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Bring em Back Alive.'

"Men Like These."

KOWLOON

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Klag's.

HONG KONG

Sob Sister."

Advance BookING AT

Queen's.

"Skyscraper Souls."

Central.

***Bird of Paradise."

Oriental,

World.

CENTRAL

HEATRE

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- TO-MORROW

The Heart Of Youth.. revealed in Frank Borzage's master productionl

SAILOR'S TRAGIC

DEATH

BODY FOUND ON STAIR-

CASE LANDING

Seaman S. I, Sandlin of thủ U.S.S. Ashville was found dead on the first floor landing of, No. 94, Johnsen Road, at mai early hour yesterday inorning. Foul play was at first, suspected as the decaseil had a fractured skull, but a care" ful examination by Dr. R. 8. Begbie revealed that this was not the onse It was assumed by the Police after enquiries, that the deceased had been riding in a ricksha" when hat fell out and injured his skull. Ho apparently tried to go up the stair case of the house and collapsed in A dying condition at the top of the first fight.

WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES

QUEENS TURACE:

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30 5.10, 7.15 & 9:20 pm

toith

WARREN WILLIAM the scredit'e na LI idol and this

grost cast:

Maureen

11 to 11.30 am.-Stock and ex- change quotations, weather re port, etc.

U'Sullivan Gregory Katoff Anita Page Verroe Teasdale

Norman

Foster

George

Barbier

12.30 p.m.--European programms of;

Victor and H.M.V. records.

Jean

Hersholt

The greateni

molodrama

of the siege ... ONE THE

BERGEN IN

A BLAZE Q'GLORY!

KING VIDOR'S

BIRD OF PARADISE

with

Dolores Del Rio

and Joel McCrea

*~Zoku Halliday, Cenighton Chenny, Richard "Ekoers” à Gallagher, Bart Bunch, Durid

G. Salzaki, Emocadiva Producat. ** RKO-RADIO Pictură.

SHOWING TO-MORROW

STRICTLY

DISHONORABLE

Shmat the "rent Lover" in the heart of Broviway sad then

she didn't want to go home!

with

PAUL PUKAS SIDNEY FOX LEWIS STORE in Brock Pemberton's

amazingly successful, stage hit by Presto a Sturges.

Directed by JOHN STAHL.

"A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

"People Who Matter"

PEOPLE WHO MATTER MATTER, to the advertiser are the people whe RN, afford to-buy-bla goods. Most of

these people buy

The Squaw Man."

Lady and Gent."

COMING

Young America."

"Trouble in Paradise.”

"Sky Devils."

"Horse Feathers."

Queen's.

"A Honeymoon Adventure,

Pack Up Your Troubles." "Kinmet."

Central,

Strictly. Dishonourable." "Girl Crazy."

Tom Brown of Culver.”

"Thark."

"State's Attorney,"

Oriental.

Star.

“Sunny Side Up."

! Erama."

"Sunshine Susie."

world.

!

Cuban Love Song."

* Tarzan the Ape ·Man.”

CANTON CINEMAS

Tai Tak.

"Big Money."

Jun Kwok Man,

"The Lost Squadron."

Wing Hon.

***Love Me To-night,"

Chung Wih.

6-6

"The Trial of Vivienne Ware."

RIVALS BY DAY .. SWEETHEARTS AT NIGHT!

Both of them afraid to let love come before their jobs

ROMANCE OF A GIRL REPORTER

SOB SISTER

JAMES

DUNN

WITH

LINDA

WATKINS

MOLLY O'DAY, MINNA GOMBELL, HOWARD PHILLIPS. A FOX PICTURE,

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong

"

YOUNG AMERICA'

YOUTH HAS ITS CHANCE IN THE LEAD

SOB SISTER" AT THE KING'S

YOUNG AMERICA

PROTORE

TRACY · KENYON

CONLON

11.50 am. Chinese recorded pro-

grainme."

I p.m.-Local time and weather

report

1.15 pmA relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra, by cour tesy of the management. (Dur ing the intervals.recorded music will be broadchat from the Studio.)

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, select- ed London and New York stock quotations, eté.

2.15 p.m.-Close down....

4 to 70p.m.-Chinese, programME.

