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THEATRE

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·FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M

CHINESE ARTISTIC FILM CO.

PRESENTS

"THE VALE OF TEARS

WITH

TONY SHAK—LAM MU! MUI

TO-MORROW

PRESENTING AGAIN TO POPULAR DEMAND

THE MIGHTIEST

OF

ALL WAR DRAMAS!

All Quiet

on the

Western

Front

WHE

/HEN LOVE- "hungry soldiers find beautiful girls ...who can blama them for breaking the monotony of mud-filledtrenchest Just one flash in hundreds from ERICH MARIA REMAXQUE'S great novel. Now falking on the screen i

Presented by CARL LAEMMLE. À CARL LAEMMLE, JR. Produc Hos. Directed by LEWIS MESTONE

LAWN TENNIS

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934.

TO-DAY AT THE SHOWING

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"The Cat and the Fiddle"

KING'S

"Little Women"

QUEEN'S-

CENTRAL

"The Vale Ot Tears" (Chinese Picture)

ORIENTAL

"Conquerors"

LEE

Chinese Opera

1)

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA

STAR-

The Cat and the Fiddle"

"There Goes The Bride"

MAJESTIC

"Flying Down To Rio"

KING'S-

Coming

"To-morrow at Seven"

QUEEN'S

"Girl Witnout A "Room"

CENTRAL

JI

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

ALIIAMBRA.

"There Goes The Bride"

ORIENTAL

Ir

"King of the Jungle"

"The Greeks had a word

for them"

•

"Last Trail"

"Henry the VIII."

"Murders in the 200" "Secrets of Mary Pickford" MAJESTIC

"Mama Loves 'Papa"

"LITTLE WOMEN”

Proves To Be Big"

Success

TO-DAY DAILY AT 2.30.5.10.7.16]

9.30 P.M.

•KINGS

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 26313 & 25332

A New Sensation of Sheer Love-

liness Glorifies the Screen!

Forgotten corners of the human heart" thrill to the living beauty of America's

best loved love story ·

frush s

the sweetness of eternal spring!

KATHARINE HEPBURN

Louisa May Alcott's

Little Women

with

JOAN BENNETT-PAUL LUKAS FRANCES DEE-JEAN PARKER

NEXT

CHANGE

AN RKO-RADIO TRIUMPH!

CHESTER MORRIS "IN

"TOMORROW AT SEVEN"

with VIVIENNE OSBORNE

TO CENTRALIZE

SALES

Office Opened By Canton Government

With the view to centralizing the sales of all products from Government mills, and tactories and mineral ores, and incidentally effecting economies and direct control under one manage ment, the Kwangtung Government formally opened on May 1st, the RKO-Radio Pictures' dramatization National Products Sales Office, at of "Little Women", Louisa M. Alcott's Kanamtong in Tai Ping Road. powerful and idealistic story, has been

The office is under the charge of Mr. brought to the screen without drama-Y. Y. Chan, the Chief Secretary of the tic license and with brilliant, sensitive performances on the part of every member of the large cast, It is a true representation of beautiful ideals and the best in American family life.

Katharine Hepburn, starred as Jo, is magnificent. Her performance shades anything she has ever done, not excluding her late hit, "Morning Glory."

Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Jean Farker as Amy, Meg and Beth, respec-

Miss Stammers At Her tively, the other "Little Women", leave

Best

Speelal Air Mail Service -

London, April 17. One of the chief attractions at the anals days of the Surrey Hard at Ro- Courts Championship. champ'on yesterday was the mee- ting of two highly-ranked English women in the final of the singles. Miss Stammers, the left-handed stylist, was the holder of the Cup: was Mrs. M. R. her opponent King, also a hardhitter and on whom any woman may be proud to so consistently good has defeat, her play always been.

Through the week Mrs. King had 'been playing pretty well, and Miss had been distinctly patchy, dropping three sets on her none could way through. deny that she is-or, at any rate, can be a very fine "player indeed who saw her play yesterday. Like all bitters, she has the defects of her qualities, it is in her nature to hit, and no disaster will stop her from going on hitting: no lover of long railles, it is generally "hit-or- miss" with her shots.

Stammers

But

nothing to be desired by those who have made the Alcott characters their ideals.

Many movie-goers are no doubt familiar with the story, "the tale of an American family, revealing the de- velopment and en-noblement of four sisters.

All the characters are introduced. Marmee the mother of the "Little Women", portrayed by Spring Bying ton, who leads her daughters years Aunt old of girlhood, crumpy March, (Enda May Oliver at her bost), who first makes life rather mixer- able for Jo and then soothes her "great lady conscience by making a of Amy; Henry Stepherson is splendid as the irascible Mr. Laurence, the March's rich neighbour. Hannan, the March servant, is a small part made big by the artistry of Mable Colcord, and three great actors, Paul Lukas, Daugiass Montgomery and John Davis Lodge enact the suitors of the Little

Women.

