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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

WE LIVE AGAIN

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A world that IN now only a " memory comes to he again to-day as Ana Sten du Fredric Marcu at the King's Theatre to-day, in Samuel Goldwyn's presentation of We Live Again," retitled from the "Resurrection of Leo Tolstory,

An idylic courtship between an aristocratic young cadet and ac applecheeked peasant girl becomes. a grim struggle through misery and despair toward happiness and peace in the screen play by Preston Sturges. Maxwell Anderson aud Leonard Praskins,

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This best loved of all Russian stories has the countryside in

THE FLAME WITHIN

Ann Harding will be seen in s tense, dramatic role for the first time since she abandoned the stage for the talking screen when Ed- mund Gould's "The Flame Within" co-starring Herbert Marshall opens on Suriday at the Queen's Theatre.

Though she soared to stardom on Broadway as a dramatic star of the first water the majority of her Outstanding picture, vehicles have been of the smart, sophisticated *When comedy type, such

Ladies Meet." "Blography of 战 Bachelor Girl." "Animal Kingdom" and "Holiday."

In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

The

tamous woman psychiatrist who devotes year of her life to the redemption a ne'er-do-well,

of giving so much of herself to, the man that she inevitably falls in love with him.

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tlays of the Lizars as its early set-Flame Within" she portrays a ting Colourful relig.ous testivals, gyspy songs, breathtaking cavalry manoeuvers, Moscow, Leavy with food and wife, and debuttched gaiety sombre gray prisons," the taut trial that gambles with human lives, the exile with which criminals were punished in that distant day, ara details in the patchquilt panorama that Director Rouben Mamoulian has taken. out of Tolstoy's great humanitarian novel as a setting for the screen version. released through United Artists.

Miss Stew and Mr. March have

Maureen O'Sullivan, as a high- strung, emotional girl, plays the most dramatic role of her career, according to all reports, even in- cluding her stirring portrayal in "Barretta of Wimpole Street."

as fellow protagonists in the newJessie Ralph, Sah Caffe, Mary Rouben_Mamoulian picture, lovely young Jaue Baxter newly arrived from England, C. Aubrey Smith,

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Summer Prices Matinees-20 ets.-30 ets.

WEST POINT OF THE AIR ́

The "Hell Diver/" are in the Army now!

Wallace Beery as the gruff, soft- hearted non-com" of flying forces

WARNER

Bod on the

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HISTORIC MARCHES

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 18. History set to music are the re-

In "West Point of the Air" show-gimental marches which will sound ing at the Oriental Theatre on through Rushmoor Arena at the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Jubilee Review. brings to the screen the same brand of thrills that that shatter- ed box-office records throughout the country in "Hell-Divers."

This thriller of the skies was

The "Ca Ira" of the West York-

shire Regiment, for instance, was a battle-honour won in 1793 at Fathars. There the 14th, 'flung

HUNG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM. 'TWO LOVERS „«WHO WENT THROUGH HELL TO END

THEIR HEAVEN DES

Also Technicolour Silly Symphony " WISE LITTLE HEN”" and Mickey Mou...” in “GULLIVER MICKEY." NEXT ORANGE SYDNEY HOWARD in "GIRLS PLEASE"

1935.

QUEENS

THEATRE

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2,30, 510. 7.20 & 9.30

I LIVED WITH YOU

A MILLION PEOPLE SEE

A

saw.

NAVAL REVIEW

Sea Services' Tribute To The King

Some of the larger ships had giant crowns of lignt surmounting the letters G.R. Many of the smaller, with only their rigging illuminated, resembled the peaks of glowing Alps in the darkness.

The sight was breath-taking in

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 18. million people, lining the shores of Spithead and niassed Ini Uners, yachts and motor boats, the two most magnificent spectacles of 'Silver Jubilee Year.

In the afternoon they watched the King, in the Royal yacht, | Its effectiveness, and the enormous Victoria and Albert, pass through twelve miles of ships, receiving the united homage of Britain's" naval. merchant and fishing services.

At night they saw the 160 war- ships converted into a fairy forest of light.

crowd burst into spontaneousż cheering and clapping.

BARA TIM

DASH THROUGH

UTAH

British Motorists" Feat

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 18. Three British motorists triumph- ed here to-day in a record-break- ing battle against adverse condi- tions.

The

men-John Cobb, T. E. Rose-Richards, and C. J. P. Dodson set up a new world record for 24

hours.

