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Mr. Charles Laughton, whose most recent Blm role was Rem brandt, is forming a company of his own with Herr Erich Pommer, the German producer.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
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KING'S!.
"Bullets or Ballota" QUEEN'S:-
"A Woman Rebels” ORIENTAL:~,
"Piccadilly Jim" CENTRAL:-
"Picture Snatcher"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:--
"Dance Band" MAJESTIC).
"Women Are Trouble"
STAR:--
"Heart's Desire"
KING'S:---
Coming
"Little Lord Fauntleroy" QUEEN'S:-
"To Mary, With Love". ORIENTAL:-
"Silly Bules" "Ex-Mrs. Bradford”.
ALHAMBRA 2
"Pepper"
CENTRAL:-
"Eta Diavolo" MAJESTIC:--
*STAR:
"Piccadilly, Jim"
**Tauber and Lady"
“A WOMAN REBELS"
Bringing together for the rat time two of the screen's top-flight stars-Katharine Hepburn and
"DANCE BAND”
"Dance Band", showing to-day at the Alhambra Theatre, is a good original idea. It is story of rivalry between two bands a male and female band that very cute American stage and screen star, June Clyde, plays opposite Buddy Rogers as the Leader of the Girls' Dance Band. Magda Kun and Steve Geray have also very im- portant parts.
the
Sherkot, whose pantomining as goal-keeper in Cochran's "Streamline," was one of the fun- niest performances seen for years, repeats his famous act in the pic- ture.
"Dance Band" was made under the direction of Marcel Varuel, who directed "Freedom of the Seas" and "Girls Wl be Boys" for BIP. Mabel Wayne, who wrote some of America's best song hits, such as "Little Man. You've Had a Busy Day" and "Ronions," wrote the numbers for the film.
"Dance Band" is one of those snappy original musicals with plenty of that extra something in
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WOMEN ARE TROUBLE
Appropriately enough, "Women Are Trouble" is the title of the newspaper story which is the cur" rent attraction on the Majestic 'screer.
Newspaper men, with few excep- tions, will agree with the declara- tiye title. some from experience and many others from observation. Women, from their standpoint, are aiso provender
for the press, material for the head writers and subject matter for the photo graphers
In the picture, Stuart Erwin gives newspapermen a chance to see themselves as others see them.
in
the characterization of Matt
Casey, a star reporter. Florence Rice who is incidently, the charm ing daughter of Grantland Rice, the sports writer, plays a girl re-
Herbert Marshall-RKO Radio will present "A Woman Rebels," "which has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day, a moving drama of a young romantic idealist in search of free-porter who increases, the circula-
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 Anniversaries and Holidays— St. Vincent
Cinemax.
King's "Bullets Or Ballota." Queen'-“A Woman Rebels” Central:-"Picture Snatcher." OrientalPiccadilly Jim." World:"Chinese Picture" Albambra: "Dance: Band"! Majestic-Women Are Trouble" Star: Heart's Desire." Dances Dance for.........Seafarers and their friends, at the Sailors" Home and Seamen's Institute, 9. pan...
Fellowship Meeting, 10.30 am.
Lectures-Helena May Christian
Meetings. Final, of Contribu- tories and Creditors of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd, at 7 Duddell Street, noon and 12.15 pin
respectively, 8t. Andrew's Club Committee, 6.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous -- Annual Type- writing Competition for old boys of
Chun-Shing Institute, 2 Glenealy. 7 p.m.; Meeting of ""Old Boya" of Old Victoria English- School at Rutton Bldg, Duddell Street, 6 pm, to celebrate Mr. Braidwood's 80th. Birthday,
Social-Cheero. Club Duplicate Drive Contract Bridge, 8 pm: Whist
Room, Kowloon Docks, 9 pm.
and Tombola, Reading
Women's "Book Tea-Party" in Hong Kong
rooms.
International . Club
.'u ..
Sports.
