1934-09-22 — Page 7

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THEATRE

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CI

CHINESE PICTURE "THE LOVE OF

FAIRYLAND"

COMING ATTRACTION

AT THE KING'S

She Learned About Sailors

----

"Lew Ayres' ability as a musician landed him in motion pictures, but the popular star has yet "to play a role in which he makes use of his musical accomplish- ments.

Ayres was tapping the drum for a Hollywood dance orchestra, at the Roosevelt Hotel, when an agent spotted him and placed him in a picture with Greta Garbo, "The Kiss." His second flim was

THE BIG LAUGH" Quiet on the Western Front,"

SHOW!

1!

THE POOR

RICH

WITH

EDWARD EVERETT

and from then on he was starred in various pictures, and in varied roles-except a part in which he might perform at his favourite hobby.

During his undergraduate days at the University of Arizona Ayres played in a collegiate dance band and sang in the glee club,

He is now under contract to Fox

HORTON-EDNA MAY] Films, and his next assignment is

OLIVER.

UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

4 SHOWS

DAILY"

230-515

7.15-0.00

opposite

latter's

Janet Gaynor in

starring new

"Servants' Entrance."

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TO-MORROW

4 TIMES TO-DAY MONDAY-TUESDAY

DO NOT MISS THIS

THRILLINGLY

DIFFERENT

-CREEN PRODUCTION

IT'S

THE BEST PICTURE MADE IN YEARS!

IF "DOCTOR X" SHOCKED YOU

Kan'an sew Warner Bros. thril

ler that makes it look like a bat sima story). Same starı) Semi Director1 Fire we today thrilla).

THE MYSTERY

OF

THE

WAX

MUSEUM

ALL IN GORGEOUS

TECHNICOLOR

LIONEL ATWILL FAY WRAT FRAIS MHUGE CLERRA FARMELL

AUSTRALIANS' REPLY"

Thanks For "Gracious Message"

Special Air Mail Service)

ን፡ London, Sept. 5.

Mr. Harold Bushby, manager of the Australian cricket team, yesterday bent the following reply. through Sir Clive. Ingram. to the King's message congratu- lating the team on winning the Ashes.

"Mr. Woodfull, and all of us "very deeply appreciate the con- gratulations offered to us by his Majesty the King. Will you con-

SHOWING

TO-DAY

LAUGHING SOUP -

A spicy concoction of gags, girls, songs and music presented by those expert fun makers OKOU. CHO-CHICO HARPO and ZEPPO.

HE'S THE DICTATOR

THE

4

MARX BROS. ́DUCK SOUP

ORAZIER AND FUNNIER THAN EVER

vey to His Majesty our united thanks for his very gracious message."

Australia's Pride

Mel-

to

Mr. J. A. Lyons, the Australian Prime Minister, has sent (states a Reuter

message from bourne) the following cable W. M. Woodfull, captain of the Australian team:

"On behalf of the Government and the Australian people. I send; you and your team the heartiest congratulations upon regaining the Ashes for Australia. Your win was meritorious, and A128- tralla is proud of you. We ad- mire the courage displayed by. Bowes, and regret the mistor- tunes that betell the English team."

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1934.

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Together..... for the first time!

TO-MORROW

CLARK

GABLE

| CLAUDETTE

COLBERT in

"It Happened One Night"

THE WORLD CHANGES

At The Alhambra

What exactly is a screen epic? The term has been used for such outstanding films as "The Birth of a Nation." "The Covered Wagon," "Cimarron" and "Silver

Dollar."

