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MARK OF THE VAMPIRE

BABBITT

"Mark of the Vampire." the The fan mail of an actress who Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery | plays "vamps" is entirely different drama will be seen from Sunday from the fan mail of" a heroine." at the Queen's Theatre.

Directed by Tod Browning. its einborate cast includes one! Barrymore, Bela Lugosi. Eliza beth Allan. Henry Wadsworth, Jean Hersholt and Donald Areek, to mention only those in the prin- cipal roles.

The story is a detective mystery. in which the detective pits him self against a weird vampire cult to solve a crime. The strange "un- dead" creatures

from the

grave Stalk through.

ar old haunted castle work sinister attacks on living people and bats fly at nigrit to change to human forms. This fantastic background provids thrills ngainst which an amazing | detective plot is unfolded

It wouldn't do to tell you the story-it would spoll the surprise of it. It's enough to say that if you like creepy" chills with a little mystery, a romance and comedy blended into them, don't miss this picture.

SHOWS

DALY

· 2.20-£18

.7.15–1.30

While a heroine is always ap pealing, always manages to get the sympathy of an audience. the vamp is always an old meany wit designs an man or money, or both:

Claire Dodd, who plays the vamp role in "Babbitt," the First National production which is opening to- day at the Alhambra Theatre, says that of the hundreds of letters she gets every week, she can divide them into three general classes.

One is from men who write that she is so beautiful, they are willing to forgive her" villainy and try to reform her.

Another is from indignant women, many of them saying "It is no- good girls like you that broke up. my home."

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The last and by far the largest class of letters is from women of j ali ages pleading to "be let in on her secrets of attracting men How does she first win their attention; what does she talk about; what perfume does she use?

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE

4 TIMES TO:DAY

SEE

THIS FAMOUS ACTOR

IN THIS DYNAMIC

COMEDY DRAMA!

HERE'S

Warner Bros.

latest and

greatest hit.

UNI

Hi, Nellie

FLEMING

ROAD WANGHAI

TEL 20413

TO-MORROW

& SATURDAY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER PICTURE THAN THIS ONE!

A story that touches your heart-

Be it brings you laughter.

VHITT PARADE

LORETTA YOUNG) JOHN BOLES. A JESSE L. LASKY PRODUCTION

Summer Prices Matinees 20 eta.-80 els.Evenings 20 ets.-35 ets.-55 ets.

KISS-AND MAKE-UP

Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin and Helen Mack are the chief figures in an amusing romantic triangle in Paramount's "Kiss and Make-Up" the witty little satire on woman's eternal search for beauty, which opens ite local engagement "to-day, at the Queen's Theatre,

THE RICHEST GIRL IN

THE WORLD

Fus

Enterprising Hollywood adopted the "Titanic" disaster as the basis for the thrilling and ro mantic story in "The Richest Girl

tion at the Star Theatre with Miriam Hopkins, blonde stage and screen star, in the leading role,

in the World," the new film attrac

With a decorative beckground af the most stunning settings ever

On the night of April 14, 1912, brought to films, gorgeous gowns. und the liore beauty of the the S, S. Titanic struck an iceberg

.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2,30.5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

[YOU KNOW THIS FELLOW... EVERY OFFICE HAS ONE!

Hè's too timid to ask á hard- boiled, boas for a raise—and in this human comedy that might be a page from anybody's life "he awakens a laugh and a heart-rug for everyone who ever worked for a living!

$10 RAISE

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON KAREN MORLEY

$10 RAISE

"$10 Raise," the new Fox Film comedy-drama, which opens to- day at the King's Theatre, as a history behind it.

Reviewers who have discussed this picture

are convinced that Petter B. Kyne was thinking of Edward Everett Horton when he wrote $10 Raise."

Five years ago Fox bought this story with the idea of featuring Edward Everett Horton In 12. Various causes prevented. the realization of this project

until this year.

The story concerns a timid book- keeper, plunged in ledgers for years, suddenly talling in love with a new stenographer, and forced to balance the problem of a static paycheck and an ecstatic romance. From a prince of a fellow, his boss turns into a tyrant.

