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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

ADORABLE

The west of two Continents have been combined to give you "Ador- able, the New "Fox picture that comes

to the King's Theatre on tarday, June1 Gaynor, America's Lost popular screen player, and Spelry Garat, premier nim star of

Europe have the stellar roles.

Cast in story that brings out the finest of their talents, these wo stars will set a new standard 11 screep entertainment.

The songs they sing will set you hum-

ating. Their romance will make' your heart skip a beat or two. Their joys wd be your joys, and their sweet sorrows yours.

The stars are supported by a cast that includes C. Aubrey Smith, Herbert Mundin, Blanche Friderici, I Hans Von Twardowski Stuart

nes, Albert Conti, Ferdinand Schumann-Heink Peter Duray, Esther Malz. Joe Calts Barbara Leonard and Sterling Holloway. Wilhelm Dieteric directed. tromi the screer. play by George. Marlon, Jr. and Jane Storm and the story. by Paul Frank and Billle Wilder.

The haunting musle of the Aim by Werner Richard Heymann. with additional lyrles and music by Richard A. Whitting and George Marlon, Jr..

"Adorable is in tune with life light of heart, carefree. Joyous, happy and wholesome.

& SHOWS

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1.30–5.15

1.15–430.

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WEST POINT OF THE AIR

Wallace Beery ns the gruff, soft-hearted "non-com" 'of Uncle Sam's flying forces in "West Point of the Ale.” the new Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer hit now playing at the Queen's Theatre brings to the screen the same brand of thrills that shattered box-occ records throughout every country in Hell Divers."

This thriller of the skies was made to order for Beery, giving him one of the best and most lovable roles he has ever, portray- ed.

Such scenes as 160 daring dy- ers leaping from planes in para- chutes simukaneously. "Becry changing from one plane to an- other to save his son from a cer-

tain crash, hundreds of planes' in unique formations and other such thrills among the clouds have had all who have seen the picture sit- ting on the edge of their seats.

TAXI'ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935.

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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREE

DEVILS WITH WOMEN DARE DEVILS WITH MEN I

FROM TO-MORROW

They were hard as the rock they shat- tered... soft as the hearts they won!

UNDER PRESSURE

A FOX PICTURE WITH

EDMUND LOWE VICTOR MCLAGLEN

Florence Rics Charles Bickford

• Marjorie Rambeau

Siegfried Rumann

-Directed by Menu!Walsh

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THE QUEEN'S AFFAIR

The supporting cast, too. wins its share of praise, Maureen

Except in the case of a "freak' O'Sullivan Kives a sterling per- picture such as "King Kong" or formance that lifts her to the edge "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," only a of stardom. Robert Young, after small percentage of cinemagcers a year of exceptionally successful ever take, the trouale to consider attractions, tops all his previous the unicuțues under which the performances in the romantic lead film they are, watching has been opposite the charming

Irish made,

Yet it must be obvious to actress.

everyone that il drawing-room drama which is really an intimate Lete-a-tate greatly pro.onged is muen simpler to film than a alory calling for lots of action and in-

fleate crowd scenes.

Making a film is sometimes on a par with organising a war.

Although the action of "The Queen's Affair, which at the Star Theatre to-day: takes place in summer It was actually almed in winter time under wea- ther conditions which were uncer- iain ΟΤ very cold. There are numerous vast crowd scenes in the picture, and the story of the or- ganisation which made it possible to secure. those scenes with maxi- mum speed and efficiency is an interesting one,

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MORE TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

DAYS

THE SEASONS BEST COMEDY ! THE SCREEN'S GOOFIEST COMEDIANS

IN THEIR CRAZIEST PICTURE! Filled with laughter, girls, music, songs and delightful dance numbers,

Bert

Robit

WHEELER WOOLSEY

They re"*ft

to kill" in

KENTUCKY

KERNELS

The story of a Bluegrass feud

With

MARY CARLISLI "SPANKY" MCFARLAND NOAH BIERY

Erected by George Stevens Story, screen play, mume and fence by Bert Kainar and biany Ruby

Summer Prices Matinees 20 ts.-80 ets.

