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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
." Hut -Check Girl,”
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 1933.
LAST TWO-DAYS Ar
2.80, 8,10 7.15
King's.
& 9.30 P.M.
Queen's,
"Pack Up Your Troubles."
Central,
Thirteen Women."
Walter
Oriental.
"Tarzan the Ape Man."
World.
Star.
Majestic.
CENTRAL
THEATRI
TAKE QUEEN'S HD, WESTBOUND BUS.
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatro Tel. 25720.
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. TIFFANY THAYER'S SEN. SATIONAL NOVEL NOW ON THE SCREEN!
THE BOOK THAT FAS. A MILLION
CINATED
WOMEN.!
You may try to laugh it off but
are you sure these things don't happen?... Come and see!
The Cuban Love Song."
KOWLOON
Nighs, Court."
Young Amerion."
COMING
Six Hours to Live.”
| Forgotten Commendments,"
Queen's.
Fifty Million Frenchmen."
Sweepstakes."
Blue Danube.**
"Once in a Lifetime."
The Flag Lieutenant."?
"The Most Dangerou, Game.”
Back Street,"
"Leap Year."
"When a Fellow
"Prodigal."
TIFFANY /THAYER'S
sensational
novel
13 WOMEN:
Startling on the screen! ** IRENE DUNNI
RICARDO CORTEZ- JILL ESMOND, MYRNA LOY Directed By George Archeinboed Deved © Salzach, Esc Producer
HERE IS ENTERTAINMENT SPICED WITH
TARILLS,
MYSTERY, & IN RIGUE! AN RKO-RADIO PICTURE.
NEXT CHANGE The Sport of Kings! The New favorite! EDDIE QUILLAN
WEEPSTAKES
RIDING STRAIGHT| INTO YOUR HEART IN THE GREATEST {RACING THRILLER' EVER FILMEDE
WITH MARION. NIXON JAS. GLEASON, LEW, CODY
THIRTEEN WOMEN"
NOW AT THE CENTRAL THEATRE
Mystory, thrille and sinister intrigues
highlights "Thirteen Women," the RKO Radio picture showing" "at Wie Central
HOW
Theatre.
King's.
Central.
World.
Star,
Friend..
Flying High."
Night Court.”
"Champ."
HONCKONC'S FINEST CREMA
Vẫn THEY SEE ALL! AND KNOW ALL!
Needa
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Fil New Fargel
"Trial of Mary Dugan," "Men Like These."
CANTON CINEMAS
Tai Tak.
"Bring 'em Back Aliva,"
Wing Hon.
Horse Feathers.
Chung Wah.
"Lawful Larceny,” Sun Kwok Man Theatre.
"Tom Brown of Culver,”
Sun Wah Theatre,
"Roadhouse Murder."
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ON THE HIGH-FATE!
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong.
SIX HOURS TO
'LIVE'
YOUNG ENGLISH STAR IN
THE LEAD
Six Hour To Live," which gives Warner Baxter the most dramatic role of his career on the screen, will be the film feature on the King's Theatre's programme starting on Sunday next.
HAT CHECK GIRL'
AMUSING FILM AT THE KING'S
*Hat Chock Girl," starring Sally Eilers, which started its run yesterday at the King's Theatre is An amasing and fast moving picture.
The story, though possibly it was announced on the trailer as an woman's love or some tricot K thing of the sort, is really rather ordinary nubbish, but it is well told and there is plenty of fun and 'Sharing -line honours with Bax-sparkle besides an occasional soene ter are John Boles and Miriam of real humour.
Jordan, the latter a beautiful young Sally Eilers looks very pretty English actress, who makes her and appealing as the Hat Cherk screen debut in this Fox Film pro- | Girl" and Ben yon plays his none duction, George Marion, Irene too easy role of her millionaire Ware and Beryl Mercer are also lover with considerable skill. Per- in the cast. "Six Hours To Live" | haps one of the best performances was adapted by Bradley King from is that of Ginger Rogera ne Sally's the original story, "Auf Wiederse friend, a little blonde who has no hen," by Gordon Morris and Mor-illusions about the sort of people ton Barteaux.
with whom she comes in contact through her work. I should not be Briefly, it deals with a dramatic surprised if we see quite a good episode on international history, in deal of Ginger Rogers in future. which Baxter, as the representative As a means of passing an even of a small republic, successfully ing pleasantly, especially if you prevents the offorts of plotters to are feeling rather tired and jaded rain his country and plunge the I recommend "Hat Check Girl." world into another, disastrous war. | The plotters succeed in accomplish-an amusing skit on
There is also in the programme war lm, ing Baxter's death and are prepar- opera's and heroics generally. It ed to go through with their nefari in well acted and has "some very ous scheme, when he re-appears, the pleasant singing. hand of death miraculously stayed for six hours by the discovery of an eccentric old scientist, enacted by Marion.
FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN "
Miss Jordan, in her debut, dis-
COMING TO THE QUEEN'S plays unusual promise and she altedy has been hailed as a real
Claudia Doll, the blonde Southern "discovery." She has played for beauty, who has the romantic lead several years on the London and in "Fifty Millios Frenchmen," the New York stages, supporting such Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Tech- stars as Herbert Marshall, Edna nicolour comedy special opening on Best and Philip Morivale. Wil Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, was liam Dietrlé, famous German induced to try motion pictures by American director, produced this Felix Hughes, well known rice picture.
teacher and brother of the celebrat- Warner Baxter once repaired; ed author, Rupert Hughes. type-writers for a living.
John Boles planned to become a doctor until the discovery that he had an unusual voice, and he de- cided to become a singer,
Miriam Jordan once won the title of the "prettiest girl in England at the Wembley Exposition.
William Disterle, director, whe forced to learn: carpentry trade against his will and became a stage mis carpenter
For those who like their enter tainmented with suspence the him is packed with unexpected ex- citament. Light mysterious. fortunes characterize this picture, which is based on the best-selling novel by Tiffany Thayer,
Irene Dunne heade the cast, with Bigardo Cortez Myrna Loy, Kay Johnson and many other
A test resulted in a long term contract with Warner Bros, and the title role in "Sweet Kitty Bel- lairs" This was followed by the lead opposite Al Jolson in Big Boy and the ingenue role in "Bit Tight."
Claudia was born in San An- tonio, Texas, and received har education in an English school in lexico where her father was in business. Going to New York, sho was immediately placed in the Fol Ties by Flo Ziegfeld and . Just before the development of came understudy, to Irene talking pictures, Warner Baxter who, now is 160 16 was ready to quit pictures in, dis- She played the gust and return to the stage.
Edwin Maxwell was graduated in modisine" from the University; Edinburgh but choses instead of z pill co
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TODAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W.
ON 355 METRES
1 to 11.30 am-Stock and ex- change quotations, weather re- port, etc.
11.30 a.m.-Chinese recorded pro-
gramme.
12.30 p.m.-European programme of
Columbia records.
1 p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
1.30 pm-Bugby
Press
IOWA,
selected London and New York stock quotations, etc.
2 p.m-Close down." 4.30 to 7 p.m.-Chinese recorded
programme.
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NEXT. OHANGE SUNDAY, 19th FEB.
One Glimpse of Eternity...
gave him the courage to rea- lize a lifetime of romance, revenge and unquenchable longings in six swift hour.
SIX HOURS TO LIVE
Warner
BAXTER
JONN BOLIS HIRIAN JORDAN From original story "Auf Wieder- asham" by Gordon Morris and
"Morton BurtonELS Did by William Dieterle FOX PIC 155H
Gibbons:
**Och That Kiss."
Cabin in the Cotton."-Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends.- DB899..
"We're All Good Pals at Last."
Put Your Loving Arms Around Me."-Layton and Johnstone.-. DB869.
"Life is Just a Bowl of Cher
rica."
"Organ Solo-"I Believe in You.” Reginald Foort,-DB870. Vocal Duet My Consolation." -Chick Endor" and Charlie Earroli-DB918. Xylophone Solo" The Squirrel
Dance" Rudy Starita. - DB148. Song-"To-day I Feel So
Happy"-Renate Muller (So" prano).-DB687. Humorous The Laughing Policeman at the Zoo." Charles Penrose, Kaye Conner and Peter Penrose.-LB605. Fox Trot Gettin' Sentiment- al."-The New B.B.C. Dance Orchestra-CB431. Chorus I'm Keepin'
pany."The Sunshine. Boya- DBGU
"Bleepytime Down South."— ] Carroll Gibbons and his Boy
·
Friends-DB732.
Would You Take Me Back Again 17
We Two."-Layton and John- stone.-DB300.
"Now That You're Gone."
