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ENINNI
THEATRI
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Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel 25720.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
LO MING YAU Presents
"ROAD TO GLORY"
WITH
TAM YING & CHANG KWAN LI
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S=
HONG KONG
"Design for Living '
QUEEN S
"Roman Scandalə"
CENTRAL
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"Road To Glory" (Chinese Picture)"
ORIENTAL
"Meet The Baron"
LEE-
"Bunshine Susle"
KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA
A UNITED PHOTOPLAY PICTURE
STAR
TO-MORROW
"RomanScandals "
"Song of Songs"
MAJESTIC-
"The Age Of Consent"
Coming
KING'S
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1934.
LAST TWO-DAYS DAILY AT ||2,30,5.10,7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
KINGS
IT WILL UPSET THE TOWNI
"The Bowery"
QUEEN'S-
"Man of Two Worlds'
STAR
These Charming People".
ALSO
CENTRAL
"The Air Mail Mystery"
ORIENTAL
LATEST PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS
The Big Gamble"
Women will rave Men will rant.
"about this daring, distrusting drama of a girl who loved two men, complete.
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Paramavel's rimarkabla
FREDRIC MARCH. GARY COOPER "MIRIAM HOPKINS Edw. Ev. HORTON in Noel Coward's -DESIGN for LIVING
an
·ERNST LUBITSCH
Production.
Puramount.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 * 25332
FROM THURSDAY
A NEW DEAL" PICTURE OF AN "OLD DEAL
DAY!
THE BOY A MAN THE MAN A BOY
Świon, the newsboy; wine in the willy ways of men balore his time. “Chaćk Consors, Bewery big shot, a getsing boy et heart. Puth-thick, and thin,
JOSIPAM CHECK DARRYL & JANUÇK
WALLACE BEERY GEORGE RAFT JACKIE COOPER
FAY WRAY & PERT KELTON
BOWERY
HACHI WALSH
MINTEL ARTIUM
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“ROMAN
SCANDALS"
New Carnival Of Fun
The abbottlers willowy "long- Thabed graduates of Chicago's fam- ous Merriel Abbott School of the Dance, is seen in Eddie Cantor's. new carnival of fun, "Roman Scandals." produced by Samuel Goldwyn showing simultaneously at Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
The
concert dance recitals through the middle west of the Abbott, quartette finally won them so much fame that George White brought them to New York three years ago. Since then, they have continued their work on the con-
cert stage, Interrupted by an en- gagement with Joe Cook in "Fine and Dandy." Last rear they were members of Eddie Cantor's troupe that barnstormed the country.
The four members of the group' are Florence Wilson. Genevieve Ir- win, Dolly Bell and Rose Kirsner. They went through their training and graduated from the school at the same time, after which they Immediately got together the dance routine that made them famous.
In "Roman Scandals released by United Artists, they appear as soloists in the impressive slave market sequence. In other num-
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The World Acclaims a Newborn Star
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AGE OF CONSENT
A Drawia of Love Under the Nave. Raina' with DOROTHY WILSON, Arline judge, Richard Creatiwell, Eric Linden, John Mal Bday, Aileen Pringle Douched by Gregory, Lá Com »da kŇ RADIO Menu of Camesal David O. Saanich, Executive Producer
NEXT
CHANGE
RICHARD DIX
bors, they act as leaders in the in "CONQUERORS"
elaborate chorography that Busby Berkeley devised.
A daring pilot risking his life in the Air Mail ser- vice... swooping through skies thick with the "BLACK HAWK'S” vul. tares... bad men of tha air who strike and dis. appear. How long can they outwit the law with their terrible cunning? See
AIR MAIL MYSTERY
LEE THEATRE
TO-DAY & TO-MORKOW [AL-12.30, 2.30, 5,30, 7.30 & 9,30 P.M.
