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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

CASINO DE PARIS

Nearly all screeù musicals have Que song when is outstanding, but when more than una scures a nit, it the same production, its more than likely that Harry Warren and Al Dubin are the song writers.

CAR 99

The exploits and adventures o

of the Michigan State Police, most inious of the nation's crime hunt- ng forces is the subject of "Car 90," the Paramount

picture scheduled to open at the acco's Theatre xoo21, with Fred Mac Murray, Sir Guy Standing and Ann Sheridan heading the cast. Packed with thrills and mile-a- minute action, this is a colourful and authentic pieur of what these pete-time saldiers must uncounter ah performance of their ar duous and often dangýřous duty, The stern sense of loyalty and dvariou which this torre in- leates in its men is revealed in the career of Fred Maclurray who filnys rekin trouper. Urged by

In the First National pieture, "Casino de Paris" booked to be screened at the Queen's Theatre at an early date, with Al Jolsou-and Ruby Keeler heading the all star cast, there are severi' soughits. The two big Holi Conolly danes numbers in the picture centre around “A Lasin trofa Manhatten and “About A Quarter to Nine" bosh of which are 'sung by iuby an At Then there's the heart ruling torch 45. The little things you used to do sung by Helen Morgan in her plaintive way, Al Jolson, acknowledged the greatest "Mantan girl he loves, he joins the fores my song"" singer of all times, in-

and soon distinguishes himself by trodues & new style manimy wong bravery in the apprehension of by the title of "Maminy, I'll sing criminals. about You'

There's nothing old fashioned, really, about the song "Have an Old-Fashioned Cocktail With an Old-fashioned Girl," the way Ruby Keeler sings and dances to it.

"Casino De Paris" is the title song of the New York night club that Jolson owns in the film and ho sings this theme song a new

vive.

SHOWS

1.30–19

į

11

Throughout the stirring epislides or "Car 00" there is a pleasing note of humour, principally car ried by the extremely capable and jovial William Frawley trouper lieutenant. Adapted from the series of short stories by Karl tue Saturday Evening Post, the icture was directed by Charley ur parvaddy Ajuu ya $202J»(! Barton..

TAKE ANY TRAM OR PUPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

2 MORE TO-DAY & TO-MORRO

DAYS

SEE SHIRLEY TEMPLE

IN THE GREATEST PICTURE OF HER CAREE

FREE

„FLEMING

ROAD

Lon

TEL. 22473

An actual photograph of Shirley Temple FREE

presented to each patron.

CHILDREN BRING YOUR PARENTS.

Shirley

TEMPLE

Lionel

BARRYMORE

The LITTLE COLONEL

A B C DeSylva. Production

EVELYN VENABLE JOHN LODGE and BILL ROBINSON

Prices Matinees 20-30 e. Evenings 20 c-30 c.-50 c.—70 e.

LILIES OF THE FIELD

Judy Gunn has been doing startling things all her short fe.

A fourteen she was the youngest of all the pup's at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,

At seventeen she was leading lady to Bobby Howes, one of the greatest of

dians.

POPULARITY CHART

(Special A Mail Service

London, Sept. 25

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

LAST TWO-DAYS at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15.& 9.30 P.M.

The bathed in Rome and twed 500 pages, to And her Fust have all the very hour!

MERIAN C COOPER

recale in mighly spectacle M. Ruds- Haggard's weird, wandrews story of the senten who lepened the secret us conr tinued youthit Sa wicked that a kingdom quelled befarm her! So human that a „Louch of love hanzformat hart

SHE

Wondrous

to Behold!

FABULOUSLY PRODUCED with a cast of $,000 including HELEN GANAGAN, RANDOLPH SCOTT, HELEN MACK, NIGEL JAUCE

Marketal and harmony C. Makkar

WEDNESDAY

PEA INDIA JUPI

WINIFRED SHOTZER – ELLIS JEFFREYS »

IN LILIES OF THE FIELD"

THE ALHAMBRA

Orchids To You

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935.

