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ROYAL WEDDING “JUNGLE TRAP”
PLANS
Entertainment On Grand Scale
(Special Air Mall Service)
London, Nov. 3. London during Royal Wedding Week will be the gayest city in the
world.
Next Change At The King's
A slaw start some times resalts in a quick inish at the end of the
race.
cartór
of
the
The tortoise and the hare, fable vosel parallels the Charles Laughton, eminent English actor, featured in "Jungle Trap," Paramount's
of route Malay jungles with Caroln Visitors from the provinces and
Lombard. Charles Bickford and the Continent from Nov. 24 to Dec Kant Taylor. The picture is cum- 1 will find a city full of brillanting ) Sunday to the King'a accorations, flood-it buildings and Theatre
Enrly in life, Laughton develop- entertainment on a grand scale.
11 love
the for
stage, theatres, ed Hotels. restaurants, cinemas, shops railways, travet but something always interier.- agencies, and local authorities ared. His parents wanted him to combining to provide a week.oftudy for a career in the British
Navy. For several years, ля endless variety.
The Home Office has played itsing man, he worked in a large London hotel. The job fascinated part by granting facilities for vist him because it gave him op tors from France and Belgium stay-portunities to study all types of ing not more than two days to people Then the World War car- travel without a passport.
tied him still further away from School children all over the the theatre. After a period of country wil, at the King's especial active service, he became interested wish, be given a holiday. Local theatrical work and enrolled in education authorities and school Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Not until 1920 though, did he Governing bodies have been notified make his first professional ap- of this by the Board of Education.pearance on the stage. It was in Travel agencles have arranged play called "The Government In- special excursions from abroad at spector,' at one of London's art reduced fares. The railways, both theatres.. in this country and on the Con- tinent, are co-operating to maké travel cheap and convenient
The Office of Works has decided
From this point onward, Laugh- ten made up for the slowness with which he launched his stage career. a period of a few years, he in worked his way up to the front
on an ambitious scheme of decora-ranks of London stage artists. tion for the streets through which He made his greatest success in
York production Payment Deferred."
of
the procession will pass. The route the New will be lined with flags of Empire
That and of Greece and Denmark, and in 1931; Paramount. officials wit official stands will be covered in the nessel his work, realized his merits red and gold and blue and gold of as a screen player and signed him the Royal colours of Great Britain to a contract. -
He has since appeared in and Greece.
The "Devil and the Deep," Island of Lost Souls," "I had Milliom" and "The Sign of the
"Jungle Trap," Crowe. In plays the role of Horace Prin. a. coarse trader and king of the river in a Malay jungle settle ment. Into this helibolo, he brings his new bride, a lone girl in this maddening jungle surrounded by treacherous natives and women- starved white
Parliament-square will be special- ly decorated by the Westminster City Council Municipal and of cial bulldings along the route will make a colourful sight,
Many applications have been made for extensions of the licensing hour. It is understood that these are being favourably considered,
he
11.. Hungering
for her, they fight and kill for her, but a strange love' redeems
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934.
SHOWING
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KINGS
She was crowned queen of beauty-but all she wanted was the love of the man whose agile brain had made her suchi....... Don't miss the fun in this great comedy-drama with Incidental music and songs!
ROMANCE the RAIN
in
"MANY HAPPY RETURNS"
M
At The Queen's
George Barbler, who specializes in excitable, father roles, admits that his role in "Many Happy Returns" could never be improved upon. In the picture, which is having its final showings to-day at the Queen's Theatre, Barbler is cast in the role of the most harassed father he has ever had to portray, the dad of Gracle Allen.
The picture features Guy Lom- bardo and his Royal Canadians,
-UNIVERBAL PICTURE
"ROMANCE IN THE RAIN"
Showing To-day At The King's
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NEXT
CHANGE
JUNCLE
TRAP"
A Paramount Pictura with
LAUGHTON
Carole
LOMBARD
Charles
BICKFORD
HIDE OUT
Due To-morrow At The Queen's
By virtue of its complete charm, good humour and romance. "Hide Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer An unusually clever. clean and Out," the wholesome comedy Is Universal picture due to open to-morrow at "Romance in the Rain" a roman- the Queen's Theatre is not only tic screenplay with music, to-day | good but it's clean and has 4 at the King's Theatre.
little bit of everything in it to Roger Pryor (of "Moonlight and entertain the whole family Brief- Pretzels" fame) and Heatherly the story concerns, the re- Angel, lovely young English ac generation of a hard-boiled racke- tress, are happily mated as, the teer who is forced into the coux- romance couple in the film. They try for the first time in his life make a very attractive and ap when things get too hot for the
him. big city to hold
In the The story is of a modern Cin-country he meets THE girl and derella who like her famous learns about farming and love. namesake
fiction is beset Not only learns about them but with poverty and drudgery at learns to like them so much that, home until her Prince Charming when the law finally catches up comes along and opens wide the with him, it is understood that gates of wonderland to her. he will return to the soil and be
a better man for it.