SEE
"SUNSHINE SUSIE"
THE FILM THAT RADIATES HAPPINESS-THE FILM WITH THE HAPPY SONG FEATURING
RENATE MULLER JACK BULBERT & OWEN NARES A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE
BIG GAMBLE
At The Oriental Theatre
"THE BOWERY" ·
Delving Back Into The Past
of
DESIGN FOR LIVING
Another Lubitsch's Success
Para-
Re-creating "The Bowery" New York's East Side just as it was in its hey-dey, with all its famous real-life characters, proved" to be a gigantic task, but New Yorker's who know their New York
"Design for
Living" of the nineties, declare that 20th mount's film adaptation of Noel Century Pictures, new producing Coward's serisational stage hit organization releasing
through now playing
King's United Artists, has done a magni- Theatre, clinches Ernst Lubitsch's ficent job in its first picture, "The reputation as the most versatile of all the top rank directors in Rowery."
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A yust amount of research was necessary before work could begin in New York and Hollywood on The Bowery." Uld files of the Police Gazette,. thousands of uld tintypes and yellowed photo- graphs of bygone days, brittle clippings from New York newspa" pers of the '80' and '00's and sores of books were carefully scanned by the research department of. Arh Century Pictures mouths and months before actual filming start- ed.
Photograpos were taken of the dd büllungs along the present- Jay Bowery which were caco the hangouts of Chuck Connors Steve Brod, Monk Eastman, John L Sullivan and other Bowery bhoys. Hundreds of Bowery old timers were interviewed for anecdotes of the pist.
Three of the greatest studios in Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Fox" and Paramount- plso rainę to the aid of 20th Cen- tury Picturea M-G-M loaned the two stars of The Champ," wal- ince Beery and Jackie Cooper; George Raft was loaned by Para- mount, while Fax contributed ita sce director, Raoul Walsh.
Much of the action of "The Bo- wery" takes place around Chuck Comers' old saloon; in China- town with its tong ware and "re- sorts of iniquity;" at gay
old Brighton Beach; in the shadows of Brooklyn Bridge ond among the chorus girls of Steve Brodie's
Place of Siu."
The Bowery will be the feature attraction on Thursday at the King's Theatre. It was adapted
by Howard Estabrook and James Gleason from the book,, "' Chuck Connors" by Michael E. Simmons and B. R. Solomon. The cast besides its stars, Wallace Beery Goorge Raft, and Jackie Cooper, includes Fay Wray, Pert Kelton, Esther Muir, Oscar Apfel, George Walsh and others,
shown at the Oriental Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday,
The "Big Gamble" tells a thril ing modern story with fast, absorb- ing action and strong, meaty, día- logue. The play has a striking plot.
Bill Boyd glyes.one of the best performances of his career, proving himself a powerful 'dramatic actor, Dorothy Sebastian plays the fem- inine lead opposite her husband and makes: a beautiful and sym- pathetic heroine. Warner Oland, James Gleason, Zašu Picts, William Collier, Jr. Rapih Ice, Junë Mac- Oloy, and Geneva, Mitchell compose & supporting cast that leaves not- hing to be desired. Their work is excellent.
Manager of the Oriental Theatre promise their patrons red blooded dramatie entertainment that at
Director Nibio had made in en- Isnes to the last fade-out in "The Big Gamble, Bill Boyd's new tertaining and thrilling attraction R.K.O. Pathe starring vehicle to be from this Octavus Roy Cohen story.
at
the
Answering an age-old question Lubitsch has won renown as a director of tragedy, dramá comedy,women have been asking them- farce and gay musical romance. selves for years, "Design for"
Living" shows Miriam Hopking as the young modern miss who can't decide between two men played by Fredric March and Gary Cooper.
men
Now, in Design for Living." starring Fredric
March Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins and Ed- ward Everett Horton, Lubitsch brings to the screen a startling Hopkins becomes the boys severest The three Join forces, Miss presentation of modern life. A
critic, gets a producer to put on two story of three people, and a woman, who love each one of March's plays and gets other very much, without destroy- Cooper an art reputation. As it ing their old bosom friendship...
eventually must, the situation gets out of control and it isn't unti This ultra-modern idea has been Edward Everett Horton comes into
the brought to screen by Ben, the scene as a villainous comedian Hecht, prominent Broadway play that the boys put up a united front wright and the author of "Front before their joint enemy to win Page."
back Miss Hopkins' love.'
SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO-DAY
QUEEN'S
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 and 9.30 P.M.
ALHAMBRA
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 and 9.20 P.M.
A PAGEANT OF
-LUSCIOUS SPLENDOR UNMATCHED SINCE SHEBA'S DAY!
