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KRAY QUEEN'S ED., WESTBOUND RƠI

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel, 25720,

King's

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M

IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN A POLĖGAT ASKS A FAVOR OF A SKUNK....

HONG KONG

g. "Perfect Understanding." Q1'2.

"The Mystery of the Wax

Musouni."

Central,

"Is My Face Red."

Oriental.

Star.

"Young Donovans: Kid."

KOWLOON

Mischief."

Majestic.

The Warrior's Hushand."

One of them will wake up to find himself a cigar store Indian!

Rival peephole scribblers,

they dished out reandal to

a sensation-greedy worldi

IS MY

FACE RED?

Story of thairis and fuli

of Mrs Poster's little bay yum, noted.columnist and heavy lover.

RICARDO

CORTEZ

ECLEN TWELVETREKS

Queen's

COMING.

THOUSANDS EXPECT IT: TO HAPPEN!

OUR WORLD DESTROYED

DELLGE

Staggering imaginatire

· spectacle romance [...="

Bload Tus. rules the waste

of civilizationt

ЯКО RADIO

Fichere

With

Peggy Shannon. Colę Wilson, SidneyBlackmar Matt Moore, EdwardVan Steen Ralf Haralde, Samuel Hindi Dicaced by Felix E. Fait from the book by S. Fander Wright. Scoupl Bischof, oociate producer

42ND

STREET

Musical Epic At Queen's

♫

Coming

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933..

SHOWING

י

TO-DAY

AT

2.30, 5.10.7.15

& 9.30. P.M.

KINGS

LOVER AND MISTRESS· AFTER MARRIAGE!

Such was, the relation ship of these two who wed on a contract— each to do as each desired! Did it work? SEE

GLORIA SWANSON

PERFECT UNDERSTANDING.

WITH

LAURENCE OLIVIER • JOHN HALLIDAY SIR NIGEL PLAYFAIR-MICHAEL FARMER. GENEVIEVE TOBIN » HORA SWINBURNETM

ALSO

MICKEY MOUSE

PRESENTS

MICKEY MOUSE

GICINTA SWANYONS (QUATENT

PICTURE SINCE 15 Freserker

65

AND... MICKEY'S

MELLER DRAMMER”

A MICKEY MOUSE

SPECIAL SHOWING

King's

"The Midshipmiaid. “

"MICKEY'S GOOD

DEED"

2nd Street,"

Central

"Deluge

Oriental

"Red Dust"

MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM

Attraction At The Queen's

A picture that is sure to appeal to all and sundry, no matter what their tastes, is the current' attrae tion at the Queen's Theatre, The Mystery of the Wax Museum.

Warder Bros. have produced this story in colour photography which heightens the effect of the mystery.

The story is quite out

John Halliday and Gloria Swanson in " Perfect Understanding,"

of the ordinary and the ending is certainly not what one would expect. The film will rank among one of the best of crime stories shown recently.

PRESENT.

SUNDAY 17th DECEMBER AT 11 AM. EXPOSITION OF THE SACRED BODY OF

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

ONE SHOW ONLY

"IS MY FACE

RED?"

Amusing Picture At Central

humorists were turning to Holly- While New York columnists and wood and the film colony charac tera for wise-cracks and colourful versed the process. Imaterial, two screen scribes re-

The result is "Is My Face Red" the RKO-Radio Picture now show ing at the Central Theatre, with Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo tez, Jill Eamond, Robert Arm strong and Arline Judge in the featured cast.

Cor

Ben Markson and Allen Rivkin are the Hollywood writers, both former

newspapermen. who thought of returning the Broad- way fire.

The central character in the pit- ture, played by Cortez, is a daily purveyor of the big city gossip, wise-cracks, heart-throbs and per-

sonalities.

"RED DUST"

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25382

NEXT OHANGE COMMENCING, SUNDAY,

17th DECEMBER.

A COMEDY, MUSICAL AND HAPPY,"

JESSIE

"MIDSHIPMAID”

Coming To The King's

Jessie, Matthews, the Gaumont- British "star," whose talent bas been so widely recognised since her success in the Gainsborough- British Lion picture "The Good Companions," also star in "Thr Midshipmaid," and is one of the most popular actresses in England to-day. The Midshipmaid," which will be shown at the King's Theatre next Sunday. She is one of a large family, who were not blessed with super-abundance

B

of this world's goods. She went

MATTHEWS to a Council School in Soho, and,

IN

THE MIDSHIPMAID"

WITH

FRED KERR BASIL BYDNEY

A BRITISH IPCTURE.

PERFECT

Clark Gable And Jean UNDERSTANDING' Harlow Together Gloria Swanson At

The King's

One of the 'most anticipated pro ductions of the new movie season will be seen at the Oriental Theatre to-morrow and Saturday with the Gable and Jean Harlow in "Red co-starring appearance of Clark Dust", the screen version of the Wilaon Collison "play.

