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CENTRAL

THEATRI

'TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25730.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

What this R

country

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933.

LAST TWO-DAYS AT (2.80, 5.10, 7.18

*& HONCKONGSI FINEST OPTA

King's.

Jack's the Boy."

Queen's

"Red Dust,"

& 9.30 F.M.

Central

"They Just Had to Get

Married."

SEE JACK HULBERT AS LONDON'S

Oriental.

HAPPIEST POLICEMAN.

"Tess of the Storm Country,"

KOWLOON"

Star.

Letty Lynton."

Majestic.

Good Night Vienna,”

COMING

A Passport to Hell"

"State Fair."

needs

is a

King's.

darned

good

laugh-

and here

it is!

im SUMMERVILLE ZASU PITTS

Queen's.

"Madame Butterfly."

Madison Square Garden."

Contral

Star.

"Explorers of the World." "Afraid to Talk.”

Son of My Heart," "Huddle"

World...

"Bridge of San Luis Rey."

May Be It's Love."

Oriental,

"Igloo."

| Majestic.

Robbers Ronst."

CANTON CINEMAS

Chang Wah Theatre.

"Hot Pepper.".

Sun Wah Theatre.

Symphony."

Wing Hon.

Island of Lost Soul,”

Pearl Theatre,

"Faithless."

Tai Tak Theatre.

Business and Pleasure.

JACK HULBERT&CICELY COURTNEIDGE

IN

JACK'S the BOY

THE PRIME MINISTERS OF MIRTH & BRILLIANT COMEDY

A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE RELEASED BY THE BRITISH FILM DISTRIBUTION

CO., LTD.HONG KONG.

FILM ACTRESS LOSES ACTION

THEY MOVIE NEWS CO

JUST HAD

GET MARRIED

COME ON IN & ENJOY THE FUN

COMMENCING TO-MORROW

AUTHENTIC! ENTERTAINING ! EVERY MAN, WOMAN & CHILD FROM 6 TO "60 WILL SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!

Men defied the perils of the

· jungles and the frozen waste,

lands to give you this thrill of a lifetime!

M

RASPIN PRODUCTIONS WILDEST ADVENTURES EVER FILMED

EXPLORERS OF WORLD

THE

DURICTED

HAROLD NOICE

Brought to you from the jaws

of death by

6

FAMOUS

EXPLORERSI

HAROLD MCCRAOKEN Siberian-Arctic Expedition.

GENE LAMB. Tibet Expedition. JAMES L. CLARK African Expedition. Lt. Com. J. B

STENHOUSE Trans-Antarctic Expedition. LAURENCE M. GOULD Byrd Antarctic Expedition. HAROLD NOICE Brazil Expedition.

•Pictures In Hong Kong-

RED DUST"

JUNGLE CHOKED STREAM

REPRODUCED

The parting of the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to pass through may have set a high standard of engineering in" ancient times, but | when an entire studio lot is cleft through the middle with a flowing river for a talking pietore scene, modern technical experta may be justified in swelling with prida,

This river project was built across the back section of the Metro Goldwyn-Mayer studios to provide atmosphere for Red Dust," a of Indo-China featuring

drama

JEAN HARLOW.

Red Dust" now af the

Queen's Theatre,

Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, to j be shown till to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre The jungle choked "stream" was reproduced in enreful detail from photographs of the district. Trees, vines and tro- pical plants were planted along the banks and by a series of hose-lines the water was kept moving so that, [floating objects would pass the

ez

camera,

BOOKING AT THE

THEATER

TEL. 25313 & 25332.

-STARTS THURSDAY- At 5.10 and 9.80 p.m. only

A PASSPORT TO HELL

Elissa

with

•

Paul

LANDI LUKAS

WARNIR OLAND ALEXANDIR KIRKLANO

#trending frank theyd Brary by Harry Harvey

VOX PICTURE

At 230 and 7.15 p.m. only JUANITA WANG KAO CHIEN FEI

03.

IN

CITY MORNINGS ”

A CHINESE SILENT PICTURE WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANI MENT AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

A UNITED PROTOPLAY. SERVICE PICTURE.

