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CENTRAL

HEATRE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

2.30, 5,10, 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA

HER MILLION FREED HER FROM THE

OLDEST BONDAGE IN THE Worldi ..

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTDOUND BUG

King's.

Had a Million,"

Queen's.

The Hot Heiress."

Central,

The Flag Lieutenant.'

Oriental.

"One Heavenly Night."

World.

"Night Court,"

For The Others?

Star.

Advanco Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.30 'P.M.

STAGE AND SILENT

-SCREEN SUCCESS:

NOW A GREAT

TALKIE

Henry Edwords

Bives a magnificent performance as we

The FLAG LIEUTENANT

MADE WITH THE CO- OPERATION OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY'

A BRITISH AND

DOMINIONS. PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

POWERFUL!

BACK STREET

FANNIE HURST

·WITH IRENE DUNNE, JOHN

BOLES, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, June Clyde, William Bakewall, Ar- letta Duncan, Doris Lloyd, James Donian, Walter Catlett, Produced by Cerf Leemale, Jr. A JOHN M. STAHL Production. Presented by Carl Laemmle.

King's.

What Did It Do

KOWLOON-

Are You Listening."

Majestic.

COMING

Maison Square 'Calden

Queen's.

"Lush."

"Divorce in the Family.

Central,

Back Street."

"Once in a Lifetime."

Igloo."

"States Attorney,

The Mummy."

The Prodigal."

"She couldn't Say No."

Fifty Million Frenchmen." "Bell Divers."

A Pictura Mighty

Castl

Star.

+4

I HAD A MILLION

TAUROG,

MOLEOD.

Directed by

ERNST LUBITSCH,

NORMAN

STEPHEN

ROBERTS,

Oriental,

NORMAN

Mati Hari."

JAMES

CRUZE

World.

"The Champ."

E. BRUCE

The Squaw Man."

HUMBERSTONE.

Majestic.

Black Watch."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hon.

"Trouble In Paradiso."

Chang Wah.

Bud Sister:"

Sun Wah Theatre,

"Is My Face Red " Sun Kwok Men Theatre.

Ouce in a Lifetime."

WILLIAM A. SEITER.

with

FRANCES DEE GARY COOPER · · GEORGE RAFT WYNNE GIBSON · CHABLES LAUGHTON ..JACK OAKIE

CHARUE RUGGLES ·ALUON IKIPWORTH WC. FIELDS ... MARY BOLAND ROSCOE KARNS · · MAY ROBSON GENË RAYMOND · LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD

RICHARD BENNETT Paramount Picture

NEXT

BOOKING

AT THE

THEATRE

TEL. 25913 & 25332. CHANGE

The soul

of a

great city

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

חזנה

JACK OAKIE THOMAS MEIGHAN MARIAN NIXON ZASU PITTS WILLIAM COLLIER. WILLIAM BOYD LEW CODY.

a Guramount Picture

A spectacu-

lar romantic drama en- acted in ane

of the most

picturesque

arones,

THE HONG KONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB

«NINE

PRESENTS

TILL

By

AIMEE AND PHILIP STUART,

SIX"

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

MOVIE NEWS

Pictures In Hong Kong.

"IF I HAD A MILLION" |

STORY AT KING'S OF U.S.

MILLIONAIRES

More than 100 persons in the United States have annual incomes of over $1,000,000 according to ra cent estimates.

·HOT HEIRESS” AT THE QUEEN'S

THREE SONG HITS

Richard Rodgers, composer, and Lorenz Hart, lyricist, have written five new songs for "The Hot Heiress," Herbert Field's original screen story which is having its final showinga at the Queen's to day.

++

THE FLAG. LIEUTENANT”

ANNA NEAGEE DANCED HER WAY TO FAME

Anna Neagle has been a mere two years on the way to stardom achieving success on botli stage and screen in record time for a British actress.

"BACK STREET”

Special Preview At Central Theatre

A PICTURE TO LOOK FORWARD TO

The Central Theatre gave a spe

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(March 11)

(II Moon 18th Day)

Ember Day

Special Gala Night, Peninsula

Hotel, Rose Roam."

H.MS. Tamar Dance, Garrison Lecture Hall, 8.30,

Theatres,

Central: The Flag Ligutenant." Queen's: "Hot Heiress." King's: "IF I had a Million." Oriental: "One Heavenly Night." World: "Night Court.' Star: "Are You Listening." Majestic: The Block Watch."

Dantes.

Tea Dances at Gloucester Build. ing: King's Restaurant; and Hong Kong Hotel.

