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QUEENS THEATRE TO-DAY

TU-DAY ONLY At 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

Her Flaming Tresses Were á Danger Signal Which No Man Heeded!

Red HEADED WOMAN

*Hino Colleges

Katharine Brush's sensational novel now comes to life with. every thrill bigger and more exciting!

with JEAN

ADDED

HARLOW

CHESTER

MORRIS

CHARLIE CHASE in "Skip The Maloo" Latest HEARST NEWS See the burnt French Liner L'ATLANTIQUE.

·TO-MORROW

MEET THE HOT HEIRESS

She's the

cats--

She's the berries--

She's a lovely

dame- Gee, but you'll be awfully glad you tame!

HOT HEIRESS

with

BEN LYON

ONA MUNSON

WALTER PIDGEON

A First National & Vitaphone Hit

STAR

ONLY

AT

2.30, 5,10 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933.

HONCKONC'S FINEST CNEMAT

THE WOMAN HE LOVED OR THE CRIME HE

CONAN DOYLE'S

Master Detective

· MUST SOLVEI · ·

In his whole career the World's Greatest Detective faced no choice so dangerous, so poignant as-in-this-su- preme test of his emotions.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Played by

CLIVE BROOK

MIRIAM JORDAN

ERNEST TORRENCE

William K. Howard production

FOX PICTURE

ADDED ATTRADTION- FROM KASHMIR TO THE KHYBER

The vale of Kashmir, 's region of sternal Apring-time le India's "Happy Valley." In this Fool's Paradise" where floating Haremsa Uno' the banks of the Iudas Blver, Kes the romantic Gardens of the Shalimar.

BOORING AT THE THEATRE

TEL. 25318

& 95332.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST- Thurs. & Fri. 9th & 10th inst MARLENE DIETRICH

IN

"BLONDE VENUS”

Playing

Ameri DEA Woman For the Film)-

A Paramount Picture

--with-

HERBERT MARSHALL

CARY GRANT Directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG

THE HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB

* NINE

PRESENTS

TILL SIX "9

· BY

AIMEE AND PHILIP STUART

MARCH 14th, 15th and 16th at 9.20 P.M.

$4.00 to $1.00 (including Tax) EVERY SEAT BOOKABLE IN ADVANCE RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW

The Problem of Cinemas

F

as for Children

Would a Children's theatre pay

EVERY MOTHER at some time or other has had to debate the question, "To be or not to be" in. connection with taking her children to a film. To pursue the Shakes pearean line of thought, she has had ta decide whether 'tis nobler in the mind to risk itor to try and find the perfect programme.

wise there must obviously be a sum mary end to the children's cinema.

"

CURRENT

DAILY

7.15-8.00

TAKE ANT, TRÀM OR HAPPY.VALLEY BUS

ORIENTALE

LAST

TIMES-TO-DAY

THE PICTURE SENSATION

OF HONG KONG

HOWARD HUGHES:

FRFLINTS

SKY DEVILS

UNITED ARTISTS

PICTURE

STARTING TO-MORROW A TRULY WONDERFUL PRODUCTION.

YOU CANNOT AFFORD-TO-MISS,

SAMUEL GOLDWYN ·

"ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT EVELYN LAYE JOHN BOLEY

LEON ERROL MARLENE DIETRICH

ROAD WANGHAI TEL 28472

When Marlene Dietrich appears sitting still and saying nothing, hor on the London stage this spring on- static art not being confined to her lookers will discover that the Gor work. When a persistent spirit ask- min player is not so tall as she ed her an awkward question in un- "acreens." My recollection of this certain German she gave a polite dramatic deity is a light-skinned, reply couched in language which copper-haired woman of medium was deliberately beyond his com

PROGRAMMES tight, she viewed an army of in-prehension. She looked 10 years

SHERLOCK HOLMES

AT THE KING'S.

CLIVE BROOK IN TITLE ROLE

It might be interesting to review the experimental programones that have prompted these musings. For Sherlock Holmes was the first pay! the children over ten, we have chological criminologist, a renowned "The Man at Six" baffling master of the art of make-up, even, mystery drama." As a mother of on frequent occasions fooling com & girl of eleven, I know what pletely his friend and companion, Lady Brecknock's organised last

twelve hours of thrills in one "Dr. Waston, with his inpenetrable month in London a couple of filmly find words to express what I

means to her, so that I can scarce disguises. He was a magician who made things disappear and some matinees specially arranged for children and her enterprise raises a

imagine the same delightful circun thing elso appear in their place: stance must mean to a boy of the He was the greatest slouth ever point of great interest to most people-to parents in particular.

same age and upwards.

known, a fact that he proves again in.: Could there be a permanent com- mercial cinema för children?

cona.

