King George Theatre

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 50, 22 May 1930, Page 5

King George Theatre

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

hivery audience will love to join the great 'detective Xayland Smith in his nut*!, -adventurous chase of tiiat wily, oriental'character. "The Mysterious £>r I'u Manchu," taken from the pages of rfax Bohmer 's world famous book and madie to live on the screen at the Kirtg George Theatre on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 24th, 26t>h, and ■27th May.

Gripping, awful niystery—eerie footsteps in. the dead of night—an lusmseen hand spreading terror and destruction -r-iv beautiful girl hypnotiseil to work thli will of a cruel maniac—and love dominating/1 •controlling;, triumphing in the my.stic maze*36f revdng^ful "eUTeer.

"Tho Mykeri6iisM)r. Fii Mane-hu" is oue of the greatest mystery stories evetf written/ and it is'one &£ the ■ greatest m<yving. pictures'ever-made. In siwift .nets on, theI'strang-C/ crafty villain, who tli rilled millions; in .Sax Eohmer's .books, comes, to life, spreads,out' before us on the serein, inspires us'with a nameless terror, spurs us.j.on/to his ■■ capture and leaves us with .a, .thankful./.feeling of relief, when, captured at last, he clears the way. for time love. . .

War . -i- Oland in the title ro'ie i 3 gre-a,t. The"master villain of the screen has bot-ii doing oriental roles for years ibu'^ rl' '■' have his performances, approav.h.- blie perfection of this one; Jean Arthur ami Neil, are irresistible as a pair of young lovers. Bverybody loves -^ith them.

Holt and Graves Made Tests Prior to Filming "Flight."

In order to determine the coanparaitivo vohvirie of the sound of a •human voice when pitted against the roar of an airplane engine, tests were made at the flying field -of'the..California Aerial Tnuisport Company in. Los Angels by director Frank E. Cajpra, preparatory to Ms makin-g"Flight,".the CoQlumbia all-ttalking aviation special whicih will play at the King G<eorge Theatre, On W.^lnesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 28th, 29th and 3Qt.h. \

la ' ''Flight: Jaick Bolt and Ralph Graves are -cu-starred under the direction of Capra. This is the same triumviato that v made "Submarine," the record breaking undersea drama. The sori.pt of '; Flight J' called for a number of sequences, duringrvvhicih. Ja-ek Holt •shouta orders to student flyers in training while airplanes-are roaring close by. As theso orders are also directed at Ealph Graves and are of important drama tic* consequence, Capra did not want to Uike any chances 'in faiQing to reg-ister Holt's voice.

TAui motor of the plane was sta»tel and .spee-ded up while Holt and Graves fwnlktnl into icamera range, Holt shouting iifi orders to' Gravies in the highest pitwh. It was feared that the tremendous roar of the airplane motor would drOwn out Holt's voice. However, the projection o-f the film after development prov-

od otherwise,

Over and above the roar of the motor, Holt's voice could be heard as natural as life. This differentiation of sound marked a forward step in the production of talkies.