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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES
IT'S A COP
British and Dominions have pursued a new policy in the Syd- ney Howard picture "It's a Cop." which is the main attraction. at the King's Theatre on Tuesday.
an
Sixteen
GIGOLETTE
complete changes costume are shown by Adrienne Ames in her latest alm, "Gigolette," coming soon to the "Queen's Theatre
This policy, Initiated with Street dresses, evening gowns, "Trouble," is to present the star dauce dresses and sport frocks. against a lavish background of worn by the vivacious star present entertainment. In "Trouble" the gallery of what the well-dressed audience was taken on a complete woman will wear for spring and Mediterranean cruise, with
summer. Complete accessories, from excursion Into the native quarter
gloves and handbags to millinery and of Tunglers and with the usual "Gigolette"
shoes make ✡ veritable fashion deck sports, ship's concert and show... Miss Ames, who was recruit- fancy dress ball all adding their t to the films from New York's attractions to the picture.
exclusive Park Avenue, belongs to "It's a Cop" has been made to Gotham's smart set and is a similar recipe, with scenes in cognized | hoth in and cut of Limehouse. B hectic car-chase, theatrical circles as the possessort and sequences in an up-to-date
of an undeniable "chië," which ac- roadhouse offering entertainment stylists display in her motion pie- counts for the interest that fashion in themselves as a complement to the antics of Sydney Howard.
A novelty in
the
roadhouse sequence is that the almost in evitable cabaret has for once been avoided, and instead of dancing shoulders.
patrons indulge in
the
skating.
There is a
|
tura appearances.
ra-
Among the lovely frocks. which she wears in "Gigolette" is a smart white evening dress, with an un usual clasp treatment over the Another distinctive roller-creation is a satin evening gown, distinguished by intricate drapery.
and cuffs of greet and brown chenille, is predicted to elicit high contingents of "Gigolette"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1935.
QUEENS
THEATRE
TO-DAY-ONLY at 2.80. 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM..
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW 2; 2,30, 5.10 7.20 & 9.30
Flaming Romance Haunting Melodies
WAJONALE
METTU
BAXTER GALLIAN
#
UNDER th PAMPAS MOON
with VELOZ and YOLANDA INTRODUCING THE “COBRA TANGO,"
LATEST FOX MOVIETONE NEWS
TO-NORROW
"THE MOTH AND | "GENEVA BY THE
THE SPIDE ****
LAKE" (TERRY TOON)
(Magic Carpat),
SYDNEY HOWARD I. "IT'S A COP"*
UNITED ARTISTI
WARSHIP BECOMES MURDER HELLI
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MURDER
AT THE KING'S | MURDER IN THE
roller-skating car-A brown wool frock, with cows Under The Pampas
diences.
au.
nival with a sensational act by the famous Bavera Trio as one of the highlights. Both Sydney He- ward and Dorothy Bouchier ap- pear on skates in this sequence, Dorothy Bouchier as part of the raadhouse entertainment and victim who finds that skating is Sydney Howard as an unwilling not as easy as it looks,
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-making the waves rock › with laughter in a star- studded merry-go-round of mystery, comedy and song!
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Summer Prices Matinees 20 «ts.-30 sts. ----Evenings 20 ela.-85 ets.-55 eta.
Moon
FLEET
At The Queen's
"The Fox picture "Under The Pampas Moon" "which opened its Laughs and thrilla blend, and ex- season at the King's Theatre on itement, romance and comedy run Saturday is featured by three new rampant in "Murder in the fleet." song hits and some hard riding. | sletro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new detec In it are starred Warner Baxter, tive thriller with a warship as its the role locale, opened. last night to delight Kett! Gallian and which Warner Baxter plays ised audiences at the "Queen's
Theatre." in which, he rose to
and
the type popularity.
In the midst of a cast which really supports him he makes of "Cesar Campo" a very human and likeable reality, whose whole hearted happiness is as infections as his native faith in his fellow man is alarming.
We see him first in, the Pampas 2 care free soul-and-after he had almost lost his life in a race in which he had a 100 pesos waged on it we see him wandering around South America in search of his much beloved horse which was stolen away from him after the race.
The climax arrives when the gaucho having suffered deception and maltreatment in Buenos Aires, calls in his comrades from the Pampas and metes out some most satisfying Pampas justice,
The greater part of the story is delectable. His "coeur d'amour" was played by Ketti Gallian whose acting will surely and a place in "stardom" ere long.
