QUEEN'S
Telephone 31458
AIR-COOLED THEATRE
•
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
AT 2.30 6.15. 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
Just the kind of two-fisted action you'd expect from the Public Enemy of "Men" and the mobster of Dr. Socrates"
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
BARTON MacLANE
THE PUBLIC ENEMY OF 'G-MEN' SMASHES HIS WAY TO STARDOM IN
"MAN OF IRON
MARY ASTOR - JOHN ELDREDGE
FRIDAY·
A Bolt of Drama That'll Blow the Fuses
"DANGEROUS"
BETTE DAVIS and FRANCHOT TONE
TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY ÉVE
SHOWS
DAILY
FLENING ROLD
1.30-511
7.15-8.50
ORIENTAL
TEL. 284TA
•LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY
AN EXCITING
MYSTERY PICTURE FILLED WITH LAUGHTERF
"SWELL ENTERTAINMENTI PACKED) WITH LAUGHS!" -Variety Daily
RETURN OF THE
TERROR
A First National Hit with MARY ASTOR JOHN HALLIDAY LYLE TALBOT
TO-M RROFOR ONE DAY ONLY HERE'S MARVELDUS ENTERTAINMENT ALL COMEDY VARIETY SHOW! IT'S A GRAND SHOW FOR THE CHILDREN
LAUREL & HARDY
"THE CHIMP"
Their Biggest laugh riot.
AND
TED HEALY STOOGES HELLO POP"
Comedy colour musical.
FLIP THE FROG
At the circus.
CHARLIE CHASE
"Mr. BRIDE"
A great action comedy. PETE SMITH'S "BONE CRUSHERS "
Funny sports picture. METROTONE NEWS World's news in pictures,
MATINEES: 20c.-30c © EVENINGS: 20c.-30c,#50c.-70c.
ESTARE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
1935's 'THIN MAN^!
Greatest of all the PERRY MASON stories by the author of "The Case of the Howling Dog....
"THE CASE OF THE
LUCKY LEGS
WARREN WILLIAM PATRICIA ELLIS
GENEVIEVE TOBIN
ALLEN JENKINS
TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY 1",
An Old-Favourite " that you voted for ! 'KING KONG" AN EKO BADIO PICTURE.
"Come on," said the first man, "you've been growling even more than I havel"
"I know,” replied the other, "but he's arrested in the next.act, and I want to see him arrested!"
"LITTLE MISS NOBODY"
Jane Withers returns
to the Covable harum-ŝcarum type of role that first brought her screen fame
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:
Hong Kong
"Little Miss Nobody!"
QUEEN'S:-)
"Man of Iron"
ORIENTAL!
"Return of The Terror"
Kowloop
ALHAMBRA :----
"We're Only Human" MAJESTIC:
*In Spice of Danger"
"The Case of the Lucky
Legs"
STAR:
QUEEN'S:-
Coming
"Dangerous"
ORIENTAL:-
"Variety Programme" ALHAMBRA:-
"Three Wise Guys"
STAR:-
"King Kong" MAJESTIC:-
"Stormy".
COMEDY VARIETY SHOW
AT THE ORIENTAL
The Management of the Oriental Theatre announces that by great demand of their audiences for an "Ali Comedy Variety Show," and
now
in an
they have for to-morrow, Thursday (one day only) with these compositions: Laurel-Hardy in their funniest laugh riot The Chimp," Charlie Chase excellent
comedy "Mr. Bride," Ted Healy and his Stooges in a delightful all colour musical "Hello Fop." Pete Smith, humorous com-
mentator
"Bone
Crushers"
comedy sports, then Flip the Frog's" Cartoon
"In the Circus also the latest Metrotone Sound News of the world.
"Comedy Variety Show", will be! the best, entertainment in town regardless of place and price.
THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS.
Erle Stanley Gardner, the writer who created Perry Mason, lawyer and crime-solver extraordinary, and Warren William, who brought him to life on the screen, met for the Arst time on the set of "The Case of the Lucky Legs," the First National pletare now showing at the Star Theatre.
Although William had portrayed Perry Mason in two previous and
in "Little Miss Nobody," Fox hit the writer lived only half a mile which opens to-day at the King's from the studio, the two had only Theatre to the delight of her corresponded when the new pic- many fans.
ture started. Responding to the The story of "Little Miss actor's invitation, the writer visit- Nobody"-who incidentally turns ed him on the set and got first ous to be quite a somebody after hand information on, how his a'l-i concerned with 1 mis story was made into a film.
William "Warten
18 Perry chievous orphan asylum's heads.
Jane is continually in hot water.
