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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1937.
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"The Fighting Ranger"
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Coming
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"Duck Soup"
MARKED WOMAN
The gripping story of First Na- tional's "Marked Woman," taken from headlines that have flashed across the front pages of American неизрареrѕ for many months. gives Bette Davis ample opper- tunity for the sort of diversified emotional acting that won her the award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last year for the best performance by any actress.
This picture. which has its run at the King's Theatre- to-day, 19 said to take audiences behind the scenes of certain metropoiltan night clubs, long suspected of be- ing owned or aliated with na- tionally notorious gangsters of the type now fleeing from racket. in- vestigations.
It is the story of those beauti- ful girls who serve as hostesses in these joints, and whose lives themselves are forfeit if they dis-. obey the orders of their ruthless exploiters.
THE LADY ESCAPES
Treating lightly the light house- Keeping of two married lovers, who hold hands mainly to keep their first from flying. "The Lady Escapes." Twentieth Century-Fox's mirthful matrimonial hit, opens at the Queen's Theatre to-day."
A pair
of rough-and-tumble sweethearts who just can't leave love enough alone, Gloria Stuart and Michael Whalen are featured In a version of marital Hife which finally culminates in an attempt to find a second husband for Gloria before Michael gets Renu-vated.
The chase leads across the Atlantic, with Gloria, who is really. chasing her ostensibly in pursuit of George Sanders, French playwright. Michael, not knowing that actually he is the pursued, 18 chasing his wife, and the ensuing international complications, Involving also Cora Witherspoon and Gerald Oliver- Smith, make for a generally Joyous occasion for man or maid, married or unmarried.
MIRIAM HOPKINS IN COMEDY
Archie Mayo Leaving Warner Brothers
Miriam Hopkins can look for ward to a long trail of comedy succeeding comedy. Another has been set for her."
This is Radio's "Love on Parole." Miriam.. will be the daughter of a local judge who bails out a gay young man from the big city. The purely business relationship gradually turns into that tender something all pictures are made of.
This goes into production in the late autumn. Before it Miriam will play
in the eminent Mr. Goldwyn's "Duchess of Bread- way",
In this one. Miriam starts cut as a night-club entertainer, and ends up married to a member
grows a little jealous when he thinks of the Mayo avoirdupois. is leaving Warner Brothers.
He will join Mr. Goldwyn on a Ave year agreement, and the idea until last week was that Mayo's Arst job work should be "The Goldwyn Follles,"
. Plans were suddenly changed when John Cromwell, directing ""Marco Polo," failed to come to an agreement with Goldwyn on the details of the story.
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Since Goldwyn was aiming to spend one and a half million dollars on the picture, Cromwell suggested he had better bow out, rather than spend all that much
of one of the screen's craziest | money in a way Sam mightn't families. It's an original story.
Archie Mayo, Hollywood's largest director (even Mr. Hitchcock
Buck Janes and Dorothy Revier
in "The Fighting Ranger'i A Columbia Picture
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN'S
DECISION
Never To Appear On Screen Again
Charie Chaplin will never ap- pear on the screen again. He has decided to devote himself to directing beautitul Paulette God- dard.
The first picture will be started in October.
"
like
Bo Archie Mayo now takes over the relna on "Marco Polo," with Gary Cooper starring.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31.
Holidays.-
Anniversaries and Official end of the Great War, 1921. Queen of the Netherlands born, 1880
Cinemas. (See Page 5). Commercial Closing of States Line's Hong Kong Office,
Mails (See Page 16). Meeting Christ Church Fetc Committee. In Church Vestry, 6 p.m.
M'scellaneous. Rotary fin. Hong Kong Hotel: Creditors' Clain against the Klu On Steamship Co., Ltd.. due.
Rehearsals-First Fractice, of Hong Kong Singers, at. Unioni Church, Kennedy Road. 5.30 p.m. Soc'al. - Cheero Club Whist Drive. 8.30 . p.m.; Craigengower Cricket Club Weekly Tombola, 9.20
p.m.
Sports-(See Page 101. Moon-VII Moon, 28th. Day. Sunrise.-6.05 a.m. Sunset.-8.42
p.m.
