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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TATR QUEEN' no., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel 95720.
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
OUT OF MADNESS HE CREATED THEM!
And Out of Madness They De- stroyed Him.
Seeking in Beast Fury the Girl Who Was ALL-
HUMAN!
WELL!!
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
CHARGES LEIGHTON BELA LEIGDAL RKHARD ARLEN LEILAHYANG
and the Panther Womasi
NEXT CHANGE
EARTH
Thousands
expect it to happen.
Our World Destroyed !
Only! handful of humans survive co
over"!
ATL
DELUGE
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RADIO Picture
Cripping Imaginative Spectacle PEGGY SHANNON LOIS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER - Matt Moore, tdward Van Simon. Samuel Winds, Ralf Haralde wheed Felix E. Few trum cha book by 5. Fowler Wright. Samuel Buched ans, producer
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
King's
HONG KONG
Charlie Chan's Greatest
Case:"
Queen's.
U
"2nd Street."
Central.
Island of Lost Souls.'
Oriental.
ti
The Half naked truth."
Let Theatre
Star.
Yes, Mr. Brown,"
KOWLOON
"Afen Must Fight".
Majestic.
King's
Madame Butterfly".
Coming
"My Weakness".
Nine O'Clock Revue."
Queen's
"Another Language,"
"Turn Back The Clock."
"Tugboat Annie".
Central
"Delug
:
"A Maid of the Mountains,"
*
star.
"Fra Diavolo."
"Alibi."
World.
"Shot-Gun Pass,"
"River Red Haze."
Film),
"To-day we live."
Oriental.
"King Kong."
(Chinese
TURN BACK THE CLOCK"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1933.
SHOWING TO-DAY ᎪᎢ 4.30, 5.10.7.15}
& 9.30. P.M.
OKINGS
Lilian Harvey
She's loveliness personified,..a fas- cinating new star.
LEW AYRES
He tries to make her more beautiful ...and then tries to make har:
GIRLSI GIRLSI GIRLS!
Everybody's Weakness....... the 'most:" beautiful In Hollywood and film. dom's funniest comedians in the goyeal, giddjast, snappiest musical romance by the greatest of all musical producers. -
Wea
with
Charles Butterworth, Harry Long- don, Sid Silvers, Henry Travers and Irene Bentley. A B. G. De- Sylva Production. Directed by David Butler.
"DELUGE"
Romance and Science At Central
The end of the world has been
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DUKE OF YORK AND BJ.P.
Open Stands At. Birmingham
Startling Drama For speculated upon ever since Coper- Exhibitors' stands at the Bir-
fence,
Queen's
audience breathless,
discoveries.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL: 25319 & 25332
NEXT CHANGE-
There's the devil to .... pay when they start to play for they've learned the sacret öf luxury withsukworry!
LADIES
MUST LOVE
Universal's great comedy dramad with music.
SEE IT!
With JUNE KNIGHT, NEIL HAMIL TON, SALLY O'NEILL, DOROTHY BURGESS, MARY CARLISLE,
PERRY BEATEN BY MCGARTH
In Second Tennis
Test
A DEAN IN CHINA
Bandits Scared Away By Cathedral Flags
China, her condition and her problems, was the subject. of an address by the Dean of Canter- bury (Dr. Hewlett Johnson): at the Y.M.C.A., Peter Street, Man- chester, last evening. He received a warm greeting on his return to Manchester. Dr. Moberly presided. 1
Three revolutions were in pro- gress in China, said Dr. Johnson -intellectual, industrial, and so- elal. They had followed upon the Western education of bands of Chinese youth. The cause of Eastern trouble lay in the West. Where Chinese went west and learned, 80 also did the Japanese and they had taken Germany as their model China's two fatal
weaknesses, were in repelling a foreign attack and in the ad- ministering of the far-distant provinces. "Japan is sitting now. where she has no right, and be- fore the conscience of the world she is convicted."
