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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TARE QUEEN'S RD., WHATROUND BUS

Advance Booking at Andersons

and the Theatre Tel. 96720.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1934.

TO-DAY AT THE FINAL SHOWINGS

KING'S

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Search For Beauty"

QUEEN'S 1J

The Man From Chicago“

11

SHOWING TO-DAY

CENTRAL

|At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M.

UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE PRESENTS

ORPHANS OF THE STORM"

A CHINESE PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES

NEXT CHANGE

Bring-'em-Back-Alive

QLQUO

Back from Malaya

| with a livề.

ing camera. record of the strangest trade

A VAN man has ever

BEUREN worked af

Production

Directed by Armand Danis RKO RADIO FICTURE

"George White's

Scanadals'

MUSIC, MIRTH, AND LAVISH SPECTACIE

Masterly Stage-Craft

The presentation of "George White's Scandals" proved that FOX were not merely beating the big drum, in claiming this film to be their greatest musical production.

As one would expect from such an event as a George White Alm. the main achievement is a suc- cession of beautifully staged en- sembles and in which mirth, melody, and specacle are blend-. ed by the hand of a master. No less remarkable than the ocular appeal of these sumptuously. `dressed numbers is their prodi- glity no less than ten mam- "moth acts being presented-and It is this swift and sustained se- quence of "Anely varled" enter- tainment which stamps the pic=" "ture as the box office winner it

unquestionably is. ".

Backing the sheer spectacle of it all, there is some delightful fooling by Jimmy Durante, and, brand of amiable drollery fram Ukelele Ike. to which may be added the vocal appeal of Rudy Vallee in ting and tuneful

ballad.

μ

"George.. White's Scandals" therefore appears to have every- thing calculated to satisfy the demands and the appetites of the generalty of cinema goers, and Incidentally, to inaugurate a most gratifying boom at the box office.

"Orphans of the Storm" (Chinese Picture).

ORIENTAL

"Dinner At 8"

KOWLOON

}]

ALIIAMBRA—

STAR

"Two Sisters" (Chinese Alm)

"Love On Skls"

MAJESTIC-

"Design For Living"

KING'S..

Coming

"Sleepers East"

QUEEN'S-

"20,000 Years in Sing Sing"

ORIENTAL—

"The Penthouse"

"The Kongo"

"Hold Me Tight"

ALHAMBRA--

"Only Yesterday"

"Wharf Angel"

STAR-

"Kongo"

CENTRAL

"Wild Cargo"

"SLEEPERS EAST”

Successful Screen

Test

Mona Barrie, one of Australia's leading actresses, has been given a long term contract to appear in Fox pictures. Her first role is in "Sleepers East," soon to be seen At the King's Theatre on Thurs- day...

Miss Barrie started her career as a dancer but soon changed so the legitimate theatre and became the favourite leading lady of Austra- lia. She has appeared in such plays as "Let Us Be Gay." "Autune Crocus." "Hay Fever". While Parents Sleep" and others. "

The actress was on Toute to London to fill a theatrical engage- ment and was given a screen test by the Fox casting department in New York just before she was to board ship for England. Miss Bar- rie's work in the test which was. the first she had ever done for the screen, was so enthusiastically received by Fox studio executives in Hollywood that she was imme- diately signed to a contract. Be- fore coming to New York Miss Bar- rie visited. Hollywood but didn't venture near a studio and it was only by sheer charice that she was Induced to

before the appear

camera.

Miss Barrle is 5 feet. 5 inches tall, has brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair complexion. Others in "Sleepers East" are Wynne Gibson, Prestör Foster, Harvey Stephen3, Niasin, Rogar Imhof," J. Carrol Howard Lally and Suzanne Kaaren.

SEARCH FOR BEAUTY

Love Conquers In

The End

Paramount's "Bearch for Beauty? for which the studio staged an international contest embracing every English-speaking country in the world to find fifteen most per- fect men and fifteen most per- fect women, is now at the King's] Theatre.

The thirty winners have been given parts in the picture. The

who immediately open their eyes principal, players, include Larry

for further "deals”.

