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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

FOLIES BERGERE

Where do they hail from, this semingly endless influx of delect- able chorines who decorate the Hollywood musical production? Do the big towns produce this discon- certing opulence of beauty or is It peculiar to the lush soll of the hinterlands?

A fairly comprehensive inquiry into the private lives of the 73 chorus beauties signed to form the high-kicking back-ground for the antics of Maurice Chevaller in "Folles Bergere." showing on Fri- day at the King's Theatre, reveal- ed some surprising factS.

Dave Gould who staged the dance ensembles for this 20th Century Picture, selected his chorus from more than 503 avali- able candidates. All of them were young. exceptionally beautiful. shapely and talented. The elect seventy-three are the quintessence of beauty blondes of various shadings from straw to platinum, brunettes and red heads.

Only thirteen of their number came from big towns. of these.s only Ave named New York as the elty of their origin and the rest were divided among Chicagor Detroit and Los Angles

WEDNESDAY'S CHILD

"Wednesday's Child." scheduled for showing from Sunday at the Queen's Theatre is an adaptation 'of the Broadway success, of which Gilbert W. Gabriel, dramatic critic of the New York American, wrote: "I am recommending Wednesday's Child' with all my heart to the happily marr.ed, the unhappily married, the more less divorced, to quite everybody who has any sense and sensibility, including even the awarders of the next possible Pulitzer prize."

or

Frankle Thomas, who had also had in the play, has the title role in the picture, being featured along with Edward Arnold and Karen Morley, Shayne and other favourites

in supporting parts. John Robertson, noted for hip human interest touches directed

t

THE BEST MAN WINS -

Should a girl choose the colour- tut reckless chap who is always skating on thin ce, or the solid and stald one who proves less romantic? This problem appears regularly in real life and literature but is seldom satisfactortly answer-

The majority of the beauties unblushingly named such obscure hamlets

35 "Parsons. Kans: Weatherfor. Texas: Bluff. Utak: Eagle Rock California, and Law\"ed: inn. Oklahoma" as the spots for which they felt homesick. For, like Darry F. Zanuck the pro- ! ducer of "Folles Borgere." who boasts а "whistle-stop". In the great midwest as his birthplace. they hall largely from "the sticks."

Lousts'anh, Washington. New Jersey and Kansa verc next with two each, trailed by New Mexico, Indiana, Michigan. Ala- bama, Tennessee, Nebraska, Oregon, Lowa, Chic, Arizona and Georgia with but a single qualify- Ing chorine aplece.

4 SHOWS

DAR?

7.15-0.20

"

\In "Columbia's "The Best Man Wins" the Edmund Lowe-Jack Holt

starring vehicle opening to-day, at the Queen's Theatre. Florence Rice is called upon to make the

the decision. Ho she decided makes for one

of the most romantically dramatic motion plc- tures seen this season..

Others

the cast of this Columbia production are Bela Lugosi, J. Farrell MacDonald and Bradley Page, Erle Kenton direct-

ed.

TAKI ANT TRAM DR MAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST

4 TIMES TO-DAY

GAILY EXCITING I

SHE TELLS, ALL' SHE, KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE MEN SHE EVER MET! The chapters in this girls biography

great

entertainment.

.makes

Ann

HARDING Robert MONTGOMERY

Biography OF

A

BACHELOR GIRL

EDWARD EVERELY HORTON EDWARD AANOLD

UNA MERKEL

FLEMING

ROAD

WANCHI

TEL. 29473

TO-MORROW

& SATURDAY

A MOST BAFFLING MYSTERY DRAMA! A SHOWGIRL ACCUSED OF MURDER ! EXTREMELY THRILLING!|

A LAUGH THRILLER YOU'LL NEVER GUESS! VIRGINIA BRUCE RICARDO.CORTEZ

SHADOW

OF DOUBT

Summer Prices Matinees 20 ets.-30 ets. - -Brenings 20 cts,-85 eta-55 ets.

GIRLS PLEASE

Since the famous scene played with Leslie 'Henson over a bowl of punch in "Funny Face," Sydney Howard, the star of the new flim "Girls Please," has been known to excel in the portrayal of inebria- tion in all stages from gentleman- ly vagueness to a condition 'border- ing on the unconscious.

In "Almost a Divorce" he was be "under the in- supposed to fluence for a considerable part of the story in "Night of the Garter" his almost constant (though con- cealed) companion was a bottle of champagne; in "Trouble." a re- cent British and Dominions picture, he was seen endeavouring to "lower the upper berth" while being not entirely compos mentis; and now "in "Girls Please," which is the fum at the King's. Theatre 10-day, he has a brilliant scene in" which a bottle of gin figures prominently.