The previous record, held by the American driver. Ab Jenkins, was 127.22 m.p.h., or 3,0531 miles.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:

Hồng Kong

"We Live Again””

QUEEN'S':'

"I Lived With You”

ORIENTAL:

'Charlie Chan In Paris

Kowloon

MAJESTIC:-

Chinese Picture

KING'S..

Coming

"Ladies Love Danger" QUEEN'S:—

"The Flame Within" ORIENTAL:

"The West Point" MAJESTIC:—

"The Gay Bride' ̈ALHAMBRA :---- "G-Men"

SINKING OF THE MILLPOOL

Distress Messages Read At Inquiry

MAJESTIC

Irma (HEATREZ

Nabin Bosit Kowloon. Tel. 67222) TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

Af 2.80.5.20, 7.20 & 220 F.M.

CHINESE PICTURE

with Cantonese

Dialogue

SUNDAY, 4th AUG.

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CAROLE LOMBARD CHESTER MORRIS

THE HONOURABLE CO. OF MASTER MARINERS

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 18.

The first medal of the Honour- able Company of Master Mariners. established in order to encourage boys who intend to adopt a SER career

to acquire the qualities which will make the finest sailor and maintain a high and honour- able standard, both of practical proficiency and of professional con. duct, has been won by George (Special Air Mail Service)

Lewis Huntley, one of the present London, July 18,

cadet captains of the Smith Junjor The Board of Trade inquiry into

Nautical School, Cardiff. The the loss of the Millpool, the Hartlepool cargo boat which sank medal, which is silver, bears the with her crew of 26 in the Atlan-head of the Prince of Wales, as The British drivers also beattle during the night of October 2 Master, on one side, and the Coat and 3 last year, was opened at the other. It was designed py Mr. T. of Arms of the company on the Jenkins' other three records,

Institution of ́ Civil" "Engineers, The fleet, grey and grim in the covering 400 miles at 147.4 m.p.h...

H. Paget. Westminster, yesterday. day-time, had become a glimmer- 500 miles at 147.8 m.p.h., and 1.000

The Millpool is the third of four ing phantasy of itself in the night. miles at 144 93 m.p.h. The massed detail of the battle-

records, made in a ships the loss of which is being in- ships, the bare outlines of the air-British Napier Railton car, were vestigated by Lord Merrivale, the Each ship was outlined by thou-craft-carriers, stood equally re- handicapped by heat which bis Wreck Commissioner, who is assist

tered the salt fats of Utah by dayed by four assessors. The ship sands of glittering golden stars; vealed in lambent beauty.

one of 4,222 tons, was owned by then after a black-out, in lines of At 10.29 the whole vision was and a gale which drove the sand

darkness. In their faces last night,

the Pool Shipping Company, fire from torches held aloft by the abruptly swallowed in crews. Another blackout and eas- After a minute lines of dancing

Limited. Her master was Captain cades of red, white and blue red flares held aloft by men in the

Arthur Newton, rockets shot up from the decks. ships appeared lining the decks in

The climax came when hundreds thick bars of crimson light. of searchlights, stabbed the with their silver spears; twenty minutes they traced 'ever- moving patterns on the darkness. while cheer upon cheer brake from the densely crowded shores.

sky For

THOUSANDS GATHER Even Monday night's crowds were eclipsed in size by the enor mous concourse that gathered along Southsea front to see the spectacular Fleet luminations last night

Southsea Common was a gigantic open-air garage and carnival ground. Great fleets of charabanes stood at. one side; on the other were thousands of private motor- cars far overflowing the boundaries of their car parks,

Scarcely a square yard of the remaining space was unoccupied.

made to order for Beery, giving against the Revolutionary French. The esplanade and roadway run. were ordered by their colonel, to "break them to their own damned ning along behind it were solidly jammed with thousands of men, women and children.

him one of the best and most lovable roles he has ever portray- ed. Not only is the picture pack- ed with thrills, but it boasts one of the most delightful romances

on record.

Such scenes as 100 dading flyers leaping from planes in parachutes simultaneously; Beery changing from one plane to another to save his son from A certain crash, hundreds of planes in unique formations and other such thrills among the clouds have had all who have seen the picture sitting on the edge of their seats.

The supporting "cast includes Maureen O'Sullivan, Robert Young, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rosa Ind Russell, Russell Hardie and Henry Wadsworth.

I LIVED WITH YOU

"Lived With You,"" which opens to-day at the Queen's Theatre

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The 2nd Batt. the Cameronians always prelude their march past, the "Gathering of the Grahams," with the Battalion call, beginning and ending with rolls on the drum. Commemorating days before they became Rifles, who do not carry Colours, they use the first phrase of their former slow march, "Garb of Old Gaul," for the General Salute.

