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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN's HD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

SHOWING TO-DAY

3.

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1933

LAST TWO-DAYS

An

2.30, 5.10, 7.15

'King's.

"Street Scene."

Quean's.

& 9.30 P.M.

American Madness."

Central.

Oriental.

World.

The Grand Parade,”

"Fast Life."

"Say It with Music,"

KOWLOON

star.

*Private Lives."

GET

READY FOR MUSICAL TREAT

A

Majestic.

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IS HERE!

Pola British & Kominion! Poduction JACK PAYNE AND

HIS BAND

SAYIT WITH MUSIC

ORIGINAL MUSIC INCLUDE! "LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING "

"GOOD MORNING MISTER SUN".

AND

"I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE YOU HAPPY"

NEXT CHANGE-

IT COMES TO LIFE!!

A museum mummy, come to life to battle modern science for his love of a. buried pusti .'.... The year's 'biggest thrill!.

KARLOFF

THE UNCANNY

in THE

MUMMY

With

ZITA JOHANN

David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron, Story by Nine Wil.com Putnam and Richard Schayer. Pre duced by Carl Lemming Jr. Directed by Karl Freund. Presented by C Laemmle. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

King's.

The Big Broadcast

COMING

Rubber's Roost.'

+1

Shanghai Night W

(Chinese Pictare),

Me and My Gal." "Handle with Care." The Front Page."

Queen's.

"3 Wise Girls."

"As You Desire 'Me,"

Central.

The Mummy. "Nagana,"

F

"Explorers of the World."

World.

Star.

Behind the Musk,"

L

Private Lives,''

Black Coffee," "Ben Hur."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hon.

"Lave Debt."

Sun Wah Theatre.

For the Sake of Love."

Scuthern Palace.

"Unholy Night."

Pearl Theatre.

Divorce in the Family."

Tai Tak.

"Panama Flo."

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HUMAN AS LIFE ITSELF!

LOVE-HATE-JEALOUSY-GREED-FRENZY- ON ANY STREET IN.

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STREET SCENE "

The year 1931 marks the end of Mrs. Jack Dempsey and the re- turn of Estelle Taylor. And even while the front pages of the press are heraiding the conclusion of her! matrimonial adventuro, the movie, camera is recording another change which promises to be just as sensa tional. For, in starting anaw the career she sacrificed to become the wife of the world's heavyweight champion, Estelle Taylor is to por tray her first sympathetic character

on the sareen.

"THREE WISE GIRLS"

NEXT CHANGE AT THE

QUEEN'S

Cinematically speaking, life has dealt cruelly with Mae Clarke.

SAY IT WITH

MUSIC

OPENING AT CENTRAL TO-DAY

The fictional origin of the famous melody, "Say It With Music," Jack Payne's signature tune, makes au interesting story for the pro sentation of Jack Payne and his band in their first Alm at the Central Theatre foʻdayu, d

BOOKING

Ат Тан THEATER TEL. 25313 & 25332.

-STARTS THURSDAY- "At 5.10 & 9.30 P.M. 'Only

GEORGE O'BRIEN

In his most exciting picture

ane

Grey's

ROBBERS ROOST

with

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

Directed by LOUIS KINO

Tox Pictures

At 11.30 A.M., 2.30 & 7.15 P.M. Only "SHANGHAI NIGHT"

A OHINESE SILENT PICTURE WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT

AND

ENGLISH BUBTITLES. PRODUCED BY THE UNITED PHOTO- PLAY SERVICE LTD.

** AMERICAN MADNESS”

SHOWING AT THE QUEEN'S

in

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS CA

TO-DAY (April 11)

(III Moon 17th Day) Lammert's Sale of Leasehold Property, Sales Room, 3 p.m.

Sanitary Board Meeting, Rotary Club Tifin 4.15 pm

Annual Inspection by G. O. C. H K. Volunteer Defence Corps Murray Parade Ground, 6 p.m..

Jumble Sale, Sailors' and Sol- diers' Home, 10 a.m.

