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HALF A SINNER

"Half A Sinner." one of the most hilarious and successfui comedy-dramas of the year, was brought to the screen yesterday at the Star theatre. with Berton and Churchill, Broadway stage Joel McCrea star, screen

and Sallie Blane in the principal roles, Thoroughly wholesome. dramatle, it is one of the most delightful films to be shown in some time and is devoted to the of the en- entertainment needs tire family. It is based on the play, "Alias the Deacon." by John B Hymer and Leroy Clemens in which Churchill was started,

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SOCIETY DOCTOR

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"Society Doctor" the new, Me- tra-Goldwyn-Mayer picture tea-.. turing Chester Morris and Virginia Bruce, and due on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre, is one of those rare pictures, which make audien- ees sit up in their seats.

It is an engrossing story of a series of gripping dramas that in volve a group of characters in a metropolitan "emergency hospital within a short period of eight hours.

There are many gripping situa- tions that are crowded into "So- at a clety Doctor" which moves rapid pace throughout the entire drama.

Resides the two romantic lovers, It brings Chester Morris and Ro- McCrea and Miss Blane, who con-

bert Taylor to us as the. rival in- 24 the tribute much to the enjoyment of ternes; Virginia. Brèce the picture, virtually an all-star

nurse: Bille Burke as the wealthy cast Alls the other roles. Alexan-reurotie: Willam Henry as the dra Carlisle, Mickey Rooney. Gay bridegroom: Mary Jo Matthews as Seabrook, Russell and a dozen the bride; Dorothy Peterson others contribute ta the enjoy the policeman's vengeful wife and, mert of the play..

many more excellent performers.

4 SHOWS

DAIL??

1.20-5.19

7.11-4.30

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TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VÄLLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE

FLEMING ROAD

TEL. 04

TO-MORROW

4 TIMES TO-DAY FRIDAY-SATURDAY

-A

THRILL PACKED

STORY

OF AUSTRALIA'S BANDIT KING WITH SONGS & MUSIC

DUNNI

RICHARD

DIX

in

STUNGA

JABIO

MARY BOLAND CONWAY TEARLE

'KANSAS CITY PRINCESS'

Joan Blondell has 2 double working with her as a stand-in for "Kansas City Princess," her latest Warner Bros production, Theatre coming to the Central to-day.

Normade Adoree is the young lady and so striking is her resem- blance to Joan, both as to lace and figure, that a comedy of errors developed.

1.

The first day she was on the set, dressed in an outft that was an exact duplicate of Joan's from was hat to shoes, Miss Adoree taken for Joan by nearly every- one in the company.

George Even

Barnes, Joants husband and cameraman on the picture were 'fooled, *

In "Kansas City Princess," Joan has the role of a gold digging manicurist whose escapades startle two tontinents. Others in

A 'REAL MASTER PIECE OF SCREEN ART A PICTURE

THE ENTIRE WORLD RÅVED ABOUT!

GEORGE ARLISS

THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD

THE CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY

"Inspector Trent! Come diately-I'm afraid!"

imme-

Ten minutes later Helen Stan- ley, great screen star, was dead- shot through the heart!

This is the gripping situation which lays the foundation for Columbla's "The Crime' of Helen Stanley," the next change at the Queen's Theatre.

Many persons in and about the studio have reason to hate or fear her. Inspector Trent, convincing ly portrayed by Ralph Bellamy, arrives a few minutes after the shooting has taken place in the midst of the filming of a scene in which Helen Stanley is the cen- tral figure.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1935.

LABT TWO-DAYS

|2,30.6.10.7,15)

& 9.30 P.M.

KINGS

HE DREW THE WINNING TICKET IN A

Lottery of

Love!

The only girl-hy “cader läs gallint crew won the right to woo

★ glamorous darling w

of Paris...with ber garter as his call

ing card...but he was too bashful!

LOTTERY LOVER

A FOX Plrwis with

LEW AYRES "PAT" PATERSON PEGGY FEARS

Walter King Alan Dinehari Reginald Denny Nick Foran

Produced by AL ROCKETT from the mory by Siegfried M. Herzig. "and Haurice Hanilan

LOTTERY LOVER

Showing At The King's

With Lew Ayres and "Pat" Paterson in the leading roles. "Lottery Lover," now showing st the King's Theatre is a picture full of gaiety and entertainment.

Its sprightly story concerns" a crew of carefree young 'naval cadets" on their first leave in Paris and of a girl-shy lad who wins the right to

the glamorous queen of the Parisian revues with her garter, as his calling card Bashful and retiring. he tries to escape from his “ordeal” but is sent back to the "iray" by the other members, of his gallent

crew.

