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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING:
Hong Kong
"Murder By An Aristocrat” QUEEN'S
"Swing Time"
ORIEN
Human Cargo"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"Too Tough To Kill" MAJESTIC:—
""The Law In Her Hands" STAR:
Brides Are Like That"
KING'S:
Coming
“Our Relations"
QUEEN'S:--
n “Mummy's Boyɛ"" ORIENTAL:-
"Poor Little Rich Gir!" ALHAMBRA:-
"Walking Do Air***
STAR:-
The 39 Steps'
MAJESTIC:-
Things To Come"
"MURDER BY AN ARISTOCRAT"’
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NEWS FLASHESKINGS
GRACIE GETS MORE THAN THE GARBO
FORTHCOMING FILM
May Robson And Dean Jagger
May Robson, who first came to screen fame under, Columbia's banner in her sensational success "Lady For A Day" and Dean Jagger, prominent stage and:
Miss Gracie Fields has started her last picture for Mr, Basil Dean at Ealing When this is Anished she will go into a Cochran show, and then start a new contract with 20th Century-Fax. She i the highest paid actress in the Industry, earning more even than an leading man, recently were Greta Garbo. Her expiring con-
engaged for a forthcoming pro- tract
duction entitled Woman In Dis- with Baath Dean gave he £50,000 a flm, which work-
tress," in which Miss Robson will Led out at £2 a minute. It which has made her famous..
be seen in another of those roles seemed that no one could pay any afar more, but 20th Century-Fox for afty years without missing one After appearing on the stage have just concluded E deal by season, Miss Robson was persuad- which she will get more than £60,000 a picture. "I'do not know
ed to come to the screen and made whether I shall make any ims
her debut in "Mother's Milllodia" for 20th Century here or in Holly Lyntan," "Reunion In Vienna" and and was later seen in Tetty wood, but I'm afraid it will be "The Solitaire Man." She attained here." Miss Fields said I 20th her first big cinema success. In Century told me they wanted me | Columbia's "Lady For Là › Day” to go to Hollywood I should be followed by The Mills of the tickled to death, but I'm atraid | Gods" Some of the other pictures they won't. The only place I am which have helped to proclaim sure of going is Capri in my old Miss Robson as one of the most age! I've bought a villa thera popular actresses on the screen Gracie's new pictures will be included, "Grand Old Girl” Rock- directed by Monty Banks,
leas," "Tanessa-Her Love Story, "Strangers All," Three Kids and a Queen and Wife Versus Secre tary."
"THE LAW IN. HER HANDS"
With Margaret. Lindsay and
A new and bafing mystery Glenda Farrell teamed as a pair mélodrama, Murder by an Arts-of young women lawyers, "The tocrat" comes to the King's Law In Her Hands," the new Theatre to-day, with Lyle Talbot, First National comedy drama Marguerite Churchill and Claire which comes to the Majestic. Thea- Dodd in the leading roles,
tre, to-day, is gay with fun and Five membere of a proud. vivid with swift and dramatic ac- aristceratie family are being tion. blackmailed by blacksheep The picture literally starts with ne'er-do-well, who later is found a bang when a racketeer hurls a with a bullet through his heart in bomb into a restaurant where the the library of the home. Another two feminine lawyers are being member of the family is found photographed at luncheon by a dead in the attic, evidently a
news cameraman. This starts their victim of a poisonous drug.
career for they squash the gang-. The others of the famiy are ster's alibi by producing the pho- suspected, as also are the butler tograph which shows him just be- and two malds. To complicatehind the two girls. matters, however, the aged spin- ster head of the famly declares that a string of costly emeralds has been stolen, and the district attorney, also a relative, tries to make out a case of murder for the purpose of robbery in order to save his kin from scandal.
Other members are Virginia Brissac, William Davidson, Gor- den Elliott Joseph Crehan Florence Fair. Stuart Homes' is. the butler and Lottie Williams and Mary Treen. the two maids.
and
TOO TOUGH TO KILL
Featuring Victor Jory and Bally O'Nell, Columbia's "Too Tough To Kill," a story of the construction of a segment of the Colorado River Aqueduct high in the parch- mountains of the Sierra
ed
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Dean Jagger gained popularity on the stage before coming to appeared prominently during the platures several years ago. He has current season in "Woman Trap." "13 Hours by Air" and "Revolt ef the Zombies."
ELEANOR POWELL'S
ADVICE
To Would-Be Dancers
take not only a dancing course.. "The modern chorus girl has to
but a prestanding course as well."
this informaton from the chorus So Eleanor Powell, who obtained
dancers on the "Born to Dance" set, has put all of the suggestions Their cleverness catches the at- together for girls who would like offers them a rat retainer to han-route, but don't know how to start, tention of the boss racketeer who
to enter the screen via the dancing die his business for him The girls refuse until Warren Hull; who has beautiful and has a perfect figure. Eleanor found that if a girl la the role of an assistant district she can get a dancing job. even attorney, and the lover of Miss though she doesn't know one step Lindsay, makes the mistake of from another, if she has followed having her appointed to defend a the following rules: criminal from whom he already has obtained a confession.
