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TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY Ar

2.80, 5.10, 7.15

NEW FILMS, IN LONDON

BOOKING Ar

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

TEL. 25913 & 25332.

NEXT CHANGE-

Blog's

Best of Enemies.

"

& 9.30 P.M."

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 24720.

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

A GREAT BRITISH CAST IN A CHARMING. MUSICAL ROMANCE

Queen's.

"Made on Broadway.

Dentral"

Happy Ever After, "

Oriental.

World

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION ON THE SCREEN

Lilian Harvey

&EAUTIFUL S VEVACIOUS

HAPPY EVER

with

"AFTER

JACK HULBERT SONNIE HALF AND CICELY COURTNEIDGE

A GAUMONT-BRITISH PICTURE.

NEXT CHANGE

A SNAPPY BRITISH FILM WITH LAUGHS FOLLOWING "ONE AFTER ANOTHER

Sydney Howard

UP, the

for

DERBY

DEELLENT COHEZY YOULL EMJOY --

A BRITISH & DOMINIONE PRODUCTION

*** CHINESE '' DRAMA IN LONDON

Conan Doyle Mystery Shown On London Screen

(Spacial, Air-Mail Service)

Lantion, August 15.-Among the films Londeners will shortly see an interesting, unambitious rendering' of Conan Doyle's anystery; "A Study in Scarlet."

The sinister problem of a eriminal association which, ends by blotting itself out is inclined to be obscure. Nevertheless, *careful direction

makes the picture, both entertaining and intelligible provided that the picturegoer pays attention." He who slackene or slumbers for a few minates will lose the thread and never regain it.

The players are led by Reginald

State Fair.

Girl in the Moon.

KOWLOON

Star.

Brother Alfred. "

Majestic.

Out All Night.""

COMING

King's.

Dangerously Yours.

Queen's.

Billion Dollar Scandal. "Peg O'My Heart."

Central.

Star.

Up for the Derby,

"Words and Music. "

Divorce in the Family.

World.

"Girl in the" Moon. "

Under the roof, of Paris.. Blonde of Follies "

AT THE QUEEN'S

SALLY EILERS IN ** MADE ON BROADWAY"

The current programma at the Queen's Theatre is a very accepta- und the feature story, tle one "Made on Broadway" is something distinctly light and entertaining.

river

Robert Montgomery has the prin- cipal part, and his acting of the role of a man who has endless cou fidence in himself provides the lighter touches in the story. Sally Eilers, as a would-be suicide, whom, Montgomery rescues from a reveals once again what a charming personality she has and in Made in Broadway" she has a role that fits her gown to the ground. The story is somewhat unusual, but it is not the theme so much as a success- sion of events, each in itself quite entertaining, that makes the picture so agreeable. Madge Evans is also in the cast.

Their romance had a kick In It.

---a good swift kick!

BEST OF ENEMIES

Pt withi

Buddy Rogers Marian Nixon Frank Morgan ! Joseph Cawthorn Gre+- Nissan

FOX

ON THE STAGE

At 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 P.M. Only THE SENSATIONAL·

MACKEY TWINS

EXCELLENT SHOW AT KING'S

Mackey Twins Score Big Hit

NOVELTY TAP

น

DANGES ASSISTED BY FREDDY McWILLIAMS NOTED COLOURED MASTER OF CEREMONIES AND WISE CRACKER MUSIC BY THE PENINSULA HOTEL ORCHESTRA.

"HAPPY EVER AFTER"

AT THE CENTRAL THEATRE

BEST OF ENEMIES ON picture. Our advice therefore is, if

SCREEN

| LAUGHTER, LOVE AND

LOTS OF SIZZLE!

Romance that tingles

Dangerously Yours

Warner BAXTER

Miriam JORDAN Herbert MUNDIN Fox Picture

Bitter Sweet"

(Special Air-Mail Nervios)

London, Aug. 1-The outstand ing event in the British film world this week will be the first public. performances at the Cariton Theatro on Wednesday of the screen version of Mr. Noel Coward's successful: musical play Bitter Sweet.

The picture has been produced and directed by Mr. Herbert Wil- cox at the British and Dominions Studios at Boreham Wood, and at least three of the players who took part in the presentation at His Majesty's Theatre will now be seen on the screen. They are Mias Ivy St. Helier as the disillusioned café singer, Mr, Alan Napier as Lord Shayne, and Mr. Clifford Heather- ley as the proprietor of the cafe in Vienna, Mian Peggy Wood's part of Shri Linden will be played by Miss Anna Neagle, who has already been seen in a number of British films, including The Flag Lieuten ant and The Little Damozel. Mr.. Fercard Graavey is the music mas ter with whom the heroine elopes, Mr. Miles Mander is the captain with whom he fights his fatal duel, and Mr. Stuart Robertson sings the Tokay drinking song. There will te an opportunity this week, there fore, of seeing how two of Mr Coward's most striking works have been handled for the screen in Bri- tish and American studica, for. Cavalcade is still running at the "Marble Arch Pavilion.

