1931-02-25 — Page 5

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY TO SUNDAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 09.20 p.m.

CLARÀ MAKES LOVE

TO A FLEET-FUL

OF SAILORS"

Why Sailors

we bome!

CLARA

BOW True to the Navy

a Paramount Picture

Cubs of Love! And Clara sings *There's Only One Who Matters"

CLARA'S GOT A BOY. FRIEND IN EVERY PORT-HOLE

NEXT CHANGE ·

Once in a Lifetime a Show Like This!

Paul

More

Bong

hits tha you тe ever hourd in a picture bo-

foro.

WHITEMAN KING JAZZ'

A

AND HIS BAND IN

Tncluding the frai dramatization of Gershwin's "Rhap sody in Blue."A Carl Laemmin, jr. Produc Hon directed by John Murray Anderson. Presented by Carl

Laemmie.

thousand

and ១៦៥

Wonders: Gorgeous áll Technicolor beauty.

Bookings nt. Andersons and the Theatre (Tel, 25720),

THEATRE ROYAL

ART

AND

Mrs. BOTTLE

7, 10, 13 and 14 March

AL 9.15 PM. 11th March, at 5.15

THE SILVER SCREEN.

CENTRAL THEATRE,

TRUE TO THE NAVY.”

True to the Navy," now show- ing at the Centra Theatre, would be a good story or without. "IT anile, it's 'good all- Clara Bow With Cara flashing

around entertainment. Horry „Orein, the funny -In

"Kibitze" and "Honey," is a riot of laugh-making cracks and pantomime, and the rest of the cast looks n it ought to

of

Clara, a „soda-fountain girl in Barry Green's drug store, makos ("17" à big business. All the ailors from the battleships in tho harbour flock to the drug store for der-cream sodng and a smile from/ Clara, She plays them all,, col- lets the souvenirs, and says good.. bye with smile. She has a special boy-friend on every ship and manages to keep them separat- url until the whole fleet, and all her specials, drop anchor at once, She is sunk, Then she meets Fredric March,

a woman killer

gunner's mate, and marches to the attar with him over the prostrate Jerous of half a dozen other smit- ten swains.

Clara's singing voice is one of the big fentures of "True to the. Navy." She croons "There Is Only One Who Mafters to Me". as nobody else could. It's no won- der all the sailors believe her when she says it. Clara Zooks marvelous As she sings, the member. She sings with her voice, with her eyes, with her whole body, with all her personality. And Clara Bow's singing is the more delightful because it is a surprise talent.

"KING OF JAZZ.”

Long hailed as the outstanding masterpiece in jazz musie, George. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue" has been both pictorially and musi- cally transferred to the screen.

to

The only jazz compositión, ever, attain symphonia. rendition. The Rhapsody in Blue," in all its moods and with all ite symbolism, has been recorded in "King of Juzz" by Paul Whiteman ns music, and atmospherized visually by John Murray Anderson, director. In all its lavish musical numbers "King of Jazz," the Universal ex- conies to the travaganza which

Central Theatro on next change embines a previously unapproach. ed sound-track with the ultimate in beauty.

So identified has "The Rhop- cdy" become as a part of Paul Whiteman's musical existence that Anderson, the New York impre- sario, especially signed by Uni versal to direct "King of Jazz," was faced with the necessity to visualizing it pictorially

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

THE GOLDEN CALF."

Comedy, music, dancing, youth and beauty are the high points of "The Golden Calf," Fox Movie- Lone comedy with music, which is showing at the Queen's Theatre.

An all-star cast and a chorus of 100 of Hollywood's most talented and beautiful dancing girls, can- tributes much toward making this one of the most outstanding pic. tures of the year.

The cast includes Sue Carol, Jack Mulhall, El. Brendel, Mar Horie White, Richard Koene; and Faul Page, all well-known for Buc

daful-productiona scen heru, bez

fore..

Millard Webb, well remembered for "Glorifying the American Girl," "Gentlemen of the Press," and "Painted Angol," directed "The Golden Calf; Frank Mor lin directed the dialogue writton by Harold Atteridge, and Earl Lindsay staged the spectacular dance ensembles.

