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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936.
TO - DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
COULDN'T “SHE
TAKE IT"
“SHIP CAFE”.
SBOWING TO-DAY
At The
Queen's
TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.15 7.20 & 9.30
A ROLLI KING STORY OF
A SAILOR BOLD WITH A VOICE OF GOLD
CARL
BRISSON
Ropeita his success of "All the King's Horses" in
"SHIP CAFE
with ARLINE JUDGE
#1
MADY CHRISTIANS"
TO-MORROW
BRINGING TO YOU GLADYS SWARTHOUT THE HIGHEST R NKING TAK OF THE METROPOLITAN OPEKA in Rose of the Rancho "
TAME SAY TRAM OR HAREN VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
LAST
THEATREV
TIMES TO-DAY
CRAMMED-WITH-ACTI`Nİ » A story of a girl who knew no "feur... she'd do anything for thrills.
"A MIGHTY AIR DRAMA!
MYRNA LOY CARY GRANT
"WINGS
IN THE
DARK
A Paramount Pictura wila
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& SATURDAY
2 HOURS OF LAUGHTER! In this mad and merry ma'ri monial farce comely of domestic tangles.
YOU'LL SCREAM WITH JOY!
CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND
PEOPLE WILL TALK
A Paramount Picture with
Prices Matinees 20 e--30 c Evenings 20 c÷80 c.—50 c.—70 e,
ESTAR
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SHOWING TO-DAY
MEN!...DON'T LET THIS woman FOOL YOU!
ine female mastermind al myak ng bahɔa ser gå her most
THE WHITE COCKATOO
JEAN MUIR RICARDO CORTEZ
NEXT CHANGE
JACK BÚOMANAN IN
*THATS A GOOD GIRL
AT THE KING'S"
"She Couldn't Take It'
Success rests easily on Joan Bennett's golden-tressed head.
KING'S:-
"She Couldn't Take It".
QUEEN'S:
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"Ship Cafe"
ORIENTAL:-
Wings In The Dark"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:---
"The Perfect Gentleman" MAJESTIC:-
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"Red Heads On Parade"
STAR:--
"The White Cockatoo"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Barbary Coast"
QUEEN'S:-
די
"Ross of The Rancho" "One Exciting Adventure"
STAR:-
"That's A Good Girl" ALHAMBRA:-
"Whipsaw" ORIENTAL:-
"People Will Talk” "Last Outpost" "Scarlet Empress" "Purguit"
"BARBARY COAST"›
Q.
Edward Miriam Hopkins, Robinson and Joel McCrea enact a strange and violent triangle against the
back- tumultuous ground of ife on the "Barbary Coast," that "notorious mecca o adventurers from every corner of the globe, in Samuel Goldwyn's colourful production of that title which comes to the Theatre on Sunday.
Miss Hopkins is seen as Swan, a beautiful girl who is stranded in this city of gold-mad, love-hungry men and becomes queen of
King's
At The King's-
"She Couldn't Take It" starring Joan Bennett and George Ralt, opened its initial screening at the King's Theatre last night.
George Raft, that aashing young hero who first won screen fame in a series of gangster portrayals in pictures such as "Scarface," "Hash Money" and "Quick MERons," once again returns to these favourite rolls in this present film,
He is seen as the ax-rum runner Richardi repenting his sins in the federal penitentiary where he meets Walter Connolly, millionaire financier serving time for tax evasion.
Ast
Avenging an insult with ile of a novel is the method used by Carl Brisson, Faramount star, in his intest role. Leading men have known to settle arguments with swords, pistols, boxing gloves or tista, but Brisson revenges a slur- ting remark with the use of a shovel in Paramount's "Ship Cafe", comedy drama of a singing ship stoker's career now showing at the Queen's Theatre,
igisson lands in jail as the result ef the shovel fight, where he meets William Frawley, part owner of a water front dive, who offers him a job as the bouncer of the cate.
Ho accepts and meets Arline Judge, a dancer in the club with whom he falls in love. One night Davis, the restaurant's Connolly is impressed by the Eddin young felon's earnestness and de-uther partner, who entertains the termination to go straight, so that guests with his singing, is taken ill when death comes to him in his and Briasun takes his place, be coming an overnight sensation ne prison cell, his last words are
n singer. plea to Raft to act as executor of his estate and guardian of his petulant family.
