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KINGS

TO-MORROW

THE BOY A MAN THE MAN A BOY

Swipes, the newsboy, wise in the wily ways. of men before his time. "Chuck Connors, Bowory big shot, a' grinning boy at heart.. Pals thru thick and thin.

WALLACE BEERY GEORGE RAFT JACKIE COOPER FAY WRAY & PERT KELTON

BOWERY

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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.

CINEMA SCREENINGS from a screen play by Robert N. Leo

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES

Land. Peter Miling, padys

The Working blau” One of the many chuckling human ineldents in "The Working Man," tho Warner Bros. production starring George Arliss, and showing from to

In casting about for a story to not morrow at the Queen's Theatro, has their now 20th Century company in to do with a deal in cigars, between mction, Josep M. Schenck and Durry] the star, who is a wealthy shoe-manu Zanuck camo across ·° yarn called facturer, on a chi trip in Maine- "The Bowery", written by Michael and his miserly but genial fishing Eimmons and B. R. Solomon, and im- crony who knows the way to streams, mediately ceased their quest for a go where treat leap higher, and bite away vehicle, Rich lo comedy and harder-ihan nuywhere else in the dramatic high spult, "The Bowery universe. Just to show what a good ald in the day of Chuck Connors, fellow he is, the grizzled fisherman offer the Major of Chinatown, and from down in Maine, who keeps the Steve Dredie, who either did or didn't country store, brings out a box of rare Jump off the Brooklyn, and such sport-cigura Arliss' favourite brand

ng world and theatrical celebrities an charging more than the market price. John L. Sullivan, Carrie Nation, Arliss tries to smoke one of them, Frankie Baley, Maggie Oline, Bill and Dade it so dry it almost chokes Muldeon, Dustato this and Juse Kirahim. He then discover that the To the lot of Wallace Beety, who can cigars his crony had sold to him were drore with a smirk or a silly grin the same box of cigars he had pre- than most lending men can do with unsented to his crony the previous atm- entire film of acting, falls the task of mer. "The Working Manis bringing to the screen one of the meetmedern, fighting, rowdy, ro-u-fishin', picturesque characters of the time make-a-million, happy-go-lucky conie- when the Bowery was in full flower of the New Deal--an Arliss who has dy drama, nnit it presents an Arliss He has now added to his overflowing shed his characteristic dignity. The gallery of silent and talking screen line supporting cast includes Bette: portraits. the characterization of Chuck: Connors, as will be seen when cott, and Theodore Newton, Jr.

Davis, tardie Albright, Gordon West- The Bowery" openg na a United Artists release on Thursday at the

Design For Living King's Theatre. With all due respect Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Gary In "Design for Living." with to the rich colour of George Raft's Cooper and Edward Everett Horton as Steve Brodin and Jackle Cooper"

Swipes, the hawaboy, in "The Bowery" the principals, Ernst Lubitsch has the characterization of Beery as Con-done a masterful job of illrection from nors is more striking. If ever a part rereen treatment of the celebrated the Ben Hecht script. Paramount's was tailored to the talent of Wailuce comedy-now showing at the King's Beery, that part is Chuck Connors, Theatre. Here the celebrated Lubilach gulile and friend of celebrities and touches exceed great expectations. imble Orientals, and a fancy dresser Too numerous to mention individually,

མ according to his own nations of flashy they pertups reach their apex in the elegance.

nuptial chamber scene between Miss Hopkins and Horton and in the r ing aftermath. when the husband wedding gift from March and Cooper, takes a good swift klck at the little who forthwith make their nuspicious

Hongkong Lad in Thriller For a week prior to starting pro- duction on "The Kennel Murder Case,” coming to the Alhambra Theatre on Sunday, with Wiliam Powell in the stellar role as Philo Vance, Warner

"Advice to the Lovelorn"

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ros. casting allice resembled a re-avent. The Anesne and colour tion of Chinatown. The costing office

by March and Miss Hopkins was trying to select a player for the the characters played on the stage by was more or less expected of them a role of a Chinese cook in the home Noel Coward and Lynn Fantanne, and of the murdered man, and Chinese of they fulfilled all the anticipation, but every age and type called in the hope the surprise of the show was Gary of getting the part. But Liang, the rook in the picture, was no ordinary Cooper as the artist, the role playe Chinese. He had to understand art The Targy Cooper's performance con. behind the footlights by Alfred Latini, thoroughly, and what is more. it wributed much laughter. A better necessary for the character to speak election for the rals euld not have perfect English without trace of been made. Like March, Misi Hon- accent. Of the scores who applied no

king and Horton, he praved himself such Chinese could be found. The master of Innuendo. casting ofee wan in despair and as a last resort appealed to James Zeemin

All the trials and tribulations that Lee, a student at the University of California. It was discovered that Leef en a big metropolitan daily Tall to go with editing an "agony" column spoke English with a cultured, accent the lot of breezy Lee Tracy in his new less fluency, He comes of a Hongkong picture. "Advice to the Lovelorn." family, and was educated at St.. Stephen's College. The next question. And we might add "and then home!" was whether he could enact no import for it no ordinary velorn column ant a role. But Lec passed a test this newest offering of Joseph M. that the brisk blond star conducts in with dying colours. After he had ex Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck's 20th plained that he had been a devotee of

Century Picturen the theatre and motion picture elnee

which opena to- a child and played in several companies Borrow at the Alhambra Theatre. in Hongkong and Shanghul, and bart As Toby Prentiss, he dishes out some heen leading man with Princess Deri of the grouflest advice ever taken to Ling when she produced "The Saving heart by a lovelorn soul. But it's n of a Throne," he landed the job. The part of Toby's pint to wiggle out of Kennel Murder Case" is the most ve-year contract that holds him to thrilling and most baffling of Ms. Van the detesteil post to which he was

demoted as Ding's fomous detective stories. It

a penalty for getting carries a strong cast with Mary Autor drunk and missing, the year's prize in the leading feminine role omposite story by sleeping calmly the uch an Powell, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Mor-vent of no lesa cataclynie propar- wan, Helen Vinaon, Jack In Rab and ticus than a major earthquake. The athers. Michael Curtiz directed it Tracy and his work under the brak jote of Toby is made order for

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