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CENTRAL
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS
TO-DAY
Daily 2.30, 6.15, 7.15 & 9.80
LILIAN HARVEY
IN
"LOVE, NEVER
AGAIN”..
VIVACTIOUS LILIAN AS THE IRRESIS-
TIBLE
ENCHANT-
RESS.
WHO
BANG
A
DANCED
HERWAY INTO THE
HEART
OF TUE
MAN
WHO HAD
VOWED
ARMAND..
BERNARD.'
ADDED ATTRAQ-
TION
VIOLIN
MAGIC
AUTUMN ON THE RIVIERA
Changes at Monte Carlo
(Special Air Mail Service),
Monte Carlo, Oct. 14. The autumn season on the Riv- lera is quiet but by no means duil, and several of the leading hotels report more visitors than at this date last year. The summer sea- son, on the whole, was disappoint- Ing, the shortage of British and American visitors being noticeable, Fine weather in England and in northern France kept many away. while with the rate of exchange) than ΕΤΕΣ. unfavourable more there has been a strong feeling that the railway rates to the South of France should be reduced. This matter is now understood to receiving attention.
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Since the beginning of Septem- ber the weather has been ideal. Further progress has been "made during the summer months with the increased electric lighting, and Monte Carlo may now claim to be "one of the best it towns on the Continent, as well as the cleanest.
Опе of
important the most changes for many years past has been commenced during the past week, namely, the transformation of the Galeries Charles I. the covered promenade adjoining the Metropole Hotel, which was in pre- wor years the fashionable daily meeting place of visitors. Of late years it had los: its character through the erection of a series of small glass erections, offices, and bars. but on the initiative of the. directors of the Gordon Hotels these are being demolished. Ciro's Restaurant, closed during recent seasons, will also be reopened, and this part of the centre of Monte Carlo will be greatly improved be- tore the beginning of November. The preliminary programmes for the opera, theatrical and musical season indicate that the high traditions established in past years will be amply maintained.
NICE AND CANNES
The chief, topic on the Riviera, however, is the taking over of the Palais de la Mcditerranée, t Nice by the directors of Monte Carlo Casino. As the largest and, probably the most elegant build- ing of its kind on the Continent, this had begun to make for itself and for the city of Nice a great reputation. and the fire on the eve of its opening last season was a disaster. With the organisation of Monte Carle behind it entertain- ments on a scale never before at- tempted-in Nice are anticipated;
SON OF KONG "
At The King's
*Son of Kong" showing at the King's Theatre, is RKO-Radio Pic- tures' sequel to the epic predeces- scr, according to word from Holly- wood following a recent preview.
The theme of the story tends to romance with adventure, rather than toward unmitigated terrors, which, in. "King Kong" reached a high peak in the gigantic ape going to his doom because of a woman. "Son of Kong" offspring of this monster, proves to have startling Instincts of gratitude and chivalry.
In "Son of Kong " the hero, Denham, hearing of a chest of
diamonds, supposedly on Skull Island, leads tion
A
new
land
expedi- and
that lost to
it prehistoric monsters, ac- companied by a small crew and, a girl, who, falling in love with him. has smuggled herself aboard ship.
Fearing the horrible fate of Denham's former crew, the silors mutiny and flee with the ship, leaving Denham, the girl, and three others stranded.
The party is attacked by natives and forced to seek a new landing place. There Denham finds the Son of Kong" trapped in quick- sand. Against the advice of his companions Denham assists the creature, to escape.
The younger Kong proves totally different personality than
his tremendous forbear, and to
the astonishment of the
entire
TOUD of adventurers, appoints
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1934.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT
|2.30, 5.10, 7.15| & 9.30 P.M.
KINGS
The Twelve Foot Ape Befriended them On the Island of King Kong! -
OF KONG
SEE! The bes
The earthquake
The sea serpent 1
The fighting f
VEN
ROBERT ARMSTRONG HELEN MACK, PRANK REICHER, JOHN MARSTON VICTOR WONO" LEB KOHL- MAR, ED BRADY.. Divened by ERNEST & SCHOEDSACK MERIAN C. GOOFER
KING'S NEXT AL FRACTION
himself as a personal bodyguard "Finishing School"
for Denham and Denham's sweet- heart.
