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THAT'S A GOOD GIRL

Jack Buchanan At His Best

"That's a Good Girl" is the third British and Dominions picture in which Jack Buchanan has starr- ed.

How Herbert Wilcox acquired the services of Britain's most popular stage figure is still recent history. it was soon after Mr. Buchanan's return from America where he had starred in Monte Carlo" with Jeanette MacDonald that the announcement of the British and Dominions capture was made.

Then followed the news of Jack Buchanan's first, subject a musical called "Good Night Vienna" to be personally directed by Herbert . Wilcox.

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RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS

At The Oriental

"Rasputin and the Empress” will be showing at the Oriental Theatre to-day-to-morrow and Saturday,

Bee

The replica of a ceremony that no human ere will ever again is one of the spectacular Interludes in the picture, that' brings together on the screen for the first time John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore. This is a re- production of the celebration of the three-hundredth year of the Romanoff dynasty staged exactly in every detail as it was in st Never will Petersburg before the revolution. there be such rites.

again: the Russian royal family is dead-the empire wiped out in the red tide of revolution...."

In a huge set, reproduction in every detall of the throne, room of the Winter Palace. Ethel Barrymore as the Czarina Ralph Morgan as the records

"Good Night Vienna" proved at a blow that Jack Bucharan was the biggest box-office name in British pictures. The film ran fourteen weeks at the Capitol Haymarket, and broke wherever it was shown.

Incidentally," Good Night Vienna" set Anna Neagle's feet on the path to her stardom in "The Little Damozel," "Bitter Sweet" and now "The Queen."

Jack Buchanan had shown such an accurate knowledge of popular taste in making certain suggestions, for incorporation in "Good Night Vienna that Herbert Wilcox assigned him to direct himself in his next picture.

Czar and little Ted Alexander as the Czarevich

in receive

audience brilliantly uniformed and gowned, grand dukes, high officers' of army and NAVY noblemen, diplomats And their ladies all réplicas of authentic ceremonial regalia.

wearing exact

"The cast of "Rasputin and the Empress" is believed to be one of the most elaborate ever assem- bed. As was the case in "Grand Hotel," every role, no matter how small, was filled by a recognized artist. Among these in prominent paris are Diana Wynyard, the English stage star; Ted Alexan-

who scored

Norma

This was "Yes, Mr. Brown," based on a continental success & gay and irresponsible story of mistaken identity and it gave der. further evidence of Jack Buch-Shearer's son in "Strange Inter- anan's popularity.

lude," C. Henry Gordon and Edward Arnold.

Now comes "That's a

Girl," adapted from

the

Good most

famous of all. Buchanan's stage

shows, made with that scrupulous

care which

distinguishes Jack

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1935.

SHOWING TO-DAT

2.30.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M,

KINGS

The Scintillating Star of "Good

Night___ Vienna ”

and Brown" At His Best!

Jack

BUCHANAN

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL

Elsie Randolph

DIRECTED...

BY

JACK BUCHANAN

C. British & Dominions Production

ADDED ATTRACTIONS:

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE Ta No. 25313 25332

-NEXT CHANGE

Yes Mr.

LESLIE HOWARD

'PUPPY LOVE" (MICKEY MOUSE) "SING WITH, THE STREET SINGER" (MASTER AUT ORGANLOGUE)

CRIME WITHOUT PASSION

The Queen's Next

Change

Although tile plot of Para- mount's "Crime Without Passion," the picture. opening on Saturday

entire cast reads its ines in subdued and restrained tones.

Buchanan as producer and direc ELMER AND ELSIE There is not a single scream or

tor. It had a rapturous reception

at its London premiere.

A

That's Good Girl"

£ worthy successor to "Good Night Vienna" and "Yes, Mr. Brown," and the King's Theatre is to be congratulated on booking, it for presentation.

AT THE STAR

"The Midshipmaid"

-Now Showing

Showing At The Queen's

|

REGISTERED NURSE

At The Alhambra

No more "big bad wolf" roles for John Halliday. Not in First National pictures at least.

no

For the Arst time since he' went at the Queen's Theatre, revolves lay aside his suave, insinuating to Hollywood, he was allowed to about an attempted murder, the villainies and play the role of a devoted lover in "Registered Nurse"

playing a the Alhambra Theatre. Halliday is the chief surgeon in the hospital in which Bebe Daniels is a nurse, and the rival of another doctor Lyle Talbot, for her, love.

