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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1934.
CENTRAL
THEATRE
TATE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUY
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tal 35720.
TO-DAY &" TO-MORKOW] |At 2.30, 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
BRITISH LION FILM CO.|| PRESENTS
AN OUTDOOR MUSICAL
"LOVE ON SKIS"
WITH
JOAN AUSTIN-JACK LESTER' RALPH ROGAN-BULL & BUSTER
NEXT CHANGE
LO MING YAU PRESENTS
LILY YUEN KAO CHAN FEI LEE KENG
IN
THE COMEBACK
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHU SHIH LIN A UNITED PHOTOPLAY PICTURE.
ANOTHER
CRAWFORD
SUCCESS
Coming To The Queen's
TO-DAY AT THE
King's
CINEMA
HỒNG KONG
"Too Much Harmony"
Quaen'e
"The Chief"
Central...
**Love on Skis
Oriental
The Unholy Garden "
Alhambra
8tai.
KOWLOON,
„** í Love That Man”
Don Quixote "
Majestic.
*The Kid from Spain'
"FLYING DOWN
TO RIO"
With Senorita Dolores!
A radio broadcast favourile' comes into his own in the movies in KO- Radio Pictures musical extrava- ganza,Flylag Down to lic" com- ing on Sunday next at the King's Theatre.
He is Vmcent Yaymans, winse music, according to broadcast star- tisties, rivals thas of the late Victor. Herbert for popularity on the air, and it is said that not one day hus passed since the inception of air programmes that his music has not been heard by millions of fans.
Youmans is the author of such hits as "Tea for Two", "I Want CA Be Happy", "Hallelujah",
Time on My Hands," "Sumetimes.
I'm Happy," and many others.
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30,6.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
HOLLYWOOD'S PRETTIEST
GIRLS
•KINGS
"TOO MUCH HARMONY
With the crooning stor of 'Big
· Broadcast", "Collage Humor'
BING CROSBY
Mad team of 'Close Hormony'?..
JACK OAKIE Skeets GALLAGHER JUDITH ALLEN HARRY GREEN LILYAN TASHMAN and NED SPARKS
TOO MUCH
Paramount
BOOKING AT THE
· THEATRÉ TEL. 25313 & 25932
-NEXT CHANGE
COME ALONG! Sell your troubles for a SONG!
200 BEAUTIES
CHOSEN
FROM 10,000
as you go..
FLYING DOWN / RIO
The greatest sky spectacle ever born to rhythm!
With DOLORES DEL RIO GENE RAYMOND RAUL ROULIEN GINGER ROGERS
FRED ASTAIRE
BRAND NEW
SONG HITS
RKO
RADIO
Hdure
Masle by VINCENT YOUMANS
"HARMONY
He, is credited with every melody Bing Crosby's Success after an amusing series of highly
in the film, including the theme
song, Flying Down to Rio", n booming, thundering symphony of
*
a.s
interesting sequences.
In addition to being the focal Paramount's "Too Murt Har-point of the romantic plot, Crosby power inspired by an airplane ride; mony", sensational musical comedy sings several brand new hit tunes, "Music Makes Me", popular extravaganza now playing at the especially composed for him. Tack Oakie and Skeete Gallagher are cast novelty numbers, and two new King's Theatre, lists Cast of
team of footlight fools who tangos, Carioca", and "Orchids in favourite sureen stars including mistakenly go high-hat when they the Moonlight", The last two, play-Bing Crosby, Jack Oakle, Skeets
hit Broadway. ed and sung by both Brailian and Gallagher, Judith Alten, Harry American Jazz orchestras In the Green, Lilyan Tasliman and Ned production, are hailed as the grea Sparks. test dance hits in many years.
