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KING'S

THEATRE

Commencing

SUNDAY

21st MAY.

JACK

HULBERT

AND

CICELY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933.

CINEMA "SHOTS"

WHAT IS REALLY WRONG WITH THE CINEMA

SOME COMMENTS ON A LOCAL CRITIC'S OBSERVATIONS

WHERE CLARA BOW'S FILM. FAILS

TUMULTUOUS RECEPTION FOR WHEELER AND WOOLSEY

By "Celluloid”

IF Ruy credence is to be placed ideas; (3) exploitation

pressca

*

of the

AND "SEQUENCES"

on the programme version of "star" system is a fallacy; (4) the the story of Call Her Savage, It introduction of the tolking machine would appear that this is another has restricted the appeal of the Atm where alternative endinge pictures and they no longer enjoy were shot and that local patrons international appeal. Dealing BRW the one other than it de- with the future aspects of the scribed in the programme. The cinema "Observer"

the notices idea of alternative endings to a movement of the beat aspects of the

The new Clara Bow is hailed in her return to the screen as the him is not new. · They were made is cinema from Hollywood to England leading player in "Call Hor Savage," Foz Films production of All Quiet on the Western Frout, and points to the necessity of this, Tiffany Thayer's sensational book of the same name. 2PA although in that case Cecil de and finally makes an assessment of productions carry яo much pro- need for attention to the latter part Mille's version was finally selected, film starš and their individual paganda of modern America, that of this slogan, and another feature Milestone, the director made one values.

they have little time for the more of the industry which calls for re- which showed newspaper rushing out special editions with the TF "Observer" in his firet point historical features of the country. vision is in the mass production of Unfortunately the same stono can films. This "Observer" appears to glaring headlines "All Quiet on the intends

to convey that

the be cast

at the English aludios. have in mind when he refers to Western Front". The one actually cinema has reached perfection 80 Judged from the British output "mechanical films". The average adopted was de Mille's-a super- far as its mechanics and plant is seen in Hongkong to date, as well producer and director turn out imposition of the central figures of concerned, the majority will be as reading about the rest, it is easy pictures according to the picture walking over the war willing to agree with him. But if to see that England's great his- claiming that the box office appeal paltern, grave yards of Flanders and look he is referring to the art of cinema, torical, economic and industrial is suflicient to warrant their appear. Ing back wistfully over their consequent upon which is ito value events of past and present have still unce on the market. It is only the scarred countryside.

opposite in the case. And one of screen. The educational aspect of ed directors of the Lubitsch, Ma- the chief reason for this is found the cinema has been shockingly moulian, Asquith, Forde,

Clair, JUDGED on what the programme in "Observer's" fourth point, the neglected in America, England and Eisenstein and Pudowsky type get toll us I feel sure that the retarding influence of the talking France, and to a lesser extent, to work that the world is given a King's Theatre made a very wise machine. It is undeniable that the Germany. Russia is the only coun- real insight to the wonderful pos-

misuse of sound through the speak try as yet to exploit the educational abilities of the film as an enter ing voice has both reduced the theme in any seriousness.

tainment, un education, and a work Jappeal of the film as well as pre-

of art. vented the development of the

COURTNEIDGE siders as they trudged along as an entertainment, I think the to find expression through the sliver when the more independently mind-

IN

"JACK'S

THE

BOY"

THE PRIME

MINISTERS

OF MIRTH

IN BRILLIANT

COMEDY.

A Gainsborough Picture.

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YOU CAN SEE THESE TO-DAY

"Call Her Savage" King's. "The Night of June 13"

"Hold 'Em jait" "Sherlock Holmest

Queen's. .Central.

Oriental. "The Wat Parade"...Star. "Devil And The Deep"

Majestic.

SUNDAY'S SHOWING

"Jack's The Boy". King's. "Red Dust" Queen's. They Just Had to Get

Married

..Central. "Good Night Vienna"

Majestic,

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S to "Observer's" assessment of

to dis-

un's

•

Yes, Mr. Brown, which

artistic side of the Industry. As A Paul Rothin rightly points out Chap- will doubtless flad many

present day screen actor, he FOLLOWING upon Jack Buchan- in appeals to the American, Eng lishman. Frenchman, Japanese, Chinese, Indian and Estimo, and it is simply because he has not allow. jed a language to invade his pictures. Everybody can interpret Chaplin whereas as soon as dialogue is in- troduced the interest in the picture ia confined to the people who can understand the language..

