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CENTRAL

HEATRE

TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

EDMUND

LOWE

Shirley Grey, Onslow Stevens,. Ralph Forbes, Hedda Hopper

in

The mile-o-minute mystery drama staged aboard 'a train speeding ocross India!

Á UNIVERSAL

PICTURE presented by Carl Locmml:

BOMBAY

MAIL

NEXT CHANGE

The per the dayATIA

MAN of TWO WORLDS

and Henry Freebassen 3. Farrell Momm

LEE THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

At 12,30, 2.30, 5.20, 7.00 & 10.30 F.M. PRICES-55 ets, 35 cts. & 20-ste

Laughs galore/ BED AND

BREAKFAST

SANT BAXITÉ

* RICHARD COOPER

ADDED ATTRACTION ON THE STAGE

AT 3.30 & 9.30 P.M..

A SPECIAL CHINESE PLAY STARRING

Miss WU DIP FING & CO PIN PRICES: DRESS CIRCLE 55. cts. STALLS:---80 ats., 55,ots. & 40 cts. Nor: For the benefit of our

patrons who do not wish to see the Chinese Stage Play, it is pointed out that "Bed & Breakfast" starts at 7.00 & / 10.30 p.m.

TO-MORROW BEBE DANIELS

MAIN.

MAUVE COMES A

A BURNING LOVE STORY FILLED WITH JOYOUS BONG: AND TERRIFIC DRAMA L

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"The Bowery"

QUEEN S

"The Working Man"

CENTRAL... si

"Bombay Mall"

ORIENTAL.mar

"Night Flight"

LEE-

"Bed and Breakfast"

KOWLOON

"ALHAMBRA....

"Advice" to the Lovelorn"

STAR-

"Penthouse",

MAJESTIC

"The Conquerors"

KING'S

Coming

"I Am Suzanne"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934.

LAST TWO-DAYS DAILY AT 12.30.5.10.7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

KINGS:

A “NEW DEAL" "PICTURE OF AN

"OLD DEAL” DAY!

HER FIRST CARESS- A SOCK IN -THE JAW

QUEEN'S—

"Going Hollywood"

STAR-

Banaand Shem- UNITED ARTISTS

"These Charming People"

CENTURY.

CENTRAL

"Man of Two Worlds"

ALHAMBRA—--

"Than she sunk her heath in his hand. After that they understood each other. "For they did such things on the Bowery, the Bowery"

·JOSEPH M. SCHENCK & BARNYI, F. ZAMUCK

prezeki

WALLACE BEERY GEORGE RAFT JACKIE COOPER FAY WRAY & PERT KELTON THE

BOWERY

Directed by.

RAOUL WALSH

"The Kennel Murder Case" "BOMBAY MAIL" pesed Russian spy who is quite

ADVICE TO THE

LOVELORN

Showing At Central

Excellent acting. fascinating background, characters who are much alive, and a plot which bub bles "over with suspense all play

Now Showing At The their parts in making Universal's

Alhambra

Jean Adair, giving such an ex- rellent performance of Lee Tracy's hypochondrias mother in "Advice to the Lovelorn," the United Artists release at the Alhambra Theatre, haa nover played anything but mothers throughout her long stage career, but has never herself been married

والرياضة

is Adair started on her long trail of mother parts some years when given the role in Mother," a Broadway success produced by William A. Brady. She then has played every COL- ceivable type of mother.

She was playing a mother who was a murderess in "Murder at the Vanities,” one of the new sea- sons's theatrical productions, when signed by Joseph M. Schenk and Darryl F-Zanuck for "Advice to the Lovelorn," 20th Century Pie- lure with Sally Blane, Isabel Jewel, Paul Harvey, Judith Wood and others giving leading support to Leo Tracy.

"THE WORKING

MAN"

George Arliss At The Queen's

"The Working Man," now show- ing at the Queen's Theatre with George Arliss in the leading role is a well told story of a big, busi- ness man who masquerades as a lowly fisherman in order to save the children of his one-time most formidable business rival.

It is là human and touching story, and apart from George Arliss who is well known (ɑs & great actor, the supporting cast including Bette Davis, Hardis Albright, and Theodore Newton played their parts to perfection.

