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Hands across the Table
A Faramonal Picture with:
CAROLE LOMBARD
FRED MacMURRAY"
Directed by Mitchell, inisow
COMMENCING SUNDAY
"BARBARY COAST
with
MIRIAM HOPKINS EDW. G. ROBINSON JOEL MCCREA
A SAMBIL GOLDWIN PRODUCTION
EDUCATION TRUSTS
Budget Bun Not To Be.
Retrospective
-Th
FRISCO KID
One of the must dynamic and colourful drama of the
year "Frisco Kid' "opens to-day at the Queen's Theatre, with James Cag- ney heading the all star cast.
Set on the Barbary Coast of old San Francisco in the early "fifties
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE DEBUTANTES TO
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Show Them No Mercy" QUEEN'S:--
"Frisco Kid"
ORIENTAL:
"Rendezvous“
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA -
Follow The Fleet"
MAJESTIC:
"The Last Ouipost" STAR -
""Hands Across The Table"
KING'S:-
Coming
Wie Versus Secretary” QUEEN'S:~:!
"Little America" ORIENTAL:-
A Tale of Two Cities", STAR:~~~
"Barbary Coast"
SHOW THEM NO
MERCY"
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An empacted nation lashes out
and the racketeers
mobsters preying on its c.tizenry, turns the the weapons of error back on men who first used them, puts the country's rackets on the spot in "Show Them No Mercy!
A gripping, scaring account of the nation's war or crime. inter- spersed with moments of hilarious comedy and of tender romance. the picture comes to the King's
Theatre to-day.
The mobsters. headed by Cesar Romero and "Bruce Cabot retire to a cabin in the backwoods. As fate would have it, they have as un- willing guests. Rochelle Hudson, her husband Edward Norris, and ther baby, driven in by the rain
The gangsters attempt to utilize Norris to pass their "hot money." As the net of the anti-crime forces closes about them, the mob be- comes panicky, threatens to wipe out the young couple, and finally d'sband carrying their money.
But the vigilance of an aroused nation dives two of the number back to the cabin. In the closing pussage of the picture, a surprise chd ng reveals how mobsters meet rule of a violent end after 3 violence.
Edward Brophy. Warren Hymer and Herbert Rawlinson are among those prominent in the supporting
LITTLE AMERICA
Dau.h was always close at hand for Admiral Richard Byrd and the afty-five men on his second An- tarerie Expedition.
Transferring to the screen this struggle for life was the job of
it is a story of the tumultuous, John L. Herrmann, Paramount gold rush days when adventurers cameraman. and Carl O. Petersen from the world over congregated on Frisco's waterfront.
BE PRESENTED TO THE KING
GARDEN RECEPTIONS EQUIVALENT TO COURT
London, May 5,
This year's debutantes are not to miss the thrill of being presented
dent.
MYSTERY OF KING
FUAD'S WILI.
Belief That He Died Intestate
SIR M. LAMPSON SEES
EGYPTIAN LEADERS
い
Cairo, May "3.
It is not yet known whether King to the King, writes a correspon-Fuad, who died last Tuesday, left
a will. He had large personal pos sessions which included valuable estates in Egypt and considerable investments abroad.
Those who applied to the Lord Chamberlain's department in Janu- ary to make presentations at Court have received the following letter from the Lord Chamberlain's de- partment:
""In reference to your application to attend and make a presentation at Court during the current year. I am desired by the Lord Cham- berlain to inform you that after- noon receptions will be held in the garden of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, July 21, and Wednesday, July 22, in lieu of Courts,
PRESENTATION
"Attendance at these receptions will in all respects be equivalent to attendance and presentation at Court
"Only those ladies who have ap plied to make presentations this year will be summoned to these functions. together with those whom they have applied to pre- sent,
"Husbands may attend, provided they have been presented at a Levec.
"All ladies for presentation will be individually presented to the King by the Lord Chamberlain, but not those ladies who are attending to make the presentations.
Persons in close contact with the late monarch believe that he left no will, but was content that his property should be disposed of ac- cording to Moslem law
The Queen, in this case, will re- ceive an eighth share; 'five daugh- ters will get an eighth each, and King Farouk a quarter. The Queen will be guardian to her own four daughters. The Afth. a daughter by a previous marriage, la now the Egyptian wife of Fakhry Pasha, Minister in Paris.
According to custom, the official record of King Fund's death was completed at the Paluce to-day with f ceremonial. The record was then deposited in the State archives. -
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TALKS
Anglo-Egyptian conversations for a new treaty, which should have been resumed on Tuesday, will now probably be postponed. It is considered possible that the Egyptian and British delegations wil meer at the end of the month, and adjourn till the autumn,
Sir Miles Lampson, the High "I am further to inform you that Commissioner, yesterday invited the number of applications receiv- Nuhas Pasha, Leader of the Wald, extreme Nationalist party. ed on January 1 this year greatly the exceeded the numbers that it Mohammed Pasha Mahmud, the would have been possible to accept Liberal leader, and Sidky Pasha to had evening Courts been held.
meet him at the Residency. I understand that the question of
"It was with the object of satis fying the wishes of ladies who de- sired to make presentations this year, and to avoid what must in- evitably lead to greater congestion in the Court list next year that these receptions will be held, "NO MOURNING" INSTRUCTION
"Ladies who do not avail them- selves of the opportunity to attend these functions cannot be granted preferential, treatment next year.