Tides. High at 04.22 and 19.48; Low at 12.30 and 22.03.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
Cinemas (See Page 5). Malls (See Page 16). Sports. (See Page 10). Moon.-VII Moon, wth. Day.. Sunrise.-6.04 a.m. Sunset.-8.45
p.m.
Tides. High at 00.11 and 13.04; Low at 06.37 and 18.25.
Chaplin has written the story FOOD PROBLEM
one with Д modern Broadway background.
It will be the first film Charlie has directed, without appearing in, since he made "A Woman of Paris," fourteen years ago.
press
FOR CHINA
Present Crisis
Charles Laughton told.a husband, interviewer recently that he has jotned the board of the British
China's food problem has again Mayflower
come to the fore as a result of Picture Corporation, with Germany's ace director Erich In order to dispel public appre
the tense situation in the North.
Pommer, and John Maxwell, BIP. Chief as colleagues.
THE FIGHTING RANGER
for a
hension that there may be a food shortage in the present crisis.
'From now on." he said: "I shal--Mr. Wu Ting Chang, Minister of be director and star, too British company.
All thoughts of going back to Hollywood are for- gotten.
"I have already s'gned to make three pictures for the new concern,
"For years
I have wanted to work for myself. I am used to Movie-goers who regard Buck running things. For about eight Jones as the foremost cowboy ac-
years I ran my family's chain of tor on the screen will see their of hotels in the North. Why not belief justified in Buck's latest a picture concern?" Columbia picture, "The Fighting Ranger which ореп at the
Alhambra Theatre to-day.
Utilizing to the fullest extent his rugged personality and re-
THE DEVIL DOLL
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Industries, has outlined the fol- lowing measures to cope with the situation::
1. Authorities of leading elties should acquaint the puble with the actual supply and demand of foodstuffs in their respective 10- calities. They should suppress all unfounded rumours:
2. Municipal governmenta throughout the country should es- tablish agencies to take charge of the distribution and marketing of foodstuffs. Local merchants may seek ald from these agencies. which in turn may, solicit assist- ance from the Farm Credit Bureau. It is commonly known that the demand and supply of foodstuffs
markable horsemanship. Buck With Maureen O'Sullivan and gives a performance that ranks Frank Laston in the juvenile in China have never found proper with the best he has ever presented. leads, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new The story is admirably suited to
mystery of the Parts Burete, "The the virile, fast moving characteri- Devil Doll," is showing at the zations which Buck brings to the Majestic Theatre. screen. permitting the Western star the greatest latitude in dis- playing the various talents that have brought him to the topmost ranks of outdoor screen heroes.. the daughter, and Lawton her evenly carried out, and manipula-
Buck is seen as a ranger who
In the new picture, starring Lionel Barrymore, Lucy Beaumorit plays the mother. Miss O'Sullivan
adjustment. While one place mar be overstocked with grains,
an- the verge other may be on
of starvation. So in order to solve the problem it is necessary that the Central Government should adopt an effective control policy, whereby distribution can be
lover. The story, based on A Mer- tion on the part of unscrupulous
seta out, to averige the murder of ritt's "Burn, Witch. Burn," was merchants may be checked.
his 'brother. Impersonating
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scenarized by Richard, Schayer and
noted 'bandit, who is in Jail, Buck Garrett Fort, and dialogued by
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ventures across the border into John Lee Mahin. the camp of Cougar, a noted It concernLS Devil's Island Mexican the "murderer of Buck's prisoner, wrongly accused, who brother, and in the ensuing events. escapes and returna të Paris armed sees that justice is done.
with the weird secret of a mad In The Fighting Ranger," Buck scientist, which he uses to revenge Jones has a supporting cast that those who wronged him and clears'
Errol Flynn in "CHARGE of the LIGHT BRIGADE" includes Dorothy Revier. Ward his name. In a bizarre mystery
Bond and Bradley Page.
plot,
THE HOTEL
The following are the latest ar- rivals at the local hotela:--
· Hong Kong Hotel; Mrs. Michaux and Mrs. Massle (from Tsingtao).
Gloucester Hotel: Mr. and Mrs.
F. P. M. Driessen; Mr. Joel Vieira (from Macao).
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JONES The Fighanger
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*Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in a scene from the Walt Disney production, "Magician Mickey." "Released, thru United Artists.
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