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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW DAILY 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30

ilian Harvey

The

Only

Girl

A LITING ON SONG THAT CATUMED A DUKE

COMMENCING MONDAY

StiefĞAL TEME THE WORLD" UNIVERSAA PRODUCTION

THE NINTH

GUEST

A Real Thriller

An unknown voice, emanating

from a radio, The Ninth Guest" at a party of eight who are mysteriously invited to attend a dinner i the Columbia pro- duction, "The Ninth Guest" show- ing to-day 'at the Alhambra Theatre.

The unbidden one makes his presence known through a radio which delivers messages telling" the assembled guests that they are to die, one after the other.

in the order proportionate to their right to live. Before he play is over, six of the eight are dead at the hands of the mysterious assas- sin, or goaded to suicide by the ́all-knowing and compelling voice

from the instrument

The screen play is an adapta- tion of Owen Davis's presentation

of the same name which had such run on the New a phenomenal York stage. It has been acclaim-

ed. one of the "best mystery plays

ever written, rivalling in dramatic interest, suspense and baling situations even the famous "Thir- teenth Chair.”

Donald Cook and Genevieve To- bin are seen in the featured roles of the screen drama, with sup- porting cast that includes Samuel S. Hinds, Hardie Albright, Nella Walker, Helen Fint, Edwin Max- well, Edward Bilis, Vincent Bar- nett and Sidney Bracey, Roy Willam Nell is the director. :

Murder Mysteries

By far one of the most original and entertaining of murder my steries, "The 9th Guest" should on

no seekers.

account be missed by thrill

The film has many thrilling moments and of the murders. "ve of them are most originally com-

TO-DAY

ONLY

"LITTLE MAN,

WHAT NOW?”

For The King's Theatre

more

Margaret Sullavan does than simply keep her feet on the ground. Her favourite method of relaxing is to and Songe grassy spot and ite flat on her back.

"Getting down to earth", Mar garet calls it, and she contends that it is the only way in which she can completely refresh herself during a hard day at the studio, when constant appearance. before The camerds involves a very definita nervous strain.

There is something about close contact with the earth that rests me and braces me up", she says, "and no matter how exhausted I may be. a ten-minute nap on the arass will put new life into ma and make it easy to go on with my work".

But grass is somewhat scarre about the sets at Universal studios, and so, during the walts between scenes. while cameras are being

noved and electricians are busy. "ghting the set", the unconven- Uonal Miss Sullavan steals away In some green spot and proceeds to "unlax". At first members of the production crew. experienced difficulty in finding her when the director was ready to proceed with another scene, but now this" difficulty has been solved, and the. youdig actress

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1934.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

T

2.30,5.10,7.15

& 9,30 P.M”

KINO

AIK-CONDITIONED THEATRE

SPRINGTIME WAS HIS LOVETIME !

NGTIME FOR HENRY

OTTO KRUGER

NANCY CARROLL

NIGEL BRUCE

HEATHER ANGEL

HERBERT MUNDIN

gets her pertadie "SPRINGTIME FOR "WONDER BAR”

rests without any attendant wor

rizs. A small siren with a distinc-

tive tone stands outside the "set",

and three toots on it never fall

HENRY"

to bring her racing back, fresh Excellent Entertain-

for work and in hiimour,

high good

Miss Sullavan comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday in the star role of "Little

Man. What Now?". Frank Borzage's Universal production in which Douglass Montgomery plays the leading male

role.

AT THE QUEEN'S

Hollywood Party

ment

Those seeking really clever en- tertainment are recommended to visit the King's Theatre where. "Springtime For Henry," featur- ing Otto Krueger, Nancy Carroll and Heather Angel is showing The writer was there last night and reports that he had not seen such an amusing picture for long time,

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Coming To The. Alhambra.

First National's mammoth, musi- cal and dramatic spectacle, "Won- der Bar" is coming to the Alham bra Theatre.

The picture is based on the in lernationally famous, play thal was the sensation of Europe a few years ago when it played before king and commoner in Continent- al capitals. Again it was a sensa ation on the American stage with

Al Jolson in the stellar role.

Otto Krueger plays the part of a rich young bachelor who leaves A dizzy melange of stars, beauti-aside his work and instead plays ful girls, catchy tunes and gor around with women, envied by geous settings will hit the screen other bachelors and hated by all of the Queen's Theatre to-morrow married men! when "Hollywood Party.". Metro- Nancy Carrol and Heather An- Goldwyn-Mayer'a much-heralded gel contribute very largely to the success of the film but while we are handing out bouquets... we must not forget our old Herbert Mundin, whose anties as

friend.

