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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER

The romantic and human elements that lie behind the operation of the gigantic tele- phone system of the country are featured in the Warner Brother picture "I've Got Your Number" showing at the 'Oriental Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In this picture, Joan Blondell is given unusual opportunity, not only to carry of in her breezy style lively comedy situations, but to demonstrate emotional and dramatic talent. For the story touches on every phase of life in the contacts of telephone era- ployees with the public, prescrting the many interesting incidents of real dally occurences, including humorous events, scenes of pathos, tragedy and thrilling action.

As a smart-cracking telephorte operator, Joan engages in a duel of "wits with Pat O'Brien, her leading man, and trouble-shooter for the company, who is as quick on the verbal trigger as Joan her- self. It is in this snappy atmos- phere of lively repartee that their Tomance blossoms, only to hit a snag when Joan believes her lover to have instigated her arrest when accused of being the accomplice of a band of crooks. It is in the latter situation that Joan is afforded her chance to display dramatic ability.

4 SHOWS

DAE+ 2.30-K:3

7.15-4.30

UNDER PRESSURE

Of the several hundred players appearing it. Fox Fum's exciting picture of tunnel-driving. "Under Pressure," which comes on Wed- day to the King's Theatre, only one man really felt at home in the huge tunnel set constructed for the producțiari.

That man was Charles Bickford,

"hard guy." noted screen

who enacts the role of Moran, Victor McLaglen's enemy and heading

boss of the rival tunnel crew.

Blekford, who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology with a degree as a con- struction engineer, worked for a long period on the building of the subway tube under the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston before he went on the stage

As

Д result. the big subway tunnel setting which reproduces a section of the Fulton Street bare between Manhattan and Brooklyn, was familiar ground to the Mas sachusetts actor, though it was a Edmund Lowe. novel locale to McLaglen and the rest of the cast.

Produced by Robert T. Kane, "Under Pressure," with its unique story and setting promises to be one of the most thrilling screen offerings of recent years.

TAKE ANY THAM DR HAPPY VALLIY HUM

ORIENTAL

DAYS

ONLY

FLEMING

ROAD

H

TEL. 20473

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

HERE'S A GOOD NOVEL PICTURE

ALL ABOUT ».

TELEPHONE GIRLS AND TROUBLE SHOOTERS A laugh every second in this joy jammed langh-loaded rip-rollicking jamboree of telephone foolishment.

THE ONLY THEATRE IN HONG KONG SHOWING WARNER BROS. BIG PRODUCTIONS

211 LAUGHS in

69 MINUTES

Jour BLONDELL

I'VE GOT YOUR

NUMBER” A Warner Bros.

Laugh Riot with

PAT O'BRIEN

Summer Prices Matinees 20 cts.-30 cts.Evenings 20 cts.-85 ets.-56 cts.

THE LITTLE MINISTER

A brilliant new star of the screen

"BOLERO"

In response to the universal ac- in a favourite cinic of literature claim that greeted their first up- is presented in the double attracpearance together in "Bolero" tion of Katharine Hepburn in "The Little Minister.", now show- ing at the King's Theatre.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY

TO-DAY ONLY

AT

2,30.6.10, 7.15

9.30 P.M.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

Hepburn

The screen's supreme star in a story as powerful as the passions that clash in its mighty conflict !

SIR GAMES M BARKIES

ITRANSCENDENT. SIAR "COMES TO THELL THE

| MLIONS OF THE WORLD

RKO

RADIO

1935

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

TEL NO. 25313 25332

TO MORROW. THEY COURT DEATH AND GIRLS.......at the same time!

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:--

"The Little Minister":

QUEEN'S:-

"Vanessa: Her Love Story“

ORIENTAL:-

"I've Got Your Number"

Kowloon

MAJESTIC

THEATREKLAM.

Satan Rigd Kowloos. Tel. 5722Y FINAL'SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.20. 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

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JOIN A

FUN CRUISET

UNDER

THE LITTLE PRESSURE

MINISTER

with JOHN BEAL ✩ ALAN HALE » Directed by Richard Wallen

JEALOUSY

WEST POINT OF THE AIR

Robert Young Maureen O'Sulli- The new Columbia film. "Jea- lousy" opening to-morrow, at the van and Rosalind Russel provide the romantic background of a Queen's Theatre, is easily one of

great character performance by the month's entertaining

Wallace Beery In Metro-Goldwyn- treats. Under the deft, swift-Mayer's "West Point of the Air." paced direction of Roy. Wm. Netu. the next change at the Queen's the film emerges as F

movingTheatre.

screen

drama heightened by a thrilling

Berry is a grizzled 'old sergeant": instructor at immense Randolph

prize ring battle for the heavy Field (the great Army aviation

weight crown, a suspenseful court-school where 80% of the picture room scene and any number of was filmed) walle Robert Young delightful comic and romanticis hfg debonair. too flippant son.. Interludes.

