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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933.
LAST TWO-DAYS AT 2.80 5,10 -7.15
HONG KONG
King's,
& 9.30 P.M.
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BES.
Sherlock Holmes."
Queen's.
Red Headed Woman."
Advanco Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 20720.
Central.
The Roadhouse Marder.”
Oriental,
Sky Devils."
World.
Benu Hunks.”
KOWLOON
Star
"Hell Divers."
Majestic.
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
BREATHLESS! ASTOUNDING!
DOROTHY
JORDAN
BRIC
LINDEN
ROSCOE ATES PURNELL PRATY
ROADHOUSE MURDER
A Cub Reporter Who Couldn't
Make the Grade-and the Biggest Story of the Year in the Room Next Door!
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
AN RKO-RADIO PICTURE
NEXT CHANGE
STAGE AND SILENT
SCREEN SUCCESS NOW A GREAT TALKIE
Henry EdwardsTM The FLAG LIEUTENANT
Os a megnificent performance o
MADE WITH THE CO- OPERATION OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY··
BRITISH AND. DOMINIONS PICTURE
A
WALTER PIDGEON MARRIES BEBE DANIELS
, HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ELI- GIBLE BACHELOR
*
King's.
The Painted Desert."
COMING
Blonde Venus."
“If I Had a Million.
Queen's.
The Hot Heiress." "Lash."
Central.
The Flag Lieutenant.'
"Ouce in a Lifetime."
"Back Street.”
"Igloo."
"States Attorney."
"The Mummy."
World.
Star.
"Are You Listening."
"Night Court."
Fifty Million Frenchmen.” "Hell Divers"
Laugh and Get Rich." "Are You Listening."
CANTON CINEMAS
Wing Kon.
Trouble In Paradiso."
Chung Hah.
"Bad Sister."
Sun Wah Theatre,
Is My Face Red ?" Sun Kwok- Man Theatre.
Once in a Lifetime.'
KING'S THEATRE
HONGKONG'S FINEST CHENA
THE WOMAN HE LOVED OR THE CRIME HE S
CONAN DOYLE'S Master Detective
MUST SOLVEI
In his whole career the World's Greatest Detective faced no choice so dangerous, so poignant as in this su preme test of his emotions...
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Played by
CLIVE BROOK
MIRIAM JORDAN
ERNEST TORRENCE
William K..Howard production
FOX PICTURE
--ADDED ATTRACTION -
FROM KASHMIR TO THE KHYBER
The vale of Kashmir, a region of eternal Spring-time la India's "Happy Valley." In thir Poet's Paradise" wher Hoating Harems line the bankaot the Indue River. art the romantic Gardens of the Shalimar.
BOOKING AT TAB THEATRE TEL. 25313 ||
& 25982.
-BY SPECIAL REQUEST÷ Thurs. & Fri. 9th & 10th inst. MARLENE DIETRICH
IN
“BLONDE VENUS”
Playing
on Amer!- CEN Woo for the First Time)
A Paramount Picture
with 1.
HERBERT MARSHALL
CARY GRANT Directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG
THE HONGKONG AMATEURTM DRAMATIC CLUB
“NINE
PRESENTS
TILL
BY
SIX"
AIMEE AND PHILIP STUART
MARCH 14th, 15th and 16th at 9.20 P.M.
$4.00 to $1,00 (including Tax) EVERY SEAT BOOKABLE IN ADVANCE RESERVE YOUR SEATS
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong
THE RED HEADED
WOMAN"
JEAN HARLOW'S SUCCESS
"
THE ROADHOUSE MURDER"
THRILLS AT CENTRAL THEATRE
"Red Headed Woman," Katharine Brud's widely read novel of П
A wayside in, abandoned by all atenographer who capitalized on her but the grizzled care-taker and his sex appeal, comes to the screen at black cat, provides a background last with Jean Harlow, her famous for Rko-Radio Pictures mystory platinum blonde hair changed to a Haming red, in the title role. The thriller, "The Roadhouse Murder picture is now showing at the now showing at the Central Thea Queen's Theatre.
tre.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
HOW THE GREAT CHARAC- TER WAS CREATED *** Referring to the way in which be came to create his famous Sher- lock Holmes stories, the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote as fol- Howe
I was quite young doctor at the time. I had, of course, a scientific training and was frequent ly to read detective stories,
It always annoyed me, how in the old fashioned detective stories the detective always seemed to get
at his results by chance, or stum bled on his conclusions by chance or accident.