Halliday and Talbot share honcurs as Bebe's masculine leads, with Talbot playing and

the villain role as the unscrupulous surgeon to whom Love is merely a passing fancy.

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hoarse shout in the entire pro- duction, which, because of emo- tional restraint,

sets а new fashion in films of the type.

Claude Rains, Margo, Whitney Bourne and the other players even went so far as to rehearse their dialogue in whispers The story of "Elmer and Elsie," when the actual

raised their voices only trifle the Paramount production deals

camera work with the

began, problema of a typical American married couple. Gearge explained Ben Hecht, who, with glowing romance of a nurse in a "The reason for this restraint,The oicture deals with the Bancroft is seed in the leading Charles MacArthur, wrote, direct-matropolitan hospital and role with Frances Fuller playing ed and produced the picture, based on the drama by Florence opposite him. He appears as a blustering, good-natured

that intense emotions don't have truck. driver who

to be stressed. refuses

An actress may to he influer.ced by women and gives no of her pet dog. She may do so. tear her heart out over the death thoughts to ambition.

out of the necessity to convey her feeling to a hard-bolled audience. when her lover dies, a whisper of agony is all that is

out any sort of assistance from "Crime. Without Passion" is the his wife.. As the engaging and first of four pictures that this clever wife, Frances Fuller gives famous writing and producing him all the help

she can

and team is making for Paramount at without his knowing or rather the Eastern Service Studios admitting it, she helps him to the top of the ladder of success. Her devotion to him adds many human touches to the story.

If you have not seen "The Mid- makes up his mind

After marrying Miss Fuller he shipmaid" don't miss this picture

to make a But. which is showing at the Star successful business man of him- Theatre. It is a breezy story of self and to attain, this aim with-required to put her mood across."

and is

life at a Malta Station rattling good fun, full of tuneful songs, and witty dialogue,

A pretty romance is woven around what may well be describ- ed as an attempt on the part of Jolly Jack Tars on one. of His Majesty's ships to give a concert. The "talent" on board proves a ceptionally good, and there aro many side-splitting moments.

At

Astoria, Long Island.

Johns and Wilton Lackaye Jar. Others in the cast include Irene Franklin Sidney Toler, Gordon Westcott, Renee Whitney, Minina Gombell, Beulan Bondi, Vince Barnett, Phillip Reed and Mayo Methot

Robert Florey directed the plc- ture from the screen play by Lille Hayward and Peter Milne.

Precautions

A news agency, referring to the provisional regulations governing safety equipment on vessels sall lag in Chinese waters, states that the minimum number of life belts, lifebosts, and lifebuoys to be equipped on vessels is Axed ac cording to the respective tonnages, lengths and numbers of passen It is he hoped that proper pro vision has been made for ourself, who have some tonnage, and for certain of our friends who are well fashioned as to length:

WARN

OF

HUMAN

BONDAGE

BET TE DAVIS FRANCES

DE E KAY

R.KO

JOHNSON

·RADIO

REGINALD

DINNY

Picture

Directed by John Cromwell. A Pandro S. Berman production.

ROYAL WEDDING

FILM

Queues Outside Theatres

(Special Air Mail Service)

"

available, it is probable that over

London, Des. 26.

20,000,000 people in Britain alone Although no exact figures are

have seen the news-reel pictures of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

Everywhere cinemas showing the wedding were besieged. Little theatres, with a seating capacity of a few hundreds, had queues Or dinarily seen only at an outstand ing feature film,and played to capacity business from morning till midnight,

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The Movietone News Theatre in Shaftesbury-avenue was a case in point. Its capacity is but 500. Yet in four days it showed the wedding scenes to over 20,000 persons.

Similar reports reached London from all over the United Kingdom. "Business Was › about

Cavalcade figures." stated the up to representative of one great organi- zation, "No other short film in history, so far as I'm aware," was such a tremendous draw," reported another:

Mang cinemas had more patrons in the four days after the wedding than in a normal week.

