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CENTRAL

URPE ANTRE

TO-DAY ONLY

TO-DAY AT THE

The Virtuous Sin."

CINEMA.

HONG KONG

Queen's,

Sidewalks of Now York."

King'.

British Now Rool.

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.13 and 9.20 p.m.

11 am to 9 p.m.

Central

World.

Two Stars"

KOWLOON.

IN:

Star.

The Sap from Syracuso."

(Chinese Alm),

The Locked Door."

COMING.

Queen's,

King's

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Side Walks of New York." "Dixiana."

Merely Mary Ann."

Janet Gaynor and Charles

HONG

KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

TO-DAY ONLY

"THE

KING'S

He Holds Her in His Arms-

ARTUOUS

SIN'

Marconio

Sictur

A min who take what he Wante

A woman who wants to gival Ca he take love? Emotion rises to a trends eliast in

with

WALTER HUSTON

KAY FRANCIS

'and'

Kenneth MacKenna

TO-MORROW

SPECIAL EXTRA SHOWINGS"

(20

SAT 8th, SUN. 7th. MON. 8th and TUES, 9th AT: 11.30 A.M.

Farrell. Secrete of a Secretary.".

PRIORA INCLUDING

LOGE

D.T

Claudette Colbert Herbert Marshall."

and

TAX

ADULTS CHILDREN

$1.70

BN. 650.

800.

BOO.. 800,

200

Central,

Another grost Grin Invasion. The Napo leon of nifiles Jond- ing you and his army of Tunloving fame over the yelps to Hilarity

Yep, it's

JACK OAKIE

The Sap from Syracuse

|a Paramount Picture

Based on the Broad, way remedy amongh, With Ginger Rogers,

Ingeniia of "Young. Man of Manhatton.“

Charley's Aunt."

With Charles Ruggles aud

Juno Collyor.

"Rain or Shino."

World.

Lonely Wives."

Waterloo Bridge."

A Woman of Experience."

Rabin Hood."

"One for the Other."

Star.

Chinese 'Chm.

Lucky Fopi."

Chinese fiku.

Girls Not Wanted"

Chinese Alm,

Bachelor. Tather." "Woman Racket." "Lutrmon.**

Also

Paramount Sound News

and

"Marry or Else (Paramount Comedy)

NEXT CHANGE

Imagine AUNTY'S

rembarrassment

when his skirt

fell off

CHARLIE RUGGLES June Collyer

Directed by AL CHRISTIE

in

The Mirthquake of the Ages!

From the calabrated

play by Brandon Thomas

CHARLEY'S

Aunt

A. COLUMBIA PICTURE Produced by. Christie

Look Out for

1932 United Artist Pictures

The Central Theatre.

*

AT 2,30, 6.10, 7.15.

&.30 PM

Janet

Charles

Gaynor Farrell

"Merely Mary Ann"

Hear the Song Hit "Kiss He Good-night

Not Good-bye"

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL." 25313.

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK.

BUSTER KEATON FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.

NEWS REELS AT THE KING'S.

POPULAR MID-DAY

SCREENINGS.

THE SAP FROM

SYRACUSE."

NEW YORK SUCCESS AT.. CENTRAL THEATRE.

There are few idle momente in

The mid-day screenings of British news reels at the King's Theatre the professional life of Ginger Ro are proving increasingly popular gers, who chapleted her featured

WHARMSTON'S CIRCUS QUEEN'S

STILL RUNNING."

CHARLEY'S AUNT AS TALKIE.

A careful effort to get an accurate replica of an Oxford College was made on the Christie lot during the filming of "Charley's Aunt," the talking picture version of Brandon Thomas play. The film is a force based on female impersona tion and is coming to the Central Theatre on Saturday. It is Z Columbia picture, produced by Christie.

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The set represents one of the quadrangles in the English Cat

STILL PLAYING TO CROWDED HOUSES,

In spite of the inclement weather thore was again a full and "very onthusiastic audience at Harmaton's Circus, Kowloon, Inst night.

The thrilling performances givos by the Palomar quarteste, easily the cleverrat aerobots soon in Hong Kong, for many years, again pro- vided the finest turn of the evening. The trick riding by Delroy, Kitty and Charlie was very much appre- ciated while the double jockey not by Millie and Jack Williams was given, a grant ovation.

