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TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

Trouble in Paradise,"

King's.

Queen's.

Pack Up Your Troubles."

Central,

"Girl Crazy."

Oriental.

World,

Star,

Sunny Side Up."

Tarzan the Ape' Man."*

KOWLOON

"Sunshine Susie.'

Majestic.

King's.

The Big Gatable,"

COMING

Sky Devils."

"Horse Feathers."

Queen's.

เ

"Kismet."

The Woman from Monte

Carlo,"

"Strange Interludo."

Central,

Tom Brown of Culver.

Thark.""

States Attorney."

Oriental,

Siar.

"East of Borneo."

**Cuban Love Song.”

Polly of the Cireus,"

Majestic.

One Heavenly Night." “Movie Crazy"

CANTON CINEMAS

Tai Tak,

-The Spirit of Notre Dame.”

Wing Hen..

Palmy Daya."

Chung Wah.

Business and Pleasure.”

Pearl Theatre.

"Fireman, Save My Child."

STOR

SHOWING .TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.

"SUNSHINE SUSIE"

with

RENATE MÜLLER OWEN NARES JACK HULBERT.

WORLDA!

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m

"TARZAN

THE APE MAN"

A

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE:

Nathan Road, Kowloon Tel 57222, TO-DAY ONLY

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2,30, 8.10, 7.50

9.30 P.M.

From TO-HORKOW UN TUESDAY 3fat

At 11.30 A.M., 4.10,

7.16 & 9.30 P.M. Daily.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1938.

KING'S

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

ONE MODERN PARADISE ..ONE ADAM...ONE APPLE. TWO EVES that makes two hours of love and laughter!

Ernst LUBITSCH'S "TROUBLE IN

PARADISE

with MIRIAM HOPKINS KAYFRANCIS HERBERT MARSHALL Charlie Ruggles. Edward Everett Horton

A Paramount Picture

BOOKING

AT THE

THEATHE TEL. 253

& 25332.

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 29th JAN. NEVER SO MANY SPECTACULAR THRILLS and LAUGHS!

Greater than "Hell's Angels"

HOWARD

HUGHES

PRESENTS

SKY DEVILS

SPENCER TRACY

WILLIAM BOYD ANN DVORAK GEORGE COOPER High, wide and then some, it goes tearing across the screen

News of Film Folk

By air

mail from London

London January 9th

A Rival to Greta Garbo

Hollywood has presented Creta Garbo with a rival, a second Gar ho imitating her to the life in a part Miss Garbo herself rejected as

unsuitable. The rival Garbo plays the heroine in a film based

on the life of Ivar Kreuger, the

Swedish industrialist, and now produced by Warner Brothers un-

the good ones. By working hard for An hour with "camel-hair brushes, paint and powder he can make a plain woman beautiful and A very ordinary man a hero."

A Three Weeks' Trip Across Europe for Film Enthusiasts

der the title of "The Match King." The Madrid Herald has organis- The resemblance of the film heroine | ed 3 competition for film 80- to the real Miess Garbo is sensa- thusiasts. It offers a three weeks' tional. The part is played by Lili trip across Europe to any Spanish "Damita, a famous Hollywood star reader who can prove his or her who, in this picture, walks like resemblance to Lionel Barrymore. Garbo, talks like Garbo, dresses: Greta Garbo, or Joan Crawford.” lika Garbo, and is made up like One wonders whether this trip 1 Garbo.

should be regarded as a reward for the claimant or a relief to his or her relations for it sounds just a little like a scheme for getting the "film-struck" out of the way for a few days.

As Marta Molnar" in the film, she is revealed as the playing-of the industrialist, who eventually broke his beart. Lili Damita is French and began her career 83 2 ballet dancer.

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The Man Who Knows Hollywood's Secrets

Marlene Dietrich's Next

Marlene Dietrich, according to an American report, may make a film with her former director, Joseph von Sternborg, in Berlin 3r. Jack Pitcairn is a man who Three weeks ago Mr. von Stern- knows Bollywood's secrets. List-berg, who has directed all her pic- ening to bis talk, glamour and ro, tures in Hollywood, announced that mance wither and die. As one of he was retiring as he was tired the three best make-up mea in of making pictures for the mob,' Hollywood, Mr. Pitcairn knows This followed his disagreement with what film heroes and heroines real- the Paramount Company over "The ly look like. Hundreds of actors Blonde Venus" in which Miss Diet. and actresses in Hollywood "could.

rich starred, and from which Mr. not work without the make-up. Sternberg walked out' during pro

Some of them are bald, some duction. He was persuaded to re- have double chins and others have turn, however;-and-completed the turned up BOJES

One of the most picture. There have since been romantic figures of the screen wears! many conflicting rumours about his wig, and at least one. popular future. He was scheduled to direct hero auts with a putty nose A Miss Dietrich in "Hurricane,” but nake-up man's job is really paint his unexpected retirement put an ing portraits on people's faces, end to that arrangement, and Misa and his pictures are often as flat- Dietrich is now being directed in sering as portraits in oils by well-another picture, "Song of Songs,” known artists. His job is to tone by Rouben Mamoulian. In a cable down the bad ponts and bring up received from r Fon Steroberg

man

CURRENT PICTURES IN

CURRENT PICTURES IN LOCAL THEATRES

SKY DEVILS"

COMING TO KING'S ON SUNDAY

Laughs and thrills in plenty are provided in Howard Hughes intent For film offering, "Sky Devils" sheer entertainment value, this mile-a-minute movie ef fighting and ying fools unquestionably tops

them all.

