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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

*WEDNESDAY'S CHILD'

CORTOONISTS AT WAR

News does got about. The othe Wednesday's Chad" opening co-day "The. Evening Times" pubil day at the Star Theatre, is an od a cartoon showing Signor. adaptation of the Broadway suc- Mussolid in the garb of Chesar cess, of which Glibert W. Gabriel, standing on the bank of the Sunz dramatic critic of the New York Canal with one foot in the water American, wrote:

The picture bare the nest caption- "I am recommending Wednes-Suezcide" Rome is evidently net day's Child' with all my heart to outside the circulation range of "the happily married, the unhappily! The Evening Times," for yester married, the more or less divorced, day's issus of the newspaper "Il Tevere contained a companion to quite everybody who has any cartoon showing John Bull im sense and sensibility, including even the awarders of the next pos-, sible Pulitzer prize.”

mersed to the mouth in the Const Beneath was the inscription.--

As "The Evening Times" sid, Suezcidio. Truly closing the Bues Canal!

Frankle Thomas, who also had It in the play, has the title role in' the picture, being featured along Now, having taken a page out of with Edward Arnold and Haren one of our evening newspapers, Morley, Shayne and other favour-will Rome take a leat out of our

book on the peace question ? John ites in supporting parts. Robertson, noted for his human interest touches, directed it.

"DANTE'S INFERNO"·

"STRANDED"

Warner Bros., latest service story, "Stranded" coming to the Queen's Theatre at an early date, with Kay Francis and Georgs A gripping modern drama, with

Brent in the stellar roles. The romance and breath-taking spec Army, the

Navy. the Flying tacle combined in super-entertain- | Marines, and the Department ment, showing today at the King's of Justice, have formed the and Alhambra Theatre. It is background for Warner Bros. "Dante's Inferno," which creates screen hits. Now the United for the Arst time on the talking States Department of Immigration | screen, the thrilling adventure of is used. The screen play by Del. Dante in his journey through In- mer Daves is based on the story, ferno, serving as the expression of "Lady With A Badge" by Frank 2. modern story theme,

Wead and Ferdinand Reyher, and is said to contain more heart rend- ing interest than any preceding service, stories,

ب يسعد

"EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT"

To "Every Night At Eight,' hilarious romantic musical comedy now showing

the Queen's at Theatre, goes the distinction of utilizing the timeliness and cur rent popularity of the amateur radio bour and bringing it to the screen for the first time as a basic theme for a motion picture, This film musical serves as a two-fold purpose, not only in presenting George Raft in an entirely now' characterization as an egotistical leader of an amateur band, but in introducing Frances Langford, radio songstress of considerable fame.

ADAPTING WAR FILMS

Have To Be "Streiched" To Suit Sound Projection Rate

Old war films are "stretched" in order to adapt them for modern sound films of episodes.

use

in

war

"MURDER ON A HONEYMOON"

Unseen death haunts the cabin of a seaplane as it speeds from Los Angeles to Catalina Island in the RKO-Radio mystery-comedy, "Murder

HONG KONG DAILY. PRESS,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1935.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY-AT THE

TO

DAY AT THE

CINEMA

KING'S ALHAMBRA

|At 3.30, 5, 10, 7,55 A 9.80 P.M. — At 2.80, 5.20, 7.30 & 1.30 P.M. SPECTACULAR CHALLENGING 1 TIMELY ↑

DANTES INFERNO

CLANCE TRENDE

SPENCER TRACY MCKAY B, WALTHELL + ALAN BURCHER

DIA

THE

To-morrow" AT KING'S ĮTo-morrow „AT ALHAMBRA

-** MEN OF TEB HOUR" MURDER ON A HONEYMOON"

with

with

EDHA MAY OLIVER-JAMES CLEASON RICHLAND CROMWELL-BILLİK SEWARD

XKO-ZADIO PICTURE

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▲ COLUMBIA FICȚURI

What The London

Film Critic Says

"MEN OF THE HOUR"

QUEENS

THEATRE

·TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M. REAL ENTERTAINMENT! Paramount's.

"Every Night

at Eight"

with

GEORGE RAFT-ALICE FAYE

PATSY KELLY-FRANCES LANGFORD

THE THREE RADIO ROGUES-

ALSO IN THE PROGRAMME

POP-EYE

NEWS REEL

"SAFETY FIRST" FILM.

A large Safety-First film is be- ing shown at the principal thea-

tres as a part of the regular pro-

Daven Durkin... Richard Cromwell | gramme. This film has been du-

Ann Jordan Andy Blane Nick Thomas Dick Williams ... Harper... Steve

B Jce

...

