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CENTRAL

FAKE QUIEN'S RD., VĚŠTBOUND AUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Thostro Tel. 25720.

SHOWING TO-DAY

FOUR SHOWS DAILY.

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

A CHINESE PICTURE

FINAL SHOWINGS

"THE WHITE

GOLD DRAGON '

FEATURING

TO-DAY AT THE

- CINEMA

HONG KONG

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 1933

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.50, 6.10, 7.15

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREY

The Kid from Spain." Queen's

Central

& 9.30 PM.

All-Comedy Programme."

YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY!

King's.

"The White Gold Dragon"

(a Chinese Picture) "Girl Crazy."

Oriental.

Star.

KOWLOON

"Too Many Cooks."

Majestic.

"Happy Ever Afer.”:

King's.

"

COMING

The Good Companions.”

Queen's.

"Rasputin and the Empress."

Central.

"Ladies of the Jury."..

"King Kong."

"My Wifes Familly..

"Public Defender."

Star.

World.

1

"

"Beauty.

talkie)."

Mart.

(Chinese

Mr. & Mrs. SIT KOK SIN

THE POPULAR: STAGE STARS

COMMENCING TO-MORROW

GLOOM SCRAMS! RIOT REIGNS!

Month's big fun show with the gayest clowns

that ever

hung jury or hanged the blues!

LADIES OF THE JURY

EDNA MAY

OLIVER

JILL ESMOND ROSCO ATES KEN MURRAY

RKO RADIO PICTURE

SCREEN STAR ON THE STAGE

Oriental

"A Fool's Bridal Night"

(Chinese picture in Can- tonese).

"Hell's Highway."

Birds of Paradise,"

THE KID FROM

SPAIN"

M.G.'s Great Production

"The Kid From Spain", "with Elie Cantor, began its engagement at the King's Theatre today. It is Samue! Goldwyn's annual presentation of Cantor song-and-dance, following last year's "Palmy Days" and "Whoopee” the year before.

Eddie

In "The Kid From Spain marches out, neither bravely nor will. fugly, to show his skill and grace as a matador. Escape from the police who are pursuing him, protection from tha Mexican thugs about to put him on the spot, the adoring eyes of the elongated blonde sex, menice, and solv ing his mate's dificult love affairs are all among the reasons that bolt Eddie into the areas in the thrilling, climar to the story. It is a role in which the weak-kneed, docile, helpless, pop-eyed Eddie is funny with a Chaplinesque magnificencs.

Songs that you will have trouble

BOOKING AT TAN THEATRE TEL. 25313

& 25332.

"NEXT CHANGE FRIDAY, 6th OCT. A BRILLIANT TALKING PICTURE VERSION OF J PRIESTLEY'S FAMOUS

NOVEL

FUN AS FAST AS BODIE CAN CANTOR WITH A BULL BESIND HIMB, TUNES AS SNAPPY AS THE 76 LOVELIEST GIRLS' IN THE WORLD.

Eddie CANTOR

+4

The KID FROM SPAIN

with Lyda Roberti, Sidney Franklin.. The Lovely GOLDWYN GIRLS

-UNITED ARTISTS · PICTURE ALSO

MICKEY MOUSE

PRESENTS P

'THE MAD

DOCTOR

+

MICKEY MOUSE

THE GOOD COMPANIONS'

escaping (they are worth walking a With Jessie Matthews mile to hear), the smiling faces and the graceful beauty of a hundred girls, spirited dances and color and glamour are the excitements of this big produc

tion.

Sidney Franklin, as himself, is an exciting novelty to Americans who have followed his career in the Spanish arenas in which the bullfighting of the world centers. He appears at the head of the procession and gives & dernon- stration of the grace and skill that go into the sport.

And Other Stars

Jessie Matthews owes a deal of her success to her perseverance and deter mination. She was not born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, in fact her parents were working-class folk. Her idea in things theatrical was to catch the managerial eye, and Jessie did it with a vengeance.

THE SAMUEL GOLDWIN PRODUCTION

FATHER NOAH'S ARK"

A SILLY SYMPHONY "" IN TECHNICOLOUR,

H.K. WIRELESS PROGRAMME

Broadcast By Z.B.W.

On 355 Metres

11-11.30 A-Stock and Exchange Quotations, Selected London and New York Stock. Quotations, Weather Report, etc. 11.30 am-Chinese recorded pro

gramme."

1

12.30 p.m-European programme of

Victor and Brunswick records.. p..m-Local Time and Weather

Report.

Goldwyn's staff that produced the picture included Rusby Berkeley as Andre Charlot was giving an audi-1.30 p.m-Rugby Press News, etc. director of dances and ensembles, Leotion of chorus girls for his new revue, McCarey at the megephone. Alfred As the hours flew by, Jessie chafed at Newman as musical director and Rich, being kept waiting, and stepping out ard Day for the impressive scenic de of the queue demanded of Charlot sign, and Gregg foland for photo. what he meant by keeping her all that graphy William Anthony McGuire, time. While the theatrical stud Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby wrote waited for the thunderbolt to fall the music and lyrica..

