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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

LADDIE

Lato's most beautiful theme, the love of a girl for a boy, and his battle against all opposition ta win her heart, is treated with ex quisite taste and syınpathatje un- iberstanding, in RKO Radio's "Laddie," while the powertal drama of the Gene" Stratto)- Porter classic novel is laid upon the screen in as telling a fashion as charges torized "Little Women" by the

proilucers. The pictur sinrts its run of Friday at the King's Theatre.

KALITIO

In simple, yet most effective ause the picture bares the hearts f the two whose romance is a high light of the dramatic tale, and with

hold, vigorous, mashing strokes "paints the unfolding bat that accompanies the youth's struggle for h's heart's desire

As production, John Beal, recently seen as the brilliant per Former opposite Katherine Hep- burn in The Little Minister," be- Acomes the romantic lead himself.

Glori Stuart playa the "Princess," and this favourite tress is said to turn in her Elm performance to date.

HIS GREATEST GAMBLE

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No matter what Richard Dix undertakes, he consistently delivers a sterling portrayal. Hu newest effort as the parental participant

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[ touching dad and daughter love in "H's Greatest Gamble" is entertaining and intelligent, mak- tug for splendid screen are. "His Greatest Camble" an RKO-Radio Picture which opens at the Queen's "Theatre day, offers Dix in a rule which depicts a father's turn to the right for his young laughler's sake, Sacrificing his life, also has liberty, and love „tå achieve his gin "he

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1935.

GOLD DIGGERS" OF 1935

ONDITIONED - THEATRE- TO-DAY ONLY at 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.

Janet

It has been two years in the making, but if the advance re- ports prove true, the Fira Na- tional Picture "Gold Diggers Or 1935, which the popular manager Mr. J. E, Noronha of the Queen's, has booked for the Queen's Theatre for this week end, com- mending on Saturday, will prove th have been well worth wa'ting for.

Busby Kerkeley, the director who was responsible for the spec- tacles in 42nd Street," "Wonder Bar," "Gold Diggers of "Footlight

1933," Parade" and other musicals, says that in "Gold Diggers of 1933" he has created the most gorgeous and unique dance numbers of his career. In the cast are Dick Powell, Adolphe Menfou. Glar'a Stuart. Alice Brady

Glenda Farrell,

Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert, Joseph Cawthorn. Dorothy Dare and Winifred Shaw There are three remarkable song numbers written by Harry Warrond and Al Dubin.

SILK HAT KID

A dangerous" romance packed with thrilling drums is how cust previewers describest Fox Film's

Silk Rat hul which is due at. the Alliambra to-day,

GAYNOR

Warner

BAXTER ONE MORE SPRING

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ACTURE WHE

WALTER KING JANE DARWELL ROGER IMHOF

GRANT MITCHELL

United

IN ROMANCE again

"LADDIE"

RXO

-BORROW with „JOHN BEAL-OLORIA STUART BADIO.

FLAG LIST CHANGES

Sir Eric Fullerton Promoted

Special Air Mall Service)

London, Sept. 6. The Admiralty announce

that

Lew Ayres portrays the part of a bodyguard to Paul Kelly, owner of a enfe, which is located in the perilous slums of a big city. He the following retirements and pro- ments whit falls in love with his motions have been approved?— (employer's

Admiral Sir Cyril T. M. Fuller, girl friend. BE Clarke, and an intense rivalry | K.C.3., C.M.G., D.§.Q., is placed on results, which reaches the dun the retired list to date August 31. gerous stage when both men are In consequence:-

the point of gun play. Here the story Lakes a novel twist and

al

Eric Vice-Admiral Sir

J.

A

QUEEN'S

EVA THEATRE-

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

FOUR EXPERTS

To Unpack Chinese Treasures

(Special Air Mal Service)

London, Sept. 6. Ninety-three stee. Cuests con- taining Chinese art treasures have now been standing for some time at Burlington House, and nobody dares touch them.

They contain the exhibits. For

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were

the Chinese exhibitiga, which will begin in November. They packed in Shanghai by four Chin- ese experts, and they will be un- packed by the same experts. Un-

the

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

A ROMAN; OVA GÁBO

RETURNS!

Halit his ciger the stars, th theater's

"One More Spring" QUEEN'S:

"His Greatest-Gamble"

UKIENTAL:

"Gambling Lady"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Silk Hat Kid"

MAJESTIC:-

"West of The Pecos"

LADY HAIG

- Coming

Sued By Fellow Trustees

(speciij Air MERU DOTVICE)

London, Sept.

