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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
King's
"Ace of Aces."
Queen's
Terror Aboard."
Cantral.
A
CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S. ED., WESTBOUND BUS|
Advanco Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 230, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
THE FIRST OF THE BIG PICTURES AT THE NEW PRICES!
8.0.8. Icoberg."
Orientai,
"Six Hours To Live".
Lee Theatre
Monte Carlo Madness"
UNBELIEVABLE
THRILLS
-In the picture they said could never be made. Filmed among, the icebergs and other dangers of Arctic Green«: land.
SOS. ICEBERG
With Rod La Rocqus, Leni Riefenstahl, Gibson Gowland, Ernst Udet. Directed by Tay Garnett. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
DRESS CIRCLE
$1.10
BACK STALLS
FRONT STALLS.
.80 .35 UPPER CIRCLE
.35
Savic 40 CTS. TO BACK STALLS
***
NEXT CHANGE
CHALIAPINE DON QUIXOTE
GEORGE ROBEY
SIDNEY FOX
KOWLOON
Alhambra
Star.
Torch Singer."
"Song of the 'Eagle."
Majestic.
Arizona To Broadway.
"Queen's
Coming
"College Humor.".
"Night Flight."
King's
"It's a Boy."
"་*
"Duck Soup."
Lee Theatre
"Palmy Days." Central
11-13 Don Quixote."
Song You Gave Me
A Chance At Heaven,
Star:
"Peg O'My Heart"
"All Comedy Programme,”
Alhambra
13-16 This Day and Age "So This Is Africa," Oriental
"Arizona To' Broadway."
TAKE A CHANCE
Coming To The Alhambra
..
Five hit numbers have been vơn- cocted by the battery of song and lyric writers who worked on the score of "Take a Chance the film musical which Laurence Schwab, William Rowland and Monte Brice produced in New York for Para- mount and which it opens to-mor- row at the Alhambra Theatre.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1934.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT
2.30, 5.10 & 7.15 P.M. ONLY]
•KING'S
RICHARD.
in a blazing tale of
clash and combat
"ACE OF ACES
with
Elizabeth Allan
Haunted by the Men He Killed, He Shränk
from Human Lovel
Ralph Bellamy AN RRO-RADIO FICTURE
HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
PRESENTS
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE"
TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. AND FEB. 9-10
PRICES:-$3.90–$3.30-82.20-81.10.
(INCLUDING TAX)
“ACE OF ACES" TERROR ABOARD
"
At The King's
Aerial thrills said to
an
surpass
of
Jay Gornay, Lou Alter and Her- man Hupfold wrote the music and E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose and Arthur Swanstrom composed the anything ever shown on the motion" lyrics for the score and the follow-picture screen are incorporated in the romance of John Monk Saun- ing soappy numbers:
gripping story. "Ace "I Did It with My Little Ukelele" ders'
Rko-Radio Picture written by Harburg and Gorney Aces"
at the King's and sung by Oli Edwards against showing to-day
background Theatre with "Richard Dix in the a goofy travelogue showing how Ukelele Ike" escapes starring title role, supported by means of Elizabeth
and Ralph" from various perils by the instrument.
Bellamy. New Deal Rhythm," written by Daring motion picture stunters Harbug and Gorney and sung by perform countless breath-taking Janes Dunn, June Knight, Lillian feats in "Ace of Aces." Squadrons Roth, Lilian Bond, Lene Andre, of trim fighting planes zoom, and Edwards and danced by the
twist and dart about in the sky. chorus of fifty.
Burning planes crash in sensa- tional flights. Bullet-ridden, ships disintegrate in mid-air and fali as debris to the ground.
Is Only a Paper Moon," writ- ten by Harburg and Harold Arlen, the latter the composer of the fainous "Stormy Weather" #MzD-
bür
In addition, Laurence Schwab is writing new lyrics for "Eadie Was a lady, the smash hit from the stage version of "Take a Chance," which was written by Buddy De- Sylve and will be sung in the film hy Lillian Roth
And finally June Knight will sing "Should Be Sweet, another De-Sylva song from the Broadway production in which she created a Manhattan sensation several months
ago.