Police Captain

Bille Seward Wallace Ford Jack La Rue Wesley Barry Charles Wilson

... Ernie Adams

Eddie Hart

..... Mark Lawrence Pat O'Malley.

Walters

Gene Morgan Long

Stanley Taylor Directed by Lambert Hillyer. Hackneyed and unconvincing drama of the newsreel cameramen, saved by incidental thrills which are often quite exciting. Just fair.

on a Honeymoon," featuring Edna May Oliver and

Wallace Ford and Richard Crom- James Gleason, coming on Wednes-

well are two newsreel men. Both day to the King's Theatre.

Chills, thrills and chuckles aiter-fall in love with Bille Seward, nate in this exciting murder mys- They quarrel in a Flagg and Quirt tery, which is a companion picture kind of way, but make everything up in time for a wedding ceremony of "The Penguin Pool Murder" and "Murder on the Blackboard," at which one is the groom -- and best-selling novels by Stuart Pal- the other cranks "the camera, There is, of course, a gunman in- terlude.

mer.

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DEATH OF MR. C. KIRBY

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Oct. 25. Mr. Claude Kirby, the chairman of the Chelsea Football Club, who has been lying very ill for several weeks, died yesterday at the age of 67.

The film would not be any great shakes without "Wallace Ford, He and the various moments of sus pense make it just entertaining enough to deserve attention.

"MEN OF THE HOUR"

There's never a dull moment in the life of a newsreel cameraman!

plicated and preceded by a short speech on Safety First in Chinese." The speech takes 3 minutes to de- liver and the A'm' 11 minutes to

איsho

In Hong Kong the fim will be shown at all performances by cour tesy of the management at:-

Nov. 18

Kau U Foog Theatre

19

King's Theatre

20

Central Theatre

**

21.

World Theatre

22.

IT

Grand Theatre

23 &

24

Bal Yuen

25

Oriental Theatre and in Kowloon at:- Nov. 18 &

19 Prince's Theatre. 20 &

21

1+

Majestic Theatre

22

Alhambra Theatre

23

Keon Chung Theatre

24

J

Mong Kok Theatre

25

· Portland Theatre

13

26 Kwong Chee Theatre

27

++

•

28

19

Pel Ho Theatre

30

Yaumati Theatre.

Ming Sing Theatre

Stár Tileatre

CARTOON

BCREEN SOUVENIRS

URGED TO TELL POLICE

Londoners Must Help To Check Crime

Scotland Yard, headquarters of London's police system. is pre- still from the citizens of Britain's paring for greater co-operation

capital

An effort is being made to im- press

Hong Kong

KING'S:

"Dante's Inferno"

QUEEN'S

"Every Night At Eight

ORIENTAL

"Our Little Girl

Kowloon

ALKAMERA:-

"Dante's Inferna"

MAJESTIC:--

STAR

"Public Hero No. 1"

"Wednesday's Child"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Murder In A Honeymoon" QUEEN'S:-

"Stranded"

ORIENTAL:-

"Kansas City Princess" ALHAMBKA:—

"Men Of The Hour"

STAR:-

"It's A Cop" "Georges White's

1935 Scandals"

upon all Londoners that LORD SNOWDEN

their active participation can help

to diminish crime.

MAJESTIC

TRASAMA THEATRE~~

NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20. 7.20 & 9.20 PEZ SECRETS OF THE WAR ON CRIME! Watch" the rate take to cover!

Drama-to tear this shock-proof town apart! Romanceas glamorous as its thrills!

PUBLIC HERO

NUMBER

Linwel Barrysurge

Jom Arti

Chester Morris

•Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer neturi

capacity. He has been hampered by the lack of cordial support from his colleagues, Especially when dealing with a reluctant French Premier, and the country is really indebted to him, for his conduct of affairs thus far.

FOREIGN CRITICISM "Mussolini has known his own mind and purpose all along. The British Government has had no po lley for years past, and has deserv ed the criticism this notorious fact: has excited abroad. Is it safe,

All telephone subscribers have ON THE ELECTION then, to trust such a Government

been asked to lend their aid, in

a special booklet sent from Scot- land. Yard.

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In this booklet a reminder is given of what the Yard is doing

Gas

FL

Warm Praise For

Mr. Eden

for another long term?

