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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAXE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND SUB

ANDERSON'S

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY

ADVANCE BOOKING AT

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

"HONG KONG

King's.

"Madanio Racketeer."

Queen's.

"Bought."

Central,

2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.

The Love Contract."

Oriental

Palmy Days"

KOWLOON

A DELIGHTFUL BRITISH COMEDY

WITH CATCHY SONGS

WINIFRED SHOTTER

A LADY CHAUFFEUR

The Love Contract

WITTY DIALOGUE AND SNAPPY MUSIC IN A PICTURE YOU WILL ENJOY

A BRITISH & DJ MINIONS PRODUCTION

SATURDAY

GET YOUR SHARE OF A SCREENFUL OF JOYI

COME ONI... JOIN WORLD'S GREATEST CLOWNS IN LAUGH RAMPAGE 'ROUND RENO...

BERT

WHEELER WOOLSEY

ROST

IN THEIR BIGGEST ORIN AND GIGGLE SENSATIONI.......

PEACH RENO

DOROTHY LEE, ZELMA O'NEAL JOSEPH CAWIHDIN

RKO RADIO PICTURE

'PLANES FIGHT

GALE

LONDON-PARIS AIR SERVICE MAINTAINED

[BRITISH WIEKLESS. BÉRVICE)

RUGBY, Jan. 3.

A FIERCE southerly gale con.

tinued to rage round the consts

Star.

King's,

Bachelor Apartment,"

COMING

The Trial of Vivienne Waro,"

"Lily Christine,"

Queen's.

"Fireman Save My Child."

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Laugh and let Rich Quick."

Central,

Star.

Peach of Reno,"

Thark."

"Old Dark House."

Alina Jimmy Valentine." The Man They Couldn't

Arrest."

"Deadlock."

Beggar Student."

SHOWING

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10,

17.15 & 9.80 P.M.

KING'S THEATRE

HONGKONG'S FINESTONEWA

HED SWIPE-

SHED

SHE LEAVES EVERY MAN SHE MEETS- richer for having met him!

MAN SHE MAKES QUAKE WITH FEAR, MAKES AUDIENCES

SHAKE WITH LAUGH-

JOY!

She's a "lifter"”. who rolls you in laughter! That lovable rogue....

-the Smith -Bros:bearda

--Washington' from horse

Madame

Racketeer

A Garamount Picture

with

ALISON. SKIPWORTH: RICHARD BENNETT OLORGE RAFT EVALYN KNAPP

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong.

LUCIA DI LAMMER- MOOR

A

MLLE. VALDI'S TRIUMPH AT STAR THEATRE ·

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THE LOVE CONTRACT"

CHARMING BRITISH

HOW

AT CENTRAL

--the Leaning

Tower of Pisa

FIRE FIGHTING FILM

STAR PLAYER HAS TWO LUCKY ESCAPER“

THEATER

TEL 25313 & 25332.

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 8th JAN.

The Radio Drama That Electrified The Air!

The TRIAL of VIVIENNE WARE

JOAN BENNETT

Naval by Kenneth M.E WILLIAM K. HOWARD Production

FOX Picture

SIR F GOODENOUGH

ON MARKETING

NEED OF SCIENTIFIC. METHOD

LONDON,Dee:"8. Under the auspices of the In- surance Institute of London, Bir Francis Goodenough delivered an address on salemmanship, on Decem ber 7. He said he was, afraid thai, thanks to the extremely difionte situation in the United States - situation which, we must be care ful to understand, was not one of unifriendliness to us, but rather one of bewilderment and widespread foar concerning their own almost tragic position we were at the present mortont facing as gloomy prospect as we had observed for a long time in regard to the louged, for revival of international,"com" merce.

But while this was undoubtedly true, it would be wrong in the ex treme not to feel confident that the present industrial depression and falling-off in international trade the world over would, before we were much older, pass* away, and an era of active trading come again, and, he believed, in greater. volume than, the world "had over known before. It was our duty to- day not to bernoon our present. troubles and anxieties, but to do all that we possibly could to pre- pare for trade revival, and to be ready to obtain a rightful share for this country in world prosper. ity...

