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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY DAILY 2.30, 5.15, 7.16 & 9.30 NEW! REALI ASTOUNDING! THE PICTURE THAT BROKE ALL LONG- RUN RECORDS IN:

EUROPE,

THE HISTORICAL, FILM OF WAR

STORMTROOPS OF 1917 "

AT THE KING'S

Adventure Girl

It has been said that Joan Lowell could hold on to the poop- deck of a sailing craft at the age of two, that a full-rigged ship was her nursery, a flour bag her first nightgown,

a canvas ham- mock her bunk, and a ship's sail- maker her nurse. She is said to have navigated like a master and had her thrill of fire, mutiny and ship's perils, with romance thrown in for good measure, And now still in her twenties, this remark-, able girl adds to her career of wonders a self-produced melo- dramatic adventure tim

Although in the main a tale of the High seas, her feature motion picture, Joan Lowell, "Adventure Girl" (showing to-day at the King's Theatre), has a thread of story that carries the action deep Into Guatemala and its various épisodes show clearly that the intrepid Joan can take good care of herself among Jungle glants and their lesser brethren, many being of a polsonous variety.

- Joan's graphic stunts include a struggle with

and

a boa constrictor

DEATH TAKES A

HOLIDAY

Now Showing At The Star

Having won one Motion Picture Academy award with the thrilling double role in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Fredric March makes his second bid for this distinction with another, in "Death" Takes a Hol- day." the Feramount picture directed by Mitchell Eeisen; which is now showing at the Star.

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As in the Robert Louts" Steven- son story, the chief character role the Alberto Casella drama, "Death Takes a Holiday," played by march. is a dual personality type, and, are again, March hand- ies the part with consummate ease aua convincing realism."

Leisen.

the director, firmly believes that March's role will receive consider- able attention from the Academy,

"This role," says Leisen, "would be considered by the Academy re- gardless of who played it, because it is an extreme test of acting ability. The talent" to invest "such a role with truth and conviction is the measure of the true actor." In the first part of "Death Takes a Hollday March masquerades as a "Shadow," a sinister figure, cap- able of destruction at will. Inter- vening scenes find him transform- ed into a dashing Russian prince, G gay romancer, taking his first fing at love and life, but always conscious that, in three days, he will again become the "Shadow"

As the Russian prince, March enters the home of a distinguished family as a mysterious guest, and, seeking the meaning of love, he tests the

young women of the villa, each in turn. Each of them is attracted to him, but only one understands his true personality and is willing to love him withal

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935.

SHOWING TO DAY

12.30.5.10.7.15 P.M. ONLY

KINGS

Her book, "The Credia of the Deep", smote the world

with unbalfaf! Hère is her incredible story, actually Bimed in equatorial regions.

WIOWELL

ADVENTUR

JOA

GIRL

RKO-RADIO PLCIURE

“I BELIEVED

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IN YOU

VAN BEUREN PRODUCTION Directed by Herman Raymakerž

Coming On Sunday To The King's

The American screen will pre- sent its newest star to the motion picture audience when Rosemary Ames makes her featured screen debut in "I Believed in You," the

ON THE STAGE,

TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M.

CARTER ᎢᎻᎬ ᏩᎡᎬᎪᎢ THE BIGGEST THEATRICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR.

THE WORLD'S "MASTER OF MAGIC, MIRTH AND MYSTERY, ON HIS TH TOUR OF THE WORLD."

JOURNAL OF A CRIME

Showing At The Alhambra

"Journal of a Crime" starring Ruth Chatterton now showing at the Alhambra is one of the finest productions in which she has ever appeared.