His lordship, in giving judg-| ment, said that Miss Partlam'e part was originally described as that of an American girl, prefer- ably one with a soft Southern ac cent ..

with the face of a cherub,

Part She Refused to Play spirit of devilry only equal

REVISED VERSION

(Special Air Mall Service)

THEY JUST HAD TO was. Bive yesterday in the actioning alterations in the script.

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY.

(May 23).

(IV. Moon 29th Day), Anniversaries and Holidays.→→ Kogation Day.

Sale of Leasehold Properties, Hughes Hough's Sales Room, 3 p.m. ་ ་ ་

Chinn Auction Rooms, 3 pan. Rotary Club Tiffin, Col. -MacPher son will speak on "Big Game Fish- ing."

Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.13

p.m.

Whist Drive, Civil Service Orie ket Club,, 9.30 p.m.

Theatres,

Queen's Red Dust."

King's "Jack's" the_Boy." Central: "They Just Had to Get

Married."

Oriental: "Tess of the Storm,

Country"

World: "Five Star Final"

Star: "Letty Lynton."

Majestic

"Goodnight Vienna.".

Dances.

Ten Dancea at Gloucester Build- ing King's Restaurant; and Hong -Kong Hotel.

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

Principal Mails.

Outward "air mail, for Europe by 9.50 Andro Lebon 1' p.m., steamer 2.30 pm. For America and Europe via Siberia by Fres. Hoover, 5 p.m.

Sports.

Billiards-Soldiers' Club Tourna- ment: R.A.M.C. ». Small Units, 6 p.m.

Lawn Bowls:-Open Champion- ship: J. MacDonald v. J. S. Logan C, E. Marques v. T. Fenghaon. W.

V. Field . J. G. Ozorio (Kowloon led by Lena's (another schoolgirl) Bowling Green Club green), 5,20 for mischief." Mary Lou wasp.m. given a prominent part and, as it Lawn Tennis:-Hong Kong Area was thought it made the part more Lengue: Kowloon Section, - 94th affective, Miss Bartlam had her hair Battery, Royal Artillery - Hond dyed black. But the character quarter Wing, Lincolna; Hong was afterwards changed to that of Kong Section, Headquarter Wing. LONDON, May 2 an English schoolgirl with a titled South Wales Borderers v. "D" Judgment for defendants with costs father. In those circumstances Company, South Wales Borderers.

in the King's Bench it would be difficult to avoid mak- Sunrise :-540 am: Sunset: 7 brought by Miss Dorothy Ezard

This was not a serious film, bụt Tides: High at 8.30 and 21.53; Bartlam, im autress Hays-mowe, Berkeley-square W. against Ben- that the original script was going

a farce, and Miss Bartlam knew Low at 1,45 and 15.11. WITH ZASU PITTS AND SLAM dar Films, Ltd., Waterloo-place, to be, altered: His lordship was

SUMMERVILLE

Plaintiff, who claimed damages such a substantial change in the not.at all satisfied there had been for alleged breach of contract, asid she was employed to play the part Park a to justify Miss Bartlam in of Mary Lou in a film called Maid, saying she would not play it. to Order," according to the script

Rights of Players. read to her. The engagement was

GET MARRIED '

S.W.

NEW FILMS IN LONDON

FIVE PRODUCTION FROM

AMERICA

(Special Air-Mall Service)

"They Just Had to Get Married the Universal comedy which is show ing at the Central Theatre for the Inst time to-night is what is com monly known as a riot.

This picture serves to bring to to be for a minimum period of ton Of course, an actor or an actrees gether again as stars of the pic days at a salary of fifteen guineas could not be expected to play a ture, that clever comedy pair-Slim a day, including rehearsals. Later character, entirely different from Summerville and Zast Pitts. Sum-the script was considerably altered, the one agreed upon and, if an ac- merville's awkwardness is a perfect and defendants were proceeding to tress accepted a part to which no foil for Miss Pitt's lackadaisical produce the filia with someone clec, objection could be taken, she could

London, May 2-Three mystery. nervousness, and as man and wife playing her part.

not be asked to play a character films, Dangerously Yours," "The they are the ventre of a swift suc defence, Mr. Mansfield Markham of impropriety. But there was no Woman Accused musical dramo Continuing his evidence for the to which she objected on the ground Penguin. Fool Mystery," and "The session of hilarious situations.. Miss Pitts had never before been said Miss Bartlam took away the such suggestion. in the present called "Forty-Second Street," and given such an opportunity for the original script of the film to read case. display of her pantomime.

