4 SHOWS
DAILY
125-813
7.16-8.20
ENTERTAINME
QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY xì 2.30. 3.13, 7.20 a 9.30
The LAUGHINGEST Picture of the New Season!
Paramount's
People Will Talk
CHARLES
with
MARY
·RUGGLE< BOLAND
ANOTHER FINE PICTURE TO FOLLOW--
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Accent on Youth
with SYLVIA SIDNEY HERBERT MARSHALL
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ORIENTAL
2 DAYS TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
ONLY
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PANIC RAGES FROM CHINATOWN TO THE BARBARY COAST Old Frisco whoops it up again for the greatest thrill' chase ever photographed !"
FOG OVER FRISCO
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BETTE DAVIS
DONALD WOODS
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MARGARET LINDSAY » LYLE/ Where society's spoiled beauties TALBOT HUICH HERBERT Munt adventure and find damnation
The Hongkong of the Wes
SEE The Barbary Coast tearing the lid off when the fog manacles the forces of the law!.
Prices Matinees 20 a 80 e. Brenings 20 c.-80 -60 -70 e.
ESTARE
TO-DAY ONLY
FAY WRAY and PAUL LUKAS in
The COUNTESS
OF MONTE CRISTO
"The thrilling comedy- drama of a beautiful..... movie extra giri plunged into the rola
of Countess in realife!
-NEXT OHANGE- EDMUND LOWE in "Mr. DYNAMITE”
"Olve often t'ought," said Pat, "If there were no trains stopping as", they rush through the stations, there'd be no stations, and then where would we go to catch the trains?"
Bartlett Again Opposite Grace Moore
Michael Bartlett, "internation- aly famous tenor, who was Grace Moore's leading man in "Love Me Forever" (known as "On Wings of Song" in some countries), will again be seen opposite the Columbia star in her third star- ring production for the company. which is entitled "Cissy." with inusic" by Fritz Kreisler.
This will be Miss Moore's first production since her successful summer. European trip in the course of which she sang a com- mand performance of "La Bo- heme" at Covent Garden, Lon- dez, in connection with King
·George's Silver Jubilee,
Mr. Bartelett, who is under long-term contract to Columbia, studied for an operatic" career in Milan. Under the name of Edu- ardo Bartell he won European successes achieved by few Ame- rleans. He has sung at the fa- mous La Scala in Milan and in Leading opera houses of France and Belgium. During the last few years he has appeared in several musical productions, in- cluding "The Cat and the Fiddle," "School for Husbands" and "Thru the Years,"
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Michael Bartlett was last seen on the screen as one of Gaudette Colbert's leading men in Colum- bla's "She Married Her. Boss,"
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1935.
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:
Hong Kong
"Diamond" JinTM
́QUEEN'S;——.
"People Will Tale" ORIENTAL:mim
"Fog Over Frisco"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Death Files Eust" MAJESTIC --
STAR:
"Elinor Norton”
"Countess of Monte Crlato”
KING'S:~~
Coming
"I Live My Life": QUEEN'S :-
"Accent On Youth" ALHAMBRA:--
STAR
The Girl Friend"
"Mr. Dynamite"> MAJESTIC:-
"Roberta"
"PEOPLE WILL TALK" "
"People Will Talk," which opens to-day at the Queen's Theatre, brings Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland back to the screen in one of the pleasantest and funniest pictures they've ever made--a picture that runs the whole gamut of laughter from out-and- out burlesque to subtle and amus- ing farce. Set in a suburban com- munity, "People Will Talk." tells of Ruggles' and Miss Boland's attempt to straighten out the marital affairs of their daughter and son-in-law by staging a mock battle royal themselves, with the idea of showing the younger couple how silly it all is, But Miss Boland forgets it's all in fun and begins resenting her husband's enthusiasm for his new role and trouble begins.
""THE COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO” ""The Countess of Monte Cristo" a delicious comedy-drama released through Universal Picture began Its initial run at the Star Theatre yesterday.
In the leading feminine role is Fay Wray who gained new heights of popularity by her outstanding performance in this picture, and playing opposite her Is..none other than Paul Lukas, although the love interest is suppiled by Paul Page.
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The story depicts the adventure of an extra who by a broken engagement with a newspaper re- porter; drives off in a car and finally ends up in an hotel in à fashionable winter resort.
There she assumes the role of a countess, but events finally catches up with her. How the affair is finally settled and how she even- tually makes up with her lover la brought to 3 thrilling climax which makes very delightful enter- tajament. H. F.
"ACCENT ON YOUTH"
In "Accent On Youth," which is scheduled, as the next attraction at the Queen's Theatre, Para- mount, brings the comedy hit of the current Broadway the screen.
Berson
FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS
Films Leading Dance Stars, Work Harder To-day Than When They Began
س لبس النس
til they are perfect.