A MILLIONAIRE her at the tearful price of suicide George Burns and Gracle Allen, pealing screen pair
FAMILY
Windfalls In Death Duties
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Oct 31.
Major "Archie" Morrison who died in London recently, was at one time, like his brother, the late Mr. Hugh Morrison, an M.P., and had many other activities besides politics.
Yet it is fair to say that there can have been few families in Eng- land which were so little known to the general public in comparison with their enormous wealth.
Major Morilson's uncle, Mr. Charles Morrison, was only known as "well off" when he died in 1909 at the age of 91. The sensation when death duties of £1,000,000 were paid on his estate of £11,000,- goo can be imagined.
Death Duties Contrast
It is interesting to speculate what figure Major Morrison's estate will reach.
and murder. Jungle Trap" was directed by stuart walker.
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ZIWAR PASHA
Useful In Crises
(Special Air Mail ServiCA)
London, Oct. 31. It is not surprising to read that ALS Pasha's appointment Zlwar Chief of the Royal Cabinet has re- leved the political tension in common sense and His Egypt. courage have proved very useful in other crises.
When in 1924 Zaghlui resigned after the murder of the Sirdar had brought an ultimatum from the British Government, Zlwar Pasha was the only Egyptian prepared to assume the Fremiership.
His calmness in the face of abuse from all parties enabled him in eighteen, months to bring the coun- try back to normal conditions.
An Honorary G.C.M.G.. One result of his visit to London In 1925, when the King made him an Honorary G.CMG, was the ...Besides the £11,000,000 of Char-acquisition of Bute House as the
les Morrison, there were the "£3,- 000,000 of Miss Ellen Morrison, the
£2,000,000 of Col. Walter Morrison, and the £1,750.000 of Mr. Hugh
Morrison.
.
It is significant of the increase in death duties that whereas the £11,000,000 estate paid £1,000,000 to the Treasury in 1909; in 1931 over £500,000 was paid on Mr. Hugh Morrison's estate of £1,750,- 000.
BISHOPS UNDER FORTY
Egyptian Legation in London. For this step, of which King Fuad the- toughly approved, he was censured by the Egyptian Chamber after his
resignation.
Zlwar Pasha's monumental calm is enhanced by a portly presence. He must weigh something in the neighbourhood of 20 stone.
THE EX-KING OF CREECE
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London, Oct. 13.
It is said that as soon as the Royal wedding is aver ex-King George of Greece will set off on a visit to India. He will be the
(Special Air Mail Service)-
London,. Oct. 31, The new Bishop of Ripon, the Rev. G. C. L. Lunt, is one of the guest of the Viceroy and Lady select company of male celebrities Willingdon, and will also stay with who withhold the dates of their | a number of rulers of native States. birth from the pages of Who's His trip,which will occupy 'Who,"
several months, has only been,
Now that he has been raised to made possible as the result of im- Le episcopate while still in his proved communications with India. forties he has no reason to be shy For some time past the Monar- about the disclosure. His 49th chist cause in Greece has been birthday will, in fact, fall on making great headway. In the un-
·Dec. 9.
certain political state of the coun- The Bishop of Blackburn is some try anything may happen... Fght months bis ponior. but has King George would not therefore already been a bishop for twelve years. The youngest bishop on the contemplate a long journey at this bench is still Dr. Haigh, of Coven moment if the trip by air from try, who kept his 47th birthday last India to Greece were not so com-
paratively, swift. month.
the famous "nitwits of the net- works" who have recently appear- ed in" "We're not Dressing" and "Six of a Kind."
Barbier, heading the supporting cast, returns from a trip to Europe to and that his daughter Gracle. is more eccentric than he thought possible. To get her off his hands he pays. George Burns to marry her. But even that did not put a stop to Barbler's troubles, and It was only the start of George's. "Many Happy Burns" was direct- ed by Norman McLeod from the screen play by J. P. McEvoy and Claude Binyon.
