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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S ED., WESTFOUND B
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Thoatro Tel 257200.
SHOWING TO-DAY
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HONG KONG
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
AT 2.30.5.10.7.15] & 9,30 P.M.
KING'S
Do You burp?
Have you hiccoughs?
King's
"Olsen's Big Moment"
Queen's
"The Prizefighter and the Lady"
Central
"A Cunning Fellow" (Chinese Ploture)
At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
LUM KWAN SHAN
Do
Oriental
#Moonlight and Pretzels"
KOWLOON
WELL KNOWN CHINESE
Alhambra
"Ladles They Talk About"
•
Star,
Majestic.
STAGE STAR IN
LA CANTONESE TALKING
COMEDY DRAMA
“A CUNNING FELLOW
WITH
"Storm at Daybreak”
"The Air Mail Mystery"
Coming
King's
"Doctor Bull”
MISS PIN SIN WONG
"Hoopla"
Queen's
*"Dinner at 8".
PRODUCED BY THE CHUNG
"Big Executive"
"Bed Time Story"
WAH FILM CO.
Central
"The Merry Monarch" Alhambra
"King For A Night" Counsellor at Law"
NEXT CHANGE
Star
GORGEOUS PAGEANTRY": SIGNIFICANT MUSIC!
EMIL JANNINGS
IN
HIS LATEST STARRING PICTURE
'The Merry Monarch'
WITH
SIDNEY FOX
EUROPE'S IDOL OF THE}
SCREEN IN HIS FIRST ENGLISH TALKING PICTURE
"LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT”
Final Showings At Alhambra
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"Power and Glory" "Week End. Only"
"« "Maid of the Mountain" Oriental
"Hold Your Man"
"DINNER AT EIGHT"
To-Morrow At The Queen's
Upsetting all traditions of either theatre or servën, the talking picture version of the George S. Kaufman- Edna Ferber stuge success, "Dinner at Eight." which gan on "Broadway "for more than a year, opens to
the Queen's Theatre, with the biggest aggregation of stars
DOITUW
لأمل
ever gathered together in the his- tury of mution,pictures, surpassing even the celebrated cust of "Grand Hotel."
your
feet hurt and how is your liver!
What you need is a lot of long, lusty laughs. See El Brendel in
Olsen's
Big Moment
with
EL BRENDEL
Walter Catlett
Barbara Weeks
Susan Fleming
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
ON THE STAGE
;:;
TO-NIGHT AND MONDAY AT 9.30 P.M. THE FAMOUS LONDON ACTOR J. GRANT ANDERSON
WITH HIS
GRANT ANDERSON COMEDY CO.
WHILE PARENTS SLEEPOSIT ANTHONY
IN LONDON'S GREATEST COMEDY
SCCCESS
SUNDAY. 18TH AT 9.30 P.M.
"ON THE SPOT”
PRICES $4, $3., $2
"DOCTOR BULL”
Will Rogers Here Again
Here at fast is the production deemed worthy of Will Rogers after his memorable performance in "State Fair." It is" Doctor Bull," the Fox Film screen presentation of James Gould Cozzens novel, The Last Adam," coming to the King's Theatre to-morrow.
He
As. Dr George Bull, the hero of the story, Rogers has what is con There are no less than fourteen sidered his best role, admirably outstanding film names in this super fitted to his talents and destined to ambitious Metro; Goldwyn-Mayer achieve for him the strongest fol- production. The universally popu-lewing of his brilliant career. lar Marie Dressler heads the cast portrays a village doctor who is a in the role of an old-time musical shrewd philosopher and has been comedy star whose faded glories time's" shifting parade bring new have not impaired her sense of faces and new conditions into the hunoar. John Barrymore has a life of its village. He is the type striking role as a malinee idol who that prefers the good old days hut has lost his hold on his public. he, has a keen admiration of the Wallace, Buery is cast as a nouveau- new ones. He is a staunch defen, riche millionaire, and Jean Harlow der of the younger generation. as his one-too-faithful wife who wants to "crash" society.
