15
ENTERTAINA
QUEENS
SHOWING TO DAY AT 2.3 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
... She sent a man to prison for twenty years
then menaced her
own daughter with the buried scandal!
Adolph Zaker provenie
HERBERT MARSHALL
"Forgotten FACES"
MICHAEL
A Paromaunt Picture whi
James Burke, Robert Cummings - Jane Rhodes
GERTRUDE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936.
TO - DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Fighting Stock"
QUEEN'S:
"Forgotten Faces" ORIENTAL:-
"The Last Days of Pompeil"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA {--
"Three Godfathers" MAJESTIC
"Music In The Air"
STAR-
"Two For To-night"
PARAMOUN'S
SELECTED SHORTS
KING'S:-
NEXT CHANGE
MARGARET SULLAVAN
in a scientillating comedy
rmance
"MOON'S OUR HOME'
◄ SNOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.15
7.15-9.20
TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BLE
ORIENTAL
Coming
"The Prisoner of Share
Island"
QUEEN'S:-
·
"The Moon's Our Home" ALHAMBRA:-
"
.28.
SERVICE NEWS
ROYAL NAVY
(Special Ale Mail Service)
London. June, 14.
Lt. J. G. Hunt to Berwick, May
* BOY STAR'S
FAMILY PACT TERMS
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, June 14. Terms of the reported settlement of the family dispute over the cus-
Lits. (F/O. R.A.F.).—P. L, Jami- son to Victory for RAF, Station, Gosport, June 1. and to Cumbertody of young Freddle Bartholo- mow, the London boy film star, will land. undated; N. R. Cambell to probably be announced immediate- Victory for R.A.F, station, Gosport, ty, according to Mr. Isaac Pacht June 15, and to Cumberland, un- Hollywood attorney for Mr. dated; and W. P. Lucy to Hermes. tholomew. undated.
Bar-
Mr. Pacht stated that the terms Capt. D. A. Budgen, who is bring-of the tentative agreement are:---
Freddle will continue to live with his aunt, Miss Millicent Bartholo-
mew:
ing home the cruiser Capetown from the China station, is to re- relve 3 new appointment next month. He will succeed Capt. L. F. Potter. A.DC., in command of the Devonport Torpedo School..
ILMS, CAPETOWN The cruiser Capetown, in which the Emperor of Abyssinia travelled from Palestine to Gibraltar, left to-day for England for paying off and refitting. She has been on the China station and was commission- ed at Devonpert in July 1934.
RETURN OF THE DAUNTLESS H.M.S. Dauntless, Captain Sir Lionel Sturdee, is due to leave Hankow to-day after embarking relleved half-crews of the gunboats In the Upper Yangtze. The pro- gramme of her return voyage with these and other relieved officers and men is as follows:-Wusung. June 5-6 Hong Kong, June 9-13; Singapore, June 17-19: Colombo, June 23-27: Aden. July 4-5; Buez and Port Said, July 9; Maltä, July Nang 12-16: and "arrive Portsmouth, July-
22.
"The Prisoner of Shark
Island"
STAR:-
PULMING
ROAD
M
TEL. TRATA
TO-DAYTO-MORROW — SATURDAY →
THE SCREEN'S MOST GIGANTIC SPECTACLE!
Scenes of gasping magnitude that you'll have to see to believe!
A MIGHTY DRAMA OF ANCIENT SPLENDOUR!
Merian C. Cooper's
MIGHTIEST PRODUCTION
Barbaric splendar! Savage": ravels! A city drunk with pleasure faces mighty doom as Verviss roars!
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
with PRESTON FOSTER
The Irish In Us" The Milky War"
TWQ FOR TO-NIGHT
a
Brighc-spirited comedy, love songs, and gay romance make Bing Crosby's. "Two for To-night." which opened at the Star Theatre, yesterday, one grand hour of fun and entertainment, topped by a supporting cast of skillful, but none the less hilarious, comedians, headed by the buoyant inanices of Mary Boland and the droit humour of Lynne Overman.
The comedy centres around the humorous experiences of a strug-
when ging young singer
he for taken erroneously
play.. wright.
Chree Bing 13 one of brothers sons of Mary Boland, who are evicted from their home. Secréting themselves in the gar- den of a renowned musi publisher's home. Bing sings while the other plays the piano, un- aware that the publisher is deat as a post. An airplane crashes, putting Bing in the hospital. Miss Boland, in her effort to collect 50,000 damages, writes the pilot that the accident has prevented her son from completing his play The plot appears, in the person of Joan Bennett, secretary to a famous stage impresario. Lynne Overman. Through her, Bing and his family have an appointment with. Overman who straightway assigns Bing to write a play for his star, Thelma Todd giving him a chance to explain
The fun begins when Bing. finding himself short of ideas, acts upon the suggestion of Ernest The powerfully dramatic story Cossart, Overman's astute butler of twu shattered lives wrecked and ex-theatrical producer, to gb through the falthlessness of a out and make things happen to
whose burning love is woman
get more material for his play turried to bitter have by her He starts an hilarious seltzer husband's superstitious worship of water-siphon-shooting battle in u hellotrope is brought to the night club which sends hhmm to
in screen
"Forgotten Faces.", jail. By this time Miss Bennett which opens to-day at the Queen's has fallen in love with the roman- Theatre.
tic tenor, but runs away when she sees him in an embrace with Miss Todd, rehearsing a love" scene. Overman, suddenly returning from Europe, also. sees them, and tires Bing.