In "Red Dust, the locale is the picturesque region of Cochin- hardened plantation foreman who China, with Gable playing has forced himself to become com- pletely brutalized in an effort to of deadly fever, tropical heat and remain superior to his environment treacherous natives.

To Miss Harlow falls the role of Yantine, born to the tropies, hard boiled, perfectly at home on the plantation and equal in strength and animal pugnacity to the mer. It is when the beautiful wife of and is involved in a love affair an engineer comes to the plantation with Cable that the jealous and fiery nature of creature asserts itself and brings this savage-like the action of the plot to a drama With ungloved hands, the film tically compromising situation, reveals this engaging character'a

The "ather woman" of the methods of getting facts which the dramatic, triangle is played by "victims scarcely cared to broad- Mary Astor. Gene Raymond 18 cast. Around this picturesque seen as Gable's rival and the east personality is, woven an exciting include. Donald. Crisp, Tully Mar- drama of intrigue and double-shall, Forrester Harvey and Willie crossing in which tangled loves Fung. and even murders play their part.

"Is My Face Red, ally presented as a play at the

was origin Hollywood Writer's Club. I HENRY THE MAGICIAN created such a sensation that the authors were induced to rewrite it

There are many exciting momente cassiti bidder among the numerous makes

for RRO Radic Pictures, the suc Mr. Henry the famous Magician in it and the tenseness of the story studios

his farewell perform Something new in chorus work is relieved by occasional witty under the direction of William and

seeking it for filming ances In Po. Hing-Theatre to-day

to-morrow. pas instituted by Busby Berkeley dialogues very cleverly introduced. Seiter.

Mr. Henry for the chorus members of "42nd

famous for his sand paintings. The film begins with a prologue Street," Warner Bros big drama in London where a Russian sculp tio and musical epic of backstage.tor has begun to attract attention life, which will be shown from of art connoisseurs through his Sunday the Queen's Theatre. extraordinary skill in the modell

Berkeley, who has handleding of wax figuree.

Igor the cores of big choruses for New Russian, has

a partner named York musical shows, has been with Worth who sets the place on fire motion picture companies now for because it does not pay. Igor, in attempting to save some of his

three years.

SHOWS DARY 226-813

́ ́ ́TAKIANY TRAM OS MARRY VALLEY BUM

ORIENTAL

For the big number of and beloved images, is badly burned. LAST 4 TIMES

Street he rigged out a turn table

nearly a hundred feet in diameter, now a cripple, opens

Years later in New York, Igor, Museum. which in turn was divided into A about this time, many people three, With the aid of an ordi-are reported mining and several nary gasoline double hoist, he bodies are stolen from the morgue. contrives to burn the three big The police and press are baffled. rings of his turn table at three different speeds in two different With the loss of the body of one- directions. This is done by means Joan Gale, a chorus girl, a news- of endless cables rigged from the paper man sets out to solve the hoish to the turn-table.

mystery.

+

The choruses then, placed in It would rob the film of its groups around the three rings, thrill were the result to be related have different steps, some here. Sufficient it is to say that each timés ghing with, sometimes the girl-goee through many weird against the movement of the turn and lastastic scenes before she tables.

finds the solution.

The whole eeh, turntable and all, has been built on a theatre sized stage, which is part of one of the farge theatre sets being used.

Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray take the leading roles in this film. The minor items of entertain- Besides the chorus of 150, there are very good also, particularly ment preceeding the main picture is an all-star-caat including War- the Cartoon "Goopy Gear It ner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George is most amusing. Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbe, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Alleo Jenkins.

special song numbers are The screen play by Bian James Dubin and Harı and Seymour is based on the diredion was novel by Brádford Ropes. The Lloyd Bacon

TODAY

2 SCREEN FAVOURITES IN THEIR BEST · PICTURE RICHARD

DIX

JACKIE

PENINGS

· ROAD" E WANGHAI

TO-MORROW SATURDAY.

WONDERFUL · PICTURE 1-

WONDERFUL: STORY! "WONDERFUL (AST!

A. KARVELLOUS SCREEN PRODUCTION.

CLARKE

GABLE

"HARLOW RED DUST

COOPER Sensational Star of SKIPPY

MMYOUNG (DONOVAN} KID

JEAN

sings in her latest United Artists screen

For the fourth time in her career, Gloria Bwanson picture, "Perfect Understanding," opening at the King's Theatre to- day.

broke into

"Love.

to this day returns at intervals to visit the place where she gladly admits she learnt the three Rs.

