1937-10-16

QUEENS

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Children Of The Great River. Their ... Like The Emotions Stark & Strong.

Mighty Mississippi In Flood!

Barbara

STANWYCK

Youll MCCREA

BANJO ON

MY KNEE

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HELEN WESTLEY. BUDDY EBSEN WALTER BRENNAN • WALTER CATLETT ANTHONY MARTIN » KATHERINE de MILLE THE HALL JOHNSON CHOIR

TOMORROW

Joe E. Brown in *RIDING ON AIR

TACK ANY TEAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BAN

1 SHOWS

DAILY

716-9.30

ORIENTALE

98475

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE TYPHOON RELIEF DIARY OF LOCAL

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Saratoga"

QUEEN'S:-

"Banjo On My Knee" ORIENTAL:-

"The Slave Ship""

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :—

"New Faces Of 1937"

STAR:-

"Unguarded Hour"

MAJESTIC:-

"Pagface"

KING'S:—

Sunday

-"Saratoga”

QUEEN S:-

"Riding On Air"

>RIENTAL:

"They Gave Him A Gun" ALHAMBRA:----

"Hollywood Cowboy"

STAR:-

"Born To Dance” MAJESTIC:-

"Good Old Soak"

WORK

EVENTS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16.

and

Drive For Funds: Flag Anniversaries Holidays:

Day To Be Held

Some weeks ago an appeal was" published in the Press, for sub- scriptions to assist the victims of the recent typhoon. Up to the present sum of nearly $5.003

has been subscribed, but when the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is considered. It is obvious that this sum is quite Inadequate; If material assistance is to be rendered.

Claims of losses amounting to over $120 000 have already been reported to the Directors af. "the Tung Wah Hospital. In one case there was only one survivor from five boats containing 118 persons. This survivor, who was the owner of the boats. puts his loss at over $80,000.

A considerable number of "desti" tute Asherfolk picked up by various ships and brought to the Colony have been assisted from the Fund and sent back to their native districts. Other fisherfolk. are resident in Shaukiwan. Aber- deen and Cheung Chau. It is the désire of those responsible for the administration of the Fund to give these humble people not merely a few dollars in charitable relief but such assistance as wil

LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY BANJO ON MY KNEE enable them to make a start in

THE MIGHTIEST OF SPECTACULAR SEA-PICTURES:..

Maliny reddens the decks of the last slaver on its last desperate voyage to face death

A HONEYMOON SHIP OF HORROR AND MADNESS!

BAXTER BEERY

SLAVE SHIP

ELIZABETH ALLAN MICKEY ROONEY

Bennale dve Çamante

Le Panduro Namdale Jobmoni

TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY-

A HERO OF 1918 TURNS MUNSTER IN 1937! Here's a mighty romantic adventuro story with thousands in the cat who give you a thrill a minute.. BIG SMASH DRAMA OF LOVE AND DANGER!

Tracy George Tone THEY GAVE HIM A GUN

Metro- Godawyn

Mayer

MCTURE

MATINEES: 20-30% EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.

DAILY

9:30

5.20

720

9:20

KOWLOON

STARE

TODAY ONLY

Gay, Glamorous

and Such a

Romantic Couple.

Frañelot Tone "UNGUARDED HOUR"

Loretta Young in

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY · ONLY Eleanor Powell in BORN TO DANCE”

RIDING ON AIR

"Riding On Air," which opens the Queen's Theatre to- morrow. is crammed with inspired comedy, thrills that the audience

will hold onto their seats, and the best Joe E Brown pantomine. The latter is something generally ünexcelled by any comedian to- day on our 'screen.

Joe E. Brown, is a clown incar- nate. touched with that rare genius that gives all great panto- mimists their immortality. A wry Nature bequeathed him with a flexible face to match his inborn talent and in "Riding on Air" he has a picture which offers him a subject worth his mettle.

THEY GAVE HIM A GUN

"They Guve Him A Gun,” thrill- packed drama of war and its aftermath 15 showing at the Oriental Theatre to-morrow, Mon-

day and Tuesday, starring Gladys George, Spencer Tracy and Fran- chot Tone in the leading roles.

