CENTRAL

THEATRI

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BES

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25790.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

|at 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,80 P.M.

MEN HATED

and envied him!

WOMEN DENOUNCED

and adored himl

No wife could resist him

cept his own!

RICHARD

in the saga of a free-

lence lover...who

measured time in

"women woTL

The

GREAT JASPER

with WERA ENGELS

EDNA MAY OLIVER”

Directed by J. Walter Ruben

David O.Selznick,

executive producer

ALSO

RXO

HADIC Picture

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS"

THE CHICAGO WORLD FAIR BROUGHT TO YOU TO SEE!

NEXT CHANGE

FRIENDSHIP BARTERED FOR A. WOMAN'S KISS!

ADOLPHE

menJou

Lily

DAMITA

LAURENCE

OLIVIER

CRICH

VO TROHEIM

Friends

LOVERS

Two Men They Shared Every. Thing.. But Never Her

Lovel.

The ashes of Dr. Frederick Starr, the anthropologist who died at St. Luke's Hospital, Tokyo, will be burfed at the foot of Mount Fuji. Friends and former puplis of the scientist reached this decision following receipt of a letter at the Foreign Office from Miss Lucy H. Starr. younger sister of the deceased, who asked that the ashes be buried in Japan because her brother had loved Japan above all other foreign countries that he had visited in the course of his lifetime. After Dr. Starr's death it was intended to send half the ashes to his sister, who lives in Seattle, and keep the remainder.j In Japan.

The P&O & Bhutan left, Shanghai for this port on the 12th inst. at 4 p.m., and is due here on the 15th inst, at about & n.m.

TO-DAY AT THE

King's.

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"The Man From Toronto

Queen's,

Women Who Play."

Central.

The Great Jasper,'

Oriental.

Star.

"City Lights."

KOWLOON

"Romance. of Rio Granite."

Majestic.

"Homicide Squad.”

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Ar

2.30, 5.10, 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

VAIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

ON THE SCREEN ——

A ROMANTIC LEGACY WITH A “CATCH”

IN IT!

JESSIE MATTHEWS IN

BOOKING

THEATRE

·TEL. 25313- & 25332,

NEXT CHANGE COMMENCING SUNDAY,

M17th SEPTEMBER

ENTERTAINING – STORY” OF MUSIC HALLARTISTES WITH" THAT GREAT COMEDY

THE MAN FROM TORONTO QUEEN CICELY COURT.

WITH

COMING

King's.

Soldiers of the King."

IAN

Queen's.

King of the Jungle'

HUNTER

Qentral,

"Friends and Lovers."

AND

FRED

A

KERR

"KING OF THE JUNGLE"

Renowned Woman Trainer Makes Film Debut

Mable Stark, who has spont more than 35 years in charge of lions and tigers, makes her movie debut with Buster Crabbe, world- champion swimmer, and Frances Dee.

established flipo star. in "King of the Jungle," animal thrill-romance which

opens to- morrow at the Queer's Theatre.

Miss Stark has spent most of her life allied with Ringling, Ha-

and genbeck, Sarrasini,

other

circus impresarios, and has trained more wild animals than any wo- man who ever Lived She has made some 30 trips to hospitals, one of them lasting for more than a year as the result of her "en- counters with recalcitrant beasts. Her body carries hundreds of scars testifying to her profession.

"King of the Jungle" centers' around the Lion Man-the role for which Crabbe was chosen from among scores of other athletes. tested for the part. He is a youth who was raised in the jungle among lions, and later brought to America 2.9 2 circus trainer. Climax of the picture comes when the beasts break loose from their 'cages during a fire and spread a trail of death throughout the city.

There is a Gala Performance, but the charming adagio dancer (play- ed by Dorothy Dickson's daught- er) is missing, and the comic Cice- ly steps in as her understudy.

In this picture Miss Courtneldge is seen both as the conscientious trouper and as her mother.

Another member of the troupe IS Edward Everett Horton, the well-known Hollywood comedian, and Anthony Bushell is the soldi er hero.

Maurice Elvey directed "Soldiers of the King" at Islington.

new

"Boldlers of the King," a Gainsboroughi picture starring Cicely Courtneidge, coming 'next Sunday at the King's Theatre, sweeps gaily along providing irres- ponsible entertainment in which sentiment, song. patriotism, ro- mance and clowning are mixed by hands well versed in the art of popular showmanship.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 67222 TO-DAY ONLY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.]

A THRILLING MOTION PICTURE WHOSE GRIPPING STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE POLICE FORCE OF THE LAND...“. VIGILANT— COURAGEOUS BEADY" SOLDIERS OF SOCIETY WARRING AGAINST THE CRIMINAL, THE LAWLESS, THE EVIL!

00. STARRING

LEO CAB BILLO AND MARY BRIAN,

WITH

NOAH BEERY.

HOMICIDE SQUAD

-ON THE STAGE

DIRECTED

BI

SINCLAIR

HILL

A BRITISH

GAINSBOROUGH

PICTURE

At 5.1, 7.15 and 9.30 PM. ONLY

Mr. C. S. Liang, the popular manager of the King's Theatre who was responsible for the exterior decorations for the gala night.

"SOLDIERS OF THE KING" Cicely Courtneidge's

SITSON MA

NOTED CHINESE

VIOLINIST

ACCOMPANIED BY

HARRY ORE

WELL KNOWN LOCAL PIANIST.

NEIDGE RULING, THE "LAUGHS.

Cicely

COURTNEIDGE

in

SOLDIERS

OF

THE KING

WITH

EDWARD EVERETT

HORTON

ANTHONY BUSHELL

DOROTHY HYSON.... FRANK CELLIER, REBLA Directed by

MAURICE ELEVY.

