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HONG KONG DAILY

PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1934.

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel £5720.

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

ENSLAVED...

by conflicting emotions. Her heart cried for love ...yat her hands reached auto destroy.

SUPERNATURAL

CAROLE LOMBARD RANDOLEN SCOTT VIVIENNE OSECANS H. B. WARNIA A HELPERIN PRODUCTION Levente un "WHITE LOMBI

NEXT CHANGE

STANLEY LUPINO

FACING THE MUSIC

WARDBUR

TO-DAY AT THE

King'a

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Samarang.

Queen's.

""Golden Harvest,"

Central.

"Supernatural"

Oriental,

"The Big Cage.” Lee Theatre

gtar.

"Under Suspicion."

KOWLOON

"Pick Up".

Kings

Coming

Cover The Water Front."

"I was a Spy."

Queen's

"Looking Forward."

"Tiger Shark/”.

Central

"Facing The Music.

"Tarzan The Fearless."

Star:

"Woman Acensed.",

LAST TWO-DAYS AT 2,30,5.10,7.15) & 9.30. P.M

"Canaries Sometimes Sing."

"Reunion in Vienna"

WARD WING

World:

"Shotgun Pass."

"Sins of Madam Claudet."

"Made ou Broadway.'

MARY IS COMING TO:

LIVE HERE

New York--Mary Pickford is going to live in England. "She told a reporter on her arrival in New York that she intends to settle down with her niece, Gwynne, in the north of England for at least

a year.

I still think of England as my My mother country," she said: father's people were English.

"I shan't be abashed to appear in British Alms if I receive offers.

I was very impressed with. Bitter Sweet and Henry the Eighth."

"I give Elstree great credit for selecting casts from local talent. There are far more English in English pictures than Americans in American productions.

Directed by

OKINGS

ALANG

TO LIVE...OR PERISH.....

WITH HER LOVER!

Such was the law... and

such was her creed

Love was never fiercer than this!

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

Spesial" WHEN WINTER COMES" Mickey "MAIL

in and

Mouse PILOT"

Also

ShortsGOOFY GAMES"

"SAMARANG”

At The King's

"Samarang," B. F. Zeidman's spectacular production for United Artista release and showing to-day at

the King's Theatre, claims

"In the meantime I'm looking for snow and golf for my Christ-many points of originality. mas, and then I'm going..back to live at my Californian home, Pick- far, indefinitely until I leave for England."

in

PAKKEY JACUTI

3.

"FLYING HIGH"

At The Oriental Theatre

"Flying High," showing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday. Man-" frankly day and Tuesday, was made for laughing purposes only."

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313

25332

NEXT CHANGE COMMENCING SUNDAY,

21st JANUARY.

A STRANGE STORY OF STRANGE LOVES AMONG THE STRANGE PEOPLE OF THE SEAPORT.

COVER THE WATERFRONT

"I know Inside' stories that would shock the public! I've seen sharks get mén at ́ses ....... and women get 'em on shore. I've seen every- thing and done everything”

IMITE ARTISTS

CLAUDETTE COLBERT

BEN LYON ERNEST TORRENCE Presented by JOSEPH M. SCHENCK Produced by Edward Small

From the famous book by Max Miller

LOOKING FORWARD

Coming To The Queen's

Just as a national emergency is Its plot was bullt definitely to to-day shaking up the country, so. in the studios, a dramatic emergen- alouse grins and guffaws. Of the by is scrapping old dramatic rules, has long traditions, formulae and beliefs, principals. Bert Lahir been conceded the most imitated according to Clarence Brown, noted comedian on the stage and Char-director. lotte Greenwood...well, no Other one needs to explain her! and

well-known players who take part in the melange of humour and song Pat O'Brien, Kathern include

Charles Winninger Crawford, Hedda Hooper, Guy Kibbee and Herbert Braggioti,

First among its attributes is the Malaysia. of character of the leading players.

native They arc Garbed in little more than nature's clothing, they show some of the possibilities for physical develop- in the picturesque sampans with ment which all Americans, with their crazy salls slhouetted against the exception of a few specimens

Weissmuller like ragged

Johnny cloud-banked skies; shore lines and sky lines of lacy coccanut palms; and in lovely

Ahman, the hero's name, not Sai-yu, the graceful native heroine who would find clothes embarrass-only competes with these modern Adonises in physique but in the ing.

water. In fact, he goes them one better by wrestling with a eating shark before the camera's lens.

