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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE |MR. SHAW & FILM
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:—
"White Fang" QUEEN'S:-
"I'd Give My Life" ORIENTAL
"Anything Goes"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:—
"Sky Parade" MAJESTIC:-
"Moonlight Murder"
STAR:—«
"The Return of Soohle
Lang"..
KING'S:
Coming
"His Brother's Wife" QUEEN'S:-
"Mary of Scotland" ORIENTAL A
Night's
"A Midsummer
Dream" ALHAMBRA :--
"Mary of Scotland"
STAR:
10
"Stars Over Broadway" MAJESTIC:-
"Desire!
"I'D GIVE MY LIFE"
TECHNIQUE
Why Shakespeare Should Succeed
Mr George Bernard Shaw seri no reason, he sald recently, why. the talking pictures should not succeed with Shakespeare's dia- logue, or with his own dialogue, which was written exactly Shakespeare's.
like
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
Anniversaris and Holidays.-Chinese National Holiday.” (Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Bun Yat-sen, 1886). Customs Holiday.
Cinemas...
King's White Fang."
Queen's :-"I'd Gira My Life." Oriental:-"Anything Goes," World :--"Chinese Picture." Alhambra :-"Sky Parade." Majestic Moonlight Murder." StarThe Return of Sophie Lang" Lectures.--Thewsophical Society, 6,09
Meetings-Toe H Supper Meeting' as Seam's Institute, 7.30 p.m.; Annual, Street Sleepers Shelter Society, Cathe drsi Hall, 5.30 p.m.
He as presiding at a little lec- ture given in the Metro-Goldwyn-. Mayer private theatre by his old friend, Dr. E. Esdaile. That is to say, Mr. Shaw introduced the speaker, invited questions, replied to them, summed up the discus- slon, moved a vote of thanks, and Miscellanacas. Reception at Hoog carried it himself by acclamation. Kong Hotel Roof Garden by the Consul "The stage actor's business General of Haly, in honour of King Ramanuel 11's Birthday, from 11.30 said Mr. Shawls to exaggeratem. to 13,30 p.m.; St. Andrew's so that the changes of expression Women's Fellowship, 3.00 p..
of a dim and distant figure are Social-Women's Auxiliary of S.P. visible to the boy in the back row | C.C., Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, of the gallery. The illuminated 300 p.m.; and Mannequin. Parede, at and magnified figure on the screen 6.00 p.m., st Gloucester Hotel: Civil must aim at a technique ot. di-Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 9.00 minution instead of exaggeration. Am Cheero Club Bridge and Mah "Hence the first lesson of the Jong Drive, 8.00 p.m.: Executive Com millee of Street Sleepers Shelter movie actor was to learn not to
Society "At. Home ta volunteer the move. Then
talkies
came helpers, 4.39 pin.. Cathedral Hall. along, and he had to learn the
Sparts. same lesson about the use of speech.
"Instead of emphasis audibility at great distances had to speak into an extraordin- arily delicate instrument which exaggerates peculiarities. such as native accents. and reveals nuisances which in the theatre
·
row in the stalls."
und lie
The terror of a woman, faced would be audible beyond the first with the resurrection of a youthful indiscretion which will ruin ber happiness and.wreck her husband's
career, has been thrillingly brought to the screen of the Queen's Then-" tre where Td Give My Life" fea- turing Sir Guy Standing. Tom Brown, Frances Drake and Janet Beecher is being shown to-day.
"WATER" AND "WAHTER” · Americans. sald Mr. Shaw, had done wonderful things in adapt-
ing themse "us to the needs of the
on
talking screen. When he produced his plays he always avoided monotony by insisting
soprano, a A
contralto. Q tenor and a bass. Shakespeare should not be
"Is there any logical reason why done well on the screen?" Mr. Shaw was asked.
Badminton.Ni, Andrew's Club Bad. minton Trials, 9000 p.m.
Hockey-18th Punjab Regiment v. Radio Marina), 3.00 p..
Racing. Entries close for Eleventh Extra Race Meeting, Noxi
Snooker,P:0,- Mena Civil Ser- vice G.C.; B.N.P. v. C.U.C.; Royal Artillery Mess. E.E. Mea: G.S. Mess 7. Signals
Moon 1X Moon, h. Day. Sunrise..H
Sunset-5,41
5.11
p.m Low at 2.19 and 13.30.
Tides.--Hight at 8.40 and 11:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13.
I
Holidays-St.
nad
Aanitorserien Singislaus Kostka, Canon.
Cinemas.
King's
White Fang."
Queen's
Oriental
'a' Give My Life."