Charlot smiled, asked her name, and told her she could consider herself engaged.

"FANS" MOB WALLACE BEERY

Jessie understudied Gertrude Law. rence when the show went to America, then one night Miss Lawrence was taken ill. At the deventh hour Jessie took her place, and was at once à huge

Success.

A relay of the Rotary Club Tiffin Speech Dr. Vanghen Thorous, MA., un "The Princi- pality of Wales p.m.-Close Down. 4.30-7. p.m.-Chinese recorded pro. gramme,

*

-10.30 p.m.-European programme.

'AIR-FRANCE"

Police Cordon Broken

5 Lines in Big Merger Charlot decided to make Jessie his There were exciting scenes at leading lady in his 1928 Revue. went out of existence, to form one Paris-France's Ave air lines the Palace Theatre, when Mr. Again Jessie scored, although at this great company, Alt-France. The Wallace Beery attended the pre-time she was still only nineteen. And new company has a capital" of miere of his latest picture, "Din- so from triumph to teiumpb. ner at Eight."

£800,000 (at par), and will receive Following on a theatrical visit to a yearly subsidy from the Trea When he made a speech at the America with Jack Buchnan, Jessie sury of £1,240,000; end of the film Mr. Beery was en-received film offers from Warners Broe "Miss Mary Pickford Decision greatest demonstration was

thusiastically received, but the Metro and Paramount. She turned airmail and passenger

"Air France" will operate daily re- them down, as at that period she was

services served for his exist from the thea- about to take her Bret holdiay in five'. Miss Mary Pickford's proposed tre. appearance on the legitimate Or rather, attempted exit, For Finally Gaumuoat British secured her stage means really a return to her his appearance at the main en- signature to a long term film contract. former occupation; for when both rance with Mrs. Berry was

"There Goes the Bride" provided .she and the films were not much signal for a concerted rush by an her with her frst starring film role, more than in their infancy, she excited crowd of men and women Since then she has been the featured was doing the round of such fami- of all ages.

player in The Midshiposid." "The liar juvenile parts as Eva în "Un- cle Tom's Cabin" and little Willie hands, held their own. Then the

For a time the police, gripping Man From Toronto" and "The Good

Companion." Carlyle in "East Lynne"-a char- line bent, and broke, and a second Hale, who is also under contract to Miss Matthews'in married to Sonnie acter in which a performer of a later Mr. Beery was the centre of Gaumont British very different type, the late Alfred a surging mass of "fans" Lester, made his stagë debut.

"The Good Companions" which

Miss Pickford, the daughter of a ship's purser who died when she was very tiny, first appeared on the stage at the age of five as Cissy Denver in "The Silver King" I saw her just before the war at the Belasco Theatre, New York, in a piece of which I forget every thing except that' it was infinitely bad and she infinitely charming.

EVERY FILM STAR IS TWO-FACED!

Make-Up Men Must Make Them Match

the

years.

Mr. Berry, despite his 17st 21b, will be shown at the King's Theatre on was forced back into the foyer. Friday. Half a dozen policemen managed

to gain the foyer with himi

Tactfully for the whole scene was good-humoured-the specta

tors were elected, and a quarter of NEW AEROPLANE FOR MR.

an hour later Mr. Beery was able

to make his escape by a side door,

AND MRS. MOLLISON

London, Sept. 12,

for an actress to present only the "best side" of her face for close-ups, the manoeuvring neces- sary to accomplish this wohld take A new Dragon, twin-engined

up a great deal of time,

A.SHOWS

DAILY

7.12-0.20

"G

THE GOOD COMPANIONS'

STARRING

JESSIE MATTHEWS

WITH

EDMUND GWENN MARY GLYNNE A. W. BASKCOMB JOHN GIELGUD

GAUMONT-BRITISH PICTURE

ARCTIC EXPLORER'S ROMANCE

To Many Dead Friend's Sister

The romance of an explorer and the sister of a former colleague, who Icel his life in Greenland two years ago, lios behind the announcement of the engagement of Mr. James Maurice Scott and Miss Pamela Mary Watkins, daughter of Colonel H. G. Watkins and the late Mr. H. G. Watkins.

Climbing Expedition.

Mr. Scott is secretary of the Everest

He was a member of the British Arctic air route expedition of 1830-31. Watkins's brother, Mr. Henry George It was on this expedition that Miss

death. Watkins, its leader, met with a tragic

trip in a kayak (Eskimo caboe), in the He went out alone on a seal-hunting handling of which he was an expert, bat failed to return.

On the expedition Mr. Scatto wa the surveyor and dog-driver.

RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS

Success of St. Petersburg of Pre-War Days

Technicians who worked on the screen production of "Raspatin and the Empress, which opens on Thurs day at the Queen's Thestra were faced with the problem of reproducing scores" of buildings from pre-war Moscow as well as the hundred and ene details having to do with court coronation, state receptions and the private life of Russia's regal family.

