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CENTRAL

CHEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BỰN

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT 5.15 AND 9.30 ONLY

UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE OF HONGKONG

JF

PRESENTS

TO-DAY AT THE

King's

CINEMA

HONG KONG

Hold me Tight."

Queen's.

"Broadway to Hollywood.?

Central

"Way Down East".

"Blossom Time."

Oriental.

(A Chinese Picture)

"Samilia" Through."

Lee Theatre

"A Chinese Picture."

KOWLOON

Alhambra

Torch Singer. "`

Star.

"Gabriel over the White-

House."

„Majestio.

99

"A SYNCHRONISED VERSION OF THE FAMOUS SILENT FILM

"WAY DOWN EAST

WITH

ሃ!

LILLIAN GISH

AND

RICHARD BARTHELMES?.

AT 2.30 AND 7.15 P.M.

A CHINESE PICTURE

BLOSSOM TIMB

TO-MORROW

UNBELIEVABLE

THRILL'S

-in the picture they said could never be made. Filmed among the icebergs and other dangers of Arctic Green: land.

S.O.S. KEBERG

With Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Gibson Gowland, Ernst Udel. Directed by Tay Garnett.

·A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

BAKERS STRIKE FOR "DOPE"

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Startling Disclosures in N. Y. Prison. Scandal

New York, Jan. 27. Even blase New Yorkers, long ac-, customed to shocking public scan- dals, are more than a little' start- led at the revelations of the situa- tion in the Welfare Island gaol. The prison, which holds criminals convicted of misdemeanours or other offences which do not war rant transport to a state penitten- tary, is located on the long narrow island in the East River which runs along the eastern side of Manhattan Island.

Investigations have shown that. two gangsters virtually ran the prison in conjunction with the po- lice under the direction of Tam- many Hall, the hard-boiled, graft- ing political machine, which was thrown out into the streets by Mr. Florello Laguardia in the last. Ma- yorality elections after more than a decade of uninterrupted sway over the city's fortunes.

Prisoners could secure their 1- beration for an average payment of $100. It was discovered that seven prisoners employed in the bakery staged a regular strike when they were unable to obtain their regular supply of dope."" Prison- ers were killed in internal struggles among the gangsters in the prison nd no one was ever brought to book for any of them-Havas

Arizona To Broadway."

Coming

Queen's

"Tetrox Aboard,”

"College Humor."

King's

"Ave of Aces." "

Lee Theatre

"Monte Carlo Madness"

Central

"SO.S.. Icoberg."

Star:

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"Song of the Eagle."

"Murger in the Zoo."

Alhambra

"Torch Singer."*

"Take a Chance.TM“

Oriental

"Six Hours To Live."

TERROR ABROAD

For The Queen's

A new high record for the num

ber of deaths occurring in one fim

is set in Terror Aboard," picture

which opens to-morrow It "the Queen's Theatre.

More than two. dozen persons die, in diverse and varied man- ners. during the action.

John Halliday. Charlle Ruggles, Nell Hamilton, Shirley Grey. Ver- ree Teasdale and Jack LaRue play the leading roles in the picture.

Action takes place in the Pacific Ocean. A freighter. steaming slowing eas.ward, sights a luxuri- ous private yacht sailing an errati course, moors wide open and ap- parently deserted. The freighter sends a boarding party to the ship. and the male climbs aboard. He never returns; when the rest of the party reach the deck, they find him dead in his own blood. They strewed other corpses also".find

woman throughout the vessel-a frozen to

though the death, climate is tropical a man hanging in a closet.

Then the camera flashes back several days to show the audience what happened aboard the yacht. Halliday, a world-famous Anandler, is cruising aboard his own boot with a group of friends and a large crew. A secret radio message informs him that his gigantic frauds have been exposed, and he realizes that he faces arrest the moment the yacht touches port.

that He immediately decides

LEE THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY A CHINESE PICTURE

TO-MORROW

A MAGNIFICENT DRAMA WITH GORGEOUS SETTINGS

SARI MARITZA

IN

MONTE CARLO MADNESS

A BEAUTIFUL" MUSICAL ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMBLING

RESORT.

A UFA PRODUCTION.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT

2.30, 5.10 & 7.15 P.M.ONLY

•KINGS?

Should Wives Work? -

"No !" says James Dunn

"Yes!"

says Sally Bilers

There are heaps of drama and amusing romance in the answer to the argument between these married youngsters

HOLD ME TIGHT

wid

James DUNN Sally EILERS

Frank McHugh

Directed by David Butler Story by

Gertrude Rigdon

Scrumsplay by Gladys Lähman..

A FOX PISTO

HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY”"

PRESENTS

"THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

on FEB. 6th-8th-9th and 10th at 9.30 P.M. MATINEE on WED. 7th FEB. at 4,30 P.M.

