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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1933.

TO-DAY ONLY

King's

Ar 2.30, 6.10, 7.15

TAKE QUEEN's BD, WESTBOUND BCS

"Handle with Care."

Queen's.

& 9.30 F.M.

"In a Monastery Garden."

Central,

"Carnival Boat.".

Oriental

The Love Debt."

World.

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel, 26720,

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.

ROMANCE CRASHES THE BIG TIMBER!

Ball BOYD

Love Fires Honor's Spark in this son of the tall timberlands

CARNIVAL

BOAT

HOBART BOSWORTH

FRED KOHLER "GINGER ROGERS

Directed by

ALBERT ROGELL

"CHARLES R. ROGERS PRODUCTION

RKO PATHE PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

THE KIND OF GIRL WHO MET LIFE WITH HER CHIN UP!....

YOU REMEMBER ! ... Helen of "Millie” and "Her Man"1" Here She Is Again "The Right Girl Who Met the Wrong Men".

HELEN

Twelvetrees

ROBERTARMSARONG.

CHARLES BICKFORD

PANAMA

FLO

RALPH MURPHY

Racing, Dramatic Romance. Lively With Action! Taut With Suspense!

CHAS. R. ROGERS PRODUCTION

RKO PATHÉ`PICTURE

HAVE YOU

TIME

"Hell Divers.**

KOWLOON

High Pressure."

Star.

Majestic.

"Air Mail."

King's.

COMING

"Indiscrest."

"Wedding Rehearsal.”

"The Front Page.””.

Queen's,

"Flesh."

**Under-Cover Man.”

"Faithless."

Central.

"Panauna Flo."

*Nagana."

"Explorers, of the World."

World.

י'

Ben Hurr."

High Pressure,"

The Lash.''

Majestic.

Star.

Chandu the Magician."

"Mother's Millióa,"

Fair Warning,"

Once a Sinner."

Not Exactly Gentlemen."

CANTON CINEMAS

Wing Hon.

If I Had A Million.”

Sun Wah Theatre.

Monte Carlo Madness."

Southern Palace.

**Private Lives.”

Pearl Theatre.

"Hot Heiress."

~HONCKONG'S FINEST CNDA

IT'S SWELL!

A compelling romance between

James DUNN

.. and

Boots MALLORY

Rib-cracking comedy

Picture

by

EL BRENDEL

'and

hundreds of kids to keep both the romance and

the comedy in an excit

ing

turmoil

HANDLE WITH CARE

Screen_play by

FRANK CRAVEN & Sam Mints Directed by DAVID BUTLER

A ROMANCE THAT WAS NEARLY WRECKED

BY A COUPLE OF KIDS WHO COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GROWNUPS KISS.

MOVIE NEWS

|-· ́CARNIVAL BOAT

ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE IN THE BIG FORESTS

Combining the sweep and specta- cle of the silent days with exciting "Car-

Pictures In Hong Kong dialogue and thrilling action "Ope

SUNSTROKE DANGERS

Doctors Warning to Public

(Phe biom

HANDLE WITH

CARE"

DELIGHTFUL AND UNUSUAL PICTURE AT THE KING'S

If you like something unusual and "Europeans are, far too carsless are one not too superior to enjoy about the way they expose them watching children, you should see "Handle with Care which will be solves in the sun during the hot weather," a Kowloon doctor told shown for the last time at the

Daily Press representative yes King's Theatre to-day. terday. He stated that sun stroke It is fairly simple little story of Sun two motherless children who were Insolation, or Traumatism) even in its very mild looked after by a yourig aunt, and forms, often produced undefined of their jealousy when the anut Fell feelings of exhaustion and ill. in love. A quite exciting and real ixing of which people were disin-ly amusing crook incident is intro- duced to speed things up towards clined to take much notice. Sun- stroke was often contracted owing

the time-proven

The two children Buster Phelps topi being ignored in favour of more fashion and George Ernest act very well able and less sensible headwear, the former remarkably well. by people who thought they knew Brendel has an excellent part as better than their medical advis music teacher which gives him ers. Naturo had provided the chance to be amusing without

clowning, Chinese with propertionately thic ker skulls then the European, and therefore this deficiency had to be

to

the end.

nival Boat," Bill Boyd's latest starring picture, opened a run al the Central, Theatre on Thursday. This picture puts the motion back into motion pictures. The dialogue is sufficient and good but this romance of the big trees shines most brilliantly in its action and the thrilling sequences which take place in a mountain logging camp.

