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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932.

CINEMA "SHOTS" AND “SEQUENCES"

LUPINO IN "THE LOVE RACE”

A RIOTOUS FILM

MOST COMIC BRITISH COMEDY HONGKONG HAS YET SEEN

SPANISH PICTURE AT KING'S A FINE ENTERTAINMENT

NOTES AND COMMENTS BY “CELLULOID”

ex- necom-

Á VISIT to the Queen's Then, the biggest laugh from the most tre yesterday has turned me ridiculous situation. Jack Hobbs domesticated, and recipes, in-s brilliant In support, and variably proving of use in some! ceedingly able work is

the girls. Dorothy form or another, inspire me to plahed by

Boyd, Dorothy Bartlam 2331 offer one as an antidote for Florence Vie. Another person- temporary, but current, fit of ality-almost a comedy in himself the Blues. Take two hours of—is Arty Ashe, who gets delight- Stanley Lupino, Ditto Jack fully drunk. Wallace Arthur' is Hobbs, mix well with Frank another success. The picture is Perfitt, Wallace Arthur, Arty showing to-day and to-morrow, Ash, and any other West End and to miss it is missing one of comedian and/or commedienne the best shows of the year. such as Dorothy Bartlam and

THE Creator obviously meant

Florence Vie, stir gently into many of His more or less articu-| celluloid with the assistance of late creatures to keep their mouths a camera, and there you have hat. Ballet-dancers, pencocks, The Love Race, the nectar of some women and many writers all unti-depression cocktails, and artists suggest themselves, Į

offhand, as being in this category.

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ALL of which may sound rather Charlie Chaplin is worth over mixed both in metaphor and in million sterling to-day because he life. fact, but the result is the same has done it all his screen. It means

merriment-last night The Passionate Plimber, which the laughter was almost danger- comes to the Queen's on Sunday,

CURRENT SHOWS.

King's.."Pald to Love" Queen's.."The Love Race" Majestic "Nice Women" Oriental "Don't Bel Women"

On

Central "ndio Patrol" Star.."Life of the Party"" Talping."The Big Pond"

SUNDAY.

King's Congořilla"

"The Passionate

"Heaven on

Majestic.."High Treason" Taiping.."To-day"

Queen's ..

Plumber"

Oriental

Earth"

touches to add interest to Hell Divers did not detract one

Iota

from the alm of the production,

the

which plainly was to tell world how good the U.S. air force 12.

THOSE camera shots! At times

OUR BRITISH. CROSSWORDS

Across

1 In this English town a car.

should guide you hither.

A product of Bedlam walked here.

Fish about a distorted bush 10 fine one form of poor man's enrriage.

10 A drauglit to

Rotind of it. Discase.

11

14

atop from the

13 Mostly seen on the stage.

This

markot isn't a hundred miles from Charing CroaS. 16 Innak rendered him compleat. 19 Shorten (anag). 20 AR

'you can spell it backwards, It ought to start sued.

I forgot the story and found my- self wondering just how the photo- graphers had managed to rig thoso their cameras to obtain close-ups of wheels alighting on carriers at sea or the sharp prow ploughing through the breakers. I gave up the attempt, content to sit back and appreciate camera beat. Curiously work at its

were enough, a fow of the shots disappointingly amateurish and obvious fakes, but these, to-gether with the trite dialogue, oft-repeat-21 It ed story and only adequate acting. faded away in the light of the maskee the dialogue,superior photography.

"CHNOZZLE" JIMMY DURANTE, one of America's leading come- diana is starring with Buster Keaton, in the humourist's Intest picture to come to Hongkong "The Passionate Plumber". It opene

osion at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.

ously explosive-for as long as stresses the truth new. It has a to attend to the destruction of his seeing, the picture continues and that, promising litte for a bedroom deplorable friend. There le a which is probably very tripe. incidentally is not long enough farer, and the plat offers plenty crockery-throwing act towards the Frankly is what consider the of openings for comic aituations end which symbolises the whole most spontaneously funny British rene Purcell, looking even more show-it is violent, unoriginal, a comedy Hongkong has yet enjoyed, seductive than she did in The Man trifle noisy and expensive.