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotal: King's Restaurant; Peain sula Hotel; Repulse Bay Hotel and Gloucester Building.

Sports.

Final,

Billiards Championship St. Patrick's Club, 7 p.m.

Cricket.--First Division, Civil Service v. Army (L); Kowloon C.C e. University (L) Navy r. Hong Kong C.C. (F); second Division Craigengower .. Royal Engineers and Signals (L); Royal Artillery

. Civil Service. (L); University Kowloon (L); Recreio v.

Indian R.C. (F) Hong Kong CC. Police (F).

1.

Football First Division, South Wales Borderers r. Lincolns; Re. creio r. Navy; Royal Artillery r St. Joseph's; Kowloon v. Police.

Second Division, Ewo v. South Wales Borderers; Club v. Lincolns, Royal Artillery v. South China; Chinese Athletics r. Eastern; Taung Thin . Kowloon.

Third Division, R.A.S.C Radio; South Wales Borderers v. Recreio, Taikoo v, Signals,

Hockey.Caer Clark Cup, Hong Kong Ladies . Club de Recreio Mamak Tournament, First H.K. Battery v. Incognitos" (Naval ground), 4.20 p.m.

Rugby-Seven-a-side. Tournament (Club ground), 3 p.m.

Yachting-Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Second. Corinthian Race for racing yachts.

Principal Mails.

Outward for Europe via Suez by Corfu 10:30 a.m. and for Australia 9.30 a.m.; for Canada by Tantalus, 10 a.m.. for U.S.A. and Europe via Siberi by General Leej 5 p.m.

Sunrise.-6.30 am Sunset 6,3}

p.m.

Tides. High at 9.40 and 21.05; Low at 3.10 and 14.30.

SUNDAY

(March, 12)

(II Moon 17th Day) Second Sunday in Lont.

Chinese National Holiday (an- cial preview yesterday to Press re-niversary of the death of the late picture "Back Street" "featuring presentatives of their forthcoming Party Leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen,

9:30a.m., 1926). Irene Dunae and John Boles, sup.

Customs Holiday. ported by a very good cast.

Dancing has been the foundation of her success. Having danged her way into the final of a world's championship at Miss Neagle learned stage dancing Queen's Hall, secured a position in the chorus of an Andre Chariot revue, an en- gagement with a Max Rivers troupe, and then into a Cochran "Back Street" is one of the best cabaret at the Trocadero. For screen stories to be shown in local three years she appeared solely in C. B. Cochran's productions and was selected to go to America in "Wake Up and Dream."

She is now at the Central Then- tre in "The Flag Lieutenant" with Henry Edwards and see it for yourself if she is a good ac

treas.

Queen's:

12

Theatres,

The Lash." King's: If I had a Million." Central: The flag Lieutenant." World: "The Champ." Star: The Prodigal." Majestic: "The Black Watch."

that lands charm to the story.

theatres for some time. It deals with the devotion of a girl, who goes through intense mental anxiety -so as to be able to share the af fection of the man she loves with the man's wife. A successful business Producers of "If I Had a Mil-f

man. offers her marriage and a lion," fifteen-star drama which Rodgers and Hart who collabor

home, but the girl pushes that aside There are several good songs sung now showing at the King's Thea ated on "The Garrick Gaieties,'

and prefers the role of "the woman during the unfolding of the story-- tre, discovered that fact in research ] “A Connecticut Yankee," and

in the back street," with the man John Boles need no introduction that they set under way in pre- "Spring Is Here," as well as historical romance of early Cali- she really loves. The story onda in here-but these lighter touches seem paration for the filming of the other outstanding musical come-fornia it is easy to imagine the a very unusual. maaner picture.

dies, have long had individual hits Spanish background and its color- final scene shows what might have that "Back Street" undoubtedly is.

and the out of place in the good solid drama The film, which includes in its sheet music and photograph record-

in the best-seller class with both ful possibilities.

been had circumstances not inter- Frank east Gary Cooper, George Raft,

Lloyd directed Lash" and Marian Nixon will be the heroine of the story.

"The fered with the early romances of Wynne Gibson, Charles Laughton,

ings. Jack Oakie, Frances Dee, Charlie

My Heart Stood Still," from seen in it as Barthelmess' sister A Connecticut Yankee;" With Dolores. Othors in the cast are Ruggles, Alison Skipworth, W. C. Fields. Mary- -Boland,

A Song Rosco

In My Heart," from James Rennie, Fred Kohler, Bar-ing and throughout the tragedy of Karna, May Robson, Gene Ray Cents A Dance," from

Spring Is Here" and "Ten bara Bedford, Robert Edeson, Ar- the life of the woman in the "Back mond, Lucien Littlefield, and

Simple thur Stone, Mathilde Comont and Street' there is a touch of romance Richard Bennett, conters around

Simon," are among their. note. Erville Alderson.

