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CENTRAL

HEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD.,'WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons...

and the Theatre Tel 25720,

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

ROSE LAI

AND

NG CHO FAN

IN

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

King's

"Bitter Sweet”.

Queen'e

A Bedtime Story

deatral.

"Two Brothers" (Chinese Fic- ture),

Oriental

"Deluge"

KOWLOON

Alhambra

"A Bedtime Story"

Star.

"4 Marx Brothers"

Majestic.

A CHINESE PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES

"Paddy The Next Thing"

Best

King's

Central

"TWO BROTHERS'

WITH..

WONG CHO WAN

PRODUCED BY

GREENVIEW FILM CO.

RELEASED BY ·

Coming

"Chance At Heaven"

"Take A Chance"

"CHANCE AT

HEAVEN"

UNITED PHOTOPLAY || Coming to the King's

SERVICE

TOMORROW

TAKE A CHANCE

the i

. Good Little

WON'T.WON'T

The rest of the girls

dance the had file con cun...but I'm o

good 1 won't-

won't when thay

play "Eadie Wor

A Lady"; ...

A Paramount Release with

** JAMES DUNN

★ JUNE KNIGHT LILLIAN ROTH *CLIFF EDWARDS ★ LILIAN BOND ★ DOROTHY LEE' ★ LONA ANDRE

* CHAS BuddyROGERS

with 100 Gorses Showgirik

FOOTLIGHT PARADE

Theatre

A rdmantle melodrama of very young persons and their problemis in love provides interesting screen fare in "Chance at Heaven," Rko- Radio Pictures' film version of Vina Delmar's latest story which was recently popularized as 1 serial In Liberty Magazine. the new attraction at the King's Theatre on Wednesday.

to

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1934.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT ||2,30,6.10,7,15 & 9,30 P.M.

•KINGS

Bitter Memories" Sweet Memories.

She Loved.. Them All!

ROEL COWARD'S

Bitter Sweet

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE · SHOWBOAT”

ALSO

A MUSICAL'ORGANLOGUE.

wiles and fascinating beauty upon, Blacky, which result in an elope ment.

Like

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 26313 & 25932-

-NEXT 'CHANGE

CHANCE

AT

HEAVEN

Ofith JOEL MCCREA GINGER ROGERS MARIAN NIXON ANDY DEVINE

RRO-RADIO PICTURE

childhood sweethearts, in their

Combined with the enthralling New England town, and are all

romance of "Chance at Heaven" prepared to enter matrimony now

as only Vina Delmar can depict that Blacky 15 an established

good soldier, a

Marjet, is an abundance of comedy. proprietor of his own automobile stands by and aids Glory in set- A great deal, of it is attributable service, station.

ting up house for Blacky. When to Andy Devine in his role of As the wedding bells are about Glory learns she is to have 2

Blacky's gas station assistant. resound through the town. baby, her mother takes her to William Seiter directed the pic- With Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers Glory Franklyn enters Blacky's California.. Blacky shortly there- ture with Lucien Littlefield, Ann and Marion Nixon involved in an life. O vacation from New York after, realizes that his "chance at Shoemaker, George Meeker intriguing triangle of romance, and her ultrasophisticated smart i heaver". is in the New England Virginia Hammond Also In the marriage and heartbreak, Chance society set, Glory lavishes feminine town in Marie Harris.

cast. at Heaven" presents and unravels the problems of Blacky German, Mare Harris and Glory Franklyn. Blacky and Marie have been

"BITTER SWEET”.

A Romantic Operetta

It has been said that Noel Co- ward, the theatre's most versatile. play-wright, does not show off by his versatility: it is his versatility which shows him of.

'Moylegoers found him sophistic- ated, satirical and farcical in **Private Lives" and powerful dramatic and epochal in "Caval- cade." Now, in "Bitter Sweet, a United Artists release showing to day at the King's Theatre, he is frankly and delightfully senti- mental

Bitter Sweetwas originally an operetta. Florenz Ziegfeld pre- sented it elaborately on the New- York stage several seasons ago with Evelyn Laye in the leading, role. Peggy Wood played it for two years in London. This picture, in cidentally, is the first thing that ever bore Mr. Ziegfeld's name to appear before the public, in any form, since his death over a year ago.