*
What happens when Raft takes charge of the family and fortune, despite the vigorous protests of the Miss Bennett. the tempestuous play-boy, brother. James Blakely, and her count and poet patronizing mother. Bullie Burke, accounts for the vivid and amusing screenplay which has own such spontaneous popularity,
Included in the case are Lloyd Nolan, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek and 2 host of other screen
celebrities.-C. J A.
MR. J. E. WOOLACOTT
British Journalism In India
A Champion boxer visits the diva with a party of highbrow friends and is knocked out, by Brisson dur. ing the argument. "Ship Cafe" immediately becomes a successful society rendezvous
A Countess, Mady Christianik, Decomes interested in Brisson, and against Miss Judge's advice. "be accepts ber proposition of a huge salary in a swanky un-town night- club. In a short time he realizes that the plan was just a home of the part of the countess who wants him to be her gigolo.
A
He renounces ber, becomes failure. Many bilarious, dramatie complications bring the film tela
anshing climax
AN OLD SCOTTISH FAMILY
London, Feb. 4. The Hon Harry Robert Well- wood Moncreiff to-day attain's his majority. He is the eldest son of the fourth Lond Moncreiff by his
arrlage in 1999 to Lucy Vida.
daughter of Dr. David Lechmere
Doncaster. Anderson.
Mr. Men-
creiff is also heir to two baronet.
London, Feb. 1.” Mr. John Evans Woolacott, who was found dead in bed in his home at Reigate yesterday morning, was 73 years of age, and had been in failing health for several years past. He had exercised the journalistic profession with vigour and ability in various countries, and particularly in India, where he was for a period Delhi Cor cles, as Lord Moncrieff is four- respondent of The Times, and after-teenth Baronet of Moncreiff and words Editor of the Pioneer, then of fourth Baronet of Tulllebole. Lord In early life he held and Lady Moncreiff have three Allahabad. advanced political views, but in later scns and our daughters. Lord Bella Durna, a notorious cake run Years steadily tended to Right Wing Moncreif was educated at Repton Conservatism, especially in respect to Indian political reform.
the
over
and at New College, Oxford (B.A.. 1896)..
Seated at Moncreiff as early as
Notwithstanding the succession of Chamalis crooked roulette wheel, Bridge Suhool. For two years from 248, this family received their
personal hits scored in "Pursuit of Happiness." "Private Worlds" and "She Couldn't Take It," Miss Ben- net still retains the unruffled poise and dignity which has always marked her apart from the more temperamental members of her celebrated family.
She
man from an-
older baronetcy in 1628, Sir John MoncreifT, M.P., being its recipient. 2 remainder to his heirs with
by Louis Chamalis, a man as ruth less as he is powerful.
Woolacott was born at Milford Men risk their fortunes for s Haven in February, 1869, and was at the Menai emile
she
educated there and presides
1887 he was Correspondent of the but she has grown hard and cold Central News in the House of Com as the diamonds with which he has mqns, and later, represented that
three decked her. Hating all men, she Agency as special correspondent in male whatsoever. He had
Ireland, Morocco, and Egypt. He was
sons who all in turn inherited the suddenly meets n
Assistant Editor of the Economist other world, Jim Carmichael, a
baronetcy, but left no families. from 1903 to 1907. As early as 1885 he young niner who has made his contested the St. Rollox Division of The second Baronet sold Moncreiff strike. They fall in love and the Diasgow as an advanced ladical; and to a kinsman, who also was creat- Swan sees her life at the Bella he was associated with Mr. Ramsayed a baronet (in 1685), and is the
ancestor of Donna for what it is. But when MacDonald and other pioneers in the
the branch of the Jim learns her identity he thinks formation of the Labour Party. He she has been toying with him and also prominent in the affairs of the family who adopted the spelling his maternal granduncle. Institute of Journalists, and had been from experiences' a bitter disillusion-elected president when in 1908 of Moncreiffe, the present baronet ment. However, his faith in her he went out to Calcutta on the of this creation being the tenth
Baracet is revived and, after a series of staff of the Statesman' as Assis-
of Moncreiffe and the tant Editor. In 1013 he wag
owner exciting and perilous adventurea, tan
ot the family's ancient appointed Editor of the Bombay the lovers escape the jealous Gazette, which, after the great days of estate in Perthshire, wrath of Chamalls and face the J. M. Maclean (later M. P. for Cardiff) future together,
and Grattan Geary, had got into It had passed into the difficulties. the late Sir Shapurji Baroocha. Later, hands of an Indian group headed by that financier, nervous over the pro longation of the Great War, brought.. the paper to an end, and Woolacott, who was always pugnacious, filed an action for loss of employment.
