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AT THE CINEMAS

Trade Notes

DAVID COPPERFIELD

"David Copperfield.", the all-star| feature playing at the Queen's Theatre is more than a classical work of fiction, transferred to the screen. In a "certain measure it is the life story of Charles Dickatis the novelist.

Many incidents connected with the novelist's childhood are faith- fully told in the story. It is generally belleved that he drew the scrio-comle character, Micaw- ber, from the experiences of his own father, who, like Micawber, was "always expecting something to turn up." Other characters and scenes are Likewise bits from Dickens' own experience.

4 SHOWS

2.28-1.18

7.18-8.00

ALL THE KING'S HORSES

Carl Brisson, handsome, Danish matinee idol, is starred with Mary Ellis, noted singer and stage, star.

in the

new Paramount picture!

"All the King's Horses" which is scheduled to open at the Alham- bra and Central Theatres, on which Saturday. The" picture, serves as Miss Ellis" American flm debut, features Edward Everett DeMille and Horton, Katherine Eugene Pallette in the supporting cast.

New tunes by Sam Coslow, an- thor of "Cocktails for Two," and elaborate new dance routines by. the LeRay Prinz feature. "All King's Horses" which tells a gay and amusing tale of a handsome king who knew everything about conferences and little about caresses. The queen leaves the king because she loves him while the king goes to Vienna to brush up oh

Takt quy Tram OR PAPPE VALLEY BUS

The confusion.

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE

PLEMING

ROAD WANCHAL TEL. ZDETS

in

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935.

TO DAY ONLY

AT 2,90.5.10.7.15

9.30 P.M.

KINGS

THERE'S A LILT TO

THEIR LAUGHTER ! THERE'S A MELODY

. TO THEIR MIRTH I

MJBE, BY JEROMAR, KERN LYRICS AND LIBRETTO, BY OSCAR HAMMERSTER, IND

COLES

ALSO BUSTER KEATON "ALLEZ 00P"

BDUCATIONAL.

A CUCKOO IN THE NEST

COMEDY

THE KING'S REIGN

*

11

BOOKING.

AT THE THEATRE

T No 25913 25332

TO MORROW

ENDY AINLEY JOAN BARRY DOROTHY DIX A HAROLD HUEN

BALLOON: CLIMBS 25 MILES

Soviet Claims A World Record

iSpecial Air Mall Service:

London, April 18. The Soviet Government claimed to-day that an automatic strato- sphere sounding balloon, sent up

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S:

CINEMA

HONG KUNG

"Music In The Air"

QUEEN'S

"David Copperfield" ORIENTAL Į

"Circus Clown” CENTRAL:-

The Firebird”

KOWLOON

MAJESTIC

"Chained"

ALHAMBRA:—

"The Firebird”

KING'8:

Coming

"The First Mr. Fraser"" "Mystery Woman" /

QUEEN'S:-

"After Office Hours"

ORIENTAL:-

"Mandalay" "Dude Rangers”

"Above The Cloids"

ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH

On the screen. "David Copper- field" retains all the spirit of comedy, pathos and romance that

A feast of fun is given by "A

(Special Air Mail Servies) distinguished the novel. The ple-

Cuckoo in the Nest." This popu- his neglected education

London, April 18. ture boasts a cast of sixty-five

lar Ben Travers farce has been

"Royal Cavalcade," a film pri- stars and featured players in the and leaves a charming double to

directed for the screen by Tom Walls, who with Ralph "Lynn and vately shown in London to-day, is principal roles David O. Selznick win back the queer produced it for Metro-Goldwyn- Brisson plays a dual role as the Yvonne Arnaud play the principat an absorbingly interesting record of the main. events of King Mayer and George Cukor directed.; king and the handsome Holly-parts.

