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ENTERTAINME QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5. 5, 7 20 & 9.30
"Mary Burns Fugitive"
starring SYLVIA SIDNEY.
'with
NELVYN DOUGLAS-PERT KELTON ALAN BAXTER-WAILACE" FORD
A Paramount Piture
"An American Tragedy" "Ladies of the Big Hone" strong dramatic plots with heart-gripping love stories,
These hare been the pictures in which Sylvia Sidney has scored her biggest success --and that is why we predici róu will agree with us that "MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE is her most brilliant triumph!
NEXT CHANGE------
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
in
FOUR HOURS TO KILL
TO-DAY
ONLY
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936.
TO - DAY AT THE LOCAL YACHTING THE BENEVOLENT SHOWING
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Ah Wilderness" QUEEN'S:-
"Mary Burns Fugitive" ORIENTAL:-
"Little Big Shot"
CENTRAL
"Sweet Surrender"
Kowloon
Results Of “A” Class Event
CABARET DINNER DANCE
KINGS
TO-DAY
W
· EUGENE O'NEILL'S
GREAT DRAMA OF
Good Fare Promised
"Jan, salled by Mr. J. Johnsen, won the Sweepstakes Race" for "A" Class yachts at North Point on
"The Dinner Dance and CabaretTM Saturday when she beat Joss (Mr.in aid of the Hong Kong Bene J. R. L Stanton) by a harrow volent Society which takes place margin over the 8.7-mile course.
In the race tor Mixed Classes, Dorothea (Mrs, S. D. Reld) was first, with Ariel (Mr. J. Kemsley second,
Detailed results were as follows:
"A" Class-Started 14.35
Finished Pos. 16.23.11 1
ALHAMBRA:---
"In Person" MAJESTIC:-
Jan
(Mr. J. Johnsen),
"In Callentè”.
Joss
16.25.11
2
STAR:--
"Bonnie Scotland"
(Mr. J. R. L. Stanton).
Lobo
16 25.40
3
(Mrs. E. R. Edwards),
Coming
Guli
18.25.55
4
Mr. S. Odland). Carpenter
16.26.25
5
KINGS:-
"Every Saturday Night"
(Miss L. C. Edwards)
QUEEN'S :-
Pat....
16.29.50
.6
4 Hours To Kä!"
MAJESTIC:-
At 2.30, 5.20,
"Niwits"
(Capt. W. B. Cooper). Artemis
... 16.33.16 (Mr. G. G. Wood).
7
STAR:
'1.20 & 9.20 P.M.
Isobel
16.39.50
"Public Hero Number 1"
(Dr. L. J. Davis).
Mixed Class-Started 14.45.
Dorothea
16.22,13 I
(Mrs. 8. D. Reid)
Arlel
16.23.32+ 2
Mr. J. Kemsley).
Eunice
(Mr. F. Anthony).
16.23.36 3
Diana
16,28.35 4
(Mrs, D, W, Persse). Colleen
16.29.32 5
Siskin
(Mr. H. R. A. Wood).
(Capt. N. Syddall).
16.30.114 - 6 (Lieut. J. E. Moore, R.N.).
16.30.42 i
at the Peninsula Hotel on the 77th Instant bids fair to become one of the biggest events in the social year.. The cabaret turns whlen have been arranged are full of promise, and all sorts of popular people--both professional, and amateur-are going to perform. "George Goncharoff-that versa- tile dancer-will not only dance himself, but he has trained several of the other" performers as well: amongst them Edna Best that clever exponent of the Ballet, and "The Dodwell Bisters" will make their debut as Tap dancers with, enormous success we feel sure.
That inimitable trio "Ferguson, Simpson, and Dooy" have "sonic Ane new numbers, and a little bird has whispered to me that Erik Nelson will introduce a new kind of "Coasip."
Then there are possible surpris: items, over which a voll shall be drawn for the moment, but I should not be surprised if that big query on the advertisements stood for something really tremendous in; the way of entertainment.
