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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TATE QUEEN'S RD., WINTBOUND BUS

Advanes, Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tol. 25720.

TO-DAY 4 SHOWS ar 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BREAKING ALL RECORDS!

EDGAR WALLACE'S MIGHTY SCREEN

FANTASY!

A beautiful

woman in one hairy hand... an airplane, pulled from

the sky, in the other! The

monster ape --rail as a

steeple, rushes

over streets rond. rooftops!

KING

·KONG

is loose! ·

From andra by EDGAR WALLACE and MERIAN C. COOPER With FAY WRAY ROKT.

ARMSTRONG BRUCE CABOT A COOPER- SCHOEDSACK Production

NEXT CHANGE:

The detective and

the other fish both

bad to take wACET

when the school. marm from Lowa solved

THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER

With

EDNA MAY OLIVER

Baht. Armstrong

· Jamės dinnerE Mae Clarke: Directed by George Archalabad, From gu original story by Lowell Brmen and Start Pame, RKO RADIO Picture David G. Salquick, janecuðlúc producet;

£120-A-WEEK GIRL

(Special Air-Mall Service)

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

King's.

"My Lips Betray."

Queen's.

The Nuisance,

Central.

"King Kong."

Oriental.

"13 Women,"

KOWLOON

Star.

Majestic.

King's.

COMING

Blanche."

The Secret of Madame

Hold ' Jaiz!' a

"Hallelujah! I'm a tramp"

Queen's.

"Pick Up."

Central,

"The Penguin Pool Marder.”

"Changeable Loves,'

"Disgraced."

World.

Star,

"Flesh."

(Chinese film).

"Infernal Machine."

** Faithless,”

Oriental

Sunshine Susie,"

NEW DRESSLER-

BEERY FILM

"Tugboat Annie"? »

122

Marie

"Tugboat Aunie," "the Dressler-Wallace Beery picture, is; the current sensation of the Ameri can film world.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY-

AT

2.30, 5,10, 7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

KITY

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE`

THE THIRD THEATRE IN THE

WORLD TO SHOW

LILIAN HARVEY'S

66

FIRST HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION-

'MY LIPS BETRAY”

THE "LOVE PARADE” OF 1933"

WITH

JOHN BOLES and EL BREND L

A FOX SUPER PRODUCTION.

The stars of "Min and Bills are LEE TRACY

once again at the top of their form, and it is not surprising that 1 in America Tugboat Annie has Liren even more popular than its

predecessor.

The mixture, ripe and fraity, is much the same robust humour, "any amount of wholesome senti ment, a good strong melodramatie dimax, and, above all, ski ful cha racter-drawing.

Cate

"Tugboat Annie' is based on series of populär stories in American magazine, and I under stand that these in turi were taken from life, The heroine is a middle. aged tugboat woman whose drunk en scallywag of a husband leaves her to do all the work.

البرية

Done by anybody else the picture might have degenerated into welter of clowning and sentimentu lity. But these two stars-not in their first youth-are not at the top of the film tree for nothing.

COMEDY AND TEARS.

They know (and Mervyn Le Roy, the director, knows) exactly when

"SHYSTER LAWYER"

AS

“The Nuisance". To-day at the Queen's

an

Lee Tracy, who has played re- porters, columnista. fast-talking majors and other fascinating char- acters, comes now to the screen as ambulance-chasing shyster lawyer and makes laughs romance and thrills out of an amazing legal- racket. Tracy's newest appearance is in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Nuisance" which comes to-day to the Queen's Theatre.

The whimsical hero of quick moving drama exposes the inside of the damage claims racket in the new picture. There are hilarious

A tearwringing episode must be resequences in a great skating rink. lieved by a slap on the jaw; and thrilling street car and auto acci. so "Tugboat Annie" remains a dents and dramatic courtroom first-rate bit of broad popular episodes. Tracy, as the shyster, comedy, with passages that will outwits a traction company. ties move all but the extra hard-boiled up a city's traffic and engages in to the verge of tears.

other" sanguinary adventures, and even marries the feminine private detective sent out to deliver him into the toils of the Bar Associa- tion..

Especially remarkable is the vita lity shown by Miss Dressler. The 62-year-old star, sick though she is reported to be climbs ladders, fights her way through waves, and gen erally reveals the spirit of a girl of 20.

"FILM STAR AND HER FRIEND HELD UP

1,

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25992.

NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 15th OCTOBER BUCK UP! LOOK UPI CHEER UPI...