Kowloon Union Church General Committee meet at 6.30 p.m.

Lenten Service: Fr. MadDonald, S. J., on "The Bread of Life," Catholic Cathedral, 8 p...

..Queen's:

· Theatres.

"American Madness." King's "Street Scene." Central: "Say It with Music. Oriental: "The Grand Parade." World: "Fast Life." Star: "Private Lives." Majestic: "The Big Broadcast."

Danoes, '

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

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel King's Restaurant; and Peninsula Hotel.

Principal Malls. Inward from Europe via Siberia by Chenonceaux.

Outward air mail for Europe by Chenonceaux 1 p.m. for Europs via Suez by Aeness 2 p.m. and Chenonceaux 2.30 p.m.; for Amart. ca and Europe via Siberia by Bres. McKinley p.m.

OLEEN THEATER

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.10, 7,15 & 9.20

0p.m. STORY OF THE MOMENT!

A

Greater

Than A Motion

Picture!

king:

AMERICAN

ROBBERS ROOST MADNESS

Maureen O'Sullivan, the Irish lass who made her screen debut un- der the Fox Films, banner in. "Song O' My Heart' and' who subsequently became a film favourite with her work in "Just Imagine, "Tarzan" and "Okay America" re- turns to the Fox fold as Georg O'Brien's leading lady in "Robbers Roost," the screen feature coming- on Thursday at the King's Thea tre.

ME AND MY GAL

Dealing with the activities of a gang of cattle rustlers in Arizona, "Robbers Roost" is said to be one By hiring "extras" who had ac of the most thrilling romances of tually worked in a bank, authentic the season, Maude Eburne, e ginald Owen, Walter McGrail, Wil. atmosphere was maintained "American Madness," the up-to-the liam Pawley and Robert Gregase minute Columbia film, hailed as in the east. The exterior scenes the great American picture of to of the film were all made at tha day. The film features. Walter actual locales of Zane Gret's ori Huston as Tom Dickson, a bank ginal story, Louis King directed president who believes that money the production from the screen should be lant on character rather play by Dudley Nichols. than fluctusting collateral, such as stocks and bonds, if the country The capable and charining young It appears that in the early part is to pull out odd depression inte aim of the war, Payne and the co-prosperity. The picture, which actress, whose most recent

Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy, "Three Wise Girls," a Colurabia poser, Philip Weston, were in the deals with a daring and sensational picture showing from Thursday at Air Force mess one day and he had theme, is at the Queen's Theatre. tha Queen's Theatre has been been entertaining the boys by play About 150 former bank employees who scored & composite success in Samuel Goldwyn's screen version against it time and again, and ing the popular numbers of the consisting of tallers, adding me "She Wanted A Millionaire, are Weston had told Payne to chine operators and financial so again co-featured in "Me and My of "Street Scene," the Elmer Rice more than once she hasn't had the time.

etop playing such horrible music,cretaries who had seen actual ser Gal," the Fox comedy-romanes vice before retrenchment became coming to the King's Theatre very prize drama which ran two solid courage to see her way clear.

Just to list a few of the adver and jestingly Payne had made a years in New York, is the vehicle

Columbia The story pivota around the ad in which Miss Taylor's character sities of her screen self. In "The bet that Weston could not compose necessary in various banking in shortly.

was able to aid them with a week's ventures of a young New York change takes places. And it is un- Front Page" she jumped out ot and play something that would stitutions, were used. der the able eye of King's Vidor, the window when she found herself sound as good. His friend had one of the peers of the directoria, involved in a hopeless situation; in accepted the bet and soon all the work while inside sequences were detective whole Birtation with a ranks, that it is accomplished. "Waterloo Bridge" she was bombe1 mys were singing or whistling the being ebot. Names of bank work shop girl leads to the arrest of a In and a reward of $10,000 as a wed Miss Taylor's role in Street off a bridge just when it seemed melody picked out slowly by Wes- ere out of jobs were obtaine1 merciles bank robber and killer Scene" which is now showing at life was to give her a share of ton. Payne, realising the tune's through personnel directors. Frank Capra, director

The cast supporting the featured the King's Theatre, is that of hers. happiness; in "The Good Bad possibilities, had jotted the notes all, about 1000 "extras" were used-ding pressent.

an envelope, and so. American Madness," worked with players includes Marion Burns, Maurrant, the mother whose tragic Girl" she underwent a harrowing down on

"Say it with Music" came into

a cast which included, resides Hus Henry B. Walthall, J. Farreli life forms the burden around which experience at the hands of a black-

being.