"THE KING"
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London Oct. 31. The ritual of drinking the King's health in a ballroom is to be re- vived on Nov. 7 by Lady Cam- bridge at the United Services Ball at which she will act as hostess.
The last hostess of an outstand- ing ball at which this ceremony was performed in Brussels on June 17, 1915, the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, the King's health was drunk when the news was brought that Napoleon was approaching.
Guests will dine at "regimental" tables, over which the colours of each regiment are draped. As midnight strikes, Guardsmen will
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KING'S:—
"Romance In The Rain"
QUEEN'S:—
"Many Happy Returns
HIENTAL:
"Men in White"
KOWLOON
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"Madame Du Barry"
MAJESTIC:—”
"The Thundering Herd"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Jungle" Trap"
QUEEN'S :-
"Hide Out”
ORIENTAL:-
**20.000 Years In Sing. Bing"
STAR:
"Love on Wheel"
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"are secretly in Love with their doctors.! Gable, bandsomer than ever, shows you why.
Clark GABLE
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A! LAUREL & HARDY
EXTRA EXTRA
In their latest screaming comedy "MIDNIGHT PATROL"
Interspersed in the story is plenty of good. walloping chuckles In the capable hands of writers supplied by Victor Moore. Vice Goodrich and Hackett, who have President Tharttlebottom of "Of the knack of pulling such things Thee I Sing" fame, noted Broad-up by their bootstraps and mak- way comedian, and Esther Ralston, ing you like them, and with the ..who scores handsomely in the direction of Van Duke, who makes
Ruth role of an alluring vamp.
a habit of good pictures, there is Donnelly
ап gives
excellent characterization aa Moore's faith- ful secretary who, despite her long worthwhile going to see years of rervice, has never lost
really Robert Montgomery is her sense of humour.
the delightful as
racketeer and Others who contribute good per-Maureen O'Bullivan is quite per- formances are Pail Kaye, Christian" fect as the girt Between thern Guinn Williams and David Worth they made the country a very nice One of the musical highlights place indeed. And the comedy of of the picture is the Cinderella the picture is in the reliably cap- ball, featuring a flock of dancing able hands of Elizabeth Fatterson beauties, the Downey Sisters and and Mickey Rooney, who turn in The Five Cinderellas. Jay Gorney performances that make you hope and Don Hartman have supplied everyone will see them Edward several catchy songs, with "Love Arnold as the detective and Ed- At Last the theme song particu-ward Brophy as his side kick bol- Stuart Walkerster up the support no end and C larly appealing. Prominent stage and screen direc-
Henry Gordon, tor turned in an excellent job on this film.
ness that makes the picture HEIRESS'S JADE
sound a fanfare of trumpets, and" the guests will rise and drink the King's health as they did on the historic occasion 119 years ago.
NECKLACE
Chinese Dealer's £7,000 "Profit
New York, Oct. 31.
A Chinese Jade merchant and an Armenian jeweller met, in the New York Supreme Court to settle a dispute over a jade necklace which and
Mdivani Prince Alexis Whitford.
bought last December as a Christ- others da excellent work, each de-
mas present for his wife, the serving special attention.
former Barbara Hutton, the Wool-- worth heiress.
:1
Oh, My!
I read of an electrican who calls electical children after all his terms. Watts in a name.
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The Prince paid £8,000 for his but the Chinese dealer, gift, Chang Wen T, a white-haired, milld-mannered man, smitted in the witness-box, to-day that it He gost only £500 in China. ffled to explain how multifarious tazes accounted for the surprising difference in the two figures.
The Armenian, Mesrob Atlkian, complains that Chang, formerly his partner, falled to pay him 10 per cent. commission on the sale. Chang denies that there was any need to pay this, and the argu- ments of the two former partners, neither of whom speaks English with ease both puzzled and amused the jury.” ⠀⠀
When the court was adjourned Chang said the necklace was quite a short one, technically known as achoker," and sáld it was exactly like hundreds of others to be pleked up in his native land for a comparatively modest sum The prince, he said, purchased it at the request of his wife, who had seen it in the window.
He Know Mr. Staylate Do you
that
carries me, uwa) Miss Sharp
Do let me play to
quite
that
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She Climbed from the Gutter
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