WORKS 160 HOURS
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, pa countless number of times un- perching on the very top of the film world to-day sa the mest popular singing and dancing stars the screen has ever known, have worked harder in making "Top Hat," their new RKO Radio musical film showing shortly at one of the local Theatres with its Irving Berlin scare, than they did when they first took up together as twirling partners.
By the same token, they will. Kit is humanly possible, work harder in making their next "Follow The Fleet," also with tunes by Berin, the hit-master For uneasy rest the heads that wear the movie crowns, and Fred
and Ginger are always "in" "the" position of having to top them- selves in each succeeding pic- ture. And of course they do, as visitors to "Top Hat" will learn when they see the beautiful "Cheek to Cheek" and the thril ling "Piccolino.”
TWO-JOBS When "Fred and Glager "start work on a picture on the RKO lot in Hollywood, Astaire has two jobs, and it is hard to sav which is the more important. Six weeks befère "Top Hat" went be- fore the cameras, he took Hermes Pan, studio dance director, and Hal Borne, planist, to a quiet and deserted stage and, there began creating the dances for the pic- sure, Fred designe his amazing routines himself, fast planning the general outline of each dance, then working on the steps. and
finally putting the whole thing together as a perfect ter- paichorean mosäte.
When the number is finally planned and endlessly rehearsed by its creator, Miss Rogers Joins the party. Fred teaches her the steps, and then they go over it
For instance, Astaire estimates, that he spent at least 180 hours. creating and rehearsing "The Piccolino," which is to "Top Hat” what "The Continental was to "The Gay Divorcee," only more so That is to say, it is the outstand- ing dance creation" of the film staged spectacularly on a huge and
beautiful set representing part of the Lido Venice" and pers formed by the stars and, by the same fine dancing ensemble which smashed over "The Con- tinental" nearly a year ago.
"The Piccolino," „incidentally', is, a fast, fox trot "which is easily adaptable to ballroom use, and dance fans everywhere will soon be doing the tricky Ettle "Pic co.ino Step” which Astaire in- vented and which gives distinc tion to the dance.
A STERN CRITIC
Astaire fans will be interested to know that he is the hardest man on the set to please-harder, perhaps, than Director Mark Sandrich ot "Top Hat" himself, Others usually think thë Astaire- Rogers numbers are perfect long before the star himself is satisfied. Hè la just as critical of the`drama- tic and comedy scenes, and during the making of "Top Hat" he oc casionally asked Sandrich to re- shoot a scene after the director was perfectly satisfied "with the "take."
This Infinite capacity, for tak ing pa'ns which is part and par cel of Fred and Ginger is, after. all, undoubtedly one of the most important reasons why they are unquestionably tops in their feld-the most charming and, ex- citing dancers of the day.
BIKNIE BARNES GLORIMES GILLIAN ROSSELL
DIAMOND JIM" UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION
Showing at the Kingle Theatre To-Day,
A PREVIEW
"Les Miserables”.
Out n one masterpiece, an- to other has been created! "Les Miserables" Victor Hugo's immor-
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the role of the immortal "Jean Valjean" who goes to prison for stealing a bit of bread, who later ussumes · the" name" of Monsieur Madeline to win the hearts of the community, and who is sub sequently doomed to a ceaseless. fight from a fend who knows no pity
have
The role of "Javert, could have" been played by none other than Charles Laughton-his perfor-
novel that has enjoyed a reading popularity of a million a year for decades, a 20th, Cen-mance as the arm of the law is tury's most pretentious produc- tion to date.
A witty and sophisticated tal comedy of New York life. "Accent On Youth" deals with the situation of a middle aged play-wright who finds himself madly in love with 2 girl yet suspects that she loves a younger man.
“DIAMOND JIM””
"Diamond Jim," flashlest Agure in night life history, owned thirty different sets of jewelry, one for every day in the month, a total fortune of $3,000,000 in gems. "Replicas of all these had to be procured for the movie verzión óð "Diamond Jim.***
It is safe to say that the screen play starring Edward Aroa
Fredric March, Charles Laugh- ton 8 Cedric Hardwicke John' Beal, Rochelle Hudson and Fran ces Drake, head a cast of thou sands in a story that is a^hun- Romance, dred stories in one. drama, tragedy. historical signi- cance and thrik have been re- created in a pageantry that wil make movie millions breathless from sheer enjoyment,
lu Victor Hugo's "Les Miser- ables" new 20th Century picture released by Unfred Artists, and to be shown at the King's Theatre shortly, Fredric March goes on
now at the King's Theatre required to new triumph He portrays
more research than any other picture produced in Hollywood during the past year.
SHOWING TO-DAY
SKINGS!
