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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S :-
"Bullets of Ballots"" QUEEN'S:-
"A Woman Rebels" ORIENTAL:-
"Crash Donovan”
GENTRAL:
"Preview Murder Mystery"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Dance Band" MAJESTIC:
"Postal Inspector".
"Star For A Night"
STAR:
KING'S:-
Coming
"Little Lord Fauntleroy" QUEEN'8:
"To Marry With Love" ORIENTAL:-
"Piccadilly Jim" "Ex-Mrs. Bradford" " ALHAMBRA:-
"Pepper" CENTRAL:-
"Picture Snatcher"
MAJESTIC
"Women Are Trouble"
"BULLETS OR BALLOTS"
Edward G. Robinson's 'bewest and most dynamic picture for First National, "Bullets or Ballots," comes to the King's Theatre, to- day,
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In this picture Robinson has x role as strong as that of "Little Caesar," although he is neither crock nor gunman, but one of the coldest and most hard boiled de- tectives of the New York police force.
Two other particularly noted screen "bad men" appear with him in the picture, Barton MacLane and Humphrey Bogart.
Joan Blondell has the leading feminine role, playing opposite Robinson as his sweetheart, a- though their romance does not end at the church, Robinson being slain by a double crossing crook after he has tipped off the police commissioner to the real crimin- als in the case.
There is an unusually strong supporting cast which includes, be kides those mentioned, Frank Mc- Bugh, Richard Purcell, George E Stone, Joseph Crehan, Henry O'Neill, Henry Kokker, and many others, besides several hundred in the extra roles.
William Keighley, who directed "G-Men" and many other pletures, handled the piegaphone for the picture.
London Theatre To
Be Rebuilt
TO BECOME CENTRE" OF ENTERTAINMENT
After 52 years of more or less famous history, the Prince of Wales's Theatre; in Coventry street, is to be pulled down.
In Its place is to be built a new theatre at a cost of £350,000,
This will be not only a theatre but an entertainment centre of the most up-to-date type, with television and "talkie" installation, swimming-pool, roof-garden and sports-ground, shops, side-shows, a cocktail bar, and a dance-floor.
Mr. Alfred Esdalle, the present lessee, who is promoting the acheme. is already preparing big production for the opening of the new theatre, which will hold 1,500 people. as against the 1,052 of the prezent one.
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The new Prince of Wales's will have a bold, white, circular frontage at the corner of Coventry-street and Oxenden-street, There will be bars in all parts, with conjuring and other entertainments, snack-bar. cabaret-turns during the intervals, free cosmetics in the ladies' dressing-rooms and a bar
ber's shop.
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The stage will be movable and revolving, and there will be a "raised orchestra pit.
"DANCE BAND":
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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. "Anniversaries and HolidayB. ---- St. Agnes.
Auctions-Crown Lands, at Land office, Ping Shan, 11.30 am.; Household Furniture, at 95 Hankow Road, 2.30 p.m
Cinemas.
King's: "Bullets Or Ballots." Queen's "A Woman Rebela".
Central:The Preview Murder
Mystery."
Oriental:-"Crash Donovan." World-Chinese Picture." Alhambra "Dance Band." Majestic-Postal Inspector.” Star-Star For A Night" Lectures-Toc H Supper Meeting at Seamen's Institute, 7.30 p.m.; Theosophical Society, 6 p.m. "Evo- ution of Mind and Morals in Daily Life" by Presidential Agent, A. F. Knudsen.
Meetings-St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship. 3 p.m. Speaker, Mrs. Amps.
Social.-Cheero Club Mah Jong and Contract Bridge Drive, 8 pm. Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Night, 7.30 p.m. Civil Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 8.20 p.m.
Sports.
Billiards.Senior Championship: a. A. dos Remedios v. U. S. Santos (Engineers Institute); A. J. Os mund . W. H. Andrews (South Okina A.A.); Junior Champion- ship: Ernest Iam V. W. Anderson (Club Lusitano), 8.30 p.m.
"Dance Band.”
