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CENTRAL

THEATRE

KEAT QUEEN'S ED., WESTBOUND JUS

Advance Booking: at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25790.

|TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15. 9.30 P.M.

BILL BOYD DOROTHY WILSON

·IN·

"THE GREAT

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

King'a,

HONG KONG

"Trick for Trick,'

Queen's.

"The Stranger's Return" Central

The Grent Decision"

Oriental.

Star.

"Condemned"

KOWLUON

"The Calendar."

Majestic.

Merrily we go to Hell."

COMING

King's.

"The Masquerader,'

Queen's.

"Kongo."

Central,

• "Hell's Holiday.'

Star.

"The Deluge."

Oriental

"Sailor's Luck.”

"MASQUERADER"

DECISION" Coming To The King's

A THRILLING DRAMA OF GANGLAND'S IN- VASION OF THE WEST

AN RKO RADIO PICTURE.

COMING

SUPERB PICTURES

PRESENTS ́.

AN AUTHENTIC PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE GREAT WAR

2 DRAMATIČ PRESENTATION OF THE WORLD WAR.

A PICTURE OF GREAT INTEREST TO EVERY BODY.

HENRY THE MAGICIAN

Clever Artist At The King's

On Sunday

Two men who so closely resem- bled each other that one stepped into the fighting political career and love of the other man's wife provide the famous dual roles of "The "Masqueraden " for Ronald. Colman at the King's Theatre on Sunday next,

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Involved in the puzzled affect- ions and loves of Colman's two roles are Elissa Landi and Juliette Compton and a big past headed | by David Torrence, Helen Jerome Eddy, Creighton Hale and Halli- well Hobbes,

As a background for Colman and the strange. human problem of "The Masquerader, " Samuel Goldwyn has provided a production that gives new life and a bright modern touch to the famous English melodramą. Political tur- moil, riot and the threat of revōl- uition, financial and government crises taken from to-day's · head- liness, are the storm cloud that drive one man from his position at the helm of state and from the love of his wife to drugs and debauchery. Pride of family, pat riotism and love of adventure and fight summon his unknown young cousin to the rescue.

His two roles give Colman an opportunity to contrast drunken ness and sobriety, sanity and fitness with "debauchery and de- pravity. Unlike “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and other famous

dual roles of the stage and screen, "The Masquerader" offers Colman no important help in the way of make-up. Its triumph is of acting. not make-up..

Richard Wallace directed The Masquerader from an adaption by Howard Esterbrook and Moss Hart. It is based on John Hunter Booth's dramatization of the novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston

TRICK FOR

TRICK

Showing At The King's

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933.

SHOWING TO-DAY

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 26313

25982

*OKINGS:E

2.30.5.10.7.15

& 9.30. P.M.

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

ON THE SCREEN

It Was All a FAKE!

See how two magicians expose each other in this hilarious thriller.

· Fox Films prazónki

TRICK

TRICK

FOR

with Ralph MORGAN Victor JORY

Sally BLANETM

Directed by Hamilton MacFadden

"KONGO"

Magnificent Picture

At Queen's

&

Throbbing of war drums, the muffled beat of countless black feet trampling the underbush of the African Jungle, and

" white devil" in a wheel-chair, emphas- izing his commands with a long bull-whip. That is "Kongo," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer melodrama with Walter Huston featured at the Queen's Theatre from to- morrow.

It is Huston bringing his most colorful stage role to the screen

Kongo ran more than a year in New York, and it was while Huston was enacting the terrif ying role of "Deadlegs" Flint that Hollywood first saw in him those brillant character talents which have since enriched the records of screen drama

Black Magic. Black magic and the arts of the

for revenge white conjurer, a burning desire and the pathetic etorts of white men and women

ON THE STAGE

AT ALL PERFORMANCES HUGO and BLEY

PRESENTS

HENRY & CO. THE INCOMPARABLE

ENTERTAINER «

ARTIST MAGICIAN.

THE SHOW OF WONDERS

ITALY AND THE LEAGUE

-NEXT GHANGE-

COMMENCING SONDAY 10th DECEMBER.

It curt drummond Drummond,

this fast moving story of mystesys a rapid-fire succession of surprises and suspense that kneps you com- stantly on wign...

Ronald

COLMAN

in the SAMUEL GOLDWYN Producion of

The Masquerader

with ELISSA LANDI

Directed by RICHARD. WALLACE UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

MUSSOLINT'S AMBITIONS

Rome, December 6.

It is thought, unofficially," that Mussolini will shortly produce pro posals in regard to the revision of

Demand for Radical the League. It is virtually certain

Reforms

Rome. December 6.

