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Amusements

"WHITE FANG”—~KING'S

THEATRE

Jean Muir is featured in the

Cinema Notes From

The Theatres

"TD GIVE MY LIFE”.........

QUEEN'S THEATRE

The terror of a woman, faced) Darryl F. Zanuck Twentieth Cen-with the resurrection of a youth- tury production of Jack London's ful indiscretion which will rin "White Fang." with Michael Wha- her happiness and wreck her hus-j len, Slim Summerville, Charles (band's career, has been thrilling- Winninger. "Cap'n Henry” ofly brought to the screen in “Pdf radio fame, and an outstanding Give My Life,” festaring Sir Guy: Steading, Tom Brown, Frances

Miss Muir's individuality came Drake and Janet Beecher. to light soon after she arrived in "To Give My Life," based on Hollywood. Queried by a casting "The Noose," stage success of ten director as to what type of roles (years ago, is the story of an hon-). she preferred, she gave that gen-jest politician's relentless fight toj tleman a shock by replying that clean his State of the racketeers) she liked matronly parts.

(who have gained control. He is

Jean's beauty is of a statuesque, junswerving in his determination glacial type, widely different from to root ont every last criminal and the warm, throbbing beauty of is succeeding when the king of the most of movieland's feminine gangsters plays his trump card. stars. It is a rare type of love-The racket chief's assistant whom liness that has led many people to he has brought up from boyhood,

one of the most is, in reality, the son of the Gov- pronounce her

jernor's wife, and the crook plans.

beautiful girl in films.

man she loves.

to reveal

-THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936

in White Fany." London's if he is not permitted to pursue thrilling sequel to "Call of the his course unchecked, Wild," Miss Muir is seen as the the story. courageous heroine who dares the Tom Brown, as the youngster, perils of the frozen North for the learns of the blackmail plan, and planes near the Jamaica sen airport at South Jamaica, Long Island, in an U.S. Department of Commerce investigators viewed these wrecked before. it can be put into execu-effort to determine the cause of the fatal mid-air crash which brought death Butler directed this tion, kills the gangster. He is to four persons. The plane, left, piloted by Fred N. Davis, with Wiliam Joseph M. Schenck presentation, arrested and convicted, and sen-Frank as passenger, was just taking off as the ship, right, against the with Bogart Rogers as associate tenced to be hanged. The Gover-billboard carrying Max Stern, pilot, and David Cook, banked toward a producer.

nor, who knows nothing of the landing. They met broadside, 100 feet off the grouXNË. story, refuses to intercede in Brown's behalf.

David

**MOONLIGHT MURDER”—– MAJESTIC THEATRE

The long last mile is started.

HER DOUBLE CHIN HAS VANISHED

And Stodgy Figure Gone

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SPEEDING UP THE MAIL

European Mail For Shanghai

Another step in the speeding up but before the execution can take Notorious Sophie Lang," the pic-work secretly on a robot safety of air mail between Europe and This picture is a detective mys-place, a mysterious telephone call ture picks up the yarn of the love dying pilot, convinced that safety Chins was taken yesterday when the CIN.A.C. flying boat arrived tery dealing with the murder of a finterrupts the proceedings. Brown (ly lifter of jewels and hearts at a is the great thing for aviation. Aerom. Canton in the morning and tenor, before a large audience, is hastily summoned to the Gover-¡date several years after the close (foreign government offers Edgar during a performance at the Hol-jnor's office, and, in a smashing of the first story.

Dearing $100,000 to steal the fly took off again. about half an hour lywood Bowl, Chester Morris and surprise finish

Sophie Lang, believed dead, in ing robot, now perfected, and get which had been brought to Hong later carrying some of the mail Madge Evans play the principal lives are straightened out, and reality is in hiding. She has given it over the border into Mexico. roles as the detective, and the girl innocent sufferers are brought tojup her light-fingered ways and Edgar Dearing hires Grant Kong the day before by the Dorado.

four tormented

reporter in the case, and Edwin peace and Happiness.

