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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWINGS TO-DAY & TO-MORROW : DAILY 2.30, 5,15, 7.16 & 9.30

NEW! REAL! ASTOUNDING! THE PICTURE" THAT BROKE ALL LONG- RUN RECORDS IN

EUROPE,

STAR TO VISIT HONG KONG

Ann Harding Sails For Far East

San Francisco, Jan. 26. Miss Ann Harding, the noted screen star, sailed to-day on the President Coolidge for Hong Kong, for the purpose of obtaining a long and much needed rest.

When questioned as to the truth

of the report that she intended

THE HISTORICAL FILM changing her plans and stopping

OF WAR

"STORMTROOPS

OF 1917"

LAST SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

Channel Crossings"- At The Queen's

All the hustle, hub-bub conse- quent upon the departure of a

cross-Channel boat from Dover is faithfully picturised in the Gau mont-British picture, "Channel the last Crossing" showing for four times to-day at the Queen's Theatre and for which actual

scenes were taken at Dover Quay, and sequences, "shot" on board the

cross-Channel steamer 'Canter- bury."

Against this vivid and arresting background is played to a thrilling

conclusion a drama which holds with the dramatic intensity of its story of an international financier escaping to the Continent to avoid the consequences of an issue of false scrip. With him is his girl secretary. The lover of the girl has followed the pair, and boards the boat, his advent being respon- sible for the thrilling climax which ensues...

off at Fonolulu for a visit and then returning to the Coast without making the long sea

Voyage to

Hong Kong. Miss Harding merely smled serenely and refused to make any statements.

AT THE QUEEN'S

TO-MORROW

Babes In Toyland

"I you've been looking

а

for

picture that the whole fam- By will

enjoy. you can stop your search right now It's "Babes in Toyland," the Hal Roach M.GM. production of Victor Her- bert's immortal operetta, starring the famous team makers, Laurel and Hardy, and

of laughter-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1935.

LAST TWO-DAYS:

AT 3.80,5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

KINGS

Onward goes Entertainment!

To new emotional magnif- [cancel..To dramathatprobes new depths in the human squil..To love that fathoms the hearts of you and met

THE WORLD MOVES ON

THE LOVE STORY OF A CENTURY

MADELEINE CARROLL FRANCHOT TONE/

with

Produced by Winfield Shashan Ofrecia: John Ford Author Reginald Backalay

opening to-morrow at the Queen's OPENING TO-DAY THE KING'S NEXT

Theatre.

"Babes in Toyland", is a delight- ful story of the beloved characters that have made "Mother Goose" rhymes childhood's favourite since

AT THE KING'S

their inception. Throughout The World Moves On

to the tune of Victor Herbert's pulsating airs, move the Widow Peep, who lived in "The Shoe":

ATTRACTION

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. No. 25313 126932

FROM MONDAY 4TH FEB.

SPECIAL ATTRACTION SELECTED FOR THE

FRED

CHINESE NEW YEAR.

GINGER

& ASTAIRE ROGERS

IN

"THE GAY DIVORCEE"

with the Half Beautiful of Hollywood.

RKO-RADIO PICTURE.

THE ORIENTAL'S ATTRACTION

The Gay Divorcee. "Hollywood Party"

film

her daughter, the shepherdess Bo-mendous in its scope, "The World ternational

Absorbing in theme and tre- The play which caused an in- Peep: Simple: "Little Boy Blue," Moves On" opening to-day at the London theatrical producers and controversy between Jack and Jill: The Cat and the King's Theatre, to take its right-American Fiddle; Old King Cole and Mo-

magnates, "The ther. Goose herself." In

ful place among the truly

Gay Divorcee," is coming to the addition to many others, there is Santa Claus, the Toymaker, and to add a touch of villairy, Barnaby, as

aged

great

creations for the screen With a King's on Monday. audience spellbound, it power and sweep that held its itself as an epic of magnificent revealed proportions, deathless beauty and universal appeal.

"The World, Moves On" has been

described as "the love story of a

It was purchased, for a pretty was at the peak of a sensationally peany" by RKo-Radio while it successful London engagement, following a year's run on Broad-

·way:

་་

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:-

HONG KON

"The World Moves On' QUEEN'S:-

"Channel Crossing" ORIENTAL:-

"The Masquerader"

CENTRAL

"Storm Troops of 1917"

KOWLOON

MAJESTIC:-

"Palooka"

ALHAMBRA÷-

"Happiness Ahead"

KING'S:-

Sunday

"The Gay Divorcee" QUEEN'S:-

"Babes In Toyland" ORIENTAL:-

"Hollywood Party"

ALHAMBRA:--

"Happiness "Ahead"

MAJESTIC:-

**Palooka"

CENTRAL:-

"Storm Troops of 1917

3917-

MAJESTIC

THEATRE MULTI PAN Nathan Road Kowloon. Tel 57222 TO-DAY TO SUNDAY At-2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20P.M.