"Samarang" shows the hazards of pearl diving. In fact, it might be said that the whole picture revolves around a pearl, for the

Buster Crable, have completely missed.

man

pearl is the prize which Ahman "Samarang." filmed entirely in hopes to and on the ocean's bot- Malaysia, also has thrils such as few pictures have had-in fact, tom so that he can wed his sweet- heart, who is a chieftain's daugh- "too thrilling for words" is a ter and, therefore, prohibited from literal description of this novel One of the thrills is s feature. However, he sets marrying him.

fight between a tiger shark and a giant cetopus. It's a fight to the Which one..do you think death. wins.

There is comedy, too. "Saniarang. A full grown orang

cut to win the pearl and there- after unfolds the story of romance and thrills.

"Samarang"

was directed by -Ward Wing from the story and script of Lori Bara, Wing's wife

his and sister of Theda Bara. It was tang furnishes a good many photographed by John C. Cook, laughs with his antics and

rough loving. There is beauty too, with special widersea photography

(^uunjas reqzaani' wh by Stacy Woodard.

LEE

THEATRE

SUPERNATURAL |||TO-DAY ONLY

Excellent Film At

The Central

Either Arthur Conan-Doyle, was very smooth talker, or, there's wmething in spiritualism after ali. Victor and Edward Halperin, producers of ""Supernatural" tale af the spirit-world now showing at the central Theatre reached that conclusion after hearing the story "of one investigator who set out to show up" the late writer and psychic..

The Halperics went into the sub- Ject in preparation for the filming of "Supernatural" a story of the avenging spirit of a murderes which enters into the body of a gentie young girl, and transforms her into a sensuous killer ready to lure the victim to his fabe."

The investigator in question was a member of the staff of a scientific. journal, which sent him to live' with Conan-Doylo for a month, spiritualistic study the latter's claims, and find the flaws in them.

One month later he was back. But instead of returning to his office and writing his expose, be wont out, rented an apartment and hung out a sign: "Spiritua list."

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There's a sequel to the story, however. To-day,

longer a spiritualist, no longer a writer, he's attempting to earn aliving selling vacuum cleaners

"Supernatural which will have in the leading roles much players as Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Vivienne Osborne, H.B. Waruer "and William Farnum.

AT 12.30. 2:30, 5.30. 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

Sho first wOD his love and then cleared his

pamo.

UNDER SUSPICION

· FOX

PICTURE

of the groot.

Northwort

سلما

HDKAN

Flareks

TO-MORROW Don't miss the biggest screen thrills in yearı— you'll find them now

ON

The Most Amazing Dramatic Thrill the Screen Hai Known! HOWARD HUGHES,

ADDED ATTRACTION

ON THE STAGE

LEWIS MILESTONE

ADCUBE NEKDU-MI OLEN

AT 2.30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM. ONLY PROF. ABELLA-

And His Troupe of Varlets Entertainers.

||

The laughable story concerns clever Krause (Lahr), Rusty n.echanic but a "dumb bunny."

called

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(January 19)

(XII Moon. 5th Day) Auctions-Sale of Crown Lands at District Office. South, 11 am: Lammert's Sale of 'New English Brushes, Cub Glass Ware and Sun- dry Goods, Sales Room, 10.30 a.m.;

·Leasehold Properties, Sales Room, 3 p.m.

...

Meetings-Hongkong University Medical Society. Union Assembly

Emer Room. 5.15 p.m.; Annual, gency Unit Reserve, 2 Police Sta- tion, 5.30 pm..

Lectures.-Dr. Tennyson Howie. on "Interesting Advances. in En- University Union docrinology.""

Assembly Room, 5.15 p.m.

-

Entertainments.

Rehearsal, The Pirates of Penzance, Cathed- ral Hall 8.45 p.m.

Miscellaneous-Claims

against

the Estates of Maria Gomes de Carvalho, late of 7, Austin Avenue, Kowloon and Ching Tong, "late of Honolulu. due: Bishop Hall's Dis- House. cussion Group. Bishop's 8.30 p.m.

Theatres.

King's; Samarang.” Queen's: "Golden Harvest” Central: Supernatural” “ World: "To Love And To Live" Oriental: "The "Big Cage" Lee: "Under Suspicion" Majestic: "Ladies Must Love” Star: "Pick Up"

Dances

Cheero Club Ladies' Committee, Invitation Dance for Service Men, Helena May Institute.

Principal Malls

Iriward from London by Deucalion; from America' by Pres. Adams and Pres. Coollage: from Europe via Suez by Kumsang: Outward air mail for Europe by Hakusan Maru 5 p.m.; steamer 6 p.m.; for America and Europe via Siberia by Pres. Cleve- land.5 p.m.

Sports

Billards Steel Coulson League, Palace, Hotel Club v. The Rest (Palace Hotel, Kowloon), 7 p.m.

