TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
King's,
HONG. KONG
The Golden West."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933.
LAST TWO-DAYS
SHONGKONG'S FINEST UNERA
BOOKING AT THE THEATHE TEL. 25313
&25332.
THE ONLY AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE IN THE COLONY
ÁT [2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
"Dunson and the
Garcia
Sistara."
"Fast Workers""
Central.
*Cobens and Kellys in
CENTRAL
CHEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tol 25720.
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,80 P.M.
THEY'RE BACK AGAIN! FUNNIER THAN EVER!
Give Charli SIDNEY MURRAY
*COHENS & KELLYS
TROUBLE
with.
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
Queen's.
Trouble." The Voice of the Vatican."
Oriental.
"Bad Girl."
Star.
KOWLOON
Lonse Ankles."
Majestic.
A Passport to Hell."
COMING
King's.
Home Express."
Queen's,
A Universal Comedy
** Wiser dex.**
World..
On The Same Programme
Hat Whisper."
Central.
Star."
HIS HOLINESS
POPE PIUS XI
Appears For The First Time On The Talking Screen In
The VOICE of the VATICAN
Reverently Handled. Intimate
Highlights
Of Scenes
Inside & Outside Of St. Peter's Church See Mussolini, King Victor Emmanuel, Marconi and others. A Universal Single Reel Feature.
SUNDAY
Played Across Two Con-- tinents... From Paris Boulevards to Manhat tan's Pent Houses. .
Lily Damita
Tantalizing Tempestmonts ....
In Laughter and Heartache... Ever. Glamorod?,, In Vibrant Drama ... Sumptuous
Settings
The Woman Between
Madame JULIE
With LESTER VAIL ... O. P. HEGGIE. Directed by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER. An RKO RADIO
Picture
WOMEN I This Produc tion Reveals Newest Paris Styles for 19321
A Bady's Profession,
וי
Recaptareil Love?
The Wonian Between."
Madani Julie).
Viennese Night.".
'* High Stakes."
THE WISER SEX" AT THE
QUEEN'S
CLAUDETTE COLBERT IN
BLONDE PART "
Tit opportunity of z bering Claudette Colbert, Älmļaul's "must unscandalized" brithette, as a much scandalized blonde, will be offered in The Wiser Sex," Paramount's fast-moving and dramatic account of a girl who proves tou clever for inn underworld interested in break- Continued on previous column)
A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION !
ON THE SCREEN
ON THE STAGE-
'AT 5.10, 7.15 & ·9.80 P.M. OILY
A VAST THRILLING SPECTACLE
Only Zane Grey could have written this dra- matic story of two gener- ations of fighting Amer
ican pioneers Zane Grey's The
GOLDEN WEST
GEORGE O'BRIEN
Diressed by
DAVID HOWARD
FOX Ficu
George O'Brien and Janet Chandler enact one of the strangest romances in Golden West," the new outdoor photoplay produced by Fox Films.
"THE GOLDEN WEST"
Romance, Indians and Hard-Riding
**THE GARCIA SISTERS"
AT THE KING'S
BAD GIRL" AT THE ORIENTAL THEATRE
JAMES DUNN AND SALLY
EILERS
James Dunn, is co-featured with Sally Eilers in the Fox Film. ver sion of Vina Delmar's popular novel, "Bad Girl," now showing at
the Oriental Theatre,
Unless you are terribly highbrow
He was Helen Morgan's leading you will find that there is a really good programme at the King's man in the Broadway hit, "Sweet Theatre to-day and to-morrow, The Adeline," and he also had a role in "Bad Girl" was. film is a romantic drama of a past." Nightstick." nge in America when railways were directed by Frank Borzage with being built out into the wilds, and Minua Gombell, William Pawley Red Indians were souring the and Frank Darien in the cast.
ains and raiding unprotected camps. When frail looking ladies!
with sloping shoulders
aad!
are united, after any number of voluminous gowns fainted, in the exciting battles and chases, security of their homes, at the sight
of n mouse but showed amazing It is good, quick moving stuff, fortitude and courage when help and extremely well staged and play- ing to protect the said homes bd with George O'Brien and Janet Chandler in the loads and an ex- against, a horde of painted savages llent subsidiary character in the It is all terribly rommulie and person of Bert Halon who plays ing up her romance with a youth very exciting. The story starts an Irish Jewish podlar. ful erusader.
