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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 515, 7.15 & 9.30

There were many women In his life, but only one horie!

RADIO Picture?

4 SNOWS

DAILY

$,30–5.10

7.15-0.30

ROLLING

with

WALTER HUSTON FRANCES DEB Minas Gombell and the officers and f men of the 16th Field] Anillery, U. & M

Directed by Georgs Archalačink

the story by Lacmard Nastni Mal C. Cooper, extrusive, s%2900,

CENTRAL

THEATRE

"Keep 'Em Rolling"

The dramatic story of enlisted man in the regular army is the theme of "Keep 'em Rolling" R.K. O. Radio Picture with Walter Hus- ton and Frances Dee, now playing At the Central Theatre. Huston portrays Benny Walsh, an Incar- rigible recruit back in 1915 at Fort Myer, Virginia, where "Keep 'em Rolling" has been filmed with the 16th Field Artillery and 3rd 'Ca- alry. He finds kindred spirit in a horse, Rodney, who is equally boisterous. They became fast friends, Benny and Rodney" are se- parated, then reunited. go to bat- tle during the world war: are wounded while Rodney salvages an artillery cannong from deep mud to rescue an ambushed re- giment; decorated for bravery, and return to Fort Myer. Now their peaceful years are interrupt. ed by an efficiency expert who rules them out of the army. Mar- Jorie Deane, Benny's superior's daughter and his life-long friend, risks her engagement to the ef- clency officer to help Benny. Fran- ces Dec, the memorable Meg. of "Little Women." is seen as Mar- Jorle. George Archainbaug direct- ed.

TAKE ANT TRAIL OR FLAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST 4 TIMES

TO-DAY

THE FUNNIEST BRITISH PICTURE EVER MADE! IT'S A RIOT OF LAUGHTER

Ralph Lynn

IN

UP TO THE NECK SEE RALPH LYNN

IN

HIS BEST COMEDY.

GRACIE FIELDS BANS IMPERSONATIONS

Threat Of Legal Action

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Aug. 11. Miss Gracie Fields has become so tired of being continually included in impersonations that she has given public notice forbidding all such acts without her permission.

"I have been forced to take this action," said Miss Fields yesterday. "The number of times I am Imitated. each week has gone be-

TO-DAY

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SATURDAY

FLEMING

ROAD >

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TEL 20473

TO-MORROW

& SATURDAY HERE'S

A SENSATIONAL STORY!

Sweeping aside all previous conceptions of what the screen » cau dol

20

CENTURY MOTUNS

Bument by SOWLAND

BLOOD MONEY

GEORGE

BANCROFT

FRANCES DEE "CHICK CHANDLER JUDITH ANDERSON BLOSSOM ELIY

A THUNDERBOLT OF MIGHTY OR A MUL

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,

SHOWING

TO-DAY

"AT

1934.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL No. 25313 25332

THEY SWEAR OFF DAMES.

NEXT CHANGE-

2.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

AND AT EACH OTHER!,

They haven't had enough,

but they've had all they con

stand! What they need is o rest, and they never get it!

EDMUND LOWE

VICTOR McLAGLEN

the roughest, toughest mugs thateve?

- swung crowbars at each other in

"NO MORE WOMEN'

-with-

SALLY BLANE MINNA GOMBELL Directed by Albert Roge

A PARAMOUNT PICTURE

He runs the

Barut of commotion.

in a drama that hurts

the appendix

Jimmy DURANTE

Lupe VELEZ

STRICTLY DYNAMITE

. With

RKO NORMAN FOSTER RADIO WILLIAM GARGAN PICTURE

KING'S THEATRE THE WANDERING NO MORE WOMEN

"Strictly Dynamite

JEW

Coming To The Queen's

And A Battle Under

Water

Piercing the ether waves and peering behind the scenes of a radio broadcasting station, "Strict-

The care taken to furnish the ly Dynamite" lavishes its comedy

most scientific and modern equip on the colourful characters who

ment to the company making "No entertain radio listeners. The RKO

The musical

More Women," the 'accompaniment

Paramount Radio laugh "hit

for "The Wandering Jew" the pic-picture based on deep-sea diving comes to the King's Theatre next Sunday with ture coming on Sunday to the

which opens to-day at the King's Jimmy Schnozzle" Durante and

Queen's Theatre. was

Theatre, is believed to have saved Lupe Velez in the starring roles.

the life of Victor McLaglen, co- Passing in review behind the

shared with Edmund Lowe in the microphones are comics, gagsters,

production.. agents, bodyguards, beauties' and even great Dane dogs. The tinue revolves about Mixie Baight, a big shot radio funster who con- tends he is genius personined, but is really a sap. Revelling in the pseudo-aesthetic, Moxie demands a gag writer material adapted to his Pagliacci complex. George his agent, dupes Moxie into accepting Mick Montgomery, a disheartened poet, having an eye upon pretty Mra, Montgomery.

