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QUEENS THEATE

TO-DAY ONLY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m. BY SPECIAL REQUEST!

THE PICTURE THAT MAKES YOU HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR SEAT

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

King's.

Sunshine Susie."

Queen's.

"Hell Divers,"

Oeutral.

"Carnival."

Oriental.

"Two Orphaum,"

Star.

Wallace

BEERY

GABLE

HELL DIVERS

•Mears Golluyn Ma

They're all raving about it-its thrills, its laughs,

and

its romance, its grand

Beery acting by Gable, and its marvelous cast. It took a year to make and the U. S. Navy cooperated.

Directed" by

GEORGE HILL with Conrad Nagel, Doro thy Jordan, Marjorie Rameau and Marie Per-

VOVAL.

TO-MORROW

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

KINE MATOGRAPH WEEKLY.

INNOCENTS CHICAGO

CHICAGO THE LID

LUPINO LANE

HENRY KENDALL BERNARD NEDELI MARGOT GRAHAME BINNE BARNES BETTY NORTON and kits supporting col

STAR

·TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. BRITAIN'S DRAMA

"The

ROSARY"

with

MARGOT GRAHAME ELIZABETH

ALLAN

··Directed by GUY NEWALL

King's,

KOWLOON.

The Rosary."

COMING.

** Deadlock."

Love Me Tonight."

Reberca

Queen's.

Di

Farm,"

Sunutybrook

"The Innocenta of Chicago,"

"Happy Ending."

Central.

Star.

"Night World."

"The Doomed Battalion."

"The Ghost Train."

Oriental.

"She Wanted a Millionaire."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1932.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

KINGS THEATRE

SHINCKONGS FINES

BY SPECIAL "REQUEST

"SUNSHINE SUSIE"

WITH

RENATE MULLER, JACK HULBERT, OWEN NARES. A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE.

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

"INNOCENTS OF

'CHICAGO"

COMEDY FOR QUEEN'S THEATRE

A trade notice states:- The adventures that befall as neining young Englishman, Lloyd, who on his arrival in Chiengo to take over the Universal Milk Co. Inc., falls into the none too gentle hands of rival gangsters is hipo

BOOKING

AT THE

THEATRE

TEL. 25313,

25332.

- NEXT CHANGE FRIDAY, 11th NOV. MYSTERY IN A TALKIE STUDIO!

STEWART ROME

IN

"DEADLOCK"

with

WARWICK WARD MARJORIE BOME ANNETTE BENSON ALMA TAYLOR.

BUTCHER'S EMPIRE

PRODUCTION.

FILM OF VARSITY LIFE

PRIVATE SHOWING IN LONDON OF

MEN OF TO-MORROW"

LONDON, Oct. 4. At last a true film of English- University life has been made, and it has taken an Austrinu director from Hollywood and a South Afri can woman from Germany to do it! Mon of To-morrow (it is adapted from the novel Young Apollo, by Anthony Gibbs,) is a story of a RE-APPEARING TO-DAY AT penniless idealist who rebels against

THE KING'S

“SUNSHINE SUSIE”

4

A trade notice states:- Filmgoers and possibly theatre- lovers too are destined to hear and see more of a dazzling Continental blonde, Fraulein Rennte Müller. The newest of theatrical "finde," she has come to the British screen notable, carcer 06 tire after a Berlin stage, where she has appear only dealt with in the hilarioused in plays so diverse as Rostand's burlesque, "Innocents of Chicago.","L'Aiglon" and "The Garden of which filmgoera can see at the Eden." Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

Oblivious to his danger he jollies the tough he men who have been detailed to "take him for a ride." rund gently remonstrates with those whe gather on the spot," when

they are arguing as to who shall bump him off.” The police arrive much to Lloyd's puzzlement, who hustles the boy friends "back into their ears to attend bis hoard moeting. Continued efforts to do away with Lloyd fail, and even- tually-

"

Born in Munich, she started film. work five years ago, has made, five pictures for Ufa, played opposite Emil Jannings. This loveliest of Continental blondes displays her poise, personality and delightful

voice in "Sunshine Susie," musical comedy film in the Viennese manner, which has had an enormous voguo in Germany under its original title of "The Private Secretary." Victor Bavilo produced the film for Gainsborough Pictures.

In this airy and tuneful produc- tion, Miss Muller plays opposite

But see for yourself how Henry

Jack Hulbert and Owen Nares in Kendall, the popular perfect thump" and one of the "Inno story which is set in the Aus- cents of Chiengo" outwite the trian capital, and whith introduces into a narrative of commercial life gangsters and gets away with ten

some of the liveliest, sauciest, and thousand of the, bast-aided and

most tuneful of episodes. It seems. abetted by a snappy little news- paper reporter pinyed by Betty quite likely that the lovely star of

"Sunahino Susie enjoys a tro Norton. The cast of this uniquo B.I.P. offering

contains mendous following here, and it is also Bernard Nedell who gives an in- fairly certain that her "Happy real-life Song" will again be one of the timnie portrait of a

musical lite of the season. gangster.