They come upon a defurict health farm and magazine. They con tact a couple of Olympic cham- plons and by cloaking their abady business with promises they secure the service of the athletes to edit the periodical,

"Buster" Crabbe, Eda Lupine.” Ro- bert Armstrong, James Gleason, Roscoe Karns and Toby Wing.

The story of the picture was based on a play by Schutler, E. Gaby and Paul R. Milton he screen play was written by Frank Butler and Claude Blayon. Frie Kenton directed.

Acting as front for the crooks, the two young people, innocent of The original story was written their true activities, get into some by David Boehm and Maurine War amusing complications, But, with kiris. It chronicles the amusing love as their prompter, they turn misadventures of two scheming the tables on the crooks and being crooks, just released from prison the health-farm to a successful- conclusion:

(Continued on Previous Column)

-TO-DAY DAILY AT 2.30.5.10.7,15] & 9.30 P.M.

BOOKING DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

KINGSE

Good for what ails you!

Come on down to the form and pick peaches! Feast your syus, on the harvest of the world's beauty crop? Lough' yourself sick at the Health Form promoters who find farming unhealthy....

SEARCH FOR BEAUTY

"with the 30 International "Search for Beauty" Contest Winners and LARRY" "CRAMBE IDA LUPINO ROBERT ARMSTRONG JAMES GLEASON EOSCOE. KAENS TOBY WING A Paramount Picture

ALSO SELECTED SHORTS LATEST PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS

SCREEN SOUVENIRS "JAZZ A LA CUBA"

Alice Fan and Rudy Valler, in the romantic leads of the Fox Film produc tion of George White's "Scandals," give you a piquant version of love in a bower.

TO-DAY ONLY

AT THE TREATRE ~TEL. 25313

& 25332

TO-MORROW

FIND THIS WOMAN!

Hold her for the police!

for her lips hold the fates of six people.

SLEEPERS EAST

with

Wynne Gibson Preston Foster Mona Barrie Harvey Stephens

Directed by Kenneth MacKenna From the naval by Frederick Nabać

Baison play by Luster Colo

some famous real-life character of

GEORGE ARLISS the past.

IN LONDON.

Historical Part In British Film

(Special Air Mail Service)

***London, May 1. George Arliss arrived in London last night from America-nearly three hours after his gime, the Bremen having been delayed. by fos, He is to make his st British

You have so much more to draw upon with such a character." le sald. in order to build up the role from all angles, than in the mere fiction of an author's brain. When I played Disraeli, for in- stance, I met many people who had 'known him and could give me sidelights on the man which were most valuable in reconstructing bis personality.

"I see no reason why the char- "acter should necessarily be British."

£30,000 For Film

Mr. Arliss made the interesting

f for the Gaumont-Bh Chm-statement that he is likely to make pany, and I asked bin If he was England his headquarters, going to kely to play the part of Joseph Hollywood only occasionally. He Chamberlain, as suggested in some quarters, writes a correspondent.

"I heard of this idea for the first time on arrival to-day." he said. 1 see no particular reason why I should, except that he also wore an eye-glass."

18 not likely, he says, to make any stage appearance over here-un- less. of course, some exceptional opportunity should arise. But he expects to be too busy with the screen for any stage engagement.

Mr. Arliss is to start actual work Mr. Arliss said the question of on his new film tri the latter half the character he should take had of August. Mrs. Arliss, he hopes,. not been decided yet, and he could will also have a part in it. It is make no announcement. He did. expected that he will receive a net however, indicate that it would be 1,figure of some £30,000 for his work.

QUELA'S

The Crook Film Made at Elstree Packed

with Thrills but without Frills

"THE MAN

FROM CHICAGO"

·with

BERNARD NEDELL

JOYCE KENNEDY-ALBERT WHELAN

and DODO WATTS

TO-DAY ONLY

STAR

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m

-TO-MORROW-

“20,000 YEARS

IN

SING SING”

THRILLING DRAMA

with SPENCER TRACY-BETTE DAVIS

At 2.30; 5.10, 7.20 & 9,20 p.m.

An Outdoor Musical Romance

LOVE ON SKIS"

with JOAN AUSTIN-JACK LESTER

TO-DAY ONLY

ALHAMBRA

UUE TR4.

