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COMMENCING AFNDAY: WILLIAM POWELL JEAN ARTHUR, inEx-Mrs. BRADFORD
"BRIDES ARE LIKE
!! THAT'
Tempestuous gales of laughter will sweep through the audience of the Queen's theatre to-day where First National's latest comedy romance "Brides are Like That" is being shown
· HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE NEW TELEVISION DIARY OF LOCAL"
CINEMA Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Women Are Trouble"
QUEEN'S
"Brides Are Like That" ORIENTAL:-
"Sutter's Gold"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :-
"Counterfeit"
MAJESTIC:-e
STAR:
"Fang And Claw"
"
-Widow From Monte Carlo”
KING'S:-
"The
Coming
DISCOVERY
Method Of Preserving Pictures
FILED FOR USE IN THE FUTURE
A demonstration of a method of aling "televised", pictures for fu- ture release by television when de- sired, was demonstrated at the Al- exandra Palace recently. The ap- paratus by which this is accom- plished is the Baird Intermediate Film System, states a London Jour- nal.
One of the biggest problems the EBC have to face is the nigh COGL of good television program- ces. By means of the new system repetitions of outstanding items can be given at negligible cost. New Adventures of Variety of programmes will be helped by the fact that artists can be helped by the fact that artists can be recorded At hours when they could not appear in the tele- vision stud'os.
Tarzan"
QUEEN'S:-
"Dancing Pirate" ORIENTAL:
"Follow The Fleet" ALHAMBRA:-
"Dancing Pirate"
MAJESTICI
"Fury"
·STAR:--
"Ex-Mrs. Bradford"
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•
QUICK WORK W
Scenes or persons can be filmed
EVENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, Anniversaries and Holidays.—Chung Yang Fostival. (Chung-yang- -jih). Frost's Descent, (Shuang chiang).
Auction-Crown Lands, at District Office, South, Hong Kong, 11 m.
Cinemas,
King's
Queon's
Women Are Trouble."
Brides Are Like That." Oriental Sutter's Gold." World:"Folies Bargers de Paris." Alhambra “Counterfail."?7/
Majestic Fang And Claw." Star Widow From Monte Carlo," Entertainment.-Third Sonsta Recital a Helena May, 8.30 p..
Lectures,-Halona May Christian Fellowship Hosting. 10.30 am.
Mostings-Annual, of Kowloon Chess Club, at Central British School, Argyle Strest, 8.00 p.m.
Miscellaneous-Laying of C. M. S. Heep Yumu School's Foundation, Stona by
H.E. the Governor, 5.00 pm, (Tokwawan).
Social.Whist Drive, Kowloon Docks,
p..
Cheero Cuh Contract Bridge. 8.00p.m.; R.A.M.C. Anna- elation Dance, Hotel Coeil, 8.30pm.
Moon-First Quarter, 8.54 p.m. I Moon, 9th. Day.
8.45
Sunrise.-6.21 s.12. Sunset.-5.53
p.m.
Tidar. High at 0.38; Low at 9.34. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, Anniversarica
and Holidays.St.
for an ordinary picture and | Raphael the, the Archangel. then transmitted from Alexand.a Palace to television
screens.
receiving
But whereas films for ordinary cinema screening take several Hours to" develop And process, the new Baird apparatus does the entire work in half a minute.
4
Since counterfeiting has assumed
This is equivalent to taking a the proportions of a national
a print menace, the velled activities of the photograph and having Department of Justice agents of ready practically simultaneously.
whole During the
time an the U.S. Treasury have come spec-
event is being televised, the Inter- tacularly to the fore. Their opera- tions in law enforcement have now mediate Film System will follow been vividly dramatized
like a shadow, never quite catch- Columbia production entitleding up with it. In this way an "Counterfeit" which is being shown actor, for example, could at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.
himself acting a part while con- Featured in the Imposing cast
tinually keeping slightly ahead of are Chester Morris, Margot Gra- what he could see himself doing hame, Lloyd Nolan and Marian or a television screen. Marsh
Briefly, the story relates the adventures of T man Chester Morrie, who gains entry into the counterfeiting ring headed by Nolan and his sweetheart, Margot Grahame. posing as a ruthless killer. His assignment is com- plicated when he falls in love with Miss Marsh, Margot's screen sister, who has been innocently involved in their activities.
The production is based on a
William Rankin story by
and Bruce Manning which Erle Kenton
directed.
Others in the cast are Claude Gillingwater. George McKay, Gene Morgan and Marc Lawrence,
watch
By means of such television "fles" events in Great Britain could be sent to the Dominions and Colonies for retransmission from local television stations. *
Another obvious use to which the new system might be put is that set school lessons could be filmed beforehand and then trans- mitted simultaneously at regular times to classes throughout the country, In this way the same television lessons could be shown to succeeding generations of chil- dren.
EX-MRS. BRADFORD" ten
For the third time in their screen. careers, William Powell and Jean Arthur find romance between them blossoming under the sinister
shadow of murder.
