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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY Daily 2.30, 5.15, 715 & 9.30]

Pity the poor sallors on a night like this1

CHESTER MORRIS - | LET'S TALK IT OVER

with MAE CLARKE

Frank Craven, Andy Devine, Russ Brown. Story by Dore Schary and Lewis Foster. A 9. F. Zeldman Production. Directed by Kurt New „mann. Presented by Carl Lesmmle.

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

COMMENCING 28TH OUT., SUNDAY

TOM MIX

AND HIS NEW PONY

TANY JR.

IN

"THE RUSTLER'S ROUNDUP"

4 SHOWS

DAILI

2.30-5.13

7.15-3.30-

“ALL WORK AND

NO PLAY-”

"Convention City"

At The Alhambra

"Grand

Like "Union Depot," Hotel," and "Central Park," the Blot of "Convention City," the First National picture which is coming to the Alhambra -Theatre on Sunday, takes place within or near one central location. In this case it is a hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. where the sales force of the Honeywell Rubber Company have gathered..

Unilke these previous pictures, 'the thenie is largely comedy. although there is some light drama The action said to be fast, and fun beginning with the arrival of the conventionist at the depot. carrying through their most undignified anties at the hotel, and never letting down mit!! the men are on their way home again.

The story by Peter Milne is lively take o on the doings of business men at a convention with their wives a long way off. They get into mare löve tangles than they can get out of with some amazing results when two of the wives arrive on the scenes.

There is a large and talented cast of star players in the picture.

Biondell headed by Joari super vamp who gets every one

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into trouble. Adolphe Menjou and

Mary Astor make their bows in

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934:

LAST TWO-DAYS

3.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

James

DUNN

Claire

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

Teamed Again!

- in a whiri et love and laughter... James Dunn "and" Claire Trever... those happy, mappy sweet. hearts...in the lightning-fast tale of a live-wire girl reporter and her sleuthing sweetheart

FOX Film Presents

HOLD THAT

TREVOR GIRL.

AN EXCELLENT PICTURE

their first picture under their new. All Good Americans

long term First National contracts.

TAKE MY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

LAST

4 TIMES TO-DAY

A REAL FUNNY COMEDY

A CONTINUOUS STREAM OF LAUGHS!

He knew every thing ---- except when

to hud

Spencer TRACY

The SHOW-OFF

MADGE EVANS

"ALL AMERICAN” CAST

"Baby, Take A Bow"

usually

A motion picture cast manages to represent most parts of the blobe, and it isn't at all unusual to find Frenchmen mak- ing love to Hungarians while Oriental servants open the doors

South for people from

Arfica "Baby, Take a Bow," however, manages to make a New York locale entirely authentic with a 99 per cent New York cast.

James Dunn. Clairé Trevor, Ray Walker, Alan Dinehart ond Rall Harolde all boast of New York City.

as their birth-place.

ROAD

WANGHAI

TO-MORROW

& SATURDAY

T TWO SCREEN FAVOURITES IN THEIR LATEST COMEDY..

EDMUNO

LOWE

VICTOR

McLAGLEN NO MORE WOMEN

Sally Bione

Ing

the

very

i

word in

Gay Paris, the funding of Lind- bergh, the.Aitista Colony celebrat ing its bizarre masquerade ball in the Latin Quarter, vivid glimpses into a great Paris fashion salon, its beautiful mannequins display.

latest Parisian finery. and gay night spots on the boulevards all figure in a hilarious cross-section of life in the American colony in Paris in Paris Interlude," film trane cription of the New York stage hit, "All Good Americans." The pic- tare open to-day at the Queen's

Theatre.

Filmed оп a lavish scale by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and direct- ed by Edwin L. Marin, the now photoplay is a blend of romance, drama and hilarity, the hilarity being predominaut. It deals with the goings-on of newspaper people, a girl fashion writer, an illustra tor, and others in Paris; shows the "inside" of the

Directed by Hallcom MacFadden

An original screen play by - Dudley Nich ole and La mur Troc

"SHOOT THE WORKS"

Coming To The

Queen's

Introducing six new song hits, Ben Bernie makes his screen debut in the Paramount comedy, "Shoot the Works: the picture due at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday

Beraie, featured throughout the entire film, is surrounded by a fine Hollywood Cast including Jack Oakie, Dorothy Dell. Arline Jutige, Roscoe Karns, Alison Skipworth, William Frawley, Lew Cody and Paul Cavanaugh

Wesley Ruggles directed from ah original play by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler The play appeared on Broadway for a season under the title, The Great Mingoo. The screen play was written by Howard' J. Green and Claude Binyon and music for the entire picture, in cluding the six new smash songs, was created by Rainger and Robin and Gordon and Revel,

The story is a high-speed romance profession of of a colourful "hot-air" promoter fashion-designing as practiced in and a blues-ginger girl, who sticks the world fashion contre; and takes to her man until he deserts her. the audience on a personally con- The music, songs. laughter, r ducted tour of gay night spots. Imance, and action are woven to-

Madge Evans, Octo Kruger gether in a novel plot. Robert Young and Una Merkel head the cast, and comedy inter ludes are provided by Ted Healy, Edward Brophy and Bert Roach. George Meeker, Louise Henry and Richard Tucker are in the support- ing cast..

her

Miss Evans plays an American girl tourist, jilted by Kruger. She

to way

fame 18 a fashion writer and expert, and Ands happiness finally with a loyal friend, the role played by Robert Young. Una Merkel рівуя cynical fashion illustrator.

