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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
To-day
THURSDAY, JUNE 21.
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Auctions Leasehold Property Sale by Messrs Hughes Hough, Sales Room, 3. p.m.
Cinemas
King's: "David Harum" Queen's: The Marcus Show." Central:-"Chinese Picture" Oriental:-"If I Had A Million" World: "Looking Forward" Alhambra:-"We're Not" Dress-
-ing"
Majestic: "Samarang" Star: "The Stage "Mother"
Lectures
Dr. E. 1. Alleh, M.A., Ph.D., on "The Christian and Money," Hop Yat Church. Bonham Road, 9 p.m. Meetings
"I'M NO ANGEL”
At The Oriental Theatre
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Mae West'a new Paramounı picture. "I'm No Angel,' is booked at the Oriental Theatre for Fri- day and Saturday.
This is real news for picture fans. Miss West soared to the greatest heights of popularity any screen, actress ever has attained.
Mias West gives a splendid per- formances she portrays a colour- ful character, Tira, a hardboiled, carnival-dancer who becomes a New York sensation. On her rise to fame and Tortune, she vamps any number of men, Anally ending up besleged by her "tall dark and handsome," a society. millionaire.
She sings ve sensational songs, dances the miway”—a spectacu- lar variation of the shimmy, wears p.m.lovely cloths, and she scintillates with wit in a hilarious tourtroom
"Theosophical Society, 6 Speaker: Mr. A. Paxton, F.Ts., on "Ancient Ideal in Modern Life." scene.
Hong Kong Union Church Dea- cors' Court meet in the Hall, 5.30
p.m.
Sun Tak Loong Co., Ltd., 307. Des Voeux Road Central, Ground Floor. 2 p.m.
Miscellaneous Whist Drives. Civil Service Cric- ket Club, 8.45 p.m., R.AOB. Club, 8.30 p.m.
Moon.-V. Moon, 10th Day
Principal Mails Inward Air Mail from Europe by
from Liangchow.
Australia
Kamo Maru..,
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Paramount has surrounded her with a capable cast including Cary Grant. Kent Taylor, Edward
Ralf Haroide,
Gregory Arnold. Rutoff, Dorothy Peterson, Gertrude Michael, Russel Hopton. William B. Davidson and others,
"I'm No Angel" was made from a story by Miss West herself the cale of
dancer. Tira, a carnival
She becomes famous by putting her curves into a llon-tamer's art. goes to New York as the Million Dollar Beauty., Cary Grant," a so- clety millionaire falls in love with her, and they are going to be mar- ried, when crooks frame her, and he breaks the engagement. She sues Grant for breach of promise, collect Inter-$250.000 in an amusing crtal. But
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Outward .. for America Tyndareus, 10.30 am- for Europe via Siberia by Kamo Maru, 5 p.. Sports
Aquatics.--Hong Kong Scholastic Union Meet.
Lawn Tennis.-"B" Division. Chinese R.C. v. University: Club de Recreio v. South China; Hong Kong C.C v," Kowloon C.C Graduates' Association v. Indian R.C
Sunrise.----5.39 a.m.
p.m.
Sunset.-7.10
Tides-High at 3.59 and 14.30;
Low at 9.55 and 22.05.
FRIDAY, JUNE 22.
Anniversaries and Holidays.— Coronation Day - (1911). Summer Solstice (Hala-chih).
Auctions. Crown Land Sale, District Office, South... 11a.m.
Cinemax
King's: David Harum” Queen's:-"The Marcus Show.” Central: "Chinese Picture." Oriental:Tm No Angel" World:"Looking Forward” Alhambra:-"We're Not Dress-
ing"
Majestic-Samarang" Star: "The Stage Mother".
Miscellaneous H.M.S. Tamar Whist Drive. 8.45
p.m.
Moon.-V. Moon, 11th Day.
Principal Malls
!!
Inward air and steamer via Suez by Patrocius; from America by Emp. of Canada and President Johnson; from Europe via Siberia by Haruna Maru.
Outward Air Mail for Europe by Haruna Maru, 5 p.m.: steamer, 6 p.m.
DAVID HARUM
they still love each other, and after the heavies try to kill Mae by turning a killer on on her, Grant discovers she has been Innocent of all wrongdoing. and the Alm ends happily.
"BOLERO"
George Raft Scores Again
Telling the intimate story of the life of a world famous dancer, George Raft's latest starring picture for Paramount "Bolero," comes on Sunday to the King's Theatre. The picture directed by Wesley Ruggles, features Carole Fan Lombard, Sally Rand, the Dancer, and Frances Drake.
It reveals the long struggles for success by an ambitious youth, who finally achieves fame, only by denying his emotions, by trampling on the hearts of the beautiful wo- men who help him on his way to the top.
