1932-11-10 — Page 12

King's.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1932.

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QUEENS THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

"A bright, cheery burlesque on Chicago gangsters and their methods, which has excellent atmosphere and characterisation and moves at a merry paco : rlolous rough stuff which is cer- tain to delight all audiences."

KINE MATOOBaru Weekly.

́TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

"Sunshine Susic."

Queen's.

"The Imocents of Chiengo."

Central.

"Caught Plastered,”

Oriental.

She Wanted a Millionaire."

TO-DAY

ONLY

Ar 2.90, 5.10,

INNOCENTS CHICAGO

CHICAGO

WITH

THE LID OFF!

LANE

HENRY KENDALL BERNARD NEDELE

MARGOT GRAHAME-BINNIE BARNES BETTY NORTON3 autkng supporting coil-

ALSO SITOWING The Latest

Pathe Gazette

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-COMING SHORTLY-

''THE GRAND'

LAUGH ARRIVAL OF

KINGS OF CUCKOO KINGDOM

OFRY

Out of the Booby Hatch and Unto the

creen.

Squirrel Doaging. Dizzy De- fenders of Their Cuckoo Kingdom.

JOY KINGS RETURN!

WHEELER

RODY

WOOLSEY

Famparing Riot

of fan!

CRACKED NUTS

with DOROTHY LEE

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

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

KOWLOON.

star.

The Rosary."

King's.

COMING.

"Deadlock."

"Love Me Tonight."

**Reberva sť Sunnybrook

Queen'a,

Farm."

"Cracked Nuts"

Central.

Star.

"Night World, "

"The Dooned Battalion."

"The Ghost Traip."

Oriental.

This is the Niglit."

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST:

CHONGKONG'S FINESTONET

"SUNSHINE SUSIE"

WITH

RENATE MULLER, JACK HULBERT, OWEN NARES.

GAINSBOROUGH PIĆTURE.

A

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

"SUNSHINE SUSIE”

WELCOME BACK TO THE

KING'S

"Sunshine Susie "* is worth see. ng again-in fact it's even better at the second visit than or first maintence and if you can em-. trive to go to the King's tired ar depressed it is evet better still.

Darling Susie with your infer tits gaiety, how you drive the blues away with a gesture of your expressive hand, and Jack Hulbert,

It

A "MIRACLE TRICK→

IN "CRACKED NUTS" AT THE QUEEN'S.

A trade potice states:- The "in:possible" often, is asked a studio property department. usually is obtained.

The script of Radio Pictures* "Cracked Nuts," showing from Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, demanded that Robert Woolsey eigar im- should puff away on mediately after being immersed in water-smoke and ill. -

Edward Cline, te director, made his wishes known to

".props."

That's a pretty tough one," said the assembled props us they went

you dear ridiculous creature, where did you get that marvellous coat in which to aing about your aunt ?

How cum begin to describe into a buddle.But we'll do it."

Sunshine Sasie"! It is English,

The cigar was covered with a close fitting invisible cellulose jac ket, which kept out the water

so far an gund, but that is not the best of it, it is happy, that in the

When Woolsey came out of the note, and that is what makes the Los Angeles harbour, he fished a picture anique. Every member of tigar out of his pocket, hit off one the cast seems to be bubbling over end and touched a match to the

other.

'with happiness; one imagines a

THE CENTRAL THEATRE

Result: A smoke and a problem most unseemly (and improbable) at-eally solved. mosphere of high spirits and bois terous laughter in the studio during it's waking. Did they all enjoy making "Sunshine Susie "I won, der, well if they didn't they have eerlainly most wonderfully dis- guised that fact

"CAUGHT PLASTERED" TO BE

SCREENED TO-DAY.

DISRAELI ON THE STAGE

WITH GLADSTONE IN A NEW PLAY

Pellatt,

'Dizzy," by Thomas Westmbuster Theatre, London.

A pleasant, harmless domestic comedy in Victorian dress, with Disraeli- so many great men d'gined to do on the stage-playing fairy godfather is a comparatively trivial affair which does not in- volve any profound assertion of his genius. This was the evening's outs Conn at the Westminster Theatre, reerived by nurilliant audicare |with every sort of frioadly cuthu-

yiztun1.

We seg Disraeli first of ali as the fantastic young man in a Prologue which suggested that we were going to look rither more deeply into his political purposes. He is shown al Claythorpe Abbey, Hertfordshire,

ORIENTAL

TEL, 28473

FLEMING ROAD, WANCHAI

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m..

