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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TAKY QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advanco Booking at Andersons

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

HONG KONG

དྷྭ་

King's

Hoopla "

and the Theatro Tel. 5720.

Queen's

Central.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

ROSE LAI

AND

NG CHO FAN

IN

A CHINESE PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES

"TWO BROTHERS"

WINT

WONG CHO WAN

PRODUCED BY

GREENVIEW FILM CO.

RELEASED. BY UNITED PHOTOPLAY

SERVICE

NEXT CHANGE

TAKE A CHANCE

the

Good Littic WON'T.WON'T

The rest of the glis dunce the bad little canes...burt'ma good kitti won't- "won't when they play "Eadie Was

A Lody"

A Paramount Release, with

* JAMËS DUNN

* JUNE KNIGHT

LILLIAN ROTH.

★ CLIFF EDWARDS

* LILIAN BOND

* DOROTHY LEE *LONA ANDRE ROGERS

* CHAS,

with 100 Gorges Skaugich

The beautiful English star Anna Nengle in the leading role of Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet" opening to-morrow at the King's Theatre.

"A Bedtime Story

"Two Brothers" (Chinese Pic- ture).

Oriental

Tugboat Antio

KOWLOON

Alhambra

"A Bedtime Story"

Star.

""Indiscretions of Eve"

Majestic.

"Paddy * The Thing"

Coming

King's

"Bitter Sweet"

Alhambra

Bedtime Story "

Central

"Take A Chance"

Oriental

"Deluge"

Next Best

A BEDTIME STORY

Chevalier And Miss Twelvetrees

Maurice Chevalier's latest star- ring picture, "A Bedtime Story," opens simultaneously to-day at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.

The famed French star's pout- ing lower lip and straw hat are set off against £ background

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1934.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

•KINGS?

LATFSI FOX MOVIETONE NEWS

“ME FALLING IN LOVE LIKE A SCHOOL GIRL!

THAT'S A7

LAUGH!

Clara BOW

HOOPLA

ALSO-

with

PRESTON FOSTER RICHARD CROMWEL Herbert Mundin

LATEST CARTOON *FANNY IN THE LION'S DEN"

which includes Helen Twelvetrees, into one amusing. difficulty after Edward Everett Horton, Adrienne the other. Meanwhile, a number Ames, and Baby Leroy, the year-of women with whom he has had old youngster who won himself appointments wait and, walt for the role in the picturè in com-him to put in an appearance, petition with thousand other

a babies his own age.

A Bedtime Story" is the tale of a new Chevalier-a Chevaller, who goes in a big way for the "babies." But, in this case, e's the one-year-old babe he's in- terested in, and not the feminine type He's pursued, and been pursued by, in previous pictures.

Chevaller is cast as a Paris man-about-town, carefree and ir- responsible. On his return from

R voyage to Africa, he finds an abandoned child in his car and becomes so intrigued and delighted by it that he decides to keep it. While he awaits the arrival of a murse to take care of it, he and Edward Everett Horton. his valet, play nursemaids themselves, getting

'HOOPLA'

Showing At The King's

If Johnny Bow, Clara's mischievous little cousin who is making his home with "The Red Head returns to his old neighbourhood in Brooklyn N.Y, he will certainly be the head man among his old pals. For Johany, be it known, made his debut in pictures in fact, in "Aunt Clara's" very own picture, And Johnny rated a closeup! It happened like this.

'Hoopia" the Fox Film now at the King's Theatre, has a carnival background and the opening sequence, filmed at night, shows a real honest-to-goodness carnival, with freaks, dancers, merry- go-round, Ferris wheel, giant ewing, and everything. Hundreds of extras atmosphere. provided the crowd Clara wasn't scheduled for work, but she arrived at Fox Movietone to take a look at the hugh set, and brought Johnny along.

Two minutes after they arrived the youngster expressed a desire to ride the merry-go-round, and Clara found a horse for him. At this moment a sequence was being filmed showing Richard Cromwell, a young hobo, mov ing through the crowd on the midway. A giant camera crane followed his indvements. Just as the" "camera" neared the merry-go-round Johnny's horse swung into the picture so that Johnny earned a close-up.

DO YOU KNOW?

That Gordon Wostcott actor .under contract to Paramount,

owns a 5,500 acre ranch near- Fool's Creek, Utah?

That Alison Skipworth can be," and generally is, brutally frank' in conversation? --

That Kate Smith, because of her radio and screen work, has received as many as 35,000 fan letters in a single week.

That Miriam Hopkins is a fruit- juice-for-lunch fan?

That Wynne Gibson calls her- mother. "Puff" and her father "slag?"

That Charles Laughton general- ly carries a bocket camera and has a gallery of very amusing and very candid shots of all his friends?

The nurse finally arrives," in the person of Miss Twelvetree, an American girl stranded in Paris. She's soon in love with the baby- and with the baby's protector.

James Gleason Minna Gombell

Aa ki Rocként. Production From the play"The Barker" by Jaba Kanyan Nichelsan

*MOVIE TINTYPES

WHERE IS MY WANDERING BOY"

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313

& 25332

FROM TO-MORROW

2

THE SWEETEST LOVE STORY

EVER TOLD OF TWO HEARTS AGAINST THE WORLD.

NOEL COWARD'S BITTER SWEET

WITH

ANNA NEAGLE FERNAND, GRAAVERY

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

ALSO

"SHOWBOAT"

A MUSICAL ORGANLOGUE,

The picture comes to an amusing tom President," was in charge of climax when Maurice, Miss Twelve-, the timing. trees, the baby, and Horton go to the house of Maurice's fiancee for the week-end. The events that follow lose him the fiancee, almost lose him. Miss Twelvetrees, but bring things to a whimsical end.

