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CENTRAL

THEATRE

(SHOWING TO-DAY Daily 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30

CHINESE PICTURE "THE LOVE OF

FAIRYLAND"

COMING ATTRACTION

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1934.

KING'S THEATRE "LAST

"She Learned About

Sailors"

Lew Ayres has the enviable task of making love to Alice Faye in "She Learned About Sailors," the Fox comedy-romance" coming to the King's Theatre on Sunday. Lew is the champion heart-break- er of the U. S... Navy and Alice is a night club entertainer in the picture. This gives Allce a splen- did opportunity to sing "Here's the Key to My Heart" in a man-

THE BIG LAUGH||her that is reminiscent of her

SHOW!

THE POOR

RICH

WITH

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON-EDNA MAY OLIVER,

UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

IT HAPPENED ON NIGHT

"Nasty Man" number In George White's "Scandals."

Alding and abetting these two with the comedy are those knock- out slapstick artists. Mitchell" and Durant, who "are Lew's shipmates In the picture, and Harry Green, a South American impressario. The story takes them from an Asiatic port, through the vicissi Ludes of life on shipboard to a cafe in San Pedro, California.

Lew Ayres is persuaded by his two Shipmates, Mitchell and Dur- ant, to accompany them ashore at un Asiatic seaport. At a cafe Ayres mcets Alice Faye, and he- fore the fleet leaves port they fall in love. When Mitchell and Dur- ant are convinced that Alice Faye is sincere in her love for Ayres.

Romance and Drama they do everything in their power

to

convince Ayres that he is wrong when he decides he cannot marry her because of his financial" condition.

TWO-DAYS

AT

2.30.5.10.7,15

9.30 P.M.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

Together . . . for the first time!

CLARK

GABLE

CLAUDETTE

COLBERT in

"It Happened One Night"

WONDER BAR

the At The Alhambra

set meeting

Durant Mitchell and stage for an accidental ct the lovers in Los Angeles, and when something goes wrong, they force both lovers into a trumped up marriage. There then follows that a series of hilarious events brings the film to a lively con- clusion;

The marked popularity of ""It

Night" Happened One

at the! King's Theatre to-day attests the favour in which Clark Gable and Claudett Colbert are held among local movie-goers. The romantic the together on pair, teamed screen for the first time in this delightful romantic comedy drama, enact the most colourful Alice Faye made her film debut roles in their respective careers, in George White's "Scandals," and Gable appearing as the knightly was later seen in "Now. 1' Tell." ex-newspaper reporter, and Miss by Mrs. Arnold Rothstein. Lew Colbert portraying the perulent, Ayres shares the star honours with supercilious "Ellie Andres," a run- Miss Faye. away heiress making her way to New York.

The two meet, rather inauspic- ously on a bus leaving Miama. Gable nates with growing concem

Je

girl's apparent helplessness and take her under his wing. Mis sing the bus at a stop-over, they decide to hitch-hike the rest of the

way.

Under the supervision of John Stone, producer for Fox, George Marshall directed from the screen and play by William Conselman Henry Johnson. Richard Withing id Sidney Clare are responsible for the song numbers.

Their adventures from this as

point on provides Q wealth of comedy, romance and drama, pre- sented

directorial in the finest tradition of Frank Capra, the man who also made "Lady For A Day" and "American Madness."

WHERE SINNERS

MEET"

Blessed with scio:llating dialo- Robert Riskin adapted "It Hap-

gue and a perfect cast, RKO Ra- SINNERS MEET" pened One Night" from the Cos- dlo's. "WHERE mopolitan Magazine story. by will open at the King's Theatre Samuel Hopkins Adams, which was shortly. Diana Wynyard and Clive published under the title of "Night Brook are co-starred, the film. Bus." In the large supporting marking their first appearance to- cast are Walter Connolly, as Miss gether since "Cavalcade." Bite

father: Colbert's irate

Roscoe Burke has a strongly featured Karus, & travelling salesman who role. puts Claudette "on the make" rather unsuccessfully; Ward Bond

"If you miss it

don't blame

us!"

-Motion Picture Aloqazing

JA COLUMBIA PICTURE

TARZAN AND HIS MATE

An Excellent Film

Prosperity came back to Holly wood chorus girls and dancers when Busby Berkeley started work on the spectcular ensembles for the First National picture "Won-days of long ago, when we were der. Bar," which open to-morrow at the Alhambra Theatre.