Chan Hon-shu v. E Zimmern Bullarda-Junior Championship:-
Wong Pun-chi (Civil Service C.C.), Catholic Union); R. G. Xavier v
8.30 p.m.
Badminton. Mixed League: "Kowloon Tong v. Univer
Doubles
atty; Recreio "A" v. Recreio "B". Moon-XII Moon, 10th, Day. Sunrise.-7.05 am Sunset-8.04
p.m
Tides High at 6.25 and 17.26; Low at 0.20 and 9.40,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. Anniversaries, and Holidays.
dom and independence as against] Hion of the men she meets, what- St. Raymond.
the restricting influences of the era into which she had been born. In contrast to the freedom enjoyed by the modern young wn- man, the story presents a romantic and tragic tale of an Intelligent young girl who dares to demand that she choose her own husband, that she be permitted to emerge from home unchaperoned and that she go to work, a thing which no lady had heretofore done. Fog- enshrouded London, rural English estates and the Italian Riviera furnish the background for the re- sultant drama.
When he first came to Holly- wood, Herbert Marshall made a list of ten feminine stars with whom he hoped he could make a picture, and 23 2 climax he made Katharine Hepburn the tenth. "A climax it was, for he is known
to feel that "A Woman Rebels" is one of the beat pictures he has áp- Beared in. And he has lots or company in that belief.
Also in the cast is Doris Dudley, dynamic, young Broadway actress,
ever she does for that of the paper.
The story and the picture are keenly authentic for good reason. Lucien Hubbard, the producer, is a veteran newspaper man. Michael Fester, a good reporter, wrote the screen play and Richard Blake, an- other one, wrote the adaptation.
The narrative tells of a star re- set out to cover the activities of a porter and a girl on the staff, who
typical big city gangster. The cast and Paul Kelly, as the city editor, In support is exceptionally clever is so realistic as to make a cub re- porter tremble. The only thing on nis wife's weekly demand for all- earth that the city editor tears is
mony.
'Dull Books as Best
Sellers
MATHEMATICS AND POLITICS
Cinemas. King'"Bullets Or Ballots." Queen's:-"A Woman Rebels.". Central Ficture Snatcher." Oriental:Piccadilly Jim." World:-"Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-"Pepper." Majestic-Women Are Trouble" Star:-"Heart's Desire."
Dances REO.C.A fortnightly dance at Peninsula Hotel, 8.30
Meetings-Final, of the China Corporation, Ltd, at Messi Lowe, Bingham and Matthews' Offices, Mercantile Bank Building, noon.
Miscellaneous-Memorial Service in remembrance of Late Mrs. R. Huang, in Munsang College Hall, Kowloon City, 3 p..
Bocial.-Craigengower
Cricket Club Whist Drive and Tombola, 9.30 p.m.
Sports. Badminton-Entries for Open Championships clase.
Cricket-First Division: Service: C.C... v. Indian RC. (L); Craigengower C.C. v. University
Civil
fresh from her triumph in the and a journalist share the distin (L); Hong Kong O.C... K.C.C.
legitimate theatre. Other import- ant roles are enacted by Elizabeth Allan, Donald Crisp and David Manners.
"A Woman Rebels" was adapted by Anthony Vafler and Ernest Vaida from the novel, "Portrait of a flebel" by Netta Syrett, British writer, and was directed hv. Mark Sandrich
"BULLETS OR BALLOTS"
and
A mathematician, a historian, tion of having written the three
(L); Navy: v. Army (L); Second best-selling works of a non-fictional Division: Kowloon C.C. v. Hong character published during 1936.
