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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW Daily 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30

THE MOST PUZZLING, BEWILDERING, CRIME-

THRILLER OF THEM

ALL

FOG

MARY BRIAN DONALD COOK REGINALD DENNY

Fram the popular wwel and Satura day Evening Pat story by Valemou Williams send Borothy Rice Nons

▲ SHOWS

DAILY 2.37-5.15

7.19-3.80

Directed Dre

Albert Ragell

"THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD”

At The Alhambra

Playing before a king, ás George Arliss does in "The Man Who Play- ed God," now the Alhambra Theatre, is not a new experience for this actor. Arliss has played stage roles with King George. V of England, in the audience and he needed no expert to advise him on- the formalities and general atmos- phère of such a scene.

Mr. Arliss played few" of his best known roles in England. It is only since his talking pictures have been shown in his homeland that the name of Arliss has become famous there as in America. How- ever, he did play "The Green God- dess" for an entire year in London and King George was the most famous of many distinguished per- sonages in his audience,"

Arliss knows what tension, ex- cliement und drama is Involved in such a event. He has profitted by this experience in planning the "king", sequence of "The Man Who Played 'God."

Violet Heming, who played with Arliss in some of his best known stage productions, Bette Davis, in- teresting new ingenue, Louise Closser Hale and Ivan Simpson, are in the cast of the new Arliss picture. Andre Luget plays "king".

RIVER. DEFENCE FLEET

Nanking, Oct. 11.

HONG KONG " DAILY. PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1934.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAT AT

2.30, 6.10, 7:15 & 9.30 P.M.

Here's the new perfect lover of the screen, running the full gamut of emotions..

and walking

the rest of

Lne way!

Jimmie (Schnozzle) DURANTE Lupe VELEZ Stuart ERWIN

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

HE'S A

SECOND

DON JUAN-

and

TWICE AS GOOD AS THE FIRST!

Palooka

with MARJORIE RAMBEAU ROBERT ARMSTRONG

ALSO

UNITED ABTISTS PICTURE

MICKEY MOUSE in 'STEEPLECHASE"

STAMBOUL QUEST AT THE QUEEN'S

The two newly constructed gun-Tale of International

boats, "Cheng Ning ", and "Chang Ning" of the Naval Ministry, were formally put into commission yes- terday. Messrs, Chiang Heng-shin and Wn Chien-1" were sworn in ofce as Captains of the vessels. The two gunboats will form part of the River Defence fleet.- Kuo Min.

TAKE ANY TRAN OR PSAPPY VALLEY BUS ..

ti

RIENTALE

2 DAYS ONLY-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

BACK IN THE WICKED 90's. WHEN MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN LIKED IT!

His roaring guns blazed vengeance in a town that knew no law He outshot killers .... subdued outlaws.¦. and won the "tribute that beauty pays to courage.

Directed by

Lew Seller

A New Story of the Old West

FRONTIER

MARSHAL

George O'Brien

Irene Bentley -

"FRONTIER MARSHAL"

Coming To The Oriental

George O'Brien, long known for his Western characterizations, comes to the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Fox Film's latest release, "Frontier Marshal." Tombstone, Arizona,

known in the days of the old West as a roaring, polleally corrupt min

TROUBLE WITH THE

"SCHNOZZLE”

Jimmie Durante feels the pangs of frustration! He's non-plussed! He's boiled up!

At least, he was for a few mo- ments during the fliming of a scene He was making with Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau "and Robert Amstrong in "Paloòka,” the comedy at the King's Theatre.

It seems the old "schnozzle" wasn't getting the prominence it deserved, and Director Benjamin Stoloff halted operations in the middle of the scene and demanded more make-up and higher fighting on Jimmie's nose.

ing town where lawlessness and So there was nothing to do but death were the order of the day.take time out while make-up men forms the background" of this went to work on the famous pro- Western epic.

+

boscis.

*, O'Brien is cast as a frontier

"It's sacrilege! It's mutiny! marshall who, because of the girl he loves, remains in Tombstone to moaned Durante.

avenge her father's killer, and-at'

"For de folst time in my career

the same time bring peace, and dey insists on gildin't dé lif!~ order to this town that knew no

Iaw, O'Brien finds that he is

Max. Baer (screen star and con- faced with a difficult task, for he tender for the heavyweight cham- discovers that the Mayor of the pionship), Jimmie's guest on the town is in alliance with the outset, and Irving Berlin (publisher of laws that have given Tombstone its the song numbers in this release disreputable name. How O'Brien | who was also watching the scene), manages to overcome these dit-consoled Jimmie by assuring him ficulties and capture the murder that the schnozzle was supreme er of the girl's father, is reported as ever and no doubt the director to bring the film to a dramatic and cameraman were feeling a little. conclusion.

hypercritical that day.