Boyd is seen as a young lumber man son of the camp boss, Hobart Bosworth. The woods are his play. ground instead of his work-shop and his father is disappointed that the young man does not have the ambition to succeed him when his net-distant retirement is necessary. Ginger Bill's chief interest is Rogers, who has the role of a Gery-haired little dancer and singer aboard a show-boat. *

Colourful carnival beat scenes are

varied by thrilling moments wher Boyd, and the lumbermen strain every sinew to get the logs rolling toward the mill. One of the drama- tic highlights comes when Bosworth attempts to take a too-heavy load

El

a

train of logs down the mountain

and the brakes refuse to hold,

This incident drives the thought into the young man's head that his father's sacrifice was to help him and he takes the entire camp in

velanturcuma om net rom

James Dunn plays the role of Boyd, by riding across a lofty Aunt Helen's (Boots Mallory) lover train and by wredking a portion of amountain high-line reaches the made good by the use of suitable and both he and his leading lady it, saves his father from death. heud gear.

play in the natural' and restrained style which fits best with that of Another form of sun-sickness, the child actors. heat stroke (Diathermasia), was Do ses" Handle with Care," you not to be dealt with lightly. It will remember it as a very enjoy was preventable, however. Any able picture thing which increased the cerebral circulation should be avoided dur ing the heat of the day. Alchohol increased the cerebral circulation and it was unwise to touch it un- til sundown, although a great many Europeans persistently dis- regarded this advice. One should never hurry during the heat of the day, declared our informant, for

E. M. B

A STAR OF THE

EAST

WENDY BARRIE-OTHER-

any disobedience to this suggestion | WISE, MISS WENDY JENKIN would surely bring its untimely and unwanted reward.

On Wednesday next, when "Eight boura sleep is essential Wedding Rehearsal" opens at in this climate, and ten should be the King's Theatre, Hongkong pic airded at," our representative was ture-goers will have an opportunity told. "In addition, always use a of seeing for the first, time on the mosquito net, whether you think screen a charming little lady who there are mosquitoes in your diems spent a considerable portion of trict or not. Remember, it is the her life in Hongkong and is known odd follow who comes along now personally to many here. This is and then who does the most dam-Miss Wendy Barrie to give her. age, and takes the greatest toll" stage name--otherwise Miss Wendy

Jenkin. daughter of one of our leading barristers, Mr. F..C. Jenkin, K.C,

play in Wedding Rehearsal" by Wendy Barrie, who, is just 21 Alexander Korda, the brilliant your of age, originally came to director of tuttetarding film Hongkong as a baby, in 1919, TE Service for Ladies." Since then turning to England with her she has played in various films, younger sister, in 1999, to go to adding further to her reputation, school Since then she has made until she reached stardom in various to the Colony |V Where is This Lady ?”! Being co [last being some four years 1703

starred with Ower. Nares. A bril Before making her soreen "debut, liant future is predicted for this Ades Barrie gained a considerable beautiful and talented young stage experience under André actress, whose career will be watch Charlot, the Famoua revue pro- edwith interest by her many docer, an experiences which stood friends in Hongkong daher in good stead when she was A portrait of Mas Barrie will selected, with three other girls, to appear in our next Monday's issue. (Ountinued on previous colums

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-0.10

BOOKING

AT THE

-THEATRE

TEL. 25313 & 25332.

TOMORROW

JOSEPH M.SCHENCK sents

GLORIA WANSON

IN

INDISCREET"

· WITH BEN LYON ARTHUR LAKE UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE.

'ATE TO LOSE WEIGHT!

WHEN WALLACE BEERY

WAS A WRESTLING --

CHAMPION

In preparing for his role of world's wrestling champion in Flesh," commencing to-morrow.at the Queen's Theatre, Wallace Beary found himself facing a new situation. He actually had to eat to lose weight. Two weeks of gym and mat routine, followed by a strenuous rub-down each day, pre- ceded the start of filming. And Beery found himself losing. as much as five pounds each day, The problem was solved at the dinner table. By eating twice the customary amount while "Flesh" wie being filmed, Beery was able to offset what was lost in his daily workouts:

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hand. He even forgets his red. headed charines,

The climax of the picture is fond in the dynamiting of the log jam in which Bill becomes a hero afted Laving a scoundrel who has been attempting to ruin him,

This picture represents the first attempt any producer has made to take a microphons into the bia trees and RKO Pathe as done art excellent job of it.

