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CENTRAL

THEATRE HOWING TO-DAY ||Daily 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30

THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT OVERSHADOWS ANY

ONE EVER MADE!

MADAME DU

BARRY

At The Alhambra -

"Madame Du Barry" heralded As one of the great pictures of -0% the feature attraction at the Atham- bra Theatre on "Saturday with Dolores Del Rio heading an all- 'star cast.

THE LEGEND OF the screen, is scheduled

SIEGFRIED "

COLOSSAL CLIMAX OF ACHIEVEMENT. WITH

MUSIC & SOUND

AN UFA SUPER SPECIAL

"TO THE LAST MAN"

Coming To The King's

Sentiment and sympathy once sent Esther Ralston en a 200 mlle trip through the Rocky Mountains in order to visit the writer of her Arst fan letter, the actress related

"To The Last Man," which comes Wednesday to the King's

on

Theatre.

"I shall never forget the thrill of that first letter," she said. "It came from a young widow in Montars, who, single handed, was managing a 900 acre ranch It was a most flattering letter.

Edward Chodorov, the author. throws an entirely new light on the famous beauty and favourite, of King Louis XV. whose many love affairs and madcap pranks were the scandal of the Continent, Cholderov has concerned himself with Du Barry's intimate life and loves, rather than with her politi- cal intrigues, although there are many clashes between herself and the jealous court ladies and cour- tlers who sought to destroy her influence 'over the king.

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These battles and conquests she tosses off with a laugh Just she does her mad escapades, In the present picture, which is based. largely on Mme. Du Barry's owni memoirs. the little milliner's ap prentice is not so much the astute and scheming politician of history as che, is a woman Alled with the Joy of living, gay, capricious, Ir- repressible. whose very nature de mands love and luxury and laughter.

In addition to the uproariously funny situations in which Du Barry involves the dignitàries of King Louis' court, the picture is sald to be a mammoth spectacle.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1934.

TO-DAY ONLY

AT 2.30, 5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M,

KING'S

RICH MEN MADE LOVE TO HERI

Cushe couldn't cook, saw, take a cake, or take care cf babies wall enough.fo "win a pear.chauffeur's

heart!

Janet

GAYNOR

Low

AYRES

Servants' Entrance

A FOX Picture with

NED SPARKS

WALTER CONNOLLY LOUISE DRESSER G.AP. HUNTLEY, JR.' ASTRID ALLWYN SIEGFRIED RUMANN

MANY HAPPY RETURNS

with settings bullt on a magnini Coming To-morrow

cent acdle. Reproductions of the Palace of Versailles, the court and the Gardens of the Colonades are; among the gorgeous settings for the highly amusing action.

To The Queen's

Novel and beautiful dances were "Many Happy Returns" is the created for the picture by Alber. title of the Paramount film that tina Rasch, in which her beautiful introduces Guy Lombardo and his pic- coryphees rompo before the king Royal Canadians to mation and his court in fuffy nothings.ture fans. It is having its initial There is an unusually large and | showings to-morrow R the talented cast In the principal | Queen's Theatre. roles with hundreds of extras

George Burns. Oracle Allen.

Miland and

Franklin Pangborn

principal roles going to Lombardo are featured players, with the and Burns and Aller.

during the filming of Paramount's playing the part of ladies and George Barbier, Joan Marsh, Ray courtiers, and the vast crowds to be seen in the production. Dolores Del Rio has the role of Du Barry. with Reginald Owen playing op posite her as King Louis XV. this being the second time he has played this interesting character for the screen. The present Louis is the king in his later years, while his first portrayal, in "Voltaire," was of Louis as a when Pompadour court.

*Two years later, while On location in that state, I made a 200 mile journey by stage to visit my first admirer,

ranch."

younger man

and

The picture was directed by Norman McLeod from the screen play by J. P. McEvoy and Claude Binyon and the screen adaptation by Keene Thompson

Ray Harris Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow wrote the music and lyrics. And I do not

The story is a fast and furious think I have ever enjoyed a more

do'ng pleasant visit than my three days Victor Jory has the role of the comedy with Gracle, Allen with this woman on her lonely powerful d'Aiguillon who befriend-everything from ruining her cars ed Du Barry, and was made prime department store by turning it In- to a bird sanctuary and tearing up minister for his attention, depos-

valuable radio contracts, to trap- ing the Duc de Choiseul, pari

ping A pair of kidnappers ixx played by Henry O'Neill, who had attempted to shear her her Hollywood.

inter power. Verree Teasdale is the Veloz and Yolanda, the Duchess de Grammont, sister of nationally famous dance team, are Choiseul and Du Barry's bitterest also featured in prominent spots enemy. Osgood Perkins has the throughout the film. role of Richelleu. with Ferdinand Gottschalk as" Lebel, the King's inimitable valet. Dorothy Tree is Adelaide, sister of the king.

