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NOVEMBER 9th

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1933.

CINEMA SCREENINGS

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with a wealthy young attorney and tries desperately to start a new life on an honest footing. The gangster who has dominated her youth threa- tens to kill the man she loves, and

against her will, Mary forced back into the underworld in

Joel Sayer's hilarious book, "Racke- The pivotal role is played by Loret-

Victor

talked about. newcomer

JAPAN-RUSSIA

SOVIET PROTEST REJECTED.

Tokyo, Nov. 6.

ty Rox", has been transferred to the ta Young, one of the most popular of Protosting ngainat the alleged motion picture screen by the Fox the screen's younger stars. Ricardo flight of Japanese planes over So- studies. Described as a comedy satire Certez plays the gangster who forces viet territory, the Soviet Ambos- of sporting racketeers who muscle in her to become a crook, and the ro-sador visited the Foreign Minister on big college football, the film com.es mantic phases of the plot are handled who rejected the protest, declaring to the King's Theatre on Wednesday, by Miss Young and Franchot Tote that an investigation had proved of comediankagen, heading the cast the much

and comediennes received outstanding notice for his that no plane crossed the border aald to have a far funnier role than work opponite Joan Crawford in lac although two planes wore those he had in "What Prico Glory" "To-day We Live." Andy Doving and operating nearby in connexion and "Tho Cock-Eyed World".

Insuro Una

the Merkel Greta

plcture of with anti-bandit operations.- Nissen, platinum blonde beauty, is numerous comedy moments, and the Reuter. cast as the tenderloin westle of a

a group of supporting players Include! porting world rocketeer who Frank

Conroy, Warren Hymer, Ivan bothered by a battling wife, a role Simpson, Harold Huber, Sandy Roth, sercon "The Drake Case," "Lusen_of played by Marjorie Beobe. Nell Martha Sleeper, Charles Grapowin, the Rio Gande" and several other O'Day, musical comedy stage Halliwell Hobbes and Robert Emmett dramatic hita was the director of the favourite, has a sprightly role as a O'ConnorThe Texas Bad Man"

photoplay. newspaper girl with both beauty and

"Sweepings" brains,

The action of the picture takes place in Broadway night clubs, on the campuses and in the stadio of many colleges from the Yale Howl to Soldiers Field and thence out to the gridirons of the Pacific Coast.

Straight-shooting, hard-ridin', Toni" Some years ago the scapegraće son Mix in his latest Universal romance of a multi-millionaire became involved of the West, "The Texas Bad Man" is in a sordid love murder. The shock now showing at the Central Theatre contributed greatly to his father's with villainous Fred Kohlor, beauti-death.

son.

How

ful Lucille Powers, Willard Robertson A similar incident, with tragedy and pathos, has been incorporated into and Tony also in the cast, "Midnight Mary"

The story which pictures the West- AKO-Radlo film, "Sweepings" The melodramatic carcer of a New orn star as a. Toxas Ranger in the screening at the King's Theatre, York tenement girl who comes perll disguise, of a bold, had bandit, is an Lionel Barrymore enacts the father, ously close to the electric chair is de original one by Jack Cunningham and William Gargan, the dissolute pleted in "Midnight Mary," a new It packs thrilling stage coach hold- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture show-ups, desperato chases, daring rescues ing from Thursday at the Queen's and the amazing anties of Tom Mix Theatre. The picture was filmed and his over-faithful stood, Tony, into from an original story by Anita Lons a whirling serios of exciting situation, and features Loretta Young, Ricardo and shows the adventurous Texan at Cortez, Franchat Tonr, Andy Deving his very best. and Una Merkel.

The production . directed by: John Cromwell, whirls through several decades and pictures the rise of s great monument of commerce out of Chicago's great firo and the crisis it meets when the time comes for Ite Franklyn, Farnum, famed star of heirs to show their mottle. The story centres on Mary Martin, the eflent films, will be seen in a Besides Gargan, Barrymore is sup A young giri who grows up in adverse role of the cowboy drama, an wported by Alan Dinehart, Ninotta circumstances and is finally induced Joseph Girard, Edward Le Saint, Sunderland, Gregory Ratoff, Glorin to join a group of crooks who progress Buck Moulton and Capt. C.-E. Andor- Stuart, George Mecker, Eric Linden, rapidly from petty larceny to robberies son of the Rangers..

Lucien Littlefield, Holon Meck, Esther on the grand scale. She falls in love Edward Laemmle, who gave the Muir and many other players...

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