HANDEL FOR THE BUFFS

The plers were packed with visitors, and on the beaches the crowds stood shoulder to shoulder. The whole Portsmouth-Southsea front, four miles in length, resem- bled a vast, open-air theatre, with an audience of probably 300.000 people, and the Fleet supplying the dramatic "entertainment.

If was the same on other parts of the shore and on the Isle of Wight opposite. In all there can- not have been fewer than 1,000,000 Handel composed the stately spectators probably the greatest march of the Buffs, betting: an crowd ever assembled to see ancient regiment. The Royal single spectaclegg Windsor," bestowed upon the Wor- Right through the evening up to cestershire Regiment when station the time the illuminations started

ter of George III.

"The Royal Norfolk Reglment

The new

At one time the temperature reached 117 degrees Fahrenheit and Dodson was so overcome dur- ing his spell at the wheel that he had to receive medical atten-

CASCADE OF ROCKETS" They too disappeared, and there|tion.

was another pause. Then-abso- Then to-day came another blow, lutely in unison-a great cascade a flat tyre enforcing a consider- While able reduction in speed for siz of rockets shot upwards, "the crowd cheered they burst into miles.

clouds of red, white and blue.

The whole display was remark-{ final run- able, not only for its, beauty, but for its extraordinary precision and timing.

FASTEST LAP

the same here. Don't know about"

things on deck. Rolling heavily." Subsequent messages indicated dmculty in locating the MiÏDOOL ard.. the

eventual cessation of

messages, from the ship.

-- BREAKDOWN IN STEERING

Messages appeared to indicate as breakdown in the steering gear, said the Solicitor-General. He stated that the or'gthal cost of the Mi Ipool was £43,125 10s. 11d.”

"The firs: witness was Mr. George ... Brown Chambers, marine superin- tendent employed by 8'r R. Eopner and Co. Limited, the managers of the Millpool."; Witness såld be sav the ship the day before she called. and he was then 'informed by the ship's cheers that repairs which had been done were quite satis- factory. The steering gear was of the rod and chain type. It was possible for the steering gear even in a new, ship to break down..

Ev'dence was also given by Mr; John Henry N'col the chief marine superintendent managers.

to

the

The Solicitor-General, Sir Donald Somervell. and Mr. G. St. Clair Pilcher appeared for the Board of Trade: Mr. K. F. Hayward," with Mr. HR. B Griffin, appeared on behalf of the relatives of Captain Newton, Mr. C. J. Lowe (the third oracer), and various mercantile marine officers' organizations; and "Another "pause, and then the

Mr. Cyril Miller was for the own- whole sky was covered with fan-

Rose-Richaras took over with ers of the vessel With Mr. Vere shaped traceries of searchlights. the new tyre, and after passing Hunt, Mr.. Hayward also represent-

Like great sliver spears they the 20-hour mark roared

rounded the National Union of Seamen stabbed the clouds. Then they the course at 149 mph for the and the Transport and General began to shift quickly, backwards fastest 10-mile lap of the run. Workers' Union, and forwards, shot downwards and At 5.20 (New York time), with The Sol'citor-General, in open glared into the faces of the Dodson driving, the car had covering, said that the Millpoil was audience on shore.

Another in- ed 2,710 miles at an average speed built at Stockton in 1906. She stant and they had lifted again to of 133.92 m.p.b

sank when carrying a cargo of rye the sides.

Cobb himself took over for this from Danzig to Montreal. There had been a suggestion that the Millpool hit a submerged vessel at Danzig, but an affidavit from there Mr. William tray Ropner, a direc-. ruled out this possibility.

tor or the manager company, said The Solicitor-General read a fe had never had any criticism to series of wireless messages which make in regard to the upkeep of passed between the Millpool, and the Mi pool. As arm gave in- other ships on the night she suctions to their superintendents foundered. A part of a message that their vessels should be kept sen out by the Millpool at 6,54 in the best possible style." The After midnight, when the Fleet

A third world light-weight cham- p.m. on October 2 read, “Helpless Millpool was unsured for £14,000 had been swallowed in darkness, pionship fight between Tony Can-myself. Driving before hurricane on her last voyage. In regard to began the great drift homewards. zoneri, American "holder of the since one. p.m. At 7:50 she sent manning, the Arm employed at Queues a quarter of a mile long title, and Jack (Kid) Berg is one out an 8.0.8.. "After hatch stove least the Board of Trade mini- formed at many bus and tram of the propositions under review in Main topmast gone. Three mum, in fact rather above it. stops. Hundreds of cars poured by Wembley for another open-air men injured. Driving helpless be- Their vessels generally carried out of the car parks to join the show at the Stadium during the fore gale. Using temporary aerial great processions that filled all the

was acknowledge by the main, roads out of Portsmouth.

