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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935.
CINEMA TRADE NOTICES
LITTLE MISS MARKER
Revealing the softer side of a lot of otherwise
bard Broadway characters. Damon Runnyon's popular magazine story. Little Miss Marker" is showing at the Oriental Theatre on Friday and Saturday, with Shirley Temple in the leading role.
Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, and Charles Bickford "have the principal roles, while the support ing cast includes Lynne Overman and Jack Sheehan, Broadway stage stars and Frank McGlynn, Sr., Sam Hardy, Tammany Young, lymer al Craufurd
HAT, COAT AND GLOVE
With storles of“ trial sepärations more ire- appearing more and quently in newspaper headlines, RKO-Radio is said to have picked a timely subject for its new pro- duction "Hat. Coat and Glove,” romantic drama opening to-day at the "Queen's Theatre, featuring a cast headed by Richardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins and John Beal. The story centres about the drams- Nic aftermath of a martial holiday, when a prominent attorney and his wife separates to test their love, a dashing young artist steps into the picture. The drama takes on а A five-year-old girl is left with startling turn, when the artist is a bookmaker as an 1.0.U. for & arrested for murder and the inw- racing bet. When her father does; yer. whose wife's love he has won, not return, the bookmaker. 4 is called upon to defend him. grouchy...penurious, chap. adopte...With the power to save his rival, or allow him to be sent to his The child immediately starts death, the attorney makes a winning over the rowdy citizens, dramatic decision which he carries of the racing racket, but when they out in a strikingly spectacular suddenly realize that she is learn- | denonement. "Hat,
and ing their rough ways and talk they agree to #D uDuDa! masquerade to re-establish ber childish innocence,
Warren Kent
her.
them quite
What happens leads through several new and thrilling experiences and cul- tinates in a real romance between
4 SHOWS
£20-£15
7.15-5.80
Coat
Glove" gains its title from the articles of evidence which accuse the lover as the murder.
the shabby bookmaker and the hic-hot girl-friend,
TAKR MEY TRAM OR SAPPY VALLEY SUS
ORIENTAL
LAST
4 TIMES TO-DAY
HERE'S A DARN GOOD DETECTIVE STORY I WILL HOLD YOUR
INTEREST UNTILL THE VERY FINISH!
PHILO
VANCE'S
newest
screen hit!
CASINO
11
PLEMING ROAD WANGHAI
TEL. SEATS
TO MORROW
& SATURDAY MILLION DOLLAR BABY LEFT AS SECURITY FOR A $20. She reforma pickpockets, Paga and Gamblers.
GAMBLING "DEBT!
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
MURDER CASE MISS
4Mero
Colturn
Maa
Little MARKER
Summer Prices Matinees 20 cts.-30 cts. Evenings 20 ets.-85 ets.-55 eta.
WEREWOLF OF LONDON
Universal. master of mystery! That title is unchallenged wherever motion pictures are made of the weird and baffling in human nature, for daring exploration in the dark and hidden crannies of mysterious and dangerous person- alities, Universal stands alone in the movie world. "This leadership in the mystery field dates back to 1931 and extends over a series of notable feature films It started with "Dracula." progressed through "Frankenstien," "The Invisible
GOIN' TO TOWN
Holly wood judging from results. has come to the conclusion that there
*S something lucky about Mae Wet for the men who work with her un pictures,
LAST TWO-DAYS at 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.80 P.M.
COMING TO THRILL YOU`
CHILL YOU!
A 3,000-year-old curse takes its toll.. and Charlie Chan plunges into his weirdest adventure I'
CHARLIE
CHAN IN EGYPT
with WARNER OLAND
SATURDAY
- PAT: PATERSON and STEPIN FETCHIT WEST in "GOIN' TO TOWN" PARAMOUNT
CHARLIE CHAN
IN EGYPT
At The King's
The astute Chinese detective Charlie Chan in the person of Warner Oland is with us once again on the screen in "Charlie Chan, In Egypt," the current attraction a the King's Theatre,
The story carries Charlie Chan
Pharoahs, in the valley of the Kings, amid the splendours and.
