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QLFENT THEATE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20 p.m.

IT WILL MAKE

SCREEN.

HISTORY!

Metro-Goldwyn

Hayer again creates screen

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

King's.

"Charlie Chan's Chance,"

Queen's,

THE

"The Wet Parade."

Central.

Carnival."

Oriental,

Atar.

Two Orphans,”

KOWLOON.

Son of India."

COMING.

King's.

Sunshine Susie."

Queen's,

“The Innocents of Chicago."

"Hell Divers."

** Happy Ending.**

Central.

Night World.”

The Doomed Battalion.”

history' with he

Btar,

presentation of

Upton Sinclair's

daring drama of the

The Ghost Train."

Oriental.

sout of America

to-day l

will

Dorothy JORDAN Robert YOUNG Lewis STONE Walter HUSION Jimmy DURANTE Neil HAMILTON

Aro-Goldwyn-Mayer

PICTURE

E

-COMING SHORTLY-

"A bright, cheery burlesque on Chicago gangsters and their methods, which has excellent atmosphere and characterisation and moves at a merry pace... riotous rough stuff which is cor- tain to de'ight all audiences."

KINE MATOO KAph 'Weekly,

The

INNOCENTS CHICAGO

CHICAGO THE LID

WITH

OFF

HENRY KENDALL BERNARD NEDELE MARGOT GRAHAME BINNIE BARNES BETTY NORTON mál hagy tappoling cost-

thy

PICTURE--|

(STARI

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 8.20 p m.

RAMON NOVARRO

Metro-Goldwyn-

Son of India

The Rosary."

Yellow Ticket."

HONG KONG DAILY · PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1932.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BOOKING

MAMMA AT THE

SHONGKONGS FINES TENERA

The Arch-Detective

of The Screen

--UNMASKS

HER FACE ! -UNVEILS

HER PAST! -AND SOLVES

The PERFECT CRIME!

CHARLIE CHAN'S CHANCE

A FOX PICTURE.

Alexander

Warner

H. B. OLAND KIRKLAND WARNER Linda Watkins • Marian Mixom Directed by JOB BLYSTOKE

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

'CHARLIE CHAN'S CHANCE**

DETECTIVE THRILLER AT KING'S THEATRE

In crime stories and films, the

He is now a ward boss and, at this hotel; Roger becomes a friend of Kip Tarleton (Robert Young), the owner's son, and of Jerry, "young reporter, Roger has inherited his father's appetite for liquor and thus he finds kindred souls. Mag- gie May comes to New York to try to straighten Roger out, and meets Kip. They fall in love.

The World War occurs, followed by the election of Woodrow Wilson 39 president, for a seccnd term. And now the prohibiting law is

"CARNIVAL” AT THE passed. Unable to get good liquor,

CENTRAL

BRITISH AND DOMINIONS PRODUCTION

.Pow Tarleton drinks poisoned alcohol and, in a moment of in- sanity, kills his wife, and is sent to prison for life.. Roger's play is a success and he becomes a popular member of New York's night chib society, ultimately getting into a disillusioning affair with an actress, A trade notice atates':--

Kip becomes a prohibition officer Carnival," one of the outstand-land. finds that graft, police inter- detectives, though they generallying British pictures of the year, ference, politics and public senti- and the first of the British and ment haniper his work. Meanwhile, Dominions new releases, opened at Rager goes blind from wood alephel the Central Theatre yesterday, and Maggie May and Kip take car Seldom has such a delightful pra- [ of him. Then comes a sananticnal duction been seen on the screen, climax in which Abe (Jimmy and all should see it. They will Darante) pays his price for his enjoy the delights of a glittering belief in prohibition. features of this unusual film are. spectacular production. The main

the melodramatic sequences which

!

F. N. C.

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

TEL. 25313,

25332.

- NEXT CHANGE

BY SPECIAL REQUEST

1

SUNSHINE SUSIE

99

WITH

RENATE MULLER JACK HULBERT

OWEN NARES MORRIS HARVEY

A GAINSBOUGH PICTURE. -

ST. JOHN

AMBULANCE

BRIGADE

AMBULANCE RETURNS FOR OCTOBER

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMMES,

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W ON 355. METRES,

11 to 11,30a.m.-Stock and Ex-

change quotations.

1.30 a.m.-Chinese recorded pro

granume.

12.30 p.m.-European programme

1 pm.-Local Time and Weather re-

port.

1.13 p.m.-Relay of the Orchvatın from the Hongkong Hotel by

CENTRAL

HEATRE

(TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND Bʊa

ADVANCE BOOKING

AT· ANDERSON'S

courtesy of the Management TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY

(during the intervals recorded Music will be broadcast from thei Studio).

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press

Nows.

2 p.m.-Close down. -

Quarry Bay Midget Band Broadcast

Recital by Madam Cuerva.

6 to 8 p.m.-European programme. 5 to 5.30 pa

Concert Waltz-"Game of Kiwea"

Victorin Orchestra-V50037. Song Falling in Love Again "'

Gracie Fields-B3502. Waltz-Roses of the South"

Chicago Symphony Orchestra--|| D1452.

