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YOU TO YOUR

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Central.

The averford

of the ander-

world com? manded them) to marry. Then tommanded

that dugth „skoold tapars

ute them

HUSBANDI'

BILL BOYD

BIG GAMBLE

THE

WITH

A Charles

1. Rogers

·Production)

WARNER' OLAND DOROTHY SEBASTIAN

JAMES GLEASON.

NEXT CHANCE

"Doctor,

is it

serious?"

- mere scratch on her foot started it all... started the most deliciously Intimate "romants you ever thrilled .16 the most brilliantly sparkling comedy you ever laughed at... the most de lightfully daring DRAMA you ever experienced!

Produced by Carl Laummsla, Jr., from the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, Presented by Cal Lennie. Diacted by JAMES WHALE

LEW AYRES

MAE CLARKE, UNA MERKEL JOHN HALLIDAY, ANDY DEVINE

IMPATIENT MAIDEN

COMING SOON

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PICTURE

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One of the big scenes in the jungle thriller!

FRANK BUCK'S

Chances."

"Impatient Maiden."

"Bring 'Em Back Alive." "Tom Brown of Culver." Oriental,

Star.

"Disorderly Conduct,"

"Sin Ship."

* Transgression.”

"White Zombie,”**

The Dominion's "White Zombie,” although it makes no demands on the mental equipment, will probab- ly achieve its purpose of chilling the spine..

Some unpleasant people in the is land of Baiti, whose hobby, is "us- ing corpses for magical purposes,” give rise to the plot. These. Fini- tian corpses, rather than lie down in the customary manner, prefer to trot about the island. You can imagine what a rich field of melo- drama lies here.

Lovers of the morbid, forward 'please!

DANCE TEAM " AT THE KING'S ·

ANOTHER JAMES DUNN AND

SALLY EILERS FILM

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1932.

LAST

TWO-DAYS

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A DOUBLE ATTRACTION ! Believe it or not➡ HE'S AN ARAB

Will matches wits and wisecracks against the sheiks, and sirens of Damascus.

WILL ROGERS

"BUSINESS AND

PLEASURE'

with JETTA GOUDAL A FOX PICTURE

BUSINESS AND

PLEASURE

WILL ROGER'S DEBUT AT THE KING'S.

Will

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GOLDEN-VOICED TENOR

BERTINI

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HARRY STORY................

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BY

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WEDNESDAY, 21st DEC.

SIDE-STEPPING

LOVE WAS THE

ONLY STEP THEY COULDN'T DOI

JAMES

DUNN

SALLY

EILERS

Sweethearts of **Bad Girl"

Dance Team

Directed by Sidney Lanbald

Sort by Sarah Addingtán FOX Picture

EVERYTHING'S

ROSIE"

TWO HOURS OF LAUGHTER AT THE QUEEN'S

Robert Woolsey an Dr. Dockweller Droop a clover seller of quack medicines and Professor of fortune telling, is at his best in Every : Queen's. Anita Louise, new

ARRIVAL OF SANTA BY AIR

GAY CROWDS AT KAL TACK

Thousands of excited little child- ren, muny accompanied by their parents, assembled at Kaj Tack last, Saturday to welcome the arrival of Santa Claus. to the Colony. It was a pretty aight to see so many littla ones both foreign and Chineas gathered together, and to watch their expactant faces scanning the sky for the first, glimpse of Santa.

At scheduled time a, 'plane'could. be seen dying over the hills and ns it neared Ka Taek. Santa himself was visible leaning out of the gaily. decorated 'plane waving greetings to all assembled to meet him. The thousands of soattered children made landing a somewhat difficult feat, but after circuiting the field for some time, Santa at length alighted and a rapturous greeting was afforded him, Santa shook hands with all the children, hand- ing them little bags of sweets and inviting them to come to see him before Christmas."

From the North Pole!"

Mr. Curtis, the pilot, explainer! how he had fetched Santa from his Iglon in the North Pole and re- counted a low of their adventures en-route, and how exciting at hád been dropping the little parachutes, over the Colony. He then explain. ed that he was leaving Santa'to proneed to his headquarters on the Roof Garden of Sincere's while he flew back to Iceland to „atay ntl Santa's home until the Christmas festivitios were over. Before leav ing he offered shont flights to those interested and the first to venture in Santa's 'plane was Mr. Ma Man Fai, manager of Sincere Co. Others followed, including some` membora of the staff and a lady.

State Procession !