THE QUEEN'S GIFT

SATURDAY

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TKL. No. 26313 25332

BABY, TAKE

BOW

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

JAMES DUNN TREVOR

CLAIRE

SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANCE---

ON

AT

SUNDAY 28th 11 A.M.

SHASHI PUNHO"

AN INDIAN TALKING PIOTUBE.

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LOYERS OF ROMANCE!

"

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

KING'S:-

"Hold That Girl” QUEEN'S:--

"Paris Interlude"

ORIENTAL

The Show Of"

CENTRAL:-

را

"Let's Talk It Over"

KOWLOON

ALBAMERA:

"Frisco Jenny"

"For"

· MAJESTIC:

KING'S :—

Coming

"Baby. Take A Bow". QUEEN'S:-

"Shoot The Works"

MAJESTIC:-

"Such

gerous ORIENTAL:-

Women Are Dan-

"No More Women" "The Rustler's Round Up"

LISTEN TO THIS TALE OF LOVE DUNN'S LONGING

AND WOE.

BARBARY COAST

In "Frisco Jenny". At The Alhambra

The picturesque and glamorous Barbary Coast of San Francisco during its palmy days, about the tile of the earthquake, was recon- structed, at the First National studios for the production of Ruth Chatterton's starring vehicle, "Frisco Jenny," which opens today at the Alhambra Theatre.

TO TRAVEL

"Hold That

Girl

In the opinion of James Dunn. happy-go-lucky young New Yorker who is rounding out his third year in motion pictures, nine out of every ten persons are unable to hear an engine whistle or look at a steamship advertisement with- out feeling a yearning to travel.

"Personally, I have spring fever all the year round," he admits.

Dunn believes he has the ideal arrangement. He finishes a pic- Sure, or

perhaps two, and then kicks the dust of Hollywood from, his heels to embark on a vaude- ville or persona:-appearance tour. He arrives back in the movie city Just in time to start another pic- ture, and then comes another trip. "I don't ask any question," he "I just let my agents, ar-

This was the stamping ground of the play boys of the city, of visi- tors bent on wild orgies, of sailors on shore leave and the riff raf of the docks. Dress suit stood elbow to allow with coarse flannel shirt and corduroys at the bar or dance ball. The district contained, every kind of a dive and gambling-den says.

the schedule and do tae from tumbled down shacks to gild-range

worrying. about the business. cd palaces.

That's what he's paid for. I like Be- movies and I like the road. tween the two I don't get much

It stretched along the water front from the Embarcadero. back on Pacific Street to Montgomery An entire section of Pacific Street was constructed, only to be shaken down for picture purposes by the carthquake and burned by the ful- lowing fire. It is in one of these lives that Miss Chatterton begins "Frison Jenny," her career lording it over the patrons of Jim Sandoval's saloon.

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Portions of the famous Frisco Chinese quarters, honeycombeci with underground passages, and which bordered on the Barbary Coast also will be seen in the pic- ture. It is in one of these subter- raneau passages that Miss Chatter-

chance to become restless.**

Dunn's latest for Fox Film is "Hold That Girl" a New York

story of comedy and excitement which shows him as a young po lice detective and Claire Trevor, who shares featured honours, as a girl reporter. It is now playing at the King's Theatre,

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WOMAN WINS

Portrait Of General Stibbertson hides after the are to give Mod's Bardic Crown

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Oct. 6, When Lord Willingdon returned from leave to India, he took with him a gift from the Queen.

It was a Zoffany portrait of General Giles Stibberts, Comman- der-in-Chief in India in 1872. and of his staff.

birth to her baby.

The story is a thrilling tale of the priestess of the temple of plea- sure; who rules her world with an fron hand, but who in the end gives up her life to shield her son from the knowledge of his parent-

are

“LET'S TALK IT

(Special Air Mall. Service)

London, Oct & OVER"

There were scenes of great enthusiasm at the fourth--and Age.....