PRICES

$3.90–$3.30-$2.20 – $1.10

(INCLUDING TAX),"

“HOLD ME TİGHT”

At The King's

There seems to be no ict-up In the triumphs that James Dunn and Sally Ellers are achieving as one of the screen's leading ro- mantic teams. In "Hold Me Tight." their latest Fox production that opens at the, King's Theatre lo-day, they add another notable one to their long list.

There are perhaps no other two players in alms who' so staunchly personify the real charm of mo- dern youth. James Dunn is all young men, and Sally Ellers is every young girl Togel her they are idéal.

In "Hold Me Tight," they have the type of roles that first brought them into prominence "in such Alms as "Bad Girl" and "Dance Team.". It is a story that concerns a search for happiness over al- barriers. most insurmountable Those two young people win their fight, and victory is sweeter for all of the hardships of the strug- gle.

They are both employed in a large

where.. department store. they meet and fall in love. Sally is attractive and Jimmy is amTI – bitious. There seems to be no- thing standing in the way of complete success. But they reackon without the destres and ambitions of others..

hampered by these others, the battle is a difficult one. With an unscrupulous store detective who is attracted to Sally and is in

get Jimmy out of a position to the way, the fight is made all the more strenuous.

The background of the film, so typical of New York in both mood and structure, is, just what this pair of young players, needs. The department store with its teeming population is exactly suitable to their talents. The

direction of David Butler has taken of these details into account and brought! them forth at their best."

3.5

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In addition 10 Dunn and Miss Ellers, special mention must "of Frank McHugh and June Clyde, their companions throughout the story. Kenneth Thomson is ex

the detective,

and cellent Noel Francis is highly attractive as cloths model. Dorothy Peter- son and Clay Clement contribute notable performances. The screen play is from the pen of Glady's Lehman, and is an adaptation of the story by Gertude Rigdon.

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AN ASQUITH RECORD

(Special Air-Mall Service)

London, January 17. The Asquith family "must have established a record by securing five Balliol scholarships and one they have a good chance of a Baillol Exhibition in three genera hieving their personal alms, but tlons.

Let alone;

this

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25319 & 25932

TO-MORROW

KILL!

RICHARD

DIX

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in a blazing tale of clash and combat

Ace Aces"

With Elizabeth Allan Ralph Bellamy Theodore Newton

Joe Savers

From the story by John Monk Saunders, author of "WINGS"

Directed by J. Walter Ruben, Merian C Cooper, exec utive producer... RKO-RADIO Picture

TORCH SINGER

At The Alhambra

11

Claudette Colbert has been given real chance to display her talents.

a

Hall

Ricardo Cories.

and

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

February 6. Anniversarica and Holidays.- Pope Pius XI elected, 1992

Cinemas.

King's: "Hoki Me Tight." Queen's-Broadway To

Hollywood."

Central Way Down East" Oriental "Smilia Through." World: "Chinese Picture. Lee:Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-The Torch Singer." | Majestic-Arizona To

Broadway."

Star: Gabriel Over The White

House." Hongkong

Entertainments. Philharmonic Society presents the "Pirates of Penzance," King's Thea

tre, 9.30 p.m..

Lectures-Hon. Sir Henry Pol- look on "Kipling's Poems," Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m.

Moolings Hongkong Branch, English Association," Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m. Hongkong Women's International Club, Chung To Building. Ist floor, 5.18 p.m.

Miscellaneous, Annual Inspec tion of St. John Ambulance Bri- gade by H.E. the Governor, Mur- Tay Parade Grond, 4.45 p.m.; Rotary Club Tiffin; Kowloon Union Church Young Fecple's Society, 9 p.m.

Moon.-XII-Moen, 93rd. Day.

Sports.

Hockey Central British V. Punjab Regiment.

Lawn Tennis-Open Singles, P. K. Liang v. Firdos Khan; A. "E. P. Guest v. H. B. Day; D. C. Dunham v. WC. Hung; D. S. Green v. Ng Kam-chuen Capt, P. S. Cannon v. H. J. Armstrong; F. H. Kwok v. A..L. Sullivan, Tsui Yua-pui v. W. A. H. Duff.

Sunrise--7.00 am. Sunset, ---6, 14 °

P..

Tides-High at 0.43 and 13.36; Lowa 7.13 and 206.

WEDNESDAY, „ Auctions:-Sale of Crown Lands, District Office, Taipo, 11.30 a.m.; Leasehold Property Sale, Lam-. mert's Sales Room, 3 p.m.

Cinemas.

