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TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
HONG KONG
"Bitter Sweet"
"A Bedtime Story »
"Take A Chance"
King's
Queen's.
Central
Oriental
"Deluge"
KOWLOON
Alhambra
"A Bedtime Story"
Star.
CENTRAL
THEATRI
TAKE QUEEN'A RD., WESTBOUND BUN
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 83720.
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
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"4 Marx Brothers"
Majestic.
Central
"Tell Me To-night"
가
Coming
"Chance At Heaven"
"The Wedding Tragedy"
(Chinese Picture)
Oriental
"The Penguin Pool Murder”
the
Good Little WON'T-WON'T
The rear of the gists dance the bad fitrio con-cap...but I'm good little won't- wen' when they
play "Fadis Was
A Lady",..
A Paramount Release with
★ JAMES DUNN *JUNE KNIGHT ★ LILLIAN ROTH ★ CLIFF EDWARDS
* LILIAN BOND
★ DOROTHY LEE *LONA ANDRE
★ CHAS 1968-ROGERS with '100 Gorprom Sherpleis
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DRESS CIRCLE
80 CTS.
BACK STALLS
-
40 Crs.
FRONT STALLS
20 CTS.
SERVICE MEN HALF PRICE.
NEXT CHANGE
CHINA ART FILM 00.
PRESENTS
"THE WEDDING
TRAGEDY"
King's
נו
"CHANCE AT
HEAVEN"
In Search of Happiness
Huuun, believably down-to-earth rbance is combined with spark-
AL
ling humour and art-tagging draga in Chance Beaver," Atko-Radio Pictures' filmization of Vina Delmar's popular Liberty Magazine story, which presents Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers and Marian Nixon in the leading rules.
Based on the love problems' and search for happiness of three young people,Chance at Heaven" will appeal with special craving to the heart of youth It will immediate- iy understand a boy's ambition to escape his monotonous rut; sym- pathize with him when his romance with a social butterfly goes awry, and feel a glow of satisfaction when he eventually finds true love with the sweet and wholesome girl he has known all his life.
The comedy efforts of Andy Devine and Lucien Littlefield, add zest to "Chance at Heaven," and Virginia Hainmond, George Merk÷ er and Aan Shoemaker round out cast
of supporting principals. Williams Seiter directed.
FOOTLIGHT
PARADE
Brilliant"Waterfall" Scene
It isn't only the principals in
the "Footlight Parade."
WITH AN ALL-STAR GAST showings at the
PRODUCED AND MADE
IN. HONG HONG
CHANGED HER NAME
And Rose To Fame
Warner
Bros. super-musical special which opens to-morrow to siruitaneous Queen's and Alhambra Theatres, who can be Ilsted as an all-star cast.
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For the "waterfall" and "glori- fled" numbers in this huge song and dance production, two hundred girls are used. These girls had to be experts in both diving and swimming.
The girls are luminaries who make up their own all-star cast, One, for instance, is Alleen Riggin. winner of the diving champion- ship in the 1920 Olympics and a member of the United States team in "the games of 1924, who has since turned professional.
In the chorus of Noel Coward's revue, "One Damn Thing After Another member of the "Foot- Another." playing in London se-light Parade" swimming aggrega- veral years ago, was a very young tion is Helen Van Buren. Call-. and beautiful girl named Marjorie forma girl who for four consecu- Robertson, Charles B. Cochran tive years has won the 'Inter- was producing the revue, and at mountain A.A.U. dving champion- that time he has been quoted as ship, as well as the 104 yards free remarking that the chorus is the style. place to look for star máterial, and anyone, instituting such a but could easily, pick six good possibil- itles from London choruses.
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Then there is no less a celebrity than Dorothy Poynton, high diy- ing champion of the last Olympic games. Still an amateur Dorothy applied, for the privilege of ap- pearing in "Footlight Parade,"
In
But no one was searching for potential stars at that time, and so it was a couple of years later The two numbers are among the before Marjorie Robertson changed smashing spectacles of "Footlight her name to Anna Neagle and got | Faride," a gigantic spectacle with discovered by Jack Buchanan asd hilarious comedy plot and ro just what he needed for his talking mance of backstage fe. Busby. picture," Magic Night,"
Berkeley Staged the numbers. Now Miss Neagle is the star of the straight roles the stars in- another Noel Coward opus. This clude Jimmy. Gagney, Joan Blon- time is in a film version of the dell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, famous operetta, "Bitter Sweet," Frank McHugh, Buy Kibbee, Ruth remembered especially for that Donnelly. Hugh Herbert and Claire haunting Cowałd melody,
·Dodd," Sweet is the attraction at the King's Theatre.
