Kowloon
"The Bohemian Giri"
"Baboons"
The Last Gentleman"
Sunday
"The Bohemian Girl"
"TWO FISTED "
NEXT CHANGE
with
LEE TRACY GAIL PATRICK
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KING'S :--
QUEEN'S:-
ORIENTAL:-
ALHAMBRA
STAR:
"Desire"
Rose 'Evelyn
King's. Justice
Supercharge
Sceptre
Dawn Star and Old Star
Australian Boy
"The Bohemian Girl"
Harvest View
QUEEN'S
"Desire"
Gladiator
King's Bounty
"The Irish In 17s”
Soldier of Britain
Miracle
Electron
Herod
What A Chance
Pride of Tsingtao
Rose Queen .....
Palanderer
Mistake Bay and Boolat Bay...
Heriot
ENTERTAINM
QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15. 7 20 & 9.30
The glorious stars of "Morocco,
IN
LOVE AGAIN BENEATH
FALLING
THE SPANISH MOON
MARIENE DIETRICH GARY COOPER
DESIRE
ÜNEDDE THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF ERNST LATEFISCH
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY" z, 1936.
|TO - DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:--
ORIENTAL:-
·ALHAMBRA :-
MAJESTIC:
STAR:-
Ribble
TRAINING GALLOPS
5
SHOWING TO-DAY SIMULTANEOUSLY
KING'S
HONG KONG
ALHAMBRA
KOWLOON
At 2.30. 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. '; At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
JUST A COUPLE OF VAGABOND LOVERS!
The following times were clocked at the Valley yesterday morning:-
Distance 1st Qr. 2nd Qr..
.31
1.03.1
Last
32.1
39,3
1.05
25.2
30.2
31
1.03.3
29.3
་
32
1.02.1
30.1
31
1.01.
30
32
1.00.1
20.1
20.1
Feature
34
1.03.3
29.3
The "oft-crowned"
Length
31.4
1.02
30.1
kings of comedy get
31 "
1.02.1
31.1
Laugh
38.4
112.4
36
"crowned" again..
Fest!
38.1
1.06,4
28.3
29.2
They're out to gyp the
30.3
1.00,
29.2
"gypsies now! 90 mad,
40.4
1.12.1
31.2
Macaroni and Honeymoon Eve...
30.1
59
28.4
Centre Court
31
67.2
26.2
Sadko
31.3
101
29.2
Ocean View
36
1.08.1
30,1
Soldier of China
33.2
1,01,4
28.2
41.4
1.14.3
324
Cassius and Estray
35.3
1.06
30.2
31.1
1.01.1
30
37.4
1.11.4
34
King's
Warden
and
King's
31.1
50
27.4
Stopwatch
38.3
1.08.4
30.1
28
30.1
Hopscotch
38.3
1.084
30.1
Jungle Jim
33
*1.03
30
Ranger.
34.1
1,02
27.4
merry, musical mo- ments in this, their happiest laugh hit!
A HAL ROACH production,
stan
LAUREL
Oliver
HARDY
Foxbridge
29.
17th of Sept. and The Hero ...... Celebration Time and Shamrock King's Lead and Wadebridge
29.2
32.4
1.04.4
32
31.4.
1.02
30 1
Paymaster
32
Shooting Star
25.4
53.3
27.4
37.1
1.09.3
32.1
32.3
1,05
32.2
35.1
1.02.2
29.1
30
32.2
1,02
29.3
ohemian
Humber
30.2
Rousseau and Ticum
35.4
1.06
30.1
Laughing Buddha'
33
1.03.4
30.4
ANTONIO MORENO
JACQUELINE
Strathalan
33.4
1.04.2
30.3
29.2
31.2
1,03.4
29.2
38.3
1.10
33.2
Directed by Junas W. Home
31,4
1.01.4
30
LI
pand;-'
Chorlek Roge
33,1
1.03,4
30.3
33.4
1.04
30.2
35
→ 1.03
30
Sylvandale
29.4
Royal Highness Rnd King's
Jubilee
.30.4
1,00,2
Rugby Star and Belmont Star... West Parade ... Popular Star
31
1.02
29.3
31
31.1
30
33,3
.1.03.4
30.1
· 32.1
58.2
26.1
31.1
1.00.2
29.1
38.3
A SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.33
.7.15-1
ORIENTAL
FLEMING
ROAD
WANCHA
TEL. 28472
PLAST 4 TIMES TODAY.
THE FASTEST AND FUNNIEST OF COMEDIES!
SEE "S-MAN"
JIMMY SOCK PIT ON HIS WILD
IRISH NOSE
JAMES
CAGNEY
and FAT
O'BRIEN
THE IRISH IN US
TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY
8 FAMOUS STARS
IN A GRAND BIG LAUGH SHOW!
DICK POWELL JOAN BLONDELL..
