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CENTRAL

THEATRE

VACE QUEEN'S ED., WISTIQUED BUS

Avance Booking, at AndersoDE and the Theatre Tal 25720...

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 6.15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.

THE SCREEN'S BIGGEST THRILL!

SOL LESSER puts

BUSTER CRABBE

ŁAW EDGAR RICE BURACJIGH'S Story

TARZAN

THE FEARLESS

WITH

JACQUELINE WELLS EDWARD WOODS

A PRINCIPAL

PRODUCTION

18

NEXT CHANGE

EUROPE'S IDOL OF THE SCREEN IN HIS GREATEST HITI

EMIL JANNINGS

IN

"THE TEMPEST"

(STORMS OF PASSION)

WITH ANNASTEN

AN UFA PICTURE.

TO-DAY AT THE

Klog's"

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Falling For You."

Queen's

"Stage Mother."

Goatra:.

Tarzan The Fearless.

Orientas,

"Cracked Nuta."

Lee Theatre

Sta1.

"A" Chinese Picture."

KOWLOON

"Island of Lost Souls."

Majaskio.

King's

Madchen in Uniform.

Coming

"Melody Cruise.

Queen's,

፡፡

"Solitaire Man.""

"Broadway" To Hollywood".

Central

Star:"

The Tempest.".

"Woman Accused."

Third String.' Orders la Orders"

World:

"Made on Broadway, 'Peg 'My Heart.

Oriental

"Dance Team:""

STAGE MOTHER

At The Queen's

The secret of many a child's success on the stage is revealed "Stage Mother" drama theatrical life recently filmed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, which is now showing at the Queen's Theatre.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934.

TO DAY ONLY

AT 2.30,5.10.7.15 & 9.30. P.M

KINGS•

CHARMING, FRESH AND GOOD- HUMOURED ENTERTAINMENT.

Jack Hulbert

CARRIES A LOAD OF MISCHIEF

in

GAUMONT

BRITISH PICTURE

FALLING YOU

-ALSO

GAUMONT SOUND MIRROR"

AND

"PATHE WEEKLY

FALLING FOR YOU

At The King's

In Falling For You." showing at the King's Theatre a Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, the King and Queen of Mirth give us their greatest mirthquake to date. The fun is fast and furious, commencing with the antics of Jack and Cicely on ski-ing slopes and the ice rink, set against the magnificent Swiss mountains,

Jack may be no ski-ing expert, to the joy of the on-looker, shates on at his the ice, brilliantly clever, combines as it does good skating with novel acrobatics. by the being "herded" on their way is brought vividly to the screen.

Adapted from an original story by Bradford Ropes. author of #42nd Street," the picture deals with a little known side of the theatre-the intense ambition that causes "stage mothers" to drive their children to success. The heartbreaks and laughs that are encountered

youngsters

Alice Brady Sensational

Allce Brady scores even a greater triumph than in "When Ladies Meet" in her portrayal as the ambitious mother who will stop at nothing to further the career of her daughter. She is sensational comedy alke in pathos and

Maureen O'Sullivan has the best role of her screen career to date and puts every effort into an out- standing performance.

Franchot Tone adds more laurels to his notable portrayals in such 'pictures' as "To-day We Live." and Return "The Stranger's. "Midnight Mary." He is seen as Miss O'Bullivan's youthful lover,

Philips Holmes as Lord Ayles- worth, who wants to marry Miss O'Sullivan to save her from the designs of her mother, is convinc- ing in a mature role. Ted Healy is the "surprise performance" "of the picture, deserting his mad- cap brand of "stooge" comedy to play several dramatic scenes.

LEE THEATRE Supporting roles

·

TO-DAY TO SUNDAYcently with "Washington Mas-

AT 12.30. 2.30, 5.30,

7:30 & 9.30 F.M.

A CHINESE PICTURE

PRICES AS USUAL.

A Job?

Consult

WANT ADS

Supporting roles are capably Alled by C. Henry Gordon, Alan Alexander. Edwards and. Ben Charles Brabin, who scored re- ""The Secret of querade" and Madame Blanche," handled, the direction with a strong sense of scene values.

Greta Nissen

Melody Cruise

dunce

041

TARZAN THE FEARLESS

At The Queen's

Edgar Rice Burroughs, auðhór of the many volumes of Tarzan stories. Burroughs did not start

BOOKING - AT THE THEATRE *TEL. 25313 & 25332

TO MORROW DO YOUR EYES TROUBLE YOU? They will when you see

MELOD

A naughtycal,

musical

with a boat- load of beauti

ful girlst

CHARLIE RUGGLES and PHIL

HARRIS Grate Hisson. Marforis.Data- ¿Halon Mock,

June

RUISE

Justas

Chambers Music and lyrics by whil Jason and Directed by A Sandrich, Pro by Marian C.