Marketing."

Granted that that was so, then it could not be too strongly urged that on all hands we should have a greater and growing appreciation of the fundamental importanceTM DI increased efficiency in marketing m

FILM NOTES FROM home and abroad. One might say

LONDON

BRITISH FILMS FOR THE COLONIES

(Special Air-Mail Service)

he added, that first sight the question of insurance was rather a question of home business than for eign business, but he knew that that was not, so that they were very much concerned with insur ance abroad as well as with sing surance in this country, and that insurance of cargoes to and from this country formed a very consz derable share in their business. It did not form such a large share. to-day as it did, but t would. in future: form a very considerable part of their business Insurancs was a very valuable invisible ex port, and it was very important factor in producing a balance of trade. So that the consideration of salesmanship in regard to oversea insurance and insurance of over- sea trade was of vital importance. to the country as well as to those who were engaged in the insurance business.

Twice within twenty-four hours, the old circus man's instinct for taking care of himself in emergen- cies saved Joe E. Brown from pro- bable serions injury while at work inFireman, Save, My Child," the

LONDON, Dec. 14. First National picture coming to

The British United Film Pro- the Queen's Theatre on Sunday,

ducers' Company, which was form Joe was called upon to drive at ed last year to implement a scheme top speed around a corner in a supported by the Colonial Office for rondster. Another car got in the the distribution of British films in way and Brown had to make a the Colonics, has made rapid pro- wider turn than he expected in orgress in its first year of operation Up to October 314 1932, some 90 der to avoid a collision. His car separate programmes, have been kidded, mounted a prop sidewalk sent by the company to the Colonies. and stopped short, just before In addition a number of British the total amount of British Alms

We badly needed, he said, an in smashing into a large plate glasses reels have been sent, bringing window in a studio store front. The sent to the Colonies since the com-

commerce and industry in this ft., including some 30,000 ft. of. day before, Jac, as the village fire pany started to well over 1,000,000 creased appreciation throughout

and instructional country of the fundamental impor chief, urging the horses, of his old educational fashioned fire truck; eut a corner material. I both Dominions and ance of marketing, & realization tigh their intrinsic value, were of so close that he was jolted from Colonies there is an increasing dethat no goods or services, however

aire for British. films.

any value for purposes of ex- the driver's seat Hanging by

change, until they had found market. Scientific marketing was foot, and holding tight to the reins

of even greater importance than Who to prevent a runaway he saved

scientific production, scientific management, and scientific finance.

The Time

Central

"The Love Contract," the latest On Tuesday night the Sau Carlo British and Dominions production opera Co. gave a very good per-

The showing at formance of Lucia di Lammermoor. Theatre, is a charting picture. Its Donizetti's talent for tunefulness fantasy is so delicions that criticism is shown to far greater advantage of the improbable in life is alto some of his sparkling como gother discounted. Who cares na whether lady chauffeur operas than in this sombre tragedy, jot

can entertain and no modern audience is likely (Winnie Shotter)

ia

A

to be impressed by the dramatic her fashionable friends at a garden qualities of his score, the chief in-party on her afternoon off? terest in the opera, which used so cares if she carries in her "kit to delight the hearts of Victorian hag, or whatever the receptacle himself from falling until a se-- opera-goers, lying to-day in the in which lady chauffeurs carry cond fire wagon, hot in pursuit, scope it affords for vocal brillance, their clothes, a suit of shorta for swept alongside. An arm reached on the part of the prima donna. the morning dozen! following However, one is grateful for such the break-down of a car on an all out and pushed Joe back into the driver's seat. Then both wagons a reminder of the supremacy which night journey!"

were brought to a halt and Joe had a chance to catch his breath. The scene of course had to be shot again. "Firemas, Bave My Child was directed by Lloyd Bacon and includes Evelyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, George. Meek er Andy Devine and Richard Carle în its large cast.

the human voice can attain as an What the picture going public is instrument, both in point of love concerned about is entertainment, liness and technical accomplish and in The Love Contract" they ment, and given a good cast and are regaled with humour, the right mental attitude, one can and sung and cheerfulness, delight in a feast of luscious tunes

and vocal fireworks, without worry-. ing about their appropriateness or dramatic significance.

