TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
QUEEN
IBIR CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
SHE'S ON THE
LOOSE AGAIN! Madame Rack
eleer is Back..
With a Hey,
Nonny Nonny
King's,
"Rome Express.”
Queen's.
A.Lady's Profession.
Central,
and a Hot-Cha
Tell Me Tonight.”
Chal Her Fun.
Oriental
niest Showl..
Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm"
KOWLOON
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE
FINAL SHOWINGS
TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15)
· & 9,30 ̃ ̈ ̃P.M.
HONCKONG'S FINEST ENEMA
THE AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
28,
1933
BOOKING AT TA
THEATRE TEL. 25313
& 25332.
Commencing To-Morrow
Poggy Shannon in the "Painted Woman."
CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'A RD., WESTBOUND RUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720,
.0-DAY & Tu-MORROW
AT 616 & 9.30 ONLY
BY SPECIAL BEQUEST.
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A Lady by Birth
a Racketeer
at Heart!
A LADY'S PROFESSION
AUSON SKIPWORTH ROLAND YOUNG
SARI MARITZA
KÉNT TALONES KAMIE • VALDYTY REENCA
Q Promenet Querer
-FROM SUNDAY-
Two Hours of Joy! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
Burlesque Paogramme.
The LAUREL and HARDY
Murder Case
CHARLIE CHASE in "Hasty Marriage
FLIP-THE-FROG
in "Africa Squeaks"
COLOURTONE BURLESQUE
* A Hollywood
Premiere"
MICROSCOPIC
MYSTERIES
"A Desert Regatta"
HEARST NEWSREEL
STAR
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY
At 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m FIRST SHOWINGS IN HONG KONG
WILLARD MACKY
WHIRLWIND BŚwiaty -- STAGE SENSATION ♣
HIGH
·with
LOWELL SHERMAN MAE MURRAY KAFEN MORLEY
EWORLDA
TO-DAY & TO-MOBROW
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
RECAPTURED
LOVE
BELLE BENNETT
ام
Star.
High Stakes, "
Majestic.
•Undercover Mau."
King's,
COMING
"The Suk,
Marry Me."
Painted Woman.”
Zou in Budapmet.'
queen's.
World.
Meter's Variety Programme:
Two Hours of Joy." Hell Below."
*
Recaptured Love.”
"Loos Ankles,"
Central.
Hali Nake! Truth."
Animal Kingdom."
Secrets of the French Police."
Oriental,
New Fox Follies."
Peggy Shannon, who is featured in the title role of Fox dramatic photoplay, IPE "The Painted Woman."
ESTHER RALSTON
Dazshingly beautiful and dazzlingly auccessful as a film stat, she mecuman- sicherteli to save her young lover from resping the hartat of bes canal day Thu saceking love Hory, powerful as it is, is but a smell part of the pgantic super
ROME EXPRESS
1.
with"
CONRAD VEIDT
HAROLD EUTH
JOAN BARRY
A GAUMONT-BRITISH PICTURE Directed by WALTER FORDE.
"A FINE BRITISH TALKIE . . AS GOOD AS
GRAND HOTEL'."-THE PEOPLE.
AT THE OUFEN'S THEATRE
JUNE 28-29-30, JULY 1
A LADY'S PROFESSION
"THE CAST
Alison Skipworth Roland Young
Kent Taylor Warren Hymer Dewey Robinson. Di-Witt Jennings
Ethel Griffies
Sari Maritza Roscoe Karns George Barbier Billy Bletcher Edgar. Norton
Claudia Craddock James Burke.
With a cast as we have just given you, how could a picture be other wise than excellent., Alieon Skip-. worth, Roland Young, and Maritza, all box office attractions, you are undoubtedly assured of an evening's pleasure. A few words about the story. It is about two peanalers Britons who attempt to recoup their fortunes by opening a speak- easy in New York. Alison Skip- She fame plays the leading role. is assisted in her profession by Roland Young who is her brother in this picture, he is funnier than
·PAINTED WOMANever if such a thing could be pos
AT THE KING'S THEATRE JULY 6-7-8
isble. Sari Maritza is his daugh- ter and niece to Miss Skipworth. Her major problem is ber battle with a liquor syndicate, which ter- rified at the thought of impending repeal, and the consequent unem- July 07 and 8
ployment wave among bootleggers, Spencer Tracy enacts, bis first is forcing all its customers to take romantic role in the Painted Lady more liquor than they can use. Its the film which is to be shown at a convulsive show from start to the King's Theatre. As a rough finish so make a date at the Queen's and ready vagrant of the seven Theatre and see this side spliting sas who is turning his hand to picture. pearl. diving, with some success when suddenly encounters love for the first time, Tracy has a different role from anything he has ever Shannon played before. Peggy who is co-starred with him, is also heralded as giving an outstanding performance. She is beautiful and
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THE SQUEAKER
TO BE SHOWN AT THE KING'S THEATRE JUNE 29
PERCY MARMONT
eSQUEAKER
EDGAR WALLACE
Menu drovej, fosilaz a farkafland in not ve
Nigel Bence (kas. Matumia
GORDON MARKER
A GREAT BRITISH TALKIE
ADAPTED FROM THE LATE
EDGAR WALLACE'S GREAT
STAGE SUCCESS OF THE
SAME NAME.