Mason," Gardner said, after sce- As,, for instance, she beguiles the ing him work." I believe that he grocer's son into thinking he has has caught the spirit of the found a valuable pocketbook and character even more fully than I which turns out to be a ruse that have. Any changes I make in douses hini with a bucket of Ferry in future stories will be to water--and when she steals a approximate the feeling Mr. Wu- complete chicken dinner no that liam has given the character." the children In the orphanage "The Case of the Lucky Legs" will not go hungry Thanks-giving is the latest First National picture Day.
to be based on one of Gardner's When she tries to be "very, very best selling novels. Others in the include Genevieve Tobin. good" and do her bosom pala cast good turn, Jane really gets into Patricia. Eis, Lyle Talbot, Allen trouble and is committed to the Jenkins, Barton MacLaze, Peggy reformatory. However, she goesShannon and Henry ONeill with a joyous heart for her trick Jerry Chodorov adapted the has succeeded and Betty Jean, story while Archie L. Mayo direct- her pal, has been saved from being ed from the screen play by Brown adopted by an arrogant, newly Holmes and Ben Markson rich woman and instead has been
taken by Jane's. own father!
BRITISH DESTROYER
STRENGTH
London, July 16.
En route to the reformatory, }· Jane escapes and finds refuge in the pet shop of an escaped convict who is being blackmailed by an- other criminal, Jane manages. to get everybody-herself most of alk
into trouble before the climax A Note was yesterday handed to States and Japanese but she then just as akilfully the United extricates them from their ding-Ambassadors announcing that the to British Government propose culties.
The Withers mise Is more retain over-age destroyers to a roguish than ever and further total of 40,000 tons which would adds to the general hilarity by otherwise be due for scrapping singing a brand new song. Then before December 31 next. By this Carne the Indians," by Jack Stern. Note the "escalator" clause of the Henry H Tobias Harry Tobias and London Naval Treaty of 1930 has Bidney Clare.
been formally invoked.
in
SCREEN NEWS FLASHES
John Boles And Rosalind Russell For Columbia
and
His successES
'י
"69 AND 30 TO GO
Ronald Colman, unaccustomed as he is to days of leisure, has now abandoned all hope of ever having
All the other principais in the cust have been working as steadily. among them Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett
Warner. Horton. H.B. Isabel Jewell, Margo and Thomas Mitchell,
John Boles, who was last seen.
"Rose of the Rancho," Rosalind Russell, leading woman in "Rendevous" and "Trouble For
were Two"
engaged by Co- lumbia Pictures for the leading roles in Craig's Wife" This is a day off, if he ever held it. picturization of George Kelly's Golman has just completed his Pulitzer prize play. which goes 99th .consecutive work-day before inco production under the direc- the cameras in Columbia's "Lost tion of Dorthy Arzner. Holly-Accizon," and has some 30 odd wood's, noted woman director. days to go before the Frank Capra
Boles, one of Broadway's most production is completed. popular leading man made his frst important appearance in "Little Jesse James" in which he was a smash bit. in "The Desert Song." "Rio Rita" and "The King of Jazz" definitely established him as one of the most popular romantic leading men on the screen, Sorie of his latest pictures include "Orchids To You," "Curly Top." "Redheads
A half-hundred sets have been on Parade" and "Littlest Rebel"
Miss Russell appeared in leading constructed for 1, included among. roles in numerous stock
them the huge Shangri-La lama- pantes all over the country before sery and gardens. a Tibetan vill- making her bow in picture. Her age. a Chinese settlement and the Arst important screen appearance. interior decks of a vas.
Lytell in wą.5 with Bert
The liner. Frank Capra himself is Second Man" which led to her devoting 12 to 14 hours "dally to being placed under contract by his production and all departments M.G.M.
NEW FILM FOR COLUMBIA
Kom-
Three of Columbia's featured
Leo contract players.
Carrillo. Marlan Marsh and George Ban croft. have been assigned to a new picture entitled "I Promised To Pay, which will be placed in production soon. The story is by Lionel Houser and is an expose of the usurious pawnbrokers' racket.
When it is understood that the is in average feature picture actual production 28 to 30 days, the "bigness" of "Lost Horizon" can be appreciated,
ocean
of the studio are geared to co-or- dinate their efforts with his-the general of a small army of motion picture workers numbering in excess of 1,500,
OLD FAVOURITES AT THE STAR
PICTURES FOR AUGUST
The following pictures are due at the Star Theatre during the month of August:
Mr. Carrillo, one of the screen's had most popular leading men. prominent roles in Columbia's Love Me Forever" and "If You Could Only Cook." Miss Marsh was featured in the company's "Crime and Punishment," "Lady of Secrets" and "Counterfeit.
6th-King Kong (Radio) Oid while George Bancroft's latest
Favourite. important part was as the managh-8th-I Found Stella Parish ing editor in the Frank Capra production, "Mr.
Town.