QUEENS
THEATRE
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY ai 2.30, 5.10 7.20 à 9.30 P.M. The Defense Attorney Know He Was Innocent
G
PICTURE
SADIO
THEIR OWN
TEMPLE
"Ancient Model Of Creek Barge
... but could prové
he was guilty
...the
man who had stolen
the woman
he loved!
HAT COAT
and
GLOVE
with RICARDO CORTEZ
Farbara Rabblue » John Goul
Shanghai, Sept. 14. To-day, many of Shanghai's old landmarks are fast disappearing,
When a man on tetal for stars
Įing with the hangamadića nemand
BIG BOOKINGS
For The Queen Mary
Applications for reservations in the 79,000-tona wonder-ship the Queen Mary,
for her malden voyage next May have reached the Cunard-White Star offices from all parts of the world.
A speeding-up on the final stages of construction is taking place at
will increase every week during the The army of workmen on board next few months.
to the mystery scented land of the being suppersedea on all sides by modern structures of steel and con- crete. It was not so long ago that the "North-China Dally News". | Clydebank. organized a search for old-style Chinese building having interesting histories, and which at one time were important landmarks, perhaps well remembered by many old China hands, but which now are almost drowned in an oblivion of ever-progressing modernization.
riches of the lasting places of the mighty monarchs of thousands of years ago. Priceless gold and jewelled treasure have been taken from among those brought to light by the French Historical Society's expedition and Charlie Chan's task is to face the culprits and the sto- len treasures. A murderer is at hand and death threatens the
family of the expedition leader. How Chan cutwits the murderer and how his cunning is matched
with his courage is fully repre- sented in the picture:
Perhaps one of the most fascin- ating of these old landmarks, how ever, was overlooked in this search,
It ranks among the oldest of the
still-existing temples built when Shanghai was still A village of bamboo or straw huts on the mud The story is thrilling and ingen-banks of the Whangpoo. On the lously made and the mystery is as south side of Amoy Road, almost battling as it is dangerous. It is the best Charlie Chan picture to Foklen Roads and within a stone's at its junction with Soochow and date and that alone ought to be throw of the wooden Foklen Road ample guarantee for excellent Bridge in Louza District, stands entertainment.
O.M.O.
this temple, one of the quaintest and most interesting that the writer has ever "entered. It was built for and dedicated to the boat men of the Soochow Creek, and to day it still performs that mission, INCONSPICUOUS ENTRANCE Iis entrance is unprepossessing, so mush so that, although the wri- ter passed it almost every day for
MONEY STRINGENCY IN SHAOHSING
Attempted Monopoly In Paper Money Trade
Shanghai, Sept. 14
Meanwhile the great French liner Normandie, holder of the Transat lantic Blue Riband will be taken off the run and laid up for repairs
in October.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"Charlie Chan In Egypt"
QUEEN'S:
"Hat. Coat and Glove"
ORIENTAL:-
"Casino Murder Case
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
Chinese picture.
MAJESTIC:-
"Bright Eyes"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Goin' To Town"
QUEEN'S:-
"Werewolf of London"
ALHAMBRA :—
"Mad Love"
ORIENTAL:
"Little Miss Marker
MARRIAGE
By Ramon Novarro
MAJESTIC
THEATRE posouz Natan Rs Kaɔiwloòn. Tel 57822||
TO DAT ONLY At 2.90 5.20. 7.20 & 9.20 P.M. -
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
·In
BRIGHT EYES
A FOX Picture with
JAMES DUNN
MOTH FLAME DANCE
Girl Who Catches Fire On Stage
The L.C.C. Entertainments. Com- Marriage, religion, and Holly. Ramon Novarro, idol of the screen, wood were the subjects on which mittee has banned "The Moth and the Flame" ballet in "Round spoke to me for nearly an hour in About Regent Street." at the Lon- lis suite in the Dorchester," London Palladium. 1
yesterday (writes a Sunday They say that it is dangerous and Dispatch reporter).
his elbow and a cigarette in his He sat with a glass of beer at
hand.
ilable to cause a panic.
