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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1930.

ACENTRAL THEATRE

Paramounts Sound Pictures R

TO-DAY TO FRIDAY Daily, at 2.30, 5,10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

SCREEN'S STARTLING

DRAMATIC SENSATION

Now-The Truth

about Second

Marriages 1*

SNAPSHOTS OF A BOY PICKING UP

ELIYAS WRHAGS

IS TOLD GUESTS ARE COMING, PLEASE CLEAR UP HIS THINGS FROM LIVING ROOM.

TABLE RIGHT AWAY

SIGHS, GOES OVER TO TABLE AND PICKS UP ADVENTURE BOOK

A problem close

to the hearts of.

every

married

couple brought to the talking

Screen

£18 the

year's most stir. ring show.

ALL-TALKING

LOVE DRAMA

Second WIFE

with

CONRAD NAGEL & LILA LEE

Intensely human and realistic drama

of second love

it held for one woman.

and what

NEXT CHANGE

Radio

EKTERES

LARA BOW The Wild Party

agaramount Picture

COMING SOON

Paramount's absolutely authentic feature record of the greatest adventure of modern times !

"WITH BYRD

at the

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At 2.30, 6.15, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

Carl Laemmle's

TALKING, SINGING

TRIUMPH

"SHOW-

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LAURA LA PLANTE

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MOTHER EXCLAIMS' FOR PITY'S SAKE. BE QUICK, AT THIS RATE HE WONT HAVE FIN-

ISHED BY MIDNIGHT

ATTER MANY ATTEMPTS 'MANAGES TO SCOOP

HIS REMAINING POS SESSIONS ONTO CATA-

LOGUE

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

CARRIES BOOK OVER RETURNS, CONTEM-

TO BOOK CASE

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

QUEEN VICTORIA, KING EDWARD AND THE KAISER.

(Continued from Page 1.)

PLATES REMAINING ARTICLES, AND PICKS UP FISHING TACKLE GATI ALOGUE

MOTHER STOPS HIM TO DELIVER LECTURE ABOUT USING TWO HANDS, HOW DOES HE EXPECT TO GROW UP TO BE A SELF-RELIANT MAN, ETC ETC.

MAJOR SIR RICHARD BARNETT DEAD.

FORMER LONDON M.P. AND BISLEY MARKSMAN.

- Major Sir, Richard Whiellon Parnett died at his home, Park Lodge, Park Village, West, N.W.

You All Boom Frightened of Them.

The Quicen protests that it would be impossible, heartless and cruel

Sir Richard, who was 67, was one to stop my poor, brokenhearted daughter from coming to her of Bisley's most familiar figures. mather for pence; protection and brilliant rifle shot, he took a comfort." Then she writes a sun-keen interest in the sport. He was tence with a true Victorian ring taken with a chill at, the close. of this year's meeting and pacu- monia developed.

about it:-

It would be no use, and only encourage the Emperor and the Bismarcks still more against us.

"You all seem frightened of them, which is not the way to make them better."

She ends emphatically, "Please let no one mention this again. It would be fatal and must not be."

The Empress Frederick came.

-

From 1016 to 1918 he represented Wost St. PADoras in the House of Coumans is a Conservative, and from 1918-99 he was M.P, for South- West St, Pancras división.

He served in the Army with the

1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light

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AT WHICH MOMENT DAD AMBLES IN, ONE' HAND IN POCKET, THE

BRIDGE TABLE, CARDS SCORE-PAD AND PEN- CIL IN THE OTHER

9-15

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON

355 METRES.

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

p.m.-Clows down,

p.m.-European programme of records selected and supplied by Messrs. Tsang Fook.

Ohildren's Programme.

4,

"Melodies for Children."-Orchos-

tral Instruments. "Songs

for Children.” — Anna Howard, Soprano.

A couple of months Inter the Infantry, and was captain and in. Queen writes to King Edward about structor of musketry in the 22nd 5.30 p. Count Herbert Bismarck's "liza," Middlesex D.V. (The Hangers) and says:-

William must not come this year; you could not meet him, and I could not after all he has said and done. He would not meet with a very cordial reception by any one, I am sure."

from 1889 to 1897.

• Irish Chess Champion.

In rifle shooting Sir Richard re- procented Ireland in international matches for the Elcha Shiold on up fewer than, 37 occasions, twice making the record score.

