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HUSBAND'S HOLIDAY

OLD THEME OF WIFE

LOVER

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG..

King'.

Confessions of a Co-Ed"

Central.

į

All Quiet on the Western

Front."

Brith Munder Mystery.

"Alibi."

Du

World.

"Spring. Time"

George and Mary Boyd had been married for sons yours, had two children, and were obviously vary fond of each othor Then, however, George falls in live with Christine Queen's. Kennedy and George wants divores: Many will not give it to him; she will not let w marriago based on a strong foundation God buttressed by a thousand shared.

interests and memoriss be t destroyed by casua! love affair. It is not a casurt love Affair. saya George: it is, says i Mary, and, as the film drawn ita

File

noventful and somewhat sentimene

Star.

(Chinese picture).

It

KOWLOON,

"Say It With Songs.

With Al Jolson,

King's,

Central.

COMING.

HONG

TO-DAY Ar 230, 6.10, 7.15 & 980 P.M.

THURSDAY, MARCH 31,

KING'S

BOOKING AT THE

HEATRE TEL: 25313

NEXT CHANGE

CONFESSIONS SUNDAY, 3rd APRIL. OF A CO-ED

Sunshine Susic."

"The Man I Killed!" "Palmry Days."

with Phillips

HOLMES

Sood."

Sylvia

To-night or Nover.”

SIDNEY

The Secret Six."

World..

Behind Offies Doors."

Norman

FOSTER

lal way along, the audiones begins, to see that both are right. George's | holing for Christing is curtainly more than "sual, but. on the other hand, is in not Mary, bin home, and his children which in his secret heart he wants ?" Observe his | free wheh is realizes how much Mary ses of Andrew Trask!! Yes, undoubtedly the end will see the reunion of George and Mary and the little lesson, or whatever it is in matrimonial ethics brought to its proper and impeccable conclu- sion Mr. Clive Brook as George, Miss Vivien Osborne & Mary, and Miss Juliette Compton as Christine seen affected by the alma. monotones. Their acting is affioi- unt, but it is in no way distin- guished.

"Cock of the Air"

Queen's.

Star.

A Paramount Picture

made from

the flaming

pages of her Intivinte".

dary

her Joys,

heartaches, thrills, templations,

The film that" critics. bave paid to see-and they've gone again and again!

SUNSHINE

SUSIE

with

Renate Muller Jack Hulbert Owen Nares

GOSSIP

WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST

BY>Z.B.W.

355 METRES.

13: to 11:30a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 am-Chinesa programIKO. 12.30 p.m.-European programme of

Columbia poorús.

1. p.m.-Ineal time and weather

report

QUBINS

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY Ar 2.90; 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.20

THE

DRAMATIC

BRITISH

'MURDER MYSTERY

1:50 pm-Bugby Press nown, mail ALIBI"

notice, dto.

p.m.-Close down

3-9~p.m. -European (programme.

0:3,30 p.m.-

Operatio.

Damnation of Frust-“ Rakowy

March" (Berlioz).

Damnation of Faust

Diner of

the Sylphes" (Berlion).Sir Hamilton Harty conducting. the Halle Orchestra,-12089, Frederic" Love Will Kiss and. Ride Away" (Puppor ad "Lebar)

Frederica Little Roses Little

Flowers" (Pepper and Leher). Lea. Seidl-(Soprano) with the "Palace Thoutre Orchestra

DB500.

Faust" Protude" (Gounod), Faust--"Valso" (Gounod)-Milan Symphony Orchestra-"There, Oh, Wonder! "-9875.

and

"Il Trovatore -Ac 1, Finale (Verdi)-Gianna Arangi-Lom- bardi, Francesco - Merli Carlo Galeff. Rigoletto Act 1, Scene 2-(Ho

Laid a Father's Curse on me (Verdi)-Carlo Gäletti and Ernesto Dominici.x32356. 3.35-6.05 p.m.-Children's CONLETE

from the Studio.. 8.05-4.30 p.m.

Quartet in F Major (Bec thoven. Op. 138)-played by tha Lenor String Quartette.-L1018- L1920.