Norman Taurog, director of such flms as "Skippy" and "The Fhan-college...

Maurice Chevaller is this week's hero. Without & "quiver he allow- ed Edward Everett Horton, his yalet in A Bedtime Story," to shave him. Horton had just com- pleted a course in a barber's

SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 and 9.30 P.M.

She's the queen of our nursery... and the queen of our hearts! And are we all tied in knots tel- ling 'A Bedtime' Story to HER!

uce

ALHAMBRA

At

2.30, 5.20, 7:20 and 9.20 P.M.

Gay Maurice and his latest pal...a doorstep baby right on the threshold of your heart.

CHEVALIER

TO-DAY ONLY

in "a

Bedtime Story

with

HELEN TWELVETREES EDWARD EVERETT HORTON ADRIENNE AMES - BABY LEROY

(STAR

At 2.30, 5.20, 7 20 & 9.20 p.m.

Britain's Best Comedy

Indiscretions of Eve"

with

STEFFI DUNA-FRED CONYNGHAM

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

•

TO-DAY

(March 24) Cinemas

King's Huopla," Queen's: A Bedtime Story." Central:- Safety Last" Oriental:- Tugboat Annie." World: Storm At Daybreak." Altarabra: Counsellor At

Law."

Majestle:"Paddy The Next

Best Thing." Star:-"Indiscretions Of Eve." Entertainments:

Hong Kong

Chinese Choral Society's first Con- cert, Great Hall of the University,

9 p.m.

Lenten Missions-Roman Catho- lle Cathedral. 6 p.m.

Miscellaneous.-Diocesan

at

Girls' School Prize Distribution, 3 p.m.

Moon. II. Moon, 10th Day

Principal Mails

Air Mall for Europe by Chitral 9 am, steamer 10.30 am... Outward for Australia by Atsuta Maru 9.30

a.IIL

Sports

V.

Athletics-Queen's College An- nual Sports (College ground, Causeway Bay), 2 p.m.

Cricket-Hong Kong C.C. Royal Navy (F), Second Division: Craigengower C.C. v. H.K.C.C. (L), Royal Navy v. South Wales Bor- derers (F), Police v. R.A.S.C. (F); Club de Recreio v. Combined Schools.. (F.).

Football.-Shield Final Senior; S. China, v. Borderers (Club ground), 430 p.m.; First Division; East Lan- cashires v. Police (Kowicon" F.C. ground), 4.30 p.m.; Second Divi- sion: Young Indians v. Club; Third Division: RA.M.C. v. Royal Engi-

China neers: South

* Radio Sports. University v. RAS.C.

Hockey-Caer Clark Cup: Cen- tral British School 7: Recreio "A" 3 p.nl.

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PEGGY SHANNON LOIS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER Matt Moore, Edword Van Sison, Rolf Harolda, Samwel

Hinds Directed by Felix E. Fein from the book by S.' Fowler Wright. Samil

Beautiful And Charming

Story

BITTER SWEET AT KING'S

•

TO-MORROW

Vividly contrasting types make, equal acclaim to Anna Neagle.

It was the one and only Jack ideal lovers, för "Bitter Sweet'

Anna

and Neagle

Fernand Buchanan who picked Miss Neagie Graavey, the new starring team of out of the chorus of an English: "Bitter Sweet" the United Artists musical show and made her his release which opens to-morrow at leading woman in "Good Night the King's Theatre, are bound to Vienna," She was an immediate achieve tremendous success;

triumph, the press of both America. .Built

around Noel. Coward's and England - commenting upon poignantly beautiful and charm- the charm of her voice, her acting ing story of Bari and Carl, "Bit- ability and her personality ter Swet? calls for acting talent“

A Favourite in Europe, of a high degree, and not only are Graavey Misa Neagle, and Mr.

"Bitter Sweet". marks Fernand? Ideal for the delineations of the Graavey's first appearance in an leading characters, but they are Lugish-speaing pictate, although vividly contrasting types. Miss he has worked for three years In Neagle is typically Baxon. and the Paramount studios in Paris -fair complexion, while Graavey is He was born in Belgium and, as Latin to a similar degree, having a boy, was a war refugee in Eng black hair and black eyes. Each land, where he was educated, Els has poise and a thorough grasp of first stage appearance was as a the acting technique and an ex-; French child in Charles B. Coch ceptionally beautiful singing voice. ran's war-time show, The Kiddies Their several duets in the picture in the Ruina" are long to be remembered, es- pecially "I'll See You Again" and "Dear Little Cafe."

Young, Fernand had to overcome his parents objection to a stage. career. He changed his name Chosen From Many, i

from the original. Flemish, Mari tens to Graavey. It was not Mias Neagle, a flower-like Eng- lish beauty, was picked by Direc- long before he made his mark on tor Herbert Wilcos from a field of the Paris stage but he did not candidates including Jeanette appear in pictures until the ad- MacDonald, Lillian Harvey and vent of the talkies. He now has Evelyn Laye, Miss Laye, it will be his own theatre in Paris where recalled, filled the leading role in presents plays although he doe the late Forenz Ziegfeld's. New not appear in them himself. York production of "Bitter Sweet." "Bitter Sweet, which does tu She came to New York an un-Justice to the many talents of Noel known and was an instantaneous Coward, who wrote the book minate Success This Alm production of and lyrics, starts at the King's "Bitter Swet for United Artists Theatre to-morrow, and is heari release, will undoubtedly bring recommended.

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