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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

THE NIGHT IS YOUNG

IT'S A COP

A "preview" of a picture before Sydney Howard has never been It was filmed, was the unique de- in a film which so suits his par- vice by which "The Night ticular characteristics as "It's A Young," new Sigmund Romberg-Cop" in which he takes the part Oscar Hammerstein I musical of £ particularly thick-witted romance of Vienna showing at the Police Constable. Oriental Theatre or Friday and Saturday was introduced to Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Lays and the rest of the cast at the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studios.

The "preview" was an audition held on completion of the unique script, in which music is scored; to every moment of action,

The new picture is a glamorous romance of Vienni and the Im- perial Ballet, with Novarro as a gay young Austrlan Archduke and M'ss Laye as a ballet dancer. It is the frst picture for the champagne-blonde British star since her arrival from London.

Spectacular scenes in the great Prater or amusement park, the Imperial Opera, the Emperor's palace, and in quaint Viennese cafes and pleasure spota figure in the elaborate settings,

Song hits such as "The Night, Is Young." "When I Grow Too Old To Dream," "Wiener Schnit- zel" and others embellish the haunting romance.

The cast includes Charles But- terworth. Una Merkel, Edward Everett Horton, Donald Cook, Henry Stephenson. Rosalind Rus- sel. Herman Bing, Charles Judels and Albert Conti..

7.15-0.80

As P. C. Spry he sets out in search of promotion and beconies involved with a gang of crooks. who plan to steal a secret formula,

plice, being employed to keep him the charms of Babette, an accom-

is carried out. out of the way while the burglary

Temporarily disgraced, our noble constable is faced with the neces- sity of setting off on the trail alone in order to rehabilitate himself.

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Chance takes him to a road- house, where he runs across

Babette once more.

The crooks get away, and a hectic car chase to Limehouse follow Although supposedly put out of action. Spry makes * characteristic, recovery. and inanages to arrest the garg

Spry is a P. C. no longer he' a sergeant now!

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935.

-TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.10, 7:15 & 9,30, P.M.

SYDNEY HOWARD AS A COOK - A

DETECTIVE A POLICEMAN—“IT'S A COP.",

Suchiou HOWARD

DOROTHY BOUCHIER CALTHROP DONALD

ALSO

HERBERT WILCOX.

STROLL TARU HOLLAND

(PICTORIAL)

“A SONG CONTEST"" (Orgaalogue)

TO-MORROW

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

IN "OUR LITTLE GIRL" A FOX PICTURE

GIGOLETTE

At The Queen's

As you may imagine Sydney Howard' looks every inch the dumb Spry and plays the part accord- ingly. He is supported by an ex- "Gigolette" the RKO-Radio ple ceptionally fine *cast including ture which opened its season yes- Dorothy Bouchier, Donald Cal-terday at the Queen's Theatre 13 throp, Garry Marsh. Anne Esmond

a colourful picture of the night und John Turnbull,

Ilfe of New York

Do not miss this film. showing to-day at the King's Theatre,

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NOVARRO EVELY LAYE "THE NIGHT JS YOUNG"

Summer Prices Matinees 20 cts:-30 cts. Evenings 20 ets-85 ets.-55 ets.

'NO MORE LADIES.

the

OUR LITTLE GIRL

Everybody's happy in the Shirley Temple home, or rather in the home where Shirley's the sensa tional but unspoiled baby,

The six-year-old child star, whose next picture. "Our Little Girl" comes on Friday

to the

King's Theatre. is having a grand time at the Fox Fim Movietone iot, and considers work as play.

"No More Ladies," Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer's new Joan Crawford picture co-starring Robert Mont- gomery, is one of the finest ple- tures these two popular stars have ever made and will be screened at the Queen's Theatre this week- end. An uproarious comedy with strong underlying drama of tactics used by a modern woman to hold the husband she loves, It The whole family is happy who was cleverly adapted broadway stage hit by A Estánce? Mra Temple still belong Thomas.

to the same organizations she did The featured cast is excep- before Shirley became noted. She tionally brilliant, including Charlie has the same good friends and Ruggles, Franchot Tone, Edaa | néighbours. Daddy Temple stik May Oliver, Gatl Patrick and holds his job at the bank,..where

from the wouldn't be under

the circum-

The story opens with Key Par- rish, a former society girl being forced to leave the hotel when her funds run out, and being our of employment she is unable to meet the overdue bill. This hap

pens after the suicide of her fa- ther,

QUEEN'S

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TO-MORROW

NO MORE LADIES" JOAN CRAWFORD - FRANCHOT TONE", ROBERT MONTGOMERY-CHARLES RUGGLES

BRITAIN THREATENED

Lake Tsana Peril To Egypt And Soudan

<Special Air Mail Service)

London, Aug. 21.

