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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA HONG KONG
Rubber's Roost.""
Shanghai Night"
(Chinese Picture),"
K.Jig's.
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WEITBOUND UUS
'Queen's.
"Three Wise Girls."
Central.
Oriental
Advance. Booking nt Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
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With
ZITA JOHANN David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron.Story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer, Pro- duced by Carl Laemade, Jr. Directed by Karl Freund. Pretented by Carl Laemmic. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
SAY IT WITH MUSIC.
Say It with Music,"
Caught Plastered.”
World.
Star,
"Behind the Mask."
KOWLOON
Black Coffee."
Majestic.
Murder by the Clock."
Eing's.
COMING
Me and My Gal.", “Handls with Care,”
The Front. Pago."
Queen's.
As You Desire Me."
"In a Monastery Garden.”
Central.
"The Munny."
"Nagana."
"Explorers of the World."
World.
Star.
"Red Headed Woman."
"Hell Divers"
"Arsene Lupin."
"Pack up your Troubles."
"Chance of a Night Time."
High Prosaura."
CANTON CINEMAS
Wing Hon.
Lova Debt."
Sun Wah Theatre:
For the Sake of Love,”
Southern Palace.
Unholy Night."
Pearl Theatre.
Divorce in the Family."
Tai Tak,
Hamburg, April 6.-For the first time to-day vessels of the German mercantile marine loft the barbour with the new Black-White-Red flag without the Black-Red-Gold canon in the upper corner near the dag- staff. This action is the outcome of an order of the Association Hamburg Shipowners, based on the official statement according to which President von Hindenburg will sign a decree shortly re-insti- tuting the old colours.
of
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933.
SHOWING
TO-DAY
KING'S
HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA
At 6.10 & 9.30 P.M. Only
THEY SAY
It's the most (exciting picture ke ever made
Zane
Grey's
ROBBERS
with
ROOST
GEORGE O'BRIEN
Maureen O'Sullivan:
Directed by Louis King
Fox Picture
At 11.30 A-M., 2.30 and 7.15 P.M. Only
"SHANGHAI NIGHT'
WITH
RAYMOND KING & LILLIAN YUEN
A CHINESE SILENT PICTURE WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANI
MENT AND ENGLISH SUB-TITLES.
PRODUCED BY THE UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE, LTD.
SPECIAL PRICES AT 11.80 A.M. PERFORMANCETM
DRESS CIRCLE BACK STALLS FRONT STALLS
Pictures In Hong Kong
'ME AND MY GAL
old,
WITH AMBITIONS JOAN BENNETT
'AS YOU DESIRE
ME"
GRETA GARBO COMING TO
QUEEN'S
$1.10 (INCLUDING TAX)
70 OTS. +20 CTS.
Though before she was nine years
Joan
Bennett wrote and directed a playet in which she and
Greta Garbo achieves # fresh her sister, Constance and Barbara, triumph in the film of a popular played the characters, she had o stags play in "As You Desire Me," ambition to follow in the footsteps her
becomes
new
ROBBERS' ROOST”
ONE OF ZANE GREY'S
BEST TALES
What is said to be Goerge O'Brien's outstanding screen ac hievement will be seen to-day at the King's Theatre with the open- ing of his newest Fox Film vehicle, Robbers' Roost. It has a sup porting cast headed by Maureen O'Sullivan and one of Zane Grey's most exciting tales as a basis for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer its plot.
The story deals with an actual occurrence in Arizona cattle bris
was
evon more real. The
the event.
tive who joins a group of cattle O'Brien is portrayed as a rug rustlers headed by the foreman on about the business, and the fore a large ranch. The ranch owner, a wealthy Britisher, knows nothing nan plans to round up the entire hard, drive it over the border into Mexion and sell it before his em ployer wakes to his loss. The ar
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& 25932.
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SUNDAY, 18th APRIL.
"Á GUY DON'T
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IF I DON'T NECK, YOU THINK I'M TOO SLOW, AND IF I DO NECK, YOU THINK I'M FRESH."
"Some girls are like motors you've got to choke them toget them started!".
Me and My Gal
SPENCER
TRACY
JOAN
BENNETT
MARION BUENÍ GEOLOR WALEN
BADUL WALEN
Jaz Picture
TO-DAY
(April 13).
(III Moon 19th Day). Maundy Thursday.
Art Exhibition by Misa Hida Treluais, Gloucester Building,
Castle Peak Bathing Excursions by Motor Car from Y.M.C.A., Kowloou, 1.45 p.m., and 5.30 p.m.
