AMBULANCE BRIGADE. AMBASSADOR ARRIVES.
CHARITYBALL TO BE HELD MR. BULLITT IN MOSCOW AS
BY LOCAL ORGANISATION
The St. John Ambulance.or ganisation in holding its annual
US. REPRESENTATIVE
Moscow, Mar. 7,
Charity Ball on Saturing April 7, to Soviet Russia, Mr. Bullitt, ar The United States Ambassador at the Hongkong Hotel, at 9 p.m., rived here today to assume his under the distinguished Patroringe now post-Reuter,
of H.E. the Governor, Sir Wi-
lam Poel, who is a Knight of
worn.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
LOAN TO CHINA?
BOXER TRUSTEES MAY AID
· RAILWAY
London, Mar. 7. London financial circles that the There are persistent reports in- Boxer Indemnity Trustees intend issuing a loan for the completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway.
It is suggested the loan wil
cent, laaue at 80,
Financial circles declare that considering the nature security, the terms seen incredi- of the ble.
THURSDAY,
CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
Grave of the Venerable Order of which Brigade mess dress will be amount to £2,000,000, a six Ternir. Youmans is the author of such St. John, and Lady Peel, (an Officer! of the Order of St. John).
The proceeds are in support of) Tickets Brigado and New Territory Work.
will cost $5 (in- An Interesting souvenir
cluding supper), and are obtain pro-able from Mrs. Langley, King's gramme which sets forth the hisCollege, the King's Dispensary and tory and nima of the Order, atom members of the Ball Com- of the local activities is in prefittee, of which the President is cess of complation.
This will be the first occasion of the Order of St. John).
Fr William Shenton, Can Officer
FROM SATURDAY
Radio
A radio broadcast favourite comes into his own in the movies in RKO Yagunza "Flying Down to Rio com- Pictures musical extra-
Theatre. Ila is Vincent Youmans. ing on Sunday next at the King's whose music, according to broadcast statistica, rivals that of the Into Victor Herbert for popularity on the hits as "Ten for Two" "I want to Be Happy" "Hallelujah" "Time 071 and many others. He My Hands." "Sometimes I'm Happy", in credited with every melody in the film, In- would be welcomed, it is said, for Down to Rio," a booming, thunder- An authoritative statement cluding the theme, song, "Flying fear of adverse effects upon Ching symphons of power inspired by neso credit-Reuter.
au peroplane ride; "Music Makes Me," a popular novelty number, and j two new tangos, "Carioca," and "Orchids in the Moonlight." The last two, played and sung by both Brazilian and American jazz orches tras in the production, aro hailed as the greatest dance hits in many years. Further distinction goen to the composer because of the fact that "Flying Down to Rio" Is the first uurial manic film ever made, climax- ing with a complete show staged on. the wings of giant planes as they soar aloft over beautiful lo Janeiro.
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AT LAST... a musical drama with a soul- stirring story...with glamorous Joan dancing straight into the heart of the screen's most dashing lover... staged amid incomparable scenes of splendor... dazzling pageants of 300 of the world's most beautiful girls!
The great lovers of "Possessed" will electrify you in this glorious love-drama! It's the YEAR'S MOST EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT!
JOAN
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SHE
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Lovely Joan in Her Most Dazzling Role!