George Raft, who himself, was in internationally famous dancer before he came to the screen, plays the lead. In the supporting cast. are the blonde beauty of Carole Lombard, as the only oman he loves, Sally Rand, whose startling fan-dance is recorded in the ple ture, Frances Drake, as one of his partners, and role of his brother- manager.
The dance numbers are · woven about Maurice Ravel's world- famous "Bolero." and in one
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A RuthLess Horse sequence Raft and Miss Lombard
Trade
present the tango "Raftero," which promises to become enor- mously popular ixi ball-zooms throughout the country.
To-day at the King's Theatre
"Bolero" is based on a story Fox Film will answer the request
written by Carey Wilson and of thousands of theatregoers and present Will Rogers in "David Kubec Glasmon, and adapted by Harum The Insistent demand of
Horace Jackson, presents Raft, in
its opening sequences as a coal worker. who has turned dancer, and who is avid for fame and re- cognition of his talents.
the public urging Rogers to play the role of this famous character of literature virtually forced the Fox Flim officials to forego · any other plans they might have had for the comedian. The film which is based on the novel by Edward he discovers that the public does
talenta,
He is ruthless, craft and deter- mined to achieve success. When
not-watch-him-but-focuses ita at-} Noyes Westcott, is reported as be tention on the beautiful women ing perfectly suited to Rogers with whom he dances, he discards The screen play, following close-one after another of his dancing etch outlives, her ly the typically American theme partners, as of the novel, concerns itself with ability to attract notice,
When he meets Carol Lombard
the life of a shrewed and ruthless his plans are defeated by love, horse-trader. His dealings with the people in the small town in The tragic intervention of the World War, and its effects upon
which he lives are cold hearted him and his ambition, lead to a and unethical. But a young man
dramatic ending. who is employed as a teller in the bank owned by the horse-truder, learns of, his concealed sympathy
for the poor, and realizes that un-in a race. The aim is said to derneath his hard crust he really come to a happy and an amusirig has a soft heart, Because of his conclusion, as the horse-trader poor Anancial standing, the boy uses his own hilarious method to hesitates to propose marriage to a bring the horse across the line a wealthy girl with whom he is winner:
deeply in love. The horse-trader's Will Rogers' supporting, cast is efforts to help the romance are studded with an array of screen unsuccessful. Upon the advice of personalities that includes among the horse trader, the young man many others, Louise Dresser, Evelyn. places all his money on a horse Venable, Kent Taylor and Stepin the young girl had entered Fetchit.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934.
SHOWING TO-DAY
DAILY AT
.2.30, 5.10, 7.16 AND
9.30 P.M.
KINET
AIR-CONDITIONË:
ROMANCE helped
along by a mellow
match maker with a hard, head and a soft heart.
Avill ROGERS
in
THEATRE
DAVID HARUM
with ...
LOUISE DRESSER EVELYN VENABLE KENT TAYLOR STEPIN FETCHIT
Directed by James Cruze Seraan play by Walter Woods from the novel by Edward Noyes Westcot!
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HIS BURNING HEART DEMANDED FRESH, BEAUTY FOR HIS DANCE OF LIFE.. AND LOVE!
IS ARMS HELD HEARTBREAK
fat many woman yearned for them?”
GEORGE RAFT
Bolero
CAROLE 10MBARD
SALLY RAND The originat too Muncey 717 sentational emotion
picture ever' shown in this coun- to use them. He persevered, try. Thirty-eight years ago Mr. however, and got his picture, Paul determined to film the race which was duly exhibited at the for the Alhambra. Music-hall
Alhambra on the following even- Haying no official sanction, he ing. Slow work; of course, accord- suffered considerably as the handsing to modern standards, but such of gipsy showmen and others, who a splendid achievement for "1898 resented the Instrusion of his that the film' created almost as wagon and camera, and even tried much interest as the race itself.
QUEEN'S
1.
At 5.15 P.M.-50 c. $1.00 $2.00 $3.00
At 9.30 P.M.-60 c. $1.00 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00
THIRD COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
MARCUS SHOW
FAN DANGERS-
나
TOYLAND-GARDEN OF LOVELY GIRLS-
EL NOCHE HABANA — TRAIN TEMPLE OF GOLD ETC. — ETC.
Fantasies
of 1934
DRILL
COMPANY OF 70
TO-DAY ONLY STARI
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m
ALICE BRADY IN A NEW TRIUMPH
"The STAGE MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
MOTHER"
with
ALICE
BRADY
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY JALKAM
UUNTEL,
FRANCHOT TONE
"WE'RE NOT DRESSING Bing Crosby
FLOVE THY
CAROLE LOMBARD
BURNS & ALLIN ETHEL MERMAN LION IRROL A Puramavad Floryse. Suscet by HORAS SENSOS
..