China needed three things-
B
communications, education, and religion. It was not too late for the League of Nations to do something to adjust matters; and we should do everything to streng- then the central Chinese Govern- ment. The lack of communica- tions was illustrated, by the fact that Dr, Johnson made his way to Tibet, on a top of
laden motor-lorry, passing through gigantic tracts of nooded country, where a population of 20,000,000 were suffering... When he return- ed to New York he met Mr. Pler- pont Morgan, "looking plump and worried," and told him that in China he had discovered that it was possible to Hve on a handful of rice a day and with no roof, over his head: "I am "twice the man I was," he told Mr. Morgan, "and there is hope for you." (Laughter.) ·
ADVENTURE AT AN INN
Dr. Johnson said that at one part of a long and desolate road they stayed for a night at an tun Just four walls and B. roof. While his companions slept he heard a party of mounted bandits Brisbane, Dec. 23.
gallop up. Presently there was nicas and Galileo set forth their mingham Section of the British In- astronomical
Scien-dustries Fair are being remodelled The feature of the second lawn loud knocking at the door, a shot was fired from a blunderbuss, and tennis Test between Australla and
DI. the bandits galloped away. tists have visualized the earth colon modern lines as a result of a
the touring British team, which the liding with an unknown warby suggestion made by the Duke of planes; "while astronomers have fan-York.
former won by 8 matches to 4 - Johnson said that, their car, had monstrous tastically imagined &
When he toured the Fair on the ay, was the defeat of Fred Ferry been regarded with some suspicion It carried two tidal wave, which by reason of the opening day last February, the Drake by Vivian McGrath, deventeen-by the bangs
flags, the flags of Canterbury heavenly bodies influence will de-of Tark commented upon the diffi-year old Australian prodigy. Cathedral The bandits, misták- molish civilization.
erity of ascertaining exhibitors'
we
Dr. Johnson added that they later discovered that the bandits had raided a village about twenty miles from the inn and killed all the inhabitants. Two of his com- panions of that night, one a rais sionary, were murdered by ban* dits almost at the same spot three weeks later.
Dr. Johnson paid warm tribute
to the self-sacrificing work of the
Picture, fans who enjoy the light ning fast wise-cracking of Lee Tracy will receive a "double, portion" in "Turn Back the Clock" startling drama of a man who relives his life,
McGrath, who recorded his first ing them for military emblems. an ambush, and, which is coming on Thursday to the Queen's Theatre.
The later concept is graphically names and other information given triumph over the new American had suspected
champion, won] when the blunderbuss was dis-
charged had taken fright. The pictures, filmed by the Metro-presented in "Deluge" RKO-Radion signs above his head on the front National singles Goldwyn-Mayer studios, is based Picture, next change, as the Control of the closed-in" type of stand, by 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.-Reuter..
generally used. on an original story writen by Ben Theatre with Peggy Shannon, Sid-
He expressed the opinion that it Hecht and Edgar Selwyn, and shows ney Blackmer, Lois Wilson and should be possible for visitors, when the adventures of a man who receMatt Moore, picturized from S. they were actually on the stands, ives a bump on the head and goes Fowler Wright's best-selling novel. to see at a glance the exhibitors mense in the display of exhibits back twenty years to relive his life
Universal ruin starts with a mon- name, address and description of and the lay-out of the Birmingham with the benefit of mature exper-strous tidal wave which inundates his products. The Duke remarked: Section".
the west coast of America, The" You like to feel that you are s
Several incovations will improve DRIVES HOME LAUGHS
Joosen foundations, down little bit intelligent when you are the display and acoesaibility of ex- Tracy blends fast-moving into the waters powerful drama with one of the skyscrapers, crumble steel struc- shaking a man by the hand."hibits at Birmingham when the 1884 on the Duke's advice Fair opens on February 19th. Gang- ." Acting tures and then continue to work most forceful portrayals of his en-
are adopting modern open ways are being widened, the exhib tire picture career. His rapid-fire havoc across the continent.