DESIRABLE

A glamorous lady, playing a glamorous role certainly calls for glamorous clothes in the opinion of Orry-Kelly, the Warner Bros: designer:

So when he was informed that lovely Verzee Teasdale had been assigned a dazzling role in "Desir- able" which is coming

to, the Alhambra Theatre soch." he set himself a goal-to make the most glamorous clothes ever worn by the chic Verree. That he succeeded is proved by the enthusiastic praise accorded his wearer herself, ·

-Evenings 20 cts.-35 ets--56 cts.

inents

RUMBA.

number 21

of the

The scenes in which this crowd took part were photographed from four separate angles and one of "the most ingenious shots which i was obtained was taken from a platform erected fifty feet up the side of a studio chimriey stack and looking down across the roof on the crowded street below.

UNDER PRESSURE

One of the most thrilling and Colourful pictures to reach a local screen for a long time is "Under Pressure." showing at the King's Theatre to-day: This is the new Fox Flim production which stars Edward Lowe and Victor McLaglen. supported by a fuely balanced cast.

RICHARD ARLEN

As An Editor!

We have seen Richard Arlen in many a "he-man" role; he is al- ways seen to advantage in stories concerned with the wild west but his cinema fans were agreeably surprise to ud that he can, with advantage, play" the role of an editor of a newspaper. We saw him in that part last evening in "Ready for Love" (at the Alhambra Theatre and opposlio Arlen was none other than the young Eng- Ush actress Ida Lupino who ar rives in Arien's Lometown to find herself the centre of the most malicious gossip.

Taking the opportunity to fea- ture her in a scandal which meant circulation for his paper,

Arlen treats Miss Lupina mercilessly un- til he finds that he is really in love with her. He then sets ou to make amends, and it is to his credit that he succeeds. The way he abandonis his atack on her and goes to her rescue provides enter- "tainment of an unique order.

The picture will be shown again at the popular Alhambra to-day and those who are in search of something different to the type of film that we see here all the time should make it a point not to miss

Ready for Love."-F. Mela.

WEST EDINBURGH

And A General Election

SHADOW OF DOUBT

-Thrills. mystery. suspense and romance and the introduction to screen tans of the strangest de- tective character modern literature has achieved mark the production of "Shadow" of Doubt," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's amazing trans- criptom of the recent Arthur Somers Roche serial in Coller's Magazine.

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Kowloon

"The Count of Monte Cristo'

MAJESTIC

ALHAMERA

"Ready For Love"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Adorable"

"The Silver Streak" QUEEN'S:--

"Shadow of Doubt"

URIENTAL:

"Cat's Paw"

JACKIE COOGAN

ALEXANDRE DUMAS' "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

WITH

ROBERT DONAT ELISSA "LANDI

MISS PRESTON TO VISIT ENGLAND

Miss known

Ursula

Shanghai, May 10.

Preston," well- in Shanghai and Hong

In Motor-Car Crash Kong on account of her activities

It brings to the screen an amaz- Ing new sleuth in "Aunt Melissa" the wealthy

womanı recluse who emerges from her hiding place to

Special Ar Mall Service) cope with a baffling murder my

London, May 9. stery in New York, and solve it, Jackle Coogan, the former child The brilliant author of "Pent-him star, had a remarkable escape house" has woven around character an engrossing romance which he was

this from death when a imotorcar in

travelling

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that keeps the audience on tenter-mountain road suddenly plunged hooks until the solution, in the over an embankment. final scene of the outstanding pic- All the other occupants were ture.

Instantaneously killed. They in- cluded his

father. Mr. John Coogan, Mr. Junior Durkin, the flm actor, Mr. Charles Jones, foreman of the Coogan ranch, to which the party was journeying and Mr. Robert Horner, also an actor.