with a Romeo and Juliette affair
The Garcia, Sisters." In the new picture, opening on between the sun and the daughter of Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, two families who have an inherited The Garcia sisters have astonish Miss Colbert is required in "several feud. A masked ball gives them aning vitality. They twirl and stamp of the scenes to masquerade as aportunity of planning an elope and fing their supple limbs about golden-haired gold-digger to get ment, but ends in tragedy when us if it were an English winter information which will keep her Itame, is unmasked and in the instead of a Hong Kong summer- sweetheart, Melvyn Douglas, from struggle kills a Capulet." He and they do it all with beaming being convicted of a murder he did escapes, however, and joins one of smiles. Their timing is excellent the numerts waggon trains that and their vigour astonishing. You
not cominit.
A specially made wig of natural are trecking out west, to meet and will enjoy their performance for blonde hair, fluffy nad wavy, is love and marry another woman. its high spirits if for nothing else worn by Miss Colbert, giving her a
Indians break up their home and But we should not forgot Buster natural, if hardboiled appearance their little boy is carried off to Dunson who dances with these at in keeping with the demands of the grow up as the white chief of an tractive young women or Al Bald script."
Indian tribe.
win whote
him singing gol Those who will recall how beauti.
I tremendous applause, Then to pull the threads of the fully Miss Colbert wore her silver
Altogether a lively and interest- masquerade wig in "Secrets of a story together Juliette's" dough- Secretary" will be especially inter comes west with her father who ang programme which we recom terested in comparing this guise is building a railway, and thus ir meil you not to miss. with the new blonde headgear.
the end the Montagues and Capulets
E.M.B.
NEXT CHANGE
SUNDAY, 25th JUNE
A THIRD COMPLETE CHANGE The Film
OF PROGRAMME:
NEW DANCES-
NEW COSTUMES.
BUSTER DUNSON
5 &
THE GARCIA SISTERS
ALSO
AL BALDWIN
THE AMERICAN COLOURED
CROONER
IN
NEW SONGS.
"FAST WORKERS,' AT THE QUEEN'S
JOHN GILBERT AND A SKYSCRAPER
12
of the
year
bil
ROME
ESTHER RALSTOM CONRAD VEIDT Harold Huth Cedric Hardwicke Joan Barry Gordon Harker Donald Cathroo Frank, Vosper
Directed an
WALTER FORCE
A FINE BRITISH TALKIE...
JAS GOOD AS 'GRAND HOTEL.
in
— THE PEOPLE.
Waterloo Bridge" and "The Front Page," has the feminine lead as a lady of shady reputation. Muriel Kirkland, who on con- siderable notice on the New York stage for her performance in Strictly Dishonorable,' is seen ! "Millie.""
ROME EXPRESS"
COMING TO KING'S ON
SUNDAY
No better story could have been written for the initial production. of the vast new. Gaumont British Studios than Rome Express" Here is a story full of life and vigour; with intersting detail crammed into every scene and ac- tion running throughout, rapidly, yet smoothly, moving to a great climax.
་་
We begin, appropriately, at the departure of the express from the statión and finish at the Rome ter- minus, and from the time two criminals jump the train as it is, leaving the station, until the the one goramits suicide and the other reforms, excitement grows gradually more and more intense. The climax leaves you breathless!
There is a missing Van Dyck..? the theft of it by a timid criminal, who is murdered by a cruel and enllous criminal, there is the
ESTHER RALSTON
AND
HUGH WILLIAMS
Rome Express.
accidental discovery of it by a sup- posed philanthropist,, who is really a Scrooge at heart. The fight on the train, ending fatally, the sus The strong supporting cast also piciun cast on everyone, the ex- includes Vinge Barnett, Virginia posture of the two runaway lovers, The hilarious adventures of a Cherrill, deading woman of Charlie and the suicide (most spectacular) couple of riveters who liked to Chaplin's Inst picture, "City of the really murderer. It is impos climb high in the world so that Lights," Muriel Evans, Sterling sible to convey in print the grip of their range of vision for the ladies Holloway, Guy Usher, Warner this film, produced, as it is with would be increased provide a basis | Richmond and Robert Burns. for Fast Workers," which brings John Gilbert to the Queen's Theatre in a rule that has all the punch and romantic bravado of his unforget able part in "The Big Parade.
