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CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED BY ·
THE THEATRES
Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy are the featured players in Arthur Somers Roche's "Penthouse," which comes on
Quoted Thursday to the Queen's. It is & Cos
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BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
lacorporated by Royal Charter 1830.
HEAD OFFICE)—LONDON.
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Authorised Capital
$50,009,898 Issued and Fully Paidup ........ 10.000,900
Beserve Funda k Sterling Bilver
$10,000,000
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BEREMDAN ΕΠΑΝΟΠΑΙ SINGAPORE
mopolitan production, filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and based upon the novel from the pen of Arthur Somera - Roche, published serially in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Pald-op Capital
a neless. of an aristocratic Nose Fund York family, and a society lawyer wh. chooses to defend notorious racketcora Warner Baxter is said to give one ei the finest performances of his long AGENCIES AND BRANGUES- motion picture career, An Gertie ALOR STAR ILOILO Waxted, a beautiful night club girl, AMRITSAR Myrna hoy la reported by preview DANOKOK critics to have far surpassed any of BATAVIA har triumphe la previous picture pro- BOMBAY ductions. With exotic reles now CALCUTTA part of her brilliant paat, in "Pent- CANTON house she has taken command of one CAWNPORN of the strongest and most lovable CEBU characterizations of her career and COLOMBO ber romantie ecenes with
DELIII Warner Baxter will long be remembered. Mae HAIPHONG Clarke, Broadway stage favourite and HAMBURG who has appeared in much screen HANKOW
Turn Back the Clock" HARGIN
HUCCESRES AS
and "Fast Workers," fills a featured HONOKONG role sa
sa Mimi, the gorgeous night club hostess
KODE
KUALA
LUMPUR
KUCHING.
HADRAS MANILA
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PEIPING
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RANGOON
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TAIPING TIENTSIN 10NGKAH
TERAD-OFFICE:-HONGKONO
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T. II. I. Shaw, Bag.,
Deputy Chairman.
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8. 1. Dodwell. Eng.
tion. Mr. O. G. &
Mackie,
(Phuket) TSINGTAO ХОКОНАМА ZAMBOANGA
AMOY
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DATAVIA DOMDAT
Internon.
J. A. Plummer, Xeg..
V. M. GRAYBURN, EG CHIEF MANAGER.
CALCUTTA
CANTON
001-200
Foreign Exchange and Omeral and Bank COLOMBO
Philips Holmes heads the supporting as batranacted.
who meets a mysterious death. cant as Siddall, the young man-about-
Current
perioda st
Accoubia
ре
DAIBEN POOCHOW opened
Find HAIPHONG town who is accused of the murder of Deposite zwoelred for one year or shorter Mimi, a
a former sweetheart, and whose
which will be quoted on HAMBURG
HANKOW life is saved through the efforts of his ention
A. BREÁHLEY,
HARDIN friend, Warner Baxter, who
HONGKIW ducta a secret Investigation of the
Hongkong, 1715 November, 1992, crime and proves that Mimi's death was the climax of an underworld
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
con-
frame-up. Others who play im-
portant roles in
Arthur Somers!
Kobe
LAYO
Yokohama Jonolulu
Lente
Leste
Arriva
Feb. 24
Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Pob, 6 Feb 8 Feb. 18 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Fei 28 Mar. 2
Feb, 4
Feb. 17
Mar. 14 Mar 16 Mar. 23 Mar, 20 Mar. 31
Apr. 11 Apr. 13 Apr. 19
TO MANILA
Mar. 3 Mar. 11 Mar. 20 Apr. 8 Apr. 24
Roche'n "Penthouse" include Martha Sleeper, C. Henry, Gordon. Nat Pendleton, George E. Stone, Robert Eumett O'Connor, Charles Butter-Authorised Ospital worth and Raymond Hatton..
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picture thus far which gives the opposing a gang of ambulance chasing
Honolulu publican Inside look into how modern Alexandria racketeers provide the
de the action. Boyd criminals who always be counted upon for
may
Only one actor could superlative characterization as
da justice to the leading role, and Fox Jombay rugged here, garners additional laurels Film had done wisely in entrusting by his role in "Emergency Call" Gargan makes a bid for stardom with Spencer Tracy with the part. Tracy Changchun
with portrays the ex-gangster admirably in Furtin
in siren (Dalny) Moil his remarlout ambulance driver
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Peiping *** | Hongkong head the supporting important role.
cast,
well. The re- members
Naish, Join Miljan, same garden bench, beside the same Matt Mcllugh. Howard Lally, Kath- waterfall where many of the screen's leen Burke, Mary Mason, Willard most famous love scenes were filmed, Robertson, John Davidson, Paul Fix) Madge Evans and Otto Kruger waxed and Jerry Devine, are to be commend. romantic for "Beauty For Sale." the ed. Irving Cummings' lirection In new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature excellent."
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"Beauty for Sale"
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background Dorothy
Joel McCrea and for love scenes. In the story, Miss Frances Dee is headed by the inimit- Evans falls in love with Kruger, not able Lionel Burrymore. Barrymore's is a married man, She character is that of a simple country knowing ho leaves him, when his marriage' is re-i
who in
is a great human
the less
considers after a dramatie climax. The film play was adapted from the sensational himself a fallure. While the story novel, "Beauty,"
chielly about the doctor's Faith Baldwin centres
It is rich netivities,
in youthful} which has as its chief background and
romance, with Miss Jordan and James Bush the central figures of an absorb- salon.
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