DANCING LADY
with
TONE
ROBSON
FRANCHOT MAY WINNIE LIGHTNER FRED ASTAIRE ROBERT BENCHLEY
TED HEALY and HIS STOOGES Directed by
ROBT. Z. LEONARD
Screen play by Allen Rivkin
Produced by and P. W.Wolfson from the book by James Warner Bellah,
Dazzling Mirror of Venus Scene Men Goldwyn-Mayer MCTURE
DAVID O.SELZNICK Associate Producer, JOHN
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Joan with Food Anabe
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HEAR THE NEW HYPNOTIZING HARMONY HITS-
"Everything I Have Is Yours" "My Dancing Lady" "Let's Go Bavarian" "Heigh, Ho, The Gang's All Here"
"That's the Rhythm of the Day”
"The Unholy Garden"
Ronald Colmay comes to the Oriental Theatre in a stirring. rip- snorting adventure yarn, "The Un- Hoy Garden", presented by Samuel Goldwyn. "The Unholy Garden" refers to an outpost at the edge of the Sahara wastes, where renegades from the law hide, safe from the police and extradition. The decayed Aplender of a once magnificent resort gives sanctuary to a strange gather- ing of outcasts, awaiting forgetful-1 меня or forgiveness. Civilization offers each of them jail or worse for different reason. "The family," that is the dozen odd outenats, thleves, murderers and others living at the hotel, are plotting to kill Barch de Jonghe and perhaps his grand- daughter to find the plunder, that they all belleve is hidden somewhere about his fat. Then Barry Hunt ap- pears. His plan is to work through the daughter Camille. Living in a zao as she has. Barry is twin, Camille's "estcom", affection whatever it is and through her. find out where the Baron's hidden piun der is. He proceeds but s con- stantly forstalled by the police spy, Mrs. Mawbry. The crooks begin to distrust him as they see his romantici affair developing. Barry, finds the money, at just as he does, one of the conspiratcra murders the Baron Camille quickly accuses Barry, who hus no way of disproving it. Then i "the family descend on Barry, know- ing that he has the money, deter mined to inflict the fate on him they hod reserved for the Baro Just when the ellmax mcunts to a white heat, a new solution appears, und an ending that is as novel, as exciting und as unexpected as could be ex pected from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur brings the story to breathless class,
"Dancing Lady" With Joan Crawford and Clark Gable headlined, a smashing parade of sizzling song hits an eye-thrilling cavalcade of pulchritudines chorus ensembles, and a sensational Broad- way drama as story notivation, "Danc Ing Lady," which opens on Saturday at the Queen's Theatre, lowers to how heights in
screen musical entertainment. Here
Joan Crawford of cid, the lingeried lady of "Our Dancing. Daughters," "Our Modern Maidens" and "Our Blushing Brides, the Crawford who siam- pedes the box office, and leaves 'eni panting for more. Teamed h.org with Gable, Jan plays her chorna role with all she's got. She wears the kind of costumes that men will gape at and women will try
IM
the
onte
to
copy. And when she dances--well. she dances! The cast reads like an all-star screen, singe and radio aggregation--Franchot Tine. May
Robson, Winnic Lightner, Fred Astaire, Robert Benckley, Ted Healy, Gloria Foy, Art Jarrett, Grant Mit- chell, Maynard Holmes, Nelson Eddy, Sterling Haleway and these devasta- ting Ted Healy itcoges Sammy Lee and Eddie Prinz proved their skill in the handling of the dancing en- sembles. These gorgeous numbers eclipse by far the most ambitious production spectacle over placed
upon the silver sheet. Among the I Mong hits are "Let's Go Bavarian," "Heigh H" "Everything I Have Is Your" "That's the Rhythm of the Day" and, "Dancing Lady."
Har-
Tr
A
MARCH 8, 1934.
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"Too Much Harmony" Paramount's Too Much mony", sensational musical comedy xtravaganza playing at the King's Theatre, lists cast of favourite: screen stars including Bing Crosby, Juck Oakle, Skeets Gallagher, Judith! Allen. Harry Green. Lilyon Toshman and Ned Sparks. The film, the third musient Crosby has appeared in for Taramount, reveals the top-notch songater of America 1 A musical comedy star who is engaged the wing girl, a scheming blonde. He falls in love with another girl, campaigns for her behind and before! the footlights and dually wins her after an amusing serion of highly famous interesting sequences. In
as "the silliest man in addition America"-all these will be heard
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to being the focal point of the reman-when Wynn stops out of his radio tle plot, Crosby sings several brand invisibility and appears on the screen, now hit tunes, especially composed The picture was made at the Metro- for him. Jack Oakie and Skeets Geldwyn-Mayer studies in California. Gallagher are cast as a team of foot- Dorothy Mackall, whose loveliness light frols who mistakenly go high hat when they hit Broadway.
"The Chief" a
has adorned many buccessful screen plays, appears opposita Wynn, Charles Chic". Bale, himself a comedy star in his own right, con- For the first and bnly time this sald to be more than an aggrega. | tributes to the fun. "The Chief" is year Queen's Theatre audiences are given an opportunity to see and hear narrative of the hilarious adventures tion of Wynn funny stories. It is a , Wenn on the talieiner person in that Ufted a simple Bowery boy to "The Chief, now showing. The in- local fame and won him the affec fectious gigglo, the hilarious "So- tions of a torch singer. During the e the seroamingly funny storler course of the picturo, Wyn - cracke that have made Wynb-Internationally more than 100 new jokes.
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