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· Harold Lloyd in a scene from " Cat's Paw," coming to the King's"
Theatre.
MOVIE NEWS
Peter Lorre's first American film will be The Child of Europe." based on the strange adventures of Caspar Hauser, who suddenly appeared in the streets of Nurem- berg in 1828, unable to speak or explain who he was. From child- | hood "till the age of eighteen he had been kept in a torture cham- ber and treated as a dumb animal. This and his later life will form the material of the picture.
4 SHOWS
DAILY
1,30-5.13
7.15-8.20
"Million Dollar Baby" a forth- - coming Monogram picture, will satirise the prevalent craze in Hollywood for signing up all and sundry children in the hope that they will blossom into imitation Shirley Temple.
M.G.M. Intend to co-star Jean Crawford, William Powell, and Franchot Tone in a musical plc- ture which at present remains without a title. There will be three songs for Joan. -
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TO-MORROW MONDAY-TUESDAY
JOAN never so fascinating... as the girl who puts ten coats worth of love into a $17.000.000 marriage!
Zane Grey's
LIFE IN THE
RAW
George O'Brien
Claire Trevor
Greta Nissen
“JUST SMITH "
Commencing At The Queen's
A cleverly-constructed, distinctly: amusing story is told in "Just Smith" the screen adaptation of Frederick Lonsdale's "Never Come Back Tom Walls who plays the leading role directed the film and has the strong support of
Anne Grey, Carol Goodner, Hartley Pow- er, Leslie Perrins and Peter Gaw- thome. The picture showing from to-day at the Queen's Theatre, la an obvious proposition for the hordes of Walls fans. It allows him full opportamity to exploit his personality and wealth of neatly- interpolated gesture. Hartley Pow- er is excellently cast as the polish- ed counterpart of Emith and the satirical and witty dialogue and the mysterious actions of a couple of gentlemantly crooks. he and Smith, contribute to the bright and breezy entertainment.
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CRAWFORD
Sadie McKee
FRANCHOT TONE
GENE RAYMOND
EDWARD ARNOLD. ESTHER RALSTON
"THE MERRY
WIDOW"
Has Gala Premiere
The Broadway premiere of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's long- heralded THE MERRY WIDOW, Chevalier co-starring Maurice
and Jeanette MacDonald, took on the glamour of a Hollywood first night, with powerful spotlights pouring down on the Astor Theatre, with microphones placed In the lobby for the introduction of celebrities, and mounted police holding in check the vast crowds who came to catch a glimpse of their film favourites.
Among stage and screen cele- brities who attended the opening ing were Jeanette MacDonald, who came to New York'especially for the occasion, Ernst Lubitsch, | director of this Irving Thalberg production, Helen Hayes and ber husband, Charles MacArthur, John McCormack, Colleen Moore, Mae Murray, Lois Moran, Dorothy Mackall, Barbara Barondess, Ben
“I'VE GOT YOUR Hecht, S.N. Behrman, Ted Lewis,
NUMBER"
Showing At The Alhambra
"I've Got Your Number" which was screened at the Alhambra last night is a pictufe well worth see- ing. This Alim deals with the trials, troubles and tribulations of a telephone breakdown man and .switchboard operator,
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and numerous, others.
Broadway Alm critics were en- thusiastic in their praise of "THE MERRY WIDOW. and the New York Daily News awarded the ple- ture four stars (highest possible. rating).
friendly breakdown man takes it upon himself to see that the scales of justice are properly weighted.
How he performs this tricky business is something the flim can tell best.
Pat O'Brien is largely responsible for that, and the vigour he puts into his dialogue is happily set off Everything is going smoothly by Allen Jenkins's performance as until a gang of crooks üre the his loyal if somewhat thick-witted operator, unknown, to herself, as a friend. Joan Blondell, a Ane ac- tool in their shady business. Pro- tress who plays comedy just as it tekting her innocence, abe is should be played needs no recom- hustled away into custody, and the ( mendation
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1934.
SHOWING. TU DAY
ar 2.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
KINGS
Sydney
HOWARD in
BY
DUDLEY STURROCK
INITED ARTIST
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TRE No. 25813 25332
NEXT HANGE-
OUT OF THE TEAPOT INTO
THE TEMPEST!
Fox Picture
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HONG KONG
KING'S:-
#Trouble"
QUEEN'S:-
"Just Smith" ORIENTAL:-
LEE:-
"Life In The Raw*
“Nagana"
KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA:-
"I've Got Your Number" MAJESTIC:-
"Tarzan and His Mate'
Coming
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THEATRERAS, Nathan Road Kawldo. Tel. 5722. SHOWING TC÷I'AY: At 2,30, 5.20, 7,20 & 9 20 1,31,
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Studies in expression by Sydney Howard in hist
new 8. & D. comedy
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QUEEN'S
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Walls
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7.20-& 9.30
P.M.