Time and again we find magis trates blaming the Pictures" for the fact that some young outlaw has Obviously, there are many pros and; stolen apples from a Barrow, but I

In the first place, there is the purely economic side. Could the maleluctor would have lifted have always felt in my heart that such a theatre be made to pay? In those apples if his eyes had never considering this, one must remem encountered the silver screen; and ber that there are a very large in this theory I am supported by number of children in the Colony, ancient history. So let us pass the and that, provided the programmes mild thriller." were suitably timed, it might be possible to make the enterprise pro- HELPEUL COMMENT fitable, particularly if the patronage of schools were enlisted.

terviewers with soft yet penetrating younger than her age, possibly blue eyes. Even the curiously paint-owing to an innate grace of carri- ed brows could not alter their age. During her visit to Londen apparently childish innocence"The Blue Angel will sing selec Nevertheless, she was very good at tions from her film repertoire,

CURRENT PROGRAMMES

"HOT HEIRESS AT THE QUEEN'S

The

EXCELLENT COMEDY

of

ever present necessity putting forth an effort to keep fit is the bane of the existence of many

Sherlock Holmes," the new Tox picture showing at the King's Theatre, with Clive Brook in the store. title role.

"

BLONDE VENUS!""

RE-SHOWING OF MARLENE DIETRICH FILM

Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus", which opens at the King's Theatre again on Thursday emerges triumphant in a role marked by recurrent flashes of pure acting. genius The star of Shanghai. Express" ***Morocco.", "Dis

honoured" "The Blue Angel" standing distinction in the motion again proves her daim to out- picture realm.

But Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Miriam Jordan, English stage Walter beauty, who came to pictures from Thelma Todd, and other players in Ridgeon, Inez Courtney, debut in Six Hours To Live" and Vitaphone production opening filled with the inspiration of Josef Broadway and made her screen "The Hot Heiress," First National trich's four previous pictures; is "Blonde Venus", like Miss Die- opposite Warner Baxter and John to-morrow at the Queen's had no von Sternberg, who lins bere taken Boles, portrays the leading feminine choice in the matter while they were a gripping and human character role. Ernest Torrance, outstanding character actor of films, enacts the working on the picture. It required and theme and woven then into rule of.

the arch criminal, plenty of good strenuous exercise to magic panorama of human love and get back and forth from the set late. This picture gives Dietrich **Moriarty." The children under ten are not selection of the entire cast which romance of a steel niveter and his to earth story and a character to Much, care, was exercised in the The Hot Heiress" narrates the two important.amets, a real down- Alternatively, there is the idea of which is, of course, as it should be Loeds, Alan Mowbray, Montague who watches him work on a sky-

provided with a mystery drama,

includes such favourites as Howard riveetheart, a wealthy debutante, portray that is worthy of her talent, programmes exclusively arranged

Wife, mother, exotic night club for children to be given at specific but they have a Mickey Mouse, times, and on this score Laily Breck as also do their older brothers and Shaw, Amold Lucy, Lucien Prival, scraper from the window of her entertainer, hunted woman, Inter- national stage success-the charac nock is herself particularly enthusiators, and I am sure that if that Stanley Fields Brandon Hurst, apartment next door. TO-DAY & TO-MOREOW|| siastic.

ter follows each in tüm through a elaasic were omitted from any pro Roy D'Arcy and Herbert Mundin.. Certain cinemas. could be adapted at holiday times to meet, would be the

An exact replica of the steel kaleidoscopic series of adventurous The picture was directed by gramme the attendant " grown-up At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20 p.m. the demands of children, in the Charles Chaplin, too, comes in both with "Holmes as he handles and on the First National back lot in her sick husband and little child, William K. Howard and it deals structure for a skyscraper was built happenings. Working to support first to object. surae why that we have circuses at programmes, but in a different pic puts down a reign of terror induce the proper effect the de- Venus" is a sensation in a Harlen Hollywood. And in order to pro- Dietrich, billed as the-Blonde ture, which is quite understandable, augurated by American racketeers butante's apartment was built on a night club. She meets Cary Grant, for this genius has many moments in London. It embraces not only platform thirty-five feet from the whose generous offers of help in and some are distinctly safer than adventure. But romance and others.

comedy, Holmes" enjoys his first ground so that the cameras, shoot troduce him to her friendship, and This, however, is more or less by have Momenta of Magio," show Doyle story.

