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ENTERTA
AINM
QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30
Adolph Luka pereats
Rear Admiral RICHARD E.BYRD'S
Second Great Antarctic Expedition into
LITTLE AMERICA
Capital of the Unknown
A Paramount Picture
NEXT CHANGE--
Warner's BIG DANCE PARADE OF STARS AND LAUGHS
"COLLEEN"
with
DICK POWELL-RUBY KEELER-JACK OAKIE-JOAN BLONDELL
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"The Great Impersonation" QUEEN'S:-
"Little America"
ORIENTAL:-
"The Thirteenth Quest"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:—
*Follow The Fleet"
MAJESTIC:--
"The Beast of Borneo"
STAR
"The Big Broadcas."
Coming
KING'S
Crime and Punishment”
QUEEN'S:
"Colleen"
ORIENTAL:
"Ah Wilderness"
ALHAMBRA:-
"Crime and Punishment"
MAJESTIC
SCREEN NEWS FROM
HOLLYWOOD
NEW TITLE FOR MURDER FILM
THE PREVIEW MURDER MY- STERY is the title definitely de- Paramount for the signated by production of Garnett Weston's original story. "Preview," in which Frances Drake, Reginald Denny, Gal
Patrick, George Barbler and Ian Keith have eading roles,
Robert Florey is directing this plcture which is actually a dim within a fim. Ian Keith plays the part of a film director,
BEST SCREEN VOICE
Who is the possessor of the best screen voice?
MOVIES" 4,000 YEARS
OLD
Le Roy Prinz, who is credited with many big advances in the technique of producing dance routines for motion pictures, not only can prove that dancing was featured in the first "motion pic- tures," but offers evidence to show that such scenes were popular more than 4,000 years ago.
Prinz la dance director at Para- mount' studios in Hollywood, and had charge of the elaborate dance routines to be seen in THE CHARM SCHOOL, the new Joe Penner- Jack Oakie musical.
As one of the nation's foremost, dance directors, he has acquired a wire knowledge of the history of the dance.
The first real 'motion-pictures" were done in Java centuries ago." he explains, "A screen of light-
Hollywood, unable to make up its mind on the subject. has cho- sen two vocal paragons. They are Merle Oberon and Freddle Bartho-coloured coth was set up. The audi-
lomew, both Briions. The choosing
ience sat on one side of the screen. was done by two professors of the
Back of 11, at a distancé, of a few University of Southern California,
feet, a fire was bullt. The perfor- assisted by several other phonetic
mers then stood between the fre experts, who sat in a small sound-
and the screen, throwing shadows proof room while portions of sound
which the audience could see. They track from more than a dozen re-
were almost ali dancers, and for cent films were run through a spe-sound' a native band played on the
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you voted for ! "THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
"COLLEEN"
"The Scar.et Pimpernel"
Merle Oberon's "test piece" was a speech from "These Three" which
she has just completed for Samuel Goldwyn, and Freddie Bartho- lomew was judged by his work in
LITTLE AMERICA Little Lord Fauntleroy."
AT THE QUEEN'S
Packed with thrills and absorb ing drama, "Little America" now showing at the Queen's Theatre is an accurate pictorial record of Byrd's adventures and battles with death in the frozen wastes at the bottom of the world.
Some of the most exciting hazar- dous sequences show the trip through polar gales to reach the Bay of Whales the crumbling bay lee which almost meant death for mary of the Admiral's men, the re- discovery of Little America, the frozen capital of Antarctica, just
Others selected by the experts. for their qualities of speech and diction were Walter Huston, Fre- dric" March, and Lestie Howard.
"
PARAMOUNT BUYS "* FILM FOR CROSBY
sidelines. Virtually al of the dances were of a religious nature.".
Prinz directed some of the un- 'motion usual dance routines in
picture, history for THE CHARM SCHOOL, with 150 giris taking part. Betty Jane Cooper, noted New York dancer, leads two of
thirty
these routines, including one per- formed by sixty girls on jarge glass-topped desks.
Mack Gordon and Harry Revet wrote the music for the film, and the cast, In addition to Penner and Oakle, features Ned Sparks. Frances Langford, Betty Grable and Lynne Overman.
