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QUEENS THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 and 9.20- ARRESTING STORY! CLEVER ACTING AMAZING THRILLS
ARTHUR WONTNER GORDON HARKER- EDMUND GWENN
IN
CONDEMNED Mato DEATH
Adopted from JACK Ó LANTERN" Thrilling Mariter mystery
A TWICKENHAM PRODUCTION
Priceded
-by- GAUMONT
SOUND MIRROR
"AMERICAN MEDLEY"
'Musical
CINE MAGAZINE
TO-MORROW A. NATIONAL EPIC OF NAVAL HEROISM
MEN LIKE THESE
In Admiration of H. M. Submarine Service
A
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL
Picture
In Conjunction With
"OLD
SOLDIERS
NEVER
DIE"
Featuring LESLIE FULLER
(STAR)
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 TOM WALLS YVONNE ARNAUD, Edmond Breon, Winifred Shotter
All Talking Action! of Frederich brocales
comedy
On Approval
EWORLDA
WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES.
BROADCAST BY ZBW.
ON 355 METRES. :
DANCE MUSIC TONIGHT.
11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programme of
Columbia records.
1 .m.-Local time and weather report, (A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the Management, During the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio).
1.30 p.m.-Laxent weather forecast.
2.13 p.m.-Close down.
top.m--Chinese programme.
to 11.20 p.m.-Europeau pro-
gramme.
7 to 8.30 p.m.—Â ́· prograuiao
Columbia records,
to 7.33 p. 111.-**
Variety.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.
HONG KONG.
King'a,
"Husband's Holiday.
Central.
The Last Love,"
Queen's.
"Condemned to Death"
World.
Blar.
"Dance Fools. Dance,"
KOWLOON.
** On Approval."
of
King's.
Song- Mr. Cinders-Spread a
Happiness.
Little Hale. Dart Mr. Cinders-I'm a One- Man Girl."-Binnie Hale and Bobby Howes.---5334, Organ Solo" What Would You
Do?"
COMING.
"One Hour with You."
"The Calender,"
"She Wanted a Millionaire." "Reserved for Ladies.".
KINGS THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS
TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
You Can't get away from this
Mr. Husband, even on a
HUSBAND'S HOLIDAY
with
OLIVE
BROOK
Churli
RUGGLES
Vivienne
Osborne
Juliette
Central.
Binie
"Corsair."
Cock of the Air."
Queen's.
"Men Like These."
"Leather Necking." "Tell England."
Compton
Harry
Banulater
World,
Blar.
"King of the Wild" (part 2).
Their Owa Desire."
"Laughing Sinners." "The Trail of '08,"
Organ Sulo-"One Hour With You."-Quentin M. Maclean. DB923,
Song "A Little Love n Little
Kiss,"
Song- Gipsy Moon," Trevor
Watkins (Tenor). --DD818, Fox Trot Tell Me a Tale of
Old Virginia."
Fox Trot-" A Love Song of Old Valencia." Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.--- CB293.
Songs Harry Welchman-Then- -tre Memories."-Harry Welch
Theatre Chorus.—
man
DB783.
and
8 p.m.-Local time and weather
report,
1.33 to 8.05 p.in.-
Concert Waltzes.
**Tales from the Vienna Wouls"
(Strauss),
**Artists' Life " (Stranks).- Johann Strauss and Symphony Orchestra.---9290.
Voices of Spring" (Stranes). - Johann Strauss land Symphony Orchestra.--1290.
LANGSIDE.
WHERE QUEEN MARY SAW THE BATTLE.
PROPOSAL TO PRESERVE
THE KNOWE.
A proposal that steps should be taken to secure the preservatios for all time of a historic spot' au the outskirts of Glasgow associated with Mary Queen of Brots was con sitlered by the Parks Committee of
Glasgow Corporation.
The spot in question is known as the Court Hill or Court Knowe,
Thousand and One Nights" Langside, which, according to traŭi- || (Strauss). "Frevot Euch Des Lebens "tion, is the slight eminenes from Stran)-Jubann Strauss and which Queen Mary, surrounded by Symphony Orchestra.-0226. her Attendants and bodyguard, "Waltzes from Vienna"-Selec-viewed the Battle of Langside in
tion (Strauss).--London Thea- ire Orchestra,-DX290,
8.05 to 8.42 p.m.--.
