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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S D., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking.at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 35720.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
SOMETHING NEW!
THE FIRST PICTURE
OF THE TERRIBLE
CHAIN GANGS-
Every man in line
had a farget on his
bäck A thousand to one against free- dom..buiDukeEllis took a chancel
Brutall TRUEI
The story of
the chels
BARZZ
HELL'S HIGHWAY"
A, RKO-RADIO Picture courad David Feliz Luncutive Prademar
Starring RICHARD
DIX
ATOM BROWN Directed by Rowland
TOMORROW
Come
on
Over
and see me and thegirlfriend and the rest of the gang in the fastest and funniest comedy-drama of the season. Yep, I mean it. It's a
UNIVERSAL
PICTURE
with
NORMAN FOSTER
JUNE
CLYDE
ZASU
PITTS
STEADY COMPANY
OUR LONDON AIR- MAIL LETTER
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stitution, thanks to which he had a twenty-three years' record of un- troken appearance on the Bench.
Trail mall sword, and he cuts just as deeply," was a phrase cnce applied to Mr. Justice Avory, Of him late Sir Edward Marshall Hall remarked: II were in- nocent and could choose my fldgs I would want Avory, but if I were guilty, he is the last."
THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
The Duke of Gloucester returned
to London this afternoon from his ewn, months" hunting holiday in the Sudan.
He had tanvelled overland from Muracilies with his ęquerry, Capt.
Calais Dover by the mail-boat.
He had little luggage with him,." and so unobtrusive was his retorn that none of the passengers in the Channel steamer, was aware of his identity. In fact, the Duke, cù tirely unknown, resisted an older- ly woman, who was carrying a large suitcase, 'down the gangway,
CINEMA
HÃNG KONG
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1933
SHOWING TO-DAY
King's.
AT
Tees of the Storm Country,"
Quocd's.
2.30, 5.10, 7.15
"Fast Life"
& 9.30 P.M.
Central,
"Hell's Highway."
Oriental,
Vanity Fair.”
World.
Emma."
KOWLOON
Star.
"The Chance of a Night Timo. Majestic.
"Hours to Live"
COMING
King's:,
Quaen's.
Madison Square Garden.
"Five Star Final,"
3 Wise Girls."
"Svengali."
Central,
4
Steady Company."
"A Bill of Divorcement." "Nagana."
Explorors of the World."
Oriental.
Star.
Corms and Kellys in Africa.
High Pressure."
Taajestic.
The Most Dangerous Game."
CANTON CINEMAS
Sun Wah Theatre,
Tempest.
Pai Tak,
A Married Woman."
(Chinese Picture);
Chung Wah.
A Passport to Hell".
Wing Hon.
Fight for Freedom Cause."
Paarl Theatre.
Grand Hotel."
HONCKONC'S FINEST CNEMA
TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TIME!
Blithe as a dash
of ocean spray
YOU'LL LIKE THIS BETTER
THAN ANY PICTURE THEY'VE EVER MADE.
MOVIE NEWS
Pictures In Hong Kong-
HELL'S HIGHWAY'
DRAMA OF U.S. PRISONS
On their backs a target; on the seat of their trousers a big white | patch; one ankle shackled. with un' Iron cuff, the other with a pick iron,"
FAST LIFE AT QUEEN'S THEATRE
WHOLE ISLAND POPULA- TION TURNS ACTOR'
This enchanting girl wafted into his life like a refreshing breeze... and gave his life a new meaning
Janet
GAYNOR
Charles
FARRELL
TESS..
STORM
of the
COUNTRY
Directed by Alfred Santa!! POX PICTURE
FIVE STAR FINAL
TRAGEDY DUPLICATED IN REAL LIFE
#1
BOOKING
Ar Tau
THEATRE TEL. 25313
& 25332.
NEXT CHANGE THURSDAY, 6th April.
The soul
of a
great city
MADISON
Javnos
GARDEN
WITH
JACK OAKIE - THOMAS MEIGHAM MARIAN NIXON ZASU PITTS
WILLIAM COLISER - WILLIAM BOYD
•LEW CODY:
a Garamount Picture
A
spectacu
far romantic drama an acted in ons of the most picturesque
arenas.
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN"
MEIGHAN'S CAREER, AND FIGHT TO THE FRONT,
Being pennywise hurts. But it pays.
That conclusion has been reached
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
SATURDAY.
(April 1)..