The youngest daughter for Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison, ahe Was born on February 27th, at Palisades, New Jersey. Instructed first by private tutors, she later attended a Con- necticut boarding school and a finishing school in France. speaks French nuently.
She began 'her professional carver on Broadway in her father's
Ben Charles MacArthur and play. "Jarnegan," in 1928. 60
Hecht prepared the screenplay of perform that "Barbary Coast." creditably did she
Howard Hawks she was one of the first stage per-
directed. The costumes were de- sonalities to be summoned
signed by Omar Klam. Walter Hollywood with the advent of Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian She was first introduced Donlevy, Clyde Cook, Harry Carey,
"Bulldog Donald Meek and to screen audiences in
many other Drummond." She returned
popular players appear in support of the stars. "Barbary Coast" is released through United Artists.
talkies.
to
to
Broadway to do several plays and u'timately retired from the stage to devote her complete time to the "Little Women" stiver screen, brought her over-night fame. She followed in "Mississippi" "THE WHITE COCKATOO" and Simla in the hot weather: In 1921, for To-night" and "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head." in addition
P
DISTINGUISHED MINISTER
Wellwood Moncrèlf. D.D. of Glaa-
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Directed by Ty Garnet
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A 1.30, 5.10.
SKINGS P.M.
HE'S NO GENTLEMAN.......
but then-2
SHE'S NO LÄDTI
GEORGE RAFT JOAN BENNETT She Couldn't Take It
WALTER CONNOLLY
BILLIE BURKE
A.COLUMBIA PICTURE
B. P Schulberg production
MIRIAM HOPKINA-EDW, G. R. 31NBON-- Jozi McOz.
in "BARBARY CO-ST"
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The PERFECT GENTLEMAN
NEXT CHANGE
Another M-G-M Hit
starring FRANK MORGAN and CICELY COURTNEIDGE with HEATHER ANGEL". HERBERT MUNDIN UNA O'CONNOR A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayez num
MYRNA LOY in "WHIPSAW ??
DEAN OF WINDSOR
On King Edward
greatness
Landon, Feb. 3.
J
The Dean of Windsor (Dr. A. V. Bailie), preachmg at St. George's Cnape, Windsor Castle, yesterday, at the first service held there since the royal funera, said of King
dward VIII.:
"He cannot be, or should not be, Krig Edward VIL an imitation, On the death of the last of the
was not an imitation of Queen. sons of the first Baronet the title victoria, har King George an im- passed to an eminent physician,itation
of King Edward Each Sir John Moncreift, of Tippermal- must gradually form the
Sir John's son, the sixth
of his kingship by loch, Baronet, died unmarried, when forging the greatness of his own the title went to the ancestor of
personality in his own generation. By that time he was a Whiggish its present holder, the Rev. Sir Inspiration and suggestive exam- Liberal in politics, and was adopted
minister of "ple he may have, but he must find William
Moncreiff, prospective candidate for Coventry;
Blackford. but in 1816 he returned to India on
Wil- Curiously. Sir
his own way. He must be himself. staff of the Pioneer. For four years Ilam's immediate Your Moncreiff
"If you say in criticism, as men he. represented that paper and also ancestors were all ministers of the
are apt to say in mistaken loyalty "The Times" at the seats of the Gov- Church of Scotland, of which his
to those they have loved and ad- ernment of India-Delhi in the winter
succeeding son, Rev. Sir Henrymired. He is not like his father, on the resignation of Mr. Clive Rat tigal. he was appointed Editor of the gow University, became Modera- you blind yourself to the power of understanding sympathy. Think *Pioneer He left India a few years for. It
WES this distinguished
ence work. To the end he continued to
ing. King George grew up in an contribute on the tea trade and
(now bole Castle, Kinross-shire other
Atmosphere of settled faith which special subjects to the "Statesman." the seat of the Lords Monerel belonged to his time. He experi
his maternal granduncle. enced the settled discipline of a He had returned from observing Indian from political movements at close quarters Henry Wellwood of Garvock. His great profession. He had the op- Billie Burke, Lloyd Nolan and This new Warner Bros. arama, with a strong distrust of Left Wing con, the ninth Baronet, became a portunity of developing his sym- Wallace Ford.. Tay Garnett direct- ¦ unlike most mystery plays, ac-
leaders and ideas. In a book published centuates the romance angle very by Macmillan in 1829, "India on Trial Senator of the College of Justice, pathies in a happy married life. The story of "Rose Of The Ran-edz
he brought together a mass of evidence under the title of Lord Moncreiff.
