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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES
THE GREAT FLIRTATION
KISS AND MAKE-UP
are
Wit, pungent humour and say-
In his new picture, Kiss and age irony are the principal ingre- Make-Up." Cary Grant, Mae West's dients in Gregory Ratoff's amus-all, dark and handsome" has
ng story of the ludicrous adven-
They two leading ladies. tures and misunderstandings that
Genevieve Tobin and Helen Mack, decur in theatrical marriages. This who," with the thirteen Wampas story, filmed by Paramount under Baby Stars of 1934, are featured in the title of the "The Great Filrta-Paramount's "Kiss and Make-Up" tion." is showing to-day at the opening to-morrow at the Queen's Alhambra Theatre. Kowloon. It is Theatre.
Charles R. Rogers production. Cast in the principal roles are Elissa Lard and Adolphe Menjou. who, as a "favourite stage · star. renders perhaps the most audac- "lous and delightful performance of his long and varlegated career. Opening with a furious, courtship and marriage in Hungary, the' ac- tion soca moves Auto America, where Menjou and Miss Land! emigrate in search of fame.
Fame is singularly unresponsive to their importunities until Miss Landi unleashes her charms on a Broadway producer and a play weight. the latter played by the personable David Manners 11
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The film presents Cary Grant as the owner, and chief doctor of a modern temple of beauty to which the entire feminine population fock for his, treatments. He falls its love with one of his most par- tect creations, Genevieve Tobin and marries her. His bliss, how- ever, is completely ruined when he comes face to face with the effects of his stringent beauty regulations, He realizes she is just a creation of powder and make-up and leaves her for his less beautiful but more sympathetic secretary, Helen Mack. Edward Everett Horton turns in an excellent per formance in a comedy role.
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***810 Raise." described Ilollywood's hard-boiled critics na a temder, different picture that vividly translates the heartaches of ♫ romance that is perishing through lack of money, starty. its local engagement on Wednesday at the King's Theatre..
Fox Fil made # felicious choice in alloting to Edward Everett Burtou and the glamor aus Karen Morley, the principal roles in this intimate study of a business romance,
Horton plays bookkeeper" who for fourteen years slaves for the same salary. A secretary is fired. For Tour more years "the bookkeeper wears out nis heart trying to screw up enough to ask for a raise so that he can confess his love.
Despairing ever to mind a gold
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In one grand picture with
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TRANSATLANTIC MERRY GO ROUND
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UNITED
ARTIST'S
PREVIEW
It's A Small World
It's a Small World" the latest Fox production starring Weudy Barrie and Spencer Tracy will soon have its Colohy.
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The picture throughout has as its theme the delicate love that sprang up between these two stars. Aliss Barrie was running away from her home in the car of her sister who had beed divorced on intes occasions. Spencer Tracy on his way to duck shooting smashes
into
her car in thunderstorm, Complications arise when both refuse to give in until finally both sleep in the cars to be awaken-
next morning by the handyman of the nearest town who happens to be a jack of all trade,'
Mass Barrie is furious and not Little stubborn, Tracy finally cares her of it and together both 30 en a hunting trip. Then comes the love scenes and through an ac cident the mechanic finds a divorce paper which he mistakes for Miss Harrie's.
Disappointed, Tracy is about to let her go when by a "brainwave the handyman Exes matters right and all-ends happily.
some
In between the scenes are beautiful sights, of a huntman's paradise. Comic and relief are added to the show. On the whole the picture is fair,
After a long absence from the sereen, the famous Chinese Film Pardon My Pups," a short Star Miss Butterfly Wu will ar- was screened with the picture and rive here to-morrow morning by at has for its star one other than the S.S. Conte Rosso. Miss Wu Little Shirley Temple-O.M.O. went to Russia this Spring for the exhibition, of notion pictures and then passed westward, to Berlin, London, Paris and Rome,
Miss Wu was the first movie Queen of China, her picture Two Sisters" was showing in Shanghai for sixty days, the highest record that a Chinese picture has ever had. On board the ship with' Miss Wu was Mr. Chow Ki Wan, the Manager of Star Film Company. Miss Wu will stay here for three days if possible, she will take a trip to Canton,
mine in his static pay check, the CAPTAINS' SELF-DOUBTS bookkeeper starts to invest in gold- brick schemes, with himself as the poor fool, till Dame Fortune xiles.
SWEET MUSIC
Rudy Vallee is no softie. He proved that conclusively to some, 250 Hollywood extra work- ing in his Warner Bros. film, "Sweet Music," which comes to the Alhambra Theatre
on Saturday. He jumped seven feet off a stage through a brass drum in the or chestra pit.It was a fall worthy of & Jim Londos .or some other wrestler, but Vallee insisted upon taking it himself, disdaicing the kindly offer of Director Alfred E. Green to have another do it for him.
