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FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY DAILY 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9,80.
HIGH SOCIETY WASNT TOO HIGH FOR THIS CHORUS GIRL
COLLEEN MOORE Social
Register
TO-MORROW
THE PICTURE THAT OVER-SHADOWS ANY ONE EVER MADE!
"THE LEGEND OF SIEGFRIED"
COLOSSAL CLIMAX OF ACHIEVEMENT WITH
MUSIC & SOUND
KING'S THEATRE “GRAND CANARY”
"The House Of Rothschild"
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GUESSING COMPETITION The Winners of the above Com- petition are as follows:-- 1-Mrs. C. 5: Fisher of Royal Naval Armament Depot, Queen's Rd., East. 2-Miss O. Barretto, c/o Siemens
China Co.
1 Mr. C. A. Goldenberg, c/o T. J.
Bridge & Son.
The above winners are requested to call at the King's Theatre Office for the prize awarded.
FILM STARS MARRY
Hollywood," Nov. 15. The latest film star romance to reach a culmination here is the marriage of Lew Ayres and "Ginger" Rogers, which took place yesterday. Reuter,
Showing At The King's
"Grand Canary," now showing at the King's Theatre is a truly magnificent love drama, giving Warner Baxter one of his (nnest romantic roles.
Set in the picturesque back- ground of the place from which the title of the tim is derived, the picture tells of a young doctor and scientist (Warner Baxter} whose career is apparently wreck- ed by the fallure of his new serum which kills three people. He starts on a journey to oblivion -and on board a ship bound for the Canary Islands, he meets a beau- tiful giri (Madge Evans) sailing from an unhappy marriage. They fall in love and when they resah the place Baxter's scientific skill is summoned to stem a plague of yellow fever. The way in which he does his heroic work and in which he saves the life of the girl he loves, forms a thrilling
SHORT-TENANCY climax and makes the picture both
FLATS
By The Week, Month, Or The Year
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Oct. 28. London is becoming used to the sight of huge new blocks of flats in all likely and unlikely places, but the new Mount Royal building near the Marble Arch, which is to be opened on November 1, is some- thing new. It consists of 650 furnished flats at prices varying from three to seven guineas a week which can be rented by the week the month. or the year. The tenant can eat in a restaurant or
dramatic and entertaining.
As stated, the picture affords Baxter one of his finest romantic
roles. He was ably supported by rest of the cast including Marjorie
Madge Evans as the girl, while the
Rambeau, Zita Johann and H. B. Warner, help in no small measure
towards the success of the film.
privacy he can lock his door. in which case nobody else except the manager will be able to open it. The front door of the building itself, on the other hand, has no lock. He can come and go at all hours without 'hindrance..
Inspecting the fats to-day, one was interested to see what is con- sidered essential to the tenant's comfort nowadays. "Every side- board has a cocktail cabinet and every kitchenette has a refrigera tor. So far as one can judge, a lazy person need never leave the In his own fat. Service is provid-building at all Within its four
ed, but if he has a passion for walls he can consult a doctor or
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a dentist, buy his cigarettes, have his hair cut or his wife's face Hfted, and even take his exercise, for a wide balcony like, the pro- menade deck of a ship runs round the whole of the seventh floor. The balcony is. really an ingenious form of compliance with the LC.C. regulation that all floors higher than eighty teet from the ground must" have balconies for fre- escape purposes.
KNIGHTS OF THE AIR
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Oct. 28.
It was stated authoritatively that the King will take an early op- portunity of conferring knight- hoodson C. W. A. Scott and T Campbell Black, winners of the great air race.
The news will be welcomed. both In England and -Australia,
The conferring of two knight hoods for the same adventure has a precedent in the case of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown who flew the Atlantic in 1919.
One suggestion made in London was that the Duke of Gloucester should confer the knighthoods on behalf of the King during the Mel bourne centenary celebrations.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934.
LAST TWO-DAYS
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BOOKING
THEATRE Tec. No. 25318
KINGSE
A ROLE AS GREAT AS THE STAR
HIMSELFI
WARNER
BAXTER
living a new life, low- ing a new love, in this fascinating drama from a best-selling novell
GRAND CANARY
A Jesse L. Lasky Production
RADIO STARS
In "Twenty Million Sweethearts"
The old days when audiences left a theatre whistling and num- thing, will return when the First National picture, "Twenty Million Sweethearts," open to-morrow at the Alhambra Theatre....
