Star Theatre is going to screen 'The Ladder Jinx.' Besides its distinctively funny situations, the direction has been scientifically and skillfully handled. Film synopsis included.
Jesse [sic] Robbins, who made 'The Ladder Jinx,' has struck out in an entirely new direction. Recognising the great possibilities of a travesty upon popular superstition, he built up an amusing comedy dealing with adventures of an unfortunate young man. If you wish to have a really…
The quickest way to obtain a hearty laugh at someone else's expense is to travel over to Kowloon tonight and visit 'The Ladder Jinx' at The Star. Last night ,a big house was kept in a continuous ripple of laughter over the misfortunes of Arthur Barnes, a young bank cashier who was…
Today and tomorrow, Star Theatre will be screening the screen version of Anthony Hope's novel 'Prisoner of Zenda.' The Rex Ingram directed film features Alice Terry. On Wednesday, the theatre will be screening 'Dr. Jack' featuring Harold Lloyd.
The Star is celebrating the Anniversary Week by putting on some unusually good pictures. Starting with 'Salome' last Sunday, it is now presenting 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' with Alice Terry at the head of a star cast. Other films promised for this week are Harold Lloyd in…
Tonight, Star Theatre will be screening a comedy, entitled 'Doctor Jack,' featuring Harold Lloyd. The film doesn't have a great deal of the story. Rather it is completely made for comical purposes, with Lloyd as the 'sunshine' doctor showing his wonderful cures and novel…
It requires no great wisdom to be able to predict that the Star will be crowded for the next two days when it is mentioned that Harold Lloyd in 'Doctor Jack' is the big attraction. There are lots of people who never otherwise go inside a cinema who throw aside all other engagements…
The whimsicalities of Harold Lloyd evoked roars of laughter from a crowded house at the Star last night. Harold in this film becomes a doctor, with a novel notion of treatment in the cases he is called upon to deal with. Film plot included. 'Doctor Jack' can be prescribed as a sure…
Star Theatre will be screening a comedy 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin and a drama in the shape of Winston Churchill's great society story 'The Inside of the Cup.' The American author's drama is human in every detail and has been filmed with fitting skills.…
Highly contrasted are the two pictures which constitute this evening's Star Theatre programme. The first, 'The Inside of the Cup,' is based on a story by the famous American author, Winston Churchill, and can be best described as a society drama. Film plot included. The second,…
Star Theatre shows again today the big double program consisting of Winston Churchill's great society drama 'The Inside of the Cup' and Charlie Chaplin's comedy 'The Fireman.'
This evening, the Star Theatre offers again the big double programme comprising Winston Churchill's society drama 'The Inside of the Cup,' and Charlie Chaplin's intensely amusing comedy 'The Fireman.'
Saturday finds the Star Theatre showing an exceptionally strong programme almost evenly divided into comedy and drama. The comedy is supplied by that prince of screen comedians, Charlie Chaplin, in 'The Fireman.' The drama is provided by 'The Inside of the Cup,' a penetrating…
Cinema patrons have nothing to grumble at the fare recently, and now, provided for them, particularly at the Coronet and Star Theatres. At the former, we have Douglas Fairbanks probably the most popular of all male screen artists. At the Star, we have Rudolph Valentino who is rapidly coming to…