ADDED ATTRACTION
EDDIE CANTOR
IN THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRODUCTION OF ROMAN SCANDALS
WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONY "LULLABY LAND'
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with
RUTH ETTING GLORIA STUART DAVID MANNERS
and the
GOLDWYN GIRLS
said shes UNITED ARTITI
TO-DAY ONLYAR)
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
Paramount's Gripping Drama
SONG OF SONGS
Marlene
with
DIETRICH
4 SHOWS
DAILY
7.10-0.20
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY DUE
ORIENTAL
TO-DAY ONLY
BIG DOUBLE SHOW 2 GREAT COMEDIES
JACK PEARL
"Jimmy"
DURANTE MEET BARON
THE
LAUREL Diver HARDY
IN THE
"CHIMP”
ADALYN DOYLE
In "Advice To The Loverlorn"
Adalyn Doyle is starting her climb toward screen heights in Advice to the Lovelorn," a Joseph M. Schenck Darryle F. Zanuck 20th Century pic. tare, starring Lee Tracy, released by United Artists and showing from Thursday at the Alhambra Theatre.
It all began because Adalyn was nineteen, pretty, very ambitious and almost totally discouraged a year ago. She'd had some extra work and even one bit. Then the test director at one of the major studios became interest- ed enough to tell her to come in to-morrow for a screen test. The next morning Adalyn read in the news paper that the test director. bud com- mitted suicide. The Shuddered and never called at the studio.
The same night she went down town to see John Barrymore in "A Bill of Divorcement" and, to quote. Adalyn,
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& THURSDAY
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THE STRANGEST HONEYMOON THAT EVER
TOOK PLACE
BOYD BIG
GAMBLE®
with
Dorothy Sebastian Warner Oland James Glezion
Za Su Pitts, Ralph Ince and many others.
THE INVISIBLE MISS HEPBURN
Mystery Arrival At Plymouth
Special Air-Mall Service
London, April 1. Kutluring Hepburn, the American film star, who jumped into sudden fame as a result of the work in "Morning Glory" and "Little Women," arrived at Plymouth to-day in the liner Paris, hut ny one saw her.
When she left New York last week she ran up the third-class gangway to avoid recognition, and refused to see reporters and photographers. · To-day the same element of secrecy Bor rounded her. "Her name did not sp pear on the passenger list, and at first officials denied that she was on board Even when it was admitted that she
"I felt if I were watching myself in' sa & passenger no one could find her. mirror when I saw Katharine Hep Her cabin remained locked during the burn, who was making ber first screen twenty minutes the liner was in port, appearance. She called at RKO studio, and even her publicity agent, who had applied for the job of Miss Hepburn's come down from London, after receiv- stand in and got
ing no reply to his wireless messages, it
failed to see her
So Adalyn stood in for Katharine Hepburn during the filming of "Morn ing Glory" and "Christopher Strong,”
One day Miss Hepburn turned to her suddenly and said;
What her plans are no one knows. Shp will land at Hayre to-morrow, because that is the liners terminal port. It is believed she will pay a fly. "I've been watching you for a longing visit to Paris and then go to the time. You should not be standing in Italian Riviera for anyone--you ought to be playing good parts, and Fm going to tell the executives here just that","
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Misa Hepburn did tell them. Direo tor George Cukor gave Adalyn a screen test and all the RKO officials who saw it ware visibly impressed, but thay faced an embarrassing impasse. Adalyn Doyle was good, but she too closely resembled their star, Katharine
Hepburn Hepburn and Doyle
The Missos frankly discussed the dilemma
Finally, Katharine Hepburn said I'm going to tell everyone I know how good I think you are. You may resemble me to a certain extent, but. when you are moving about and your face is animated you have a personality all your own
Opinions on board even differed as to her behaviour during the voyage. One officer told me she was travelling with her mother, was ill and never left her cabin Bhe bas lost a lot of weight and is our rest cure," he said. She never rose until the early even- ing, and took all her meals in her cabin,
Another officer, however, said the was up every morning promenading in pyjamas. She did dress for dine noe, though, he added.
not
But though searched the ship: could find neither Miss Hepburn por anyone who had actually spoken to her during the voyage.
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