The other famous Barrymore rother, Livnel. plays a shipbuilder who finds his business crashing about his, cars. lee Tracy has a made- to-order role as a snappy Broadway. theatrical agent: Edmund Lowe is seen as a young docter catering to the whims of lovelorn society women, and equally prominent roles are filled by Billie Burke, Madge Evans. Jean Hersholt; Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillipe Hol- mes and May Robson.
The Kaufman-Ferber drains was purchased by Metro at a fancy price because of its unusually, ingenious plot construction which called for the use of a large number of prin- cipals, each of whom has a big
Salüte Barbara Stanwyck, the "First Lacy of The Screen,**
this year, the Chicago January Tribus which had conducted a
dramatic scene to himself before the reader poll to select the most popu entire group is brought together for lar movie actress, proudly annouac the dinner party which gives the ed that Barbara Stanwyck had been picture its title. The story encam. elected by an overwhelming majori-passes an unprecedented range of ty. Garbo, Shearer, Crawford all emotional climaxes touching on had to be content with playing run marital conflicts, the triumphs and ner up to the Warner Bros Star, defeate of business enterprises, the who will be seen in "Ladies. They clash of artistic temperaments and Talk About," which has its final the tabloid aspects of society scandal showings to-day at the Alhambra and the tricks of the theatrical trade. The society woman, the millionaire, the doctor, the prostitute, the press- agent, the cook and the chauffeur all are included in this kaleidoscopie cavalcade of metropolitan life.
Theatre
Barbara Stanwyck, after a siege of "sister-of-the sol roles such as she played in "So Big." and "The Purchase Price," becomes a bold, brazen bank robber, playing around
The picture is presented here for with a crowd of law violators. Hor the first time since its sensational youth and beauty and allurement reception at the Astor Theatre in are capitalized to the fullest in her New York City, and its special present picture. This time she uses showings in principal cities is her personal magnetism and appeal America. It was produced under to ensnare a fighting evangelist, who the supervision of David O. Selznick works among the women prisonere and was directed by George Culioz, of San Quentin Prison, the locale who filmed the successful Blof Divorcement," Frances Marion, and of the picture.
Herman JMankiewicz wrote the
Preston S. Foster, who plays the film adaptation with Donald Ogden role of the fighting Parson, also gets Stewart, the well-known humorist,
a change of roles in this picture.
He too, it will be remembered has, assisting on the dialogue"
been the most villainous "heavy," the screen has known during the past year. He was "Killer Mears, in The Last Mile" the insane scientist in "Doctor X" and vicious thug in "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.”
actresses, Miss Stanwyck's charac terization as a woman all bad," is said to be her finest yet
The story is based upon the ex- periences of Dorothy Mackaye, According to reports from Holly-beautiful actress, who it will be wood, Barbara Stanwyck's work in remembered a few years ago was Ladies They Talk About," is quite sentenced to San Quentin prison in keeping with her newly won following the death of her husband title as The First Lady of the in a brawl. Dorothy Mackaye is Bereen." Already recognized se one co-author of the story with Carlton of the greatest of present day screen Miles.
FINAL SHOV INGS TO-DAY
COMEDY WITH
· KIMMINS,
TUESDAY, TOTH AT 9.30 P.M. "THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN" S. TEXCLUSIVE TAX).
"OLSEN'S BIG
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25392
FROM TO-MORROW
Just what you've wanted to seal WII! Rogers In another STATE FAIR,
Will Rogers
DOCTOR BULL
Based on "The Lost Adomí by James Gould Cazzoni
witht
MARIAN NIXON RALPH MORGAN ANDY DEVINË Directed by John Ford
MOMENT"
El Brendel And Pretty all three young women during, a
Girl
the Foxx studios, had interviewed
space of two weeks and was seeking an opportunity to test them', un- der fire," which is to say, in a real picture. Brendel's comedy provided the answer,
Miss Lane almost landed the lead in The Worst Woman in Paris?" and hopes still to achieve a lead in
Three young actresses, prominent in stock companies in various parts of the country, make their initial film comedy, "Olsen's Big doment," film bow in Ei Brendel's new Fox
future production. Miss Pardee now playing at the King's Theatre a charming little blonde actress, il- They are Lenita Lane, of Pitts- ready has a promising screen future. burgh and Washington, DC. Miss Brayton was brought to the at- Merna Pardee, of Salt Lake Citytention of the movie moguls through and Margaret Brayton, of San her work in Torch Song," the play. Francisco and Kansas City!"