MARRY ME
HOLLYWOOD DECIDES ON THE "PERFECT" MALE
HE MAY SMOKE AND SWEAR, BUT HE MUSTN'Ţ GLANCE AT OTHER WOMEN 1
Any man who can fulfil the fol lowing requirements ie, in the opinion of two hundred of Holly- wood's prettiest chorus girls, a matchless male and can take his choice of two hundred happy, homes the minute be gets into Hollywood,
The perfect mala" must twenty-nine years old.
He must have wavy" brown hair and blue eyes.
Ho
be must
five feet eleven inches and weigh 178 pounds.
He must have money; or pros pects of having money.
He must dress well and be able to dance with extraordinary skill. He must be willing to help with the dishes.
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On the other hand there many things which the ideal mal must never do.
He must not gainble, He must not pay too much at- tention to other women.
He must not put cigarette butts, in coffee cups.
Just to make it easier for him, when, as and if he appears, the girls decide collectively that as for Pas they are concerned he many;
Smoke, swear and drink moderation.
Sing in the bathroom.
Wear glasses.
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Have one free night a week apart from his wife.
She decides which night,
SNOOPERS AT THE
QUEEN'S
A keyhole-peeping camera and an eavesdropping microphone made their debut in Hollywood during the filming of A Lady's Profes=" gion," the comedy featuring Allison Skipworth, Roland Young and Sari Maritza, which commences to- day at the Queen's Theatre.
By ingenious use of camera and mike, Norman MuLeod, director, in one continuous dolly shot, reveals all the personal secrets of a group of speakeasy patrons, thus establishing the framework of the comedy's plot.
The recording apparatus, mount- ed on a huge crane, visited each of fifteen stalls on the unique set,
A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE Tecording subdued conversations
In "Marry Me" Renate Miller "The Squeaker, au adaptation known to movie fans all over the of the famous stage success by world as the "Sunshine Girl" shows Edgar Wallace, written and pro how a girl may make a man. mar- This finery her, even when he doesnot pro- duced by the author. British talkie, with Percy Mar pose to! Ian Hunter was not in mont at the head of an excellent love with Rennte Miller, and much cast, is one of the must dramatic preferred Sunday Wilshin a rich and thrilling detective stories ever young lady, but Benate loved him, and would have broken her heart, creened.
Britain's most popular author but for Athole Stewart who was a contributes the piece de resistance friend indeed and whispered words The Squeaker," an excellent of wisdom into her ears. She all-British talking picture. Edgar adopts foot-ball tactles by obtain- Wallace adapted it from his not- ing a position as house-keeper at able stage success, and produced it his brother's flat. She makes her at the British Lion Studios at self indispensable to them. She Beaconsfield. It is his first at goce even further then that and tempt at talkie production and the threatens to marry George Robey, "VINDICTIVE TAX" ON BEER first product of the British Lion which procedure brings Ian Hun- Studio an outstanding entertain- fer to his senses and so all ends ment from whatever angle it is well for our "Bunahing considered. You really must see This is to be shown at the King's Fit!
Theatre, so if you want to soa picture that is worth while don't miss "Marry Me."
VISCOUNT SNOWDEN
ATTACKED
and eloquent gestures. The action required ten minutes' time, and about 250 feet of space was covered in the one "take."
Their
!
JÁN KIEPURA
TELL ME
TO-NIGHT
SONNIE HALE E MAGDA SCHNEIDER EDMUND GWENN ATHENE SEYLER
24 MAAT-HRITISH PICTURE
Badu ANATOL LITWAK I
ANOTHER OPPORT- UNITY TO SEE THIS WONDER PICTURE
· AT 12.80.2.80 & 7.15
UNITED PHOTOPLAY CO.
PRESENTS
"OVER THE SEA"
A CHINESE PICTURE:
FRIDAY
MATCHING WITS WITH A MURDERING THIEF WHO TRIED TO STEAL A PRIN- CESS AND A THRONE
ROMANOFF PRINCES$ OR DUPE OF A MASTER MINDÝ
The answer loy tuddan under the most beautiful ́ayalash in Posta 'senki she thorp loss altho French Fobce 'disco
Ustcending comel pane
SECERTS OF THE FRENCH POLICE
Berlion
Thrilling dromo bosad on an Octal odmature of the great Berkon, veoled, by H. Ashton-Wolfe in American Wisky. GWILI ANDRE
Gregory Rutoff • ** Prank RKO-RADIO Margen. David O. Salzsići,
PICTUBS Amative modest Girl.