W. C. wood Actor. Amond, the players are

"A Cuckoo in the Nest" is the George's reign. True, the scenes Fields, Freddie Bartholomew, identity of the two characters is story of a mix-up. Peter Wyckham | depicted, with the exception of the Lionel Barrymore. Maureen O'Sul- the basis for much of the alims (Ralph Lynni meets his old friend grin Horrors of the war, are near-

Marguerite Hickett (Yvonne At-ly all laid in London, as it noth-from Moscow last month, reached | MAJESTIC: livan, Madge Evans and others. ' comedy actio

naud) at the railway station as he ing of any importance happened a height of 129,855ft.-nearly 25 is on the point of starting off for elsewhere in England and Scotland, miles. This is declared to be a a short holiday with his wife. He during the last 25 years, but re" world record. ...

The balloon went up without is so interested that the train story has been so skilfully con-

passengers, but carried an automa- leaves without, him. As both Mrastructed that its parochialism may

tic

which wireless apparatus Events which were: Hickett and he are bound for the be forgiven, same country house they decide to not film-recorded at the time have broadcast signals, recording its go down by car. There is a break- been effectively reconstructed-Mr. progress. It climbed at a speed of down at a small village and only Lloyd George making his famous 15 miles an hour, and when the one bedroom in the little inn to declaration at the Guildhall ban-envelope burst owing to the pres accommodate both. Out of thisquet arising out of the Agadir sure of the contained gas in the

arrangement arises curious

Incident. Sir Edward Grey speak. rarefted atmosphere, the instru- brought down by ing in the House of Commons at ments, were the outbreak of the war-although

parachute and landed safely 125

24 close

elther resemblance to

miles away. statesman has not been achieved

and Lady Astor belag introduceded was 76deg, below zero Fahren- by Mr. Balfour and Mr. Lloyd heit, at a height of 30,000ft. At

the highest altitude reached George as the first lady to take

temperature was only 44deg. below her seat in the House of Cominons, This last is perhaps the best of the reconstructed - scenes. Lady Astor herself appears in it, but the writer's recollection of the occa- slon does not agree with the wildly exuberant welcome given to her by the MPs on the screen.

TO-MORROW

14 TIMES TO-DAY & THURSDAY

GREAT COMEDY CIRCUS PICTURE

AND

THE FAMOUS · WALLABY TROUPE COMEDY ACROBATS

BROWN CIRCUS

CLOWN

A First National Hi]

With hundreds of

Iréal circus thrills!|

THE 4 WALLABY'S

IN NEW THRILLING

- A CROBAT C·STUNTS

AND.

A SENSATIONAL PICTURE|

KAY FRANCIS Mandalay

BIOHUZUNI IMBOT

MATINEES 20 ot.-30 ets, ——BYENINOS 20 eta-35 ets.-55 ets.

THE FIRST MRS. FRASER

WHIRLPOOL

3

welter of comic incidents with Major Bone (Tom Walls) acting the part of well-wisher and pact-

fer.

The whole thing in In Ben Travers best veln and the film -provides really "Arst-class enter- tainment of the well-known type when Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn come together on the screen.

MUSIC IN THE AIR

C

One of the biggest outdoor sets ever constructed for a musí cal picture, a complete Bavarian village covering three city blocks

with its picturesque plaster-and- CAPTAIN LING RETIRED shingle buildings, served as a background to the "Eberndorf" sequences of "Music In The Air." Erich Pommer's production for Fox Film now showing at the King's Theatre.

A huge replica of the famous zoological gardens in Munich, a duplicate of a noted "opera house In the same city, and various

and otices Munich streets

are

What means ជន mothers of Jack Holt, perenially the popu- twins employ to distinguish their ar screen idol of thousands of among the other settings of the

►

Swanson

which Gloria 04. spring

theatre-goers, has clicked again, in Sinclair Hill, who directed. "The Columbia's "Whirlpoool." his and John Boles have the prin- First Mrs Fraser" for Sterling

cipal roles Douglass Montgomry vehicle which Film Co., Ltd., wants to know, for

and June. Larg are also featured. he came up against this difficulty In an acute form."

tro-

newest starring will have its local, run very soon at the Queen's Theatre.