There are new films from America' this week at the Pinza and the Empire, and Forty-second Street be- kins a season at the Rialto Theatre. The Coliseum will close after to- morrow's performances until Satur day, when Damaged Lives; a film dealing with social evils, will be presented. The picture was pro

̈“DANGEROUSLY duced in Hollywood by Dr. Gorden

YOURS"

Warner Baxter As A

Jewel Thief

this

A

Bates, director-general of the Cana- dinn Social Hygiene. Council, and is being presented under the aus pices of the British Social Hygiene Council,

STAR WHO WAS "BOR-

ROWED

How would you like" to "borrow": Miss Constance Cummings

It would be no novel experience for the attractive star of "The Billion Dollar Scandal," the Para- mount picture coming on Thursday to the Queen's Theatre...

For Constance, since her appear- metropolitan society, aboard a luxu riqus yacht and at a number of ance opposite Harold Lloyd in sparkling resorts, picture "Movie Crazy has been "borrow portrays the romance between ed" by practically every studio in finished jewel thief and the charm Hollywood. Outstanding among the ing operative of an insurance com-

films made away from her home, jot pany. The plat revolves around the

was "Night After Night with plans of a woman to arrest & roan George Raft. and ends in an unexpected climax involving infatuation and love.

Those who have not seen "Happy Ever After" are missing a splendid you are seeking diversion you can- Warner Baxter, handsome, de- not do better than while away an bonair, socially prominent jewel hour at the Central Theatre." It is thief, and Miriam Jordan, one of comedy of the finest type, and with the newest of screen stars, have the The King's Theatre Management such artists as Jack Hulbert, Son leading roles in the Fox Film pro- can generally be relied upon to nie Hale, Cicely Courtosidge, and duction, Dangerously Yours", com- satisfy patrons but their current Lilian Harvey you are assured of ing on Thursday to

the King's programme is unusually good. In 100 per cent entertainment. Miss Theatre. conjunction with the Best of Harvey is an accomplished actress, Set in the fashionable salons of Enemies." starring Buddy Rogers she is the possessor of a pretty and Marion Nixon, the Mackey voice, combined with some unusual twins are performing on the stage dancing, and winsome personality and the combination is enough you will come away as we did feel to satisfy the most exacting of ing it was an hour well spent. patrons

Sonnie Hale and Jack Hulbert are! both bachelors with not a care in To deal with the Twins first. the world. They are window clean In addition to the main attrac. These talented artists, with theirers by profession, and strange to tion, there is a very good. "Laurel Educated Feet" appearer in a say both are called Willie. They both

There are said to be a number of and Hardy film, entitled "Scram." number of most delightful dances fall in love with the same.girl who Here is just the thing work to the tune of music supplied by happens to be Miss Harvey. They hilarious sequences to which Her Peninsula Hotel Orchestra. take her home and she keeps house bert Mundin, prominent comedian, away the heat of the summer, for the Laurel and Hardy put one in very Describing their excellent perform for them, but the gossips start talk contributes his Tare comic abili ance is a dificult task but the ing, and they decided that she ties In support of Baxter, Miss good humour at the commencement

"simultaneous dance" to the tuns should marry. The boys propose Jordan and Mandin there is a cast of the programme.

An eagle with a head like a mon- A speciality picture showing the of "Me And My Shadow" and the marriage, but she is desirous af be- of notable proportions that includes world's best acrobats at a few of final "Novelty Challenge Dance" to coming a movie star, she aveatually such well-known players as Florence koy's is one of the new additions to ends up by accepting Jack Hulbert, Eldridge, wife of Frederic March, The Winghon Zoo at Canton. The of the Souza's Stars and Stripes their stunts. is also one

after. Florence Roberts, Nella Walker, the best in that line the writer has and they live happy ever attractions offered

the, pro. in gramme, which, as a whole is quite ever seen. one of the best seen for some time.

Robert Montgomery and Sally Ellers in "Made on Broadway" Playing at the Queen's.

The Mackey Twins.

are

The Peninsula Hotel Orchestra deserve, a word of praise, too, for

the fine way they accompanied the Twins in their dances, and Freddy McWilliams, the noted coloured Master of Ceremonies, ably assist- ed to make the show a success.

In "The Billion Dollar Scandal" Miss Cummings has the feminine lead opposite Robert Armstrong.. James Gleason and Warren Hymer are also in the cast.

during

to the Zoo authorities by Pang Lin-song, an Cicely Courtneidge as the "lus Arthur Hoyt Tyrell Davis Willbird was presented trated" Ida, nicknamed thus be-Davidson and Mischa “Auer.

Frank Tuttle, producer of dozens officer in the Chinese army. A cause she keeps a news stand, is clever and plays the part. to perfec of successful pictures including his curious feature about this peculiar tion. The music is catchy. It is a recent The Big Broadcast," is the bird is that at night time it has the

Horace Jackson, who habit of crying out once British Gaumont and the direction director.

adapted Paris Bound," "Holiday" every hour. is under Paul Martin. -

and "The Animal Kingdom" for the flms, is author of the screen play which is taken from the novel by Paul Hervey Fox.