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The way in which he conquers his shyness and eventually wis the girl provides many funny situations in the course of which three delightful songs were sung. Lew Ayres is seen as the girl- shy young cadet, while opposite him is "Fat" Paterson the "delight- Bloch ful young English actress,

of them acquitted themselves well but chlef credit must go to Peggy Fears, a newcomer to the screen, who gives a delightful performance $5 the siren of the Paridan revues. 5. A. R.

THE WINNING

TICKET

Hilarious Comedy

A picture that carries with it bags of laughter The Winning Tickets the current attraction at the Queen's Theatre:

The story deals with a lucky number in the Irish Sweepstake. Leo Carillo as an Italian barber bought an Irish sweep ticket from Ted Healy. Not caring to let his Circumstances point immediate-wife (Louise Fazenda) know that cast include Glenda Farrell, Ro-ly to her ex-husband, Stanley Waihe had bought one because she is hid the Armstrong, Hugh Herbert, lach who, in the scene, was to have against gambling, he Osgood Perkins, Hobart Cavanaugh area at her with a blank pistol. ticket. The ticket passed from one and Gordon Westcott.

bert

the

William Keighley directed the picture from the screen play by By Bartlett and Manuel-Seff.

6 DAY BIKE RIDER

In the First National production Dag Bike Rider, which wil open at the Alhambra Theatre to day, Joe E. Brown plays the part smail-town, kinky-haired,

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near-sighted fellow. To convey clearly the eyesight defect, special spectacles had to be made.

The ones worn by Joe were con- structed of plate glass a quarter of an inch thick, with the edge bevel- ed and frosted to give the effect of thickness

The picture is Joe's latest and most hilarious comedy. He is supported by a talented cast. In Ccluding MaxineDoyle Frank McHugh, Gordon Westcott and Arthur Aylesworth Lloyd Bacon directed the picture from the story and screen play by Earl Baldwin

The man had really intended to kill her, substituting a bullet for one of the blanks,

He breaks for freedom but 15: apprehended on the roof of the mammoth stage, Screaming that the killed her, Wallach leaps to the ground and is killed

But, it is proved that the lethar bullet was never fred from the fugitive's gun

ves

Bellamy gives an excellent per- formarce as he did in the arst two pictures, Before Midnight" and "One is Guilty".

Shirley Grey as Betty lends her usual brillance and ability to the part and Gail Patrick is seen to advantage as Helen Stanley. It is her frst venture into the field of villany, incidentally, and moat.) convincing

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Fast-moving and full of inter- est, the picture was directed by D. Ross Lederman, who hasn't. missed. n bat:

SHOWING

TO-DAT

The

FROM

FRIDAY

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE The No. 25913

'Joseph Mt. Schenke presents

GEORGE

ARLISS

in

Last

Gentleman

Artinta

Pictura

George Arliss na the eccentric but lovable old millionaire In "THE LAST GENTLEMAN," 20th Century's new comedy, coming to the King's Theatre this week, calls all his relatives and tells them exactly what he thinks of them.

FILM-STRÜCK

In a geography test recently given to a class of eleven-year-olds oně of the questions was "Why is Britan interested in Hong Kong?" Among the many, varied reasons given for our interest perhaps the most unexpected was "Because from Anna May Wong comes there »

hiding place to another and when the ticket is drawn Carillo is offered $10,000 for it.

EASTER FARE

Two Excellent

Films

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S

HONG KONG

Lottery Lover?

QUEEN'S:

"The Winning Ticket”

ORIENTAL:-

"Stingaree"

CENTRAL

"Kansas City Princess"

KOWLOON

MAJESTIC:-

"Long Lost Father”

ALHAMBRA:-

"Six Day" Bike Rider

KRING'S:-

Coming

"The Last Gentleman”

QUEEN'S

The Crime of Helen Stan-

ley"

"Society Doctor"

ORIENTAL:-

"The House of Rothschild“ CÉNTRAL:—'

"Six Day Bike Rider" "Ruggles Of Red Gap"

MAJESTIC:

"Belle of Nineties ALHAMBRA;~~

"Kansas City. Princess" "Flirtation Wall

THE LAST GENTLEMAN

Orice again George Arliss 15 down in Ben Silvery's "black book."

Slivery, is the assistant director of "The Last Gentleman," Ariss latest starring production - fot Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F." Zanuck's 20th Century Pictures, which United Artists brings to the King's Theatre on Friday..

