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CENTRAL

THEATRE ?».

int

SHOWING TO-DAY

2.80..5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

HIS KISS IS DEATH !

Yet none can resist his allure!

Dead 500 years, he lived by night on the blood of

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THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE

THE DEVIL TO PAY"

He was fed up with South Africu whore a typical British parent had sent him to "make man of bim- wall. And so & hurriod auction disposed of his goods and chattels, bringing enough to pay his pass ago home, and to laud him in London with an unspent twenty- pound note in otherwise empty pockets. He knows there will be a bit of a row, when his governor learns ho has cut it, and sends his luggage to the Berkley Square mansion in advance to serve, the double purpose of "announcing hie ing character homecoming, and taking the edga in Botion, in the greatest of from the parental wrath be enabl all thrillating him to vent some of it on the

the living!

The strangest, most fascinate

DRACULA

TOD

BROWNING'S Greatest Production

with Bola Lugosi, David Hanners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Banston, Frances Dade, Charles Gerrard.

Presented by Produced by "Carl-Laemmle" Carl Laemmin, Jr.

Js

Based upon the play adapted by Hamilton Deane and John. L Balderston from Bram Stoker's novel of the same name.

COMING ATTRACTION

Lew

YRES

in

IRON MAN

What do

you want?

anything

mall

try: iñad ‘advertisement.

prepald

for insertions.

unresponsive "bags and baggage,...⠀

But when our hero turned up at home for breakfast, next morning he met a girl friend of his mister Something happened. It couldn't be: true, He'd met scores, hun- dreds, of girls. But she was dif ferent, somehow. All his futurs plans seemed useless they included her

HONG KONG, DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY SEPTEME

KINGS THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

MOTHERS

OF MILLION DOLLAR KIDS!

Trying to out-ritz each other In

Forbidden Adventure

with

A Paramount Picture

MITZI GREEN, EDNA MAY OLIVER LOUISE FAZENDA JACKIE SEABL

MURDER BY THE CLOOK.”

The Most Comfortable and the Only Air-conditioned Theatre In Hong Kong.

Daily at

2.30, 5.10,

7:15 & 9.30 P.M.

This Pic

recorded by

New

Noiseless Process of the Western Electric Sound- System.

BOOKING AT THE

THEATRE TEL. 25313.

WHY YOU CATCH COLDS.

Ha counted his handicaps, and being English, the greater the odds the more determined he became to see the affair through. Of course, that threw into the discard all sen- sible plans, but he saw

it through, with many funny incidents bobbing up throughout his headlong wooing, a flustered rival, the other girl, and his birthright of plunging into.

Those who have read Rufus King's CAUSE AT LAST DISCOVERED. trouble, according to the smart mystery novel, Murder by the Clock and thus fearned the comedy drama, "The Devil To identity of the culprit in the last Pay," Ronald Colman's latest pic-gripping paragraphs will find, when ture which is at the Queen's Then they see the film version of this tre. An unusual role, it is inter-Theatre to-morrow, that a new story, which will show at the King's preted by a genius whoco admirers murderer has taken the place of the are becoming accustomed to the original ang supplied by the author wide variation of the character is in trying to guess which person As the real fun of a mystery play Ronald Colman so capably porn guilty the name of the criminal trays for the talking screen.

will not be disclosed here. Suffice it to say that the culprit on the screen is not the same as the culprit in the original story-in fact the character who committed the deed in picture at all, the novel does not appear in the

“BINNERS' HOLIDAY.”

ginnors Holiday, the success ful stage play by Marie Baumer,

1931

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS QUEEN'S

PROGRAMME.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY,

BROADCAST BY ZBW. ONAT 2.80, 6.10, 7:15 & 9:20:

955 METRES.

1.30m-Stook quotationa

gramme. "programizo,

NEXT CHANGE

1.30 pm

1pm

" to 7.

a. to

MURDER

Y THE

CLOCK

William Boyd Lilyan Tashman

Paramount Picture

The clock strike-a man dies It strikes again he comes to life 1 And again-the murderer kills. him!

"HOPE OF ANOTHER

-MELBA.""

носо

FAMOUS SINGER'S WILL

I cause of the common cold: has long defled solution, but at last it has been discovered and proved. In the hope that another Melba and two collaborators describe in the famous singer, left £8,000 for Professor Dochez, of New York, may arise," Dame Nellie Melba, the "Lanceit" experiments which shows conclusively that the or in scholarship of music, tenable at germs which are called "altrable of Music, or if that should not be dinary cold is caused by one of the the Albert-street Conservatorium viruses."

still in existence, then at the Uni versity of Melbourne,

This brings it into the same group as mumps, measles, typhus and a small-pox, distemper, great many other scases

Probate has now been granted in" Professor Dosez transmitted London (as regards the English others by means of filtered mallish estate is valued në £60,005, colds from one chimpanzee to estate) of her property. The Eug washings. Then human volunteers and the property in Victoria, Aus-, always infected.

