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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECE

ART EXHIBITION ..

HIGH STANDARD SET BY THIS YEAR'S ENTRIES

CINEMA SCREENINGS

NOTES SUPPLIED BY

THE THEATRES

"Kongo,"

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

"MYSTERY MAN" AT KING'S

HENRY AMAZES

AUDIENCE

1933.

A surprisingly high standard of. work la noticeable at the annual drama of mystory and thrills in the exhibition by the Hongkong Art the Queen's Theatro. As "Deadlegs" is appearing at the King's Theatre,"

African Jungle, opens to-morrow at Henry, the "Mystery Man" who Club, which commenced At the

Flint, Walter Huston, in the featured might well be called the incompar- Gloucastor Building yesterday role re-ennete the part he first creatable entertainer and last evening afternoon.

ed in scoring ono of his biggest Now

of

in.

York stage successes. Black magic, with his "Show of Wonder" he the a terrifying plot for revenge, the drow well-merited applause from resentment of the warlike Congo the large audience. Shooting a blacks against the cruel domination of canary into an electric bulb, pro- white race against the Jungle Jure, nowhero, taking half a a white master, and the fight of the ducing silks, yards of it, from dozen form, the admixture from which this pigeons from an empty box and strange malodrama was evolved. Allthen making them disappear again, the action of "Kongo" taken place in and his amusing "egg-spirtment" the swamp and fever infested jungles number, were among

the many of interier Africa. A large expanse items in his programme.

ntockade, and a river winding through,

A total of 236 canvases and boards were hung around or walls, and tho large number visitors between 2 and 7 p.m. dicated the interest that was being takon the general public.

The exhibitions by Mr. Luis Chan and Mr. Wong Sul-ling. pre- dominate, with 25 entries each. Mr. Wong Sui-ling's "Dockyard Cheung Chau Wan" is the highest of jungle, with trading pest and o Porhops the most startling priced entry at $200,

In the photographic section, the dreds of blacks in the grotesque paint Princesa. Placing his assistant in was built for the production. Hun-illusion was that of the Phantom entries by Mr. J. C. M. Grenham and traditional adornments of the a vertical chest containing fivo are undoubtedly outstanding. This superstitious African natives, takes doors, one to expose the head, two well-known local amateur photo-part. The cunning of the whites in the trunk and the one. for each grapher has no less than sixteen holding them in subjection through leg, he paasca two sheets of metal prints on view, Including "Sigus, their fear of "Ju-ju” er voodoo magie, through the cheat at the spot the prize-winning entry in the in vividly shown. Telegraph competition last year. Mr. E. Grimble's photographic entries of aix Flower Studies are also excellent examples of the art of the camora.

..

where the neck would be, and an- "The Masquerader"

other at the base of the torso. "He A great many things combine top give Ronald Colman a personal dis- then switches on an electric sur tinction before the camera, according rent. Opening the top compart- ment the head is visible as niso is to Richard Wallace, who just directed the English star in the dual roles of each log. But the trunk is miss- Masquerader," coming to the Ing! Closing the doors again King's Theatre next Sunday. The the metallic sheets are withdraw native modesty of the man is astound- and when the doors are eventually ing in an actor, Mr. Wallace says opened out comes the While most players conspire to get unhurt! close-ups and big images of

them.

In the canvas section, it would be difficult to select the most out standing entries. The landscapes by Mrs. M. O. Filster are worthy

Assistant, of mention, as are the Head studles by Mrs. A. Taiz,

Another feature of the program- Mr. Wong Sui-ling has several welvos into the eye of the camera, Interesting and well-executed Colman either walks or turns his back.me was a number of sand paltings entrics, and his three Figure Another extraordinary thing in the realistic to a degree, and which Studies in charcoal are excellent fining of the famous English molo- would have made even the most examples of this type of work.

dranin was Colman's feeling about famous artist marvel. In less Playing a dual role; a less than ten minutes pictures of a

sceno and Portrait Study No. 152, Mrs. H. Mills' two entries under this head-ly clothes in contrast to immaculate house at the top were painted and on facial make-up and sloven-snow-covered hillock with a farm- ing. Mr. Luis Chan's "Old Man" grooming. Colman, tanned by his erased. (No. 63) and Portrait Study in daily tennis in the California sun,

A visit to the King's to see this Red Chalk, deserving special used no make-up whatever. For "Tha mention.

recommended Masquerader, he found the role of artist magician is the brilliant, well-behaved young "Bulldog" Drummond was. For the John Lodor as easy and as natural as contrasting role of the dopraved, drug- John Chilcote, Colman made crazed only a nominal use of make-up. He attempted realism rather than any- thing fantastic. The line of his mouth and the shadow under his eyes had to be accentuated.