"That did not seem to be quite playing the game that he was un- able to state the reasons for his conclusions..
"I began to think about this, about turning scientific methods on to the work of detection.
NOW
THE FLAG LIEUTENANT
TALKIE VERSION BOOKED
FOR CENTRAL
An instance of the heroism that is based on sacrifice is to be found in the story of "The Flag Lieutenant," in which Henry Edwards plays the principal role. He performs a very heroic act, but he gives credit for the action to a brother officer. Not only does he sacrifice himself in this way to benefit a friend, but he gets into trouble with the Admiral be cause he cannot account for his time when he is performing the brave deed, and thus laye himself open to a charge of cowardice in face of the
enemy.
that I had a new idea of the detec tive and one that interested me to work out.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
(Continued from Page 1).
WEDNESDAY March 8).
(1 Moon 13th Day), Einber. Day.
Sale of Race Ponies, Hong Kong Jockey Club's Paddock, 5.18 p.m.
Annual Meeting of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers, Ltd., 3 p.m.. Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute, 9.p...
Practice Dause for St. Patrick's Ball.
Dances.
Tea Dances at King's Restaurant; Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building and Majestic Dancing Academy.
Dinner Dances at King's Restau- cant; Peninsula, Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels'; àrid Gloucester Building.
**Sports.
Hockey Hong Kong Hockey "Club v. Army. (U.S.R.C." ground),
4.30 p.m.
Rugby: Seven-a-side Tourna- ment (Clab ground); Borderers "A"! v. Falmouth or Tamar "B," 4 p.m.; Hermes "A". Tamar. "A," - 4.18-p.m.; Royal Artillery . Kent "A‚' 4.30 p.m.; Borderera “C” é Suffolk or Kent "A," 4. p.m.; Club "B" Cornwall, 5 p.m.; Club Av. Borderers "B" 6.13 pm; Hong Kong Beuk r. Kowloon Rugby Club, b.30 p.m.
Lawn Tennis:-Open Doubles; 177 W. Leonard and Y. Hachiuma v. Tu Tak Chouk and Ju Tak Lam.
เ
'BLONDE VENUS
MARLENE DIETRÍCH AND HER DIRECTOR-
The list of famous teams of stage and screen history has been swelled
QUEENT TIRAGE:
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20
Red
Her
Flaming Tresses
Were a Danger Signal Which No Man
Heeded!
HEADED WOMAN
Katharine Brush's sensational novel now comes to Jife with: every thrill bigger and more exciting!
with JEAN
by one during the past two-and-a-·|||ADDED half years.
Its members are Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg. "Blonde Venus," coming to the King's Thea- tre again on Thursday, is their latest co-operative effort, with Miss Dietrich in the starring role and Von Sternberg as the director.
The Dietrich Von Sternberg team had its origin in Berlin last in, 1920. Von Sternberg, already a noted figure in the movie world, had been enlled there to direct Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel," which was heing made in English and German. In search of a leading woman, Von Sternberg scoured Berlin, but without success. One night, half as of finding what he wanted, he wont a means of relaxation, half in hope to a musical comedy. Miss Dietrich was its star, and the moment: Von Sternberg saw her he knew she was the woman he had been seeking,
She accepted the offer to play in the picture, and appeared in both the English and Germans versions.
Then You Sternberg was called back to Hollywood, but when he went. Miss Dietrich went with him. He directed her in "Morocco," her first American-made film, which was so great a success that prints of the English version of The Blue Angel" were rushed to American. screens. It scored again...
Preceding Blonde Venue," Mise Dietrich has appeared in two other American films, and Shanghai Express." Both were directed by Von Sternberg. And he, meanwhile, made only one other in which his team-mate did not have a "role--" Ang" American Tragedy."
man:
"Diatononred. ";
"I thought of a hundred little dodges, a hundred little touches by which he could build up bis conclu sions and. I than began writing atories along these lines." ** I used, as "a student, to have an
Conan Doyle's famous character old professor who was extraordi-has been translated not only into nary at diagnosis. He would look, almost every civilized langunge but Blonde Venus," which brings The story concerns a cub report at a patient and make a quick for the stage and the screen as well. them together again, is the story of Practically every red-haired ac- ter and his girl friend who seek diagnose of the patient's disease, The latest production is "Sherlock a woman, who, to save her husband's tress in Hollywood was given tests for this highly coveted part before refuge at the inn when their car also of the patient's nationality, Holmes," a new Fox Film produc life, accepts the love of another decision was reached by Metro-breaks down in a storm late at nccupation and other points entirely tion, showing at the King's Theatre night. What for the moment ap-by his power of observation... to-day. Clive Brook and Mirian Goldwyn-Mayer officials to assiga.