MADGE EVANS
MARJORIE RAMBEAU ZITA JOHANN
ALSO-
IN WAR BABIES"
(SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S DEBUT INTO TALKIES AT
THE AGE OF THREE)
STRAIGHT IS
THE WAY"
Now Showing At The
Queen's
SUNDAY
WHEN A MILLION HEIRESS TAKES A FLING AT SERVANT. LIFE ... THERE'S LAUGHTER AND LOVE A PIENTY!
GAYNOR AYRES Servants Entrance
with
NED SPARKS WALTER CONNOLLY GP HUNTLEY, IR A FOX PICTURE
LILLY TURNER
Showing At The
Alhambra
Quy Kibbee is realizing an old and all-but-forgotten boyhood am- bition of his in playing the role ¦ of "Doc" McGill, travelling miracle very absorbing picture, full of human interest, is the current film around rejuvenator, in Ruth Chat- mari, gland "specialist and all-
attraction at the Queen's Theatre. terton's latest First National plc- The story concerns a young masture, Lilly Turner," now playing who, having served five years im- at the Alhambra. prisonment decides to keep
Kibbee when ten years old, was
Harry Warren and Al Dubla who wrote the melodies for "42nd Street" "Gold Diggers of 1933,"straight He is beset with many consumed with a turning desire" to and music in "Footlight Parade" are responsible for the music, and lyrics of "20 Million Sweethearts," supplying four new song hits:
The Four Mills Brothers, radio headliners, contribute a group of their favourite selections to the picture, as does the famous mus cal aggregation, Ted Flo Rito and his orchestra.
The Three Radio Rogues famed from coast to coast for their per- fect impersonations of radio not- as their ables, open the picture voices produce flawless imitations of several celebrities of the world of the other waves."
Dick Powell, plus an elongated, Waxed false mustache and a
temptations and ultimately finds himself in a scrape from which however, he emerges triumphant- ly.
be a travelling medicine man, at the bead of his own show. He says he never missed any of the medicine shows that came to the runsTexas town, where be lived.
A romantic interest through the whole length of the film, which, on the whole is quite good entertainment, t
"Boy, what a kick I used to get out of listening to the Doc's sonor ous periods, as he rolled off his The supporting programme, 18 spiel about the marvelous re- better than we have usually come medies," said Kibbee. "I used to to expect. The "Gooty Movies" is go home after one of those sessions full of subtle wit, while the "Vital and practice reeling off the rig- Victuals" teaches some tricks in marole myself. I thought it was cookery in a m108% Interesting pretty good, too. manner conceivable. The "Big "A little show of some. And-a Idea" is a one-reel comedy that blackface act, or a singing and is packed with ticklish situations i dancing number, an oriental; dan- while those who were thrilled by cer, a ropespinner, a monologist-
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
KING'S:—
HONG KON
"Grand Canary" QUEEN'S :-
"Straight Is The Way" ORIENTAL:
"The Working Man"
CENTRAL:-
"Social Register"
KOWLOON
ALJAMBRÄN
"Lilly Turner" MAJESTIC:-
Thirty-Day Princess"
KING'S:—
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Coming
"Servants" Entrance"
QUEEN'S:—
"Death Takes A Holiday”
ORIENTAL:-
"Tarzan and Hia Mate” "Men in White"
ALHAMBRA:-
"20 Million Sweethearts"
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THIRTY NIGHTS A WOMAN...trying to
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1:4
Sylvia Sidney
In
THIRTY-DAY PRINCESS
CARY GRANT
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BETTE DAVIS
"THE WORKING MAN"
YOU'LL WISH THIS GLORIOUS PICTURE
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waite's costume, starts his singing the law lande event shooting always preceded the business part DEATH TAKES A a beautiful young girl and in her
in the picture with the popular the Flying
song, "The Man on
The first part of the
Trapeze,"
story discloses Dick as a singing wafter in a Hollywood cafe, and he carries out his part with all the gusto of the performers in Bob Perry's "Brass Rail" one of the show places of the film colony.
A revised version of "The Last Roundup" is rendered by a quar- tette of Hebrew comics who, with novelty, name their selection "The Last Wind-up.”
of King Alexander and the Eng land-Australia Air race should not miss the "Hearst Newsreel" which contains some reference to both these chapters in history.
of the performance. The glamour of it was real. I believed every word those old fakirs uttered.
