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the nimble dancing of a King who shaved off his beard and tearned to croon!

COMES ALONG***

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ALL THE KING'S HORSES

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EDWARD EVERETT HORTON BUGENE PALLETTE. Dirgeted by Frank Tuttle

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KATHERINE DIMILLE

A Paramount Picture

Music by Sam Coslow

THE "LOVE PARADE" OF 1935

Commencing SATURDAY at the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1985..

CINEMA NEWS

NOTES FROM THE THEATRES

ly speak above a whisper, and it was not until loud speakers had been in stalled at various points round the studio that Mr. Hill was enabled, by speaking into a milerophone, in his ordinary voice, to begin work. "The -First-Mr-Fraser"-is-coming to the King's Theatre on Wednesday.

"Whirlpool"

is Tom Walls, this popular comedy them are auch outstanding favourites tekm extracting The maximum as W. C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore, quantity of laughs from Ben Travers' Edna May Oliver, Madgo Evans, brilliant farce. Other players with Maureen O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Allan, prominent roles are Yvonne Arnaud, Herbert Mundin, Basil Rathbone, Robertson Hare, Mary Brough and Hugh Williams, Roland Young nud Grace Edwin.

"Mennco"

many more. Directed by George Cakor, "David Copperfield brings to touching episode, each exquisito ro- life each gelden nioment, ench tearful mantle thrill in Charles Dickens' work-beloved novel of the same name.

of

Owing to the tremendous size of the

Paul Cavanaugh, who appeared net constructed for the cabaret in "The

Notorious Sophie Lang," sequence in Sterling Film Company's shares acting honours once again in production "The First Mrs. Fraser," | "Mennee," the now Paramount murder several loud-apenkers were installed mystery which comes to the Central

"The Firebird" Thontro today. In "Menace," Mixs to facilitate direction. This sceno, on Michael plays the role of a bedati- When two sophisticates, the best which many hundreds of extras were ful and charming young girl whose dressed man, and the best dressed engaged, covered the whole of the life is endangered by a madman who woman of the screen, fall in love, avallable floor space at the Studios, wrongly belloves her guilty of his what happens? That's the case of and Mr. Sheiatr H, who directed, brother's sudden death, From Africa, Adolphe itcnjou and Verree Teasdalu found that the need to shout instruc. where the picture's action first takes who were wed early innt fall funt after Warner tions was too much of a strain on his place, to an isolated house high in the she completed work on

mountains of Californis, she and her Bros. production, "The Firebird," now volce. He arrived on the set onefiance Paul Cavanaugh, are trailed playing at the Alhambra Theatre, morning so hoarse that he could hard- ] by the maniac. Through guile and "I'm so madly in love with Adolpho craft, he succeeds in keeping his I'd wear a gingham apron were he to identity a secret, During a week-end say the word, declared Verres, the when there are other guests present, fascinating perfectly poised individual a letter is received stating that the whose ability to wear clothes in stun hour of revenge has come. Although ning fashion makes her

the envy the police have been summoned, the women. "The Firebird" is an uitra. intended victims agree that they alone modern story, revealing the Recret are equal to the task of thwarting love of a beautiful young girl whene the attempt that is to be made on emotions have been repressed by a their lives. Evan as they prepare for conventional and, aristocratic family. their sinister vigil, the murdørar, auro There is an all-star cost which in- of his plans, is ready to strike. And, cludes besides Mins Teasdale, Ricardo Jack Holl, the perennial favourite before anything can be done to pre- Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise, of motion pleture fans since the early vent , one of the party is found C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Tree, Helen Zane Grey days of "Wanderer of the heart. The director of "Menace" is Robert Barat. The picture was di

dend, kalfe wound penetrating his | Trenholme, Hobart Cavanaugh and Wasteland" and "Light of the West Ralph Murphy, well known in pictures rected by Willam Dieterle from the ern Stora," is agnin the popular heroic for his ability to create unusual and screen piny by Charles Kenyon based figure in Columbia's dramatic produc- chilling drama. The cast features, in on the play by Lajos 23tahy. tion, "Whirlpool," the next change at addition to Gertrude Michael and Paul Cavanaugh, ilenrietta Crosshian,

"All the King's Horses" the Queen's Theatre. From the open-Montagu Love, John Lodge and Berton Starred in Paramount's "All the Ing scene to the thrilling climax, the Churchill.