NEXT ATTRACTION SCORPIO

the

KILLER!

he deffed society and ruled a great city by terror

·

"The Heroine."

Ku Tan Kino Sing."

Chinese, picture. Untamed:

Three Musketeers."

"

Men of the North." "Way For a Sailor,"

Gold Diggers of Broadway."

MOVIE NEWS

On the Screen in Hong Kong.

CONFESSIONS OF A

CO-ED."

"EXPERIENCE A DEAR SCHOOL."

U.S." COLLEGE FILM AT KING.'S

1

If i were only for the glimpse |

BIG-SPECTACLE FILM.

LAVISH SETS IN "SECRET SIX."

THRILLS, HORRORS AND

"ROMANCE.

|

'SUNSHINE SUSIE.'

GERMAN STAR WHO CONQUERED ENGLAND.

Six months ago Renate Muller, the blonde German star in "Sun- shine Susie which is "coming to the King's Theatre soon, had achieved a Continental reputation. She had played all sorts of rôles on the German stage, and after five years behind the footlights decided to try her fortune in the

Building & replies of a great city into the intimate lives and actions street, construeling restaurants, a} of the yound, people who make skyscraper penthouse and stocki up"America's college populations, yards, and, on the other hand, "Confessions of a Co-Ed," which calculating a sound mensuring after her own heart, and played

is Dow showing at the King's Theatre, would merit second attend- ance. But, more than that, it is what the Trade calls an emotion charged drama," acted against the background of lavish-living Ameri- can youth, by a cast of modern screen, blue-bloods, including Phil lips Holines, Sylvia Sidney and

Norman Foster.

"Experience is a dear school," and, even

when experience" in gathered in college life, this story, from the intimate diary of an

FACT

Really Invisible Man,

The jury, consisting of 11 women Boria Karloff, the monster of and one man, seemed embarrassed.

The spectators in the court room "Frankenstein," will have his next adventure aa H.G. Wells''Inburst out laughing as Griffin con

dinued, So then follow, named visible Man." In this weird story all that can be seen of the central Tony Cyrus came home from the figure during many scenes is his war and wanted to kiss Mariana." clothing: another bizarre expert ment for Mr. Karloff.

Ugliness Vogue.

You mean Kopesins and Myrh hina, don't you, officer ?" asked the Public Prosecutor.

Well, anyway," replied the off- There is a definite film fashion in car, "his wife wouldn't let him

The uglineas new.

violat-eyed kiss her or anything. That was all the men heroines are not worth their salt Lysistrata's 'idea; and compared to the Beerys, Robinsons, stopped the war." Dressler, and Bancrofts. In con: Do You Know That?- sequence the plastic surgeons-the face-lifting, brigade-are doing a

fitms. Here she achieved a career slack trade,

in a multiplicity, of parts, from comedy to that of Jannings' lead-

parutus down to a thousandth of an inch-these were among the technical problems in the Alming of one of the sensational motioning lady. pictures of to-day.

But somehow, although French The worked involved the know and. German producers were anxious ledge of a city planner,. architects, of sound engineers. Do-to secure her for atarring roles, ber

of

required technical advisers from police headquarters, from a state prison, from gung hangouts."

meen very little to

Monte Carlo Madness,

Soon we are to have " Monte Car |lo Madness," which may be rogard. ad as the successor to "Congress Danceя,"

Sari Maritza, the London film

tails of scenes such as gang raids, i oyes turned to England. It was anotress with an Austrian mother murder trial and an execution, brave thing to do, seeing that aand & British father. (who aroused Continental reputation is apt to a lot of speculation by dancing a critical with,, Charlie Chaplin at his Lon It was the sum total of all this! British, public. Anyhow, Renate don party), plays the heroine, Miss knowledge that made possible the authenticity of The Secret Six" secured her heart's desire, and Maritza is now in Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sensational reached Dover with a British con- Activity at Welwyn.

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Thelma Todd studied to be school teacher, leaving her classes to enter the Paramount competition for screen candidates?

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Thelma Todd won the title of "Misa Massachusetts" the day be fore she was selected for training in the Paramount schoot?

Cary Grant, new Paramount co.1. tract player, lost a stage role in England, his native land, because he talked too American ?"