BU

▶UT Chaplin, in his City Lights proved very clearly that sound can be applied to the cinema to add effect and entertaiment. Disney has demonstrated the same point. The talking machine may yet be come a thing of the past in the cinema world, but sound apparatus will remain, and when onco the

dramatic DRAMATIC MOMENT-Clivo makos a dramatic discovery in the film "Night Of June 13", which is now showing at the Queen's Theatro.

1111111111111111111111111111111111111 industry is free from the shackles choice in the ease of Call Her of speech, it will turn its thoughts Savage. There is quite sufflelent more seriously to sound images. isiah-bial melo-drama in the ple. The synchronisation of sound effect agree with his selections. But pra realised everything it promised, we ture na presented without adding with action, together with proper ference for this or that "star" is have another brilliant British come to it. The picture is a typical Clara manipulation of the camera will go always a purely personal matter. dy presented us on Sunday, when Bow effort. It is also typical of a long way towards reaching near Wint the industry has yet to learn the King's Theatre will start a run Hollywood in its most painfully er the heart of true cinema. Be is that the "star" system is per- of Jack Hulbert's Jack's The Boy. sexual colours. The picture meets fore this can be accomplished, how nicious, based as it so often is on This has almost universally been the case and supplies several an- ever, other aspects of film pro- sex appeal, rather than histrionic claimed the funniest comedy swers to a correspondent's tron- duction will have to be revised.

ability or artistry of interpretation. romance yet turned out of the chant letter in a contemporary this

The exploitation of the "star" at English stulos, and although I am week in connexion But of that, more, anon. The THE commentator's observations the expense of the more attractive in a position neither to deny nor regarding themes and the way in and "art" sides of the cinema will confirm this somewhat extravagant great failing of Call her Savage is which the films have run them to one day have to be stopped if the description, one feels there (muat its restricted appeal. Beyond Clara seed contain more than a grain of einema is to progress in the right be something in it when responsible Row's personal film fans. it is truth. But this, in regard to Holly direction. Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, in critics like Lejeune, A.E. Baughan, doubtful if many people could derive wood productions bears some rela- a recent contribution in the Daily and Cedric Belfrage refer to it in a great deal of pleasure or enter tion to his further point concerning fail referred to the post-war mo- auch enthusiastic tones. Certainly tainment from it. The picture is lack of historical background from vement of "bigger and better pic the situations offer stupendous a concentrated effort on the part of which America suffers., Hollywood tures". There is still A crying (Continned on Page 8.)

with

films.

producer, director, photographer,

and all the other technicians to ex- ploit Clara Bow to her fullest. The rest of the cast are made merely incidental, with the result that all of the well known ability of such players us William Robert- son, Estelle Taylor and Gilbert Roland is enveloped in a rather of futile endeavour on the part Clara Bow and her directors to pieturise Dynamite.

bed Home

THERE is a mother's-love-for-her-

baby scene and death sequence which succeed in measure in revealing the complex nature of the girl Clara Bow char neteries, but they are painful and appealed to me as being superfluous. Sex is predominant RA n theme, which is another Blustration of how Hollywood misinterpreta. The un- dorfying motif behind the book was a psychological study of a girl who inherits half cast blood through ‘a love affair of her mother, The pleturo merely sets out to portray the girl's reactions to her associn- tions with men.

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I thoughtful analysis of the film industry to-day, Its short- comings, and trend in the future which, under the pauedonym of "Observer", was published in a contemporary this week encourages one to believe that Hongkong is not averse to taking some sort of in- telligent study of the cinema. One can sympathise with the writer's search for a solution to a very ob- vlous problem. "Observer's" chiel pointa are (1) the cinema In- dustry has reached porfection; (2) the films have exploited *Tvariable"” Thelle huu ure Burren in

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