Prominent in the cast with Miss final day of the National Greite Donald Cook Mod at Oban yesterday. Chiet Coming To The One of the largest stages at the

Chatterton

Murray, Louis Calhern. Interest centred on the open Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios was

James Hallam Gooley and Pat O'Malley.choral competitions for the Lorat: used to reproduce the great ball. Central

room in which the famous Fine. The picture, which has already The screen play is by Wilson Mix and Tullibardine Trophy for sing Arta Bali & fantastic masquerade been shown at Simla, was acquired ner and Robert Lord and directed ing in four-part harmony the test "You don't know how funny you and revel, was staged for the pic by four Indian Princes-the Nawab by William A. Wellman.

ture. Beautiful gowns, specially of Bhopal, the Nawab of Rampore. are! You're not worth the powdesigned for the production, figure the Maharajah of Rajpipla, and der to blow you up! Take away

in the glamorous fashion show your toys and you'd starve to

American the Aga Khan. They presented it given great satisfaction to many Bequence. The famous

Indians, including the original death! Not one of you ever had bar, boulevard cafes and such to the Queen... an honest thought, or made an Parisian atmosphere

donors. also are

It will now form part of the honest move! You're too smart among the details of the new pro- to be on the level that stuff's luction.

permanent Vice-regal collection. -

for sailors!"

Strong words, my heartles, but these are only a part of the re marks made by Mike McGann, inebriated saðlör, ta a group of Only five-year-old Shirley Tem-been laughing at him behind his social lights who, he finds,' have ple, the Fox Film baby sensation back A friendly, hearty rough- is an exception Shirley was born neck by birth and environment. in, and has spent her brief life in, Santa Monica, California. The picture opens at the King's Theatre on Saturday: -

£1,000 SOCCER FILM

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, Oct. 6. The Football Association. their meeting in London next Monday, are to be asked to sanc tion the production of an instruc-. tional sound flm, the cost not to exceed £1,000.

The recommendation is made

Mike has forced his way into the inner circle of high acciety, only to discover that he has been the laughing-stock of his newly found "friends." They don't have 2: chance to Bay, "Let's Talk It Over," with him in this Universal comedy-drama, now at the Cen- tral

Theatre. with Chester Morris in the starring role of McGann.

thet Mae Clarke heiress who does not know ber own heart, and Frank Craven.

1.3 noted stage star, the girl's uncle. This entertaining picture was directed by Kurt Neumann. and other members of Morris sup-

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by the committee of the Associa-porting dast are. Andy Devine.

tion that is dealing with the pro blem of instructional classes for boys.

Irene Ware, John Warburton, Russ Brown, Goodee Montgomery and Anderson Lawler.

TO-DAY

TO

SATURDAY

The return by the Queer of th's portrait for the place where its historical interest is greatest has

GULLN'S

AT 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9:30

PARIS CALLS YOU!00-la-la!

PARIS INTERLUDE

MADGE EVANS ROBERT YOUNG OTTO KRUGER

PETE SMITH'S NOVELTY

songs, choral singing by female voices for the Esme Smyth Trophy, duet sliging." and instrumental music.

For the

time in the history.

of the Mod the Lovat and Tulii- bardine Trophy was won three

MAJESTIC

THEATRES CASA Nathan Bond Kowloon. Tel: 57222 10-DAY ONLY

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20-P.M.

The most battling misters of the vout! Who man the küleroboardhikristo y Pound ship in mid.

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MARY BRIAN - DONALD COOK REGINALD DENNY

A GAME MIBEN DRGERÐ

NEXT CHANGE® SUCH WOMEN

WARE DANGEROUS

WITH

WARNER BAXTER

one in the Argyllshire Gathering Hall and two in the Oban Play- house, were crowded. Sheriff J Macmaster Campbell was chair- man at the concert in the Argyll- shire Gathering Hall, the chair- men at the Playhouse concerts -being Lleutenant-Colonel T. O

Lloyd, of Minard, and the Duke of Argyll, who presided at the final concert, part of which was broad- cast.

Amid great applause the Rev. Nell Ross, retiring president of An Comunn" Galdhealach, placed the bardic crown on the head of Mrs. Catherine Urquhart of North Kèssock, Ross-shire, composer of the best original Gaelic poem. She was the first woman to be so honoured.

ALHAMBRA

BESTRE

TO-DAY ONLY

AT 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M. ON THE STAGE Farewell Performances

br

BETTY COMPSON

IN PERSON

with

COWAN & BAILEY

rendering

NEW SONGS

-ON THE SCREEN-

AT 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 PM.

years in succession, a feat accom-TO-DAY TILL SATURDAYĮ plished by Greenock Gaelic Choir,

Outstanding in the choral sing- ing for the Esme, Smyth Trophy were Govan Gaelle Choir and Campbeltown Gaelic Choir.

Mr. Vincent Thomas, London, music adjudicator, described the performance by Govan Gaelic Choir and its conductor as one of genuine brillance. He was greatly impressed by the singing, which took a very high place in the musical festival,

As on previous days of the Mod crowds were unable to gain admit. tance to the halls where the com- petitions were being judged.

Community Singing

While a great audience was waiting in the Argyllshire Gather ing Hall for the competing choirs to begin. community singing in Gaelic was indulged in on the suggestion of Lady Elspeth Camp- bell. Mr. Neil Orr, of Edinburgh, led the singing.""

The wonderful ents valling from the festival sustainad Three closing concerta

√ Ruth HALLERTON

FRISCO

A First National

Picture

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