By way of advice, may I urge every body to buy their tickets an:1 book their tables really early, so that adequate arrangements may be made, to avold overcrowding. when the great night arrives.
D.E.A.
YOUTH'S FIRST TEMPTATIONS!
starring WALLACE
BEER Y
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BARRYMORE
Aline MacMAHON ERIC LINDEN
NEXT CHANGE
At 1,30, 3.10. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
*CLARENCE BROWN'S production
AH WILDERNESS!
EUGENE ONDUL METEO.GOLDWYŃ-MAYER, CLARENCE BROWN WALLACE SEERY ..BONEL BARRYMORE .glostaus names all in Ilya onnodi of the American stage and screen mé merging Mhuir tydgets, maar in one motion"plutura enters), remanent your own heart will tell vou is gracil
"Why
don't you
kits ma® Coll
hot kisaing? Hera!"
"EVERY
NIGHT
FOX PICTURE
SATURDAY JUNE LANG — THOMAS BECK
ALHAMBRAIN THEATRE.
NATHAN RD, HOWLOON-DAILY AT
TO-DAY &
Hear Her Sing; "Don't Mention love to Me," "Out of
Sight Out of Mind,
ive Got a New lease on life "
720 & 9,30 TEL. 56 856
10-MORROW
MAJESTIC
THEATRES
GO HAY-WIRE WITH HEY-HEY
Caliente
* PAT O'BRIEN · DOLORES DEL RIO GLENDA FARRELL Edward Everell HORTON, LEO „CARRILLO - 109S OF OTHERS
Tuesday:"NITWITS' with
CENTRAL
THEATRE
BERT WHEELER ROBERT WOOLSEY
ESTARE
HELD OVER FOR ONE MORE DAY ! TO-DAY & TO-MORROW LAST 4 SHOWS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 6.15. 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
DOUBLE ATTRACTION
ON THE STAGE — The World Famous
CHIN LOO
30 Minutes of Cyclonic Entertain. ment" of ACROBATICS &
JUGULINOS
ON THE SCREEN
A Musical Extravaganza
Presanted
By
'HAL ROACH
IN PERSON
Ai The Alhambra
Affording a complete scope for her capabilities, Ginger Rogers' new ploture, "In Person" "is en- tertaining testimony to the VAC- satility which has carried her so Heron rapidly to solo" "stardom. 13 now showing at the Alhambra Theatre.
Currently, she heads the roster 01 feminine singing-dancing stars;" and although "In Person," the first picture in which she stars alone,
1 straight romantic comedy-dra AH! WILDERNESS
ma, it offers her many opportunit- les to use her distinctive style of melody interpretation in song and dance.
George Brent is Ginger Rogers". male lead in "In Person." Alan Mowbray, Grant Mitchell, Samuel Binds, Joan Breslau, Louis Mason and Spencer Charters complete the supporting cast under William Sel- ter's direction. "In Person" is an RKO Radio Picture and it's an- other "bit."
At The King's
GOOD MUSIC PROMISED
H. K. Singers To Delight
Many solists new to Hong Kong w be heard at the secular con- cert to be given by the Hong Kong Singers at the Sailorg and Soldiers "Ah Wi derness!" a drama of a Home, 22. Hennessy Road, Wan- quaint New England town, family chai, on Wednesday at 9 o'clock. life, and adolescent love. DOW A well balanced programme hat showing at the King's Theatre is been selected inc uding several oid a picture produced on an ela- English folk songs. borate scale Wallace Beery plays Among the newcomers are M the Inebris. Uncle Sid, and H. L. Shaw, whose rich contralto Lionel Barrymore portrays Nat has been heard so'o before, and Miller, the father, the role created | Mr. R. C. S. Bates, a fine soprano. with the New York Theatre Guild | One of the best items promises to by George M. Cohan and played be the Stanford cycle "Songs of on the stage in the West by Will the Sea" by Dr. L. T. Ride assistedi Laurel and Hardy inuy have up-Rogers, both give superb portray-by the choir, peared in a better screen vehicle als.. The cast includes Eric Linden An interesting item is a zelec- "Benuje Srotland" during and Cecilia Parker as the young tion of Chineae music under the their long career as a team, bat if lovers, Aline. MacMahon as Aunt direction of Mr. Yau Hok-chau. they have, this Writer hasn't seen Lily, Spring Byington as the Also included in the programme Although there is more 10- mother. Mickey Rooney, Edward | are violin solo by Mr. olomon mauce in this picture than is usuNugent, Charles Grapewin, Helen Bard and German folk songs by in their productions, it does not Fiint, Buddy detract from the comedy situa
Messenger, Mary Mrs. Irene Miller, Frau R. Luring. Lions. To the contrary, it serves
Granville, and Herren Leopoldt and Seidler. Mes- dames Genevieve Evelle and Irene
chan
"BONNIE SCOTLAND'
Forward March LAUREL HARDY BONNIE SCOTLAND
LOVERS LISTENED EYES GLISTENED!