"Take a Chance" is the atory of four side show carnival entertainors who come to New York and win
LEE
Allan
"Ace of Aces" also blends a highly dramatle study by "Richard Dix. A pacifist firmly condemning war, his assertions are considered cowardly by his fiancee whose derision eventually sends him to strain, battle. When the mental overcomes him, he makes 'his last redeeming himself in a ride, spinetingling, climax.
fame and fortune on Broadway after many hectio adventures which carry them back stage, into a crooked gambling hall, and finally to the homes of Long Island's so- cially elite.
THEATRE
AT 12.30, 2.30, 530, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
AT USUAL PRICES.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
"A MAGNIFICENT DRAMA
with gasezDUS SETTINGS SARI MARITZA
Some Forthcoming Attractions
Has been described as a coura- geous and beautiful effort to ffim Chalia- Cervantes' classic story.
pine te a noble Don Quixote and Bancho George Robey good
ex- Panza, Lovely photography, quisite setting's," and costumes combined with inspired direction by Rebat give this a strong appeal to Almgoers in search of something different.
A UFA PRODUCTION,
2
TO-MORROW
A LITTLE FISH AT LARGE!
Thug forced.
him into a pri vate swimming pool with a crowd of beau
ties.
...
and what a dunking,
he got!
Samuel Goldwyn presents
EDDIE
CANTOR "Palmy Days
Unjuk
"MONTE CARLO MADNESS". A BRAUTIFUL MUSICAL ROMANOS OF THE WOELL'S GREATEST GAMBLING BESORT.
Anitu Pintere
CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
Thriller At The Queen's
✡
Lovers of thrills should pay a visit to the Queen's Theatre which is showing Terror Aboard", picture that has claimed to have more murders than any shown so far. Apart from this the picture shows the various and gruesome inaaners the murderer adopts. in murdering more than two dozen of his victims.
The action centres round a luxu- ripus yacht the owner of which, in order to escape arrest when is reaches port, plans to murder every one of its passengers, except the woman he loves in order to give thè police a false clue
One by one passengers and crew die, cach in a more horrible, more gruesome fashion than the last. The climax in reached when a you aviator who is in love with the girl arrives on the scene and when a boarding party from freighter climbs aboard.
John Halliday as the murderer excellent performance gives while the supporting cast includ. ing. Charles Ruggles, Neil Hamil ton and Shirley Grey helps to make the picture a "thrilling entertain-
ment.
ar
LADY CUNLIFFE-OWNER Lady Cunliffe Owen, chairman of the British-American Tobacco Com- pany, who entered the nursing home of Almina Countess Camarvon,
in Portland-place, W., in December, was operated upon recently,
It was stated at the nursing home "She
well is going on ав
As can be expected,"
A SHOWS
.DAILY
2.30–13
7.15-8.30
1
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL: 26313
& 25332..
FROM SUNDAY
A MOVING PICTURE AND MOVING LAUGHTER.
LESLIE
HENSON
IN
"IT'S A BOY"
WITH
ALBERT BURDON EDWARD EVERETT HORTON WENDY BARRIE
A GAINSBOROUGH PIOTURE
Meet The Baron
QUEEN'S. THEATRE
·
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
THURSDAY,
February 8.
Auctions--Sate of Crown Lands, Lund Office, Ping Shan, 11 am.
Cinemas.
...
די
King's"Age Of Ages."
Queen's "Terror Aboard." Central "S.O.S. Iceberg." Oriental:Six Hours To Live". World:"Back."
(Chinese Picture), Tai Ping-Madame Butterfly." Lee:Monte Carlo Madness." Alhambra:-"The Torch Singer." Majestic:"Arizona To
Broadway". Star:-"Song Of The Eagle." Entertainments: "Pirates Penzance, King's Theatre, 9.30
p.m.
of
Lecture.-Professor C. A. Mid- dleton Smith speaks on "Waste- The Old Savage in the New Civi lization Room "," Hongkong University, 8.30 p.m
Meetings-Theosophical Society, Ber. K. L. Reichelt, D.D., speaks en "Some Important Aspects in Connection with Comparative Reli gion," 6p.m.; Annual, The "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd., Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Office, noon; Hongkong University Engineering Society, Room "K, 8.30 p.m.; Hongkong Automobile”. Association, Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Board Room, 5.30 p.10,
Miscellaneous, Whist Drive, Civil Service Cricket Club, 8:45 p.m.
