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CENTRAL
THEATRE TO-DAY
Daily 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30
"THE SAVAGE GI«L”.
WITH
·ROCHELLE HUDSON WALTER BYRON HARRY MYERS ADOLPH MILAR
“LOVE, NEVER
AGAIN!"
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Coming To The Central
In the very near future the Cen- tral Theatre will show "Love, Never Again," a light and alry Continent- al comedy-romance of the type that Lilian Harvey made famous before becoming a Hollywood star, with the delightful Lilian Harvey heading a cast of European favou- rites.
in
Highlights of the Aim include a glittering carnival in Nice, an ex- citing motorcar chase and some very beautiful backgrounds. "
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934.
BY WHOSE HAND? || SHOWING.
Ben Lyon Versatile Athlete in Lead
Ben Lyon waà boin a Southern gentleman in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 6th, 1001, but his family moved to Baltimore long before young Ben's accent began to deve-. lop a drawi
From the age of eight to twelve he stood a good chance of becom- ing a doctor because all the Bulti- more kids his age, looked with re- verence on Johns Hopkins Uni- versity."
Never got to study even element- ary biology because he was sent to New York with his sister to chap- eron her while she attended pri- -vate school.
Went to the Famous Players studio on West 57th Sueet one A day to apply for extra work. director, stepped into the rochi. spotted Lyon and said: "He'll do!" went to work the next day.
When his parents saw the pic- ture they had to stay through two showings to and Ben, his part was so small.
Didn't get further than exira, so turned to the stage, age seventeen. Secured a role in Booth Tarking ton's "Seventeen". Later played with Jeanne Eagles in "The Won- derful Thing," in "Three Live Ghosts" and "Sun Up." Eight months
TO-DAY
AT
2.30.6.10.7.15
& 9,30. F.M.
HER REIGN
KINGS
·WAS SENSATIONALIA, SHORT
But She Got
Sylvia Sidney
THIRTY-DAY PRINCESS
with
CARY GRANT
a B. P. Schulberg Production
A Poramount Picture
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ALSO
"LATEST PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS"
COMEDY "KENNEL KINGS"
BETTY BOOP IN
"HALLOWEEN
in stock in Buffalo and THE BITER BIT!
Providence. Favourite stage role
was "The Boomerang."
Boxing, tennis, volley ball, swim In "Here Comes The
ming" and squash"keep him at. Ee
and his wife. Bebe Daniels, make
a fine pair on the tennis court.
May Sutton Bundy, nationally
Groom"
prominent women's tennis player, thinks he plays a good enough game to enter the national cham-comedian in the planships. Ben disagrees; says he is just average.
With Jack Haley, the well-known
PARTY"
"THIRTY-DAY PRINCESS"
At The King's
Sidney. figuratively speaking, has emerged from the. cocoon and now is a butterfly.
Sylvia leading role, "Here Comes the Groom" which opened at the Queen's Theatre yesterday. is. a picture which affords plenty of laughs.
The story, crammed with amus- ing situations, begins with an argu-
Aviation gives him thrils. Two years 180, during "Hell's Angels," Ben spent eight months and con- siderable money studying Aying to enlist in the Reserve Officers Corpsment between Jack Haley and of Army Aviation. Now a Lienten-Isabel Jewell, his sweetheart. 'She ant in the 329th Pursuit Group at is leaving him flat because he is such a failure at his chosen pro- Long Beach
fession, burglary. She cites her brother and father who are such successes that they now repose in the city jail.
Determined
*** ghow " her, Haley sets out to hold up game. But some real robbers hold up Haley while he's holding up the
Was the first actor ever to pilot his own plane in a picture. In- stead of using a double. That was in The Flying Marine." a Colum- bia picture.
to
"Thirty-Day Princess," her new Paramount fêm, showing to-day at the King's Theatre, with Cary Grant as her leading man, gives Sylvia" more than thirty changes
of
modern, fascinating clothes" which fairly scream with luxurious newness
Usually her screen wardrobe con- sists of prison uniforms, carnival
dancing girl's outfits, drab cheap clothes of a poorer class'of work-
Pokering girl; but here in thirty-Day Princess, for the arst time in her screen career, she abounds in exo- tie hostess gowns, afternoon frocks,
game and get away with everything
Chased by the "cops" Haley
Not only flew the plane, but The story embraces comedy, ro-
photographed himself by means of mance and a slight musical theme,
a camera attached to the wing and centering around Sandercroft, (a
focused on the cockpit. young man very susceptible to
Claims he is 100 per cent. domes-including Haley's pants. feminine wiles), who in despera-
tic. Married Bebe Daniels June 14. tion makes a wager of a small for-
1930. Both are enthusiastic over takes refuge in a pullman com- tune, the condition being that he.
their home, interior decoration, (partment of a young bride whose remains free of entanglements.
