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EVERY WOMAN GOT IT
IN THE NECK – Eventually
LONDON RIMS proven!
Charles LAUGHTON
CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE. QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND, DUR,
Advance Booking at Andersons "And the Theatre Tol 25730.
SHOWING TO-DAY:
At 280, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.]
HALF
MAN--
HALF BEAST-
-
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
King's
"The Private Life of Henry,
VIII."
Queen's.
"Night. Flight.”
Central.
The Jungle Mystery:"
Oriental
"Face in the Sky".
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So This is Afrita.?!
"Tugboat Aunie."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1934.
SHOWING TO-DAT AT
(2.30, 5.10,7,15) & 9.30.P.M.
KOWLOON
Alhambra
Star.
WHAT IS HE?
Majestic.
"Moonlight and Pretzels."
IN
Alhambra
Star:
Chain Gang."
•KINGS ·
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE "TEL"25313 “& 25332
·NEXT CHANGE
JOHN KUMSKY ond GIFFORD COCHRAN 'prem
Paul ROBESON:
IN EUGENE O'NEILL'S omazing story
EMPEROR Jones
WINE DUDERÝ DIGGES
Redad de labus dullah
J
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A SILVER BULLET HIS RABITH FOOT — BUTIT PROVES A BOOMERANG TO EMPEROR JONES!
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
Monday, February 19. Anniversaries and Holldays. Rain Water (Yu-shu).
Auctions.---
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D. Onces. 3 p.m.
Cinemas.
King's:—" The Private Life of
Henry VIII."
Queen's:-" Night Flight." | Central: The Jungle Mystery. Oriental: Face In The Sky."
(Chinese Picture). World:"Qafantry.” *** Alhambra: 86 This Is Africa." Majestic: Melody Cruise.” Star:-"Tugboat Annie.”
Meetings. Annual, Hong Kong Benevolent Society, Sanitary Board Meeting Room, 5.30 p.m.; Annual, tin Road Kowloon, & p.m. Officers' Kowloon Bowling Green Club, Aus- tin Road, Kowloon 6 p.m. Officers' | Mess, H.K.V.D.C. 5.30 p.m, HKF.- |A. Council Meeting, 5.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous
Entry closes for
Vocal and Instrumental Muslo, 10- cal Examinations of Trinity Col- ege: Bishop Hall's Discussion for Men, Lane, Crawfords, 1 p.m..
Principal Mails.
Home Mails-Outward for Eu- rope via Siberia by Hakone Maru, 3.30 p.m.
Sports.
Fachting-Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's First Extra Race for Ladies.
Moon I Moon, 6th. Day." Sunrise.-6.52 m. gun.get.-8.22
p.m.
MAJESTIC
- THEATRE, Nachan Homid, Kowloon," Tel. 57222} TO-DAY ONLY jat 1230, 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.80 P.I.
Moonlight Pretzels
30 yorganı girl?......... Six big song hits in tha picture that brings you Leo Carrillo Mary Bel
Enger Pryor z Herbert Rawlinson.
Lilllan Mies
Bobby Watson WTB Freeley Alexander Grey 4 Eaton Bays Jack Danny Frank & Mitt Beltram Richard King
A PICTURE
..OF. A
THOUSAND
THRILLS!
JUNGLE MYSTERY
with TOM TYLER
NOAH BEERY, JR., CECELIA PARKER AND MANY OTHERS IN A SMASHING ADVENTURE FILM BASED ON THE FAMOUS STORY,
"THE IVORY TRAIL" BY
TALBOT MUNDY.
COMING
"The more you double-cross men, the better they like you."
CONSTANC
Bennet
She stopped atļ nothing to make! herself a
BED OF ROSES
(Not so abft!). JOEL MCCREA John Halliday Part, Kelten Bandol Hinde Directed by Quanti
KERIAN C. COOFER, HEREBY produces
RADIO
'EMPEROR' SIGNED
Queen's
Coming
"Attorney for the Defence,'
"Indiscretion of Eve."
King's
"The Power and the Glory".
"Emperor Jones."
Central
"Bed of RoseS,
"I'm a Fugitive from a
"Silver Dollar."
"The Naisaace,"
"The Sign of the Cross"
JUNGLE
MYSTERY
Thriller At The Central
A million thrills—a gripping story -the hurking dangers of a treach- erous jungle-a beautiful girl in the clutches of a villainous gang- snarling beasts a half human-half animal creature who terrified all Africa in his mysterious, devastat ing quest for blood!
