CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S ED., WESTHOUND RUS
Advance Booking at Andersons, and the Theatre" Tel. 25720..
SHOWING TO-DAY
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
King's,
HONG KONG
"Soldiers of the King.".
Queen's.
"King of the Jungle",
Central.
At 5.15 & 980 P.M. ONLY.
"Friends and Lovers.” "
Oriental.
FRIENDSHIP
"Whoopee."
BARTERED FOR A
WOMAN'S KISS!'
KOWLOON
Star.
ADOLPHE
"Prosperity.
MENJOU
Majestic.
Lily
DAMITA
LAURENCE
OLIVIER
FRIEN
Von STROHEIM
Friends
and LOVERS
Two Men They Shared Every- Thing ... But Never Her Love!
TO-DAY AT
12.80, 2.89 & 7.15
A CHINESE PICTURE.
NEXT CHANGE
SARA MARITZA
A
IN
MONTE CARLO
MADNESS
BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBLING RESORT.
A UFA PRODUCTION.
"THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE"
Coming To Queen's On Wednesday
"Smoke Lightening.
King's.
COMING
**{_alvuzade."*
Queen's.
"The Story of Temple Drake."
"The White Sister."
Central.
Star.
Monte Carlo Madness.
"Plunder."
Melody of the Heart,”
World.
"After 1 Years.". (Chinese
Film).
"SOLDIERS OF THE KING"
Cicely Courtneidge In Dual Roles
SHOWING AT THE KING'S
In Soldiers Of The King," which is showing at the King's, Cicely Courtneige, takes a dual role. She is seen as the Queen of a variety Groupe and as her daughter, and she does both roles with an ability and charm that is delightful. She in ably supported by Edward Everett Horton, who was such favourite some years ago, Anthony Bushell, Frank Sellier, Bransby Williams, Arty Ash, O.B. Clarence And Dorothy Hyson, a now comer to the screen. well-known players are also in the Many other
cust.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1983.
LAST TWO-DAYS
"AT
3.30,5,10,7,13 & 9.30 P.M.
T K
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
CICELY COURTNEIDGEIS "QUEEN IN GRAND MUSICAL COMEDY ROMANCE
Cicely Courtneidge
"brings the house down in
SOLDIERSKING
With EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
A BRITISH GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE,
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"CAVALCADE"
On Wednesday At The King's
CLIVE BROOK'S FINE
ACTING
To Clive Brook his roles in Nel Coward's "Cavalende" coming to the screen of the King's Theatre on Wednesday is more than acting a part. In many places it is liko re- racing the course of his own life. The action of the picture covers the period of the last thirty-two Year's Eve. Much of it occurs in years, winding up on this last New the setting of events of world- wide significance, events that are known to all.
"FRIENDS AND LOVERS"
An All-Star Cast
the year.
Appearing in RKO Radio Pic fures Friends and Lovers" now showing at the Central Theatre, is one of the genuine all-star casts of The stars in the screen version of the popular Maurice de Kobra Adolphe Menjou, star of seres of story are
ticated artist on the screen. films and called the most sophis
Lily Damita, bempestuous French star, who scored in the Broadway stage success, Sons of Guns," and recently in RKO Radio Pictures Coward's Broadway hit "Private Lives."
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25319 & 25332.
NEXT = DHANGE COMMENCING WEDNESDAY,
20th SEPTEMBER
THRILLING ENTERTAINMENT Titanic In its Powerl Three seething decades of relens- less change sweep before your eyes ......... plaguing nations, threat- ening empires, amashing civiliza tion...a Cavalcade of mobs and monarchs... the march of time" measured by the beat of a mother heart...triumphant in its courage and steadfast faith.
CAVALCADE
NOEL CONRUIDS PICTURE OF THE GENERATION
Cast of 3500
40 Featured Players Produced.at Fox Movietone City'. A FOX Achievement
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WHOOPEE
29
At The Oriental
Theatre
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
Auctions-Lammert's. Sale of Leasehold Property, Sales Room, p.m.
Cinemas.-Queen's: "King of the Jungle Star: "Prosperity:" World: As You Desire Me;" Majestic: "Smoke Lightning:" Oriental: "Whoopee;" King's: "Soldiers of the King Central: "Friends and Lovers"
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Dances-Tea Dances at Hong- keng and Repulse Bay Hotels;" King's Restaurant; and Majestic Dancing Academy. Dinner Dances at Hongkong and Repulse Bay Hotels; and King's Restaurant.
Entertainments. Concert.. Music, Roof Garden, Peninsula Hotel,
A CANADIAN MONSTER?