"The Yeomen of the Guard" (Gilbert and Sullivan) played by the Columbia Light Opera Company, inducted by Joseph
Batten-DB434/DB479.
8.42 to 9.30 p.m.
1508.
Some years ago Catheart Castle and grounds were acquired from the Earl of Cathcart's trustees by the Corporation, but the Court Knowe was not included in that purchase. After considering the matter the Corporation Parks Com- mitten agreed to get into commun- ication with the trustees of the Earl of Catheart to see if anything can be done to preserve the spot so Song "The Marriage of Figaro closely associated with an spor -Where Are Gone Now those | tant" event in Scottish history. Fairest Moments" (Mozart).— Miriam Licette (Soprano).— 11436.
Operatie:
Band "The Meistersinger"
Selection (Wagner).Reg. Band H.M. Grendier Guards
·0424.
The Traditional Site.
I considering this matter the Parks Committee had before them a report on the subject by Mr. James Eggleton, director of the Corpora- tion Art Galleries and Museums,
Vocal Duct"The Magic Flute which various authorities were quoted in support of the tradition The Manly Heart" (Mozart).
that the Court Knowe was the Vocal Duet-"Don · Giovanni- vantage point occupied by the Give Me Thy Hand, O Fairest" | Queen while the battle was in pro- (Mozart).—Miriam Licette and
authorities gress The principal Dennis Noble.—9503.
quoted are George Buchanan, a "Orchestral Il Trovatore-writer in "The Statistical Account Selection (Verdi).-Perey Pitt of Scotland," published in 1703, conducting the B.B.C. Wirclass and the Rev. Dr. John Smith in Symphony Orchestra.-9155, "The New Statistical Account," published some 40 years later. At tention is drawn to the fact that Bir- Walter Boot, in "The Abbot," Chorus *** "Faust Soldiers' | states that Queen Mary viewed the Chorus" (Gounod)-The B.B.C.battle from Crookston Castle, but Chorus-0143.
that Inter Scott admitted his mis take.
Song"Faust Gainst the
Power" (Gounod),
Bong Barbiere di Biviglia- From the 'unbroken and continu-
The Voice I Heard E'en Now"
ous tradition of the locality. Mr. (Rossini). Madam A. M. Guglielmetti (Soprano)-L2031 Eggleton states, as shown by the All records in the above Eurostatistical accounts; from the clear pean programmes are supplied mess with which all writers have by Messrs. Anderson Music Co, pointed out this spot; from the im portance with which it was invest- 9.30 to 11.30 p.m.-A programme ofed by the planting of a thorn tren denes music supplied by the originally; its replanting by a long Brunswick House.
series of proprietor; the erection
10:30 pm-Rugby mid-day-Press-by-the-Earl of Cathcart of a rus
NCWB.
11.30 p.m.-Close down.
SUNDAY.
TO-DAY
NEXT CHANGE
COMMENCING
SUNDAY 31st JULY /
MAURICE
CHEVALIER
IM
One Hour with You
A Paramorent Picture
with
Jeanette MacDONALD
Genevieve
TOBIN
Charlie RUGGLES Roland YOUNG AN ERNST
LUBITSCH
PRODUCTION
Hear these Song Hits
"One Hour With You" "We Will Always Br. Sweet-hearts"
what Would You Do?" and others!..
ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD, WANCHAL.
GRAND OPENING
ON
SUNDAY,
31st JULY
monument, now in Kelvingrove Museum, and the erection by his AT 2,30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30-P.M. later. representative of a more elaborate monument, still standing,
on the eminence 'roferred to, there can remain no doubt whatever that the Queen stood on the Court
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY 9.15 to 10 mA reiny of the Knowe, the only spot which answers
Ar 2.30, 5.15, 7:15 AND 9.20
DANCE FOOLS
DANCE
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ploture
Military Parade Service from St. John's Cathedral, Voluutary Bouge Adoro" (Flet
cher)......