It is riotous entertainment from in Possession, wants to

success.

are they

bo

pro-

Bel-

"HELL DIVERS" which occupied

the screen at the Queen's earlier in the week was, to my

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Yankee

REMOVAL NOTICE.

WING HING CO.

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METALS

the opening "shot," which shows teeted from the advances of Gil- "PAID TO LOVE," or, to give mind, nothing more or less than the inimitable Lupino in a similar bert Koland, a gigolo, to whom she is its original title, lay the Hollywood version of how

We beg to notify the Public state, to the final fade-out, which is attracted by the baser elements Casar al Principe, is, in Hong-documentary film should be pro-

we have removed from is glorious slap-stick.

in her nature. She gives a stray kong, one of those might, ar might duced. It set itself out, right that plumber the job of leading her not, films. Which by way of ex-from the opening dedication, to 14, Queen's Road. Central, 'to

Buster Keaton plays. "THE LOVE RACE" is a picture admirer off.

Navy, and it did that with the by Stanley Lupino, and adapted the plumber. While he is silent planation zueans that being all-glorify "the eyes of the U.S. 18. D'Aguilar Street.

Spanish in dialogue and music

And fortissimo pedal down hard. from his brilliant musical comedy he is a funny as anyone could (but typically American in

E14 The most amazing part be in the circumstances; he is one tinge), it is bound to be viewed matter how much about it is that most of the sinp of the world's great pantominists. by numbers with some misgivings. hallyhoo irritates, as an entertain- stick gags are as old as the hills, But as soon as he speaks he rather Having yestertiny seen it, I haveing and intimate glimpse of the

re-spoils it all. The situation isn't no hesitation in recommending the must gather full marks.

U.S. naval air force, Hell Divers yet so cleverely

his improved very much by the pre-picture as introduced by Stanley and

first-class entertain- partner in comedy, Jack Hobbs, seace of Jimmy Durante and Poly ment: and I have a feeling that

fresh

as Moran. They have to grab their the two-days run being given that they appear as

it THAT it came from Hollywood daisies and as welcome as a cold laughs where they can, and at the King's Theatre will prove in every one of those marvellous was manifest in every scene, shower after the night before. But don't find many. Pletures like insufficient.

camera shots that sont the brain the picture isn't dependent on this make one realise slap-stick for its appeal. It con- tuosity of City Lights, in which IT is no une denying that unless reeling, and in those few sequen- taina gems of wit, a little satire one lunatic stunt follows another one la conversant with Spanish board an aircraft carrier or aloft | and hundreds of comic lines. in quick succession. The Passion that the picture loses something in the clouds. It may be Stanley Lupino gives a remarkablejate Plumber is very amusing on the of its appeal. But not all, Thanksllywood ennnot resist the temp- enthusiastically whole, and has a few really bright to some brilliant acting, and some tation to interpolate romance, or lead which followed by his supporting vol-spots. For example, the duel on

maybe the men behind the gun leagues and the result is enter the outskirts of Paris, in which equally bonutiful singing by Jose tainment on a large scale. He Keaton gels a chance to register / Mojien, who sometimes looks like are firm in their belief that 100)

John Boles, sometimes like Ramon per cent. documentary. jesta, quips, grins, sings and, wooden imbécility, while Durante Navarro and at intervals like Jose not create rushes on the box office. pantomimes his way through the tries with "ingratiating smiles to

obvious propa- Alm as though it were a competi- win the approval of the disdainful Molica, the film ofers one an cu- but even in this

abganda film wore the usual Holly. tion to decide who could produce aristes in tophats who are there joyable interlude. Despite

sence

of intelligible dialogue wood touches of melo-drama and (again I speak for those who are femininity. Personally I am in- without knowledge of Castilian)clined to be on the side of the the story, thanks to it being of the directors, for the incidental, usual musical-romance type, is

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the vir-

"DAID TO LOVE”—A dramatic scene from the all Spanish talking picture which is a current attraction at the King's Theatre. It provides splendid entertainment, with Josa Mojica and Conchenita Montenegro in the lend.