Tilvers (valet to Krueger}

joy-fes on celluloid opens its en- gagement.

"Hollywood Party is a fast- moving syncopation-filled portray al of fe in the mansions of the

keeps

Al Jolson in the film version. plays the same fole as an enter

ainer de luxe, Other members of Francis, Dolores Del Rio Ricarde the stellar arrayfielude Kay

Cortez, Dick Powell and Hal Le Roy.

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The supporing cast is quite as Imposing including such notable

Players of stage and screen as Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, FIA d'Orsay. Merna Kennedy Henry

Kolker.

In addition there

screen capital, and Hollywood's one in a constant streak of goodO'Neill, Robert Barrat and Henry

foibles and folk are used in a hil-humour. arious story through which runs |

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The entire programme is a very First we have

is

A

for

beautiful

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a romance. Thrills of escaped wild "palatable" ore.

are three animală blend with the comedy "Stealing Through The Classics" hundred

chorus 'giris antics of Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy a delightful record of some

of picked from 9,000 applicants who Durante, Polly Moran, Charles, the old favourites and

then dance and sing clad in diaphanous Butterworth and others.

Terrytoon followed by

the "Adven- 80wns

gigantic spec-· The rivalry between two "Jungle tures of A Newsreel Cameraman," tacles created and staged by Stars," each trying to cheat the and when it is said that the fea-Rusby Berkeley. the wizard of other out of a cargo of lions; the ture film is even better fare than musical ensembles. Berkeley, who appearance of Mickey Mouse, Walt the excellent "Shorts," it will also staged the numbers for "42nd Disney's cartoon, actually working perhaps be seen why the current Street." Footlight Parade," and with human players-these are a programme

drawing crowded "Gold Diggers of 1933." is said to few of the striking novelties in the houses to this popular theatre.

have surpassed even the gigantic picture, The Musical wall"

spectacles. In these pictures by the great orchestra mounted on a per-

uniqueness, beauty and magnid- pendleular wall, the side-splitting

cence of his new conceptions. "Reincarnation" of Jimmy. Dur-

These spectacles spice the dramatic production which has Song numbers, interpolated into been staged on a grand scale, the the picture as integral parts of locale being a night club of g27 the plot, include "Hello" sung by Paris, the story centering about Jimmy Durante, Jack Pearl and the entertainers, their romances dancing chorus a duet sung by with each other and with patrons. Durante and Polly Moran; "I've

The limitations of the stage

a

ante, and other elaborate detall, for laughing purposes only, grace the different episodes of the fast- moving play."

mitted, so much so that one does not find the solution to the crimes until the very last minutes.

The plot is an excellent one and although one immediately begins to conjure up opinions as to who the murderer is, the real identity Had My Moments" a love duet have been overcome on the screen which is cleverly revealed in the with June Clyde and Eddie Qull-which permits of a production of climax will take everybody by sur-lan; Mickey Mouse's "Hot Choco far greater magnitude. prise..

The supporting shorts are very good and include two cartoons, and a musical.

late Soldier;" "Hollywood Party" and "T'm feelin' High.”

A stellar aggregation scores in the picture, including Laurel and

GVILN'S

AT. 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

WILD GOLD

John BOLES Claire TREVOR Harry GREEN $995 IMHOS

MONAGE DWSLEY

GUTH GILLETTE

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Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Folly, Moran. Fran- ces Williams, Jack Pearl and Ted Healy and his stooges.

TO ACT IN U.S. AFTER 22 YEARS

Dame Sybil Thorndike

(Special Air Mail Servico)

London, Aug-28. Dame Bybli Thorndike will sail from Southampton to-day to act in America. Thirty years ago yesterday she salled for America' to play there for the first time.

"I was a girl of 18," she said yes- terday, "and a member of Ber Greet's 'Company, playing Shake- speare and the old comedies in the United States. D am going to Amertea now to play in "The Dis taf Side,” which is being produced in New York.

"I am playing the part which 1 created in London recently, The piece is to be called Late Firelight' in New York.

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Dame Sybil said that she had not acted in America for 22 years.

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BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

TEL. No, 95313 26332

TO-MORROW

UNIVERSAL

PICTURE

Margaret

Sullavan

in

LITTLE MAN. WHAT NOW?

with

DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY Fred Kobler, Alan Hale, Mae Marsh, George Meaker, Muriai Kirkland, De Witt Jennings, Hedde Hopper.