Lukas appears as Fritz Bhaer, the lovable professor whose hopless in- fatuation for Jo wrings the heart, though finally in a burst of intriguing. glorious romance, he wins the heart of this girl who was afrind of love.

Montgomery is Laurie, who courts Jo and finally weds Amy, while Lodge excellent portrayal na Brooke, gives an who wins Meg ig spite of everything Jo does to prevent the match.

to be

When this production got under way word came from Hollywood that every setting described in the story by Louisa M. Alcott was

The film accurately duplicated.

Even the makes good this, boast. Alcott "home in Concerd, Mass appears on the screen just as it stands to-day as a national shrine.

But yesterday she showed judg- ment as well as power, and was content to exchange drive for drive with Mrs. King until she could wrong-fodt her. Then came the

Much credit should go to RKO. Inevitable forcing punch into the corner that left her opponent look Radio executives for their courage in ing at the ball from yards away. essaying the task of pleasing 20,000,000 In the second set, having safety Alcott fans and millions of others; to collected the first. Miss Stammers Kenneth Macgowan, associate pro ducer, who enthusiastically accepted became even more aggressive, and

the responsibility of sapervision; added some fine volleying to her George Cukor, the director, whose the author just as armoury of ground-strofes; she sensitive direction is hardly ever missed making a neat herself might have wished it. Hobe kill off the gradually weakening Erwin and Van Nest Folglase, who returns of her opponent, and she designed the setting; Henry Gerraed ended the match with a gorgeous for his photography, and finally Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman the full drive off the service into the writers who succeeded in adapting the very corner of the court-a real words of the original author into bit of brilliance" with which to accurate and powerful drama. write "Finis.”

At the start Mrs. King was in

the ascendant, and won the frat

two games; but then Miss Stam-couple of games after falling to mers gaining confidence which a secure cup-holder

a set-point at 54 But

often lacks, took she soon recovered, and in spite of

four games in a row. led

3, but then went off badly for a games for the set.

하

FRANK MCHUGH

RKO

Ratko

PICTURES

"KING OF THE JUNGLE"

At The Oriental Theatre

Excitement runs high in the new film which will be seen at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Mon- day and Tuesday for King of the Jungles is the story of a real wild man boy brought up From early childhood by pack of lions. And, although the story deals with the taming" of the Lion Jan, at the hands of a beautiful woman, it glorifies the jungle beasts in their native setting, and builds power

a narrative bf primitive

The role of the Lion Man is in the hands of a newcomer, Buster Crabbe, swimming champion of International renown,

HOVES

Beginning in the African jungle, where the Lion" Man rules-supreme among his lions, the film from one exciting climax to anot- her, culminating in a circus fire, during which the maddened animals break loose and stalk through a city's streets, leaving. Behind them a trail of, blood and ruin.

tion the plane's lights go out, and the secretary is stabbed to death in the dark, Conclusively, one of the seven survivors aboard the plane is the murderer. The de tectives make a diligent soarch of the ship, but fall to find even & weapon.

Middleton and others support

Henry Stephenson, Allen Jen kins, Frank McHugh," Cornelius Keefe, Grant Mitchell, Charles

RKO RADIO. PICTURE

* SHOWS

Reconstruction Department, and is "TO-MORROW AT divided into three departments

The Sagar and Cement Department, under Mr. Ho Chung-ming; the Ores' Department under Mr. Ng Ngar-kwok" and the General Affairs Department puder Mr. Lee Tuok-lim

Until further notice, the following products are being handled by the Office:-

Cement, Wolfram, Bismuth, Refined Sugar, Sulphuric Acid, Silk Products Ramie and Waste Silk Products.

It is fully anticipated that before the end of the coming year the office will be able to supply the following commodities:- Sagar, Caustic Sods, Bleaching Powder, Fertilizer, Alcho hol, Beer Asbestos products, and Woollen, Worsted and probably cot ton goods.-Central News Agency.

SEVEN"

Murder In Mid-Air

MAJESTIC

FOR THEATRE

Natban Ecad, Kawloon. Tel 57222 TO-DAY, ONLY

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

to the breath-tak ing climax of all screen music. shows!

A romance of melody staged in the clouds!

FLYING

DOWN TO RIO”

RKO RADIO

Picture:

With DOLORES DEL RIO GENI RAYMOND RAUL ROULIEN GINGER ROGERS FRED ASTAIRE

--Matic by VINCENT YOUMANS

Lyrics by Edward Elise and Gut Kahn Directed by Thornton Freeland MERIAN C COOPER axecutive producer. Louis Brock, associate producer.

Chester forris and Vivienne Os Enright directed the production borne in Ralph. Speace's story for the Jefferson Pictures Corpora- of "To-morrow at Seven".

→ THANKY

1.20-5:3

7.11–2,30

Raytion.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR. HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

A VERY BIG PICTURE Of a fighting nation, building an THOUSANDS IN THE O.ET!

empire. murder is

To-morrow at Seven", next change at the King's Theatre with Chester Morris and Vivienne Os- borne, shows how & committed in midair.