"It is requested that those de sirous of being summoned to these receptions should, complete. and sign the enclosed cards and return them as soon as possible so that names may be correctly recorded in this department,
"Dress: Ladies, afternoon dress. Gentlemen, morning dress. Mcurn- ing will not be worn,"
The instruction regarding mourn- ing is printed in heavy black type.
HANDS ACROSS THE
The
TABLE
manicurist's uniform wor by Carole Lombard. Paramount actress, in her newest picture, has been adopted as the official garb for the waitresses in the studio's commissary.
the Regency was discussed.
It is stated unofficially that Bir Miles emphasised Britain's position as Egypt's ally, and expressed the hope that the Council of Regency would be composed of men likely to promote Anglo-Egyptian under- standing.
The feature of the present sit- uation undoubtedly is the wide- spread tendency to disregard King Fuad's wishes concerning the Re- genes. One rarely hears expressed any inclination to wait
and see whom the King had chosen." Every limé a possible choice is mentioned It is followed quickly by the remark that Farliament has the right to reject anyone.
MOHAMMED ALI'S CHANCE
It still too early to speculate, but it would appear that the chance of the inclusion in the Coun
cil of Tewak Nessim Pasha, the ex-Premier, even if King Fuad no- minated him, has decreased, while that of Prince Mohammed All brother of the ex-Khedive, has risen considerably, "Prince Honam- med All is undoubtedly the mem- ber of the Royal family best acted and the wide by temperament respect he enjoys to be one of the Regents.
He can be relled on to surround
Miss Lombard and Fred Mac the position with proper dianity, attempts at abuse, Murray are featured in Para- to withstand
to further Anglo-Egyptian mount's "Hands Across the Table." and America'
gay comedy romance, adapted from the orginal story, "Bracelets" by comes Via Delmar, and which
which is coming shortly to the Queen's Theatre.
his chief aude, during the 13 months they spent with the ex- In this seething 'hell-hole were pedition at the South Pole Aiming gathered criminals.
"Little pu-throats Paramount's murderers. gamblers, women of the demimonde ånd every type of human shark who lived by preying on his neighbour. There a band of crimps would slip knock out drops to an innocent sailor, knock him cold with a billy, rob him of the stake he had saved to prospect the gold field, and attempt to "Shanghal" him..
But the "Shanghai" artists caught a tartar in one indomitable sailor, who after escaping from their net. "Shanghaled" the very crimp who had stugged him and in a terrific hand-to-hand battle slays the man's partner with the sharpened
Iron hook or his own false arm
James Cagney has the most powerful role of his screen career. as this sallor who dares to fall in love with the most beautiful girl of San Francisco's highest society. Margaret Lindsay as the girl gives a fine and artistic portrayal in this picture.
Others in the cast are Ricardo
The 130,000 feet 0: aim they brought back to Hollywood, con- Laining Д record of important events on the expedition. cost them painiui injuriės, long weary hours in the open and innumer- able frostbites.
on
Experiences of cameramen the first Byrd Antarctic venture, when the picture "With Byrd at the South Pole" was made, were of little help to Herrmann and Peter- sen The problem was getting their cameras to the scene of ac tion no matter what the weather
conditions. The same cameras were used on both expeditions, The photographers found their Aim began breaking at 30 degrees below zero, and at 50 below the They cameras themselves froze. developed quite a technique for capturing scenes in extreme cola weather.
First preparing the scene for Cortez. Lili Damita, Donald Wood, "shooting" the polar-going lens
men would rush indoors to the camp kitchen where their camera's were warming in an oven. Out side, the camera could be cranked for two or three minutes before it froze...
Barton MacLane, George E. Stone, Joseph King, Robert McWade, Joseph Crehan, Joseph Bawyer and Fred Kohler.
many parents who had adopted this method of providing for their London, May 8. children have been asking since The clause in the Finance B11 to Mr. Chamberlain's Budget state- prevent tax, Evasion by means of I ment. It is not his intention to "educational trusts" will not be claim fax, on ftcome which had been thus allocated before the pre- retrospective.
This answer a question which sent year.
of
The men are pictured at work, at play and study in their under- ground city of ice and snow after ther thrilling re-discovery
Scenes of im- "Little America.”
combine pressive grandeur make this production an unfor- gettable one. Byrd's lonely ad- vance base, 150 miles away, where
to
to-day to the Star Theatre,
relations.