Figures and heads predominate care

Were tue player would have do sunset, a tropical

Mra. II. C. J. Asche has used her residence at Stanley to good effect, and her twelve entries Bro out. standing

examples of nature studies. Three of Mrs. Asche's beat entries, "The Forbidden City, Peking." "In Tai Mino" and "The Anchorage, Foochow," are not for

anle.

Mrs. H. Balean has an outstand- Ing · exhibit In "Interior of Cathedral." A seascape, "Wind"

is also worthy of mention.

"Trick for Trick"

Black magic and the art of legerde- main make Trick for Trick" at the

to all.

WAGE DISPUTE

FIGHT

SHANGHAI WORKERS IN BRAWL

A dispute over wages led to a King's Theatre, one of the most enter-ight between Shanghai workmen

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Mr. F. S. Nicholis has ten entries. six of which stand out from the others. "Fishing Flect at Night," "Hongkong

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woman,

carpenters, eggs and finally the solution of a mur-after ten o'clock. Two

a plane and the der myalery. Victor Jory and Ralph one, armed with Morgat appear as the rival magic-othor with a hammer, struck a third an, who Ve with each other in as carpenter who had tried to act as effort to cutdo themselves. And the "peace-maker" in a quarrel between murder

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The carpenters were engaged at and directed anable cast. Sally 60 cents a day, but they demanded The foreman agreed to a wage Blanc, as the young girl who believes $1.

In the Arts and Crafts Section, entries are well up to the high one of the magicians, is significant of 80 cents per day, but to this the

in her rule, and Clifford Jones, a workmen did not accede, standard set in previous years. Mr. newcomer to the screen field, does an A sequel to the brawl was the Luis Chan's bust of a Chinese expert job. Tom Dugan and Luis

Dr. I. Newton's brons Alberni, as Magicians' assistants, give appearance of Wong Sau-tong, 29, statuette and Miss H. Carvalho's splendid character portrayals. Ed and Wong Kau-ling, 27, before Mr. Van Sloan, Adrian Morris Bunston, Balfour at the Central Police Court Bust of Lieut. Meakin are worthy Dorothy Appleby and Boothe Howard this morning-on-a charge-of-a-ne- examples of the entries.

Mention, should be made of the comprise an excellent cast in support saulting Kwan Tai-lun, whose head

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Trousers entries to the Exhibition this year.

"The Great Decision"-

Detective-Sergeant McRobbie Bili Boyd battles a gang of eastern

Drawors They included, among those nirendy mentioned, the following.

gungen and bank robbers, clears him- asked his Worship to take a serious Mr. G. W. Arnold Dr. Balean, self of false criminal charges and view of the case in view of the fro Lady Mary Barton, Mrs. Beale, wins the girl he loves, all in a rural quent occurrence of these flights.

Both defendants were bound over Mr. G. H. Bond, Mrs. C. E. Brown, setting in his first starring production

for RKO-Radio Pictures, The Great and fined $6 each. Miss M. Crawford, Lt. A. de Sant Decision now showing at the Central Claen Ferreira, Mr. Wong C. For Theatre. The picture provides the Miss Harry, Mr. Fung Hling, Manswer to the modern question which, ings and machine guns against the Tehong Hong, Mr. A. Hung, Mr. S. has been on every tongue-"Is the sturdy courage of the local posse, led World War veteran and an ex- D. Igglesden, Mr. A. J. Lane, Col. racketeer's rod man on a match for by L. C. Lewis, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. the quick-drawing six-gun fighter of Indian fighter, is no-end exciting. Parkes, Mrs. Raikes, Mrs, Wardrop, the ell west? The Great Decision" Dorothy Wilson furnishon the roman Mias 11. Whitley, Miss M. Witham, presents a great variety of interesting tie Interest opposite Boyd, while characters without in any way retard Charles (Chic) Sale as "Smokey Joe", Mr. Reginald Woolley.

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