QUEEN'S

THEATRE EN SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 £ 9.30 P.M. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY LIVES AGAIN IN THE SCREEN'S MIGHTIEST SPECTACLE!

NOTE - Owing to the Length of the Feature the Performances will start promptly onima?

"SHE"..

Excellent Fare

The long-awaited KKO-Radi

One Di the most ariusua romantic crammas ever to come out ¦ production, "She", opened its Sea of Hollywood" was the way a pre-son at the King's Theatre on Sa viewer described "Orchids to You," turday and the unanimous op the current attraction at the ion of all those who saw the ple Alhambra Theatre, and when I ture was that it was indeed worth went across the harbour to see it waiting for. yesterday, I found myself in en- tire agreement with the previewer in question.

FIREWALKING

Oung Indian’s

Display

London, Sept. 25.

A demonstration of firewalking, which is still practised by natives

TO-DAY AT THE

"

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"She" QUEEN'S :-

"The Crusades”

ORIENTAL:-

"The Little Colonel"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Orchids To You'

MAJESTIC:

"Mark of The Vampire"

KING'S :-

Coming

%

"Lilles of The Field" QUEEN'S:--

4

"Wings In The Dark" ALHAMBRA:-

"Father Brown, Detective"

HAJI'S NINE SONS

Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 25. The Haji of Turangan, agains: hom Brigadier Accoinlect

large-scale

opera.

And

nallst in India can remember the As far back as the oldest jour-

Hajf his nine sons (all of whom are called Badshah Ghul) the Fakir of Alingar have figured prominently in tribal disturbances. This has gone on for so long chu doubts have been cast u.. their very existence.

religious ceremonies in India and elsewhere, provided an unusual "She" finds its appeal in tne; and exciting spectacle in the gar- carrying out fact that though it is based on den of a private house here this clons. is almost a legendary figure fantastic theory it is able to en afternoon. The firewalking was on the North-west Frontier. The leading roles in the film gender a sence of reality in spec- done by a young Indian, Kuda are taken by John Boles and Jean tators The Kingdom of Kor may Bux, in the presence of members Muir while that ever-popular never have existed save in the of the University of London Coun- Char.cs Butterworth also has an Haggard genius but on the screen cil for Psychical Research and important part-in fact some may its existence is visible in spectacther scfentifc observers. even hold that he "stoic" the aimcular proportions. The verisimi which is a great compliment when tude of the production is really It is remembered that

the two startling, and, reviving as it does "Leads" are such capable players.

the spectacle picture, it may be John Boles who plays the role

that "She" wili inaugurate a new of 2 clever society lawyer gives a good performance He works cycle of great magnitude n'ms.

Featured with Miss Gahaga '. his hardest to oust a pretty girl

whose attractiveness is admirably florist from ber prosperous bust-suited to the title role, are Ran- done in India by priests, fakirs, | ness and the way in which he first wounds her and then her is recommended. ALS 盘 thoroughly sound "post-graduate course in ore."

dolph Scott, He'en Mack, Nige: wins Bruce.

Samuel Hinds, Lumsden Hare. Noble Johnson, Gustav Von Seyfertitz and a horde of extras and bit players."

"Orchids to You," is good eater- talament and as there

are two very acceptable "shorts" preceding the feature film, the current fare offered by the Alhambra ja ̈recom- mended.-F. M. A. -

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FOLK SONGS ‘OVER THE RADIO

(Special to "Hong Kong Dally, Fress")

(ly Telegraph. Copyright, Tele One of the devic: of the Ameri-graphic Messages Ordinance 1804 can, Democratic organiser for judeceived, October 13, 1.89 a.m.) cing the President's popularity is graph which professes to record

United States.

Britain's light-come-"ewspaper bias" throughout the

Now, aged nineteen. she beg.n

Berlin, October 12, The greatest broadcasting trans- mission.. ever attempted will be made on Sunday, October 27, when

CLAN CHIEF DIES IN CANADA

(Special Air Mati Servicz)

London, Sept. 25.