SINGI

presented by JOSEPH M. SCHENCK

AL JOLSON

או

HALLELUJAH

with

I'M A TRAMP!

MADGE EVANS

FRANK MORGAN HARRY LANGDON A Lewis MILESTONETM

United Artiste Picture

Production

The first pletura aver dana in "Rhythmle Dialogue'L

WITH

6 NEW SONG

HITS

ROGER PRYOR and MARY BRIAN THE BEAUTY CHORUS

MOONLIGHT 2nd PRETZELS" DANERSAL PICTURA

"HALLELUJAH,

نا

I'M A TRAMP”

Frank

A LADY FOR A DAY

Worth It, Says "Apple Annie"

Special Air-Ma{ Service

New York, Sept. 26. Mrs. Nellie McCarthy, & London. born apple vendor, "living a garret in New York, from which ahe is threatened with sviction, has just enjoyed the most thrilling day of her life.-

"Apple Annie," as they call her, is 73, and her little apple stall stands under the fire escape at the exit of the Astor Theatre,"

of

But just for a day she has been a real lady, all in the cause film publicity, it is almost needless to say.

Columbin Pictures has made à talkie called "A Lady For a Day,' to which George Atkinson refers. They took her out in a limousine to make a tour of the shops,

"Eluff my hair a bit," she told the operator in the hairdressing saloon of New York meat famous coiffeur.

ROUGE TABOO.

"I don't want to look too severe, and no rouge."

"Apple Annie" was next seen in a society, manicurists and then in a fashionable dressmakers for an outft

She took luncheon at a fashion- able restaurant, was welcomed at the City Hall and took tea at "a Park Avenue rendezvous.

Tired and happy; Apple Annis" spent the night in n suite at the Waldorf and made a fairish break- fast on

honeydew melon, em 'toast and coffee. -"

And now she is back at her ap- ple/stall, still not knowing whether the notice to quit will be followed by eviction.

Her day's outing eest the sim company about £100.

Apple Annic" at least believes

it was worth it.

“KING KONG”

Showing at King's

The possibility of an ape yearn- ing for companionship of a woman whose fragile golden beauty haa stirred it to a never-before experi enced emotion of protective tender- ness, is given a modern interpreta tion in RKO Radio Pictures, "King Kong," now showing at the Gentral Theatre.

Far Wray plays the girl whose champion, greatly to her dismay and terror, is a gigantic anthro poid, fifty feet tall and perhaps seven million years old.

In the screen story adapted from an original by Ben Hecht, Jolson playas city ragabond chieftain who is haled into kangaroo court by his ragged followers for falling "King Kong' captures Miss in love and going to work. Hallelujah, I'ra a Tramp" include the entire group of explorers with

Supporting

Wray in the jungle and, instead of in personalities

destroying her as he does almost

Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin treats her with a clumsy sort of Madze, Evans,

Morgan,

her, he preserves her life and and scores of others.

tenderness, despite the fact that he could crush her between his thumb and forchager.

the Finally, ip climax of the picture, he attempts to devastate New York City in a misguided. blundering effort to assist her.

Al Jolson now knows how it feels to be tried by a kangaroo court. one of the most spectacular phases The vagabonds' tribunal sequence, of Jolson's United Artists comedy, "Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp!" which

Jolson's latest song hits and the JACK CONWAY DIRECTS capes to the King's Theatre on revolutionary "photographic music", Jack Conway, of "Hell Below" Sunday next, was filmed and re which runs through the produc fame, directed the new production, cerded to the accompaniment of ation, were composes by Richard

symphony an elaborate cast. Madge forty-piece

Rodgers. and Lorenz Hart. orchestra, Evans plays the pretty girl detec- with hundreds of supporting play. tive, Frank Morgan is the quackers on the set. doctor who aids the lawyer in The scene was made in an in.. manufacturing evidence for dam-terior-exterior, a setting of real age suits against the street car trees and grass that matches the Butter- Central Park atmosphere fimed company, and Charles

with

Passport Trouble After Rushworth. John Miljan, Virginia during the past few months on

Trip To Britain

Cherrill, David Landau Grete locations near Hollywood. Meyer, Herman Bing. Samuel Hinds and Syd Baylor have pro- minent roles in the fast "moving story.

