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RED MORNING
A seuforing adventuress who shares the perks of the tropical deep with the staunchest and bravest men is che heroine of *Red Morning." the thrill-film of love in the Antipodes showing locally for the first time at the King's Theatre.
Steff Duna is the courageous protagonist. With Regis Toomey as her lover, she satis a course of dangerous adventure in equatorial waters in her, father's schooner. When the treacherous, first mate Hawker scuttles the Papua with its dummy carga
claim in- to
a "surance, the girl escapes in
dinghy to a tribal village where she is captured. She earns her freedom by saving the dying' chief's sun from snake-bite..
The heroine "Kara" locates her fance at a savage native island where he has been captured and tied to
↑ tree. Shc effects a daring rescue of him.
The story action of "Red Morn ing" is set in the vivid and colour-
ful locales of New Guinea and the Fijl Islands. James Shackelford and George Dromgold travelled a special expedi- 25,000 miles in
cameras tlon, armed with four and a complete RCA recording outfit. They spent more than ten months at these scenes ilving with savage headhunters among tropical peris, but were rewarded by beautiful scenic photography! depicting native rituals heretofore unseen on the screen,
WHIRLPOOL
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Jack Holt, virile action star. portrays the character t, "Dake de uxe. in Sheldon," racketeer Columbia's Whirlpool" having its
showings Anal
to-day at the Queen's Theatre, Supporting him
Jean in this moving drama Arthur, Donald Cook, Allen Jen- kins, Lila Lee, and Rita La Boy and the story smoothly unfolds and buds to a dramatic denbue- iment with more than usual in terest throughout. Hole is seen in Rankin, the role of
carnival owner who is sent to the peniten- tiary, for twenty years. At the expiration of his sentence, soon establishes himself as Shal- "don in the underworld with the ald of his former henchman "Mac" with his who furnishes hilarity thousand-and-one imaginary all- ments, a'role excellently played by Allen Jenkins. The discovery of his daughter as a newspaper re- porter and his wife as the wife of a prominent judge greatly in volves matters, An Inescapable situation ensues when a "shyster lawyer unearths Sheldon's past
threatens the and
wife and
he
LITTLE MINISTER
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1935.
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT 2,30.5.10.7.15*
& 9.30 P.M.
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
now
Katharine Hepburn starred in the most colourful pro- duction of her remarkable career, which is "The Little Minister," RKO-Rådlo's picturization of Sir Story, James Barrie's Immortal coming to the King's Theatre on Saturday.
It was necessary to construct an endre Scotch village, the town of Thrums or Kirriemuir, the modern name for the town. A reproduc- tion of the village in its entirety rests quietly in the shadows of the California Hills, a work of art on the part of experts on Scottish architecture and landscape, who worked with the studio scenic experts.
The picture gives many views ct the exquisitely intimate village of Thrums. Barri's birthplace. It is shown in contrast with the famous Rintoul Castle, which was bullt after the style of the old Norman castles, with high ceilings, leaded glass windows and huge stone stairways.
Against this background Ka- tharine Hepburn's greatest star- eing vehicle, Barrie's "The Little Minister. recreate's the quaint charm and events in the village of Thrums. with all the moving romance of which Barrie alone is capable and which Miss Hepburn so ably interprets with her inex- haustible resource of power,
John Beal portrays the Little Minister, and Alan Hale plays Rob Dow. Richard Wallace directed.
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MIDNIGHT ALIBI
After holding the title of one of America's foremost sports-author- ities for a quarter of
a century, Damon Runyoz began to display his versatility a few years ago by creating a series of short stories, dealing with present day New York and its night life that are classics of their kind.
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MORNIN
PREVIEW
The Captain Hates
The Sea
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The Captain Hates The Sea" sounds somewhat unusual but as it is only a title of a film, perhaps the expression loses some of its strangeness. Anyway, that is the title of one of the best pictures Victor McLaglen has appeared in for many a long day and when it is mentioned that he has such 25 Alison Skipworth, players Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert Walter Connolly and Claude G- lingwater in the supporting cast. cinema fans may form some idea what first class entertainment wil be provided them when the picture has its initial showings at the Queen's Theatre on Thursday.
Such vivid cross-sections of twentieth century Manhattan and Its motley millions have these The story concerns a somewhat from San Runyon yarns proved to be that adventurous voyage several of them have found their Pedro to New York for aboard the way to the screen, a recent one san Capador are a large number being "A Lady for a Day."
of interesting people. There is a playful, and "rich Foremost among his more re-journalist, a cent tales of the
metropolis a widow, a""Woman with a past" and "Midfight Alibi," which First Na- a private detective and together tional Studios.
and they give us entertainment of a produced, which comes to the
Alhambra high order. to-day with Theatre
Richard Barthelmess in the stellar role.
No story Damon Runyon has written more completely reveals his singular ability to story pattern in which the most discordant and dissimilar elements mingle to form an amazing drama- the whole.
weave a
daughter and the story speedily] DOROTHY ROUND DROPS moves to a startling climax.