Further distinction goes to the composer because if the fact that
THE CHIEF
Laughter And Thrills
At The Queen's
Henry Summers is just a great big overgrown boy, Everybody says 8. He lives with his mother, works in the parcel. room of a Bowery department store, loves, music and backs in the reflected, glory of his late father, who was Fire Chief Summers, heroically killed in line of duty, The name of Summera on the Bowery in the early nineties was a glorious heritage,
Because he's awkward, Heury is Through cameracraft and mecha'Rourke. To offset this, he is made. fired by his employers, Morgaz and motion picture cal ingenuity the screen becomes a gigantic kaleidos-an hinorary chief of the fire de- cope in the presenting of spectacular partment, and inadvertently saves A woman in a rooming house bluze, in "Dancing musical ensembles
He becomes the hero of the hour. Judy, the now Metro-Goldwyn-
Bull Clayton, alderman of the slayer production which opens to-morrow at the Queen's with Joan district, is a heavy-handed political
starred.
hin
Crawford and Clark Gable coMorgan and O'Rourke. They decide grafter. He threatens to ruin In one of the scenes each of the to put Henry back to work in the chorus beauties, revolving through a
store and run him against Clayton, inaze of mirrors, can be seen thirty Henry doesn't want to run, being a Limes at once, the effect created shy little violet, but his employers Being an endless parade of pulchri Dixie, a torch singer who vamps persuade him with the assistance of cude. In other scenes complete changes of costume and setting are wituussed, as though by magic, right develops into a dangerous political Clayton gets worried as Henry before the eyes of the spectator rival. While Henry is wrestling a Still other acente whirl upon the bear and otherwise amusing the screen in a dozen different angles voters at a fice carnival, Clayton's simultaneously.
The most thrilling aceno of all, thugs kidnap Heary's mother. perhaps, is in the finale in which they warn Heary to withdraw from
the race or else Miss Crawford dances through an #iropresalosistio number of modern
Henry tries to quit with the aid tempo. In this some sight thousand his ally because of her affection for of Dixie, who has suddenly become dancing figures-if you could possi- bly count them appear upon the Henry's mother and for Henry.
*cene.
too, for that matter. On top of Although cameracraft secrets are that, Ma Summers wins the hearts arefully guarded, it is declared of the crook and they take her that while these scenes are actually it; he's out trying to get votes for home, but Heary doesn't know about photographed by the camera as they appear on the screen, the trickery his opponent, Clayton."
lies in optical illusions scientifically Suddenly the wild nineties fade computed by a corps of engineers away, and Ed Wynn 1s discovered, in his radio broadcasting station.
Six hundred mirror units and nine-It's all a story he's been telling over teen tons of fabricated steel were used in the shooting of one of the the air, and he finishes his broadcam gorgeous dance ensembles, it is in roar of laughter. sald, !,
Robert Z. Leonard directed the
spectacular "fim from the Jame the new songs which include "Let's Warner Bellah novel of Broadway Go Bavarian," "Heigh - Ho," backstage life. The dance numbers"Everything I Have Is Yours," were staged by Sammy Lee and That's the Rhythm of the Day Eddie Pring
and Dancing Lady."
In several numbers, Miss Crawe. Franchot Tone, heads the impres ford becomes the dancing partner sive supporting cast of her new pic- of Fred Astaire, noted New York ture. Prominent roles
are, also revue star who, for a number of played by May Robson, Winno years, danced with his sistor, Adele. Lightner, Robert Benchley, Ted Nelson Eddy and Art Jarrett sing Healy and his stooges.
The film, the third ausical Crosby has appeared in for Paramount, reveals the top-notch songster of America as a musical comedy star who is engaged to the wrong girl, a scheming, dellarday blonde. He falls in love with another girl, cam- paigha for her behind and before the Footlights and finally wins her
"Flying
Down to Rio" is the first derial music film ever made, gli. maxing with a complete show staged on the wings of giant planes as they soar, aloft over beautiful Rio de Janeiro.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
B. DeMille's This Day and Age", Judith Allen, last seen in Cecil
is the romantic interest: Lilyan Tashman is the ous vampire; Harry Green plays the role of a harassed theatrical producer; and. Ned Sparks, famous dead-pan | comic, is also in an important come- dy role.