China's Greatest Production

“TWO SISTERS”

with BUTTERFLY WU

The Picture that ran 80 days

the STRAND THEATRE Shanghai

At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

SENDAY

A MAGNIFICENT NEW STAR IN A TRULY GREAT PICTURE

MARGARET

SULLAVAN

"Only Yesterday

TO-DAY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23.

Anniversarles and Holidays.- Anniversary of Death at Con-j fucius. (Sheng-tsu-jih). Ember

Day.

5.

Auctions Leasehold Property, Sale. Lammert's Sales Room, 3 p.m.: Household Furniture, 56A Nathan Road, Kowloon, 10,30 min. Drives

Empire-wide Drive for Funds on behalf of the British Empire Cancer Campaign:"

Meetings

China Underwriters, Ltd.. 4A. Des Voeux Road Centrál, noon,

Kowloon Union Church Women's Gulle, 10 am.: Hong Kong Lawn Tennis Association extraordinary general meeting ("S. C. M. Post" Board Room), 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous

Lecture in English by Mr. E. Bacci, on "Some Remarks about Fascism." Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room, 5.30 p.m.

Whist Drive," Seamen's Institute, 9 p.m."

St. John Ambulance Brigade holds Flag Day Collection in con- nection with Cancer Campaign Sale of flowers in the Colony and the mainland.

Moon-IV. Moon, 11th. Day.

Principle Mails Outward for Europe vía Suez by Menestheus. 2.30 p.m.

MAJESTIC

THEATA E pa

Nathan Boar, Kowloon," Tel 67222 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20 P.M.

Noel Cowards

DESIGN

FOR "

LIVING

with

FREDRIC MARCH GARY COOPER MIRIAM HOPKINS

EBW肃装德 EYERETT

EVERY HORTON

Wynne-Gibson, and Preston Foster in the principal roles of "Sleepers East, the new drama produced by Fox from Frederick Nebel's sensational novels

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Human Side Of Prison Life

DINNER AT

EIGHT"

At The Oriental Theatre

*

03

Seldom. fever, has the human side of prison life, with its laughter and tears. its romances, its thrills

Upsetting all traditions of either and its grim tragedies, been painted theatre or screen, the talking- in such vivid and dramatic colour-picture version of the George S. ing as in the First National ple- | Kaufman-Edna Ferber stage suc- tare. "Twenty Thousand Years in cess." Dinner at Eight is com- Sing Sing," which opens on Thursfug to the Oriental Theatre day at the Queen's Theatre.

Wednesday and Thursday with the This screen drama was taken most breath-taking aggregation of from the "book" by Lewis E. Lawes, stars ever gathered together in the Warden of Blug Sing prison, who | history of motion pictures. unquestionably knows more about the criminal heart and criminal life, as well as the technical side of prison affairs, than any other man in the country. It is a docu- ment of facts and trath which are stranger and more fascinating than Retion).

The story deals with the life of a "big shot" gunman who, when finally convicted, believes he can rule the prison as he ruled his

There are no less than fourteen outstanding fim names in this super-ambitions Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer production. The universally popular Marie Dressler heads the cast in the role of an old-time musical comedy-star. John Barry- more has a striking role as a matinee idol. Wallace Beery Is cast as a nouveau-riche millionaire..

and Jean Harlow as his none-too- at faithful wife. tachment for the warden becomes The other famous Barrymore so strong that he voluntarily rebrother, Lionel, plays a shipbuilder turns to the prison and the chair who finds his business crashing. when on parole, rather than let the Lee Tracy has a made-to-order warden down.

Besides the mary role as

anappy Broadway thrills, including a prison riot, theatrical agent, Edmund Love is there is a glowing underlying seen as a young doctor, and equal- romance, made inspiring by the jy prominent roles are filled by touching loyalty of convicts women Billie Burke, Madge Evans, Jean for their misguided husbands and Hersholt, Karen Morley Loutse sweethearts.

Closser Hale, Philips Holmes and Spencer Tracy has the leading May Robson role with Bette Davis playing op- ||- posite him. Others in the cast in-

The story encompasses "an un-

chide Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, precedented range of em Grant Mitchell, Warren Hymer, climaxes touching on mar Louls Calhern, Edward

Namara and Sheila Terry Ward

Lawes, book

Wilson, Miner and

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