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TOPOF TOWN
A New Universal
Picture with .. DOBNOLAN GEORGE MURPHY
ADDED ATTRACTION
COMPLETE STORY OF THE CORONATION CEREMONY IN
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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DICK
MADELEINE
POWELL CARROLL
4 SHOWS
DAILY
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ALICE FAYE - The RITZ Brothers and GEORGE BARBIER
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TO-DAY TO-MORROW.
KAY AT THE PEAK OF HER LOVELINESS. AND GEORGE AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM
Never in all their triumphant careers have these two favourite film lovers had such powerful roles, as in this daring drums of a love spanning the smart' sets of two continents,
REACHING EMOTIONAL HEIGHTS OF LOVE NEVER BEFORE EXPLORED ON THE SCREEN!
4 Paver » & Caspopadkam
Never Before
Has Any Picture So Fearlessly Exposed
A Woman's Innermost
Heart of Hearts!
KAY FRANCIS
GIVE ME YOUR HEART
"GEORGE BRENT ·
- Mototel Moning y Propin Havelan
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Great show for the children
"GENERAL SPANKY":
with Spanky McFarland.
STARTING SUNDAY The big susah musical hit ONE IN A MILLION "
with Sonja Henle.
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SHOWING TO-DAY
BOW ON DIVER
MAY ROBSON
«BUTTERWORTH
Benita Home, Alan Mowbray Louise Beavers, Henry CINE Marafon Kiawideni
dall-Johnson Chan
LET'S MAKE A MILLION
with Edward Everett Hortons
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"The Marriage Of Corbal” QUEEN'S:-
"Top Of The Town"
ORIENTAL:-"
"..
"Son O' Guns".
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"The Mighty Treve"
MAJESTIC:
·STAE:--
"Laughter In Hell"
"Rainbow On The River"
KING'S:
Coming
"Dodsworth"
QUEEN'S:-
"On The Avenue” ORIENTAL:
"General Sparky" "One In A Million” ALHAMBRA
"The Public Menace"
MAJESTIC
"Sinner Take All" *
STAR:-
"Let's Make A Million"
TOP OF THE TOWN Ever since the first drum beat in compelling rhythm, the first harp vibrated in ringing tones through the ancient woodlands, or the first trumpet resounded in stirring echoes against the timeless hills, human beings have responded to music. They have raised their voices in gladsome song: have ac- cented the rhythms with eager. nimble feet and weaving bodies. To-day. people sing and sway to music that's called swing. It is ultramodern Jazz with a chromium plated finish.
The movies have developed an advanced sort of swing, which is introduced for the first time in Universal's musical. "Top of "the Town" the film that is showing at the Queen's Theatre.
LAUGHTER IN HELL
Jim Tully. whose latest realis- tic drama, "Laughter in Hell" has been screened by Universal, and will have its local premiere at the Majestic Theatre to-day, is one of the most picturesque Dgures in American literature.
0.
The stocky, red-headed Irishman, from a vagrant prize fighter al- most overnight became one America's most widely discussed authors and the most searching analyst of Hollywood,
Definitely "On the Avenue" for IRVING BERLIN'S Twentieth Century Fox musical of that title are ALICE FAYE (left), DICK POWELL and MADELEINE CARROLL..
Showing at Queen's and Alhambra on Saturday.
Behind The Screen In
Hollywood
Here's a co-star who recently anita racetrack bar in David O. walked 308 miles at a clip--and as faz as is known, "thought nothing of it"
.
"Kala-Nag." the now iamous elephant which is co-starred with his boy mahout, Sabu, in Robert Fisherty's "Elephant Boy" has bech boxed and crated for delivery to the British Zoological Society in London. Shipment Was Madras.
from
Star Is Born," co-starring Janet Selznick's technicolour picture. “A
Gaynor and Fredric March.
Boyle knew the old-type stage liquor prewed from cold tea far! black and white photography would' not do. He went into a huddle. with Art Director Lyle Wheeler,: and technicolour liquor" was con- cocted,
The recipe: two spoons or The huge elephant one of the powdered paint, a dash of ginger targest In captivity. was pur-ale, one cup of water. Shake well; chased by Professor Julian Huxley, and serve. as a gift to the London Zoo, but "Because the bar was finished in delivery was delayed because of a salmon-pink we had to use the difficulties in transportation colours that would accompany it The railway between Mysore and and still represent the actual Bangalore, en route to Madras, liquor." declared Boyle. "Green, narrow gauge, and could not ac .blues and deep commodate the huge crate. Ac-tabooed as too harsh, Ginger ale. oranges were cordingly, the elephant was walk-which photographs white, was used ed "308 miles to Bangalore, pro- to bring out the amber clarity of ceeding thence by rail to Madras, champagne, and was mixed with where he was loaded onto a Bri- powdered paint and water to make tish East India Company's steamer. the other liquor shades that would
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
TO-DAY ONLY AT 9.30, 5.10 7.15 & 9:30 PM. A LUST FOR POWER VERSUS THE LOVE OF A WOMAN'
THE
OF
CORBAL
From the story by
WITH
RAFAEL SABATINI
NILS ASTHER HUGH SINCLAIR HAZEL TERRY NOAH BEERY
“COLECTED BY:
KARL GRUNE
"TO-MORROW -UNITED -ASTIATE.