She sings and hums alluringly as an entertainer in a night club Incidentally the fare in the night club is far above the average and
ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE | ANGLO-INDIAN ARRESTED a dance number entitled "Copra
Singapore, Aug 24,
and
How a Sngapore woman her male companion were attack- ed, stapped and robbed in the -street was told in the second mag- *istrate's court yesterday when a predminary inquiry Was begun uetore Mr. Norman Grice into a charge of attempted murder against a Hengnoa Chinese, Teng Ah Mong. Another man, K'm an Gong, was charged Ith voluntarily Chasing hurt,
The complainants are Teo Ah Yeol a woman, and Tan Kow Kiah, a man.
The prosecution story was that the two complainants were walk. ing home along Kelantan Road about 9.20 p.m. The man stopped to buy some cigarettes while the woman walked along.
Tango" by Veloz and Yolanda captivated audience.
the
merits
the
There is one weakness in the show and that is that the actors were unable to continue in their South American dialogue through
Singapore August 27. John Albert Croning, an Angio Indian, who was arrested in Bulou Brani on August 23 on visional warrant issued at the in a pro
made a second appearance before out. stance of the Kuala Lumpur police, Mr. Norman Grice, the Singapore second magistrate, resterday.
The complainant, a Tamil named Lourdesam, identified accused. He said he had known the man for about two years and Croning had lived with him recently. The latter disappeared suddenly and witness missed. $40 at the same time."
Croning admitted that he was
warrant
and, being unable to find the 50 the man wanted on the
bail offered him, he was handed over to the escort for transfer to Kuala Lumpur.
three,
weeks' treatment. HOSPITAL IDENTIFICATION
Suddenly she was attacked by trate. The woman recovered after two men. She alleged that while she was pined by the second ac- cused the first grabbed away one of her earrings. She struggled while an attempt was being made to snatch away the other but she was punched and fell While on the ground she was stabbed by the first accused...
STARBED AGAIN.
Snatches of Americanisms and English were heard now and then. The picture on the whole should please and the scenes of Pampas life and galety are well reproduced. "N"
in
FLEET
the
BOBERT TAYLOR JEAN PARKER
Tod Manly UNE
ALSO
SELECTED
BOORTE
KING SEES GUNS OF RODNEY ·
Queen Bee Plane Wrecked
Portsmouth, Eng., July 17. One of Britain's-high-flying robot "Queen Bee" planes was brough down into the sea to-day by ani- aircraft guns aboard the battleship Rodney-
King George. here for the Jubilee naval maneuvers, witnessed the de, struction of the pilotiess plane.
The Rodney's anti-aircraft bat- tery is claimed to be the last word In Britain's defense against the possibility of a massed air attack.
Meeta Trials
The story deals with murders op board, visitors and crew impounded while a young lieutenant turns detective, trails a killer, and after a desperate fight cornera him. Major thrills are the fight with the criminal in a Hooded powder magazine as the water slowly rises," the strange killing of the govern- ment engineer, the chase through pilotless over a radius of 10 miles the ship's compartments. the, at a speed of 100 miles an hour and episode of the live wire, and the race against time to install at firing gear,"、
Kobert Taylor and Juah Parker share romance and thrills alike in the picture, there are also plenty of laughs in the story. there would have to be, what with Ted Healy, Una Merke, and Nat Pend- leton in the casko
PENANG'S NEW HOSPITAL
Penang, Aug 255. At the formal opening of "A" block yesterday (which marks the completion of the new General Hospital, Penang,) Dr. J. G. Car- son, Chief Medical Officer, made a remarkable speech, hoping that past memories will be forgotten and that private medical practi- tioners in Penang will co-operate with the Government Medical Of- Ocers and make it the more plea
sant for all..
"My stay in Penang will not be very long," Dr. Carson said, "but during the short period of time that I am, here if I can sow the seed of co-operation I should feel that my time in Fenang has not been wasted. This co-operation. will make life more pleasant for all of us and will resound to the good name of this hospital and will inspire a great confidence in
| DRAGON MURDER the public mind."