P
"The Beach of Dreams" an ori- ginal story by Harry Hervey. has establishes a haven for down-and- been purchased by Paramount as a starring plcture for Bing Crosby.
Dealing with the revolt of a boy against his wealthy father. the story takes Bing to a distant island, where he purchases a boat and
as the interpid explorer had left POLICE ARMOURY IN
it four years before, and the crash
of his biggest plane, and injury to
the pilot.
"Little America" brings to life.on
POOTUNG MENACED
the screen the battle of Byrd's men Energency Measures Adopted with the elements. their three During Morning Fire
method of exploration, by dog sled, by tractor party, and by airplane, and Byrd's long, lonely vigil at the
Shanghai, May 22, advance base for seven months. Emergency measures had to be over a hundred miles from his men. adopted by the Pootung Police It is in all respects an authentic early yesterday morning, when a pictorial record of the frozen fire which started in "a temple, wastes and above all a great his menaced a police armoury in Tang torical picture. It is an efilighten-Chao Road. All documents, weapons ment of the dangers and hazards and ammunition in the station ad- to be encountered in the Antarctic jacent to the temple were hurriedly and thepleture in itself 19 a removed to a place of safety when triumph for all concerned.
armed police threw a cordon round the vicinity. The fire was ex- Binguished by the combined efforts
That Inimitable team of screen Covers Dick Powell with tuneful songs on his lips, and Ruby Keeler with her rhythmic dancing. 10- gether with Joan Blondell and Jack Oakle, head the cast of Warner Bros.' latest spectacular musical comedy, "Colleen," which I is due at the Queen's Theatre Bag,
shortly.
***THE GREAT IMPERSONATION"
cuts.
Romantic complications develop when he is pursued by a wealthy girl to his out-of-the-way retreat.
William. LeBaron, will produce "The Beach of Dreams."
DYING MESSAGE ON EVOLUTION.
READ TO LONDON, AUDIENCE
London, May 5. The dying message of a distin- guished philosopher and theologian
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FLEET
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New dance sensations ! Seven big song hits!
We Saw The Sea
Get The Be hind Me, Satan ★ Let Yourself Go⭑
I'd Rather Lead a | Band ★ Here Am
L But Whara Aza You? 10m Put- ‡ting All My Eggs in One Basket ★ Let's Face The Music and Dance Gloria girls and Go-Get-Fem gobs adrift où an ocean of joy!
Lyrics and Music by
IRVING
BERLIN
was read at yesterday's meeting To-Morrow: EDWARD ARNOLD & PETER LORRE
Institute (the of Great
of the Victoria Philosophical Society Britain), at Westminster
The members of the society met to hear the Schofield Memorial paper, on "The Supposed Evolu- tionary Origin of the Soul." Dr.
of members of two stations after H. C. Morton, of Boreham, Essex,
one hour's work. The rear parti a member of the Institute's Coun- of the temple was damaged, but the station was not touched by the names.
Wind is the most verie" and fear kome of nature's forces, according
The blaze started at about 2 a.m. o Alan Crest and director who gave wind a featured role in "The which was rented out and soon from the rear part of the temple Great Impersonation," now show. ing at the King's Theatre.
spread to the hall. Instead of The players move against the raising an alarm, several occupants: backgrounds of an old English attempted to put out the fire with castle and # mysterious Black barrels of water but without avail. Crosland explained while The outbreak was discovered by the picture was being made at the the police and in view of its serious Universal lot, "1 make much us nature, the order was given to re- In addition to the four stars the of weird sounds. nud dramatic move ali important documents and
But my biggest stori cast which is one of the most } fighting.
weapons to a place of safety. For notable ever assembled for a pro-help is wind, which I use aupin fear of disturbances by reactionary duction of this type includes Hugh and again to influence the players elements, emergency measures were Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Paul and finally the audience."
The Great Draper, Marie Wilson and a score
Impersonation" enforced in the district and armed famous names: besides stars Edmund Lowe and features guards were posted at important Valerie Hobson, Vera Engels, street crossings. Everything was Lumsden Hare, Spring Byington removed back later in the morning. and Henry Mollison. Written by N.C. Daily News."
of other
Wo
hundred beautiful chorus girls and dancing youths.
