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SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN GETTING INTO THE WATER...... By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
APPEARS ON FLOAT. ASKS SWIMMERS HOW THE WATER IS TODAY ?
IS TOLD IT'S GREAT. DIPS, TOE IN SUSPICIOUS- LY. JUST AS HE THOUGHT,
KYL B-R-RI
DECIDES THERE'S NO HURRY ABOUT GDING IN. SITS AND SUNS HIMSELF
CANT PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER. STANDS AT EDGE OF FLOAT CONTEMPLATING WWATER SADLY
TO-DAY'S „WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES."
MUSIC AND THE ALL-BROW.
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2,30, 5.10, 7:15 & 9.20..
11 to 11.30 am.-Commercial News. JOIN THE 11.30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-Chinese PARTY!
programme.
14.30 p.m.-European programme..
1.30 p.m.-Weather, report.
2 p.m.-Close down.
3 to 7 pm-Chinese programme.
1 p.m.-European programme of H.M.V. and Victor records
*. selected and supplied by
Masra. Moutrie & Co.
William Tell-Overture (Rossini),
Arthur Pryor's Band. Marcheta and What'll I Do, Vie
-Youth
has its fling!
MUST MEET ELMER!
Ying Lardner's sizzling wise.
cracker of the " You Know Me, AIH " kind. Elmer's the world's greatest little playboy. He says so himself! And you will believe it when you SEE and HEA& bim stepping around,sling. ing the slung, in
"FAST COMPANY"
with
EVELYN BRENT ⚫JACK OAKIE RICHARD "SKEETS" GALLAGHER a Paramount Picture Wise-Cracking Comedy Romance From the Stage Súnsh-Hịt by RING LARDNER
and
GEORGE M. COHAN ALL-TALKING
"Sleeping Porch
"
2 part sound comedy
ALSO
Paramount
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-NEXT CHANGE THURSDAY, SEPT. 18- Broke all Records in England and America
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...the loveliest heroine in all
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No to Dum evar held millions
thin such spellbound, wasderment, as
this i... long loved.... but now
revealed for the fat time in all her beauty and resplendent talent
BEBE DANIELS -A Singing Sensation JOHN BOLES
Screen's Greatest Tenor
Bet Wheeler
Robert Wonkory
Darding Lou
Don Alemánké
—ABIA THOUSAND
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FLORENZ ZIEGFELD'S
RIO RITA
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•Heza Bebe Sing...
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"If You're in Lore
You' H'ab
*do Rita❤
Gay Comedy..
Gallunt Drama
Mammoth Scenes in Technicolor Another Super-Production at Popular Prices On account of Film being in 15 parts, the shows start promptly Daily at 2.00, 6.00, 7.20 & 9.40 sharp.
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7-21
THE SILVER
THREE! WONDERS WOULD IT BE BETTER TO EASE HIMSELF IN DOWN THE LADDER
DECIDES IN ANY CASE IT WILL HELP TO SPLASH WATER OVER HIMSELF
FIRST
(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
SCREEN.composer of popular melodies and junior partner of a famous music publishing house meets Pat Thayer (Helen Johnson) when he goes to, LAUGHS AT THE QUEEN'S. the theatre to hear a singer put
over his latest song.
He falls in love with her sad One long reel of laughter ia they meet later at a "Roof" when perhaps the best way of describing Fat introduces herself. Eventually Crildren of Pleasure which is they become engaged but finally at: on at the Queen's just now. The rehearsal for the wedding, he
·picture tells the story of how overhears Pot tell Rod Peck (Ken- Danny Negan (Lawrence Gray) neth Thomson) another of her ad-
mirers, how she is only experiment ing with him (Danny) and that if everything does not turn out well she will marry Rod after she gets a divorce from Dan
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Feeling very upset, Daa refuses to go through with the wedding and For several days be is missing. At lasthe phones Emma Gray (Wynne Gibson) who is an old friend and who has silently cared for Dan right through that he is home again Emma goes to him, and what follows-well, perhaps it would be better if those who have not seen the picture get their seats right away and see and bear a really topping film.
Five well-known song writers are associated with the musical features of this picture. ...
Fred Fisher, composer of the smart-hit "Dardancella," contri- bated four numbers, "The Better Things, In Life," "Leave It That Way," "Girl Trouble " and Dust," which is accompanied by ja black-face revue.
picture
tor Salon Orchestra.
Minuet (Boccherin) and
Sous.