Sea-Serpent In Interior Lake!
Vancouver, Canada. A persistent stary of the dog days" in Canada comes year after year from the in- teror of British Columbia and re- ports the reappearance of a strange. aquatic creature named by the newspapers, for what reason does not appear, “Ogopogo,” "Okana. gan Lake is the scene of his tevals, and perfectly reputable witnesses profess to have seen him, most of the describing Ogopogo as A monster with a sheep-like head and the body of a prodigious serpent, although details differ widely.
Sceptics believe Ogopogo to be nothing more substantial than, an optical illusion, and the newspapers make much sport of his periodic appearance. Those who believe the Inke contains a curious monster .of unknown species find some con- firmation of their theory in the In- dian legends of the Interior.
The Indians know the sea-serpent as "Auck," and the oldest among them profess to have heard their grandfathers tell of his presence. One venerable Indian claims to bave seen in his youth a bone_eigh- "Whoopes now showing at the teen inches long and twelve inches Oriental Theatre is one of those in diameter nileged to have come picture which give the public its from Auck's" back... Indian tradi- money's worth in almost any direction tells of a magnificent deer, tion you want. Hilarious comedy pursued into the water, suddenly from such experts as Eddie Can dragged under while the water boil. tuneful songa of every variety, white man and an Indian surround- tor, the star, and Ethel Shutta, ed as in a great cauldron; of a beautiful girls galore as only Zieged in their canoe by a school of the feld can pick love-story, and a gen "monsters at play; of a fountain of eral air of lavishness make it a "water shot forty feet above the picture in a million.
lake's surface
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One
of him
that the talking colour screen can descendant of Auck, whether there
Samuel Goldwyn has here shown
Whether Ogopogo is Auck or out do the stage whenever it wants to take the trouble. "Whoopee" is whether in fact Ogopogo. has any or many, and "Erich von Stroheim, the interna The story centres round the life
tionally known director and player, seldom seen.
a rich treat of a sort which is existence save in imagination and of the Marvello Traupe, a famous
Laurence Olivier, London and
legend, are questions for the feature hand of variety performers. Their
New York stage star; who played famous farce The Nervous Wreck"
The story, take from Owen Davis' writer rather than the scientist. Brook was au active and ener Queen, who has had a long reign,
one of the leading roles in Noel is concerned with the adventures of retires in favour of her daughter youth. Any movements of Coward's Broadway hit "Private." Masis. The latter takes up the political Ör social importance. Hugh Herbert, versatile writer-ranch who finds himself called on to an imaginary invalid on a western reins of rulership and is just as activities during the woman suf- sereen hits are RKO Radio Pic from an unwelcome marriage, After College. Kowloon, last evening to
engaged his interest. He recalls his director-comedian,
whose latest rescue
A very enjoyable concert was held well-liked by her subjects as her frage riots in England. And al-tures Travelling Husbands" and turning he-man and doing a satis mark the 11th anniversary of the the ranchman's daughter by the students of Sacred Heart mother was. But discord soon overtakes the happy troupe. Jadie, though these play no part in this Langh and Get Rich, "
is
factory job of getting her married school. Some 1,000 guests were en- to her real lover, he finds himself in tertained to a programme of Chin- the hands of the domineering murse eae music ably rendered by the boys who wants to marry him; but he and an enjoyable tune was had by for a few days and refused to think has been anything but an invalid all present himself one any longer.
a pretty girl, joins the troupe and
moving story of three great loves, is cagerly
welcomed by Harry they are associated in Brook's Marvello, who is to be her part memory with other events in the by beautiful Eleanor Hunt, whose ner, The latter finds himself picture that surrounded and folow. redhaired loveliness make her idea steadily falling in love with his
ed...
for the part. Chief of the beauties lovely confrere and she dose not
who adorn the spectacle, scenes think unkindly of him. They be when his clothes were nearly torn ving of her stage title of "The most Brook recalls several occasions Dorothy Knapp, never more deser come good friends but not for long. to shrods. Once, when he
This plot, with Eddie Cantor "8 Ronald Jamieson (Anthony Bushell) stumping for England's valiant Canpolican's performance as
was beautiful girl in the world, Chief the imaginary invalid, offers a mil- a Guardsman, joins the troupe and female would-be-voters, he
the lion opportunities, none of which he and Judie are attracted to each pelted with small sucks of flour white man is excellent. Thornton spectacle of which the "Invocation Was Indian lover who turns out to be fare missed. Both in comedy and in other at once. So much so that that burst easily. But this was but Freeland's direction keeps the box the Sun" scene at the end is the Judie allows he romance to prevent mildly offensive compared to her from turning up at a gala per- barrage of odoriferous formance at which the old Queen, which he was target Jenny Marvello, is present. Jenny day. dismisses her from the troupe but the new Queen champions her cause.