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO MARRY JUST FOR

LOVE!

The management of the Central Theatre announces that owing to

The sensationa! story of a real Miss America who cashed in

on ber good looks!

It is genuinely funny." There is wit and humour and delicious in forcares-circumstances, it has romantic been measury to rearrange their It ja a 'kuock-about. love story which gets across "— | sohedule, and RKO Radio's comedy, Plastered," starring Owen Nares and Renate Muller "Caught make love as if they meant it, and Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolery thoroughly enjoyed it. It is well will be shown to-day instead of staged and moves quickly, the songa "Night World." are excellent, and, last but not lenst, there is a pretty bevy of chorus girls of whom one sees just enough.

What more can any one ask for "Sunshine Susie" is pornps not the best film that by ever been made, but I think it can claim to be the "happient.”

E. M. B.

"Caught Plastered" is me of the latest Radio pictures starring this inimitable team of fun-makers. It is a hilarious comedy of their effort to run a drug store success fully, and gives plenty of scope for their natural talents. Dort Wheeler and Dorothy Leo sing their latest song hit I'm that way about you" in this picture.

She Wanted a Millionaire

Spencer BENNETT TRACY Une Morkel, jamus Kirkwood Dorothy Peterson Directed by John Blysians. FOX PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE- SUNDAY, 18th NOV.

THIS IS THE MIGHT

BOOKING

AT THE

THEATRE TEL. 25313,

25332.

TO-MORROW MYSTERY IN A TALKIE STUDIO!

STEWART - ROME

IN

“DEADLOCK”

with

WARWICK WARD MARJORIE, HUME ANNETTE BENSON ALMA TAYLOR.

BUTCHER'S EMPIRE

PRODUCTION.

with Caroline Wyse-n character supposed to represent Solina Lady Bradford, to whom he wrote those impassioned letters in his age.

Hoe talks of the plight of the poor-with a natural reference to Sybil" and, of course, says the time will come when they will

i hear me."

Then we skip forty years and find him in 8 in the midst of the Rus sin imbroglio, devoting all, too much of his time to worrying about A young Lord Dalbraith, who had been beguiled by an adventuress, calling herself Renée de Montesson, and her supposed uncle. Disraeli helps to expose these people-all this is on the old "Diplomacy" model-but to be frank we have far too much Sardon and all too little of Dizraeli himself.

Self-Revelations,

TAIT'S MANILA CARNIVAL

TOOK JAVA BY STORM

CENTRAL THEATRE

TAXE QUEEN'a nn., WESTBOUND SUB

ADVANCE BOOKING AT ANDERSON'S

Seldom has any show been sc popular as was Tom Tong and hi Fleu Circus during the toa ei Tait's Manila Carnival Shows in Java this year. At first people thought it was just ñ lake, but the|TO-DAY to SATURDAY.

got round that his

word soon

BIGGEST LAUGH

performance was with real livet 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. Beas, and when be smilingly shows his arm to the audience and ex plains that it is only fair that he should feed his Heas as his tea- indirectly feed him, there leaves no room for doubt, it is clean slow, and just shows what can be done by patience, but what patience!

This is only one of the inany good shows that you will see at the Manila Carnival which opene opposite the Peninsula Hotel Kow Icon on 10th of Nov. There are the ever popalar Hawaiian Dancer which you will want to see again and again, the Vandville Show, The Walls of Death and The Grent Then Tylden in his escape acts, we anve the rides, for the kiddies there is the good old Merry-to- Round, for the young courting. couples we have the Big Wheel, where they can hold each others hand all the time, and the greatest of all the "Dodgem "a brand new! ride for Hong Kong, it will be'n case of following the crowd tu dodge em on the "Dodgem."

The admission to the Carnival grounds is only 20 cents and for this you can see without any fur ther cost the most spectacular ne ever presented before the public of Hong KongThe Globe O Death" operated by reckless Eddie Phillimore, the worlds champica globe rider.

He has a

VALUE IN TOWN

Let These Whooping Drug Store Cowboys Fill Your

Laugh Prescription!

BERT WHEELER ROBT WOOLSEY

1963 £2007 48

LEE

JOYOUS LAUCH

CAUGHT PLASTERED HITI

Pie-Eyed with Joy! Reeling with Mirth! Loaded with Loughs!. ARKO RADIO PICTURE

STARTING SUNDAY

MUSIC - DANCING EXCITEMENT - HEVELRY

LEW AYRES

AND -

from his own words. charmingly witty little talk with the Russian Ambassador, in which both confess us secret treaties with MAE CLARKE Turkey, The arrival of Gladstone is pleasantly used to give Glad stone an opportunity of anticipat ing the eulogy he pronounced after Disraeli's death."