Brack

PADIO

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

TUESDAY,

January 30

Auctions, Lammert's ·Sale of Household Furniture, I Bowen Head, "Lauriston," 10 am,

Cinemas

King's-Falling For You." Queon'a:-"Stage Mother." Central: Tarzan The Fearless". Oricotal:-"Cracked Nuts." World:-"Free Soul"

Leo:A Fol's Bridal Night"

(Chinese Picture). Majestic:-Macoben In Uniform" Star:-"Island of Icet Soul

Meetings Annual, Hongkong Rifle Club, South China Morning Fost" Board Room, 6.30

p.m.; Members and Adherents of Kow. Toon Union Church, Church Hali, 9 p.m.; Annual, St. John's Cathe dral, 3.30 p.m.; Anual, St. An- drew's Church, é pam

Sanitary Board, 4.16 p.m. Miscellaneous.

Tiin

Rotary Club.

Moon-XII Moon, 16th Day, Partial Eclipse partly visible at Greenwich.

Principal Malls.

Inward from Europe via Siberia

by Arendskerk; Outward Air Mail for Europe by D'Artagnan 10.30. a.m.; steamer 11.30 a 172.

Spořis

Hockey. Punjabs v, Borderers. 4.15 p.a: Medway Punjabis; St. Andrew's v. Y.M.C.A, TA

Contract Bridge. Open Tourna- ment Final, R. E. Lindsell and M. E, Pokti v. J. F. Shea and P. Abesser (Sports Club),.9 p.m.

Sunrise 7.0 am; Sunset.-8.09

2

OPENING OF THE Tides. High at 10.36 and 20:43:

ALHAMBRA

Gold Diggers

Of 1933"

to write until he was thirty-five."Gold Diggers of 1933," Warner He was an adventurer in life before Bros.

dramatic

musical

screen

he opened up a new world of ad- special and the most lavishly pro venture with his books; a cavalry-duced motion picture of the de- maa in Arizona, a policeman in Salt cade will be the opening picture at Lake City, a cowboy in Idabo, the Alhambra Theatre. and a gold miner in Oregon, was this original writer's background. Then he suddenly achieved fame as the author of "Tarzan of the Apes."

Hailed as a fitting climax to a season of exceptional entertain ment values started by the pre- sentation of the enormously popu Although starting comparatively lar "42nd Street" a few months late in life as an author, Burroughs ago, Gold Diggers of 1933" has Not to be beaten Cicely shows us always had an idea that he could been acclaimed by critics as the something new in the way of luge write, so one day he just sat right most spectacular and vital enter

Ittainment ever originated in Holly- ing, and the shots of her careering, down and started Tarzan," madly down the mountain slopes was written at odd times on scraps wood. leave nothing to be, desired in the of paper. Finally completed and

Bight players of stellar rank, way of riotous comedy...

transcribed to descent size paper, headed by Warren William, Joan The story of "Falling For You"it was sent to magazine, was a Blondell and Ruby Keeler, take

cented and instantly scored a suc-

important parts in this produc- cess. Since that time Tarzan stor-

tion. Others include Dick Powell, from 1.Aline ies have come rapidly

MacMahon, Guy Kibber, Burrough's pea, until they now Ginger Rogers and Ned Sparks. number na less than thirteen, with A new Busby Berkeley chorus of

4.SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-8.18

718-880

Phil Harris and "Greta Nissen"

In "Melody Cruise

A vital and dramatic story of

Low at 322 and 13.41.

WEDNESDAY, January 31. Anniversaries and Holidays:- Execution of Charles 1, 1849,

Auctions: Leasehold Property Sale, China Auction Rooms: 3 p.m. i. Sale of Household Furniture, 1 Bowen Road, 10 m

Cinemas

King's: "Melody Cruise." Queen's: "Stage Mother." Central:- The Tempest." World: "Free Boul." Oriental:-"Dance Ten."

Leo: "A Fool's Bridal Night."

(Chinese Picture); Majestic-Mauchen In Uniform" Star: The Third String."

Meetings: The Chung Hwa Steel Products Co. (HK) Ltd., 3, Queen's Road Central, (Compra- dore's Dept., The Chartered Bank of I. A. C.) 4 p.m.

Miscellaneous Whist Drive Seamen's Institute. p.m.; Kow- loon Union Church Women's Guild 10 a.m.; Kowloon Union Church Choir Practice 843 p.m.

