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VEEN
AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30. 5.16. 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
6 BRILLIANT STARS IN ONE OF THE SNAPPIEST, PEPPIEST, GAYEST COMEDIES YOU'VE EVER SEEN |
GENE
in this
She's stunning .. laugh stremn of love-on-a-budget.
BARBARAN
in
STANWYCK Bride Walks Out
THE
+
"ROBERT
RAYMOND YOUNG
NED
HELEN
SPARKS BRODERICK
IKO-RADIO PICTURE.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1936:
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
HOMAGE TO A FILM STAR
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"The Ghost Goes West" QUEEN'S
"The Bride Walks Out!!
ORIENTAL:-
"Early To Bed"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :----
"Song and Dance Man" STAR:-
Miss Dietrich Passes By
SALAAMS AT DENHAM
"I Like To Die"
Marlene Dietrich, beating Fred Astaire's record by a narrow mar- gine gave me a non-stop two- minute Interview
In a Denham a London Alm "The Poor Little Rich Girl" corridor, writes
correspondent MAJESTIC :-
As we talked, we were hurrying towards the stages: Doors opened miraculously in front of us. Heads #Come Out Of The Pantry" peered out of dressing-rooms to stare at 115. Executives, stood back to let us pass. Miss Diet- rich's
from side eyes swept side, very slowly, under dropped lashes, She smiled the secret smile that von Sternberg likes to shoot through gnuzes. It was im- possible. fantastic. like a scene in a dream,
KING'S
Directed by Leigh Jason
An Edward Small Production
TO-MORROW
"MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN'
MARY ASTOR & RICARDO CORTEZ
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His honeymoon is nothing but o sleep- walker's holiday!
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MARY BOLAND CHARLIE RUGGLES
"Early to Bed."
& Faramount Fiches with George Scrbler » Goil Patrick Robert McWada Directed by Mermen McLood
Coming
"La Vie Parisienne" QUEEN'S:-
"Murder of Dr. Harrigan"
ORIENTAL:-
"Modern Times"
ALHAMBRA¦--
"Bar 20 Rides Again" STAR:-
"Preview Murder Mystery" MAJESTIC:-
"Fang and Claw"
11
"COME OUT OF THE PANTRY"
to
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER G. Anniversaries and Holiday--St.
Heuse
Atartis. -Household Furniture, 35 Enakow Road, Kowloon, 2.30 p.m... Cineinas.
King's
Que's
Oriental
The Ghost Ghen West?'' "The Bride Walks Out,"
Early To Be" World:"Chinoso Picture."* Alhambra :-"Bar 20 Rides Again." Majestic Song And Dance Han.” StarCome Out Of The Pauley.",
Gerald Sydney,
Badminton
VAIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
-- ALSO,
WALT DISNEY
FRIZE
WIN-
NING CARTOON
"THREE
ORPHAN KITTENS"
of
IN BEAUTIFUR TECHNICOLOUR
Lecture. Mr. University, 3.30 p.n
Mestigs.-Executive Committee,
Asbciation, at "S. C. M. Port Board Room 5.00 p.m.; St. John's Cathedral Mothers' Union, Cathedral Hall, 3.00 p.m.;. St. An drew's Church Motheri' Chiou, 3,00 p.m.
Mise:llaneous.-Rotary Tub, Hong Kong Hotel (Ladies" Day): Talk by Dr. F. Bunje on Hong Kong Telegraph Amateur Photographie Competition, Gloucester Hotel, 5.30 p.m., Rehearsals.--Hong Kong
Singers, "King Olaf' (Eigar), Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m.
Social-Chours Club Whist Drive) 9
13.12.
Sports. Billiards-Steel Coulson's League,
יי
Dietrich I had learnt from the Dockyard R.C. v. Catholic Union; R. studio call-sheet earlier in the
W. Fusiliers v. R. E. Mess: Civil day was to be on the set at 2
Service C.C. Ġ. S. Mass:
p.. for D costume test. I got
Hockey-Kaloon Indians, v. Y. M, C. A. (Manna), 5.15 p.m.; Nomads v. on to the set. Never mind how.
Police (Marin). 5.13 p.. but 'I xot there. Twenty-six
Moon.-VIII Mooa, 21st Day. people were waiting to shoot the test, including one director, one
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1. „Aaniversaries and Holidays.—Jewish producer, one production manager.
Hoshand Rabba. one interpreter, one Parls dress
Cinemas.. designer, one hairdresser... one script clerk, six electricians, and me,
King's
Queen's Oriental
La Vie Parisienne.
Murder of Dr. Harrigan" Early To Red."
World-Chinese Picture.
Alhambra :-Dar 20 Rides Again.”
Majestic Song And Dance Man." Star :-The Proview Murder
Mystery."
3
Dances.--Reel Practice, at Helena May, 5.30 p.m.