Virginia Bruce, brilliant heroine of "Society Doctor' appears as the glamorous screen star, "Trenna Plaice" is the new production due shortly

at the Queen's Theatre. She and Ricardo Cortez, as the romantic hero, furnish the love Interest and both do

The injuries sustained by Jackie markable dramatic action in the Cuogan, who first attained film fog of suspicion,

fame

years ago In

Chaplin's "Aunt Melissa" is Constance Collier, the great Eng- believed to be not serious,

played by famous picture, The Kid," are lish stage star, who makes her de- but in talking pictures in the role

some re-

the nearest village, where his cuts A passing motorist took him to of the cynical but lovable old wo- i were treated by a doctor. man who beats the police at their mother, accompanied own game.

in the Andrew-Preston School of Dancing and also as Mistress of Ceremonies at the Canidrome Gardens. is leaving by the a General Sherman on May 28 for 2 visit to England, via America

During her absence Miss Preston will spend some time in the United States, especially in New York. where she will visit different schools of dancing and investigate " the American tempo. While in England she will study with Victor Sylvester and Miss Josephine Bradley, two world-known instruc- tors: Miss Preston will probably open the new season. Mr. J. A. return to Shangha! in October to

Andrew will carry on the school work as usual while she is away.

Asking Miss Preston what she thought of Shanghal at the end of her stay here she replied that she had enjoyed her, stay here immensely and was eager to re- turn for Shanghai people had, Fils been cordiality itself and she by Miss deeply appreciated their kindly Patricia Ellis, the film actress, reception. She said that she had arrive here in California in a noticed a great improvement in specially chartered aeroplane," and the standards of Chinese dancing left immediately for the Coogan and felt that it was only a mat- ranch, escorted by State police. ter of time when Chinese dancers Had it not been for a trifling would be in a position to cross the incident Miss Ellis would have

seas and compete in international been lavolved in the accident, dancing contests with the rest of She had intended to

make the the world. trip with the others, but just before leaving her home she fell and cut her lip. She remained

to cancel her to the ranch. for treatment and was compelled

to cancel her visit to the ranch.

Describing the accident, Jackie Coogan, said: "We

near

were

car

hands. The Jubilee sentiment need not be deliberately exploited in favour of the National Govern- ment, but it creates an atmosphere (Special At Mail Service}

more favourable to the Right than Glasgow, May 9. to anybody else. Again, an early The Government are more than satisfied with the result

election would come before the of the new unemployment assistance re- Assembling

West Edinburgh, election. It is gulations have to be put into force, strange and unusual instruments team of "Lowe and McLaglen are polled 15,000 fewer votes than he think that there is an electoral This time the tough and trusty true that the Tory candidate has and the Government may well used in playing the Rumba proved "tunnel men" leading a crew of did at the last general election, advantage in that also. something in the nature of a must husky workers. through silt and but he is 3,400 up on cal education for the production bedrock many feet below the river. Tory figures, while the Labour

the 1929 There is one stumbling-block to staff of Paramount's "Rumba," One hour a day in the lives of candidate

a very early election. It is the starring George Raft and Carole these intrepid "sand hogs" is re-

(and this is the real India Bill. That must be passed, Buckman Springs up the way to Lombard and opening to-morrow served for death, while they pursuefaction is over 5,000 down on the mons by Whitsuntide and might ours of the road. My father was source of the Government's satis-But it will be through the Com- the ranch when another car forced at the. Alhambra Theatre,

their perilous work. The other 1939 comparison, the only com- reasonably be expected back from driving and I was in the dickie Most portant of the instru-

twenty-three are given up to life parison that matters. in the Rumba band and and love above the river.

the Lords early in July, in which seat with Durkin, and was pinned Now there is subject matter that Labour is not

This latest and strongest proof case it should be on the Statute in the wreckage when the most novel in its aspects is the "quijade." Formed from the dried magnificently suited to the Lowe-ground comes"

recovering book before Parliament rises for crashed into a pile of rocks and at an important the summer recess. An election in plunged down a Jawbone of a horse, is dominates McLaglen talents; Different from creations by the

moment. The Government the eatire orchestra and sets the any story in which they have ap- still in two minds about an elec- because of the holidays, though at and finally came to rest, right side are July or August seems ruled out ment. It overturned four times, steep embank-

tertipo.