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nerfectly easy to follow, and I am

qulte convinced that one

preciates fuller the

characterisations.

really fine

IN this direction Miguel Ligero earries off chief honours, with Jose Mojica and Manuel Arbo run- ning him close. As for Con- chila Montenegro, who is not an entire stranger to the American screen having neted with George OBrien in one of his numberless pictures, she seems to be a mix- ture of Greta Garbo, Winfred Shotter, Phyllis Konstam and Francis Dec, with an occasional glimpse of. personality quite distinct from any of these, or from anybody else we have been on the screen. She is delightfully fns- inating as the camera is quick to isense. In consequence we are given number of close-ups which with anyone else would become somewhat nauseating, but with her, delicious. The film is worth

ces where the locale. was not

that

films do

of all kinds especially for ship-building & engineering work.

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"THE "THE BASSIONATE PLUMBER"--One of Keaton's beat talking,

films. This picture shows a typical scene from this comedy

which shows in Hongkong next week.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

Of All Things!!

tru to

it fur 4 tonnis girl.

wants a benu about it

26 A goddess of whose

racehorse owners are inclined to fight ahy.

27 Horrible: or does it describe the

effect of thyroid treatment. 28 Persuade in the name of Mus-

Bollni,

Yorlek 29

(Hamlet).

a fellow offcat"

30 Second, nine possibly Frank.

quite suitably, too.

31 Very excited, but sick at heart.

Down 1 Fall out without a suspicion of

a tlf.

2 Little folks fare in n great

writer on art.

3 As a source of briefs it is half

4 Angle for hata.

6 Boys used to dovour the last of

these.

† A once royal flower with a once

45

12

15

how to

gold heart shows you pronounce the letter L 8 Con atir up mud without raising

a scandal.

12 A hand-to-mouth existence, this. 15 May be rum, but it's nothing in

an ubatniner.

16 I expect to miss hor at Easter

enormously (hidden).

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17 The whole staff of this periodical apt to feel it if one of them in blown

up.

18 A whole tribo la required to finish this horrid old woman.

10 Get our popular friend Seymour

on about a Scottish town if you want farmyard features,

22 Wel.

23 The heavenly twins.

24 Full of fun.

25 Hang down feet foremost, though Huggesting what some go off.

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AND OSCAR

INGRE READY TO LEAVE THE CAVE, POODLE TUGGRO AT

FRECKLES

SLERYE, LEADING HIMN

BEHIND A

ROCK WHERE

HE.....

Look,OSSIE..PUPPIES!

WELL. IF THIS AINT

A SIGHT FOR

SORE EYES!!

Bay! You COULD KJOCK ANE OVER. WITH A FEATHER

PUPPIES, REAL LIVE ONES? How

MANY ARE THERE?

THREE OF THEM! GBE!.. WE NOT ONLY FIND POODLE,

HERE, BUT THREE MORE

DOGS BESIDES...WHY,

YOU CUTE LITTLE

RASCALS!!!

OH BOY! I WONDER HOW POODLE KNEW THESE PUPS WERE IN THIS CAVE? WHAT'LL

"WE DO WITH THEM,

FRECKLES ?

(MY, WELL

TAKE THEM HOME WITH US-POODLE WOULDN'T" LEAVE UNLESS WE "DOK EM ALONG-

AUSSE THIS OLD. CAVE 19 A DOO MINE, FOR ALL WE KNOW

NOW I KNOW WHY POODLE DISAPPEARED.... AN'

WHY SHE GROWLED AT US... MAN! I'M

TICKLED ALL OVER,

OSCAR !!!

YEAH? WELL JUST WAITLLi

YOUR MOM SEBS YOU WITH "THREE MOR

DOGS!!

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