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CENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE, QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons
and the Theatre Tel. 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY [At 230, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.80 P.M.
CHINESE ARTISTIC FILM CO.
PRESENTS
THE VALE OF TEARS"
WITH
The Vale of Tears"
"(Chinese Picture)
ORIENTAL-
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S
HONG KONG
"Up to the Neck"
QUEEN'S
"Washington Merry Round"
Go
CENTRAL-
"Conquerors"
LEE→→→
Chinese Opera.
KOWLOON
ALHAMBRA
KING'S-
QUEEN'S
HONG KÒNG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934.
TO-DAY
ONLY DAILY.AT 2.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
•KINGS!
RALPH LYNN
"UP TO THE
NECK
BEN TRAVERS
WINIFRED SHOTTER
"THE BEST ENGLISH FARCE EVER GIVEI TO THE PUBLIC." -
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25813 & 25932
FROM TO-MORROW
Katharine HEPBURN
An RKO
RADIO
Picture
in Lou15 A
MAY ALCOTT'S
LITTLE WOMEN
with
JOAN BENNETT PAUL LUKAS FRANCES DEE JEAN PARKER ZONA MAY OLIVER
Douglas Montgomery MORTY Stephenson
Dir. by GEORGE CUKOR, MERIAN & COOPER nave, prachucar. Kynaath Meerawan, sukareduses.
UP TO THE NECK
Ralph Lynn At His Best
In the last few years there have been cases of British actors and- ing little fame in their own coun-I iry but being "discovered" by America, Ralph Lynn. however, has the same experience when it was not so fashionable in the days just preceding the war.
After making his debut' in Wigan he achieved a good deal of success in the provinces Man- chester, where he · Was born. realised he was good for many "to- morrows" before London thought so! It was only after spending five years in America that he got his Arst chance lot appearing in the West End of London.
Now he has becorde, nationally and internationally famous in his characterisation of a modern Don Quixote the fellow who fear to tread; who, with the best inten-} tions in the world, drops brickbats
In all directions and puts his foot happily into the midst of the most delicate situations; na who nevertheless manages to emerge scathless and successful from his most devastating misadventures by the exercise of his natural though eccentric resource.
His latest and best-work is in
"Up to the Neck" which is at the King's Theatre to-day. -
* SHOWS
DAILY 1.30-5.18
1.35–8.30
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
Nathan Road, Kowloon, Tel. 57222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
to the breath-tak- ing climax of all
screen musie
shows!
A romance of melody staged in the clouds!
FLYING
DOWN TO RIO”
RKO
RADIO
Picture
DOLORES DEL RIO GENE RAYMOND RAUL ROULIEN GINGER ROGERS FRED ASTAIRE
Murle by VINCENT YOUMANS
Lyrics by Edward Ellicu and Gur Kohn. Directed by Thornton. Freeland "MERIAN C. COOPER,. executive producer. Louis Brock, associate producer.
SEEMING ROAD
TEL. 2847S
TONY SHAK-LAM MUI MUI
NEXT CHANGE
PRESENTING AGAIN TO POPULAR DEMAND THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL
WAR
DRAMAS!
All Quiet
on the
Western
Front
WHEN LOVE.
hungry soldiers find beautiful girls who can blame them for breaking. the monotony of mud-filledtrenches, Just one flash in hundreds from ERICH MARIA REMARQUE'S great novel. Now talking on the screen!..
Presented by CARL LAEMMLE. A CARL LAEMMLE, JR. Produc« Hon. Directed by LEWIS, MIRESTONE BE
SHANGHAI GOLF CLUB
Win Over Kiangwan
"Office Wife"
STAR-
"There Goes The Bride"
MAJESTIC
"Flying Down To Rlo"
Coming
"Little Women"
"Girl Without A Room"
CENTRAL-
"All"Quiet on the Western Front"
ALHAMBRĄ-
"Cat and the Fiddle"
"There Goes The Bride"
ORIENTAL
"King of the Jungle"
"The Greeks had a word
for them"
"Last Trail"
"Henry the VIII."
"Murders in the Zoo" "Secrets of Mary Pickford"
LEE TRACY AGAIN
Scores In Washington Merry-Go-Round
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Directed by JACK RAYMOND
Director of Productiono HERBERT WILCOX
UNITED ARTISTS
“LITTLE WOMEN”
Love Story Of 19th
Century
Now the great romantic love epic of the Nineteenth Century comes For sheer timelinese there never to the talking screen with a "nuta- has been
picture to touchble dramatization of "Little Wo "Washington Merry-Go-Round," men'", commencing Saturday at the and timeliness is but one of the King's Theatre. virtues of this picture · which is The present century has bad Its showing at the Queen's Theatre. red hot romance, but the Sixties Directed by James Cruze "Wa- with their Civil War and its after shington Merry-Go-Round" rips math had more than their share the lid from the nation's Capitol, of sincere matings and marriages picturing in potent fashion the in real life and fiction of all
utile aforts of a militant young the famous novels depictive cf, Congressman to buck the compli- that era none is better known than ented political system he, caeun-the Louisa M. Alcott novel there. Loe Tracy plays relating the heart destinies of the Congressman. Button Gwinnett four March sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth Brown to perfection. Here's and' Amy. picture that is going to cause a
Jo, ns most of American girlhood lot of comment and our advice to will remember, turns from the you is to see it at the best oppor-wealthy and ardent playmate of tunity so that you'll know what her younger days, Laurie", to a all the talk is about. ."
