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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES
THE FLAME WITHIN
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A picture that is at onca & out standing dramatic entertainment and an intense psychological study is "The Flame Within," starring Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall. The
new Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer special will be seen from to-morrow at the Queen s Theatre.
"G MEN'
The leap troms gangster to copper would not appear such a long jump for some players but the last person one would expect, to succumb to the cause of law and
order is Jimmy Cagnes.
Nevertheless, the one and only. Cagney, tough guy, of the movies, has turned Federal sleuth in the
Ann Harding, in the richest dramatic Tute she has played sincerit National production, "G ehe abandoned the stage for the screen, KIVEN a vitul. convincing portrayal of + famous Woman psychiatrist.
Maureen O'Sullivan, who pro- bably has climbed towaru startnu faster during the past year than any other young actress, surpasses even her outstanding performance in such pictures as "David Copper field" and The Barretts of Wimpole Street,
Louis Hayward, young · English star makes his 'screen. debut in this picture ariti nis t:ture film popularity seems assured.
Alon now snowing at the Alham bra Theatre, in which, as a member of the cuted alates Department of Justice, he tricks down and enminates the very type of charac- ter he has su often portrayed...
Caguey is still the tough guy. tougher even than he has ever been before.
Gregory Lugers, author of "G ALIII wart is sy around the readlines what have been chasing ve another across the front pages
alen-the government men who have koneked the very foundations out from under gangdom-and he gave orge Libles ta. ALPI TO HIS SOVULATIO.
American newspapers for the last two or three yeRTS. He was Henry Stephenson, who has pray-spired by the heroic deeds, of G ed approximately thirty pictures during a three-year period, uguin gives his osual. Hawless delineation of a boisterous, goodanturėd friend of Marshal. But it is not just in acting that "The Flame Within surpasses the average picture it is in the story valne, directorial äe complishment and general all-
'round "entertainment value.
"The Flume Within' is definitely something new in judio picture Jdrama, somethin fascinating, gripping and very much worth while that should engröss, the most. "fastidious of cinema-pers.
& SHOWS SPARIT
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T.15–1.20
Jimmy Cagney got the role of "Brick Davis. a tough guy from New York's East Side who throws overboard a meager but promising law practice to, become a ti „Alen and exterminate the gang · respon- sible for ringing, to an untimely conclusion the life of his coltage chum, Eddie Buchanan (Regis Toomey) who went straight from law school into the Secret Service.
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CHARLIE
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WARNER OLAND
DARE-DEVILS
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West Point THE Air
OF
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Summer Prices Matinees 20 ots.-80 eis: -Eveninga 20 eta.-85 ots.-55 ets.
NON-STOP-REVUE ly, its numbers have increased to 48
COMING
The Tropical Express
Company
Visiting the East for the first time, the Tropical Company, Professor William Doorlay's Non-Stop revue will arrive in Hong Kong on August 20th, and open at the Rings Theatre, for a short season Wednesday August 21st,
at 5.30 p.m.
The Company is a large one and many nationalities are represented, indeert, so cosmopolitan is it in its constitution that it has been described as a travelling "League of Nations."
Professor Doorlay issembled the company several years ago, and recent-
cach of whom is required to summit to a training which is almost military dicipline,
Ordinarily more than 100. items go to make a programme, which lasts something like three hours, each con-
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NAUGUST
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9,30 PM. TWO LOVERS...WHO WENT THROUGH HELL TO FL.D.
THEIR, HEAVEN ↑
ANNA STEN FREDRK MARCH
AGAIN
Also Technic tour. Billy Symphony WISE LITTLE HEN
and Mickey Mouse In “GULLIVER MICKEY"
--- NEXT CHANGE SYDNEY HOWARD in "GIRIS PLEASE"
QUEENS
THEATRE
1935
TO-DAY - ONLY (≈≈ 2.30, 5 10 7.20 & 8.30
I LIVED WITH YOU
Anna Sten and Fredric March in one of the charming love scenes in "We Live Again," Samuel Goldwyn's filmization of Leo Tolstoy's famous novel, "Resurrection," released through United Artists and
showing now at the King's Theatre
WE LIVE AGAIN
At The King's
One of the greatest pictures of all time helped by five great people in its making opened its first local screening at the King's Theatre yesterday. "We Live Again'
" that gorgeous and magnificent vehicle of Czarist Russia which is so cleverly acted by the players that one wonders whether it is true that such perfect and collar
such picture.
"GIRLS PLEASE’
There have always been actors whose ability to impersoriate the opposite sex has brought them great renown. It is an art on its own. unlike anything else in the histrionic scale.
English theatre-goers remember with delight the brilliant work of such star actors as Malcolm Scott, Bert Erroll and W. S. Penley.