A descendant of Robert the Bruce, Mr. John de Lotbiniere Macdonald, 22nd Chief of the Mac- donalds of Keppoch, has died in Montreal at the age of 77.

Mr. Macdonald had lived most of

Fe

Firewalking, in the countries where it may still be seen, is asso dated with varying degrees of re- ligious fervour and ritual, but its essential feature consists in walk- ing barefoot, with immunity from burning, over the glowing embers of a fire in a long trench. It is

No answer to these

[ht

SYMBOLIC FIGURES "What Is the Fakir people have often asked.

Is he short or tall? Bald 门: Quiry? And tre n.ce Badshah and other ascetics; and the prac- tice is also known in Bulgaria,

Ghuis? New Zealand, Japan, Fuji, Tahiti,

questions been forthcoming 0 Trinidad, Mauritius, and Honolulu has ever Some people who have witnessed that the Fakir, the Hall and his it as was indicated in a corre-

oine identically named sans have spondence in "The Times" 12stume to be symbole figures, Im year incline to the belief that mortal trouble-makers, rather like natives who walk about without the late T. E Lawrence in the any foot covering acquire a Imagination of romantic wise:

toughening of the soles of the fees dcres.

which explains the immunity "from Kince as deposition Amanulláh injury in fireworking. Others who has played a somewhat similar have investigated the subject do rote not share this view.

SIMLA TALK

FIRE FATTH

in connection with these latest To-day's demonstration enable a trontier disturbances, for instance. number of critically minded people = certain type of person in Simla to make their own observations. raps his nose, looks knowing, ano

to

OV

his life in Canada, and had dis-Kuda Buz, who submitted himself suggests nat the ex-King i tinguished family tree on both his Mohamedan, 30 years of age and Mussolini to iunient them.

examination. is & Kashmiri Arghanistan nas been financed by Father's and mother's side. was a grandson of the late John said that the first practised fire-financing on his hands at the weighing about B stone. He Mussolini has a good deal ot Macdonald of Garth, last surviving

walking in India when he was 14 moment. and Amauullah is partner of the old historic North-years old. He asserted his ability auseredited that his possiblities in West Fur Company,

to perform the hrewalking cere- the mony on the strength of his faith disturbances

way of lamenting frontier

and he did it twice without re- that the fire would not harm nim

are very small in

celving any injury which could be detected,

ner attack on the fim word with showing the Presidents personal approximately 400 radio stations Lord of Lochaber, third son of

an important part in "Lilies of the Feld," the new British and Dominions comedy which is at the King's Theatre on Wednesday. She plays twin sister to Winifred Shotter, who stars in the film.

This new screen personality was born In Burton-on-Trent when sho played in local dramatic sbows before being sent to the Academy of Dramatic Art,

Repertory work followed with 1 B contract from Leslie Henson. She made her London debut in a small part in "Busi- ness from America" and caused one enthusiastic reviewer to com- pare her with Diana Wynyard!

and

It also cuused Bobby Howes to ofter her the lead opposite him in "He Wanted Adventure,” at the Saville. The part called for ten- | cing and singing and although July had never done these things before in a stage performance she rose to the occasion and made a great succeSS

The graph has two curves, one

popularity, and the other the po-

in 31 countries will relay a new pularity of his Administration.

type of concert entitled "Youth Last November the "personal" Sings Over the Frontier."

70 per cent

curve showed that

L

of American newspaper opinion was favourable to the Frestdent. It remained at this gure untfi

March.

Since that date It has fallen considerably, reaching a lowest level c 21 on April 30 after his radio "Oreside; talk." It is now wobbling between 40 and 60.

Previously always much higher than the administration popula- rity line. It is now on the same mark.

AIRPORT

The programme will consist of folk songs, rendered by choirs of children and students, and which will reflect the national charac-

teristics and extural traditions of each country.

