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CENTRAL
TAXE QUEEN', RV., "WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 26720,
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY 2.30, 5:15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
BREAKING ALL RECORDS I
EDGAR WALLACE'S MIGHTY SCREEN
FANTASY!
A beautiful woman in one thaisy hand... con cirplane, pulled from the sky, in the other! The monster ope -tall as e steeple, rushes
over streets and. rooftops!
"KING KONG
is loose!
from ya iden hy EDGAR WALLACE and MERIAN C. COOPER With FAY VIRAY ROST. ARMSTRONG BRUCE CABOT A COOPER- SCHOEDSACK Production
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
The desactive and
the other fight both had to take wIŠET when the school- marm from Iowa solved
THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER
With: EDNA MAY OLIVER
Hebt. Armstrong James Gleason Mao Clarke Directed by George Archzinhoud. From iginal song by Lowell Demians as Stuart Palmer, RKO RADIO Picture Dovid O. Selenici, ¡œxecutive producere.
CARELESS USE OF DYNAMITE
Chinese Fisherman Seriously Wounded
TO-DAY AT THE
King's.
CINEMA
HONG KONG
"Hallelujah! I'm a Tramp."
Queen's.
"Pick Up."
"Central.
"King Kong.
Oriental.
"Dixiana."
KOWLOON
Star.
Flesh."
Majestic.
"It's great to be "Alive."
COMING
Moonlight and Pretzels,
King's.
"Queen's.
"Disgraced.”
"When Ladies Meet."
Central,
"The Penguin Pool Murder."
World.
"Changeabl, Loves,"
(Chinese Alm).
Star,
Infernal Machine.” Faithless."
Oriental.
Man about Towa." Laughter in Hell.” Hrit Angles
"MOONLIGHT
AND PRETZELS”·
Real Life Romance
Of
Its Star
Handsome star of a dozen Broad- way musical comedy hits, Alexan- der Gray has never played a more romantic role in his brilliant stage career than he did recently in real life.
While appearing in one of the featured leads in "Moonlight" and Pretzels," the Universal musical produced recently in New York and coming at the King's Theatre on Thursday. Gray slipped away from the studio one evening and eloped with Miss Peggy McCray, Oklahoma oil heiress, thus culmina- ting one of the strangest and most unusual romances in the history of show business:
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,
SHOWING TO-DAY AT "
2.50, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
KITTO
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
JOLSON! THE LOV. ABLE STAR YOU SAW IN THE FIRST TALKIE EVER MADE, IS HERE, NOW, IN
THE FIRST PICTURE EVER DONE IN RHYTHMIC DIA- LOGUE!
PRESENTED BY JOSEPH M. SCHENCK
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
AL JOLSON
IN
"HALLELUJAH ! I'M A TRAMP!”
A LEWIS MILESTONE PRODUCTION
WITH
MADGE EVANS-FRANK MORGAN.
ALSO ADDED ATTRACTION-
MICKEY MOSHE
#4
MICKEY MOUSE PRESENTS
THE MELLER DRAMMER" AND. MICKEY'S PAL PLUTO"
OCTOBER 16, 1933.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & £5332.
-NEXT, CHANGE--
Mogulight
els
50 gorgeous skii `Sie big song bits in the picture that brings you
Leo Carrillo Mary Brian
Roger Pryor Herbert Rawlinson ------Lilian-Miles-
Bobby Watson. William Frawley® Alexander Gray 4 Eaton Boys Jack Danny Frank & Mit Britton Richard King
A William Rowland» Mowia iries ` Production. Directed by Kart Freand. Presented by Car! Louwnia. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
"HALLELUJAH, AT THE QUEEN'S THE SIGN
I'M A TRAMP"
At
The King's Theatre
WELS
out to
"Hallelujah I'm A Tramp" prov- ed very entertaining, and thorough enjoyed by the apprecia- tive audience who turned witness the first showing at the King's yesterday afternoon. It is rather different to the ordinary Alm in so far that there was
With Miss McCray it was a case of love at first sight. She first sawcarcely any dramatic action, but Gray as the dashing hero of "The the catchy songs and lilting must Desert. Song" and fell for himent much to the enjoyment of almost immediately. The on 14 the picture. Al Jolson's rendering years of age she began writing of the various songs "fan" letters to the star, and Gray, finding the letters intelligent and interesting, struck up a correspon- dence with his admirer which con-
tinued for three years. Then they
met. Zowie! It was 起 caso, of love at first sight with Gray, too. Less than an hour after they were, introduced they decided to get mar: ried, but their first attempt to elope was foiled by relatives who didn't believe such a romance could he real. The second attempt, however, was rewarded with success, and et this writing the happy bride and groom were still honey-mooning in Canada.
pleasing, and in this film he intro- wag most duces several new song hits. which fit into the "story. Madge Evans plays the leading feminine lead
and offers valuable support. Others
Sylvia Sidney in "Pick Up"
AN ENTERTAINING
PROGRAMME
Queen's is entertaming. The main The current programme at the attraction "Pick Up" is a drama of unusual quality and reveals quite crook life, though the film is not an interesting slice of American entirely devoted to crooks.