MAJESTIC

PETER

THEATRE:

Nathan Road Kowloon. Tel: 67222 TO-DAY: & TO-MORROW At 2.30, 520, 7:20 & 8,20 P.M.-

John

BARRYMORE

He deserted his wife far zwine, woman

and song...

"but tried to save his daughter from wine, music and ment

LONG LOST

BATHER"

TADO

|Helen Chandler

Derald Cook From the naval by

G. 6, Jum

Pirected by Ernest

4. Shordsack

« Merian C. Cooper, `earcutive producer,

NEXT CHANGE

MAE WEST It

IN

Belle of Nineties

NO STATE SUBSIDIES FOR CHURCHES [Special To the Hong Kong Daily Press" Wopyright.1

Mannheim, April 8.

In the year 1924, Protestant, Catholic and old Catholic chur ches received financial aseis- tance from the State amount- ing to 900,000 marks, 1,050,- 000 and 24,000 marks re-

The State subsidies for the Protes- tant, Catholic and "Old Catholic" Churches ceased on March 31, in He has held this important accordance with the terms of the position in every Arliss picture in law passed by the state of Baden the four years the distinguished on April 3, 1930 which was enact- star has played in talking pic-ed for the progressive reduction tures. Directors have come and of the subsidy and the final ces- gone, but Ben Silvery goes on as sation at this date. George Arliss' assistant director.

And the black book is one of the main reasons for this pro- longed relationship. It is the book in which Silvery keeps the pro- duction on which he is working.

Those pages record every step in the construction of the ple ture, the costumes worn in each scene, the position of every stick of furniture, the amount of foot- age photographed each day. The book is indexed and cross-Index- ed, and Ben often stays at his desk past midnight to keep his records straight. It has been the means of saving his company thousands of dollars in time and money.

SYMPATHY EXPRESSED

London, April 8 The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay

Hong Kong is already making' preparations for the Easter Holi-MacDonald announced in the House

of Commons to-day that the Bri tish representatives attending the Stresa Conference would be him self and Bir John Simon:

days. So far as sport is concern- ed, there will be plenty of it To begin with there will be the racing while bathing parties, tennis, lawn bowls and yachting will be

Numerous comical situations crop up in the course of the search and finally when the ticket is in plenty... found.

but it would be .. telling too much of the story 16 I am to continue. Suffice it to say:

and lost he won found his relatives lives up to every cent

of it.

and

a fortune.... but

The picture is full of fun from beginning to end and with such cast as Leo Carillo, Louise Fazenda and Ted Healy it will surely be a success.

Preceding the picture are several shorts, the principal of which is "Papua and Kalabaha!" a scenic feature-O MO..

But what are we going to do in the eveningá? That also, has been provided for, in the form of two really excellent pictures, "The

"Anne of Green Gables" which, we Richest Girl In The World" and understand, will be released during the holidays.

According to advance reports, both films belong to the "A" category so that there should be plenty to look forward to, quite apart from the holidays them- selves, which no doubt are the chief attractions

PULLN'S

Howling Sweepstakes Comedy

Ar 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.80

P.M.

spectively while in the final year of state aid just terminated these grants had "shrunk tö 404,000, 670,000 and 14,600 marks respec- Lively,

It is not yet known how the churches propere to meet con- riderable loss caused by the dis- continuance: ever of these re- duced subsidies. Transocean Eno Min.

would be the general feeling of sympathy in all parts of House with the Lord Privy Beal, Mr. Anthony Eden, arid said they hoped for his speedy recovery.

The Prime Minister said, "I need” hardly tall the House how heartily associate myself and my collea- gues with the regret expressed by

· Size Austin.” Chamberlain, that the In putting a question, on this | Lora Privy Seal cannot also attend point to the Prime Minister, Str the Conference at Stress as one of Aust Chamberlain said he ex- the Government's representatives?

was sure British Wireless. pressed what he felt

THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW AT THE

CENTRALALIIAMBRA

(To Central Thestra take Buses No. 4 or going West)

CENTRAL

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

at 2.80, 5.15, 7.20 & 9,80 p.m. MOET FUN THÁN

IN "HAVANA WIDOWS"

ALHAMBRA

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. KL 2.30, 5,20; 7.20 & 8.20 p.my THE COMEDY THATLL "MAKE YOU: BOAB: WITH LAUGHTER!

Mover

THE COMEDY STAPS ruž

DAMIN

KANSAS CITY PRINCESS

Jor & Brown

6-DAV BIKE RIDER

AXINE

FRIDAY

UGH YLE

DIRE KANSAS CITY PRINCESS

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