Fast moving and well-knit. the plot concerns the career of Buck Rankin, 2 small-time carnival owner who, while wedding chimes are stiil loud in his LIS fcds himself sentenced to the peniten- tiary for twenty years charge of manslaughter..

Hs bride, Helen. swears by their live that she will await his release. Realizing the injustice

on

Д

-The twins in question were a couple of 10 year old auburn- haired boys who appeared as page boys in the cabaret scene in this Alm. They were so alike that to distinguish them was a task which defeated even their ther.

Added to their physical resem- blances they were in possession of exactly similar mercurial pro-" with which this course of action pensities, with the faculty of be- except on the ing everywhere set when they were wanted. The

with apparent rapidity

which Pat (or was it Michael?) aided by Michael (or was it Pat?) can transfer himself from one and of the studio to the other of breath-" less, bewilderment.

"Guessing "Which 13 Which" was the popular pastime in those days with Mr. Hill scoring the fewest marks,

The First Mrs. Fraser's is com- ing to the King's. Theatre Wednesday..

MENACE

on

A murder mystery that creates

would burder her, Rankin forges the 'warden's name to a letter in- forming his wife that he has been drowned in an attempted escape.

At the expiration of his term be assumes a new identity, with the help of his former aide, Mac, an amusing hypochondriac, and becomes a mysterions. Agure, the greatly feared Duke Sheldon, gaming czar and gang leader,

Helen has married a Superior Court Judge, and her daughter sandra. Sheldon's child, has be- come a newspaper woman,

Sent to interview Sheldon, the gil re- cognises him as her father from an old picture her mother has preserved

& well

a sinister foreboding of doom and of causing" the death of builds suspense with chilling ef-known engineer. fect is the new, Paramount picture, "Menace." which open: to-day at the Central Theatre. An excellent, cast makes the most of its many opportunities in this new murder- mystery yarn which features such popular players as Gertrude Mi- Cavanaugh, John chael, Paul Lodge, Henrietta. Crossman and Montagu Love.

Although, they are cleared of any suspicion, the dead man's brother, tortured by doubts and and becomes insane. suspicions, vows to kill the three people he he believes caused his brother's untimely end.

Directed by Ralph Murphy, "Menace tells the unusual story of three people, two men of the world and beautiful woman, who, through an unfortunate cir- cumstance are wrongy suspected

Paul Cavanaugh and Gertrude Michael, who did so well together In-"The Notorious Sophie Lang," are excellently cast as young lovers who are forced into a terri fying situation by a madman. And Henrietta Crossman, Montagu Love and John Lodge are effective in supporting roles.

Dear Old Wille

Overheard on a Tram. Car Schoolgirl (with copy of "The Merchant of Venice" before her): Shakespeare must have been a very polite man:"

Her companion:-"Why do you think so?"...

Schoolgirl: "Because he always says, 'Go to then!' but he never tell you where to go to."

SHOWING

.TO-DAY

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, April 18. Commander E. W. W."Ling, who has been placed on the retired list with the rank of captain, was second among the 417 romrnanders on the active list. Captain · Ling-

1902, entered the Britannia In became a Beutenant in 1908, and

specialized in gunnery. During the War he was gunnery officer of the cruiser Roxburgh and the battle- ships. Hibernia and Agamemnon, and was promoted to commander at the end of 1920. He was feet gunnery officer in the Atlantic Fleet in 1924-26, and executive officer of the Hawkins, flagship in China in 1928-28. While in the Hawkins he had the misfortune to be injured in both legs in a cable accident at Dairen. Captain Ling served in the Naval Equip ment Department. Admiralty, in 1929-31, and in charge of main- tenance - reserve destroyers at Rosyth in 1931-33.

