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CENTRAL
THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY Daily 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.90
THIS IS THE FICTURE THAT OVERSHADOWS ANY
ONE. EVER MADE!
“GRAND CANARY”
At The King's
Preparations were being made to film a scene in "Grand Canary,"|
Baxter in which Warner
and Roger Imhof are attacked by a
'THE LEGEND OF rough character in Santa Cruz, in
SIEGFRIED”
COLOSSAL OLIMAX OF ACHIEVEMENT. WITH
MUSIC & SOUND
THE ORIENTAL
THEATRE
*Tarzan And His Mate"
"Tarzan and His Mate" will be the feature attraction at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday with ап extra special morning per- formance at 12 o'clock.
the Canary Island. Miss Marjorte Rambeau, proprietor of the hotel in which the fight occurs, had been directed by Irving Cum- mings, director, to stop the night with a blow aimed at the cheek of John Regas.
After Regns, in the role of an ex-bull fighter, had explained to Miss. Rambeau that his bridge- work was new and expensive, ste assured him that she would be sure to hit film well back of his teeth.
„As the film was turning through the camera to record the seene) Miss Rambeau · stepped forward and swung, but with less accuracy than enthusiasm. The result was the three loosened teeth and two bruised knuckles for the actress. She struck him full in the mouth.
Hence, Lasky atids to production costs for his present Fox Film production the bill for new teeth for Regas. The picture opens at the King's Theatre to-day,
TWENTY MILLION
SWEETHEARTS
Commencing At The Alhambra To-day
An
unusual cast with z wide variety of talents was engaged by First National to enact the various roles in the radio romance. "Twen-
Sweethearts," ty Million
which opens to-day
Alhambra at the Theatre. This was due to the fact that while the picture is a comedy drama, it carries many singing numbers as befits a story of the radio.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1934.
TO-DAY ONLY
AT
2.30.5.10,7.15|
& 9.30 P.M.
•KINGS
A ROLE AS GREAT AS THE STAR.
17
HIMSELFI
WARNER
BAXTER
living a new life, lov ing a new love, in this fascinating drama.from
a best-selling novali,
GRAND CANARY
A Jesse L'Lasky Production
DEATH TAKES A
HOLIDAY
Showing To-day At
The Queen's
"Death Takes a Holiday." the much-heralded Paramount pro- duction that has its initial show- tngs to-day at the Queen's Theatre is splendidly cast with Frederic March and Evelyn Venable in leading roles, superbly mounted by Director Mitchell Leisen, and writ- ten for screen presentation by such Maxwell capable scenarists Anderson and Gladys Lehman. The picture is based
the famous drama of eternal romance
upon
A sensational battle with man-eating crocodile, 100 roaring llons in a wild jungle attack, 50 thundering elephants in & mad stampede, 150 savage apes with a peared before in "Gambling Lady." English by Walter Ferris. The
handful of humans at their mercy
Fat O'Brien Heads, the list as a fast talking talent scout. This is his fourth big picture, having ap-
College Coach," and "Bureau of
been known on the screen for years.
by Alberto Casella, adapted in
MADGE EVANS
MARJORIE RAMBEAU ZITA JOHANN
ALSO
IN WAR BABIES" HIR LET TEMPLE'S DEBUT INTO TALKIES AT
THE AGE OF THREE)
AT THE KING'S TO-MORROW
Servants' Entrance"
Getting close-up scenes of a 50-mile-an-hour speedboat from the shore is not a practical method. Director Frank Lloyd de- cided while making exteriors of "Servants' Entrance," which comes
to the King's Theatre on Sunday with Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres
co-starred.
Accordingly, the director created something new in movie circles by designing a floating studio. His
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. No. 25313 -25332
TO-MORROW
GAYNOR AYRES Servants' Entrance
"A FOX PICTURE SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION ON THE STAGE THE FAREWELL PERFORMANCE BY KIND PARSION OF LIEUT-COL. A. E. WILLIAMS, D.S.0, M.C. AND OFFICERS, THE BAND OF THE laT RATTALION THE SOUTH WALES BORD REBS (91 REGIMENT)
WILL PLAT ON SUNDAY, 18TH At 9,30 P.M. ONET.”
GIRL WITHOUT A ROOM
Next Change At The Queen's
comedy by
With romantic interest furnish- ed by Charles Farrell and Mar- guerite Churchill, Charlie Ruggles and Gregory Rat- off and a counter plot with Walter Woolf and Grace Bradley, Para- ráount's "Girl Without A Room" is scheduled as the next change at the Queen's Theatre.
elaborate camera and sound- The picture is an adaptation of recording equipment was mounted Jack Lait's sensational story of on a big flat-bottomed barge the Paris art colony and was formerly used to haul rock for the directed by Ralph Murphy. Char- Arrowhead, Dam, and with ales R. Rogers is the producer.
studio was enabled to go to any mountaineer, wins a scholarship. gasoline tug as motive power, the Tom Duncan, young" Tennessee
-these are some of the one thou- | Missing Persons" although he has and beauty of the stage production, desired location about the lake.