We also learn from the King's At to-morrow's meeting of the Theatre management that to-day Rotary Club, Rev. E. L. Allen, MA, the Twins will probably be rein-Ph.D, will speak on "Two Acres and forced by two more well-knowni

a Cow." "The Bulletin" adds:- artistes-Miss Greta Anderson and

We shall no doubt hear from the!

MAJESTIC

THEATRE:

Miss Edith Spencer. These young speaker why he has cut the three ing Mr. Dale W. Maher to act as Nathan Road, Kowloon, Tel: 57222)

ladies are on their way from Shanghai and are expected this morning. If they arrive in time they will appear at the 5.15 performance bift, owing to the typhoon, there is a possibility they may be delayed.

"Best of Enemies." Buddy Rogers and Marlon Nixon share the honours with Frank Morgan and Joseph. Crawthorn in this fim. The first pair supply the love interest and the other the Haugh interest.

The story is about the enmity. of Morgan and Crawthorn (as a naturalised German) on account of their differences of opinion over prohibition. Rogers is the son of the American, and Miles Nizon the German girl As kids they bad been warned by their parents to have nothing to do with each other but they have different ideas,

Owen as Sherlock Holmes, Allan ELSTREE'S NEW RECRUIT When Crawthorn, ruined by prohi-

Dinehart as his quarry and Anna May Wong in the guise of a fatal woman from the Far East..

Wyndham Standing is another name in the company, and it brings back memories of those silent melo- dramatic days when every picture. was an epic. Notable for some in genious photograpliy and direction

Douglas Fairbanks

but

bition, returns to Germany, and. brings his daughter with him. As luck or rather the director would have it, years later Rogers. (Special Air-Mail Service) · elects to go to Germany to study. music, meets his boyhood play- London, August 16-There is un mate and they fall in love, of disguised enthusiasm in the British course their parents are up in film industry at the prospect of arms against the match Douglas Fairbanks making pictures through a ruse of Rogers, and some at Elstree Tentative plans have excellent, beer, they are turned to established a film reputation in been made to produce "Zorre and the young people's point of view Hollywood. The lure of the films Bon in which Mr. Fairbanks will and becomes the best of enemies, apart, it is not difficult to probe the play the part of the Californian and enter into partnership in a reason for Mr. Fairbanks's decision bandit, Zorro, whose exploits he brewery business, Marion Nixon Is to throw in his lot with production made famous in his silent film, The very lovable as the young German in Britain. His frequent visite to Mark of Zorra" The son in this girl and the squabbles between England and his expressed liking case is to be played by Douglas Morgan and Crawthorn alons make for this country seemed inevitably Fairbanks, Jun., who has already the picture a laugh from beginning

to end. to result in his residing here.

(Continued on previous col.)

The King's Exequatur empower- acres down to two: perhaps it is Consul for the United States of on account of the current wheat America in Hong Kong has recely-

ed His Majesty's signature. restriction polley.

A SHOWS DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-8.30

TAKE ANY THAN OR MARRY YALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

'FLEMING'

ROAD WAMCHAI

TEL. 2847S

2 MORE TO-DAY & TO MORROW

DAYS

Janet GAYNOR Will ROGERS

Lew AYRES

Norman Foster Frank Craven

Sally EILERS

Louise Dresser Victor Tory

STATE FAIR

FOX

PIKTUAK.

HENRY KING PRODUCTION

JONTA LEVID

POSITIVELY

THE BIGGEST AND BEST PICTURE SHOWN THIS YEAR. THE SCREENS GREATEST NOVELTY.

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

SLIM

SUMMERVILLE

ZASU PITTS

OUT ALL NIGHT

·A UNIVERSAL, PICTURE duced by Carl Laemmle, Directed by Sam Taylor. Pr

zented by Cad Läänemie,

VEER

►SER CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m.

A

glitering panorama

of the wicked-

est street in the world!!!

The fast-moving, hilariously thriling tale of

the wise guy who was the OHAMP of Broadway but a QUUMP for

a blonds!

ROBERT MONTGOMERY SALLY EILERS MADE ON BROADWAY

with MADGE EVANS Directed by

HARRY BEAUMONT -NEXT CHANGE

BRIBES.ör BULLETS?

Hall Popped When Frenzied Finance Faced the Dazzling Spotlight. of Exposure!

THE

BILLION DOLLARA SCANDAL

KOBERT ARMSTRONG

| CONSTANCE, CEMALADIEGS

MAASICIANA FENCE HUNGAR DRAKEJ GLĽMIDA IRVING PICHEL. a Guamant Skir

ALAO

BUDT VALLEE

“THE MUSICAL

DOCTOR".

STAR

TO-DAY ONLY = At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 par

GENE GERRARD

BROTHER ALFRED

PG Wodehouse

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