LIMEHOUSE

BLUES"

At The Queen's

At Queen's Theatre yesterday "Limehouse Blues" starring George Raft, Jean Parker and Anne May May Wong was shown, and proved to be very entertaining.

reel, she suddenly fades out of the picture altogether, which rather left one with a feeling that she deserved better treatment than that, for she definitely is missed George Raft, looking very sleek (and with very pronounced "shit" eyes) gives his usual smooth per- formance. while Jean Parker is as sweet as ever, and: was a veritable

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. No. 25319 26382

NEXT CHANGE

GINGER ROGERS

FRANCIS LEDERER

Romance, MANHALTAN

tor.

with ARTHUR HONL BKO-RADIO

PICTURE

GERMAN SEAPLANE FORCED DOWN

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).)

Berlin, July 2 Forced' down by a leaking radia- the German seaplane "Torlado" one of the flying boats of the regular airmail service be-

and tween

South Germany America was compelled to alight in midocean on Monday half way between the steamers Schwaben and Westfalen which are serving as fuel stations for the German machines crossing the South

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"$10 Ralse" QUEEN'S:-

"Kisa and Make-Up" ORIENTAL:----

"Hi Nellie"

Kowloon

MAJESTIC:-

Chinese Plature

ALHAMBRA:- "Babbitt"

KING'S.-

Coming

"Romance Manhattan"

QUEEN'S:-

"Mark of the Vampire! ORIENTAL:-

"White. Parade" "Count of Monte Cristo" "From Head Quarters" MAJESTIC:-*

“Forsaking All Others"

CHINA'S CRISIS

*Courage Needed

at 10:30 in the morning. Because

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Nathan, Raad Kowloon, Tel 57922- SHOWING TO-DAY ́ ́At 2.30, 520, 7.20 & 9.20 PM.

A CHINESE PICTURE

_WITH_CANTONESE DIALOGUE

·NEXT' CHANGE

JOAN CRAWFORD

CLARK GABLE ROBERT MONTGOMERY

·IN *

"FORSAKING

ALL OTHERS

M. G. M. PICTURE.

MR. A. H. MANCELL »

To Retire On Sunday

Shangha, June 28. In recognition of his twenty years service as secretary-account- ant at the Shanghai General Hos- pital, the Board of Governors and Medical Staff will make a present- ation this afternoon to Mr. A, H. Mancell, who retires from that position on June 30.

Looking extremely nt, despite his seventy-one years, Mr. Mancell. said he will live in England, but will surely "come back sometime". He arrived in Hongkong in the late eighties from London, where he was a member of the arm of

Miss Anne May Wong sings "The Limehouse Blues," which is the theme song running throughout | Not until the skilful comedian's

Shanghai. June 28. the picture, in a very pleasing Atlantic and which immediately name was on 'the dotted line was

The seventeenth annual, bacca- manner and her acting left little went to the assistance of the dis-laureate service was held at Gin- work on the script begun, and the

to be desired. It is a pity, how- zbied plane on receipt of a wire- ling College, Nanking. last Sunday picture, now offered to local movie

ever, that after seeing such a lot less call for assistance. fans. started.

of her at the commencement and Co-featured with Horton is Karen through most of the middle of the

The airship Graf Zeppelin which of heavy rain it was impossible to was on her way to South America have the academic precession out Morley

also answered the call and thanks of doors, and the line of march to its superior speed was the started on the first floor of the first to reach the scene where she Music-Chapel Building. President stood by all the steamer West- Yi-fang Wu with the others who falen had arrived on the spot and participated in the programme, the Garrard, Warner and Company, had taken the flying boat and faculty, seniors, and members of crew on board. Prompt rescue of the graduating class of the special the disabled plane causes the two-year

physical education German press to point out that course, processed into the chapel: the establishment of floating fuel stations in mid atlantic in keeping "Rejoice, ye pure in heart," the in- After the processional hymn, constant touch with planes by vocation was made by the Reverend wire'ess practically afford the w. P. Mills of the Presbyterian maximum safety for mall planes dission Mendelssohn's obtainable under the present cir-happy all they that love and tear "HOW cumstances: After repair made to the Lord" was aung by the Gin- the sea plane it will continue its ling Glee Club under the direction flight to Bathurst in British of Miss Kathleen. L. Bond of the Gulana.-

Music Department. The Scripture reading from the fifteenth chapter

The steno,

patient and under- standing, tries to cure her sweet- heart of Inferiority, and of his fear of the boss. Not until her man is swindled good

and and proper, turns his humiliation at the hands of a sharper, into profit for him- self, does the worm turn and the erstwhile unassuming office slave changes into commanding person- ality.

AUSTRIAN CZECH AGREEMENT

Indignation In Germany

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dauy Press (Copyright).)

