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CENTRAL

HEATRE

ETAT QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND nus

Advance Booking as Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720,

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. \|

THE TIMES, LONDON SÄYS,

"IT IS

ASTONISHINGLY

VIVID BOTH IN CONCEP- TION AND IN DETAIL- A FRESHNESS AND EN. THUSIASM WHICH ARE ENTIRELY DELIGHTFUL"

DORETHEA WEICKE

IN

MADCHEN

IN

UNIFORM'

A. PICTURE ТНАТ WILL FOREVER LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY

A UFA SPECIAL · "

COMMENCING TO-MORROW

BY SPECIAL REQUEST

The city shricks in terror!

Cooper

Schoedsack

Production

h

IS LOOSE!

From asides conceived by Elyas Wallace and Merian C. Comper, With FAY WRAY ROB ARMSTRONG, BRUCE CABOT, David C. Sebrick, executive produc

JANET GAYNOR AT HER BEST

"Paddy, The Next

Best Thing

Janet Gaynor has never shown her talents to better adventage

newest then in her

starring vehicle, "Paddy, The Next Best Thing", in which she is co-starred with Warner, Baxter at the King's; Theatre.

TO-DAY AT THE

King's,

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Faddy the text Best Thing." Queen's,

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"The Eagle and the Hawk." Central.

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"Madchen in Uniform.",

Oriental

Hell Below,"

World.

"What No Beer,"

KOWLOON

star.

"Red Dust,"

Majestic.

"The Blue Danube."

COMING

King's.

The Shadow." "Cleaning Up."

"Secrets.

Queen's

Night after. Night,"

Central,

"King Kong."

Star.

Teil England." "The Run-around."

World.

"Guilty Hands." "Fast Workers."

MADCHEN IN UNIFORM

A Bitter Satire On

Girls' School.

"Madchen in Uniform" is a Ufa film that had a great success in both England and Germany. In the version being shown at the Central the dialogue is in German but the action is quite sufficient to convey the meaning. The film is one that parents, particularly growing daughters would do well to see. It reveals much that many people prefer not to see and get angry they are told,

The film is a bitter satire on German schools for young ladies and has drawn closely upon a fine English novel, Clemence Dane's "Regiment of Women,"

With satiric "mockery a picture is drawn of the superficial discipline and beneath it the hysteric, deceit and queer perversions of the human spirit, that grow out of systematic mental bullying and, semi-starva- tion.

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The story tells of the conflict be- tween a young and humane mis tress "in, a school and an elderly severe one. It shows how the habit of bullying, grows on its own insatiable appetite to indict suffering, and yet more suffering, until the character of the perpe- tration becomes monstrous and grotesque. She is a terrible figure, the old beadmistress so sure of herself, so strong, and so utterly abominable. As she finally creeps out of the place she has ruled with her iron hands, the Alm touches the level of tragedy-the tragedy of a proud spirit broken, defeat- ed, and knowing that the power to rule and to hurt, has been taken away, leaving nothing, no kind of friendship and the knowledge that the memory held by others is one of contempt and hatred.

There is not an amusing or a thrilling Alm, but its beautiful act- ing and direction, make it some thing unique in the history of the cinema

MR. LI CHOR CHI'S BROTHER

Chosen For Important

Hollywood Role

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1933.

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

AT..

2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

BOOKING AT THE THEATER TEL. 25913 & 15332.

From TO-MORROW— A DOUBLE ATTRACTION ON THE SCREEN

· AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

I®SHAPE for the big game

THE unforgettable stars of "Daddy Long Legs

Janet

GAYNOR Warner BAXTER

PADDY

THE NEXT BEST THING

with

HARVEY STEPHENS "MARGARET LINDSAY Directed by Harry Lachman Screen play by Edwin Burke

From the novel by Gertrude Pogs

FOX

ALSO SPECIAL FOX BRITISH MOVIETONE, NEWS

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AROUND THE BRITISH EMPIRE "

"THE EAGLE AND EARL BEATTY'S CALL FOR

THE HAWK"

Air Thriller At The Queen's

дом

Dramatic, thrilling, exciting, ro- mantic, humourous, poignant! but they hardly suffice for the new Those are strong descriptives, Paramount film which is showing at the Queen's Theatre. "The Eagle and The Hawk is its hear frequently for the next few name. And it's a name that you'

days, for here's one of those rare productions that you and you Will your

STRONGER NAVY

Continued from page 1

"Another point on which we re- quire information is the altuation as regards stocks of reserve mate- rial,

A MYSTERY THRILLER WITH A SURPRISE CLIMAX. HENRY KENDALL

IN

THE SHADOW

WITH

ELIZABETH ALLAN A BRITISH PICTURE ON THE STAGE

THE WORLD FAMOUS

LD FAM ACROBATIC TROUPE

"ABELLO 99.

