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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S ID, WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tol. 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
IT COMES TO LIFE!!
A museum múmmy, come to life to battle modern sclerico for his love of a buried
pasti... The year's biggest thrilli
KARLOFF
THE UNCANNY
in THE MUMMY
With
ZITA JOHANN
David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron. Story by Nine Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Pro duced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by Karl Freund. Presented by Carl Laemmic. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
NEXT CHANGE
ROMANCE CRASHES THE BIG TIMBER!
Bill BOYD
Love Fires Honor's Spark in this son of the tall timberlands
CARNIVAL
BOAT
HOBART, BOSWORTH FRED KOHLER GINGER ROGERS
Directed by ALBERT ROGELL
CHARLES R. ROGERS PRODUCTION
RKO PATHEPICTURE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 17. 1933
SHOWINGS A
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
Rubber's Roost." "Shanghai Night"
(Chinese Picture).
"Three Wise "Girls."
TO-DAY
AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
King's,
Queen's.
Central,
Say. It with Music,"
Oriental.
"Caught Plastered."
World,
Star.
Private Lives."
KOWLOON
"Ben Hur.'
Majestic.
King's.
Woman in Room 13.”
COMING
* Me and My Gal.” "Handle with Care."! "The Front Page.'
Queen's,
As You Desire Mc."
"In a Monastery. Garden."
Central.
"The Mummy."
"Carnival Boat."
**Nagana."
"Explorers of the World."
World.
"Red Headed Woman."
"Hell Divers."
"Arsene Lupin."
Oriental.
Star,
"The Lost Squadron."
Pack up your Troubles."
"Chance of a Night Time."
"High Pressure.".
Majestic.
"Sharlock Holmes."!
"HONGKONG'S FINESTORIT
“A Girl Don't Know
What to do...
If she lets a fellow maut her, he thinks
she's no good. And if she doesn't, he thinks she's old-fashioned"
You'll roar at this rollicking romance
Me and My Gal
with
Spencer TRACY Joan BENNETT
Marken Burns .. George Walsk
Directed by noul Walsha
Fox Picture
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
AT 11.80 A.M.
TO-DAY-ONLY
LILLIAN YUEN & RAYMOND KING
IN
"SHANGHAI NIGHT
DRESS CIRCLE
BACK STALLS
FRONT STALLS
$1:10
***
70 OTS. 20 CTB.
Pictures In Hong Kong.
"HANDLE WITH CARE"
JAMES DUNN FILM BOOKED FOR KING'S
What
tures !
is it that makes James
answer is cars.
"ME AND MY GAL
(INCLUDING TAX)
BOOKING AT TAE
THEATRE
TEL. 25315 & 95992.
NEXT OHANGE
"Grown-ups
make me tirad "with all this klasing busi- -ness!”
Fun for the whole family
HANDLE WITH CARE
with
James DUNN
Boots MALLORY
EL BRENDEL Buster PHELPS
Screen play by Frank Craven and Sum Mintz Directed by DAVID BUTEUR FOX PICTURE
FILMS AND POSTERS MAN WHO DESIGNED
THE NEW CENSORSHIP
REGULATIONS
The Government Gazette, of AMUZING PICTURE AT THE April 13, contains the following re- gulations regarding the censoring of cinematograph films and pos ters.
KING'S
All cinematograph films and pos Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett ters, hereinafter referred to as Duan so popular in motion pic bave the leading roles in a quick films and posters, fasll be censored To those who know him, the moving picture called "Me and My by a Board of Censors, or by a know the Gal," which opened yesterday at the member of such Board, or or some spark of personality, that clusive King's. Both as you know are cap- other persona authorised in that something that makes everybody in able actors and they run through behalf by the Board in writing general and women in particular,
their parts in this picture with easy with the approval of the Governor. confidence.
No film or poster shall be exhibit like him. Dunn wonders why it
ed unless it has been censored and was never discovered when he was
The story is a crook-comedy-lov? passed by the Board of Censors or on the stage in various stock com story. Spencer Tracy is a detec-hy a member of such Board or by panies before he Arst went into tive, in love with Joan Bennett, who some other person authorised as
has. He cannot understand that serves behind the counter of a soda aforesaid. #lage personality and screen per- sonality are so much at variance. On the stage his success was pas when he reached the s.ve, but Screen he was a sensation. Dunn made his motion picture debut in who does not recall that arene in Bad Girl" with Sally. Eilera, and the doctor's office where. Dunn egs the great medical mann to at- and his wife? That nieture made
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Dunn a star, and at the same time uid a great deal to establish Miss
filers.