The Kaiser was anxious to come to England, and put it about that

He was one of the twelve repre ho had never said he would rather sentatives of the United Kingdom have King Edward's room than his at the Olympic Game, in 1909. company. He refused, however, to

For some years ho had been a write and say so. Instead he sog- gested that King Edward had in-member of the Council of the Na vented, the Vienna story! King tional Rifle Association. For thres Edward comes well out of the affair. years, 1866-89, Bir Richard (then A long letter from him to Prince Mr.) Barnett held the Irish Chess Christian is quoted, in which he Championship and from

was President of the House of Commons chrm circle,

says:-

1923-20

Sir Richard was also a promin

"It takes two to make a quarrel, and as I never had one with William in my life I think Ient Freemason, have reason to complain of the It was Sir Richard who, in 1910, treatment which I received, which introduced the Nurses Registration created a scandal in Vienna, when Rill. I was a guest of the Emperor of Austria, and everybody imagined I was on bad terms with William, which, as far as I was concerned,

was not the case.

"I do hope that before William comes to England he will write me few lines to express his regret at what I hope still may have been a misunderstanding.

The Kaiser did not apologise to King Edward, but he was allowed to come to England, apparently on the intervention of Lord Salisbury,

An Honorary Admiral,

Whon Sir Richard retired from the House of Commons at the last cleotion on account of ill-health he presented to the House the Wim- bledon Cup won by himself at the last Wimbledon mesting of the Na- tional Rifle Association held just forty years ago, because he de- placed the lack of plate on the oc casion of banqueta, held there,

began to see himself the father of a line of admirals and that was his downfall.

Variety.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

"SECOND WIFE.”

Should a husband leave his second

wife during the most trying perind of her life, even to see his firat wife's dying sin? Should a second wife ask her husband to remain with her ny urge him to go to his sick, bay? These interesting pro.. blems will be open to discussion when Radio Pictures'. "Second Wife" comes to the Central Theatre to-day.

Conrad Nagel, playing the male lead, is placed in a trying position. With the child of his first wife dying in Switzerland and his second wfe about to become a mother, it is difficult to toll what course the worried husband should take,

Hugh Huntley, who, played the. part of the "other man in the New York stage production and enacts the samo role in the talking picture, declares ho nover appeared in a play that caused us much "Lobby

argumont as, "Second Wile."

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Even large universities in the East," declares Huntley," "adopted the probleins of the play as subjects for the debating teams, and some of the questions never have been satis factorily answered."

***DEVIL-MAY-CARE."

Ramon Novarro's first all-talking picture, Devil-May-Care," finally arrived at the Queen's Theatre this. week whore it received an enthusias tie recoption.

The handsome young Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer star has outdone kimself in this musical romaneo which is centred about the historic days of Napoleon Bonaparte's dramatic exile in En. Novarro, na a lieu- tenant in Napoleon's guard, schemes to bring about the trium- phant return of the emperor and consequently becomes involved.in n number of exciting adventures which finally land him in the arms- of the beautiful Leonic.

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY

2.30, 5,10, 7 15 & 8.20.

RAMON

NOVARRO DEVIL-MAY-CARE

MUSICAL ROMANCE"

To

the Novarro of "Ben Hur' and other sensational hits,

now add the attractions of talking and a superb singing voice! The romance of romances!

A with

MARION HARRIS DOROTHY JORDAN

– NEXT CHANGE Laughs 1 Cuties! Gobbs! the thrills and romance of the destroyer fleet i

TALKING

Six lovely new songs are featured, "Charming," "The Shepherd's "Songs for Children." Alise

Green, Soprano,

Serenade," "March of the Old The Doings of Dismal Desmond" Guard," "Bon Jour. Louie," "If (The Glass Mountains and Thee Cured" and "Pompadour." Giant's Castle).-Billié Grey, Chas. Penrose & Co.

These are scattered throughout the tense and romantic story and are Bung by-Novarro, a chorus of picked male voices, Dorothy Jordan and Marion Harris. Dorothy Jordan, the attractive Leunis of the picture, and to the screen from musical comedy stardom. Right out of Treasure Girl," she made ber talking picture debut in Black TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Magic," and from that went to Chant of the Jungle."-The Re-"Doug" and "Mary" in "The

At 5.30 & 9.20. velers, Malo Voices.