Miss Arthur is currently co- starring opposite Powell in "The Ex-Mra. Bradford,” romantic mystery drama which will be
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screened at the "Star Theatre” on
"WOMEN ARE-
TROUBLE”
....
A real-life newspaper story of events behind the headlines, writ- by two ex-newspapermen. Michael Fessler and Richard Blake, fröm a short story by George Harmon Coxe.
Stuart Erwin as the laconic star reporter whose strongest com- petitor is the girl he's in love with. Paul Kelly as the hard-bitten' efty editor, torn between headlines and an allmony-seeking wife.
That is "Women Are Trouble," hilarious; fast-moving new picture Saturday, It is her first appear: is showing to-day at the King's
Case" and "The Canary Murder ance since "The dreene Murder Theatre.
The City Editor, Blain and this Case" with the star who has be star reporter, Casey, were
good come the screen's foremost gentle- friends until Ruth Nolan went to man sleuth. Those pictures pre-work on sented Powell as Philo, Vance, de- tective extraordinary.
K "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" Powell is again on the trail of mur- The picture is one of the most der. "He plays a physician who is hilarious screen productions of the
drawn into the investigation of a year and abounds in riotous situa-race track jockey's mysterious tions, unique episodes and a most
unusual plot.
It is based on the play "Apple sauce" by Barry Conners, which was cac of the hita of the staac. The motion picture retains all the numourous angles of the original stage production and has added some more for good measure.
death. Miss Arthur is seen as his divorced wife, whose principal con- cern is removing the "ex" from thelp marital status
Eric Blore, James Gleason and Robert Armstrong are featured in support of the two stars in this RKO Radio picture.
FANG AND CLAW
Crashing the jungles with na-
The Star,
Then the
trouble began.. For one thing, war between the police and a gang of post-prohibition racketeers had broken out with the paper lead- ing the clean-up fight.
When Ruth scooped Casey by pulling headline news from the very centre of the enemy camp, the war entered their own front yard, with both Ruth and Blaine finally getting kidnapped and sentenced by the gang's own court to death.
NO SALUTE FOR WOMEN
'יין
Cinemas. King's Women Are Trouble.” "Queer's :--"Dancing Pirate." Oriental:"Butter's Gold.' World Folies Bergero de Paris." ́Alhambra :--“Dancing Pirate.” Majestic :—"Fang And Cluw.** Star:-"Widow From Munte Carlo " Dances. Health and Strength League, at Flotel Cecil,
Miscellaneous.—Exhibition of Oils and Water Colour Paintings, Gloucester Hotel, Arst floor, 10 a.. Annusi Picnic for the Blind to Shek-0;
· Fairica "Old Girls Day"; sod Thanks- giving Service at St. Stephen's Church. Social.-R.E.0.CMA. Aunusi Dinner,
at Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.; Kow- loon Indian Tennis Club HAL Höinn.” st King's Park, 3.30 pm.
Sports
Bowl-International Shield .Final. England v. Portugal (Hong Kong F.C. Green), 2.45 pm
Second
Cricket. -League match, Division: Army "8" 9. Amy "C Friendlies, First Division: Indian R.C.
Kowloon C.C.; Second Division: Kowloon C.C. v.. Indian R.G.; Royal Navy v. Club de Recreio.
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Women Trouble
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Football First Division: E. Lanes. v. Rastern (Chatham Road), 4.30 p.m.; St. Joseph's v. Royal Ulster Rifles (St. Joseph's), 4.30 p.m.:. Club 7. Kowloon Chinese (Club), 4.30 pm.; Club de Recreio V Police (King's Park), 4.30 p.m. ;" Kowloon v. Chinese Athletic (Kowloon). 4.10 p.m.; Royal Navy v Fusiliers (Navy), 4.30 p.m. Secard Division: East. Lanes. Eastern Chatham Road), 3.06 p.m.; Royal Artillery (L) v., Royal Ulster Rifles (Military), 4.50 p.m.: Club r. Kowloon Chinese (Club), 3.00pm. R.E. v. South China (Caroline Hill), 3.00 p.. Royal Artillery (S) v. Chinese Police (King's Park), 3,00 Chineso Athletic p.m.; Kowloon (Kowloon), 3.00 p.m.; Royal Navy v. Third Fusiliers (Navy), 300 pon. Division St. Joseph's Liga Portu- guess (St. Joseph's), 3.00 p.m.; R.E. Y. B.AM.C. (Military), á.00 p.m.; R.A.O.C. v. Fusiliers (Happy Valley)
4.30 p.m.
T
Racing Ninth Extra Race Meeting (Happy Valley), 2.00 p.m.
Ragby-Army v. Club (Sookarpon), 4.35 p.m.
Moon Moon, 19th. Day.. Bunrise.-6.24 B.0.
p.m.
