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CENTRAL

THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

DAILY 2.30, 6.15, 7,15 & 9:30

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THE THRU HUNTER

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THE SILK EXPRESS

Begins To-day At The Alhambra

It's All Aboard for the Suk Express," which arrives to-day at the Alhambra Theatre for 3 days stay, loaded with thrills, mystery and suspense...

Allen

Cars

"STINGAREE

At The King's

Many new entertainment fea- tures are introduced in *Stin- garee," lavishly produced roman- tic screen melodrama. 1 presenty Treue Dunne ia a prima donna role with a full, beautiful exploita- tion of her beautiful singing voice, Richard Dix returns to the dash- ing roles of his early career, sbow- ing at the King's Theatre

Against the backgrounds of Australia as it was in the hectic Seventies, the story of "Stin- garee" deals with an unusually, spectacular love between a lovable, dashing bandit and Hilda Bou- verie, who works as a servant in the home of rich relatives, the Clarksons,

"Stingarse discovers the girl's Vocal genius when he enters the Clarkson home to rob it. He falla in love with her, kidnaps her and becomes her sponsor for an opera Lic career.

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Inspired by love of him, she be comes a great star. "Stingaree," meantime, in trying to help her, is captured and imprisoned. She re- turns to Australia for a concert engagement, in the hope of seeing her lover once again. In a thrill ing climax escapes from prison. kidnaps the Governor of all Aus- tralia, masquerades as that gentle- inan for one final glimpse of Hilda, and finally, to the consternation of the entire continent, again kidnaps her. This time, however, she is a willing victim. How they manage Lhings to perpetuate their love gives an intriguing and soul satis fying fillip to the concluding.

scenes.

Significant is the manner in which the production's thema songs, "Stingaree Ballad," and Tonight You're Mine written by Franke Harling, are woven into the plos. Equally intriguing are the reels in which Hilda speeds to triumphs in Italy, Berlin, Paris and London, affording glimpses of notables of the period, including Edward, Prince of Wales and Disraeli, who become worshippers ht Hilda's shrine. A glimpse is also had of Covent Garden, world- famous London opera house, where Misa Dunne is heard singing-bits of famous operatic scores.

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WHISTLING IN

THE DARK

At The Star

OF

in

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1934.

FINALE SHOWINGS TO-DAY

2.30.5.10,7.15

& 9.30 PM.

•KINGS

IRENE

DUNNE

RICHARD

DIX

The blazing stars of "Cimarron” in the rash romance of history'a most charming rogue !

ANFAREE

RKO. RADIO

Picture

MARY BOLAND

SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTIONS

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TIGHT

MAX BAER

BOUND BY BOUND

IN SOUND

PRIMO CARNERA

THE QUEEN'S THEATRE

DON'T Miss

IT.

Double Attraction

To-day

ling comedy and tense mystery, is "Death On The Diamond," ming- the attraction creating alternate laughs and thrills at the Queen's Theatre in conjunction with the Rhapsody Girls Revue. Filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the co-operation of the St. Louis Car dinals, which team is seen in ac- tion in the gripping photoplay, it tells the amazing story of weird killings in a ball team during a pennant race. Through geft hand- Ung, the mystery episodes are al- ternated with hilarious comedy, in a type of entertainment. actually new to the screen.

· ALSO

SPECIAL TO PATHE NAWE THE FAMOUS CANADIAN DIONNE

QUINTUPLETS.

LITTLE CAESAR

VA BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE TEL No. 25313

25932

TOMORROW

Love Tim

A Fox Picture with

Pat Paterson Nils Asther

SPECIAL ADDER ATTRACTION --

ON THE STAGE TO-MORROW, at 9.80 P.M. Only By Kind Permission of Lr.-COL. E.J. on C. BOYS,.o.&.OFFICIA

THE BAND OF THE LAT BY." THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT.

WILL FLAT ŠELECTIONE FROM FRANZ BCHUBERT.

· “LOVE TIME”...

At The Alhambra Begins To-morrow At

It

"Little Caesar," which comes to the Alhambra on Tuesday, Is First National's screen version of the W. R. Burnett novel of the same Xiame Many of the

gangster characters in the story are either

drawn from real life or are com- posites of dividuals,

several actual In-

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The King's

Studio stage hands aren't strong on extendine verbal bouquets to: screen artists.

When an actor does his work well, that's that. It's what he's paid for and he's supposed to be competent.