"Dick Powell is the serious mind- ed young manager of an estate
for a rich and flirtatious uncle, who had purchased a modiste shop for a "girl friend.""
Dick falls in love with the efficient secretary of the shop, and manages to win her heart after a series of entanglements filled with hilarious comedy for the audience, although heartbreaking to the young lovers. He also sings three songs,
Mias Keeler has the role of the secretary and introdueca some re- markable tap dancing both by herself and with that wizard of the stage Paul Draper...
Joan Blondell and Jack Oakle are teamed up as a pair of gold- diggers, while Bugh Herbert takes
the part of Dick Powell's eccentric
uncle and Louise Fazenda portrays the hysterical society wife of Hugh
E. Phillips Oppenheim, it opens in German East Africa before the war and continues in England, where
cil, was endeavouring to complete the paper when he died.
Much of the lecture, was written on his death-bed, and there was a
WBA
dramatic pause when Col., F, A Maloney, who
reading it, reached the last words" penned by Dr. Morton. Then, turning to the audience, Col. Maloney said:
In view of the clearness of Dr. his Morton's arguments, which racy expressions so greatly enliven, scarcely regard the fact (that the paper was vanished) as less than tragic.
Dr. Morton's widow, in deep mourning. was present with her on. Mr. Joseph Hendy Morton. She was deeply moved she 11s- tened to the last words that her busband had written.
we can
"A QUESTION SHIEKED” Some of the outstanding points In Dr. Morton's paper were:
The evolutionist has for the most part entirely shirked the emergence and development of The picture, directed by Frank that self-conscious, self-determin Tuttle, is from the play, "Wilding. reasonable personality we call Waves." by William Ford Manley, 'the soul'
is shows the efforts of munitions Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra. agents to involve and lengthen the and Cab Calloway and his Orches- war. It is said to be one mystery tra. with plenty of strange love stories, in each of which Edmund Lowe is involved for Lowe plays two roles.
FINAI
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BEAST OF BORNEO
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At 2.30, 5.20,
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THURSDAY
"THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE"
WITH
WARREN WILLIAM
MARGARET LINDSAY
MR. HAROLD COX
Death Of Well-Known Economist
London, May 2. It is the story of a complicated but "All attempts to trace persona-
We regret to announce the death THE BIG BROADCAST amusing love affair which keeps lity upwards out of the lower forms the Arsenal Football Club, received of Mr. Harold Cox, which occurred of life into the human, beg the a message to-day from the Royal yesterday at Leigh, Tembridge, in Crosby from being at the studio in time for his broadcasts so fre-question, because the only persona- Free Hospital informing him that his seventy-seventh year. Mr.
a little boy, on the danger list. Cox had been ill for a long time. "The Big Broadcast" romantic quently that he loses his job.lity we know anything at all about comedy starring the outstanding Then Miss Hyams, infatuated with is our own personality.
had one big desire to see the The body will be cremated at radio personalles of the day and him, geta Erwin, & jilted lover, to We must not first explain lower, } Cup.
Woking, on Monday, at 2›p.m.qu a group of movie favourites, is buy the station and a network to forms of mentality by bur OWN Mr. Alltsón ordered a car," and
Mr. Cox was a well-known writer showing to-day only at the Star restore Crosby his Job.
consciousness, and then explain Theatre...
accedes, but Crosby remains as our own consciousness by deriva- took the Cup to the hospital. Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, and irresponsible as ever.
tion from these same lower forms" Later, he had a telephone mes- Leila Hyams bead the cast of the It is only after a big broadcast,
Dr. J. Burnett Ray, who presid-age from the hospital saying that picture, with these radio stars in which all the radio stars are ed, handed the Bchofield prize to the sight of the Cup was the grea lending assistance: Burns and featured, that Crosby a finally Dr. Morton's son. "We have in test tonic the boy could have had. band is Allen, Kate Smith, the Mills straightened out and Erwin and this paper the last thoughts of a "He has brightened up. Brothers, the Boswell Bisters, Ar Miss Hyams are restored to each man of no ordinary qualities," he polling with the Cup at his side, the Arsen
StreetSinger), Father.
Erwin
.'
ca economic subjects and one of the leading advocates of Free for many years Trade. He was
| editor of the "Edinburgh Review,"
Eteam”, ended the
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