Committee saw the dance perform-
Three officials of the L.C.C. Fire
ed three weeks ago, but it was after some time that the Enter-
French Line officials deny that
"I come to England with no this means any financial failure.
The Normandie was never in-les." he said. "I am under containments Committee gave their tended for use in the slack winter
tract to no studio. In fact. I am
months, when the average number my time working on
a free man, and am going to spend
my
Lew
of passengers is only about 500, musical show Royal Exchange,' Between May and August shewhich is being put on in a few carried an average of 1,157 passen- weeks' time. gers on each of nine trips.
wholesome tasting and refreshing on the hot summer's day.
On the eastern sides of the court- yard are the quarters of the temple keeper and his assistants, while on the south side stands the sanctu- ary. As with all Chinese templès, this latter place is dark and some what gl.omy walls, celing, idole and furniture all covered with thick grime, the result of many. many moons or cleaning neglected. Perched in their box-like shrines,
WRITING THE MUSIC
"I want a play that people will & filin atar but also because the come to see, not only because I am play itself is a good one,
nach of the music, and I am alter- "I have composed or re-written ing the ending of the play. As it is, now, it is decidedly unhappy. The hero dies, and I am going to write it to show that even death the realisation of ideals." can be a thing of happiness and
Religion and marriage he holds sacred and a topic not to be dis. cussed lightly.
"Nineteen years ago, before 1
decision
They refuse to give their reason.
WINGS BURNED
In the dance Jeanne Devereaux enters dressed as a moth through
an
open window. She flutters around a glant lighted candle, getting closer and closer to the tame.
Her wings catch are and are burned completely off.
Miss Devereaux wears an agbes- tos tunic and helmet as protection.
There is a momentary black-out, during which she strips of the asbestos and emerges in skin-tight feshings.
The dance has been performed in America for more than a year. It has been done twice nightly during a two-weeks preliminary run at Brighton, where the chief
Since the arrival of hte Maxis-nearly eighteen months, it was only with curtains partly drawn before Look up acting," he said, "I almost the Fire Committee passed it
trate early in the year great hopes of improvement in local govern- Kent Taylor, Cary Grant and mont have been expected. Repeated Roger Pryor, the three tall, darkly one hears complaints that men and handsome" who worked with available for use have not the the star of Paramount's "Goin' to
technical knowledge required. rown," which comes on Saturday
hence the progress is meagre. In to the King's Theatre, in her pre-
order to provide such personnel it has been decided to set up a train- vious pictorial efforts. are con-
ing institute for men needed in vinced that Miss West's "magic the various departments Now 180 touch has affected their careers.
men of middle school of
young
this Kent Taylor, one af standard have applied for entrance Mae's "tall, dark an' handsomes" and after examination this week
through pure chance and a little natural inquisitiveness that discovery was made.
the
Passing through its inconspicu- qus doorway, one enters a clean, bright courtyard, perhaps, if one is fortunate enough, to ne greeted by the Kieper of the temple a de- 1ghtful type of elderly Chinese, placidly living his simple life amid a city which characterizes a rush and scramble for this world's goods, a visitor with a cheery yet may be bashful is hoped that these will be availa- smile. creasing his weather worn and previously with her in "She divisions or assist in other parts pipe the while. Done Him Wrong." he also ad- where reform is needed. In addi mitted that Mae has "lucky tion to his own county duties here, vibrations."
the Magistrate has also been ap Taylor, receiving new major as- signments at Paramount. points government in other counties. -
pointed as special supervisor of out that "things started breaking with Miss West." well for me right after I worked
them the gods stare upon one, at first unconsciously inspiring one with an awe akin to fear,
went into & monastery. I wanted | without demur, to be a priest, but as I grew up nd went in for acting my ideas changed."