Snooker.-Steel Coulson League. a bright fast
R. W. Fusillers v. P. O. "Mess; moving film guaranteed to dispel c. b. c. v. Signals; R. N. P. V. the blues of the most confrmed. R. C.; G. S. Mess v. C. B, C. C. pessimist, commences at the Al- hambra Theatre, to-day.
"Buddy" Rogers, who makes his British debut in films, portrays the role of a dance band leader, in which part he is thoroughly at home us it represents his actual occupation since his withdrawal from American films.
The story concerns the adven- tures of Buddy Milton, fameus dance band leader, who falls in love with Pat Shelley, herself the leader of a ladles' band. She is at first inclined to repel his ad- vances, but being a determined lover he pursues her with a de- termination which is not to be Ignored, and is at times too much for her sense of humour although she resists him with a determina- tion equal to his own.
He is at last given his chance when he is able to take the place of her pianist, who has met with an accident, and generously sup- plies her band with a dance num- ber which he had intended to utilise for his own. Pat is un- aware
Moon-XII Moon, 9th. Day. Sunrise-7:05 am. Sunset 8:04
p.m.
Tidea-High at 4:24 and 18.20: Low at 8.50.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. Anniversaries and Holidays.—— St. Vincent.
Cineings. King's:-"Bullets Of Ballots." Queen's:-"A Woman Rebels" Central:Picture Snatcher.” - Oriental:-"Piccadilly Jim." WorldChinese Picture" Alhambra:-"Dance Band." Majestic: 'Women Are Trouble" Star: "Heart's Desire.". Lectures.-Helena May Christian Fellowship Meeting 10.30 am.
12.15
Meetings-Final, of Contribu- tories and Creditors of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd. at 7 Duddell Street, noon and p.m. respectively., St. Andrew's Club Committee, 6.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous.→ Annual Type- writing Competition for old boys of
Institute, 2
Chun-Shing of Buddy's real identity, and when she is acquainted with the act that he is the famous Buddy Milton she is inclined to tive in his previous secrecy, distrust him, seeing a sinister me
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A dance band competition is an- nounced and Pat's agent plans to kidnap Buddy's instruments order to but him out of action and destroy his chance of winning the competition. His plans are, how- "A WOMAN REBELS ever, unconsciously ruined by Pat
herself in an ingenious episode which will cause much amusement, and the result is that Pat's cos- tumes and instruments are lost indeed,
The tragic results of a girl's re- bellion against the severe restric- tions in both the home and public life, are woven into a stirring The tangle ts sorted out by drama for Kathrine Hepburn and Buddy himself, who comes to the Herbert Marshail in their first co- rescue at the critical moment, and starring feature, "A Woman Re- the denouement is a delightful bely" which opens at the Queen's one, arranged to the satisfaction Theatre to-day.
The story, taken from the novel by Netta Syrett, noted British au-
of everyone concerned.
Glenealy, 7 p.m.; Meeting of "Old Boys" of Old Victoria English School at Rutton Bldg., Duddell Street, 6 pm, to celebrate Mr. Braidwood's 20th. Birthday.
Social-Cheero Club Duplicate Contract Bridge, 8 p.m.; Whist and Tombola, Reading Room, Kow- loon Docks. 9 p.m.; "Book Tea- Party" in Hong Kong Women's In- ternational Club rooms,
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Sports
Billards Junior Championship: Chan Hon-shu v. E. Zimmern (Catholle Union), 8.30 p.m.
Badminton -- Mixed Doubles League: Kowloon Tong v. Univer- alty; Recreio "A" v. Recreio "B", Moon-XII Moon, 10th. Day. Bunrise.-7.05 am. Bunset-~8.04
p.m
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Tides. High at 6.25 and 17.28; Low at 0.20 and 9.40.
theress, gives a vivid picture of a LAUREL AND HARDY MCGUIRE TO PRODUCE
girl's emotional struggle to pro-
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a fatherless daughter, stifle pathetic love for a man whom she honours, and reform the world's
RICHARD TAUBER in“HEART'S DESIRE attitude toward women.