Young's tippancy's leads him to the point where his nerve breaks: where he commits the unpardon able military sin, and is saved only father sacrifices his when his whole career for the honour of

Nancy Carroll, in the role of the girl who causes most of the mischief, surpasses all her form er portrayals with a characteriza- tion that is expert and under-

2

viya-

stirring

his son:

It isn't the first time in literary

standing. Her beauty aci cious personality lend charm to a film replete with ac-history that a man's whole career (has hung upon a woman's word, but in this case the absorbing

tion and drama.

it

are

In the leading role of the jea-story as directed by Richard Ros- lousy-smitten pugilist is. 3 new- son gains terrific impetus because comer to the screen, who bids fair of the amazing six feats are part to rocket to stardom as a result and parcel of the training course of his performance m this Alm.

at Randolph Field. His name is George Murphy, fam- ons University of Pennsylvania coach, and a Broadway stage own right. He favourite in his appeared on Broadway with great success in "Of Thee I sing" and "Shoot the Works" and recently In the Eddie Cantor fim, . "Kid MEHONS.

VANESSA: HER LOVE STORY

Admirers of the work of Hugh Walpole have an apportunity to see one of his finest works come

ол the to life

screen

of

Also in the supporting cast of this new production Robert Taylor, James Gleason, Henry Wadsworth Frank Conroy and Russell Hardie."

SUNSET PASS

|

A

"

EDMOND LOWE VICTOR MCLAGLEN

FLORENCE RICE

JEAN BATTEN

Record-Breaker Of

The Air

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, May. 3.

MAJESTIC:-

"Student Tour""

ALHAMBRA:-

"Sunset Pass”

RING'S:

Coming

"Under Pressure" "Adorable"

QUEEN'S:-

"Jealousy"

ORIENTAL:-

"Kentucky Kernels" "Cat's Paw”

NEW TOURISM

Is By The Airways

Singapore, May 14.

Miss Jean Batten has frmily established herself among the re- cord-breakers of the air. Thouga she did not quite manage to ac- New possibilities for air touring complish all she hoped, it is a very are opened up by the bl-weekly fine performance to have beaten service which the KLM, is inau- the women's record to Australia gurating on June 12. A proof of by the handsome margin of four this is the journey "plan which days and to be the first woman has

worked out by the

Be-

been

tu complete the round trip. Only KL.M., and which will be the first bad luck prevented her from com- of a series of trips to the Nether- ing back in less time than she lands Indies by air, took to make the outward jour-

On June 28th a party of four. She was well ahead of

or at the most five people, will ney. schedule

up to Calcutta.

start from Amsterdam On the tween there and Baghdad she fifth day after departure they ar fell a little behind. Then, after

rive at Medan (Sumatra) from being detained at Athens with

whence engine trouble, and being forced journey through the Indian Archi-.

popular scientific

down between Brindisi and Rome,

pelago will be undertaken, she met with a further set-back ducted by the well-known geolo- at Marsellies, and lost a day through fog between Lyons, and gist Dr. van der Sleep, who has Dijon. The net result of this already made several similar trips. chapter of accidents is that Miss inch of the Archipelago, and is Dr. van der Sleen knows every Batter has taken 17 days 16 hours from all paints of view the very` for "the homeward fight whereas

man to lead an excursion such as she went out in just under 16 days.

old

this.

conTM

The complete journey from and to Amsterdam will take *41 days. 31 of which will be spent travelling in the Indies,

During the flight oyer Europe, Egypt. Palestine, British India, Burma and the fraq, Iran,

From

An Old Machine Rip-roaring. knock-'em-down-

The remarkable fact about Miss and-drag-'em-out, action charac-

Batten's exploit is not so much terizes the latest Zane Grey saga

her courage, skill and endurance, of the old West that opened. yes- but that she has done what she terday at the. Alhambra Theatre has while flying such "Sunset. Pass/ It's Paramount's machine. "My plane is entirely

