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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
HARKOW ROAD KOWLOON
$7795
Jack B.chanau (as Șir Guy de Vere) in "WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD”
with Fay Wray • A United Artists Release TO-MORROW: "WHEN'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?""
BOOK EARLY! THE PLAN IS RAPIDLY FI LING, POSITIVELY ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY AT 9.30.
KING'S MONDAY 5 JULY
THE
FAMOUS
AND BEAUTIFUL INTERNATIONAL DANCER
LA MERI
WITH
THE BRILLIANT
YOUNG HINDU DANCERTM
BASSANO
RAMGOPAL
AND
OVER
20 TONS OF
THEATRICAL EFFECTS
FULL staging, lighting effects, costumes, and music exactly
But the Savoy Theatre London last year.
PRICES: 86.808450-88.60-8270-81.80-90cts (plus tax)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE NEWS ABOUT PICTURE PEOPLE
KING'S
ACINEMAA
Hong Kong
"When You're In Love" QUEEN'S:--
"Stowaway"
ORIENTAIR
"Dracula's Daughter"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRAin
*"Stonnway"
MAJESTIC:
"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" STAR:
"When Knights Were Bold"
KING'S:
Sunday
Private Detective 52"
QUEEN'S
Quality Street" ORIENTAL:-
"May..me"
ALHAMBRA:---
"Let Them Live" MAJESTIC:
# "Craig's Wife" STAR:-
When's Your Birthday"
STOWAWAY
MADAME BUTTERFLY RE.MAKE: BETTE PAVIS IS FORGIVEN
Gladys Swarthout is going to thers. They're giving her lots of play the title role in "Madame pictures-and quite a few good Butterfly" after all. With opera
ones...
Alms, not so popular as they were, this. subject has been on and off the Paramount schedule for many months.
The studio scenarists have been set to work on the various ver- slons of the story by John Luther Long. David Belasco (play) and Giacomo Puccinii (opera). With all that to work on, they ought to turn out something good,
Benjamin Olazer will produce the picture, and John Boles will be Miss Swarthout's partner,
Joan Bennett, following the an- nouncement of the break-up of her five-year marriage with Gene Markey, has been given a holiday by Walter Wanger, for whom she is making "Vogues of 1938"
When she gets back to the Wan- ger fold, she will finish off the rest of the scenes in the picture,
Then she goes on to "Summer Lightning" a subject that has been on the Wanger schedule a long time.
Wanger hopes to put "Summer Lightning" Into production very quterly. If so, he will be able to get Brian Aherne as Joan's leading man, finishing with Aherne before Mervyn LeRov needs him for "The Great Garrick."
For her unusual role in her most remarkable picture, Shirley Tem- ple had to learn some four hua- dred words of real Chinese, lending Bette Davis seems to have been not only authenticity but extra-more than forgiven for her last crdinary entertainment the year's walk-out on Warner Bro- Twentieth Century-Fox
fim, "Stowaway," which opens at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres to-day.
to
Singing and speaking In the oficial Mandarin dialect of China 80 well that she wins a prize in a Chinese theatre Shirley had two hundred and fifty fellow students studying the language with her.
These were the Chinese "extras"
KING WEARS R.A.F. UNIFORM
London, July 1. The distinguishing features of the last Buckingham Palace Court in Coronation year were the wear
for the first time by a King of ing of the Royal Air Force uniform
Busy now on "That Certain W- man,” with the 'script rewritten from Gloria Swanson's silent "The Trespasser," she is due to pass on to "Jazebel," adaptation, of an American play and one of the sub- jects lined up for her before he rebellion.
Edmund Goulding, who wrote the script and is directing "That Certain Woman," will do the same with "Jezebel," George Brent will be leading man.
Between the two, it is highly. possible that Bette will get the fe minine lead opposite Leslie Ho ward" in "Gentleman after Mid- night." Ind Claire and Gertrude Lawrence were both approached to play the part.
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Miriam Hopkins has bowed out of "The Perfect Specimen," lear- ing Errol Flynn without 'a lending lady in this attempt to try him out in slick comedy instead of ro- mantic melodrama.
This was the piece writteri by Samuel Hopkins Adams, author of the original of It Happened One Night Miriam has been doubtful' whether the part was right for her for some time,
Now she has definitely turned it down; will probably play in Eu dio's "She Married for Money" (crazy comedy); and may come over to England for another. pic- ture.