LAUREL AND HARDY

A TEAM DEVOID OF JEALOUSY

'GIRL CRAZY”

AT THE CENTRAL

It is invariably the custom to question the veracity of the quarY

George Gershwin is the young as to whether there is any pro- composer who startled the "music" fessional jealousy between screen world some years back, with his į comedians.

i now universally famed "Rhapsody Laurel and Hardy, co-starred for in Blue." He added to this fame more than five years in dispensing with his creation of Girl Crazy," film laughter, are an outstanding the brilliant stage success which ran Action, romance, comedy and example of the exception to this on Broadway for more than a year spectacle, all combined in one story contention. There is declared to and which now comes to the screen to an enthusiastic audience next be no friction, or jealousy what at the Central Theatre on Wednes Sunday at the King's Theatre. ever, in their professional pursuit. day, with Bert Wheeler and Robert

"Sky Devils" contains some. of the most spectacular air Scenes shown on the screen since "Hell's Angels," and its comedy is reminis cent of Producer Hughes' first great laugh-hit, Two Arabian Knights."

The story of "Sky Devils" is bas ed on the adventures of three American, flyers during the World War, played by Spenear Tracy. William Boyd and George Cooper, with abundant heart-interest,, sup- plied by Ann Dvorak.

The American air.men get into the flying service accidentally, and of course humorously and their ex- perience in training camps and in air battles over the Western Front, including a run-in with Von Rich- thofen's lying. circus, aru as excit. ing as they are funny.

There is never a dull moment in this thrilling comedy of the air. When you are not laughing up roariously, you are tense with ex-

|At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.|| citement as the film unwinds on the

The overlord

of the unders

“LET ME INTRODUCE ¡YOU TO

YOUR HUSBANDI!

world com2-

manded them to marry. Then ɛcommanded

that deat should sapers

ste them i

BILL BOYD

BIG GAMBLE

THE

Charles

Rogers

screen at a breathless tempo.

Spencer Tracy, in the role of the rough, but romantic. air-man, and ¦ William Boyd, as the hard-flying, two-fisted top-sergeant, have hever given better performances.

They are immense and so is George Choper, third of the flying three- some who make history in the air. and on the ground, in some of the most amazing exploits evar, filmed. Ann Dvorak, the new Howard Hughes discovery, is a senention- she is positively fascinating in the Leading feminine role opposite Tracy.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE"

NOW SHOWING AT THE KING'S

They all like to work with Ernst Lubitsch

to run

he states definitely that he will not direct Miss Dietrich in any further.. Hollywood films, but he adds that har contract with the Paramount Company has only a short period In the meantime, he says, he is taking a holiday in Europe Some months ago it Was stated MissDietrich would also visit Europe. It is more than likely. therefore, that the famous partner- ship will be renewed, and the asso- ciation so romantically begun in. Berlin receive a fresh impetus un- der the Ufa banner, where Misa Dietrich began her career.

we

The

Love and Let Love With that facility so natural to the Shepherd's Bush Studios the scenes in this film pass, in the mak- The German director, whose latest ing, from Vienna to Paris sad production, Trouble in Paradise," back again. In Vienna where Gas- from the play by Laszlo Aladar, tou (Ivar Novello) the philander- currently is showing at the King's ing sleeping car attendant, has cast heeded by stayed to make love to Anne Eo- Theatre, with a

ward (Madeleine Carroll) there is Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis Herbert Marshall, Charlie Ruggles an interesting example of how the and Edward Everett Horton, has camera can play the part of a no trouble ir casting his pictures peoping-Tom Gaston is in his bed! or securing technicians for befiind room in the Viennese Hotel. the-scenes work in them. In fact, camera passes up to the exterior of they keep coming back for more. the hotel, reproduced in a wonder-

Trouble in Paradise" is the se; ful scale model. The walls, how-|| cond Lubitsch production in which ever, are movable and as they slide i Miss Hopkina has played. She was back are presented with the also in The Smiling Lieutenant." spectacle of Gaston,

It'a Ruggles' third. He was pre- lover, arranging for the hire of a riously in "The Smiling Lieuten- dress suit from a little tailor (Sam ant" and "One Hour With You." Kern). Gaston has an engagement Victor Milner, who photograph: with Anne but no suitable clothes. ed Trouble in Paradise," has been but he eventually persuades the lit¦ ¦ cinematographer on four previoustle" tailor to hire him the suit Lubitsch productions-The Love Next the scene moves to the Town Parade," "Monte Carlo," "Broken Hall in Paris for the marriage of Lullaby," and "One Hour With Gaston and Anne. To support Gas, You."