1. Marin, who directed "The Can-

ary Murder Case, directed. It “THE RETURN OF SOPHIE”

is an original story by Albert

Coben and Robert T. Shannon, re-

STAR THEATRE

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the

has become the trusted companion Withers to help him. Suddenly On Tuesday the Dorado arrived of an elderly, wealthy collector all air mail contracts are cancell- here from Penang only about 20 of gems, Elizabeth Patterson. Hered and Gargan and Taylor are minutes before the CN.AC. plane former companion in crime, Sir faced with ruin. They decide to arrived from Shanghai. It Guy Standing, has returned to his fly to Washington with the robot impossible to sort the mail for written for the screen by Florence) A fast moving story of adven-fold ways after spending several pilot as a publicity stunt to prove Canton from England and Europe Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf-tare, intrigue and romance, un-years in prison.

modern aviation safe and sane.

in time to put it on the plane on the latter, incidentally. also a spoiled by emphasis on the melo Sophie and her wealthy friend Dearing and Withers realise its way to Canton, since the flying friend of Caruso's during his New dramatic, is presented in this pic-sail for America, having in their that their chance has come. They boat stopped here only half York days. Robert McWade. Dun-ture, with Gertrude Michael play-possession the famous Krueger hurry to a Las Vegas airport hear. can Renaldo, Benita Hume, Franking the title role.

|diamond. . Sir Guy sails on the where Gargan must land en route McHugh, H. B. Warner, J. Carrol A successor to the film of two same boat. He recognises Sophie to Washington.

Yesterday, however, when Naish and Grant Mitchell are in years ago which introduced Sop-and insists that she aid him in The picture is brought to a stir-flying boat landed at Kai Tak the audiences, "The the theft of the rare stone. When ring climax whereby Jimmie Allen all which had been posted from she refuses he takes the diamond is acclaimed the hero of the nation Europe, to China had been sorted and manages to throw suspicion and Gargan realises his love for and was waiting to be transferred on her.

and taken all the way to Shanghai Katherine DeMille. Meanwhile, Miss Michael has

by air. met Ray Milland, foreign corres- pondent for a New York paper. The romance that begins is car- ried through the rapid-fire events which follow.

the cast.

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“ANYTHING GOES" ORIENTAL THEATRE

stows-what, wonderful actresses |

Paramount's Presentation "Anything Goes," the Broadway were the little ships and big ships which formed this famous fleet- At the close, romance has trium-Musical comedy success, is a spar-i

how they vamped the U-boat com phed, the stone is back with its kling, happy comedy, and contams rightful owner, Sir Guy is nabbed all the famous song hits associat-manders, bow they tackled, alone much and single-handed, vessels and all is right with the world fed with this play. To reach that happy situation, The audience proved enthusias-

more powerfully equipped than however, the principals have been tie over this screen offering. Bing work they did in breaking the themselves, and what splendid led through an exciting series of Crosby, the singing star, is the adventures, with police and press feature attraction, and carried off back of the banked at every turn in their honours with his breezy style of search for Sophie, and with the acting and singing. The high "Blockade" has been co-direct- diamond passing from hand to point of the picture, vocally, is afed by Geoffrey Barkas and Michael hand until it lands back in Miss set of parodies on "You're the Barringer, two young enthusiastic

Patterson's collection.

"THE SKY PARADE”— ALHAMBRA THEATRE

menace.

German submarine

Top" which he and Ethel Merman British directors, of whom com- sing, and which evoke surprise paratively little has been heard and delight.

up to the present, and of whom Others in the cast of players a great deal is likely to be heard are Charlie Ruggles, Ida Lupino in the future.

The story concerns the trans-and Grace Bradley. formation of dare-devil fiying to "In addition to the song hitaas- | - safe, commercial and dependable sociated with its name, the pic- travelling.

ture has new songs by Cole Por-1

Jimmie Allen, an orphaned son ter and others. The direction is of a war time ace, is being by Lewis Milestone, and the brought up by William Gargan, dance routines were elaborated Katherine DeMille, when his by LeRoy Prinz. father crashes in an attempt to fly the Atlantic. Jimmie inherits his father's love for dying and Wi- liam Garyan has a hard time try- ing to keep the seventeen-year old youngster on-land.

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