Bois (Stalib), Vietor Concert Orchestra.
of jazz- mad
youth.
More thrilling
Was It a Dream and Beautiful, National Cavaliers, Malà Quar- tette.
Evening Song (Schumann) and Traumerei (Schumann), Victor String Ensemble.
Home Sweet Home and Comin' Thro' The Rye, Marian Talley, Soprano.
I Lift Up My Finger and I Say
Tweet-tweet and
Laughing
Marionette, Jack Hylton and
SUPS AND FALLS IN
2
his orchestra.
GUYAS WILLIATS
cluded several vaudeville skits and night club revues
"The Divorcee." most costly garments ever designed Norma Shearer wears one of the for motion pictures in the Pullman train scenes of "The Divorce," her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talking picture which will come to the Queen's Theatre on Friday.
The gow, a lounging, affair, was created by Adrian and executed in gold brocades of solid patterns and panels. It was insured for $1,500 during the production.
On the Banks of Allan Water
and The Sweetest Flower That
Blows, Edna Thornton, Con- tralto.
Air G String
than
*Car
Modern Maiders"! or "Our
Dancing Daughters!"
CHILDREN
Londonderry Air (Grainger), PLEASURE
New Symphony Orchestra.
I Knew of Two Bright Eyes (Clutsam) and Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Quilter), Derek Oldham, Tenor.
I Little Love, & Little Kiss and
Estrellita, Victor Salon Orch. Rollin' Down the River and Mis Cara, Leo Reisman and his orchestra.
JE I Had a Talking Picture of"
You and Sunnyside Up, Lamp's Kentucky Serenaders. Cryin' for the Carolines and Hare, a Little Faith in Me, Waring's Pennsylvanians. $.30 p.m.-
Miss Shearer and the supporting Chester Morris plays opposite cast includes Robert Montgomery, Conrad Nagel, Florence Eldridge, Zelda. Sears, Marry Doran, Helene Millard, George Irving and Helen 9
Johnson.
"Bio Rita."
When Bebe Daniels dous her brilliant Spanish wedding dress at the opening of "Rio Rita" at the Central Theatre to-morrow, the "something: old, something new, something borrow, and something blue will be seen in colour.. large portion of Radio Pictures' all-talking, all musical version of the Ziegfeld hit is in technicolour.
The brilliant hues of the tropics, Mexican costumes, palm-trees, the colour of a sunset on the Rio Grande, and the wealth of shades and tones in the costumes of the large cast all are seen in their natural colour.
Roy Tark and Fred Ahlert com. Miss Daniels was especially en- bined on the words and lyrics of thusiastic aver the opportunity to Lawrence Gray's big song number, make colour sequences in her first The Whole Darned Thing's for all-talking picture. Not only will You," and the team of Montgomery the fans have a chance to hear her and Ward contributed a song call-Foice, but for the first time the ed A Couple of Birds."
ceautiful colouring of the exoctic Harry Beaumont, director,, in-1 Bebe will be seen.
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From the Studio.
Mr. C. Dudley Bartlett will give the 9th of the series of talks. "Music and the All-Brow,” entitled Musical Realism."" p.m.-Weather report, local time and Press news. Relay from the Kowloon Football Club of the public Band Concert.
In the event of the Band Con- cert being cancelled as & result of bad, weather, a dance pro- gramme will be given. 10.30 p.m.-Close down.
..
St. Helens is making its boys and girls bigger and more healthy as part of its educational policy. According to Dr. Hauxwell, the schools medical officer, the results of the Hamblett Open air School, opened little more than a year ago, have definitely established this fact During the first six months, be says, in his annual report, the average weekly gain in weight was four ounces for the girls and 3.3 ounces in boys, and the average guin in height, was .9 inch with the gir's and one inch with the boys.
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EMIL JANNINGS
The Last
Command"
and
Who could forget Jannings in "Way of All
All Flesh" The Patriot." Here's his latest sensation.
A Paramount Super Picture.
AT THE
MAJESTIC
Nathan Road, Kowloon
TALKING
HOTUS
with LAWRENCE
GRAY HELEN
JOHNSON
BENNY RUBIN
WYNNE GIBSON
NEXT : CHANGE
NORMA
Shearer
with
CHESTER MORRIS,
ROBERT
MONT-
GOMERY,
CONRAD NAGEL
Divorcee
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Laura LA PIANTE
Robert Ellis Joelyn Lee
Forms Tervor
LOVE TRAP
NEIL HAMILTON
ROMANCE! COMEDY!
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