BROADWAY GONDOLIER
ADOLPHE MENJOU LOUISE FAZENDA WILLIAM GARGAN
• MATINEES: 20c-30¢ O EVENINGS: Z0c.-30c
ESTARE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
THE FIRST GENTLEMAN OF THE SCREEN
GEORGEABLISS
The Grand Successor. to "The Housöor Rothschild"
The LAST
Gentlemen
IN
EDNA MAY OLIVER JANET BERECHER CHARLOTTE KENEY - RALPH MORGAN DIMIRES SIDNEY LANFIELD Tolmáind thru UNITNO ANTIŠTA. A DARRYL P. ZĄNUCK
Find JOSEPH M. SCHENCK 20ти
BURY METYKI
TO-MORROW JOE E. BROWN
ALIBI IKE
"Broadway Gondoller"
"The Bohemian Girl"
"Albi Ike"
DESIRE
IS GRAND ENTERTAINMENT
The promise of exceptiona screen entertainment should All the Queen's Theatre to-day, with Dietrich fans. Cooper fans, and those who like to see them to- gether.
"Desire," reveals a new Marlene Dietrich glamorous ir a different way from her past creations, and 2 Gary Cooper who turned in as fine a performance as he has ever given.
This screen couple admirably complement one another. Miss Dietrich is the creature of allure and mystery, the personalty" of fire and ice. Gary Cooper. her dynamic opposite, is easy going. smiling and refuses to let himself be hurried out of his stride in this ardent romance.
Miss Dietrich as a breath-taking Continental beauty, is used by a gang of master crooks to purloin a string of costly. pearls, and ac- complishes the job with finesse, She asks A leading Parisian Jeweler to deliver the pearls to her so-called husband, а famous psychiatrist
nsk hima to examine the jeweler, wham
she ide- represents her mentally
the ensuing In comedy of errors, she makes off with the jewels.
as
ranged spouse.
to
In her fight. the siren meets an American, played by Gary Cooper." Perfect folls, they skirmish in a lively give and take of comedy which moves into low- romance by easy stages.
TWO FISTED
**WG
Fisted," Paramount's sparkling comedy románce of the Lively adventures of brows who break into high brow society. comes to the Queen's Theatre at an early date.
GWO
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
A
Two Fisted" is a rollicking
A succession of bright new gaga screen adaptation of an original interspersed through a delightful story by James Gleason and Richard Taber and pictures the story that is embellished with breezy events of a prize fighter superb music goes to make the
manager and his dumb pug when
a chance meeting with Park Avenue pay boy crashes them into the swanky 400 via the butter route.
Laurel and Hardy full-length fea- ture, "The Bohemian Girl," one of the new year's best screen offerings to date,
Halcyon
Dorovan
Bear Claw
Limelight
Royal Scot Great Hall Plain View
Burgomaster
Victoria Hall
Tiny Star Ythan
Estover' Night Star Gold Coin
Gold Sovereign and High Speed... Grand Time and Lancashire Lad Valorous Hopscotch
FANLING GOLF
STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY
OLD COURSE
a
1.08.4 # 30.1
MISS STAMMERS DEFEATS MISS NUTHALL IN FINAL
#
London, April 11. Roehampton this afternoon had more than usually attractive women's lawn tennis final-the attempt of Miss Betty Nuthall, in- active all last season, to reasseft 1.24 LJ.A. Fieden, H. A. Brown-herself against the Number One of
a:m.
9.20 J. B. Mackle. J. 8. MacLaren
ing
9,28 L. R. Cramer, D. A. O'Kleffe 9.32 A. T. Lay. E. Bathurst 9.36 F. M. Es, A. A. Bremner 9.40 R. M. Wood. J. E. Richardson 9.44 L.GS. Dodwel K. S. Morri-
8021
1/
9.48 G. Marseille, G. W. Sewell 9.52 N. K. Littlejohn. C. E. Moore 9.56 E des Voeux, J. 8. Dykes 10.00, H; N. Williamson, T. J. Price 10.04 WN.A. Smaley, H. Jusser
and
10.03 8. H. Dodwell, Capt. Orage. 10.13 K. S. Robertson, ACI
Bowker
10.16 R, K. Callings. H. H. Mundy 10.20 S. P. Langley, F. C. Young 10.24 T. C. Monaghan, R. A. Rol.
Oldsters may wonder at the dis Lee Tracy. Gail Patrick and parity between the original Balfe Kent Taylor are featured in the
opera and the screen version as presented at the King's and Al- laugh provoking comedy romance. There are
breezy situations fol- hambra Theatre to-day but they lowing in rapid order.
will enjoy the modern film story Light hearted fun refreshing no less because of its more hilari- Then, too, their and swift paced action distinguish ous treatment.
misgivings will be appeased by the 10.04 the film.
fact that most of the entrancing music of the century-old opera has been retained in the Laurel and Hardy translation.
Grace Bradley. Roscoe Karns, Samuel Hinds. Buy Lee and Florence Lake are in the support ing cast.