"
The film was directed by Edward Sutherland, director of "Whoopee," and supplements its cast with a huge chorous of handpicked Hollywood beauties, LeRoy Prinz directed the musical and production numbers. Two of them "Buckin the Wind" and "Black Moonlight, are said to he the most extravagantly produced musical scenes yet brought to the I films.
HIS BIGGEST FLAME WAS A
RED-HOT MAMMA 7.
Ed WYNN
The
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
THE PERFECT, FOOLS
Chief
(STAR
"I LOVE
MAN"
THAT
At The Alhambra
A favourite of the screen in Ed- und Lowe, star of "Her Body- guard" again appears as the Albam- bra in "I Love That Man,” a good melodrama with plenty of suspense and good neting.
The theme which is an old one, depicts a mission worker (Nancy 'Carroll) trying to make an honest man out of a Confidence Man (Edmund Love.)
Harry Joe Brown, the Director gives the film many an unusual twist and turn, the climax being most un- usual.
The film throughout is very enter- taining and in Edmund Lowe and Nancy Carroll, oue is immediately impressed by their performances in the opening stages, so much so that unlike other films with the same theme, one is not bored to tears.
Robert Armstrong, Warren Hy-' mer and Lew Cody also contribute to the play's success. I recommend
this alm.
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
FROM SATURDAY"
JOAN
CRAWFORD'S MUSICAL ROMANCE "DANCING
LADY"
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20 p.m.
CHALIAPINE
"DON
QUIXOTE"
TO-DAY & TO-MORBOW ALHAMBRA
I LOVE THAT
MAN"
--- EDMUND LOWE
· NANCY CARROLL ROBERT ARMSTRONG LEW CODY, Directed by MAARI JOC BAO KIS
A Pizzaminant Picture
SCREEN SOUVENIRS.
THE STRE
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
NEXT CHANGE-
"One Way Passage
with
KAY FRANCIS.
WM. POWELL
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
JJ
(March 91 "Auctions:-Sale of Crown Lands, District Office. South, 11 a.m. Lam- mert's Sale of Household Furniture, Sales Room, 2.30 p.m.
Cinemas
King's: "Too Much Harmony." Queen's;-"The Chief.* Central:-"Love On Skis. Oriental: The Unholy Garden." World: "The Nuisance."
Tal Ping:Hell Below."* Alhambra:"I Love That Man Majestic: The Kid From
"!
Star:"Don Quixote."
Spain."
Dances: H.M.S. Cumberland Dance, Exchange Restaurant, 9 p.m.; Yorkshiremen's Annual Cabaret Dinner Dance, Hong Kong Hotel. 7.45 pm.
Meetings:-Annual," Church and Congregation, Union Church, Ken- Dedy Road, 7,30 p.m.
Sale, Miscellaneous: - Jumble Kowloon Unlon Church Hall, 3 p.m.; Lecture by Dr. K. L Reichelt, University Union Assembly Room, 8.15 p.m.
Moon:-Last Quarter, 2.06 a.m. I. Moon, 24th Day:
Principal Mails.
Inward from America by Pres. McKinley: Outward for America and Europe via Siberia by Empress of Canada, 10 a.m.
Sports.
Hockey.-H.K.S.R.A. V. East Lan-
* SHOWS
2.30-515
7.13-9.30
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
EDDIE CANTOR
IN
THE KID
FROM SPAIN
WITH
LYDA ROBERTI.
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD
TAN CHẢP
*
TEL 28473
2 DAYS ONLY-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
WHAT A SETTING FOR A COLMAN PICTURE! What a story.... different, thrilling and bristling with action, A SUPERB COMEDY DRAMA.
cashire. 4.30 p.m.; St. Andrew's v. "India" (Marina), 5 p.m.
Lawn Tennis.--Open Singles: W. A. H. Duff v. G.-R. M. Ricketts, (Stand.Curt); Open Doubles: L Goldman and E. C. Fincher v. Chlu Chun Chlu and Lee U Wing. Ho Ka Lau and Tsul Wai Pul v. C.. A. Barretto and A. B. Remedios or Capt. P. S. Cannon and HL Owen Hughes."
Sunrise-6.38 a.m. Sunset-6.30
p.m.
