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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
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KING'S:--
"The Case of The Velvet
Claws"
QUEEN'S:-
Men In Exile" · ORIENTAL:-
"The Postal Inspector"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :—
"I'll Fix It"
STAR:-
"Don't Tell The Wife" MAJESTIC :—
"Man's Castle"
CRIME OVER
LONDON Paul Cavanagh
KING'S:-
MORROW ・ Margot Grahame
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bree million dollar mail robbery Desperadoes escaping over a roof in a flood swept city! Only one chance to bring them dowa-face their screaming bullets ad steer a racing speed boat into a house. The Postal Inspector jams on fall throttle! The beat leaps over the food then c-r-a-s-h!! Just one of the thrills in this punch packed picture of daring secret agents of the mail service! A MOST UNUSUAL AND EXCITING PICTURE!
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"I Met Him In Paris" ALHAMBRAI-
"Emperor of California"
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"Cockeyed Cavallers"
MEN IN EXILE
An Intriguing and romantic ad- venturous story of an island para- dise in the Caribbean Sea, packed with action and thrills-is "Man in Exile." First National feature pro- duction which has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day.
With an excellent cast headed by Dick Purcell, June Travis, Alah Baxter, Margaret Irving, Victor Varconi, Olin Howland and Veda Ann Borg. "Men In Exile" packs more punches than 3 Louis- Schmeling Aght and is certain to please those who like stirring entertainment.
The story concerns the adven- tures of Purcell, who flees from an Atlantic seaboard city when he is vujustly accused of murder. A former gangster, he makes connec- tions with an associate' or the old days. who gets him aboard a tramp steamer for Carlbo, an unextradi- table port in the Caribbean.
I'LL FIX IT
Revealing an unsuspected flair for comedy, the grim swaggering Jack Holt will be seen, at the Alhambra. Theatre to-day in a delightful romantic comedy under the interesting title, "T1 Fix It." In it Holt presents the char- acterization of a political "fixer" -an unofficial go-between with
more actual power than the elect- ed puppets...
All goes well with him until Bobby, Holt's kid brother,. enacted by young Jimmy Butler, fails to pass his algebra exams and the screen's man of action attempts to Influence Bobby's winsome young school teacher, the beautiful Mona Barrie. employing the tactics he would use in swinging a political deal his way.
When this fails he tries to placate her with gifts. Unsuccess- ful again, he finally has her fired. The resulting Incidents are fraught with surprises. action and comic situations.
"MAN'S CASTLE"
Out of the equalor and tawdry- ness of 1 shantytown director Frank Borzage has woven a love story that is certainly the greatest achievement in a career that em- braces many, many screen triumphs. The picture, "Man's Castle." halled as the "Beventh Heaven" of talking pictures, is now on view at the Majestic Theatre. "Man's Castle" is the story of a man who couldn't hear train
STAR DUST
Gary Cooper's proverbial gallan- try gets a hew-old setting in "The Adventures of Marco Polo," which is also new adventure into niediaeval history for Sam Gold- wyn. Sigrid Gurie, Goldwyn's Norwegian
discovery, plays the Chinese princess; Ernest Truex is Marco Polo's servant; George Bar bier is the Emperor of China! Basil Rathbone is the Emperor's left-hand man: others in the cast are Verree Tensdale Alan Hale, John Carradine. Harold Huber and H.B. Warner.
TONE WINS
For the first time Franchot Tone will be allowed to win his own wife when he plays opposite Joan Crawford in "The Bride Wore Red." In It Joan will sing again.. BLS an' entertainer in 1 cheap waterfront cafe. The cast includes | Robert Young: George Zucco, Re- ginald Owen, Billie Burke and Lynne Carver,· Dorothy Arzner 13 directing. As soon as Miss Craw ford has finished this picture she will play in "Mannequin" when' her leading, man will be Spencer Tracy, with Frank Borzage direct- irg.