If it means a

Д

"If you miss it

don't blame

US!--Motion Pisture

Magasine

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

JOSEPHINE

GOWNS

C"

Exquisite Models

-1 -saw some

phine

Dew

SHE LEARNED ABOUT SAILORS

A FOX Picture with

LEW AYRES ALICE FAYE

HARRY GREEN Frank MITCHELL Jack" DURANT

TARZAN AND

HIS MATE

At The Queen's

-"Tarzan" has developed into one of fiction's largest industries" ! This fact was revealed in a recent survey made by the works of

gowns at the Paul Rennet Salan most delightful

in St. George's Building writes

correspondent; where a consignment of wonderful "Jose-

C gowns has just Edgar Rice Burroughs, famous Such exquisite models author "of adventure tales, whose they are too!-.. beautifully tailor- latest story, "Tarzan and His the leading roles Weissmuller played by Johnny and Maureen O'Sullivan, is now showing at the Queer's Theatre.

picture which arrived. relates the history of a hero, a family or a group in sweeping narrative style, with accuracy.of detail and vigour of situation. then all advance reports must lead us to expect a true screen epic on Thursday next at the Alhambra Theatre. That is the time and place set for the first showing here of the new Warner Bros.

First National special production "The World Changes" starring Paul Muri,

"

&

According to advance reports, "The World Changes" covers span of some seventy-five years in the history and development of America. Between ita opening

ed and finished and all cut with slim and "elegant lines that add grace and slenderness to every lovely you will certainly want to wearer. If you are young and

see them, while If you are not so young and not quite so lovely it is a wonderful opportunity to get something that wit pring out a

ur best points, and make you seek your looking-glass with a sense of satisfaction that is posi- tively rejuvenating.

Another great ́advantage at Paul Rennet's is that Mrs. V. H. Lan- ning is there now, to advise one

Mate", with

"And it all developed from the germ of an idea that I once wrote in a story for the Argosy maga- zine." relates Burroughs on his large country estate of nearly 600 acres located a few miles from Hollywood. "I tried to imagine what might happen to a 1181 who was raised in the jungle without the benefits of civilization with a constant struggle between heredity and environment. The

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:-

HONG KONG

Ipene One Night" QUEEN S

Tarzan And His Mate"

CENTRAL:-

The Love Or Fairyland” (Chinese Pict、 re)

ORIENTAL:-

"The Mystery Of The Wax. Museum"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA:---

"Wonder Bar”

MAJESTIC:-

"Bottoms U...”

KING'S:-

Coming

1

"She Learned Abcu. Sallors"

"Hold That Girl"

ORIENTAL:-

"4 Max Bra."

DANCERS MAKE GOOD

It might be a coincidence. it might be a neway. to break into Hollywood... but "size three principals of Paramount's Al- ALL OF ME—were all dancers oo Broadway at 030 time. and they all danced together a one' particular show.

The three are Geo.gc =Raft. Miriam Hopkins and Helen Mack.

Fred Perry the tennis cham- plon bas receive in Offer to star in a Hollywood p cture. "A; Your Service." His decisiom depends on the consent of the Lawn Ten- nis Association.

Carol Coombe has been given a a part in "Great Expectations" as her first appearance in Ameri- can pictures.

Helen Chandler is playing in "It's a Bet" for ELP. at Elstree. Her husband Cyril Home author of "Flying Down to Rio' scenario writing for the same сотраду.

MISS

PICKFORD

and its close, the crisis and the to select just the style that suits character I evolved was "Tarzan" "Doing My Best For

triumphs of our national te figure as background for the saga of an American family.

Mervyn LeRoy, who directed "I Am A Fugitive From A. Chain Gang." again worked with Paul Muni in "The World Changes. In addition to Muni" and Miss Mac- Mahon, there is an unusually large and talented cast, which includes Mary Astor, Donald Cook, Patricia Elis, Margaret Lindsay. Jean Muir, Guy Kibbee and score of others. The World Changes" was adapted by Edward Chodorov from the story "America Kneels" by Sheridan Gibney.

QUEEN'S

TARZAN

AND HIS MATE

Tarrau mighty monarch of

the jungle

... returns to battle

for his bride in the greatest thrill drama of all time

wrich MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

NELL HAMILTON,

PAUL CAVANAUGH

....

Metro-

Goldwyn

Mayor's

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AT 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

THRILL

AA

MINUTE

2.

one best. She has unerring taste

whose adventures are now follow- and a very keen eye for colour, fed by millions". and seems to know at a glance just what one ought to wear.

