CENTRAL THEATRE
To-day to Friday
At 2.30, 6.10, 7 15 & 9.20 p.m.
We are proud to present the first and best British All Talking, Singing, Colour and Musical production in this Colony
ALFS BUTTON
A Gaumont British All-Dialogue
Production.
Directed by WP.KELLINO
Featuring
TUBBY EDLIN, ALF GODDARD NORA SWINBURNE POLLY WARD
Based on W. A DARLINGTONJ Famous Farce Extravaganza.
NEXT CHANGE
THE SILVER SCREEN,
'KING'S THEATRE.
MONTE CARLO" A SPLENDID
PICTURE.
The King's Theatre gave its initial performance yesterday morn: ing when the preview of the talking picture "Monte Carlo," was shown. The sound effgets were remarkably good all tones were clear and audible at all pinees in the theatre.
Precceding the feature picture, there was a Paramount News Heel and a talking cartoon.
The feature picture, "Monto Carlo," is the story of an im noverished continental countess (Jeanette Macdonald), who leaves her rich groom at the altar to take trip to Monte Carlo where abs gambles most of her small fortune away, and incets the hero of the picture (Jack Buchanan).
The hero, in his efforts to meet the countess, takes the place of a hairdresser and in this position guins the confidoneo of the countess and persundes her to risk her for remaining francs with "hini, on the chance that he can win back her fortune. At this point the rejected
- bridegroom' makes his appearance and provents the lairdresser and cotrates from playing at the tables, The countess leaves but the hair- dresser remains to play, and later returns to the countess with a huge. sum of money which he is supposed to have won at the tables.
The counters, on the advice of her maid, rejects the hairdresser but later realines that she loves him and calls him back. The picture bas, of course, the usual happy ending.
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The theme songs of the picture, "Always In All Ways, And "Beyond The Blue Horizon," were well-received and have a catchy air, The part of the countess is very well played by Jeanette Macdonald. Miss Minodonald has a very good singing voice and is aided in the
His Voice Bas Enchanted lead by Jack Buchanan, the English
The World I
RUDY VALLES
and
MARIE DRESSLER
In
"THE VAGABOND
LOVER"
A Romance of Mirth and Melody-Sensation on Radio
-Revelation on Screen.
COMING SOON
MARLENE DIETRICH The Now Screen Beauty Whose Resemblance to Greta Garbo is the Rage
•
of America in
He buried himself
alive in the Foreign
Legion to forget wom en like her!
Sho Gives Love Start.
ling canco!
Signifi.
MOROCCO
GARY COOPER MARLENE DIETRICH ADOLPHE MENJOU
a. Paramount Picture
Booking at Andersons "ande the Theatre (Tel: 25720).
musical comedy star, who plays the part of the hairdresser. The sup porting characters give the picture the necessary touches of comedy, which, with the musical scores and the novel photographic scenes, com: bing to make Monte Carlo probably the best talking-picture that has yet appeared on local
arrhers.
The theatre is very well ventilat- ed and is comfortably cool, fresh air coming in through enamented ventilators in the ceiling.
Rubber flooring and special padd- edwalls make the theatre ideal for the showing of sound pictures.
The velvet curtains and the special imparted asbestos curtain give the theatre on artistic atmos- phere and the lighting effects help greatly in showing off the beauty of the theatre..
The Western Electric and im proved Super Simplex Sound Ma- chines are of the latest type and the first of their kind to be brought into use in the. Far East,
TROOPS ATTACK
THEATRE.
GRAVESITUATION CREATED
AT HANKOW.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1931.
KINGS THEATRE?
Showing daily at
2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30. Booking at ANDERSON'S and at the THEATRE Phone 25313.
IT'S an Ernst Lubitsch Production.
"MONTE CARLO"
with
JACK BUCHANAN and
JEANETTE MacDONALD A Paramount Picture.
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Hankow, March 26-A touko situation continued to oxist in the French Concession here to-day as the result of last week's distur Lances arising from actions of Chinese soldiors at the Tion Sen Theatre.
In many respects the Concession resembles a war camp. Annamite. troops, with machine-guns and armoured cars, are being held in readiness to copa with possible do- Heale situations.
Squables in Chinese theatres in the French Concession in Hankow are daily occurrences. On Satur. day there was genuine alarm when Chinese soldiers, arined with pla tois and bombs, were involved in a Eurimage.
The soldiers attempted to invade the theatre without having purchas.. ed tickets, When they were refused admission they attacked the on- ployees of the amusement house. Stones were hurled at the theatre and barbed wire barricades, erected French authorities between the French Concession and Chinese City, were torn down,
The polleo were powerless to copi with the disorder, and when the riating assumed a serious aspect the French authorities issued an ener gency call, summoning the catire military fores of the Concession. The-Annamites, howovor, were not. sint to the scene of the trouble be cause of foar that an armed clash would actually take place, with pos sibly serious loss of life. Chinese garrison troops were called-out and order, was restored.
