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AT THE CINEMAS

Trade Notes

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

1)ን sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley given feature billing in the film version of the widely read novel "Anne of Green Gables," one of Hollywood's. most Colourful Cinderela legends becomes reality It is showing at the King's Theatre to-day.

Anne Shirley, who was known as Dawn O'Day until she adopted the name of the character she por- trays in "Anne of Green Gables." has earned a living for herself and her mother since she was fourteen months old. Hall bedrooms, tiny single apartments, long walks to studios, and constant planning to make pe dollar do the work of two, marked her path to stardom.

Miss Shirley first stepped into the role of family breadwinner as a model for commercial advertise- ments of baby clothes. Her mo- ther had taken" her with her to a New York "department store where a commercial artist asked that the baby be allowed to pose for his advertising thustrations.

When an Anne Shirley *733 sought

for "Anne of Green Cables," George Nicholls, Jr., the director of "Finishng School," sug- gested that Dawn O'Day be tested for the part. Scores of Hollywood players were seeking the role, and hundreds of letters had poured in on the studio from other aspirants in all parts of the country.

To Dawn O'Day, the part. meant not only the chance of a lifetime. but the opportunity to partray & heroine who had long been her favourite character of Bellon. So when she was called to the studio for a test she felt as though fe or death was the stake. The test

was good; so good that she was

MUSIC IN THE AIR

Something startlingly different in the way of musical pictures will be offered to the nation's picture theatre-goers in Erich Fommer's Inicial Fox Film production, “Music In the Alr," according to all ad- vance accounts. The Alm comes to the King's Theatre on Saturday.

In adapting it to the screen, Producer Pornmer and his director, Joe. May, not only retained all the laughable situations of the origin- al, but added many new that would have been impractic able in the stage version.

ones

Gloria Swanson and John Boles who are seen as a pair of highly Lemperamental and jealous opera- Le stars, are both famous for their comedy abilites. and the picture allers them their greatest oppor. tunities in this field Douglas Montgomery, who soared to star- dom as a dramatic actor in "Little Man

What Now?" abundantly proved his talents as a comedian in earlier vehicles, and June Lang. Fox Film's "mystery girl," is hall- ed as a brillant comedienne by those who have seen her "rushes to date.

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As a result "Music in the Air" bids fair to become the comedy hit of the season. as well as

triumph from + musical standpoint. Nine of the principal song-successes of the operetta are retained in the lm, with Boles

singing five of them, either as

soles er in duet with Miss Swanson and the glamorous. Gloria's voice, which she has been training steadily during her recent retire- ment from the screen, is said to be a sensation in Itself.

called back to take another and THE LIVES OF A BENGAL

longer one.

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DOUBLE DOOR

"Double Door", the Paramount production opening to-day at the Queen's Theatre" tells the story of * the Van Brett household. Victoria Van Brett, convincingly played by Mary Morris. great dramatic ac- tress of the Broadway stage, takes the part of the ironwilled. erratic spinster who rules the destinies of the millionaire family, with her weaker, subservient sister. Anne Revere, she seeks to destroy the romance between her half-brother and his beautiful young bride and goes so far as to attempt to mur- der her. Then in a gripping and fast-moving climax, her tyrannical grip is broken and fate takes a hand in bringing her life to a tragic end.

LANCER

The centre of exotic cookery in the United States was, for a while, a little spot outside of Hollywood where Henry Hathaway directed . Alm troupe doing outdoor se- quences for Paramount's "The now Bengal Lancer," Lites of 3

the Central and playing Alhambra Theatre.

Gary Cooper, Sir Guy Standing and Kathleen Burke, enjoyed go- ing the rounds to taste the geelabi and halwah. but they had to fetch along their own special plates.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2,30.6.10, 7.16 & 9.30 P.M.

KINGS

SHE'LL BREAK YOUR HEART WITH HAPPINESS

ANNE

OF

GREEN GABLES

W ANNE SHIRLEY

TOM BROWN O. P. HEGGIE HELEN WESTLEY

· Borak'upon the book by 1. kl. bivalgomer

published by L. C Page & Can Is

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE The No. 25919 125982

NEXT CHANGE

GLORIA

Swanson

JOHN BOLES DOUGLASS

MONTGOMERY

Music in the Air

Aš Erich Parmar Production

A scene from "The River Side Murder" a Fox picture showing The “Hong Kong Dally Press" used in

THE GILDED LILY

Claudette Colbert's golden sing- ing voice, object of many radio offers but beard only once before on the screen in "Torch Singer," is a feature of her new Paramount im, The Gilded Ly, coming to the Central Theatre to-morrowW.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," which was adapted from the book

With several numbers, written by Francis Yeats-Brown, is the. largest and most daring spectacle especially for her by Arthur John- Hollywood.ston and Sam Cosłów, Miss Col- attempted Dy ever

called thousand extras and bert's specialty is a song Over four actors worked in the scenes of the "Something About Romance."

In "The Gilded Lily," from an The young newly-weds are play-plcture and four years of work

was required to bring it to the original story by Melville Baker ed by Kent Taylor and

and Jack Kirkland, Claudette Col- Venable who have played together

tert has two leading men, Fred in four other successful pictures,

MacMurray and Ray Milland, both and are known as one of the most

comparative newcomers to the well-teamed pair of lovers on the

screen. C. Aubrey Smith; Edward #screen. Others in the cast include

Craven and George Bradley are in the supporting cast.

Evelyn

Sir Guy Standing, always depend- able for a good characterization, and a few other good playezo.

screen.

Gary Cooper. Franchot * With Tone, Richard Cromwell and Sir Guy Standing playing the prin- clyal featured roles, the picture is a stirring account of the exploits and adventures of the world's most famous cavalry unit.