Lammert's Båle of Kowkion pro- perty, New Kowloon Inland lot No. 520., 3 p.m.
..
Stainer's Crucifixion," St, An- drew's Churah, 9 p.
Theaizes,
King's: "Robbers' Roost (8.10 and 9.30) and "Shanghai Night, (11.30, 2.30 and 7.15).
Central: "Say It with Music." Queen's: "Three Wise Girls." Oriental: "Caught Plastered." World: "Behind the Mask." Star: "Black Office." Majestic: "Murder Clock."
Dances.
By the
Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Gloucester Building; and King's Restaurant.
Dinner Dances at Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels; and King's" Restaurant.
Principal Malls.
Ontward for Europe via Suez by Conte Rosso 4 p.m.
Sunrise.-6.05 a.m., Sunset.-,42
p.m.
Tides-High at 1044; Low at 4.99 and 17.30.
FRIDAY (April 14).
(III Moon 20th Day). Good Friday; Republic of Spain Declared, 1931 Banks, Consulates and Customs closed.
Dances.
Ten Dances at Gloucester Build- ing; King's Restaurant; and Hong Kong Hotel.
Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel; King's Restaurant; Penin-. sula Hotel; and Gloucester Build.* jag,
Principal Malls.
Inward from America by Empress of Japan; from America and Europe via Siberia by Pres.- Monroe..
"Outward for Europe, via Suez by. Hakusan Maru, noon for America and Europe vin Siberia by Pres." Jefferson, noon
Sports. Golf-Kowloon Golf Club Royal Hong Kong Golf Club. (Happy Valley" section).
Hockey-Friendly match, Hong Club "A" V1 Kong Hockey **Y.M.C.A. (King's Park), 5.15 p.m.
rival of the owner's aister from London, however, changes O'Brien's view and brings about the climax of the picture.
The..., initial
THE KING'S STABLE IN FORM
bottle between Shooting Hong Kong Volunte O'Brien and the foreman, O'Brien's ers Life Meeting (Stonecutters daring rescue of Miss O'Sullivan Range), from a landslide, his efforts to warn the owner, the midnight round-up, the capture of Misa O'Sullivan, O'Brien's escape from the "Roost" to reveal the gang's hiding place to the posse, his final show-down with the foreman and the thrilling gun-battle when the posses make their surprise attack on the "Roost," are some of the high moments in the story.
FOXEARTH GÈTE HOME” ́AS SECOND WINNER OF SEASON.
London, April 4. The King, at Besides Miss O'Sullivan, the cast Newmarket, to-day, gained his includes Maude Eburne, who has second success of the season on the the role of her aunt; Reginald Tarf when his horse Foxearth won Owen as the ranch owners. William the Swaffham Plate by a short head Pawley as the scheming foreman, from Truncheon, after leading the Doris Lloyd and Frank Rice, Louis Walter McGrail, Robert Greig, whole way. Seventeen horses ran
Foxearth, who was a joint King, rated as one of the leading favourite at 7 to 1; was excellently
Grey story was adapted by Dudley the crowd, but the King was 106. "outdoor" directors in Hollywood, ridden by Billy Rickaby. The win directed the picture. The Zane or received a great ovation from Nicholds.
present himself to see his horse win.
of her distinguished father,, tich picture which will be shown from. ard Bennett, and her mother, Ad-Saturday at the Queen's Theatre. rionne Morrison, and seek a career On the stage, the Luigi Piran-tory, and with the exception or on the stage. She was determinea dollo play
a tremendous the interior scenes, the production to become a business woman and dramatic hit. As a talking pic was filmed at the actual locale of open an interior decorating shopture, by reason of the intimacy of In fact, she attempted to induce the camera, and "microphone, it her mother to leave the stage and take a partnership.