I LIVED WITH YOU
At The Queen's
"I Lived With You" now playing at Queen's Theatre has been praised as a picture which is a credit to the British film industry Ivor Novello is a Russian prince who is taken to live with a humble suburban family. The prince is a penniless refugee when he goes to them. But he has a watch set with valuable diamonds, a present to his mother from the Car. He had believed it dishonourable to sell it to belp himself but it sure it is right to do so to help his new friends. The stones bring such large sums of money that he is able to give each of the family what he thinks will make them happy,
The easy-gotten wealth proves ruinous to the family all the more so when they adopt the Prince's philosophy of life-the philosophy that nothing matters except having what you want
The prince, the cause of all the trouble, is ablain the end to straighten some of it,
ALHAMBRA OPENS TO-DAY
Screenings As Usual
The Alhambra Theatre after its closure for about a week will re- open its doors to-day under different concern.
are
£
They will be screening the latest first run pictures and start- ing off with "G-Men' that Warner Brothers Super picture with James Cagney in the lead.
The Alhambra Theatre is one cf the biggest picture houses in the Colony and at its opening under the Wings of the Hong Kong
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S;—
"We Live Again”
QUEEN'S:-
"I Lived With You"
ORIENTAL
"Charlie Chan In Paris"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-- "G-Men"
MAJESTIC":—
Chinese Picture
KING'S.-
Sunday
"We Live Again" -
QUEEN'S:-
"The Flame Within"
ORIENTAL:--
"The West Point of The Air"
MAJESTIC:-
"The Gay Bride" ALHAMBRA :-
"G-Men"
Charles Laughton, the British film actor, who has made a great success as Nero and Henry VIII. will appear next time in a realiza- tion of “Les Miserables" by Victor Нисо
CANADA'S WHALING
SEASON
Ottawa, Canada. Although the whaling industry Is chiefly confined to the Pacific Coast, these monsters of the deep are sometimes found on the At lantic. An 82-foot whale, whith tts mouth measuring 30 feet in cir- cumference was recently trapped in an ice jam the shores of Nova Scotia, and "cast upon the shore.
Onth
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Natin Bad Kowloon Tel. 67222 TO-DAY ONLY- At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 PE.
CHINESE PICTURE
with Cantonese Dialogue
SUNDY 4th AUG.
THE GAY
BRIDE
WITH"
CAROLE LOMBARD CHESTER MORRIS
THE DRUNKEN DRIVER
London. July 10.
In his address to the conference of the Magistrates' Association in Man- chester yesterday, the Manchester Reconire discussed the problem of the drunken driver and the dilemma which often faces a magistrate who has to consider the appropriate penalty. The offence of drunk in charge is "one with which I have no sympathy at all," said Mr. Golie. Nevertheless he was concerned to .point out that certain perialties night press much more hardly on the pro- fessional driver than they would on a private motorist, few. whom fine or suspension any mean little beyond a amali pecuniary loss or deprivation from a personal pleasure. He consider ed the case of a laxi-driver, for whom his licence is his livelihood. "By the very "fact of conviction the man's living is taken away." The disting is difficult to see how there either can tion-in fact is a sound one. Yet it or ought to be any distinction in law between different cinsees of road-users. | That a driver should not get drunk while driving is so implied condition of his employment. If he fails to observe it and has his licence suspend- ed or withdrawn in consequence there may be hardship in his loss of a parti cular livelihood, bat the community has a right to be protected. Motoring is a dangerous trade, and there is as little reason for sentimentality in the upproach to its problems as in any found smoking in an explosives factory" other dangerous trade. A worker could scarely complain of dismissal. Nor can we see the courts or Trinity House considering sympathetically plea that his livelihood was concerned from a ship's pilot or railway signal- man who har hazarded the lives of others through drunkeness on duty. Penalties graduated to meet the needs of particular cases there may well bes; But the withdrawal of licences is a from the road those who have shown necessary and potent weapon to drive their unfitness to be trusted on it.
On the Pacle coast the whaling industry is of importance; and the past season was the best in some Now there comes a, screen per-
Amusements had her share of the rsepects since 1918. Last year formance that will surely become
clientele. Due no doubt to the Canadian whalers captured 350
The Saving Clause as famous as any, and in years to present depression the Theatre whales and a total of 815,700 fai- "Meenister," said Donald sadly. come will be recalled with joy, had to close its doors and now
lons of whale oll was produced: “Ah, think ye've deceived me. Did Sydney Howard, the celebrated with a new concern with the latest The oll is used for making soap you not say that if Ah got married Yorkshire comedian, stars in pictures to be shown Alhambra and for other purposes" Whale Ah'd be at the end of ma troubles?”
deputy Theatre will no doubt enjoy its headmistress of a girls' finishing old share of the popularity again. school, in charge of forty lovely "pupila."
with tight its predecessor borating actions vold all be crowded "Girls Please"
lightning-like rapidity.