The supporting cast in "Death Takes a Holiday," is notable for its great. "names." Headed by Evelyn Venable, the young stage actress who created a sensation in her first screen role with Dorothea Wieck in "Cradle Song," it includes the distinguished Sir Guy Stand-Fox production in which she shares ing, Kent Taylor, Kathleen Bo-featured honours with Victor Jorging effects of a ward, former grand opera star who and John Boles. The film comes resigned her recent position as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar next

to the King's Theatre on Sunday to fill this role; Helen Westley, the Theatre Guild artist; Katherine Alexander and Helen Westley and Henry Travers..

is given her first opportunity is The story in which Miss Ameu perfectly fitted for her personally. and it is a "personality that al- ready has all of Hollywood talking. The plot concerns a group of peo-

WAKE UP AND ple, artists by self-appointment but

DREAM

To-day's Attraction At The Queen's

which drops on her as she pre- pares to enter an underground. passage that leads to hidden treasure in ancient Mayan ruins. Joan cuts the snake with a machete

ali is. well, In another incidenta mongoose comes to her rescue, saving her.

A constantly changing scene from the deadly bite of forms the background for "Wake fer-de-lance which slithers toward Up And Dream," the Universal her as she searches for a spring musical comedy showing from to while half-dead from thirst. day at the Queen's Theatre, with Roger Pryor, Russ Columbo, June Knight and Henry Armetta in featured roles.

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She sees an ancient grudge of the jungle settled as a costi and an Iguana fight to the death Joan seems no more afraid of wid boars than of a sea gale, and she is quite at home with other jungle inhabitants.

The story opens in a theatre in Atlantic City, switches to another theatre where a musical comedy is in rehearsal, and soon afterwards Along the shore of the Carib is transferred to New York, bean Joan wrestles with anwhither Columbo, Pryor and Jane' octopus, and shoulders a huge Knight, members of a small-time turtle as though it might be a vaudeville "act" fee when one of bread basket. Offshore, she bar- their number gets involved with poons a man-eating shark from the police. the bow of a rowboat and gets her man eater.

Beautiful sea shots of Joan's frail craft, the "Black Hawk riding the storms and high ad venture along the Spanish Main are featured in the early episodes of Joan Lowell "Adventure Girl" Herman Raymaker directed this Van Beuren production.

£10,000 BET ON THE 1936 DERBY

(Special Air Mal Service)

London, Jan: 4. Mr. J. A. Hirst, breeder of a yearling colt named Pretorious, has backed it to win the Derby of 1936.

He holds such a good opinion of this young colt that he booked £10,000 to £20 about Pretorius with a famous London frm of commission agents.

Soon these characters with Henry Armetts are on a trans continental bus bound for Holly- wood, and en route they make the acquaintance of Miss Doucet and Andy Devine, who are among the other passengers. The adventures of all grow greater and the bilar- ity which accompanies each pro- vides great entertainment. In the film capital Columbo attracts the attention of a producer and his beautiful star, with results which surprise the vaudevillians, always expecting the unexpected,

Was

"Wake Up And Dream" directed by Kurt Neumann at the story was written by John Meehan

THE GOLD RUSH

(Special to "Hoor Kong: Daily Press”)! Telegraph, Copyright

A son of Foxlaw and Glenaba- Receired, Januar

trick, Pretorius is a full-brother to

the well-known racer

Thurin

and is owned in partnership by Messrs. Buston and Hooper, ski bo

Pretorius has been in Charles: Charles Waugh's training tables ga "market, but has left the

thestablishment

revoked the

in's film

and has now been

his declar

fakers by simple measures of achievement. The role of the young girl played by Miss. Ames involves her in a series of events that open her eyes to true values, und her heart to a true love,"

The cast. in addition to, Misa Ames, Jory and Boles, Includes Gertude Michael, George Meeker. Leslie Fenton, Joyzelle, Jed Prouty, Morgan Wallace and Luis Alberni The production was directed by Irving Cummings, from the screen play by William Conselman

Ducking Days Are Back

The return, to fashion of the cart-wheel hat is reminding many an old-timer of the story about. the irate lady on the trolley, who turned indignantly to a male pas senger and said:...

my hat pin."

"Sir, your glass eye has broken

SHOWING

TO-DAY

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NEXT CHANGE

They were her dear friends...But she needed some. one to save her from them

I Believed in You!

with

ROSEMARY AMES VICTOR JORY JOHN BOLES

COMING TO THE QUEEN'S

What Every Woman Knows

"What Every Woman Knows", coming on Sunday to the Queen's Theatre is a film version of the Barrie play in which Helen Hayes scored one of her greatest stage. The drama depicts the devastat auccesses. Playing leading man to conscience of a sensitive and re-scored in The Fountain

murder cn. the.

her is Brian Aherne who recently fined woman, although the murder was committed to save her home from a lave pirat...

