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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
Things To Come"
QUEEN'S:
"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town"
ORIENTAL:-
"Pang and Claw"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :—
"Quard That Gir!"""
MAJESTIC:
"The Melody Lingers On" STAR
"Boulder Dam”
·KING'S:—!
Coming
"The Poor Little Rich Girl" QUEEN'S :—
"Snowed Under"
ORIENTAL:-
"Fatdi Lady" ALHAMBRA :--
"Trapped By Television"
STAR:-"
"Early To Bed". MAJESTIC:
"Dancing Lady" -
"THINGS TO COME"
HG Wells' eagerly awaited futurisic drama, "Things to Come," Is showing at the King's Theatre.
Produced by Alexander Korda at a cost exceeding £250,000. "Things to Come." is the most ambitious picture ever attempted by a British studio. The screening of this im- mense theme took over two years and taxed the resources of some of the finest technicians in the world. Models and trick camera- work were, of necessity, extensive- ly used, and this work was carried out under the supervision of Ned Mann, famed for his achievements on" The Thief of Bagdad," "Diri- gible," "Deluge" and many other spectacular flims. The story, which was largely adapted by the author from his book. "The Shape of Things to Come." is a large scale Impression of events likely to oc- cur during the next 120 years.
The cast of "Things to Come" includes Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke. Ralph Richardson, Maurice Braddel, Edward Chap- man, Sophie Stewart. Derrick De Marney and Margaretza Scott. The director was W. Cameron Menzies, who enjoys a tremendous Hollywood reputation. The set- #ings were designed by Vincent Korda, assisted by Frank Wells. the one of ELG.
"Things to Come" is released by United Artists.
"GUARD THAT GIRL'
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Who hurled the knife at the million-dollar heltess? Who plung-
ed the mansion into murderous darkness? Who strangled the dog that would bark at any stranger? Who uses a bow-and-arrow, that kills at a hundred paces?
There's one way to find out, and that is to Bee Columbia's 'new mystery thriller, "Guard that Girl" showing at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.
The plot has to do with a threa tened heiress, a bevy of suspicious looking relatives, a girl who im- personates the heiress, and two young men who risk their lives to guard her from death.
unknown
Robert Allen, Florence Rice, Ward Bond, Wyrley Birch, Arthur
NEWS FLASHES
Riskin To Direct Grace
Moore Film
· Simultaneous with the Arrival Miss Lind has the golden blonde
of Grace Moore in Hollywood was | halt, deep brown eyes and fair
beauty.
M-G-M SONGWRITERS PREPARE FOR BIG YEAR OF MELODY
With six features and two short subjects before the cameras, four major pictures about to start, and a dozen-add in various stages of prepartion, M-G-M tunesmiths are unlimbering for the heaviest nie-
the important announcement of skin of the classic Viennese. Robert Riskini's elevation to a dir- ectorial post at Columbia Studios and his assignment to the singing. star's forthcoming production.
Riskin, winner of Academy Awards for his note-worthy screen' writing on innumerable successes directed by Frank Capra, wrote and adapted the new Grace Moore, story tentatively titled "Interlude" and will co-direct. its filming withi Harry, Lachman. The latter has recently been awarded a long term contract as a result of his direclody drive of the year. tion of "Thẹ Man Who Lived Twice," in which Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh and Isabel Jewell head the cast, which is now in work in Columbia's cutting rooms. Scheduled to go before the ca- meras within a few weeks, "In- terlude will be one of the most Important productions on the Co- lumbia Studios schedule this sea- son and extensive steps are being taken to make it an outstanding screen 'presentation,
Leon Leonidoff. Internationally famous stage producer, has been borrowed from his executive post in chante of the Radio City Music Hall in New York City and will personally stage and supervise the musical numbers in the pictures.
Al Newman, well known conduc- tor, has been engaged to serve in that capacity on "Interlude" and superlatend the scoring.
"BORN TO DANCE"
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As a starter, dx new songs have Just been completed at the studio. They are "The Phantom" Waltz," "Down to Earth," "You're the Sweetest Thing," "Be Careful of My Heart," all by Forrest. and Wright; and; for the Marx Bró- thers' forthcoming A DAY AT THE RACES, "Dr. Quackenbush." and "Woman' In White" by Kalmer and Ruby.
