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CENTRAL
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TAKK QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BU9.
TODAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
The Trial of Vivienne Ware,
SHOWING
TO-DAY
ADVANCE Booking at
“ANDERSON'S.
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"Fireman Save My Child.".
Central.
Ok Dark House,"
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Scotland Yard.”:
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TO-DAY to SATURDAY 280, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M
Now It's On
The Screen!
The
OLD DARK
HOUSE
Star.
"Deadlock."
King's,
+
COMING
"Lily Christine." "Love Me Tonight."
"Phantom President."
"Sky Devils."
Horse Feathers."
Queen's.
"Unashamed.!!
"The Guardsman:"
Central.
Star.
Bird of Paradise," Thark."
Alias Jimmy Valentin.." Beggar Student."
CANTON CINEMAS
Tal Tak,
Strange Cargo,
Sun Kwok Man.-
"Bring 'Em Back Alive."
Wing Hon.
"Movie Crazy."
Churk Wah
thrills
"Surrender."
Pearl Theatre.
thrills
thrills thrills thrills
thrills
OLD DARK HOUSE
With KARLOFF, MELVYN DOUGLAS, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond. Pro duced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by JAMES WHALE, Presented by Carl Laemmle. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
SUNDAY
RKO-RADIOS MILLION DOLLAR SPECTACLE
ON THE SCREEN IN A BLAZE LONGLORYI
Richard Be Walton Tully's World. Sweeping playl KING VIDORT
Stirring
A spectacle
A drama of forbidden love beyond
the pale of white" man'a - moralé
DOLORES DEL RIG und JOEL M›CREA
RKO RADIO
Pictura Borld 9. (Balžniek Liscutire
Produser
A Job?
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"Hell Divers."
AT 2.30, 3.10,
KING'S THEATRE
HINGKONGS FINESTIT
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Michael Arlen's most brilliant, novel » comes to life in a picture that Tereals all his "juner knowledge" of the secrets of London's fashionable haunts!
CORINNE GRIFFITH
LILY CHRISTINE "
with MARGARET BANNERMAN and COLIN CLIVE
by Michael Arlen Directed by Paul Stein
A PARAMOUNT British PICTURE
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong-
"LILY CHRISTINĖ":
SWEDISH PRINCE FILMED
THE STUDIO WORK
Prince Lennart of Sweden and his finnoce, Miss Nissvandt, who visited the studios, during the film- ing of "Lily Christine, expressed themselves keenly interested in the modern equipment of the Par amount British studios, Prince Lennart is aft enthusiastic amateur motion picture maker, and brought with him, one of the most up-to date and efficient portable moving picture cameras, with which he took several abota with the studio light ing."
KALEIDOSCOPIC FOUNTAIN
NIGHT CLUB SCENE IN
*UNASHAMED
Water sa modernistic decorn- tion is a perfectly good ornament in moving pictures. One of the most spectacular night club scenes ever filmed was created chiefly by the use of a hydrant and water pre
Bure,
This remarkable scene is a specta. enlar・ detail of Per Unashamed," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's vivid mys- tery drama of the modern ago, which comes to the Queen's Theatre
to-morrow.
LOVE ME TONIGHT"
MAURICE CHEVALIER AT -
KING'S THEAARE.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you and Maurice Chevalier classides, your character,
NEXT
95332%
CHANGE- BY SPECIAL REQUEST FRIDAY, 18th: JAN.
Maurice
VALIER
Singing songs, mak- Ing love, fas
·cinating everybody t
In his most
human picture!
LOVE ME TONIGHT
with JEANETTE
MACDONALD
CHARLIE RUCCLES, CHARLES BUTTERWORTH MYRKA LOY A Rouben Mamoulian
Production W Paramount Picture
The romance of a tailorwho
lowed up the
heart of every woman in Paris!