"That's why I had such a lot of fun playing Doc McGill in the pic- ture.. I played the old boy as he looked to the kind of an unsophis-
George Brent has the leading male role opposite Miss Chatterton
The Four Mills Brothers, whenticated youth I was in those days."" they next appear, give a novelty rendition of the catchy tune, "How 'm I doin'?" which starts feet tapping in time.
HOLIDAY Coming To The Queen's
arms Ands all of life's beauty: Then his holiday is over, and, like any mortal man, he is afraid, dreads to leave the life he finds BC dear.
Mitchell Leisen, the pleture's di- rector, may well be proud of this, his second picture. Like "Gradie Song." the picture which brought A photoplay which must be in Dorthea Wieck to the American in "Ly Turner," while others included on anyone's list of the ten screen. It is a masterpiece of photo- the cast include Frank McHugh, best pictures of 1934 comes on play art.
Frederic March delivers Ruth Donnelly, Robert Barrat, Mar- Sunday to the Queen's Theatre. Jorie Gateson, Gordon Westcott It is Paramount's production of splendid performance, the which William A. "Death Takes A Holiday" starring is bound to bring him to the fore and Grant Mitchell.
Frederic March and featuring as one of the outstanding conten Wellman directed.
Evelyn Venable, Sir Guy Standing, ders for the 1934 Best Acting and Kent Taylor. Though direct Award of the Academy of Motion marvelous recording of the songed by a man comparatively new in Picture Arts and Sciences. Evelyn directorial circles, Mitchell Leisen, Venable is excellent as is every "What Are Your Intentions?" It is one of the most magnificent membr of the cast of this well-
mounted production. is the fourth of the Warren and ly beautiful productions ever to Dubin hits in the picture. When grace the talking screen. first heard, it is rendered by Ted Flo Rito's orchestra with Ted playing a plano solo. The trio of the good-looking singers with orchestra, The Three Debutantes, also give this song in their clever fashion.
Dick's following song. as the story unfolds is "TU String Along With You," another. Warren and One of the first shots of a large | Dubin hit, although in the picture, metropolitan radio station, when it would appear that Allen Jen- the course of the story first landskins is the author. Dick there, affords a performance "I'll String Along With You" of the inimitable Mills. Brothers has
hit hit. all the essentials of a as they render. "It wasn't Told To song. It has rhythm, swing, en- Me-I Only Heard."
gaging words and is rendered with Ginger Rogers, as a radio per- all of Dick's engaging personality. former, is heard as she sings. "Fair and Warmer" is another "Out For. No Good," the first song by the ace-team which is Warren and Dubin music to be destined to hit the best-seller heard in the engaging picture. "class of the music marts. Ted Flo Ginger, formerly on the musical Rito and bla orchestra, in their comedy stage, reveals a delightful appearance as the music-masters ,singing, voice.
ina Long Island inn, deliver a
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QUEEN'S
AT. 2.30, 5.10
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STRAIGHT WAY
THE
A GIRL CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU!
An all-star cast in a pulsating drama ofa hig city its romance, its drams, its thrills!
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·KAREN MORLEY · GLADYS GEORGE
NAT PENAS CON
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Its grandiose settings, its superb dialogue and splendid acting make this provocative, dramatic ro mance, one of the great pictures of all time. From the famous play by Alberto Casella, adapted into English by Walter Ferris, Para- mount gave the screen play into the capable hands of Marwell Anderson, Pulitzer prize winner, and Gladys Lehman
The story is based on the in- triguing idea of Death, the eternal shadow, taking a three-day holiday that he may come to this world to taste life's pleasures to the full He comes as a gay, dashing ro- mantic Prince, his real person un- known to the guests at the house party at which he makes his ap- pearance. For three days, he par- ticipates in all their games, and pastimes, seeking to "And some reason for man's love of life and fear of death. But the prince be Comes bored with life's pleasures. He saves the excitement of love until nearly the end of his holiday, And that, too, disillusions him, He is unable to find an imselfian love. a love that knows no fear, a love so sternal that even the knowledg of his true character would be an able to shätter ft2
Almost at the end of his holiday his search is successful. Ho
ALHAMBRA
LAST TIMES TO-DAY
It WI Make Frisco Jenny Turn Pale!
AUT
GATERTON
Lilly Turner
A-New
OMIELI
EL BRENT
Musicalst SWEETHEARTS
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