It is now regarded as practically certain that war will break out, in October.

Italy appears disposed to with- draw her 'recognition, in an ex- change of Notes in 1925, of the special interests of Britain in the Lake Tsana region of Abyssinia. it was authoritative stated in Lon- don last night.

Ruter), Mr. Eden iz reliably u derstood to have made an impor- tant statement during his call on Sunday on Mr. Theodoré Mariner, United States Charge d'Affaires.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:--

"It's A Cop" QUEEN'S :-

"Gigolette"

OKIENTAL;—

"Evelyn Prentice"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

Chinese Picture.

MAJESTIC:-

"Silver Streak

KING'S :-

Coming

"Our Little Gur" "Our Daily Bread" QUEEN'S:-

"No More Ladies" ORIENTAL:-

"The Night Is Young" "Cuve Of India"

ALHAMBRA:-

"Two Hearts Ip Waltz Time

THE COLLAPSE

IN SILVER

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HOME NEWS

4.

To it the new Orient ner, the Orion, which sailed on her maiden Voyage yesterday, with only one funnel was 2 bold, experiment. old--and mysterious-pre- tefence for a ship with three or even four funnels still lingers "in the hands of many travellers.

The

Probably it dates from the time when a ship big enough to have more than one smokestack was a and each additional tunnel was held to indicate in- creased size, speed and safety.

the best U. S. Takes Millions novelty.

Of Ounces

NO ONE WAS SURPRISED Mr. Eden said, according to that source. "that the British Govern- ment intended to propose to the As a last resort she turns to the

United States that, if an African cwner of a shady night club in New York who had once offered

war breaks out, the United States According to the report met and Great Britain should consult her a job when she was well off. tloped. hints were made that Italy forthwith regarding She was taken on and then came

was not now prepared-because of

course to take. Gregg Emerson; vengeful for hav- Britain's opposition to her In

been cheated in the Geneva and Paris-to reaffirm her Paris it was stated that the report-

In authoritative ing once

quarters in game club. He meets Kay and previous statements recognising is untrue. Mr. Eden did have a when he is thrown aut for refus-Britain's predominating interest in short interview with Mr. Marriner. Ing to pay his check she escorts maintaining control over Laka

and kept him informed him home. Then the

Tsana and over headwaters of the developments in the situation.

of the romance ripens; with Terry as the third in rivers, vital to the prosperity and the eternal triangle.

even the existence of Egypt and in Paris, no one was surprised At the actual failure of the talks the Soudanı,

did London, Geneva, and Rome. Paris, certainly expected it. So

very

"Adrienne Ames is superb as the society giri. She plays the role with dramatic erectiveness while Ralph Bellamy presents a accurate characterization as Terry. The laughs of the evening is pro- vided by Robert Armstrong while Donald Cook is also good as Gregg Emerson.

On the whole the picture is a very engrossing subject. capably interpreted by a well chosen cast.

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DEATH-RAY MAN FOR BRITAIN?

Danish Inventor Invited to Make Tests

Mr. Baldwin, the Premier, is in terrupting his holiday at Aix-les- to attend an emergency

Bains

With this in mind, perhaps, designers have frequently given.

ners dummy funnels.

(Special-Air-Mail Service)"

London, Aug. 21.

As Smoking-rooms The change in the American

The most recent example is the silver price during the past week Normandie. The farthest aft of gives sufficient cause to wonder her three funnels is, as far as pro- exactly what the United States is puls'on is concerned, superfluous. trying to do with its Silver Buy-Instead, it contains the ventilating Act. Last Monday saw the machinery and dog-kennels. first break in the price for a

The Majestic has three funnels,

ing

meeting of the Cabinet, which will others and adds "no regret." Italy month: -Up to then, the American /of which only two serve their ap-

consider the situation created by the breakdown of the three-Power talks in Paris

sliver offered in the market at 30 has one dummy and one real fun- authorities, by absorbing all the parent purpose, while the Homeric el. Both these liners were built

ITALY HAS NO REGRET But Rome goes further than the

"now appears determined to have

1.-A campaign which includes" a Mr. Anthony Eden, Minister for resounding victory that will wipe-16d. an ounce, had "pegged the

in Germany.. League of Nations Affairs, flew back

out the memory of the Adowa de price at that level. to London last, night.