Meetings.-Monthly, of Hong Kong Football Association Council, 5.30 p.m.; Cricket League Committee, a H.K.C.C., 5.15
St. p.m.;
John's Catheriral Women's Guild, meet Cathedral Hall, 3.00 p.m. balf
2) HOURS LATE After seeing Jack Buchanan as For two hours we sat and stared the happy-go-lucky Jack Brewster at the scene, a Boudoir set, with feverishly squandering a fortune red armchair, small occasional in "Brewster's Millions" it comes table, plak and blu flowers in a no surprise to find him putting stiff vases. It looked bare and his money in the wrong bank in somehow 111 at ease. Nobody his latest Alm, "Come Out of the walked
on It. except when an Pantry," which is showing at the assistant director stepped forward Star Theatre "to-day.
and reverently set the angle of a Supporting Buchanan is
the rug. beautiful Hollywood star. Fay We walted two and a Wray, who makes her role stand hours, two and three-quarters. out by sheer artistic ability and At 445 precisely Miss Dietrich charm. Among the rest of the came. She made her entrance on cast are James Carew,' Olive Korda's arm. rather a tall woman, Blakeney. Fred Emney. Ronald draped in brown furs, hatless. Squire, who is in his most polish-lookingy unreal and lovely, ed vein as the faithful butler. We rose to our feet like a con- Marie O'Neill and Ethel Stewart. gregation; stood to attention as This is a British picture directed she passed through.
Afterwards by Jack Raymond,
I heard one man say in a surprised whisper, 'Why the hell did I do that?!
SONG AND DANCE
MAN"
There's many an interesting
THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY sidelight to the careers of old
THE A 'KNOWLEDGED KING OF COMEDY
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
HIS LATEST
COMEDY
"MODERN TIMES
爹小
SPECIAL! GRAND BENEFIT THURSDAY
Wenre donating our entire receipts for all prformances on Thursday Oct. 8th of
CHARLIE CHAPLLY'S MODERN TIMES"
to "the Chinese Chamber of Com- merce in aid of the Chang-Hai-shek aeroplase fund.
-PERFORMANCES
HONG KONG
GIFT TO MARSHAL CHIANG KAI-SHRE OF HIS 50th BIRTHDAY
MATINEES: 20c.-30c EVENINGS: 20c.-30.-50c.-70c,
ESTARE
Dally at 2.30, 5.20.7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
TO-DAY ONLY
A SCINTILLATING COMEDY OF HIGH LIFE ABOVE &
BELOW STAIRS !
Jack Buchanan & Fay?
Fay Wray Come Out of the Pamery.
A UNITED ARTISTS RELEASE
TO-MORROW
“PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY
with RBOINALD DENNY
PRAJDES BRAKE
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
"GHOST GOES WEST"
quse for one day only.
Lime song and dance teams, but none have ever compared to the absorbing story revealed in George M. Cohan's successful stage play. "Song and Dance Man."
After embellishing this famous story with new laughs, songs and patho, 20th Century-Fox presents the modernized screen version
to himself
Miss Dietrich passed straight through the set and disappeared. We sat down again to our waiting. Ten minutes later I sought out Korda.
"Alex" I said "I must see Diet- rich.”
He shrugged his shouders. "I too," he said. "But I cannot find her again. Nobody can find her."
"Let's hunt." I said. We did.
A LITTLE EXERCISE raced up and down
We
Dances.--Cheero Club Diner, B p.m..
Linion Churchi Meeting-Kowloon Women's Guild, 10 p.
Miscellaneous-Annual Pahibition of Entries it Hong Kong Telegraph Autour Photographie Competition, Gloucester Hotel: Children's Mub (Police Branch, M.C.L.) holds Annual Sgle of Work, af Police Recreation Club, 430 pm.
Rehearsals.-Y. 3. C. A.' fraz Phearsal of **Jack and the Beanstalk,"
7.45 p.m.
12-
Social-Cocktail Party and Presenta tion in Lieut. Col. H. B. L. Dewbig- gin, O.B.F., Volunteer Headquarters, 4.00 p.. Whist Drive, Sailors' Hone
and Beamen's Institute, 9.00 p.m.; Kawloon Tong Women's Guild Whist Drive, in St. Andrew's Hell, 8.45 p.m.
the
languid eyes considered, accepted She smiled just a little. me offered me scarlet-tipped fingers.
"Come" she said. Then began that fantastic jour-
down the corridors to the ey of this successful stage play to-studio, gathering helpers in every stages. We were alone, 'the body- day at the Majestic Theatre. corridor Korda's long stride set guard half a pace behind us.
"Sang and Dance Man' features the pace. I followed.
knew I had precisely two minutes trotting. Claire Trevor, Paul Kelly and Zoltan Korda came behind, Wally, to break the silence of which she Michael Whalen. Other stellar the wardrobe master, hurled his performers in the large cast are bulk along beside us. Cunyng- Ruth Donnelly, James Burke, He-hame, the studio manager, cut len Troy and Lester Matthews. corners and got there first.
A
THE BRIDE WALKS
OUT"
Gene
was so completely mistress.
J
"These costume tests," I 'began. striking out wildly, "Do you make, them in Hollywood?"
"In Hollywood we have not time," she answered briefly,
Not encouraged, I tried another
"Do you know that these corridors are a third of a long?" asked Alex contemplatively at one point in the marathon, more to himself in than me.