"A Midsummer Night's Drew." World:"Chinese Picture."' Alhambra Sky Parade.” Majestic."Desize."
"Td Give My Life,” based on "The Noose" stage success of ten years ago, is the story of an honest politi- clan's relentless fight to clean his State of the racketeers who have gained control. He is unswerving
"None whatever." was the rei sy in his determination to root out
"The chtet difficulty on stage or every last criminal and la succeed-
acreen is to ret people who un- ing when the king pin of the
Star: The Return of Sophie Lang" derstand what they are saying. gangsters lays his trump card. The
Dancis, Anaval, of Hong Kong Reel You must remember that Shaxes Club, in Peninsula Hotel, 8:00 p.m.; racket chief's assistant whom he pedze's languagesis, to a large ex-RAM.C., Association Carnival Dance has brought up from bodyhood, is, tent a dead language. I was partly at Hotel Coeil, 8.30 p.m in reality, the son of the Gover-familiarised to it by being brought nor's wife, and the crook plans, if
up on the Bible, but I understand he is not permitted to pursue his
young people now are brought up course unchecked to reveal the differently
story.
Tom Brown, as the youngster. leans of the blackmail plan, and be- fore it can be put into execution, kills the ganster.
He is arrested and convicted, and sentenced to `be hanged. The Governor, who knows nothing of the story, refuses to in- tercede in Brown's behalf.
'THE RETURN OF "
SOPHIE LANG"
*Gertrude Michael plays again a role she made famous in the fast- moving story of romance and rab- bery on the high seas, The Re- turn of Sophie, Lang," which is showing at the Star Theatre. Cart In the title role, Miss Michael ap pears as the infamous diamond thief of "The Notorious Sophle Lang," trying to keep her true Identity secret' while living an honest lie.
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Entertainments. First. Winter, Con cert in Helena, May.
Lecture-Christian Fellowship Meet ing at Helena May, 10.30 am.; Prof. W. C. W. Niron on "Mind and Body," TREE'S ACTING
University, 5.30 p.m. "The late Beerbohm Tree never Maile.--Cloning of Chrisuns Parcel anderstood anything in Shakes-Mail for Great Britain by as. Carthage, peare except what nobody could 6.00 pm. possibly miss. He went through
it as small boys go through Latin plays.
You can always tell when an actor knows what he is saying if you shut your eyes to his pus- tures and eagle eye and simply listen to his voice."
Other Shavian apothegms in- /cluded:
"One of the difficulties is to keep the enthusiastic camera- man in his place."
"If you go to the talkies you must get rid of the old diorama -the dissolving view-and make up your mind you are in for a drama
Mon.--IX Moon', 30th. Day.. Sunrise-.34
1.12. Sunset.-5.42 p.11. }}
Tides, - High At - 7.50 And 11.50; Low B 1.4 and 13.05
THE SKY PARADE"
Jimmie Allen the popular radio star, the idol of millions of radio fans comes to the screen on wings of glory in Paramount's "The Sky Pärade" which is being shown to- day at the, Alhambra Theatre.
The story concerns the orphaned son of a war time ace who is be- "Natural speech is no earthlying brought up by friends William use on stage or screen. If any Gargan and Katherine DeMilleas body thinks I write naturally speed and Jerry. Jimmie Allen's they are mistaken. I write ex-
love for flying is inherited from his actly like Shakespeare-if only
father who after the war finds him- they will catch the rhythm and self penniless and jobless after the not worry about understanding Armistice. Together with his pals
The world believes Bophie Lang is dead, and Miss Michael has been for several years the trusted com. panion of
elderly en
woman,
Dr. Esdaile, as an example of Elizabeth Patterson Miss Patter good speaking on the screen, com- son, a jewel collector. purchases | mended "Romeo and Juliet." in the huge Krueger diamond just which almost everybody, he said. before the pair sail for "Ameriça į spoke beautifully,
THESMARTEST MYSTERY-COMEDY OF THE SEASON from England.
She steals the
world's largest diamond from "the world's smoothest crook!
NEXT
CHANGE
The Return of SOPHIE LANG
Gertrude Micheal Sir Gay Standing Roy Milland Elizabeth Patterson
Colin Tapley • &, Poramount Picture
เ
·STARS OVER BROADWAY":
PAT O'BRIEN JANE FROMAN • JAMES-MELTON A WARNER BROS. MUSILOMEDY HIT
Ruth Chatterton is being suaded by Sam Goldwyn to play
On shipboard, Sophie's old com- panion an International jewel thief, Sir Guy Standing, appeara He is after the Krueger diamond,
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Speed, Tommy Wade (Kent Taylor) and Casey Cameron (Grant withers) they join an air circus.