The concert will be opened by a transmission from Berlin of two songs performed by the radio group of Hitler Youth- Transocean Kun mem

...

POPULAR NOVELIST

(Special Air Mail Service:

London, Sept. 25.

come

The house of Keppoch descends from Alastair Carrach of the Isles, 'John, Lord of the Isles, and of the Princess Margaret of Scotland. daughter of Robert II. and grand- daughter of Robert Bruce.

INTENSE HEAT

deed.

Kuda Bux was invited to do the The Brewus contained in two Arewalk a third time and to walk the house, which had continued trenches being 8ft. Wide and in one of which was at the end of the In 1889 the younger branch of trenchies about 12ft long, both the full length of both trenches the line of chiefs of Keppoch, be- deep. The materiais used in pre-other with a narrow division be- came extinct in the male line, and paring the fire included seven tons tween-but, he asked to be ex- after 300 years the chieftamship of uak logs, a ton of firewood, a

cused. He appeared to have be- returned to the Achnancoicheans, load of forest-burnt oak charcoal, come mentally and emotionally the eldest branch of the Keppochs, and 18 galons of parafin. When sisturbed by the scientific tests of which 'Mr,, Macdonald was the

the demonstration was given the and apparatus and by the critical representative.

Are trenches had been burning for curiosity, of the audience. His own about eight hours and the char-explanation was that "the faith" coal, which had been put on the had gone out of him.

LOUDEST RADIO STATION

top. was fanned by a high wind to intense heat. The surface beat was measured by an instrument Was stated to be 800deg. Fahrenheit.

and

די

PAINFUL ATTEMPTS

Attempts to walk the tire bare footed were made by two other (Special Aur Mall Service:

young men present, and both ot London, Sept 25.

them took only a couple of steps Soviet Russia, with one eye ou

Bare-footed, xuda Bux walkea along the hot embers before' lump- Hitler's use of the microphone for these 12ft. ure trenches, his feet ably scorched and blistered. One twice along the length of one of Ing off with their feet consider- Spécial Air Mail Service)

Since James Hilton's Good-bye, propaganda purposes, is going in making contact with the burning of those who made the attempt London, Bept. 2b. Mr. Chips,” was made the "Even- j strongly for "radio armaments,”

embers for some nve seconds each | was Mr Digby Moynagh, editor of The Air Ministry" has decided Ing Standard" Bock of the Month. Work is almost complete on the time. After both walks his feet St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journ- to give official recognition to the year ago the author's popula-Chadinka station, and shortly were examined by Professor Pan-al word "airport" to express. in arity has risen in a startling tag will begin broadcasting. When it net, Director of the Surgical Unit single word, the type, of air base filon.

does what it cares to say will be at St. Mary's Hospital, who found seen the ceremony of frewalking A medical man present, who has FANCY DRESS DANCE

at which Customs facilities are He tells me that his "fan", mail

heard of round the globe.

no scorching or other trace of in a practised in villages in Routh available and which can be used now numbers well over 200 letters will be the loudest-voiced radio jury. Under the arch of Kuda ern India, expressed the opinion Madame Tottis Gordon is ar-tor Immigration clearances. All a month. Most of them

station in the world. To give you Bux's right foot Professor Pannet that the test was made under un ranging an opening Musicals in other such places may not use from America.

an idea how loud-London Region- has previously placed a piece of usually severe conditions which conjunction with the newly-formed | any other designation than air-

al is 50-kilowatts; Chadinka will be court plaster, and ever that was would have deterred most fre- younger sot, and plain and fancy aromes.