St. Louis Blues."-Warren Milla

and his Blue Sercanders. Gems from Whoopee."--Victor

Light Opera Co. "Cryin' for the. Carolines."Jesse

Crawford, Organist. "Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market."-Eddie Cantor. A Wee Bit O'Love." Helen

Clark, Soprano,

"Oh Baby, What, a Night."-Billy Taming of the Shrew." Marion Murray and Walter Scanlon, Harris, playing the Counters, noods Duet

no introduction. She is the greatest "Same Old Moon-Samue Old

June."---Johnny Marvin, Come- "blues" singer in America,

dian.

Orchestral Musia.

Salome's Dance" (Strauss).-

Leopold Stokowski and Phila- delphia Orchestra.

Marche Slave" (Tachaikowsky),i=`

Philadelphia Orchestra.

"Ig

NAVY BLUES."

A screen star may have to work

uard but at least they feed him.

Springtime"-Overture (Cold-fried chicken once in a while. mark)-Chicago Symphony Or chestra.

STAR

HARRISON FORD

in

"NO

CONTROL"

William Haines consumed six with PHYLLIS HAVER "Danse Macabre " (Saint-Saens), orders of fried checken while filming Philadelphia Symphony Orch. | the Y.W.C.A.^entertainment BOEDE "Love Bends a Little Gift of in "Navy Blues," his first all-talk:

Roses"-Victor Novelty Orch..

ing vehicle which will come shortly Concert Items. ·

to the Queen's Theatre

"In the Gloaming."-Mary Gar

den.. Soprano.... "Capriccio in F Minor

In the new picture, which Clar- ence Brown directed for Metro- (Doh-

his own plate of chicken and Anita

WORLD

nany!). Vladimir Horowitz, Goldwyn-Mayer, Haines had to eat TO-DAY & TO-MORROW Pianist.

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20;- Pago's too. There is dialogue in Interpreter at All Performances.

"The Rose of Tralec."-John

McCormack, Tenor

Rondo" (Mozart),--Rence: Che-between; there were many re

nut, Violinist

The Kaiser madde himself very wrote to Dearest Grandmama"

After his return to Germany heo, Here the Gentle Lark" andhearsals, and poor Haines by the Echo Song"-Amelita Galli. time the scene was finally complet Curoi, Soprano,

od, had eaten so much fried chicken agreeable on his visit, and Queen thanking her for the "nexampled To Spring" (Greig).-Myrtle that he could hardly walk Victoria made him an honorary honour, and, declaring that the Admiral of the Fleet. This sent British ironclads, coupled with "La Ronde dos Lutine."-Scherzo him-into-raptures Ho exclaims in a lotter:-

peace,

mino-and-my-army-are-the- strongest guarantees for "I am indeed grateful for the which heaven may help us to pro- intention of her Majesty to make servo ma British admiral.

Then comes an even more extra- "Fancy wearing the same uni-vagant flourish's— form as St. Vincent and Nelson':

Should, however, the Will of

it is enough to maks ons giddy. Providence lay the heavy burdan 90

us of fighting for our homes and destinies, then mony the British Fleet be seen forging ahead side by

feel something liko Macbeth must have felt when he was suddenly re ceived by the witches with the cry,

All hail, who art Thane of Glamis side with the German, and the and of Cawdor too.” ”

Red: Cost? marching to victory

The gift of the admiral's uniform with the Pomeranian Grenadier'

witches' prophecy to Macbeth. Hồ

**

Eavor, Pianist,

Violinist.

The Y.M.C.A sorno in which the Fantastique-Jascha---Heifetz, entire-crew-of-ope-of-Unelo-Sam's dreadnaughts are entertained while on shore leave, is only one of the

many humourous scenes in the navy

nieturo which depicts the life of

Operatio Selections. Gems from Tales of Hoffman" (Offenbach)-Victor Opera Co. Boheme-Addio" (Puccini) and

"Louis-Depuis le jour" (Char sob on deck, in the fo'castle, and pentier).-Lucrezia Bori, Son a number of other musical apote prano.

Mins Pági un the haroine ot "Flying Dutchman" Overture

(Wagner), New York Philadel Haines, exploits and Karl on his buddy, contribute "no little to the phin Orchestra. d pm-Chinees relay from: Ko film's many laughs. Others in the

your most affectionate grandson,

11 p.m.-Close down.

11. Ice House Street. (Continued at foot of next column.) Wil

Nugent and Wade Dore?

The MIDNIGHT TAXI. ANTONIO MORENO HELENE COSTELLO