7 to 11.30 p.m.-Európan pro-

gramme.

7 p.m.-Selected London and New

York stock quotations, etc.... 7.16 to 8 p.m.-Gilbert and Sullivan.

selections. p.m.-Local time and weather

report.

CONGRESS DANCES" little but watch for Susie's on-

trance and don't spoil her cue."8 In "Congrows Dances" the crowd really talk and laugh and ramp 8.03 to 8.45 p.m.-Variety. they are living people not stage 8.46 to 1.30. p.m.-A coppert, extras! This probably made things 9.30 to 11.30 p.m.-Dance music. much harder for the director-but 10.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press so very much more convincing for the audience.

A Triumph for U.F.A. Company

YESTERDAY'S PRE-VIEW

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The Keynote of the Film. That is, I think, the key-note of Congress Dunces," its aliveness.

DOWS, A

11.30 p.m. Cless down.

All records in the above. Euro- pean programmes are supplied" by Messrs. Mourie & Co

The Studio programme between Congress Dances," which was shown by invitation to a few privi-e have had so many films about 5.30 and 7p.m. may, on any day, he the Gay Viennese but never replaced by a relay from England, leged people yesterday in the small having bean lucky enough to visit if reception of the latter happens theatre of the British Film Dir Viennd-I never really believed to be good. tribution Company is 1 believe, they were gay till yesterday after the first U.F.A. production to be noon. When I saw. Christel and shown in Hong Kong It makes one her friend fighting for a handker realise very forcibly that the time chief, and also the beer garden and Hollywood. could, with ball room scenes I realised why it justice, claim to be the centre of was that Vienna has seemed the 10 the film world is passing, British ideal setting for any producer of companies have, to a large extent. a musical comedy of stage or 11 copied

STORY OF TWO REPORTERS when

American methods and

Tommy Conlon, Fox Films' now

"Sob Sister," which is showing juvenile actor who plays his first! featured role as the boy-hero off at the King's Theatre to-day, is a Young America," got his real start story of two reporters, a girl and by impersonating someone else. His a boy who are lovers off-duty night selection to be James Dunn's se- and rivals on duty.. quences of "Over The Hill" mark- The picture starts with the girl ed his rise from unimportant bits reporter getting one over the boy-spontaneity. to real parts.

technique; only the tradition off British acting has stood firm and is the rock on which the success of English films is built. But U.F.A. bring something new to the screen

screen.

Congress Dances" is a musical comedy with an historical founda tion and a Ruritanian love affair, and is utterly delightful..

Lillian Harvey's Success.

Oonrad Veidt has the

SUNDAY.

a.m.-A relay of the Ser vice from St. Joseph's Church. am to 12.15 p.m. A relay of, the Service from St. Paul's Church (Chinese). Preacher- The Bishop of Victarin. 12.15 to 2 p.m.-Chinese recorded.

programme.

i p.m.- Local time and weather

report. p.m.-Cloes down

in a murder, story. Later when American pictures are polished, The leading part, that of Chris- A genuine "war baby, Tommy meeting socially, after they had often so highly polished that even tel the charming assistant in a7 was born in Philadephia on the finished their assignments, they were the bright shining of the stars is glove shop, is played by Lillian same day that his father enlisted at once attracted to one another, with the Marines, and some years and eventually confess their lova.clipsed in the general glittering Harvey. later came to California with his Just at the moment when the girl perfection. British films sometimes part of Metternich, the all-power 9.36 to 10 p. relay of the parents. In 1924 he had his first decides to relinguish her position show a lamentable lack of finish, ful diplomat who hopes to mani- taste of screen work in a fire-fight in order to be married, & misun- and are never quite so "slick" as pulate the Congress to suit his own ing serial thriller being made at derstanding arises and they part the Hollywood productions Universal, and subsequently appeared. ed in a Buffalo Bill serial made at the same studio.

When the elder Conlon returned

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The girl then returns to her job, and in a kidnap case, to which both the boy and the girl are duly

"Congress Dances is alive.