I remember one riot particularly She gets at Ronald's Colonel, who well," he declared, was her lover in old days and started it." makes him consent to the marriage.
EL
MAJESTIC
THEATRE PARKES
the actiun at top pitch and has made most striking, "Whoopee" leaves Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 eggs for the spectacular scenes memorable nothing to be desired. oh another in motion picture history.
"because
I
& SHOWS
DAILY. 9.30-19
Was ad-
That settled, she finds herself dressing a crowd composed large
An intrepid "woman brought to heel by her own mana-ly of the anti-s. A husky dock. ger, Sebastian Marvello.
The role of the heroine is taken
TAKE ANY TRAN ON HAPPY VALLEY BUE
ORIENTAL
THEATRE
FLEMING
ROAD. WANGHAI
TEL 20478
worker began to call her uncompli 2 MORE TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
My youthful
Without
The whole film is a well-enacted mentary names. one and in best described as an ex- chivalry was outraged. cellent comedy romance..
thinking I struck him. On the in- stant, was seized by the crowd, generously mauled and a few head of a procession towards the minutes later, was conducted at the
when the boy is shipped off back to
town, she is held behind by a sinis good old Thames River," ter, menacing big-city gangster, Trigger, who kills the one man who tries to protect ber; drags her off to a.tawdry rooming house in the city, and keeps her there.
Blame for the murder is placed ou another man, and a young law. yer who is in love with Temple is "The Story of Templo Drake,"esigned to defend him. The law screen adaptation of a noval byple with him. The picture reaches yer traces Trigger, and Ands Tem William Faulkner, will open on a startling climax in the events that Wednesday at the Queen's. Miriam follow. Hopkins plays the title role, with Jack Lane, William Gargan, Wil- liam Collier, Jr., Irving Picthel and Sir Guy Standing at the bend of the supporting cast...
The little boy was standing in front of the rabbit-hutch, "What's twice two?" he shouted to the rat bits.
"The Story of Temple Drake'!' is the story of a Southern girl, s There was no response. curious mixture of the sedate and "What's twice two?" he repeat the wanton A drunken ride with ed. "There, I knew teacher was college boy, ends up in a wreck wrong when he said rabbits mule outside a bootlegger's house, and tiply quickly."
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However, he namaged to break away from his captors before they could dampen his ardor and the timely arrival of police saved him from further damage.
Brook's opportunity enter" films came not as the result of his
to dramatic training, but of his ability part called for an actor with that to blow smoke rings. A minor talent. Brook got the assignment- hrough a friend who happened to overhear the casting problem while it was being discussed. -In "Cavalcade,!! Brook feels more than perfectly at home sincr most of the principals in the cast were specially imported by Fox. from after its successful year's run at the Drury Lane Theatre. The 25,000 extras needed for mob scenes were easily recruited from Holly. wood's plethora of screen aspirante.
THE MOST PRETENTOUS MUSICAL COMEDY EVER PRODUCED FOR THE SCREEN. THE FIRST SHOWING AT POPULAR PRICES.
EDDIE
CANTOR
WHO
WALTER KONÁLD SON X
E
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
A SUN OF THE SADDLE LEAPS FROM HIS MIGHTY MUSTANG “AND SHOOTS HIS WAY THROUGH A BAD CANG TO A GOOD WOMAN,
George O'Brien
KING of the WESTERNS--
Nell O'Day
lightni
Betsy King Rosa, Frank Atkinson
rom the story 4 Canyon Walls.
by Zane Cary – T Directed by David Howald
FOX Picture
SIL CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY ~ At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m.
CROWDED THRILLS!
· MAMMOTH SPECTACLE! STRÄNGE ROMANCEI
CHARGING HILL
OF WILD BEASTS
LOOSE IN THE CITYI
KING JUNGLE
with
THE LION MAN (Buster Crabte) FRANCES DEE
A Paramount Picture
NEXT CHANGE
Au
the
DRAKES had a wild
THE STORY OF
DRAKE
TEMPLE
Wm. Faulkner's flaming story of a girl who thought she knew how to handle men...
with MIRIAM HOPKINS JACK LA RUE WILLIAM GARGAN WILLIAM COLLIERJ BRIGTED BY STEPNES KOKERSI a. Paramount Pictur
STAR
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.p.m.
"Marie"
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