"Bombay Mall," showing to-day at the Central Theatre one of the most gripping screenplay myst- eries seen in a long time.

bi

The story.

written by L. G. Blochman, who is well versed on life in teeming and mysteries In- dia, has to do with "Bombay Mail a fast express train racing from Calcutta to India, and the people on that train. These clude a much-disliked and feared British colonial governor, a ma- harajah, an American miner with a fortune in rubbles, an alde to the governor who fears the loss of his position, a scientist with a live cobra in a suitcase, a "sup-

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

THE HAPPIEST PICTURE

OF THE YEAR

beautiful, the governor's wife and an Eurasiart crook, to meation only a few.

The governor la murdered. ` In- spector Dyke is called in on the case and is just at the point of solving the mystery when the mararajah is shot in the back However, before the train reaches Bombay he not only has captured the killer, but has been of much service..to other characters, aboard the express.

Edinund 'Lowe does a fine job as Inspector Dyke. Onslow Ste- vens and the beautiful shirley Grey supply the love interest. John Davidson is excellent as the Eurasian crook, and Hedda Hop- per Ralph Forbes, Jamieson Thomson. John Wray, Tom Moore and Brandson Hurst put life into their roles.

Much of the fascination of the picture lies in the bizarre, a new background for a mystery story. Of chief interest is the Indian train, the quaint stations, and the feeling one has of the teeming millions in the "exotic country of countless secrets.

GeorgeABLISS

Atamer dres, hit with

BETTE DAVIS

"THE WORKING MAN"

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

(STAR

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25318

.& 25332

FROM SUNDAY

I Am

Suzanne!

A Jesse L Lasky Production

with

LILIAN HARVEY

Gene Raymond

Leslie Banks Podrecca's Piccoll Marionettes Directed by Rowland V. Lee Story and Screen Play by Rowland V. Lee and Edwin Justos Mayer Dance Direction: Sammy Las

"THE BOWERY”

Showing At The King's

"The Bowery"; roaring romance of bad old New York in the '80'a and '90's, again revives the dis- puts of bygone days. Did - Steve Brodie

from jumps

Brooklyn Bridge or was his jump a phoney?..

. . ידי

"The Bowery" brings back to life many of the real characters of i the Bowery days. Wallace Beery, George Raft and Jackie Cooper, its three stars, play respectively, Chuck Connors, Steve Brodie and Swipes, tre newsie. George Walsh Plays John L. Sullivan, Lillian Harmer is Carrie Nation, Fay Wray is lucky Calhoun, reened from white slavers, and Pert Kelton is Trixie, the Bowery

Queon..

In The Bowery" Steve Brodie

- At 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

NEXT CHANGE

"BING

CROSBY"

In

"Going Hollywood"

Metro's Musical with MARION DAVIES

At 2.30. 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

Arthur Somers Roche's

"PENTHOUSE

with

WARNER BAXTER - MYRNA LOY

Newton TO-DAY & TO-MORBOW ALHAMBRA

Besides this entertaining fea- ture, the Queen's Theatre' mánagé-. ment are also offering the thriller "The Side Show Mystery' as 18 prelude to "an interesting pro- gramme.

As such, à visit to the Queen's |

is strongly recommended.

"Among the departures by the NYK Üner Tatsuta Maru on Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. G. Fahnestock and family. Mr. Fahnestock, who is a prominent American millionaire," has resided, in Hong Kong for the past six months. He is the owner of the palatial yacht Shenandoah III now in port,

DENTRE

"Advice to the LOVELORN

A DARRYL F ZANUCK Production

20

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

--NEXT CHANGE

WILLIA SI

Powell

Returns as PHILO VANGE In

THE KENNEL

MURDER CASE"

with

MARY ASTOR JAMES LEE

"I AM SUZANNE”

MAJESTIC

THEATRE-

At King's On Sunday hah Road, Kowloon. Tel. 57222

When Lilan Harvey comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday next in the featured part of Josse

· Lasky'a "I Am Suzanne". she will be introduced in her third role for Fox along with three new song hits. These are the *St. Moritz Waltz." "Just · Å Little Garret" and "Eski-o-lay-li-o-mo” and will serve as the musical background for a number of the. spectacular scenes in the picture. They were written by Frederick Hollander and Forman Brown,

The cast in support of Miss Harvey is headed by Gene Ray- mond and includes Leslie Banks. Georgia Caine: Geneva Mitchell, Halliwell Hobbes. Murray Kinnell and Edward Keane.. Podrecen's Piccoli Marionettes provides the rare background ói a puppet theatre to the romance between Miss Harvey and Raymond.