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Helen Hayes portrays Maggle, a Scotch woman who is described as

through a contract made by her "without charm" but who is mar- ried to a likeable young man parents and his.

She gives him

the play as well as thrilling ac

There is plenty of emotion in ions, including the actual murder committed behind the wings of a all the help she can and succeeds theatre where the star of a must- in making a great success of him cal revue is shot during a re- but when his love strayed all the hearsal

beauty and strength of her little Miss Chatterton has the role of self rose to fight the world and by an unusually strong and talent- the murderess and is supported win him back-Hers is a portrayal ed cast. Adolphe Menjou plays

that only she could do

opposite her as her husband play the beautiful and popular star of wright, whose philanderings with

his revue leads to the tragedy..

Claire Dodd, has the part of the musical comedy star and rival of Miss Chatterton for the affections

"What Every Woman Knows" was adapted to the screen by thor and directed by Gregory La Manchkot Hofe, noted English au-

Сата

The supporting cast in this pro- duction includes Madge Evans Lucille Watson, Dudley Digges,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

· KING'S :

HONG KONG

"Adventure Girl"

Carter The Great. QUEEN'S ---!!!

"Wake Up And Dream"

ORIENTAL:

"The Thundering Herd".

CENTRAL:—

"Storm Troops of 1917

KOWLOON.

MAJESTIC:-

"Spring Time For Henry ALHAMBRA:-

"Journal Of A Crime"

KING'S:-

Coming

"I Believed In You QUEEN'S:—

"What Every Woman Knows" MAJESTIC:-

"Grand Canary"" ORIENTAL:-

"Romance In The Rain".

"DULY 9-

- 6.20-513-

· 7.15+8.80

MAJESTIC

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His Women Kept Him Worried

A JESSE L. LASKY Proshection

SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY

AFOX Peter with OTTO KRUGER NANCY CARROLL

NIGEL BRUCE HEATHER ANGEL HERBERT MUNDIN

From the play by BENN W.LEVY,

Directed by FRANK TUTTLE

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TO-MORROW & SATURDAY HERE'S A FINE COMEDY PICTURE

YOUTH-PEP!—

ADVENTURE LAUGHS-DRAMA!

SPEED!

ROGER RYO

AN

ROMANCE "the RAIN

ITS ALL ACTION A FAST COMEDY

DOCTOR MONICA Professorial woman as well as so-

of Menjou. Others in the cast - Donald Crisp, David Torrence. The Alhambra Next,

elude George Barbier. Douglas Henry Stephenson and Boyd Irwin. Dumbrile, Noel Madison, Henry Madge Evans is seen in an entire- O'Neil, Philip Reed, Henry Kolker ly new role, that of a designing and Frank Reicher-O.MO.

siren, and what's more, she acts her part excellently,

Add Spinach

Farmers out West are said to be using a mixture of ground spinach and some sort of acid to kill bugs, but it not quite clear what

purpose the acid serves Wor- cester Gazette."

They probably put that in to make it tasty. "Philadelphia. In quirer."

QULLN'S

2.30, 6.10,

7.20 & 9.30

P.M.

WAKE UP DREAM

Lalented stars giving

You the time:

and

mer

RUSS COLUMBO

ROGER PRYOR JUNE KNIGHT

Attraction

ciety leader. Others, in the cast Include Warren William, Jean Muir, Verres Teasdale and Phillip Reed.

Brief

"Did anybody comment on the way you handled your new car

"One man mad

Orientul influence will mark. Fifty dolars and costs

dominate summer fashions, Orry-Kelly, who designed Francis costumes for the Sros, picture which comes to the Alhambra on Saturday

Lines and silhouettes Oriental costumes, pa Chinese are

adapted in Occi adds

Bright Chinese reds, Jades and blues are ing, and gayly coloure in evidence more th both for daytime wear. But the

this

Oriental ther

ALHAMBRA

Chatterton

JOURNAL OF

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