screen play retains all the dignity
and one can detect the matchless writing of Maxwell Anderson in several extraordinarily beautiful love scenes...
sand and one thrills to be seen in ***Tarzan and His Mate," M-G-M's new jungle thriller witn Dick Rowell and Ginger Rogers Johnny Weissmuller, and Maureen have romantic roles as well as The picture tells how this mya- O'Sullivan reunited in an engross singing parts, and both are ex- terious shadow changes his shape ing drama of two people who ceptionally well qualified Dick and form, becomes, for a three- found their Eden in a wilderness.
was a singer and orchestra leader day hollday, a gay, dashing, ro- A continuation of "Tarzan, the
for years before engaging in plc-mantic lover. He comes to "a Ape Man, the plot of
ture work: He also has demons-house-party, concealing his ident- the new picture opens with two white men
trated his ability as an actor inity from every one but the host. who decide to seek out the burldConvention City" "College Coach" who introduces him as a' friend.
the musical spectacles As "a ground of the elephants discover- and in ed by an expedition several years
"42nd Street," "Footlight Parade," Sirki, the guest searches for before. They face death at the and "Gold Diggers of 1933."
thrills, seeks to learn what man hands of savage tribes and risk Miss Rogers, formerly a favou-loves in life that he must fear being torn to pieces by wild beasts rite on the musical comedy stage, death. until they reach the protection of has in recent years been playing But the games, the pastimes of "Tarzan" and his great apas. both straight roles and singing the crowd, bore him.
parts in pictures. She was one of the leads in "Gold Diggers in, 1933
There they see Jane, now ja beautiful woman with the beauty of a wild jungle flower. Passions and "42nd Street." are inflamed. One of the white traders
determines to
Grant Mitchell, who will be re- kili bismembered in "Heroes for Sale
partner and Tarzan and take the "Convention city," "Lilly Tumez girl and the fabulous ivory hoard and other pictures plays a straight dor himself. But "Tarzan" re- role as the radio manager. covers from the bullet wound and One of the big novelties of the returns in a terrific climax with picture is the Four Mills Brothers, his elephants to save his Jane who are known to radio fans all from an awful death which has over the country. Ted Fio Rito already destroyed the two white and his band form another of the
specialty numbers.
Ken.
LEE THEATRE TO-DAY ONLY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 & 9.80 P.M. RALPH LYNN
in
MISCHIEF
with W.NIFRED SHOTTER A REAL PICTURE OF HEALTHY FUN
ALSO ON THE STAGE. At 2.30, 7.30 & 9.80 P.M.
Still others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, the noted screen comedian, Joseph Cawthorne, long famous on the musical comedy stage, Joan Wheeler who recently made a hit on Broadway in "Grow- ing Pain" and Henry O'Neill.
NEW MAJOR-GENERAL
Brigadier Thomas G. Dalby, D.S.O., is promoted Major-General and will vacate command of the 3rd Infantry Brigade at Bordon at the end of the year. The vacan
is caused by the retirement of
Prof. YUNG-PO-CHUNG the 2nd Battalion in 1023. His
and HIS TROUPE of VARIETY ENTERTAINERS,
PRICES:
40 cts., 30 cts, & 20 cts. (including Tax)
Major General C. R. Newman on relinquishing Madras District. The new major-general is 34 and began his service in The King's Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa. Ho succeeded to the command of
special service has included. duty with the Egyptian Army, as adju tant of the 6th Battalion, the old 2nd Royal Middlesex Militia, at] the Senior Officers' School, is G.6.0.1 in France, and as Com- mandant of the War-time Bisley School of Musketry, and of the Hythe Wing. He was in the Somaliland operations of 1904,
fe's
The camera was set up on on corder of the Barge, and Ayres and Miss Gaynor, raced by for shot after shot, coming within a got the scenes he wanted. foot or two of the lens, until Lloyd
Incidentally. Ayres is becoming a speed-boat fan, and spends much of his spare time piloting the fast little craft sround the mile-high resort.
Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly,
to a famous Monmartre art school. Bewildered by his success, he, ar- rives in the colony and because of his naivete, his good, looks and His fat American bankroll, he be- comes a welcome addition to the struggling men and women,
Then he meets Kay Loring, quite the most charming and vivacious artists' model in Paris. Their ro- mance becomes the talk of the town. How they fight back to after Jealousy and them suspicion have separated brings "Girl Without A Room" to a satisfying end.
charming cavaller Prince Astrid Allwyn, Louise Dresser and happiness
Siegfried Runmann and in the cast of "Servants' Entrance" which brings the Gaynor-Ayres team to gether for the first time since their triumph in "State Fair." The story, a hilarious comedy- Boo's novel of the romance, is taken from Sigrid
ssine name,. from which Samson Raphaelson wrote the screen play
Told that Love is the one big thrill in life. Sirk makes love. But the love that is proffered him is all too selfish, beautiful girl he finds love to be the one thing in life that
until in
the arms of a
Man
lives for. And, with his holiday fcently almost completed, he finds that he tove, afraid to leave life. dreading is like any, mortal man who is in the thought of parting with the love be has found.