{{ontinued on nest column 1 ... an eccentric millionaire who dis- worthy successes.

"Like Common People Do," and

numbers of "The Hot Heiress," a First National and Vitaphone production.

י

Tom

MARY ASTOR'S ROLE IN

"THE LASH ***

tributes his fortune among nine "You're the Cat's," are the hit persons whose names he selects at random from a city directory,

Producers, checking up on the number of persons who actually

Ben Lyon and Ona Murison aro have an annual income of a mil- featured in the film with Walter lion, found that in 1928, last year Pidgeon, Inez Courtney, For which figures were available, Dugan, Thelma Todd, Holmes Her- 513 parson paid income taxes on bert, and Nella Walker in support- more than 81,000,000 each. How-ing roles. ever, authorities they consutted agreed the number has been reduc- ed considerably since, due to the stock-market crash and the depres Bion which followed. But the figure is still over 400, it was estimated. A ROMANTIC BRUNETTE.

The million-dollar incomes of 1928 were pretty generally concen- Mary Astor gets one of the prize trated in the east. In New York; roles of the year.l Hong Kong Observatory, March 10,

alone, almust half of the million-) She was selected by Hal B [Previous On Date(On Date | Aires-249 to be exact were found Wallis and O. Graham Baker, co- Of the total, 357 had incomes executives in charge of production, ranging from one to two millions of Richard Barthelmes in

for the role of Rosita in support 02, between and three millions; Lash," which is to come 21, between three and four mail- Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

to the lions; 20 between four and five millions; and 23 had incomes of Every girl in Hollywood, known or unknown, with dark eyes and

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

Tho

Day

st

Wind-

Direction

Torce

at 1 p.m. 10 a..

Barometer.. 29.97 30.09 Temperature 3.

66 Humidity... 65 72

R. W 4

at 4.p.m.

30,01 85

WNW

over 85,000.00,

Weather

B

2. CM

black hair, was considered for this romantic part in the screen ver

B

The millionaire of If I Had a Million " possessos a fortune of sign of the novel by Lanier and

Home $10,000,000. Of this, he pre- Virginia, Stivers Bartlet Highest open-air Temperature, 9, 89 sents $1,000,000 to each of the nine Astor was one of the first consider- Lowest open air Temperature, 10:58 persons the selects as his benefici ed but existing contracts and pro- aries. Comic, tragic, romantic duction plans interfered. But as B-Blue sky; O-Cloudy; Dand ironic are the results that oc time went on it developed that ber Drizzle; F-Fog; Lightning; cur in the wake of his gifts, for services might be available. MMist; O-Ovorcast; P-Passing each of the nine persons reacts to Showers; Q-Squalls; É-Rain; T them in his own characteristic Thunder

fashion,the

Rosita is the sort of role that perfectly fits the brunette beauty of Miss Astor. The story being a

4 SHOWS

DAILY

230-5,15

7.15-0.30

Iu parte, the story is very touch-

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THEATRE

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TEL. THATS

LAST 4 PERFORMANCE TO-DAY

BY ALL MEANS SEE THIS MARVELLOUS PICTURE.

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ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT

EVELYN LAYE JOHN BOLES

STARTING

GARBO

Ramon

NOVARRO

thrilling, unforgettable

LEON ERROL

TO-MORROW

MATA HARI

LIONEL BARRYMORE

LEWIS STONE

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a

QUEENS THEATES

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7:15 & 9.20 p.m. COME ON IN AND MEET THE HOT HEIRESS

She's the cats- She's the berries-

She's a Tovely dame-

Gee, but you'll

be awfully glad you came!

Tho

HOT HEIRESS

Don't Miss Her-She's Rich!

with

BEN LYON ONA MUNSON WALTER PIDGEON

A First National & Vitaphone Hit ADDED

ADVENTURES in AFRICA.

"Scotch Highball"

TO-MORROW

The flying hero of “Dawn. Patrol is now the fighting here of The Lash."

Barthelmes

The

LASH

with

Mary Astor, Marian Nixon, Fred Kohler, James Rennie

A. First National & Vitaphone Picture.

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2,80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

HAINES

Bide EVANS-in ARE YOU LISTENING ?

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.

EWORLDA

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 230. 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

Walter Huston NIGHT COURT

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