To frustrate a death threat, n wealthy capitalist goes aloft in an a pioked company airplane with

crime novelist, two comprised of his secretary and his daughter, a hour specified by the death admoni. detectives and two pilots. At the

SIMULTANEOUS SHOWINGS TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

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

The Screen's Two Greatest Stars of Song and Romance are brought together now."

You'll have for the first time, in the murical picturé sensation from the slage success "that ran two years on Broadway!

love-story, the time of your picture-

background of going days as you are keld, spellbound by this thrilling

intoxicating melody, glit-,

against a

kering grandeurl

Love Songe:"

"The Night Was Made for Love

"Try to Forget"

"One Moment Alone"

"

other great Jerome Kern bita!

ALHAMBRA

At 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 and 9.20 P.M.

Gamon

Jeane NOVARRO MACDONALD the CAT and the FIDDLE

TO-DAY ONLY

STAR

Britain's Gay Musical

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

“THERE GOES THE BRIDE

with

Owen Nares

Jessie Matthews

Blazing days! Impassioned nights!

PLEMİNG.

ROAD WANGHAI

TEL. 32479

TO-MORROW

MONDAY TUESDAY MAN vs. 100 LIONS Single-banded! Unaided! Fro ing 100 Baging Jungle Beasta In the Most Daring Exhibition of Courage Ever Been. Man rs. Beast!

RICHARD

DIX

ANN

-HARDING

"Oht of the thunderous hours they lived has come a great pléire

With

́EBNA MAY OLIVER GUY 101BEEdinand by WILLIAM WELLMAN. David O. Faizních, usive produce

the

Beats of Jungle R*g* Through the Streets of a Helpless City.. Destroying. Terrorizing.

OF THE

KING& JUNGLE

THE LION MAN BUSTER CRABBIT FRANCIS DIE- 12 Charambant tête wie.

ЯКО RADIO

Pichtre

THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE

Initial Showings To-day

High romance and liling melody, prize-winning twins of entertainment, are deftly combined in "The Cat and to-day the Fiddle which opens simultaneously at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.

Jeanette

Ramon Novarre and MacDonald are the stars, and this department suggests that Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer will do well to keep them together in future films It bas been, many a day since the screen has seen a more ideal pair of lovers.

THE OFFICE

WIFE"

And D. Mackaill's Bathing Suits

Minor events in one's life sometimes prove to be of vast importance. When Dorothy Mackall bobbed her hair she did not know she would assume a new

personality that would lead her to stardom and fame on the screen. Her face is oval shaped, therefore, bobbed hair gives her a distinctly individual appearance. In addition, Miss Mac- ksill has a gorgeous figure, tall and exceedingly slender, so well suited to modern clothes.

In her latest picture, "The Office Wife, now at the Alhambra Miss The Cat and the Fiddle adapted Mackaill displays the very latest in from the successful stage play by bathing and sport attire. The Jerome Kern und Otto Harbach, comes beret and dark flannel snit makra to the films with its original inspired gorgeous ensemble for motoring. Her musical score intagi The story hap bathing suits, with low back, sre in pily has been strengthened in its beige and brown, the newest colour romantic and dramatic aspects and it this year. One of her most striking is absorbing entertainment from Erst costumes is a pair of beach pajamas with sun-tan back, in a bright plaid. to last.

From the moment that devil-mas. A large floppy hat completes the out- The Office Wife," the latest Warner care Novarro, escaping from an irate restauranteur, pops into a taxicabs that Bros. and Vitaphone picture in which happens to be occupied by Miss Mag-iisa Mackaill and Lewis Stone have Donald, the picture bits a fast roman the leading roles, is absorbing story tic pace that never lets down. His which relates the part a men's secre love-making and their subsequent lifetary plays in his life. An exception. together is romance and drama of high ally competent cast includes Natalie degree.

Frank Morgan sa thesuave producer Moorhead, Brooks Benedict, Walter who also falls in love with Miss Mac Merrill, Hobart Bosworth, Joan Blondell, Blanche Friderick, and Dale Donald contributes a memorable per: Faller.

Charles Butterworth is formance.

Much of the action of this story of superb as Novarro's faithful but none romance in the world of modern too-bright friend. Jean Hersholt business takes place in a wealthy scores as Novarro's professor and con- fidant, Vivienne Segal's lovely voice home and at a popular beach resort. and seductive personality will be re-

membered.

N

The musical numbers sung by the co-stars and by Miss Segal are already best-selling hits and their inter pretation from the screen adds now laurels to the concert reputation of both Novarro and Miss MacDonald. In auch selections as The Night Was Made for Love" "She Didn't Say Yes, One Moment Alone," "The Love Parade," "A New Love Is Old' and Try to Forget" they reach musical heights that will not soon be forgotten:

THE GUNMAN

A reveller arriving home in the early hour held in his hand. small toy pistol, a relic of the pre- Vous evening's fun..

The only witnesses of his ar- rival were a constable and a milk- man.

Says the milkman to constable: There he goes."

"Who?" “Public Enemy No. 1.

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