Triumphantly Anna Sten's second picture answere the fears of the critics that she could not survive the handicaps of this rather heavy, old- fashioned story of Czarist Russia, remade for the fourth time on the screen.
During recent years the company bas travelled widely in Europe and South America. The present tour, which was extended to Cuiro, would normally have come to an end early this year but Prof. Doorlay received an offer from the Show Trust of Bonbay which induced him to explore the East and encouraged by a notable successful three weeks in Bombay, four weeks at Calcutta, two weeks Rangoon and two weeks in Singapore, he proposes to continue his venture, through Hong Kong.
The Company's programmas are equivalent of London's Non-Stop Revue-dancing, acrobatics, songs, sketches and various divertisement.
Booking plans will be open shortly at the Kings.
NON-STOP REVUE FOR THE KING'S THEATER
A Comedy Scene of Vaudeville in 1910. A scene of Burlesque to be presented by the Non-Stop Kevus at the King's Theatre during the Tropical Express Company Season Commenting on August 21.
A
Without the benefit of gorgeous costames, weighted down" with social doctrines, it proves the sheer artistry of this star as she runs the gamut of innocent love hardened shamelessness, defiance, despair and finally-resur rection.
Fredric March also reaches the heights as the prince, who lighthear: tedly seduces the peasant girl, only to find that wealth, position, nothing matters except the love that he has betrayed.
.as the
Mr. Howard's performance is said to be the best that he has ever given. He is supported in "Girls Please" by an excellent cast" which includes Jane Baxter, Forbes, Edward Underdown, Peter Meirel
Cawthrone. Lens Halliday, Cecily Cates and H. Moore Marriott
"Girls Please," which is due at the King's Theatre on Tuesday, was directed by Jack. Raymond for British and Dominions.
YUKON LO LIVE AGAIN
of
The human, moving story of how,
Mayo, Yukon Territory, years later, he experiences a ruda
Canada. awakening when, as a member of a jury, he recognizes Katuslia in the The Yukon, once scene
the pitiful girl of the streets being tried world's most famous and most ex- for a murder of which she is innocent, citing gold rush, is in the news and gives up everything to follow her
CHINA AS CANADA'S
BEST MARKET
Consul General's Plea For
More Trade -
Vancouver, Canada..
An eloquent plea for increased reciprocal trade between. Canada and China was made here In an address by Chunhow H, Pão, the new Consul-General for China in Vancouver,
China is potentially Canada's richset market," he said. "But there is still much, to be done to extend this trade. China needs Canadian goods and Cahada needs
should work together for their mutual benefit."
to Siberia, has been transcribed to the again but this time it is silver screen with a sure sense of entertain. With the rising of silver prices, ment values by Preston Sturgis, Max-miners in large numbers are com- well Anderson and Leonard Praskins, tag to this rich Yukon camp. "Chinese trade. The two countries and Mamoulian's direction stands out They are arriving by air, land as unquestionably the supreme achive and water and every availab.e house, cabin and shack le taxed 'to its capacity. Even enteken coops have been converted into tem porary dwellings.
ment of a brilliant career..
There are several highlights in the picture
From 1922 to the end of 1933 the Mayo district shipped ore and con- centrates to the value of approx:
The Easter service in the provincial church with its gorgeous music. The meeting of the prince and his child. hood sweetheart in the grayness of the prison. Sten's beauty in the hideous prison garb, Freddie March's face au he prays to live again.mately $22,000,000. Since then,
The picture is magnificent in its dramatic acting and coupled with a strong cast it is far above the average picture."N:AEM:-
They Get that Way
1 A poet save be writes because he imply cannot help it. Well, that is as good, an 'excuse ‘as any.
Mr.Pao suggested that Canada should buy more from China and that investigation should be made to discover commodities that could be purchased. The Consul General added that Canadian exports of wheat, flour, butter and lumber to China ran into millions of dollars a year.
however, the mines have Idled with the decline in prices. Now with rising silver prices, large silver address of welcome, declared that Mr. Pao, who was replying to an
operators are tuning up their he welcomed an opportunit equipment preparatory to resuming foster the spirit of goodwi | operations on a larger scale, whie tween Canagl, and China
Individual claim owners have "at." andst in the developme ready started to get are out foj ter understanding between the summer shipment fruter.
comati
meal and fertilizer were also pro- Aye," replied the minister. "I duced from these marine monsters did but I didna say which end Heuter.
Donald."
OPENING TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
ALHAMBRA
URINTIE
BIGGEST SCREEN SENSATION IN 5 YEARS!
First Great Story of the Men Who Waged America's War on Crime!
GMEN
JAMES CAGNEY
ANN DVORAK · MARGARET LINDSAT - ROBERT ARMSTRONG
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