Albert Rogell directed. Support- ing members of capable cast are Fred Kehler, Marie Prevoit, Edgaí: Kennedy and Harry Sweet.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

PIJESSICA #040 WANGHAI

TEL. 28478

NOW SHOWING FEW DAYS ONLY THE MOST SENSATIONAL CHINESE PICTURE EVER MADE!

THE LOVE DEBT"

In Cantonere Dialect

with

LAIMING FAI

(The Principal Witness of the Fung Murder Case), HER LIFE STORY DEPICTING"

A MOST THRILLING TRIANGULAR LOVE

AFFAIR.P, FREE TO EVERY PATHON

A PHOTOGRAVURE

OF MISS LAIMING FAI

A PICTURE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO EUROPEANS

FAST, SNAPPY AND EASILY TO UNDERSTAND. PRICES TO ALL PERFORMANCES

Front, 20 cts. Middle 30 cts. Back 50 cts. Dress 80 cts. UCL Stalls

Stalls

Stalls

Cirole

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(April 23),

(III Moon 28th Day). Claims against the Estates "of Sarah Kate Hewson, and Robert Colvin, due.

Closing Day of Children's Health Contest and Exhibition, Caroling Hill.

Children's Sports and Prize Dis- tribution. South China Athletic Field, Caroline Hill.

Q.C.O.B.A.,

Annual Dinner, Great Hall of Queen's College, 8

1.10.

Theatres.

Central Carnival Boat," King's "Handle With Care." Queen's "In a Monastery Gar-

den,"

World: " Arsene Lupin.” 'Oriental: The Love Debt.” Star: High Pressure." Majestie: Air Mail."

Dances,

Tea Dances at King's Restaur ant; Hong Kong Hotel; Gloucester Building and Majestic Dancing Academy.

Dinner Dances at King's Restau ant Peninsula, Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels and Glouces ter Building.

Principal Mails,

Outward for Europe via Suez by Chitral 10.30 a.m.; for Australia by Kamo Maru 9.30 a.m.; for America and Europe' via. Siberia by General Sherman, 6. p.m.

Sports.

Football-First Division, Navy v. Lincolns: Royal Artillery v. Kowloon; Polios v. South Wales Borderers; Club v. Chinese Athle tics. Second Division: Navy; v. Kowloon; South China v. Club. Third Division: 'Signals e. Univer- sity; R.A.F. v. RA.S.C.; R.E. v. Lincolns.

INDISCREET

COMING TO KING'S THEATRE TO-MORROW

Picture goers who see. Gloria Swanson's latest United Artists

B

tiew

ཟླ་

picture, "Indiscreet," at the King's Theatre, next Sunday will be agreeably surprised at the tremendous improvement made” in sound recording.

This betterment of voics repro. duction is due to

device which for simpler understanding, has been called "noise reduction valve." Its function words and phrases or whenever there is no sound impulse travelling through the recording apparatus from microphones, thus shutting out practically all of the "ground. photographed on the film. noise" and preventing its being

CCSS.

With the elimination of the his- sing and crackling that has al ways emanated from "ground noise," the new recording offers a fidelity of tome that is al most startling. It also permits the re- production of vocal tones in low er registers, such as in whispered conversation, with marked, suc-

"Indiscreet," smart comedy- drama produced by De Sylva, Brown and Henderson and direct ed by Leo McCarey, again reveals Miss Swanson in a role of fa shion, with an ultra modern ward. robe to delight the feminina fan. The star's supporting cast in- cludes Ben Lyon, as leading man, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent, Arthur Lake and Maude Eburne.

T

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 TO-DAY ONLY

At 2:30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

The story behind the airmeli postage stamp screened for the first time in all, its fremendous scope and terrific dramal

with RALPH BELLAMY, Gfarlo ́Stuart,” Pat O'Brien, Silm Sums merville. Directed by John Ford." "A UNIVERSALPICT

AIR MAIL

QUEENT TEATES

FINAL SHOWINGS TO:DAY at 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. The Beautiful Romance

.}

In a Monastery Garden

„* JULIUS MAĞIM. Protezion

JOHN STUART HUGH WILLIAMS JOAN MAUDE - GINA MALO Datuk dan MAURICE LINEW

TO-MORROW

BETTER

THAN EVER

BEFORE

WALLACE

R

HESE

A Metro Goldwyn Mayer nenha

Wallace Beery's. most lovable characterization! With this notable cast.

·RICARDO CORTEZ

KAREN MOHLEY, JEAN HERSHOLT, JOHN MILJAN

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

DYNAMIC COMEDY

Da

OWELL

HIGH PRESSURE EWORLDA

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.90, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

HELL DIVERS

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's PICTURE

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