The family were all willing at whatever.. sacrifice to do all they could to develop her taleat, since her natural-gift-for-dancing was obvious from the day she could walk. Of her brother Billy, who was once lightweight champion of Europe, she is legitimately proud Perhaps the most important in- fnence in her early life was that of her elder sister, whose faith in her, whose ambition for her success was unboundgd. This sis tex, however, by no means spoil- ed her but rather, submitted her to a rigid discipline. Woe betide Jessie if she did not show suffi-.. dient improvement. It would be bed and a scolding, or worse. On one occasion, she was entered fo an elocution competition with in- structions to win the gold medal. Alas! She only obtained third place. and the devoted siste: showed her dissatisfaction in mean way.

HENRY ARTIST MAGICIAN

no

and

Miss Swanson, who had planned. ever dreamed of entering motion an operatic career long before she pictures, made her singing debut upon the screen in "The Tres directed by Edmund Goulding in high standard when a convincing- passer," which was written and

HIGH STANDARD REACHED Studio stage craft reached

that the star had a singing voice. ship was erected at the Gaumont- 1929. It had been known privately ly real quarter-deck of a battle- but fans generally were agreeably British Shepherd's Bush studios, surprised when she song for the first time.

and it needed but the ripple of water to suggest that HMS. There were two songs in "The "Dreadnought" was at anchor in Trespasser," in the writing of one Valetta Bay. The Midshipmald of which Auther-Director Goulding featuring Jessie Matthews The Magic Spell is Everywhere." appearing at the King's on Sun- collaborated. This was

Janis. The other song was Enrico produced under expert naval su- which he composed with Elsie day, Monday and Tuesday, Was Tosell's Serenade," the English pervision, and is as near the real words of which were written by thing as it could possibly be, as Big Spaeth.

the "suna" beat down and 30C marines and A.” B‚'aˆawaited the word of command and the visitor was absorted in the general char ter, a hammering noise commen- ced. Burely the engines! The thump, thump, thump" stopped, the head of, a carpenter came in→ to view and a hand reached out for the ship's bell which he had been fixing.

Miss Swanson in "What a Widow," Three songs were written for her next picture after "The Tres- Passer Vincent Youmans, cele brated Broadway song-writter, was responsible for these the titles being Say Oul, Cherie,” "To The Only One" and "Love is like a Song.

In "Indiscreet." the next Swan- son feature, there was more sing- ing, the hit song of this picture being “Come to Me.” The star sang this, it will be recalled, with Barbara Kent, who played the role of her younger sister." And the melody was extremely popular for months afterward.

But in the next United" Artists picture, **To-night or Never

there was something of an anoma- ly. For in this story Miss Swane won was cast is an opera singer and yet she didn't sing. There was one scene which showed her in rehearsal for Tosca," but. after humming a few notes, the demands of-the-story called upon her to break down and call off the rehearsal. That was as near as she got to singing in that picture.

Now, in Perfect Understan- ding," Miss Swanson's voice" will be heard again," this time in a song which she sincerely believes as the best she has done. It was written by Henry Sullivan, young American composer who has been devoting most of his enorts to the screen recently, e decret

In Perfect Understanding Miss Swanson is supported by one of the strongest casts she has ever hada, Laurence Olivier is her leading man, and Genevieve Tobin may be said to be the other woman.” Bir Nigel Flayfair, Lon- don's foremost actor-manager, makes his sacreen debit Here;, and Michael Farmer, Miss Swanson's husband, also makes his debut.

Nora Swinburne, another Eng- lish stage star, has an important role, and others in the cast in- clude John Balliday, Charles Cullum Peter Gawthorne, Rosa- ltade Fuller Evelyn Bostock. O. B. Clarence, and Mády Jerroldst

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

No Sham

Band, Kowloon,, Tel. 67222 TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

"All right, then, WALK

home, you flat tire!!

Uproarious comedy 10- mance in the land where. WOMEN WOO" and men repel advances.

THE

WARRIORS HUSBAND

tha

Elissa LANDI Marlerle Rambeau Ernest Truex David Manners

GILLN'S

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY,

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 pm..

HIS... to do with

as he desires... IS SHE WOMAN OR WAX?

THE MYSTERY OF THE

WAX

MUSEUM

ALL IN GORGEOUS

TECHNICOLOR

from Warmer Bras.! With → LIONEL ATWILL FAY WRAY

FROM SUNDAY-

Most sensaTM tional show

idea ever con- ceived by the miracle minds of Hollywood!

A

STREET

Warner Bros mighty extravaganza" with

| 14 GREAT STARS 50 FEATURED PER-

FORMERS

200 DAZZLING BEAUTIES!

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30. 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

THE PICTURE SPECIALLY SELECTED TO BE SHOWN TO

H. R. H.

The Prince of Wales

Mischief

RAPHYNN

VINI RED SHOTTER BANNE STUART

Brital Production

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