ton come two of his friends as "Trouble in Paradise" is the witnesses, the ever faithful Pierre story of a pair of suave super (Laddie Cliff) and another in the crooks, roles played by Miss person of Stanley Halloway (Du- Hopkins and Marshall, who pick bois). Miss Francis, a wealthy widow; as a prospective victim. Amusing results develop when Marshall's interest in the subject becomes more than professional.

||

- A CAMEL IN

"KISMET

TAKES SUME HEAD FOOD

the forlorc

Rome Express

Now in its sixth week in the West End of London (After a run of five weeks at the Tivoli) bas been acquired for American dis- tribution by Universal Pictures Corporation. This all-star British film triumph directed by Walter Forde, was the first film to come from the new Shepherd's Bush Studios. It was followed by "After the Ball" which has just been acquired for distribution One of the camels used in throughout the United States. In Kismet," First National's picturi this picture, directed by Milton zation of the famous Knoblock play Rosmer, Esther Ralston and Marie starring Otis Skinner and crazing Burke are principal players. to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday

Another film with a Russian set wandered over to the star's chair ting comes to the Paramount on which a turban had been placed. George Bancroft appears as With, nonchalance more befitting a

B

Billy Bevan, as the flying colonel, provides his share of laughs as

Otis Skinner and Loretta Young in "KISMET." well, and Yola D'Avril clicks as

Vacation Together. Woolsey and an outstanding array never before in her part of the The best evidence of this fact is of Hollywood's ac comedy talent vampish French girl who causes that for several years the comedians in the cast.

Murad than a Camel, the animal swaggering revolutionary in "The World and the Flesh" and Miriam endless complication for the reck have been planning to spend a

As it was,

adancer. The sup- less air-fighters.

Vodation together in Europe. And Striding rapidly to the heights began to chew it up. Sky Devils" was directed by the plan was carried out, recently, of the immortal Victor Herbert, Skinner's own turban another had Hopkins as Edward Sutherland, the man who following the completion of their Gershwin has won a niche for him to be made exactly like it, which porting film is a light comedy. "The able artista Claudette Colbert and turned out both of Eddie Centorfentes Halfbach-MG-M feature self ne the leading exponent of caused a delay of a few hours-a Misleading Lady with those cap-

Edmund Lowe in the chiat parts latest laugh-hits, "Whoopce" and tangth comedy Pack Up Your modern rhythm and music. In bis rent for man and beast.

Miss Clara Bow nutstanding comedy he has over at the Queen's Theatre, directed.

Throughest their long associs band," "Of Thee I Sing. Oh He is unmarried and lives in New

which Who loft Britain on Dec 30 after Lady Be Good," "Funny York. "Girl

Crazy!! tion, the confedifins have constantly. Kay,

Show brought Gershwin great popular a holiday in London said thuit feud was in inder. Instead, they let logo companions. They met Face, and "Ziegfeld's becanic acquainted and this ripen-chance at the Hal Roach studios Girl." His "Concerto in F and ity, is interpretext on the screen as among all the wonderful things "American in Paris mak favour a merry melange of melody and that her husband and the saw dur- Hollywood Hardy had just

placed under contract, while thy with his lawpaw Bhagrody gay slip of the modern dude-ing their stay the Tower of Lon- Gershwin who is now in his early ranch wost. Will Wheeler and den gave them their biggest thrill was working on the lot. thirties, was born in Brooklyn, Woolsey are. Dorothy Lee, Mitzi London policemen will doubtless ridentally, Hardy caused a

pan to suill on Laurel's New York, and studied the Pinny Green, Eddie Quillan, Kitty Kelly feel piqued at finding themselves

with the leading artists in the field. and others. William Beiter direct ider the circumstances, a

on Previous Onlumn) (Continued at foot of next Oolumn) ed.

"Palmy Days." This is by far the Troubles "which is now playing brilliant career he has given the world such hits as "Strike up the

ed into-genuine-friendship

Together they have made more than forty coinedies.. Pack Up Your Trablos," is their second- feature-length comedy. It is cons sidered the best and funniest saedy they have produced to date,

losing status as the greatest won-

der London holds for her visitors.

ENTRAL

HEATRI

TAYU QUEEN'S KD, WESTBOUND BUL

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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY 11.80 A.ME.

2.30, 5.15, 7.159.80 P

ALL STAR COMEDY FESTIVAL Galaxy of Head- line Comics... Host of Gorgeous Girls!

WHEELER

SOLSEY

EDDIE QUILLAN DOROTHY LEE MITZI GREEN ARLINE JUDGE

GIRI CRAZY

LA HIT ON BROADWAYI... A SMASH ON THE SCREEN!

An RKO Radio Picture Directed by Wnt. Seller

GEORGE GERSHWIN'S SMASH SONG HITS:

SUNDAY

FATHER

and SON

face to face after years of separation, in climax to a drams tha will leave you breathless!

With Tom Brown, Slim Stim merville, Richard Crom, 'H. B. Warner, Andy-Devine, Russell Hopton. Produced by Cari Leemmie, Jr. Directed by William Wylerė

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