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AT THE KING'S

"The Gay Divorcee”

Many motion pleture casts have boasted peers, even a Duke, or so. but RKO-Radio goes them all two better by co-starring a King and Queen in the current 'musical comedy. "The Gay Divorcee," now at the King's Theutre..

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the stars, were recently crowned, by the public of the Carloca” be- cause of their Interpretation of the fery, exciting dance in "Flying Down to Rio."

In "The Gay Divorcee" the great Terpsichorean pair present two

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S :-

HONG KONG

*The Gay Divorcee"

QUEEN'S :-

"Babes In Toyland”-

ORIENTAL:!

"Hollywood Party"

KOWLOON

grand new dances, one called "Day MAJESTIC:—

and Night" originated by Astaire

and called "the hit of the show

The Continental." 12

The latter creation, stazed by Dave Gould, who staged the "Carloca" in "Flying Down to Rio," i has already become the rage with movie folks, who call it "The Joy Dance" because it is said to com- bine beauty and sport, and is also well within the capabilities of young and old,

Music and lyrics for The-Con- tinental are the work of Con Conrad and Herb Magidson, au- thors of the current novelty song. "Yes, Sir, I Love Your Daughter."! Conrad wrote "Champagne Waltz

The play. a brisk and rollicking comedy built around a 100-mile- an-hour romance involving Astaire, Miss Rogers, Alice Brady and Ed- ward Everett Horton, was adapted for the screen from the stage play

4-SHOWS

DAIL 1.30-5.13

1.35-3.30

"The Cut's Paw"

ALHAMBRA

"Merry Wives of" Reno."

KING'S:-

Coming

"The Count of Monte Cristo"-

ORIENTAL:-

15

"Stamboul Quest"

"You Said A Mouthful"

MAJESTIC

"Baby Take A Bow".

which ran a full season in New York and another six months in London, starring Astaire.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUN

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE

5 TIMES TO-DAY SPECIAL EXTRA SHOW AT 12 «O'CLOCK 15 COMEDY STARS INCLUDING

MICKEY MOUSE ALL APPEAR IN THIS GREAT PICTURE

HO PARTY

Storti Starti Starsi

Melody and Lampatent ★ LAUREL & HARDY ★ JIMMY DURANTI

· KLUPE VIZ

MICKEY MOUSE

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Jack Pearl, Ted Hesty and moremand more!

Films With Depth, Sound & Colour

PLEMINO

ROAD

WANGHAI

TEL. 20413

STARTING TO-MORROW

BIG TRIPLE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW TROUPE OF ROYAL HAWAIIAN SINGERS-DANCERS

LAUREL & HARDY NEW COMEDY

MYRNA

LOY Brent

Lionel Atwil!

TAMBOUL YUEST

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1935.

SHOWING TO-DAY

ATT 2.80.5.10.7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

KINGS

THEY KISS WHILE THEY'RE DANCING! YOU WISH WHILE YOURE WATCHING!

The

FRED

ASTAIRE

GINGER

ROGERS

See them dance "The Continental," new ball-room

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE TEL. No. 25318 25932

FR. M. SATURDAY

COUNT

GAY DANORCHE MONTE

NOW

THE

RIGHT WHOLE UNITED STATES

IS WHISTLING ITS GAY ENCHANTING TUNES!

*KO-RADIO PICTURE

THE SCARLET EMPRESS

Current Attraction At The Star

HALICE Directed by Mark

BRADY

Sandrich Pandro

5. Bærmen produce is Bon

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON

"The Scarlet Empress," Josef von Sternberg's Paramount pro duction starring Marlene Dietrich now showing at the Star Theatre, is based on

a diary of Catherine; II of Russia, known as Catherine

the Great and regarded by his torians, in spite of certain aspects of her private life, as one of the most remarkable rulers of all time. Catherine the Great was born at Stettin, Germany, on May 2, 1729, the daughter of Christian Au-t gustus. Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst! and his wife, Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Her baptismal name Was Sophia Augusta Fredorica.