NOVEL SCENES, DANCES AND OTHER ACROBATIC......

FEATURES,

NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

At The Queen's On Thursday

Ox

SWATOW NOTES

Visit of U.S.S.

Asheville

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Swatow, November 11, The US.S. Asheville left to-day for Hong Kong after a stay of about 10 days ·

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Last Saturday afternoon "Brad- ley's Field" was the scene of what was at least a very enjoyable game of baseball between the Asheville and Swatow. Swatow was badly beaten but that did not spoil our enjoyment. A sumptuous after- noon tea was served by the Re- creation Club, with Mrs. Pratt as bostess.

"Saturday evening was the scene of a large gathering on board the

Asheville. In fact it seemed as though the whole of Swatow's for- eign population was aboard.

We have to thank Commander Wellbrock and his staff of Genial Officers for a déilghtful evening. which began with a very appetis-

ing buffet süpper followed by a good programme of "movies.""

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Visit of U.S. Minister and C.-[x-C.

We learn that Swatow is to be visited by the new C.-in-C. of the

U.S. Astatic Fleet (Admiral F. B. Upham) and possibly by the US. Minister to China (Mr. Nelson T. Johnson) on November

21st. They will arrive on the U.S.S. Isabel commanded by Lieut.- Comdr. Grosskopf, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Muir and their son' (David) returned last Saturday from a short visit to Hong Kong and Can-

ton

Mr. R. C. Coudroy (US, Vice- Consul) and Mr. M. H. Varn (Standard Vacuum Co.) returned yesterday also after a short stay in Hong Kong.

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Mons. P. C. Leblane, Postal Com- missioner, is leaving next week for special duty in Shanghai

Duck Shooting.

Shooting appears to be produc- ing bigger "bags" as we bear of day's trip last Sunday with about one small party returning after a

30 ducks.

"Night After Night," first Alm presenting George Raft as the cent, on our 1914 numbers-pro-masculine lead, will open bably barely equal to that of Thursday at the Queen's Theatre. Japan,

Raft, who skyrocketed to sudden fame "Scarface," "Madame Racketeer,"

through small parts

and "Dancers in the Dark," enacts the role of the proprietor of a swank Manhattan speakeasy in the Air Service with Shanghal and Bromfield's novel "Bingle Night,"" film, which is based on Louis

Canton. and was directed by Archie Mayo.

Swatów is now linked up closely Constance Cummings,

with Shanghai and Canton by the establishment of the Air Mail which Gibson, Mae West and Alison Skip- passes through twice a week go worth have other important roles.

Financially Starved

"There is then the question of the defence of our naval bases; the key to the British Empire in more especially that of Singapore,. the East. What are the Admiralty and the War Office doing about to them?

a

want to recommend

friends. It's decidedly superior picture which rates its

cast-Frederic superior

March, Jack Oakie, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and

more

The spectacular air ssequences of "The Eagle and The Hawk" are sensational scenes in "Wings" and in every way as effective as those

"Hell's Angels.' And the story of the Alm is undoubtedly dramatic. Not only does it tell of the tragedy and romance glamour

in the "lives of these valiant deeply beneath the

war airmen, but it digs surface and reveals their innermost thoughts,

and

Finally, Lord Beatty dealt with the question of money voted for left the Admiralty in 1927 it had the Navy's requirements. Since he been reduced from £58,000,000 to £50,000,000, although increased

The

Wynne

entire action of the filming both North and South. We is set in the speakeasy. It is the bear that the service will "shortly story of the queer romance that carry passengers, so that Swatow- develops between Raft and Missites will be able to spend long Cummings, a Park Avenue debu- week-ends in Hong Kong or Shang- tants, who was born in the man- hai slon "which was rescued from de- cay to serve as an oasis for the thirsty, and who returns to it to satisfy a deep longing to revisit the scene of her childhood.

This romance is brought to a starting crimax by a series of un- usual events.

must be grave doubts in our minds as to whether our security is what we imagine it to be.

Canton-Swatow Bases.

new and very modern motor-buses We noticed the other day three

párading Kialet Road and learn on enquiry that these are part of a fleet which will operate between Swatow and Canton with a daily service...

stand that the trip can be made We have been given to ünder- in eight hours.

The buses look

very comfortable and if the autho rities can guarantee safe road con- ditions it looks as though the ship- ping companies will have serious competition.

this year to £53,000,000.

