HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
1937.
QUEEN'S
DAILY AT 830·515×7+2089:30 -TEL, 31453
SHOWING
TO-DAY
YOUNG LOVE CLEAVES. THE STORM-SWEPT SKY!.
ROMANCE WITH HURRICANIC SPEED:
SATURDAY
WITHOUT ORDER
Bally Filers, Robert Armstra, Frances Sugs, Charley Gespewin,
RKO RADIO Vinton Haworth Directed by Law
PICTURE Landers. Awa, producer, CIF Reid.
ELISABETH BERGNER AS ROSALIND
A 20TH-FOL.
PICTURE"
• IN SHAKESPEARE'S
"
AS YOU LIKE IT
SHOWS
DAILY 2.10 320
720 930
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN
ROAD KOWLOON TEL. 37222
MATINEES. 20-30, EVENINGS. 20, 305070)
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY THE GOOFIEST MADDEST MUSICAL COMEDY OF THE SEASON $1!
C'MON! IT'S THEIR WEDDING NIGHT!
Oracle's gut a dance band along an thair hamaymisel
"MANY HAPPY RETURNS
A Wild Musicumady with
GUY LOMBARDO MA
GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN.
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! O AN OLD FAVOURITE" NOT TO BE MISSED! JOAN CRAWFORD ROBERT MON FGOMERY
in "NO MORE LADIES"
DAILY.
A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER COMEDY.HIT!
HANKOW ROAD KAMLOON
ISTARE
720
FINAL SHOWINGS" TO-DAY
A daring drama of four twisted lives intertwined by fate. Adolph Takes presenta
WITHOUT REGRET
ELISSA LANDI. PAUL CAVANAGH - KENT TAYLOR FRANCES DRAKE...A Paramount Picture
Boac on the play "Interference" by Roland Fartwee and Wild Damodar TO-
MORROW: GEORGE ARLISS in "THE IRON DUKE"
A GAUMONT-BRITISH PICTURE
CENTRAL
THEATRE SHOWING TO DAY"
AL 12.30, 2.80, 5.15, 7.16 & 9.15 P.M. SPECIAL CHINESE
BORN TO DANCE
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"Born To Darice"
QUEEN'S:-
"Without Orders"
ORIENTAL:-
"Murder By An Aristocrat"
CENTRAL:-
"Special Chinese Newsreel
Programma"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:--
"Nevada"
MAJESTIC:-
STAR:
"Many Happy Returns"
"Without Regret"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Down" The Stretch"
QUEEN'S:-
"As You Like It'
ORIENTAL:-
"Flash Gordon"
ALHAMBRA:-
"Laughing at Trouble"
STAR:-
"The Iron Duke“
MAJESTIC:
"No Mare Ladies".
FLASH GORDON
Millions of people throughout. this country belleved they had found the thrill of the century when they first saw Flash Gor- don's adventures in the news- papers. They became enchanted by the colourful drawings and the narrative originated by Alex Ray- mond, the successful young artist whose work has gained wide ac- claim for him.
All
The stirring trip to the strange planet of Mongo in a rocket ship is a feature of the offering. the astonishing ray machines, in- cluding the one that turns Flash Gordon invisible, are reproduced for the film. The Spaceograph, which shows what is happening at great distances, reveals the men from the City of the Sky ding in their gyro-ships to bomb Mongo and the cruel Emperor Ming.
There are a thousand thrills, in "Flash Gordon," You will want to see all of them. Because the story has swakened such interest in the
newspapers, it has been dimmed
with the same exciting events re- tained for the screen. There is too much action, too much excitement.. too much pulse-quickening adven ture to permit a detailed descrip-
tion in this announcement.
NEVADA
Yola and Paul, specialty dancers of International fame, will commence a return season at the Hong Hong Hotel on Saturday night.
WITHOUT ORDERS
drama of modern commercial avia- Focusing the romance and tion into an absorbing and up- to-date Alm offering. RKO Radio's responsibility or modern airline "Without Orders" deals with the operators and pilots for the safety of their passengers, and its drama results from disregard of this res-
onsibility. For all its breathless
moments
crashes.
there are no plane
Drama begins early in the story when Robert Armstrong, as a com- mercial plot for Amalgamated Air- lines. is induced to take Vintun Haworth, the son of the Ines'. owner, as his co-pilot, although ha knows the boy is too irresponsible to make a good commercial flyer.
Ellers, Armstrong's stewardess and Haworth's attentions to Bally pupil, arouse Armstrong's jealousy. and result in Haworth's father. Charley Crapewin, putting the boy on another run as a full-fledged pilot with Sally as his stewardess, But Sally's sister, Frances Sage, knowing that Haworth is a coward, attempts to break up his affair with Sally only to be abused by him.
The new Zane Grey adventure- romance, "Nevada," with Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, Raymond Hatton and Monte Blue in the leading roles, is showing at the Alhambra Theatre to-day..
Other developments lead to the Here is a film that packs a strong final thrilling sequences when Ha- dramatic punch, recounting the worth, lost in a storm, goes wild romantic story of a cow-puncher with fear after knocking his co- who falls in love with the daughter pilot unconscious, leaving tne of the State's richest rancher, only | stewardess, Bally, the job of bring- to discover that he has innocently ing the plane down safely as Arm- become involved with a gang of strong grimly tries to guide her by cattle thieves who are robbing the radio from his home port two hun- girl's father and are planning to dred miles away. take over control of the cattle country.
