THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934.
"STAR" NIGHT
at the
HONGKONG HOTEL
ROOF GARDEN
Featuring
RO
BETTY COMPSON
IN PERSON
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER
9 P.M.
TILL
2 A.M. Cover $2.00
per person
"WITH
LYNN COWAN
Singing Songs that will thrill you
AND
BILL BAILEY
Doing Monkey-tricks "Ole Banjo"
on his
GALA DINNER DANCE
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It doesn't really matter.
-doing a little gardening-
--or taking gentle exercise...
Chester Morris in "Let's Talk It Over," which is to be screened at the, Central Theatre from to-day until Saturday.
CINEMA NEWS rollicking Alm ge out to Gakio, Ben
NOTES FROM THE THEATRES
Bernie, and the director, Wexley Ruggles; who made a splendid job of directing this flim from the successful play by Bon Hecht and Gene Fowler.
"Convention City"
"Baby, Toke a Bow, coming to the under the First National banner in Adolphe Menjou will make his bow King's Theatre on Saturday. intro- Peter
comedy Milne's rollicking duces five-years-old Shirley Temple in drama, "Convention City," when that her Aret title role. After her over pictura comes to the Alhambra on night success in "Stand Up and Sunday. Menjou has worked for a Cheer!" little Shirley has become one number of Alm companies, but since of the outstanding personalities on his return from Europe, where he went the screen. She has an important
part in the picture and is responsible to make two pictures, he has been for much of the comedy. James Dunn traet by. Pirat National pictures. In
free lancing until placed under con and Claire Trevor, who have been "Convention City" he plays the part teamed in three pictures, are together again in "Baby. Take a Bow" a cheated out of the sales managenent of a super-salcaman who is only Shirley's parents. It's a sparkling of his concern by his too many love comedy drama that gets under way in tangles. The story is a snappy take- the first few scenes and maintains a off on Atlantic City business conven- rapid tempe to the exelling Anish.tions in which the conventionists are: A great deal of comedy and humta depicted as having too much fun net- interest has been Injected into the ing as playboys to pay much attention arenes showing tho, camaraderie and affection between daddy and baby and to business. There is an all star cast, the episode of the child's birthday part players as Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, which includes such well-known affords Shirley another; opportunity
to show her talents as a singing and Mary Astor, Guy Kibbee, Frank Mc- Jancing entertainor Keen romantic Hugh, Patricia Ellis, Ruth Donnelly, interest lo maintained alpe by Janes Grant Mitchell and Gordon Westcolt. Jingh Herbert, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dann and Claire Trevor,
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The inimitable Jack Oakle with his Part of Claire Trevor's dramatic. Missouri accent and crocks and training for which she paid cash was Ben Betine's music are the principal practice in the art of falling down fostures in the hilariously funny *tairs. Bias Trevor entered the Shoot the Works", the Paramount American Academy of Dramatic Art comedy which is coming on Sunday to in New York because she didn't want the Queen's Theatre. The film is to go to college and because she comedy in rapid tempo. It takes thought going to drama school would music, song, romance and a grand be fun, She immediately. became east through a tempest of action deeply interested in the work and which speeds its characters through thanks the thorough groundwork the Interesting departure from her 'long bring so picturesque a pormon to the side-shown, flea circuses, carnivals and academy afforded for any success that series of portrayals as the rich, screen, dons the plumed hats, ginger- the radio world. with intimate may have come her way on the stage charming and cultured woman of high breaded costumes and war-point of glimpses of each. Onkić is pictured and screen. Miss Trevor arrived in society, the title role in "Frisco, the demi-mondaine, and plays her for as a glib-tongued promoter of freak Hollywood fron. Now York last May Jenny awards the star a chance for all she is worth. Donald Cook, James shows' and despole sitting champion and is now playing in her fifth pie- a now charactorization. No longer Murray and Louis Calhorn appear ships, with side excursions into ture, "Hold That Girl!” a comedy in does she sip tea and bandy smartį opposite Miss Chatterton in a triangle twilight romances. Hysterically funny which she and James Dunn are co-reparted with the intellectuals. No of prominent roles, while others in Roscoe Karns, in the role of a goofy featured. It is the current features longer doop she appear as the fashion the cast include Harold Huber, Helen stunt furpole sitter-—who is in a con- at the King's Theatre,
plate of the screen. And no longer Jerome Eddy - Noel · Francis, Pat stant furmoil about his philandering
"Frisco Jenny" -
does she speak with the softened "R" O'Malley, Hallam Cooley, itabert sweetle while he stays aloft to win n The long step from the drawing and the broadened "A" "Frisco Warwick, J. Carroll Naish and Robert
ting championship. Sterling ner room to the Barbary Const of old San | Jenny" was a historical character in Emmet O'Connor. formances are given by Allsori Skip- Francisco gives to the screen an San Francisco during and after the worth, as Oakle's faithful and un-entirely new Ruth Chatterton, in her earthquako period. She was tho
"Paris Interludo” official mother, and by William Fraw- latest First National picture "Frisco daughter of a salcon-keeper and a "Paris Interludo" which opens to ley, who portrays a famous gossiping Jenny" which opens to-day at the power in the underworld. Ruta day at the Queen's Theatre proves to colunmist. But the palms for this Alhambra Theatre Coming as an Chatterton glad of the opportuity to Continued on Pago.7.)--
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LAST PERFORMANCE
at Kowloon
CIRCUS TO-DAY, 25th Oct.
SECOND
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
35
First Class Artists
will participate in 50 Acts
in one programme.
Mr. Isako will introduce his two Albinos after recovery from the black panther's bite:
HONGKONG OPENING
on FRIDAY, 26th Oct.
Location: Hennessy Road,
Wanchai.
(Opp. Lee Garden)
Booking Anderson's, Hongkong.
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