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The PREVIEW Murder Mystery
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In
Packed into its surging and often tragic moments are the prejudices suffered by the women who led the movement for emancipation, the role of a fervent leader of this movement, Miss Hepburn gives one of the finest performances ever to come to the screen
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William Anthony McGidre, author of "The Great Ziegfeld." "Eo you won't, talk," said an in-has been signed by Metro- terviewer jokingly to Stan Laurel Goldwyn-Mayer as producer. His at the Hal Roach studios during first picture will be, an original production of the latest Laurel and screen story by P.G. Wodehouse, Hardy feature comedy, tentatively who recently arrived in Hollywood titled "Way Out West."
"PICCADILLY JIM”
from England. · The ilm will be is faished that Laurel engages in
It will be noted when the picture entitled "The Merry Princess. Hollywood has learned to choose the best of stories and select the
only a limited amount of dialogue and that he reverts to a greater best material in them for its ple- tures. This is definitely demon-
Herbert Marshall is splendid in
degree to the art of pantomime at out how the theatre-going public which he and his partner. Hardy, will take to our picture with less strated by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's the role of a sympathetic British
talk and more action. Jim" showing at the Oriental
diplomat in love with Miss Hep- are past masters. screen adaptation of "Piccadilly
burn. With him she ultimately
The interviewer had observed in "In the days of allent pictures, Theatre on Friday and Saturday.
achieves contentment and has
the scenes being recorded that thewe naturally had to depend on The words of P. G. Wodehouse in
sad-faced comedian was breaking pantomime and developed situa piness, the story made the whole reading
Every member of the cast gives into sound only on occasions and tions for our comedy and enter- world rock with laughter. The credit is due to Donald Crisp.
a brilliant performance and much he wanted to know the reason......-- tainment. There has been some "In preparing this original criticism that since une advent and picture visualizes his comedy per- Elizabeth Allan, David Manners Western screen play with a lo- perfection or sound there has been fectly.
Robert Montgomery is in the
and Doris Dudley, for their outcale in the gay nineties," explain too much talking in motion ple title role and Madge Evans, Frank
standing contributions.
ed Laurel, we determined on a tares. Perhaps this is true and we
Morgan, together with Billie Burke, Eric Blore, Robert
Benchley Ralph Forbes and other give re- markably good performances.
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WOMEN ARE TROUBLE”
A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER COMEDY
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“CHINESE DRAMA”
RETITLED
short, directed by Jacques Tour- teur, shows. for the first time in the history of Hollywood films/* direction of several Astaire Rogers as much talking as possible and out. R
Mark Sandrich, whose brilliant blot to permit the elimination of will experiment and try and and "THE RAINBOW PASS complete. Chinese theatrical pre-
sentation, g musicala brought him to the fore, at the same time not sacrifice"Of course, we will have dialogue
Written by Richard Goldstone, It "The Rainbow Pass has been is the second MGM Miniature made of "A Woman Rebels” an in-story. In our character we are 'songs and a musical score in "Way tensely-moving, drama.
dumber than usual (Laurel cracked Out West." We are simply curtail chosen as the Anal title of the in the Milestones of the Theatre" a dry smile here) and Oille Hardy ing wherever we can. I am not Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer one reelseries, with Carey Wilson as the dominates to the point that every an advocate of silent pictures and miniature previously known as narrator who explains the myster time I start to speak he stops me have a full appreciation of sound," "The Chinese Drama”- with one of those, That's all right, Way Out West is rated Laurel
les of the Chinese theatrical art. A translation of Hung-X-Kuan," The Chinear play itself is per- I know, sallies
and Hardy's funniest production, the new title is the identifying formed in English by well-known' It is well-spotted with rib-tickling | tag of" the Chinese play around Chinese players. Jack Chertok Is "gags."
which the film itself revolves. The the producer.
The story of the clever young cartoonist created by Wodehouse is one that has sent, uproarious laughter around the reading world. On the screen it is even more hilarious. He romance that is nearly shattered when he carica- note of comedy.
tures the family of the girl he loves, is restored on a transatlantic Uner on a high and appropriate
It is not a question that I won't talk-rather that we want to try
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