*“BROADWAY
GONDOLIER” ·
At The Oriental Theatre
む
Laurel and Hardy fans were es- pecially happy to-day to see so much of their favourite. in their new production. "The Bohemian Girl" is in fact a one hundred per cent Laurel and Hardy comedy with the grand music and in- triguing romance thrown in for good measure.
gers
NEW COURSE Mrs. Smalley, Mrs.
and
Jusser.
WORLD FLIGHT IN
21 DAYS
Jim Mollison To Make- Flight Bid This.....
Summer
England. Miss K. Stammers.
Miss Nuthall has been playing big lawn tennis about four times as long as the other: yet in age she is less than three years the sentor.
There was half an hour's delay because of rain, and then Miss Nuthall lost the first set 2-8 after opening it with tennis of the kind Two perfect players dream of. back hard placements and two unapproachable drop shots brought her the Arst game. The two re- mained level until two all, each winning the other's service, with Miss Nuthall's back hand perfect, her forehand dependable, but äer service polsed, as if she were having to stretch for the badly thrown up ball
fi
Thereafter until the end of the Bet her game passed from good to not good and her errors increased. Miss Stammers, who wan not hitting as hard as usual, but "was mixing up her game more, won the last five games of the set for
2.
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FINAL
NEXT CHANGE at the ALHAMBRA BY SPECIAL REQUEST "BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936" with
JACK BENNY
ELEANOZ POWELL ROBE TAYLOR
A. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Picture
SHOWINGS MAJESTIG
TO-DAY
MR. & MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON'S
THEATRE
At 2.80, 5.20,
7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
BABOONA
BANK OF CHINA'S ACTIVITIES
Representation In New York And Singapore
Supervised by
Miss Nuthall's lawn tennis sla of inconsistency continued to goad her in the second set which, like the first, she lost at 2-6. In the
New York, April 8-China's in lat game ahe led
creasing interest in world finance then served two double faults as shown by the announcement that process which had occurred in an the Bank of China is to have its
own agency, in New York.
40-love
and
earlier game...
Miss Staminer was able, in the
Hitherto the bank has only teen represented here by correspondents. Mr. HD, R, Burgess, one of the vice-presidente of the Irring Trust Company, who started his banking career in 1919 with the New York branch of the Chartered Bank of India, Australs, and China; and Mr. C. H. Wang, manager of the Chinese Overseas Bank in Shang hai, are to be joins managers of the Bank of China's New York branch, according to an announce ment by Mr. T. E. Huser, the bank's legal adviser in New York. Mr. Wang is expected to arriva New York in Maya and It is learned that the Bank of
Movie makers feel proud when they have one song hit in a screen musical Now Warner Brothers Stan and. "Olite" as members,of come forward with a picture, in a notorious gypsy band give për-
London, Apr. 13. which no less than six songs are formances that will long be re- Jim Mottison, who arrived a confidently expected to become membered. More than ever before Batavia from Australia/on Batur, latter half of the match, to do outstanding hita. :
they resort to pantomime and gags day, said he intended to attempt more of the attacking, and besides
the way of service or drive, burn Several round-the-world flight in 21 days being much; fleeter than her op with a kind of restrained, aggreat China will, also open a branch. în · The picture is "Broadway to win deserved laughe.
eral this summer, and was confident ponent her play pesed oma sion about his play and a discon Singapore in the next few weeks. Gondoller" which comes to the brand new comedy routines
aggression and much more depend-certing way of picking up Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Mon- || exceedingly ~ funny, Their 他心 of success. day and Tuesday. Powell and quences with baby Arline. whom
He said, that if his wife did not | ability. Joan Blondell popular stars are they "mother," are masterful blis recapture the Cape record in her reunited Together with Adolphe of serio-comic screen interpreta-next attempt he would make an Menjor and Louise Fazenda they ttons,
attempt himself.
"I regard that record as a family affair," he said,
head the a star cast.
2.In
addition="" to "the singing of lang
the popular Dick Powell, the orchestra, and the Canova Family. Jim Mollison, held the record in catchy airs are aby presented by The picture is an unique muzical March, 1932. Mrs. Mollison bent three groups of radio favourities, comedy based on the story by his time of 4 days 14 hours”, 19 the Four Mills Brothers Red Flo Y. Harburg, Big Herzig and Hans minutes by 11 hours in October of Ritto with his nationally, famed Kraly,
the same year,
'early ball.
the
Officials of the Bank of Chine, now visiting America, are confer Mr. Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury
THE MEN'S FINAL Rain Interrupted the men's final between C. B. Hare and R. Til néy, of America after the Eng Eshman had won the first set 611—4 to 4—4 and lost the second. 4—4. They is a much quieter type of player than most of his "fellow-country-- men, with nothing remarkable in Miss B, Nuthall 6–2 5–
Hare was lucky in finding Tilney | ring quite off colour for the Arst set, and rather unlucky in dropping the second after catching up from
WOMEN'S SINGLES. Final Miss H Stammers best
with
Their discussions are believed to concern China's management of her currency and the effect upon it of America's silver-purchese policy, which forced Ching off silver.
The Chinese Bankers will go to London when their fusiness here, is finished:
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