Foreign Interest Abrol the interest was almost as great In the usual way, the various European countries arrange for the British news reel concerns prints are made for distribution to send them negatives, from which among the different towns.

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S

CINEMA

HONG KON

That's A Good Girl".

QUEEN'S:-

Elmer and Elsie”

ORIENTAL

"Rasputin and the Empress

MAJESTIC:

KOWLOON

"Paris Interlude"

ALHAMBRAY

Registered Nurse".

Coming

"Of Human Bondage"

"Crime Without Passion"

KING'S:

QUEEN'S:

Obliging Conductor

The conductor, told a fellow that the next place was where he got off

He said, "Whichead of the car shall I get off??

The conductor said ither one, both ends stop.”

4.SHOWS Dess

MAJESTIC

- a ↑ HEATRESULTRAS Nathan Road Kowloon, Tel 6752: 10-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.20, 720 & 9 10PM

COME TO GAT PARER! AND

YOUR

LEAVE TROUBLES

BEHIND

INTERI

WITH

MADGE

EVANS.

ROBERT

YOUNG, OTTO KRUGER

A MGM PICTURE

TAKE ANY TRAM ÖR HAPPY, YILLEY, BUR.

ORIENTALE

TO-DAY-TO-MORROW & SATURDAY

BIG DOUBLE PERFORMANCE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW COMBINED

LOVELY DANCING GIRLS whu captivated all Hong Kong with their last routine of novel dancer:

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HOLYWOOD

BLONDES

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME IN THEIR NEW DANCES NEW COSTUMES

POSSESSIONS OF IRELAND

Becoming Defiant

patient was the world to see the But this means delay, and so im wedding that copies were printed

(Special Air Mall Service and sent to all the "Europena

Foals, Co. Clare Dec. 28. capitals and the U.S.A ready for The Free State Navy, which con instant showing sists of one ship, the Murachade,

Not the least interested spectators Kent, able to sit in their little private cinema at Himley Hall and take in points in the procession. recorded by various news reals that they may have missed at the time,

last the day of the concert comes both of whom are well known to stupidity." He himself, commits gers and officers of the steamers have been the Duke and Duchess of may have to go into action as Ire-

the

and then commences the bright and breezy part of Alm, culminating in a climax that ends happily for all con cerned.

"The Midshipmaid" should not be missed as it is very good "en- tertainment Indeed.

Adapted from an original short story by Ben Hecht the film is devoted to the story of an Roscoe Karns and George Bartier crime punishable by

unscrupulous lawyer who con The supporting players include tends cynically that "the only law is screen audiences.

what he believes is the perfect "Elmer and Elsie" taken from crime, but his shrewdness and an original story by George S. conceit proves the trap which Kaufman and Marc Connelly was eventually delivers him to the directed by Gilbert Fratt and law for his, just deserts. prepared for the screen by Hum- phrey Pearson.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

AT 2.30, 5.10,

7.20 & 9.80

PM

land's possessions in the Atlantic are deflant

dotted round the South and West. There are innumerable islands

coasts of Ireland, and hundreds of familles earn a scanty living work- ing almost barren farms,

w

Some of these Islands are 50/ small that they are not shown on the map but most of them have been defying the central Govern ment at Dublin and will not pas their rents or rates

The Free State Nav sent to salst the Sher his collection on five

Clare!

MARVELLOUS PICTURE Devil who posed a sint. Mad mork who toppled a throne

A mighty drama F.

JOHN - ETHEL · LIONEL

BARRYMORE

by of the Than

RASPUTIN EMPRESS

The Co

A Somerset ner on holiday in London was charged two anillings for shave and half- cut. Stroking his chin in reflec Kosze remarked to the barber on the horde of fes covering the

The proprie et replied that alt the usual remedies had failed to set rid of the pests, whereupon the farmer said that shillings he would tell The bargain be ng farmer remarked: "Th

cure

one at a time, give 'em to get a pair of stepe, catch 'eme

more!" and Fair-cut charge ent two bob aplece, and they'll come here no

ALUAMBRA

TO:

TENT BI.

SATURD

Elsie Randolph & coo

That's a Good Girl

GEORGE BANCROFT FRANCES FULLER ROSCOE KARNS GEORGE BARBIER

oined

assist the

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