Sunset.-5.51
Tides.-High at 1.47; Law at 10.36.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25. Anniversaries and Holidays.-20th Sunday after Trinity. Fenst of the Begality of Christ Fifty-fifth An-
Establishment of niversary of Apostleship of Prayer in Hong Kong (1881)
the
Religious.—In Catholic Cathedral, Pontiacal High Mass at 8.00a.m., Procession, 4.30 p.m.; Seafarers' Service in St. Jolin's Cathedral, 11.00 8.11.
Moon-IX Moon, 11th. Day. Sunriss.-8.24 .m. Sunset.-5.53 Tides-High at 0.28; Low st 8.33.
p.00.
E QUEEN MARY AT
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE
Two sentries are posted at Marl- Marshal Graziani's Insistence borough House again for the first that at the Feast of the Mascal in time for nearly twelve years. Queen Addis Ababa the' Abyssinians Mary is in residence there, and the should make their customary offer old house of Barah Churchill, of flowers not only to the Italian Duchess of Marlborough, has re- officers bat to the Italian domen turned to London's high social life. was intended to stress on native writes the "Manchester Guardian,"
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SPENCER TRACY
"FURY"
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CORONATION
Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the provinces. The conductors will be Weingartner and Oswald Ka-
tions will include Horowitz, Hu- bermat, Schnabel, Helfitz, and a quarter of brilliant stars from
YEAR MUSIC bastis Other prominent attrac-
AT COVENT GARDEN
The Coronation year will os no Alie for a perion of exceptional Covent Garden Opera. musical activity, both in London and the provinces. That is the opinion of Mr. Harold Hold, the well-known impresar.o, witte Cently spoke of his plans for of the busiest seasons within his
Ross Alexander and Anita Louise have the romantle roles, the form- er playing the part of a ne'er-do- well with a great gift for flattery by which he is enabled to work
tive. helpers and an elephant his way into the good graces of train, capturing its prize denizens and crating them for shipment to bly townfolk, although it also gets the circuses and zoos of the world, minids the importance of womân's - London diarist: The whole house is Jong exper.ence. In my opinion."
An exceptionally actractive scries of programmes by Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Fill- harmonie Orchestra has been planned for Sunday afternoons.at Covent Garden
him into plenty of trouble.
Joseph Cawthorn gives an out-
sums up the action in Frank position in the white man's civilisti occupied, and a good deal of quiet, observed Mr. Holt, "London may Buck's latest cinematic cargo of tion.
distinguished hospitality is expected! be regarded to-day as the Mecca standing Performance i the thrills, titled "Fang and Claw." No foreign representative his there this winter.
of international musical talent," Mr. Holt has further arranged to comedy role as the uncle of the showing at the "Majestic, to ever been able to persuade the Ja-
introduce a number of musical. ne'er-do-well who is constantly day.
Queen Mary's suite includes two to the "Morning Post" panese of this
Ladies of the Bedchamber who are This view is supported by the prodigies of whose talent he haż barassed by the shortcomings of
in Tokio a foreign ambassador peeresses and three Women of the fact that artists so renowned as formed the highest opin'an. These his nephew as also do Gene and
presenting his credentials to the Bedchamber who will in turn reside. Kreisler, Tauber and Grace Moore include Grisha Golubon, the cele Kathleen Lockhart as the parents
Emperor, drives with his suite in at Marlborough House. The latter will be appearing the coming sea-brated boy violinist, Ida Haendel of the girl.
Imperial coaches and is saluted by are. Lady Victoria Forrester, Lady son under the agis of Mr. Holt. It the twelve-year-old violinist, and the Imperial Guarded Cynthia Colville, and Miss Jean is also worthy of note that Me that beillant young Dian'st, Riths
Holt has arranged for Tauber to Benczynski special Coronation wishes to attend the ceremony, Immediately after Queen Mary be placed under contract with C. B. | Concert at the Albert Hall has, she has to drive behind the hum- arrived a string of visitors called Cochran during the spring sexson, 4) begir Kauned for the worldg, the blest male of the ambassador's, and signed the book. The Queen's ・ As tegiralf the literna; ono, Stell stan. She is given no imperial flag was hoisted on the flagpole. celebelerts unquante Boity Lex both been ohead engages coach, and, when she passes, the | Another chapter in the history of direction, a special feature is being mente at the Metropolitan Opera Guard stops its salute.
Marlborough House had begun. fade of the appear
the House In New York.
Close on Buck's trail through the dense jungles was a camera. party that photographed unusual hap penings month after month until There is a smashing climax to the big circus and zod orders were the story in which the youth who filled and the cargo loaded on refuses to work makes a great in-ship at Singapore. About 100,000 vention which whi hím the plaudita : feet of movie negative was ex- of both his uncle and the parents posed. Edited to exhibition length, of the girl, whose affections ke it is said to be more colourful and
anally wrists from his rival in a entertaining than "Bring Em
Back Alive" or "Wild Cargo,
most unusual situation.
But if the ambassador's wife Bruce.
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