1. Co to musical plètures to get a general idea of what the girls have to do,
2. Listen to all types of music to obtain various types of zhythm.
3. Do general leg exercises, 4. Learn to walk without look- ing at your feet.
Furious at being trained, the woman lawyers first win their case, and then decide to fight tricks with tricks. They accept the offer of the racketeer to handle his cases, and become famous as criminal lawyers, winning cases by 5. Take care of your feet, wear- tricks, not only slever, but hila-ing shoes that are comfortable riously funny.
and the proper size. --
6. Keep weight down.
8. Take deep breathing ex- ercises for wind control,
Lyle Talbot has the part of the boss racketeer who overplays his
7. Learn to balance by walking Nevada range, is the showing to-hand when he poisons milk for a straight line with a book on your day at the A'hambru Theatre.
babita to enforce his graft and head. Revolving around the construc-murders witnesses to cover up his tion of the tunnel through the tacks. NATHAN
hard rock of the mountains while Kidnaped by the gangster when cave-ins, death dealing explosions, she refuses to handle his case, landslides and, a band of mur-
Miss Lindsay pretends to come to derer strive to prevent comple- her senses, wins his battle in court, tion of the project on time. "Too and then in one of the most amaz- Tough To Kuw is a story of gal-ing and thrilling climaxes imagin van'sing action and thrilling
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THE
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The Story Behindthe. Headlines About That Notorious Woman Lawyerl
A stational Mature with
Margaret LINDSAY GLENDA FARRELL LYLE TALBOT
HANDS WARREN HULL
DICK
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WONDERS YOU'LL NEVER LIVE TO SEE!
H-G-WELLS*
THINGS TO COME
with a cost of 20,000 in this exciting motion picture
near his home town in Kanga according to the screen-player
THE ROGERS STABLE and a ve salted, thoroughbred. were reared. and trained on his Charles "Buddy" Rogers, who father's big horse and cattle ranch recently became a convert to polo, received a shipment of polo ponies, and an entire carload of trained Rogers who has just been sign pontes, as a gift from his father, ed by Columbia Studios on a long Judge Bert H Rogers of Olathe term contract is scheduled Kansas. ANYONE AMA Bart work soon in a picture ten
The horses. three polo ponies tatively titled: "College Etero."
to
romance.
not
able, reveals the ruse she had re- sorted to, and convicts her own client of murder by incontrovert Ible evidence..
When Victor Jory, as John O'Hara, is placed in charge of the construction job, he finds
Eddie Acum has the role of a only defective machinery holding humorously dumb process server- back work, but a band of mal- for the two lawyers; Al Shèan, contents determined to go to any formerly of Gallagher and Shean, extreme, even murder, to prevents the restaurateur whose place is” the tunnel' from being finished on bombed by a racketeer, the latter time.
part played by Matty Fain. Dick At the same time, Baily O'Nell. Purcell is a mugg and others in as Ann Miller, a beautiful and the cast include Joseph Crehan, competen* newspaper reporter. Is Addison Richards, Milt Kibbee: sent to the construction camp by Eddie Shubert, Mebel Colcord and her paper to determine why the Billy Wayne project is far behind schedule; She and Jory battle galore be cause Jory ·resents B woman anooping around the camp.
When Sally discovers a plot, tu kill Victor, and a dozen; m'ners working deep in the mine. it is she who races into the mine In the face of almost certain death, to rescue the man she loves. And, hard-as-rocks, Jory, dis covers he has a very soft spot for the snooping newspaper dame.
Ward Bond, Thurston Hall, Gene: Morgan, Frank Rice, Robert Cleckler and Johnny Arthur are In the supporting cast. Direction is by D. Ross Lederman from a story by Robert D. Speers, adapt ed the screen by Lester Cole and 3. Griman Jaya
and is playing at the Riviera Rogers is enthusiastic about polu Country Club with Walt Disney's team. With the enquine gift from his father Rogers now has
a string, of seven horses five polo pontes and two gafted thoroughbreds..
William Clemens directed the picture from the screen play by George Bricker and Luci Ward, } based on: Bricker's original story.
9. Practise pantomime in the mirror.
10. Relax your entire body and merely hop up and down, to the rhythm of gramophone records, ten minutes every morning,
Eleanor adds that this schedule should be followed for at least two or three months, before applying for a" dancing job."
FORTUNE FOR MISS NORMA SHEARER
Husband's £2.000.000
Miss Norma Shearer is named as the principal heiress under the will of her husband, Irving Thalbers. the Alm producer, who died on Sept. 15. Ha estate is estimated at more than £2.000.000. PA
The amount- Miss Shearer will in- herit is not revealed. It wU, how
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TYLE TALBOT - MARGUERITE CHURCHINI - CLAIRE DODU
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OLIVER HARDY in
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A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LOVE—AND SIX BUCKS IN CASHY
Brides are like that
ROSS
ALEXANDER ANITA LOUISE
24th 25th 26th MADELEINE CARBOLL
ROBERT DONAT in "THE 39 STEPS"
ever, undoubtedly be aumcient to make her one of the world's weal- tlest actresses.
It is known that the sources of Mr. Thalberg's income at the time of his death included an annual salary of £100,000 from Metrú- Goldwyn-Mayer, a large block of shares in Loew's and a percentage
Walt Disney and his character creations who have made his birthda an intern
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interest in Loew's profits.
Miss Shearers film, salary was about £700 a week. She is not working" at present. म
Speciac bequests in the form of long-term trusts were left by Mr Thaiberg to his two children, his sisters. Cousins, uncles and aunts receive £2,000 each.
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