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CENTRAL

HEATRE

TAKE QUERY'S'RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

King's

HONG KONG

"There goes the Bride”.

and the Thontra Tel 25720Queen's SHOWING TO-DAY

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

THE MANAGEMENT WISHES ALL ITS PATRONS A HAPPY

NEW YEAR.

The GREATEST Musical Romance

ALL TIME

FREDERICK LONSDALES GREAT. MUSICAL

ROMANCE „žti

NANCY BROWN HARRY WELCHMAN |BETTY STOCKFELD ALBERT BURDON

The maid & mountains

DIRECTED bu

"Tugboat Annie."

Central.

The Maid of the Mountains.”

Oriental,

Star.

"Laurel & Hardy, Burlesque."-

KOWLOON

"Marry Me.

Majestic.

"Eagle and the Hawk."

King's

tu

Coming

Berkeley Square.'

Queen's

"Beauty for Sale"

"Penthouse."

Contrai

Emergency Call"

Star:

"Hindle Wakes."

White Sister."

World..

"Fra Diavolo, "Free Soul."

Reunion ia Vicuna".

"THERE GOES

THE BRIDE"

Now Showing At

The King's

"There Goes The Bride", the Gainsborough-British Lion success which Albert de Courville direct- ed, and in which Jessie' Mathews makes

amazingly successful

an

LUPINO LANE screen debut, is so rich in amus-

NEXT CHANGE

Something must be done about this hospital graft!

Love,

wel vicin ese man race with

death!

Emergency Call

A dramatic expos

sure of the ambo- londe chasing racket Wal BILL BOYD WYNNE GIBSON WILLIAM GARCAN BITTY FURNISS GIORGI L. STONE

Directed by Etiward Coha from the 2 X screw: play by John & Clyne and RADIO Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marias C. Pletare. Cooper, executive produser.

BERKELEY SQUARE

another success in their production "Ber

Fox films have scored

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 1,

SHOWING TO-DAY

MAT 2,30,5.10, 7.15) & 9.30. P.M.

♥KINGS •

THE MANAGEMENT WISH YOU ALLA

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

リ

A BRIGHT AND BREEZY

MUSICAL COMEDY !

OWEN NARES

JERRY VERNO-CAROL GOODNER

AND

JESSIE MATTHEWS

IN

"THERE GOES

THE BRIDE'

A GAINSBOROUGH-BRITISH LION PICTURE.

"BEAUTY FOR

SALE" Coming To The Queen's

"A NEW YEAR TREAT

"Tugboat Annie" At The Queen's

BOOKING DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

AT THE THEATRE TEL: 26313 &25332

NEXT OHANGE

KIDNAPPED

on her honeymoon! A Federal Judge's son and his beide selted as hostager by gang of racketeers: How's a picture that dramatizes today's headlines!

FOX FILM Presents

The MAD GAME

SPENCER TRACY CLAIRE - TREVORA RALPH MORGAN

Directed by Irving Commnings

Story by Williams Comseinen

VIEWING THE BODY

Procedure At

TO-DAY

(January 1)

(XI Mson, 18th Day), w Anniversaries and Holidays.- New Year's Day. Circumcision, Bank and Public Holiday. Chinesa. "National Holiday. (Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic, 1912) Federation of Aust, 1001. Jewish Tebet 14 Mar

Social Functions.-Reception in honour of Dr. W. Norwood, London Missionary Society's Cam pound, Caine Road,

Entertainments Annual 'Christ- mas Tree Party Police Recreation Club, Happy Valley, 9 p.m.

Miscellaneous Lady Peel prez sents prices at Kowloon Cricket Club's Sports; Arms Licences · dur for renewal; Licensing of Trigyoles and Tricycle, Drivers enforced.

Theatres.

King's: "There Goes the Bride."" Queen's "Tugboat Annie: Central: The Maids of

Mountains.'

Oriental:M.G.M.' Burlesque

the

Programme."

World:"Fra Diavolo." Majestic-The Eagle and the

Star"Marry Me."

...

Sports

Hank."

Cricket. Triangular Tournament,

·Hongkong⋅ C.C. Royal Navy, 11

Football-Kowloon Football Club- Charity match, 11 stm.

Sunrise.--7.00 m Sunset-

p.m...

Tides.-High at 11.2 and Low Low at 4.14, and 14.25..

TUESDAY

** (January 2)

(MI Moan; 17th Day)

Theatres:

Queep's: Tugboat” Annie.” King's: There Goes the Bride." CentralThe Maids of the

..

Mountains, Oriental:-.G.M's Burlesqué

Programme. World: Fra Diavolo," Majestic:-"The Eagle and the

fi

Star:-"Marry Me." Sports

GILLYS

TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY

at 2.80

THEY'RE AT IT

AGAIN.