When awarded the title role in "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES," EKO- Radio Picture from the beloved novel by L M. Montgomery, sixteen-

· year-old Dawn O'Day was so elated that she adopted ANNE SHIRLEY for her real, as well as her screen, name.",

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DAVID COPPERFIELD

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's magni- version of "David ficent screen

Charles Dickens' Copperfield," greatest and favourite novel, comes on Friday to the Queen's Theatre. Behind this announcement is a story of research and investiga- tion, of unceasing effort, of faith- ful adherence to an ideal, almost without parallel in the history of motion pictures,

of human machinery was set into action, gathering speed and mo- mentum for a full year before ever a camera was turned on a single scenet

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stars and featured Among the players chosen were W. C. Fields, for Micawber, "always expecting something to turn up": Frank | Lawton, brilliant young star, and ten-year-old Freddie Bartholomew, the screen's new wonder-child, as David Copperfield, the elder and the younger Edna May Oliver as More than a year has elapsed Aunt Betsey Trotwood: Lionel since David O. Selznick, Metro-

Barrymore as Dan Peggotty: Lewis. Stone as Mr. Wickfeld Madgė | Goldwyn-Mayer producer, first an-

bounced his plans to bring "David Evans as Agnes: Maureen O'Sulli- Copperfield" to the screen. What van as Dora: Roland Young as the

Uriah has been accomplished since that | hypocritical

Heep and time is a story that proves how Elizabeth Allan as Mrs. Copper- some movle producers take their field. jobs.

As it stands on the screen; the plcture has no less than sixty-ûve stars and featured players' in its tremendous cast. But behind each of those who appear on the screen are the united efforts of more than sixty men and women for each player-a total running Into thousands...

"The Gilded Lily" presents Misa Colbert as a hard-working steno- grapher with one ambiton in fe -to marry a poor man and strive with him. When she does fall, however. it. is for a millionaire English nobleman in disguise. She learns the truth, turns him down and becomes overnight, the sensa- For when "David Copperfield" tion of two continents as the "No"! Crst was chosen, as a motion pic girl.

TO-DAY

AND

TO-MORROW

ture story, an, international chain

Another Insult

"Look here, Mrs. Murphy-why have you been hitting my little Bobby?”

"Sure, Mrs. Simpson, I only hit him because he was rude and call- ed me a fat old pig!”.

"But, good gracious, Mrs. Mur- phy, you ought to know better than that. Thrashing my son won't do you any - good-youʻTI. have to start dieting!”

QULLN'S

AT 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

P.M.

NEW PRICES! A 2.30, 5.10 & 7.20-81.10, 70 cls, 40 ct. & 20 cts:

DAVID

* Servicemen in Uniform to Stalls--66 obe.

MARY MORRIS

the star famous for her

ter roles.

DOUBLE DOOR

A Paramount Pictors with EVELYN VENABLE KENT TAYLOR STANDING

FROMERIDAY

COPPERFIELD

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

HONG KONG

KING'S:--

"Anne of Green Gables”

QUEEN'S

"Double. Door

ORIENTAL:-

"The World Changes"

CENTRAL:-

"The Lives of a Bengal

Lancer"

KOWLOON

MAJESTIC -

"Babes in Toyland"

ALHAMBRA:-

"The Lives.

Lancer"

QUEEN'S:2

of

a Benzal

Coming

"David Copperfield”

ORIENTAL:-

"Mandalay"

"Dude Rangers” ̈ "Student Tour" "Circus Clown" ALHAMBRA:-

"Jew Suss"

CENTRAL:-

"Gilded Lily"

4 SHOWS

1.15-8.50

MAJESTIC

CrossTHEATRE „U Nathan Read Kowloon. Tel 57223 FINALSHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 520, 7.20 & 9.20 PM

GET IN STEP WITH FUN! 'The World's Supreme Comics bring VICTOR HERBERT'S

master.

piece of comady

musical

entertain-

meat to the

screen 1

HAL ROACH

preventa

STAN

LAUREL

OLIVIRVENTE

HARDY BABES TOYLAND

wikk

CHARLOTTE HENRY

Directed by

Gus. Kains, and Charles Rogers A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hcture

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DOUBLE STAGE & SCREEN SHOW

ON THE SCREEN ·

A REAL SENSATIONAL ACTION PICTURE

PAUL MUNIS

THE

in

WORLD CHANGES

A First National Pittura with a cast of 20 STARS!

ON THE STAGE...

· AT`8 55 – 6.20 - 8.45 - 9.35 ··· GREATEST OF ALL RAPID FIRE DANCERS

HANK BROWN DOROTHY ST CLAIR UKIE LEE

THE

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SILVER

STREAKS

NEW PRICES MATIFEES 20 ́sts.-30 ots EVENINGS 20 cts,-85 eta.-55 cts Service men now admitted Dress Gird ́e 40 str.

SHOWING TO-DAY "ONLY

at the

CENTRAL ALHAMBRA

The two First run Theatres at the most Popniar Prices

(75) C-ntral rake, Ruses No. 4 or 5 going West, Booking at Moutrie's).

Defying death...for honor, the glory and the pride of a regiment that had never known defeat! They're the Bengal Lancers...heroes alls upping from the- rousing pages of Francis Yeals-Brown's book into on exciting spectacle of swashbuckling adventurel

Adolph Lubor presente

THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER

GARY COOPER FRANCHOT TONE RICHARD CROMWELL

SIR GUY STANDING

1. Aubray Smith: Monte) and Kathleen Burke

TO-MO

CENTRALA Claudette Colbert In GILDED LILY

JEW SUSS

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