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A SPOOKY COMEDY THAT'S SCREAMINGLY FUNNY!
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Paddy O'Day
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A lonely little orphan
from Ireland- she
steals through America's gates
"PADDY O'DAY
SUN.
with JANE WITHERS PINKY TOMLIN · KITA CANSINO 20TH CENTERr Fox PICTURE.
CAROLE LOMBARD
MON "THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS FRED MACMURRAY
"PADDY O'DAY"
It's a bundle of fun, express from
Ireland, that brings Jane Witners. back to the screen again as the leading player of the new
"Paddy O'Day," chief of which is a saucy Irish song, entitled "Keep That Twinkle in Your Eye," suns by Jane.
The new picture was directed by Lewis Beller and produced under Fox Joy picture, "Paddy O'Day," the supervision of Bol M. Wartzel
which is now 'at the Star Theatre Singing, dancing, playing and encountering the most thrilling adventures in her film career, little Jane enacts the role of a cunning colleen, frean from Erin who seeks a home in Manhattan.
The supporting cast of the new picture is strong. in celebrities, in- cluding Mnky Tomlin, composer of
rebel general who has gone to Italy A news item mentions a Spanist for his health. Leaving Spain just how would benefit any generals
health.
It appears that there is a short- the song hits, "The Object of My age of football referees Let us Affection" and "What's the Rea- i hope it is due to fair wear and tear son"; Rita Cansino, talented dan- only. cer who made her flm debut in *Dante's Inferno" Jane Darwell and George Givot, radio's Greek ambassador.
That American', writer who de- clares tant"we" Ite now 'a nation of L. optimists overlooks the fact that
A stair of four song writers pro- | thousands of us still carry auto- vided a trio of new tunes for matic cigaret lighters?
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KINO'S:——
-www!!
"Earthworm Tractors"
QUEEN'S:-
Flash Gordon" ORIENTAL:-
The Ghost Goes West"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Three Cheers For Love" MAJESTIC:-
"The New Adventure Of
Tarzan"
STAR:-
"Paddy O'Dav"
KING'S:--
Coming
"Secret Interlude"
ALHAMERA:-
STAR:
"Two In A Crowd"
"The Princess Comes AcroBS" MAJESTIC:
The New Adventures Of Tarzan" (Final Chapter).
**TARZAN"
Cut two or three dozen bamboo poles, plant nal of them in the ground for wall frames, and use the rest for rafters. Then cover the rafters with palm leaves or ba- nana stairs and add a curtain of gally colored cloth for a door. That's the recipe for building a na- tive nut in Guatemala, write mem- bers of The New Adventures of Trazan Company, who spent four months in Guatemala.
FILM NOTES.
Pinewood Studios
An Important development in the British #lm industry is the opening of imposing new studios at Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. The official ceremony was per- formed by Dr. Burgin. Parliamen- tary Secretary of the Board of Trade. recently. The Pine- wood Studios, As they
pré called. form the new home DE British and Dominions Film Cor- poration, Ltd., and Herbert Wilcox Productions, Ltd., and it is intend- that accommodation there ́shall" be available on lease to other production companies when rê.. quired.
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Pinewood is the most up-to-date studio in England, and is unique in tus combination of country scenery and eficient modern plant. The property Covers 3 hundred acres and includes a re-i sidential country club with sixteen
acres of grounds.
Eight stages of varying sizes are provided for, of which the largest are as extensive as 165 feet by 110 feet. These stages. Introduce to British producers a number of interesting innovations such 25 the first installation of an over- head lighting system which, by means of a number of overhead runways and galleries, obviates the usual tangle of flexible cabling on the floor. A new sound proo- Ang material is employed for the walls and the flooring is also sound proof, even against foot- step Portable
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18.
Anniversaries and Holidays-Buher - Day. Expectation of Our Lady.
Auctions-Crowa Lands, at District Office. South, Hong Kong, IL 4.
Cinemas.
Kung's :—Earthworm Tractors.” Queen's Flash Gordon." Central :=="Captain Blood," Oriental:-"The Ghost Goes Went.'' World —"Chinese Picture." Alhamben :-Three Cheery For
Love."
Majestic "The New Adventures
Tarzan."
Star:-"Paddy O'Day." Dances: R. A. M. Č. Association, Carnival Dance, hat Hotel Cevil, 8,an p.m.
Entertainarends.—"Maid of the Moun
tains," at Queen's Theatre, 9.15 p.m. French Convent School Operetis, "Th Wishing Cap. at Causeway Bay. 5.00 p..
Lectures-Helens May Christian ·Fel. lowship Meeting, 10.30 am,
Meetings-Antuni, of Asia Lands 9.36 pm. Ltd. in Meresatile Bank Building
Social-Cheero Club Duplieste Coil tract Bridge, 8.00 p.m.
Sports.
Badminton-Mixed Doubles League Free Lanerra, V. Recreio "B";" St. John's v. Recreio "A".