TOP SPEED-

Joe E. Brown Again!

Probably the most hilarious and side-splitting comedy yet to grace the talking screen can be mark- ed off to First National and its appreciated effort, "Top Speed." which will be shown at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow.

Joe E. Brown, who scored aign- ally in "Son of a Sailor" and "You said a monthft!" has the role of a $35 a week broker's clerk loose on a vacation among millionaires. Is Joe disheartened? No! Brand- ishing a foot long cigar he n- forms all and sundry that he and

his partner, who is Jack Whiting. a co-clerk, are really and truly multi-millionaires. Mostly,

he

praises Jack. Yes sir, Jack de- signed the famous Jack airplane motor, and won last year's speed boat races at Monte Carlo, and is a nominee for the presidency of the New York Stock Exchange. "Where," the country girls de- mand, "Is Jack?" “Oh,"

says Brown, "on the porch. We just tossed for a million dollars and he WOIL He's counting his money."

Brown's boasting of Jack's speed boat skill finally gets Jack invited to pilot the boat belonging to Bernice Claire's father. The rival manufacturing concern has a re- presentative at the race who re- cognizes Jack, and under threat that he will expose him before the girl he loves, demands that Jack take a 830,000 bribe to throw the

race.

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S:-

CINEMA

HONG KONG

"Springtime For Henry"

QUEEN'S :-

"Wild Gold"

CENTRAL:-

"The Only Girl"

ORIENTAL:-

"Madame Butterfly".

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA:-

"The 9th Guest" JIAJESTIC! -

King Of The Arena”

STAR:-

"The Women In His Life"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Little Man, What Now?" QUEEN'S :---

"Hollywood Party"

ORIENTAL:-

"Hips Hips Hooray"

ALHAMBRA:--

"Top Speed"

"As The Earth Turns” "Wonder Bar"

STAR:-

"Queen Christina"

"You Can't Buy Everything".

4 SHOWS

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1.30-5.13

7.15--8-20

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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M

Ken

MAYNARD

KING OF THE ARENA

TAKE ANY THASE OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE

4 TIMES TO-DAY

THE YEAR'S SCREEN CLASSIC Produced on a lavish scale with: all its thrills, humour, pathos and haunting qualities.

MADAME

BUTTERFLY

SYLVIA SIDNEY CARY GRANT CHARTE RIGGIES

cord-breaking race which is de- cided to everyone's satisfaction except the rival concerns,

Laura Lee has the comedienne's role and New York" critics have acclaimed the pert star the out- standing funster in Almdom: Frank McHugh is featured in a prominent part and

portrays & drunk in his inimitable fashion. Bernice

Claire's wonderful prano is a revelation to all who hear her. Opposite her is the New York stage favourite, Jack Whit-

The climax is a gripping, realis- tic picturization of an actual re- ing.

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The House of Premier Showings of the Best Pictures at

the Most Popular Prices.

TO-DAY

ONLY

AT 2.80, 5.20,

ALHAMBRA 7.20 & 9.20

DIE STRU

WEIRD! BAFFLING! THRILLING ROMANCE!

Eight were invited — but the

ninth came unasked I

the 9th

Guest

Directed

with

DONALD COOK GENEVIEVE TOBIN

I by ROY, WILLIAM NEILL

From the·

DAVIS

Also KRAZY KAT CARTOON & MUSICAL NOVELTY

TO-MORROW-

TOP

SPEED

Another

JOB E BROWN

Laugh riot.

60-

FLEMING

ROAD

WANCHAT

·TEL, ZATO

TO-MORROW MONDAY-TUESDAY

THE

KING'S OF COMEDY IN THEIR "NEWEST LAUGH RIOT, SEE THEM CRASH THE BEAUTY RACKET.

WHEELER WOOLSEY

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dumbersek their way."--

to glory in a shouer-

of pink chiffon

HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY

Th picture has been directed by Mervyn Le Roy, and represents a really and truly side-splitting film.

Mitzi Green will make a screen reappearance as 2 grown-up. in Reliance's Transatlantic Mer- ry-Go-Round

.

Fox have finally settled,their diffetence of opinion with Shir- ley Temple's parents. Shirley is to receive 200. a week for a further six years.

STAR

TO-DAY ONLY

The

WOMEN IN HIS LIFE

with Otto Kruger Una Merkel Ben Lyon

Isabel Jewell

-Roscoe KarAI

TO-MORROW

GARBO

Oneen Christina

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