Moreover, he volunteered to do
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London, June 14. There is curtaus parallel Between Mr. W. M. Woodfull, the Austra lan captain last season, and Mr. B. F. Wade, who will lead South Africa in the first Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
Both are
opening batsmen. Both had bad spells before the fret Test. Both must seriously
MOST PRECIOUS THING
IN LIFE
Dick cromwell plays the first unsympathetic role of his career In Columbia's "Most Precious Thing in Ilfe," now showing at the Star Theatre.
Hitherto, Dick had been cast in more or less heroic roles. In his latest he is seen as a young college" boy, who, before his reformation sets in, is a snobbish, conceited up-
start.
"Most Precious Thing in Life," is a screen adaptation of the original novelette "Biddy" written by Travis Ingham. It tells the story of two generations of the Kelsey family, with Dick the boy of the modern period. The story atarts when his father first meets his mother,
Father and mother are played by Donald Cook and Jesu Arthur, with the latter in the principal role' of the picture.
While Cook is in college he have considered putting themselves meets and marries Jean, a clerk in tower in the batting order. And a drug store. After marriage, Jean both found their best form in the first-class match preceding the Nottingham Test.
Last season Woodfull could not fnd his forin until the Australians visited Old Trafford to play Lan- cashire. He then made 172 not out.
This season Wade got an early
the Test he hit up & forth right 139.
it again, but was told by Green century, and then had a series of and his cameramen that the firstnignificant scores. In the match "take" Was perfect and that against Glamorgan at Cardin another would be unnecessaTY, the final first-class fixture before
Vallee, despite his slight frame, is wiry and muscular. In high school at Westbrook, Maine, he was aatar baseball player, but was, too busy working his way through Yale to participate in sports. During the World War Vallee served in the Navy sa z senman.
Ann Dvorak, Alice White, Helen Morgan, Ned Sparks, Allen Jenkins, Joe Cawthorn, Robert Armstrong and Al Shean have principal roles in Sweet Music!
A Long Pie
It was her first attempt at cook- ing, and when her husband cama home he saw a very long pie on the table
Whatever is that?" he asked.
couldn't get any shorter Thu- barb the replied.
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ALSO LATEST WALT DISNEY'S FUNNY LITTLE BUNNIES '
A Silly Symphony in Gorgeous Technicolaas
Leslie Howard, the English actor who in the film "The Red Pim- pernel" made himself. world- famous and who now shall play in the realisation of Harvey Allen's novel "Anthony Adverse, and Colonel Lawrence's role in a film
which shall describe the romantic
life of the latter..
LILI DAMITA'S JUMP TO -FAME
Exchanging odd experiences with Jack Buchanan and other members of the cast during the filming of "Brewster's Millions." British and Dominions' musical farce produced by Herbert Wilcox for release "through" United Artists. Lili Damita related the amazing story of how she rocket- ed to fame on a three-year-old picture.
Lill made a film called "Red Heels" in Vienna. Three years later the picture was shown in the United States Samuel Gold- wyn, who was searching for a new leading lady for the Ronald Colman-Viima Banky team, -saw I flew to Paris, signed up Lil and brought here back to Holly- wood-and fame!
finds that her in-laws are doing their best to break up their union and, after the baby is born, gives her husband the divorce, he now wants. Persuaded that his wealthy grand parents can give the boy more out of life than she can, she allows them to keep the child.
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"EVERETT HORTON KAREN MORLEY ALAN DINEHART GLEN BOLES Story by Peter B. Kyne
THE QUEEN'S
Before Midninght
Before Midnight", which is having its run at the Queea's Theatre will please fans who crave for mystery and excitement.
It is one of the most thrilling mysery dramas yet screened and it shows Ralph Bellamy as the deteo- tive who tracks down the perpetra- tors of the murders which are. com mitted at various stages in the picture.
One will find it hard to solve the mystery as one sees it and it is a delight to watch and see how it is all solved by the smart slenth as he unravels the mystery.
June Collyer supplies the roman- tis part of it and others in the cust to make up this delightful mystery thriller "ere Claude Gillingwater, Betty Blythe, Arthur Pierson and others--OM.O.
ROBERT DONAT TO PLAY IN CAPTAIN BLOOD"
Dwight Franklin; New York. artist and one. of the greatest Living experts in the lore pirates and buccaneers, will be special technical adviser during Warner Bros.' forthcoming pro- duction of "Captain Blood," from the famous romance by Rafael Sabatini., Robert Donat, popular English actor, will play the title ble. He is expected to arrive in New York early next mouth and will proceed at once to Hollywood to begin the film. "Captain Blood" will be directed by Mich- ael Curtiz
Marlene Dietrich is back in 'sbort Hollywood again after a vacation in New York where she. viewed many Broadway plays. Ab present she is discussing future story possibilitles
with Para- mount's new production head,
GERMAN POWDER FACTORY
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London, June 14.