►
One stands in the gloom and at- most perfect silence, to ponuer up- on these emblems of a'people's be-templated getled married. Lef, which remain in their niches throughout the years, perhaps cen- turies moving neither hand nor foot, eve nor tongue, and yet com- manding the obeisances of human
I asked him if he had ever ron
beings. Little wonder that a race much given to superstitious bellefs should stand either in awe or deep respect of these idols and the
Doctor's Orders
Lady: What caused you to be come a tramp?
Tramp: The family physician, mum. He advised me to take long walks after meals, and T've been walking after 'em even since.
"Now and again I have thought about it, but even to think abour marriage in Bollywood is dan gerous," he replied.
"A letter or
present to a lady friend is "always take: as food for gossip. "Marriage is something cred and should not be played with. It and the first flush of excitemiant should not be expected to last forms to see that it was all right.
Etiquette
Man." "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." and "The Bride of Fran- "kenstein," and comes to full flower in Tm No Angel," is convinced. the successful candidates will be ever ready to welcome In "Werewolf of London" scheduled And after Cary Grant appeared given intensive training. Later it to be screened at the "Queen's with Mae in that same picture, ble for posts in the county sub-lace, nervously puffing his Chinese Spirits which they severally repre- should be contemplated seriously, "shooting" of one of his "BDciety"
Theatre" at an early date.
Henry Hull has the title role in this screen study of a scientist who becomes infected with lycan-
TROUBLE IN PAPER TRADE
In the courtyard of the Bat- men's Temple are two most inter- esting features. One is a huge urn standing in the middle of the Area and in which devotees burn their
paper aycee and sandal wood. Ac- cording to the inscriptions on this huge urn it is some four hundred
sent!
MODEL OF A BARGE
eyes gradually growing accustom- Looking up toward the roof, our
ed to the gloom and sudden tran- sition from brillant sunshine te
ever.
SUPERFICIAL HOLLYWOOD
There is a settling-down, differ. ences of opinion, and all that
throphobia and turns periodically into a murderous creature hal man-half beast. Among the other featured players are Warner Oland,
About a month age great, trouble
the darkness within the building Varlerie Hobson, Lester Matthews,
arose in this city among the
we see a most beautiful.y execu.ed "She is an actress who instills various sections of workers em
model of a Soochow Creek barge, Spring Byington and Clark Wil-confidence in her leading men," played in making idol paper years old, "and was brought from about twenty feet in length. It is a liams. Mystery was a dead letter he pointed out. "Frankly I was money. It appears an attempt was in Hollywood in 1931 when Uni-scared to death when they put made to set up a monopoly. Ac. elsewhere when this temple was perfect model complete in every de. wood is a death trap to married; versal decided that the talking me in that picture with her, be-cording to the workers, the opera
erected. Many of the characters tail, from the boatman's utenstils fcial." screen offered unlimited' possibili-fore Miss West took me aside and tion of the "monopoly would bring cave been, eroded by time and the and furniture to the oars, capstan ties for exciting pictures of that.
gave me a fight talk. "She told great hardship to those whose day, weather, but should the visitor j ́and anchor. From ita appearance it \ talk of his being mobbed whenever kind. All other companies avoided the nim of uncanny thrills as the most dangerous kind of dynamite at the box-office.