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The opportunity came to her in King's:-"Age Of Ages." "Torch Singer latest starring Queen's:-"Terror "Aboard." picture for Paramount, opening Central:-"Way Down East." today at the Alhambra Theatre, Oriental:Six Hours To Live"." in which she plays a character World:-Chinese Picture" with two definite personalities Lee:Monte Carlo Madness." a tender, loving mother-and, a Alhambra:-"The Torch Singer." hard-hearted queen of the night Majestic:-Arizona To

Broadway." clubs, singing for the man who's

Star:-"Song Of The Eagle." left her.

The picture, adapted from the Entertainments: "Pirates of Liberty Magazine story. "Mike" by Penzance," King's Theatre, 4.30 Grace Perkins, as directed. by p.m.

Union Meetings: Kowloon Alexander

George David Manners, Business, 10 am.. Somnes, Featured in the cast are Church Women's Guild Monthly

and Baby LeRoy.

Miscellaneous: - Annual Speech Lyda Roberti

Rainger,

of Day. Ying Wa Girls' School, in the composer: Ralph

Hall of Hop Yat Church; Bonham, "Moanin' Low," has written sever- al songs which Miss Colbert sings Road, 7 p.m.; Whist Drive, Sea-

men's Institute, & p.m. in the picture.

Moon:-Last Quarter, 3. p.m. "Torch Singer" tells of the

Principal Mails. leaves her just as she is about travails of Sally Trent, whose man XI Moon, 4th, Day,

Outward for America and Euro. to give birth to his child. Im- poverished, she is forced to give pe via Siberia, by Chichibu Maru, the baby up for adoption when 8.30 am. the father's family refuses help, and her character undergoes a de- finite change. Assuming the name Mimi Benton, Sally becomes a suc- cess in the night club songs with her sizzling songs.

:

Sports."

Cricket St. Joseph's College v. La Salle College; Royal Navy v Diocesan Boys' School,

Hockey-Hongkong Hockey Club seniors v. H.K.S.R.A., 5 p.m.

With fame in her grasp, she

Lawn Tennis. Open Singles, H. finds that it means nothing to her D. Tollinton v. C. M. Jacob; M.. compared with the great longing Drysdale v. H. D. Rumjaha A. C. C. Miera . R. B. Hanbly; S. E.

for her child. When

she goes

The present Lord Oxford's scho-back to the hospital to learn the Green v. M. Beach-Thomas; Iu there is only one course of action' larship is announced to-day. His

names of its adopted parents, she Tak-lem v. J. W. Leonard; M. C. Hung v. H. Y. Ho; S. A. Gray Y. open to him-to dispose of every-grandfather, his father, and two is refused the information. one else aboard, with the exception of his uncles won the same honour.

Then came the thrilling events. W. Amery; S. A. Rumjahn v. leading up to the emotional (Continued on previous column.) of Miss Grey. with, whom he is in A great-uncle was an exhibitioner.

The nearest approach to love escape with her 'to a desert Island..

record at Balliol that I can trace One by one, passengers and is that of the Huxley family.

The original Thomas was self- crew succumb-each in a more: horrible, more gruesome fashion educated, but his son Leonard and than the last. The climax is pre- his grandson Julian wère Balliol cipitated by the arrival on the "scholars. Another grandson was scene of Hamilton, an aviator.. an exhibitioner.

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AMBASSADORIAL SHUFFLE

(Special Air-Mall Service)

London, January 17. Mr. "Alec" Cadogan, formerly in charge of League of Nations affairs ROW at the Foreign Office, and British Minister to China, leaves England for his new post on January 25,

"His arrival in Pekin' will com- plete the recent triple shuffle - by which Sir Miles Lampson, his predecessor in China, has been transferred to Cairo, and Sir Percy Loraine, the recent High Commis- sioner for Egypt, to Angora.

This year will see further im- portant charges in British diplo- macy. At least four embassies will fall..vacant

Sir George Gražiame, Sir William Erskine and Sir Claud Russell are due to retire during the year. Lord Tyrrell's tenure, of the Paris Embassy is unlikely to exceed another period of twelve months.

Sir Esmond Ovey, who has been on leave ever since he left Moscow; may get Lisbon. Sir Howard Kennard, a hard-working diplo mat, who achieved merit by learn- ing the Serbian language as a Minister, is a likely candidate for Warsaw.

D. M. Macdougall; K. L. Eov, Y. Hachiuma,

Bunrise---7.00 a.m. Sunset: 0.15

p;m.

Tides:-High at 199 and 14.14; Low at 7.31 and 21.58.

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A DRAMA OF TO-DAY

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GABRIEL

OVER THE WHITE HOUSE

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ALHAMBRA

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HOT LIPS... HOT SONGS...

IN THE HOT SPOTS OF BROADWAY!

Yol sho's the must woman in Amorkéal

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TORCH SINGER

A Piano Files whi

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Another Hit for the

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