At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S
QUEEN'S-
HONG KONG
"David Harum"
Marcus Show: "Fantasies of 1934"
ORIENTAL-
"If I Had A Million"
KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA---
"We're Not Dressing"
STAR-
"Stage Mother"
MAJESTIC-
"Samarang'
KING'S-
Coming
"Bolero"
QUEEN S
"Riptide"
ORIENTAL-
"I'm No Angel"
"The Island Of Lost Souls" "The Bulldog Drummond" "The Bombshell"...
4 SHOWS
DELS
1-30-$15
7:15-833
MAJESTIC
FATHEATRE
[Nathan Road, Kowloom, Tel. 57222 At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
BY SPECIAL REQUEST -TO-DAYI,ONLY
"SAMARANG"
WHEBE LOVERS MUST LIVE...OR PERISH
TOGETHER..
UNITED ARTISTS" PICTURE
·TO-MORROW “CHARLIE CHAN'S GREATEST CASE".
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HEATHER ANGEL
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LAST 4 TIMES
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20 STARS
20 AUTHORS 20 DIRECTORS MADE THIS THE BEST. PICTURE OF THE YEAR.
The Biggest Names In the History of the Screen
IFIHAD
A
MILLION
A Paramount. (picture
-MANY COOPER A DEORDE PAPE
WTWEE GABION MALLIT LANGUA WJACK BAKIR - FRANCES DEUT OBARİM KAROLES ALISON MOUNT: WG FIREEZE- MARY SOLARS. Kostol KÄNNS - MAY NOtsoa OR DE RETINORD - ESICLES KATTARFULLS
REGALLY SUPERB
Norma Shearer In "Riptide"
Norma
PLEMING
ROAD
WANGHAL
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TO-MORROW & SATURDAY THE
ENTIRE WORLD HAS GONE MAD ABOUT THIS NEW SORBEN STAR.
MAE WEST
"I'm No Angel
"WE'RE NOT DRESSING"
Showing At Alhambra
With Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard in the leading roles. 'We're Not Dresisng" now showing at the Alhambra is a picture which old and young should enjoy, for It has features which caters for the
Shearer offers anottier of her magnetic and fascinating performances, as a modern woman with ultra-modern ideals in "Rip- tide" her newest photoplay which opens on Sundays at the Queen's. Lavishly produced, brilliantly en- acted by its star and an impressive taste of every lmgoer., Romance. supporting cast and bearing the songs and laughter are all com-
the picture "directorial stamp of that ace direc-bied 'n tor, Edmund Goulding who also really entertaining, for apart from wrote the story, the new Shearer Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard. vehicle stands out as one of the has in its cast such well know Allen. finest productions to come from laugh-makers as Gracle
George Barns, Ethel Merman and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios
Leon Errol and provides an entertainment of distinction in every phase of mo- tion picture artistry.
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which is
The setting is staged in a South Seas island which is inhabited at A's Lady Rexford, in this daring first by only two "nut-naturalista" Things come. to a head when ly triangular Continental romance, Miss Shearer is regally superb several persons, comprising pas- Never has she appeared so beauti-sengers and crew of a pleasure- seeking yacht, were cast ashore on fully photographed or handsomely costumed. Her performance is no-this island! Their hardships or shall we say fun, in providing for thing less than magnificent, even
themselves, provoke many 1 more superb than her "Divorcee," which won her the Academy of laughter and opportunities are also given for Bing Crosby to sing Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
several songs which are all de- award in 1929.
lightful.
This picture provides excellent entertainment and is worth seeing.
With the customary flair attach- ed to a Shearer im the star is provided with not one leading man but two. Robert Montgomery en-. acts the play-boy friend and Her- bert Marshall is seen as the more Married to a matter-of-fact Eng- sober-minded husband. Each de-lish lord, she becomes stifled in an livers a superb performance.
atmosphere of smug" oppression. Edmund Goulding performed Brom this sheltered life she finds gallant service as both author and exhilaration in the mad pursuit of director and achieves a screen pro- a former sweetheart who willingly' duct of unusual merit in entertain-renews the chase of earlier days ment values. There is all the Ensuing situations bring about a box office in the world crowded † marital deadlock which, through POP EYE CARTOON|| into his story and development, uniqué treatment of story, culmin-
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with Miss Shearer's characteriza-te happily. tion giving both, the women and Mrs. Patrick. Campell, noted Bri |men in the audiences something to tian actress, heads the impressive
thrill about.
supporting"" cast as the eccentrio Reminiscent of her roles in D. dowager. Other important roles vorcee," "Strangers May Kiss" and are in the capable hands of such "A Free, Boul," the new vehicle sterling players as Skeets Gal- departs from conventional paths lagher Ralph Forbes, Arthur Jar- and reveals Miss Shearer as a very rett. Earl Oxford, Helen Jerome modern young woman who is n Eddy, George K. Arthur, Baby Afraid of life, entrusting her emo-Marilyn @pinnert, Phyllis Cochlan, tions to an honesty of expression, Howard Chaldecott and Halliwell regardless of consequences.
Hobbes.
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