A girl leaves gaol but "couldn't She is "Picked Up" by a taxi keep straight" because of poverty; driver, and her influence eggs him on to success until he owns quite a respectable garage business. His
ambitions soars up and he falls in in the cast are Harry Langdon, love with a Society girl, who how- Chester Conklin. Frank Morgan ever, turns him down with a and many others who help make bump. Meanwhile the "Pick Up" this picture quite delightful enter-girl is arrested for a crime she did tainment.
not commit, and the climax is reached in another of those Ameri- can. Court scene with which we are so familiary only the development in this case is somewhat unexpect
"KING KONG"
The power of woman over
ed,
OF THE CROSS
Coming
to Queen's
The "Sign Of The Cross" any other spectacular film is about to be shown at the Queen's Theatre, I and we shall endeavour to give you a few facts about this masterpiece of the silver screen... It is to be shown within a few days and should prove even more interesting than the silent version which was shown some years ago.
NEW FILMS INCENS
LONDON
"The Only Girl"
Though it has a light and even frivolous story this is certainly a film in the grand manner, and in some ways it marks a stage in the progress which the films seem to be making, through musical comedy, to grand opera. The setting is the court of Napoleon III., and the de- praved style of the second Expire is used with real skill to produce a very pretty effect. There is a scene in a conservatory which should cer tainly delight the period-fancier, We are even shown Winterhalter at work on his celebrated picture of the Empress and her ladies, and Offenbach conducting, one of his operas There is an excellent bur- lesque of the military manners of the time and a fascinating scene of a concert given by the Empress's nieces, who play their instruments with immense concentration and quite out of tune. The story, des- cribing the attempts of a French duke to find a lady's "maid who sang to him when he was lying a the point of death, is told with great neatness and precision and.. what is more, with some tact. Thus the film ends, nut with a prolonged wene of united lovers, but with an extremely funny episode in prima donna is perded to ang by preds from a sword and the heroine's first lover forgets his woes in conduct ing the opera. The only defect of a film which provides so many his- torical and other diversions is that few of its inventions are really original and that, agreeable as it is, it never has any beauty The acting of Mias Lillian Harvey as the heroine is very pleasant, and Mr. Ernest Thesiger, who has an entirely operatic part, quits him- self very well in recitative.
own, sand the Jewish chants. Gia- diators and Roman soldiers were hand picked, each mounted soldier "was required to weigh 200 pounds or more and stand & feet or more in his sandals. He also had to be an adept at bare-back riding while. fully equipped with heavy steel Armour. About 450 were chsen from 2000 applicants. Other typen including Greek, Hebrew
and Egyptian girls and, according to a "Call Sheet' on the studio bulletin board the first day of filming aristo cratic types of Roman men and women, wine merchants, atorekeep- ers ariers litter bearers Negro slaves, Greeks, both sexes Egyp- tians, Assyrians, Roman Senators and a mob of Roman Street charac- fers.
spected by Fred
Twenty thousand extras were in- Datig, casting director of the Paramount Studios, Most of these extras were on the before casting 9600 pocial types Paramount payroll for weeks, TC- for this spectacular story of early presenting the end of the depres tor Cecil B. De Mille. They had to atmosphere players, there were 21 Rome, directed by that great direc- sion for many. In addition to test no less than 600 women to find principal those selected were more than six 40 of the Amazonian type. All divergent types. Frederic March representing widely feet in height, and weighed at least played the part of Marcus Super- able to compete in a free for all Claudette Colbert enacted exobic 150 pounds, and were physically was cast as the spiritual Mercia bus, an aristocrat. Elissa Lândi
fight for the
Nero and his rabble." The same
entertainment of Poppaea, wife of Nero, while fine tooth comb proceedings were
Charles Laughton, English charac necessary to choose 40 dwaris to
ter actor portrayed the infamous oppose the large women in combat. elude Ian, Keith Harry Beresford, emperor. Others in the cast in-
who were to be persecuted, and William V. Wong and Clarence The selection of 1000 Christians Ferdinand Gottschalk, Arthur Hohl, eventually fed to the 40 Nubian
CAN-
of the first tury were in reality, B
MAJESTIC
"Moonlight and Pretzela" marks gigantic man-beast is presented in Souvenirs will delight many of Christians
The rest of the programme is lions in the Arena, was an unusual Burton and many others. quite entertaining, and "Screen problem, according to Datig Gray's return to the screen afterŘKO-Radio's "King Kong," baving those who were keen patrons of the an absence of three years during its final run at the Central Theatre theatres in the days of the silent branch of the Hebrew race, so it which he has devoted his entire to-day with Fay Wray, Robert film. lime to stage and radio work. Pre- Armstrong and Brue Cabot " lea- viously he was co-featured
with tured. Marilyn Miller in "Selly," Bernice Claire in "No, No Nanette, and starred in "The Song of the Flame" and "Viennese Nights."