"NIGHT WORLD"

UNIVERSAL PICTURE AT CENTRAL THEATRE

night. The screen play reveals the seething undercurrents beneath the surface in the cafe, telling a story which lays bare conditions which are totally unsuspected by the roisterous patruns.

A trade notics states:-

The closing sequences show the Intimate details of the "cafe power exerted in the conduct of the racket" are shown in "Night place by the gangster element of the *World," the lightning-paced-Unicity, and the climax of the story versal drama which commences at brings to the screen most surpris the Central Theatre on Thursday. ing and highly dramatic scenes. The entire story is laid in a gay Lew Ayron of the "All Quiet " night club-in-a-great city, and all fame, stars, and is ably supperteil the events transpire in a single by Mae Clark, Boris Karten!-

many others. (Continiced on "next column.).

the Oxford environment, is sent down, marries an undergraduette, and tries to live on nothing. In the end, through the help of the very fellows he has condemned, al! turns out well for him and is young wife. The film, which was shown privately, has been made by a fairly new British producing con- erra, London Films.

Mr. George Grossmith and Mr. Alexander Korda (the well-known Austrian director who made several noteworthy pictures in Hollywood) are the leading spirits of the en terprise. This particular film was directed by Miss Leontine Sagan, the South African woman who made

ORIENTAL

TEL: 28473

.FLEMING ROAD, WANGHAJ TO-DAY ONLY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 p.m.

TAIT'S MANILA CARNIVAL

IT WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY

CENTRAL

THEATRI

TAKE QUEEN'S RD, WESTBOUND DUB

AT ANDERSON'S

That is what is claimed will hap- ADVANCE BOOKING pen if you visit Tait's Manita Carnival Shows, which open their. acason in Hong Kong on Thursday the 10th of November opposita the Peninsular Hotel Kowloon and ser

+

their great sensational free act the FINA'. SHOWINGS TO-DAY "Globe Of Death" presented, in a big steel globo built of lattice At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. work. The world's champion globe rider Reckless Eddie Phillimore, up and down, in and out, shaking and completely looping the loop, a test of nerve and fearless riding. This spectacular act can be seen free by all those who pay the gate admis sion charge into the Carnival grounds of 20 cents.

Many novelties and first class side shows are on exhibition, and include the Hula-Hulu Dancare which always draw big crowds, Vaudeville Show, Tylden in "hi great escape net, which always leaves one wondering how it is done, Tom Tong's Flea Circus, with fleas which do almost everything but hita, another And the Motor-Drome big attraction with a big kick in it. The rides include the Big Wheel, Merry-Go-Round, and the latest riding dorise the "Dodgem an amusement which is quite now to Hong Kong.

1.1

HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING

BRITISH PICTURE OF

THE YEAR

The management of the Carnival will be in the handa of Edwin E. Tait, while the advance arrange ments are being looked after hy Thomas A. Randell who is now in MATHESON LANG Hong Kong.

"CAVALCADE" AS A FILM

FAMOUS LONDON HAUNTS COPIED.

While the idea of fluiing. Noel Coward's Cavalcada" in Holly. wood may have raised doubts in the Madchen in Cuiform," the bril-minds of critical English filmgoers

CARNIVAL

EVENING STANDARD: THIS IS A REAL HOUTE

STARTING TO-MORROW

LEW AYRES

AND

liant story of a girls'-school in who have seen what Hollywood hat MAE CLARKE

Germany,

Other British Film. Other London successes are Miss Gracie Fields' film, Looking at the Bright Side, and The Impassive. Footman, an adaptation of one of Sapper's tales, Mr. George Gross mith appears in an amusing film, Wedding Rehearsal, at the New Gallery, and, at the Dominion, is Hollywood Speaks which reveals the life-story of a film "star."

done in the past with British sub- jecte and scenes, it must be ad mitted that this time the film city is doing its best.

With construction work nearly complete filming is expected to be gin at any time now, and the many British players in the cast will find themselves playing a large part of the film in a replica of Kensington, Gardens.

Photographs of the gardons have been sent to Hollywood, and from them a park with gravel, walks, flower beds, trees, fountain and iron railings, has bocis made.

