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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1930.

BOTTLE-TIME

CENTRAL THEATRE

Paramounts Sound Pictures/R

TO-DAY ONLY

Daily at 2,15, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

She recognized no barriers to love

-this lovely, lonely wife!

DOESN'T SEE WHY FAMILY AL- WANG TAKES IT FOR GRANTED THAT HE'S GLAD TO GET HIB

BOTTLE

AS A NATTER OF FACT MILK 15 THE LAST THING HE WANTS RIGHT NOW. HE'S SICK AND TIRED OF IT

HER husband. His

best friend. His younger brother. She loved and laughed at them all in turn. AU who met her knew Нет да

A DANGEROUS WOMAN"

with

BACLANOVA CLIVE BROOK NEIL HAMILTON a

Paramount Picture

Paramount News

and Sound Novelty.

-NEXT CHANGE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22-

June Clyde

Arthur Lake

--Sally Blane Ann Pennington

#4

IN

TANNED LEGS"

Radio's Dazzling Bathing Beauty Revue Hear New Hit Songs of the Hour.

Bookings at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

MEUKOW BRANDY

WAS MATURING IN OASKS

LONG BEFORE THESE DAYS.

ALWAYS BUY

OH DEAR, THE FAMILY HAS DISCOVERED HE'S NOT TAKING HIS BOTTLE, AND HAS START-

ED TO FUSS

AFTER HOLDING IT FOR TEN MINUTES DADDY TAKES A READING AND FINDS. NOT AN OUNCE HAS GONE.

THIS SORT OF MAKES HIM MAD - MOTHER'S HOLDING THE BOTTLE 'IN HIS MOUTH. WELL, HE WONT DRINK

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

GUYAS

HEID MUCH RATHER PLAY WITH HIS FINGERS

NOW DADDY, LOOKING VERY STERN SAYS HE'LL MAKE HIM DRINK HIS MILK, AULRIGHT!

DECIDES HE'S HUNGRY

.NOW, ANYWAY

PARENTS GIVE UP, WITH A GODD DEAL OF SIGHING THAT IT ISN'T" NATURAL AND OUGHT THEY CALL. THE DOCTOR. KIND OF PATHETIC - PARENTS

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

THE SILVER SCREEN. Director Marshall Neilan builds his

"TANNED LEGS."

A

on the younger new alant generation that will cause many parent to both ponder and smile is presented and dazzling beauty in Radio Pictures Tanned Legs," scheduled for the screen of the

Central Theatre to-morrow.

The screen at last seems to have caught the spirit of twentieth cen

drama. There's a thrill of two for yariety and enough legs to give Ziegfeld nightmares, but it's the rhythm and the wine-cracking that put the show in the hit class.

Five new songs by Levant and Clare promise to outbid their "Street Girl" numbers for popu larity. Two of these, "With Me, With You," and "You're Respon sible," are already familiar to radio

"Journey's End."

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if they get out of it safely; that is how cleverly R. C. Sherriff has de- vised his play.

"Free and Easy,"

A microphone served double duty when it not only acted as a pro in a picture but at the same time

recorded the voices of the actors in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor's all-talking all-star comedy,Free and Easy," which is showing at the Queen's

Theatre.

In the setaes of this Hollywood. The Central Theatre will present satire showing how a talking pic- tury youth in this effervescent for the first time, here on Sunday,ture is made, the microphone hang- draman which features Ann Penning October 26, the Tiffany-Gaining over the heade of Karl Dane, ton, Arthur Lake, Dorothy Revier, borough all-dialogue film version by Dorothy Sebastian and other play Sally Blane, Albert Gran and Jute arrangement with Maurice Browae, ers was placed so that it was in Clyde, a refreshingly new and of R. C. Sherriff's now world-famous range of the cameras filming the youthful star whose smile and voice promise to carry her far.

Songs, dances, bathing suite and girls are the elements out of which

ALL MUSIC ALL SOUND ALL DIALOG

THE

{Balke Picture

MEUKOW BRANDY GRAND

WHICH IS RENOWNED FOR ITS

Sole Agents:

H. RUTTONJEE

& SON.

