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CENTRAL
THEATRI
SHOWING TO-DAY: DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30
MANY MEN TAUGHT HER HOW TO
BE TRUE
TO ONEI
Wharf Angel
A Paramount Picture with
VICTOR McLAGLEN DOROTHY DELL PRESTON FOSTER ALISON SKIPWORTH
COMMENCING ON
THURSDAY MIDSHIPMAN
JACK"
R. K. O. PICTURE,
LEE THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 6.30. 7.30 & 9.30. P.M. A smashing attack, aga ust the secret powers that flauzt our laws,
CHALLENGED BY A FRAIL WOMAN
HOWARD HUGHES
SCARFACE
Par-drunk, he füled a vast metropolis with „unchallanged might until flam ing lustice sant him tumbling, to kis doam.
PAUL MUNI
ANN DVORAK OSGOOD PERKINS KAREN HORLEY
» HOWARD HAWKE |
Predsta
Abound by Ben Macky Jam
vana Arenas Bud
UNITED ARTISTS
PICTURE
--Special - Added Attraction- MICKEY MOUSE
in
"YE OLDEN DAYS” NEXT CHANGE CHINESE PICTURE
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
To-day
TUESDAY, JULY 24.
Cinemas.
„King's—"Spitfire."
Queen's: "Central Airport"
Central: "Heritage
Desert"
or The
Oriental:-The Cat And The
Fiddle.".
World:-Going Hollywood" - Lee: "Scarface.”
Alhambra:-"As Husbands Go" Majestic:-The Midnight Club" Star: Tiger Shark"
Miscellaneous
Rotary Club Tin Speaker: Professor R. Robertson," MA on "Local Economics: Some Aspects." Servicemen's Bathing Party, Queen's Pler, 5 pm.
Moon.--VI Moon, 13th Day.
Sports
Lawn Bowls.-Singles Champion- ship, E. W. Simmonds v. O, Per- kins (Kowloon Docks green); A. W. Grimmitt v. L. A Gutierrez (Ctalgengower green); A. E. Coates v. V. Petherick (Club de Recreio green), 6.15 p.m.
Sunrise.-5.51 a.m. Sunset.-7.07
p.m.
Tides. High at 6.35 and 21.54. Low at 14.24.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25.
Anniversaries, and
St. James's Day.
Holidays.-
Auction Lammert's Sale Old and Surplus Naval Stores, etc., H.M. Naval Yard, Hong Kong and at Kowloon and Naval Arinament Supply Depot. 9.30 a.m.; Sale of Grown Lands, District Office. Taipo, 1.30a.m.
Cinemas
King's: "Spitfire". Queen's:"Central Airport" Central' "Heritage 01 The
Desert" Oriental; "The Mysterious
Rider" World: "The Stage Mother" Lee:-"Chinese Picture" Alhambra:-"As Husbands Go". Majestic: The Midnight Club" Star: "Good 'Companion".
Entertainment
Grand Varlety Beriefit Concert, China Fleet Club Theatre,
Meetings
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1934.
TO-DAY ONLY
AT 2.30.5.10.7.15. & 9.30 P.M.
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
HEPBURN
SPITFIRE
WITCH AND WILDCAT... HER LAWLESS LOVE SET FIRE TO THE MOUNTAINSI
ROBERT YOUNG
R.K.O
J
RALPH BELLAMY
RADIO
Picture
I LIKE IT THAT
WAY
"Monte Carlo On
The Scene
to
If you've never been to Monte Carlo you will enjoy seeing the elaborate Deauville Club in **I Like It That Way, Universal's dramatic comedy with music, song and dance, which comes the King's Theatre on Wednesday.
The lavish settings and brilliant lighting effects in this one scene alone cost many weeks of effort and money. Particular pains were taken by the studio to reproduce in every detall as near as possible the atmosphere and
WHARF ANGEL
Victor McLaglen
Back Again!
BOOKING AT. THE THEATRE
TEL. No. 25313 **25392
TO-MORROW ·
I LIKE IT THAT WAY
Starring
GLORIA STUART
ROGER PRYOR
with
MARIAN MARSH
•
Sprightly romance with a night-dub background.. A delightful story of a Bay and a Girl-ampbellishod with great song and dance numbers!
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
RICHARD DIX
In Shooting Straight"
One of the most difficult scenes
"Wharf Angel," a story of the two-isted- old, liquor-drinking, fighting days of the lamed Barbary ever attempted in a talking picture Coast, comes to the Central Thea-
was filmed during the production, tre to-day. It is a Paramount film, directed by Willlam Cameron Men- of "Shooting Straight," Radio Ple- zles and George Somnes, and has❘tures' drama starring Richard for its principal players Victor McDix, which opens to-morrow Laglen. Dorothy Dell, Preston Fos- ter and Allson Skipworth.