W. S. Van Dyke

tho was director. He has followed the mémorable story of

closely, War as the author," himself a former Boldier of the line, described it. But more than that, the pleture clings to the powerful psychologi- cal effect of war on certain characters, long after the conflict is ended. The scars remain on their souls.

replacing the fishing flee's which have been sunk.

were

CONNAUGHT ROAD FIRE Nor must we forget those un- fortunate people whose homes

destroyed by the fre Connaught Road West during the Height of the typhoon. Nearly 150 persons suffered losses in that are and of these A considerable number now remain in the Tung Wah Hospital awaiting help.

A drama with music, deftly re- lleved by comedy and enlivened by several new song tits, combine to make "Barjo on My Knee," the Twentieth Century-Fox, picture which has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day, a hit screco pro- duction, Add to this a story that is distinctly different in theme and plot construction; with the locale of Tobacco Road and for characters the shanty-boaters who | Some live, love and die on their ram- shackle barges on the lower Misels- sipppl, and the sum total is some- thing new in movie entertainment.

Fighting loving — laughing- weeping, the tempestuous emotions of these picturesque children of the mighty river stir the blood and intrigue the interest of every- une, from opening scene to thrill- ing climax. Th selection of a"cast to delineate these difficult roles was little short of inspired, with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel Mc- Crea co-starred, supported by such talented and popular players as Helen Westley. Buddy Ebsen, Walter Brennan, Walter Catlett, Anthony Martin and Katherine de Mille.

PAGLIACCI

of them are fortunate enough to have relatives in the Colony or the country to whom they can look for help, but a considerable portion of them will have to rely solely on such as- sistance as they can get from the relief fund to give them a start.

Noah Webster, born, 1758. Sir A. Chamberlata born, 1883,

Cinemas.--(See Paze 5). Dances. — REO.C.A. Dance st Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.; Flannel. Dance at Hotel Cecil, 8.30 p.m., Buffet Supper Dance at Kowloon Tong Garden City Assen. Club House. Waterloo Road. 9 p.m.

Entertainments. — Hong Kon University Women's Club Fun Fair in Eu Tong Sen Gymnasium, University grounds, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Malls. (See Page 16). Moon.-LX Moon, 13th:"Day. Religions. Commemoration all the deceased Priests of the Mis- sion of Hong Kong: High Requiem Mass at 7.30

Sports-(See Paro 10). Sunrise.-8.20 a.m. Sunset.-5.58

p.m.

Tides--High at 05.31 and 18.10. Low at 00.00 12.47.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 Cinema)-(See Page 5). Malls. (See Fare 15). Moon-IX Moon, 14th. Day. Sports. (See Page 101. Sunrise.-6.20 a.m.

1.m.

Sunset.-5.59

Tides-High at 04.12 and 19.10: Low at 12.10.

BRITAIN'S LAST: SILENT CINEMA CLOSED

Home Of The Old "Thrillers"

The Electra Palace at Royton. near Manchester, the last silent, cinema in the British Isles... has closed its doors. It had been show- ing, silent pictures continuously since 1910,

Its patrons came regularly each week from Oldham, Rochdale and Chorltoncum-Hardy, and the price of admission was twopence and newavepence.

In order to augment the pre- sent sum, a flag-day will be held to-day, and we make this urgent appeal to all "citizens of E. Kong to give of their utmost on this day. The majority of the victims are the fishing population of the Colony and those who help in the Colony's carrying trade. The cause is one worthy of the

most generous support, and those who have not already forwarded subscriptions are "reminded that the list is not yet closed. W earnestly request them to forward their donations to the Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital.

The appeal is signed by.Messrs. E H Williams. R. H. Kotewall T. N. Chau, M. K. Lo. and Li Shu

Succumbing to a persuasiveness reminiscent of the car salesman' tactles to-day, Richard Tauber has bought a caravan and a very nice | Fan. caravan Loo, with sliding parels revealing u bed complete with a wax model of a brunette to add to the persuasiveness.