The whole world hommed when
Tamara, Broadway's beauti. ful musical comady star, sang "Smoke Galt la Your Eyes"! Now she's on the screen flour -singing new songs to fill your heart, and dancing new staps to thrill your tous!
SWEET
SURRENDER
CARS LAEMMI presente
A UNIVERSAL MUSICAL TREAT
with
FRANK, PARKER,
TAMARA,
HELEN LYND,
RUSS BROWN, ARTHUR 'FIERSON, JACK DEMPSEY, ABE LYMAN
and his Californians,
POPULAR FIRST KUN PRICES Dress Circle--50 c.
· Loge :"80 c.; Back Stalls: 4 c; Front Stalls 906.
"that was a stiff climb."
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TO-MORROW, ONE DAY- ONLY (- "PUBLIC HERO.
NUMBER
1
WITH ALL STAR CAST ·
FOUR HOURS TO KILL
Richard Barthe.mess, absent for
it.
Russell. Bonita
as a delightful background to thair Frank A'bertson. comedy and if one may judge by | The picture is well worth seeing Miller and Mr. E. O'Nel' Shaw will the first night audience reaction as indicated by a crowded house at screen entertainment, which
as it brings out all the best in share the accompanying. the Star Theatre, last evening, the able cast rendered their parts to blending of the two elements wax just right.
Sud-faced Stan and retund Ollie become embroiled in series of adventures and misadventures fel- lowing their inadvertent enlist
ment in a regiment of Scotch. Highlanders assigned to foreign duty in India From that time on there is a rapid succession of gags such as may be expected of the two famed pantomimiste. Es- pecially funny is one concerning their belief in mirages. Another one that "brought down the house" reveals Hardy's introduction to a Cobra snake,
th
perfection.
MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE
At The Queen's
the
GINGER
KI
ROGERS In Person
WITH
GEORGE BRENT
Directed by William A, Serter
SCOT'S ADVENTURES.
* KNOWS DAIL:"
IN RUSSIA
Remarkable Story To Court
London Feb. 26.
wal
An extraordinary story of how a former member of the British Secret Service and of the Czar's own flying corps" was arrested during the Russian Revolution and taken out to be shot, but sub- requently escaped,
told Mary
at Burns, Fugitive,"
the Solihull latest Paramount thriller drans, Court yesterday, when a summons (Birmingham) Police The romantic portion of "Bon starring Sylvia Sidney, now show for the non-payment of rates waa nie Scotland is capably handleding at the Queen's Theatre. Mins being heard: by June Lang, William Janney Sydney is screen as a girl hunted, and Vernon Steele in a shreby the law, a victim of circumaman, who is a cot, asked that his For fear of Soviet revenge the cornered courtship while Anaestantial evidence. Unaware that name should not be disclosed, and Grey, a newcomer to the American her sweetheart, a former football the Bench agreed. screen but a film favourite abroad, hero, Alan Baxter, has turned gives an excellent performance as enemy, Miss Sidney is sentenced to kidnap him, and as the result He said attempts had been made Lady Ormsby, a scheming aris to a long prison term because of of his experiences his health had her innocent association with him broken down. Daring the war he An escaped murderer on his way
Others of the cast who deserve She makes a successful jail break
azcember back to the noose, Barthelmess special mention for their good with
of the British friend and cell mate, Secret Service and he became makes a successful break in a work are James Finlayson as the Pert Kelton, unaware that member of the Xezar's Own Flying theatre where he and a detective hard-boiled sergeant major; David Miss Kelton has been put on her Corps. He iso, Minister of are spending the time between Torrence, a Scotch barrister, and trail by G. Men who hope she will Transport under Kerensky. When
Maurice Black and Daphine Pol-reveal the hideout of Baxter, still the Revolution came he was lard in lesser parts but none the at large.