DEVIL DOGS OF THE AIR
The trappings of war in days when bright banners were borné aloft ahead of gorgeously uniforma- ed troops, when military bands märched into action and shining
buttons flashed in the sun, were colourful and glamorous. The "Boys in Blue" was a living phrase of literal application among American fighters till modern effl- Jelency, just before the world war, voted to discard the Army blues in favour, of the more business- 1.se niive drab or khaki."
But the United States Marine Corps, always the most colourful branch of the Service insofar as uniforms are concerned, never gave up its dress uniform.
.On parade and on ordinary dress oc- casion in camp, the "Devil Dogs" are still holding the last trench of the poetic "Boys In Blue."
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"I Can't Go On"-After
"Winning Set
(Speclat Air Mail Service)
London, April 30.
Puzzled spectators watched Miss Dorothy Round, the Wimbledon singles champion, walk to the no- pire's chair immediately after
winning her first set in the Tally
Ho lawn tennis tournament at Bir- mingham.
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"I am sorry," she said, "I can't go on, my leg is hurting.'
Later she explained that she had strained a leg while playing at the Melbury tournament in London last week.
Her opponent was Mrs I H Wheatcroft, who lost the set bs 3-6.
Senorita Anita Lizana, the dimi nütive South American girl reach- ed the semi-Anal' round of the singles.
This is beautifully lustrated in "In the Arst set of her match the Cosmopolitan Production against Miss M. Slaney she slip- “Devil Dogs of the Air,” directed ped and badly cut both knees. by Lloyd Bacon and featuring Play was held up while the wounds James Cagney and. Pat O'Brien, were bathed.
which Warner Bros. will present on.Saturday at the Alhambra Theatre.
James Cagney, as the harumsca- ram youth with plenty of supreme egotism and no respect for au- thority, cracks the story wide open us the photoplay opens by literally breaking-up a Marine Corps bri-
gade review.
THE KING'S MUSIC
(Special Air Mail Service):
London, April 30, The Master of the King's Music (Sir Walford Davies) has received his Majesty's commands to arrange. The review is that the "Flying á special concert of British, music Marines" stationed, at the Marine in the Royal Albert Hall on the Base in San Diego Harbour. And, evening of Empire Day, May 24, ticking to varieties, the screen and it in their Majesties' intention review is staged in "dress blues," to be present. the correct modern uniform for such occasions in the still pictures- "que Corps which embraces an im- Aportant section of air fighters, as
well as “midlers" of the sea.”
It is the King's wish that the programme shall be made typical of national music-making at its best, and that the proceeds, shall benent musicians in ne
STEFFI DUN
ALCIS YOOMET
MOVIE NEWS
HAIR-RAISING FOR BING!
Who says sentiment is dying out in these hectic times? Bing Crosby, star of Paramount's Mis- sissippi, has just let out the secret that if he were to comply with every request he receives for a lock of his hair, he would have to get a prison hair-cut every week.
Bing had to let his hair grow for Mississippi, in which he is supported by W. C. Fields, Joan Bennett and Queenie Smith, and as soon as his admirers got to hear of it, they started writing in their hundreds.
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"The only place these locks are said going when they come off Bing," is on the barber's floor."
NEW BED FOR MAE
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Trust Mae West to think something new. The star » of Goin' To Town "hag, designed a new kind of bed which will be shown in this Paramount Picture.
It is circular, situated, in the middle of the room has its pll- the centre and is sur- rounded by draped curtains.
It is carried out in lavender' room is decorated in and the the same shade.
lows in McLaglen takes the part of a private detective and very cleverly he adds humour to the more seri- ous side of his work too.. In the picture we also see John Gilbert, a favourite of the silent flims who shows that he is just as good in the "talkies" and Walter Connolly as the Captain acted his part well.
Preceding the feature "Alni are two very interesting "short" Screen Snapshot asid a colour cartoon entitled "Happy Land."
CLOUDS TO ORDER
Very little is left to Nature in Hollywood, and clouds made to order is its latest achievement.
Cecil B. Déinille bad urgent need for clouds when he was taking a shot of a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer for a scene in his new Paramount spectacle- The Crusades, which features Henry Wilcoxon, Loretta Young, Ian Keith and C. Aubrey Smith. But no clouds hung in the sky.
Just before the scene was taken." a sky-writing airplane started to scrawl a slogan. DeMille watched it with a glinting eye.
By the time the cameras start- ed to turn, when the plane was out of range, the disintegrated smoke letters drifted solemnly across
the "background behind the muezzin, relieving the mono tony of the vast expanse of sky. DeMille had got what he wanted!
