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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933.

CINEMA SHOTS" AND "SEQUENCES"

HOLLYWOOD

HAS SENSE.

OF HUMOUR

A DELIGHTFUL SATIRE

“THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM”

CASTILLIAN AT THE QUEEN'S

(By "Celluloid")

ONE very attractive quality about

Hollywood is that it enjoys u great sense of humour, and can laugh at itself, poke fun at itself or take itself very seriously as the spirit moves. Hollywood has ta-l kon the gangster and other evil evil elements of Ita social and Industrial life, very seriously in- dead, and even if it has been guilty of stressing the sonsational and glamorous sides of these per. niclous systems, it can also claim. to havo tackled them vigorously and without shirking the issue. But when it turns to have a laugh at human nature Beverly Hills is often seen at its best.

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ND this, is one of most appeal- ing features of The Greeks Had

A Word For Them, which is show-

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Ins Claire,, who gives an animated portrayal of a hard-boiled "gold-digger” in the clever Hollywood satire. "The Greeks Had a Word for Them”, now showing at the King's,

́‚YOU CAN SEE THESE

TO-DAY.

"The Greeks Had a Word

'For Them" King's. "The Broken Wing'

Queen's, "Penalty of Famo" Central, "Five Star Final"

...Star. "Mummy... Majestic. "Arsene Lupin"...Oriental: "This Modern Ago" World. AND THESE ON BUNDAY. "Clear All Wires" 'Queen's. « "Second Hand Wife

King's.

"Call Her Savage" Majestic. "Tell Me To-Night"

Contral.

"Hilorbert Marshall, between the shots of "Wap a Spy." "How does it compare with the sets you saw in Hollywood 7"

this for a set?". I asked

"It's à grand bit of work," he said, "as good as any I've econ In the States and that's saying a lot. This little man, Junge, who designs for Gaumont-British-he's a genius. I heard a sad bit of nowa about the sot this

starling,

morning though that a knowing nothing of

the impermanent

nature of such things, has built a nest

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in the church tower: I really feel I shall have to leave some clause about its preservation before I go." sanctuary,

anti company might start

a bird value!" he said, with the sad smile that exelles the pleturegoers of two .continents. But seriously, I agree with the star- ling, this set is the real thing. It seems to me a miracle of efficient organisation and foresight."

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Look at those horses-the way the men handle them the way they're controlled. I know the cavalry service men and officers, and under- used in this scene are mostly ex- stand their job, but lots of thom haven't ridden horse for ton years

down here and told

to

Ing at the King's, and which con-j stitutes a glorious expose of our TN many respects Joan BlondellAUMONT, in conjunction with modern "gold-diggers. There is captures the honours of the ple- Ufa, the German producers, a laugh in every line and a broad ture. Particularly does this apply to famed for their documentary films, smile in 90 per cent, of the situa her work in the scene described in have scored a big success with Tell tions. But the picture is never the preceding paragraph. Sho be Me To-night, which opens a run at allowed to descond to farce. We comes realistically "tight" and uses the Central Theatre to-morrow. or more. Can you imagine what can believe in the characters from her eyes and voice to perfection. Lo-This is another musical romance would have happened if a thousand of the introduction to the final fadewell Sherman stays until halfway avec comedy and is probably the those men had been brought straight out. At times, so forcibly is the through the picture and then best of Its type turned out of Eng or even rehearse it for the cameras? play the scene, theme presented that we feel there vanishes, which is a pity as this land not excluding the popular Sun- Well, Victor Saville had them all out la truth in every incident and artist is always a pleasure to wat- shino Sucie. The brilliant English in that fold the day before he began realism which makes a fellow inch. Davis Manners has, I think, stage comedian, Sonnie Hale has a shooting, letting the men get used voluntarily put his hand over his been seen to better advantage, but iprominent part and bands the to their horses, and That's foresight pockets, and mutter "Yes, but as his part is subordinate, to the laughs over with becoming regu-riding them around."

them, and three girls, it matters little. larity, but chief Interest is in the for you. It's the sort of thing that appearance of Magda Schneider and saves time and money. In the end. Jan Klopura. The former la an But directors sb seldom think of it." other accomplished German het reas

not ".

THE pictures deals with the ex-

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ploits of three (we are led to THE Grecks Had A Word For believe and not without foundation) Them is first rate entertain- and the latter the brilliant Polish. typical "gold-diggers", whose Habits ment. Its cinematic valuė

grand opera atar. A whimsical "Do you find better organisation and equipment in our studios to-

of legally picking men's pockets, negligible, but it's shrewd thrusts story, plus first rate musical scores, day than you did before you want to of becoming "fiancos" (without on at America's, and for that matter the introduction of some of the Hollywood T" I asked. gagement rings, and of living a life the world's society parasites can more and some extremely capable of enas and lux'ry thanks to some be enjoyed by everybody.

"Oh, undoubtedly. The British acting all round makes this plc-film industry, has made tremendous heriditary phys.cal attractions and

ture stand out as a rare entertain- Įstridos since we worked at Gainsbor nimble wits, bind them together.

ugh in the days of "Michael ant mont.