The lowest temperature record-

zero.

the

A Literary Shrine

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, April 18. A scheme to make St. Dunstan's а London Church, Fleet-street, literary shrine where relics and memorials of famous men pr "letters can be deposited, has been The "greatest height hitherto suggested to the church authori reached by an unmanned sounding | tles. balloon was 23 miles. In January, 1934, a Soviet passenger balloon reached a height of 13 2-3 miles, but crashed, and the three occu- pants were killed. Four months

before a Soviet Army balloon suc- cessfully reached B. height. of 11 4-5 miles.

PRESENTATION TO THE

ORION

Special Air-Mall Service

London, April 18. Another link in the chain of association between EMS. Orion and the new R.MS. Orion, of the Orient Line, is the presentation by

the owners of the latter of a sliver salver to the captain and cruiser wardroom officers of the Inscribed with the crest commion to both ships. The RMS. Orion was launched in December last by wireless from Australia by the Duke of Gloucester. HMS. Orion, Captain J. F. Renout, is now J. flagship of Rear-Admiral S. Meyrick, C.B., commanding the 2nd Cruiser Squadron; she will take part in the Jubilee Naval Review on July 16, and will be. open to inspection by the public at Chatham during Navy Week from August 3 to 10.

QUEEN'S

REDUCED PRICES NOW

No one but Chazles Dickens could hava written this tenderand moving love story. No:

one but M-G-M could “ have given it the mar velous, star-studded production it cried out for!

DAVID

AT 2.30, 5.00

7.15 & 9.30

IN FORCE

P.M.

COPPERFIELD

"With a star cast of d8'play'ère featurings WC FIELDSIN MAULEZH OBULLIVAN KADGE EVANS ARIDKA MAY OLIVER FRANK LAWICK ELIZABETH ALARM.

BRICKELWARKTMORE NU

«ATREDDIE - BARTHOLOMEW BU LEWIS STONE LEKOLAND YOUNG Directed by GEORGE OFFROR, Whoor pegarione

* Produced by David G. Balmased

The rector and churchwardens have issued the following state- ment:

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Natuan Band Kowloon. Tel. 57292 FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20. 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

CRAWFORD Clark GABLE

CHAINED

OTTO KRUGER STUART ERWIN

THE SCREEN'S FERFECT (OVERS -TOGETHER AGAIN,

NEXT CHANGE-

ABOVE THE CLOUDS

WITH “ ROBERT ARMSTRONG

"At St. Duzrtan's is the memori- ai bust of the lace Lord North- cliffe...

Public Appeal

"The ancient, clock was built in 1891, and mentioned in the works of Cowper, Scott, Dickens. Trollepe, and other writers.

St. Dunstan's Church has had a long association with famous men

of letters of the past.

** In view of these literary Rothermere's traditions is Lord Jubilee gift to Fleet-street and to St. Dunstan's has suggested to the church authorities the idea of making St. Dunstan's a literary

shriae,

• "Alcoves round the church will lend themselves naturally to this project. But the scheme wir in- volve some alteration of the seat- ing, complete interior redecora- tion, and repair of the Jacobean organ "and the bells,

"A public appeal is being made "Viscount Rothermere, who is ¦ for som: £3,000 to 'carry out these

restoring to St. Dunstan's its plans and it is felt that Lord

ancient clock, with the two glants which strike the quarters on the bell, and also the statues of King Lud and his two sons," which formerly stood on old St. Dunstan's Church, has now undertaken to include in this his Jubilee gift the cost of repairs to the clock and figures and of structural altera- tions

Rothermere's gift forms a timely send-on-for the whole scheme. ⠀

"Gifts of first editions, plctures and other relics of famous literary men. Journalists and Press propṛle- tors of Fleet-street will be wel- comed, and donations may be sent to St. Dunstan's Jubilee Restora tion Fund Hoare's Bank, Fleet- street."

THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW AT THE

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