Cary Grant, ran, away from home at the age of twelve to become a circus clown?

anonymous college girl, shows it drama of city politics and thetract in her luggage. She was just The first Welwyn production this Father and Daughters,

cab still come doar.

underworld, which will come on plain Fraulein Muller, not a Con-year is "Stop Me which being" Sunday to the Queen's Theatre.

Tremendous Settings.

on

With character actors now tincnaal star. And she has won her directed by Norman Leo. Another joying real popularity Paramount way to stardom in a British picture of the Josser series, this picture has ingreased its player strength with a rapidity that speaks much tells of this popular character's with the signing of Richard Ben A completed city street was laid for the sagacity of Gainsborough adventures as a seaside photographnett, veteran actor and father of out, with buildings patterned on Pictures, who engaged her.

" Sub-

or and as usual will be played by Constance, Joan and Barbere Ben- famous buildings in some right shine Busie" is her introduction-the irrepressible Ernie Lotinga. nett. American cities, so that the street and what an introduction to a Molly Lamont, the B.I.P. debutante was a "blond" and no particular rapturous British, public. It is maid star who recently scored such a que Also signed recently by this comi

by one who knows, that Renate's cess in "Strictly Business" under pany are Alison Skipworth and songs are whistled by the people of the direction of Mary Trold and Mary Boland, stage and screen ten nations, and, of course, by its Jacqueline Logan, is featured in charseter metresses, Mrs. Bkip errand boys too!

the feminine lead."

worth begin work immediately; hor career of thirty-two years in- cludes more than 100 stage and a The bizarro "scene wie witnessed score of screen parts. Miss Boland at Los Angeles to-day of 58 actors, will join Paramount's actresses, stage hands and others group as soon as she completes. being on trial for participating a stage engagements.

GWEN MEARS' QUEER PART.

INALIBI "AT THE QUEEN'S.

Improper tu

8.30-7.16 p.m. --

but

p.m-Stock quotations, mail notice, etc.

He

Met His Match

Variety.

Song Just One Hour of Love”.

-Irene Bordoni (Comedienne). --5736,

Vocal Duet Recollectiona "

Bayton and Johnstone.--5803.. Orchestral" With a Song in My Heart "Symphonic Rhapsody --Court Symphony Orchestra. DX63, Yodling

Malone" (Milking) -Edelweiss Yodiera-8843. Humorous Sketch" Buying a Gun-Harry Grattan aad Horace Percival.-DX276. Vocal Due" We'll Cling To

getherNorah Blaney and Gwen Farrar,--DB121. Old-Timn Medley Harry Champion "Harry Champion (Comedian).--DX239,

7.15-7.35 pm,

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A Concert,

Viola Solo-" Freinds and Alle- (Pugnani arr. Tertis)— gro Lionel Tertia-DX313

Song A Fairy Went & Markot- ing (Fyleman and Goodhart)— Dame Clara Buta (Contralto).

PB8.

Organ Bolo-"Estrellita" (Ponce)

Emil Velazoo-DB86. Song- Mary, My Mary" (Dow-"' don and Leslie)-Hubert Eis- dell (Tenor).

Song" Best of All" (Lemeine and Leslie)-Hubert Eindell (Tenor).-5688.

Violin Solo-"Waltz in Sharp Minor སྙ ། (Chopin)—Bronisław Huberman.-LX137.

7.36-8 pm-

Orchestral.

"Homago" (Wagner)-Sir Dar Godfrey conducting the Sym phony Orchestra.-L2002, The Seasons Ballet (Glazou- now) Alexandre Glasounov & Orchestra:-LX29/LI 30.

"

"i" Dance of the Flowers (Deli-

bea)-Lucerne Kursaal Orches tra-LX30.

p.m.-Local time and weather re

port

contraet 9.2-10:30 p.m.-Chinese concert

from the Studio..