(III Moon 7th Day). Third Extra Race Meeting, Hap py Valley, 1.30,
Oxford and Cambridge Society
QUEENS TEATER
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. MOVING PIC-
Dinner, Gloucester Building,TURES
p.m.
Classic Dancing of Great Origin- ality by Mme Noryvof, Peninsula Hotel Rose Room," 8.30 p.m.
Dances.
Ten Dances at King's Hestaur- ant; Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building and Majestic Dancing Academy
Dinner Dances at King's Restaur- ant; Panicsula, Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; and Gloucester Building.
Sports.
Cricket.--Second Division, Indian R.C. Queen's College (F); Civil Service Diocesan Boys' School
(F).
Football-First Division, St Joseph's v. Chiness, Athletic; Navy
Club; Bouth Wales Borderers é Kowloon Police v. Royal Aritil- lory: Third Division, Radio Sperts
员
Recreio Royal Engineers
University; Royal Air Force "
South China; R.A.S.C. e. South
Wales Borderers.
and
Yachting Royal Hong Kong Yacht Olub's Consolation Special Race for winners.
Principle Halis,
Inward from Europe via Siberia by Phemius; Outward for Europ ria Siberia by. Katori Maru · 10 a.m.; for Australia by Nankin 9.30 a.m.; for Europe in Suez by Bangalore 10.30 am. Air Mail for Europe by Prosper 4 p.m.
"STEADY COMPANY”
An Exciting Prize Fighting Story
All of the rousing excitement of an honest-to-Madison Square Gar den prizefight-a handsome, virile leading man and one of the prot- tiest girls in motion pictures! If that does not suffice to stamp "Steady Company" as one of those ment, there is much more to recom- very rare gems of screen' entertain-
mend it.
The story sparkles with its ori-
by Thomas Meighan, noted screen ginality. It starts when beautiful star, featured with Pace Oakie, June loses the heel of our of her Marian Nixon, Warren Hymer, slippers, and succumbs to the offer William Collier, Sr., William Boyd of a good looking truck driver to
When "Five Star Final" the First National screen varsion of which, starring Edward G. Robin son, and commencing, to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre was presented at the Cort Theatre in New York, in the storm of critical applause
and ZaSu Pitts in "Madison one reviewer exnessed the doubt Square Garden" drama eet, against that a mother would commit suithe Kaleidoscopic background of cide because of 'the disgrace of her New York's famed civic, social and athletic center, which comes to the daughter following
newspaper King's Theatre next Thursday. disclosure of the parent's past life. Meighan skyrocketed to fame The opinion was disproved in real through his work in the silent ver
sion of "The Miracle Maa," back in 1910, found the monetary
E
I
to
The entire population or casa-life soon after, by the daughter of Jina laland was used as "extra a mother so exploited who did as turns as large as the returns in talent" to provide atmosphere for Nancy Townsend does in the seni plaudits. And the temptation "Fast Life, the motorboat racing sational play. Edward G. Robin- splurge with the former was equal- Such are the picautions taken picture, featuring Williams Haines son plays the part of the managingly as large against jail-breaks, in a typical and an all star cast, which is show-editor of the scandal sheet, Mervyn prison road camp, as revealed in ing at the Queen Theatre.
Le Roy directed. *Hello 'Highway" Rko-Radio's convict drama now showing at the Central with Richard Dix as star.
The personnel included tourists, Loatmen, speedboat drivers, street cleaners and even the Island con- The prison garb depicted is a stable. The production staff on composite, and does not represent the picture crowded Avalon with that worn at any one penitentiary an additional two bundred technic or prison camp. Eko-Radio, it is al men,
electricians said, did not want to indict any and some extras brought over from known penal institution for abuses the mainland. said to exist in some of them. The
cameramed,
attempt ever made by a studio to obtain views of every possible angle on the thrilling sport of motorboat racing All of the scenes photo graphed and recorded at Catalina are included in the finished version of "Fast Life."
ters for
The number of things which he sident demanded that he be lavish Even the largest pay check disappear like water in the desert; such conditions.
could afford was limitless. Pre-
сад
But Meighan decided he'd try to ket along without all the things could afford, and that he'd be a little less than lavish. The bal ance went into the bank, though it hurt for the first fow
and joyous love follow as the swit take her to her destination. Thrills on truck driver determines to win fame for his lady love by way of the roped-arena
BACK
ARE AGAIN!
-speed! action!
romance!