ALAN BALE, BASIL RATHBONE, JOHN WOOD, LOUIS CALHERN,
DAVID HOLT, DOROTHY WILSON, WYRLEY BIRCH.
*KO - DIO PICTURE
MATINEES: 20c.-30¢ O.EVENINGS: 20-30c.-50c,-70c.
STARE FORGOTTEN FACES
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
His Last GRAND
Down to hislasi grand piano. Bing megis Joan, his
Mississippi sweet- heart, and successi
Adolph Inhu
Word of
TWO FOR TONIGHT
BING CROSBY JOAN BENNETT
MARY BOLAND LYNNE OVERMAN THELMA TODD, Directed by Frank Turkla
TO-MORROW & SATURDAY "THE IRISH IN US" PAT O'BRIEN JAMES CAGNEY
"At last," said the ambitious young novelist, "I have written something that I think will be, ac- cepted' by the first magazine it is -sent 'lo,"
"What is it?" his friend asked,” "A check for a year's subscrip-
tion."
14
Scarring Herbert Marshall, as the husband, and with Gertrude Michael as his wire, "Forgotten Faces" offers a stirring plot chat surges with drama, intrigue and
romance.
17
Marshall is a gambling house good operator who believes his fortune has been brought to him through the influence of the hello- trope.
To his wife, however, it has been the bane of her existence, and it eventually results in her complete undoing. Marshall re- turns home one night to find her
without
A sparkling, breezy sentimental Anale forms an exciting climax to the fun fest A fine assortment of catchy melodies have been pro- vided by Gordon and Revel, in- cluding From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes." "Without 簉 Word of Warning" "Two for To-night" "Takes Two to Make a Bargain" and "I Wish Were Aladdin." Frank Tuttle's
In another man's arms. In the direction is swiftly paced, altains heat of passion, he kills the distinction by its excellence. Intruder. He takes his baby
Mary Boland, Overman, Cossart, daughter to his police-sergeant James Blakely, Douglas Fowley, frlent and gives himself up after Charles Arnt and others carry off making
the arrangements for
high honours on the amusement child's adeption. He is sentenced
end. co. prison.
Seventeen years pass and his wife has failed in every effort to locate the girl. She knows that che baby was adopted by wealthy people and she plans to blackmail them.
to
:
ROYAL AIR FORCE
HONG KONG BASE COMMAND
Squadron Leader W. A. K. Dalzell, whose appointment to command the RAF station at Kai Tak, Hong Kang. is announced to-day, is familiar with this base through his service in command of No. 824 Squadron in H.M.S. Hermes. China Station. He has just completed 21 years' service having joined the from Felsted School in R.N.AS. May, 1915,
USE OF NEW AERODROME
under Com-
Pilots are strictly forbidden to land at aerodromes struction except in real emergency, in which event the circumstances are to be reported to the Air Notification' will be Ministry, made in Air Ministry. Orders when
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.. THE SCREEN'S GREATEST COMEDY TEAM IN FIGHTING STOCK" WILL TAX YOUR "STOOK OF LAUGHTER.
TOM
WALLS LYNN
RALPH
A Hearty Laugh is the best cure for all ills
Fighting Stock
His parents will share his earn- Ings estimated at £10,000 a year -and have a voice in controlling his future career; and
They will re in Los Angeles and have the right to see him when- ever they wish. They will also bring Freddie's two sisters, Eileen and Hlida, aged sixteen and four- teen respectively. to Los Angeles from London.
It is understood that the Judge hearing the present case will be asked to approve, this agreement to-day.
14
ROBERT DONAT ILL
Has To Abandon Part
In "Sabotage'
"
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, June 14. Robert Donat, who recently sign- ed a contract to play opposite Sylvia Sidney in "Sabotage," which Alfred Hitchcock is to direct for the Gaumont-British Corporation; has had to abandon his part, writes a correspondent
"Shooting was to have begun on Monday," Mr. M. E.. Balcon, the Gaumont-British director of pro- ductions, told me yesterday. "On May 25, however, Mr. Donat report- ed that he was not well, and three days later he stated that he would not be well enough to work for a month. 11
"As Miss Sidney's services Bre contract with Mr. Donat is also not available indefinitely, and our
limited, we have had to make hur- for another ried, arrangements artist to take Mr. Donat's part."
a new aerodrome can be used by V.C.SUPERINTENDENT visiting aircraft.
APPOINTMENTS
C
The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified:-
General Duties Branch Squadron Leaders.-W. A K Dalzell, to R.A,F. Station, Kai Tak Hong Kong, to command vice Wing Commander C. R. Keary (March
24).