First Appearance "Together

John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore alt appear in this screen production, joined together for the first time ini their respective stage and screen carvers, Miss Barrymore's character ization of the Czarina also stands as her debut in dialogue pictures, her only other cinema work having been in the ear of silent films. John Barrymore has the role of Prince Chegodleft, who tries in vain to prevent the downfall of the Russian aristocnicy, while Lionel is to be seen as Rasputin, more gener ally known as the Mad Monk, or "Holy Devil."

Mi

Ralph Morgan, who bad thé role of Charlie Marsden in "Strango Inter- Inde, appears as the Crar. · Dians Wynyard, the London stage star, has the romantic lead opposite John Barry- mere, and the child star, Tad Alexan- der, who also scored in "Strange Interludo," enacts the difficult part of the sickly Czarevitch who falls into the power of the uncanny Rasputin. Important supporting roles are played by O. Henry Gordon and Edward Arnold.

Hundreds of Extras

The spectacular film, necessitating the employment of hundreds of some of the most gigantic sets over built at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, was produced under the direction of Richard Boleslavsky author of "The Way of a Lancer," and an important figure in the Moscow Art Theatre in the days of the Imperial Russian regime.

The character of Rasputin has been discussed by so many fiction and non. fiction writers since the mysterious monk's death in 1915, that the chief historical facts are well known. Born in Siberia in 1970, Raspain was. introduced into society circles in St Petersburg and a result of his magnetic personality and alleged mystic powers, he became intiziste with the Emperor Nicholas and in fluenced the state decisions of the Czar and Carias Rasputin, according to all his biographers, led a life of dis- sipation and intrigue. In 1914 he was whom he had betrayed. He had the stabbed by a woman friend of a girl services of the Car's physician, and recovered, only to meet a violent death two years later.

In the film treatment of "Rasputin and the Empress," Director Boleslavsky was aided by Alexander Tolaboff, Russian architect, who has construct- ed sets for several previous motion. pictures having Russian and Contin-. ental backgrounds. The photoplay is described as an original story by Charles MacArthur, founded on his- torical incidents and personages.

BODYLINE PROBLEM

SOLVED

linking Parts: with London, Brus- sels, Amsterdam, Berlin, War. saw, Vienna, Budapest, Athens, and

Sydney, Australia).The pro Constantinople. Weekly air mailblem of body-line bowling has services will be operated linking been solved among the natives of France with French Indo-China

Lidjou land, near Naumfa, in and the Far East, and with Rio

the Pacific. de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and San tiago (Chile), via Dakar

Union, Aeropostale,

The companies merged are: Air Air Orient, Farman Lines, and the Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aer- lenne. They have all been subsi- dised The merger will save the Government £200,000 a year. B.U.P.".

TAKE ANY TRUE DE HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

PLENING ROAD WANOMAI "TEL,-› ZRATS'

LAST 4 PERFORMANCES TO-DAY THE SCREEN'S FUNNIEST COMEDIANS

HOBY.

WHEELER WOOLSEY

aeroplane, for Mr. and Mr. J. A Bo the make-up men have to Mollison will be shipped in the lin- make the features synchroniseer Duchess of York, which leaves The difference in time required Liverpool for Montrell to-mor-" to make up the two character row. It is stated that an attempt sides of an actor's and an actress's will be made by M. and Mrs. Molli- The make-up men of the Holly-face, is illustrated in the case of son to my it non-stop from Ameri- wood film studios here are trou- Marlene Dietrich and Maurice ca to Baghdad, a distance of about

8,000 miles. This aeroplane haDAYS ONLY They say that each side of every When both are required, on the been presented By, Lord Wakefield person's face looks alightly differ- "set" at nine o'clock, Chevalier is in place of the similar machine ent, one side. usually being much not required to be in the make- which was wrecked on innding a: more prepossessing than the other up department unit 8.30 Miss. Dis.. Bridgeport, Connecticut, after Mr. in profile,

trich must be there at seven and Mrs. Mollison's crossing of the

|Atlantic. Now, while it might be possible. o'clock.

bled by the two, faced" stars Chevalier.ch and Mau

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EDDIE QUILLAN

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TALKING PICTURE

IN CANTONESE LANGUAGE

"A FOOL'S

BRIDAL NIGHT

If a batsman is hit on the body, he is entitled to give the bowler a sound thrashing.

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ALL COMEDY PROGRAMME

OLIVER

STAN LAUREL HARDY

Another Fine, Mess BULL-FIGHTING ₺, MEXIC

ZASU, PITTS

THELMA TODD

"On the Loose

OVER THE SEAS TO BORNEO

W

CHARLIE CHASE

in

The Tabasco Kid"

COLOUR SUALES

and

Hearst Metrotone News

FROM THURSDAY

JOHN

BARRYMORE

as Prince Pani, a role that wins him new fame

ETHEL

BARRYMORE

as the Czarina, added fame fo the stage's brilliant star

LIONEL

BARRYMORE

as Rasputin, a living portrai of unforgettable power

RASPUTIN

AND THE EMPRESS

STAR

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Bubbling with Mirth

and Gay Romance

WHEELER

DOR

Lilian Harvey LeE

MINACIÓ

HAPPY EVER AFTER

BOSCOL ATES

100 MANYCOOKS)

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