Anna Neagle, who has been seen here- only with Jack Buchanan in "Magic Night" and is comparative- y unknown here, is an English girl of such beauty and talent, and "Bitter Sweet *** is 盆 vehicle so designed to display her charms that it is prophesied she will be the

Coming To Queen's over-night sensation Evelyn Laze

And Alhambra

Seventy-two thousand pearls, graduated in size from a pea to a walnut, were used to dress one hundred beautiful girls in a single number of "Footlight: Parade." the Warner Bros. lavish new. musical pictures which will be shown simultaneously.. at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres from Wedries- day.

achleyed when she came to Broad- way.

Opposite Miss Neagle is Fernand Graavey, handsome young idol of Paris, who has turned down Holly" wood offers because He is happy where he is. Others in the cast are Ivy St. Heller, a favourite of New York, London and Paris, Miles Mander, Stuart Robertson, Clifford. Heatherley and Esme Percy. Her- bert Wilcox directed.

"Bitter Sweet" tells the very romantic story of Sari, an exqul- site, carefully nurtured social but terfly, who runs away from her very duil fiance to elope with her penniless music master, a hand- some young Austrian who takes her to Vienna, where romance is written in capital letters.

A water scene, in which camera shots actually were taken ten feet under the surface, shows the hun- dred sea nymphs, daughters of Neptune, in luxurious, although briny, surroundings. Costumes, of course, had to be waterproof, and studio designers with the co operation of Dance Director Bush Berkeley, conceived the plan of ture which carries a well-knit clothing the girls in bands of comedy drama plot in addition to golden rubber, molded to their its music and ensembles. Two figures, and outlined with pearls. hundred and fifty girls appear in Five hundred gross of pearls the various numbers which were proved to be the number requir-created by Busby Berkeley. ed, while three hundred yards of There is an all star cast headed net and a similar amount of the by James. Cagney, Joan Blondell. golden material "barely" covered Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Clarie the hundred beauties.

Dodd, George Westcott, and Ar- The water nymph scepe is one of thur Hohl Lloyd Bacon directed the beautiful and unique num- the picture from a screen play by bers of "Footlight Parade," à plc- 'Manuel Seff and James Seymour.

SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO-DAY

QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA

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 wë all tied in knots tel- ling "A Bedtime Story' to HER!

Maurice

At 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 and 9.20 P.M.

Gay Maurice and his latest pal...a doorstep babyright on the threshold "of your heart.

CHEVALIER

in "a

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

Bedtime Story

HELEN TWELVETREES EDWARD EVERETT HORTON ADRIENNE AMES » BABY LEROY

STAR

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

p.m.

Paramount's Sensational Comedians

4 MARX BROTHERS

In "Duck Soup"

and

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

Sale of

Monday March 23. Auctions.-Lammert's Oriental Persian Carpets and Rugs, 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon. 2.30 D.m.

Cinemas.

King's: Bitter Sweets Queen's-A Bedtime Story." Central:"Two Brothers."

(Chinese Picture). Oriental:-"The Deluge." World: Meet The Baron." Tal Ping:-"The White Gold Dragon."-(Chinese Picture). Alhambra:-"A Bedtime Story." Majestic: Teli Me Tonight." Star:-"Molds Of The Moun-

Hongkong

: tains."

Meetings. Annua and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., 2 Queen's Building, noon.

Miscellaneous-St. Andrew's Club Farewell Social to Rev. W. Walton Rogers and. Mrs. Rogers. 9 p.m.: Whist Drive for Service Men, Euro- pean Y.M.C.A, Kowloon, 8.45 p.m.

Moon Moon, 12th Day.

Social Functions.-Mrs. W. w. Rogers "At Home, St. Andrew's Church Vicarage. 4-6.30 p.m

Sports. Hockey,-Inýernational Tourna-

ment. Fortugal v England (Navy ground. King's "Park), India, v. i China (Club ground, King's Park). į Lawn Tennis-Open Singles Hal Ka-lau v. Tam Yoc-long.

Yachting. -- Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's Fifth Extra Race for· Ladies..

Sunrise.-6.23 a.m.; Sunset -4.36

p.m.