Rich though these portrayals are. they are based on observation ra ther than on fact for Sydney Ho- ward never touches intoxicants of any kind in his private life;

G.B.S. & G.K.C. AS

> FILM "STARS

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, July 22. Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr. G. K. Chesterton are to appear as film stars. They, head the cast of a film which is to give the cinema public an intimate, Inside picture

of the B.B.C, and its work.

The film recently completed, has been in preparation for a year. It is described as a symphony of a day in the life of the B.B.C.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935.

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

SIDNEY HOWARD IN A Happy. ÁMÉSING AND NONSENSICAL STORY.

SYDNEY HOWARD

in

GIRLS. PLEASE

with JANE BAXTER UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE ALSO MICKEY MOUSE "MICKEY'S MECHANICAL MAN”-

== TO-KORROW

MAURICE CHEVALIER in "FOLIES BERGERE”

QUEEN'S

BONGA THEATRE

́TO-DAY TO SATURDAY at 2,30, 5 10, 7.20 & 9.30

Two cockeyed Casanovas uncork a corking comedy!

Edmund

LOWE

Jack

HOLT

The BEST MAN WINS

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

COMING AUGUST 21 TO THE KING'S THEATRE

Ilona Sclavcos, the little Busslan Dancer of the Non Stop Revue who will present extraordinary ast dances in the programme at

the King's Theatre on August 21

THE NON-STOP REVUE

Europe's most modern novel

presented at the Kings from Wednesday 21st of August, The Tropical Express Non Stop Revue. a Company of versatile artists with a Cast of 45, including the famous Doorlay Girls, the Company which arrived in Bombay last February made such a hit that the Times of India, Bombay, christianed the Company as the travelling league of nations, because many national ities are represented.

THE ALHAMBRA

Barbara Stanwyck has the most dynamic role of her career in her new First National production, The Woman in Red" now showing at the Alhambra Theatre,

CLAW AND FANG

·Frank Buck. Here

"Claw and Fang" is the latest of the many animal pictures pro- duced by that famous big gamë hunter, Mr. Frank Buck who ar- rived here yes.erday morning by

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:~~

"Girls Please" QUEEN'S:—

The Best Man Wins” ORIENTAL:-

"Biography Of A Bachelor

Girl"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :—

"Woman In Red"

"Clive of India"

MAJESTIC:-

KING'S.-

Coming

"Folies Bergere" QUEEN'S:-

"Public Hero' Murder" MAJESTIC:-

"Before Midnight”

ALHAMBRA :--

ORIENTAL:-

"Living On Velvet"

"Shadow of Doubt"

ELEPHANT IN CABARET

the ss. Naiders after spending Mrs. Woolley Hart's

seven months in the Malayan Jungles.

Mr. Buck, accompanied by Mrs. Buck, four cameramen and a busi-

ness manager

and are on their way back to the States. Mr. Buck has with him vucut films to the

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Oriental Party

:

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, July 22. The star turn at Mrs. Woolley Hart's Oriental party at her house. in Prince's Gate was the cabaret.

The sole performer was one young elephant, Rosle, aged about eight

year.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Watuan RoaiKawiona. Tel. 67222 TO-DAY TO SATURDAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 8.20 P.E.

HIS SWORD CARVED OUT A THRONG FOR A GIRL HE HAD NEVER SEEN!

CINDIA

INDIA

RONALD COLMAN

LORETTA YOUNG

·NEXT CHANGE-

“BEFORE MIDNIGHT”

WITH

RALPH BELLAMY JUNE COLLYER

BANK CAR HELD UP

Unique Method

Shanghai, August, 3.

Using a hand-cart to obstruct a passage, a gang of armed robbers held up a motor car of the Bank of Communications in Kinling Road, Chapel, yesterday morning. After seizing from the car a bag containing more than $1,300, the robbers at the point of pistols forced the guard in the car to' hand over his weapon. Constable No. 19-attached to the Chapel Public Safety Bureau, went for- ward to investigate, He, too, was held up .by' the robbers who snatched his service pistol, got

length of 100,000 feet depicting the natural animal life in these parts of the globe. This film will have to be "bolled down" to something like 7,000 feet to accomodate a screen- ing programme, unlike others this

With her owner and keeper she film will not have any glimpses of "battle royals" between the beasts. appeared on the lawn before mid-

night. The Maharajah of Cooch into a hire taxi and then de- BIG CATCH"