That's Universal's billion volts of aureen action, "Jungle "Mystery": now showing of the Central
The Private Life of HENRY VIII
Dimail by Ahmandu Karda
BIGBANIN YEM TUCKED AKTRISE ....
ALSO
“PIER PIPER®
A SILLY SYMPHONY TM TECHNICOLOUR
A MAGNIFICENT FILM
The Private Life Oftion of Anne Boleyn at the Tower
Henry VIII"
"The Private Life of Henry VIII," widely hailed as Charles Theatre.
Laughton's greatest picture and Tom Tyler plays the adventurous performance, is the attraction to young American explorer of the day at the King's Theatre. Charles Jungles Cecelis Parker, bicade and Laughton spent many weeks in beautiful, plays the heroine and research work preparing for the Noah Beery Jr., William Desmond role of Henry VII, a character and Philo McCullough are all in hé has long desired to portray, and the truly excellent cast. Famous now that he had his chance bo made Talbot Mundy wrote the story. a huge success of it.
Here is a picture with a thousand The clothes worn by Henry and thrills and you can see it to-day at the queens were reconstructed from the Central Theatre at popular paintings. The interior, sets are prices.
faithful reproductions of those at Hampton Court and other Tudor palaces frequented by Heary VIII and genuine period furniture was employed to dress the sets.
"HELLO HONG KONG"
Five weeks is either an awfully long time, or equally short time, depending on circumstances." In the show business, it is an excit ingly short time, as Henry Bellit will tell you if YOU were to ask " him. The "Ave weeks" subject W&S
brought up in connection with the "Broadway Revue which will be presented in Hongkong at the Queen's Theatre this week.
Henry had just that much time
to form his company, write the show, select his personnel order the costumes, stage settings and other accesories. rehearse the company and get to Hongkong, thousands of miles from little old New York City. -
Most of the rehearsing was done on the 'broad pacific en route to Hongkong. In New York, Henry had to pick his twelve girls from 5000 who presented themselves for the trip no small job in itself. Each had to meet Henry's ideals for his show. They must have ta lent, beauty, form, stage presence, and that element better known as "it."
In addition to the human ele- ment Henry bring the newest electrical equipment for the most startling lighting and sound ef- fects. In one of the latter it is safe to say you will start looking for your umbrellas, the rain”, ef- feet is so realistic.
How Bill Moran'got in the show
Sam Jaffe, one of America's truly great character actors, the man who made Kringelein in the Broad- Way production of "Grand Hotel" might interest you. Bill's former contract with another company an epic figure of the stage, has expired on January 14th. He was been signed by Paramount. to play up in Massachusetts: Henry in the Emperor Peter in Marlene New York. Long distance tele- Dietrich's next starring picture phone did the job. Henry · says, This Alm, tentatively titled Scarlet
"asilan January 18th, "Bill, we Parade will deal with romantic and you have got to go along. episodes in the life of Catherine of Says Bill, "Eave a bunk for me. Russia, and will be directed... by
on the ship; I'll be there." And Bil 18 coming, suspenders br everything to prove that people are right when they say he to among the world's best comedians. It's All Wiser who is with him in the laugh atum.
Raquel Torres, the wicked little gypsy wife of Joe Prince in the big B.I.Palm "Red Wagon," 1s, like most real life gypales, a supersti tious person." She will not for instance, pass on one side of a post but always walks right around
"
What the short space of five weeks can do can best be judged by yourself. Our opinion is that you
it. She runs anywhere to avoid will come back for more because
black cat. Being a flm star she fortunately never has to shop for "kippers!"/
every one of the 20. artists in the Revue are coming to give you the best in them
TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY
11
NIGHT FLIGHT
John Barrymore At
His Best
The picture opens with the execu¬ of London, with Ana" commenting about her "little neck" while the crowds gather for the execution and the king prepares to wed "Jane Seymour so soon as guns tell of the
"Night Flight," a particularly death of Anne, From Jane, who dies, the atory passes on to the striking story of the air mail in South-America, opened at the King's interest in Katheryn Howard who becomes his fifth wife after this Queen's Theatre yesterday. marriage to his fourth, Ann of an M-G-M picture directed by Cleves and the divorce that shearence Brown, himself a licensed wins from him in a card game pilot. Brown has kept completely played on the royal bed on their the magnificent atmosphere of the wedding night. It is his sixth and original story by Antoine de Saint- last wife who inspires him to com-Exupery, for years a mail pilot over the very routes he describes in ment that "the best of them's the his story. The drama and melo- worst.”