Intriques

"Stamboul Quest" the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture, opening on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, brings to the screen for the Arst

·time a new team of film lovers. They are Myrna Loy and George Brent, who appear in their first pleture together-Miss Loy as the famous German spy, Annemarie Lesser, and Brent as the reckless, adventurous American, Douglas

Beall, who falls in love with her.

The picture is based upon, an original story by Leo Birinski and throws a new light upon the World War, revealing the involved in- trigue of international espionage as practised by the Central Powers -and of the system of unleashing one spy to catch another.

The story has its beginning in war-ravaged Berlin and carries the, action of the exciting

drama to Turkey,

where Miss Loy, as a German spy masquerading as a British agent, is sent to trap trai- torous All Bey, suspected of being a ti altor to the Central Powers.

Her newest rale presents Miss Loy, as a full-fledged star. Where in former films she has invariably appeared as a supporting player, in "Stamboul Quest" Miss Loy is really The entire story and carries the major part of the plot.

Brent, also is said to give the finest performance of his brief screen career as the impetuous lover who trails his spy-sweetheart to Stamboul and braves grave

dangers to win her love,

Though the supporting "cast is small, It carries several of the Anest characters in pictures. C. Henry Gordon enacts the role of All Bey, Turkish chief of staï sus- pected of being a traitor. Lionell Atwili, veteran of stage and screen, and who always can be depended upon for a fine performance, ap- Pears as Herr Von Sturm, chief of

TO-DAY

&

TO-MORROW

Cockney Wit

Aspirants to film fame have of- ten wondered what they would do if they were "suddenly taken from their normal occupation to a film studio to become the leading play- er in a picture.

BOOKING AT THE

› THEATRE TML. No. 25313 25332

TOMORROW

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS far

ELIZABETH BERGNER

CATHERINE

The GREAT

mich FLORA ROBSON & Str GERALD du MAURIER directed by PALIL CZINNER

BEAUTY QUEST

For Winner Takes

All

"What's become of all the beat- ties in Hollywood?”

Rufus LeMatre, wished to know.

He was picking players for "Win- ner Take All." the Warner Bros. picture starring James Cagney, which is coming to the Alhambra- on Sunday. They had to be beauti-

"Britannia of Billingsgate," the Gaumont-British picture showing at the Queen's Theatre, bas just such a story. In this case the person who rockets to fame and fortune is a woman who sells Ashful, they had to be refined-looking: for they were society girls going and chips the Billingsgate

in

to a fashionable night club.

LeMaire consulted Bill Malberry, assistant

market. :

Violet Loraine, returns after a lengthy absence from the world of entertainment to make her talkie

debut, and plays, the role of the fish and chip vendő: with all that easy assurance and superb artis- try that made her famous on the stage,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'8:--

HONG KONG

"Palooka"

QUEEN'S:-

"Britannia of. Billingsgate"

ORIENTAL::m

"Frontier Marshal”

CENTRAL:--

"Fog"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA:----

The Man Who Played God" "Hollywood on Parade"

MAJESTIC:-

"Wild Gold"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Catherine The Great"

Hold That Girl”

QUEEN'S:—

"Stamboul Quest"

ALHAMBRA :---

"Winner Takes Alf "Rustless Round 'Up" "Frisco Jenny"

MAJESTIC:-

"No More Women"

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan Road Kowloon. Tel. 57222 · TO-DAY & TO-MORROW, At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 8.20 P.M.

WILD GOLD

A FOX PICTURE with.

JOHN BOLES CLAIRE TREVOR HARRY GREEN

NEXT CHANGE

"No More

Women"

WITH

EDMUND DOWE VICTOR McLAGLEN

She is a creature of ever-chang- ing moods, and is married to Dr. Paul Czinner, who directed her in "Catherine the Great" as in all her 'Continental successes.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., rises to unparalleled heights 機 his characterization of the Czar, and this should prove tó be the greatest part in his career. Flora Robson t her first important a definite "And" She created a sensation on the stage in All God's Chillun," with Paul Robeson, Dorothy Hale as the Countess Olga is excellent, and Joan Gardner, plays the part of Kathuska, a Russian maid at the Palace. th

CATHERINE THE screen part is

GREAT

At The King's

Films which take their story and their background from his-

and casting director the owner of a photographie tory have not always been popu- mind which carries a picture of ar with the picture-going pubile. every pretty face that has appear-But since. The Private Life of ed in plctures for ten years.