Can't We Talk It Over."- Carroll-Gibbons and his Doy -Friends-DB805.
to 10.30 p.m.-European pro- & p.m.-Local time and weather
gramme of Columbia records.
7 to 1.18 p.m.-
Orchestral,
With a Song in My Heart" (Rodgers, arr Coates).-Court Symphony Orchestra.-DX63. **Orphee-Ballet" (Glück).--Or- chestre Symphonique (of Paris).. -DX00.
7.18 to 1.30p.m.-Closing local stock quotations, selected Lon- don and New York Stock quota- tions, etc.
7.30 to 8 p.m.-A selection by Lay- ton and Johnstone and Carroll
talking pictures claimed her...
Miss Dell has the soft voics characteristic of her South. She is an excellent swimmer and has won many medale in open competition. In Fifty Million Frenchmen she enacts a tourist who falls in love! with a young American about Paris, The cast also includes Olsen and Johnson, William Gaxton, John}" Halliday, Helen Broderick, and Lester Crawford, Lloyd Bacon directed.
A SHOWE
DALY 1.20-€.19
71-80
report.
6.05 to 8.30, p.10.--
Band Selections.
Lisbestraum (Liszt, atr. Somera). "Caprica Viennois " (Kreisler); -Deboy Somers Dand.-DB880. The Grenadiers Waltz" (Wald teufel, arr. Winterbottom). Acclamations, Waltz " (Wald
»
Com⚫
Piano Sol-You Try Some- body Els"-Carroll Gibbons . and his Boy Friends-DB780, Songs-(a) My. Johnny Was a Shoemaker," (b) "As I Was Going to Banbury."-Annette Blackwell (Soprano).- DB007. Organ Solo-" Let's Put Out the Lights," Sidney Torch. - DH2J5,
Song- English Maids."-Ray - mond Newell (Baritone),-- DB695.
Song-Waltzes from Vietna,--་ "Love and War." Dennis Noble and Chorus-DB820. Orchestral The Temple of the
Bella" The Bohemians DB456.
Organ Bolo- When It's Night
Time in Nevada."-Reginald: Foort.-DBG79.
the
Humorous Duet--" I .Got
Potatoes, I Got the Tomatoes,
But Somebody Ele Has Got My Girl."Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell--DB918 Xylophone Solo-"Dance of the Paper Dolls."Rudy Starita.- DB13 Song- Just Because I Lost My Heart to You."—Renate Muller (Soprano).-DB89,
Humorous Recital" At the Pan: tomine."-Williare „„„McCullochi.
-DB837.
Fox Trot" By the Sycamore Tree."The New B.B.C. Dance Orchestra-CB431.
Chorus--". Take It From Me" (I'm Taking to You).-The Sunshine Boys.-DB009. Piano Solo-" Home."-Carroll Gibbons and his Boy Friends.--- DB750
Bong-"A Bold Young Farmer."
-Annette Blackwell.—DB007. · Organ Solo-" Isn't It Roman- tic-Sidney Torch,--DBuss. Song-" Red Rose."-Raymond
Newell (Baritone).—1)B665. 10.03 to 10.28 p.m.—..
Selection1
Concert Waltzes, Viennese Nights" (Bomberg).-Regal Cinema Or- chestra DX208..
Daly's Theatre Waltz Mem- orics"
(arr., Prentice ), Charles Prentice and his Or chestra. DXavo.
The Blue Danube" (Strauss).-- The B.B.C. Wireless Chorus and Orchestra.-DB301. 10.28 pm-Rugby mid-day Press
nows.
10.30 p.m.-Close down.
All records in the above Euro-
teufel, arr. Winterbottom)-pean programmes, am supplied by Reg. Band of H.M. Grenadier I Messrs. Anderson Music Co," Guarda.-DX333.
Marche Slav
(Tschaikowsky).
The Studio programme between
-Reg. Band of H,M. Grenadier 5.39 and 7.15 p.m. may, on ny Guards.--DX50.
day, be replaced by a relay from England, if reception of the latter happen to be good.
8.30 to 10.05 p.m.--
Variety.
Song-Waltzes from Vienna- "For We Love You Still."-- Marie Burke (Soprano),
DB620.
"Animals
on Parade.”—Tha Who's Zoo at Whipsnade. DJ1990, Orchestral The Druid's Pray
on."--The Bohemians, ---DB966.
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