career in the great city, there to
ters
The Shanghai Golf Club'scored an easy victory over the Kiangwan Constance Cummings ia the Country Club in a golf maten role of Alice Wylie, grand-daugh- played at Seekinging on Sunday, ter of the veteran Senator Wylie, The final score reading 18 to 3. In is ideally cast as the girl who takes the singles the Kiangyan dub won Tracy in hand upon his arrival in one match, T. Asano beating A, J. the capital and teaches him I Clark, while S. Yamakawa and S. thing or two about the Washington Kondo received a polat each for merry-go-round. She is "the per- a walk-over. while the fourballsonification or that rare combina- Alaa matches wero all win by the S.0.0. tion-beauty and ability.. Following were the players: Dinehart cannot be too highly
K.OOY. Nomura, N. Haya praised for his work in the exact
Ohga, King role of the unscrupulous Nor- kawa, H. Takata, Takeda S. Yamakawa, S. Kondo, son. Walter Connolly is Senator Y. Murakawa, K. Uyetani, T.Wylie. Frank Sheridan ja "boss" Asund, K. Hamamoto, S.G.C.-T. Kellebar, responsible for Congress- S.M. Terrace, W. N. Gray, . L. man -Farnsworth, J. B. Woolley,
Henderson, N. "R. Dick, Dr. G. Chambers, A. J Clark, A. C. Gody,
Brown's election. Arthur A. Vinton plays Beef Brannigan, brings houd of the B.E.F. who his boys into line behind Tracy in running down Norton.
Berlin, May 2. An attempt to resuscitate the defunct Communist party in the Free State of Mecklenburg by the organisation of local, units from various cities and communities was nipped in the bud by the police, who, after several weeks of inves- tigation, succeeded in arresting 55 Communist functionaries who had been busily engaged in the futile task of rallying the scattered forces of Marxism
were
No less than 73 more members of the former opposition, parties arrested in Augsburg on Wednesday on suspicion of burn- ing down the famous Saengerhall, which is now proved beyond a doubt to have been due to arson.
One prisoner is a Communist functionary who recently arrived in Augsburg on "special misstor". The authorities are expected to the proceed against both with utmost severity.-Transocean Kuo
Min.
Magdeburg, May 2.
Herrn
von
HOLLYWOOD MEDALS
Mr. Charles Laughton's per- formance in The Private Life of Henry VIII" has won him the award of a gold medal for the "outstanding contribution"" films by an actor in 1933...
to
the
"Katherine Hepburn wins corresponding award for an ac- tress for her performance "Morning Glory."
in
The awards are based on votes cast by workers in all branches of the film industry...
"
The gold medal for the year's best piece of acting has been won by Frank Capra for his Columbia studio picture, "Lady for a Day," while Robert Riskin's work on the same picture wins him a gold medal for the best adaptation.
.
The gold medal for the best picture given has been awarded to "Little Women."
the past 15 years when socialistr and democrats were in power Under protection of the Reichs- give fascinating evidence to the statthalter
Dessau-eyes of the world that a change Loeper, the national socialistle in Germany had to come. The exhibition was, 'opened here on Magdeburg National Socialistic May 1, on the local exhibition; exhibition can be taken as, one of grounds.
the best organized exhibitions ever Many pictures, photos and paint held regarding facts showing ings which are exhibited, show how near Gerinany was to a bol- the struggle for Germany's free- shivistic "regime about a year ago. dom and unity. Documents of "Transocean Kuo 'Min,
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TO-DAY ONLY
SEE.
nteet the humble and honourable German professor who seems to have little hope of ever winning her heart and band." ·
There is dramatic surprise too in the decision of Jo. The triangle of Laurie, Jo and the Professor provides the main plot in the story that has been a heat seller" since it first startled the literary world in 1868.
meteoric
RKO-Radio pictures has assigned none other than the Katharine Hepburn to play the enchantress of the Sixties, the girl the pitfalls of love who leared would break the firin ties of family and part the beautiful sisters,
The supporting cast and the roles they enact are Joan Bennett. as Amy, Frances Dee
as Meg. Jean Parker as Beth, Paul Lukas as Fritz Bhaer, the German pro fawor, Edna May Oliver as Aunt March, Douglass Montgomery, as Laurie, Heary Stephenson as Mr. Laurence, Spring Byington Marree, Bamuel Hinds B8 Mr. March, Mabel Colcored as Hannah, John Davis Lodge as Brooke and Nydia Westman as Mamie. George
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.......WHO PULLS THE STRINGS THAT HAMSTRING -CONGRESS
Cukor" has directed this romantic epic of girlhend.