Deeds Goes To
Doris Dudley Joins
"Portrait of a Reber'
Dorin Dudley, brilliant young New York stage actress now play- ing on Broadway with Ion Claire in "End of Summer.” has been east.
by RKO Radio for the impor tant role of Katharine Hap burn's sister in *Portrait of a Rebel." Herbert Maruball will be co. starred with Miss Hepburn. Ernest Vajda and Anthony Valk ler recently completed adapting "Portrait of a Rebel" from Natta Syrett's novel The story, said to be an unusually gripping onE, TE citor the bitter tragedy and dual happiness in the life of an English girl in revolt, against the conven tions and restrictions of the Vio torian era.
4th-5th-The. Case of the Lucky Legs (Warner).
(Warner),
9th-11th--Anything Goes (Para-
mount).
12th G-Men (Warner) Old Fay- ourite.
13th-The Count of Monte Cristo (United Artists) Old Favourite.
14th-15th-Fighting Stock (Gau-' mont-British).'
10th-18th--Colleen (Warner). 19th-Madam Butterfly (Para- mount) Old Favourite.
20th-Anna Karenina (MGM),
21st-She Married Her Boes (Columbia),
22nd-24th-Destre` (Paramount). 25th-Roman Scandals (United Artists) Old Favourite.
28th-Treasure
Old Favourite.
Island (MGM)
27th Farewell to Arms (Para- mounty Old Favourite.
28th-29th-Case
Ames (Paramount)....
against Mrs.
30th-The Gay Divorcee' (Radio) Old Favourite.
31st-Private Life of Henry VIII (London Films) Old Favourite,
n
It Happens
WOOD
PRESTON
FOSTER 15
HIS OWN BOAT CAULKER
CHARLES COLLINS WAS
FIVE TIMES KREWHILE HE
REHEARSING SWORD "SCENE -
FOR DANCING PIRATE
ALL THE BAR HORSES IN THE SCENES OF *MARY OF SCOTLAND" WERE INDIVIDUALLY FITTED WITH CUSTOM- › MADE TRAPPINGS BY
KUNTORY
AIK-CONDITIONED THEATREN
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P. GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION
ON THE SCREEN
LITTLE MISS NOBODY
OFA FOX picture with
JANE WITHERS
ON THE STAGE AT ALL PERFORMANOTS
"THE VIENNA CABARET".
soith
DUO ROSSILIANO
AND
THE GRUBEL TROUPE
NEW JUCCLING' TRICKS — BRILLIANT DANCES XYLOPHONE SOLOS – MUSICAL SPECIALTIES
GRAND MODION ENTERTAINMENT,
ALHAMBRA
MATHAN RD. HOWLDON
TO DAY
ONLY
ACTION EVERY LIVING MINUTE!
In the thrilling and inspiring story of a super-cop who went to
pieces when he lost his nerve under fire 1.
"Were Only Human
RKO
RADIO
Picture
PRESTON FOSTER JANT WYATT JAMES GLEASON: -Arthur” Nak! • John Arledge Jane Darwell - Maron. Olsan
TO-MORROW
ROBERT YOUNG AND BETTY FURNESS in THREE WISE GUYS"
FINAL
SHOWINGS MAJESTIC
TO-DAY
THEATRE SA
At 2.30, 5.20,
7.20 & 9,80 P.M.
THUNDERING THRILLS!
IN SPITE of DANGER
WALLACE
MARIAN
FORD
MARSH
DYNAMITE
THURSDAY" STORMY” with NOAH BEERY, JE,
M.PS HUMAN
STORIES
SLIPS OF THE TONGUES
to go on the tramp for work. And there is one ex-Minister who as a young miner on strike led half a dozen of bis fellows in street- singing for six weeks.
BLIND LEGISLATORS
Sir Ian Fraser, the blind MP., surprised the House the other day
-London,"July '17. ^
by his familiarity with the details of news in the daily · press" and Every one of the 615 men and women who form the memberamp with its actual presentation Bir Ian (here you see him) is a great of the House of Commons has . good human story to tell, but it is absorber of news through the eyes only now and again that one or of his wife, who reads the papers two of them reveal a little about to him every morning and evening. their private Lives to the assembly The only blind member of the in the course of a debate. Thero House of Lords, Lord Bandefton is a noble lady who as a child use who has been sightless from birth, to get pennies from an aunt to alt may be seen almost every day as her model for her lovely eyes walking along the colonnade of and shapely, head. A Labour lea-Westminster with his valet reading der was able to go to Ruskin a newspaper to him. College from the mines because his wife volunteered to go into domes- tic service to enable him to do so.
HIS CONFESSION Lord Banderson, who is of the squirearchy by lineage and birth. EX-PREMILE'S FIRST PENNIES | tuned Labour in middle-age sfter There is a Junior Minister who studying economics as a hobby: began his working career wheeling and one of the most striking pas a grocer's barrow Did not Mr. sages in his autobiography is his Ramsay MacDonald earn his at confession that until he was ap- pennies in potato-fting? There proaching 40 years of age he had are at least half a dozen Labour Ine
M.B.'s who know what it is to have man
conversation with a
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