The strange spectacle of this oddly assorted band. the аре towering above his companions as of they dare death' in search treasure, is said to provide even greater thrills than the original
SLOTEL
”
Robert Armstrong, the original Denham, again heads the cast while Frank Relcher appears again as Captain Engelhorn. Winsome Helen Mack is the girl in this John fantastic expedition, and. Marston, Clarence Wilson, Victor Wong and Lee Kohlmar play other
roles: "
"AUNT SALLY”
Coming To The Queen's
Besides the brillant performance of Cicely Courtneldge in "Aunt Saily" (Wednesday's attraction at the Queen's Theatre), and the many delightful" cabaret sequen- ces in the picture, there are also many musical numbers which will be whistled and sung everywhere by everybody.
Prominent among these are "You ought to see Sally on Sunday," "Riding on a Rainbow," "My, Wild Oat," "If I had Napoleon's Hist" and "I want a fair and square
man."
The story is concerned with the efforts of Cicely Courtneidge as. Sally Bird to break into cabaret. When she succeeds "she is kid- napped by gangsters and held for ransom, but she folls her abduc-, tors and gains her ambition.
Cicely is riotously funny, her Longs, adagio dancing, and her interludes with the gangster be- ing brimful of humour. She has the support of Sam Hardy, Hart- ley Power, Ben Weldon, Billy ! Milton and Phylla Clare. There's a treat in store.
"Aunt Bally is shown.
when
were well filled. At Juan-les-Pins and Cap d'Antibes the summer, seasons have become so popular that attention is now chiefly con- centrated on that period, while the Casino and some of the principal hotels are closing for the wiiter.
St. Raphael and Valescure, ape- ctally favoured by golfing enthu- siasts, are preparing for a good win- ter, while at the other end of the Cote d'Azur, Mentone, for the first time in its long history as a health and pleasure resort, is now fully
The autumn in Cannes is always pleasant, and the Palin Beach Casino remains open as usual un-equipped for an all-the-year-round
til the Municipal Casino reopens où Dec. I. The Carlton Hotel where the Duchess of Manchester and Lord and Lady Forteviot ut- rived a few days ago-reports bet- ter business than last October, while the Grand Hotel has had a very successful nummer. Other leading hotels, with one exception;
season, The new casino has leap-
ed into popularity this summer. and there was a big crowd of guests from all parts of the Riviera last week when a special gala dine ner was given in honour of M Maurice Chevaller, who was se- companied by Miss Kay Francis and several other film stars.
A palpitating drama of thwarted love that tears at the heart. strings an expose, of fashionale girls' schools which mask
their snobbery under a veneer of exclu- siveness, a biting' arraignment, of society-mad mothers who sacrifice
are ..the
BKO
RADIO PICTURE
Billie Burke, star of stage and screen, will be seen as the vain and shallow mother who cares for nothing but appearances and the į wild merry-go-round of social functions. Ginger Rogers plays an Irresponsible schoolmate, and truant Beulah Bondi is cast in a strong and unique character role, that of the money-hungry and "unmerciful principal 01 V the
| school.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE The No. 25313 25332
NEXT CHANGE MORE THAN ONE
KILL
at Craskelt {Hall"wheen
blind...and
so are the <haperonet!
FINISHING $CHOOL
With
FRANCES DEE BILLIE BURKE GINGER ROGERS BRUCE CABOT JOHN HALLIDAY Directed by Wanda Tuchook and George Nicholls, Jr. Morian C. Cooper, siro. producer, Kenneth Macgowan asso producer
14
REQ RADIO Picture
BEAUTY AND
THE BOSS'
21:
Boss" now
"Beauty And The playing at the Alhambra Theatre. entertaining pic- Kowloon is an ture with radiant romance.
snappy. spicy and
with pretty girls and gay comedy, with a cast Adapted from the stage play, headed by charming Marian Days", by Katharine Marsh, debonair Warren William Klugston. the scenes are fald in aand laugh-provoking Charles But- smart girls' school.
terworth.
** These
The cast was carefully selected So "23 to
obtain the exact types for the various roles and a woman
their daughters on the altar of and ambition, these themes that have been combined formerly prominently connected with one of the large fashionable and. made Into RKO-Radio's! "Finishing School" which will finishing schools in New York was came to
on the set as technical adviser the King's Theatre on
throughout the filming. Thursday.
"Finishing Schoolfs one of the Frances Dee remembered for her first pictures of this theme and "Meg" in "Little Women", has į background to be produced in the leading role, that of the neg- America. It deals with "the lected daughter of ultra-rich romance of a heart-hungry, lone- parents, and, together with Bruce. ly girl who finds happiness with a Cabot, carries the love story. The young doctor who is working as a plot deals with the daughter's waiter in a hotel while serving as clandestine romance with B an interne in a children's hospi- struggling young doctor, and their tal. battle to break down the false barriers of wealth and social post- tion which have been erected be- tween them.