Tides, High at 9.29 and 18.09; Low at 0.50 and 11.25.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27. Sports.

Athletics Kowicon Junior School Annual Sports (woon C.C. ground), 10.15 a.m.

Hockey.-Punjabs v. HK.SRA.. 4.30 p.m.

Lawn Tennis- Open Singles Finial, Tsui Wal-put v. Ho Ka-lau

4 SHOWS DAILY 1.30-18

MAJESTIC

THEATREWAR Nathan Road, Kowloon: Tel. 57222 TO-DAY ONLY At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

Janet

GAYNOR Warner

BAXTER

PADDY

THE NEXT BEST THING

Directed by Harry Lachman

or Tam Yoo-fong.

PICTORI

Meetings. Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association (Messrs. Jor- dina, Matheson's Board Room), 5.30 p.m.-

Sunrise.-6.21 am-Sunset.-6.37

p.m.

Tides -High at 9.04 and 19.09;

Low at 1.25, and 12.35.

TOKS ANY TRAILS OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

FLEMING ROAD WANGHAI

TEL. 28473

2 MORE DAYSTO-DAY & TO-MORROW

THE

SCREEN'S GREATEST THRILLER! NEW YORK CITY DESTROYED BY TIDAL WAVE! New York's harbour is destroyed. Piers snap from thore. Skyscrapers crumble to stone, and dust. Trans-oceanic liners are smashed to match- wood. Subways are-upheaved from their subter- ranean bed. Tram cars are flattened. Elevated' structures wedge" into crevesses made by the quakes.

LUGE

RKO

RADIO Picture

GRIPPING SPECTACLE OF THE AGESI

wils

PEGGY SHANNON LOTS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER Matt Moore, Edward Van Sloan, Ralf Harolde, Samuel Hinds

OUR MODERN WORLD DESTROYED BEFORE YOUR EYES Į

AT THE QUEEN'S

Maurice Chavalier In

"TAKE A CHANCE"

A Bedtime Story Laughter And Thrills

new

The current programme at the "Take a Chance" the Queen's Theatre can be thorough- Paramount musical film, will be ly recommended as one of the best showing at the Central Theatre. productions in which that popular It is a gay bit of nonsense concer- star. Maurice Chavalier has figur-ning the careers of four carnival side-show entertainers who be-

fame and

ed.

".

"Take a Chance" has a much stronger plot than the usual

The film is a good example of come tired of small-town lite the versatility of Chavaller. As a and decide to snatch millionaire, the opening stages fortune on Broadway. show him as a happy-go-lucky ir....... James Dunn and Cliff Edwards, responsible bachelor making love who just can't keep from pocket- wherever he goes. Even his per picking other people's watches. Sonal valet's wife is marked out for

and miscellaneous valuables, make attention.

a splendid team. Dunn, who has Into this life comes a baby, a played romantic leads exclusively child left in his Rolls Royce. Cha- in the past, steps over. Into farce valier is at onće drawn to him and comedy, as though- born to it. in his bachelor "home he and his „June Knight and Lillian Roth valet get into all kinds of com- support them well. plications trying to "mind the baby."

All his appointments with his musical film, besides boasting of women acquaintances are forgot a chorus of Broadway's prettiest ten, leading to much hard feeling girls and at least five song hits. that lends itself as an excellent Opening at a small town car- médium for humour. However, anival, the nurse arrives on the scène, baby's double romance between Dunn picture ends with e troubles are no more, but Chava and Miss. Roth and Iler's troubles begin all over again."Buddy" Rogers and June Knight” Charles The supporting cast is excellent. Robert Gleckler as the gambler. Edward Everest Horton as "Vic-who plots the ruin of Miss Knight tor the valet is responsible for and Lilian Bond as the actress who quité a good bit of the humour. wants to Helen Twelvetrees as "Sally," the hen provide

force Rogers, to marry both thrills and nurse. takes the leading feminine faughter, throughout the story role while others in the case In- clude Adrienne Ames, Baby Leroy,

Leah Ray Betty Lorraine and Gertrude Michaels

can be thoroughly recommended.

For anyone wanting a good The film is showing again to-day hearty laugh," "A Bedtime Story's, and to-morrow.

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