Billiards. MeEwas-Younger "Langue. Garrison Sergeanta v. R.A.M.C.; Hong Kong Sa Bde. v. Boys! Artillery (L); Royal Welsh Fusiliers v. RA.HQ.;.
R.U.R. B.N.Y.P.
Moon-XI Moon, 5th. Flay, Sunrise-1.57 MJA Buuset-3,42
3.1.
Tides.-High at 13.12 and 23,30;
remote control Love at 8.3 16.51. desks electrically operate cameras and recording apparatus, lock en- trances und exits, and number and synchronize scenes.
"THREE CHEERS The sound recording is Western
FOR LOVE" Electric Wide Range and is the first all-mains equipment to be in-
Paramount's high-stepping,, mê- stalled in Europe. The sound delodic musical. "Three Cheers for partment also has two large and Love." is showing to-day at the comfortable review theatres for
Alhambra, Theatre. producers to view their work. A Lining up an array of talent un- most original addition is two pri- matched in many months, "Three vate theatres for the editing stam | Cheers for Love" has everything the perfect tune-film needs. Dance veniently near to the 25 cutting teams are exceptional; the chain- rooms. The dressing rooms in- lightning fest of Eleanore Whitney clude accommodation for. 1.500 ex- are matched with Robert Cum- tras and a public restaurant is mings.. masculine lead, and the provided which seats 500 people, phenomenal "steps Of Olympe There is also a power house which | Bradna, new French dance sen- can provide a electrical and heating needs and artesian wella have been constructed which fur- nish 12,000 gallons of water an
It would not have been necessary for the Tarzan people to const- der such primitive quarter-their "natural sets" had always been near some town or village equip-only and these are placed con- ped with a hotel or at least a plc- turesque inn--but things were dir- ferent. Leaving civilization far behind, they had to embark, bag and baggage, on a big Darge, and float down the Rio Dulce, through the heart of the jungle, making inland trips whenever necessary.
True, life un the barge was com- fortable enough-It being much like a small hotel with Its sleeping "quarters and dining, and cooking arrangements. On the trips in- land however, it was more than once necessary to resort to hastily built native nuts, especially during the making of night scenes. these occasions Indian porters were sent on ahead to clear space and build such, temporary shelter as was necessary.
On
With the exception of animal scares at night, a few snakes in the day and ticks, centipedes und mosquitos at all hours, the Com- pany suffered little inconvenience from the live creatures of the jungle-but the animals and rep- tiles on the barge are another story.
"The New Adventures of Tarzan" will open at the Majestic Theatre to-day.
FLASH GORDON'
Settings so fantastic that they startle the imagination form the background for the Universal Dim offering. "Flash Gordon," which is showing to-day at the Queen's Theatre, with Buster Crabbe in the title zole.
hour. I
sation, are matched by those of Louis DaPron, himself no sluggard for tap-speed.
Music of ""Three Cheers for Love" includes the three hit songs "Where Is My Heart," "Long Ago and Far Away." and "The Swing Tap." Chorus numbers, including B novel and intricate fencing dance." are smoothly executed.
Herbert Wilcox Productions, Ltd. have transferred from Elstree to the new studios at Pine- | wood, the shooting of scenes for "London Melody." the current pro- duction of the company in which The picture has a light, fun- it presenta Anna Neagle and Tul-led plot, which moves almost as ilo Carminati. This fim inaugur- rapidly as Miss Whitney's feet. ates Herbert Wilcox's ambitious The girl appears as a Hollywood million pound programme which youngster: daughter of a picture Includes, besides "London, Melody." magnate, who is sent to a supposed a new Sydney Howard coniedy "Anishing school" by her step- entitled "Splinters in the Air" and also The Navy Eternal."
mother.
The school it develops, has a student body of chorines and
The last named film, in the pro- duction of which the Admiralty a faculty of vaudeville actors, all and Navy League have co-operat- of them intent on
using Miss ed, will include a spectacular na Whitney as a means of crashing val battle staged off Weymouth into the movies. One of the which will be the base for the troupers is Cummings.
Romance sets in "as Cummings tries to persuade Eleanore to take part in a school show to which her father is to be invited.
Momers of the skfiled supporting cast include William Frawley and
shooting of these scenes. Valuable máterial has also been secured during the manoeuvreм
of the Home Fleet off 'Scapa Flow and when the exterior scenes are com pleted at Weymouth, the unit will return to the new Pinewood Stu-Roscoe Karns, who provide plenty dios to finish the film. The cast Includes Richard Cromwell, who scored a big hit in "Bengal Lan- cer" and H. B. Warner,
The first British and, Dominious picture to be produced at, the new Pinewood Studio will be "A Man with your Volce" in which Ricardo Cortez and Sally Ellers will ap pear.
THE BABY CARRIAGE
French Journalists, whose tem- perament and calling alike tend to induce them to turn any tragedy Into 21. good atory, are telling
this:-
All the fascination 01 the mythical planet of Monge created by Alex Raymond in his news- paper strip, is emphasised in this new production, which Frederick Stephant directed. Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton and Briscilla Lawson have important roles.