"King Edward VIII was plunged istrongly, "chone beautiful, high-spirited
and The attempts of two bands of Legislative ability shown in the At his death the baronetcy Spanish girl who led her people our of itu settings, met with huge criminals to steal a young Amar against further political, reform. He still-remembered Bir Henry, who
argued again went to a clergyman, the almost from his adolescence into the turmoil of the war. He grew up against the rapacious Americau
public response.
in an atmosphere of disturbed Landgrabbers in the first years of Music, however, was not blended ican girl's fortune, lead to three also wrote two smaller works on similar too lled the Moderator's chair
thought. For ten years he was California's statehood- has thrilled
The Truth." He tended
sent travelling round the world motion picture and stage audiences with the drama of the Spanish Murders, the kidnapping of the lines-Britain's Records in
Dons until its revival for Miss heiress and an attempt on the lives and "India:
with no opportunity of developing ulike for more than twenty years. Swarthout and John Boles, with of several others. An American to be querulous and resentful regard was principal clerk of the Free cockaton, ing critical reviews of his writings. Church of Scotland and the au- engineer, aided by a
home ues or fixed sympathies. Now for the first time this dash-
Charles Bickford, B, B. Warner, ing romance of old Monterey comics Willie Howard, Herb Williams Soally solves the killings and other as despondent outlook was intensi-thor of its "Procedure." Sir Henry
"How different must the twi fied when in 1934, after 38 years of died without isnie in 1883. His mysterious happenings in to the screen with a musical score, Grace Bradley and others in the
the
domestic happiness, he lost his wife,
men be, and yet King Edward has first original operetta-type
spooky French hotel, Miss Swarthout who begina
Anjoalina, daughter of the late Signor widow, an aunt of Lord Dunedin.
died in 1885. Bir Henry's title. A wealth of varied experience few Jean Muir has the role of the A Seneca. Geora ever written for motion pic
her sixth season this year with the heiress whose past is wrapped in Gladys Swarthout,
massed to his brother, who, had men ever enjoyed. He knows his tures, with
Metropolitan Opera, undertakes a
already been created a baronet in people with a knowledge and un- brilliant star of the Metropolitan dual role in the picture. She is mystery, and who has a habit of appearing in two places at the
1871, and who was Lord Justice- derstanding not deeper than hia Opera, and John Boles, handsome dramatic singer, in the leading cast as the heroine, "Rose," and same time, a coincidence which is elf mixed up in the mystery Clerk of Scotland. In 1874 he was father's but utterly different. Re-
as "Dan Carlos," who rides a great not explained until the end of the rough bar habit of anooping created roles. "Rose Of The Rancho," is
Lord Moncreiff, Lord member that before vou form your about, the next attraction at the Queen's white horse in nightly sorties
Moncreif was succeeded by his judgment of him story. against the unscrupulous Ameri-
There is a larga and talented eldest son, also a Judge in the "There is always a tendency tu The original play written by Cs who are seeking to wrest the the engineer lover.
pporting cast which includer Court of Session. He in turn was criticke sovereigns till they have ahn Eldredge, Gordon Westcott, succeeded by the present Peer's been able to forge their own great- Richard Walton Tully and David Breat estates from the Spanish Belasco, was firht seen on Broad-ons. She sings five songs and one
Addison Richards, Pauline Garon, way in 1912, and by virtue of its uet with Boles, and performs the
mand de Bordes. Bentley How father, a clergyman of the Church ness. It was so with Queen Vic Andre Cheron and Georges England. The present Feer toria, with King Edward VII, and perb dramatic interludes, its his intricate. "Sombrero" dance as the
with King George V," tory unfolds.
succeeded in 1913, torical authenticity and the glam-
to the three most recent successes thriller guaranteed to send chill
A melodramatic murder mystery Inter and took up London correspond- clergyman who inherited Tullio only of the difference in their train- "She Couldn't Take It" will head creeping up and down the spine the new programme at the King's comes to the Star Theatre today Theatre starting to-day. Others in under the title of "The White
are Walter Connolly, Cockatoo."
the
RUSE OF THE RANCHO"
Theatre.
1.
the cast
Casta
Ricardo Cortez plays the part of
Comedy relief is injected into the intense and thrilling, action by Ruth Donnelly, in the role of
American escantrie teacher who manages to get her Rensvent.:
an
schnol
ربه
(Free Church of Scotland). He
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