FOLLOW THE FLEET
A sprightly fun feas of, a work- Ing girls everyday lie," "Hands Across the Table" pictures the ad- ventures that befall an attractive, The usual male movie star's po- his ambitious manicurist when she pularity is based either on ses out to marry for money, on romantic appeal to women or his the theory that a rich husband is red-blooded "appeal to men. worth more than a loving one. Fred Astaire, who, is
rated as Many amusing situations develop Hollywood's top male attraction, when she meets a wealthy man.is the exception. This premier but falls in love with a handsome, song and dance comedian, appear- but penniless, soclailte. She is ing currently in RKO Radio's "Tol- forced to put the playboy up at low the Fleet" showing to-day at her modest apartment when
Alhambra Theatre. has as misses his boat to Bermuda, sent many ardent admirers among the on the trip, expenses paid, by his male as among the fair sex.
In the opinion of Director Mark. wealthy future father-in-law
a bargain to Sandrich. Astaire is popular "with The two make carry out their single purpose.men as well as women. because:
Men, although they may be fair Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the past includes Ralph Bellamy, enough to admire histrionic skill. Astrid Allwyn, and Marie Prevost
feel that the screen lady killer is.
he the
KNO
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30. 5:10. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
THE DRAMATIC BOMBSHELL
WE DARE YOU TO FORGET!
"Your Perill
Your Fight!
NEXT
"Smoke Them Out!"
SHOW
THEM NO MERCY!"
"Trample Them Down!”
DARRYL F. ZAMUCK 20th CINTURY PRODUCTION Presented by 10SEPH M. SCHENCK
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ROCHELLE HUDSON
CESAR ROMERO BRUCE CABOT EDWARD NORRIS
M.G.M.
CLARK GABLE, JEAN HARLOW, MYRNA LOY CHANGE in "WIFE VERSUS SECRETARY"• PICTURE
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STARTING TO-DAY
HONG KONG'S FAVOURITE DUO REPEATING THEIR "TOP HAT" SUCCESS!
FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in
RADIO
Picture
THE
with
Randolph Scott Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
„Assign Zokni azotents
MAJESTIC
TANT THEATRE:
THEUNSPA
& Paramount Pictura wiLN Cary Grant. Claude Rains Gertrude Michael 'and a cast of thousands!
SINGAPORE'S CENSUS
A CENTURY'S GROWTH
London, May".
A hilarious finale brings the really a rival of theirs. The screen On June 30 the municipality of couple to their senses and the Romeo makes the man in the au- Singapore will take the most dif- realization of their own love, after dience conscious of his deficien-cult census of any a series of many sparkļing, laughcles as a lover, and he resents hie" Empire. provoking sequences,
gin going into ecstacies over her alm hero.
Now dancO sensations! Seven big song hits!
We Saw The Sea ★ Get The Be. hind Me, Satun ★ Let Yourwalf Go I'd Rather Lead a Band Here Am
L, But Whare Are You? à I'm Pat- ting All My Egan in One Bazkat * Let's Face The Music and Dance Glorious girls and
Go-Get-'emm gobs adrift on SA ocean of joy
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Lyric and
Music by
IRVING BERLIN
At 2.80, 5,20,
7.20 & 9.20 F.E.
Spectacio...
action, romance
filmad by
the same studio
which gave you "The lives of
Bengal Lancer"
Chinatown will cause "similar dir- ficulties. Here there is one person to every dur square
'feat, and here, too, there are few people at home before midnight.
"Singapore's first census, taken in 1820, at 8ir Stamford Raffles's re~" quest, showed a total population. ot 5347. European settlers oum- bered nine and Chinese 1150.
The 1931 census showed a total population of 446,047, including 6231 Europeans.
them are
speak no
elly in the There is little doubt that the new census will give a return ex- Several thousand of the popula-i ceeding the ali-million mark. Of be tion live in boats. These sampan- these the vast majority will "Astaire, however, has a univer- dwellers are to be found at home Chinese. Many of the Admiral spent seven months sal appeal with his fascinating only at night. They are not yet Straftsborn, and some In complete isolation until his men dance rhythms and h's music, and sufficiently inured to the law to Chinese."
The European population is now formed a rescue party and made a he doesn't make the slightest pre- relish a nocturnal visit of the
He census officers.
estimated at nearly 14.000, *The dash through a blinding blizzard tense to being a male vamp.
The officers witherefore be increase is largely the result where they found him near death, is a real artist, with equal appeal
accompanied by policemen. They of the Singapore Base scheme is one of the exciting high lights to men and women."
strengthening of of the picture, as well as the 3- Harriet Hilliard, Randolph Scott wilt make their approach in boats and of the
troops by additional cension of Mt. Grace McKinley and Astrid Allwyn play featured with mufled cars, and the census the British
by the battalion, and by detachments of and the planting of the flag at its roles in "Follow the Fleet." pro- papers will be filled in
duced by Pandra B, Berman.. light of an electric torch. peak.
engineers, gunners, and airmen
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