TO-DAY
ONLY
PARAMOUNT'S MUSICAL
BIOGRAPHY
Paramount have purchased all dights to the story of Victory Her- bert's life, together with rights to nearly 500 of his musical compoɛl- tions.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE
TR No. 25313 26992
NEXT CHANGE
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Red Morning"
'QUEEN'S:-"
"Whirlpool","
ORIENTAL:-
"Down To Their Last Yacht"
Kowloon
MAJESTIC÷-
"Adventure Girl"
RKO RADIO PICTURI
·ALHAMBRA:-
THE LITTLE MINISTER
By Sir J M. Burri
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JOHN BEAL ALAN HALE
KING IN GARTER ROBES
Portrait For Royal Academy
(Special Air Mall Service:
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London, April 26.
A new full-length portrait of the King, wearing the Garter robes, will be one of the features of the Jubilee Royal Academy, which opens on May 6.
It has been painted by Sir Ar- thur Cope, the 77-year-old artist, who is famous for a long series of fine portraits of kings, princes, and other celebrities, most of whom have played a big part in world affairs during the King's reign:
This is not the first portrait of the King which Sir Arthur has painted, and others among his sitters have been King Edward VII, the Prince of Wales, the ex- Kaiser, Lord Kitchener, the Lord Chlef Justice, and the Archbishop' of Canterbury,
Great Sportsman Sir Arthur has been a great sportsman excelling at fencing and“ shooting. Only last year he re-. signed his position as Commodore of the Solent Yacht Club, Isle of Wight.
R.As and A.R.As were at the Academy yesterday "touching up and varnishing, their pictures. To- day and to-morrow also will be varnishing days for them.
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KING'S:-
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R.A.F. FLIGHTS
HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTED Programme Of Long
psychopathic hospital. The story is based on Phyllis Bot- tome's sensational novel, and was made for Paramount.
More than $50,000 worth of medical and surgical equipment was hired - for 116C in Walter Wanger's psychological love drama-Private Worlds, starring This will be regarded as one of,
Claudette Colbert as a doctor in i a the most important films of the year and practically all of Para- mount's singing stars will be in the cast.
These,
85 tentatively an- nounced, include Gladys Swarth- out, Helen Jepson, Mary Ellis, Bing, Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Joe Morrison, and Jan Klepura. No director is yet assigned.
GEORGE RAFT, FOR ENGLAND?
George Raft will celebrate the completion of his new Paramount picture The Glass Key-with a trip to Europe, provided that studia schedules will permit him to be absent from Hollywood for that length of time.
· + He originally planned a trip to New York, but decided that if he's going that far, he might, as well go a little farther and re-visit France and England.
The hospital setting built fo house the equipment, contained 17 rooms completely fitted for X-ray work, laboratory tests, anatomical specimens and opera-" tlozis. The set"occupied 2,150 feet of floor space
The supporting cast includes Charles Boyer, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson and Joel McCrea, under the direction of Gregory La Cara.
The Sceptic
The little girl looked up from
ber book.
"Mummy." she said, "do all fairy stories begin with Once upon a time "
"No, dear," was the reply: "some of them begin "I've been detained. at the office.
QUEEN'S
Their Lives were caught in the
whirpool of fate!
JACK HOLT
WHIRLPOOL
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Ar 2.30, 5,10
7.20 & 9.30
PA
NEXT CHANGE
TIDAL WAVE OF LAUGHS!
The CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA
A COLUMPIA PICTURE
Journeys
(Specia) Air Mail Service)
London, April 30...
Six long-distance flights, în ad-¦ äition to those already announced. will be made by RAF units to- wards the end of this year. They are all intended to afford training In navigation and maintenance. away from bases and to prove the ability of units to undertake rapid reinforcement moves. These as- pects will be especially pronounced in this year's flights, heavy trans- bort aircraft being used in several cases to carry spare equipment, baggage, and stores.
Among these flights will be two by flying-boats. In October a squadron of flying-boats from Malta will fly to Aden and back, a distance of about 6,000 miles. These machines will probably be the new Supermarlue Scapa boats. At about the same time of the year the Short Rangoon Aging- boats stationed
at Bars will make the return journey to Aden. Most of the other flights wil þe made by general-purpose airulaft, the type which designed to under- take most of the military dudes which may be laid upon an aesb- plane.
One such squadron, accompanf” ed by a troop-carmer," will make | the journey from Egypt to the
North-West Frontier and back, al total distance of 7,000 milên, Tho' fight of general-purpose alreraft at Aden will make its way to Baghdad by y the Arabian coast and will return through Palestine and Egypt. The round trip in this case is a distance of 4500 miles. The tourney will be made in the opposite direction ar time by a fight of me Iraq. The longest undertaken by
FOR THE NAVAL REVIEW
'(Spécial · Air Mail Services;
London, April 30. Eight Hundred people will see the Naval Review from the Cunard White Star liner Homeric, „A special Channel cruise has been arranged for the occasion.
The Review will also be seen from the Berengaria, which, the following day, will start on her regular run to New York,
ALHAMBRA
JAB STER TO-DAY,
at 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 pm
AMERICA'S
GREATEST
SLANGSTER
TURNS ON THE HEAT AGAIN!
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NIGHT
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and Paramount PicturS
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