months from the screen returns to pay the gun-fighting desperate who lays down his life to get a cquea er in Partimount's "Four Hours to Kill," next charge, at the Queen's Theatre.
tocrat.
rested.
2
Ar-
Panting and gasping, two Irish-trains. men riding a tandem bicycle | In the meantime, other small reached the top of a steep hill. Ufe dramas work out in the less convincing roles. James Horne Misa Sidney gets a job in a nos- One morning he was taken out
"Begorra, Pat." gasped Mike, theatre. A rich woman has met directed...
pital and meets Melvyn Douglas, & face a firing squad, apparently her sweetheart in the theatre, We do not hesitate to recoin a famous, but temporarily blind, as a bluff to make him talk about "Shure and it was," puffed Pat and plans to run-away from mend "Bonnie Scotland's first scientist. However, Baxter madly certain matters, for he was 'not "If I hadn't kept the brake on we her people with him; a cloak rute screen entertainment a pio in love with her, buts his gang on shot, but again thrown into prison, room boy steals and faces arrest.ture for the entire family and one her trail and she is forced to flee All of these dramas now centre that comes as a refreshing breeze Hunted equally by the law and on that of the escaped, convict after the torrid wave of problem when his victim suddenly enters plays and mystery dramas. the theatre ind, stands before his hiding place.
should have gone backwards."
Miss Smith: "What on
earth
are you putting up an arch in
your garden for?"
the underworld, she socks refuge
where he remained for some years,
his health being completely ruined.
After his escape he obtained in Douglas home. Promising to work in this country, but owing give herself up, the two are about to his bad health he could not ******* to be married when Baxter, in keep it. He was now again in rantless pursuit, appears and employment, and would do hist threatens to kill Douglas.
best to pay off the arrears.
"Oh, just a whim of the wife's
A crashing, lightning-like climax Gertrude Michael and Drothy "Why didn't you ta'k her out of
changes the figures in the drama Tree appear in the principal sup- "You don't know my wife. She and brings to its conclusion. porting roles of "Four Hours To
Joe Morrison, Helen Mack, KIT." has a whim of iron.
A thrilling, dramatic climax The Bench agreed to the terms brings the film to a crashing of settlement by instalments which
he proposed: Snals
2-20-5.15
7:13–8.30
ALAN MOWBRAY GRANT MITCHELL. SAMUEL S. HINDS
PandroS. Berman
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MORE DAYS
YESTERDAY OVER 4000 PEOPLE BAVED ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL CHILD ARTIST! They pronounced her the best KID in pictures, her singing, dancing and clever imitations of amous stars is simply wonderful. SHE STARTS WHERE THE OTHER KID'S FINISH,
See how this 5-year-
old dimpled darling
sbook down the toogh..
eir mob on Broadway
...for lollipope!"
Must SYBIL JASON (aveloimed by alt
critics as the
· greatest littis star
of them, all....... k
LITTLE BIG SHOT
A Warner Bros. Picture wide
OLINDA FARRELL ROET. ARMSTRONG EDW. EVERETT HORTON
• MATINEES: 20c.-30c ® EVENINGS: 20c.-30c,-50c.-70c.
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