The enterprise never materialized gorgeousness of the settings, and and heredity got the chance to as- add beauty lacking in the theatre. a freedom in natural backgrounds, sert itself. Miss Bennett went on the stage. Her forbears were all An Artistic Production. famous stage people, her grand- mother, Rose. Wood, and .ber George Fitzmaurice directed, grandfather, Lewis Morrian, being Greta Garbo plays the leading role
His Majesty's previous success stage favourites for many yeara, of a Zara, a Budapest cafe entar-
Ward recently of 1,540 taels of raw was last Saturday, when Limelight Ability was in her blood." itainer who poses as the missing
opium on board the 8. Fook won the Newbury Spring Cup. Because she found herself in need wife of an Italian noblemen in
Shing led to summonsen being of money, Miss Bennett accepted order to escape the attentions of acted and well directed film in taken out against the owner of the the offor of a role in bar father's Salter, a depraved novelist. which Jean Barlowe, Mas Clarke ship for using his vessel for the play, "Jarraegan," playing on Melvyn Douglas playa opposite and Marie Prevost all distinguish smuggling of opium and the mas Broadway. She had had no pre. Miss Garbo as the husband of the themselves.
ter with not taking reasonable pre The men have sorry vious experience, but learned her missing woman, while Erich Von rales, and, as in "Nine to Sizations. Mr. F. H. Losely up- linos in two days and went on" Stroheim, as Salter, gives a power which the film resembles, the ladies asked for more specific detalis on peared for both defendants and to give a performance that set all ful performance.
Others in sup- hold the stage, of the New York sritics agog, more porting roles are Owen Moore,
the summonses. The hearing was than verifying the confidence har Hedda Hopper, Rafaela Ottiano,
adjourned. father had previously expressed. Warburton Gamble, Albert Conti,
This production both started and', William Ricciardi and Roland anded her stage career because mo. Varno.
tion picture executives begun bid-
ding for her services and she soon
é
WELL ACTED STORY OF:
NEW YORK
found herself in Hollywood play- THREE WISE GIRLS ing the leading feminine role in! "Bulldog Drummond," opposite Ronald Colman, Once more the triumphed and offers of contracts, with various studios were tendered, } She finally decided to sign with
"Three Wise Girls" showing at Fox Films and her first pictur under the new contract was "Bcot- the Queen's Theatre tells how dau- land Yard." Since then she bas gerous it is for young women to played leading roles in "The Trial fall in love with married men, untij of Vivienne Ware," "She Wanted they are quite sure that the divorce A Millionaire," "Week Ends Only"; has been properly fixed up: This is, and her recent success, "Wild Girl", of course, sound sense-it might in addition to "Me And My Gal" even be called a platitude of life in which the well appear on the in the land between the North King's Theatre pereen beginning Atlantic and the Pacifio. This fin For four years Jack Payne and next Bunday.
Miss Bennott it one of the young original way Fifty per cent of tells the old story in a fresh and his band delighted radio "fans, est leading worden in pictures the young women concorded vin and now they are at the Central she looks forward to the future.
when she hopes to become a direc- through, but a similar proportion Theatre in Say it with Music tor and, at the same time design ends with a poison bot the a musical production from the Br- the art for her sots
| modern equivalent of our old Britze Wish and Deurmiong studioshi Bennett shares leading honours with Pretty gir
In Me And My Gal""Miestfriend, the able and popular musical organisa Spencer Tracy. It will be recaligd in lingerie, the good and tion provides a wealth of entertain that they appeared together in moral, already outlined, are helped "She Wanted A Millionaire, one long by an amusing plain girl, who mont.
"Say it with Music" was of the most successful pletures of a perforce to be good, sighs for directed by: Jack Rsymond and -1931...?!
Tais ie Raoul Walsh's supporting Jack Fayne are Percy
duction for Fo2 FilmLI Marmont Evelyn Roberts and Wild Gitlin
Joyce Kennedy,
directed MIUI
the chances of better favoured friends, and dismisses their Borrowe ne the vapours of the rich. A well (Vontinued on next column)
A seizure by Revenue Offlow
R.B.
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At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
Horrors that out thrill any- thing ever seen! Death in the night Murders that tick off with the clock. A woman rising from the grave for vengeance. For the thrill of your life, see it!
BY THE
CLOCK
A Paramount Picture
TO-DAY & 10-MORROW At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
Intriguing
[Fast
| Fascinating
Gay 1
WIST GIRES
MARI
PREVOST
PICTURE
· FROM · SATURDAY
"I want to
be
as you
desire me!"
GRET
BO
thrilla you as only Garbo can
AS YOU DESIRE ME
with
MELVYN DOUGLAS ERICH Yon STROHEIM OWEN MOORE
When Garbo makes love➡ live it! The most alluring of stars in her finest romance1.
Directed by GEORGE
FITZMAURICE.
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO DAY At 2.80, 5.20, 7:20 & $20 p.m.
BLACK COFFEE
with AUSTIN TREVOR
"Hercule Poirot”- the famous French detective
EWODIDE
FINAL SHOWINGSI
HACK HOLT
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