Humorous Song The Empire]

Party Song" Leslie Sarony- B3473.

Concert Waltz-" Girls from BL-

dem "

Oreliestra -

'Victoria

V30037.

Humorous Song- What Archi

hald Says, Goes Gracie. Fiolds --B3602

- Concert Waltz-" Wine Women and Song Chicago Symphony Orchestra-D1452.

Humorous Song Flat Fat Fish"

Leslie Sarony-B3473.

8.30 to 4 p.m.-From the Studio,

At 280, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING BRITISH PICTURE OF THE YEAR

A Children's Concert given by the MATHESON LANG

Midget Band of the Quarry Bay

School (All performers are un der the age of ten).

6 to 6.50 p.m.---

A Concert.

Instrumental - "Last Spring "

(Grieg),

17

Instrumental" Prelude and Mi- nuel (Bossi) Philadelphin Simfonietta-0129.

Song

Arendy Is Ever. Young " (Monckton).

Song "The Pipes of Pan "|

(Monckton) Winnie Melville

Soprano)-B3285.

Piano Solo Veils" (Debussy).

CARNIVAL

EVENING STANDARD: THIS IS A REAL MOVIE

STARTING THURSDAY

LEW AYRES

AND

Piano Solo" Dancing Virgins of MAE CLARKE

·

Total No. of Cases Total No. of Patients Car-

ried...

193

Delphi "Debussy) Ignace Jan

Paderewski-1531.

191

Song "O Lovely Night" (Lan-

1,743

Song- Phyllida" (Fisher). Wal-

Total Miles run

NEW TERRITORY CASES

IN OCTOBER,

Stations Cheung Chau..

Mater-Gi-

nity eral. Total 20 2,289 2,310 Tai Kuu 14 1,018 1,035 Kam Tin

13 010. 934 Fanling

4 1,039 1,643 11 519 390'

08 0,403 0,481

Tai Loug

Kine cases were sent to ispital, three each from Cheung Chau and Tai Ku, and one each from the other stations.

don Ronald).

ter Glynne (Tenor)-B2355.

Violin Solo Cancion Populare "|

(De Falla).

Violin Solo" Malaguena " ' (AI-

beniz) Fritz (Kreisler-1244 | Song" Jean" (Burleigh).

Song "Thank God For A Gar- den" (Del Reigo) John Turner (Tenor)-B2341.

Piano Solo-" Prelude In D Flat"

(Chopin).

Piano Solo" Prelude In A Flat | Major" (Chopin) Ignace Jan - Paderewski-0947, p.m.-Stock and Exchange Quota-

tions.

Paderewski-0847.

Musical Comedy, "The Maid of the Mountains" (Continued at font of next column.)

GOSSIP

have faithful subordinate, are often as jealous as prima donnas of their colleagues of equal rank. In this film a New York Inspector, visiting inspector from Scotland Yard, and the celebrated Charlie Chan, work together us a most formidable team, each playing his have been deftly woven with rhyth part with the single aim of solving into

mio music, played by a fine band, some of the most enlourful the mystery. An English police and artisite scenes which have yet comissioner is found dead, ap-been soem.

Thore is glamour about "Carni- parently heart failure. Charlie val, the sound film adaptation of roticos, however, that a cat, lying the famous stage play, that lifts under a chair, is also dead. Obit well above the average. Gor Aiuusly a poison gas bomb From geously mounted, beautifully acted and produced, it certainly deserves then onwards the audience moves the praise showered upon it when i tho baffling, centre of the crime. at the Tivoli, London, where by the way, it broke box-office records. and innocent people who bohavs-tively lovely, and Harbert Wils The TWO ORPHANS" ported back bad at the height about it

There are clues that lead nowhere,

superla

de in real life they will do-in à the director, has brilliantly succeed. ed in imbuing the spirit of carnival most accountable fashion. This throughout the film. Matheson gives an admirable idea of what Lang has his original role, in which must be the actual task of unhe is magnificent, and Dorothy revelling a complicated crime in a Bouchier (obce Chili). Bouchier. grent city,

proves a lovely and talented ac The film is well acted, Marian tresa. Nixon is a very beautiful heroine,

.

and nets well as the "Hunted

women" Kirkland, Warner Oland THE "WET PARADE”

and I B. Warner, make an ex-

cellent trio of sleuths Warner

Oland has, of course, perfected his A FILM ABOUT

part of Charlie Chan, and H. B. Warner's subtle and polished acting

is always a delight.

PROHIBITION

IN AMERICA

"The Wet Parade" at the Queen's is an excellent show.. Wirai, aleq could it be? With such actors as Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Robert Young, Myrnu Loy and Joan Marsh.

The Glming is, notable, for the vividness of the night scones in New York, and marks all the latest devices of the photographic art.

Charlie Chan dlm are always good entertainment The confu sion is, perhaps, overdone, but the The stay is centred round pro- large audiences wore thoroughly hibition in America. The aristocra gripped by the story, if still my-tic Rogor Chilcote (Lewis Stone) stified when it was all over.