Depression
me to take it easy that I was
of work aro far too few and really going places from then on.
uncertain at the moment Symp And I believed her.
thotic craftsmen from neighbouring You can't counties crowded into the city and help believing her,
Created such a tumult that police Pau Cavanagh, handsome feadhad to be summoned from other ing man, inherita the envied parta and a curfew order issued position in "Goin' to Town" and Finally the hateful monopoly was
should be taken into consideration nership of life, should be made to "Marriage, as the sacred part last. Generally speaking. Holly happiness, everything is so super
Mr. Novarro thinks that all the. could not have been touched by he ventures human hands for many years, for ridiculous,
on the street in a thick coating of grime and dust
"There have been times. I admit, covers every inch of its surface, when crowds have been awkward undoubtedly hiding from view and, embarrassing," he said, "bit much of its beautiful workmanship this morning I took a long walk The other interesting thing in and carving A closer and better in the rain.
know his characters he will easily be enabled to read enough of the inscriptions to learn something of the urn's history..
A FRESH WATER WELL
An American Alm producer ask- ed an English friend to watch the
After a time the Englishman sak- ed: "Why does that man keep his hat on when he's talking to a lady In the drawing-rom?”
can't take it off-another lady's "Sure," said the producer, "he
to raise his hat to her. coming in presently and he's got
ALHAMBRA
TRENTRE
SHOWING TO-DAY-
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.208 9.80 p.m.
A Faroical Comedy
in Cantonese
"Angels," says a clergyman, "don't Miss West reverses her usual pro damage was done to certain arms Only about two feet in diameter however, much to the writers als: one recognised me. I could look SOR-LO JOOK SAU"
eat." Conditions, of course, have bren bad everywhere recently.
Two "B" Abyssinia prefers to be known as Ethiopia. That should help the headline writers and those whose pens will insist ca writing two "b's,"
Revellis
A psychologist says that it 18 possible for a person to train him- self to wake up at any hour of the morning be wishes. This is known as the trump of mind over mat
tress,
cedure in this picture Instead of waiting for her man to come to estimate the damage at $100,00. interested in the monopoly. Sonte her, she goes after him and gets him as only Mae West can. Alexander Hall directed the pic- ture from a screen play by Miss West herself.
the boatmen of the Soochow Creek, to be satisfied with the temple But as it was at 7 o'clock in aut many feet in depth it supplied appointment, and he perforce had around at the people with the curiosity of any visitor. to London. when their boats were fed up to the keeper's statements to the effect the morning, perhaps that is wit banks of the creek nearby, with that the model was at least two no one recognised ine; they didn't
· Rattled Off
their fresh water for drinking pur-hundred years old, perhaps more expect me to be up so early?? The music swelled louder and poses, and even in these days of From the friendly dispositioned louder. The planist seemed to work | pure-water-on-tap through the old keeper it was ascertained that
HIS FILM TERMS himself into a frenzy, and then the courtesy of the Shanghal Water- the Boatmen's Temple was of no He said that if he made films in music suddenly dwindled down to works Company Limited, boatmen particular creed, ne ther Buddhist England he would like to co-direct Head of the Clasa
nothing.
still patronize the waters of this Taoist nar other beller, but purely the productions, and would be Mistress: But is he a good
"You were quite right about your well, which incidentally are sur general to the creeds, whatever made answerable to no one for his p man, Norah
Mald: Good! Why, ma'am, the tess. You said you'd rattle a few fact, the writer sampled the waters boatmen The Spirit of the Water, have learned he said "that playing. Mr. Jones," said the hos-prisingly clean, cold and fresh. In they may be, of the Soochow Creek decisions on the question of story,
casting, and acting a last time he was in gaol they took things off on the piano, and you upon the assurance of the temple the god of the fish and other it is fatal to have too many peopl eight months off his sentence for have two yanes"and": picture keeper that no harm would befall similar deities one would suppose trying to make the pisy or picture- good behaviour.
frathe
him and found them to be quite are reverenced in this temple:Fat once
young
1
with TSZE-HAU-CHUT and Miss MARY WONG
"NEXT: UMANGE.
M-G-M's Weirdest Horror Drama
MAD LOVE"
Blarring APPETEROLORRE
The Sureen's Most Frightening
Villain
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