The Fascist Grand Council, at- tended by the Italian Premier. Signor Mussolini, and all the Ca- binet Ministers, have decided that Italy's continued membership of the League of Nations should be dependent on the radical reform of the Contitution and objectives of the League to be effected in | the shortest possible time.

The Council agreed to make a war debt payment, on December 15, of US. $1,000,000 to the Unit- ed Btates as proof of goodwill, and in anticipation of a final set- tlement.-Reuter.

NO SURPRISE

Rome," December 6.

The Fascist Grand Council de-

ARMED ROBBERY

AT SHANGHAI

First in History of City

„Shanghat,” December 6. For the first time in the history of Shanghai a daring armed rob-` „bery was carried out in the central district at 5pm at the Wing On department store when thronged with Christmas shoppers

An employee engaged in collect ing money from each floor was suddenly accosted on the stairs between the fifth and sixth. floors by three men of which, ane was arm- ed. While one was throwing pep- per over the employees, face, second was jamming a gun on his chest and the third snatched the money bag.,

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The robbers fed down, the stairs. "The employee shouted an alarm with the result that the armed man was arrested on the ground floor, but the other two were sug- cessful in their getaway with the bag containing more than $8,000. -Reuter.

NATIONAL CITY BANK

Recapitalization Fund Proposed

New York, December 8. The Directors of the National Chy Bank are submitting & re capitalization. plan providing⋅ 103 the issue of 2,500,000 five per cent. cumulative twenty dollar prefer- "ence shares, also the writing down of 6,200.000 shares of common stock from $20 to $12.50 each. Reuter.

he wishes the League to include all important" nations now non- members, including Japan, the Mr. P. T. Farrell, of e, Kennedy United States, Germany and Bo-" Road, was summoned befors Mi, vies-Russia. That this would dras- | Balfour at the Central Polies tically curtail the powers of small- Court yesterday for keeping a dop Countries is recalled, ·RS. MENY

without a licence and allowing it times during the Manchurian dis aboard without a muzik. Fines cussions at Geneva, Italians totalling $12 were imposed. Ap writhed innumerable speeches and pearing on behalf of the defendant, apparent predominance offr. M. A. da Silva pleaded guilty smaller countries, not involved in and pleaded extenuating cinnum any way in the dispute.

tances..

the

Mussolini would like to see an amendment, to Article X of the Covenant of which some of the smaller countries seized advant age, also to article XIX.

On the expansionary side he would like to see an extension on the economic side to embrace la- ternational distribution of materials,

MARI

That the type of sanctions pro- cision has occasioned no surprise,vided in Article XV are considered but it is not expected the demand prematurs is emphasised as these will be so peremptory:

views merely reflect on the general attitude of Italians-Reuter.

revision on three lines;

It is understood Italy: favours, a

Firstly, A curtailment in the rights of smaller powers to vote on problems which only partially affect them;

to fight the spell of the Jungle -all these are admixed in the dripping melodrama which takes place in the heart of Africa, where a paralyzed white man rules as the uncrowned king of superstitious, savages. and plots his grisly vengeance on those be fancies have wronged him.

Secondly, Simplification of Lea In the feminine

roles op- gue procedure, as it is considered posite. -Euston are Lupe Velez, the protraction of discussions and and Virginia Bruce. The madcap the multiplication of committees Lupe has the part of a copper make progress virtually impossible; skinned Portuguese minx, Fint's Thirdly, The liberation of the woman, capricious yet servile de-League from the framework of the voted yet untamed. Virginia Bruce, who became. Mrs. John Gülbert

during the Alming of "Kongo." the white girl who innocently be comes the victim of deadler " Flint's machinations

Nagel Plays Fugitive.

·WILL ITALY WITHDRAW?

LILLIAN HARVEY TO MARRY

The private file of Lillian Harvey is one of the major topics of film- land at the moment Ever since she left England she has been denying that she is secretly mar ried to Willy Fritsch, her leading man in the Ufa pictures. We hear on good authority that the German actor will leave for America short- ly and the wedding bells will be ringing before the end of the year, It is likely that they will be seen together again before kng Ac-. cording to present plans they will make a picture in the early part

MAJESTIC

Geneva, December 6. The Fascist Grand Council deck- sion is anticipated, and even be-of 1934. lieved in some quarters that the Council will vote for Italy's with- drawal, giving I, Duce a lever to obtain League reform along the lines of the Italian desiderata, There is a certain amount of sym← Versailles and other post war pathy with Italy's determination

considered treaties which, it is

that the Covariant be amended, as make the League an institution it is held that fifteen years ex for the preservaton of the gains|perience has shown the utility, but of victor nations under the domin; also the weakness of the League: ation of Britain and France,