Alexander Korda directed "The Private Life of Henry VIII" and Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis wrote the story and dialogue. It's
**
London Film production for release by United Artists.
QUELA'S
6 STARS IN THE EPIC OF THE SKIES!
NIGHT
FLIGHT
JOHN BARRYMORE - HELEN HAYES - CLARK QABLE LIONEL BARRYMORE—E. T. MONTGOMERY-HYRNA LOY
TO-DAY ONLY
MARIE
STAR
DRESSLER
It is.
drama of the piece are beautifully presented by an astonishing all-star cast, including John Barrymore. Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel
Continued at foot on next Column),
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.
COMING
Henry Bellit's BROADWAY REVUE
"Hello Hongkong"
20 ACTS 20
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
WALLACH
BEERY
in "TUGBOAT ANNIE "
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ALHAMBRA At 2.30, 5.20, 7 20 & 9.20 p.m.
is thes
FUENTRA
"So This Is Africa!:
funniest and best picture we have
ever madel”-
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
NEXT CHANGE-
PAUL MUNI
"I'm A Fugitive from a
Chain Gang
4 SNOWS DAILY
7.15-20
TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALARY BUN
ORIENTAL
# ROAD
WANGHAI
TEL: 28475
2 MORE DAYS-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW HERE'S A REAL GOOD SCREEN NÖVELTY SPENCER TRACY AT HIS BEST. A FAST ACTION PICTURE ALIVE WITH COMEDY SITUATIONS.
FACE in the SKY
with Spencer
Marian
TRACY NIXON
Tides. High at 0.30 and 13.10 Low at 8.25 and 19:18.
Tuesday, February 28. (Cinemas).
Kings "The Private Life of Henry VII" Queen's: Night Flight.".. Central:"The Jungle Mystery?”": Oriental: Face In The Sky. World:-" Gallantry.”
and
for heart-appeal and
Stuart ERWIN
for laugh appeal
Directed by Harry Lachm
FOX. PICTURE
"SO THIS IS AFRICA"
Showing At The Alhambra
Deep into the animal infoshed Tages of the darkest of the dark
in Africa, trend the famou comedians, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, in their latest im come- dy "So This is Africa," produced by Columbia Studice, now showing At the Alhambra Theatre.
(Chinese Picture). Alhambra: "So. This Is Africa" Majestic: Melody. Cruise." Star:-"Tugboat "Annie." Entertainments D. C. Pro- duction," Ten Minute Alibi Roy al Naval Canteen Theatre, 9.15 p.m.
Not merely one, but one hundred Meetings Extraordinary, The
iron-muscled Tarzana, garbed in the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., 2 Lower Albert Road, 11 characteristic lion skins, give these comedians pane for thought and many ridiculous incidents as the Miscellaneous Rotary Club Tif-story of "So This Is Africa!" un-
folds.
a.m.
fin; Annual Prize Distribution, Ca nossian Institute, St Mary's School, Convent Hall, 5 pm
Sports.
1.
And not one, but one hundred beautiful, stalwart and blonde Amazon women give evidence of the power of their breed and their Golf Royal Hong Kong Gul deep and strong-flowing passionate, Club (Ladies Section) L. G. U me- instincts much to the embarra dal competition (New Course, Fan-ment and suffering of the intrepid ling), Final of Championship. explorers, Wheeler and Woolsey
Hockey-Borderers Y. YMCA when they brave the termurs of the seniors.-5 pm.
undiscovered interior of the darkent of continenta
Moon---I Moon, 7th Day. Sunrise 6.62 a.m. Sunset.6.22
p.m.
* Tides. High at 1.12 and 13.44; Low at 6.45 and 20.36.
Barrymore, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy
From a small-time. theatre in which Wheeler and Woolsey, are presenting & dall lion act Hope because the liona need vacation and the stimulation their African habitat, “So This Africe!" moves with the speed magmation to a mosshung, animal populated jangle in Africa.
John Barrymore as Riviert, starp Raquel Torres, who won hundrede.. manager, of the air line, gives what of fans in "White Shadows of the is perhaps the strongest presente South Sea and "The Sea Babe tion of his long and great career, and Esther Meir are persona!] It balances beautifully with the charged with pursuing Wheeler work done by Clark Gable, a pilot Woolsey, through the jungle battling storms, and Helen Hayes, making their life
Gable' worry-distracted wife, making countant lo
Lionel Barrymore adds beautiful visua
touch of comedy by his shambling Norman Kr inspector of planes Robert Mont writer gomery is a delightfully ponabelam
Pellerin:
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