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On 4th DECEMBER, 1932.
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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1932.
CINEMA SCREENINGS.blography In "What Price Holly-
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life.
wood," which brings the smart vivacity of the glamorous Con stanco Bennett in her latest RKO Patho alarring production, ́ waish opena at. the Central Theatre to-day. Miss Bennett is purported to surmount the charm and elegance aho A picture in which Ramon Novarro' displayed in hor previous film success, appears would not be complete with "Lady With A Past," which won out a song. For his now starring a host of new fans for the screen star. feature, "Huddle" which will be shown, With a galaxy of celebrities in sup at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday ha purt, Miss Bennett unfolds the intrica Feles and intimacies of the Inner and sings a ballad titled "A Vue Cholls," more notable circles of the Film an Italian composition by Tort. The Capitol. Lowell Sherman, Nell Ham:1- melody was chosen as one of the most, ton, Geogory Ratoff, Louis Beavers tuneful of love songs for romantic and others ald the star to present in scenes between the Latin star and authentic scrutinisation of Hollywood The action traverses tho Madge Evans, leading lady in the pro- thoroughfare of social life coupl ́d duction. The words are quite in-with a delightful tale. Malibu Beach, timate and when translated as part the Brown Derby Restaurant, glitter- of the scene were discovered to being Hollywood Roulevard, Agua Calicute, a Chinese Theatre premiers better than any, dialogue that could and the princely catates of Boverly be written into the script. Novarres partake of the film footage to accompanies himself on the guitar dur-enhance the story. Moreover, every ing the song. "Huddio" is a story phase of talking picture making is
The kly revealed.
story of modern univerelty life in one of the "What Price Hollywood" WEB leading educational centres of
authored by Adela Rogers Hyland, one America, and contains many secara of of the city's own residents who con- student life reminiscent of Novarm's sequently is enabled to cull the most famous "The Student Prince." The familiar angles of Hollywood. Con-
east Includen supporting
Madgo cerning Pelf with an amb't'ous giri Evans, Una Merkel, Ralph Graves, who crashes the studio gales, the plot the spectacular rise of a John Arledge and Frank Albertson. denkets Sam Wood applied his experience with weltrees who enchants a famed direc such college pictures as "One Minute for and producer to gain nee ranking Interwoven, is an to Play" and "So This is College" to an the screen.
ultra-modern note of remance and directing the production.
whimsical comedy which will charm
additional Pennett fans and snare lint of followers. "What Prico Hoolywood." d'rected by Georgo Cultor, is a David O. Selznick duction.
"Transgression.”
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Knapp in "Vanishing Frontier", a story of the Old West, now showing at the King's Theatre, fight each other.
No picture of recent months has evoked more spontaneous praise from critics tunn has "Transgression," atir ring drama which Herbert Brenan
"The Vanishing Frontier" directed for Radio Pletores and which, comes to the Queen's Theatre on Fri
They're enemies on the screen, but day featuring Kay Francis, Reardo
and Corter, Paul Cavanagh and Nance in real life Raymond Hatton O'Neill. The production is said to he Wallace MacDonald are the best of far advanced in the realms of sheer friends. The two players, cast with John Stack Brown. J. Farrell Mac- beauty and dramatic strength,
relation and Evalyn this new film Herbert Brenon has e Donald-no hieved what he considers the ultimate In aereen perfection. It is seldom that Brenon grows entbused over his own work Eleven years of cinematic through the picture until Hatton effort in helping bring an infant in- killed. But their real-life friendship dustry to the plane of an art-more extends over a period of some two reaching and universal than the decades--back to the time when Hat- graphic arts-has tempered who' ever ton was a featured player in a stock of self-plaudition still left him, low comVanishing
managed by MacDonald. Frontler Mac- ever, when this screen creator of In
a cavalry officer "Beau Geste," and scores of equly Donald in cart"
the famous plures, thinks he has achi enforcing brutal mariini lay in ed something out of the ordinary in State of California during the period "Transgression," the opinion must is immediately after its coding to the United States by Mexico, before civil riven erkiderable weight. Predra the most definitely assertive individual government had been set up, llatten in motion pictures. He is his severest has the role of a member of a sort critic. He doesn't punder to ezo e of Robin Hood gang commanded by vanity, A picture in either good er Johnny Mack Brown, which helps bad his own included. Many who the oppressed at the expense of the have seen "Transgression" have been authorities, as a protest against the unable to express its great dramatic way things are run, power and vivid treatment in terms of more woria. For the fat time in many years, real life is portrayed on the screen in all in its ramifications,
"Viennese Nights."
as
vehicles, crowded with gay roysterers. Written thing but original stories
"Movie Crazy"
value Fifty per cent, of the
of previews would be feat to Harold Lloyd if it were to be disclosed in advance that it was his pleture being "Viennese Nights" now showing at tried out, as is now being done by the Queen's Theatre, is the creation several of the larger companies, of Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hr-Ove
was asserted recently by the 13. merstein II, the two who have created w
Lloyd
prc- more glamorous and melodious ente. speciaeled comedian.
views something four or five talament than any living collabora
It is surprising, họ avers, tors. The story in one of exquite times,
how audiences vary in their reac- tenderness, the theme being to
Lions, according to sections In deathlessness of buty. The settings which you show. Even with the out-
natural are gorgeous being all in colours, The glamour of old Vienna put of novels, short stories and plays told so often, in story and song, is larger now than ever before in the caught with stirring vitality. March history of literature, making hunting ing troupe, gay ladies, stree, on picture material. It is all-valuri-ss
Fround for producers in search of stout burghers, ample fraus, all seen in the flickering golden Ight or leaves far as Harold Lloyd is concerned. He blowing, harsca bearing ancient can 80
especially for him. Most of
Midc around un all are there. But this is but the his stories are built
d beginning of the hausting story of or hunch that he has which is
full length love and renunciation. The action veloped into a
picture. covers a period of fifty years and: An example of this is "Movie "Crazy" some of the scenes are in New York. with Constance Cummings, in wen shifting back to Vienna for the thril- the famous comedian will celebratz ling and unexpected climax. The his first screen appearance in two story is bulit about the fate of a girl years. It struck him that the story who falls in love with a poor musician of a hapless young man entangled in but is forced to marry a rich officer, the maze of a modera picture studio by her ambitious father. Through would make an ideal vehicle for his poverty and exile the poor man works particular style of comedy. Ac- desperately trying to finish the nym cordingly the story has developed phany which is to be dedicated to her around that idea, gaps and funny - and it is the grandchildren of the two, situations. The film comes to the who find the realization of the last King's Theatre on Saturday. : dream. Those who know Eombery and Hammerstein, and who does not, will be able to faintly visualize this last and greatest work of their united genius.
Shanghai Nov, 30.
As- The Chinese Boy Scouts sociation is conducting a campaign for funds to purchase aeroplanes Of its people and made by its for the use of Chinese volunteers people, Hollywood writes its own in Manchuria.--Reuter's Special.
"What Price Hollywood."
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