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THE SILVER SCREEN.
QUEEN'S THEATRE..
**SAY IT WITH SONGS.".
Al Jolson sings to the unseen millions in Say It With Songs," Warner Bros. Jatest all-talking, all: singing picture which comes to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday,
As Joe Lane, radio butertainer, the star has many opportunities to |sing whichi he does not only for the broadcasting station, but from pris aon where he is sent as the result of as fatal nouident
Jolson does not rosart to burnt cork in Say It With Songs," since his audiences supposedly never ses him. Although he sings " group of songs that will be heard around the world, he plays tho part cf a nan who considers himself i
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hopeless failure. "Say It With Songs is the most tenderly emotional of all Jolson's storica..
It was written by Darryl Zanuck and Harvey H. Gates and the talk- ing scenario is by Josoph Jackson, Davey Lee, four-year-old baby star, again shares honours with Jolson in a cast which includes Marian Nixon, Holmes Horbort, Kenneth Thompson and Fred Kohler.
"CENTRAL THEATRE.
"ALF'S BUTTON."
Alf's Button;" an exhilarating talkie version of W. A. Darling- ton's famous farce extravaganza, is the biggest and most successful British effort to date to present a "comedy in dialogue and super music and with scenes in colour-in short, in that lavish manner which ensures a picture's popularity with' the public.
Rarely in a British film has such." a galaxy of stars been got together. In the lead there is Tubby Edlin, who contributed so largely to the widespread success of the stage play in London and the provinces, and chief in support, is "Alf · Goddard · the foremost Cockney Beroun como. dian. Nora Swinburne, Polly Ward and Humberston Wright aro others.
Alf's Button" started its run at the Central Thontre yesterday to packed houses, It is a purely British production and therefore everybody in this colony should pay a visit to the Central Theatrs to seo it.
-WORLD THEATRE.
"RAFFLES.".
No longer is Ronald Colman the sad, silent lover of other days. · A figure of humour, of romance, of adventure has sprung up to replace the long suffering one. That this change has been justified. is attested by the tremendons reception given both of which feature Colman's new the star's first two talking pictures
screen personality, Raffles," the famous star's latest vehicle, which comes to the World Theatre on Saturday, is the outstanding mani- festation of his new spirit.
NEW SELF-RIGHTING
AEROPLANE.
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF ITALIAN MACHINE,
Teramo, Italy, March 25.--Ex- perts of the Air Ministry of the Italian Government were engaged to-day in testing a new type of self- righting aeroplane at the Forde Vibrata Flying Field hero.
The newest contribution to the science of aeronautics was designed by Bgr. Fernando Bernasconi. The inventor claims that the craft he hus designed will right itself in any position. It is capable of so doing Sgr, Bernasconi claims, whether or not the engine is running. ---
With its engine cut off or even without an engine, Sgr. Bernasconi sid to-day, the new aeroplane cna ily from 80 to 100 kilometres at an altitude of 2,000 fust before, being, forced to land.
Experts assigned to test the new invention by Conoral Italo Balbo, Minister for Air, are represented as being intensely interested in Sgr. Bernasconi's aeroplane If hia claims are substantiated, they. bellove, a new era of safety will bayo dawned for aviation Details of the apparatus or theory used in stabilizing the Bernasconi in vention are being kept secret.
LAUNCH OF FERRY BOAT:
AT MESSRS. W. S. BAILEY'S YAND.
Mears, WB. Bailor. & Co., Ltd. -have-launched-from-their-Verd-at- Kowloon a stool Ferry Boat of 00. feet to order of the Hong Kong & New Territories Ferry Co., Ltd. the vessel being fitted with Gardner Engines-132-Horia Power and the construction supervised by Mesars D. A. Purves & Co., Consulting Engineers to the Owners.
QUEEN'S
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5:10, 7.15 & 9.20.
RIVALS THE RAINBOW IN COLORITHRILLS WITH ITS RADIANT BRAUTIRGI ·
FOOK KİRAL COLOR
GOLD
DIGGERS of BROADWAY
VENNIS EIGLETTER D CONWAY TLARIE- NICK LUCAS NANCY WILFORD ANN PENSINGTON CHORUS OF 100
DAZZLING BEAUTIES
LARRY CEBALLOS
DOY DEL AUTH
-ADDED ATTRACTION
CONGO JAZZ
#
LOONY TUNE CARTOON
NEXT CHANGE
HERE 13 WHERE YOU LAUGH AND CRY WITH "AL" AND HIS SONGS
Barnerrass
SAY IT WITH SONGS With Davey Lee
Manan Nirony Kennela Thom the Holmes Herbert Fred Kohler #incial by LLOYD BACON,
"You Ain't Heard Nothin'. Yet?"; min. Until You Hear folam Sing "New""""Songs * to
"Little Pakar
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
*
At 5.30 & 2.20-
LEW
CODY and
AILEEN PRINGLE
TEA
FOR
THREE"
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