The thrill of the evening was provided by Dare Devil Moscowitcho with his spectacular leap on a motor-cycle. Mr. W. Harmston again demonstrated, how well „ho had trained his animals which in- glúded horses and olophants.

Delroy was again to the fors with some uont juggling, while Chocolato, the irrepressible, clown, kept the nadiones amused from the opening till the end with his antica . and drollery,

"'MERELY MARY ANN.

HOW JANET WENT TO HOLLYWOOD.

It office work were interesting, the sereen would never have had Janet Gaynor, whose latest Fox picture.. Maroly Mary Ann," in which she is co-starred with Charles Farroll, opens next Saturday at tho King's Theatro,

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Janet began bor career na a Aling clerk in a San Francisco, shoe store. She had ambitious of becoming a business womaz-ono of thobe afficient and forbiding ladies who direct, the destinies of large por- porations and (in Action, at least). attain wealth and power in bom- marcial circles,

As often happens, however, the reality didn't prove as glamorous as the dream. Life seemed to con- sist chiefly of putting away in filing cabinets dull letters on dull subjects, varied ocasionally by the feverish, thrill of affixing price tags

trying to reform the small boys of and the management has decided role in "Queen High" for Paraversity town architecture, chapristo now shipments of feetwear. Then,

Comical enpera in a gymnasium, adventures with gangsters, and a love affair that results in his the tanemonts, land Buster Keaton inta characteristic trouble in his nowout Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pie ture, coming to-day to the Queen's

Theatre.

to give extra performances during mount just in time to line up the Chinese New Year holidays, with Jack Onkie, in “The Sap from starting from to-day at the usualSyracuse." time-1.45 am," and from to-mor "The Sap from Syracuse,"

row till Tuesday at reduced prices starting at 11.30 nm. This should be an ideal way of passing the mid-day hours during the coming

This in "Sidewalks of Now York, a farcient romance of love and gangsters, small boys and trials and tribulations galore. - holidays.

Buster plays a millionaire's Bon Ho who owns blocks of tenements falls in love with Anita Page, a girl of the tenement district, and for her sake sets out of reforms her small brother..

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He starts gymnasium, and tries to net as instructor in it, but he doesn't know how, and tangler up in everything in the place. Then the gangs get after him and he dodges trouble and ballets until in a comical finale be wins out and true love conquers,

scale a half hour each morning eliminates the necessity of physical culture in any form," Miar Daniel

declares.

"Singing starts perspiration-- eliminating waste (1) matter!

"Binging exercises all the muscles in the body and improves sluggish circulation.

"I haven't had a cold since I began training my voice for the movies!!!

Jules White and Zion Myers, "pro- ducers of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "All Barkie" comedies, directed Daniela.

and gardens. Gray, ivy covery, walls, spaced by arches and win-

dows are there too.. The set ware built from photographs of Oxford and are as correct as Hollywood having its final showings to-day can make them. All the action of at the Central Theatre." It is Gin the film transpires in this setting. gor's third consecutive role for

But the careful attention to de Paramount since she signed her first contract about "four months bail did not stop here. In assembl ago. Her first part, that of Eag the cast, nothing was spared in an art to bring together a in Young Man of Manhattan,

perfect group of artistic perform- brought a large measure of acrean.

Charlie Ruggles, plays the title role. He is supported by June Collyer, Flora Sheffield. Doris Lloyd, Halliwell Hobbes, Rodney McLennon, Hugh William and Flora Le Breton. Al Christic 'directed,

Buccess.

! The Sap from Syracuse" is a Broadway "comedy success of last season many of the original stags players are with Oakie, and Ginger in the cast.

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mawkish moment.

Miss Francis wins nacther victory and Kenneth McKenna in good as the third angle of the triangle, and Marshall agreed with Miss ( other prominent parts" are enacted "A shortsing in the by Jobyna Howland, Paul Cara- nagh. Oscar Apfel and Victor Potel. "Aside from being the Potel is only a sentry, but like Mr. best form of exercise possible, it is Lo Maire in "Only the Brave," a great mental panaoca.

manages to make the bit something "A song a day keeps colds and more than just a piece of the

"props." blues away no fooling!"

the now producton. Cliff Edwards bath each morning is refreshing." appears as the comical valet Poggle he says. and shares Buster's troublesome ad-,

vontures.