An action seeking to hold up pubucation of a book by Lady Halg was brought bet3re Lord Carmont yesterday in he Petition Department of the Court of Session. The petition is at the instance of two of the three trustees of the late Earl Haig, the third being Lady Haig The book, which is due title "The Man I Knew," is, the

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to be

impeded by brings the film to an altogether Fullerton, K.C.B., D.S.O., MA., is then they remain under guard. released on September 6 under the

and dramatic conclusion,

Mae Clarke is an ideal choice.

for the rule of the school teacher

who

the Почесне

centre of the

a fifteen-year prison sentence:

Under his divorced' wife's tutel- age, the daughter developes into a spineless debutante who allows her mother, even to shapenhor love battle between the two inen entirely life. The father breaks his prison used, to getting, what they want. bars to come to his daughter's aid.

Her romance with Lew Ayres is The nine-year-old Edith Fellows

one of the most thrilling.ever, seen ennete the role of Dixson the screen and has been acclaim. daughter as a child is excel heart. ed everywhere

who

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TO-MORROW

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FRANCIS

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BRITISH AGENT

Summer Prices Matinees 20 ́cts.-30 cts.Evenings 20 ets.-35 ets.-56-ets-.

ONE MORE SPRING

As hauntingly tender a love story as ever graced the screen, in the meniory of this reviewer," is "One More Spring," "showing to- day at the King's Theatre.

"As the stars, Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter leave nothing to

be desired in this brilliantly

Nathan best-seller which created a furore when published.

CRIMSON ROMANCE

ing until formalities are over be-

KING'S:-

"Laddie"

QUEEN'S:-

"Gold Diggers of 1935" ORIENTAL-

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IN

RICHARD DIX

"WEST OF

THE PECOS"

FRANCE'S DILEMMA

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(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 6, France is in a most unenvis.e dilemma, for whatever she do-s whether she supports this country in its resolve to

out, the carry terms of the Covenant in Geneva or not, either course wil: shift the foundations of French foreign po- licy. The French press has from London, Sept. 6. time to time suggested, that if this promoted to Admiral (August 31).

Lleutenant-Commander C. Now the experts have arrived.

Wynne-Edwards to Dryad (N.), ery, of the Covenant must be used J. country decides that the machin- Rear-Admiral Sidney R. Balley. They are Mr. Niu, Mr. Na. Mr. C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. is promoted to Sung and Mr. Fu. They are wait-petitioners allege, an infringment September 18.

to defend the Independence of Vice-Admiral (August 31).

of their copyright in Lord Hale's Leutenants A. W. Goldsmith to Abyssinia and that if France in Captain James S. M. Ritchie.fore they attack the chests.

diaries.

Osprey, September 8; T. N, Master- such a case follows the British A.D.C., R.N., is promoted to Rear-

Mr. J. B. Paton, EC, for the man to Leander (N.), September lead, then, when Austrian inde- "What they do," said Mr. Ta18. petitioners, said that the late Earl 17; B. T. Turner to Arethusa (S.) pendence is menaced and France Admiral (August 31) and placed on the retired list (September 19.

Secretary of the Exhibition Com-Halg had kept a personal diary as Flag Leutenant to Rear-Admir-in her turn decides to invoke the missioner, "is to pack a plece. of Captain Robert H. Turner, D.S.O. porcelain-a fairy heavy plece during his Ufetime, and at his G. H. D. O'Lyon and as Squad- Covenant, Great Britain must foll A.D.C., R.N., is promoted to Rear then throw the package from them death had left disrics of a very ron's and W./T. Officer un transfer low the French lead. in Admiral (September 1).

voluminous twenty or thirty feet. It,never

character,. together of dag.

words, what is sauce for the Abys breaks, but they like to be sure.

with original letters and docu- Sub-Lieutenant C. T. Davies to sinlar goose is sauce for the Aus- "First of all cotton' woo, thenments relating to points referred Dolphin, August 31, pasteboard, then wood, then steel to in the diaries.

that is the way of packing. Mr. Kuo. of the Palace Museum. Is the great authority. He looked up the best methods in ancient manu- scripts."

Vice Admiral S. R. Bailey is to be reappointed In command of the Battle Cruiser Squadron on pro- motion.

OFFICERS' CAREERS

Our Naval Correspondent writes Admiral Fuller retires on the ex- piration of three years' non-service since he relinquished the post of Second Sea Lord, on August 31, 1932. He is 61, and has been 48 years in the Navy. During the War he was Senior Naval Officer in the operations for the conquest of Togoland and the Cameroons, West Africa: he commanded the tattle cruiser Repulse in the Grand Fleet; and, was Director of the Plans Division, Admiralty. In 1918 and at the Peace Conference, Among his post-War appointments have been those of Chief of Staff,

Atlantic Fleet; Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiralty: Third Sea Lord of the Admiralty: Rear- Admiral Commanding the Battle Cruiser Squadron; and Comman- der-in-Chief. America and West Indies.