"WHAT A PITCHUR-

It's got action! It's got dames! It's got love! It's got me! And it's got

pathology!

Hot cha

cha!"

RELIANCE FIČIŲLES” DIOPABIA ..

Jimmie (Schnozzle) DURANTE LupeVELEZ Stuart ERWIN

Palooka

EDWARD

TRKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUR

PLEBEING

*? DAN> Q 1.20–515

ORIENTAL

LAST

A

THEATRE

FAST.MOVING STORY

SOF

ful girls, catchy tunes and gor

A dizzy melange of stars, beauti. 4 TIMES TO-DAY geous settings will be seen at "the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday with o'clock when "Hollywood, Party," morning performance st 12

heralded joyfeast on celluloid opens Metro Goldwyn Mayer's

much.

its engagement,

д

"Hollywood, Party" is a fast- Radio conscripted through pre

The difficulties arose when RKorayal of life in the mansions of moving, syncopation-filled porte the screen capital, and Eollywood's vices of Fred Astuire, star, Erik hilarious story through which runs foibles and folk are used in a Rhodes and Eric Blore, character comedians of the cast and the back-animals blend with the comedy & romance. Thrills of escaped wild bone of the London presentation." antics Laurel and Hardy, When the play was forced to Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, close because of the star's scheduled Charles Butterworth and others, departure för Hollywood, the placards informing all and sundry entire theatre was hung with Londoners of just what Hollywood was doing to them.

or

Well as his sinister Bogeyman. Beautiful sets marvellous singing, make it a "natural" for the grown- a good story and plenty of comedy ups, with the fairy-tale figures sure to strike the children's fancy. century" and aptly so. It is aliviously signed contracts, the ser-

As the apprentice toymakers, of that for undying love, of the Laurel and Hardy involve them-kind that endures for generations, selves in a series of hilarious is the dominant note

from the events that are side-splitting, to first scene to the last. say the least. They set out to pay

Second only to the production of Widow Peep's mortgage, held itself in striking a new note in by Toyland's only villain, Barnaby, who is an

screen 'entertainment is the happy unwelcome suitor for the hand of

ardent but combination, as a romantic pair,

Stars," each trying to beat the The rivalry between two "Jungle of Madeleine Carroll and Franchot

other out of a cargo of lions; the Bo-Peep, the Widow Peep's youth-Tone. Let Fox Film which brings Matheson Lang is the financier ful daughter... Stan

this invigorating milestore to the

appearance of Mickey Mouse, Walt to the life. He makes the char- dumbness upsets this plan and screen, take a bow for extrusting only when promises were extracted

Peace arose from the turmoil Disney's cartoon, actually working acter a strong, dominating force, when he and his partner, Hardy. the chief roles to these able young that the players would all return

with human players-these are a 12lieved by lighter touches here attempt to rectify the error, their players.

few of the striking novelties in the and there. Constance Cummings, manoeuvres set them into a flock

again for another run of the play.great orchestra mounted on a por picture. The Musical Wallpa Besides gracing the picture with as the secretary, is brilliant in her of difficulties that includes their her fresh,

Now the complications are rependicular wall, the side-splitting dramatic scenes with the financier, being sentenced to a ducking in Carroll contributes a performance been signed to long term contracts and other elaborate detail, for ethereal beauty. Miss born, for Astaire and Rhodes have Reincarnation of Jimmy Durante," as also in the love passages with the village pool, banishment tromi that will rank with the immortal by RKo-Radio, her sweetheart, played by Anthony the Kingdom of Toyland, a night portraits etched for the screen by must wait five years or more, until different episodes of the fest

and Londonere laughing purposes only, grace the t Bushell. Humour is in the sate with the hideous inhabitants all the great actresses of the past. Hollywood is through with the moving play.. hands of Edmund Gwenn, whilst | Bogeyland and finally the falling Here is a difficult role, but in this comedians if it ever is. Max Miller, as a pseudo traveller of the villain Barnaby.

new beauty's. hands it remains

Laurel's

Uf

in everything from petrol lightera As the beautiful Bo-Peep, Char-secure" from distortion. Briefly,

to motor cars, puts over many lotte Henry does a great piece of you belleve in her and in every- diverting little cameos. Other work. Kleinbach, 22-year-old ac- thing she does and says, players in this maritime drama tors who plays the 68-year-old

Tone ably shares the acting are Dorothy Dickson and Nigel Barnaby proves a screen "and" honours with the glamorous Miss Bruce.

in this, his first important alm Carroll. He handles his character role. The singing of Felix Atwater with a dine restraint, notably in Kent Radio Finalist, and Virginia his love scenes; yet then the oc- Karns, radio vocalist, are high-casion demands, he becomes

MERRY WIVES OF RENO

Coming Next Week To The Alhambra

The

Song numbers, interpolated into

THRILLING MYSTERY

AND "SURPRISES I

THE MAN WHO HID FROM HIMSELF.