Altogether Mr. Burroughs has written

sixty-eight stories. His Did you know that "Josephine books approximate the ten million gowns are British? Yes, It is quite mark in sales in the United States. true that altho every line of them and Great Britain, alone.. His seems to spell the word Paris, they books have been translated into are actually made by a British seventeen foreign languages, in- firm, and now that the alogan cluding

Reconciliation'

(Special Air Mail Service

Loidon, Sept: A Miss Mary Pickford, to-day, discussing the prospect of a recon ciliation with her husband, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, said: "The fault of mine. I am Arabic. Czecho-Slovak,atrangement with Doug, was BO doing my

.....

Buy British" is in every one's Danish, Norwegian, French, Fin mind. It is very nice to be able nish, German, Hungarian, Italian, to buy a beautiful dress, and sup- Polish, Portuguese, Roumanian, port the Empire, at one and the Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Swedish, same time. An evening gown in and in Brafile for the blind. silk tweed. "with a captivating single aboulder-strap caught my Soviet Russla

Hls atories were pirated in fancy at once, and a white dress Government took notice

and the Soviet in a new and charming material when it was discovered that they of it called "ganture" was quite lovely were being read in preference to

but I cannot possibly fes- Bolshevik propaganda! cribe all the glorious frocks I mw you must really go and see them for yourself.

In 1929 "Tarzan" made his first appearance in a daily newspaper strip and a few years later in full page Sunday, coloured pages. There are how 112 newspaper

“BABY” BALLOON publishing the daily "Tarzan"

Ascends 17 Miles

strip, and 73 papers publishing the Sunday "Tarzazı”

Colour page.

During a special radio broad- cast, a club was formed on the Pacific Coast that now includes more than 125.000 members, all interested in “Tarzan “

best towards a reconciliation."

This is the first time that Miss Fickford has admitted that there is a possibility of a reconciliation.

She mentioned that Mr. Fair banke presented sier with a bou- quet of orchide when she left Hollywood..

She made her Statement when dying from Los Angeles to Clove jund, where she ito. inaugurate the National Air Rares.

BABY LEROY

Stops A Film

(Special Air-Mail Service).

London, Sept. 5, Lee Tracy and Baby Leroy are fellow-stars in the film, "The

made in Hollywood. Lemon Drop Kid" now being

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 5. An unoccupied baby stratos- And on phere balloon, consisting of

the acreen, "Tarzan," the Ape Man", made as one of the Letal goudola attached fifteen-feet bag, was sent into the sound, scored a bit in every city before, and Lee tracy decided it torst jungle adventure pictures. in They didn't know each other stratosphere at Chicago yesterday where it was shown until now was up to him to gut paliy, pamti

Professor Arthur H. Compton, Johnny Weissmuller received us

A Nobel Prize scientist..

Inside the gondola was

An

So, in between the acts, be, net high as 10,000 letters a month about amusing Baby, Laroy. He automatic radio device which from "fans" in all parts of the made a funny face at him. broadcast certain details, such as country..

the temperature, barometrio pres

These broadcasts

were picked

Mr. Burroughs passes most of sure, and intensity of the cosmic his time on his large estate in the Fays

comfortable ranch house that is also his work shop When not The radio ceased when the hoga. dairy cattle, horses, chickens working on s novel he raises balloon reached a height of nine and turkeys. He believes that the and a half miles.

up by scientists on the ground.?

At an estimated

height of appetite for "Tarzan" stories will seventeen and a half miles the never diminah.

balloon burat

Baby Leroy didn't appreciate this sort of humour. He burst into teare

And every time he sees Les Tracy now, he bursts into tears.

As a result the production of

still the film is at a complete stand-

The director has aade Lee Tracy promise that whenever Baby Leroy is prosent he will keep his, funny faces to himself.

Biographical Note Baby Lancy

"It's the circus in people says Profesor Compton said that Burroughs my stories contain the experiment was a complete many elements of a big circus on with Maurice Chevalier in Bed- is two or thereabouts. First played success and eliminated the nece paper, and when they are trans-time Story," and would ha sity for dangerous stratosphere ferred to the screen people can walked off with the honours if be fights by scientists.

He intends leaving the United enjoy breathless adventure in the could have walka), Gets about States for Europe next week:

comfort of a theatre chatr£40 week

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