The Forrest and Wright songs were written
on "inspiration;" that is, they were not designed for, nor yet assigned to, any pro- duction. The other two are des-
ik cribed as having "sweet music and crazy lyrics," written expressly for, the Marxes.
A complete score for BORN TO DANCE, Eleanor Powell picture, was left by the sophisticate, of song, Cole Porter, of “You're the Top" fame, before he left for a acation.
Musical stores, both tackground and featured, are in various stages of completion for THE GOOD A "Reunion in Hollywood" was
EARTH, THE GORGEOUS HUSSY, held on the BORN TO DANCE set
OLD HUTCH, PICCADILLY JIM, when the cameras were turned for ROMEO AND JULIET, HIS BRO- the first scene in the Eleanor Po- | THER'S WIFE, and THE DEVIL IS well musical.
A SISSY,
Exactly a year ago, Miss Powell
appeared for her Arst scene in her DIARY OF LOCAL
Crst musical, Broadway Melody of 1938, and to-day she found her. self surrounded by the same cast and crew, for her second picture.
Those who participated in the "reunion" were Director Roy Del Ruth, Una Merkel, Frances Lang- ford, Buddy Ebsen, Std Silvers, Dance Director Dave Gould, As- sistant Director Bill Scully, Still- man Eddie Cronenwath, Make-up Artist Freddie Phillips, Jack Mc- Gowan and more than two dozen electriclans, cameramen and grips.
EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER: 14. Anniversaries and Holiday:.—81.
Callist
Cinemas.
King's Tongs To Come." Queen's ""Mr. Doods Goen
Town."
To
Oriental --Fang and Claw." World: Chinese Pictura" Allaubra :-"Guard That Girl" Majestic The Melody Linger On" Star-Boulder Dam,"
Diacos Cheero Club Dans, 8 p.m. Meetings.Annual. of Hong Kong Women's International Club, at ou center Hotel Brilding, 5.30 p.m. Hong Kong Aquarium Society, in Miss O'Keefe's Dancing Academy, Bank of East Asia Building, 30 pan.; Kow- loon Union Church Women's Guild, 10: A.D.; Kowloon Tong Anglican Church Committee, 6.00 p.m.
During the past year, Elennor, who had been busy in a New York musical, AT HOME ABROAD. found that her friend Miss Mer- kel appeared in ten pictures, while Del Ruth had directed four ple- tures, including a musical Miss weekly radio broadcasts and has Langford had been featured in
also made four pictures, while Bid Silvers and Jack
McGown had been busy writing the new musical Membera and two others besides.
Gould said he had been as busy as the rest during the year and said that Miss Powell was the direct cause for all of his work. He had formed the M-G-M Dancing School, which was he said, re- quested by the various stars after they had witnessed the dancer's work in BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938.
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The "reunion banquet" was later held in the new studio restaurant,
DELLA LIND. VIEN- NESE BEAUTY SIGNED BY M.G.M
fi
Mias Lind sang her way to operatic stardom in Vienna when she was fifteen, assured it in Pir- andello's TONIGHT WE IMPRO-
Miscellaneous.Lady Caldecott meels of St. John Ambulance Brigade Nursing Division, at. Hood- quarters, "4,30 p.m.; Demonstration by Pupils of Hong Kong. School for the Deaf, at 43 Kai Yan Road, Kowloo City, 5,00. p.m.
Rehearsala-Final, H. K. Singers, King Olaf (Egar), Ching Fleet Clab, 5.16 p.
Social-Kowloon Union Church Mah Jong Drive, 3,00 p.m.; Whist Drive, Sailor Home and Seamer's Institute, 9.00, p.m.; Whist Drive -sud" Tombola at Garrison Securanta. Mesa, Queen's Road, Central, 8.30 p.m.
Sports
Hadminton. Exhibition, by Shanghai and Hong Kong players at Club de Rearejo, 8.45. p.m.
Football-Ary
Road), 4.30 pm.
Trial (Chatham
BackerKowloon Indians v; Nomada Club around); Radio, y. Argonauts (Police T.8.).