In addition to Miss Ralston, "To the Last Man" boasts a nne cast headed by Randolph Scott and featuring Buster Crabbe, Jack LaRue and Noah Beery. In this Zane Grey' post-Civil-War romance, Miss Ralston plays the role of a young Kentucky moun- tain girl, daughter of the last of an old feuding clan. She comes to the West with her father, seeking revenge

his old upon enemy who has led the mountains of Kentucky in an effort to end the feud between the two familles. She falls in love with the eldest son of her father's enemy before she learns his identity. But is not until the feud, ends in the death of their parents, bitter enemies to the last, that the children are left free to find their own happiness.

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"The plcture was directed by Henry Hathaway. Many of the exterior scenes were photographed at Bear Valley, California.

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DEATH TAKES A AT THE KING'S

HOLIDAY

Final Showings At

The Queen's

Frederic March plays, what he considers, the second outstanding role of his brilliant film career in "Death Takes A Holiday" which has its final showings to-day at the Queen's Theatre. March ranks his memorable performance in "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" with this.

his latest part.

"Death Takes A Holiday," the by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys screen play for which was written

Lehman from the famous stage play by Albesto: Carella, presents March, in the starring role, as a "shadow." Death. For three days, Death takes a holiday from his grim task to taste life as a hu- man being, to discover, if he can, So sweet, and

what makes life the swayed

himself, Death so abhorrent.

March in the disgulsé of a hand- some, adventurous gentleman ap- pears at a house party, and throws himself into the gay pastimes of the sophisticated group. All the pleasures which men and so ab sorbent quickly tire him, and he is about convinced that human life is worthless illusion. The thrill of love, he has saved for his lust

D

DI

Anita Louise plays the part of Marie Antoinette, who weds the Dauphin, played by Maynard Hol- mes Others in "important roles include Helen Lowell as the siddo- lute Counters de Berne; Joan Wheeler, Halliwell Hobbes, Nella Walker,

Arthur Virginia Bale, Treacher, Jesse Scott and Camille Rovelle. The direction is by Wi-

Ilam Dieterle.

SCOTLAND AND EXPORT CREDITS

(Special Air Mall Service)

Edinburgh, Oct. 31. Although there has been in recent months a great increase in the number of applications for export credit guarantees granted The Aga Khan is quite conf-by the Department of Overseas dent now that Umidwar would Trade, the proportion of traders have beaten Windsor Lad had they in Scotland taking advantage of Government facilities to opposed each other for the Jockey there Club States. Everyone is entitled develop British markets abroad to an opinion in racing and no one continues to be relatively slight. would dream of quarrelling with Lieutenant-Colone! Colville.. 28 this one, but one. fails to see what Minister of Overseas Trade, is, an- evidence there is to support the

xious to remedy this. and it is belief. We know that Umidwar has understood that he will take an shown himself to be a 10 lb. better early opportunity of bringing to race-horse since the going chang- the notice of Scottish traders ed from hard to yielding. But directly the opportunities hit why should not Windsor Lad have Department offers to foreign ex- been similarly alded?

porters generally. At present-the Department is overwhelmed with export guarantee applications from all parts of England, and the business being done is double that of a year ago. Most of the credits granted are in respect of textiles, machinery, engineering, coal, and hardware,

Windsor Lad bas never had the chance to race on anything but hard ground this year except when he won the Chester Vase in a canter. He is showing even now an increased length of stride and greater enjoyment in his work since rain came.

More Pidgin

The new comer to New Guinea was trying to explain to‘a boy that he was dumb and sadly lacking in brains.

197 "Brains, Brains, he shouted Something 'e stop along head, you no got im, you bush Kanaka true.”

Boy (brightly) "Me got masta 'e stop along head belong ne, tassall me pfella call'im name belong'im louse."

Ax 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

P.M.