In Looking on the Bright Side, Miss Gracio Fields has to support almost the whole weight of the entertainment, and is entirely, sue cessful Whether she is singing ex- This Bet will not be destroyed tremely sentimental ballads, which when the film is completed, but is she does with a gusto which some-

to become a permanent part of the how serves to disinfect them, or landscape at Hollywood. whether she is engaged in clowning. Kensington Gardens are not the as a comio police-woman-in some only landmark that will be repro ways this is the best party of the duecd. Trafalgar-square, Victoria film-she remains the same person, Station, Tilbury Docks, the Gaiety and her dominating character is Theatre, the Caledonian Market, sufficient to carry through this story and the beach at Margate, or, at of the loves of a male and female least, parts of them, are all to be hairdresser and of their failures built for the film. and successes as a composer and a singer of sentimental songs.

Getting the Detail Right, The company making Caval Another really good English film cade" hava takon every measure to is Wedding Rehearsal.. Wedding get as much as possible of the at- Rehearsal and Men of Tomorrow mosphere of the play. To this end are really bright milestones on the director, his assistant, and two landscape of British pictures. They writers were sent to London, and are well made and they strike new a special film of the play was made. And they are made for Research experts have been work

trails.

IN

"NIGHT

WORLD"

The TWO ORPHANS adult minds. Wedding Rehearsal ing for months on details of the A Universal Picture.

A CHINESE PICTURE TO-MORROW

י

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO MARRY JUST FOR

LOVE!

The sensational. story of a real Miss America who cashed:"In

on her 'good. looks!

She Wanted a Millionaire

« BENNETT

Spencer

·TRACY Mau Morkel, Jamai Kiricwood WA Devathy Petersen 250.

FOX PICTURE:

has a number of engaging new Boor War so that the small part comers, mcluding Wendy Barrie of it to be filmed will be accurate. and Joan Gardner and Motle For the public-house scene a real Oberon, a young woman who should English bar-room, complete with do great work in the future..

WEST END ACTOR'S

SECRET

SOLD TWO PLAYS IN TWO DAYS.

fittings-except liquid contents-w

COMING SOON

bought in England and is being The "All Quiet" of 1982 shipped to Hollywood.

Behind the bar will appear the English actor, Herbert Mundin, who will play Bridges, the butler I who later becomes the proprietor of

the "pub.""

SPEEDBOAT BLOWS UP

OWNER SAVED FROM SEA BY FISHERMEN.

I discovered the secret of the young and hitherto unknown dramatist, saya a London reporter, Phillip Leaver, who is enjoying the rare distinction of having had two plays accepted by West End man- agements in as many days. One of the plays "To-morrow Will be Friday, is to be staged at the Haymarket with Miss Marie Tem-

Mr. Honry Pettitt, of Poole, pest playing the lead, the other, "They Way the Stars," will be Dorset, had's narrow escape when presented at about the same time at his speedboat, named the Nippy, Wyndham's Theatre, With Leslie caught fire and blew up while he Banks in the principal part, was travelling in the boat alone from Walton-on-the-Naze to Ramas- gate.

Mr. Leaver who is 28 and began playwriting only a year ago is nu actor and under the name of Phillip Brandon, has appeared in a num bor of West End Productions.

'His last appearance. was in Grand Hotel, “at the Adelphi. He told me:--

years.

Battalion

It's A Universal Super-

Production.

MAKING NITRATES

REPORTED IMPORTANT

DISCOVERY.

An important scientide discovery by which sea water can be used fu He had reached a point about stead of carbonate of soda in the eight miles from Clacton, in the manufacture of nitrate is reported Colne-Blackwater estuary, when the by the Norwegian newspaper" Mor

The discovery in boat's engine apparently failed. genbladet."

The crew of a barge, the Leonard claimed by a young Norwegian Piper, saw Mr. Pettitt attempting chemist employed by the Norsk I have been working in the West to restart his engine, when sudden Hydro Company, which has for -End-on-and-off for the past eightly it caught fire and blew up with many years-produced nitrate by re

a loud explosion. Mr. Pettitt was duction of the nitrogen in the air," thrown into the water, and burning The use of sea water eliminates n portions of the boat fell around him. raw material which the company A fahing vessel in the vicinity have had to import from abroad, considerable lowered a dinghy and picked up and will lead Mr. Pettitt, who was landed at economy in the cost of production: Colne Point, Et. Qeth Marshes, The company is preserving the greatest: sepregy, and even the Essex, last night.

to

"I wrote one or two plays with which I was not quite satisfied, and then I began writing with the de- faite picture in my mind of the loading actor or actress who I hop.

would play the principal part To-morrow will be Friday is a comedy with the principal part The flames and smoke of the names of the young inventor and specially writer for Miss Tempost. speedboat word seen for miles, and his colleagues have not been divulg.. The Way of the Stars is also a the Oleton lifeboat was called out. ed. Experiments with the new comedy, but with a serious back They found the surface of the sea process are being carried out at of Notodden in the province of Tele ground and Leslie Banks was the strewn with the wreckage part

which were salved.

mark. nctor I had in my mind."