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Gems for August.

"WOMAN ACCUSED"

with

NANCY CARROLL—CARY GRANT

JOHN BARRYMORE

Reunion

WITH DIANA WYNYARDAZ

"DEVIL IS DRIVING"

with

EDMUND LOWE—WYNNE GIBSON

milin

in a romance that sturs, moon: light memorie

1ES DE

Through

MARCH - HOWARD

JOAN CRAWFORD

GARY

COOPER

TODAY WE LIVE

CHARMING MUSICAL ROMANCE

"TO-NIGHT IS OURS"

with

CLAUDETTE COLBERT

FREDERIC MARCH-ALISON SKIPWORTH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933.

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES

TH

colours have what ла advancing or recoding

CINEMA SCREENINGS of its greatest favourites, Pola Negri, mind some time ago in a mountain Three years ago, when she was at cabin, I hung the walls with a grậy. View to con- the very peak of her fame, Miss toned fabric, with a Negri deserted tho green to return to centrating my colour about the win- Europe. Tiring of idleness she finally dow. I placed a blooming red geran- accepted the offer to reappear on the lum at the window and the effect was talking screen.

magic. The lights from the window Mian Negel had devoted a great and the gay red of the blossoms It happened when Mr. Victor Saville, the producer of the latest deal of time to perfecting her com- neemed to decorate the entire room. Jack Hulbert film, "Love on Wheels", mand of English. To make certain It gave an air of cheer and hospitality.

"Certain showing to-day st the King's Theatre, of its adequacy she stipulated that she searching for screen talent, saw her would not sign a talking picture con on the stage and decided that his tract until she had prefaced it with known

jqualitlen before, the camera. For quest for a suitable actress to play a London stage engagement.

In this she scored triumph. A instance, an orange chair will stand. opposite Juck Hulbert sam

wecks' was over, Mias Corbelt rtarted Alm- three a run of three months before than one painted, brown.. A black engagement prolonged it out in a room, more conspicuously Ing almost immediately, and her self into sparkling personality and charm cer-the British would permit her to take chals would appear smaller than one tainly warrants continued screen a farewell bow and sail for America. Painted red. But in a studio "set", Advance reports indicate that Pola on orange-coloured chair would photo. employment.

red one. has never been seen as superb as in tranh black, an would, a

"In the home a bright red carpet on "A Woman Commands." Those who have heard it are enthusiastic from a floor would seem to come up and perfect command of English, adds a meet one's eyes. On the other hand, distinctly interesting lite to her dark carpet, green or heather would recedo and give added height to the personality."

Miss Corbett decided to study art after leaving school, and she was making great headway with pestor designs when the arge to go on the stage altered her career. She applied for a part and became an understudy right away.

The story written by Tilde Forster room. On the screen, the red or the Mise Corbert originally toured with with Mina Negri in mind, is said to dark green or heather carpet would Sir Frank Benson, played at the suit the fiery, star to the smallest photograph practically the same". Cambridge Festival Theatre, and detail.

Generally speaking, Miss Bennett Anally won a leading part in "Lady in

explained, the colour harmony of a

home Waiting", the play that had con

screen

is, worked out in siderable success in London.

We hope to Req

of Miss

practically the same manner as for a

Corbett

practical bone.

more

"The Woman Accused"

Appearing with Miss Negri is cant of talented and popular players Basil Rathbone, handsome romantic aetor, and Roland Young exponent of subtly sophisteated comedy, have the leading roles opposite the star. Others of note aro H-Warner, Anthony Bushell and many others

"A Devil

evil With Women"

more

"The Woman Accused," the Para- neont-Liberty Magazine story, writ ten by ten nationally-famous authors,

The Intest novelty in Central Amer- has been booked for the Queen's Theatre where it will open on Wednes-ican revolutions furnisher the back- dny.

ground for Victor McLaglen's comedy | Rupert Hughes, Vicki Bauin, Zane drama, "A Devil With Women", now Grey, Vina Delmar, Irvin S. Cobb, showing at the Oriental Theatre. Gertrude Atherton, J. P. McEvoy.! The picture shows a new McLaglen, Ureula Parrott, Polan Banks and a more human and infinitely Sophie Kerr combined their talents likenble character than in anything A typical soldier of write the picture after George he has done. Putnam, head of the Paramount fortune, a captain in the federal array Eastern story board, conceived the of a little banana repubile, the star's iden for the project, and secured the role is made particularly convincing nid of Fulton Oursler, editor of by reason of its similarity to his own Liberty, in carrying it through. The past career. He merely has to "be story

inimarif," and he makes splendid job WILY published serially Liberty and recently has been issued of it.

to

As a captain in the forces of a minit republie on the Caribbean,

in novel form.

Nancy

Carroll, Cary Grant and John Halliday bend the east which MeLaglen manages to embroil hliöself enacts the story. The action of the in, plenty of exciting adventures, Milan contres around Miss Carroll. On ranging from attencting the smiles

the eve of her wedding to Grant, Jist of various senoritas to a thrilling as they are about to sail on a jail break and a desperate baltie

to nowhere" and be against a bandit leader. weekend "cruise to married at sen by the captain of the Mona Maris carves a now niche for vessel, a former lover returns to her herself LA the alluring heroine, nt demands that she come back to Humphrey Bogart, is thoroughly hit. She refuses flally, and he pleasing infuriated, phones a gangster ac- quaintance, with the object of having Grant "bumped off." But before he can give the order. Miss Carroll hits im over the head with the nearest

the young American) tourist whose rivalry with the stal wart McLaglen affords much of the merriment and action of the picture. "Wild Girl”

"I've always been interested in object at hand bronze Agurine enlours and especially the harmony of She is horrified to discover that she colours, says Joan Bennett, whose

has killed him.

Halliday follows when she fees latest im, "Wild Girl", is soon to be at the King's Theatre on Thurs- and day; aboard the boat with Grant, spends the voyage trying to dig up When we are very young we are

evidence incriminating her. He is almost successful until Grant steps in. In a dramatle climax, he clears Nancy of all guilt and carries her off to freedom and safety.

"A Woman Commands".

"A Womun Commands" will open at the Central Theatre on Wednesday. This is the RKO Radfo picture which marks the return to the screen of one

strong

keen for

colour contrasts. Children and savages are like that. As we grow older and come into better appreciation of colour, we lose our interest in the diametrically op- posite contrasts, especially of bright colora.

"Du you know gray will evehance the beauty or a background? This was indelibly impressed upon my

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When

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