1934-09-07 — Page 7

HER DADDY HOCKED HER FOR TWENTY BUCKS!

A million dollar baby left

gambling pickpocket;

as security for a debt... with

a pug, o swindler and a cabaret canary!...

The hall-world of Grbedway took her

to hard heart

in SHIRLEY

TEMPLE

Little MISS MARKER

AT THE

DAMON RUNYON

author of "Lady For o Day", has willen on.

other great human story

..from the

A Paramount Picture Collier's Weekly Serial ... with

ADOLPHE MENJOU DOROTHY DELL CHARLES BICKFORD SHIRLEY TEMPLE

a B. P. Schulberg Production

TO-MORROW'

KING'S

ENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15, & 9.30

Every sound a menace.. every shadow a threat.... every hour another victim to

the unseen hand!

WEIRD Mystery!

MAJESTIC

NIGHT TERROR

BELA "Dracula LUGOSI

Story by Willard Mack

A Columbia Picture

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.20. 1.20 & 9.20 P.M.:

MURE TRIN

NIGEL BRUCE HEATH

VICTOR JORY

from the naval by John W: Waadi

FROM SUNDAY

"Man of two Worlds"

Francis

Elissa

LEDERER LANDI MANDE THIO HODLE

· THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934.

EVELYN CHEN AT QUEEN'S

Otto Kruger plays with fire, when the recently engaged Heather Angel enters his life in the Fox Film "Springtime For Henry" coming to the King's shortly.

MAE WEST

SHIRLEY TEMPLE IN TOWN AGAIN

THRILLS IN "BUREAU OF MISSING SOULS” ·

DIANE'S EXCLUSIVE TALKIE TALKS

TRANK BORZAGE who gave "ISS Fape's Baby Is Stolen"

us "Seventh Heaven" directs M was the first of the kidnap

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"Man's Castle" (a Columbia re- plng series of flims released after lease) with the same praise-the Will Hays ban was lifted. If the worthy care. This play is more saw "Medchen in Uniform," sophisticated than the world-gem of a Alm I will never forget, famous movie, but it is possess: you will recall the school-mistress ed. at times, of the same simpli-Dorothea, Wiecke. Called to Holly- city and charm.

wood amid a fanfare of trumpets,

starring in

Adolpha Menjou" has to lock to his laurels when "Little Miss Marker" with Shirley Temple. The popular pair will be at the King's, on Sunday.

DOR

SHORT SHOTS

OROTHEA WIECKE. now ap-camera-mun is going over to England

pearing at the King's, is the in which Leslie Howard is the star,

to photograph "The Scarlet Pimpernel"

One would hardly think the she only made two films in eigh- surroundings would call for ro teen months. "Cradle Song" and mance-a dilapidated shanty this one-her last town of the sort that has sprung I had a letter from Norbert Lunk, Baroness von Der up alarmingly since the depres- considered one of the few really great sion United States.

IS ALMOST

AN ANGEL hovel

NEITHER SMOKES NOR DRINKS

GOD-FEARING WOMAN

Decken, and

in the big cities of the lm critics of the day he is Editor of her husband is one of the biggest that way" about each other, but for

It is to a filthy indignant and particularly incensed publishers in Germany.

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"Picture Play"--who stated that he is

that "Bindlo Stiff," that Paramount should have let this (Spencer Tracy) brings "Trina." beautiful actress return to Germany. Glenda Farrell was married at six- the lovely wistful bedraggled She is an actress who brought teen, and has a 10-year-old son. little heroine played by Loretta a degree of spirituality to the

Claudette Colbert and her husband, untouched by any other Norman Foster, after nine years, still Young, to live with him. The screen, reckless vagabond finds himself player. Miss Wiecke, herself, in maintain separate establishments, but a

interview while in London they remain happily married. Itorn between his love of tramping|an

or the girl.

complained bitterly of the treat- Both the stars seem inspired in their ment of stories and artists, while

George Brent and Myrna Loy are

how long no one can guess.

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Ian Hunter, (seen here in "Man from Toronto") is another on the way to winning Hollywood sucess,

Noel Coward will most likely act for Warner film shortly.

Charles Boyer following his quarrel Clark Gable married twice, has a with Fox will return to Europe.

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On the screen Mae West glories in the fact that "I'm no Angel" Parts, Perhaps it is the fact that they pictures are only looked at from step-son only two years younger-than

Two men trying for a come-back both fell deeply in love during the the Box-office angle and produc-| but in private life, it seems, she making of this pleture.

with Columbia, Jong Gilbert and Harry tion value-áll realiam is Bacri- The marriage of Ralph Graves to a Richman, and it is a good thing to comes very near to one, accord-

ficed to it. This film has strong stage actress surprised all his friends, know that Edward Arnold is at last ing to un authority an angels,

mather love and child appeal.

coming in to his own, and is scheduled ¡namely, Canon John S. Mitchell,

for stardom. assistant rector of "The Little Church Round the Corner, New York's famous place of worship for actors and actresses.