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But every now and again player achieves a scene or per- forms a feat. which might not ap-

trained studio worker recognizes. pear to be the least bit but of the ordinary to the outside but the. for its true worth

Tony Passa, played by

One part, however, that Colller, Jr., was purely fictitious. of William Mr. Burnett, that an old woman in Chicago is the author states under the impression that this character and bis dramatic death Tony is killed by his fellow-thusiastic approval of concern her son.

Nils Asther was accorded the In the story honour of the sincere and en- racketeers on the steps of a

the church where he once sang as a

workers on the "Love Time" set choic boy.

in Hollywood recently when this Fox film was produced. It will be shown on Sunday at the King's Theatre.

-she

It has a lone Pullinan car--the

After eleven months on Broad- rest of the tram being made up

way, Ernest Truex, famous com- of heavily guarded express

edtan, is demonstrating the way .with millions of dollars' worth of

to plan "perfect crime" raw slik and an all star cast of

the screen. This picture, players headed by Neil Hamilton, which one of America's greatest the story casts suspicion on every Moving with remarkable speed,

Unknown to Burnett, this very and Shella Terry. Others on boarding in the Dark shrdlu shrdiubg character in it, up to the final scene

incident occurred to this Chicago include Guy Kibbee, Arthur Byron, greatest stage hits, is the mystery where a sudden dramatic twist

woman's son, and consequently. Dudley Digges,

belleves Jenkins comedy, "Whistling in the Dark" solves the baffling mystery.

that the scene Harold Huber, Arthur Hohl, George which is now at the Star.

represented ...his death. The Fat Collins and Robert Barrat,

Two celebrated authors Lau- handles each sequence with max- Edward Sedgwick's deft direction

author found out about the woman "The Silk Express" is one of the rence Gross and Edward Childsterly skill. The play is based on

through a newsboy, who sold her most colourful mystery stories ever Carpenter, conceived this scream-a story by Cortland Fitzsimmons.

a copy of the paper in which the screened. Apart from presenting ing satire, which pokes laughs at

serialization of "Little Caesar a most intensely mystifying plot, crook melodrama

Robert Young and Madge Evans

was appearing. She wept copious- Their effort are teamed as the lovers, & base-13, and confessed to the urchin the picture reveals the interest was lauded by the new York cri- ball player and the daughter of facts connected with the handling ties, who thought it the

the dramatic story of her boy. best the team manager, and menace is of raw silk at Seattle upon its ar- laugh of the year. rival from the Orient.

The author turned Truex into an the arch

supplied by C. Henry Gordon as Very few people indeed

Paul know author for

gambler. the story-a boastful plays the alert reporter who helps Kelly that the silk trains are permitted writer of best-selling mystery solve the mystery and David Lan- the right of way even over Pre- stories, who brage to a band of dou is compelling as Pop Clark, sidential specials, because of the crooks that he can plan a perfect manager of the Cardinals. Importance of delivering the silk crime. The crooks then bold to the Eastern markets in record Truex and his fiancee, Una Mer- of Nat Fendleton, Edward Brophy, Comedy is in the expert hands time.

These silk trains are al-kel, prisoner until he makes good Ted Healy and Mickey Rooney ways heavily guarded and

stop his boast with death for both as The screen play was written by only to change engines,

the penalty of fallure. The entire story of the picture

Harvey Thew and Joe Compelled to go through with and the comedy is enlivened by Sherman, revolves upon just one of

these it, Truex, conceives a lethal plan the inimitable dialogue of Ralph "Stik Express" trains carrying af which depends on a tube of spence, one of the ace comedy cargo

of three million dollars poisoned toothpaste to be used on writers of the screen. worth of raw silk to New York in a man on board a train several order to break a corner in elk hundred miles away. Then, still that has been effected by a group a prisoner, he seeks a way of warn-. of unscrupulous traders. These ing his victim.

men resort to the most-desperate The skillful working out of the attempts to prevent the arrival or scheme by the authors was cald to be one of the most thrilling and humorous-bits of play-writ-

the silk express in New York Murder and arson are just two of the weapons they use. Incidental- ing to reach Broadway. ly. the instrument used to com- mit one of the two murders on 'the train is said to be one you'll never guess.

Ernest Truex and Una Merkel head a case which includes Edward Arnold, John Miljan, C. Henry Gordon and Johnny Hines fast is the story that the entire

The screen play by Houston Branch, and Ben Markson is based action takes place between

on a story by Branch and is said

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to be fast moving and exciting. The picture was directed by Ray right

So

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o'clock at night and 6 in the morning.