THE MOON'S OUR HOME
and
"The Moon's Our Home" starring Margaret Sullavan
Henry Fonda due shorey at the Queen's Theatre is the story of two inter- who nationally famous persons learn to hate each other by reputa- tion, but fall desperately in ove when they meet, under assumed names. They marry and the clast of temperaments results in a heated quarrel on their wedding night, with the bride walking out Relenting, their on the groom. efforts to and each other create many amusing situations.
OF THE C.P. LINE
the
(Special Alr. Mall Service)
London, June 14. Captain R. N. Stuart, VC.. DS.O., relinquishes command" of Em- the Canadian Pacific liner press of Britain to assume position of General Superinten- dent of Canadian Pacific. Steam- ships at Montreal, to which he has just been promoted. Captain Stuart has been in command of the Empress of Britain for nearly two years, He is a native of Liverpool and began his seafaring career on the Liverpool barque Kirkhill He won his V.C, for ser- vices in connection with the "Q" ship Pargust during the World War.
Captain G. R. Parry. Comman- the Duchess of Bedford, der of has been appointed to the Empress. of Britain.
WOMEN AT THE WICKET
3.
(Special Air Mail Service)
The screen dramatization was made from a Faith Baldwin. story
London, June 14. and was directed by William A.
With more women than men eit Selter. Those supporting Miss tang in the pavilion, and school- Sullavan and Fonda the cast are girls anstead of schoolboys on the Henrietta Crosman, Charles But-Boundary seats, the Oval looked un- terworth and Beulah Bondi, familiar yesterday afternoon, Miss
Snowball's England eleven playing the worien of Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, writes a correspon- dent.
"FIGHTING. STOCK"
tions.
#J
were
They gave a line to the selectors as to which players to choose when the Australian women come here rext summer, and Londoners a rare chance to see first-class women's cricket."
Another merry farce "Fighting Stock is showing to-day at the King's Theatre. It is a Ben Tra- vers' tale of misadventure in quite his best vein, with the customary trio disentangling the complica- 1 was surprised at the bigh standard women cricketers hava will stop 30 Ben Travers has provided the reached." Their fielding, and e- great, that "she nothing to get it
necessary ingredients for a whole-pecially the throwing-in from the She comes the house not hearted farce, and under Tom deep, is remarkably good.
Miss Child, of Surrey, & Test expecting to meet anyone she Walls" astute and experienced knows, but when she is confronted direction no single point of mirth player, I liked best of the bats, Her 74 was full of lovely strokes and by her husband, one of the most making, no single "spot of bother"
included some powerful drives. has been overlooked. The result While most of the women played dramatic climaxes ever
is that Fighting Stock" is a film straight bat and bad "copy- Marshalls performance "For- crammed full of laughable inci- book" strokes, too many opport
undoubtedly tops i dent and sustained merriment.unities for punishing the bowling a clever ruse, forces the butler in anything he has done before. Whatever the family motto of the were missed.
h's wife, nghting Rowleys, the flesh is weak his daughter's house to change Gertrude Michael, as places with him.
gives an outstanding interpreta even if the spirit would live up
Secretary's James Burke to it. The Brigadier sustains his The Marshall intercepts letters from ton of her role.
Ane job as his wife to the househuld, and he does a
the police courage with many draughts of efforts are fruitless. He means Jane Rhodes" as has heliotrope placed in her home, sergeant.
the fruity port, but the courage od well, very well, but there is more. on her pillow and attached to her young daughter and Robert Cum Sydney oozes at all pointa. As a important business afoot than the dog in an effort to frighten her mings as her flance, supply the leve-maker, Sydney is audacious, consideration of problems con
stark and beat him handsomely. ceming the Rowley estate, "off, but her zeed for money is so love interest.
Marshal; learns that his daugh ter is about to marry, and that her mother intends to force her to bay for allence as to her true parentage. The gambler succeeds
the screen occurs..
in winning a parole, and through; gotten Faces"
Бесп
on
well-meaning
1
· ROBERTSON HARE
by BEN TRAVERS
Directed by TOM WALLS
NEXT CHANGE---
THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND"
with
WARNER BAXTER - GLORIA STUART 20TH CENTURY Fox PICTURE
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RD, KOWLOON-
DAILY AT 2, 30-320.7,30 & 9,30 •TEL. $6656
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
THREE GODFATHERS
Chester MORRIS Walter BRENNAN
POISON
Meuro
Goldwyn Mayer
→WATER.
SATURDAY
"HE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND" A 20th Century Fox Picture.
TO-DAY
1
MAJESTIC
At 2.80, 5.20,
ONLY
THEATRE
7.20 & 8.30 P.M.
Music in the Air
MUSIC BY JEROME KERN
LYRICS AND LIBRETTO BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, 2ND
GLORIA
Swanson
and JOHN BOLES
DOUGLASS
MONTGOMERY
JUNE LANG ⠀
AL SHEAN REGINALD OWEN JOSEPH CAWTHORN HOBART BOSWORTH An Bilch Former Prodestion
From the record-breaking Broadway stops hill
ALSO ON THE STAGE AT 5,20, 7.20 &
M
THE NINE
O'CLOCK REVUE
NON-STOP
VARIETY SHOW
Page 5Page 6