Dorothy Dell is the blonde, sing- ing star of the Ziegfeld Follies whom Paramount took to Holly wood on a long term contract. This structural is her nrst screen appearance, and, New Territories Evangelization | spirit of a modern extravagant in the picture she plays a hostess gambling establishment, where in a tawdry dive in the very centre Hop Yat Church, Caine, Road, 5 modern Neros come to addle while of the hell-raising Coast.
their money burns! . p.m.
Society Annual Meeting.
Meeting of St. Andrew's Church Council, 8 p...
Miscellaneous Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute,
M
9 p.IL
YMC.A. Moonlight Bathing Pic- nic. Police Pier, Kowloon, 8.30 p.in.
Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.
Moon-VI Moon, 14th Day.
Principal Malls
#
Inward Air Mail and Steamer Mall from Europe by Ranpura.
Sports. Lawn Bowls-Singles Champion- ship. L. R. Whant 7...W. ĠUI Taikoo RC, green); H. Hampton V J. C. Brown (Craigengower green); "A. H. Basto v. A. Chap- man (Kowloon B.G.C. green); "J. Watson v. R. Basa (Civil Service green), 5.15 p.m.
Sunrise.-5.51 am. Sunset-7.07
p.m.
Tides-High at 7.32 and 22.18; Low at 0.51 and 15.08.
"SPITFIRE'
Katharine Hepburn
at Her Best
The versatility and broad,power of mimiery of Katharine Hepburn was put to the acid test when the star was called upon to master the dificult idioms and dialect of the Carolina mountains dwellers for her role of Trigger Hicks in her current RKO-Radio picture, "Spit- 'fire," now showing at the King's Theatre.
A last minute change in pro- 10 as a dog same paidmensduction plans, made it necessary the screen calling upon her to be that she accomplish this with but a bewitching hoyden one moment a few hours" coaching. "Spitare" and a battling wildest the next. was adapted to the screen from It was at first thought that the Lula Vollmer's Broadway stage suc- Carolina vocabulary would be ex-
cess, "Trigger," and, in It Miss Hepburn portrays a headstrong and explosive hoyden of the moun- taina, who mixes primitive piety and faith in prayer with deep hư- man sympathy and tenderness and who is militant against love yet succumbs to the advances of an unworty man..
tremely difficult for Miss Hepburn to learn, since it is the direct ant ithesis of her flowing, broad "a's" cultivated for the Broadway stage. but the readiness with which she accomplished it was surprising,
In "Spitfire," Miss Hepburn has two leading men, Esiph Bellamy and Robert Young, and the cast of supporting players includes Martha |
The characterization, according to those who have seen the pic- ture, is radically different from
Sleeper, Louis Mason, Sara Haden anything.this star has beretofore
and many others. The production was directed by John Cromwell.
(Continued on Previous Colf
From there the story swings over to a beautiful cafe floor "where a bevy of dancing damsels disport themselves in an array of specta- cular and bizarre costures.
Of special Interest is the nudist } number in this picture, which is sald to be particularly daring yet beautifully done. The singing is led by Gloria Stuart as Dolly, La-
TO-DAY ONLY
Into her life have came many men but it is not until she meets Foster, fugitive from justice, that she alters her path of life. Not even hard-boiled McLaglen, burly," fighting sailor, can take her from the one man who has touched her heart.
at
the Alhambra Theatre..
George Archainbaud. director of Edile Cronjager. the film, and cameraman, were, called upon to use the utmost in technical skill during the filming of the scene.
It was necessary for Dix to make an inspection of a pool hall and gambling den, pause at every table, reply to wise-cracking remarks and keep up a running Are .of conversation with the proprietor Mathew.. Betz.
Eighteen players spoke Indivi- dual lines into the microphone. The scene lasted ten minutes and the cameras and milerophone, travelling behind Dix On the Verne, glamorous hostess of the "dolly." covered nearly four hun- establishment.
dred feet during the scene.
ALMAMBRA
As HUSBANDS GO
WARNER BAXTER
HELEN VINSON WARNER OLAND
A JESSEL LASKY Production
TO-DAY ONLY
HUNTRE
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
f'..
CAR SERVICE FREE TRANSPORTATION
for
Car and Passengers on Vehicular Ferry with Purchase of a minimum of 2-$1.10 tickets.
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
STAR Jessie Matthews
in
"GOOD COMPANIONS"
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
RICHARD
QUELA'S
BARTHELMESS SALLY EILERS
TOM BROWN
CENTRAL AIRPORT
At 2,30, 6.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.
The Crash of
See..
