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CENTRAL THEATRE

Paramounts Sound Pictures R TO-DAY at 2,15, 5.10, 7,15 and 9.20 p.m.

Girls!

Gary Cooper's here on seven days leavel He's appearing in his first starring picture. He wants to meet you all Come and see how he lock in kilts. Come and see him in the

greatest Gary Cooper role you've ever even. imagined!

GARY COOPER

IN

"Seven Days Leave"

a Paramount Picture

See him as a gallant fighting man of mys tery Hear his attraes tive drawling voice sa

he speaks words of love or war.

Parmount

Comedy and Newsreel,

-NEXT CHANGE, THURSDAY, OCT. 9th- FRIDAY, OCT. 10 (CHINESE NATIONAL DAY) SPECIAL MORNING MATINEE AT 11.80 ́AM. THE BIG PICTURE OF 1930

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Join in the Whoopee with 30 Famous Stars!

RICHARD ARLEN

Singing, dancing!

CLARA BOW

'Strutting "It"!

CLIVE BROOK

Sleuthing the laffe!

RUTH CHATTERTON Blirring your heart!

GARY COOPER

Speaking his love!. SKEETS GALLAGHER

Starting the fun!

HELEN KANE-

Booping a new doop !

ABE LYMAN

-and His Band!

ZELMA O'NEAL

***Wrassling" with Oakiel BUDDY ROGERS

Crooving and June-ing i

GEORGE BANCROFT

Fighting for fun!·

EVELYN BRENT

Slapping her pappy!

· NANCY CARROLL

Shaking a sugar-foot! MAURICE CHEVALIER

Poufing the poufa!

LEON: ERROL

·." Dying" to meet you!

HARRY GREEN

"Isadore the Toreador!

DENNIS KING

Singing and how!

JACK QAKIE.

Okay-ing the party! WILLIAM POWELL

Bolving your troubles !.

Book Your Seats Now.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS.

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES.

TALK ON HORTICULTURE.

11 to 11.30 a.mi-Commercial nowe. 11.30 am to 12,30 p.m.-Chinesa

programme.

12.30 p.m.-European programmo. 1.30 pm Weather report, 2 p.m.--Close down.

3 pfim-Chineso programme, 7p.ni.-European programine. of

Victor and H.M.V. records sup plied by Messrs, Moutria & Co.

and Circumstance"-March (Elgar).London

Symphony

Orchestra,

Carnival Overtura" (Dvorak). - Chicago Symphony Orchestra..

MUSICAL COMEDY,

8.30 p.m.

The Girl Friend-Vocal Gean's and "Peggy AnnVocal Gems-Light Opera Company. "I'll See You Again" and "Dear Little Cafe."Peggy, Wood and George Metaxa, Duet. "Hit the Deck"--Selection-Savoy

Orpheans, "Five O'Clock

Girl"-Solection

and "Love Lies."--New May fair Orchestra

"Lilae Time-Vocal Gems-Light

Open Company. Clowns in Clover

Selection.---

Now Maylair Orchestra. Gems from "Rose-Marie" and

Geins from N, N, Nanotic Viator Light Opera Company... Syn-Mister CinderaVocal

Gems

Sylvia Ballett"-Pizzicati (De-

libos)-San Francisco phony Orchestra.

7.16 p.-Professor G. A. C. Herk-

lots will give the first of a series of talks on Horticulture: Sub ject of this week's talk "Soils." ORCHESTRAL. AND VOCAL MUSIC 7.30 p.81.--. "Country Dance No. 1" (German); --St. Louis Symphony Orch, "At Dawning" (Cadman) and "At Parting (Rogers).-Mary

Garden.

Fi Spanish Danco No. 1.-Now Light

Symphony Orchestra. "Love's Old Sweet Song ".(Mol-

loy). Neapolitan Trio. "A Brown Bird Singing."-John

McCormack, Tenor. "Novelette No. 3" (Bridge).- Virtuoso String Quartette. "Somewhere a Voico is Calling

and Marchets."John Mc-! Cormack, Tenor, "Persian Song " and "Waltz in Zimbalist, Flat."-Etream

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"Rose in the Bud."-Reinald Wer-

renrath, Baritone; "Hungarian Rhapsody" (Liszt).- Mark Hambourg, Pianoforte Solo.

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and "Wake Up and Dream," Light Opera Company. "Chocolato Soldier "Vocal Gems and "Lilac Domino Voeni Gems-Light Opera Co.

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- VAUDEVILLE- MUSIC,"

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"rd Do Anything for You" anti He's So Ununial"-Helen Kane, Comedienne. Hallelujah I'm a Bum" and "Tho

Bum Song."Harry McClin took, Vocal,

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"My Love Parade" and "Nobody's Using It Now.-Maurice Che- valier, Baritone, "Mountains Ain't No Place for Bad Men and "A High Silk Hat and a Walking Cane Frank Crumit, Comedian. Look What You've Done to Me" and Love Mado a Gypay Oat el Me." Welcome Lewis, Comedienne. A

"Puttin' on the Ritz" and "Sing

ing a Vagabond Song."Nat Shilret and the Victor Orch. "Getting a Wilo." and "Gotting a Motor."-Constance Collier and Ronald Squire, 10.30 p.m.-Close down.