HOW BEBE DANIELS KEEPS SLIM.

SINGING IN HER BATH.

Will sound proof bath-rooms be- come necessary 7

will singing take the place of the daily dozen or radio calis thonical

Both Bebe Daniels and Everett.

Take note of the following:-

AGE FOR LOVE Marshall, Hadio Pictures pheno

with

BILLIE DOVE

Around the World in 80

Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks.

monal singing ton in the singing "drama,*** Dixiana coming on Wednesday to the Queen's Theatre, recommend singing as a health builder 1

"I and that running the diatonic.

sedan nezi Column),

TO-NIGHT!

TO-NIGHT!

鸭差署。

"THE VIRTUOUS SIN" SHOWING AT THE

KING'S THEATRE.

"The Virtuous Sin" showing at the King's Theatre is a love story showing the lives of three lending

characters,

·

the vista of long years of letters and price tags begin to pall on the Gaynor imagination.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 230; 3.10, 7.10 AND 9:20

How They Welcomed Him to the Sidewalks of New York!

REATON

Sidewalks

.

New York

Metro Goldwyn.

Mayer

MOTULE

You'll how! at Buster as the dude millionaire. "who falls in love with a gal from the East Side 1

With a great cast of fun-makers:

including

ANITA PAGE CLIFF EDWARDS

A BUSTER KEATON.

Production

NEXT ATTRACTION IN GLORY

COMES

"There must be something I can do that's more exciting than this," she murmured one Saturday after. noon Farthwith she handed in her resignation, and promotly got a job Unbridled World of as an "usheretto" at the California Carnival Plosures ...in the Férered Lant

Theatre, then San Francisco's finest Housef Mardi Grast picture house.

Ushering proved more interesting than filing letters, but the opportu nity of watching the parade, of screen players on the silver sheet, and of studying, day after day, their mothods, in turn, led her to consider the possibilities of going. to Hollywood herself and just be fore Christmas, 1924, she sent in her second, and last, rosignation, and boarded the train that carried her to Filmland and the brilliant career that awaited her.

* TALLER POLICE FOR LONDON

8FT. 101N RECRUITS,

Action is rapid and one of the best scenes is when a pretty Rusaint All recruits Joining the Metro- girl pleads with a stern general for politan Police Forap must now be

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS in her ples after the amazing die-

AT 9,15 P.M...

Location Next To Penineuia Holel, Kowloon.

Complete Change of Programme!

Everything New !

50

Second Programme better than the first T 30 European Artisis 30 50 Performing Animals 5 MATINEES Every Saturday and Sunday at 4.16 p.m.

Uhlidren Half Price to Matinees only Booking at Mantris's Co. Sundays at the Circus SOLDIERS & SAILORS, IN. UNIFORx, Half Price to Balls & Boond Chairs onl Menagerie open daily from 8.00 am to 60 p.m.

B. BELL A. J. CLOTHIER,

Kepreanfative. "Agent

W. HARMSTON"

the life of her husband, and achiev.5ft. 10in. in height or over and ba

tween 20 and 23 years old.

Hitherto the rule has been 5ft. covery that she really loves the Bin, with an age limit of from 20 "man-machine."

Walter Huston, who did memor able work in "The Virginian," and more recently the main character Lincoln," in D. W. Griffith's moves a step nearor the scale of stars of the Chaney and Januingu type As the man of action who becomes a puppet under the spell of Miss Francis, he contrives to be consistent and convincing without (Continued on prev column

to 27 years

The new regulation brought in by Lord Trenchard is the result of an unprecedented rush to

join up" on the part of eligible young

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Since the Home Office sanctished an increase of 400 men to the Me.) tropolitan Police, public school- boys, unemployed clarks, artisans and labourers have competed for the "new" jobs, a

RADIO'S MIRACLE SPECTACLE

DIXIANA

BEBE DANIELS EVERETT MARSHALL BERT WHEELER BOBT. WOOLSEY

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT230, 5.20, 7.20 AND 9:20

The

LOCKED

DOOR"

ROD

LA ROCQUE BARBARA STANWYCK WILLIAM BOYD BETTY

Our experience is that the mun of sft 10in is the better allround officer, aid Scotland Yard offe cial, "A man of Bit.in. looks undersized in his helmet. The additional inch makes all the dif. BRONSON

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