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CENTRAL

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Horse Feathers."

"The Worn from Monte

Carlo."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.80, 0,10 7.15

&. 9.30 P.M.

KING'S

THEATRE

INCKOND'S FINEST ONERA

One grand horse-laugh kicks gloom where "X" Marx the spot!

King's

TAKE QUEEN'S RD,.

WESTBOUND Bus.

Queen's.

ADVANCE BOOKING AT

Central,

Young Bride."

ANDERSON'S

Oriental,

While Parts Stoepa."

THE

KOWLOON

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT

Star,

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M

Majestic.

BLIND DATE!..and love that was always blind!

YOUNG BRIDE

Hot Fires of Youth! ...They Brought the "Millie" Girl to the Dawn of Romance and the Twilight of Love! HELEN

Twelvetrees

ERIC LINDEN

ARLINE JUDGE

and

CLIFF EDWARDS

ROBCO ATES

Directed by

WILLIAM SEJTER

RKO PATHE PICTURE «

SHOWING TO-MORROW

RALPH LYNN

&

TOM WALLS

IN

BEN TRAVERS'

FUNNIEST FARCE

THARK

with

THE POPULAR

ALDWYCH CAST,

STRAIGHT FROM A

RECORD RUN IN

LONDON

A BRITISH AND

DOMINIONS PICTURE

"I'ully of the Circus.'

"Bringing 'em buck Alive.” .

King's.

COMING

"Looking on the Bright Bide.'

Woman in loom 13,"

Queen's, ¿

"Strange Interlude."

"Grand Hotel."

Central,

"Thark,"

State's Attorney."

Law and Order,"

**Air Mail."*

"The Flag Lieutenant."

**Back Street,''

Leap Year.

The Mummy." "Thirteen Women.!!

Blat."

"Mata Hari," *Millie."

CANTON CINEMAS

Tai Tak."

"Explorers of the World."

Wing Hon.

"Forgotten Commandments," Obning Wah..

"Chondu."

Sun Hwok Man Theatre.

"A Joan in Art."

Sun Wah Theatro,

Bird of Paradise.""

"4 MARX

BROTHERS Horse Feathers

A scandalous record of low Marx at college... or life among love- thirsty co-eds!

Not a grain of sense in the whole feed bag. but one, mad burst of happy hysterics...nät to gay music and garnish- ad with gorgeous girls!

A Paramount Pichere Directed by Norman Milead

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong-

LOOKING ON THE

BRIGHT SIDE

GRACIE FIELDS FILM COM ́ ́ING TO KING'S THEATRE

LIL DAGOVER AT

THE QUEEN'S

**THE WOMAN FROM MONTE CARLO ”*

GNDUCHO

CHICO

HARPO

HORSE FEATHERS

.15

Boun AT TH

THEATRE

25313

& 93832.

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 8th FEB.

Gracie

FIELDS

LOOKING

BRIGHT SIDE

with

JULIAN ROSE RICHARD DOLMAN "GRAUIE IS TREMENDOUS“. AND A83URES THE SUC. CESS OF LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.'"

AN ASSOCIATED

RADIO PICTURE

"THARK," WITH RALPH LYNN

AND THE “ALDWYCH GANG**

опе

The mere announcement of, tha fact that Ralph Lynn, Tom Valle and other of the Aldwych players ara to be seen in a new larce comedy is sufficient to suggest gond entertainment. Once again it is a soreen version of

of Ben Travers' plays. In the past these wore good enough to put the Alwych Theatre on the theatre map.' good in fact that the theaire gained a reputation as the home of comedy,Thark is the dew picture, and in addition to the' Lynn-Walla combination, doar old Mary Brough and Robertson. Hare play their origiñal parts, together with two newcomers in Evelyn Bostock and Joan Brierley,

“YOUNG BRIDE

POPULAR PLAYERS AND

TAXI DANCERS

Forty professional taxi-dancing- girls, recruited from the Los Angele dance halla make their motion pic ture debut in Young Bride;"" the Rko-Pathe production which is now showing af The Central Theatre.

Heading the cast are four of the screen most popular young players. Helen Twelvetrees, the blonde be- suty who rose to fame in'" Her Man" and "Millie" has the star- ring role. In the romantic lead opposite her is Eric Linden, young New York Theatro Guild actor who has hailed as a film find as the re- sult of his work in "Are These Our "Children" 1

Arline Judge, youth Broadway beauty who also distinguished her- self in "Are These Our Children'' 1 and Polly Walters carry the other two leading roles.

"...

The story concerns the romanco of a demure librarian and the handsome shiek of a cheap dance hall.

EAST LANCASHIRE BATTA- LION FOR SHANGHAI

WELL KNOWN SPORTING RECIMENT

London, Jan. 11.The 2nd Bat an eskimo and make his own ice. talion of The East Lancashiro Re The bemustached, bespectacled giment, who sailed from Southamp member of the Four Marx Brothers to yesterday in the Neuralia for team reached the " decision during the Far East, will spend a week in Shanghai with the 1st Battalion,

The 4 Marx Brothers at the filming of Horse Feathers,"

the King's

THE MISSES WOODS /

GRACIE FIELD'S SONGS »

A vory enjoyable introduction to #Horse Feathers," the now film at the King's to-day, is the trailer for *Looking on the Bright Side, of which a large part is the singing by the Misses Doris and Aileen Woods of Gracies

songs.