Berlin, July 2. Great Indignation is expressed in the Berlin press at the alleged agreement concluded between the the Czech police Austrian and

AS

rose amongst weeds in the foggy, coarse surroundings depicted" Lime House. She lent direct con- trast to an otherwise very sinister background, and supplied bright- ness that was very much in need.

The picture is exciting depicting as it does the London Police in their never ending duels, with smugglers, while the incessant foggyness of London is very realis- tically reproduced.

"Limehouse Blues" which will have its run

soon should prove popular while special mention must be made of a dance performed by George Raft and Anne May Wong which reveals the Chinese girl' in entirely new Tole. "Film-

our goer."

GIRL ATTACKED BY SHARK

thirteen Wampas Baby- Stars of on its maiden voyage, sinking with authorities whereby the Austrians (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

who attempt to cross the Czech frontier to Germany without being in possession of the necessary visa will be detained and extradited.

In return for this favour Austria is said to have agreed to hand over to Czechoslovakla any member of the German minorities there who

Press” (Copyright),]

Milan, July 2

Transocean Kus Min.

ALLEGED FRONTIER

INCIDENTS

(Special to the "Hong Kong Daib Press" (Copyright).1

Moscow, July 2 The Soviet press voices grave concern in comments on the Rus-

sian note to Japan, the "Investia tersely charging Japanese military circes with the intention of dis rupting the peaceful political and trade relations between the two countries.

and was engaged by the late Mr.

D. Humphreys, founder of the Hongkong firm of John D. Hum- phreys & Bon, to assist in the Accounting and auditing work in

connection with

conversion of certain business concerns into pubile Lability companies.

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PIONEER ACCOUNTANT, In those days, there were

2 arms of accountants, in Hongkong, and the Arst audit undertaken by his fir

Austin Hotel and Building Co., Ltd. was interested in

was that of the Mount

Mr. Mancell

or St. John was read by the Pre- racing in Hongkong and was part sident. Just before the "baccalan-owner of the "Magpie stable.

In 1904, he came to Shanghai for reate address, a new hymn "Eternal God, whose power upholda" was

the same firm, and later took a prominent part in the organization sung by the congregation.

of the firm of Seth, Mancell and McLure. from which he retired after six years to engage in less strentious work.

DR. HSIA'S ADDRESS' Dr. C. L. Hsla of Shanghai was the speaker. After studying in the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin, Dr. Hsia went to Glasgow and

London societies of Associated Ac- Mr. Mancell is a Fellow of the Edinburgh for further study, and countants and Certified Publle. Ac- versity of Edinburgh. He was the the Sungala Rubber Estate, Ltd received his Ph.D. from the Uni-countants, and is also a director of President or Medhurst College in He is an active member of the Shanghal, and during that time shanghai Club, Race Club, and served as Chairman of the Board Shanghai Golf Club.

Legislative Yuan

1934. the film tells the story of the 1507 passengers among whom, ne romantic misadventures of a hand cording to the script,, was John J. Home French beauty surgeon who Hunter. Thereby, at the age of marries one of his own creations,two, Dorothy Hunter became the but has to go to his plain, little richest girl in the world, secretary for real love.

Following that, Dorothy had Grant, as the beauty docter, and everything-French villas, steam Genevieve Tobin. the synthetic yachts, skycrapers, monster estates. Venus, go on д

Mediterranean Grown, and typically feminine, she

desired the one thing money cannot attempt to evade military service | a shark. before their very eyes, who have lost their heads and are ton of success in life. He point- | honeymoon. When he encounters the effects of his own stringent | buy-a fine man's sincere love. He in the Czechoslovak army by es- beauty regulations. Grant wings search for real romance is studded caping to Austria. back to Paris, determined to give with glittering functions, exciting up the entire business and take up intrigue and surprising resulta.

scientific research. But first Ke must win back the love of his simple unadorned secretary, Heleni Mack, and the final sequences of the picture are devoted to this gay and amusing romantic pursuit,

ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN

SWEET MUSIC

For sheer

destructiveness, chances are that no band has ever existed that can compare with the Frank and Milt Britton organiza tion which appears in Warde! Bros, picture, "Sweet Music” which Attention to the most minute with Rudy Vallee in the stellar detall in settings has given au- role comes to the Älhambra diences an intriguing, Intimate Theatre on Saturday. picture of the sub-stratum ae-

"This eccentric band, well-known tivity of New York City, with to vaudeville and de luxe novie dramatic glimpses of Ellis Island. theatres, holds the unique record night police court and the steerage of having broken more than 25,000 sections of a great ocean liner in violins during the five years they "Romance in Manhattan", starring have been flourishing. Francis Lederer and Ginger Ro-Vallee's new picture is replete gers, and coming on Sunday at the with comedy in addition, to that King's Theatre.,

furnished by the Britton band, The film also is vened by such popular laugh-makers Ned Sparks, Allen Jenkins, Joe Caw- thorn, Al Shean, Alice White, and Robert Armstrong..