Early this morning the dull glow" of flames stil marks the scene of one of the most tragic disasters in recent German his
Twenty years later he is a stú- dent in the college where she now is a Janitress. She sees, that he has grown up to be a snob, spoiled. weak-willed and law Without, The greater part of the biggest disclosing her identity, she works and most modern explosive works on the boy until, when he graduaths country is in ruins, and if ates from the school, he is remade Is "estimated, that 53. are dead, into a Ikeable, strong-minded young man
Anita Louise, also featured in the production, has the role of Dick's sweetheart in the modern sequences Lambert Hillyer dir- ected.
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So
thorough is the official secrecy surrounding the tragedy
great cordon of Reichwehr, storm troopers and Labour corps men surround the scene-that fantastic stories of an enormous Ceatharo were soon spread..
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JAPAN DENIES RUMOURS
Tientsin Emperor
Plan
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London, June 14
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London, June 14. The withdrawal of Chinese for-
and German soldiers," sailors
ces from the Pekin and Tientain airmen who fought against Great areas is followed by a report that Britain in the war are eager to Jupan is planning to set up at welcome a Britian"Legion deputa- Tientsin a permanent residence for tion-a plan to which the Prince | the Emperor Kang Teh of Manchu- of Wales gave his backing." „
Arrangements have already pean made for Major Featherston God-: fey, British Legion chairman, and Colonel Crosfeld, forner, chair- man and a member of the Na- tional Executive Council, to visit Germany in a few weeks time.
The Prince's gesture of friend- ship has been warmly received throughout Germany. In France, cr the other hand, the reception has been cool, though without commment.
kuo.
Japanese officials deny the story. Kang "Teh, when a child was Emperor of China under the name of Pu Yi. He abdicated in 1912 st the age of six and the royal family left Pekin.
When Manchuria was brought under Japanese domination/Pu Yi was enthroned as Emperor in a ceremony at the "Temple Heaven"
Changchun, the capital
of
IN JAPANESE “LAWRENCE" This was his statement to the The man behind the scenes in 2.000 delegates at the British the establishment of the new Legion Conference in the Queen's | State of Manchukuo was Major- Hall, London:-
"I feel that there could be no more suitable body or organisa- ton of men to stretch forth the | hand of friendship, to the Cer- mans than we ex-Servicemen who fought them in the Great War and have now foregotten all about that.
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PRESERVING PEACE General Goering, at his home in the Bavarian Mountains, told Reuter last night!......
"I the Prince of Wales sald that, then it can indeed be wel- comed. This would be perfectly
general Dothara, the Japanese "Lawrence of Manchuria.”
To-day he left Changchun for Fekin on a new mission; 1
He is going to see that the Japanese demands accepted by China are carried out.
Meanwhile Colonel Shirani Hashimoto, af the Japanese. War Offce, denied to-day that Japan is planning to set up a new buffer State in North China.
Surprised
Mother: "No, Tommy, I've told
In line with the Leader's polley you a dozen times, I won't give you
and would help to preserve world a penny for sweets."
Peace,"
"Tommy (in aggrieved tones):
Herr von Ribbentrop (Hitler's "I don't see where dad gets the special envoy), who was in Lon-ides that you are always chang- don last week, said: "Ex-Service-ing your mind!" men will certainly be heartily welcomed by German ex-Service- men and by the German people.
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"Experience of the meeting of ex-Servicemen has shown us there
no better way of promoting.
open ard good feeling than an straight-forward contact between people who have seen the Dghting line."
Dr Hermann Columbushouse, a the German National Union of Wounded Ex-Servicemen, gave the views of German Ex-Servicemen on the proposal.
"We welcome the suggestion very warmly," he said. "It is an ideal step towards better relations between Britain and Germany.
"I shall be there to welcome them when they arrive, together". with other leaders of this and similar organisations."
“We are definitely of the opinion that the reunion will be in every way valuable," he concluded "and now we shall look forward to their arrival."
The Prince revealed at the Lon- don meeting that the proposed visit was first mentioned to him a few days ago by Major-General Sir F. Maurice president of the Legion.
General Sir Ian Hamilton said yesterday: "It is the finest sug- Kestion that, ever was made. Absolutely
German ex-soldiers know British ex-soldiers were not. personal
enemies. the same experi
lin respect for each;
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TO-DAY ONLY "at 2.80, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m:
I WANT MEN TO ADORE YOU but_not_too much!”
Proud of his wife's Beauty jealous of har desirability
The GREAT FLIRTATION
Puented by Adaly5-
ELISSA LANDI ADOLPHE MENJOLL
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