Behar tried to mount her. Roste camped. Seen yesterday Mr. Buck gave a had never had a human being "up" The car of the Bank of Com vivid account of his adventures in before. She swayed and rocked munications left its office in Han- travelling entertainment will te The Woman In Red they spent in the jungles were un-rajah thought it better to slip off.

the jungles. The months which from side to side until the Maha- kow Road shortly after § a.m. yên...- terday for Markham Road" in eventful. Nothing - untoward OC- Rosie, whose toenails were gilded Chapel to collect money from cured but Mr. Buck had the satis for her cabaret performance, dan- godowns, carrying a guard and faction of capturing the biggest ced, claimbed on tubs and finally several employees or the bank. ger he had seen alive which ended up with a mouth-organ solo. After the collections, the car was measured ten feet long. This tiger-all against a background of an an its return journey to the Settle- Was caught with four smaller enormous Chinese screen lit from ment when the daring hold-up опед.

the back.

was committed. How his native boy was caught

ORIENTAL DRESSES by a huge python was related by

Guests supped out of doors under Mr. Buck who said that as they an awning overlooking the gardens: were stalking an animal along a Even the waiters were dressed up jungle path (which was very little, mostly as Chinese, used and almost undistinguisable), Real Chinese guests present in boo poles. To avoid a collision his boy who was walking ahead of cluded the Chinese Ambassador with the hand-cart, the chauffeur the party suddenly found himsel and Mme. Quo Tai-chi, Mme. brought his vehicle In the grips of the big reptile. Quo's white satin national dress whereupon, four men, all armed, Realising that something quick had was richly embroidered in silver sprang up, and, while two of them to be done if the boy's life was to

and crystals.

kept a watch over the chauffeur. be saved, Mr. Back had the pre-

Other Chinese guests wore blue the other two searched the car and sence of mind of catching the

dark colours. Their sober stole more than $1,300 in notes. reptile's neck and compressing it clothes contrasted oddly with the until it had lost consciousness,

brilliant Chinese costumes chosen

TAKEN UNAWARES thereby loosening its hold on the by many of the guests.

Not realizing what had happen- Sarts were popular. The Mahar-ed, Ho Zung Tien, a constable of boy.

ance of Cooch Behar wore a pale Chapel Public Safety Bureau on pink une embroidered with dia-traffic duty, atepped forward in pink muslin crossed with gold He was overpowered by the gun- mante. Lads Newnes had one of order to remove the hand-cart

The producer is Professor Door- lay and with him he has 20 Door- lay girls who, in addition to tap and acrobatic dancing, play guitars and other instruments.

They work like Trojans, they dance, sing and play guitars, and their sleigh bells number is ex- 'ceptionally good.

This talented star has an un- usually strong vehicle in The Woman in Red," and makes the pinst of every scene. The picture, based on the popular novel, North Shore" by Wallace Irwin, is filled ith thrills and intense dramatic ction set in the luxurious atmos phere of Long Island country estates.

Miss Stanwyck appears in the Kentucky girl character of a thoroughly versed in horse lore who, when the family fortunes are reversed, becomes a professional rider for a wealthy New York society woma

ROYAL VISIT TO PERTH Through her skill as a rider she brings one blue ribbon after an- other to the owner, whose gratitude turns to hate when she wins the

Art Galleries Opening

(Special Air Mail Services.

London, July 22, Arrangements have now been officially completed for the visit to Perth of the Duke and Duchess of York, who are to open the city's new art galleries and museum on August 10.

A

new

Jan they both Love. Miss Stanwyck is charming in the lighter moments and the romantic situations, but she rises, to heights of emotional acting in the intense dramatic sequences, tė- pecially in a sensational court trial in the smashing climax, in which she is willing to sacrifice love and honour in order to save a man she knows to be innocent from conviction on

murder The galleries have beeri con-

charge. structed at a cost of about £35,000.

Gene Raymond, in the role of‘an' visionally consented to the Town sweeps the Kentucky beauty off her Their royal highnesses have pro-impoverished young aristocrat who Council's plans, which include a fact in a whirlwind courtship, drive through the principal streets proves himself a magnetic lover, of the town to the steps of the new art galleries, where they will receive the freedom of the city. The burgess parchments will be let in his memory is being unveiled contained in a stiver casket of

on the same day. simple design, ・ planned and wrought by a local silversmith.

It is the first big "talkle" made by the new G.P.O. fim department under the direction of Mr. John Grierson, the young Scotsman who directed the picturesque Alm, "Drifters." telling the story, of the 2 NO SPEECHMAKING ' North Sea herring fleet.