King's Horses" coming to the Alm is replete with intense, dramatic

"Music in the Air”

Alhambra and Central Theatres on interest. exciting siuntions and

Saturday, Mary Ellis wears as part, breath-taking suspense. In the role With a score contributed by that of her sumptuous queen's wardrobe of Rankin, small-time carnival owner, master of light music, Jerome Kern, the newest on Travis Banton's famous Holt in Rold to provide a powerful and that brilliant lyricist, Oscar style creations. It is a frock combin- Iammerstein II, the new Fox Filming the best elements of the danco characterisation equal to any in his spectacle, Music in the Air," starring and the dinner frock and It presents distinguished career. Committed to Glorin Swanson, John Bolen, Douglas an original idea that is bound to be the penitentiary for twenty years, Montgomery and June Lang. pupular this summer. Designed as a owing to the death of a small town how at the King's Theatre. "Music | "double-duty" dress, Banton has solved "hick" in a carnival brawl, he returns in the Air" ran for a year on Broad-with this new creation the problem of | after completing his sentence

who finds her dancing away. Now, as an Erleh Pommer pro- the women toduction for Fox Film, it is rated by frocks too ornate dining and her world unlike the one of his youth. preview critics as one of the outstand dinner gown lacking the correct skirt Bitter and resentful for his jucareera-ing musical pictures of years. Its for dancing. The creation, as worn tion, he turne big-shot racketeer. star-studded enst kas rated superla by Miss Ellis, is a surplice bodiced His flourishing profession receives a tives from everyone who has viewed white chiffon with a simple, flattering

neckline. That settles powerfully dramatic set-back, how the Alm, for in addition to such formal

atellor names ca those of Glorin dinner problem. But when the wearer ever, when his name is linked with

Swanson and Jolin Bules, Montgomery arises from the table, this gown is that of his innocent wife and daughter, and June Lang, the company includes animated by a very full, floating skirt, who all these years had believed him Al Shean, Reginald Owon, Joseph invishly enbellished with diamond to be dead. The climactic denouement lawthorn, Hobart Bosworth and Jed motifs that create a spectacular effect, has been hailed by cinema critics as Prouty. The action of "Music in the Miss Ellis, long famous as a dramatic a stirring screen episode. In support Air" in laid in the Bavarian Alps and and singing star on the stage. in of Hult in a large cast headed by Jonn in Munte. Jack Donohue, brilliat London and New York, makes her Arthur including Donald Cook, Allen young dance director, has staged what American Bim debut opposite Carl Jenkins, Lila Lee and John Miljas, are described as enchanting dance Brisson in "All the King's Horses."

routines for several scenes in the film. Directed by Frank Tuttle, "All the King's Horses" the comedy story of a king and queen who try to solve their romantle problem by ruuning away and end up in each other's arTIS. Edward Everett lorton, Katherine DeMille and Eugene Pallette feature the supporting cnet.

-CENTRAL & ALHAMBRA Roy Williant Neill directed tie film.

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One of the funniest sequences in No successful author should pass the Gauenunt-British pleture "A more than half of his time in Holly Cuckoo in the Nest," showing at the wood. Screen writing is too exhaus- Star Theatre, is Ralph Lynn's at ting. Hugh Walpole, distinguished tempts obtain a night's rest in Beltish novelist, contributed that word the bedroot of an inn, usual rest of advice to his brethren of the pen tug place being, already necupled by after writing the adaptation of "David n lady. First, Lynn tries the floor Copperfield" Charles Dickens' best but finds it too draughty. He then knows and best loved story which la attempts to insert himself under aw to be seen on the served of the washstud, his serpentine wrigglings Queen's Theatre. "Screen work is the round the legs jeopardising both the hardest I ever have attempted." washatanul and the collection of Walpole said, "I have been astonish- crockery adorning it. Later he de-ed at the lengths to which studios go Berts this for the hearth rug before to make their pictures not only

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