· COLBERT-GABLE Claudette Colbert may be team- ed again with Clark Gable, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer have a story call- ed The Great Canadian" hang- ing around for Gable. But Miss Colbert has first to make. "Blue- beard's Eighth Wife" with Gary Cooper, and "To-night's Our Night."
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. Anniversaries and Holidays.y Richard Busby born. 1806. Sir Charles Santley died. 1822,, St. Thomas, Bishop.
Cinemas. (See Pare 5). Commercial-Dairy Furm Ice & Cold Storage Co.. Ltd., Interim Dividend payable,,
Dances. Cheero Club Dance. 8:30 p..
'Mails. (See Fage 16%
Meetings. Special, of General Comittee of "8. & S. Home," 5.30 p.m.; Methodist Ladies' Church Ald at "S. & S. Home," 10 a.m.; Kow- loon Union Church Women's Guild.
10 8.m.
Moon.-VIII Moon, 18th. Day. Rehearsals.Hong Kong Singers in Union Church, Kennedy Road, Mozart's "Requiem" and Elgar's": "For the Fallen," 5.30 p.m.
Social.Whist Drive and Tom- bola, Garrison Bergts.' Mess, queen's Road. &30 p.m.
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Sports. (See Fage 10). Sunrise.-6.12 a.m. Sunset.-6.20
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Tides-High at 10.20 and 22.16. Low at 01.02 and 18.15.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23 Cfaemas-(See Page 5), Maila—(See Page 16). Moon.-VIII Moon. 19th. Day. Sports-(See Page 10).
Sunrise: 6.12 am.
p.m..
Supset.-8.21
Tides. High at 09.31 and 21.41; Low at 03.16 and 15:46.
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QUEEN MARY'S "REQUEST
'Her Majesty, the Dowager Queen of England. has made *
į special request recently, that whenever she attends the cinema, the programme should include a Mickey Mouse fim.
Shortly Columbia will start pre- liminary production on "Freshman Mary. Follies," formerly" entitled "Collegs Hero," a new musical feature, with Charles Starrett and Joan Perry In the leads. The former will be making his bow in musical comedy. following his many starring roles in Columbia's outdoor dramas.
Niesen,
Several months ago when the Dowager Queen made her first visit to a theatre, since the death of George V, a Walt Disney Silly Symphony production, "The Coun- try Cousin" was shown.
In addition the cast will include such prominent Broadway stage. radio and night club personalities 115 Jimmy Durante, who WES The Country Cousin" is the engaged for a feature part several Arth consecutive Silly Symphony weeks ago: Gertrude
chosen.. as the year's best screen Popular torch singer who has been cartoon by the Academy of Motion heard as guest star on many re- Picture Arts and Sciences, Holly- cent radio programmes and star wood's famous · prize-awarding red in many Broadway shows; group. 'It is now included in a Hal LeRoy sensational tap dancer special all-Disney show entitled featured in Ziegfeld Follies shows Walt Disney's Prize Revue and re- and many other Broadway pro- | leased through United Artists. ductions; Charley Chase, Colum- bla's popular comedy star. Romor Vincent. and Johnny Green. Follies." Ted Koehler, who wrote famous orchestra leader.
Green, who is now dppearing with his band and acting as master of ceremonies on the Packard Hour, over NEC network, "also will compose the music for "Freshman
"Stormy Weather.". the songs or Shirley Temple's picture "Curly Tops," and the lyrics for the screen play "King of Burlesque," has been engaged to write the lyrics,
JEAN HARLOW'S LAST FILM
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Psychologists say that it is per- NEW PRODUCTIONS fectly natural for a man to emit a
whistles without wanting to hop a The last picture made by Jean, be shown. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer." freight-and of a girl who loved Harlow, who died on June 7, aged who made it, announced after Jean him so strongly she told him he 26, was shown privately, in London Harlow's death that they were was free to go. Spencer Tracy as recently, writes the "Morning | abandoning it, though more loud cry when he suddenly dis-The following are some of the the boy and Loretta Young as the Post" Alm correspondent.