Kong C.C. (L); University. They are Professor Lancelot Hog. Craigengower C.C. (L): Recreto v ben, author of "Mathematis for Navy (L); Army "A" v. Civi the Million," Mr.. H, A LA Fisher, Service C.C. (L) Indian R.C. v. "Histoty of Europe," published whose monumental three-volume Police R.C. (L).5)
Football First Division last year, was recently reissued as Shield Re-play, St. Joseph's v a single volume, and Mr. John Club de Recreio (Kings Park),.4 Gunther, whose comprehensive ac count of European political events". Folice (Caroline H), 4 p.m... First Division, Bouth China from first-hand knowledge, whe contained in Inside Europe Eastern v. Club (Causeway published eatly in the year, to be Bar), 4 pm Royal Ulster Rifles con followed by a second edition. 7. Navy (Chatham Road), 4 pm; A dramatic thunderbolt, with
Inquiries by Morning Post Kowloon V. South China "B" all the power of "Little Caesar," doh libraries and booksellers show Athletic Y. Kowloon "C". (Bookun- representative among landing Lon- (Kowloon), 14 p.m.: Chinese is showing at the King's Theatre ed that these works enjoy a ricar poo), 4p. Second Division, to-day. It is "Bullets or Ballots" supremacy among all "miscel B.A. "L" v. a Firat National production star- laneous" wurks which have appear-Valley), 4 p.m.; R.E v. Polica RAS (Happy ring Edward G. Robinson, and the led during the year. Apalag opinion of many, Mr. Robinson's Some report that Inside Eu Caroline Hill) 3,30 pm.. Eastern greatest picture.
rope, although published, several Club (Causeway Bay), 2,30 As "Johnny Blake,"
a hard. months ago, has since sold in many P. Kowloon... South China bolled detective who joins a gang thousands of copies and still takes (Kowloon), 2.30 p.m.; Chinese to amash the vicious. New York procedence Others state that Athletic y Howloon "C" (Bookun- Numbers racket, he is more vital,Mathematics for the Million" has poo), 280 p.m.; Third Division, more compelling, and more human teen in tremendous demand during Seaforth Highlanders, RWF than he has ever been before the few weeks it has been on sale (Happy Valley), 2.30 p.m., st.
There isn't adult moment in Europe in the first three. 2.30 p.m.
All include the History of Joseph's v. Recreio (King's Park), this film. From the first shot to
The immediate and sustained po the smash climax, there is one pularity of three such widely Kumaon Rifles (Marina ground), 4 HockeyEuropean YMCA V dynamic action-filled scene after different works is a significant another.
commentary on the more serious PM. proferences of the reading public.
SIA “DULL" SUBJECT While Mr. Hogben's book definite attempt to make what is
...
of its success to its topicality..
Professor Hogben is Professor of
A Morning Post representative was informed that the new com- pany proposes to begin work at Lavinly mounted, beautifully Mr. Alexander Korda's studios at photographed and with a super- Denham as soon as Mr. Laughton's lative cast including Joan Blon contract with Mr: Karda; of Lon- dell, Humphrey Bogart, Barton don Films, has expired. This will MacLane, and Frank McHugh, it uormally regarded as a "dull" sub- Social Biology at London. Univer be when Mr Laughton finishes "la something new in screen enter-ject interesting to a wide circle,sity and the author of a number Claudius the film version of Mrtainment.
and to illuminate it by emphasis of scientific worked over ana Robert Graves's novel, in which Willam Keighley, who directeding its practical applications, its Mr. Fisher in Warden of New he is now acting.
"CH-Men," "has "fashioned a most | great scope and authoritative College, Oxford, and was President The tentative arrangement is exciting film from the story of treatment has established its im- uf, the Board of Education, from for the production of four Martin heroic news portance
1916-22 Governor of a year, two teaturing Mr. Laugh paper reporter he went in a Mr. Flaker's "History" on the the British Broadcasting, Dorpera tom and two in which he will not rather than reveal to a New Yorked its prominence purely by virtue torical, political and biographical other hand, has won and maintain tion, and the author of many his Rate Poppenbeest Anmarcand stuck his game aparace of its scholarship and brilliant worked as p
M1 Gunther is well-known Mr. Gunther's book owes much American journalist. Europe,
ed making "Fire Over England" at racketeering Betan Miller cal writing the Denham studios,
laborated with him.
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