GREAT

AGE:

-15, QUEEN'S ROAD

CENTRAL

P. O. Box 1, Hong Kong

is the Address. Write an Order for the Hongkong Weekly Press and _ China Overland Trade

Report to be sent you for the Three Months or A Year. The first will cost you $4.00, and the Annual Subscrip- tion is 816

PARADE

with HELEN TWELVETREES.

and FRED SCOTT.

Love, Romance, Thrill, Charm, Drama, Tears, 2 Joy, Hearty Langhs,

Alio

WHIRLS & GIRLS

Sound Comedy

and Tropical Pips.

MAJESTIC

Nathan Road, Kowloon,

play, Journey's End." Colin Clive heads the cast, including David Manners, Ini Maclaren, Anthony Bushell, Billy Bevan, Charles Ger- rard, Jack' Pitcairn, Warner Klia. ger, Robert A'Dair and Thomas Whiteley.

.

scenes, while other cameras, photo, graphing from another angle, were also shown. At the same time the microphone in question recorded the dialogue,

The new comedy, directed by Edgar Sedgwick, is said to have as "Journey's End" is a slice of life imposing a cast as was ever got that has been cut from the middle together for one picture and in of one of the most intensely drama- cludes such Hollywood celebrities tic periods of the world's history. as Buster Keaton in his first talking The scene is in the British trenches and singing role, Anita Page, Trixie before St. Queatin.

Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Wil The entire nction takes place in a single dug-

liam Haines, Lionel Barrymore, out under a trench. It is the story Cecil B. De Mille, Dorothy Sebas of the effect that going into the tit, Edgar Deafing, David Burton, William Collier, Sr., Fred Niblo; Miljan, Gwen Lee and Karl Date, Marion Shilling. John Lottie

trenches for the first time had on

Howell.

"It's a Grent Life."

a youngster making the plunge from civilization to a battlefield dug-out. Second Lieutenant Raleigh, the youngster, played by David Man- ners, and Captaia Stanhope played Romance pecked its head around' by Colin Clive, are the principals. the edge of the sets where the Dun Raleigh, who has been Stanhope's fean Sisters were making "It's a youthful school companion, arrives Great Life" at the Metro-Goldwyn to fight under this man who was 3layer studios, kis idea!, his former athletic hero, During the production of this and now his "war hero. Stanhope, inftial talking and singing picture who is all that he is now despite of the famous sister act," an at- his heavy drinking, and who is in tachment between Vivian Duncan love with Raleigh's sister is forced and the handsome Nila Asther to send the young man to almost ripened into an engagement. suro death for the sake of getting certain information that must be had.

So it Vivian seems unusually starry-eyed in "It's a Great Life," which will open on Wednesday at Lieutenant Osborne (played by the Queen's Theatre, the stalwart Ian Maclaren), who is twice as old Nils can be named as contribut as Stanhope, has a role in the play does not appear in "It's a Great ing cause. Mr. Asther, however, wherein he helps the young man to Life" which specializes in singing, Sam ace that, while his school hero haal dancing and hackstage Ife, iost many qualities in his change of Wood directed the offering, which was: filmed with technicolour station to that of a war hero, he sequences under the sopervision of has at the same ting gained a num Mrs. Natalie Kalmus, noted colour bar of good qualities, with the lesing expert. of the others.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[For obvious reasons, the identity of his correspondents must be known to the Editor. All lettere intended for publication must be accom. panied by the name and address of the writer, ent for publication, un- lena su desireth, but as evidence "of

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 3.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9,20.

good faith. Correspondents who do You'll Never Stop

not give this information will not are their letters in print.-Evi]

AN APPEAL FOR ANIMALS.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."],

Sin. The annual hunusial drive of the Hong Kong Soviety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is taking place on October 22, 99, and 24, and I shall be much obliged if you will kindly assist me in bringing this before the community of Hong Kong through the medium of your columns.

As the fiunheinl drive is the main" source of the Society's revenue, from which heavy expenses have to be net in the nature of Inspectors' Balaries and the upkeep of the Dogs Home, the support of the community (which has been so rendily accorded in the past) is again solicited, and I car assuro you will be very much appreciated. The Society dopends almost en tirely upon voluntary contribu tions, and as the wolfare of animals

Laughing!