Rowland V. Lee directed from the story and screen play by him- self, in collaboration with Edwin Justus Mayer.

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again does his jump from the Brooklyn Bridge. Chuck Connors' famous honky tonkis seen going full blast John L. Sullivan fights and the girls of the Bowery Beef Trust have their filing,

The King's Theatre is, presenting "The Bowery to-day.

NDARY.

715-4.80

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW [At 2.30. 5.20, 7.20, & 9.20P.M.

MARCH ON- AMERICA!

Out of the smoke of your chimneys Out of the sweat of your fields... Out of the faith of your people comes your saga

of courage...c livá. ing canvas splash- ed with the blood

of the conquerors!

RICHARD DIX ANN HARDİNG

In a tidal drama desp or human passion

The CONQUERORS

With EDNA MAY OLIVER GUY KIBBEE

from the story by Howard Estabrook Directed by WILLIAM WELLMAN David O. Selzruck, executive producer An RKO-RADIO PICTURE

TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB.

ORIENTAL

PLEMING ROAD WANGMAI

TEL. 284TS

2 DAYS ONLY-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW THE MOST AMAZING DRAMA OF THE AIR EVER WRITTEN! THE THRILLS OF THE NIGHT AIR MAIL.

"INTERPRETED BY THE MOST AMAZING CAST IN ALL HISTORY OF AIR PLANE PICTURES!

NIGHT

John BARRYMOREH HAYES Clark GABLE Lined BARRYMORE ROL MONTGOMERY My LOW

FLIGHT

GOING

HOLLYWOOD

On Sunday At The Queen's

What are dreams made of

KENNEL

MURDER

CASE"

Coming To The Alhambra

In the cast of talented players.

the Warner Bros. pleture Kennel Murder Case,"

In Marion Davies' latest Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture, "Going Hollywood," which opens on Sun day at the Queen's Theatre. "The Director Raoul Walsh has pre-which will be shown at the Alham- duced * beautiful dream for the bra Theatre on Sunday, there are but two feminine roles against

ACTDEU,

It is made of song and musie fourteen masculine parts The and dancing, sunshime and April two women have plenty to do. showers, animated scarecrows and however, for they are involved with four of the men in a tangled little dancing daisies, n

glam

love skein that bungalow-and the happiness of a

underlies the love-struck girl...

mysterious slaying of two men and the attempted

murder of a third.

William Powell, heads the cast can't quite in the pupular role of Philo

Around the maiden dream of Marlon Davies, dreaming of the boy whose "love the reach, have been woven. all the song and dance numbers of We'll Vance, the character made fumons Make Hay While the Sun Shines, y 6. 8. Van Dine in a series of philosophical melody of love mysterious and baffling detective written for Miss Davica by Nacio novels which have been published throughout the world," Powell Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

has already enacted the Philo Mise Davies dreams of seeing Vance role four times on the Bing Crosby crooning in a radio screen prior to making "The broadcast studio. By the hand, Kennel Murder Case." The other she leads him-atill crooning pictures, all from the novels of through a field of dancing daisies Van Dine, are "The Canary Mar- to their little love cottage, built der Case The Benson Murder entirely of glass.

Case." "The Green Murder Case" They ride down a country lane and The Bishop Murder Case." to a bay field, where the scarecrOWS Nor would a Van Dine mystery spring into life nad dance to drama seem real without Eugene their love song they find them- Pallette to play the role of the selves at a modernistic husking cock-sure Police Sergeant Heath, bee...again thay drift lazily on, ♣ inasmuch as he has played the lagoon to a beautiful glas island same part in all the pictures with .....and the dream ends in Powell. Mary Astor plays the April shower as the last bars of leading feminine role while Helen: their song fade away beneath Vinson is the other woman in the giant mushrooms,

case Robert McWade has · the Directed by Walsh, the film has part of District Attorney Marks a cast including Fifi D'Orsay, ham with Robert Barrat? and Stuart Erwin, Ned Sparks, Patsy Frank Conroy representing the Kelly Bobby". Watson and the two brothers who are very Kich Three Radio Roguen. Mme. Al-alive in the first part of the pio- hertina Rasch directed the dance ture and whose unirders under ensembles --und- : Donald Ogden the strangest circumstafises – pro- ! Stewart wrote the origichl, soreenvide the central plot for the storyard

story.

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