DONALD

COLMAN

THE

MasQUERADER

Prissa Batđi

OUT-DRUMS DRUMMOND

AT THE STAR

the picture sa integral parts of the The Happy Ending

with June

plot, include "Hello" sung by Produced by Winfield Sheehan Jimmy Durante, Jack Pearl and word from a story and screen Had My Moments," a love duet the picture was directed by John dancing choris a duet sung by play by Reginald Berkeley

Durante-and-Polly Moran "I've photography, which is flawless, is Quillan; Mickey Mouse's "Hot credited to George Schneiderman, Chocolate Soldiers," "Hollywood Clyde and· Eddie

sound to E. F. Grossman, settings Party" and "I'm Feelin' High Hights of the Al Gus Meins and swashbuckler with equally capti-Rita Kaufman and musical direc

to William Darling. costumes to Charles Rogers co-directed.

vating dash,

Prominent in support of Miss Carroll and Tone appear Regin- ald Denny, "Siegfried Rumann, Louise Dresser, Raul Roullén and Stepin Fetchit.

HAPPINESS AHEAD

Current Attraction At The Alhambra

Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Far- rell and Ruth Donnelly, the three Merry Wives of Reno in the Warner Bros. picture of that title which is coming to the Alhambra next The new First National produc- week, threw a party for Hugh tion "Happiness Ahead" now play Herbert on the day the productioning at The Alhambra Theatre; was finished. Herbert plays the glorifies one of the few unsung: part of a Nevada sheep. fancier heroes of modern lite the window and appears throughout the picture washer. with Eloise," a pet lamb, at his heels.

Hugh was presented with miniature sheep carved out of bone and fitted with a ring to be used 2.5 2 watch charm. The gift was in token of the fun Herbert and Elpise had created for the company. Not to be outdone the male members of the cast present

This, of course, is incidental to the romantic thread of the story but has much to do. with the ro mance. Washing dangerously high windows of the 60 and 70 story sky-scrapers of Gotham is no small problem. It is simply one of those things taken as a matter of course. In "Happiness Ahead" these during mop, and pall performers

ed Hugh with a ten gallon hat, a not only do their stunts, but en- duplicate of the one he wears in gage in hair-raising nights with the picture. It was inscribed on deadly enemies. Dick Powell as Its brim with the names of the the brave young windowwasher members of the cast including and Josephine Hutchinson as the | Donald Woods, Guy Kibbee, Frank beautiful cause of his heart throbs. McHugh, Roscoe Ates and Hobart are leading figures in this unusual Cavanaugh

big city romance.

TO-DAY

ONLY

the

tion to Arthur Lange.

"The World Moves On has been paluted on a broad canvas and with lavish hand. It is a picture you cannot afford to miss.

A atellar aggregation scores in the picture, including Laurel and Butterworth, Polly Moran, Lupe Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Charles Velez, Frances Williams, Jack Fearl and Ted Healy and his stooges...

QUEEN'S

AT 2.30, 5.10,

7.20 & 9.30

MATHESON LANG & CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

CHANNEL CROSSING

with EDMUND GWENN

P.M.

Millard

American director, who was res- ponsible, among other things, for Webb, the famous

Gentlemen of the Press," came to England especially to direct "The Happy Ending, the Gaumont- British Sim version of Ian Hays story.

Mr. Webb ia possessed of a Caustic wit, and when things go wrong he is not slow to say so. cherubic smile, so that few can He disarios

everyone with a

really take offence.

He was rather vexed" at "the ritual of tea which, according to customi, takes place in most studios about four o'clock in the afternoon. He considered this & waste of time. Cne afternoon he declared that lunch bad left his players limp, and informed them that they ought to see themselves from his viewpoint. Why, the cockatoo's the beat setor on the ret."

Nobody's feelings were hurt by this cheerful persifiage, and the cockatoo--which has special in- telligence in making the noises required when its ones are given squawked proudly.

ANDIJANI LEADER EXECUTED

New Delhi, Jan. 31.

General Bataboldijan, lex

the Andijani troops who igu the recent fighting in

Turkestan, has been execut

He was arrested last Chinese troops wbg taken

pacifci

ROAD WANDHAN

TEL. 2012

STARTING TO-MORROW

FOR FEW DAYS ONLY.

THE

SHOW OF SHOWS BIGGER-BETTER-FUNNIER THAN ANYTHING EVER

·PRODUCED,

PARTY

HOLLYWOOD

Stars Stars! Stars! "MG=H*s, Plek 'of. Girls,

·Melody and · Langkter!, ★ LAUREL & HARDY JIMMY DORANTS

MICKEY MOUSE

Joch Pearl, Ted Healt and maremaid marti

ALHAMBRA

MESTRE

NOW PLAYING Happiness for Everybody

WARNER BROS.

ERTIMATE

MUSICAL

́SUCCESSO

TO "DAMES"

DICK POWELL

HUTCHINSON

Hotel Exechnicolour

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