Tides High at 14.25; Low at 23.29.
SATURDAY
(March 10)
of
Auctions.-Lammert's Sale Household Furniture, 43, Morrison Hill Road, top floor, 10.30 a.m."
Cinemas
King's: Too Much Harmony." Queen's: "Dancing Lady." Central:"Love On Bkis,” Oriental:-"The Unholy Garden!" World:-"The Nuisance." Tai Ping:"Hell Below.". Alhambra:-"I Love That Man." Majestic: "The Kid From
Spain."
Star: "Don Quixote.”~ Dances. Members' Subscription Dance, Victoria Recreation Club, p.m.; Tamar Dance at China Flect Glub. 8.30. p.m. -
Entertainment-Concert, local, instrumental and humorous num- bers. Kowloon' Cricket Club, 9 p.m.
Meetings-Wolf Cub, St. An drew's Church Grounds, 3 pm; Ping On Land Investment Co. Ltd. 28, Bonham Road, first floor, 2.30 p.m.; Creditors and Members of The Weldori House, Ltd.. (in liqui- dation), 25, Des Voeux Road Cen- tral, 9 p.m. and 3.30 pm. respec- tively.
of
Miscellaneous-Distribution Priže. for Cricket, tennis, bowls, hillards and bridge, Kowloon Cricket Club, 9 pm.
Moon-I. Moon, 25th Day.
Principal Malls
Outward Air Mail by Comorin ga.m.; steamer 10.30 a.m.; for America and Europe. via Siberla by General Sherman, 5 p.m.
Social Functions-Whist Drive, China Light and Power Recreation. Club. 9 p.m.*
My Sports
Advantare!
Romance!
Suspense!
Dramal
Action
EVERYTHING!!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN pats
RONALD
COLMAN UNHOLY GARDEN
Division: South Wales Borderers HA" Royal Navy (F).
Football-First Division: Royal Artillery v. Club (Club,ground), 4.30 p.m.; Lincolns v...Kowloon (Kow Joon ground); 4.30 p.m.; St Joseph's 7. Borderers (Caroline: | Hill), 4.30 pm.; Police v. Recreio (Police ground), 4.30 p.m.; East Lancashires v. Navy (Chatham Road). 4:30p.m.; "Third Division; | Radio Sports v. Royal Air Force, University v. R.AS.C.; Borderers v Royal Engineers.
Golf-Completion of final.round Royal Hong Kong Golf. Chib (Ladies Section) "Captain's Cup Competition.
Hockey-Caer Clark Cup: Cen- tral British Association v. Recreio "B" 2.45 p.m.; St. Andrew's v. Re- creio "A" 3 p.m.; HK. Ladles Y.M.C.A., 3.15 p.m.
Mamak Tournament, Et. Andrew's: v, Kowloon Indians.
Tides.-High at 15.40.
MR. C. B. FRY'S RETURN:
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, Feburary 20. A strong cricketing favour was imparted to the annual dinner of the, Worshipful Company of Car penters. which was held on Wedhes day night. The Master, Mr. Her bert Preston, is himself a keen
and cricketer,
the - principal speeches, of the evening will be made by Lord Hatisham and ai Stanley Jackson, who is being "tipped" as a possible successor to Lorg Hallsham for the presidency of the M.C.C...
Among other distinguished cricketers there will be no more Interesting figure than Mr. C. B Fry, who has been in retirement owing to I-health for some yêrrë, and is now making his first public appearance. At Oxford in the 'nineties, he was one of the out standing figures of a brilliant generation which included the late Lord Birkenhead. C.B., FE and Bir John Simon were all members of Wadham.
Another guest will be Mr. E -Lucas, Mr. Lucas's fast appear ance as a cricketer was two year
ago,
He compiled a dashing S not out. The runs werk me with a broomstick on the back off Cricket.--First Division: Royal a linen la mag dalam perinde d Naval v. University (L), Craigen- | Mr. Lucas was captaining the gower... Y. H.K.C.C.--(F.); Second Passengers against the Crew.
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