"She is A good woman-a charming and generous woman." says Canon Mitchell. "She attends church frequently, and off the screen she neither smokes nor drinks. She is B good, hard- that working human being, and

is what nearly all the stage and screen stars are. They are hardest working people in world. They have to keep fit or they die."

the

the

YOUR FAVOURITES EVERY-DAY

Their Fads And Fancies

and

Both Robert Montgomery Fredric March are orderly, tidy people. Wallace Beery is careless about personal belongings. Jean- ette MacDonald is meticulously tidy. Lionel Barrymore is moody,

intense.

care

AT MAJESTIC

NIGEL BRUCE

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It is sound drama and the star does Lila Lee after a two years' battle has full justice to the emotional side of the been given the custody of her 300. rote, bringing a wealth of tenderness His father James Kirkwood has again and poignancy to it.

been divorced by his third wife.

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WHITE FLOWERS ONLY

Marlene Dietrich dislikes co-

I still maintain that Baby is Roy la not child prodigy. Anne Sothern and Lupe Velez arg Thanks to the Director, he gur-in the Columbia musical "Girl Friend" loured flowers. She refuses to al- gles and smiles and murmurs in Ida Lupino and Harold Resson (ex-low anything but white blooms to husband of Jean Harlow) have pow the right place (after hours of quite recovered from the infantile be used for decorating her home hard work be it noted), but at paralysis that laid them low. The ace and her dressing room. least he is natural.

Alice Brady will surprise as the poverty-striken woman strug- gling to make ends meet, who does so much to help the star. and brings the child back safe and sound after its ghastly experi- ence. She

unlike is so

the "twittering" Alice of the M.G.M. plays, but is a decided acquisition jin whatever type of character she

portrays.

Alan Hale, Jack la Rue and Dorothy Burgess are responsible for the "dirty work," while George Barbier, Edwin Maxwell, William Frawley and Florence Roberts do well in the smaller roles. Most of the humour is supplied by "Spanky" MacFar

and John Barrymore la nervously So much so, that Spencer Tracy land as the son of Alice Brady.

has left wife and children; and This is good drama, with thrill- William Powell doesn't Miss Young, (not yet twenty-one) ing suspense and a story that will anything about pretense, while has not decided whether he is the surely bring a sob in your throat. Constance Bennett must have the man to be No. 2 husband. Amid this]DON'T Miss aseing the lovely

Wiecke she alone finest of everything. Norma poverty and strange people their Dorothea

worth the price of admission Shearer is definitely democratic, love for each other grows.

The other characters in the (King's). story are perfectly played. The gin-soaked cynical "Flossie," (Marjorie Rambeau), the villain

and Joan Crawford is fastidious.

LAWTON AS DAVID COPPERFIELD

BABY LE ROY ON RADIO

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Arthur Hohl, the old benevalent Baby Le Roy has turned radio religious night watch-man "Ira," artist now. Assisted

by his

The young London actor, Frank (grandly played. by Walter Con-mother, he has made & gurgling: Lawton seen recently at he Al- nolly now a star in Columbia) debut at California's wireless hambra, has been selected to play and the jealous actress (Glenda station.

the title role of the film version (Farrell) are noteworthy in the

of Dickens's "David Copperfield," cast. which goes into production in Hollywood.

“MILLION DOLLAR BABY"

Frank Borzage makes the most

of every situation, and gives the u'cmost intimacy and realiam to his characters. He is, undoubted. ly, the real star of the piece

Little Shirley Temple's next (Queen's). picture will be "Million Dollar Baby." She will have the lead- ing part.

élective

-¿tho/Alkambra this week-

Opera Company Here The popular Queen's Manage ment brings to local theatre goers one of the greatest novel- ties ever.

riffered. The Marlin' (Contínued on Page 11)..

MURDER MYSTERY AT MAJESTIC

Director's Wager

Lovers of murder mystery stor ies and pictures are going to get a run for their money in Mur dér on Trinidad" coming to the Majestic Theatre to-day. Director Loufe King is willing to wager. that anyone who has not read or. heard the story will be usable. positively to point out the aur- derer until the final scenes.

Nearly everyone in the cast. with the exception of

who plays the role of ve, and Heather Angel

"dozens of parts on the screen.

To-morrow

AT

9.30 PM.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

'to see

The Chinese Classical Plays

The Marlin Opera Co.

starring

Miss

EVELYN CHEN

DANCE QUEEN OF CHINA

and ̈R÷C-A VICTOR STAR will present

A SERIES OF CLASSICAL

PLAYE

ange of Programme Dally

PRICES:

$9.30

REX

"The

Wonder Horse"

Starting Sunday

at the

ALHAMBRA

OF

KING WILD HORSES

THE

William Janney Dorothy Appleby

To-morrow

AT

9.30 P.M.