Mous-Full Moon, 0.31 am.; XII Moon, 17th Day

'Principal Malls Outward for America and Europe

Sports.

still another volume on the way. 200 beautiful girls, achieves start- via Siberia by Empress of Russia Tarzan the Fearless the super-ling importance in the present 10 sm.; for Europe via Suez by serial based on these great Tarzan plcture in the most gorgeously Agamemnon 2.30 p.m. stories, combines the thrilling high staged ensembles ever conceived lights of all these stories, produced for stage or screen entertainment. in twelve chapters of two reels each. Buster Crabbe, world-cham- pion swimmer, a young man of extraordinary physical equipment, and an actor and athlete of out standing talents, is starred in the title role, supported by Jacqueline Wells and Edward Woods in fea- tured roles. Bob Hill directed..

8.11.

Cricket St. Joseph's College v. the people behind the production Queen's College.

Hockey Panjabs w Hongkong of a great Broadway show, "Gold Diggers of 1933" would be a great Hockey Club semors, 5 p.m.; Cen picture even without the enhance-tral British v. Recreio.

Bunset: Sunrise:-7.00 am.. ment of the spectacular musical

Combined show settings.

with p.m. these it is said to present the Tides:-High at 11.14 and 21.40÷ greatest amusement value of this Low at 4.20 and 15.01.. or any other 'year's productions, Sor numbers from the talented gives Jack and Cicely every oppor- team of Harry Warren and Al tunity to entertain with their in- Dubin, who were responsible for mitable humour and catchy songs,the hits in its predecessor, “42nd The latter fit so well into the Street," will soon be heard and situations that they are practi-aung the world over, cally part of the dialogue.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTALE

LAST 4 TIMES

TO-DAY POSITIVELY THE BEST COMEDY SHOW IN TOWN

WHEELER WOOLSEY

CRACKED NUTS

with DOROTHY LEE Edna May Oliver Stanley Fields Len! Stengel

FLEMING ##OAD

WANGHAI

TEL. 28578

TO-MORROW

THURSDAY

TWO

SOREEN FAVOURITES IN A GREAT. COMEDY PICTURE

JAMES

DUNN

SAKALLYA

FILERS Dance Team

FOX Picture

"Gold Diggers of 1933" was directed by Mervyn LeRoy who has given the entertainment world pictures like "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang" and›,“Eimer The Great" in the past few months. Combined with Le Roy's ability to crowd dramatic ⠀⠀ and ́ comedy incidents izito close harmony is Busby Berkeley's unerring sense of beauty, colour and sensational effects with chorus ensembles. Out of this happy collaboration of effort comes "Gold Diggers of 1933.

Warner Bros. threw the entire

of their resources, OS

studios behind this production. The Avery Hopwood story has been adapted by Erwin Gelsey and James Seymour. The enormous sets designed for the Berkeley chorus, numbers, were a seven day. marvel in sensation satiated Holly- wood The cast equals the aver age drawing, power of five success- ful pictures. - All in all “Gold Diggèrs of 1933" is offered to the public. now as the greatest single achievement-in-the, history of the amusement industry..

The wedding is announced to take, place shortly. of Divisional Inspector R. Shannon, of the Hong Kong Folice, and Miss Joyce, Coleman, of Phillips House, How- Loon.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Boal, Kowloon Tel. 57222 TU-DAY & TO-MORROW

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.

"MADCHEN IN INFORM"

WITH

DOROTHEA WEICK F.

A UFA PICTURE,

NEXT CHANGE

CITY LIGHTS"

WILE

CHARLIE CHAPLAN

BILLYS

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.10, 7:20 & 9.30 pm:

ber

She made business of daugh- ter's beauty Alice Brady

is superb in this daring dráma!

STAGE

MOTHER

with

ALICE BRADY Maureen O'Sullivan Franchot Tone » Phillips Holmes *Ted Healy

· TO-MORROW

ADORED BY WOMEN

for-his

taking

Ways!

ADMIRED

BY MEN

for his nocking

nerve

The SOLITAIRE

MAN

́is coming!

A Raffles of the boudoirs-be Il· steal your heart as easily as your Jewels!

with

HERBERT

MARSHALL

MARY

ABOLAND

LIONEL

AT WILL

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At.2.80 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M TERROR!

Stalked the Brush- Choked Island,.

Where Men Who: Were Animals Sought the

Who Was AIR! Homant HG. WELLS"

ISLAND

LOST SOULS

CHARLES LAUGİFress: BELA LUGOSI: RICHARD AREEN.

LEILA BYAME-

AND THE

PANTHER WOMA

A Garamennt, Chat

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