"Whistling in the Dark" was directed by Ellott Nugent, who co-directed The Mouthpiece" and "Life Begins Nugent was widely known as a stage comedian

THE SWORD OF LOCHIEL and playright before coming to

(pecial Air Mail.Service){

London, Nov. 21.

Hollywood,

Lochiel was an officer at Castlehill A romantic story lies behind the Barracks, Aberdeen, and, hearing vialt of, Cameron of Lochiel to the story of the sword, asked that Aberdeen to attend the dinner of he might have it. It was present- the Beven Incorporated Trades of ed to him on August 12, 1793, and Aberdeen to-night. At the Battle two months later he asked the of Harlaw in 1411 the Wrights and Wrights and Coopers to accept his Coopers of Aberdeen captured the dirk by way of exchange. The sword of the Lochiel of that time, dirk will decorate one of the tables

It was brought back to Aberdeen at the dinner to-night with several others taken in the who stul has the sword in hi battle and preserved. Nearly 400 session, will reply to the years later. Donald Cameron of. "Our Guests".

ast of

TO-DAY

ONLY

Nature Notes

The

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Assigned the extremely difficult task of leading a large orchestra. although until the previous night he never had held a baton, Asther climaxed his work late. In the afternoon by directing three pieces without a stop and without a mistaka,

The end of the sequence called for applause from the spectators at the concert. When, this acted applause had finished and Direc-

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S

HONG KONG

"Stingarew"

QUEEN'S

"Death on the Diamond"

ORIENTAL:-

"Murder In Trinidad"

CENTRAL:-

The Thrill. Hunter

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA --

"The Silk Express"

MAJESTIC:

"The Lion and the Lamb"

KING'S:-

Sunday

"Love Time"

QUEEN'S:

"100% Pure"

ALHAMBRA

"The Silk Express”

ORIENTAL:-

*42nd Street"

MAJESTIC:-

"Catherine The Great"

CENTRAL:-

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"cut," a hundred extras, prop men, electricians and carpenters gave him a real "hand".

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EXTRAVAGANZA!

STREET

CLAIM AGAINST CULBERTSON

Cleveland, Dec. 13. Mr. Ely Culbertson will fight his next bridge battle in court...

Mr. Vincent Boland, author of a bridge bidding system, will file sult for $200,000 damages against Cul- bertson, the American Bridge Lea- Time" Asther appears as the In the gay and colourful "Love youthful Franz Schubert, world returns to the screen in a rollick-spired. through the League, to

gue and others, on the Jean Harlow that Culbertson and others con- grounds

the "Serenade," "Moment Musical" advantage of her unusual talents Reuter. famous for such compositions asing picture that takes complete throttle the Boland system and "Who Is Sylvia?"?

Other members of a large cast Her new picture is the Metró-; Chestnut Time

as a top-notch comedieme.

suddenly missing on her way to A young man, whose bride was tle the fatal knot broadcast her and possessing hazel eyes, description as weighing ten stone, young woman in question fired the bridegroom, because she was so she weighed only eight stone and incensed at his misdescription: had turquoise eyes-Personally we din Harry Green and Henry B. Pute" opening to-morrow at the old jokes about pantomime are" are "Pat Paterson, Herbert Mun-Goldwyn-Mayer production, 100% This is the time when all the know a girl whose eyes are the Walthall, James Tinling directed Queen's Theatre. The picture was about due. colour of opal.

the dim.

especially, written för Miss Harlow by Anita Loos and John Emerson

As Eadie Chapman, the ambit tous showgirl who "had to be good". Misa Harlow gives one of her most entertaining performances of her career.

QULLN'S

BOOK

EARLY

Grand Double Attraction!

UN THE STAGE AT 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30

The RHAPSODY GIRLS REVUE

Komance vs.

Mystery

TALENTED HUNGARIAN

ARTISTES

ON THE SCREEN AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30

Another elever story

by the producers of ****THE HIDE-OUT"

DEATH ON THE

DIAMOND

YOUNG EVANS

Nat Pendleton Ted Healy

Her big ambition is to meet a millionaire, fascinate htm, and have the tell-tale ring placed on ber anger.

She becomes engaged to one middle-aged bachelor, but he com mite suicide a few minutes after acknowledging the engagement. 8he next centres ber attentions upon Lionel Barrymore, a financial and political power in national affairs, and Inadvertently falls in love with Barrymore's son, played by Franchot Tone

Mics Harlow finally "gets her man” but only after a series of hilarious situations, one of which lands her behind fall bars, the vic tim of a false charge.

Tone appears as Tom, the rich man's son, and was now, screen honours as one of

sistent lovers seen

for many

pla

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