There had been plenty of silver of the Cunard-White Star fleet The only two British-built liners Donald, Lord President

Mr. Mac-

2.-Economic and political con-

for sale at 30 3-164, owing to the of the

with aummy enormous "bull" position that had dotor-ships Georgic and Britannic,

funnels Council, who had a long telephone trol backed by an army of occu-

been built up in the months pre- Both have two short funnels in London from mouth, is returning to-day by or is almost a foregone conclusion down to

An Invasion of Abyssinia in Octo-vious when America, in settling the Britannic one contains the ita plan of raising the engineers smoking-room, and in

talk with

train.

Lossie-

feat; and

pation:

are

the

Str. Samue: Hoare, the Foreign whatever Geneva or Britain may Price of silver and sccumulating the Georgic the dummy funnel is

Secretary, on his way

from his country seat in Norfolk, was re- ocived by the King at Sandring- ham, Sir Samuel will meet Mr. Eden to-day.

The Cabinet will, among other matters, consider its previous de- cision to refuse licences for the ex- port of arms to Italy or Abyssinia iSpecial Air Mail Service)

The Emperor of Abyssinia re- London Aug 21. cently made a striking protest to M. Ravn. a Danish engineer, the League of Nations against en- who claims to have invented an bargoes, which; he contended, de- aircraft to explode in the air, said defence while Italy went on mak. electric death ray which will cause Drived his country of the means of in Copenhagen yesterday that being the utmost, preparations for has received a private invitation

to visit Britain to carry out tests.

He declares that his death ray is effective in a radius of 50 to 60 miles from the transmitter. Reginald Derny. It would be a businesses is booming because of tion on certain conditions, chiefly M, Ravn will accept the invita- hair-splitting procedure to deter Shirley. mine which turns in the

most "Our Little Girl," an Edward with which he works. It is very concerning the electric potential convincing characterization,

Butcher productior directed by high, and involves risk, With an inspired wardrobe by John Robertson. is based on Adrian and lavish backgrounds Florence Leighton Pfalzgraf's

He claims that he can produce by Cedric Gibbons. Producer story, selected from hundreds. In

an effective death-ray apparatus Irving Thalberg has framed histhis

within six months. appealing picture. wel picture with characteristic origin-heralded in advance reports from

ward H. Griffith's direction sur sings. passes his customary high stan- dard..

war.

MR. EDEN'S LONG TALK It is not known whether they will be in consultation with other countries before Britain review it temporary decision

Mr. Eden had a long talk with the French Foreign Omce yester- M. Laval, the French Premier, at day. As soon as the British repre- sentative left; Baron Alolai, Italy's spokesman, also called.

At the nieeting petween Mr. Ede M. Ravi claims to have invented and M. Laval it was agreed (savs

OD

do fadds Reuter). Now it is re- garded as

certain that war will break out in October.

of arms Djibouti

area.

the billions of ounces ordained by Congress, virtually invited all and sundry speculators to take a-hand. Up to April the pace was furious, In that month silver ran

std. per ounce, which represented up to

shared between a smoking-room and wireless equipment.

THE ELGAB MEMORIAL IN WORCESTER CRATHEDRAL When the memorial window to

CHIEF GETS ARMS One of the leading Abyssinian chiefs from Ogaden, the district a 50 per cent. increase since the Sir Edward Elgar in Worcester facing Italian Somalland, has just beginning of the year. Then the Cathedral is unvelled at the open- arrived at Dire Dawa to take de-speculators realised that America ing of the Three Choirs, Festival livery of a considerable quantity had dropped out of the market. next month, its dedication will be and ammunition from Subsequent profit-taking gathered followed by a performance by the force as selling limits were brought London Symphony Orchestra of a His followers number 2500. Their in. Some form of order was even-variation from the famous "Enig task will be to oppose the initial Italian advance over the Gerlogubally restored when America took ma" Suite

control and "pegged" the price.

The window is to be unive led by but there still remained an exten- Lord Cobham, Lord Lieutenant of A conference of the British Gov-sive "bull" position, the extent of Worcestershire, after special pray-" ernment officials was held

at which no one could calculate to beers have been offered by the Dean Barge'sa, British Somailland, yes- liquidated; terday, to consider what measures

of Worcester Dr. A W. Davies). must be taken in the event of war

At 30 3-16d an ounce, America At the moment of unveiling mem- breaking out between Italy and

stood behind the market for a bers of the London Symphony Or Abyssinia.

whole month ready to take all chestra will ..." FRONTIER CALM

otterings, and there la more than Equale for, trombones,

play Beethoven's

Pan-British Somaliland frontier. Interests were selling silver in the Everything is calm on the Ethio- the genuine liquidation, certain a suspicion that, in addition to

There le occasional cattle stealing bope of getting it back later at a but neighbours can be described as ex- "peg" was lowered to 29 15-16d. pront. Then last Monday, the cellent.

