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No, you haven't got amoked glasses on. Nor are the shades It's down in your room merely that new contest being run by the Alhambra.
Something geems to have gone wrong with the photo- grapher. and that cloudy effect above in the result.
Well, now, do you know who the charming couple ls? The young ladp has achieved fame as one of the screen's most alluring ladies. and the gentleman--that's your busi- nesal
When
have decided You whose pictures these are, take a piece of paper and write on it five words (no more) which you think best describe each of them. For example, "allur- Ing
seductive, insolent, etc.
on
The first picture in this
published contest was Saturday. To-day makes the second. Three more are to follow. With each you are asked to make the identi- fention. and write the brief description. At the end of the fifth day, send all your material to the Management, Alhambra Theatre.
The ten persons who get the right and the most ap- propiate description, will be awarded two tickets each.
Remember all the stars to be printed in this contest are featured in Wonder Bar," the newest musical sensation to come out of the Warner Bros. sudies in Hollywood. famous for
and "Footlight Folddiggers"
This
greatest of all star casts in- cludes Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dick Powell, Dolores Del Rio, Ricardo Cortez, Hugh Her- bert, Guy Kibbce, Louis „Fazenda...and. Ruth. Donnelly.. Many gorgeous spectacles are also presented by Busby Ber keley with his 300 beautiful dancers. The film is coming to the Alhambra Theatre on 22nd September.
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CINEMA SCREENINGS One than "Only Yesterday" and that was the most reliable tip-off on how marvellous "Littio Man, What Now?": really wan. The Inst doubt, If there: NOTES SUPPLIED BY werd any, was removed. The expert
THE THEATRES
had spoken, "Little Man, What Now?": is a huge and universal success. Mickey Mouse, the cartoon, actually True to term, Margaret Sullavan Shanghai and Swatow
wasn't around when "Little Man Calcutta and Straits
Straits acting with human actors; a great What Now?" was first shown.
She orchestra suspended in mid-air; hoge was in England. She left, incognito. Straits glass sets in which beautiful girls na far as was possible, on the Paris dance in cellophane garb; a Ron Bat Mien Sullavan is loomed to dis atampeding a great Hollywood party appointment. Even in England shu is these are just a few of the sights, the same terrifle access that she is thrills and Inughs in Hollywood, In Amerien.' Party," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's much horaided multi-star entertainment which opened yesterday at the Queen's
The most ambitious attempt over Theatre. The new picture presents made by a motion picture studio to distinctive new form of entertainment bring an adventure story to the screen Basically it is a straight drama, love has just been completed with the film romanco and all. But injected into of Tarzan and His Mato" it, as a logical detail of the drama it-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer thrill pletura Straits self, are screaming comedy Interludes, featuring Johnny Weissmuller and brillant musical spectacles, and other Maureen O'Sullivan opening on Thurs- Japan and Shanghai
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swift-moving incidentals that keep
Shanghai the picture at top speed continually day at the Queen's Theatre. Efforts
Shanghal Among ita ing song hits are made necessary the creation of a
to surpass all previous jungis pictures Japan "Hello," by Rodgers and Hart: Jimmy hundred acre area packel densely with Duranie's comical "Reincarnation," by the same authors: "I've Had My Mo African animals
trees and undergrowth into which
all kinds were ments, the leve motif by Kalin and released. Beasts that are shown in Donaldson "Hot Chocolate Soldiers." netion inclusie a herd of more than by Brown and Freed, which em twenty elephants, more than fifty Samshui and Wuchow belilahes a remarkably clever Disney lions, a man-killing rhinoceros, chim-Shanghai Silly Symphony Introduced by Mickey
panzeen, monkeys, Wunderbeeste, Mouse, and "I'm Feelin' High,” bỳ
imzelles, hippopotami, bon-constrictors Howard Dietz and Walter Donaldson and hundreds of other specimens of The new picture, a hundred per cent rare jungle life. Two of the biggest pure entertainment, is topped by climaxes of the picture show a herd of thrill when lion stampedes a gay minddened elephants charging a safari Hollywood party and Jimmy Durante of natives and white men and later an wrestles the beast. Acting honours attack of dozens of lions upon a camp. are divided between Laurel and Hardy Wild animal men and a crew of 1,000 Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, production men were recruited from Polly Moran, Lupe Velez, Frances all parts of the country to assist the Williams, Jack Pearl, Eddie Quillan studio in obtaining the scenes, Of June Clyde, George Givot, Richard
special interest In the picture are Carle and Ted Healy and his stooges.