'A BRITIɔH GÄINSBOROUGH

PICTURE.

“WOMEN WHO

PLAY

Showing At The Queen's Theatre

Women Who Play the very en- tertaining comedy playing at the Queen's Theatro is excellent: fare," and wa Heartily recommend it to theatre goers. The principal role that of the arring wife is aleverly portrayed by Benita Hume. She is very ably supported by George Barraud, na fer husband in the story. Joan Barry also adda, much to the entertainment of the „film.: It is a story of a man called Steele who is a waster and who makes love to Mrs. Sones (Miss Hure)« al- though warned by her husband, that this man and his crowd who frequent their home are not desira. ble friends she insists on inviting them to her dinner party. Her husband very cleverly invites a friend of his, who happens to be an actress, to pose na awoman of" the streets, and asks her to the dinner. The outcome of this is a terrible quarrel between the couple" who decide on a divorce, but fate stens in, and the wife sees the folly of her action, and they effect a ré- conciliation and end up by living happily ever after. It is certainly a very excellent picture, with some really clever acting, wall worth see ing.

“THE GREAT JASPER"

Richard Dix In Don Juan Role

"THE MAN FROM ception, unable to forgive Leila's Richard Dix, relates the story of

TORONTO"

Comedy Of An, Odd Will

"The Great Jasper new RKO- Radio Picture showing to-day at the Canadian is furious at the de- the Central Theatre starring thorough-going legpulling. How it a man of many women whose life all ends; and how an attack of mumps at the village pageant prether than years. Perhaps nowhere was measured in love affairs. ra- cipitates the disclosure, is part of

a rollicking story that is certain in the world is there a wife who could understand the love of a to be thoroughly enjoyed.

faithless husband. "The Great The picture, which was directed Jasper was every women's lover, by Sinclair Hill, for Gainsborough, but only one woman's husband, is rich in laughs, and, apart from and he never ceased loving his Its story, affords some beartening "Jenny-girl" who was his right glimpses of the Sussex country-hand.

..

There was in element of doubt side. The Man from Toronto" is But his right hand gradually in the mind of that lovely young an Ideal-Gainsborough widow, Leila Farrar. Would "The showing to-day at the King's doing! Jenny understood only stern picture, learned what his left hand was Mán from Toronto" marry her Theatre... just for the sake of the money that would accure from such a marriage? Or would he, if she as-

goodness and right honour-only one woman for one man forever and ever. Jasper, now he knew

sumed for the time being another that this scrappy two-ster gives that he could be true to his wife idently, let the money go and wed his greatest performance as Jas-only after death, though his wife her for herself alone? After all, per of the wicked wink and open

was the one woman he did not a woman enjoys a certain prero- heart..

forget! gative and it occurs to Jessie Mat-

thews (who 13 Lella) that there. Fulton Oursler's novel, a best must be some certain way of test-seller, provided the story, which ing the Colonial gentleman's fide- was adapted for the screen by H. lity.

Continued on Page 12)

A

Fergus Wimbush had come from Canada to England, drawn thither by the quaint will of Simon Har topp. That will bequeathed a thumping sum Jointly to him and Leila, on condition that made a match of it. A provoking will, to be sure: but half a million's half- a million! And so, in this merry Alm version of Douglas Murray's stage play, we are treated to piquant comedy of cross-purposes. Here is Leila, his fellow-legatee. posing as a maidservant, determin- ed to ascertain if, as mere "Polly Perkins," she can includ him to Cicely Courtneidge performs an propose, the legacy notwithstand- extremely funny acrobatic dancing ing. And here, on the other hand, act in "Soldiers of the King.". is the unsuspecting Colonial "fal- It comes about in this way. Miss ing for" the pretty "savey," and Courtneidge is a member of a half inclined to turn down the troupe called "The Marvellos." legacy and carry Folly off to (Continued on previous col.); Canada, But faté intervenes, and

Amusing Dance

4 SHOWS DAILY

2.30-5.12 7.15-8.80

The

Great Jasper" provides Dix with a new type of role-a character study requiring great ar tistry to interpret, and it is said (Continued on previous col.)

Charlie Chatlins

Funny Feet

Made the whole World

ORIENTALE Rock with daughter

TO-DAY—TO-MORROW SAT

"THE CAVELCADE

OF ALL COMEDY PRODUCTIONS

THIS PICTURE CREATED A BIGGER SENSATION THAN ANYTHING EVER PRODUCED FOR "THE SCREEN.

FIRST TIME SHOWN AT POPULAR PRICES. ***

CHARLIE

CHAPLIN

CITY

UGHT

See Chaplin's Funniest Picture

City Lights

at the

Oriental

MİNƏ ATA CONDITIONED THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m.

WOMEN WHO PLAY

From the play Spring Cleaning by Frederick Lonsdale MARY NEWCOMB `BENITA - HUME, JOAN BARRY, BARRY JONES... GEORGEBARRAUD, Directed by Arthur Rasson

A PARAMOUNT BRITISH PRODUCTION,

Lonsdale's brilliant dialogue. Worth seeing

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Daily Mirror.

·TO-MORROW

CROWDED THRILLS! . MAMMOTH SPECTACLE!

STRANGE ROMANCE!

OF

THE

KING JUNGLE

ALSO

THE LION MAN (BUSTER CRABBIY FRANCES DEL

Paramount Picture

BETTY BOOP'S

LATEST

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

30, 6:20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

ROMANCE

RIO GRANDE

WARNER BAXTER

MARY DUNCAN. ANTONIO MORENO Min Krom the nayet

Conquistadargu

by Katherine Fullerton G

ALSKED SANTELL reduct

A FOX Picture

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