Hymn 20-Praise the Lord,
Ye Heavena Adore Him." Venite.
(Gontinued on page 11)
all the conditions, when she sÓW her fortunes fading as the Battle of Langside was lost to her by the defeat of her forces. The acquisi- tion of a small, section-of-riMDK ground, standing by itself unbuilt upon, and adjoining a public park, would, he thought, prosent no groat difficultykit
"ONE HOUR
WITH YOU
SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS PICTURE ONLY" -D. CIRCLE $1.10. – B, STALES 550. .F. STALLS 356.
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HUSBAND'S N
HOLIDAY."
TRIANGLE-DRAMA AT THE
KING'S.
Paramount has convened another one of its all-favourite casts for "Husband's Holiday,”, the modern triangle-drama based Ernest Pascal's novel and play, "The Marriage Bed," which is showing at the King's, Theatre.
on
now
CENTRAL THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY
at 2.80; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.90
THE LATEST CHINESE MOVIETONE, SINGING AND
TALKING SUPER SPECIAL DRAMA FIRST.
SHOWN IN THE COLONY
Clive Brook, whose artistry is of YANG NOI MUI & SUN KING LAM
such a high calibro that he has
nover
drawa yet
an
adverse
IN
critiquo from any major writer," THE LAST LOVE"
heads the big cast as the central
George Boyd, a romantic-minded WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST
husband who runs away from,
rather than faeo the boredom of middle-class married life,
"The part of Mary Boyd, his wife.
is played by Vivienne Osborne, the brunette charmer who
was Paul Lukas" "Old girl friend"
in "The Beloved Bachelor."
PRODUCED BY THE UNIQUE CO.. -PRICES OF ADMISSION
DRESS CIRCLE UPPER CIRCLE
$1.00; 35 ots;
(including tax)
BACK STALL
FRONT STALL
555 cents 35 cents
SHOWING SOON
Charlie Ruggles, the droll come THE LATEST 1932 UNITED
Fan of "The Girl Habit,"
Tho
Beloved Bachelor" and many other
ARTISTS SPECIAL FEATURE
successes, is seen in a whimsical ROLAND WEST & CHESTER MORRIS, THE WINNING COM. BINATION WHO CREATED "ALIBI" NOW TOGETHER AGAIN portrayal as Clyde Saunders, ous of the many
meddlesome laws of this play.
12
in-
Juliette Compton, the charmer of "Rich Man's George Bancroft's
and Ruth Chatterton's Folly " "Unfaithful," plays the part of the romantic young business girl who runs off with Brook, repents, and later relents the repentance.",
Charles Winninger, whose great-
IN A SURGING, FAST-MOVING DRÁMA" OF THE HIGH SEAS."
kolara.
WESTS
Unbod Artists Picture
ORSAIR
Chester Morris
COMING
est bid to pro-talkie fame was in THE NEWEST UNITED ARTISTS ·
his role as the Original Captain Andy Hawks in Ziegfeld's "Show Boat," is seen in Husband's Holiday," as the down-trodden and wistful Mr. Reid, Elizabeth Patterson, who showed her claver- ess nt charater work as Tallulah Bankhead's mother in "Tarnished Lady," anlooses
abundant supply of it again as the grim- morals wife of Winninger, and Brock's mother-in-law,
Other names that are entertain- ment-insurance for any show they are aligned with are Harry Ban- nister, of Girl of the Golden
•HOWARD HUGHES·
SUPER SPECIAL PICTURE
COCK OF THE AIR
CHESTER MORRIS
ONE HOUR WITH
YOU."
West," Loni Stengel, former Berlin | CHEVALIER AND JEANETTE
musical comedy star who appeared
as the artist's model in "The De loved Bachelor; Marjorie Gate-' BON, who erented the original character of Mrs. Maurrand in the stage original of "Street Scene" in New York, and Kent Taylor, who played in The Road to
Reno."
Two youngsters who have made earlier, bids to film fame appear in the child rolex They are Marilyn Knowlden, who was in Paul Lukas and Eleanor Borad. man's Women Love Once"; and Dickie Moore, who was one of the child-favourites of "The Star Wit.
neas."