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7.03, to 8

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-Chinese children's

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Messrs

Orchestral There's No Other

Orchest

"I'm all Dressed up With a Broken Heart Manolo Castro and his Havana Yacht Club Orchestra-22768. Song

Black Eyon."

Song Farewell, My Gypsy Camp:"Pola Negri (Mezzo- Soprano) – V-73.

Orchestral Makin' Faces at the

Man in the Moon. Orchestral-Hikin' Down the Highway-Rudy Vallos and This Connecticut Yankees.—22751. Song-Travellin' Blues. Song I'm Lonesome Too.

Jimmie Rodgors.-23564. Orchestral The First Girl

Met-Bert Lown and his Hotel Biltmore Orch. Orchestral When the Clock is Striking Twelve.”—The Troubn- doura-2764.S

Organ Solo--" Maria My Own.* Organ Solo-Biboney."--Jesse

Crawford-23768.

Band

Heebie Joebica." Band Minnie, The Moocher

Mill's Blue Rhythm Band.- 02703

Vocal Duot Southern Moon. Vonal Dust Silvery Arizona

MoonBud Billings and Car son Robison 22733

which has been made into a Vite the action of the original. Herbert 'took their turn, and were almost tralia, at £22,118, making a total 8 pm Local time and weather/

phone picture by Warner Brothers, will open at the Queen's Theatre

to-morrow.

But in general the story follows Endicott is killed Twice After his death the first time he is revived by injections of adrenalin. He is on the point of telling: who caused his death when be is killed again.

William Boyd plays the central, role of Lieutenant Valcour, the canny sleuth in the story.

The

is a thrilling melo- drama of amusement park life, dealing with the lives of the folks

Others who have important parts who run the shows,

are Regia Toomey na Officer Cassidy, Great Withors is seen as a wise Irving Pichol as Phillip Endicott, dracking

king barker who is falsely ac Lester Vail na: Tom Hollander, Wal Isolya Sally O'Neil as Jane the maid, cused of murder, while Evalynter McGrail as Herbert Endicott, Knapp, New York stage star, who makes her motion picture debut in this film, plays. the role of the girl who sacrifices her own brother to ja save her sweetheart. Lucillo. La Verne gives one of her most superb characterizations as the owner of a penný arcade, and a tigerish ally of her weak-willed son.

Appearing in the east are James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Noel Madi- son, Otto Hoffman, Warren Hymer," Purnell B. Pratt, Ray Gallagher, Hank Mann and many others

KING'S THEATRE:

FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE."

Sinclair Lewis, Nobel prize win- or for literature, and author of Let's Play King," the humorous novel of a child screen star which, filmized under the title Forbidden Adventure" is running currently. nt the King's Theatro, is often, rs gay as he is serious.

There are two sides to Lewis, according to his closest friends. One is his personal side, and the other is his public side,

"Don't you understand," Lewis recently said, that my mission in life to be the despised critic, the fault-finder I must enrp, and scold until everyone despises me. That's what I was put here for."

But the vitriolie äuthor of Main Street, Babbitt" and other similar works has produced as his first effort since winning the Nobel Award, a penetrating story of childhood, the humorous story of a child screen star. Critics were amazed at this departure from his, iconoclastic theme.

Lewis has a strong sense of humour At private affairs he is often described as the life of the party Holbasa well-developed sense of mimjery and, on the ligh- test, provocation" cando first-clase imitations of half a dozen nation-

The cast of "Forbidden Adven ture ? includes Mitzi Groen, Edu May Oliver, Louise Fazenda and "Jackie Beari

Lilyan Tashman as Laura Endicott, Martha Mattox as Roberts, Blanchie Friderci as Mra, Julia Endicott and Lenita Lane, as the nurse

Grown in Bottles, The virus or germ was next grown in bottles, and has so far survived. for 14 days, p

Though at the end of this time the original material had been very greatly diluted it was still able to cause severe colds in two out of three volunteers, thus showing that multiplying in the bottles. the germa had been growing and

common cold brings definitely The proof of the nature of the neuror the day when effective means of prevention and cure may it is to be hoped, be devised.

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY (Ending 30th)

At 2.30. 7.13 and 9.15 pm.

Special Matinee at 5.15 on Saturday and Sunday.