A screen career is just another Kohl, Elizabeth Risdon and others. adventure to "George Houston, comprise the cast. Lambert › H1!-- handsome young American opera yer directed and wrote the picture. and stage star and Hollywood's
Vienna, traditional home of sensational new "discovery." who title role of
beautiful women, is rapidly becom "Boris Godounowing the world's foremost training
Shooting Hong Kong Rife AsOCÍN- inakes his film debut opposite the only American ever to aing ground for motion picture stars.
tion: Spony and Practice shoot, (Armiy Josephine Hutchinson in Edward Challapin's most famous operatie
Banco, Kowloon City), 2.00 p.m. Following Lulse. Rainer's bril- Small's Reliance Picture, "The role. One of his greatest triumphs lant screen success, Metro-Geld
Yachting-weepstake Races. Melody Lingers On," at the Majes-
Mann VIII Moon, 29th Day. was "Faust" performed in Wash-wy-Mayer signed a long-term Anarios.-8.19 tic Theatre to-day.
3 Bunset-6.00 ington, D.C. He sang the role of contract with Della Lind, tall wii- 1pm. His life has been crammed with Mephistopheles before the late lowy singer-actress, and, one of Tides-High st 8.51 and 20.58; Low honoura and excitement. Now President Coolidge. the Cabinet Vienna's most beautiful,
at 2.20 and 14.2 that Reliance Pictures, releasing, and the entire Diplomatic Corps
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,... through United Artists, have sign-in the Capital and has been
Anniversarión and Holidayiz-Bl. ed him to a seven-year contract, heard with the leading opera com-
Teresa of Jasur. ^. (1582).† another dramatic chapter is added pantes and symphony orchestras.
Cinemas, to a life story, that rivals Ection. As a dramatic actor, he played, VISE, then began a triumphant
King's The Poor Little Rich Gali Born in Hampton, New Jersey, several seasons with stock com-world tour which was halted, in
Queen's :-"Snowed Under:" Houston Inherited a fine singing pantes
Oriental-Fang and Claw," and appeared opposite Hlywood.
WorkChinese Picture." voice from. his Inther Rev: Francine Larrimore in "Shooting No stranger to the screen, Miss Alhambra Trapped By Telovision** Thomas Houston, a blind eyange-Star" on Broadway. He sang the Und was featured in two UFA pro- · Majestio :--""The Dancing Lady." list, with whom he toured Ameri- title role in the Shubert musical ductions, THE RIGHT TO HAPPI- “Stár S'Early" Tó Bód.""" ca and the British Isles for four version of "Cyrano de Bergerac NESS and THE GRASS WIDOWER
Entertainments.--Concert, Hong Kolg years. Coorgel was nine years old and scored in the following Broad- In London she appeared simini-
Plumers. "King, Ola?" - (Blvar), At when he started guiding and com- way musicals: "New
China Fleet Club Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Moon,taneously in three pictures, GOING panioning his father. and holding "Chee 'Chee," "Casanova," "Floret | CAY," SCOTLAND YARD MY-
Lestaro-Theosophical Bociety, 6,00, in fast succession. At this point, ta," "Melody" "Caviat," "The STERY, A STUDENT'S ROMANCE an astrologist advised him to for- OFlynn" and "Thumbs Up." get everything else and follow
music.m.
He read of the plans for the American Opera Company to be Ranced and sponsored by the late George Eastman at Rochester, N.Y., and joined the project.
Houston made his debut in the
Houston stands 6 feet 2.. we'ghs 100 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. He is a planet violinist and can even made a slide trombone behare. He is expert at fencing swimming and many other sports, is a licensed pilot and a well-cook-
and CABANOVA, a hit operetta which ran nine consecutive months at the Coliseum.
Meetinos-ft. Andrew's Women's Fellowship, 3.00 p.m. ⠀
Rocial-Cheero Club Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, 8.00 pm Bervice Cricket Cinb Whist Drive, 8,00
Swinging back to Vienne to ang "The Merry Widow," "The Count of Luxemburg" and other oper ettas, she was given a screen test and sent to Hollywood by M-G-Manis oficials,
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THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL'
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And was her face red when the found next morning that all the Papers carried an announcement on, the front pake saying she was married to a man named Arti.
THE WHITE HUNTER"
After weeks devoted to the sign- ins of some 240 wild animals chimpanzees to lions 20th Cen- tury-Fox studios are ready to shoot. "The White Hunter "
A company or 230 people, head- ed by Warner Baxter and Simone Simon, has reached Triumio, a desert spot 40 milles from Holly wood. H
Thefe the country is the exact, duplicate of the Nairobi plain the scene of the world's thrillin “big-game, hunts.
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