A "Betty Boop's cartoon and admirer of a girl it can hold in the the wit and interest necessary to A fifty-foot ape becomes the Paramount Newsreel supply just palm of its mighty. paw, but it is make up a delightful programme. Gray is only one of the many try to chain him down for curious the slave of no one' When they stage, screen, and radio stars who throngs to gape at, he breaks his appear prominently in "Moonlight bonds and partially wrecks New and Pretzels." Roger Pryor, Leo York City in his ad frenzy be Carrillo, Mary Brian, Herbert cause he thinks the ginl is in "dan- Rawlinson, and Lillian Miles have
the featured leads, with Bernice
ger."
The picture's climax, with the
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THEATRE
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tra, Doris Carson, John Hundley Asted from the top of a skyscraper, Frank and Milt Britton's Band, is like nothing ever produced for William Frawley, and The Four motion pictures before.) Eton Boys in support. The en-sem- ble is composed of New York's fifty -most beautiful show girls,
Claire, Jack Denny and his orches-ape battling bombing Planes single 2 DORE TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
'DISGRACED!"
Helen Twelvetrees New Film
"Disgraced!" the story of woman's fight for love with honour, A Chinese fisherman named opens on Thursday at the Queen's Chang Kam age 24, of boat No. Theatre. Helen Twelvetrees," wist 480, at Bha Tau Kok New Terri-ful blonde star, is cast in the lead- tory, on Saturday morning receiving role, with Bruce
Cabot,
Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedaack "King Kong is a Merian C. Production and its story is from no idea conceived by Edgar Wallace, and Cooper.
gaged to marry Miss Ames. He promises to break his engagement, and marry her. She believes him.
Mina Twelvetrees keeps this secret courtship from her father, a police captain, who has warned her against men like Cabot. One day ding gown for Miss Ames, who an- a she is called upon to model,e wed- nounces her caning marriage to Cahot
Filled with shame when she realizes Gabot has been deceiving her, Miss Twelvetrees faces Cabot with a gun. He struggles with her, locks her in a closet and galls the police..
ed a serious wound in his left arm Adrienne Ames, William Harrigan owing to careless use of dynamite and Ken Murray heading the sup for fishing.
porting cast, His foki Chan Kong, who was "Disgraced is daringly modern standing near in the bows of the in its theme. Miss Twelvetrees, as boat escaped injury."
an attractive model, fascinstes Cabot, a wealthy man-about-town. His ardent wooing finally wins her, even though she knows he is en
The victim was conveyed to the Kowloon Hospital in a critical condition.
Miss Twelvetrees' father is as signed to the case. What happens when he learns that the girl his daughter brings the film to a stir ring climax.
DAYS
WHEELER & WOOLSEY
IN THEIR BEST COMEDY.
DIXIANA
· with BEBE DANIELS WHEELER
ROBT. WOOLSEY
EVERETT - MARSHALL
· DOROTHY LEN-
BALF HAROLDE
JOEYKA HOWLAND
· JOSEPH CAWTHORN,, LOSE OTHERS Directed by LUTHER REED
ÉILENTLESS DRAMA” ENSED ACROSS UKPAR ALLEŠTO SPECTACLEIA
"IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE"
WITH
RAUL ROULIEN GLORIA STUART
́EDNA-MAY OLIVER
HERBERT MUNDIN
449 CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-PAY At 2.30, 5:10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m. COLD, HUNGRY AND RIPE FOR APICK UPI
PICK UP
She Came Off the Streets, With a Record-
Could She
Be Con
demned?
SYLVIA GEORGE SIDNEY RAFT ·
by VINA DELMAR other of "Bad fot BIRECTED BY MARION GERING AB.P. SCHULBERG
KINDDUCTION
a Paramount Plature
*
BETTY BOOP CARTOON-
Screen Souvenirs
FROM THURSDAY
TOO MODERN!
Too much in love to be safe! Too uno- fraid of life and the danger of too much freedom!
Disgracedi
A Paramount Picture with ›
HELEN TWELVETREES
BRUCE CABOT.
ADRIENNE AMES WM. HARRIGAN KEN MURRAY
STAR
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 230, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. Wallace
BEERY
Flesh
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