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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1933.

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CINEMA SCREENINGS. ĮLondon Street but the police took no make another full length feature, action against the parties responsible according to dospatches from the for the necident. In actual fact the Burbank studion. The incident driver of the vehicle was one of the furnishing most of the off-stage most skilful and experienced men on Iaughs was the burning of a pickling the road, and holds certificates of works. Everything on that parts- proficiency_In the running of nut- |cular set went wrong at once with

Was humorous results, Today, the Central Theatre, wil omobiles. The whole accident

Lloyd Bacon, the Stein, the director, was unable to distinguish open the long-awaited engagement of Pm-arranged by Paul

director Universal's tense, olectrie drama of

of the Paramount British paid extras from the crowds which Production, "Lily Christine", which gather one terrifying night, "The Old Dark will be showing at the King's Theatro An assistant-director did his best to ado the studio-planned fire. Kouse," hailed everywhere as masterpiece of frenzied excitement the most thrilling scenen for this pro- two carloads of people away, whch to-day. The incident forms one of "help" the scene-taking by stearing and gripping suspense, produced by the makers of the greatest thrillTM / duction. Before it was filmed cor- they really belonged in the action. and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter. Wall Street Journal reports-Soaring

rectly, nearly a whole day was spent | Then the fire hose refused to work. producing pictures ever Almed,

water Issued forth from the The marketa yesterday generally "Murders" in the Rue Morque and and it had to be shot several times nozzle in spite of the fact that it was ruled quieter and rather irregular. "Phantom of the Opera," "Dracula," in rehearsing the scene in the studio, No the naver. to be forgotten "Franken.before perfect results were obtained. turned on full force. The hoao waB

"Love Me Tonight" stein." "The Old Dat House," hold

The man who has kept the criller you breathicon throughout it swift Requences. You will never as long as thoroughly baffled. That's the title you live forget this night of terrors which even the critica agree might be which five travellers lived through in applied to young Rouben Mamoulian, stage and aereen director, whose on ancient echoing house in the lonely intent production, "Love Me Tonight, mountains of Wales, trapped by a shricking storm with a family of starring Maurice Chevalier, comes to insano people, menaced by a

the King's Theatre again on Friday. a sinister

In the ve brief years during which giant and a murddor-mad maniac! the critics have been attempting to Karloff, Charles Laughton, Melyyn classify Manoulian according to the Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Lillan type of production he does beat, bo Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Lillan Bond, has fooled them time after lime with Ernet Theelger, Raymond Massey, his versatility, Brember Wits, Eva Moore and brilliant cast under tho master direc- tor, Jamca Whale.

"Lily Christine"

A lorry driver knocked down well-known Alm actress in

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The off-stage comedy during the making of "Fireman, Save My Child," the new Joe E, Brown First National picture now showing at the Queen's bury Theatre, amounted to enough

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