In 1744 she was taken to Russia

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Peter III Still openly Ger manic sympathizer, Peter made .one mistake after another in affairs of government. He flaunt.

mistress in the Imperial Court and threatened, to divorce Catherine,

to be amanced to the Grand Duse Poter, the nephew of Empressed his Elizabeth. On June 8 of that year she was taken into the Orthodox Church and was renamed Catherine Alexeyevna in compliance with the wishes of the Empress.

be

Marriage A Failure Married August 21, 1748, her wedded life turned out to thoroughly wretched. Peter WAS subnormal and Catherine despised him from the beginning. His ves the printing of two views of the same scene on the same post-sympathies were directed openly

tive Alm. The difference in the angle of the two views is the dis- tance between human eyes.

In projection the film would have to travel behind ten lenses and the cinema screen would have to be fitted with lines or bars to prevent the right eye from seeing

A New Development the left ere picture and vice versa.

of The Cinema

IF

Two great corporations, Gau. mont-British and Imperial The- mical Industries, are secretly, working on a cinema development as revolutionary as the introduc tion of the talkies.

If the experiments now going forward succeed, stereoscopic Alms will be shown to the public in about two years.

Cinema audiences will receive from the screen the same sense of solid three-dimensional reality that theatre audiences now ob- tain by watching actors moving on the stage. t

Gaumont-British has equipped special research laboratories for stereoscopic experiments, and it expects its work there to yield de- finite results early next year.....

One system which has already. Eccessfully prodúced stereoscopic effects on a hema screen has been developed by a Greek; M. Zafrotoulon

A technical expert who has ex- amined It described it as ex- tremely effective.""

Two Lennes

It involves embedding in the film itself two separate lenses, and also requiries a special screen. The details are naturally a close- ly guarded secret, but it can be said that it involves a rather com- plicated process of filming and projection

A second process, which has al so been experimented with invol

toward the Germans, and she, strangely enough, constantly be came more Russian in her attitude. She was beautiful, shrewd and am- bitious. She was determined, too. that nothing should stand in the way of her progress. Thus she accepted the circumstances of her marriage because it was a means to power.

Quickly she because adept at in- No process has yet been brought

In her determination to trigue to the point of commercial prec-

go forward she was ruthless, yet she tice for cinema purposes, one of

herself was ruled by romantic im- the main objections, being the pulses. There ware many suitors amount of light lost in projection. for her love. The chronicle of her In television, certain stereosco-private life was the commonplace pic effects can be procured by

of all Europe, what is, kown as "over-correc-. tion." It is not true stereoscopy, which demands that we should see the "full depths of a scerie--

on the

stage but merely makes the picture stand out in relief.

Afraid of it

as

The majority of film producers are afraid of the introduction of stereoscopy and of colour films. They refuse to belleve it," just as they refused to believe in the talkies in the early days,'

It involves revolutionising their methods of photography and new projection installations.

They like to believe that the pub lic will go on being satisfied with the shadow-screen" and the talk- ies.

But it will only need one suc- cessful stereoscopic-three-dimen- , slonal-all-colour-all-talkie film to throw the whole business of film- producing Into chaos. Gaumont-British

has learned: the lesson which Warner Brothers: taught the film-world when they "stole a march” with talkies. They are taking no risks. Their ex- perta are busy both on colour Alme and stereoscopic films, Ale

Another studio, London Film Productions, Ltd., is also actively engaged in colour-ilm experi- menti

Divorce Threatened Catherine's progression, became more complicated following the death of Empress Elizabeth on January 5, 1769, and the succession of her husband to the throne as

SHOWING

TO-DAY

For the sake of self preservation," Catherine, assisted by the Orloffs and others in a ring of con spirators formed about her, seiz edcolamend of the

troops

ir. a desperate uprising and was declared einpress Peter was seized and, according to the best historical authority, probably was Catherine's favourite at the time. strangled by Gregory