"Bill" said LeMaire, "we've got to have $ hundred and arty 'Knockouts-the most luscious beauts in Hollywood, for this night club sequence in the Cagney pic-

With her is Gordon Harker as a fish market porter, who demon- strates his special flair for Cockney character humour. His Billings-ture." gate expessions, his rhyming slang. and his attempt to be a gentleman when fortune comes his way, are facets of a characterization that sparkles with its reality.

From start to finish the film is a riot of laughter which will be happly received · "by. audiences everywhere.

"OK" replied Mayberry, snd dug into his desk for a memoran. dum book marked “special”

He devoted that next few hours to calling telephone numbers, each of which terminated in a gorgeous beauty.

The result of his labours" was apparent next day as Roy Del Ruth, Cagney's director, arranged

Henry VII," proved that history could be not only palatable but tremendously enjoyable, the public has clamoured for more.

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Other important players in the cast are Sir Gerald du Maurier, Irene Vanbrugh, Diana Napier, Griffith Jones, Gibb McLaughlin and Cufford Heatherley..

ALHAMBRA

ORIENTRE

-ON THE SCREEN

→ Now.comes another eple picture TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

"Catherine the Great” which, following its' tremendous success in London, is to have a special presentation at the King's Theatre the Saturday, "Catherine Great" is a

ΟΙ picture 18th century Russia under the Czars and has been produced with a close regard to historical 30-

on.

curacy, and an even closer regard to entertainment values.

"Catherine the Great" has some

the German counter espionage his bouquet of loveliness at tables of the world's finest actors and system, who sends Annemarie to in the club set..

he actresses, headed by Douglas Fair- Stamboul on the dangerous errand. "Hollywood" said LeMaire, has banks, Jr., and Elizabeth Bergner. Settings for the film were care-probably attracted more beautiful Flora Robson plays the dominat- fully chosen after many weeks of girls to its gates than any other ing Empress Elizabeth, who is research and as the story unfolds city in history. but what happens busy arranging the lives of her it reveals colourful settings in the to them is a mystery. Of course, nephew Peter, and his wife, with- headquarters of the German en- lots of them marry and quit the out the smallest regard for their

personal pionage department, in various studios; others, dize to the uncer

feelings and wishes. the pleasure palaces of Germany's war- tainties of employment in pictures, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has

his time capital and of the mysterious get regular jobs as secretaries, most interesting part of haunts of near-east Stamboul. waitresses, salesgirls, or return career as the unbalanced young Produced by Bernard Hyman, Eome. For that reason, studios re Archduke Peter, afterwards the" the cast also includes Judith Vos- quiring large groups of real Czar P III. Married, by the selli as Mata Hari; Lea Carroll as beauties, are often unable to get Empress's wish, to an obscure the treacherous spy Kruger; Cris-enough-quickly to satisfy their German Princess Catherine of her “Anhalt-Zerbst-he neglects

for other women from the moment of their marriage.

tlán 'Rub as Dr. Leder.

needs."

QUEEN'S

Ar 2.80, 5,10

7.20 & 9.30

COCKNEY COMEDY YOU'LL ENJOY !

MIDLET BORAINE CORDON HARKER

[BRITANNIA &fBILLINGSGATE

Catherine, (played by Elizabeth Bergner), Inventa a regiment of imaginary lovem in order to arouse his jealousy, whiz she is successful in doing, and after some scenes of great dramatic intensity, they are temporarily re- conciled. Upon the death of the Empress, which he has for some time.been eagerly anticipating, Peter becomes Czar. His cruel and vicious - temperament soon makes the people grow restive... After a brief reign of six months, Catherine, mindful of the Em- prese's, dying wish that she pro lect the people's interests,:: Hr- ranges his banishment to n fortress. with instructions that he be well cared for, the assumes the reins of government

News of Peter's death "reaches Catherine at the pinnacle of her triumph In a scene which taxes even Miss Bergner's great emo- tional powers, she realises that she would sooner have him beside her than be acclaimed by the

GEORGE

THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD

ON THE STAGE

GALA PREMIERE TO-NICHT at 9.20 p.m. (tomorrow at 5-20; 7-20 & 9.20)

BETTY COMPSON

IN PERSON

cheering multitude sa "Catherine Hollywood On Parade

the Great

lizzaxbeth

Bergner, who

seen

ith enorm strangely

Bupported by

COWAN & BAILEY Vandeville Headliners of the US A.

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