"Topaze," based upon, the French and, returning it next day, made no Another matter complained of by play of the same name, make up the Their supporting cast in They complaint. Later alterations were Miss Bartiam was that her partlist of new films in London this Just Had to Get Married" is ex- made and Miss Bartlam declined to was considerably altered, but any week. All five films come from cellent, including as it does such a play Mary Lou except according to

one having raad Sheridan's "Cri; Hollywood, and bring to the screen complished players as Roland the original. In his opinion the tic' would know that was an old auch well-known players as Mr. Young, Fifi D'Orsay, Verree Tens part of Mary Lou as revised was

grievance. On the evidence here Joho Barrymore, Miss Edna May dale, and many other, who make bigger and not smaller than before.

his lordship could see nothing to Oliver. Mr. Warner Baxter, Miss up a company which is well-nigh

show that the part of Mary Lou Nancy Carroll, and Mr. Herbert perfectly cast.

was not substantially the same. Mundin. the original which plaintiff said she agreed to play. But she re fused to take the part.

“Not a Victorian, Girl,” Mr. Eddy (Ion plaintiff); I-sug-

Universal is to be congratulated gest that in the revised version Miss on the making of this sparkling Bartlam became a blase woman of comedy, and Director Edward Lud- the world 1-Certainly not. wig for so bandling the filming as

At any rate she is not the mis- to make the picture highly enter chievous schoolgirl? Yes, just as taining.

much as at first.

Mr. Justice du Parcq: But not & Victorian schoolgiri. (Laughter).

de the leading players in the man-Fon romantis drama, Passport To ligil,*;.. Elia Landi, and Paul Laiku arı said to give the outstanding performances of their IPH

players leaning on the rail without leaving the studio Glot

After the river was completed a small steamer was brought from Also featured in the action of this harbour hont stock to be Hosted a strong tropical drams with Gable the stream A steam engine open ond Harlow is a cast of prominent ating the propellers made it pos players including Gene Raymond, sible to get a scenes of the boat Mary Astor Donald Crisp, Tally actually puffing up the iver with | Marshall, Willie Fung and Forrester ('Uontinued ár foot of neet Volumns HH, #Vietor: Fleming directed;

4 SHOWS

DAILY

130-510

1.5-8.20

(Norman Hart and Mitchell); for defendants, Mr. Wilfrid Bennett and Mr. Ben Thomas (Swann, Hardman and Co.).

For plaintiff Mr. J. P. Eddy | MAJESTIC

TEKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY MUS

ORIENTAL

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

THEATRE

„OF THIS MASTERFUL SCREEN PRODUCTION.

Thrill

·Janet

love that triumphed over suspicion

GAYNOR Charte. FARRELL

Charlos

TESS

The STORM #COUNTRY

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GEORGE O'BRIEN

IC000 ROBBERS ROOST"

QUEENS THEMES

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

THE

PRINCE and PRINCESS

of

RECKLESS

ROMANCE!

CLARK

JABLE

JEAN

HARLOW

the lovers incomparabir

IN

RED

DUST

GENE BAYMOND MARY ASTOR

A VICTOR FLEMING

Menytoklum Maver

-FROM "THURSDAY-

“HE SHALL COME BACK WHEN ROBINS NEST AGAIN"!--

Simple, Anguished Prayer of Her Death- lesi Devotionläve

ED MADAME

DUTTERFLY

SYLVIA SIDNEY CARY GRANT CHARLIE RUGGLES

2 Personal Picker

UNFORGETTABLE DRAMA

STAR

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

CLARENCE

BROWN'S

greatest production

TGOMERY

with

NILS ASTHER MAT ROBSON LEWIS STONE

ELETTY Lynich

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