than £200,000 had already been covers something that has been latest completed Hollywood pro
Two Valuable Substances Discovered
giri have never been cast in roles The film is of a high standard, spent on it. It was only in re hidden from him. This is comfor-ductions:-"Between Two Women", 3 perfectly suited to their in- but its emotional appeal is heigh-sponse to thousands of letters ask-ting news for those who have just dysentery, and said that a sub-dividual 'talents. "They perform tered by its presentation so 5000 stance which at first seemed very admirably - and contribute the after the death of a girl who be promising had to be abandoned; finest portrayals of their respec- came one of the world's favourite valuable hints for future work had, | tive careers. As for Borsage's stars. however, come to light in the pro-direction, it-suffices to say that he
cesa
ing for its release that the de-found pins in their shirt. cision was taken to show the pic-
"Saratoga" is a romantle comedy,
In the section of Chemistry the presidential address was delivered by Dr. F. L. Pyman, head of the research department in Boots, on "Researches In Chemotherapy." Chemotherapy, may be defined as "the treatment 01 disease by chemical substances which have been shown by biological methods to be relatively much more toxic to
of make-up and studied photo- His granddaughter, played by pathogenic organisms than to resulta achieved with certained-plasmequin and aletrin. By graphy. The production was al-Jean Harlow, is engaged to a human or other animal hosts."
aromatid sulphonamides on strep-wing both of these it is how pos- most completed before her death, weathy young New York stock- Dr. Pyman discussed the main
Walter tococcal infections, which may re-gible for the first time to break so that very few scenes had to be broker,
Pidgeon. Clark types of chemotherapeutic drugsvolutionize the treatment of the life cycle or the malarial photographed with her "stand-in" Gable, as a bookmaker, zaina pos- in detail according to the or-
whole group of infectious diseases. parasite entirely. He considered Mary Dees and it is doubtful if session of the racing stable. Jean ganisms they were designed to kill. Dr. W. Kikuth, discussing the that we were on the verge of im- the average audience would re-Harlow, while trying to pay debts He described his own work in the chemotherapy of malaria, said "portant developments in this field cognise her absences, feid, of killers of amoebae, of espe- | that two chemotherapeutic sub- which would help materially in the clal value for the treatment of
stances of value had been discover- ' campaign' against malaria.
ture.
Although Jean Harlow's per- mainly concerned with horse fate of all the main players. surpasses in poignancy, "sincerity rormance is excellent, it is obvious | racing. Lionel Barrymore, 18 It is not Jean Harlow's best film, The address was followed by a and beauty his direction of that she was suffering, during Grandpa Clayton, owns a racing symposium on the same subject "Seventh Heaven," "Bad Girl" and production, from ill-health. She stable, which has to be sold to Professor Hörlein, from Germany. Farewell to Arms.”
looks tired and depressed, in spite pay his debta. gave an account of the promising
Complaints have been made that the film is not one which should
owed to the bookmaker, falls in love with him. The clima of the Alm is a race on which hangs the
but it is certainly one of her many good ones It was her first auccess, in "Hell's Angels." that earned her the name of "the original platinum blonde.".
Clark Gable, who played opposite her in most of her subsequent suc- cesses, is at his best in "Baratoga". and the direction is excellent.
Among other well-known actors featured are Frank Morgan. Un Merkel, and Cliff Edwards.
(Franchot Tone, Virginia Bruce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clif Edwards. Janet Beecher, Leonard Penn) "Midnight Tox" (Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake. Alan Dinehart, Sig Rumann, Gilbert Roland, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney, Jen); "BIZ Business" (Jed Prouty, Spring By ington, Shirley Deane, Russell' Gleason, Kenneth Howell. Allan Lane); "The Case of the Stutter Ing Buhop" (Donald Woods, Ani Dvorak, Anne Nagel, Linda Perry, Edward McWade, Tom Kennedy, Veda Ann Borg)..
"Nudist in Blander Suit," shouts a news-bill. But lan't that against" the "rules?
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