The early scenes are laid in the crowded, waterful sections of Man- hattan and the speeding, scream- ing, clanging. motor choked streets are so faithfully reproduced that a native New Yorker would get a real pang of home-aickness at see-; ing them. The streets were built full size the RKO-Radio ranch. The motor traffic drove just as It does in those crowded districts; and Franc's Leaderer, hera, of the photoplay, fought his way through It just as the immigrant, boy he Impersonates would have had to have done

Sheer Comfort

as

A south London resident has small artificial lawn made of green. abre in front of his house, In- stead of pulling a heavy roller about, the householder simply folds this lawn into a parcel and sends It to the laundry to be ironed

This alleged agreement is des- cribed, as the first tangible result of the recent conversations be- tween the Austrian and Czech for- eign ministers M. Berger-Walden- egg and M, Benes relative to the closer co-operation of the police forces of the respective countries Trnsoceań Kuo Alin.

TO-DAY

TO

SATURDAY

of Directors of Ginling College. In, The "Pravda” in adopting a

recent years he was secretary in similar tone. states that public the Chinese Legation in London, Reace." The baccalaureate prayer opinion as well as the Government and since his return to China he was made by Mrs. Lawrence Thurs- A terrifying experience was bad of the Soviet Union are determin-Gas been made a member of the by bathers at Susak, a seaside re-ed not to let the Russo-Manchuria

ton, former President of the college. sort near the Italo-Yugoslav fron- frontier become the object of "con-

and the Benediction was pro- tier, who saw a young Czechoslova-tinuous perfidious provocatory acti- strong and of good courage" and

Dr. Hala chose as his text "Benounced by: the Rev. W. P. MIUS. kian girl swimmer fall a victim to vitles of the Japanese militarists, discussed in some detail the "ques

Two enormous sharks had al- trying to advance the cause of ready been sighted, which is an their Manchurian hirelings"- exceptional occurrence, spreading Transocean Kuo Ain. consternation among the bathers, who made for the beach as quick- ly as possible.

Big Business Unfortunately, the young girl Attorney (in court, to witness on however, had swum out too far the stand)-"What is your bust- and was caught by the monster | ness?” before she could reach the shore. Witness languidly)"Not rais- Transocean Kuò Min.

4 lag hogs."

QUEEN'S

Kissand Make-Up

sing the

CABTOON

A Paramount Pictura with CARY GRANT "GENEVIEVE TOBIN: HELIN MACK VYTÓLL HORTON

WAMPAS BABY STARS

8 P SCHULBERG

AT 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

P.M

FROM SUNDAY

more

OF THE

MARK MPIRE

Thriller

ed out how very deeply one's whole philosophy of life is concerned in this question. The first condition for success is that we see life as a whole and in relation to the highest purposes, and give our selves to making the world a better place and life a worthier" thing: Second we must work hard, for there is no short cut to success. Third we must have patience and the ability to wait. As Longfellow said in "The Psalm of Life learn to labour and to -wait.”.

The decisive and crowning "mo- ments of life are very brief, nine- tenths of life is preparation for these moments. Lastly, the su preme condition for true suc- cess is to be found in the text "Be strong and of good cour age" In this, connection all mist face the present political situation In China. Is there any hope for China? Many people have been saying for years "What can we do?" Are Chinese to lose courage?

THE WAY OUT................. There is only one way out and

that is the moral way. If young men and women of China still have courage and strength, still listen take the

23 Joshua "did" and Tressage "Be strong and of good courage", "and are still able to fighty though not necessarily with then there is still hope, for China.

After the address the Glee Clab ang an them from ebreus

ALHAMBRA

THENTRE

TOY & TOMORROW

at

8.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

THE BOOK THAT MADE THE WORLD LAUGH IN IT DIFFERENT LAN

LANGUAGES

SINGLAR LEWIS

BABBITT

M..MAHON

GUY KIBBEE

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