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Boys and girls who become mor and women overnight and, "from the sheltered life of home or board- ing school, and themselves pitched head-long into the glamorous, care free independence of college make up the characters of the drama Sylvia Sidney is one like that, a city could be "picked out." In the innocent girl caught up in the same way, the story itself is based swirl of dances, parties, sorority on actual Happenings and police lite, love-rivalry.

records in some twelve municipali Holmes and Foster are both at ties tracted by her, but Holmes is Among the sets constructed were already considered caught by a completo practical restaurant in Claudin Dell a sorority aister and operation on a sound stage; a pent- professed friend of Sylvia Nover house on a skyscrapper overlooking theless Sylvin "falls" for Holmes the replica of the pity; a street car gives him her love. But Claudia lins, a prison condemned row, and, pushes Foster's suit, and; when over a river landing. Holmes, expelled after a mad es- The story deals with the rise of capade with Claudin, disappears, a gang lender to become Crar of a ¦ she porsundes Sylvia that he has city electing his own mayor ruling jilted her. Sylvia turns to Foster, in a grip of death. reluctantly, and the situation is throw by the forcas of law and carried to a highly dramatic climax order furnishes a dramatic climax, when Holmes returns and acouses.

Large Group of Players. Foster of stealing Sylvin' from him.

New-York: We were not in sort of life in France, for I am now Sylvia is torn between her love for Wallace Beery plays the prin-

terested in each other's hobbis an obscure, and quiet person. For the two men. -

·cipal rôle na the sinister Scorpio, Gwen has to be corpse. Not that The chief witnous for the proze that's the trouble," is the explana, nine; vears, Miss Talmadge said, The production carries its char-The cast also includes Lewis Stone, she isn't one of the best corpse you cution a policeman testified as fol- tion offered by Miss Norma Tal. she had been wonderfully hap neters through the thrilling round John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, an imagine, but the unfortunate

madge, the film star of her impend. Ry with Jos, but they had been so of college pleasures, mid-night Marjorie Rambenu, Paul Hurst, part is that no one will catch a

It seems that Lysistrata, in in-ing divorce from Mr. Joa Schenck: Perated for the last five years, Joe" is declared, loves to work pyjama parties, promas, dances, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John glimpse of the corpse's face, which werkende at a gay mountain re Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray happens to be an unusually attraestructing the young women, told the Hollywood film producer,

"Too has consented," Miss Tal. and to gamble, and I have not any sort. The back ground are true and Kinnell, Fletcher Norton. Louis tive one. Owen is not a bit de them that they should make them

solves attractive, wear thin dresses, medge aid, “and I leave within work to do any more."!!

in Hollywood £900,000 Interesting the players are sincero Nutheaux Frank McGlynn and pressed about it. I may get a and antarsistic David Burton Theodore Yun Eltz-

chancy to show face anytime and make their soldier sweethearts ten days for Paris to get the de

fines as the community." property (12 The picture was directed by now," says she. "At any rate in want them.

with films," the star stated: I and Dudley Murphy, the directors,

Then they should tesis them am going to lead a quist, obscure yere are now abgehating for its belonging to the couple. Their law. hardthis picture a convincing standing succes with The Big really good view of my legs. And slang, and finally repulse them; un-gatinued as foot of next column) division. have done & fine piece of work in George Hill, who scored an outAlibi, audiences will get a

and "Min and Bill." they are not go bad either, Gwax. til they agreed to call off the war, portrayal of modern college life.

House

Hia final over-

All records in the above European programmes are supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.

a public performance of Lysis The signing of Benott givas 10.30 pm-Rugby mid-day Fross trata," the classic comedy of Arie-Paramount an enviable group of tophanes, the famous Athenian character players. Besides Bennett, 10.33 p.m. Oloss down. dramatist (448-393 B.C.). Loa An- Mrs. Skipworth and Miss Boland, geles, had banned the comedy, the company also has under con which expresses the popular iden tract George Barbier, Irving Pichel How would you like to imper of peace at any coal, and in which and Charlie Ruggles. sonate & corpse? This is what the women take matters into their Gwen Mears had to do in "Alibi," own hands, and the cast was charg- Very Tragic! the British attraction at the ed with giving a performance which Queen's Theatre. It is a pity that offends public decency.

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in another unforgettable role

LEWIS STONE

JOHN' MACK BROWN JEAN HARLOW CLARK GABLE MARJORIE RAMBEAU A GEO. HILL OPINION

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