Straits, no more than 8 or 14 twenty-eighth Production by unsuitable." she is reported to hours will be spent in the air each America's most prolific author of

have said at Auckland nearly a day, which arrangement allows the great out-doors, featuring an

year ago, "for it is not second-excursionists to have a look at the the all-star cast including Randolph

hand but Afth-hand." A six sights of the towns where the Queen's Theatre in "Vanessa: Her Scott, Tom Keene, Kathleen Burke, year-old aeroplane must be class-night is spent Love Story" fourth and last of Noah Beery, Harry Carey and Kent

ed as "aged," and when subject- COMPREHENSIVE TOUR George Raft and Carol Lombard his books dealing with the specta-Taylor.

ed to these tests must find some

The first part of the journey in are again co-starred in a picture cular Herrles family,

"Sunset Pass" is done in the virtue in its name of "Mascot." the Indies, through Sumatra, will based on a dance theme. It is Helen Hayes and Robert Mont-real old-fashioned, honest-to-Air-flight records; like records in be effected by motor-car. Аль the picturization of Sir

which is gomery are the co-stars and with goodness western manner, Paramount's "Runibo"

and any branch of sport, lost some- Medan the party is to go to the James Barrie's immortal story the

coming to the Alhambra Theatre them is a supporting cast replete will strongly appeal to those thing of their power to thrill the Lake of Toba, passing through star arrives at a new zenith. A

with "big" names including Otto fans

who go for this hard-public when the novelty wears off. Brastagi, Kabandjehe," Pematang veritable sensation who startled on Sunday.

A love story centered round the Kruger, May Robson, Lewis Stone,

riding. straight-shooting, rough- But there will be unstinted ad- Siantar and Prapat. the flm world by sweeping to

and many

The Isle of and-tumble dramas of the nation- miration in both hemispheres of Bamosir Je of course included in stardom in

Miss popular Rumba dance and rhy- Henry.. Stephenson picture, On

al frontier. Hepburn to-lay is the toast of thms the national favourites of more.

this young New Zealander's mag-

the itinerary, R$ Cuba for three hundred years. ·

also Balige, screen followers everywhere.

"The photoplay is the latest pro- Cattle rustlers dominate the nificent performance.

Huta Ginjang. Tarutung, Bonan The plot of "Rumba" is based duction achievement of David O. story, and the outlaw band head-

Dolok and Sibolga. the love-story of Raft, & Broad-Selznick of the Metro-Goldwyn-ed by Randolph Scott, Harry Carey way dancer exiled to Havana by studios.

From Sibolga the voyage is Howard and Kent Taylor is the scourge tables on the rustlers by swinging

resumed the plains the eattle around in a galloping Fort de Kock, and through the towards Kota Nopan. threats of gang vengeance, and directed: {

of the cattlemen of Carol Lombard, beautiful and

"Vanessa: Her Love Story" is Tom Keene is cut to get them, and stampede in which the

rustiers beautiful, Anei-cleft impétuous heiress.

Tom Keene meets Baru, where the party will èm- When, as the result of a misun-primarily a photoplay of high roposing as Jim Collins, notorious are dispersed.

mance and one of the season's out-law bandit, he joins their gang, his destiny too, in the person of bark on the KNILM-plane tor derstanding, she leaves him to re-

most elaborate screen productions is in on the big prairie fire with Kathleen Burke, who plays the Batavia, turn to New York, Raft accepts a

which

teams Miss Hayes part in a New York show: He

and which the rustlers hope to drive role of sister of a ranchman un- wants to be near her, although he

Montgomery for the first time" thousands of head of steer through ¦ der control of the rustlers and realizes that his foolishness may

Sunset Pass and then turns the sweetheart to their captor,

cost him his fc. On the eve of

Going to Hollywood from the New York stage where she starred in "The Warrior's Husband," this actress made her screen debut with John Barrymore in "A Bill of Divorcement."

in

She scored nothing less than a triwuph, and repeated that zuccess RKO-Railio's Christopher Strong, and again in "Morning Glory, and still again in "Spit fire. And then caine her greatest triumph before her current Alm, as Jo in "Little Women."

No less amazing, but strikingly contrasting, is the record of "The Little Minister." For half a cen tury Barrie's classic, telling the tender its story of a gyapy lass for a Scotch minister, has been a best seller. It has more readers to-day than it had a decade ago, and librarians, report that it is one of the books always in demand.

READY FOR LOVE The havoc a girl with big town ideas can innocently create in a small town is amusingly portrayed in Paramount's romantic comedy "Ready for Love," which comes to the Alhambra Theatre on Friday.