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ENGLAND-JAPAN FLIGHT. THE SILVER SCREEN.

MNS, VICTOR BRUCE MISSING OVER PERSIA,

(TUROVON REOYER'S AGRICY.)

KARACHI, Oct. 6. Anxiety is felt regarding the whereabouts of Mrs. Victor Bruce, who has bran missing for 30 hours. She is engaged on a flight from England to Japan.

DEAR OLD LONDON.

TOWN.":

COCKNEYISMS AT THE CENTRAL.

Those who know, and love, their London should not miss sooing and hearing the film version of J, M. Barrie's The Old Lady Shows Her Medals," showing at the Con- ^, The noted airwoman was last seentral. Theatre for the last perform- lying over Henjam at 1.16 p.m. ances to-day. Rich Cockney hum Sunday (October 6) on her way our and Scottish sentiment was from Jask to Bushire,"

blended most cleverly by Barrio in the play, and is reproduced most convincingly on the talkie screen. The three char-ladies and the dis- reputable old Mrs. Haggerty pro- vide some good and raro fun, while the lanky Killie lad home from the front on soven days' leave intro- duces just the right sentimental tough to round off the story.

Search parties sosterday fruit Irsaly combed an area of 300 miles betwean Jask and Banderabbas.

Mra. Victor Bruce Reported Safo,

BARRA, Oct. 7. Mrs Victor Bruce has boon Located at Mount Mubarak, 35 miles from Jask.

Mrs. Bruce is reported to be safe, Rescue Party Embark on Sailing Vessol.

KARACHI, Oct. 7. In respons

Mrs. Victor Bruce's wireless appeal after crash- ing, a rescue party of Ave, includ ing an Imperial Airways doctor, embarked on a sailing vessel.

to

ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA FLIGHT.

COLLAPSIBLE BOAT CARRIED BY AIRMEN.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Rogey, Oct. &

No wireless is being carried by Flying Officer Chabot and Major Pickthorne, who left Croydon to day on a de Havilland Pass Moth plane in an effort to reach Austra- lia in seven days.

The equipment, however, includes a collapsible fabric, boat which can he inflated by a hand pump.

The officers have divided the route into nine stages, of which the longest is 1,500 miles.

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LATE LORD BIRKENHEAD.

PRINCE OF WALES ATTENDS.

· MEMORIAL SERVICE.

[BRITISH WINEIXSS SERVICE.)

BUOBY, Oct. 8.- H.M, the King was represented: by Lord Hampden, and the Prince of Wales attended in person tho memorial service to Lord, Birkon-, head in Westminster Abbey to day.

DESPONDENT LOVER TAKES POISON.

PASSION FOR KOREAN STUDENT..

(UNITED PRESE

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The police have announced that Robert Pew, poct, who killed him- self hore to-day by drinking mixed gin and poison, was not Chinoso, previously stated, but was born in Honolulu, the son of American parents

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It is not often that American flm producers get very

near to

but the English atmosphere,

in "Seven Days Leave" there is little for a conscientious Cockney to complain of, either in what he zees or bears. Little slips there are, but not auch an to affect the specta- tor's interer in aud.

appreciation of a first-class story, prosented in admirable style.

Miss Beryl Mercer as the simple but sentimental Scottish char- woman gives a really splendid char- acter study, and Gary Cooper as the young Canadian who, after much canny cogitation, accepts bor. as his mother," also gives a fine performance. The amusing trio of

Bort matrons, who appear as Greek chorus are, each of them, stars in their own way, and fill in the picture in a manner which will be recognised by those who know their London as true to lifo, if not twice as natural i

Those who have become somewhat exasperated with, weary of.......or "two-gun"; men, night-club “vamps," cowboys, brigands, cut throuts, smugglers," hold up men, burglars, rum-runners, mur derers, dope-smugglers, and all the. other male and female varieties of the genus crook will certainly on joy Savon Days' Leave in which the worst erime perpetrated is the filebing of old envelopes from wastepaper basket!

LIEUT. BROMLEY TO TRY AGAIN.

ANOTHER MUREMPT TO FLY THE PACIFIC.

[UNITED PRESS.]

Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 30.-M. John Buffelen, backer of the "hard- luck pilot," Licut. Harold Brom- ley, in the latter's numerous and unsuccessful efforts to fly between Tacoma and Japan nnnounced to day that he has authorized another attempt at a trans-Paneife cross- ing.

The effort will be made during October, weather permitting, it was stated. Lieutenant Bromley is At present waiting in Japan, follow-

ng bis last try when he and companion flew for several hours but were forced back after a leaky exhaust pips nearly asphyxiated

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