CASE
At The Alhambra
One of the
series
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:
Hong Kong
"Under The Pampas Moon":
QUEEN'S:—
"Murder In The Fleet"
ORIENTAL
"Transatlantic Merry-Go-
Round"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:--
"The Dragon Murder Case"". MAJESTIC:
KING'S
"Mighty Barnum“
Coming
"It's A Cop" "Our Little Girl" QUEEN'S :---
"No More Ladies" ORIENTAL:-
"Evelyn Prentice "The Night Is Young" "Cllve Of India"
THE YENCHING
VARSITY
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JAPANESE ON SERIOUS CHARGE
A
Singapore, Aug. 23. Japanese resident named Michiya Kawano was charged in Singapore yesterday before Mr. C. H. Whitton, with the possession of
tors, and a quantity of fuse, with out a permit.
Kuwano, it was alleged, was, ar- rested following a raid by police on a house in Serangoon Road.
It was stated that when Inspec tor F. G. Trewin entered the house Adwano throw away a sack which: hit the ground. The sack contained the dynamite and the detonators.
Court Inspector D. R. Cowie, who described the arrest, said that Kawano had attempted to escape. He opposed bail. He added that there was a possibility that charges of theft or dishonestly retaining stolen property might be preferred
The robot plane which can A Opens New Session against the aty mig!
an altitude of 10,000 feet recently emerged from experimental stages and was one of the features of the
Preparation
Pelping for the coming
session of Yenching University recent Royal Air Pageant at Ren- september 1 are being rapidly
which will formally begin
don,
on
The new plane, known as the completed. "Queen Bee" looks externally. Like
As indicated by the large num an ordinary light plane. The radio per of students who took ex- control apparatus is housed in the aminations and are accepted the rear plot's cockpit The construc-enrollment this year is expected tion is or wood, so that if it be to be to by
The police revealed that quanti- ties of dynamite had been missed. from Changi military works and elsewhere
vealed two more sacks, believed to The police raid, it was stated, re. contain cocaine. The case was post
poned for a week, the accused being remanded in custódy.
JOBLESS AUSTRIAN HANGING IN ROOM
Engapore, Aug 23,
brought down on water it will float the University.t as set As a seaplane it is launched Into The new features of this year. the air by catapult, and as a land according to a statement issued An unemployed Austrian engin=" plane it takes off from and fands from the President's office, are in eer, Frank Schoinz, 34, was found on an airdrome. It is fitted with connection with courses which hanging in a room at a house in an aerial wire stretched between
are being added for vocational Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, the wingtips and the tail. The training in rural reconstruction early yesterday morning. Queen Bee can fly at about 100 These look forward to fitting miles an hour and at heights up to students for taking part in the rural reconstruction activities 10,000 feet.
which are playing so important have a special relation to local part in different provinces and government, rural co-operative and rural education
1
Spectacular in Flight" working of this radio plane is spec- To the uninitiated anisoker the tacular, an aircraftsman stands at the control box which looks like a tali phonograph case with a row Another change has been in the of keys which he presses as the Department of Chinese which is officer's 'orders are called to him. subject being Increasingly stress
On the tarmac 300 yards away ed by Yenching University, Here- was the plane. When the take-on after, it is hoped, the effort will be speed and took on perfectly. Two required and elective courses, but was ordered it ran along gaining not only to maintain the usual
which were duly executed. turning. orders were then given to enable all students, including those majoring in Natural Scien- Then came-Climb ...... straight ces and Public Affairs, to master ... kude "dive.". At the last a clear and accurate style of writ order, down I came to within 200 ing feet of the airdrome, when it at The faculty of the University is. tened out and regained height in enlarged this year by the addit.on the orthodox way, It was revealed of several new members who are that such a maneuver could be re- well-known scholars and are con galatged to any pre-arranged level sidered authorities in their re and automatically carried out spective field They are: Messers low to y over the open country Wang Halh-san, of Department As an empty machine is not al- Liang Tsung-hua, Lou Hatch-shi,
a plot is always in the front of Political Science; Messers Luh pit, but he has nothing to do but Ewong-ju, Liti Tze-tseb, Lu Pan- sit as a passenger prepared to kejus, and Tung Lu-an, of 'Depart over control if anything shot go ment of Chinese Yu Yung-ize: wrong.