"A Lady's Profession" is the amusing story of a couple of titled Britons, short on money but long on ancestors, who decide to recoup the family fortune by opening a speakeasy in New York. law, but with the bootlegging principal difficulty is not with the people who supply them their stock. The latter, terrified at the thought of joining the breadline once prohibition is repealed, in- sist that the speakeasy owners take far more liquor than they can dis pose of. But the English pair in A series of highly amusing inci dents, succeed in beating the leg.. ger" at their own game."
Miss Skipworth, who won fane and Racketeer " * Madame in duplicated her triumphs in "Night After Night," "If I Had a Mil- on," and other films; and Roland Young, dapper, bemonstached ter, President of the Licensed VicThere are many excellent points
comedian, play the rules of the tuallers Defence League, in his ad about Edgar Wallace's talkie
English couple, brother and sister. dress at the opening of the League's adaptation of his famous play
Miss Maritza is Young's daughter. THE CAST
Her romance with Kent Taylor, annual conference at Yarmouth. The Squeaker"-thrills, drama,
cast as son of an American mil- He said that Viscount Snowden excellent reproduction of pure Eng-
Renate Muller-Harry Green-lionaire, runs throughout. was undoubtedly wrong in placinglish, and clever dialogue but none Georgs Robey-Maurice Evans excessive taxation on beer,
more remarkable than the superb Sunday Wilshin, Viola Lyel, HER HUSBAND AND SALLY "There is still some doubt at to acting of the fine cast. Percy Mar-Charles Hautrey and Ian Hun-
Harker, Trilbyter. EILERS ARE IN THE whether he imposed that taxation mont, Gordon BRITISH PICTURE "I SPY" from pure motives," said Mr. Mor Clark, Anne Grey, Alfred Dray- gart I honestly believe that her ton, Eric Maturin and Nige! was aiming a blow at a trade Bruce, all give of their best to - A cast that contains some of Bri- against which he is so openly em- make one of the most entertaining most tain's finest character actors has bittered. We have proved that we pictures we have ever offered.
the King's Theatre.. been assembled to support Sally were right. What was done was Come and see it on Thursday at
vindictively and with. Eilers and Ben Lyon in their firet done
the British film "I Spy which Allan out any consideration for Dan is directing for B. I. P. working classes to which he once Harry Tate the famous comedian, belonged and whose interests, he who has lately adopted a film cara profeseca, are closest to his heart. er gives a perfect Cockney cames Viscount Snowden was hidebound
decided box office attraction. With the support of such players as Irving Pichel, Raul Boulion, William Boyd and an exciting Viscount Snowden was criticised story you are sured of a aplendid by Mr. John Morgan, of Manches. evening's entertainment. The scene of this picture was laid in the South Seas lovers of adventure and action should not miss seeing thie very exciting film.
CENTRAL THEATRE
The Half Naked Truth" a
spectacular press agent
Broadway ever knew.
It is most interesting. Insofar, that a great many of the incidenta did happen Twenty-four dancers who combine expert dancing and beauty of face and body, appear in the Half Naked Truth. They are featured in a Broadway musi-
THE WOOLWORTH HEIRESS
MARRIES RUSSIAN PRINCE.
SEE PARIS STRANGEST MULTIPLE MURDER PLOT EXECUTED BY A DIA- BOLICAL GENIUS OF INTRIGUE, AND EVIL
Louise Astor van Alen, of the well- Bangkok... Mdivani wooed heren route from Bangkok to Paris.
He is the former husband of known Astor family.
The Mdivani family has made a number of widely publicized mar ringes in recent years. Prince David divani, a brother, married Mae Murray, Ahn star. Prince Serge divani married Pola Negri, film
prano. They are brothers, Alexis sister, Roussandana, married Jože Maria Bert, Arfinte den
cal comedy in which Lee Tracy as in a civil ceremony to-day actress, and Mary McCormick, so-
as the taxi driver who brings about by fanatical temperance convively comedy-drama that exposes the King of Ballyhoo, has placed
the misadventures of the hero.
As many scenes in the film are laid in Pas, many minor roles have been carefully cast with French Artists in order that not ons word of dialogun should be in- correctly pronounced
tions
Paris, June 20-Barbara Hutton, granddaughter of the late Frank Winfield Woolworth of 8-10-15 tant store fame, was married to Prince Alexis Mdivani, of Russian Georgia, Sho returned to her family after That baneful influence has at the ballyhoo racket and is alive his client after skyrocketing her wards to wait a splendid religious Inst heen swept away" he added, with personality. It also parallels to the front page, head-lines. Lups ceremony on Thursday,
some of the real life exploits of Veles is co-featured and Eugene and I hope the results will en courage the Chancellor of the Exer to have been the Fillette, Frank Morgan and Shiron chequer to take a bold step by makerally conceded to have been the ley Castmers are also cast in this
original story.. ing farther reductions."!
*** (Continued on next
The wedding marked the culmina
Barbara's parents are Mr. and a romalice, which started in Mry" "Franklyn Hutton ""ol” New (Continued at foot of next Oolumn), York.
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