re-

Nick's material is poor, but he rides high on Moxie's reputation. Vera, Moxie's tempestuous partner lures Nick away fron Sylvia When the truants retura, Moxie surprises them by enthusing over a poem Nick has written, said to be the most convulsing climax ever screened, Moxie's delivery of

Usual

composed and, arranged by Dr. Hugo Riesen-. feld. Dr. Eleserfeld is recognised as being the most celebrated cine- ma musician in the world. He be- McLaglen got into his diving came famous in 1918 as the direc-suit ons day, while, the troupe was tor of music at the Rialto Cinema. on location of Catalina Island, New York, where h's orchestra and was lowered into forty feet took precedence over the film in of water. He signalled when he the billing. He composed and ar-wished to come up, but the lines ranged the musical accompaniment became tangled and he was under for many famous allent films, in the surface much longer than cluding "The King of Kings," "The Sea Beast," "The Ten Command- ments" and much of "Ben Hur He has specialised in finding, and if necessary composing, music which blends with the atmosphere and period of the film, and he worked on "The Wandering Jew" with this effect in mind with the re- sult that the music forms a gen-gradually instead of suddenly. uine background to the historical pageantry, of the film. Dr. Reisen feld came to England at the re- quest of Mr. Hagen solely to ar

yond a joke. It acts just the same the poem on the air establishes range the music of "The Wander- way as if some firm produced an the success of his programme.ing Jew." inferior imitation of a well-known The Four Mills Brothers appear product, claiming to Мате thein "Strictly Dynamite" as real life same qualities. People hear some broadcasters, singing

Durante

of these impersonations and say, catch rhythms, "Money in My story from which Maurine Wat- the new and Robert T. Colwell wrote the Well, if that's like Gracle Fields Clothes" and "Swing It Bister." kins and Ralph Spence wrote the I wouldn't pay to hear her." Durante and Miss Velez contribute

Miss Fields' advertisement states musical specialties, that unless artists have written Tocalizing his own "Im Putty in permission to give these imper-Your Hands" and "Hot Patata:" sonations legal proceedings will be and Lupe introducing "Oh Mẹ, taken.

Oh My, Oh You," all of which promise to be popular melodies:

"Strictly Dynamite" also pre- sents Eugene Pallette. Minna Sterling Holloway, and Jacke under the direction of Elliott Nugert Robert A. Simon

Barbara Barondess, appearing in 'Gombell Paramount's Eight Girls In A Boat. Franklin Fangbow began her theatrical career at the Seari, ripe old age of two!

QUEEN'S

A girl-spy, beautiful, dangerous but a pris oner of lovel Robert W. Chambers' grand romance, brought to the screen with the specta- cle of "Birth of a Na- tion," the heart-beat of "Smilin' Through!”

Ar 2.80, 5.10,

7.20 & 9.30.

OPERATOR

Marion DAVIES Gary COOPER

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cosmopolitan Production

13

Jean Parker

Katharina Alexander

Ted Heal

The Four Mills Brothers

scenario. Addtional dialogue was Jack Harvey, provided by Milton Raison and

"BLOOD MONEY”

11

At The Oriental

The vengeance visited on B renegade policeman-turned-gang-. ster as his crook pals put him on the spot is but one of the many exciting sequences

In "Blood Money" showing at the Oriental Theatre on Friday and Saturday.

Bill Balley toe Bondsman, play- ed by George Bancroft makes a munificant iving by helping poll- ticians, crooks and grafters of all kinds out of the trouble they get into when they run foul of the law.

Be fronts for them brazenly un-. til the young brother of Ruby, his girl, played by Judith Anderson, "skps ball under circumstances that look like a doule cross. In retaliation, Balley turns him in. Ruby's scorn is unbounded.