pears a mere romantic escapade, the role to Miss Harlow, providing suddenly takes a sinister turn when scientific man like him came into supporting cast that includes So, naturally, I thought if a Jordan have the leading roles, with she would change the colour of her they stumble across a double mur- the detective business he would do Ernest Torrence, Reginald Owen, Report has it that the der and come face to face with the there very things, he would get the Howard Leeds, Alan Mowbray, heroine of "Hell's Angels" an on- alteration has given the noted killers. Eric Linden and Dorothy thing by building it up scientific Herbert Mundin, Montague Shaw,
Jordan, two-of-Hollywood's most ally."
Roy D'Arcy, Eddie Dillon and tirely new personality, as well as
Having once conceived that line Brandon Hurst, The direction is giving her appearance a totally dif. popular young players, are featur
ed. They are supported by Rose of thought, you can well imagine by William K. Howard. - ferent aspect,
Ates stampering comedians; Phyllis Clare, blonde beauty from the Lon- don and New-York stage; Bruce Cabot, and Rosco Karus.
tresses,
Adapted by Anita Loos, "
RIVETER AND HEIRESS
When Ben Lyon recently married
The novel was adapted to the Bebe Daniels, Walter Pidgeon, ac- cording to Hollywood chatter, be screen by Anita Loos, author of came the film colony's most eligible "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," and bachelor.
was directed by Jack Conway, onя Pidgeon's work as the swash of whose recent hits was the Barry- buckling colonet in "Bride of the more picture, "Arsene Lupin.", A Regiment established him as the stellar cost was lined up for the type which has become almost ex-production, with Chester Morris of tinet in this day of polite drawing "Corsair" and "Miracle Man" room comedy and filma devoted to fame, playing opposite Miss Har- college romance. He has become low and with important roles filleu the target for adoring fan notes by Lewis Stone, Leila Hyama, Una and the subject of eulogics from Merkel, Henry Stephenson, May
"The Hot Heiress" latest First lady fan magazine writers. Robson, Charles Boyer and Harvey National comedy opening on Thurs-
Clark.
phy day at the Queen's Theatre features
The crown of filmdom's favour
COMEDY BOOKED FOR QUEEN'S THEATRE.
rests very lightly upon its now The story of "Red Readed Wo, husky Ben Lyon and Ona Munson, weaver. It neither namoys him nor pleases him overly much. He is a man" concerns Lil Andrews,
an as an apparently ill-assorted pair,
man's man, six feet two inches tall unscrupulous but extremely attrac- who meet in the boudoir of the and athletic, fulfilling both the reupon her employer, Bill Legendre, ing rivet, missed by the riveter,
tive typist, who exerts her wiles Park Avenue heiress, when a burtl quirements of romance and good fellowship.
despite the fact that he is a married flies through the window, setting- Pidgeon is seen in what for him men, with the upshot that Bill's fire to the rug. The riveter comes is a new type of role in "The Hot wife divorces him and Lil becomes across steel girders of the house be Heiress," a Firat National and the second Mrs. Legendra Not ing built to put out the ars and Vitaphone production which is due content with having broken up one starts a bigger fire in the hearts.
ambitious home, the
ex-ateno- of both. at the Queen's on Thursday. Other principals in the cast include Ben grapher now centres her attentions Lyon, Oni Munson, Inex Courtney, upon a wealthier man. itis: im- Tom Dugan, Tholma Todd, Holmes possible, however, for Lil to be Herbert and Nella. Walker.
faithful to any one man and when she's got to be even "The Hot Heiress directed by she attempts to double-cross her she's going to achieve her Clarence Badger, is an original for latest "flarne" by having an affair how she the screen by Herbert Fields, with with his chauffeur, complications be incidental songs, by Richard Rod begin and the clever Lil finds that ami gers and Lorenz Hart:
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PICTURES
THE COOKEYED WORLD OF THE AIRT
asa tumbling/thousands of feet through diszy circles, ripping haystacks, “crashing to the ground, flying upside down, ugh buildings and hangars! The most dangerous stunt flying ever recorded by a camera.
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- FROM THURSDAY MEET THE HOT HEIRESS
She's the
She's the berries- She's a lovely dame
Gee, but you'll be awfully glad
you came!
This
HOT
HEIRESS
with
BEN LYON ONA MUNSOND WALTER PIDGEON
A First National & Vitaphonet
STAR
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