At the time of its birth, ton, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Macdonald, George Walsh, Noet the poignant and gripping drama mailing gangster; in "Frankens tein" she had to stand by while revolves.

como through and Weston's plane don, Edwin Maxwell, Burton"Me and My Gal" is based on The fact that this Mrs. Maurrant her fiance was entirely absorbed in however, an air raid warning had Constance Cummings, Gavin Gor Madison and Adrian Morris. is unfaithful to her husband and creating a monster, who choked her and crashed, leaving him with Churchill, Robert Ellis, Anderson an original story by Batry Conners severa concussion and loss of Lawlor and Jeane Boral, who makes and Philip Klein and was prepar pays with her life for her trans unmercifully, and almost destroy-

her Columbia debut in "American ed for the screen by Arthur Kober, gressions may, to those who do noted its creator.S

Madness."

Raoul Walsh directed it. know Elmer Rice's story, sound And now in "Three Wise Girls," like the Estelle Taylor of old,-the Mae Clark finds that life is stin vampire.

against her. When she is discard- But this famous playwright did ed by the man with whom she is love, and for not set out to jerk the strings of hopelessly in an eternal triangle. He wrote of whom she has sacrificed her self A woman wronged by life, a mother respect, she is so completely broken of his war-time composition that is devoted to her children and dutiful up that she ends it all by taking to her husband in the ministrations poison. of her humble home. But the sor All in all her film life has hard didness and drahness of life for ly been a bed of roses. But in woman whose heart cries out for each of her characterizations, she sympathy and tenderness has its contributed performances that won breaking. point,-and in Mrs. her tremendous critical Maurrant it is the point where which proved that in reality, life defiance begins.

was with her. In "Three Wien

Reclaim.

Elmer Rice in the depth of his Girls," in which she appears, with wisdom leaves it to the audience Jean Harlow, Marie Prevost and to justify or condemn, but he Jameson Thomas, she is said to presents the events preceding and equal her past successes, William following her tragedy with a pro Beaudine is responsible for the found pity. With equal impartial direction. ity and poignancy he shows the blight which the mother's tragedy. cants upon the daughter and her boyishlover, played by Sylvia Sidney and William Collier, Jr.

This role in "Street Boone 1 in marked contrast with the one Miss Taylor played in support of ¿Continued at foot of next Golumni

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Ronald Colman in The Unholy Garden." That also a United Ar tista Picture; was a typical Estells Taylor role. Her character with Colman was that of a British ad- Venturess, preying with equal free- dom on the hearts and pocketbooks. of men.

"Strent Scene" shows Miss Tay lur divested of the luxurious lure of clothes and sex. It is a role not of sex appeal but appeal. In her face are the lines of care, of fear and despair and the hunger for the tenderness and appreciation which marriage has never give ber, Mah

that

por

that"

the role of MIK

Etreet, Boene. And, au- guidance of King Vidor, roducer believes that the new telle Taylor will be a revelation.

memory.

Years later they meet again, and l'ayne, more famous, discovers that Weston, is still struggling to mak☛ symphonies. He remembers nothing

himself known as a composer of funs to his friend makes intrigo MAJESTIC

now known throughout the world an Jack Payno's signature tame when appearing on the stage on broadcasting. How Payne brings Vansimsed on next Caluma)

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entertainment

The direction by Jack Raymond is splendid, combining, as it does, the wonderful staging of Payne and his band with a hinnan story, a fascinating Payne, himself is streen discovery.

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