:

A special steam launch was wait- ing at the pier at Kaj Tack Bund to take Sarth and his crowd' of followers to Hong Kong where gaily decorated car bore » Santa away. Much attention was drawn to this gay procession and Santo was driven in proud state through the streets of Hong Kong, his cheery old face lit up with plea

sure at the welcome he neceived.

"Think back on the hundred or so

Muster. James Thomson - of No. 245, Prince Edward Road, was the talkies you have seen during the Even in blase Hollywood, the ap-

happiest boy at Sincere's yesterday Rogers, internationally last twelve months. Then, having pearance of a popular screen star famous comedian and humorist, launched yourself on this mental

when at the opening of the store he in public erentes something of a made his intial bow on the King's exercise, decide which man and

rushed to the office and cheerfully ensation. A visit to a store or a Theatre screen yesterday in defense, which woman appealed to Sou as

produced a coupon which he had theatre invariably-attracts a throng of the American Babitt. Hin giving the best scting performance things Rosie now playing at the picked up in a parachute at his of admirers and autograph seekers newest starring vehicle is Busi¦

residence. He was awarded the whose attentions, while flattering,ness and Pleasure," adapted from exciting all Hollywood; and even publio, is sweet in her part of the of No. 7, Kent Road, Kowloon At the moment this problem is comer to the Hong Kong cinema first prize, while Mr. Deur Bue On are often embarrassing as well. the best selling novel, The Pluto

James Dunn and Sally Eilers, crat," by Booth Tarkington, 'writ. Elstree and Berlin are not entirely adopted daughter of Dr. Droop, Tong, and Mr. Ng Ping Yip of No.

teater to Briters of disinterested, although their artists A picture with good clean fun, if to avoid all such embarrassments Sinclair Lewis school who have have no chance of winning the will appeal to adults and chillen and at the same time to enjoy consistently poked fun at Americans ring prizes which the Academy alike. Go and see this picture and themselves. It happened while the abroad. "Bad Girl" stars were preparing to make "Dance Team," their

Rogers, in the role of Earl latest Fox production which begins manufacturer goes on a Mediter Tinkes, Middle West razor blade its local engagement on Wednesdayrenean cruise with his wife and at the King's Theatre

however, discovered recently a way

daughter. Incidentally, he has business scheme on mind, and also is anxious to got his daughter away from an unhappy love affair at

For weeks they had been taking daily lessons in ballroom dancing under the tutelage of Charles Mos- coni of the well-known Mosconi home. Brothers, and as many of the nctual, menes of the now film are

laid in various public dance halls, Tann suggested that they go to one of these terpsichore palace together and try out the steps they had learned.

Miss Eilers, wise in the ways of erowds, feared the customary stam pede but was eventually persuaded and they started out. And much to their surprise nobody paid any attention to thera,They were just another daucing couple to the erowd. They went to another hall, with same result and subsequently visited and tangoed in nearly every ballroom in the Los Angeles area, absorbing the atmosphere for their present roles as well as getting in present of practice.

"Dancing couples aren't inter osted in anyone but themselves," was Dunn's explanation. That's what makes dancing such a popu- lar institution With a pretty girl in your arms and a good orchestra playing the strains of a waltz or fox trot, worries: troubles ang everything else sink into oblivion.

With Dunn and Miss Eilers in Dance Team" are Minna Gom

Abroad the cruise steamer is a sophisticaled Broadway playwright and an equally snobbish artist friend who sneer at the crudities of the typical middle westerner, blinding themselves to his many good qualities. Also, on the ship is of the typical middle westerner, Momora, who strikes up a close friendship with Rogers and price intimate business secrets from him.

In Algiers.

Tinker's daughter discover they In Algiers, the playwright and have much in common. His sud denly aroused interest, however, gets a jolt when a cablegram in forms him his play, basfapped" and he broke.

The climax reached-when-Rogers is captured by Araba are about to engage in a tribal war. How he averts personal catastrophe, averts the war, and reunites his family in one of the most amusing situations" yet seen in a Rogers' picture. Tetta Gondal has, the role of Mms! Momora, joel McCrea is the play, wright, Dorothy, Peterson the nag-

BRING EMll, who played with them in ring wife, and Passy: Ross the

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"Bad Girl," who played with them daughter. in "Bad Girl," Edward Crandall, | 200 Nora Lane, Claire Maynard and

David Butler, who shared honours

Ralph Morgan, among others with Rogers for "A Connecticut Sidney Lanfield directed the pro-Yankee," again directed the famous duction from Edwin Burke's adap comedian in "Business and Plea tation of Barah Addington's popu sure." The story was adapted to lar novel

the screen by William Conselman.