The Duke and Duchess will be received at the art galleries by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Duke of Atholl, and Lord Pro

The interior of Broadcasting House will for the first time be re- vealed to listeners. Besides Mr. Shaw and Mr. Chesterton many vost Thomas Hunter. other prominent people will be seen on the screen. There will be no

In deferente to the wishes of their royal highnesses, the Fun- story in the usual sense, butcheon party which follows will be well-known broadcasters and typic devoid of any formality, and there |

The explanation is simple heal listeners will be featured. profers tea.

Bydney Howard comes from

Yorkshire, where ten is an in- stitution, and where temperance is

as firmly founded as the moors,

What He Learned" Drill-Sergeant Now, my

lad,

Every afternoon, in the studio, you've been on this square for in the region of four o'clock, as weeks. and what have you far as shooting permits. Bydney learnitz.

may be seen with teacup poised in hand, and an expression of satis faction on his face.

The new building is on the site of a former slum area part of which has now been transformed into an open grassy surround for the picturesque galleries, which are reckoned to be the finest build- Ings in the city. Nearby is the Fair Maid's house, one of the show- p'aces of Perth,

Honoured wil be no speechmaking. The lun "And what” asked the cannibal cheen is to given at the ancient chief in his kindest tones, "was palace of Bcone, coronation place your business before you were of ancient Scottish kings. The in- captured by my men?? vitation to lunch has been extend-"

The animals captured alive were all set back to America by a car- go boat but on board the Naldera

are a number of cages of birds, mostly Australian, which were sent to Mr. Buck by a friend but arrived too late to be shipped with the rest.

NO PLANS YET Most of the aghting scenes in the animal life were not faked ac- cording to Mr. Buck. The animals were driven together sometimes for days before they came in con- tact with each other and of course

or

threads.. 1

4.

Near the corner of Kinling and Kongchi" Roads, the noticed that, in front of his car, chauffeur

the passage was obstructed by a hand-cart laden with long bam-:

to

A stop.

men and forced to hand over bls weapon.

Unenterprising males contented themselves with white turbans worn with conventional evening robbers which was parked a short By this time," a taxi hired by the

dress.

distance away during the hold-up, EXPERT IN TURBANS

had arrived. The robbers, to- Mrs. Charles Cartwright was one gether with the "hand-cart coolie,* of a trio dressed as Indian waiters then boarded the vehicle and "The Maharanee of Cooch Behar drove away at a high speed in the sent her A.DC. to tie my turban.” she said.

direction of Chungshan Road.

It was later found out by the He shooting takes only a few min-there, he m" a beautifully embrot- Chapel Public Safety Bureau that dered Chinese robe, she in a sari...... the tax was hired at a Ferry Road Mr. Buck has a Zoo of his own

Sylvia Lady Poulett was another garage by four Chinese who order- in America and his stock there is guest. I saw, too, Sir Weldom anded it to be sent to a place in Cha- sold to other Zoos,

utes.

Lord and Lady Poulett

were

Lady Dalrymple-Champneys, the pet. The chauffeur of the taxi was Mr. "Buck will transfer to the "former as a Bedouin with stripes forcibly elected by the robbers. "President Coolidge in Japan while of real gold woven into a brown when the car reached Chungshan his four camermen will continue robe, the latter in the draperies Road. The car had not been their voyage to the States by the of a Turkish princess in pale blue located by the Chapel Police up Empress of Canada on Friday..

and aliver

to yesterday afternoon.

Asked as to his plans for the next year Mr. Buck informed our repre- sentative that he is undecided as yet.

Trick Photograph!

"I want this 'photograph of my husband

enlarged." said the woman to the photographer. "Now, can you do it with his hat

"Yes," said the photographer, "I think I can manage to take the hair all right. By the way "I was a newspaper man." "an-on which side does he part

ed by Lord Mansfeld.swered the captive.

The Perth Art Galleries scheme "An editor?" was made possible by the bequest "Only a sub-editor.” Recruit (utterly fed up)-The or the late Mr Robert Brough, a "Cheer up, young man, promo- reason why soldiers are. not local business man who was deeply | tion awaits you. After supper you afraid to die, sergeant.

Interested in the fine arts. A tab- shall be editor-in-thief.

hair?”

The woman looked blank surprise

ber, but you

·

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW HAMBRA

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.80 P.M.

AT LAST IT CAN BE TOLD!

Stanwyck

Women In RED

“LIVING ON VELVET":

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