CENOTAPH
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TO-DAY
(April 17)
(III. Moon, 23rd Day) - Bank Holiday.
Inter-Varsity Sports, Canton,
Theatres,
King's: Me and My Gal." Queen's: As You Desire Me." CentralThe Mummy."
World: Red Headed Woman." Oriental: The Lost Squadron.!! Star: Pack Up Your Troubles." Majestic: Sherlock Holmos."
Dances.
Tea Dances at King's Restaurant; Hong Kong Hotel, Gloucestor Building and Majestic Dancing Academy.
Dinner Dances at King's Restaurant: Peninsula; Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels; and Gloucester Building.
Sports.
Football: Lai Wah Cup Final, Club ground.
Racing Easter 2nd Day Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
Hockey-Friendly match, Ilong Kong Hockey Club seconds v. Radio Sports Club (King's Park), 5.10
p.m.
THE REPOSITORY
·A· CULTURED AND INTEREST- ING PERIODICAL
́ The Repository," a new periodi- cal, printed and published for the proprietors by the Shameen Press, should appeal to many people in Canton, Hong Kong, and far be yond, if only for one reason that in these days is apt to be overlook- ed. It is not produced to make
write, because they wish to write, and are in a position to take time and trouble over their work. They. are, in fact, the exact antithesis to the journalist who writes the ordered quantity, on the lines sug gested, and in a given space of
THE money, but by cultured people who
SIR EDWIN LUTYENS OPENS BIG GLASGOW HOUSE
PLAN SHOW
(Special Air-Mail Service)
dragow, March 24.-Sir Edwin Lutyens, the world-famous British architect who designed the London Cenotaph and the great £3,000,000 Roman Catholic cathedral in Liver poot as well as other notable struc tures, opened a ton days public exhibition in Glasgow yesterday of 370 plans for houses costing £1,000, which were submitted in a recent competition held by the Incorpo rated Association of Architects and Surveyors.
time..
"The Repository "conveys in its pages something of the leisured quiet of leafy Shameen, and a sug gestion also of a writing pad, used with unhurried persistence on yacht cruising lazily round the inlets of Lantao.
a
Modern questions and problame and as the charming editorial puts commerce and finance, are, avoided,
it :-
To us the Sneer is old, the
-Laughter stalo
The cynic and his Vitriol, an
old tale
Grew dim with telling. For
within the pale
Of our small company more
faults are found
"Than any critic could, or dare,
propound."
submitted to and approved by the His original Cenotaph drawing,
Cabinet, has been loaned by Sir the ex- Edwin for inclusion in hibition.
"Our aim," said Sir Edwin at the opening ceremony in Lewis's
**The Repository "rhould certain- Royal Polytechnic. Argyle Street,
all the importance of employing "teresting pictures of life in China, "is to encourage the use of Britisnly be sent Home and to America. materials and to impress upon you There are many authentic and ins and, it would correct the idea that Far Easterners care nothing about the country and its people, but are solely occupied in making as much money he will allow them to retire, and filling in their leisure with the sports and amusements that any Home town will provids.
of you and he together may raise the standard of design.
fountain. Joan's sister has been in The Board of Censors shall con- love with a crook and although sist of the Inspector General of when the story opens he is in prison Police, the Secretary for Chinese is still on his power.
When the Affairs and the Director of Educa- crook escapes he hides in the sister's tion. house. The detective finds out
Any owner or renter of any film him without bringing either the girl with the decision of any individual, where he is and manages to capture or poster who may be dissatisfied he loves or her sister into it. censor shall have a right of ap-qualified architect so that any one
The whole story is told at a quickpeal to the Board of Censors, tempo and much depends on the whose decision shall be final.
The fee for censoring films in rapid interchange of remarks be any appeal as aforesaid is 88.00 tween Spencer Tracy and Joan Ben per reel. In all other cases of cen- Dan's next picture was "Subnett. There is plenty of comedy, boring films the fee is $4.00 per or Sister and following this he play and laughs punctuated the showdinary reel exceeding 500 ft, and ed the featured masculine role in ing of the whole picture.