They husband has just deserted her be- antiques and their baby. with women for five whole years, like to plan things together, shop cause her father lost his money. He adventures on his yacht, where
Not to be outdone, she forces together and play together. he thought he would be safe, and
His latest role is a newspaper re- Haley to accompany her home as the unexpected intrusion of a
porter who solves several mysteri- the new bridegroom, who is a fascinating swimmer provide many
ous murders that occur aboard a famous masked radio singer. humorous complications.
fast cross country express at night. Arriving home, Haley learns that The picture is "By Whose Hand?" Mary Boland, the girl's aunt is a a Columbia picture that features"nut" over radio and especially Barbara Weeks with Ben Lyon, over the masked tenor, and, from which opens
the then on to-morrow at
complications pile up
Alhambra Theatre,
swiftly. which you are sure to en- Joy.
"ADVANCE OF DAIREN
Foreign Trade Surpasses That
Of Yokohama
Dairen. Oct. 13. This port of Dalren, gateway to Manchuria, is fast becoming one of the leading centres of trade in Asin judging by the official statistics
following
1. Dairen's exports In
July amounted to $27,713,000 and her imparts to $39,090,000.
al-
2. Dairen's foreign trade ready surpasses that of Osaka ard Yokohama and is not far behind that of Kobe.
3 Imports for the current year already total more than the record of Yen. 403,000,000 established last
year.
4. Construction has shown $ 377 structures steady increase, being buit in 1933, 410 in 1933, and 422 so far this year, excluding government buildings.
5. The South Manchuria Rail- way Company 1s investing ap- proximately Yen 2,000,000 this year in the improvement of Dairen's waterfront facilities, In- bluding the completion of a giant pier at a cost of Yen. 1,100,000:
LEE THEATRE TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.30, 5.30, 730 and 9.30 P.M.
..
in
ARTHUR WONTNER
HOLMES STORY
THE
SIGN
OF
4
Supporting Jack Haley are Mary Boland, Nell Hamilton, Patricia Enis, Isabel Jewell, Sidney Toler and Larry Gray who played their parts exceptionally well.
Gloria Swanson has at Last been assigned to a picture after a series of fals reports. She will play opposite Clark Gable in “Riff Raf" for M.Q.M..
LAST
TWO
จ
DAYS
rich dinner gowns and luxurious evening gowns, with smart beauti- ful accessories and jewels.
Directed by Marion Goering from an original story by Clarence Bud- ingron Kelland, the aim version was written by Preston Sturges, noted "Broadway playwright, and Frank Pertas, Sam Hellmah and Edwin Justus Mayer adapted and wrote additional dialogue, B. P.j Schulberg is the producer.
mumps.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE Tx. No. 25313 25332
NEXT CHANGE-
BURIED TREASURE! Guarded by Cannibals, Prehistoric Monsters and the Twelve Foot Ape!
SON
OF
KONG
Go with thuon 1for adventure,
and romance!)
With
ROBERT ARMSTRONG HELEN "MACK FRANK REICHER JOHN MARSTON VICTOR WONG
LEE KOHIMAR ED BRADY
Cirected by ERNEST & SCHOEDSACK Merian C. Cooper executive producer RKCLRADIO Picture
“SON OF KONG
Coming To The King's
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:-
HONG KONG
"Thirty Day Princess"
QUEEN'S :—
"Here Comes The Groom"
ORIENTAL:-
"Miss Fabe's Baby Is Stolen"
CENTRAL :--
LEE:-
"The Savage Girl"
T
"The Sign Of 4′′
"KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA :—
"The Man Who Dared
MAJESTIC;—"
The Great Jasper
KING'S:-
Coming
"Son of Kong”
QUEEN'S:—
"She Loves Me Not", "Aunt Sally"
CENTRAL:
“Love, Never Again! MAJESTIC:-
"Hold That Girl"
ORIENTAL:-
Q
"Queen Christina” ALHAMBRA:-
"By Whose Hand?”
* SHOWS
1.30-5.18
1.15-1,30
MAJESTIC
THEATREDIS
Nathan Road Kowloon. Tel. 67282) TO-DAY ONLY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
HIS WIFE
war the only woman who: ever turned'
him downl
•
.
Men hated and
envied him.
Women de
nounced and
adored him
RICHARD
DIX
Jasper
Great
The sign of a free-lance lover
病 WERA ENGELS
EDNA MAY
Directed by L
Walter Ruban.