Robert Arinstrong is ns Gilbert's companion throughout a series of thrills on top of skyscrap ers and amorous encounters on the ground that lead to a smashing climax.
seen
The story is based on the play Rivets, by Joe McDermott, the screen by Karl adapted to Brown and Ralph Wheelwright with dialogue by Laurence Stallings of! starring the late Lon Chaney and who brought the eerie thrills of "What Price Glory" fam. Tod Browning, director of many hits "Dracula" to the screen; directed. Gilbert portrays "Gunner," an ace riveter who leads all other hot metal experts on a big skyscraper in a race to completion. Armstrong is is "bucker" or strong arm man who holds an iron hammer on the back of a rivet so that the metal may be eashed down by the rivet gun. Mae Clarke who scored
4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.20-E13
7.15-8.20
such competence and imagination, such knowledge of the art of thrill building.
The plot deals with the activities of Gunner and Bucker on high girders and the ladies who provide The cast has much to do with its romantic interest for them on the success: Esther Ralston, Conrad ground. They have an agreement Veidt, Cedric Hardwicke, Harold that when one begins to take a giri Iluth, Gordon Harker and Donald seriously, the other can have a Calthrop-just to mention half a dozen-add fresh lustre to their chance at her. If he succeeds in
that will surely never compromising her the marringe is nanes, off. Bucker meets a girl with tarnish. Walter Forde should be whom he falls in love and when proud too, for, as director of, Gunner sends him one photo-Rome Express, he has establish- graphs of himself and this girled himself as one of world's front taken at
rank directors. It ia pleasant to a questionable resort, Bucker's anger is deadly. He think that this work was; carried pushes Gunner from 1 girder. out in the great British..studio- making the attempt look like an England at last holds her own in accident. Gunner's fall is broken a the field of dramatic films. few stories, down and his life in saved. Bucker discovers that the
Rome Express" which will be girl is not worthy of his love and shown at the King's Theatre next they both invite her to leave, Sunday. -
Breadth-taking thrilla ninety stories in the air show the construc
ion men walking along girders only a few inches wide; the express elevators bringing supplies to the top; the handling of red-hot rivets; and finally the deadly struggle be- tween Gunner and Bucker on the edge of a riveting platform.
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ALLY EILERS
GIRLY
MS DUN
BAD
From
Visa Delmar'e Sensational
Novel
Frank Borzage Production
One girl lost twenty centa, another her reputation and her home.
But she won a husband and flat of her own.
SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW SHE MANAGED IT.
QUEENS STRATE
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
jAt 2,80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9,20 p.m.
Thrills!
Love!
John GILBERT "FAST WORKERS
with
ROBERT ARMSTRONG
MAE CLARKE
NEXT CHANGE-
SOCIETY GIRL
SPIES ON MOB TO SAVE LIFE
OF HER LOVER
THE
WISER SEX
A Garamaniant Glature
with
Claudette Colbert
· Melvyn Douglas
Lilyan Tashman William Boyd..
MAJESTIC STAR
THEATRE
Nathan Boad, &owloon: Tel 57222|||TO-DAY & TO-MORROW TO-DAY & TO-MOHBOW
At 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.
PASSPORT TO HELL
Elissa
"with
Paul
LANDI LUKAS
WARNER ÓLÁND "ALEXANDER KIRKLAND Mary by Harry Harvey By Frank Lay 290X PICTURE'
WHERE the bust is Ulko- the wont and there aren't nu Ten Commandmental A whils woman, adrift, friendless, alocs on the African Gold" Coast. An easy vichem for the
tropical tyranny of the military Outposts.
LOOSE ANKLES
Mix-up of
Mirth and
Marry-ment
Adapted from play by Bam Janney
LORETTA YOUNG, and DOUG. FAIRBANKS, JR. Louise Fazenda, Otis Harlan, Eddie Nugent
A. FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE
PICTURE
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