At the fish Disraeli pays a little Now and again, in an off moment, tribute to the women who had help Mr. Pellait allows him some littleed and inspired him-including Fell-revelations largely quoted Queen Victoria.

GOSSIP

& FACT.

Gloria Swanson to Pay £1,488.

Los Angeles. Judgment in £1,105 has been given against Miss Gloriu Swanson on her failure to appear in court to answer a suit concern: ing the antique furnishing of her Beverly Hills residence.

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who seld her mice to her various friends at the profitable price of two dollars euch. But afraid of mice-rats!

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Rose Hobart to Marry.

Misa Rose Hobart, the actress It was stated that the actress and who is to marry Mr. W. M. Gros- venor, jun., son of Mr. W. M. her husband wore in London.

Grosvenor, A well-known U.S. Six weeks ago 100 pieces of rare furniture, valued at £8,800, belong-scientist, will be remembered us ing to Miss Swanson were seized the leading lady in that remarkable East of Borneo," by a sheriff under an attachment jungle film, writ obtained by an importer to which was recently shown in Hong

Kong by the Central Theatre. collect £3,000,

Claude Hulbert.

Norma's Gown,

Los Angeles.-The girls are still talking about the wonderful coa- tion Norman Shearer were at the opening of "Strange Interlude," gown which was remarkable even in this city of the fantistic, Re plicas of it will probably be seen overywhere.

IN

"NIGHT

WORLD"

་

A Universal Picture.

COMING SOON

Claude Hulbert has, through his own particular brand of humour, The "All Quiet" of 1932 become a popular wireless star. He writas his own sketches, and his tiffe with his wile over the air, based on minor grievances that crop in every happy home, are already fanous. He was the prime and The Two Pairs instigator of veryThose Four Chaps "who feature!!

It was of white organdy, slim-fitting and billowing out at the knees in a mass of frills..

But the most interesting feature

i

in many B.B.O. programmes.

His film career has only just

Doome Battalion

of the dress was the bodice, which egun, though, thus to me but hit It's A Universal Super- was a short double-breasted waist-leading parts in thres films, but he cokt of black velvet, while a white is already enthusiastic and has bow tied high up at the throat cem-written the scenario of a film soon

'to ho produced. ploted the effect

Not many women could wear such a frock successfully, but it certainly Buited Norma,

Mouse in Bleepless Nights."

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Film Colony Wedding.

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Production.

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Claude Noel,

"for all the gold crowns in Eng- Miss Nancy Drexel, the twenty- land." So Gene had to abandon two-year-old film actress, has mor- the idea with deep regret. ried Mr. Thomas Ince, junior, at Los Angeles, Mr. Ince is the son A stray mouse which recently ap- of the late producer.

* peared on Thomas Beatley's set during the production of his B.TP. Rafused to be Filmed,

musical "Sleepless Nights" Gone Gerrard has found a famous has, from his early youth,-planned caused a panic among all feminine London character who refuses to be out his carter with a complete in- breasts save Polly Walker, filmed. On Westminster Bridge dependence of the influence of his.. Sons of a doctor, both brothers who is playing opposite Stanley stands a picturesque old man who famous brother Jack. Lupine, did not show the least con-charges one penny to look through

one.

Born on & Xmas day and next door to a workhouse, Claude Noel

ver and this called for immediatsa-telescope at the face of Big Ben.-graduated at Cambridge and were investigation on the part of the His father stood there and his stout supporters of the famous men. It appeared that Polly in her grandfather and generations before." Footlights," Claudo being, a vice- youtle kept many pets and among him. Gene was anxious to include president.

them a family of white mice to him in scenes filmed at Westminster. His early stago ambitions were which she was specially devoted. stops for "Let Me Explain, Dear" roused by visits to circuses. In a She maanged to christen the Grst but to avoid crowds, suggested the gymnasium improvised in a garage, to train as an gh, but after a while even naming early hour of seven. The old men Clande started by numbers proved a task. At last, refused firmly and declared that he aerobat, but abandoned a „neck, crowded out by the increasing would not leave his bed so early breaking pursuit eventually for family, and particularly hard up, (Continued åt foot of next Column) acrobat and trick dancing.

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