RKO-Tadip bas retained the high-lights of the original volume, going to great expense to repro-. duce the back grounds and settings and characters with detailed exact- ness. The production was a year in the making.
Instructive
"Did you find the novel I loaned. you enjoyable?"
"I found it lustructive, anyway.” "What did it teach you?" "Not to read any more by the same author."
Well Suppiled Antique Dealer (to American)— "Now, sir, if you'll step this way. I've a very and specimen of a Queen Anne sideboard' I would like to show you."
American: "Bay, that queen of yours must have had a big dining room. This'll be the eighth side- board of hers I've been shown this
Week."
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.
WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND
with LEE TRACY — CONSTANCE CUMMINGS
TO-DAY & TOʻMORROW-
(STAR)
Britain's Gay Musical
“THERE · GOES
Owen Nares
with
At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
THE BRIDE
Jessie Matthews
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. ALHAMBR
THE OFFICE
WIFE
THENTRE
with LEWIS STONE,DOROTHY MACKAILL
▲t 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 & 9.20 p.m.
NEXT CHANGE
Ramon NOVARRO
and
Jeanette MACDONALD
in
"Cat and
the Fiddle'
TARK'ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BRIB
•RIENTAL
THEATRE
2 MORE DAYS-TO-DAY-TO-MORROW
FAR GREATER
THAN THE COVERED. WAGON!
RKO"
Romance ambedded deep in the soll we lava! Drama wrenched from an empire in creationl
RICHARD
DIX HARDING TheCONQUERORI
With EDNA MAY OLIVER - GUY KIBBEE Julie Haydon "Škeets” Gallagher
JUST PACKED WITH
EXCITING
EVENTS
Big scenes that brim with action.
CHINESE OPERA THE OFFICE WIFE
COMPANY
To Extend Season At Lee Theatre
; זז
Dorothy Mackaill and
Lewis Stone
The Office Wife," which opens to day at the Alhambra Theatre.
The Mei Sit Fong Opera Com-a romance in which the office pany who came direct from Pei-and the home are conflicting forces. ping has had a most successful The centre of the drama is the run at the Lee Theatre, and by secretary 습니다 busy executive. popular demand, the troupe will There has never been enough said cxtend its season for a further | about the place, this girl takes in week before going on a world tour the life of her employer how she
advises This positively the last op she is often the executive in many him and helps him-how. portunity for the Hong Kong pub matters that call for real ability- le who have not yet seen the clever how she takes care of her employ- acting.." of
clever company.er's needs-in short she is particularly the European Chinese Office Wife-and it is mainly about linquists who seldom have an op her that this picture revalves. portunity of viewing China's most Famous historical dramas,
1-njs
The performances commence ` at 8 p. nightly as usual and at popular prices of admission.
"The Cat And Fiddle"
"The Cat and the. Fiddle" a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, picture coming to the "Queen's and Al- hambra Theatres shortly is a de- lightful musical comedy starring: Jeanette Macdonald and Ramon Novarro. Ramon Novarro 18 a impetuous young music student, in Brussels.
The completion of his master-: plece is somewhat delayed by the sudden arrival into the same town of an American lady student,
the
A splendid cast, has been ager- bied for this pictureheaded by Dorothy Mackaill as the charming and competent secretary, and Lewis Stone na the handsome executive. Natalie Moorhead plays the part of the firtatious wife with her usual charra. Hobart Bosworth, who has been famous on the screen for years, plays Mr. MoCowan, Dale Fuller, in particular, should be mentioned Her part is a small one, but she has shown her- self a superb artist. You will remember her characterization of Misa Andrews as long as you re-. member the picture.
Lloyd Bacon must be credited. with the excellent direction.
Utrecht, May 2. One workman was killed and fourteen injured, (four of whom
are feared to succumb to their In- juries by an explosion of an acetylene apparatus in a railroad
Jeanette Macdonald as Shirely the musical student They playworkshop here on Wednesday, furious duets at each other. which partly wrecked a steel and She writers jazz and becomes brick building-Transocean Kno world famous all at once; He composses operettas and starves "Ramon's operetta is in dire straits, Every one has walked out on him. The curtain is about to fall when in comes Jeanette to the rescue Her lover's quarrel
all forgotten she play the leading lady; The last 'scehe techuicolour
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