CHANCES " AT THE "QUEEN'S THEATRE **

FAIRBANKS JR. AS AN "ENGLISH SOLDIER

talkies came with his usual fore night the versatile young man “wept." to the best voice experts and took along and intensive trainingTMin diction. He was thur xble vaghold his own with the trained stage ra cruits, who, he foresaw would soon flood, the movin market. Chances presents Doug as an English-sol- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. who dier of the World War, whose love to the Queen's Theatre on for a Louden girl in also share Wednesday in Chancer the First his beloved brother. A Hamilt National war romance, which is his Gibbs wrote the novel which initial starring vehicle, we pro

pared for the talkies before the play is an adapta Waafinued at that of neri rolumes.)

directed.

of Motion Picture Arts is about to get the Xmas feeling. award to those chosen as the sup- reme screen performers of the year,

In Pass Years;

as follow:-

Woman.

"The

In 1930, as you..may remember, Norma Bhearer's work in "The

Marie Dressler for her perform Divorcee" and George Arlisa study ance as the old nurse in "Emma" of Disraeli topped the poll. Last Helen Hayes for her blending_of year Marie Dressler's characterisasin and mother love in tion of a wharfside slut in "Min Lullaby," and Lynn Fontanne for and Bill" and Lionel Barry her study of a capricious" and more's drunken lawyer in A Free (perhaps) unfaithful wife in Mol- Soul resulted in the academy's nar's The Guardsman.” laurel leaves coming their way.

This year's election is now in

progress. Only candidates are left in the field.

The talent probe is practically all over except for a little shout- ing, and there seems every chance that old Marie (War-horse) Dress ler will hear the shouts again this year.

What is more: Should the tumult able to hide her blushes on Wallace embarrass her she will probably be Beery's aboulder.

...

Could the gods have been kinder The six soininations made by the academy in this year's, ballot are

ORIENTAL THEATRE

Мед.

Wallace Beery for his interpreta tion of a dissolute boxer in "The Champ."

Alfred Lunt for his bewildered husband to Lynn Fontanne's wife in "The Guardsman," and

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Fredric March for his playing. of the dual role to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

Since these nominations have been

the academy, entitled to take part made many of the 800 members of in the final ballot have voted, with the result that it is practically certain Marie Dressler and Wallace Beary will head the 1832 poll.

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

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STARTING DISORDERLY CONDUCT"

TO MORROW

SALLY FILERS SPENCER TRACY EL BRENDHI

177, Pak Ho Street, Bhumshuipo. elstained the second and third prizes, respectively.

Wonderland,

With Santa reigning over the Wonderland, Sincere's Roof Garden: will be an ideal inseting place for children throughout the Christmas

Among the most interest- ing features are the skating rink, ping pong court and the mystifying

mare.

Sincere's have a wide and varied

display of charming Christans gifts of every description and patrons are invited to inspect all stock on the various floors when paying a visit to Santa in Wonder land.

on

LURE OF THE WAVES

HAIRDRESSING FILM ATTRACTS 3,000 WOMEN

[BY A "BOLLETIN WOMAN.]

10

If you wanted to All the Halls, mid-week afternoon what would yourlure bef Would you offer the public a prize fight, & galaxy of political speakers, Mr. Ely Culbertson on the new con. tract bridge laws, an orchestral concert, or the prophet of a new! religion 1. NA

I saw about 3,000 women and a sprinkling of men crowd into the Yast hall yesterday afternoon for none of these, but simply to peer down a dimly lit vista at a fair haired girl having her hair per manently whved, to listen to the merita of the Engene system- of hairdressing, and to watch a short fashion and hairdressing film, with the panning title Waves of Desire."!digans

Wrapt Attantión.

The gentleman who system had not & singt ing voice, -nör did

plifier. Only occasion seated in the back ga complete sentence, and yet tention the audience did

foot during the

you

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ROBERT

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Y

SOREEN'S GRANDEST BUFFOON

Carnival of laughs Big Time thrills in a rousing farce with a dash

of heartache

ANITA LOUISE JOHN DARROW

EVERYGIINGS

ROSIE

FROM WEDNESDAY- TEN SHUNI Here's Doug Jr. in his first starring role.

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS.JR

CHANCES

Glorious Spectacular the One Great Story of the war!

with, ROSE HOBART ANTHONY BUSHELL:

* HOLMES & HERBERT.

MARY FORBES

Life probed to its depths by the pen of A. Hamilton Gibba

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