FREE

AND

EASY

BUSTER KEATON Talks and Sings! Sea and Hear WILLIAM HAINES

ANITA PAGË

BUSTER".

FRED HIBLO TRIXIE PRIGANZA ROBERT MONTGOMERY LIONEL BARRYMORE KARL DANE

CEGİL §. DEMILLE many more!

ALL LAUGHS! ALL STARSI

—it's a

is a mattor which concerns ovory- riot! body, either directly or indirectly, I hope very much that our appent' will receive a sympathetic and: generous response.-Youre, ots.

J. RUSSELL, PRESIDENT, S.P.C.A. Hong Kong, October 18.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.R.W. ON 335 METRES.

NELSON DAY CONCERT RELAY.

11 to 11.80 0.m.—Commercial news. 11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programme. 1.30 p.m.Weather report.

p.m.-Clow down, p.m.-European programune of

records selected and supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co. The House That Jack Built "L Selection.-Ray Starita and The Ambassadors Band. Three Blind Mice "-Humorous Fantasy and Pop Goes the Wensel."-St. Hilda Colliery Band:

A Hunting Modley" and "Com. munity Medley," Debroy Somers Band.

Carmen - Entractée" (Bizet)—

Band of the Garde Ropab lienine of France.

VANITA

NEXT CHANGE

THEY'RE

A

RIOTI

Song hitet. Langl hics Dance Exit Those famous. stars of Broad

The

TALKING

"La Boheme" Selection (Fac DUNCAN

La Bohenie-Selction

cini).-New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra.

"The Magic Fluet-The Manly Hanrt (Mozart).-Duet in English.

**Mon Lac-Prelude " and "Theme and Variations."- Orchestre -Symphonique of Paris.

6 p.m. (approx.)---

Mr. Cinders"-Vocal Selections.

---Tho. Comidy Singers," Get Up Nice and Early in the Morning" and Mucking Alion The Gardon."The Two Gilberts, Comedians,

Finny Faer-Tell the Doc.and A Few Drinks - Comedy. Sketch by Leslie. Henson and Sydney Howard. "Laughing Policeman "*

and.

"You've Got to Laugh.”—

SISTERS

in

It's a great

Life!

SAM WOOD production with LAWRENCE GRAY and BENNY RUBIN

STAR

Haughin Song by Charles Holly.|||FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Mr. Sparrow Puts Up for Par

liament,Regal Sketch Com

pany.

Rocking My Baby in Steep

And

Cuckoo Song,"-Harry Hobin. zon, Yodler.

Ye Can Come and See the Baby" | and Sailing Up the Clyde."- Will Fyffe, Comedian.

On With the Show 1020."--Jan

Ralfini and his band,.

to 10 p.m.-Chiness Studio Con

vert

0 p.m.-Weather report.

10 p.m.-European programme,

At 6.30. & 9.20.

MARY

PICKFORD

Clussion! Momorics.Debroy" DOROTHY

Somers' Band.

Co.

"The Pirates of Penzance "Vocal goms.Columbia Light Oporn "Invitation to the Valse" (Weber) and Chant Sans Paralos” (Tschaikowsky),-Squire Celesto

"Journey's End" is not a his

Women's manners are improving because of the feminine clothes they torical drama of the war. It does have adopted, but masculine man not express its thoughts in shockingners aro Ingging bebind. This profanity. It does not strike up the opinion is expressed by a New York fashion expert. This woman writer band, or, wave any, finge, or sot says: Clothes influency mannera forth any propaganda. It is a story more chars most people know. When of men-you see them in filth and women dropped their skirtą below their kneer and camo, back: to fitted stench and fighting, but in your waists and sleeves that were some 10.30 p.m.-Rolay from the Lee mind you call let them fit thee thing more thiờ anhed alfalathawa homes-you can ses them as the the old brisk post-war mannera just didn't fit. They softened their

en they were before war grabbed voiosa, stopped smoking so much in them, as the men they want to be public and became feminine again.

Octette.

gramme of the Nelson Day Concert; by kind permission of the Navy Leaguð. 11.30 p.m.-Close down.

VERNON

OF

HADDON HALL"