Mr. J. W. Preston, of St. Louiz (Illinois), who is 70, has realised

his life'n ambition to end his days

in care-free laziness. Just now he in floating down the Mississippi in a home-made boat with nothing to do but " got lazier and lazier Covery day," His daily menu is p

Breakfast: Fish. Lanch: Fiab, Dinner Fish. There is an ocea sional variety in his diet, when he pride himself with lacke- He floats along with the current.

ANDERSON'S and watches the sun go down.

From March 2nd.

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''* It's ̈ what I always wanted to do," he said. „Mr. Preston used to lead a busy life as a mitör-ear body builder.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931.

THE FAMILY ALBUM-WRAPPING UP

GETS TISSUE PAPER AND RED RIBBON TO WRAP IR US PRESENTS WITH

NEATLY WRAPS UP A PRE SENT AND FISHES FOR RED RIBBON AMONG THINGS ON BED, RIB- BON IG MISSING

12-15

·PÄCIFIC TRADERS TO MEET.

LAVS EVERYTHING OUT ONL BED, REMEMBERS HE HAS NO SCISSORS AND GOES DOWN TO GET A PAR FROM. WIFE'S WORK BASKET.

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

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SECURES RIBBON AT LAST AND RETURNS

TO HIS ROOM

MILDRED SAYS SHE TOCK. IT SHE THOUGHT HE WAS THROUGH WITH IT, BUT SHE CANT UNLOCK HER DOOR YET ·- BECAUSE ALL HER GIFTS ARE OUT

CONFERENCE IN HONOLULU

NEXT OCTOBER.

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

FINDS THAT WILFRED HAS BORROWED PAPER AND RETRIEVES IT FROM HIS ROOM '

· WIFE CALLS SHE HAD TO COME UP AND GET HER SCISSORS BECAUSE. SHE NEEDED THEM. POSTPONES) WRAPPING PRESENTS UNTIL TAMILY ARE ALL OUT:

•

THE NEW FRENCH CRUISERS.

for three days beginning on Oct. her 1. The event will be held under

NEW NAVAL PROGRAMME. the auspices of the Seattle Cham- ber of Commerce.

Dunquerque, Feb. 19-In the presence of M. Dumesnil, the The Japanese Chamber of Com-inister of the Navy, the new merce and Tadustry, has of late toreront destroyer Aigle was

Iaunched to-day. been informally approached with

Tokyo, Feb. 19-By way of de- this project and it expected to vising ways and means 'to counterparticipate in the conference. The the present business depression, an international meeting of the Powers concerned in Pacific coast trade will be called at Honolulu Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

agenda to be submitted to the con- ference by the Japanese delegates will be decided upon the arrival of the formal invitation from the

In a speech the Minister declar- ad that until the appearance of France the new German ' vessel,

had no intention of building any aore light vessels. "In few days." he said. "I shall submit to the Chamber a project authoriting the introduction of a new naval Programme which, for the first, time, will utilize the provisions of the Washington agreement regard. ing battle cruisers

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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

`BROADCAST · BY, ZEW, ON

351 METRES.

11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 nm. Chinese programme. 12.30 p.m.-Europese programme 1.30 p.m.-Weather report, local time, and commercial nowE, p.m.-Close down." top.m-Chinese programING.

6 to 6.30 41.m.-Chinose children's

programine,

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QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.80, -5.10, 7:15 & 9.20

The

golden calf

An Eyeful

of daring,

dazzling,

plied by Messrs. Tsang Fook demoisel

Plano Co.

7 to 7.32 p.m.——

Variety.

'Orchestra "Together."

les in New

York's gay Paul bohemian

quarter.

Whitombai and his Concert

Orchestra.

Humorous Song "I Like to do Things for You.”—Grace Hayes Humorous Song" My Lover " - (from "King of Jazz')-Grace

Hayes,

Chorus--"A Cottage for Sale."

The Revellers:

Choras-"The Woman in the

Shoe."-The Revellers.

Does My Baby Love?"!...----

Van and' Schenck.

