen actress, enacts the strangest role ever played by a woman in" "The Bride of Frankenstein,” the weirdly thrilling Universal drama with the formidable Karloff in the starring role.

of

In the original "Frankenstein" three years ago Karloff, the "Monster" of the story, was artin- cially created by half-mad scientist from parts of dead bodies, and in the present, sequel Miss Lanchester is similarly assembled" and brought to life in a crackling electrical laboratory as a mate for the strange creature.

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JACK

BUCHANAN

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in "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS

BALLET IN “DREAM”

Story Of Fantasy

Ballets are stories told by the medium of motion. Ferhaps the first mode of expression by primitive man, the dance is one of the most complex, despite its

Consequently. B origin.

great ballet is exceedingly difficult to execute and even more difficult to .conceive.

In Warner Bros. "A Midsummer to the Colony soon, there are two great ballets conceived by the producer, Max Reinhardt, and the two ¡omous ballerinas Nijinska and Thellade, These are the "Noc- turnal" and the "Scherzo,"

Night's Dream," coming

The "Nocturnal" is the story ofį the wood creatures who are only happy in the moonlight and who, desperately fight of the approach

of darkness.

The lovers in the story are asleep in the woods when sudden- ly Puck appears. heralding the approaching departure of the moonlight. Across the meadows comes Oberon, King of the Fairies. He stands in 惢 dark charlɔt. drawn by four black horses, his long plaited mantle stretching far behind him. Close to him file countless dark elves and night creatures, with white ecstatic faces.

DRAMATIC STRUGGLE

Darkness comes on, inexorably, and the ballet becomes an intense dramatic struggle. Then Darkness Itself, an awesome creature, wearing a dark, murky vell emerges from the woods and attempts to woo Thellade. She tries to fee, but he throws the vel over her and, at last, she's forced to succumb, The dark creature lifts her high-the Light fades from her, body and face-shadows recede from her out-stretched arms and she is swallowed up in darkness.

BREWSTER'S MILLIONS

IF

"Brewster's Millions," a rollick- ing British "musical" with Jack Buchanan and Illi Damita, in the leading parts, comes to the King's Theatre on Wednesday.

The original comedy, which had a. phenomenal run in the West End before the war. has, of course, been turned inside out in order to give Jack and his piatoons or giri friends ample opportunity to dis- play their respective talents to the cest advantage.

The settings range from the interior of a Mayfair mansion ro the marker square at colourful Ajaccio, Corsica, whither B. & D.'s chief cameraman went last sum- mer in order to get material for

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exact reproduction of the screen at Elstree

This set, which covered Len acres of the B. and D's studio at Elstree, was used for the specta- cular carnival in which a crowd of over 1,000. danced and made merry in true Corsican fashion. Thornton Freeland, who directed, considers this the "high spot" or the film.

QUEENS

THEATREENER

TO-DAY ONLY at 2,80, 5.15, 7.20 ₫ 9.80 P.M.

See for yourself O

THE NEW GLORY OF LIVING COLOR ON THE SCREEN!

NEW wondrous TECHNICOLOR

HOPKINS

Becky Sharp

FRANCES DEE

CEDRIC HARDWICKE BILLIE BURKE

ALISON SKIPWORTH

ROUBEN MAMOULIAN

PRODUCTION

DON'T MISS...THE BIGGEST EVENT IN MOTION PICTURES SINCE THE ADVENT OF SOUND":

Caur Ramaro and Maureen O'Sullivan

in "Cardinal Richelieu"

CARDINAL RICHELIEU

Even though George Arliss portrays the title role of "Cardinal Richelleu in the Darryl Zanuck production for 20th Century Pic- tures, at the King's Theatre, the star is still baffled by the man he impersonates.

Was Armand de Plessis whose fame

Cardinal Richelieu s written down in history in flaming letters a politican cloaked in the robes of ecclessiasm, or was he primarily a man of the church whose political Involvements, were

as

Incidental?.

Im novels, blographies and plays. various writers have pictured Richelieu as both bero and rogue, according to their interpretation of this red-bed genius who was the power behind the throne of Louis XIII of France.

George Arliss personally scanned

of

these

at least one hundred books An preparation for his portrayal of "Cardinal Richelleu." The result of His researches wis to Jet the Alm public

COLOUR SCHEME

1!

IN FILMS

The Designer's Task

With the coming of "colour in motion pictures, the Emited im- pressionism of the black and white screen becomes obsolete. No longer will it be possible, by

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S

Hong Kong .