Warners, who are producing "The Perfect Specimen," are now dangling the script in one hand and a cheque book in the other under Claudette Colbert's nose.
It she approres of both, Mr. Flynn may consider himself very lucky. Every Colbert picture, s important these days.
in the alm, all of whom spoke England during a Court, and the DIARY OF LOCAL
dialects other than the one the Chinese government is endeavour Ing to make the official tongue of China.PA
WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE
wearing of the world-famous Ko- noor diamond by Queen Eliza- beth, also for the first time...
Over six hundred guests were present.
EVENTS
SATURDAY, JULY 3
Anniversaries and
Two more Courts are being held next week at Holyrood Palace, dur-King of Norway born, 1872.
ing the royal visit to Edinburgh-
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
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Washington, July 11
Holidays.
Cinemas-(See Fage 5). Dances--Carnival fancy dress ball, Hotel Cécil
Mails-(See Page 16).
Miscellaneous-St. Stephen's Col- lege Prize Distribution, at Stanley, 3.15 p.m.
Social Japanese Actg. Consul- Cocktail Party for
Do your hats to one of the most completely captivating pic- ture ever to grace a local screen. At the King's Theatre to-day, Columbia's new Grace vehicle, When You're Th Love," unfolded itself to the undisguised pleasure of those gathered for the occasion. It was easily as triumphant an event as the star's "One Night of Love" three years ago.
Mr. Gibson visited Belgium dur- Grace Moore could start hering his leave last spring, when he career from this moment on so was Ambassador to Brazil, and is admirably does she' acquit herself credited with persuading M. Paul. in "When You're In Love." There 13 a freshness, a newness about the opera star that is entrancing. and she has never been in lovelier voice.
President Roosevelt has nomin-General's ated Mr. Hugh Gibson as Ambas-Japanese Visitors, TA, Conduit sador to Belgium:
Road, from 4 to B p...
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Cindinat (See Page 5).- Entertainments-Mme. La Mer!,
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Mails (See Page 16),, Meetings Volunteer Swimming Sports Committee, at Headquar ters, 5.30 pm
COLBERT
"Vivacious Lady"
Ginger Rogers has got to wait for her solo starring vehicle, Viva clous Lady," which was all ready to start.
James Stewart's Illness held up production, so Ginger gets busy sharing honours with Katharine Hepburn and Burgess Meredith in "Stage Door
Frank Capra, that peer of direc- tors, "has "taken" Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, an excellent supporting cast, a fine story by Clarence Budington-Kelland, and --ve intelligent screen play by Robert Riskin and moulded them all n to motion pletare so superior that there are few superlatives, worthy of Its title is “Mr.__ Deeds. Goes to Town," and it is at the Majestic Theatre to-day, one day only
From under Mr. Capra's magic wand has sprung a new Gary Coo per, humorous, amiable, vibrant Ginger's director, George Stevens been mjected with
Meanwhile. Fred Astaire gets and winning. He seems to hav for "A Damsel in Distress, and mysterious fluid that Ginger" will have to test her pa-Clark Gable into givin tience for at least four months be performance of h fore Vivacious Lady is brought Capra's It Happened One out again.
which
Joel McCrea has become the Hall, olive branch between am Gold aut wyn and Paramount Original bone pea
Miscellaneous. Claims against the Estates of Tan Kia Jee and Gee Ben Yee Yen or Gee Bun) of contention was Crazy Cooper Crane, dae. YMCA Chinese Class In Paramount just couldn't forgive Mezzanine Room, 8.30 pm Art Sam
Joel stepped out of is Jon Cousin of James Hall
of the story, he has
in small parts as Lloyd
Exhibition at Chinese YWCA ture Capturing Clary's algua-Claudette Colbert should be feel-
SocialMOA Service Men's Whist Drive in the West Lounge,
ing happier thout “
180 Bonham Road, 10 am to 8 Now, however, Paramount want future than here
Joel for "An Empire is Born, the will be directed Wells Fargo, sags which Frank Lubitsch Lloyd "Is producing. It woul nt Wire lu quite nicely after Endedy in on which Joel has jus
starre And as Mr Goldwyn' Joel, Paramount will forg
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