Orloff,

Court Was Brilliant

CRISTO

WITH

ROBERT DONAT-ELISSÄ LANDI

COMING TO THE ALHAMBRA

Shirley Temple

In

"Now And Forever"

The secrecy of Shirley Temple's sud den spell of excessive friendliness was recently revealed on the set of Par... amounts "Now and Forever," in which she is starred with Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard, and which is coming to the Alhambra Theatre on Saturday, Never a shy or reticent child, Sbir-

The notoriety which. Catherine Bained was compensated by her ad- ministrative skill and resourceful-ley had been puzzling studio attaches ness Interested in the advance by her insistence that they introduce ment of culture, for which she had her to every notable that came to the to rely upon the French, she made studio. But when Cooper came upon her court one of the most brilliant Shirley getting W.G. Fields' mutograph in Europe and insisted upon a the secret was put.. standard” of„decórum and manners never before approached.

It seems that Shirley suddenly got the autograph urge. She is somewhat hampered in her quest, however, by the rules of good breeding which her mother has laid down, Namely, that she is never to ask a stranger or anyone she doesn't know well for their autograph. And Shirley figures that introductions are a good basis for her request.

She succeeded, during her reign, in developing Russia's resources to the point where it became the strongest country of Europe. But finally her extravagances and the corrupt practices of her court brought her into disrepute oven as her predecessors had been check-uy Standing and Charlotte Granville, Director Henry Hataway, and Sir mated by the weight of public fostured in Now and Forever" are opinion. She died af..an attack of the latest additions in the Temple apoplexy in November, 1705.

autograph book.^...“.

CVLEN'S

5.10,

AT

7:20

9.30

PML

THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT IN TOWN!

Victor Herbert's magic melodies, Laurel and Hardy for laughs. what grander combination to bring music and comedy to their greatest heights!

LAUREL HARDY

Babes in Toyland

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

Wednesday, Feb. 6. Anniversaries and Holidays.—St: Titus. Thirteenth Anniversary of the Election of Pope Pius XI.

Cinemas

King's: "The Gay Divorcee." Queen's:-"Babes. In Toyland." "Central:Ä="Chinese Picture.”

OrientalHollywood Pärty.” World: "Chinese Picture,” "Alhambra:-"Merry

Reno.

Wives 01

Majestic: "The Cat's Paw." Star:-"Shoot The Works," Dances-Sailors and Soldiers' Home, 8.30 p.m.

Entertainments. - Variety Con- cert in aid of Kowloon Tong Angli can Church, St. Andrew's Hall, ̈9 p.m."

W

Lectures.-Aläted Units, Nur- sing Detachment, Volunteer Head- quarters, 5.30 pm,

Meetings. Annual, H. K. Auto- moblle Asscn., Messrs. Jardine Maş theson's Board Room, 5.30 pm; Hong Kong University Medical So- ciety 9.15 p.m.; Volunteer. Ser- geants Mess, pm; Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.; Kowloon Unión Church" General Committee; 6. p.m.3.

Miscellaneous.-Whist Drives, St. Patrick's Club, in aid of Shek Lung lepers. 8.30 p.m.; Seamen's In- stitute, 9 am: YMC.A. Ladies' Section "At Home" "and Games Afternoon, 3.30 p.m.,

Moon-I Moon, 3rd. Day.

Social Functions. Interport Football Dinner, Peninsula Hotel 8 p.m

Sports

Badminton-Men's Doubles, "A" Division, Chiese RC. v. Elliot Hall; "B" Division, Club de Recreio v. Y.M.C.A., Talkoo R.C. v. V.R.C., 8 p.m.

Hockey-Hong Kong Hockey Club Seniors y. Radio Sports Club (King's Park), 5 p.m.

Miscellaneous-Interport Foot- ball Dinner (Peninsula Hotel), 3 p.m.