Club Chess-Kowloon Chess

Championships, Senior, H. W. Ran

Se-

dall v. A. D.. Sequeira; J. G. Faers P. Yvanovich; B. Soltan v. c. M. Sequeira; B. W. Paul v. Lieut. queira v. T. E. Parry; M. Cuniet! W. L Beaumont; Junior, L. Y. Dr. H. D. Matthews; Guy Ling v. A. J. Biriuköff; F. Evans v. U. Santos.

Hockey H.K.SRA. v. Wishart and Destroyers; 4.30 p.m.; Central British 7. Hongkong Hockey Club "A" 5 pm.

Sunrise: -7.02

6.03.

B

Sunset:

יני

Tides. High at 12:56 and 23.58; Low at 6.15 and 17.25.

The "hew deal" of the drama of the screen, and Brown believes it applies just as fully on the stage; is bringing about modes of expres.. sion never used before, and methods of telling things on the screen that would, a short time ago, be reject ed as not being according to Hoyle. "For instances," explains Brown "the unspoken word can be the

mightiest

weapon. darrastist's Brilliant dialogue .com point a who invents a new type of airship dramatic scene; lince can be written

Am the "aerocopter." impecunious “ young

promoter and read with the force of solid

The blows and other dialogue, unwrithe understands, that he'd give his (O'Brien), befriends him.

the store, though the blow, is more new Aerocopter, Company, how- ten and unread, can pack the most job and probably his life to save But neither man the rocks powerful punch of all." ever, nearly goes on

As an example, Brown cites than he can bear. when the engine company comes

scene in his latest directorial effort, can find words: That's where C.L. to take away the power plant of

Anthony, the author, did the most Well- dramatic

thing possible. This is saved when "Looking Forward," opening on the airship. O'Brien arranges for Rusty to Sunday at the Queen's.

chosen words would have made the scene artificial: But the words the audience knows are in the hearts of both men, and which. spoken, do the trick. The audience. dramatizes the scene for itself."

marry Pansy Potts (Miss Green-

wood), an amorous waitress who

be the wife of

craves. to aviator.

9.17

"It

are un

We had a scene in which Lione! Barrymore, as the faithful old bookkeeper, was discharged by Lewis Stone," says Brown. had heen established that the old This nearly" proves the undoing man had been a faithful employee of the pair, however, for on their for thirty years, that the store was honeymoon Pansy so detains Rusty his whole life, his loyalty almost that he is late getting to the air fanatica), and that there was a feld for the races which will de-close hond between the two men. Officers Also that depression forced the monstrate the new ship. come to arrest O'Brien for false dismissal.

"Stone, as the store owner, can't stock sales. O'Brien's a sweet beart, Kathryn Crawford," is in find words to tell the old man. tears. At the last minute Rusty He wants to explain, perhaps voice

The TO-DAY & TO-MORROW arrives and dashes for the aero-self-justification and regret.

pld bookkeeper wants to say that At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m. copter, pursued by Pansy.

4 SHOWS

DAILY

1,20–5.19

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-2 DAYS ONLY-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

MAN AGAINST BEAST IN THE SCREEN'S

SUPREME THRILLER! CLYDE BEATTY shows you the inside workings of taming wild beasts--as a part of a dramatic circus story that will hold you spellbound,

BIG CAGE

SEE

CLYDE BEATTY THE FEARLESS

CLYDE BEATTY the world's greatest animál trainer in thrille beyond belief- A big drama of daring.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222

LADIES MUST LOVE

Univärsal's grant comedy-drama

with music! A

SEE ITI

SHE JUNE KNIGHT, NEIL HAMIR", TON, SALLY O'NEILL, DOROTHY RURGESS MARY CARLISLE,

QVELNS

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 6.10, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

ONLY YESTERDAY THE HEADLINES SCREAMED THIS AMAZING STORY!

Drama of the frenzied Wheat Pit

of Chicago•••

and the tortured fields where {ifu Strait la born}

GOLDEN HARVEST

RICHARD ARLEN CHESTER HORRIS..

, GENEVIEVI TORIN

MOBI ATES DAUN KASYON

Directed by Ralph Murphy A Foramove!

Pictura

SUNDAY

LOVE and LUXURY

- were dearer.

to her than loyalty!

A pulsating drama will

the Grand Hotel star at his finest

REL

BARRYMORE

in

CLARENCE

BROWN'S production

LOOKING FORWARD

with

LEWIS STONE

Benita Hume, Blizabeth. Allen Philips Holmes.

Directed by CLARENOR BROWN,

(STAR

TO-DAY & TO-MORRO

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

THEY FOUND LOVE ON THE STREETS Borg in

Visa Delmar's

Drama of Passion and.

Ponsonkie!

PICK UP

SYLV

IVIA SIONE! GEORGE RAFT

the

Gutter Soaring.

Heaven

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