that brought Guy Kibbes his film James Ryan, casting director at chance..
Like
State Fair," this new pic Dresser, Andy Devine. Rochelle ture is the story of more than one character. more than one town.
Hudson. Tempo Pigott, Elizabeth It Patterson, Norp Cecil, Ralph Mor- 1s the story of an era and a people gan, Patsy O'Bryne, Veda Buck- with which each of you will iden-land, Effe Elleler and Helen Free- tify himself.
man. The direction by John- The supporting cast, includes Ford, from the screen play by Paul Vera Allen. Marian Nixon, Howard Green and the continuity by Janë Lally, Berton Churchill, Louise Storm.
QUELA'S
GIRLS/MEET MAX BAER The New "IT"Man of the Screen
THE
PRIZEFIGHTER
A TWO-FISTED LOVE STORY
MymaLOY MaxBAER Primo CARNERA
Jock DEMPSEY
AND THE
LADY
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY STAR
At 2.30, 5.10 7.20 & 9.30 p.m
-NEXT CHANGE-
METRO'S MOST
* brilliant
ACHIEVEMENT
"DINNER
AT 8"
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
KAY FRANCIS AN NILS ASTHER
in
"Storm At Daybreak"
SHOWING TO-DAY ALHAMBRA At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &.20 p.m.
Just elected #FIRST LADY
BARBARA
CHEATRE
TANWYCK
LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT
OF THE SCREEN" Lost Ladies
in nation-wide
fáa poll.
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yer the heart and the
flush of every one of them cries out for. honest lovel With great Warner Bros.' supporting cat including"
CHESTER MORRIS
in
"King for
Night"
with
HELEN TWELVE TREES
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
"SATURDAY
(March 17)
تان
Anniversaries and Holiday:—St. Patrick's Day.. Firat Day Zulhijjah.
་
Cinemas.
King's: "Olsen's Big Moment." Queen's The Prize-Fighter, And
The Lady."
Central:-"A Cunning Fellow."
(Chinese Picture). Oriental:- Moonlight And Pret-
"
World:-"Midnight Mary."
Alhambra "Ladies" They Talk
About."
Majestic-The Air Mail My-
stery."
Star: Storm At Daybreak.” Dances:-Steel Coulson's Billiard League Dance, Garrison Lecture Hall, Wallington Barracks.
Entertainments-Grant Anderson Comedy Company, "While Parents Sleep," King's Theatre. 9.30 p.m.; Special Gala Night Peninsula Hotel, 9.30 pm,
Miscellaneous: Formal Opening, South China Athletic Association's, new Pavilion by H.E. the Governor, Caroline Hill, 3.30 p.m.; Search light Display from all Warships in Harbour Distribution of Billiard Trophies, Garrison Lecture Hall.
Moon': -II Moon, 3rd Day.
Principal Malls Home Maila - Outwardy for Europe via Siberia by Fushimi Maru, 2.30 p.m.
Sports
Athletics-University Sports, 1.30
f..
Cricket First Division, Royal Navy v. Civil Service (F); Small
• SHOWS GARY
9-30-5,13
MAJESTIC
THEATRE Nathan Road, Kowloru. Tel. 5729 TO-DAY ONLY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.