British Somaliland, however, is

per ounce. The definite move downward broke the morale af

relations between the two

..

ality and attention to detall Ed-other cities, Shirley acts" and his death ray in the early days off Reuter) that the two Governments taking. the keenest interest in the those who were still hanging on.

the war. He made experiments at must now devote unremitting at Italo-Ethiopian quarrel. Its atti- the Danish Navy Station in the tention to the preparation of the tude appears to be strictly neutral silver and America, made further The supporting cast is made up

The market was flooded with of Rosemary Ames, Joel McCrea, years 1914-16. A certificate on the League

Council meeting

Very few arms are finding their reductions to 29d. On Wednesday Lyle Talbot, Erin O'Brien-Moore tests, issued by the Army Technical September 4 at Geneva

way into Ethiopia from Hargeisa. alone it is calculated that the Jack Donohue, Poodles Hanneford, Department, is also stated to be tri

To that end they will keep in despite the fact that a good road American authorities had to take Gus Van. Margaret Armstrong, existence.

the closest touch through diploma-exists between Berbera, the Bri 25,000,000 ounces of the metal. Rita Owin, Leonard Carey. J.

t'c channels

tish Somaliland port, and the Rather than risk a collapse, the Farrell Macdonald and Baxley.

STAR THREATENED

WITH DEATH

עיו

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Aug. 21.

Jack

QUEEN OF HOLLAND AT A HIGHLAND GATHERING.

“ABSOLUTELY CORRECT"

Mr. Eden alan received B. Tecle Hawariat, the Ethiopian Minister. at the British Embassy, and ex- plained to him in detail what had taken place at the tripartite con ference 'phone talks by Ministers. M. Hawariat afterwards said, "Bri- tain's attitude has been absolutely correct."

Sir Samuel Hoare, the Foreign Secretary, was in telephonic touch with Mr. Baldwin, who is on holl

Threats of death received by cesses, including "Hell's Angels," Miss Thelma Todd, blonde-haired and her more recent pictures In- star of American

and British clude "Cheating Blondes" and alma, led to a raid by "G-men" "Counsellor-at-Law." She visited

(Special Air Mail Service) in New York (reported Reuter Scotland a year or so 280. yesterday). A man has been ar-

London, Aug. 21 Recently she obtained a finai The rested.

Queen of Holland

and divorce decree in Los Angeley Princess Juliana, who are staying He is Harry Schtmansky, a New from her husband, Mr. Pasquale at St. Fillans, Perthshire, were York apartment house commisdi Cico, against whom she alleged members of a party taken by the slonaire, who has been charged "disillusionment, incompatibility, Duke of Atholl and the Duchess day at Aix-les-Bains, and with Mr. with attempted, extortion of 4000 and extreme cruelty." from Misa Todd.

Thelma Todd's film career begatt after being elected "Miss Mass achusetts" in a State competition She appeared in many suc-

“G-men" are Federal police officers who have had remarkable success recently in dealing with gangsters, many of whom they had to shoot dead,

of Atholl, M.P., to the Crieff high- MacDonald, who, as Lord Pre- land gathering on Saturday. The dent of the Counell, is the acting Queen appeared to be particularly Prime Minister during Mr. Bald Interested in such feats as throwwin absence ing the hammer, putting the stone, and tossing the caber,

ALHAMBRA

TRENTRE

TO-DAY at 2:30, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. WA. Cantonese Talking Picture

·

HEUNG-HA-LO YAU FOW"

Fart 171

with Mrs. SIT KOT SIN and Mr. LIU MONG KOK NEXT, CHANGZ

frontier, in striking contrast to the London hullion brokers twice de CARL BRISSON road, from the Ethiopian side of layed the market until business the frontier inland.

hours in Americk in order that "UNJUSTIFIED "AGGRESSION"

the American authorities should Colonel D.. Reitz, South African see what selling pressure had to be Minister of Agriculture, in an in-faced, and make their decisions on terview with Renter in Cape Town the price level. yesterday on his return from Lon- don, declared

Where It is all going to lead to

pity, because it is going to upset ally riding, towards the requisite My own feeling is that it is a Amencan Mock it silver la granu-

to say,

relators between black and white ballon or so ounces, but for the throughout the world. This un- meantime, that part of the plan Justified agression by whits which aimed at the raising of the against black must leave its mark price of silver and the purchasing "Mussolint cann race his power of the East is in abeyance. Poss bly China's protest to Ameri-

the silver buying was des

@economies halanes, has

steps. He is bound and will

According to a despatch to the Ababa, bút "New York Times" (quoted by blems will b

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Romance

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