MARRIAGE
مي انا
WALTER HUSTON=RUTH CHATTERTON 1
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DODSWORTH"
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RO, HOW DON
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Aimed straight at the heart by one of America's
greatest writers, Albert Payson Terhune.
MIGHTY
Treve
NOAH BEERY JR. BARBARA READ
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
In Londoh, Kala-Nag" will be photograph correctly in technicol- TOMORROW. “THE PUBLIC MENACE"
reunited with Babu, his 12-year-our. old master, who is being ionized by London society, and will be starred again in a forthcoming Korda film.
You may be sure nobody is seen drinking these property potions during the action of the film!
Add to your list of cinema statis-. Elephant Boy." adapted from tics: Kipling's "Toomai .01 the Elephants,"
was produced for Korda in the actual Indian jungles, It will be released through United. Artists:
Walt Disney directs the opera- tions of more than 200-artlata in making Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons. But if he sacked his stab and decided to do the job himself he would need to "Technicolour liquor is Holly-work 24 hours a day, seven days a wood's latest. Cold tea beverages week for nearly five years to make have been replaced by a contaction just one Mickey Mouse Cartoon! of powdered paint, ginger ale and water.
HOLLYWOOD'S LATEST
"Laughter in Hall" which tells the true story of the chain gang Hells, is based upon first hand in formation, and is said to be the most searchingly realistic thing Tully has ever done. Pat O'Brien, The new beverage was introduced Merna Kennedy, Gloria Stuart, when Eddie Boyle, head property Tom Brown and Berton Churchill | man, was given, the task of arrang are featured in the powerful pic-ing professionally, 400 bottles of liquors for a scene at the Sants
ture.
An amnating scene from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse diction, "More Kittens". Released through United Artists.
Noch Baery, Jr and Barbara Read, featured in Universalle "The Mighty Tresa”
THE MIGHTY TREVE
The climax in Universal's "The Mighty Treye, the film which 38 showing at the Alhambra Theatre to-day, centres on the accusation against a dog, charging him with being a killer. This sequence has its parallel in a similar actual hap- pening featured in front page news stories a few months ago Theat animal was tried in court, found gulity, condemned to death and finally reprieved
In The Mighty Treve" the dog. accused of sheep killing, is about to be executed when, new evidence turns the animal into a hero, za- ther than a villain Proof of his courage and devotion is also shown in the fact that he bad earlier saved a man from being killed by
cougar,
MARRIAGE OF CORBAL:
girl of aristocratic birth. brought How Cleonle, a beautiful young
us in the refined atmosphere of the Court, suffered untold hard- ships when fleeing from the terror, of the French Revolution, is vividly described against magnincent backgrounds In The Marriage of Corbal, which is showing to-day. at the King's Theatre. The story has been adapted from a famous novel by Rafael Sabatini, and Karl Grune has brought it to screen in a masterly and enthrall- ing fastifon,
Hazel Terry, youngest member of the famous theatrical family playa the part of Cleonie to perfection.
Three Sailors, rioteers, in L
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DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
East End's Welcome At Film Premiere
The Duke and Duchess were given a warm-hearted. East End welcome, and when the Duchess of Gloucester walked through the shilling seats in the stalls to col lect the purses on the stage the cheering was tremendous
They were received by a guard of honour composed of three of
and 50 other ranks of the 6th Essex Regiment
The premiere was in aid of the Tower Hill Improvement, and
£6,200 was raised: -2*4:
The Duke and Duchess of Glou-fee cester recently attended the frat world premiere to be held in the East End of London. It was also the first time a member of the Royal Family had attended a per- formance at a suburban cinemaThank you all very much for
The film, Herbert Wilcox's "Lon- don Melody” starring Anna Neagle was shown at the Granada Cinema, East Ham.
During the interval the Duchess. went on the stage, where she said,
coming here to-night. It was well worth coming from Scotland t And so many people so pleased see, me
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