This delightful scene at an Italian caravan vendor's at the beginning of the century, was one of the many taken by Karl Grune. for the Max Schach-Trafalgar : screen version of "Pagliacci," star-

BARON HERRY

CRITICISED

The old hard-backed wooden seats are still there, and the lenses of the old projector and the "magic lantern" used for announcement slides still peep, through the pro- jection box at the lifelesa screen.

Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pick- ford were the favourites here, with William Conklin, Bill Cody. Tom Mex.

Percy Marmont. Evelyn Brent, Nina Vanna, Rin Tin Tin,

and possibly "a cast of natives."

And the pictures, the theatre's loyal patrons. still found in the programme antil a short time ago were such "thrillers" as "Foul Play." "The Lion's Mate," "Man- trap," "Outwitted." "The Pure Sia- ner," "The Three Buckaroos (A Western Drama)," and "Dead Men Tell No Tules." The young men of this screen community included Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fair banks, and Robert Taylor, and Marlene Dietrich had never" ap- peared.

ONLY 35 LEFT IN WORLD There are now only 35. silent Brussels, Oct. 14. cinemas in the world. There are. M. Paul Henry Spaak, the Bel- 857 still equipped for ́allent films, gian Foreign Minister, expressed but they are no longer used. ring Richard Tauber and with

his disappointment at a meeting Development has been rapid in Stem Duna, which comes to the of the Foreign Affairs Committee the Alm industry. Who, in 1927, Majestic Theatre to-day..

of the Belgian Chamber, at the would have believed that in the Considerable interest has been way in which the Flemish quarter space of 10 years, the sound re- aroused since Max Schach's have been criticising the appoint-volution would be complete? In acquisition of the film rights of

ment of Baron Herry to the post 1935, colour made its Arst serious Leoncavallo's great opera

of Belgian Minister in The Hague. bid for universal adoption. At least Was announced, as to the

The Flemish.critles contena that | 25 per cent. possibility

of present-day pro- of this production leading to a

Belgium should be represented by duction is now in colour. Some cycle of screen versions of the someone, in Holland, who is fully producers have announced that classic operas.

acquainted with the Flemish lan-they will make no more black and guage and culture, but M. Spaak white films.

HOLLYWOOD COWBOY

Lovers of westerns set against scenic backgrounds, with plenty of fast action, wholesome comedy and outdoor romance, will find unusual enjoyment in George O'Brien's newest RKO Radio vehicle "Holywood Cowboy," an ultra-moder western, which opens at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow.

Presumably set in the pic- turesque Wyoming plains, the story has all the elements 'to. make it good family fare.

Gcorge O'Brien gives more than his, usiful share of skilful horse- manship while playing the role of a Hollywood cowboy star who returns to his natural element- the wide

open surces. While vacationing in the cattle: country with a friend, a pretty girl's smile tempts him to hide his identity and go to work for her aunt ́as a hard-riding cowboy.

"No wife should hear of her husband flirting,” declares a writer. Should is the word, not would..........

sald that he saw the absolute The laboratories of Hollywood necessity for choosing a diplomat are now engaged on Ĉ nrocess or the highest standard for the which will introduce "depth" on position and for that reason the the screen. These experimental question of language was a minor | films are called "three-dimen- consideration-

sionals." One of them has already been shoWNL

Transaeran News Servic..

War Scene from North China.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN SHOWING TO-" ÁY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

To an Expectant Public We cAnnoince JEAN HARLOW'S LAST PICTURE.........A PRODUCTION_YOU WILL NEVER FORGETI

ALSO

Vlwich, lakimowing romantic drama by the authors of the 12 forgettable"San Francisco”.........astku a tempo equally thrilling andrumate-a truly secóting love story, $lled with swift pased action, sender' pathos and dramatic conflict whirling' to a gyepping climax..with lovely Ioan Harlow as the daring. dasaghtar of a vetaran of the tracks—and Clark Gabla za ba spectacular plaque who gambled aworything lor har love

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