Doold C. Selenick,
ipecation producer
NEXT CHANGE:
"Hold that Girl" with JAMES DUNN
TAXI AM TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTALE
LAST
That another gigantic ape the 4 TIMES TO-DAY
son of King Kong, is soon to make his appearance on the screen in a sequel to that sensational adven- ture fantasy, is now definitely, as- sured.
COWAN & BAILEY Premier entertainers MARTA & MARYA Clever Dancers
ON THE STAGE AT from.... RKO-ALL PERFO”MANCES
The sequel film Radio titled "Son of Kong," is a continuation of the adventures of Cari Denham, Intrepid motion pic- ture explorer of the original story! coming on Sunday to the King's Theatre.
Though the great ape will be the central charcter in the new ad- venture, as was his forbear in "King Kong" the story of "Son of Kong"
is written around an entirely new
theme, and mance.
presents a
дет го-
Denham, enacted again by Ro- bert Armstrong, returns to the mysterious "Skull Island," where he captured the original Kong. and there finds love and a new and more startling series of ad- ventures, while seeking a burled treasure of diamonds
"TO-MORROW
* & SATURDAY
THE SCREENS GREATEST STAR IN THE BIGGEST PICTURA EVENT OF
THE YEAR,~
QUEEN!
MISS FANESHAL TO THE BABY IS STOLEN
ALICE BRADY BABY LEROY
Garbe
because she is the STAR of STARS and more glorious than ever du
-QUEEN CHRISTINA
In "Son of Kong" the heroine DYNAMIC DRAMA love. Both of these young actors
is Helen Mack. Frank Relojer, Lée Kohimar, Victor Wong and John Maraton are other members of the cast.
The story, a satirical comedy, presents Miss Sidney as the actress who is hired to impersonate a royal princess, who has come to Ernest B. Schoedaack directed this country to front for a large the new thriller, while Willie bond issue, but falls ill with | O'Brien, Hollywood's mystery scientist who revives denizens of The banker's" enemy, a man prehistoric ages, devised the thrill they've sworn to ruin."is a young sequences. newspaper publisher. Their plan is for the actress to cause him to fall in love with her and then de- nounce him publicly.
But what they don't reckon with is the possibility of the girl. fall- ing in love with the publisher. She does, and for thirty days she's a
princess with a nation at her feet, but also a girl wanting only one man. How the romance finally is completed brings the picture to an unusual climaz
QUEEN'S
AT 2.30, 5.10
W
7.20 & 9.30
P.M.
A mixed-up comedy of matrimonial errors
Adolph Zukor presents
HERE COMES THE GROOM
A Paramount Picture with JACK HALEY MARY BOLAND NEIL HAMILTON PATRICIA ELLIS
show unlimited powers of portray- al. They go through the years "together, and not once do they.
The Man Who Dared swerve from the characters they
At The Alhambra
"The Man Who Dajed" dashed across the screen of the Alhambra Theatre yesterday, and gave us one of the most gripping of screen plays. This Fax picture, based on some colourful and romantic inci- dents in the life of Chicago's late mayor, Anton Cermak, is brimful with drama," action;" dynamic ex- citement and a good supply of hu- man comedy.
It takes us through the life of a-youth who comes to this country, an immigrant from his native and beautiful Bohemia. It plants him in the raucous Middie West of the Fuineties, and sets him off on a carves that will always stand as one of the most remarkable "in American life. Surrounds I en all sides by political corruption and crime that acts at the drop of a hat, this strong young man carves a career of which the world is des- tined to take deep notice. H characteristics are primarily c fighting heart and ready fists, but back of these are an outlook to ward righteousness that will not be downed tre
"The Man Who Dared" is one of those rare films, that merges all the precious element of real en- tertainment. It has action that alternates with the tenderest of romance. It Betting forms a frame for genuine pathos and hilarious comedy.
Preston Foster has the leading, role. While he has appeared in a number of motion pictures, it is this one that will thrust him for ward as one of the foremost of our younger actors. Zita Johann has the leading role opposite him and makes a belterable person at the woman that slich a man would
depict
The supporting cast is a notable one, with Joan Marsh, and. Irene Billar, the latter a Viennese im- | port, at the head of it.. Others are Clifford Jones, June Vlasek, Leon Waycoff, Douglas Cosgrove, Douglas Dumbrille and Frank Sheridan.
Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti have made a genuine contribution to screen lore with their original script of this film. The direction of Hamilton MacFadden is excel- lent. It is one of the most satis, fying jobs of the season,
ALHAMBRA
TELATEE
TO-DAY ONLY
DRAMATIZING An American Era FOX FILM Prisanis
The MAN WHO DARED
"AN ILLA GINATIVE BIOGRAPHY PRES
ARE:ZITA JOHANN
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