THE OLD DARK
HOUSE
EVA MOORE IN IMPORTANT PART
Evs Moore, the distinguished English actress who appears in The French star, whose latest Universal's "The Old Dark House picture," Love Mr To-night," weird drama of one exciting night, Rouben Mamoulian production which initiates a ran from today. which to be shown at the King's at the Central Theatre, is now the Theatre again on Friday 13th inst., widow of the late Henry V. has come to the conclusion that Eamond, a noted British playwright each man reveals himself in his and producer. Their daughter, laugh. Years of experience in Jill Esmond, in gaining recognition watching people laugh at his quips in Hollywood as an Ettrosa. Miss has taught him that character Moore is one of the cast of stage comes to view in momenta of stars which features this much talk- amusement, as well as moments of ed of motion picture.. despair and unhappiness,
Briefly, these are the conclusions he has reachet:
Hearty laughers may be trusted Those who laugh with body as well as voice usually are generous and sympathetic.
The shrewd, cautious and not al- ways over-scrupulous man betrays himself by throaty laughter, his face almost straight,
He made a short film of his fan
The stage of the night club" The good-natured are discovered cee chatting with Miss Corinne was piped and a huge jet of water, by "inside laughter those whose Griffith, Colin Clive and Paul spouting fifty feet into the air, was shaking shoulders express mirth. Stein, the director of Lily Chris the centre of a dancing spectacle on Laughing without a mile m tine. Prince Lennart, who speaksit. The torrent was lighted by hun" English perfectly, has made many threds of electric lights, and shift dientes a hard heart. travel films for the amusement of ing colours, projected on it by Explosive, loud laughers himself and his friends. While ho miniature magie lanterns, gave an are bluffing heartiness. was at the studio he also took one extraordinary effect.
or two photographs with an ordin Cameras placed above and below ary camera. These he said would the kaleidoscopic fountain picked be interesting to send to his friends up the dancers, as water nymphs, in Sweden. He expressed the wish na they cavorted about the specta that he might see "Lily Christine" cular pillar of water and light. when it is finished, as he found the Unashamed" based on a story particular sequences in progress by Bayard Veiller, the author of during bis visit of particular in The Trin) of Mary Dogan ” and, terest. Lily Christine basan." Within the Law, is a tense thril
all-star cast, hoaded by Missler of the younger ngo of today, Corinne Griffith, Colin Clive, Anne with a mystery and a sensationa! Grey, Margaret Bannerman and courtroom climax. Harry Beau- Miles Mander.
JOE E. BROWN'S HOME TOWN IN LATEST HIT FOR QUEEN's THEATRE
mont directed the new production, in which Holen Twelvetrees plays the heroine and Robt, Young the hero. The large cast also includos Lewis Stone and Jeen Hersholt, of Grand Hofel fame, John Mil jan, Monroe, Owsley, Robert War wick, noted screen star of silent days Gertrude Michael Wilfred North, Tommy Jackson and Louise Beaver
Holgate, Ohio, the small town in. which Joe E. Brown, star of “ Fire inen, Save My Child, First side of the town,quietly. National picture now playing at ning an old tintype of Holge the Queen's Theatre was born, was main strech Bacon noticed that reproduced on the studio lot of the strecte, the firehsil, the Hollywood for the picture equare, in fact all of the
The scrip of the picture called for wore the same Brown propo namall middle western town. When the fob good and smiled expans advised of this, Brown insisted only, as only Joe Eleme permission to supervise the plan. Supporting Brown in the ning of the Fireman, Bave My man, Save My Child; Child sets. He worked in do Evalyn Kna Lilian Bond,
with the studio's art Kibbe
director Ahton Grot eaf on every detail:
Brown Yonist»» DEVI todveryone's Walker.
the set the player Lloyd Bacon,
The
und Brownt, then written Foots
meat Column
character, although they often are mentally brilliant.
The large-hearted souls laugh rarely but their joy is reflected in eyes,
lips and face.
Audiences
at Love Me To
night have ample opportunity to event their characters in lanighter.
The picture is done in a light, gay
Chevalier plays the role tailor who falls in love with a young woman of
aristocrati
lineage. The situations that de- velop from this old alliance are as
ofteng as they are romantic
Jeanette MacDonad plays oppo- ite the star, with Charlie Ruggles, Those with little, jerky laughs Charles Butterworth and Myrna anally are persons of shallow Loy in the cast Rouben Mamon
(Continued on hert Column) - 1 lian directed.