Ainderby, the Beaverhill, and the Early this morning the roads, to London, Southampton, Brighton,

Black Gull, and to was picked up in and other centres were alive with

incomplete form by the Empress The inquiry was adjourned until of Britain, which was 330 miles to-day, when Lord Merriyale will returning cars. In spite of their long day, many of the visitors re- I understand they are at present away. At 10.36 the Millpool sent announce the findings of the Court tained the carnival spirit and sat awaiting cablegram from out the message: Lying in trough in regard to the loss of the Blair- Cantoneri to learn the world of sea. Oll lamps not very bright"; gowrie, of Glasgow, which sank in on the roots of the cars, singing champion's terms for a London and at 12.18 the Beaverhill receive the North cheering, and waving flags.

Atlantic on or about title fight

ed the message, “ Things are much | February 27, 1935,

While it was in progress many Every aeroplanes dew overhead. available machine at Croydon had been engaged to take spectators, and one machine brought a party from Liverpool,

ANOTHER TITLE FIGHT FOR BERG?

Speelal Air Mall. Service:

Londos, July 18,

first week of September, writes a This

correspondent. -..

retersen-Olin negotiations hav. ing reached a stalemate, Wembley have turned their attentions to other proposals.

Both Canzoneri and Berg hare a

following spectacular come backs" to the ring

ed at Windsor in 1791, was com the flow of people into the town, Others had cheerfully missed posed by Princess Augusta, daugh- by train, car and coach, continued their last trains home to see the fair share of the fistic limelight, unabated. Many, unable to find ainuminations through and spent place on the esplanade or beaches, the night sleeping on the beach remained in their cars or stood on and on Southeda Common the roofs..

For many of them It was their Hundreds lined' the roofs of every building along the front or second night in the open.

matches its march to its badge with is adapted from Ivor Novello's "Rule Britannia,"VIS stage success, ta domestic comedy- Btill more patriotically the

Ways.

drama. It gives an interesting and Queen's Regimen man in 1881, the sat on the railings lining the road- thoroughly entertaining study of Save the Queen" until in 1881 the working-class family life through Portuguese march "Braganza" was the brilliance of the individual) adopted as suitable to Charles 11's characterization.

Queen, the regiment's sponsor in The theme is a trine fantastic,1061

Back Chat "I'aven't 'ad a bite for days," said a tramp to the landlady of the George and Dragon." "D'yer think you could spare me one?"

Certainly not, replied the'

FAIRY SHIPS On the stroke of ten a burst of red, white and blue rockets soared but it has the merit of originality Recently the Duke of Cornwall's into the air from the Royal Yacht, and paves the way to neatly con- Light Infantry have officially com where the King had been enter trived situations which allow rich bined two marches into one. This taining hit Admirals to dinner. "humour, popular drama, homely has been done by adding the⠀⠀ On the

Instant as though landlady. sentiment and romance to follow | Cornish ballad "Shall Trelawny operated by one master switch. in cunning sequence.

Die?" to "One and All," which the whole feet flamed into light slouched on, but a few minutes Ivor Novello is supported by a dates from 1811.

As far as the eye could ree were later he was back strong cast which includes Ida Shakespeare is mentioned in the the outlines of fairy ships-fun-|__ "What dyer" want now?" asked Laipino. Ursula, Jeans, Minnie words of "Warwickshire Lads," at- nels, decks, bridges, masta, even the landlady. Rayner, Elliot Makeham and other tributed to Garrick, the march of flags and pennante-sharply etched "Could Tave a few words with capable artists.

the "Warwicks."!

in vivid light,"

George? queried the tramp.

Thank yer, said the tramp, and

OLD RIVALS Canzoneri recently regained the world's title he held three years ago, while "Yiddle" returned to this country, after failing on his Jast American tour, and captured the light-weight championship of Great Britain,

L are old rivals. Their three conteste in the States drew nearly quarter of a million dolla Ironically enough the ane gained by Berg was in non-title bout.---

It appears that prepared to mi 22,000 plus his

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SATURDAY Aug. 3rd

three mater

In answer to Mr. Hayward, Mr. Ropner said that the Millpool had been valued at about £7,000.

ALHAMBRA

BIGGEST SCREEN SENSATION IN 5 TEARS:

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