The Players in Form. Mlle. Valdi sang delightfully as Lucia, and shewed yet again what

music

A DAY WITH CON- STANCE BENNETT

an accomplished artist he is. Her IN "BOUGHT AT QUEEN'S

acting is well above the average, and her beautiful voice was heard

to especial advantage in the Mud

sceno, which constituted a tour de force for both singer and flautist

in Act 1.

THEATRE

During the filming of "Bought,"

The latter also played excellently the Warner Bros. production stoc

ting Constance Bennett, now at the M. Roya sang well as Edguardo, Queen's Theatre, somebody asked

of the British Isles to-day and very and M. Scamuzzi sang less noisily her maid for a schedule of an or

heavy seas were experienced in most placoste

dinary day of filming. The follow- than usual, and therefore more ing is what she jotted down: effectively, as the black hearted

Air services between London and Enrico.. However, his phrasing is Paris were continued despite. winds crude and he spoiled the sextet, of forty miles an hour increasing which otherwise went very well, by to sixty miles an hour at 5,000 feet: his shouting. The machines, helped by the tail wind, completed the journey to Croydon from Paris in very fair time.

DONT FORGET

THAT WHEN are at Home get the

long KONG

DAILY PRESS

SELFRIDGES:

Not Very Scotch / The smaller parts were only moderately well sung, while the chorus made no attempts to sot looked rather ridiculous and not at all Scotch, and sang less well than usual.

However t

the opera depends to such an extent on ita pathetic heroine, and Mile, Valdi rone, to such-bsights in the part, that one can easily pardon all the faults, which are so

out than to thankful indeed for

Carmen.

Last night Cari

6am-Walks along the surf at

Malibu

6,30 a.m.-Plunges into the sea.

Breakfasts,

7

8 am-Drives twenty-five miles

to Studio,

9am.On the "Bought set, makes up for work, has hair dressed.

12 am One hour for lunch

Herview-tries on cost haa hair dresand aga 1,18.am-Again on the

work

-Finisha shoo rushes with,"dir

4. SHOWS DAILY

1.15–1.30.

PEACE PROPAGANDA BY

FILM

Britain is to take part in a com- petition between fifty of the prin cipal nations for what amounts to the equivalent of a Nobel Peace Prize in the film world. On Dec. 8 the names were announced" of the ing fifty nations, for the best film members of the English Literary story calculated to bring about Jury who will select a British film better understanding between the story for competition. The prize of peoples of the world. Last year 150,000 francs (£1,800) will be offer the prize was awarded to a story fed annually by the International entitled La Haine Qui Meurt

Films Committee known as the The Hate That Dios"), which is Cidale (Comite International pour now being produced by the Can- Ila diffusion artistique et literaire mont-Franco-Film-Aubert at Nire.

par le Cinematographe), represent- (Continued on next Caluian)

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He was a fon

tune teller's

knew too

GOLOWYN KLE

CANTOR

"PALMY DAYI”

CHARLOTTE CRZENWOULD

His big worry was dough. women, money and crooks?

A JAPANESE STAR-

Graz Opera House, Vienna, froin which more than one Vienna opera star has graduated to the State. Opera in Viennis, was the scene of remarkable performanca by a young Japanese artist Madame. Mitchiko Meinl Tanaka, on Dec. 3, in the title role of Puccini's

Madame Butterfly."-

"It was the first time in Austria that a Jap

has played

nating! and like her costu

'extent

to

She san

German

MR. HENRY AINLEY'S SON

TO

DAY có Sillionai At 2.30 5:10, 7:15 & 8.20

ALLURING

PERFECT

AT LAST

CONSTANCE

BENNETT

BOUGHT/

with BEN LYON RICHARD BENNETT DOROTHY PETERSON

FROM SUNDAY He'll Drive You Cara-z-y with Laughter!

JOE E.

ROWN

FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD

A First Bational & Vitaph

STAR

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BACHELOR APARTMENT

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