It is not expected any further Conrad Nagel plays Dr. Kings-action will follow in the near fu- land, the English fugitive who ture-Reuter. has succumbed to the-eurse 01 the jungle and becomes

a virtual slave to Flint for love of the white girl captive. Henry Gordon, who distinguished himself as the secret service agent who ́ ́ trapped Greta Garbo ́‚in]

· “Mata - Hari?... is...Gregg. Flint's bitter enemy, Mitchell Lewis and

Forrester Harvey also have strong Motion pictures' next great roles, th artistic advance will be in fight- Not the least remarkable actor The King's Theatre are offeringing, according to Director Hamil-in the cast is the chimpanzee, in conjunction with the Fox Filmton MacFadden. He introduced Queenie that won such acclaim Trick For Trick the Master new effects, in his current picture, in "Tarzan." In "Kongo," Queenie. Magician "Henry, who is bothrick For Trick," playing at the is the inseparable companion of King's Theatre, and is looking "Deadlegs and Agures as largely entertaining and clever.. The forward to his next production in in the drama as many of the hu diences were most enthusiastic in

which he hopes to develop his man characters.

A their applause and maryelled at

theories of novel lighting even William Cowen, as director, some of the very clever tricks

more.

resumes the place he held to win-}| Director MacFadden attributes the ning a national exhibitors poll as new lighting possibilities to the in-one of the ten best directors for his troduction of Incandescent lights handling of "Ned McCobb's Daugh on sets and predicts that their inter. For the past two years he telligent use will enable directors has been directing foreign versions to emphasize the mood of pictures for M.G.M. by subtle lighting

It is rather difficult to describe an entertainment of this descrip tion, but we urge all who have not heen it to do so, as we feel aure you will not be disappointed. He is not only a magician, but an artist, and some of the drawings sketched with just a few coloured pencils were most unique, ~****

The picture is comedy of a novel kind It deals with a master magician who exposes his rival

"Incandescent lamps definitely

enable us to be more Tealistic In|SLAGRE certain scenes,” MacFadden re- through lights on, spečife | in-| marked, because it allows us to dividuals without letting the light dim lights up and down much spread to spoil the balance of more effectively than in the past scene Greater emphasis of mood

who plans his murder, but is foil In Trick For Trick" for instance, and more subtle ahading of mean

ed and gets killed himself. There is a seance held supposedly to bring back the spirit of the girl who was murdered, but it was part of a clever ruse of the magician's who helps the police unravel murder mystery which has baffled the authorities for some time

we achieved a flickering matching become possible, effect for the first time to my In addition to the phot knowledge, in any picture possibilities the new Incandesc "However, the new lighting anord Director MacFadden equipment opens wider delds than ed out that they are superi this. The beam of a spotlight is the old are lights beca

concentrated? That are not so nolay and do muck Fenables u to a centre Interest off so much heat.

This demand for revision does not mean that Italy's ideas of a super council is finding support.

Reuter.

„TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS,

ORIENTALE

ITO-DAY - ONLY

A STUPENDOUS AND THRILLING PICTURE BLAIR NILES' #FAMOUS STORY

DEVIL'S ISLAND

RONALD

COLMAN

CONDEMNED T ANN HARDING

LOUIS

WOLDI

ALL TALKING

TO-MORROW

SATURDAY.

A GREAT COMEDY PICTURE

THATS JUST" ONE BIG RIOT OF LAUGHTER

SAILOR'S

LUCK DUNN

EILERS

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Nathan Bosil, Kowloon. Tel. 67222. TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m

A Girl Puts Her Faith in a Man—

MERRILY WE GO

TO HELL

**STARRING:

Sylvia

SIDNEY MARCH

BULLY'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. 7

FOLKS CLOSE

TO THE SOIL

Real characters.

living, breathing,

In an epic of the

soli

LIONEL

here is their

story

warm

human, Zeat!

Barrymor

MIRIAM

THE

STRANGERS RETURN

with FRANCHOT TONE

STUART ERWIN

TO-MORROW

DEEP IN THE HEART of the KONGO !

white man and his bloodthirsty ape, rating and empire of savage blacks

a tale of savage hate

tamultaus, primitive love!

KONGO

WALTER HUSTON

LUPE VELEZ

CONRAD

NAGEL

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.80.5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. EDGAR WALLACE'S

Most Famous Turf Drama

"The CALENDAR

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