WORTH £10,000,000

This was responsible' work. The objects packed have been valued at £10,000.000. No one would in sure them.

think f

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Paymaster Midshipmen

Acting Warrant Shipwright F. S. Cocking to Queen Elizabeth on re-

commissioning, September 12.

other

trian gander. The argument is perfectly sound-as an argument. By the sixth purpose his Landop to Victory, September 4,But it is not a proper bass for settlement Earl Halg authorised his and A. M. Nagle to Victory, Sep. any sort of bargain.

There can trustees to publish the diaries and tember 4,

be no question a defending Aus- any other writings or papers he Gunners

trian independence "because Abys- (T.) R. A. Cook to sintan independence has been de might leave at such time or times Sabre, August 31; J. M. Lloyd to fended. but only of carrying out as they in their discretion might Lucia and W. J. M'Nally to Titania, the terms of the Coverant in both

both to date August 28.

cases or neither. It is not only the fate of Abyssinia that will 'be decided in Geneva but the fate of the Covenant also. I the Coven. ant can be used to avert or step. 1, however, know nothing Οι packing," said Mr. Tang. "I am

Burgeon Lieutenant-Commander a war of aggression in Africa then a secretary. I am interested to cation to the trustees for permis-moted te

In 1931 Lady. Haig made uppli-W. G. C. Fitzpatrick, L.F.C.P., pro- the Covenant is a reality. And if"

Surgeon Commander. It is a reality in Africa, it is a reality in Europe a so (which is sion to use the earlier diaries in with seniority of January 1, 1935. bronze, and silk and jade and connection with a book which she

..Donald Alexanda Watson and not saying that it will operate in paintings and porcelain and some projected writing, and a limited Oswald Raymond Barr, entered exactly the same manner in both furniture. ⠀

consent was given.

as Probationary Sub-Lieutenants: cases, for the menace to Austrian "The British Navy," added" Mr. In September, 1934, the majority Charles William Leadbetter and independence may take Tang, who traveled on board of the trustees learned that Lady Leslie Edney Blackmore, entered different form from the menace to

£5 treasures, Haig was proposing to publish a Probationary 'Acting MS. Suffolk with the

Sub-Abyssinian independence and may handling).

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know the British opinion upon Chinese art. We have

brought

"The ships go fast, I knew. But. then-they stop and wait and walt in one place. I am rather tired of walfing"

CUSTODY DIRECTIONS Until such publication the diaries and other writings

and papers were to remain in the custody of Lady Hal

PROMOTIONS

E very

And, the Covenant is unreal in Africa it is unreat in Europe. It ROYAL NAVAL BESERVE

will be whatever France wishes. Commander B A. Moore, R.D..I she wishes it to be real she placed on retired list (age), with can make it so at Geneva. rank of Captain, August. 23.

"is very charming, but not so life of her husband and that she Lieutenants-all to date Septem-require very different quick as a commercial steamer. proposed to make use of the diaries ber 1.

for that purpose. There was a long correspondence and « much) negotiation, and ultimately Lady Haig agreed to refrain from in- The son of the late Admiral str John Fullerton, Sir Eric Fullerton Niu, Mr. Na, Mr. Sung and Mr. Fu diaries, but reiterated her destre As to the whereabouts of Mr. fringing the trustees' rights in the was Commander of the RN. Col- he was not certain. They had that the diaries as a whole should lege, Osborne, before the War. At only just arrived. "I doubt said be published. the outbreak of the War he com- Mr. Tang, "whether they have yet manded monitors off the Belgian managed to unpack.” coast. Promoted captain at the end of 1914, he was in charge of

the operations when the German

commanded the

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SAW ANNOUNCEMENT

ROYAL MARINES

Major M. H. Collet, MC, to Effingham, Captain. H. Lumley to Victory; Lieutenant R. G. Mascall to Sussex; Probationary Lieuten This year the petitioners saw ants B, Cufford to Renown, G. 8. the public press an announcement Pitts to Rodney, and H. G. Hasler of a book, "The Man I Knew," by to Queen Elizabeth; Bandmaster from Warrant Officer) H Righ,

cruiser Konigsberg was destroyed Iron Duke, Grand Fleet. He also Lady Halg. It was obvious The character of "Bob Wilson" in East Africa, and in 1916-18 he served in the Plans and Anti-the announcement that she was LRAN, to Queen Elizabeth-a

purrayed by Ben Lyon in

Orion, Grand Submarine. Divisions, Admiralty, going to make use of the diaries to date August 31. L Pictures production,

Fleet. Since the War he has been In 1925-28 he commanded the New which had been committed to her "Crimson Romance," showing at

in charge of junior naval officers | Zealand cruisers Diomede and care. A correspondence ensued the Alhambra Sunday, is studying at Cambridge; Captain of Dunedin, and in 1928-31 was Naval and ultimately a copy of the book placed in a most unusual dramatic the Fleet on the Atlantic Fleet Attaché at Washington. Admirnitý came into the trustees' hands,

official history of the war. That The predicament.