"Cardinal Richelleu"

QUEEN'S:—

"Becky Sharp"

ORIENTAL:---

"Here Comes The Navy"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :-----

"8 Bells"

MAJESTIC-

"Charlie Chan In Egypt"

STAR:-

The Bride of Frankenstein"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Brewster's Millions"

ORIENTAL:-

"Advice To The Lovelorn":

clever shifts. to create a sense of SANATORIUMS IN

example

the genuine. The technicolour camera' photographs objects as they are. A fake of any kind is quickly recognized for what it is.

An excellent this is make-up. The heavy opaque make-up,

that is per- fectly satisfactory In black and white, looks heavy and lifeless to the colour camera, Fabric is another example, A cheap plece of material gives itself away im-

are

mediately in colour photography. Patterns and designs that unhappy combinations of colour are still unfortunate on the screen. It they are supposed to be the taste of discerning people. On the black and white screen line and cut of clothes determined their style. To-day the contourier of the films has to meet the demand" of colour and fabric. Silk must be silk, damask must be damask and velvet, velvet, or else it doesn't look like what it is supposed to

be.

THE ARCTIC

Healthiest Regions

In The World

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Oct 17. Sanatoriums in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, which would be only a few hours' flight from the civilised world, were foreseen by Mr Edward Shackleton, son of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, in a broadcast talk on Saturday.

MAJESTIC

——ETMBATRESS

NATHAN ROAD, KÓWLÓN FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30. 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.V.

WAS IT THE CURSE OF SEKMET,

ancient goddess of vengeance

or a case for Charlie Chan

CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT

WARNER OLAND

"PAT" PATERSON THOMAS BECK HITA CANSINO

and STEPIN FETCHIT as Chan's reflétant aldet

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S

ESCAPES

(Special Air Mail Services

· London, Oct 17. President Roosevelt has had a large number of narrow escapes even for these troubled times. when being important is certainly not a she.tered trade.

In 1933 a naturalised Italian named Joe Zangara fred six shots at him, wounding six persons, in- cluding Mr. Antor. Cermak, Mayor of Chicago. The President was uzinjured, but Mr. Cermak died from his injuries.

Shortly afterwards a bomb was sent to him through the past. Fortunately, the parcel containing the bomb fell from a mailbag and broke oper.

Then his yacht, Potomac,

got into serious difficulties in a storm. Yesterday his chauffeur unaccount- ably drove him to within a few inches of a 90001t. precipice.

Mr Shackleton was speaking of his experiences as leader of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, which arrived in Lon- Five per Cent, Premium don on Saturday after being nearly At one time Lloyd's did a "big. 16 months in the Arctic. He said business covering the risk of any- that the climate of the explored thing happening to him. regions was the healthiest in themium of five per cent. was asked against Mr. Roosevelt's death by

Robert Edmond Jones, designer for "Becky Sharp" the pioneer world. pictures at the Queen's Theatre to-day, full-colour daced

A pre-

It is not improbable "that in the assassination or accident. feature pro-years to come the Arctic and An- It is curious that dictators seem by Rouben Manioullah, tarctic regions will be only a cou-to live less hazardously than the shows motion pleture audiences, ple of hours' tight from the civil-democratically elected and, at least Miriam Hopkins and Frances Tee damask that is damask, and ised world, and sanatoriums will until recently. immensely popular

be established there, he said, In-President of the United States. exactly as they would look at an

Mussolini has been shot at only stead of going to Switzerland, auf- evening dansant.

ferers from lung trouble will be once, and then by an eccentric able to enjoy the day-long sun- Englishwoman; Stalin never; and light and the dry and germ-free Hitler, despite ingenious efforts on air of the Polar regions.

the part of his followers to un- earth a plot to assasinatę him,

to enjoy appears

n's secure

form its own conclusions to the A MEMORIAL TO

real character of the prelate. From the books he had read, he gathered as much truth as, in the mind of this distinguished actor, seemed sufficient to present the evidence. Buka

"Books on historical characters are inclined to be misleading to an actor," says Arliss

"In the cere of Richelieu, all writers agree upon his greatness as being due to his personal powers, but there are

many differences about the way he used those powers as there are books upon the man.

KING ALBERT

An Appeal By The Earl Of Athlone

the

THRILLING ADVENTURES

Mr Shackleton said that during existence as any suburban house

outward voyage they left a holder. propeller in mid-Atlantic. It was shattered by ice-floes, and easter- ly and northern gales nearly drove. them off their course.