But schemes. It is hoped to show Congress Dances" during Febru- ary, though the name of the then- tre which will have to screen this delightful film is still a secret. Those of us who saw it yesterdá v will watch eagerly for the announce ment of its coming, and there is no doubt in any of our minds that

Did you hear the cheering of the crowds in The Phantom Presi- dent" the chattering of the people inSunshine Susie's" beer gar

to Philadephia for an operation, assigned by their respective papers, den? The former was almost sym- young Tommy grow lonesome and, the girl is kidnapped while st-phonic in its perfection of timing despite family apprehension, in- tempting to ruse, the gangsters with sisted on going back to see him. So a view to getting a story for nerud volume, the latter obviously the rest of Hong Kong will enjoy "crowd conversation", done Congres Dances" as much as the eight year-old lad made the paper, but she is eventually found to the order now talk among we did. trip entirely alone and was granted by the boy, with the help of the yourselves, laugh, move about ai the unique privilege of a bed in police, and all ends happily. the naval Hospital next to his fa ther.

James Dunn as the boy reporter: was his usual self, in this picture,

4 SHOWS DAILY

With the father's recovery, they went back to California and Tommy Watkins as his news rival. Minnat 230-51

and was ably supported by Linda. resumed his precarious screen caro- er. After various ups and downs Gombell, who did so splendidly in Director Henry King chose him for "Bad Girl" was also featured. The the "Over The Hill" role. This in picture makes very good entertain turn won him the part of Marie ment

Dressler's son in "Caught Short,!!

And roles in "Charlie chan's! Chance" and "She Wanted a Mili [lionaire.

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Meanwhile the Fox organization had for some time held the screen rights to Fred Ballard's play,

"Young America," but was unable

A HONEYMOON

ADVENTURE.

For A Honeymoon Adventure

to find a boy with the right degree the Queen's offering to-morrow, the

of manliness and appearance for London Midland and Scottish Rail thejuvenile lead. Then young way rendered every assistance they Tommy was found to fit perfectly, could. They allowed Basil Dean, and his performance in the picture the producer of the picture, full is said to promise a brilliant fa facilities for filming the famous Royal Scot during its record mile ture for him

a minute dash from Edinburgh to. Just turning fourteen and in his Buston, and-permitted ite-arrival second year of high school, Tommy at its destination to be filmed.. This has an excellent athletic record. He is the first time a London railway. plays end on his school football terminus has appeared in an Eng team, is a crack swimmer and list film and these scenes do much diverfae handball player, and to lend an air of Buthenticity to Inst year won a certificate as an the whole story. all-around athlete. He is a devotee

of O. Henry, but, he says, is much

too bury to have any time for girls, pagg

Spencer Tracy, Doris Kenyon, Frank Borzage directed tha:prod

Hong Kong Daily Press Beryl Mercel and Ralph Bellamy tion with William Consaliman

have the grown-up' Joads, in ing the screen play and dia

Young America, z which comes to folha supporting cant ther Kin

Bunday Fadden, Davir 0

(Continued at Jool of Text Column) Borzage, budy

7.12-1.36

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TO-DAY ONLY

Thousand

BRING EM BACK ALIVE

YOUR

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FLERIJA ROAD WANOHAR TEL:

STARTING TO-MOBROW

Har Sharon Lynn and

Beauty Chorus Sing

"TURN ON

THE HEAT

"Turn on the heat!

Rart in to strut!

› Witzia and wobble and

BACK) ChI: It's thirty below!

Hear all and me the spec tuculor scano, that jazde "Brandwazy the 'up' und; chead) W's one of a dozen

All Tolltag,

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UP

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Din DAYID BUTLER

INSATIONSI

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to 10 p.m.-Europene programme. to p.m.-A programme of re cords from 2.B.W.'s Library.

Reveller's Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden by courtesy of the Management. (During the in- tervals recorded music, will be broadcast from the Studio.) p.m.--Close down."

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon Tel. 57222

TO-DAY ONLY"," At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

"JUST FOR A FEW ROTTEN DOLLARS!

'You'd sell the kid to the same dirły racket that finished you!"

BANCROFT Tarly Gent

SKYSCRAPER SOULS

TO-MORROW The BRITISH THRILL-A-MINUTE DRAMA!

HONEYMOON ADVENTURE

with

BENITA HUME HAROLD HUTH PETER HANNEN

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 280, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20, 0

WARNER

The Squaw Mai

WORLD

MEN LIKE

THESE

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