The main use of the "Queen Bee" p. Department of Bocialogy; Chao at present is to give gunners real-mics. Chu Yin-chi, of Depart Hath-yu, of Department of Econo Istic opportunities for firing at an ment of Biology and Miss Kwel serial target,
Teh-hua, of Department of Education
THE KING'S SCOTS HOLIDAY
As is the usual custom of the University, a two-day Presessional Conference of all faculty will be held immediately the
ng of the
To the many tributes paid to the departing Resident Councillor Dr. Carson added his own yester day when he said Mr. Arthur was cne of the most popular Resident Councillors, he had the pleasure of working under. It all the senior officers of the Government service most. baffling of were so kind and patient and murder mystery dramas was un- above all had the same humour. furled at the Alhambra Theatre that Mr. Arthur had, then life in A Chinese youth, Tan Kow Kiah, yesterday when.. "The was admitted at the same time. Murder Case was screened for the
Dragon Malaya would be happier. He had one injury, also slight first time.
RECOED GATHERING The opening ceremony was fixed haemorrhage but his condition The was not so serious.
story evolves around a to take place at noon but long be of mysterious crimes ap- fore that hour guests began to ar- Inspector F. G. Minns said on parently committed by some pre- rive and were received by Dr. receipt of a message from the historic monster. It is full of Carson and Miss Howes-Roberts. hospital about the woman's condithris and suspense and until It is understood the Medical De- The other complainant came on tion he took the first accused, who Philo Vance played by Warren partment had sent out a certain the scene at this stage and grap-had just been arrested to hospital William comes on the scene, 18 the number of invitations to mem- pled with the first accused but ac- and the woman. Identified him as culprit finally detected
bers of the Legislative Council. ceived a backward stab. He ran one e of her assailants before Mr.
Eugene Pallette and Robert departments, etc., but an open, in The King will leave for the North ministration, cure Supporting Warren Willam are Municipal Commissions," heads of Deeside on Wednesday, August 21. subjectą dealing McWade who played the parts of vitation to the public attracted on the evening of August 20, and Bergt. Heath and District Attorney record gathering, far more than | Will arrive at Ballater, where he Markham respectively. These two the Medical Department had anti will be received by Lord Aberdeen. players supplied most of the cipated.
Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, mirth and laughter,
Margaret Lindsay has the lead arst floor where seating
*The gathering was ted to the | R6 10 am
accom The royal train will make th ing femine role and others in modation had been that case are Lyle Talbot, Robert proved tots
rovided, but usual ten tes' halt, at Aber- "specially decor- Barrar Helen Lowell Dorothy than three-q Tree, George E. Stone, William sent having
the platform the Lord
Davidson, George Meeker and
sirates, and officials
others.
will awa
away The woman attempted to do the same but was chased and stabbed again..~.
Her screams for assistance drove her assailants away but none of the passers-by attempted to help her until a constable arrived from
nearby police hut
C E Whitton, the present third niagistrate. She later identified the second acctised: pr
Witness examined the room oc- cupled by both accused, but did not find anything incriminating in either of them. Later a singlet was found belonging to the first accused which had marks of blood on it.
Dr. Vellasamy said that when the woman was admitted to the General Hospital she had two A few days later an identides wounds on the lower part of the tion parade was held in hospital dy. It was however, the severe in which the two accused were haemorrhage she was suffering placed among 16 others. The in- from that made her case so criti Jured boy Identified the first ac
to advise him to have her cused but not the secon stäte nt recorded by a mágia Hearing was adjourned
The picture is full of thrills and excitement and affords the and ence the opportunity of turn sleuth at the same time
Carson Uhlet Me Howes Ro Councillor Mr. Bedlar Executive Engi G. Coales took
Aug 12
Castle for his annual holiday on
The King will arrive at Balmora Beptemb and
férence
a numbe
aspects of stud cussed
Behoinz lived in the house with Eurasian woman and her hittle daughter
The previous day, the property of distress. Schoinz seemed to be in the house was sold under a writ worried by this,
About three o'clock yesterday. morning, the Httle girl awoke to find Scheinz hanging to the bed- rail by a tie
She screamed to her mother, who cut the tle and attempted to re-
ve Scholna, but he was dead. An inquiry will be held on Aug.
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FOLLOW FAMOUS PHILO VANCE AS ME SOLVES THE AMAZING SWIMMING POOL MUROCH MYSTERY!
"THE
DRAGON MURDER CASE
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