The picture
น
mounted by Director
Leisen. The cast is excellent, fea- ers as turing such excellent screen play- Taylor, Gall Patrick, Helen West- Sir Guy Standing, Kent
ley, Henry Travers, G. P. Huntley has been magni- Jr. and Kathleen Howard.
Ar 2.30, 5.10
7.20 & 9.30
P.M.
ROYAL WEDDING PLANS
Much public interest is being cen tred in the wedding of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, which is to take place on November 29.
Part of their honeymoon will be spent at Himley, the Warwickshire
to the Duke for that purpose. seat of Lord Dudley, who has lent it
from Buckingham Palace to Padding ton after the wedding breakfast, and will go to Birmingham by special train.
The Duke and his bride will drive
QUEEN'S
FREDRIC MARCH
SHOWING
TO-DAY
TAKES
DEATH
A HOLIDAY
A Paramount Picture with EVELYN VENABLE SIR GUY STANDING
KENT TAYLOR
PARAMOUNT NEWS SPECIAL
ENGLAND AUSTRALIA AIR RACE
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:-
HONG KONG
"Grand Canary” '
QUEEN'S:—
"Death Takes A Holiday"
ן! ·
URIENTAL:~ 17
LEB:
"The Working Man"
"Mischler"
CENTRAL:-
14
"The Legend of Siegfried"
KOWLOON.
ALLAMBRA:-
"20 Million Sweethearta* MAJESTIC:-
"Thirty-Day Princess"
KING'S:-
Sunday
"Servants: Entrance"
QUEEN'S :-
"Death Takes A Holiday" ORIENTAL:-
"Tarzan and Hy Mate“
CENTRAL:-
"The Legend of Siegfried" ALHAMBRAI—
*20 Milon Sweethearts"
4. SHOWS
CARLS
2.30-5,15
7.15-8.30
MAJESTIC
TMHEATRE:
Nathan Road Kawlona, Tel 57222
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M. |
Thirty Days A Princess regally ruling a notion!
THIRTY NIGHTS A WOMAN...trying to
rule her own heart?
Sylvia Sidney
THIRTY-DAY PRINCESS
CARY GRANT
■ Schulberg Production
TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUR
ORIENTAL
LAST.
THEATRE
4 TIMES TO-DAY
YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THIS MARVELLOUS COMEDY MASTERPIECE.
Hailed as the Finest Perform-mies
"of the Screen's,
Master Ador|-|
GEORGE
ABLISS
THE WORKING MAN
I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
Coming To The
Alhambra
FLEMING
ROAD
WANGHAI
TEL. 23478
STARTING TO-MORROW
THE
WORLD'S GREATEST
THRILLER
EXTRA SPECIAL "SHOW. TOMORROW MORNING
·T 12 O'CLOCK.
Jos
TARZANS
CALL ringsout
WEISSMULLER
again!
TARZAN
AND HIS MATE
MAURREN KO'SULLIVAN
Hope and Hops
Another local conference is dealing with liquids. We refer to the British Temperance League, tribute paid yesterday to the good, work done by the Band of Hope. This Institution was called "the 'Band of Hops' in one of our early says the "Yorkshire
this was
If any one, thinks it is a pipe editions, to leap from the roof of a blazing Telegraph and Star." Unfortu- four-story building into a are met,nately for the galety of the city, they have a chance to double for
corrected by a proof....... Pat O'Brien in case he is again called upon to do such a stunt.
reader-one of an insuŝtrious Pat did it once, but he says) body of workers to whom journa- never again unless his life is in lists and the public-owe a great actual danger. **
deal. It is their grim duty to de-
The leap was made for a scene prive the public of many good
in the warner Bros. picture, "I've jokes: * Got Your Number," which comes to the Alhambra on Wednesday,
with Joan Blondell and Pat in the leading roles. Pat plays the part of a telephone lineman who is sent to the top of a burning building to cut some live wires that are en dangering firemen and pedestrians. He is trapped on the blazing roof and forced to jump.
Pat was game to try the stunt, but wanted practice. He was given Instructions on just how to jump by the North Hollywood fire "lad- dles who held the net. His first leap was for a distance of but a Kew feet. Then he went to the second story window and jumped out and finally the third story.
"It didn't seem so bad," said Pat. "But when I got up on top of
the foot and looked down it seem ed about a mile. It was actually about fifty or sixty teet. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach, but the fire was blazing behind me, and I just couldn't back out: Be I took a long breath and went over."^"
Pat landed okay and was, pro-- perly bounced, but not in the least hurt. Nevertheless he is willing to have any such stunts done iry a double: next time.
This scene is one of the thrilling episodes of the picture which also carries plenty of romance and hilarious comedy,
AVALV
COMMENCING TO-DAY
See itaw when I ge NEW »nd UP-TO-DATE! A NEW IDEA IN MUSICALS I'
20 MILLION
Funningsnet Fastest “Welzone Bens, thuseni
SWEETHEARTS
DICK PEAish
SINGER ROGERS
A MINAT PROS
Bensational Bong Rits by TARREN and DUBIN
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