peared, "Under Pressure" at the tion this year. There are same time gives them the chance abvious advantages from

some least one distinguished authority, up..... Next In importance are the

to be devils with women and dare- point of view in an election this election"

their thinks "between-the-harvests "The others famous gourds or maracas. In the devils with men. But, even more year, and even an early election, thatters continue to run so pro- that I think they must have died were all thrown adulation led her to seclucie her native dance, a pair of these is than that, "Under Pressure" is a

a possibility. But if clear of the car with such force and one or two more results like pitiously for the Government as from big and thoroughly human drama. West Edinburgh

their injuries A product of a native West In-with a love interest that is thrill them to take an early plunge. as early as possible after the holl-

might decide they are doing now, an election once?" dian tree, the Guira, they are made ing and comedy that is quick-The unsettled international situa- days seems in the highest degres by a process of sun, drying. To witted and fast-moving. make each pair, one gourd is dried for Ave days and the other for three in order to establish a dif- feence in key, then a small hole is bored in each and a fixed num- ber of shot Inserted. The finish- ed product gives Rumba music its distinctive and familiar "chcok- chook" sound.

In "Desirable" Miss Teasdale plays the part of a popular Broad- way actress where selfish "love of

grown daughter in a boarding school, fearing loss of prestige if her own age were known. Jean Muir plays the role of her daughter while others in the cast include George Brent. John Halliday. Charles Starrett, Russell Hopton. Pauline True and John Wheeler.

The picture is based лD the dramatic story of Mary McCall, Jar, and directed by Archie Mayo.

THE CAT'S. PAW

handled by each woman dancer.

A specially written musical score by Ralph Rainger and the colour- fascinating

and

An entirely new field of produc-ful, elaborate tion possibilities has been opened | Rumba choruses provide the back- up to Harold Lloyd with the as-ground and accompaniment for sured success of his first venture the tempestous love

in filming an original story "The Cat's Pay" showing at the Oriental

Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Lloyd figured to make a radical change in style, and in "The Cat's-İ. Paw" he has done just that, He depends more on story, altuation, characterization, and dialogue, ra- ther than on the fast-running geg réséquences so familiar to Lloyd ple

story of George Raft and Carole Loftibard which is the central "Rumba."

theme of

A Sharp-Lot "Gimme an all-day sucker," the youngster demanded of the candy. man,

He was handed one.

tures. The change, however, has "Looks kind of small," remark- not resulted in a diminishing ofed the youth looking at it doubt- the laughter qualities of his pic-fully

ture, but the results are obtained "Yeah, the days are getting in a more legitimate way

shorter."

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NO THRILL EVER to equal it!

Wallace BEERY

WEST POINT of the AIR

Aerofolduyn Mayer MCTURE

"with

„Robert TOUNO «Maureen O'SULLIVAN

Lawis STONE + Jama= GLEASON.

WATCH FOR "NAUGHTY MARIETTA

almost at

1 A WEEK POCKET MONEY

A Film Correspondent writes: It Mr. Coogan was happy in his son, Jackle was lucky to have so conscientious and considerate father. From the day when the Ave-year-old boy made a sensation In Chaplin's "The Kid," his father was a model of tact and judg- ment.

At six Jackie had paid income- tax on 256,000. When he visited London with his parents in 1927, at the age of 13, and received £1,000 for a week's appearance with his father at the Palladium, he was a dollar millionaire, and s little later he owned two huge ranches Yet, thanks to his father's innuence, he remained a natural, ukeable small boy, playing with trains, fascinated by per forming lions, satisfied with the £1 he received weekly as pocket. money.

In recent years Jackie MBS: appeared in adolescent. A parts. Now, at 20, he is a strapping college youth, who could (and ald) walk into Chaplin's studio un- recognised, and pick up the come- d'an in his arms as he was picked Cholinofthe Kid”:

EDDIE CANTOR IN HOSPITAL

Hollywood, May 23. Eddie Cantor, who was sent to. hospital on Monday suffering from stomach trouble has undergone a major operation. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.-

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