Just as in "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers of 1933" and "Foot-light

How thrilled we were, in the

BOOKING AT THE

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SUNDAY

SHE LEARNED ABOUT SAILORS

A FOX Picture with

LEW AYRES ALICE FAYE

HARRY GREEN. Frank MITCHELL Jack DURANT

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

KING'S.

"It Happened One Night" QUEEN S:—

"Tarzan And His Mate"

CENTRAL:---

"The Poor Rich"

ORIENTAL:-

"The Mystery Of The Wax Museum"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA:-

"As The Harth. Tuma” MAJESTIC:

"Bottoms Up"

KING'S:-

Coming

"She Learned About Sailors" ALHAMBRA:-

"Wonder Bar"

STAR:-

"Queen Christina”

"You Can't Buy Everything”

Heather Angel is the latest re-- eralt to the Hollywood craze for polo. Mrs. Spencer Tracy is the only other notable feminine

ROAD CONGRESS player to date.

GATHERING

Entertained By Goebbels

(To Be Continued) Dally Press"}

first provided with the Tarzan alms. The writer remembers go-

By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele As Director Lloyd Bacon coming to the theatre to see "Tarzan graphic Messages Ordinance, 1874, pleted his five weeks' work with of the Apes" and later on "The Re-

Received, September 20, 7.30 p.m.) the "all-star cast in the dramatic turn of Tarzan" and on each oc-

Berlini, Sept. -20. part of the production, Berkeley casion he was thrilled by the mar- moved in to do his two gigantic vellous jungle scenes. That was

The closing event of the inter- "numbers"

when we had the silent films, but national Road Congress took place with the advent of the Talkies

on Wednesday afternoon in Ber- In when Goebbels gave a tea re- even better came someth.ng

First we had Tarzan ception on the grounds of the Pa- Over one the Ape Man. The photography Lace Charlottenburg. was just as good, may, even better thousand prominent people includ than the old Tarzan pictures but several Reichs-ministers, the what thrilled one most was Tar-majority of the diplomatic and "Wonder Bar" carries an all-zan's" call of the jungle. Every- sular corps and distinguished pub- star cast including Kay Francis body who saw that Alm will longe men and women responded to

the invitation. Dolores Del Rio, Ricardo Cortez,

Parade," the Berkeley unit was a very distinct organization in liselt. action after the It" started into "door was cleared" of the story Alming

Dick Powell, Al Jolson, Hal LeRoy, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert Louise Fazenda and Fifi 'd'Orsay.

PLYMOUTH LOAN ISSUE OVER-SUBSCRIBED

بت

London, Sept. 20. The list of applications in con-

our way.

remember it, and now, when it is

In a short leave

4 SHOWS

DAIL

1.20-5,19

7.(5-9.30

MAJESTIC

DE THEATRE==== Nathan Road Kowloon, Tel. 572% TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M

Bolloms

with

SPENCER TRACY "PAT" PATERSON JOHN BOLES

Herbert Mundin. Sid Silvers Harry Grash' Theimo Tadd Produced by B. G. DeSyivo

TAKE AND TRAN OR PEAPPY VALLEY BUR

RIENTALE

2 MORE DAYS-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

THE PICTURE ENSATION · THAT MAKES ALL THRILLERS LOOK LIKE A BEDTIME STORY !

THE MYSTERY OF THE

WAX

MUSEUM

ALIEN CORCE OUI

TECHNICOLOR

still fresh n our memories, the taking speech, Goebbels said "You | LIONEL ATWILL-FAY WRAY-GLENDA FARRELL

the "Queen's are leaving Berlin and Germany management of

You have had the op- Theatre have brought us another to-night. jungle thriller entitled "Tarzan portunity to become acquainted and Els Mate."

with the country and people and In ore special sphere in the study of the great tasks New Germany

I do not be-.

without fear of contradiction that

nection with the issue by the City of Plymouth of £1,000,000 cor- poration 3 per cent. redeemabie in "Tarzan Adapted from A. A. Milne's high-stock 1954 at "975 for repayment of short-term mortgage loans ly successful "The Dover Road"

opened this morning and closed as the bus driver, and Blanche the picture happily retains all of

five minutes later, the issue hàv- Frederico, Alan Hale, Jameson that play's brilliance, and has an Thomas, Arthur Boyt and others added charm which only the scope ing been over-subscribed.-

British Wireen. of the camera can accord in minor but important roles.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

...