BREATH- TAKING FIGHTS
IN THE AIR... STUNTS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR PULSES POUND
JAMES FLAVIN
IN
THE
AIR MAIL MYSTERY
TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
LAST 4 TIMES. TO-DAY
THE SMASH HIT
MUSICAL SHOW OVER 200 CLEVER ARTISTS
AMOONLIGHT
AND PRETZELS
Me gaynona giełu) .. Die bly song hita ko tha picture that brings you Leo Carrillo
Mary Brian
Roger Pryor Herbert Kavinson
Lille Mies Bobby Watson Willem Frawley Alexander Grey
4 Eaton Boys Jack Dewy
Frank & Mit Britton
Units v. South Wales Borderers (F); Second Division, Potice v... R. A. M. C. (F).
Football-First Division, Recreio v. Kowloon (King's Park), 4.30 p. Navy v. Police (Kowloon), 4.60 p.m. Club v. East Lancashires (Sookut-
PLEMING", ROAD....
TEL. SSATE
TO-MORROW
MONDAY-TUESDAY
2 GREAT STARS
IN THEIR BEST
PERFORMANCE.
JEAN HARLOW
CLARK GABLE HOLD YOUR MAN
4.20 p.m.;-Lincolns v. Chinese Athle tie (Scokunpoo), 4.30 p.m.
Golf-Completion of Snal round Royal Hongkong Golf Club Ladies Section "Mrs S. B. C. Ross' Cup Competition.
Radio Sports v. Kowloon Indians, Hockey. Mamak Tournament. 4.30 p.m.
poo), 4.30 p.m.; Third Division, Royal Engineers v. RAS.C.; Radio Sports v. Royal Air Force; Friendly mateb, South China v, Army (Carc Racing-Fanling Hunt and Bace Fice Hill), 4.30 p.m.
Club Steeplechase (Kwani), 2.30 Hockey-Caer Clark Cup, Central (p.m.
British Association v. St. Andrew's, Yachting Royal Hongkong Yacht 2.45 p.m.; Recreio "B" v. "Centrrl Club's Commodore's Cups Race for British School, 3 p.m.; Hongkong cruisers.
Ladies v. Recreio "A" 3.15 p.m.
Rugby, Seven-a-Side Tourna-
ment (Happy Valley), 3 pm.
Sunrise-8.30 am. Sunset,--0.33
p.m.
Yachting Royal Hongkong Yacht Low at 4.48 and 17.14.
Tides.-High at 11.18 and 3.49.
Club's Menagerie race for racing
Sunrise: 6.31 alm. Sunset: 630
yachts,
p.m.
Tides:High at 10.50 and 22.50';
Low at 4.19 and 16.25.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18. Anniversaries, and
Holidays.
Passion Sunday, Sheelah's Day.
Cinemas.
King's:-Doctor Bull' Queen's:-Dinner At Eight." Central:The Merry Monarch." Oriental:-"Hold Your Man" World Midnight Mary.” Alhambra:King For A Night." Majestic: "Woman Com-
mand.."...
"PRIZE
FIGHTER AND
THE LADY
Carnera Refuses Make-Up
One of the first acts of Prime Star: Power And Glory," Entertainment-Grant Anderson the World, when he arrived at the
Carnera, Heavyweight Champion o Company "On The Spot," King's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios Theatre, 9:30 p.m.
clash with Max Baor, title challen Miscellaneous Two ships open ger in a screen battle for for view to the public: H.M.S. Prizefighter and the Lady,' Cumberland, North Arm, Naval Batly to refuse to make up, Dockyard. and HM.S. Wren, at a What you all heem? Make up bway,
Huh! Not for me!" said the Y Mon.--II Moon, 4th Day.
Venetian, and he stomped off Religious-Kowloon Union Chus set not to return until assured ch Flower Service in conjunction he could appear before the camer with the Sunday School. 11 a.mas. he is
Sports. Cricket-Royal Engineers v. 8 Joseph's College,
Football First Division, South China v. Borderers (Caroline Hill),
"Carnera fights a ten-round batt with Bser in "The Prizefig the Lady" which is at the Queen Theatre Myrna Loy has the femi mine least.:
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