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"Servants Entrance”

In Hollywood hobbies are a major industry,

Gaynor,

Recently Janet

who engages in a new hobby that of cooking in her latest picture, "Servants' Entrance" with Lew Ayres, liked the idea of making her own food so well that she has made it a major activity which may sbon become too dominant an interest to be called- a hobby.

guise, for she has already fired up, However, her interest in puppet shows "has taken

on elaborate

a marionette outfit into her home fully

equipped. to deal with dramatics of her own which do

not await the camera.

Lew Ayres has also acquired something out of "Servants En- trance" which will give him ad- ditional auxiliary hobby material should he ever tire of astronomy.. In the picture he is really 'In love with a motorboat until the ladies force his love to assume a more feminized objectivity. Ayres is beginning to make inquiries about motorboats, cabins, outboard motors and cruises even though his vacation is over.

"Bervants' Entrance," which co-

test "and his dashing manner and stars Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres, handsome presence win him sev- is now playing at the King's

Theatre.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:

HONG KONG

"Servants" Entrance"

QUEEN'S:

"Death Takes A Hollday" ORIENTAL:

"Tarzan and His Mate"- CENTRAL:-

"The Legend of Siegfried"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA:-

"20 Million Sweethearts"""

MAJESTIC:-

**Sweepinks"

KING'S:-

Coming

"To The Last Man" ORIENTAL:-

"Men in White"

"20,000 Years In Sing Sing" ALHAMBRA:-

"I've Got Your Number"

4 SHOWS

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7.15-30

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TARZAN

“ORION” TO BE LAUNCHED

Bv Wireless From Australia

The new

AND HIS

MATE

WITH JOHNNY WEI SMULLER

AND MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

The decorations throughout arg designed on the most modern lices.

The Orion will make her first passenger-carrying voyage from Southampton on August 14, 1935, - when she will leave to a '24-day cruise to the Adriatic" and Con- stantinople. Later she will be put into commisslor on the regular eral opportunities to test this

Orient Line mal and passenger emotion. To each of the beautiful

Orient liner Orion, service to Australia. young Women present March

which is being built at Barrow- makes love In turn, but none of

The managers of the Orient in-Furness by Vickers-Armstrongs, Line, Anderson, Green and Co. them can create the true emotion

Limited, will be launched by the'!

Limited, have for some years boen of love in him, until he mee's

Duke of Gloucester 01 Decem Grazia, played by Evelyn Venable,

ber 7 by wireless from Australia anxious to include in Orion in His Royal Highness, who is at

their Best. The owners of various and with her, he learns the great- ness of an immortal love just at

present in Australia for the Vic- existing ships, including yachts. the clock strikes the close of Estherine Alexander, Henry Travers,toria Centenary celebrations, will and barges, which were named

holiday.

In addition to Miss Venable, who plays her second Hollywood role, in this picture, following he

role with Dorothea Wieck in "Cradle Song" the supporting cast Includes several prominent impor- tations from the New York stage Gab Patrick, Helen Westley, Ka

Kent Taylor and Sir Guy - Stand-

be in Brisbane on December 7. Orion have agreed to rename their ing. Mitchell Lelsen who directed

and he will perform the launch-craft. In order to avoid the risk "Death Takes A Holiday created ing ceremony from there by wire of confusion. a film niche for himself with his less telephone at 11 am. English direction of "Cradle Song."

QUEEN'S

FREDRIC MARCH

TODAY

ONLY

DEATH TAKES

A HOLIDAY

A Paramount Picture with EVELYN VENABLE - SIR GUY STANDING

KENT TAYLOR

PARAMOUNT NEWS SPECIAL ENGLAND AUSTRALIA AIR RACE

time.

The hour of the launching is largely governed by the state of the tide, and may not prove the most suitable for the reproduction of the buman voice by. Wheless from Australia. But it will be possible for an electrical impulse to be transmitted to launch the ship. A message will be sent from the English shipyard when every- thing is in readiness, and after the launching a signal is. to be transmitted to Brisbane that the vessel has safely taken the water The arrangements for the cere- mony have been made possible, by the co-operation of the oversea telephone services of the Pos:. Office in this”, country and the corresponding department, in Aus". tralia...

The Only Orion The new liner will be of ap- proximately 24,000 tons gross Her length will be 665 ft, and there will be only one mast. She will carry about 475 rst-class passen gers and, instead of third class. 675 tourist class. The enginez will be twinscrew turbines with water tube bollets ared by all fue! developing about 24,000 hp, and her speed will be greater than: that of the Orontes the "vessel will be fitted with the Grinnell brinklers. system of automatic

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