For the rest, the older children real love affair in this new Copaning through the apartment windows later to her love. Faraged, her the way, another lactor is that what ing how the quickness of the hand

recorded exactly the same scene husband tears her child from her that would take place on New and orders her into the streets. She York's

from city to city by the polios and her husband who wants the child. A LONDON REVIEW

The apartment set was reached by Finally, unable to fight longer, steep thirty-five foot incline which she surrenders the child, and

дова the principals were forced to climb abroad.. She achieves stoess, and Seven directors, eighteen authors, at least three times daily in the in a dramatic climax is reunited

fifteen stars (more:" "or morning, at noon, and when the with her child and her old lever

VAUGH RICH

Christinaa

A DEBATABLE POINT-

is suitable for children of varying deceives the eye, and the smaller

ages will always be a highly debat enes have a couple of suitable IF I HAD A MILLION locale ark Avenue, the story's steals the child and fees, pursued

able point, and a point upon which storica

probably no two mothers would

be better for them to miss. How pathetic support, such items would nating. The china shop sequence, to be educated t

child

Without Dietrich Blonde

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S ID., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking-at-Andersons and the Theatre Tel 20720

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BREATHLESS! ASTOUNDING!

DOROTHY

JORDAN

LINDEN

ROSCOE ATIS PURNELL PRATT.

ROADHOUSE MURDER

A Cub Reporter Who Couldn't Make the Grade--and the Biggest Story of the Year in the Room Next Door WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

AN REO-RADIO PICTURE

STARTS FRIDAY

STAGE AND SILENT SCREEN SUCCESS NOW A GREAT TALKIE

The

Henry Edwords

Glas ca misgallant pettymance as

FLAG LIEUTENANT

MADE WITH THE CO OPERATION OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY A BRITISH AND DOMINIONS PICTURE

THE FLAG LIEUTENANT

BUOYANT STORY OF THE NAVY

The Flag Lieutenant that seems There's a buoyancy of spirit în-

to be inseparable from a story, sailormen and their doings, if wal told and neted as this British and Dominions production, featurme Henry Edwards and Anna Neagle. he association of Henry Edward with the soreen diaracter of Lago les, is one of those partnersh which ensures success, perhap Cause we have grown 6.000 the = mesociation «but- think, because Henry thoroughly identiāles him. the happy-go-lucky flag lieut

production is very sound enterta

ment.

utepan

agree. So there must be a happy patron of the first and more ad The comment of a potential mean and I am extremely gladvanced programme is that she that it is not my job to strike it wouldn't mind something a bit in and because I am all in favour of taking structive, like a journey through. In- less) have been assigned to this day's work was completed. They Herbert Marshall, as the husband that the ides is suggested that the rk with intelligent children dia." This seems a fairly helpful omnibus story of the millionaire usually made even more than the and Cary Grant, as the lover ved story was written for him. A sug and tingimulate their intellects gestion which and hoping that mercifully, in the children's progratome could be made yers picked from the bamed to the cause the picture was produced in Dickie Moore has the role of the innocence of their hearts and minds, a permanent and paying institution, city directory. The result is grand August and the summer tempera they will not see anything it would Of course, if the schools lent sy mixed fare, with comedy predomi- ture coupled with the powerful heat Yonus" would be a picture, to else, for that matter, is a child ever have to be included, as also Bug the story to the forger, and the Aenerating incandescent lights made. Tegret missing with Dietrich's Crab and get good English dyzmatisation, spissde of the old ladies in the the set almost unbearably warm the screen achievements you must ses

of English classics house, are all excellent, but After each scene the players It seems indisputable that there Lubitsch & three-minute dumb-show scrambled down and out for fresh in a vast multituds a children-mil of the bank clerk and the bank On the other hand, there is a nice lions of them or so far, no president is the gem of the show. And if you don't think climbing TO-DAY & TOMORROW comfortable iden about a "safe" one had attempted to cater. They Unfortunately the individual a thirty-five perpendicular foet ten programme, provided always rather or waiting to be gathered in, quennes are not assigned to their times every day isn't enough exer ARE YOU

as the lawyers say that the pro

spacing as a mother, I should directors; the Lubitsch one is un-ease, you should try it," Miss Mun gramme in one through which pars

that if the proper people were mistakable, but picturegoers will sun Bays. I lost three pounds the ents or older friends of the child onto tackle the matter they would find have a tantalising time trying to first week and a pound or so every can sit without being borg

it highly prof

identify the rest

week thereafter.”

EWORLDA||LOVE OF A "THRILLER"

LISTENING ?|

air

marvellous performance, it's one of

revolves. The cast for the picture pains were taken to secure acoursby was carefully selected and infinite as possible in the fighting scenes, Although, naturally occupying a large portion of the action, these scenes do not dominate and the pro- duction is in no sense a war pic

fure.

The Flag robust story, havi qualifications It is a picture the fullest! world loves a sailor much-abused desi

which a sallo of picture

that

There

one-man, how.

The Flag character around set of circumsta (Vantinued

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