"From my personal knowledge, the new Construction Vote is only one part of the Naval Estimates. Out of £53,000,000, some £10,000,- 000 is being devoted to new con- struction, leading only £43,000,000 for all the other needs of the Nayy. How has the Admiralty in the past four or five years been able to their reactions to their dangerous-

maintain the Navy on so little? I ly adventuresome existences.

am bound to assume that it has

Lord Lloyd and First Seas Lord, been done by starving the Navy valiant and celebrated flyer who Frederic March as "The Eagle" a

Lord Lloyd, who presided at the in other directions.

dinner,, remarked that Sir Ernle hates to kill, "gives another of those

"For the last few years the Na-Chatfeld was the first Sea Lord portrayals that helped to bring val Estimates of the United States for a very long time who had had It means that passengera "may him the title of filmdom's beat have amounted to £75,000,000 ap- the courage to speak his mind "go to Canton or Hong Kong in actor. And an, inspired perform proximately. Is it possible that about the Navy, as he did on Wed-the same time (or less) than a. ance is contributed by handsome we, by spending £50,000,000, can be nesday night. Cary

steamer takes direct to Hong Kong Grant as "The Hawk" equally powerful or efficient? vicious

The leaders of every party have or vice-versa. and ruthless aeroplane. “It is impossible" to imagine preached pacifism. They forget machine-gunner. Carole Lombard how, on the sum that we are that when Nelson expected every continues to be one of the screen's spending on the Navy, the Ad-man to do his duty he did not most effective love interests, and miralty are able not only to pro- expect every man to do his Jack Oakle has a new set of wise- vide for new construction, but to duty by Geneva or the League of cracks which brought gales of keep the other necessities of the Nations. Their arst duty was duty guffaws.

Navy adequate. Therefore there to their country."

'The film has a fast-moving tempo and proceeds to its climax with forceful and dramatic direct- nesa, culminating in an exciting series of scenes.

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In a few words, "The Eagle and The Hawk" is one of the best of the season's crop, acted splendidly

to perfection by Stuart Walker,

"THE SHADOW.”

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Viola Compton's Fine Acting

One of the outstanding features of "The Bhadow at the King's Theatre on Wednesday, is Viola Compton's brilliant comedy char

Her. performance is even more of last acterisation of Mrs: Bascombe. a triumph than it appears, as she was very far from feeling in a for humour. when these scenes were shot. Her only son had just been operated upon and was lying dangerously in hospital while Viola Compton was registering laughs for the penent

Mr. James Yatming Lee (L Cast as a lively litle Irish lass Zee-Min,) formerly of Hongkong, whose sole fault is her ability to brother of Mr. William Vinson Lee tell white lies, a quality that of Shanghai and of Mr. Li Chor eventually embrolla her in all Chi of this Colony, was sorts of entanglements, she per month chosen from 34 Chinese forins in her usual charming man- applicants to play the role of the nor. Warner Baxter, as the scion student Llang in 8 8. Van Dine's of the Irish coastal town in which The Kennel Murder Mystery mood "Paddy" takes place, does an ex-with William Powell as Philo cellent piece of acting in a typical-Vance the detective, produced by ly romantic Warner Baxter role.

The others of the cast, including Warner Brothers First National at Margaret. Lindary, who will be re- 'membered as the "Titanie" girl tri “Cavalcade" and Walter Connally, famous performance from the New York stage, all do. their utmost to make "Paddy" an enjoyable screen work

Hollywood:

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"It was naturally a very, WOKTY

At present Mr. Lee is engaged of camera in "mike" by Metro-Golywyn-Meyer as Chin- ese technical adviser on "Gooding time for me, said Miss Comp Earth" which they are producing ton, "but there is an old saying The scenario is by Frances Marion Keeping milling in which I am and directed by George Hill of a firm believer. Anyway, I was Harry Lachman, who directed Eell Divers" and "Min and Bill" compelled to keep smiling for my many fim success abroad, has fame. Mr. Lee was recently elect part. Everyone at the studio was dons his best work with "Paddyed President of the Chinese Stud- which is set against as beautifulents Club of the University of a pictoral background as has been Southern California at Los Ange- viewed in Alms in many months; les

very kind and sympathetic, and I

am glad to say that my son is now

well on the road to recovery

Bravo, Miss Compton)".

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COMRADES- OF THE CLOUDS:

Deadly armies on the ground Known and feared throughout "Ne Men's Sky*

EAGLE

AND

HAWK

"Story by author of "W\n\n" - A Puramebunt Pistaro

FREDRIC

MARCH

CARY

GRANT

CAROLE LOMBARD .. JACK QAKIR --

FROM THURSDAY

From the

tenements to Park Avenue...

and all through

the love

of many women 1

Low-born, brutal, he became filled with the glory of love for the lady who sits alone..

NIGHT

AFTER

NIGHT

with

GEORGE RAFT CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

WYNNE GIBSON MAE WEST and ALISON SKIPWORTH

Directed by Archie Mayo From a story by Ladin Broomfield"

A Paramount Picture

STAR

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