He is aware that to save the girl and her father from the schemes of the outlaw outat, he must re- main a member of the gang and expose them when he is able to prove that they are the thieves long wanted by the honest ran- chers of the district. But even as he plans to do this an unusual circumstance forces his hand, and he is exposed, not only as a cattle rustler, but as the "leader" of the gang.
i
Shapely Lily's Pet
Cookle," jealous tempered cock-
With many of its scenes actually filmed inside a big modern trans- port plane and at a large airport near Hollywood, the settings and backgrounds are authentic, and atoo; is the Hollywood bodyguard the atmosphere of commercial ny- of Lily Pons, Metropolitan Opera ing has been captured to an star, who has just completed a new unusual degree.
picture for RKO Radlo. "Cookie" Armstrong and Bass Ellers, both will not allow anyone to approach with a large following of picture Miss Pons unless she orders him to fans, are ideally cast in the leading br friendly. Gene Raymond, Jack romantic roles, with Miss., Sage. who made her alm debut in The Oakle and Lucille Ball are cast in Witness Chair," and Vinton Ho- the lively modern musical comedy worth, a newcomer from the radio in which the diva will disport her- The story worked out with a networks, and Charley Grapewin self. It tells of a cabaret singer in maximum of suspense, as the cow-heading the supporting cast. Ar-France who ties in, with a roving puncher sets out to prove that he thur Loft, Frank M. Thomas, Ward American orchestra and her sub- Is Innocent of wrong-doing, and Bond and Walter Miller are also really an enemy of the outlaws. seen in important roles.
Larry "Buster Crabbe, the 'new "Without Orders" opens to-day "Western" hero' of several recent at the Queen's Theatre. Paramount adventure tales, is 'ideally cast as the cow-puncher.
A practical demonstration in Hollywood convinced 500 dancers and singers appearing in "Born to Dance" that there really is a man in the moon and also a man in the And Kathleen Burke as his sweet- heart continues the fine work that
| sky who hang out the stars at
night. They know because they has distinguished her recent efs have seen him do it. His name is
forts. David Vall, the electrical wizard
NEWSREEL PROGRAMME for the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
splendid record of the Safe Arrival of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek from Sian.
Vivid glimpses of the Suf Yan Front, etc., etc.
NEXT CHANGE MICKEY MOUSE & SVELY SYMPHONY PROGRAMME
the
musical romance "Born To Dance" which is showing at the King's studio aky.
own dance routine in the deep blue Added to Eleanor Theatre to-day
Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Romantic moonlight and glitter- Bruce, Una Merkel, Bid Silvers, ing stars were made to order for Alan Dischart, Buddy Ebsen and this latest and most elaborate. musical. With a control panel of more than a hundred switches and buttons, Vall made the moon shine and eclipse as he willed and kept more than 9,000 stara guttering and moving as the dancers went through their rapid routines on the stage below..
satile electrical engineer had his routines.
COLUMBIA SELECTS
FINAL TITLES
sequent adventures in New York. The picture is titled "That Girl From Paris" coming to be queen's Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 10..
pleted Alming as Help Wanted Female under the direction of Allred R. Green is being flashed.on the screen as More Than A Becretary
Final release titles have been selected for four important forth coming. Columbia
productions, according to studio announcement. "The Depths Below" has been "When You're In Lova is an changed to "Devil's Playground. nounced as the new title of the Chester Morris, Dolores Del Rio. several hundred singers and musicians, Vial pro before the cameras. Heretofore cast of the Alm directed by Eris dancers, Grace Moore starring picture. now and Richard Dix head the strong. vided the biggest "all-star" sup known as "Interlude." it boasts a Kenton porting cast that has ever gutter strong supporting cast including ed in a flm firmament. For eight Gray Grant, Aline MacMahon. selected as the final title of the Westbound Mall" has been hours a day he tinkered with the Henry Stephenson, Luis Alberni recently completed western pro lights, circuits and wires, and when sad others. Robert Riskin, ace cuction tentatively titled Mul the cameras started to grind toe senarist, and Harry Lachman are Skinn man behind the stars had already co-directing
in which Charles star- rett and Rosalind Keith head the The Jean Arthur George Brent cast directed by C.C. "Buddy" production which recently cor- Coleman, Jr.
Being also a musician the ver- I worked out his own harmonies co
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BORN
DANCE
starring
LEANOR
owell
Your "Broadway Melody"! Girl
JAME
VIRGINIA
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A New Cocktail
Vic Thaeke," whose fame as an originator of new drinks has spread from the Saddle Bar X in Paim Springs where he now officiates to the most famous bars of Europe, Horizon" cocktati and it bids fair recently introduced the "Lost"
to sweep, the country..
Thaete conceived the new drina as a tribute to Frank Capra and Ronald Colman, while they ware
on location recently at Tahquits Canyon alming scenes for
the Columbia picturization at the James Hilton best-seller novel."
Vodka is the base of the "Tost Horizon" cocktal which contains ning other liquors and resembles smooth, subtle and highly authori a section of the rainbow It is tative; so authoritative, in fact, that many who sampled it belleve that the name was derived from 1ts effect rather than its cause,
Once upon a time it med to be said that girls would put every- thing on their backs Wee years and years ago,
that
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