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But the real expose is that although THANKS chiefly to Leo Carillo, they foreswear loyalty, love and The Broken Wing, Paramount'a what-not one to the other, the de-melo-drama of South America lu, sire for more gold (or, in the terms up to a point, made enjoyable. But of the Telegraph correspondent, even this accomplished actor cannot "goods and services") grows on hide the snags of a typical product them to such an extent, that a sort of mass output. The Insincerity of "aurvival of the fittest" theory of the whole film ieaves one with Is brought into play, and they are a vague detached sort of interest; not afraid to put one over each an interest-confined-mostly-to other if occasion demanda..

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Carillo or wondering what`next the director is going to do to make

a perfectly mainine story into some-

IRENE Claire, who is beginning thing intelligible.

to find her feet again in pictures,

Is the "bad girl, and she carrica

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on a sort of quasi-vendetta against THE dialogue is on-a Madge Evans, and, Joan Blondell basis of English (broken) and throughout the picture, although Spanish, and although appreciating finally she becomes reconciled, the effort to infuse colour and Irene has his type off "T"reality into the picture by the use She can be naughty but nice with- of Spanish, It is unfortunate that out in any way outraging one's the players cannot back up their feelings; she can be disgustingly dialogue (unintelligible to non- deceitful, yet remain delightfully Castillian students) with SOME attractivo: She has wisecracks reality acting so as to explain what which cut like a aword yet leave they are jabbering about. no wounds. In short an amazingly accomplished actress living a part

MADGE Evans falls down (I am

LEO CARILLO is pleturesque and

whilst before the camera lends

an attraction to the film which no

Lee Tracy's the spectacular newspaper correspondent (and.com respondent) who, Isatures in "Claxy. All Wiras", » fast moving drama which starta a run at the Queen'i Theatre on Sunday. HEN. one continually heats the Mary," Going into the Gaumont trumpets of the publicity offices studies at Shepherd's Bush you might tre-imagine yourself at Paramount, or

now writing In' the vernacular other member of the cast can give,Į of the picture) in ono scene only, Lupe Velez gives' ôno cf her most otherwise her performance. is unconvincing protrayals and George stamped with that delicacy of charm Barbier, bewildered: by the rapid which one always associates with Spanish conversations holds a sort her. But in the scene where the of helpless watching brief through- three girls drown their sorrows in out, and. is afforded opportunity champagne, Madge is like a fish out only to speak a few of the hackneyed of water and is obviously waiting phrases such as "There there, my toiling the world" about the for the next move from her part-dear! Everything is going to be endous improvements in the British any of the big studios in Hollywood. ners in wine. Throughout the pic-all right", or to whip out an un-alm Industry, and from the meagre There's much the ture Madge lends a dignity to her impressive "pronto" and "Beunos number of British Bima shown in and organisation to-day in the part which marks her as a "differ- Noches" whenever the

chance Hongkong ham small chance of antcase of one country being behind or ent" aort of gold-digger to her occurs. In fact, apart from ing #rst hand for oneself, in friends, and when she endeavours Carillo; the whole of the cast net to become a little sceptical about it end of another. They all maka to bring herself to a drunk scene as though they were square pege all. Which is why I have no hesita pictures in the same way and talk she is quite naturally stilted and put into round holes.

the game language." unhappy.

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Sonale Hale and Jan Klapura, in m'aeans from the Gaumont-British film “Tell Me To-Night” which akawa at the Central Thestrè: from ‹to-morrowi

same quot

world, wherever you go. It's not

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"Then our studio organisation has become thoroughly Americanised?"

tion in quoting a most refreshing in terview obtained Miss C.A. Lejeune

by from Herbert Marshall whilst the ac tor was taking part in the production |I Am A Spy." Herbert has no doubts "No, I wouldn't any that, but in about the progress of the Welwyn under pretty much the same condi

the film world good work's turned out. studios, and as his comments aro based on a keen analytical judgment Lions everywhere. The British studio

they can be taken as fairly authorita Hollywood has the advantage over

tive.

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IN her interview, Miss. Lefouno

writes: Fourteen days

ago the market-square at Roulers, where

in one thing it doesn't have to carry alich tromendous over,

heads, or spend so much money on the front once. So far

far as I can see,' contact between there's more direct,

Dalcon and his start here than there

wont to interview Herbert Marshall, production manager like Mickey was a bare field at Welwyn. To-day would be in a studio in the States. you can wear out your shoes on acros, There aren't so many nephewe anting

ride in a

steam

tram, of stuffed birds' heads up the exponses, and cutting down the

square, chat with the nuns in

a con

Pacobblestone from stalls in the nonoy available for actual work."

take your brass,

and

vent doorway, regard the bottles (but You're going back to Hollywood not open them) in the bar of an Lin July, aren't you,” I asked Hor estaminot, study the 1915. fashionabori Marshall

of hair-dressing in a coiffeur's win- "Yes," he said. "After this. I've dow, or dodge into the town hall to got a picture to make for British and avoid the passage of a thousand Ger- Dominions with Jeanette MacDonald man troops.'

(Continued on Page 7.)

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