JUST SMITH"
from FREDERIC LONSDALE'S Gay Story of a Society Crook
with
ANNE GREY-CAROL GOODNER- HARTLEY POWER.
Gaumont British Production
KING'S:~~~
"The Cat's Paz" QUEEN'S:—
"Scarlet Empress" ORIENTAL:-
홍수
"Sadie McKee"
Fashion of 1934"
"Private Jones"
ALHAMBRA:-
STAR:
LEK:
"This Sporting Age"
"She Was A Lady"
"Rasputin" "Pilgrimage"
"The Deeds Men Do"
TROUBLE
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Showing At The King's
WEISSMULLER
TARZAN
MATE
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
His primitive love.call will bring jou a new kind of thrill. ace the" une and only Tarzan dure a thousand jungle terrors-tor bis br.de-in the greatest adventure romance of all time l
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Picture
JIMMY THE GENT
Coming To The Alhambra
The same qualities of verve and vivaciousnesY that raised Alice While from the abscurity of a script girl to one of the most popu-.. lar screen stars a few years" ago, are displayed by this petitë, red- gold blonde in “Jimmy The Gent," the Warner Bros. picture coming to the Alhambra on Friday with James Cagney in the stellar role.
Sydney Howard goes back to sca in his latest British and Dominions Ber two years absence from the picture, "Trouble," which is now screen has in no way dampened showing at the King's Theatre.
her ardour nor her flery en- "Trouble" Wis directed by thusiasm which finds its expres- Maclean Rogers,
and introduces sion in an eager aliveness in the Sydney Howard as a ship's steward Joy of living. There is the same on a pleasure cruise boat which old sparkle that seems to be part has among its holiday makers on and parcel of her unusual person- board a pair of astute jewel ality. There is the same piquant thleves. It is the steward's inno- | face with its ever ready smile. cent complicity in their theft and his subsequent unmasking of the crooks that causes all the fun.
Now although' Sydney Howard has played in previous films as a soldier ("Splinters"), a would-be gentleman (Almost a Divorce"), a football enthusiast ("Up for the Cup"), a mayor ("The Mayor's Nest"), a punter Up for the Derby"), В monarch (''It's B King"), and a butler ("Night of the Garter"); he has never ap- peared on board ship..
Yet a subject with a sea back- ground brings Back happy memories to him—for it was in the stage show, "Hit the Deck," that he first came into prominence as a comedian of unusual bril- liance.
"Hit the Deck" was, tri fact, the turning point of Sydney Howard's
career.
Until then he had been dogged by ill-lock. Making his debut as a sparé-time 'comedian he became attached to a concert party at St. Anne's-on-Sea, usar Blackpool.
His worth was immediately re- cognised-for he was given. ✡ part in a big provincial revue, called "The Radium Girl”
"The Radium «Girl”, actually came to London-that wis eighteen years ago and there is no doubt that but for the inter- vention of the war Sydney Howard would have been a top-line star Inside twelve months.
As it was, he had to start again at the bottom after the war, and it was not until 1927 that fame came his way."
Although he had come to Lon- don before that date he had never been In the position to stay. Naturally, the West End stage was his ambition, us it is of every. actor, straight or comio-but the supreme chance always eluded Him.
Then, in 1927" he stepped 'into the cast of "Hit the Deck" át a moment's notice and came with the show to London. His part, as Battlink Smith became the most talked of thing in the whole bill -and Bydney Howard, of Yeadon, Yorkshire, became a London star over-night.
From that time Sydney has never looked back. His work on the stage has made hatna national favourite and on the screen he is rapidly eilmbing to a position of International eminence.
And Miss White, in “Jimmy The Gent" has the same sexy hot-cha role that made her so welcome of old. Ever on the make, in her innocent baby doll manne", she accepts the attentions of the pre- datory male as they come,
This is the second picture in which she has been teamed with Cagney this season, having appear. ed with him in "Picture Snatcher," and in both pictures they are ex- cellently paired in wise cracking. sharp shooting characterizations.
Miss White acts as a foil to the more sober Bette Davis who insists that the particular racket of chasing heirs for unclaimed estates De run on the level. Others in the cast include Allen Jenking as Miss White's lover, Alan Dinehart, Phil- lip Reed, Philip Faversham, Arthur. Rohl Mayo Methot, and Hobart Cavanaugh
The picture is based on the hlarious comedy romance by Laird Doyle and Ray Nazarro and adapted by Bertram Milhanser. Michael Curtiz directed.
ALNAMBRA
HEATHE
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
211 LAUGHS IN 69 MINUTES by actual count!
JOAN BLONDELL
- TVE GOT YOUR NUMBER
A Warner Bros. Laugh Biợt with PAT O'BRIEN - GUNDA PARRIER
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