Tommy Wade inherits a bank, and retires from aviation. Times get "tough, the barn-storming days of the air circus has passed.. Gat Billings (Edgar Dearing) big shot racketeer, offera Scotty" Allën Jimmie's father (Robert Fiske) and
they fis contraband from Canada air port where speed must land en Speed an interest in his racket if
Speed and Scotty indignantly re-route to Washington. fuse, but Casey accepts the offer.
Tommy backs his pals in a com- mercial Dying venture. In an at features Slim Summerville, Charles tempt to the Atlantic Scotty's ship crashes and he is burned to In the complexities of the fast- Winninger, the original ramo moving plot that follows, Bir Guy "Cap Henry John Carradine, death. Speed secures an air matt steals the stone and Miss Michael Jane Darwell and Thomas Beck. contract, and work to perfect on a ↑ sangsters capture the pilot.” Jim- "Reunion."
robot safety flying pilot.
A woman's love wars against the and belleves that Sophie, whom he ruthless law of the wild in "White recognizes, has the same plan. Fang", Jack London's thrilling ser Also on board is Ray Milland, - quel to his "Call of the Wild," cur- young correspondent for a New rently at the King's Theatre with York paper, who falls in love with Michael Whalen and Jean Muir Miss Michael while unaware of heading an outstanding cast that her true identity.
sets about recovering it without herself being nabbed by the police, who have been tipped on by 8ir Ouy that Sophie Lang has retum-
ed.
Whalen, two-sted adventurer, Miss Muir, a beautiful woman from "outside" and "White «Fang," the savage "half-dog, half-wolf" form an unusual triangle that domin The story closes with Miss! ates the story. Michael's secret intact and her "White Fang" is a Darryl romance with Milland headed for Zanuck Twentieth Century Fox a happy conclusion.
production, directed by David But 135
ler. Gené Fowler, Hal Long and 8. G. Duncan, wrote the screen play. Bogart Rogers was associate
"Exclusive," the aim which producer. per- Mary Carlisle, Bob Burns, Carole Lombard was to have play-grand pang, Ma
Martha Raye and George Barbiered in with Spencer Tracy, has been
nuk kam have been added to the cast of dropped. She will appear instead Ginger Rogera has had another "Walkiki Wedding Bing Crosby's in "Paris Adventure," with Charls "straight"!: story-bought for her by next. Eddie Sutherland will direct Ruggles and Cary Grant, directed Radio. This time it is: "91vacious the picture in Technicolour. by Wesley Ruggles...
Lady, a novel by L A. R. Wylie
in artmade version of "Bţalia Maria" Miss Chatterton is more favour of returning to Broad- way for a play.
ahead.
Jerry and Jimmie are invited to fly in the robot plane as far as Las Vegas Speed nies on Landing first he and his aide are over-powered by Casey's thurs When the robot, plane arrives the
mie hides in the washroom and Jimmie who is then seventeen watches Casey and Gat force the has learnt all there is about avia- pliot to take off to Mexico. In a
to
"Joan Blondell has been married
Dick Powell. She was for merly married to cameraman George Barbes 3d has one son.
*
Helen Vinson has been added to the cast of Twentieth Century- Fox's second Quintuplet picture,
Richard Dix is considering mak ing Broadway appearance in Birth of the Navy," the play writ
ten
by - W. F. Upscomb, about Samuel Pepys.
tion but has never been able to solo tussle with Cat Jimmie over-powers on account of his age. A foreign him and thrusts him into the wash- government offers Gat Billings | room. Casey shoots the pilot as he $100,000 to steal the flying robot la shouting into the radio for help now perfected and get it over the then is himself hit by a bullet border into Mexico. Gat hires from Gat's gun. Ared blindly "Zast Pitts la to be a woman. Casey to help him.
through the washroom door. The detective in her next flm, The Meanwhile Speed and Tommy story comes to an end with Jimmie Riddle of the Dangling Pearl." are faced with ruin as all air mail acclaimed the national hero and James Gleason will be her male ac contract are cancelled, Conceiving Speed finally tells Jerry he loves complice."
a bright idea as a publicity stunt | her
to prove modern aviation safe and 1. sane, they decide to fy the robot pilot to Washington, Casey and title Billlogs realise their chance to Cha steal the plane will be at Las Vegas
Bam Goldwyn is goin """Young"-"to" "Die la the l with his- plank to him the next Mary Boland. He will try to persin
Huston to play the title Merle Oberon; as: DesdemÖZLE
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