LAST
TWO
DAYS
The story, beautifully environed, is set in Paris and "Vierna. The theme is a modern day version of the Cinderella romance, the story of a poverty-stricken girl, out- wardly of the bashful type but. with courage written. big in her. heart, who wins her way to a job. us the Baron's secretary, and who anally, with the aid of rice clo- thes. transforms herself to such an extent that she steals the Baron from his other loves.
intimacy with her lover is revealed to the head of the school, the Kept apart by the trickery of girl is expelled. The powerful the school superintendent and the
drama reches its climax when she La girl's mother, the two meet clan-
Saved from despair by the destinely. Later, when the girl's timely arrival of her loyal lover.
GULLN'S
AT 2.30, 5,10
7.20 & 9.30
P.M.
BING Made A Man of Her!'
He already had more women than fe could handlel. His fiancee was jealous (and rightly so) of the Dean's daughter, then a chorus girl came thru the dormitory win..
dow and announced she was there to stay? Imagine Bing's embarrasse ment when they all got together!
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:-
HONG KONG
"Son of Kong”.
'QUEEN'S:
"She Loves Me Not"
ORIENTAL:--
"Bottoms Up"
CENTRAL:-
LEE:-
"Love, Never Again"
"Her Highness Commands"
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KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA÷-
D
"Beauty and the Boss" MAJESTIC:-
"She Learned About Sailors"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Finishing School"
QUEEN'S:-
"Aunt Sally' ORIENTAL:-
LEE:-
to
"Kennel Murder Case"
"The Invisible Man"
4 SHOWS DAILY
2.20-6.13
KIS-L30
MAJESTIC
Poza THEATRE LA Nathan Bost Kowlooo.. Tek 572323/
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &"9.20 P.M.
SHE LEARNED ABOUT SAILORS
A FOX Pietars, with
LEW AYRES ALICE FAYE HARRY GREEN Frank MITCHELL Jack DURANT
TAKE VI TRAM ON MAPPY VALLEY BUR
ORIENTAL
PLEMING
·ROAD
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2. MORE DAYS-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW A BIG SHOW
OF LAUGHTER SONG AND MUSIC. *A story of three-fast-working down-and-outers who bad Holly
wood's social lions by the tail-uutil it swung the wrong way!
Real Story! - Grond Comedy!
Swell Musict
ARREL OF FUN
Bottoms Up
h
SPENCER TRACY "PAT" PATTERSON JORN BOLES
TOTALLY DIFFERENT
FROM ANYTHING THAT HAS GONE BEFORE!.
"SHE LOVES ME NOT"
At The Queen's
One of the best "Aim-musicals” come to the local screen is paramount's adaptation of the current season's outstanding theatrical success "She Loves Me Not" starring Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins which opened to. crowded houses at the Queen's Theatre on Saturday. It treats' movie-goers to the strange spectacle of the dlm industry poking fun at itself.
Unlike other film musicals that we have had, this one has a story Woven round it and the plot of the firm begins when a little night-club dancer, witness to a Philadelphia murder, takes refuge in a Princeton dor- mitory. The father of one of the boys who is protecting her is a motion picture magnate, faced with dire ruin 1f his forthcoming college picture is as terribië -as he think it is,
Bo, to save himself from disas ter be 'decided to sign up the dancer and cash in on the result ant publicity
The intervention of gangsters, police and the dean of the univer- rity transforms the affair into a hilarious comedy of misunder~ standing and lightning action, When the commotion and hub- bub subside, Grosby and the dean's daughter are in love, the dancer is in the movies and Princeton is again swelling in its sacred quiet.
Appearing with Crosby and Miss Hopkins, are Kitty Carlile, as the dean's daughter and Henry Ste- phenson as the dean, and in the supporting a cast are Hymer,Lynne Overman, Allen, George Barbier Barnett:
Judith
Vince
It is excellent entertainment, and preceded by two extremely interesting." shorts," the current programme at the Queen's may be safely described as first class.
Helen Mack will be Jack Oakie's deading lady in Paramount's "The Milky Way."
“Man of Aran,” has been chosen as the best picture of the year at the International Cinematograp. The hic Exhibition in Venice. competition was open to all pro- ducing companies throughout the world.
ALHAMBRA
JULNTÁL
TO-DAY ON LIY,
Warner Bros.:
Delightful
HT
Romance,
EAUTY
THE
BOSS
ARLAN MARSH
WARREN WILLIAM
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