From October to February they were without the sun, and 30 dogs dled through the winter blizzarda, food poisoning, or by being killed by their team mates. The real Eskimaux dog, he said, was always lone writes:-

tajor-General the Earl for Ath-Terocious as a dog, but was affec-

tionate to his human mastel

Mr Bhackleton, described sever

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Oct 17.

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This is the attitude with which make an appeal through the Presa In November last I ventured to

al thrilling adventures during the

I have approached my portrayal to all units and every branch of expedition. On one occasion an 'in "Cardinal Richelleu" He is the Army, Royal Air Force, the Ice-flo: on which shown in this picture in relation Colonial Forces,

to the dramatic events by which Service for the sum of £2,000 to be sed.

were some of and Women's the members of the party,collap- were crushed to men had narrow escapes. On another, occasion

he rose to greatness. The evid- devoted to placing & military death, and the

Six dogs

ence is presented and the public memorial to the late King Albert can decide for itself. its opinion of of the Belgians in Ypres Cathedral. thousands of tons of ice fell a few the man. That, I believe, is they committee now ask me to say fairest way to present & Kan that the necessary sum has been yards from where they were camp- around whom so much controversy closed. If, however, there should

obtained and that the appeal is ed. has been raised."

The party sailed from London in be same who still wish to sub- July, 1834, and a cable announcing scribe, their assistance will be very the complete success of their en- welcome, and any money so raised terprise was received a year later. will be used to provide a bed for the, use of a disabled ex-Service thern part of Ellesmere Land, had Grant Land, which is in the nor-

the company who were sailors"!

"bad

Man or nurse in St. Andrew's.

that mountains 10,000 feet in height had been discovered, and

The cast is a strong one includ-Dollis Hill, a hospital in which been penetrated. It was stated ing, besides Jack Buchanan and bis late Majesty took great in- Lil Damita, Fred Emney, Sydney terest Fairbrothers, Nancy O'Neil, Lan

I am glad to be able to say that valuable geographical discoverier McLean Allan Aynesworth and the work on the window is already had been made. :- Sebastian Shaw. Musical numbers in hand, and progress is quita are by Ray Noble and Douglas satisfactory. I am not, however,

yat in a position to name any date.

Furber,

She appears as a glantess, severi feet tall. with staring eyes, a shock of electricity charged hair, with two vivid grey streaks. her arms swathed in mummy bandages and wearing à trailing white shroud. She's unable to speak but can utter terrifying shrieks.

for completion. as the size of the dence, has been considerable, but Miss Lanchester really does Then the whole company, num.

window is 250 sq. ft.: there are the expense involved has formed double duty in this plcture, since bering more than a hundred, was

over 50 separate figures, as well as a very small percentage of the re she appears as the "female mon- taken for a trip round the Isle of

regimental and other crests and ceipts, largely owing to the fart ster" on in the final scene, and Wight in a 1,500 ton yacht, but it

The mistress of the house need-much detail. Further, it is very that the Ypres League have beep only in the frst scene plays the was no pleasure voyage for 'com- ed. some small ohange, and she satisfactory to be able to report diost kind in lending their head. an office and that all part of Mary Wollstonecraft Shel- plicated dance numbers on the called out to the maid in the that the response has been very quarters A

authoress of the spine decks, bridge and look-out cabins kitchen, Mary, have you any copwidely spread and that all the the secretarial work has been done

money has come in in comparative on a purely voluntary basis. chilling book, Frankenstein," had to be shot in spite of choppy pers down there?"

ly small sums from al ranks of I should like, if I may, to take "The Bride of Frankenstein," how seis which sometimes made "Yes 'm-two," faltered Mary, those Services to which I made my this opportunity to thank all those ever, is an original story by John footholds precarious. This lasted "but they're my cousins, please. appeal. Inevitably the work en- who have helped to make this appeal L, Balderston and William Hurlbut. a week to the disgust of those of m'm."

tailed, particularly in correspon- 'n success.

ley.

Confession

Spirit of 35

Stranger "How old is your little baby brother?"

Little Girl"He's a this year's model."

ALNAMBRA

BILSTEL

OPENS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

It's women lasti

To hell withi chivalry.......when [mutiny rides

the seas!

Ann Gotturn 8 BELLS

RALP31

with

JOHN

BELLAMY BUCKLER

firected by GROY WILLIAM NEILL

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

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