FAST LIFE
J. Farrell MacDonald, Zaru Pitts, Walter Miller and Willard. Robertson all play their roles sup remely, with Zasii, as usual, woll || worth especial mention.
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Don't miss "Steady Company. Its the sort of a picture. that will tone up your blood action with its exciting activity and its wholesome romance. Take the whole family. Univerzal produced the excellent film, and it will be showing at the Central Theatre on Sunday.
one-location type, deals with a group of people of diversified back- grounds who glide briefly into the action and then out again, their even lives changed by the events in which they have participated. The story Hell's Highway" uniform" is of
Two units of the picture com The entire cast was quartered at
of the arrival at "The Garden" of Now he doesn't regret it. blue denim. The target is of pany worked simultaneously, one
the largest hotel on the Island, rated as one of the wealthiest ac- the latter's love affairs with two He's a manager, and two proteges, and white, sewed on in three concentric out in open water using the fastest where they made their headquarters in the country. He owns ex-girl telegraph operators, binds the circles. The prisoner so clad, if busts in race scenes, the other on
several weeks. Among
tensive estates at Great Neck, Laction together. trying to escape, becomes an easy the pleasure piers and in the main those in the cast who also trans- 1. and East Port Richie, Fla. target even in the dark. The streets of Avalou. When the steara-ported their toothbrushes neross the When he feels the urge to work,
pick iron" worn around one ankle er came into the bay during its Catalina Channel
Madgo he accepts one of the numerous has a point curved downward in daily trip, a special "camera boat Evans, leading lady, Conrad Nagel, screen contracts affered him. And front and upward in back. Thus went out to meet the ship to photo- Arthur Byron and Cliff Edwards.
there are enough to permit him toʻ a prisoner trying to run will either graph the passengers leaning over Harry Pollard, who scored with choose only good ones. Otherwise, break or sprain his ankle as the the rail and obtain scenes of boats
directorial efforts on "Ship. he can rest and play. front pick-point bites into the cutting through the wake.
mates," the naval picture that put ground; or will suffer pain as the rear pick-point, curved upward,
boat picture, adapted from E, J. Robert Montgomery on the road to stardom, directed the new motor pierces his thigh.
Rath's novel, "Let's Go."
He
into service as regular extras was Among the "tourists" pressed a rather nondescript looking per "Hella Highway" while essen-obediently took-direction for sever
Bon wearing an old felt cap. tially a work of entertainment is al hours before someone discovered incidentally an indictment of mo
that he was vice-president of one dern prisons. It gives Richard of the largest banks in Los Ange Dix one of the most powerful roles
ics.. he has acted Cast in support are Tom Brown, Warner Richmond, C.
This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer loca- Henry Gordon and other character' tion 11.0 the types.
most ambitious Continued at fool of next Colum 1) WISE GIRLS"
Mas Clarke, Walter Byron, Jean Harlow in "Three Wise Girls"
his
4 SHOWS DAILY
2.305.15 7.15-5,30
were
In Madison Square Garden,"
The picture, like "Grand Hotel," he plays the role of Carley. * Mil- lionaire president of "The Garden."
"Union Depot," and others of the
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PHOTO PLAY
VANITY
FAIR
FOR MEN INOX MASY
MYRNA LOY
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STARTING TO-MORROW
COHENS KELLYS
IN AFRICA
GEORGE SIDNEY, CHARLIE MURRAY VERA GORDON
- Xaw Price
Cohen and Kelly hunting wild animale and wilder.women in the darkest jungles of Africa-with a couple of jealous wives along. IT'S A BIG FOREAMI
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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.
TO-DAY ONLY ···
Holds you spellbound
every clock-tick
SIX HOURS
TO LIVE
Wames
BAXTER
John Boles
From original story "Auf Wieder- athen" by Gordon Morris and
Morton Bart
Directed by William Dieterle
FOX Picture
with
WILLIAM
HAINES
Madge Evans Conrad Nagel Arthur Byron Cliff Edwards
TO-MORROW DYNAMIC DRAMA
Ne picture, no story, uo play, no real life happening ever has given you half the thrill you'll get when you
вее
FIVE STAR FINAL
Greatest talking drama over made!
Introducing to Hough
EDWARD 6.
ROBINSON
with
H. B. WARNER MARIAN MARSH FRANCES STARB GEORGE E STONE ANTHONY BUSHELT ONA MUNSON.
STAR
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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20
THE GREAT BRITISH FARCEA
The Chance of a Night Time"
RALPH LYNN.
EWORLDA
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EMMA"
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