The story denis with a husband's waywardness, and the concerted effect of his liniaan upon the rest of his household and then upon the affairs of his "in-law." The wife and children are deeply in- volved in the events which are un-
folded.
..
'CONDEMNED TO
DEATH.
FINAL RUNS AT THE QUEEN'S
TOGETHER AGAIN.
The management of the King's Theatre is to be congratulated upon serving out such excellent fars for "One Hour with the holidays as You," which opens to-day.
"One Hour With You" is the
most dextrous of Lubitsch pictures, Although the actual entertainment value is lower, the director has ac-
complished a remarkable job with the slimmest material on record.
The film performs its humorous dismissals of life and love with levity that cannot be suggested in a mere written criticism.
Maurice Chevalier continues his conquest of the feminine heart and Jeanette Macdonald seems to have acquired additional beauty-if that were possible,
APOSTS PICTURE
MEN LIKE THESE.”
PRESS COMMENTS ON BRITISH PICTURE.
"Graphic and thrilling, Depicts realistically and credibly how men, trapped inside n. sunken submarine, conduct themselves. *
There is a marked effect
of genuineness in the scenes in-
́side the disabled submarine, and.
they seem to have been taken from actual life. .. Assuredly t grim, nerve-wracking picture"--- William Bochnel in Weir York Work-Telegram,
An exciting pictorial record of the sinking of a British submarino rammed in collision with a freigh
ter.
It has no story but that dogan't prevent it from holding the interest every foot of the way.
The underwater
scenes are
unumally good, and the bravery of the submarine, crew stressed."-Motion Picture Daily. Much of the laughter is produced
"Harrowing experiences of crow by Roland Young and Charlie Rug-in sunken British submarine pack- gles, who are admirable foila for i
ed with thrills. ; . Carries a cach other. Charlie Ruggles has
wealth of human appeal and in usually appeared in drunk parts; built for thrill fans,Filme Daily. and this is the first occasion "This merits the attention of, that he is seen drawing 4
every type of theatre. In addition sober breath on the screen. to being vivid and dramatic, It
Whatever his condition he always
possesses an educational value and has the wittiest lines to speak. They logical side in connection with ́say that he spends half his time the submarine. There is
in between shots thinking up now realism, a suspense, gripping sen A trade notice states:--
wisecracks. The dialogue writer antion which makes the 45 minutes There is sure to be controversy pencils in his lines, Charlie Ruggles running time far less."-Fariety, over the theme of " Condemned to gives them snap. Who would not "Most apt is Trapped Ina write dialogue for young Charlie-Submarines, sponsored by tho Death," the film adaptation of the famou play "Jack O' Lantern,” A Of course, Chevalier is like all British Admiralty, In it woseo more things of which we have convictal murdered is shown to be stars. They rise like rockets and heard much but know little. It such a potent hypnotist that the come down with the autumn leaves, depicts vividly the dangers that spell he weaves from the dock They have a glamorous attraction beset the men on a submarine, and the ways in which they may be rescued from these perils 1 - persists after his death, leading to of something new. It lasts for a a series of crimes that alarm the few pictures, and begins to fade well constructed and presents some. excellent shot of submarines and public and puzzle tho police. with startling rapidity,
the life aboard them."-New Forks - Post Standard
Perhaps Chevalier, too, is losing In this respect George Goodchild goes "ene better" than the usual his charm. The people who were: novelist. In their novels one finds once so thrilled by his broken ne that the influence disappears when cent are politely wishing he could musical scores and many amusing scones is definitely one of the most than the villain dies. Here the bypnotio say something. plainer
entertaining picture we have seen induced prevails, and compels long" leccetlo" and "I love you, for some time. Included-- in - the after the hypnotist has died. All Anyway, in spite of his old man- programme is a short film, techni. A of winch raises an interesting point. nerisms, he is still a grand hu- colour on the art of pinking up The scientist, of course, reads the morista rare quality among and beauty hints in general and
"Chis along, should sitratti ald idea to pieces but the cine-goer tors doesn't mind that. The players act
One Hour With You" "with its Indies, young and old, to the King' splendidly.
ratónued at fout of neat column.) during the run of the picture
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