Mr. Hilton is about to leave for

2500 kilowatts, ross dance, at the new "Link"

not scorched. The recorded tem- walkera. "The trench." he said. room 14 Hart Avenue, on Satur

The word "airport" came from Hollywood, in order to supervise

.I. will be capable of prosa-perature of the man's feet im-is shallower than is customary "MI. America, where it has long been the making of films of

casting on play, November the 2nd. at 9p.m,

all wavebanda, and mediately he had passed over the and with the high wind increas used to describe many types ai Chips" and "The Lost Horizon"...

when it does it will totally black-fire was the same as before he ing the surface combustion and Each person will represent either

the novel which won him the

out the transmissions of a dozen started. a character from Grand and light airdromes and landing grounds.

blowing away all the ash the heat Opera, a Composer, a song, or

Most of pur municipal sanding Hawthornden Prize,

stations each side of the waveband Kuda Buz declared that he was is far more intense and is trans- He has

been. embarrassed piece of Music, and a prize will be grounds are elevated to the digni-

by it thinks at to se

not conscious, of the heat as hemitted without any Insulation. given under the auspices of the ty of airports as soon as they can endless requests, to lecture, while It will broadcast in 20 languaxes, walked over the are, although the The test was too severe, and al- Hongkong Australia music. Link, show they have sufficient air the State.

and will be heard on the simplest appeared to be as susceptible to though Kuda Bux boldly did the and the Musical Culture, and trame of a serious commercial "Mr. Chips" ha now been trans- set in any part of the world. to the heat as other persons when walk twice he eventually seemed Grand Opera circle.

expense of lated in almost every language engure that it will be directed with standing near to It Professor to realize that under the condi- Further particulars may be obtype to warrant the

officer have Rumanian I

utmost efficiency it will be under Pannet was of opinion that there tions it was physically impossible maintaining a Customs tained and invitation tickets reserved from Madame Lottle Gor-permanently; or if they have a Rumania considers this sentie the control of Dimitron, who was no unusual toughness or for him to do the firewalking pro- don, the Organizing Secretary, 14 seaport Customs officers who can story of an English schoolmaster figured, prominently in the Reich thickening of the soles of the perly. I do not think there can be Hart Avenue, Kowloon,

be in attendance on demand.

stag fire case.

any question of a fake about it.”

"too American."

Ji

man's feet.

ALHAMBRA

MIESTEL

[FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

:

KA 2.30, 5.20, 1-28 & 9-30 P.M.

ORCHIDS

TO YOU!"

THEY SAY IT WITH FLOWERS-

YOU'LL SAY IT WITH LAUGHTER~~~ for it's the gayes! picture ever to play This theatre.

A FOR FCTURE with

JOHN BOLES JEAN MUIR

CHARLES BUTTERWORTH HARVET STEPHENS. Predound by Zoben T. Kate

Directed by William A. Božiar

ALDED

DOUBLE TENTH

CELEBRATIONS AT CANTON

Se the Mannuth Vilitary Review and Processiona

to-morrow: 'Father Brown, Detective."

NOT EVEN ONE BITE

(Special Air Mail Service":

London, Sept. 25.

A woman has recovered dam- ages for a dog-bite. This case should effectively quash the po- pular delusion that "every dog' is entitled to one bite."

The legal assumption is that a domestic animal is not dangerous. and the owner is not liable for any mischief it comm ts 1 he has no knowledge of its viciousness.

But this does not absolve the owner from's duty to see that the anima; is under proper control.

NEPIA'S SUCCESSOR

When the news came that the

All Blacks had dropped Nepla, the marvelous full back' of 1924, Rug- by enthusiasts in this country wondered if the New Zealand selectors were wise.**

..

Whether Gülbert will be quite as consistent as his great predec 2880T remains to be seen. Certainly not even Nepla could have improved on Gilbert's debut agains. Devon

and Cornwal

His place-kicking and drop-kick- Ing. were equally deadly, as his six goals testury.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN' ROAD, KOWLOON TO-DAY & TO-MORROW At 2.40, 5.20, 7.20 d 9.20 P.M.)

They Ruled the World of the "Undead”!

MORE

BARRY

PLEASE!

Let your friend. learn the thAN

ng chunas for themselves!

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