Featuring Richard "Arlen and Ida Lupino, in the leading roles, the story is concerned with amus, ing misunderstandigs, "dramatic complications and a fresh and breezy romance,

the show's opening. Raft receives threatening notes in

which the writer warns Raft that bis

BD- pearance on the stage will be a "cance of death" Defiantly, Raft goes ahead with his plans,

As they are about to go on the stage Raft's dancing partner faints because she is unable to face the ordeal. Carol Lombard takes her place and the two lovers, happlly re-united, do a dance of love that brings the picture to its happy and dramatic close.

gossip immediately deduce some, connection...

Then the editor of the local newspaper furthers their suspic ions and in a short time a totally innocent girl is branded as a shameless hussy

More amused than dismayed by this strange turn of events, · Misa" Luplop proceeds to capitalize on her ready made reputation. Finally the enraged housewives of the

Ida Lupino, as the giri, comes to Chetwattle Falls on the train that bears the mortal remains of the town's most dignified hypocrite. community, fearing unnecessarily Her arrival on the same train is for their husbands' safety, mob pure coincidence, but the town the girl.

William

K,

since, "Another. Language."

SHOWING

TO-DAY

21.30

GULLN'S

1935's FIRST BIG ROMANTIC HIT!

PETE SMITH NOVELTY:

NEXT CHANGE

Ar 280, 5.10.

7.20 & 9.30

P.M.

i

HELEN HAYES Robert MONTGOMERY

WEST POINT OF THE AIR

to Pakan

Visiting Java by car and aero- plane will take about a fortnight, leading the party to Buitenzorg. residence of the Governor General with the famous botanical gar- 'dens, Soekaboemi (excursion to the volcano Tankoeban Praboę), Bandoeng, the Observatory Lembang, Garoet, Ngemplang, the the lakes of Leles and Bagendit. and the sulphur-springs of the Goentoer,

:

at

Returning to Bandoeng, the journey is from there continued by aeroplane to Semarang, where motorcars will again be waiting to, convey the excursionists to Solo where the kraton (rendence: of the Sultan) is to he visited. Next it is the turn of the temples of Prambanan, the town of Djokja... and the beauty of the Baroebse- doer and the temple of Mendoet" will be admired.

The following days are spent at Sarangan, Malang and Nongkod- Jadjar.

FOUR DAYS IN BALI

At Soerabaja the plane will be taken to Den Pasir on the Isle of Bali, passing over the hill- Tosari and the

After a stay of fou

the KNILM-plans tourists, back to Bat

#

STUDENT

TOUR

·JIMMY

DURANTE

CHAS BUTTERWORTH

"

A MITRAGEN MAAN MAYER PICTURE

RECORD FLYER

Refused A Licence

(Special Air Ma1 Service);

London, May 3.

The Air Ministry hare decided that Mr. H. L. Brook is not fit to hold a commercial, pilot's "B" licence.

Mr. Brook is the airman who broke, in March, the Australiä-- England solo record with a flight of seven days 19 hours 50 minutes.

He attended recently at the Aiz Ministry to undergo the medical examination required for a pilot's ticket.

He passed all the tests except that of vision without the aid of glasses.

Mr. P. L. G. Bertram, Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, told him that the Ministry would do everything that could be done to try to overcome "this obstacle.

But to-day he received officia! intimation that he could not be passed for a commercial pilot's licence on the ground that, *ul- though his vision is above normal with the aid of glasses, his glasses might be broken during a flight, and thus he might be in difficulty.

"It is hard lines on ́ine," said Mr. Brook to me to-day "I had planned to take up Hying så my career. I flew to Australia in the air race and then back to add to the experience required to secure this licente.

I have flown more than 500 hours solo, and have

taken up thousands of passengers in Aus- tralia without mishap."

July 31st the homeward Journey is started,

The cost of this journey, which is sure to satisfy the most blasé of tourists, amounts to Fl. 4,300 per person, and this amount in-

The cludes everything.

return Journey can, I required. be

broken of at various stations so that towns like Bangkok, Rangoon, Jodhpur, etc. can be visited at leisure.

"

ALHAMBRA

FHENTEU

The originator in offering. firat run pictures at the most populer prices.

TO-DAY

at 2.30, 5.22 7.20 ¿.. 9.20 p.m.

ROMANCE and ADVENTURE

- tuned to thun-

dering hoof- beats ...ös a two-gun hero fights his way to a girl's heart!

Zane Grey's

RANDOLPH SCOTT

• TOM KLENE →)

· KATHLEEN BLANKE

•MOAN BEERY

HALRY CAREY 4 KENT TAYLOR

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