"Elbter
In getting the role of Bari Lin- both sides of the Atlantic, and den in "Bitter Sweet" Miss Ne- then came the arinouncement from agle faced plenty of stiff oppo- Herbert Wilcox,, director of!" Bit- tion. Jeanette MacDonald want-ter Sweet," that Miss Neagle, had edit. So did Evelyn Laye, who had been given the role. She was de- the role in the late Florez Zieg-clared the perfect Bari, feld's New York stage production, Wilcox, regarded as the best judge and Lillian Harvey, now establish- of star quality in the British film. ed among the top stars in Holy- | Industry, is confident that Arma Wood.
Neagle has all the attributes pe
·Press agenta-* advanced their ❘cessary to bring her international claims, screen tests were made on fame.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 27,
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT
2.30, 5.10.7
& 9.30 P.M.
KINGS
Bitter Memories
Sweet Memories She Loved Them All!
MOEL
1934.
BOOKING WAT THE
THEATRE TEL. 26313 & 25332
FROM TO-MORROW
AT
CHANCE COWARD'S HEAVEN
Bitter Sweet
SONG RECITAL
- UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE" ALSO
SHOWBOAT
There will be a song recital by Miss Elsa D. Alves and Mr. Gus D'Aquino to-night between 8 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. introducing selec- tions from Novel Coward's "Bitter Sweet: The programme is as fol- lows:
A MUSICAL ORGANLOGUE.
1-If you would come with Me--` Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet. by Gus d'Aquino.
2-Mighty Lak' A Rose (Nevin)
by Gus d'Aquino.
3.-Dear
Little" Cafe-Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet-MIES Elsa Alves and Gus d'Aquino.
"With
JOEL MCCREA
GINGER ROGERS MARIAN NIXON ANDY DEVINE
RKO-RADIO. PICTURE
Recorded Item
4-Little Bit of Heaven (Ball)—
Gus d'Aquino.
5. The Lying Little Daisy
(Scott)-Miss Elsa Alves."
6.-ITI See You Again--Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet-Miss Elsa Alves and Gus d'Aquino.
SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO-DAY ONLY
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!_
ALHAMBRA
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 and 9,20 P.M.
Gay Maurice and his latest pal...e doorstep babyright on the threshold of your heart.
CHEVALIER
in "a Bedtime Story Story
HELEN TWELVETREES EDWARD EVERETT HORTON ADRIENNE AMES BABY LEROY
TO-DAY ONLY STAR
AL 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 & 9.20 p.m.
Paramount's Sensational Comedians
4 MARX BROTHERS
In "Duck Soup"
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Nathan Road, Kɔwloon. Tel. 67222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
-- ||At 5.20 & 9,20 P.M. ONLY
of.
Tuesday, March 27, Auctions.—Lammert's Sale Household Furniture. Sales Room 2.30 p.m.
Cinemas..
King's:-"Bitter Sweet."
Queen's: A Bedtime Story," Central: "Two Brothers.".
(Chinese Picture) Oriental:-"The Deluge." World:-"Meet The. Baron.”. Alhambra:-"A Bedtime Story." Majestic:-Teli Me Tonight.” Star:"Duck Soup."
Lenten Mission.-Roman Cathol He Cathedral, 6 p.m.
Meetings.Annual, Hongkong Fire Insurance. Co., Ltd, Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Offices, noon; Hongkong Lawn Bowls Associa tion, Messrs. Jardine Mathe- son's Board Room, 3.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous. Rotary Club Timin; St. Andrew's Church Mo- thers"
Union.
p.m. Uniong
School Prize-Giving, School Hall,
“TELL ME
TONIGHT"
WITH
JAN KIEPURA
SONNIE HALE MAUGA SCHEIDER
11 am Week-night Service at | | 66
2.30 & 7.20 P.M.
"Wesley, 15 Ventris Road. Happy “A CUNNING
Valley, 8,30 p.m.