reader is Staff; Commodore of Chatham service followed * 28 Director of invited to put himself in the same

In their petition the trustees was a personal loan to him, ana Barracks: Naval Secretary to the Training and Stan Duties, and for made a very clear averment that the condition was that the General executed version of the Robert Pd figure out what he First Lord; Commander-in-Chief the past two years he has in the book there was substantial was allowed to make a carbon

aviator who has voluntarily joined der-in-Chief at Plymouth. He was Furious. would do. Lyon plays an American in the East Indies; and Comman-commanded the aircraft-carrier infringement of their copyright in copy of the fair copy, but these the German Air Forces before the promoted to flag rank in May. 1926,

the diaries. More than 50 per copies were not to pass out of his United States entered the war.

Rear-Admiral Tamer relinquish-cent, of the book was taken up personal control News comes that the United States and vice-admiral December, ed command in April of the cruiser with the war and what followed. In this case, said counsel, they Leander, and on September, 13 is and it it parts of the diaries were were solely concerned with the Vice-Admiral Balley gained early to become Admiral-Superintendent abridged and paraphrased.

question of copyright; and he 'ud- boy remains with the German air promotion by meritorious specialist of Portsmouth Dockyard. He wil

nitted that the copyright was in It seemed that Earl Haig was an force, he will be forted to fight service to the gunnery branch, and be 50 years of age on October 13. against his own countrymen and became a rear-admiral in Febru-Rear-Admiral Turner was decorate his early youth wrote a diary every write a biography of her husband.

the inveterate diary writer, and from

trustees, Nobody disputed also be in the position of a traitor, ary, 1931, at the age of 48. In theen for his fine services in command

||that Ludy Halg was: entitled to he refuses to fight or fly, he is war he was executive officer of the of submarines in the War. Most day. He wrote with a carbon The only question was whether in riolating his oath to the German Bran and, in 1916-19, flag comman of his post-War service has been copy, with the result that the

They belong together as a per- fect team of screen lovers. It was

a rare treat to follow these stars through the intricacies of This

intimate, tale of a girl and two

men, forced by circumstances to dwell for the space of a winter in the narrow 'confines of a park toolhouse.

Amid the hard knocks that

joined the Allies. If the American has declared war on Germany and 1930.

Army and will he courtmarvinled

in

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the course of writing

that bio-

come with having no money, and be do? The solution is shown in with whom he was later Naval 1920-31 he was Deputy Director of

and undoubtedly shot. What should der on the staff of Admiral Beatty in connection with these craft. Indiary was in duplicate. He sent graphy she had infringed certai

the top copy home to his wife no prospects of work, this trio, the film, and is both unusual and Assistant in the office of First Sea the Operations Division, and Lady Halg typed out her coples chapter, which had to do with the and kept the book to himself. rights which were in the trustees. Mr. Paton challenged only one Lord. He commanded the Renown 1932 attended the Imperial De-at home, and when Earl Haig re in 1927-29, was Assistant Chief offence College. Naval Staff in 1933-34, and became commander of the Battle Cruiser

recruited with an odd - assort- ment of human jetsam, acquire the gift of courage, and the sense of, the deep abiding quailties which give value and beauty to living.

In the cast are Walter King Jane Darwell, Roger Imhog. Grant Mitchell, Rosemary Ames, John Qualen, Nick Foran, and the comic. Stepin "Fetchit

exciting.

Only Two Bears

Squadron in August, 1934.

Bad-Admiral Ritchie is a New

Last Word

And then came the little Buddy Baer and said "There is a big Zealand officer, He is 51, and has "I don't know how you have the Irishman sitting in that corner," been in the Navy since 1898. As nerve to call yourself a lady's. and so he assassinated. him, and I Heutenant he specialized in gum-mald}"

Great War.

turned they went over the book

In conclusion, counsel said that, together and other papers that seemed relevant at the time. They he submitted that interdict was assuming there was infringement, made a fair copy of the day-to- not the proper remedy in the cir- day diary,

LENT TO GENERAL cumstances of this case.

Lord Carmont reserved ̈ ̈judg- The Feld-Marshal lent that copy nient, and said he would take as

can't tell you, any more dears, be-nery, and was gunnery officer dur "I don't now, mum. Not since I to a General who was entrusted short a time as he possibly could in cause there are only two Baers. ing the War of the St. Vincent and got this Jób.”-

by the War Office to write the disposing of the petition.

ALHAMBRA

TRENTHE

TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 0.80p.m

H

THRILLING DRAMA DANGEROUS ROMANCE

SILK HAT KID

FOX Pierre with

LEW AYRES CLARKE

EFI KELLY

VILLIAM HARHIBAN

·BILLY LEE

Directed H. Bemor Humberstone

WITH SELECTED SHORTS

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