A smack on the

lips-s crack on the jawi None other, than:

Marie and Wally, your sweethearts bringing you good) theer for the Now Year t

marie

DRESSLER Wallace

BEERY

TUGBOAT ANNIE

directed by MERVYN LEROY

KOBART

BULL

Hawk.""

Coroner's Inquests SRA, p.m.; Radio Sports v.

A Bill to amend the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance appears

current issue. of the the "Gazette."

Hockey-St. Andrew's HK.

Y.M.C.A., 3.15. p.m.

Sunrise,-7.09 a.m. Sunset. 5.48

Tides-High at 9.50 and - 19,56 ; Low at 2.93 and 19.95.

the new "Beauty for Sale,"

feature Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

the Thursday.' to on coming

Vivid stories of real-life adven- Queen's Theatre is a daring pic- turization of the sensational Faith ture, famous legends of Pacific coast shipping and sagas of the

It is explained that in ordinary Baldwin novel. "Beauty." It is a

of sailors at sea, death inquiries under Section 7 drama of modern city life, with brave deeds

gleaned from the wharves are the of the principal, Ordinance It 15, vagrant's usual trade, as the a particularly intimate locale be-

left to the discretion of the Superintendent of the House of hind the scenes in a fashionable basis of drama in "Tugboat An-

The story, which ale," in which Marie Dressler and Magistrate whether or not there Detention where he is detained co-starring shall be a view of the body. shall prescribe, or at any other beauty salon.

Cosmopolitan Wallace. Becry are ran serially in

Section 8 which provides for work of a hard bodily nature most which opened yesterday at the

Queen's Theatre. Based on Nor cases of inquiries into deaths in which the Governor shall from Magazine, was not of the Popular of the part season:

Heading an impressive cast are man Reilly Raine's "Saturday gaol originally required a view of time to time approve! Provided

Otto Evening Post" stories of the amaz-

the body in such cases, but Sec-that a vagrant shall not be so ems. Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Kruger. Una Merkel, May Robson ing adventures of the femination 30 of the Schedule of theployed in company with ordinary.

tugboat skipper played by Miss Law Revision Ordinance of 1824 prisoners." Dressler, these stories in turn were authorised the deletion of the and Phillips Holmes.

Ing sequences that it is difficult to say which is the funniest There are many who will be tickled by that incident associated with the "theft" of the pearl

the necklace of

hostess. The general belief is that the theft is just a prank on the part of the more high-spirited guests. Very well, then, the lights shall be lowered, and the culprit shall have an opportunity. of replacing the Jewels on the salver, lights are lowered, lit again. Not only is the necklace not replaced, but the salver has disappeared, too!

Then there is that delightful aggrieved interlude in which an ex-fiancé (Carol Goodner) ap-

the proaches

magistráte and angular charges Annette Marquand' (Jessie Mathews) with stealing her fiancé.

The magistrate is "courteous, but

A TRIANGULAR PLOT

In the glamorous story, a tri- based on the tore of sailors, glean-words: "view the body."

romantic situation is developed between the characters played by Miss Evans, Miss Brady

the screen's most

ed by the author when he him- self was before the mast. Many

of the characters are also based

LEGAL DOUBT

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PERMISSION TO LEAVE.

The old, regulations also provid-

might specify, for the purpose of seeking employment, provided he had completed the work prescrib. ed for that day.

It is open to question whethered that a vagrant in the House of 1 on real life; for instance that of this alteration by a Reviston Or- Detention might be permitted to and Kruger. Miss Evans, one of "Red Severn, the tugboat owner,dinance had the effect of abolish-go out every day except on Sun- such hours as the Superintendent as Section captivating who becomes head of a fleet of 1ng, the view in cases under Sec- days and other holidays, during firm. "Madam", he says. "steal- ing a fiancé is not a crime! leading ladies, last was seen in liners. Raine points to the histon 8; especially That's a woman's business!" "The Nuisance," and "Broadway tory of the late Robert Dollar, or imposes on magistrates the duties

Hollywood." There Goes The Bride" showing | to

This 15 Miss whom, it is sald, Peter B. Kyne which a Coroner had by law at at the King's Theatre, is Jessie Brady's third talkie appearance. wrote his "Cappy Hicks' stories, the commencement of the Ordi

"When Ladies | Miss проп

Dressler plays Annie, and nance, one of those duties being

-The new order reads as follows: Mathews' Arst starring role in a following

episodes with a view of the body. Meet" and "Broadway to Holly figures in comedy

In the Straits Settlements by

-A vagrant in a House of Deten- British picture.

soap-flavoured sauerkraut, hilari- wood.". Kruger, outstanding on

Beery as Section 326 (2) of Ordinance No. tion may be permitted to leave recently ous battles with

121, provision is made for a view such House of Detention during the New York. stage,

Terry, her Captain

good-na of the body where it appears to such hours or days as the Super made his film bow in "Tarn Back

may specify. the Clock."