scenes taken under water by a special "It Happened One Night"
process that has recorded the strang- est sight ever seen by human eye-a Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, battle between a man and a giant two of Hollywood's most popular crocodile, The notable supporting stars, are teamed together for the east Includes many players remember Saigon first time in the Columbia production, ed for their roles in "Tarzan, the Apo Manila "It Happened One Night," which is Man", including Nell Hamilton. For- coming to the King's Theatre on rester Harvey, Doris Lloyd, of the Swatow Thursday. Gable sky-rocketed to original cast. and Paul Cavanaugh, Straits fame a couple of years ago following William Stack, Desmont Roberts, and
Amoy his appearance with Norma Shearer Nathan Curry added. Cedric Gibbons, in "A Free Soul", and overnight be- long known for his work as an art Amoy came the most popular male star on director and designer of unique nets, the screen, Thousands upon thou- makes his debut as a director with the Amey and Formosa via Swatow... Deli Maru Thurs., Sept. 20, 10.30 a.m. Hangsang, Thurs., Sept. 20, 1.30 p.m. sands of fan letters poured into the new film and is said to have in- Foochow vin Swatow
Friday, ideas in his studios, and, as a result, he was given corporated many roles with many of the most famous screen techulque,
Japan and Europe vin Siberia Kamo Maru...Fri, Sept. 21, 0.30 a.nt, female Atara on the screen. He
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"Possessed", and most recently in First National! "Top Speed," that "Dancing Lady". He was co-starred company's latest product, starring with ean Harlow in "Red Dust and such pinyers as Joe E, Brown, Bernice Claire, Laura Lee, Frank Mellugh, in "Hold Your Man" with Helen Jack Whiting, and a host of others, Hayes in "White Sister" and with Greta Garbe in "Susan Lenox" comes forth from Hollywood as the finest comedy yet screened or staged. Miss Colbert's stardom and popularity At the Alhambra Theatre last night, is based upon her marvellous work in such productions as "Sign of the "Top Speed" had the audiences la Cross",
a", "The Torch Singer" "Threo roars that threatened to drown out Cornered Moon", "I Cover the Water- the picture. The entire picture is front" and "The Smiling Lieutenant" studied with situations guaranteed to melt the blueat spoli; and Laura Lec and is now equal to that of the top and Frank McHugh turn in per notch feminine stars of the cinemaformances acclaimed by New York capital. Together, with Gable fur- nishing the appeal for the feminine critics to be the funniest since the ad- vent of Vitaphone. Mervyn LeRoy movie-goers, and with Miss Colbert's has directed the picture, and those well known popularity with the mule
persons who closely watch these sex, they should form one of the most things say that the young director: popular star-combinations of years. The picture, "It Happened One Night" as scored a ten point. Bernie Claire was directed by Frank Capra, whose, of course the favellest singing lead recent production, "Lady For A Day" on the screen, has been cited as one of the best pic- tures of the current year.
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Executives are onsequence. take to the road in a motor race nethusiastic over her work in the now the country. The ride leads audience to a surprise climax as their. Donald Woods, another new- racing car Ales to the finish in laugh-comer to the screen, will be scan Fort Boyard, Heihow, Pakhol and G.
onnokite Jean. The part of Ston in pucked and mudly merry scenes,
this saga of New England's farm folk "Litle Man, "What Now?" is his firat screen job, though he has had a themagh schooling In stock Margaret Sullayan, still afraid of companies. throughout tha land. her screen shadow, has run away Here is a young man to whom the again. This time it is from "Little propheta point with confidence. Rug- Man, What Now?" and she has put sell Hardio, young Broadway actor, is the Atlantic Ocean between it and another member of the east. Better herself. Miss Sullavan is starring in known on the stage, perhaps, than any this picture which is now showing at of the other youngsters in this cast, the King's Theatre. The last camera he has been scea far in only one had scarcely finished grinding when Important screen assignment, Emily Margaret Sullavan hopped a plane for Lowry, William Janney they are New York. This unique star im-other young players of whom nuch is mediately went into hiding, but on the expected. Those who know about telephone she frankly admitted that those things are putting beta on there "Little Man, What Now?? was far two also.
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