• the Air Ex- press...The Wild Plane Diving for the Crowded Grandstand !...The Blind.. Flight over the Carib bean with Human Freight Lashed to the Wings Spills, Leaps, Crack-Ups in a Break... Deck Carnival of Thrills !
First National It
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S—
CINEMA
HONG KONG
"Spitfire"
QUEEN'S-
Central Airport"
CENTRAL-
"Wharf Angel"
ORIENTAL"
LEE-
"The Cat And The Fiddle"
Scarface"
KOWLOON
ALIIAMBRA—
**As
Husbands
GoTM
STAR...
"Good Companions" BAJESTIC-
"Let's Be Ritzy".
KING'S
Coming
!
I Like It That Way".
ORIENTAL-
"Mysterious Rider"
ALHAMBRA-
"Shooting Straight”
4 SHOWS
2.2)--5.15
7.15-6-20
MAJESTIC
THEATRES Nathan Road, Kowloon, Tel. 57222, TO-DAY & TO-MOKROW At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 920 P.M.
#
LET'S BE RITZY
"Keeping up with the Joneses" got them into a jom,
and a series of `amazing, amus- ing avants got them out!
LEW AYRES
With Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Isabel Jewell. Directed by Edward Ludwig from a play by William Anthony McGuire. Presented by Carl Laemmle. A UNIVERSAL
PICTURE.
NEXT CHANGE.
"FOUR FRIGHTEN. D
PEOPE"
WITH
· CLAUDETTE COLBERT.
TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY INA
ORIENTAL
LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY AERE'S
A BIG QUALITY PICTURE PLAYED BY AN ALL STAR CAST
Ramon NOVARRO
Franelle MACDONALD
the CAT and the FIDDLE
WONDERFUL SONGS, MUSIC, DANCES, COMEDY
AND " PRETTY GIRLS
CENTRAL
AIRPORT
At The Queen's Theatre..
Al
FLAMING
ROAD
WANCHAL TEL. 28478
TO-MORROW
& THURSDAY
A
BETTER WESTERN THAT YOU. EVER SAW BEFORE!
ACTION! COMEDY!
Zane
Grey's
Romantic Drams of the East West clash a: Boukler Dam!
Zane Grey% -
MYSTERIOUS
RIDER
KENT TAYLOR
SEEN PICHEL
AS HUSBANDS GO
At The Alhambra
24
This Alm may be classed comedy, since no harm is done by the heroine, in her firtation with an Englishman in Paris. That is to say that the heroine is a marri-
"Central Airport" now showinged woman.. She goes to Paris with at the Queen's Theatre with R- a chaperone and they both get into chard Barthelmess in the leading mischief. The chaperone falls in role, is a thrilling air picture of love with a delightful French commercial" fyer of peace rather gentleman, who frankly needs her than that of war as shown in his money, and the heroine falls in recent flm "The Dawn Patrol.” love with this young Englishman.
There are quite a number of Then comes the parting, and breath-taking flying scenes in the
they have to return home sa picture which has an interesting America. The lovers follow," and" love-triangle story as the back- the situation arises in the home of ground. Barthelmess is shown as the heroine, at Dubuque, Iowa.. a commercial aviator who believes The husband skillfully manipulates a flyer's place is in the sky and
a dificult situation, which the not in the home, but his brother, women make a mess of. Tom Brown has just the opposite The chaperone has a daughter, viewpoint. Sally Eilers is cast as
who at first does not think very the girl who wants Dick's love but highly of the French gentleman. Tom's security. Both love the girl but eventually overcomes this re- and Tom eventualy succeeds in pugnance. The young Englishman winning her hand. Broken-heart-
decides that he had better return ed, Dick deserted commercial fly to Europe, and so everything ends ing to join an air circus to drown up happily. There are no homes his sorrows.
broken up, and the elderly lady keeps her Frenchman.
Those who like thrills and quick action drama should Bee this -picture, which -apart from its un- usual background has an excellent supporting cast which includes Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Claire MacDowell and
Jarnes Murray.
The Truth of It
It was discovered that a debt- collector had misappropriated money from every bill he handled. Ele seems to have been embezzling froin, all accounts.
How True
Dasher: "How many controls. have you on your wireless set?? Henpeck: Three old chap wife, “my mother-in-law. and "my youngest daughter":
|
As the latter explains to the daughter, who accuses him--of wanting her mother's money, “Of course, if she didn't have that money, how could we be happy?”,
The acting is very good indeed, and this Lasky production will please any one, who goes tõ ̈ see
Fits Like a flore Clerk: "That cost fits you like a 'glove, sir."
Purchaser: "Bo I see. The ves cover my hands?
Beautiful!
"Bay!" exclaimed the man the houseWho told you to piant petunias there
""Your wife," said the yard }"Pretty, aren't they?!!
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