Moon-II Moon, 13th Day. }
Principal Mails.
Outward Air Mail for Europe by Felix Roussel 10.30a.m.; Steamer 11:30 am
Sports. Athletics. Kowloon Junior School Annusi Sports (Kowloon C.C. ground), 10.15 am,
Football--First Division, Club v. Police (Club ground), 5 p.m.
Hockey-Punjabs v. H.KS.R.A., 4.30 p.m.
Lawn Tennis Open
Singles Final Tsui Wai-pul v. Ho Ka-lau or Tam Yoc-fong.
* SHOWS DAILY
1-15-8.30
FELLOW"
A CHINESE PICTURE.
Meetings. Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association (Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's Board Room), 5.30 p.m
Sunrise,--6.21 BLIN. Sunset. 6.37 p.m.
Tides. High at 9.04 and 19.09; Low at 1.25 and 12.35.
TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUS
ORIENTAL
THEATRE
LAST 4 TIMES
r
TO-DAY
THE WORLD'S BEST THRILLER!
Do you know what it means to be "the last man on earth”-
This man's story will astound
you!
DEVICE
Our Modern World Destroyed!
RKO RADIO Picture
PEGGY - SHANNON LOIS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER „Matt Moore, Edward
Van Staan, kalf Harolde, Semua!
Mind's Did Felix E. Felm from the book by S. Fowler Wright, Sarouel chaff ano, producer
CHEVALIER'S ONE
AMBITION
A "Big Business Man"
ROAD
WANGHAI
TEL. 28418
TO-MORROW
& THURSDAY
SEE THIS WONDERFUL
COMEDY MYSTERY PICTURE |
The detective and the other fish both
had to take water when the school;, marm from Iowa
solved
THE PENGUIN POOL MURDER
. With EDNA MAY OLIVER Boht: Armstrong
“DELUGE":
At The Oriental Theatre
When disaster looms over their Next to being an actor Maurice Chevaller would like to be a "Big panic-stricken heads, how human business man. The French star beings behave is pictured in "De-. admitted that fact in an inter- luge," RKO-Radio Picture wit view between scenes during the Peggy Shannon, Sidney Blackmer course of production of A Bed- and Lois Wilson at the Oriental fime Story his latest picture. Theatre to-day, now showing at the Queen's Theatre,
he
of
"I admire your typical Ameri- can business man so much,” "He
full explained.
13 so energy, so active, so full of fire and vigour.
"Your business man influences your, art too-your music, "your moving pictures, your theatre all respond to his moods. Everything ia how do you caff it? high-pres- sure. Jazz is high-pressure music so many of the American news- papers are high-pressure jour- nalism Maybe that's why t Into America. ·50,- Because I am so high-pressure, no? Any how, if I weren't what I am, would like to be a big business
man."
As the earth is cautioned about imminent destruction, a priest de- clares to his congregation that the episode of Noah's ark is to be re- with: peated. Men and women draw their money from the banks. Trains going anywhere are cran med with passengers who attempt to escape to safety. Families climb, promontories, millsides, plateaus and embankments to be nearer to heaven, and away from the food,
After the inundation, only three hundred survive, among whom
are Martin Webster and Claire Arlington, who falls in" love on their island. Martin be ob. lleve his wife dead, but when the couple comes to the sur- vivors settlement, ale is found living and the triangle faces B baffling situation.”
Peggy Shannon, portrays Claire, Sidney Blackmer is Martin and Lola Wilson depicts the wife "Deluge." Felix Feist, Jr, directed;
Helen "twelvetrees, Edward Everett Horton, Adrienne - Ames and Baby Leroy, the one-year-old youngster chosen from among thousands his own age to play the role, head the cast which 'kup- ports Chevalier, in "A Bedtime
for a nurse to help in the task, Story" which Norman Taurog and gets pretty thoroughly directed. The picture presents trigued by her, too
him in a new kind of charactéri
The picture reaches an amusing zation-a man about town, who climax when he descends on his suddenly discovers there's fiancee's chateau, followed by much fun in romancing at the baby, nurse, and the rest of his family Areside as in salons,
household and almost loses all This awakening comes when he of them. He ultimately emerges finda a baby abandoned in his still in possession of baby and car. He is so intrigued by it that nurse, who by this time is more he decides to adopt it. He sends than nurse."
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