KE
TAKE ANY TRAK OR HAPPY VALLEY SUB,
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TO-DAY and TO-MORROW ONLY
DRAMATIO THEILLER THAT WILL AMAZE YOU!
with
- EDMUND LOWE JOAN BENNETT BARBARA LEONARD. DAVID TORREN
DONALD CRISP LUMSDEN HARE.
SCOTLAND
PICT
YARD
TO DAY'S WIRELESS PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES
11-11:30 am-Stock and exchango |
quotations, weather report, etc. 11.30a.m.-Chinese recorded pro
gramme A
12.30 p.m.-European programme of
records from Z.B.W.' Library.
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I pm Local time and weather rez
1.15 p.m.--A relay of the Hong"
Kong Hotel Orchestra by cour tesy of the management (Dur ing the ntervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio.),
1.30.p.m.-Rugby Press nows, selecc
ed London and New York stock. quotations, etc.
2.15 p.m.-Close down:*
Three Studio Itama To-night.
4.30. p.m.-Chinese "programme. 6-6.20 p.m.-Children's concert.. 7-10.45 p.m.-European programmie
:
7 p.m.-Selected London and New!
York stock quotations, eto.. 7.12-7.30 p.m.-A programme of re
cords from Z.B.W.'s Library. Song" Dream Lover? Song "March of the Grenadiers!! Joannette MacDonald (80- prano).
Orchestral The Kiss Waltz," Orchestral- Dancing With Tears
in My Eyes "-Albert, Sandler and his Orchestra. ⠀⠀ Chorus Now is the Month of
Maying"
Chorus A Farmer Son"-The
English Singers."
8 p.m.-Local time and weather re
· port.
7.30-8.16 p.m.
From the Studio.
A violin and pianoforte recital by Miss Anne Henderson and Miss Littio Koyes.
Programme, 1.-Piano Solo Fantaisio Im-
promptu" (Chopin). 2-Violin Solo-Romance" (Bec
thoven),
3-Piano Solo - Seguidillas:**
(Albeniz).
4.Violin Bolos
Two Russian
Bongs (Kreisler); Rondino" (Kreisler).
6-Pizao Solo-"Water Wagtail”!
(Oyril Scott)Pal
TO-DAY ONEY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m
OUR HERO!
He'll Drive You Car-a-z-y with Laughter!
JOEE
tears, run down your
BROWN
FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD
Lited Ketional's: Toar Alarm Comedy Ellet.
·With" EvalymKnape Dry Ribber and Litan Bonde Diensed Baby Lord Booth
TOMORROW
SEE IT-then try
to answer the question :
6-Violin Solos Waltz in MAKOSA Q
Major" (Brafims); Chao- sonné Bretonne'' (Chaminade), 8.10-8.05 p.m.-A programme of ro-
cords kindly loaned by a “lis-"
OpenWhy Lattice; Love-Uncle Ned-Village Maiden-Beautiful Dreamer-Ring do Banjo-Oh! Lemuel-Nelly Bly-Oh Boys, Carry Me 'long-Lou'siana Belle -De Camptown Races Nelly Was a Lady Jennie With the Light Brown Hair Ohi Susan- ana-Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming-Hard Times Come Again No More — Angeling Baker-Gentie Annie-Old Dog Tray Some Folks Like to Sigh (Stephen Foster)-Nat Shilkret and the Victor Salon Groupe Rhapsody in Blue" (George Gershwin)-Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (with the Com poser at the piano).
Old Black Joe," My Old: Kentucky Home Massa's in de Cold Cold GroundOld Folks at Home," Way Down "Upon the Swanee River
(Stephen Foster)-Nat Shilkret and the Victor Balon Group. 9.06-9.35 p.me
From the Studio.
Selections by the Music Makore. 0.359, 45 p.m.-
Piano Bolo-- Scherze in B
Minor (Chopin), Piano Solo Nocturne in F Sharp Major(Chopin)-Josef Hol- maan (This record is kindly loaned by a listener) 0.45-10,43 p.m.
From the Studio.
Selections by the Bar 1 of RMS
Empress of Canada under the direction of Mr. G. Redfern
Programmer
gwela
Men
ROBERT YOUNG
LEWIS STO JEAN HERSHO JOHN MILJAN
STAR
INAL SHOWINGS TO D
LEOUS PIC
TSMOND KNIGH CAMERON CAR
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