$2.00 per short reel or trailer ex- "Over The Hill," "Danco Team " and Society Girl." Then
ceeding 300 ft. but not exceeding Fox "Me and My Gal" is not a Films discovered a youthful and pretentious film in any sense but 500 ft. Short reels or trailers not charming girl on the New York it is good fun and good entertain-exceeding 300 ft. and posters will stage and signed her to a contract. She is Miss Mallory who makes her screen dedmit with Dunn in. "Handle With Care," David Butler production in which El Breadle shares honours with Dann and Miss. Mallory.
In this picture, Dunn is again said to enjoy a role suited to his measure. He appears as a youth! ful assistant district attorney who folls in love with a girl who makes n fight for, two little motherless boys left to her care by a sister.'
Quite naturally El Brendel, in
mant.
E.M.B.
THE NEW GRETA GARBO
FILM
CURIOUS TALE OF THE
DIRECTOR.
Sound films have played many his role of an innocent Swede who queer pranks on screen players. teaches music, furnishes most of Same had to raise their voices, the comedy. Buster Phelps and others to lower them. Whistling George Ernest, a pair of new kid noises had to be chiseled from the actors, play important roles, while others in the cast are Victor Jory, Frank O'Conner, Pat Hartigan and Arthur Vinton.
play of all films and posters for censoring at such place as shall be appointed by the Board of Cep BOB.
Cinematograph theatres shall be used for the exhibition of films on- ly and shall not be used for any be censored, free of charge
It shall be the duty of all mana- other purpose without the express gers of cinematograph theatres to permission in writing of the In arrange for the projection or dis-spector General of Police.
4 SHOWS
DARY 2.30-3.13 7.18-8.30
TAKE ANY THAN ON HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
THEATRE
2 MORE DAYS-TO-DAY-TO-MORROW
SENSATIONS
PLEBLING
ROAD $ WANGHAL
TEL. 19478
bridgework. Clanging bracelets AJUGGERNAUT OF THRILLS'
were silenced. But the oddest con- sequence of facing the microphone is chalked up to Erich Von Stroheim and his favourite habit of clicking his heels together smartly in Prus sian style.
Butler not only directed the pic Lure but wrate, the atory from which the screen play was adapted by Frank Craven, distinguished playwright and actor,
Playing in "As You Desire Me" and Sam
with Greta Garbo, the German Mintz, scenarist.
auctor-director, drew complaints. Handle With Care," staats: an engagement on Thursday nt the from the sound technicians who said
King's Theatre,
You owe a real debt to your family
and friends-they want your photo- graph. Pay this important obligation.
o-day.
Det us convince you Call 28767.
CHARMING STUDIO
21, Wellington Street, Hong Kong
the heel-clicking mannerism ruined recording of dialogue. But try as he would, Von Stroheim could not break himself of the habit of years.
Eventually the problem cons EDlved, Von Stroheim's besis being removed from' big shoog cand care; fully insulated with layers of felt. which successfully killed, the noise when he brought them together.
As You Desire Me," which opens to-morrow at the Queen's is
filmization of the famous Piran dello play. Melvyn Douglas plays opposite Miss Garbo and prominent roles are filled by Owen Moore and Hedda Hopper.
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MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel 57222) TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
CONAN DOYLE'S
Master Detective:
SHERLOCK HOLMES
"Flayed by
CLIVE BROOK
MIRIAM JORDAN: ERNEST TORRENCE
POX-PICTURE
QUEENS THEMER
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10; 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
MANY MEN DESIRED HER
-her heart she
kept through
GRETA
the years, for
IN
one alone!
The lovely, glowing, my stic star of the screen at the height of
her glory!
AS YOU
DESIRE ME
· Erich von Stroheim Owen Moore.
Directed by
with Melvyn Dougi, k
George Fitzmaurice
ADDED ATTRACTION-
Zasu Thelma TODD PITT
in "Let's Do Things"
NEXT CHANGE
In a Monastery Garden
JOHN STUART· HUGH WILLIAMS JOAN MAUDE · GINA MALO
STAR
|TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
STAN
LAUREL
K OLIVER
HARDY
Pack Up Your Troubles
EWORLDA
AY & TO-MORROW
At 2.30, 5.15, 7:15 & 9.20 p.m.
"RED HEADED
WOMAN"
JEAN HARLOW
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