Moon-XII Moon, 25th Day.
Principal Mails Inward from Europe via Suez by Comoria
Hockey.
71 Sports.
—
Mamak Tournament," Royal Engineers v. Twelfth Bat tery, Royal Artillery; Friendly matches, Central British v. Uni- versity, 5.15 p.m.
Lawn Tennis. Open Singles, C. A. Wright v. K. M. Wong; Ng Sze kwong v. Lai Kwong-taun; J. G. Haigh v. Tam Yoc fong; E. C. Fincher v. Y. C. Kwok; Taui Wai- pui. Chiu Chun-chiu; Open Dou bles, Luk Ding-cheung and W. T. Lee. Luk Chun-cheung and Wong are Shin-hing; I. M. A. Razack and J. A. E. Cassumbhoy v. G. R. M, Ricketts and W. Beach-Thomas.
Sunrise 8.591; Sunset.-6.16
The Laugh-making Trio seen in this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which is coming to the above named theatre on the 14th. Jack Pearl famous "Baron Muncharistn" of radio fame, Jimmy Durante otherwise known as "Schnozzle" and Zasu Pitts whimsical come- dienne will keep you in rdars of laughter. This comedy with music is a hilarious story dealing with adventures of ihe sanguinary
"The Baron" and Durante in a girl's College. Miss Pitts is the chambermaid, and she and the Baron. fall in love, while Jimmy dear, this Vamps the College character is portrayed by May Ollyer.
Elizabeth Allan The British
who Star
plays opposite Richard Dix in "Ace of Aces"
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
TO-DAY ONLY
FOR THOSE WHO SEEK THE UNUSUAL
SIX HOURS OLIVE
Warfar
3 BAXTER 4
A FOX PICTUREIKAL
A picture that probes the secret places of your heart, exalts your sonses, thrills your imagination,
FLEMING # ROAD
TEL. 20478
TO-MORROW
& SATURDAY
A. FAST ACTION PICTURE WITH SONGS, LAUGHS, GIRLS, MUSIC
LOTS OF FUN.
contagious enthe- ́siasm...unadulters" ated joy. This one har what it takes to make great en tertainment.
For film Presents
AND
ARIZONA
TO BROADWAY
James
with Joan Dunn Bennett Herbert Mundin
p.m
Tides. High at 240 and 16.05; Low at 7.30 and 29.44
What The Stars Are
Doing
Eddie Cantor visited London for of Roman the first performance Scandals. He has not been to Europe for 9 years..
Bebe Daniels and Sally Ellers have become joint proprietors of a Hollywood lingerie shop.
Genevieve Tobin is taking Kay Francis' place in Wonder Bar as Miss Francis is still engaged on Mandalay,
Heather Angel. has renewed her contract with Fox and will stay in Hollywood for at least six months
more.
MAJESTIC
THEATRE SANDÁ Nathan Boad, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.
TARZAN
THE FEARLESS
flow pipping on-
"THE KING OF THE RITZ"
WITH
STANLEY LUPINO BETTY STOCKFELD.
QULLA'S
TO-DAY & TO-MURROW At 2.301, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.
THE THRILLER SUPREME!
ONE BY ONE
they died! Mur dered! ... By whom? How? Why?
Terror
Aboard
JOHN HALLIDAY CHARLIE RUGGLES NEIL HAMILTON SHIRLEY GREY
• JACK.LARUE •
· VERREE TEASDALE
a Paramount Picture
ALBO COMEDY PICTORIAL CARTOON
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 3.20 P.M.
The Story of Your
Generation
SONG
OF THE
EAGLE
CHARLES DICKFOLD
RICHARD ARLIN ----- MARY BRIAN JEAN HERSHOLT
LOUISE DRESSER
ANDY DEVINE -GEORGE S. STONE
11 Ganemood Gature
ALHAMBRA
THESTEE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY. At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
HOT LIPS... HOT SONGS...
IN THE HOT SPOTS
OF BROADWAY!
"Yat she's the mail loved.
Claudette COLBERT TORCH SINGER
Á. Fornmiest Fiture 'wils.
RICARDO CORTEZ DAVID MANNERE LYDA ROBERTI and BABY BOY
Another Hit for the
House of
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