"If you answer that its arms policy calls for support, my reply is that to urge more arms and a League polley at the same time is and how its night, "Dying-squad"

contradictory. We are by nu patrola carry out their work,

means ill-equipped, as some would- Subscribers are asked to remem-

have us believe, and the develop- ber that should they

(Special Air Mail Service) ment of collective responsibility burglary or a "smash-and-grab"

London. Oct. 23. should make it easier for each raid, or should they notice a Viscount Snowden strongly criti- nation to reduce its arms in pro- suspicious character loitering cised the Government's handling portion to the share of responsibi- about, they ought to telephone of the Italo-Abyssinian dispute wilty which will be taken by its col- direct, and at once. to Scotland and its expected decision for an leagues in the League for the Fard.

early General Election in a speech maintenance of the general peacef It' was discult to speak calmly of the Government's complacency

If he isn't clambering aboard & A LITTLE WAR OR Yard there is a map in which the

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at the National Liberal Club yes- terday.

It is explained that when they A number of Safety First slides do this the Yard. Information have also been distributed to thea Room immediately sends out an He said that a study of events in the matter of unemployment. tres and will be shown among ad- order to the nearest radio cars to in the Italo-Abyssinian affair The problem demanded courageous vertisements during "performances.go at once to the street in made melancholy reading. It was action and big schemes. When

question

a story of delay, weakness and in- private enterprise failed to find. There are 50 patrol cars in Lon-decision.

work for men it was the duty of don by day and, 30 by night. In Referring to the election, Lom the State to do so. This Covein=" the Information Room at the Snowden sald:

ment would not do it. They pre- "Mr Baldwin has apparently ferred to spend money on arma position of these cars is constant surrendered his better judgment to ments rather than on national de-

the clamour of his party now, as velopment. Publicity, is being given here to be did four years ago. By the "One would have imagined," bo the need for using police tele- spurious appeal to patriotism, and added, "that the supreme import-, phone boxes. These are spread the advantage they hope to getance of getting the Tories out at around Outer London, and Im- from dissensions in the Labour the next election would be so ap mediate contact with the police party and divisions in the Liberal parent that the progressive parties district headquarters can be made party, they expect to snatch an would bury their hatchets, if only through them.

electoral victory, and to secure an- temporarily, to unite for this pur It is acknowledged at Scotland other four years of Tory govern-pose, and so save the unemployed Yard that one of the chief ment..

from despair and the country's -weapons in the hands of the

"The result of the election is peace and freedom from the

Mr. Kirby sponsored the begin-radio operator at his post, he's A GREAT ONÉ?ly

Reporting on the use of the films which have been kept by them since the Great War, the Imperial War Museum in its 18th ning of the Chelsea club, and since annual report states that war 1905 had been the club's one and films have been hired by film and only chairman, In his younger news-reel companies at 6s. a foot.,

on the. Before these old "silent" alma days he was well known

sinking ship to get a shot of the

throwing, himself in front of a speeding ambulance to save a can of precious film.

Or so Richard Cromwell and Wallace Ford discoursed during the making of "Men of the Hour" the Columbia production, drama-

can be "injected' into modern athletic track, played hockey, lawn sound productions, the report tennis, and football, and was onetizing the lives of those soldiers states, producer must go to the of the first members of the King's expense of "stretching" them—

that is. printing every second Colonial Yeomanry. He gained his

picture-frame twice in order to early successes on the track with run at the sound film rate of 24 Finchley Harriers, whom he car- pictures per second instead of at the silent film rate of 18 picturesfied to the fore, and afterwards he per second. Producers have also joined Puddington A.C. He cover- to add sound effects and com- ed all the distances from the mentary.

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sprint to the mile, and won' over 100 prizes. He was a life member of the London Athletic Club.

Until the museum has its own theatre for showing these war nims, the public must continue to look to the trade and other non- official users to put these historic records "on the screen.

The funeral will take place to- 'morrow morning at 11.30 at Bromp ton Cemetery.

TAKE ART TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUE :

ORIENTAL

LAST

14 TIMES TO-DAY

SHE'S BETTÉR

THAN EVER

IN THIS PICTURE,

TEMPLE

OUR LITTLE

GIRL"

BRIEN MOORE

FLEMING ROAD WANOMAI TEL. 20418

TO-MORROW

& THURSDAY HERE'S ANOTHER BIG LAUGH RIOT!

THE COMEDY STARS OF DAMIS | * { CIG MIT ALL THEIR Ovata:

KANSAS CITY PRINCESS

Prices Matinées 20 e. 30 s Evenings 20 ☎ – 30 &

Italy Under The Urge Of Fate

checked.

has no cause

"Liberaliam

of fortune who use a camera

In spite of all the talk and oo where their predecessors swished a sword. "Men of the Hour" is war between Italy and Abyssinia police for keeping down crime is certain to be that the Tories will menace of destruction"

casional moments of optimism, playing at the Alhambra

from has for several weeks been regard-

the co-operation of the ordinary not poll a majority of the electors, Wednesday to Friday.

ed as inevitable.

citizen. The citizen in England and they will lose at least 200 alive, for the time may come when should be kept. Both Cromwell and Ford have

to be afraid of scats. always been interested in the ad- upon it. As the Ducs said: "For Possible results

Signor Mussolini is determined

a strong Centre party may be 11 he reports I do not object to a General 'needed to hold the balance be venturous exploits

01 newsreel many months Italy has been under. mysterious happenings to the Election. I would have welcomed tween reaction on the one hand cameramen, but they failed

to the urge of fate and in a spirit of police.

it at any time during the last three and revolution on the other realize the actual danger involved calm determination in beading to- in the day's work until they rewards its goal."

years; but it must be an honest ported on the set the first day of

election and not a trick election production.