Duet

Duct

Daughtry is the Name.".

Van and Schenck.

Marimba Orchestra A Bunch of Rosca" (Chapi), Groon Bros. Marimba Orch.

Song- Serenade" (from "Blos- com Time").-Lambert Murphy (Tenor).

Duet Song of Love" (from "Blossom Time"), t Luoy Marel and Royal Dadmur.

Singing With Guitar-"Dear Old Sunny South by the Sen.”

Jimmie Rodgers." Song-"Let Me Sing and I'm

Happy" (from Mammy"),-

Gone Austin" (Tenor). Chorus-"Pale Moon."--National

Cavaliora, Chorus Down by the Old Ma Stream."-National Cavaliers. 7.32 to 8.33 p.m.-".

Orchestral,

"Peer Gynt Suito" (Greig) (By

special request of a listener)-- Symphony Orch.

The Swing"-Victoria, Oreb.... Hudson Waves บ (Pignoloni).-

Victoria Orch.

Finladia (Symphonie Poem)

(Sibelius), Royal Albert Hall, Orchestra,

(a) "Narcissue," (b) "Country Danco (Ethelbert Nevin).-. Victor Salon Orch. (a). "A Shepherd's Tale," (b) Lullaby (Etholbert Novin). -Victor Salon Orch,

8.35 to 8.40 p.m.

Organ Solos.

Rhapsody in Blue” (Gershwin);

-Jesse Crawford.

"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"

- (Victor Herbort).-Jesse Craw-

ford.-

Gyphy Love Song" (Victor Her

bert-Jesse Crawford,

8.49 to 9.33 p.m

Concert Items.

0 p.m.Weather report, local time,

etc.

Piano Bolo-"Prelude and Fugaé in C Major" (Bach).-Harold Samuel.

Song "Carnival of Venice»

(Arban-Benedict).

Monte (Soprano).

Toti Dal

A Day in Ventes " (Nevin):-The

Victor Salon Group..

Song- Danny Deever "

(Kip

ling and Damrosoh)-Reinald

Werronrath (Baritone).

Song" On the Road to Manda

Jay (Kipling and Speaks)-

Reinald Werrenrath (Baritone)

with an

all star cast

presented by WILLIAM FOX

Starring

SUB CAROL

BL. BRENDEL MARICHIE WHITE

ADDED ATTRACTIONS FOX NEWSREEL

Overture of 1812

COMEDY KNIGHTS OUT

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FEATURING

ANNY ONDRA

JOHN LONGDEN DONALD CALTHO CYRK RICHARD-SAGA ALLGOGO

RED HITCHCOCK

ALFRED

SEE

AND

HEAD

STAR

Piano Solo One Lives But FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Onco"

(Strauss-Tausig).-Ser.

gei Rachmaninoll.

Song Love's Nocturne" (Drigo and Fucacci)-Beniamino Gigli, (Tenor),

Song Serenade" (Rimpianto) ⚫ (Silvestri and Toselli).-Benia-

mino Gigli (Tenor).

At Twilight-Oh That We Two Were laying at Beat" (Nevin)

Wilfred Glerin (Buss) with the Victor Salon Group. My Desire-Mighty Lak' a Rose" (Novin)-Lewis James (Tenor) Olive Klino (Soprano), with the Victor Balon Group.

2.55 to 10.13 p.m.-.

Gems from The Love Song."—. The: Victor Light Opona Co. Gems from "The Student Prince in Heidelbong."The Victor Light Opera Co

"

Gems from Oh Kay"-This

Revellers.

Gems from "Honey Moon Lane."

The Victor Light Opera Co.

10.13 to 10.00 p.m.--

Band Music.

‚" In Lilão Time" (Englemann),

The Victor Band.

The Vittor· Band

On With the Dance"-Stabl

Bamid

La Paloma

Band.

"

(Yradio

10.30 p.m.-Close down,

At 5.30 & 9.20,

ERICH VON

STROHEIM'S

The

MERRY WIDOW

with

MAE MURRAY

as the Widour

JOHN GILBERT

as the Prince

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