When the "Deluge" reaches Nestands' with names and other de-ion area is being enlarged, buffets, missionaries and to the European dialogue drives home laughs and punches in action that leave the tails clearly shown at the back in
place of the closed-in, four-post-proved.
setting a high example ground. A panic-stricken paper bed type of stand encumbered Mas Clarke establishes herself as lace evacuates buildings congesting with unnecessary, superstructures
Christianising work was Attractive metal signs, in Eng Chinese that was not being over-
looked. me of the screen's outstanding emo- the thoroughfares bewilderingly and overhead signs which could au- lish, French, German and Spanish proceeding steadily and as com- tional actresses with her portrayal The upheaval rages on across they be read from the gangways," Mr. at frequent intervals in the gangmunications became of Mary, woman smothered by the Atlantic, girding the globe and sub-. E. Greener, Chairman, Fair ways will provide directories to ex- task of helping Chinx would be cares of marital axistence. She siding on the Pacific ocean. Bare Management Committee, Birming-hibits in the vicinity and general come easter. the unsympathetic role of Elvina, handles each scene with tendernessly three hundred survivors out of a ham, said to-day. With super-information to guide visitors,
world population of thousands of structures and partitions removed,
will have its Each trade group who provides trouble for Tracy in and depth of understanding. both of his "lives." Other who de A new player destined to go far millions remain. This number finde individual exbibite will stand out liver notable performances include on the screen is Otto Kruger, who itself on limited territory near what more clearly and one band will not own car park immediately outside George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon portrays Ted Wright, hardened ma-
obscure others. Looking down the that part of the main hall in which and Clara Blanrick.
terialist who stops at nothing to
Buyers and exhibitors will be able In such a setting, Fowler Wright gangways, visitors will see, instead its exhibits are situated. - Edgar Selwyn retained fuld power realize his ambitions. Kruger has!
entrance of the original story in his disec-a powerful personality which he evokes the intriguing romance of of rows of partly closed booths,
His main characters, clear wide vistas of exhibits with to drive directly to an tion of the picture, which shows blends into a characterization with Deluge ***
Martin and Claire, survive on a makers' names prominently in sight. serving the trade group in which keen sense of human interest values, absolute reality.
lone island. They fall in love, Mar-
"The changes will make an im- they are interested. tin presuming his wife Helen has become a victim of the disaster. When they join the other survivors among whom is Helen, a dilemma faces the trio, since Martin lover Claire and Helen equally and the women both want him.
Peggy Shannon is outstanding in
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REPLANNING, OF CENTRE
"OF STOCKHOLM
Two Englishmen Placed First In Competition
London, Dec. 23. "Two young English architects, Messra. Erith and Hulme, "agèd about 26, were placed arst in the great international competition for replanning the centre of Block- holm.
The Committee have divided the award of £3,000 between these "two Englishmen and two other competitors who came close to them
There was a large entry from many parts of world and an Inter- national jury decided the awards
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Sensational
Romance in Stupendous Settings!
GULLY'S
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. SOUNDING THE BATTLE CRY
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'Why can't
of
every
bride I
OUT
marriage continue the way it started?
Why must we live our lives the way
other people want
Us to!"
ROBERT
HELEN HAYES MONTGOMERY Another Language
Jar Maga
"OLIVER
GREL HARDY
in "County Hospital
·FROM THURSDAY
TRACY TURN
BACK THE CLOCK
Imagine a chap in 1928 who finds himself back with the folks of 1910 His 1983 love-techinque is so advance ed that the girls scream for help. Hors laughs than your family has ever laughed with Lee. Tracy at his funniest!
with
MAE CLARKE'. OTTO. KRUGER GEORGE BARBIER
STAR
TO DAY & TO-MORROW
M
At 11.00, 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.
"FRADIAVOLO"
with
STAN
LAUREL
OLIVER
HARDY
DENNIS KING
LUIS TRENKE
VILMA BANET Viejos,
BOGUK BANDITS
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