AT 2.30, 5.10

ม

QUEEN'S

M

7.20 & 9.30

TARZAN

THRILL

A

AND HIS MATE

Tarzan. mighty monarch of the jungle... returns to battle for his bride in the greatest thrill drama of all time

with MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

NEIL HAMILTON PAUL CAVANAUGH

Metro- Goldwyn

Mayer's TRIUMPH

MINUTE

been able from personal contact to convince yourselves that all Germans want peace and have

the intention to devote themselves to their work honouably and in-

Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Gavin Gordon. IN A DARINGLY DIFFERENT PHOTO PLAY PRODUCTION

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

STOCKS "

Persistent Strength Indicated

This tim is being put on an, ex- tended run at the ever-popular has taken in hand. Queen's and yesterday crowded leve that you have gathered the houses attended the four perfor-impression that the German Reich mances. Johnny Welsmuller and and the German people are thirst- Maureen O'Sullivan are always a ing for revenge and war. On the Popular pair but it may be sald contrary I am sure that you have

and His Mate" they have excelled themselves, and that alone should be good enough re- commendation for the pletüre.

We hear complaints now and dustriously. I hope that you are again about too many stereotyped leaving us with this impression of pictures being shown in Hong the country and the people. Kong. Well, we have a change in Responding to Goebbels, the Tarzan and His Mate" and let me French vice-president of the Con- conclude by saying that it is one

gress, Professor Le Cavriant de- of the pictures that should not be

clared that the best propaganda missed, by young or old.

the Congress delegates had found during the'r stay in Germany was Germany itself. One had seen

The Stoke-on-Trent City Coun- Germany at work and had been dil to-day approved the issue et the recipient of its most cordial par of £1,500,000 of corporation 34 hospitality. Every delegate had per cent, redeemable stock, 1955- been profoundly impressed by British Wireless. what he had seen and experien- ced.

INDEPENDENCE OF AUSTRIA

Efforts To Devise A Pact Of Non-Interference

(Special to "Hoog Konz Daily Press")

(By Telegraph, Copyright; · Telo graphic. Messages, Ordinance, LINUS Received, September 20, 4.30 p.m.)

Paris, Sept. 20.

That efforts to devise a pact of, non-interference in the interests

Of

Austrian Independence are being vigorously continued-al-

-Transocean Kue, Min.

PRINCESS MARINA

DANCES

Highland Reel With Prince George

Scottish

London, Sept. 19. ' dances formed the

'though the ambitions scope main features of the programme originally contemplated has been for a ball for tenants and Ghillies considerably modified-is reported on Royal estates given to-night at by. "Petit Parisien" which states Balmoral Castle, thas "a particularly commendable: solution in every respect is being land reef with Prince George.

Princess Marina danced a High- sought which would consist of Important International guarantee Newspapers state that the wed- with the League, for instance, ding cake for the Royal marriage, acting as guarantor to the Aus nine feet high and weighing 800 trian Independence, The

big | pounds, will be made in Edin- Fowers would if need be, enforce burgh from Empire products the this guarantee with all means at their disposal, material means in cluding The Anschluss menace so the paper asserts, would thus forever be removed Transocean Kun. Min

recipe being the same as that used for the wedding cakes of the King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess of York and the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood British Wireless,

London, Sept. 19. The persistent strength of British Government stocka," attrl- buted partly to some buying on foreign account, but mainly to the continued glut of money seeking safe investment. was again a feature of the stock markets

to-day,

War Loan 34 per cent. was finally quoted at the record quotatiori of 1051.

11

PRECAUTION AGAINST

REVOLUTION

Action In Spain And Austria

There

London, Sept. 19. are tears of revoltin Madrid and Vienna.

In the Spanish capital Govern- ment buildings are under double) guard as a stringent precaution against revolution. The Ministries are now considered safe, ...From Vienna, it is learned that" Communist activity in Austria is greatly increased. Eighty, were arrested in Vienna to-day- Reuter

U.S. AGAINST QUOTA RESTRICTIONS

Washington, Sept 19 Mr. Cordell Hull Secretary State, announced to-day that one of the ultimate objects of the United States reciprocal trade agreenient programme was the elimination, of all quota restric- Hions as soon as it is practicable. "Reuter-

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

Sir Osborne Smith As First Governor

London, Sept. 19.

It is announced by the Indis Office, that Bir Osborne Smith has.. with the consent of the Board of the Imperial Bank of India, he cepted the invitation of the Governor General-in-Council to become the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India'

British Wireless;

ALHAMBRA

JOLTRE

TO-DAY ONLY

gear Muir

sweeps to world acclaim

in her first great

SATURDAY

WONDER BAR

The Wonder Show of the Conte

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