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latest of the isane comedies star whom they relieve The 2nd Batta lion had in embarcation strength being him and his three brothers,af 17 offers and 531 other ranks, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo, now on Major A. C. Marsh is in command, display at. the King's Theatre. having recently succeeded-Lieuten- ant-Colonel, W. G. Holmes who was Chico, disloct punster of the autolat Southampton yesterday, quartette, is cast as a bootlogger as was Major-General Sir Lothian iceman. He takes cakes of ice, Nicholson, colonel of the regiment The 2nd Battalion has done ex- bores holes in them, and then conreptionally well in sport in this coals bottles of Rye, Gin and, Scotch country since the War, such as winning the Army inter-unit team boxing for the last three years in g in the holes,

Though harily more than a score succession, having been second in of blocks of ice are seen in the that event in 1999 and 1999. The unit has also won the Catterick picture, it required many times that Garrison and the Northern Com-- The Mises, Woods are well-known number during production, for un-mand boxing for the last three der the heated glare of studio years,and was succesful in win- and deservedly popular locally as

lights, the cakes of ice melteding the Army inter-unit team fencing at the Royal Tournament happy Monte vocalists, and it from The Woman For real versatility it would be

talion will be stationed at Cat- hard to beat Miss Gracie Fields. Carlo," which is showing at the thought that inspired the manage rapidly. Call after call went out at Olympia in 1939. The st Bet terick in the barracks vacated by She is admitted to be one of the Queen's Theatre to-day, tells the

eternal triangle. in this casement of the King's Theatre to per

the 2nd Battalion. finest comediennes on the variety stage; her numerous broadcasts are married woman, and two men. sunde them to sing "over the air? a few of the songs of the coming looked upon as the high-light of Lil Dagover, the famous Contin the wireless programmes; and the ental star is in the leading role, i sale of her gramophone records is and although the film was made in I picture. They have both heard higher than any other artiste in America it has a thoroughly Con- Gracie Fields sing and have very cleverly adapted their own style to Britain. To this wide field of sinental backgronrid: entertainment she recently added

Dagovar's arting in this picture hers. the film-and her debut in this sphere, "Sally in our Alley," pro-is in the tradition of other Euro ved to be the most successful Bri-pean star who have made good at Hollywood, of the type of Greta tish picture ever produced.: Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. The At the King's Theatre next Sun-love Boenes with Warren Williams day patrons will have Miss Gracie remind one of Greta Garbo, and Fields second picture, "Looking Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari.” on the Bright Side" as the main attraction. This picture is said to

The story, in brief, tells of the

give her even greater scope than wife (Lottie) of the captain of a battleship during the war, who has "Sally in our Alley."

She sings five songs; she "guys" been the idol of Monte Carlo be her own ainging; she clowns as only fore she got marmed. By her Gracis Fields can and in addition fascination she has captured the to this shows a surprising splitude hearts of many men, and among for dramatic acting. In fact the them are D'Ortelles and Bram- whole picture shows that the sterbourg, officers serving in the same whip as her husband. As a realt thoroughly enjoyed making it.

Although quite capable of carry joalousk, frequently arises, and ing the picture on her own should during & raid the ship is sunk and era, Miss Fields has the able sup both the captain and D'Ortellos, are port of Janse Rose, whose rich wounded, but Brambourg escapes, Hebrew humour is admirably guit Knowing that her husband will. ed to the part of Schults, the play bo court-martialled for the loss of producer. This is the first screen his chip and that Brambourg is the appearance of this well-known only man who can vindicate him, artist.....

who appeals to him for help Big parts are also played by Brembourg, however, tells her that Richard Dolman, in the role of the her husband's fate has inher young song writer with whom hands, and in desparation sila Gracie is in love,tind Wyn Rich-rushes into the trial and vindicate mond as a particularly obnoxious her husband at the expense of her; actress who is eventually well and good name. In the end Brambourg truly put in her place in good is shot by D'Ortelles, buit Lottie round Lancashire phrases by outcast, goes back to the place. Gracie..

where she once belonged, ***Looking on the Bright Side"

STAT does not attempt to soalanny new heights in direction, nor does the itory aspire to epic qualities, bit.

A

it serves more than adequately s

vehicle for the irrepresible Gracie, and Jo which is sufficient guarantee that -it-isa diverting entertainment

for more.

For what this is costing, re- marked Groucho, "I ooud buy an Eskino and make my own ice."

Chico, as the bootlegger ise man, and Hapo, as the town dog-catcher in "Horse Feathers, help Groucho, The King's Theatre sond as the

a ecllega president, get his con Zeppo out of school after he has following notes:-

Groucho Marx has decided so buy spent 12 years there as a freshman

ORIENTALE

TO-DAY and TO-MORROW ONLY SHOOKING EXCITING 1 TECBI GASP AT THE PARIS THAT'S NOT IN THE GUIDE BOOKS) The real Paris that no tourist ever soos. It talls Forbidden wecrets shout the most thrilling city we earth

MAJESTIC

THEAT

athan Road, Kowloon Tel. 57222 TO-DAY & TON At 230, 6.20, 720 ₫

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

Great Actress

ARRIVESI

Dagoter

Woman of i thousand charms

The WOMAN MONTE CARLO

alta WALTER ́AVETOX, WARREN WILLIAM John Wray, Deo, X. Stane,

Robert Warwick s

FEATURETTE · ANGEL CAKE

-FROM SUNDAY

Laying Bare the Heart, the Secret Thoughts, the Very Soal of a Woman-

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