GVCINS
A LAUCH Programme FOR THE
STAN LAUREL
HOLIDAYS :
to start you off
In
"THE CHIMP”
JACK
PEARL
OLIVER HARDY
The Baron Himself
and
!
SCHNOZZLA
DURANTE
When they crash into a girls' college, you'll find yourself at the year's funniest farce!
Jimmy says:-
,'DIS PITCHER IS
COLOSSEAL'
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MEET
THE BARON
with
ZASU PITTS
EDNA MAY OLIVER
TED HEALY and HIS STOOGES
and the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Girls!
A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer NCTURE
DAILY At 12.00, 2.30, 5.10, 7-20 and 9.30.
THURSDAY,
CINEMA SCREENINGS redoubtable "Baron Munchausen" of
NOTES SUPPLIED BY,
THE THEATRES
FEBRUARY 15, 1934.
the radio, and Zasu Pitts, wiLEE THEATRE
comedienne, who are teamed as the romantic Interest in "Moot the Baron," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's up-| roarious comedy with the most not- able cast of laughmakers in years, now showing at the Quoon's Theatre. "Duck Soup," the Marx Brothers' Zasu plays the head chambermaid in latent Paramount picture, is now a girl college where Pearl as "The showing at the King's Theatre. Take Baron" shows up to lecture. It's a the Four Marx Brothers, add a direc ease of love at first sight, but Znau tor, a half-dozen writers and a light is bashful and "The Baron" is a slee ning-fast secretary, and you
have
little fellow who gota embarrassed the start of a hilarious comedy. All when he wants to tell about his great they need is an idea, and they go on love. But when they get locked! from there., "How about an end- into an fccbox together they finally ing?" queries A writer. "It fust "go into a clinch-to keep warm- can't go on indefinitely." "Wo'll stop and thus does romance blossom in the it," says Groucho, "whenover we hilarious conglomeration of music, come to a place that looks good. laughs and neasenpe, You writers figure out some good, snappy dialogue that we can change without breaking your hearts. We'll got together and figure out somo Kags. Ilro
a lot of extrae, get some Awell uniformia and medals, and Lea
start shooting to norrow. And that is how a Marx Brothers picture in lorn. -
"This Day and Age."
D
in
From To-Day
CHINESE STAGE
PERFORMANCES
TWO SHOWS DAILY AT 12 Noon and 7.30 p.m.
with
Miss WU DIP-YING
&
PAK KUI-WING
All of Hollywood's younger actors have been assembled to portray faith. fully the fire and enthusiasm of youth in Cecil B. DeMille's spectacle of modern times titled "This Day and which opened on Tuesday at the Alhambra, Story of the battle of the "The Private Life of Henry VIII" indignant youth of an average com-
NINGHSIA WARFARE History, frequently a scandalmon-ences after all efforts of the city's munity against a city's "underworld" ger, as busled itself to aach an adults have failed, "This Day and
SUN TIEN-YING SEEKS tent with the unfortunate amours in
MISSIONARY AID the life of Henry VIII that the rent- Ago" called for an imposing list of ly intriguing and vital side of his younger players to portray realistical-
Peking, Feb. 13. character as an intensely human,y the fiery roles. Accordingly,
Realising that he is nearing the aro Richard Cromwell, fun-loving wash-buckling King of the cast the Realm has been almost entirely Eddie Nugent, Ben Alexander, Mickey and of his tethor, General Sun overlooked. It is this element of sheer Daniels and Miss Judith Allon, De Tien-ying la reported to have ap humanness that provides the keynote Mille's latest discovery. Portraying proached foreign missionarice in for the outstanding characterization the adult roles are Charles Bickford, Ninghsin with a request that they of bluft Ring Hal which is presented as the racketeer, Fuzzy Knight and mediate with a view to bringing by Charles. Enughton in "The Private Bradley Page as the assistants, Harry a cossati a of hostilities. Life of Henry VIII", the United Green and George Barbler. Also in
General Ma Hung-kwei claims Artists' release coming to the King's the cast are the sons of famous to have disposed of the invaders Theatre on Sunday next. Indisput screen stars of to-day and yesterday, southward of the city, and it is able proof supports the statement von Stroheim, Jr.; Carlyle Blackwell, reported that orders have been including Wallace Reid, Jr. Eric that this famous Tudor established.; Bryant Washburn, Jr.; Neil givon to Shansi and Sultuaa
foundation Fallsdal
Hart, Jr. Frank Tinney, Jr.; and troops to attack the Invaders. In has been cleverly worked into the Fred Kohler, Jr.
the rear-Reuter.
on
firm
supremacy on
the sea, a fact
atory early in its process of
tional
KAYA
"So This Is Afrien."
Deep into the animal infested
Woolsey, in ther latest film comedy,
Bob But You Can Avoid Colds!
an accomplished musician he om-comedians pause for thought
201
ment. "As for as his lat background in concerned" Laughton, "my close study of every jungles of the darkeat of the dark You Cannot Avoid Crowds thing available regarding the per- belts in Africa, tread the famous sonality of this important figure re: comedians, Bert Wheeler and venled
some Interesting details. I wanted to make him a true to life "So This is Africa," produced by presentation, a man with livable end Columbia Studios. and coming
In theatres, cinemas, dance halls lovablo
for such he must Saturday
and at sporting eventa, na well as in qualities,
to the Alhambra. Nat have been to have achieved such tre merely one, but one hundred iron-trams, buses and trains, we are con mendous popularity na he enjoyed muscled Tarzans, garbed in the char- tinually exposed to the risk of catch- Not only was he a ne linguist and acteristic lion king,
ing
coughs, colds, and throat give these affections.
and Respiroids, tho posed two complete nihases, one of many ridiculous incidente m
now inhalant which
tho frequently performed, even story of "So This Is Africa!"
lozenges, provide an effective barrier to-day, in addition to numerous shor-folds. And not one, but
un-against Coughs and colds, and one ter secular compositions, but he was beautiful, stalwart and blonde
hundred
minimise the risk of infection. They most liberal in his patronage of the women give evidence of the power of are pleasant to take, and are s
Amazon their breed and their deep
designed that their curative elements lighter, finer side which have
and are conveyed immediately to the endenvoured to make the basis for much to the embarrassment and suf- where
tho risk of performance. True, his charac-fering of the intrepid explorers,
Infection Es ter as a sonsualist capable of severe Wheeler and Woolsey, when they are convenient for the pocket,
***; | greatest. Carry them with you; they eruelty is inextricably interwoven brave the terrors of the undiscover-be prepared for their immediate use and with these other elements, but it has ed Interlor of the darkest of con-when you encounter a crowd. been my effort to show him as the tinents.
arts and learned men. It is this rong-flowing passionate instincts nasal passages, throat and lungs,
ny
apot
he was rather mainted". The
than as the de-
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yet Kiangse Road, Shanghai. registered in talking pletures goes playing Anne Boleyn, Wendy Barrie, to Clark Gable, as Fabian in "Night playing Jane Seymour, Elsa Lan Flight, the stirring aeroplane story chester, (Laughton's wife) playlug which M-G-M will offer on Sunday Ann of Cleves, Binnie Barnes portat Queen's Theatre. IC is David rnying Katheryn Howard and Ever Selznick's
second production for ley Gregg playing Katherine Parr. M-G-M. Clarence Brown is the direc
tor. Besides Gable, a multi-star cast includes John Barrymore, Helen Hayea, Lionel Barrymore, Robert
"Meet the Baron,"
"Discovered! A new pair
of
screen lovers!" They are Jack Pearl, Montgomery and Myrna Loy.
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