To force un election now in the distracted state of public feeling 1s mean and partisan act, and I believe that the majority of the electors will, think so.

FOREIGN BANKERS IN CONFERENCE

•

WHY WOMEN SMOKE?

The world, so long used to wars and rumours, now. looks upon this conflict with special fear and ap prehension. Ap

The fact that women smoke to Before the League of Nations the extent that they do is due to began its chequered career such a the cigarette advertisementwriters. war would have been in the im- When the publicity began to in-

CENSURE" FOR DELAY AS perialistic tradition; other nations nuence women to smoke cigarettes need not tear that they will en

"Bincere and patriotic voters would have regarded it as a pure the first advertisers merely showed danger the safety of the country Result Of Deliberations Not ly colonial enterprise

Made Public

But the League Covenant legally picture with an attractive young The very opposite is likely to prove a package of cigarettes in the same by voting against the Government involves all nations, under the clause of sanctions, in dispute Woman The change was most true. Support of the League and Shanghai, Nov. 13. Another meeting was held at five

with any aggressor State gradual. In the later advertise a firm foreign policy would be far, The question of sanctions has ments the young woman is an ac sater in the care of the Opposition o'clock yesterday afternoon by the been so fully, debated of late as to complished smoker, and the same than in the hands of the present Foreign Bankers Association re-leave nobody in doubt as to their skillful advertisement writer has Government. garding the handing over of their result if fully applied: Before succeeded in carrying the impres-Till the events connected with silver to the Chinese Government. they can be applied, however, there sian and the conviction to the the Italo-Abyssinian question de As the meeting was a private one must be unanimity among all mem young women of the land that veloped, the Governme and held "In camera," the result bers of the League.

amoking cigarettes is smart. We do not think complete un

of the deliberations was not made animity in all its departments will public, although it was intimated be forthcoming. The British E- that definite news would probably pire is therefore in a particularly be forthcoming shortly.

delicate position, and it behoves the nations to walk very warily.

The meeting was continued from

a previous one held on Friday. Any precipitate step might turn. when a letter was despatched to a small war into the greatest and Dr. H. H. Kung, the Minister of perhaps the final war, one not to Finance, assuring him of the ban- and or limit war, but to write kers' willingness to co-operate with finis to civilisation.

Let there be no mistake about the Chinese Government's mone- this Italo-Abyssinian affair tary reform programme, but stat crisis of crices. ing that a definite decision regard- Those who deluded themselves Ing the surrender of their sliver that Bignor Mussolini was bluffing holdings could not be arrived at now realise that he was in deadly until the banks concerned had earnest, and that "44,000,000 received Instructions from their Italians are marching with his diplomatic representatives. In n army

The solemn question

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BRITISH WOOL TRADE BUSIEST SINCE 1918

Britain's woolen trade has broken

port of the League-was-lu

and by the wavering nature of their policy they, with the antiar Governments concerned, provoked the present sad state of affairs, for which they must accept their aliare of responsibility.

***By the beginning of Septe all post-war production records and the inaction of the

the situation had become so

during the first ele months of Council had become such a scam 1935, it is shown in report of the that it was compelled to act Bradford Conditioning - House, stead of the British Govern through which all records of the deserving credit for their pres wool, textile activities pasa

belated policy, they deserve," along The report states that the ight with other Powers, severe cenzure of goods passed out of the mills was for having allowed matters to 67,702,728 pounds. The previous to their present tragic port-war record, which was set up “I think it only fair

number of cases, local banks are nations now is, since the way in 1924, was 58,184,000 pounds the warm personal tribi awaiting word from their head Ethiopia is inevitable, can it be 1035 total represents an increase of Eden whojin" extremel offices abroad as to the policy to localised or the world to run 300

332 percent, on

be adopted.

the risk of a new "Armageddon period last year,

courage and more than ordinary.

ESTARE

E SHOWING TO-DAY

WEDNESDAY

Edward Arn

Frankie Thor

NEXT CHANGE SYDNEY HOWARD

ITS A COP

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