Miss Greta Nissen, the Norwe gian film star, and a woman friend "One of the major thrills in the who sailed for Europe at a mo picture is the amazing frameup of ment's notice were held up by im the street car company president. migration officials when they reach staged by Tracy to get his sweet- ed Southampton from New York, heart out of jali. A screamingly "while "efforts. were made on their funny sequence is provided in the behalf to overcome passport, and medical examination of Hermaxi other difficulties that had arisen Bing, and the halting of the bus and to enable them officially to service because the bus drivers land in this country,

weren't vaccinated. “Hundreds ap-

Mrs. Huston, the film star's pear in the more elaboraté sequen- friend, who, is the daughter-in-law ces of the picture, "Tracy's fr of Mr. Walter Huston, the film since "Clear All Wires."

setor, "was not only without & pass port but she had no baggage, She went on board the liner Bremen at New York to bid farewell to Miss Nissen, and suddenly decided to make the trip also,

WITHOUT WARDROBE.

There was no time to make ang arrangements for the voyage, and

MISS DOROTHY GISH

Not To Return To Films.

Miss Dorothy Gish, the actress,

London, Sept. 20. she sailed without wardrobe or who arrived at Plymouth from papers. Miss Nissen was able, to New York on her way to the Con- It was revealed yesterday that lend her some clothes during the tinent for a holiday, which will in- Mias Ida Li o, the 16-year-old voyage.

clude a visit to England, stated daughter of it. Stanley Lupino, When the two women arrived at that she did not intend to return

to film work Southampton yesterday they were.

the British comedian, has secured interviewed by immigration offi

"I left films for the theatre five

a contract with the Paramount cials. It is understood that Miss years ago and am quite happy," she Film Corporation ut £180 a week. Nissen had no labour permit to added, "The theatre is having a enable her to work in this country, big atfuggle in competition with the It is understood. that Miss Lu-although she wishes to make a fim talking films, but I believe that it pino, who is at present in Holly in Britain.

will surviva There is certainly a to straighten things out the boat good British plays and two that are While attempts were being made big demand in America, now for train left for Waterloo.

running there are doing well."

wood, is to play Alice in the film, version of "Alice in Wonderland.”

1

4 SHOWS

DAILY

7.15-10.20

"Why did you break your enga gement to Tom!

"He deceived me. He told me he was a liver and kidney specia list, and I found out that he only worked in a butcher's shop."

TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

TO-DAY ONLY

NOBODY BELIEVES

IN WITCHES! -

Then what was the strange sorcery she wrought in the lives. of these 18 women?

ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS?

TIFFANY THAYER'S

Pinovat·

13 WOMEN:

on the screent

* ERINE DUNNE

RICARDO CORTEZÁ VILL-ESMOND,

MYRNA LOY

· Diracies by George Archambrud.

David O. Baltick, Enc. Prodecar

FLEMING

·HOLD

WANGHAI

SEL, 28473

TO-MORROW' and, SATURDAY RENATE MULLER JACK HULBERT

OWEN. NARES AND 100 OTHERS

IN

"SUNSHINE

SUSIE

THE

FUNNIEST

AND MOST.

ELABORATE

BRITISH PRODUCTION

EVER MADE.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE LA

Nathan Boad, Kowloon. Tel. 57222 TO-DAY ONLY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

WHEELER

ROSTZAP WOOLSEY

The Cuckoo Birds --me Jailbirds Now!

HOLD TA

With E÷D`NA MAY OLIVER "ROSCO ́ATES, ED GAR KENNEDT David O. Sitikích,

KULEN

LAIR CONDITIONED THEATRE

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY: At 2.80 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m. FIRST-AID to blondes in distress!

Lee Tripy al- Ways forgot h's racket when a blonde grossed his path

He brings the laughs and thrills of am-

bulance chasing

LeeTRACY

IN THE

NUISANCE

""":

with

MADGE EVANS

FRANK MORGAN

CHARLES BUTTER- WORTH"

Metro-Goldwyn Maya

MOTUME

-FROM SUNDAY- COLD, HUNGRY AND RIPE FOR A FICK UP!

PICK UP

SYLVIA

She Cause Off the Streets,

With a Record- Could She

Be Con-

demaed?

GEORGE

SIDNEY RAFT

VINA DELMAR 2tber of land led" BIRECTED BY MARION GIRING *B.P. SCHULBERG a Chramount Pere

LEGOUCTION

(STARI

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20 p.m.

THE

SECRET

OF MADAME

BLANCHE

The soul

of

ལ་

to

save her son!

IRENE

Dunne

with Lionel ATWILL

Phillips HOLMES

Diriched by Charles BRABIN

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