1 new
DONAT. ILL.
"On Monday."
"With Donat?—"Yes." "Is he here?"—"No." "He's ill, isn't he?" "Yes" "What's the matter?” "Asthma," she said, making the word seeth somehow exotic. We rounded a corner. T tried again.
"The ending is sad, isn't it?”—
Coming to the screen in a new We ran for miles, following "This picture Knight Without kind of role into which she ably every rumour of Dietrich's pass-
Armour-do" you begin work on it i dovetails her extensive range of age. We looked in her dressing-
50011?" talents. Barbara Stanwyck is room-all pale wood and blue starred in "The Bride Walks 'Out,'' glass-topped tables, pink satin
kay and
breezy romantic cushions. pink roses, a refrigera- The hilarious adventures of a comedy, in which she is seen with tore bath. She was not there. handsome and amorous ghost who two of the screen's foremost lead only
electric hair-dryer accompanies a haunted Scottish castle to America, are depicted in Robert Young.
ing men.
Raymond and waiting sqlitary in her anteroom. amusing fashion in ""The Ghost
We looked in Bergner's dressing Miss Stanwyck's bow In Goes West," Alexander Korda's
a room, on Pommer's set, on Walter comedy of the type of "The Bride | Reisch's set. We gay romantic comedy which brings Walks Out is furthered by the hopelessly the
tried, rather Flobert Donat to the King's Thea-
canteen and, the "Yes" appearence tre to-day, with Jean Parker and Helen Broderick, who contribute lot.
of Ned Sparks and restaurant. We looked on the "You die?" "Yes.”
where the old-fashioned Eugene Pallette, by popular re-
"You like it that way?"—"Yes, I pungent humour,
barouche in which she was to ride, like to die." This quintette is involved in a for the film was being solemnly The aim reaches a
We passed through a crowd of surprise romantic entanglement which driven round and found, to ac extras. climax when Martin, who has de- makes for some of the screen's custom the horse to its jingling set.
We were getting near the I made one last attempt at cided to use the ghost to pub-gayest comedy, according to pre- harness. When we got back to a converational opening. licize Martin's Fine Foods, holds
view critice. A moment after her dressing-room she was there. "Miss Dietrich," I said boldly. reception for the press in the Raymond and Miss Stanwyck are Korda tapped at the inner door. Your part in the book was a very ludicrously restored and moder-
married, the bridegroom is ar- nized castle..
called "Marlene" through the small one. Has it been rewritten rested for violating the peace and | panels. Elsa
for the picture?” Lanchester, and Patricia the bride is pursued by a young TWO-MINUTE INTERVIEW
She didn't bat an eyelid. but I Hilliard are also prominent in
millionaire man-about-town, Ro- "I am dressing. In a moment felt the atmosphere suddenly, be- the cast of the fim which is re-bert Young. who can provide the I shall be ready," "said the slow come electric.. leased through United Artista.
luxuries of life the lady cannot Dietrich voice. A lovely hand and "It is still a small part. I like extract from her, husband's thirty bare arm was thrust round the to play small parts. I prefer not five per week,
door, palpably for someone to to be on the screen the whole Young's intervention comes to a kiss. Korda, doing the honours, ❘ time." head, with Barbara planning to get kissed gallantly..
She swept through the sound- The proceeds taken at all four a divorce. Raymond undertakes She came out at last" in an proof doors on to the set. The performances of "Modern Times" a hazardous surveying position in evening gown of black tulle, twenty-six faithful sprang to at- (Charlies Chaplin) at the Oriental South America, of which Miss trimmed with mauve ruffics; a tention. "Clear the stage!" some- Theatre On Thursday will be Broderick learns through her hus-white flower on her shoulder, a one yelled, "Lock the doorsi donated towards the funds for the band, Sparks, who is Raymond's mauve flower in her hair.
Draw the screen's! Here's Misa purchase of 'ani aeroplane for business buddy.
Her eyes siid round the room. Dietrich!" Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek on A mad and merry pursuit from rested on me questioningly. Alex The white screens 'were drawn the occasion of his 50th birthday. Young's lavish Long Island estate his duty done, had gone. Zoltan round her, close, without a peep All local leading Chinese business in the steamer pler from which Korda came to the rescue, ""Mar" | hola
boat houses are contributing towards Raymond's
14 the fund.
satisfactorily end this comedy, and presented me. The beautiful, 'late, the costume test. began
BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR CHIANG KAI-SHEK
departing lene, sel nicht böse," he began Three hours and three quarters
BY POPULAR REQUEST
ROBERT
DONAT
THE
amnational star of "The
Count of Mania Cias" be
* gay seneste omady!
Ghost Goes West
-JEAN PARKER EUGENE PALLETTE
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COX NEEDS A LONG REST
the Fulham attack-a job in which so many accomplished footballers in recent years have failed-had he not been hurt.
George Cox, Faham's centre- forward, who came from Arsenal, Cox may be absent from the had exceeded all expectations. game-days, weeks or even months. There was no doubt he would have The chief prescription for his par continued with the task of leading ticular form of injury is rest.