William Fox

“NIX X ON DAMES"

with Hao Clarke, Robert Ames & William Harrigen

Life

converted

Added

Attraction ¡

Small Talk

Real Life

Story ends with

and

To

two happy

couples

NEXT CHANGEL

WOMEN

RYWHERE

of 265,214.

Other gifts were?

1,000 to the Children's Hospital, Melbourne; £500 to the same. Mellin Kindergarten, Richmond; £1,000 1

upon trust for investment apply the income in the dale, Victoria, Australía; - £100 maintenance of Melba Park, Lily

Thomson and Walter Sawyer; her oach to her employees, James

former housekeeper, Mrs, Gourlay and Caroline Genoud, of the Hotel Ritz, Paris; £100 to Edith Mallett, if still in her service; £1,000 to Major Wyndham Birch, and £500 to his wife, Lady Susan Birch, in appreciation of the way he and his wife looked after my interests £1,000 between Lord and Lady Wil liam Nevil (a friend of over forty years' standing); £1,000 to Bor- nard Rolt, composer £50 to Perey Ealeca secretary and busines "manager" of the Covent Gardën Opera House; a life. annuity of S250 to her accompanist, John Lemmone

The testatriz left the bulk of her jewellery and personal belas ginge to her granddaughter, Pametn Armatrong, statingasta

"It is my particular wish that. my said grand-daughter shall have, and always retain, the blue bag given to me by tao sta alfred Rothschild, and also the kettle 1 hayo always carried with me ou my toure

Bubject to other bequeste the re sidue of the property was left upon trust for her son Goerge Nesbitt Armstrong, and his issue. The will is signed, “Nellie Melba Molba was, n stage name,

real one being Helen Porter Ar

Teng)

CAPT MONTH'S BODY

FOUND:

report

8.05 to 8.50 p.m.

Operatic/

"Carmen"! Selection (Bizet).

Creatore and his Band-358417. +35842;

Miguen "Overture" (Thomas)

Chicago Symphony Orch.-6650.

Victor Symphony La BohemeFantasia (Paccini),

Orch.

35781.

Madame Butterly Fantasie (Puccini). Victor Sympliony Orch33786.

8,50 to 9.35 p.m.-

A Concert.

Bat) Bénno

Piano Solo Die Fledermaus-

Paraphrase" (The (Strauss - Godowsky), Moisoivitch-7257 17

Song" When I Was Seventeen

(Liljebjorn))

Song The Wren (Rosier-Bene- dict)Marion Talley (Soprano),

1166.

Violin Solo A Dream" (Cbry

Bartlett)

ATOM Violin Solo Macushla

(Rowe

Ronald Colman

THE DEVIL TO PAY.

➡ LORETTA YOUNG

UNITED TITS PICTURE"

The titra-smary: TO- mance of "N

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I never look. Lhings' meripitaly spent money Lika Oravaus du hallday, took his loves Highưy ti ha lost his hist to the one girl bu determined he'd

Marouansaital'shan & trip to Majorelatriguing: that a continental Birtan"

than a voquaita"s muilo. Here to hightbomedy told in the grand MANDET,

TO-MORROW

WARNER BROS,

SINNERS HOLIDAY

Take time "off for Bad Behavior It will do you

Good N

With

Grant Withers Evalyn Knapp

(STAR

MacMurrough, arr Chemot) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

Rente Chemet.-1442, Piano Solo Clair De Lune" (Moonlight) (Debussy). Novelette in D (Schumann),

Harold Bauer-7199 SongStar of the East" (Lobr), BongThe Garden af Allah," (Marshall). Petar Dawson

Base-Baritone 1889 Violin Solo Caprice Visanois

(Kreisler), Pa

Violin Solo Humoresque.

(Dvorak-Kreisler) Fritz Krein Ter. 0002

9.38 pm to 10:29 p.m. Concerto

AT 230, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20,

William HAINES

in D Major (Beethoven, Op. DONT 61) Fritz Kreisler and the State Opera Orchestra (Berlin),

HOMS OF WATER 15 Movement Allegro ma non

MISS

took bar for.

troppo, 2nd Movement Larghetto,

oment—" Rondo Allegro,*, bád to walk home

Rugby mid-day Press Esau

Rome Beptember 1The body of Capt Mont, the Italian, high-speed squadron pilot killed at the be 10.23 ginning of this month, has been re covered from Lake Garda at a

$10.30 Point north of Birmione, where the {Tester la seventy fathoms deep

**Gezera. Balbo, the Air, Ministér,

few over to Desenzano yout pay his last respects to the pilot who was to have taken in the Bol

47 | Bill Hainer", Funal-

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