A city suspended in the sky, a kingdom held below the Bes, x rocket ship that shoots through space and
rays that melt huge steel structures provided technical problems for the studio experts.
Strange costumes and weird Sans was a poor German pea- make-up. which produce realistic sant who needed a baby carriage shark-men hawk-men and Han-in his home. He was too poor to men were evolved after weeks of buy one but a friend named Fritz planning and experiment. On the worked in a neighboring factory screen the result is both awe in- devoted to the production of baby carriages and their parts and he spiring and grotesque.
Packed with action and suspense knew many of these parts were in every vital moment, this screen discarded as slightly defective. So achievement contains situations he saked Fritz if he could not bring which have never beeri attempted successively out of the factory before in motion picture.
enough of these discarded parts to make, a baby carriage..
Watch Buster Crabbe struggle against the terrible emperor who plots to rule the universe with scientific cunning.
Fritz readily agreed and deliver ed the parts wheels, pieces of tubing, handle, axle, etc., in turzu. See a whole city suspendid in A few days later he asked Hans -the sky by mysterious powerful how the baby carriage was work- rays. See a palace held at the ing. It lair't working" said Hans. bottom of the sea. controlled by "I don't understand it. I put it to a strange, magnetic, power, e gether three times just as you said Be sure to see "Flash Gordon," and every time what I get is a Universal's sensational screen plav, machine gun."
of laughs; John Halliday, Elizabeth Patterson, Grace Bradley, Veda Ann Bora and Billy Lee.
“EARTHWORN
TRACTORS'
Never has Joe E. Brown been funnier personally than, in his latest comedy, "Earthworm Trac- tors," which is showing to-day at the King's Theatre for the first time locally. Nor has he ever had a more hilarious vehicle in which to display his comic antics than in this picture which is taken from the scries of comedy stories written for the "Saturday Evening Post" by William Hazlett Upson,
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Those Famous Saturday
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JOE E BROWN
ALEXANDER BOTTS
EARTHWORM
with JUNE TRAVIS
+
TRACTORS
Carol' Hughes • Genu Lockhart · Joseph Crehan • Olin Howlend A First National Picture Directed by Raymond thrighr
GUY KIBBEE - Dick Foran
AND SPECIAL TECHNICOLOUR SUBJECT "CHANGING OF THE GUARDS"
SUNDAY LORETTA YOUNG - ROBERT TAYLOR in 10th Century Fox.. *"SECRET INTERLUDE"
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A Tuneful Romance In Modern Tap Tempo
The fastest girl on feet!
ELEANORE WHITNEY
"puts swing in ramaneni
Adalah Zeker
"THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE
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Eleanore Whitney Robert Cummings William Frawley
John Halliday
TWO IN A CROWD"
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CESANOL?-Stout and COHEN Present
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'
THRILLING NEW PICTURE
The NEWADVENTURES F
TARZAN
FEATURING HERMAN BRIX
WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE
FILMED IN GUATEMALA 'CENTRAL AMERICA LAND OF ROMANCE AND MYSTERY
THRILLING !
AMAZING!
FIRST CHAPTER IN SIX THRILLING EPISODES !
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN
SECOND (FINAL) CHAPTER
Probably..no other comedian of
husband turns out to be. Just a man to whom Joe "tries for long stage or screen could have come so
alarm. The former also in vain to sell tractors, close to being the personification false
turns up her nose at, Joe when
Dick Foran is excellent in his of Alexander Botts, natural-born.
she nears of the first love episode. role as the successful rival of Joe supersalesman, is his own mind, whose luck is so phenomenal that But Joe, finally gets his gal in love, playing his part straight even his consistent and colossal through another series of hilarious and acting as a foil to Joe's and blunders turn out to his advantage. blundera.
tics. Gene Lockhart, the famous Joe E. Brown makes Alexander
girls show remarkable stage comedian, gives a good ac- Botts, one of the most "comical talent in their roles in this ple- count of himself as the rival sales. neroes of fiction; five and breathe ture, although neither has had a man of Joe E., in the tractor field. on the screen as Joe has lost name. long screen experience. Missne also does Olin Howard as the
father of Joe's Arst love.
Both
of his vim and pep as the greatest Travis went directly into pictures sun maker of the time.
át First National after a screen Joe E's two leading women merit test. Miss Hughes, however, had special comment. They are June been doing a singing and dancing Travis and Carol Hughes, both of act on the stage when picked up the brunette beauty type: The late by First National scouts. tarditches him and marries his There is a talented supporting rival the minute Joe leaves town. cast with Guy Kibbee giving a much, to her regret when Joe hilarious performance as a can eventually makes good, while her tankerous and partially dear old
Others worthy of spécial men- tlon incinde Joseph Crehan Sara Edwards, Charles Wilson. William Davidson, Irving Bacon and Stuart „Holmes.
Raymond
who has
Enright,
guided Joe E. through many a comedy has done an exceptionally fine piece of direction in this film.
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