RINGS ON HIS FINGERS AND BELLS ON HIS TRAIL!! Woman followed him everywhere he wont, hypnotized by the diamonds he wore, fascinated by the biggest spander und biggest sucker that ever lived
WITH
JEAN, ARTHUR-BINNIE BARNKS:
NEXT CHANGE
VERSAL
JOAN CRAWFORD.
M.GL.M.
I LIVE MY LIFE
ALNAMBRA
HEENTHE
LAST TIMES TO-DAY
Ar 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 PM.
·A UNIQUE MYSTERY ON A PASSENGER AIR-LINER
TO-MORROW.
TO-DAY
TO-MORROW
Death Flies East
CONRAD NAGEL FLORENCE RICE. Raymond Walburn, Irene Franklin
Sireen is as my Allant Demond anna Fred Perfo, er
A streit
Philip #plu
Directed by Phil Roten
"THE GIRL FRIEND"
with Ann Sothern & Jack Haley
MAJESTIC
At 2.30; 6 P.M. Sharp
THEATRE.
7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
EINOR NORTON"
with Claire Trevor. Hugh Williams'
ONE NEW YORK NIGHT”
with
FRIDAY:
FRANCHOT TONE, UNA MERKEL
GALAXY OF WESTERN
STARS
In Film Annals"Powder-
smoke Range"
Stirred by the current vogue for outdoor action film dramas of the finest type, RKO Radio Pictures came to the startling de-. cision that one he-man west- ern hero is good for a motion picture, eleven are approximately eleven times as effective.
Therefore, when the company decided to produce Powdersmok Range," an exciting melodrama of cattle-rustling and cow-town villainy, it set about gathering the greatest all-star group of screen riders who ever charged the camera with six-guns blazing. The cast of "Powdersmoke Range" coming to the Alhambra on: December 22 as it will greet you from the screet, reads like a bine book of the noblest open-
ur heroes of the picture world
nothing short of superb. His heart was closed to the pleas for justice! What was Justice to him! It was, not bis duty to let his emotion rule his decisions.
The love story is provided by Cosette, Valjean's ward, played by Rochelle Hudson, and Marius a young revolutionary, played, by John Beal Frances Drake, as Eponine, a co-worker, of Marius; Featured heavily in the cust Florence Eldridge, who is Mrs. are Harry Carey, 25 years an Fredric Marchin private fe
ornament or hard- riding almos Ferdinand Gottschalk Jessie and Hoot Cbson one of the most Ralph and little Mariyrne popular of the cian: The hang- Knowlden are so prominent insome, curly-headed hero £ - Mr- the splendid cast."
Bob Steele, who wins pretty Miss The production has been flaw Boots Mallory in the last reel, Jessly directed by Richard Bo'es- while the reptilian villain of the piece is Mr. Tom Tyler, cold and
lawski from a script by WF Lipscomb. The rettings and | crues kilter costumes are; magn cent and
Other famous “western names? shine in support--Guinn":"Biç Boy" Williams, Waly Wa'a® Art
Placed in a vault at Universal selling book on Brady, supervised the production, released through City were replicas of the", thirty the reproduction of the gems. ; United Artists: emerges not, only complete sets of jewelry worn by which was done at tremendous as stirring entertainment and à | Mix- Buzz Barton | Buffalo B1). Brady that won for him the name expenas. So valuable were the triumph for director, 20th Ceri "or" "Diamond Jim” “He had a replicas, worth approximately
direrent set for each day in the 22,000,000 in the original, that they conne
Jeweler by had to be kept under guard day
and night.
the best
stars and
the real grea
one of
Jr. and Buddy Roosevelt. Mere tenderfeet to the great compare are Miss Mallory williams Fars num and Sam Hardy
drama held such noble heroikni, such dark. vlaky, such hára riding and such straight shoot- ing at this exceptional troupe imfolds.
There was some fear, on the RKO lot during the making of "Powdersmoke Range that these high-powered western stars WOMA be plagued with jealousy-that the beast of cowboy tempera- ment would rear its ugly head. Nothing of the sort Happened. It was the old Musketeer cry of "All for one and one for all."
Scene stealing is something like cattle-rustling in this outfit," says Harry Carey. It just fan't done!" "Greatest bunch 1 eyer worked with," "is : Hoot Gibedh'a comment on the "Powdersmoke Range crowd. They're all tops in' this-cast "
It's a great break for me," says Bob Stoete," one of the younger stars in the troupe. "Belleve me, I'd rather have inj name on the screen with a crowd of real hombres like this than it the top of any ordinary cast!
That's the spirit that animated the whole crowd on the old RKO Ranch where Powdersmoke Range" was filmed. Director Wallace.Fox was the boss and, all the boys obeyed. him implicitly,
As a result, this bunch
of
working
Not in years has wide-open her
picture
tögether; for
remarkable
the, good turned out are of
westerri-dim the screen
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