Miss Merkel, who plays a gold-tured but shiftless, husband, and the greater number of the jury intendent thereof

in poignant heart-interest episodes to be expedient. In England by for any reason such Superinten-

Section 14 of the Coroners dent may consider sufficient." digger role, is remembered her sparkling work in "Whistling in the more serious moments in (Amendment) Act, 1928, a view by

The "Dally Mall" describes her as "A sensation". The "Evening News" as "A sparking addition to the world's great, film stars" Owen Nares plays opposite Miss Matthews in a role for which he is ideally suited.

the preview, and most earnestly recommend it to our readers.**

Lesde Howard as Peter Btan- dish inherited an old house in Berkeley Square, from a distant relative, and finds an old diary there amongst some paper's and assumes that he is the old ances- tor whom he resembles, and sa our story dates back to the eigh- teenth century. He finds that hel loves, Helen Pettigrew, but is betrothed to her cousin, and as he puts honour before áll else marries Katė.

Lady Ann Pettigrew.

Mrs. Barwick....

We are giving you the cast which speaks for itself. In conclusion keley Square". It is a picture we repeat, that Fox has again alled with gentle humour and given us a picture of which they "pathos, the leads being in the might well be justly proud.

The Cast: capable hands of Miss Heather

The Peter Standish... Angel and Lestle Howard.

Leslie Howard latter played in the original role

Helen Pettigrew. on the stage, and on the screen

Heather Angel. he is superb. In fact we venture

Kate Pettigrew To say that in this he has achiev

Valerie Taylor ed heights hitherto

Irene Browne:

Beryl Mercer Tom Pettigrew... ***

Colin Keith-Johnstone Major Clintoni

Alan Mowbray Duchess of Devonshire

Juliette Compton Marjorie Frant

Betty Lawford

Ferdinand Gottschalk The American Ambassador Vet Bambel Hinds Bir Joshua Reynolds

Olaf Hytten pilvede

Lord Stapley.

unknown. "Miss Angel as Helen Pettigrew is responsible for some fine acting. She has an appeal that will en- chant you and hold you through- The various out the picture. parts are handled by a cast who are flawless. In their respective roles. It will be interesting: to know that the scenes in this film are. faithful replicas of, Berkeley | Square, and other; places of in- terest to Londoners

Adjectives fall to testify to the excellence of this powerful love story so beautifully, brought to you on the screen. To realise the potentiality of the entertainment" prepared for you by Mr. Lasky ka and his craftsmen; it is-necessary to see the picture. We have seen

Mr. Throstle

for

in the Dark" "Forty-second Street and other recent hits. the dramatic story.

was last seen in May, Robson "Reunion in Vienna" and "Beg- gar's Holiday and Holmes recent

excellent

"Tugboat Annie" is entertainment and a real treat for

ly scored in "Storm at Daybreak" the New Year.

4 SHOWS

DARY

**30*15

1.15–8,30-

TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB.

ORIENTAL

ROAD WANGHAI

4

the Coroner is still necessary and by the jury also if a majority so destres.

OPTIONAL FOR JURY

In the circumstances it is con- sidered desirable to add to Bec- tlon 8 of the principal Ordinancé words which will make it clear that at inquiries under the section the magistrate shall view the body but that a view by the Jury shall not be necessary unless" it. appears to the magistrate, or to

pédient for the jury to do so.";

2 DAYS TO-DAY & TO MORROW the greater number of jurors ex-

THE BIG, 82.00 SHOW

AT" POPULAR PRICES

LAUREL

IN THEIR GREAT COMEDY

· David - Torrence. THE BIG MURDER CASE

EXTRA ADDED FEATURES

CHARLIE CHASE

A HASTY MARRIAGE WONDERFUL DOG ACTORS IN AFRICA SPEAK. HOLLYWOOD PREMIER

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PICTORIALE NEWS REVIEW

HOUSE OF DETENTION

No More Prison Tasks For Vagrants

In the current issue of the "Government Gazette”...” appears an order made by the Goyerdor- 1-Council relative to the House. of Detension, fut.

This order provides for the rescissions of previous require- ments regarding the employment of vagrants, under which power was allowed to order the picking of not more than 1 lbs. of Dakum a day, or crank labour not ex- ceeding 3,000 revelations a day

INDUSTRIAL TRADE

The new regulation under this teading provides that "a vagrant Ia house of Detention may be employed at such work as an 11- dustrial trade, preferrablythe.

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