Rugby Club "A" v Navy Flf- teen (Club Ground), 5 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 7. Cinemas

King's: The Gay Divorcee " "Queen's "Babes In Toyland."

Central; --"Chinese, Picture.": Oriental:Stamboul Quest.” World:"Chinese Picture."

Alhambra: "Merry Wives Of

Reno," Majestic-Baby, Take A Bow." Star:-"Shoot The Works.” Moon-I Moon, 4th, Day...

AT THE QUEEN'S

Laurel And Hardy In “Babes In Toyland”

Victor Herbert's Immortal "March of the Toys" and "Castle in Spain" as well as the delight- ful fantasy and story book figures of childhood, have been brought to the screen in, a film that should prove a joy and revelation to children and grown-ups..

MAJESTIC

THEATRE-AALINEN TA Nathan Road Kowloon. Tel 57222) | FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 12.30, 2,30, 6.20, 7.20 & 8,20 P.E|

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Do not give away the plot of this unusual story!...For only once in a lifetime does one so original and ingenious come to the screen!

HAROLD LLOYD

THE CATS PAW

Directed by SAM TAYLOR

From the Saturday Evening Past Story by CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND

'A FOX RELEASE

MERRY WIVES

OF RENO

Opening To-day At The Alhambra

Some folks think a woman can't throw straight, but. Guy Kibbee is not one of them,

Guy pllys the part of a ben-packed husband in the Warner Bros. picture, "Merry Wives of Reno," a merry tale of the famous divorce colony which opens today at the Alhambra, Ruth Donnelly is his "man eating" spouse..

Jaat because she discovered he had spent the evening with another womas, she flies into a rage and hurls the family dishes at him. In shooting the scene, H. Bruce Humberstone, director, instructed Miss Donnelly to aim at a sideboard on one side of Kibber and at a door on the other.

the dishes began to By, but to the The director called for action and

astonishment of the other players most of them landed on Guy's baid pate.

"Great" grinned the director. “You made a bull's oye in four out of every five."

him "But I really didn't aim_at protested Miss Donnelly, "I tried to

hit the door,

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Guy eyed her and the director suspiciously the while he rubbed &

bump as big as a walnut

Yeah, he said. "Tell that to the judge in Reno,"

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Others in the cast of this hilarious comedy by Robert Lord. include Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh, Roscoe Ates and Hobart Cavanaugh.

Kleinback is cast as, the sinister Barnaby and the supporting players include Felix Knightr Ferdinand Florence Roberts. „Munier, William · "Burress and

The picture Is the Hal Roach M-G-M production, "Babes in Virginia Karns. The production.... Toyland a new feature-length was filmed under the co-direction vehicle starring Laurel and Hardy of Gus Melns and Charles Rogers, and now playing at the Queen's "Theatre.

The combination of Laurel" and Hardy's rollicking comedy with Victor Herbert's pulsating music, added to gorgeously fantastic sets and superb singing, makes a pic- ture that can be enjoyed by any- body, young or old, rich or poor, Indian chier or candelstick maker. In this feature, Laurel and Hardy again don costumes that differ from their orthodox, baggy, sults and derbles. They are two apprentice toymakers, who-in their sincere but wild attempts to get the Widow Peep, who lived in “The Shoe"; and her daughter, Bo-Peep, out of the clutches of Toyland's villain, Barnaby...• In- volve themselves in a series of hilarious events that, at times. turns the operetta into a scream- ingly funny comedy.

ALHAMBRA

TRENERO

TO-DAY TO FRIDAY

MERRY NIVES OF RENO

Adroit direction, beautiful sing ing, clever acting and stirring. music, in addition to the con make this one of the outstanding nima of the year:

The Toyland set la undoubt

one of the most fan stic well as beautiful ever nimed for the

Through the set move dear to the heart of Jack and Jill, Mother ple Simon, -Old King The Cât and the Fiddle, Red Ridding Hood syd many

Henry who scored"

success in “Alice

comedy

“NOW AND FOREVER

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