SUNSHINE SUSIE

lives in old-time Southern style on. bis plantation in Louisians, before the World War. He and all his | friends drink, but he is an unfor: After the

of mun

"Charlie tunate one who cannot hold his Chan's Chance "that means on liquor" and, as a result, he meets Wednesday or Thursday-the man with financial losses, and, finally agement of the King Theatre is commits suicide. He leaves his again screening Sunshine Susic" brilliant son, Roger, Jr. (Neil the delightful musical comedy, in Hamilton), and a daughter Maggie which Jack Hulbert, Owen Nares, May. (Dorothy Jordan),”. After his and that very fascinating person, death, Maggie May becothies – an Renate Muller excel themselves: avowed enemy of liquor in any The singing all though is delightful form.

And the theme song will haunt you Roger gres to New York to write for days Sunshine Susiel & play and stays at Tarleton House, make many new friends and eli old operated by Powhatten Tarlston ones will pay a rear visit when (Walter Huston), member of a fine sho again appears at the King's Bouther family, who also has Theatre.

lowered his position in the world. I.B because of his passion-for-drink,

TEL. 23313

FLEMING ROAD, WAMCHAI

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 p.m.

"

Miss WU SAN

IN

100% CANTONESE DIALOGUE

ENTERTAINMENT ASSURED IN THIS SPECTACULAR CHINESE FILM

URITED MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRIAL LTD. PRODUCTION

ADDED ATTRACTION Chinese Songs by Talented Songstresses will appear In every Performances CHANGE OF PROGRAMME NEXT CHANGE.

· COMMENCING | TUESDAY, 8th, NOV.

helpless hopeless heartsick

YELLOW TICKET

Kiba LANDIC

- Lionel·BARRYMORE:

Laurence OLIVIER.

Tallulah Again,

FACT.

Tallulah Bankhead may be

of the next season, that is, about the end of May,

י,

How occupied by Claudette Colbert. We wonder what Lilyan bas to say

No One Like Ann.

She will appear in a new comedy With the Ann Harding-Harry at a leading West End Theatre, The last play she appeared in was, "Let Us Be Gay,"

Bannister divorce only recently settled, already there are rumours of another marriage. It was sajd Movie Actress has 314 Dogs,

that Harry was going to marry a The addition to-day" of two dogs, approached on the subject by the blonde young Society girl. He was plate and Peppaen, to her private rowspaper mon, but he flatly denied "kennels," brought Wynne Gibson's it.

collection of canines up to the re- "I'm told. she looks like Ann cord-breaking total of 314.

IN

"NIGHT WORLD"

A Universal Picture.

-COMING SOON:

The All Quiet" of 1982

Harding said one bright repor It's The paramount actress, now ap ter. "Not at all," replied Harry pearing in" Night After Night, Is There's no one like Ann Hard- the owner of Hollywood's strangest ing. And that ended the inter- collection of pets. None of her dogs view,

bite, barks ests or performs tricks, Among her novel "breeds"

are Lapino's Daughter...... china, glass, carved wood, cloth, brinze and iron dogs. Sho has

Miss Ida Impino, daughter of Mr. every kind of canine statuette on

Stanley Lupino and his wife, Mias. the market and obtains now ones as part in the talkie Her Firas Af

Connie Encrald, has her first star soon as they come out.

All of hex dogs' names start with fair the latter P." Among them are Perbevelski, Percy, Patrick, Peu line, Periander and Pliny

Curious Colours.

A stranger, walking round the Paramount lot might have a shock if he suddenly bumped into a man. wearing evening dross, with yst low shirt, a pink collar and, a blue tie. But it would only be Chester Morris, all dressed up for the

EAMSTE.

He always wears this corious combination of colours, which photograph white.

Change-Over.

Lilya Tashraun once had a benu tifully decorated green-and-white dressing.noon at the studios. It is

Large Wadrobe,

Marlene Dietrich, atare of Para mount's widely-discussed "Blonde Venus," which Josef Von Sternberg directing, lion twenty-seven changes of costume in the picture

Battalion

A Universal Super»

Production.

The London Palladium Orches tra-01881,

Vocal Game from C. B. Cochran's 1930 Revue Light Opera Com- pany-;-01880.4

Lado Lady Belections-Savoy Orphans-01310,

Mister Cinders" Vocal Goms- Light Opera Company U1886. "No No Nanette" Selections

Show of Shows Selections The Mayfair. Orchestra. 70 108 mm Pianoforte Recent The Other Extreme:"

from the Studio by Madam S. What a fuas there was "OVER Cuerva DASH Shanghas Express because Marlene a sp.m.-Local Time and Weather Dietrich wore long skirts all the report, etc,*** way through, which concealed her 8.3 to 11.30 p.m.-Relay of the Ko wondrous legs.

Bhing Theatre.

Now, however, Marlene's gone to 10.30 pm. Rugby. Mid-Day Press the other extreme, and in the Now Blonde Venus" wears a doth of 11.30 p.m-(Approx.) Close down, gold costume something like the (All records in the above Euro- modern bathing dress, only very pean | programmes are Victory and much more so. There should be do HMV and sun ippiled by Mésirs, complaints this time.

8. Montrie & Co.)