"Remember, the thieves made. you and the thieves can break you, you copper!" is the scathing taunt Burg at her one-time lover.

and the battle startsida The machinations of Ball Bond Row, the corrupt dealing of polt- teal schemers and the under- ground tactics of gangiand are all ruthlessly exposed in th's 20th Century production, presented by Joseph M. Shenck and Darryi Zanuck The story is packed with thrills and unexpected plot twists.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:-

HONG KONG

"No More Women QUEEN'S:

"Operator 13"

CENTRAL---

"Keep 'am RollingTM ORIENTAL:-

"Up To The Neck"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRAT

"The Only Gil"

MAJESTIC:-

"George White's Scandals" STAR:- い

"One Way Pamaya"

KING'S:

Coming

"Strictly Dynamite"

QUEEN'S:-

"Wandering Jew"

ORIENTAL:-

"Blood Money" ALHAMBRA:-

"Riding Tornado"

STAR:-

"Cleaning Up" "Footlight Parade"

"OPERATOR 13"

An Excellent Production

MAJESTIC

RASTHEATRE Nathan, Road Eswloon. Tel. 57922 TO-DAY TO SATURDAY: At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 PM

GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS

with

RUDY VALLEE JIMMY DURANTE Į ALICE FAYE ADRIENNE AMES GREGORY RATOFF CLIFF EDWARDS GEORGE WHITE

ing one and this is followed hy. one of those riotous Laurel and Hardy comedies, which serves to "Operator 13" which opened yes-whet the Appetite for the feature terday, at the Queen's Theatre, | film.

must be placed on record as one The picture has been taken from of the best historic productions to the last and best novel written by. come from Hollywood in along the master story-teller, Robert W. time.

Chambers, and Richard Boleslav- It serves as the newest starring sby becomes a serious contender vehicle for Marion Davies, the for an Academy award because of lovely blonde star, with the hand-the deft touch of his direction. some Gary Cooper as her new lead- The story concerns the love con-

ng man.

flicts between Miss Davies, as a Union spy, and Cooper, as a South- ern spy, with the Civil War as the background.

At the initial showing yesterday, drew crowded houses to the ever popular Queen's Theatre, and all those who saw it were unant Scenes famous in Americafi his- mous in the "yote" that it was tory are authentically reproduced the best picture," they had seen in the picture and many famous for a long time.”

characters of the Civil War are re-

screen

The management, of this born again upon, the Theatre are always happy in their Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton, choice of programmes and one Pauline Cushman, General "Jeb" Imagine what is, on the Staurt, and many other histor.cal

Rames.. "menu" when it is said that the current programme Is. par excel-

can

lence.

Rigden Crawford, the expert driver in charge, realizing how long McLaglen had been down, feared an attack of the "bends" that paralysing malady to which divers are exposed: The star was Lowe is always outamarting Me" tank, which obviates the bends" a sunken tug while McLaglen gets hustled into the decompression Laglen. He recovers, 820,000 from by reducing the alr pressure only the empty safe. Sally Blane,

owner of one of the tugs, is an fight over her, Lowe hurls McLag- other bone of contention and, in a len into the ocean.

Again Miss Davies has surround- ed herself with an excellent cast, all of whom present finished per formances Jean Parker, Kathar- ine Alexander, Ted Healy, Russell Mardle, Henry Wadsworth, Sidney: Hobertson and last but not least Toler. Douglas Dumbrille, Willard

these kings of radio entertainers, the Four Mills Brothers, who con- tribute the plantation melodies.

HEATHER ANGEL TO MARRY

pression apparatus has greatly "The invention of this decom- reduced fatalities among divers," the 'bends' attacks were likely to sald Crawford. "In the early days

Lowe is arrested for murder, and McLaglen, who is saved, keeps prove fatal, but now there is out of sight hoping Lowe will be little danger. McLaglen may, have hanged. Finally however, McLag- been all right. but he looked len returns to the tug, and he and pretty badly when we got him up

Hollywood, Aug. 29. and Lows go below the surface on and I didn't want to

The actress Heather, Angel has take any

a $2,000,000 salvage job. Here oc-announced that she is marrying chances."

curs an under-water battle among Ralph Forbes, former husband of Once more McLaglen and Lowe four divers, from which only Me Ruth, Chatterton, who is motoring are rivals in "No More Women" Laglen and Lowe are saved. this time as deep-sea divers on

to Yuma, Arizona. to-day for the As a beginning. We have a competing salvage tugs. As usual Hearst newsreel-a really interest Reuter.

ceremony.

The House of Premier Showings of the Best Pistares at the Most Popular Prices.

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

ALHAMBRA AT 230, 5.20,

NOT JUST

But

THE STRE

7.20 & 9.20

ANOTHER MUSICAL Gay, Romantic Spec-

tacular Operetts

set in

The Enchanting Heyday.

of the Empress Eugenie with the Gay, Winsome Provocative English Star.

Another Gaumont-British Ufa Success!

ILIAN HARVEY

Only

Koinance and

TIM MC MICKEY

ND

MICKEY'S REVUE!!

TO-DAY ONLY

WILLIAM

POWELL

KAT

FRANCIS

ONE WAY PASSAGE"

GEORGE

LEE

in his Hilarious Comedy "CLEANING UP"

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