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* SHOWS

~DAIL

2.30-8.18

7.15-8.30

ENTERTAIN

AINME

QUEENS

TO-DAY ONLY as 2.80, 5.16, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. WITH THE DEADLIEST WEAPONS KNOWN TO SCIENCE HE FOUGHT GANGDOM!

PAUL MUNI

in Warner's

"Dr. Socrates

"

W. R. BURNETT'S sensational story of the Scarface of medicine the outcast doctor who taized band of mad killers with his medical kit! TO-MORROW

MARION DAVIES in' DICK POWELL

"Page Miss Glory

TAKE INT TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATRE SMAL

FLEMING

BOLD WANGHAI

TEL HATI

TO-MORROW

14 TIMES TO-DAY FRIDAY-SATURDAY

THE BIG SENSATIONAL

MYSTERY PICTURE

Adolph Zukor presents

GEORGE RAFT THE

GLASS

KEY

Prices Matinees '20 a.—30 o.

ESTARE

TO-DAY ONLY

WE LIVE... WE LOVE!

WE FIGHT...WE HATE!

What

DON'T

for

we do

AMITES

KING VIDOR'S epic of a million koncie TO-MORROW

AL

RUBY **JOLSON

AND KEELER *CASINO DE PARIS"

OLD FIRM SOLD

C. and A. Modes Purchase Edinburgh Firm

London, Dec. 13.

LAUREL HARDY Bonnie Scotland

60

MINUTES

OF JOY!

Presented by HAL ROACH,

BREELS

HILARIOUS LAFFS

Evenings 20 -30 o.—50 a—70 €3

£1,000 A Week Babies

C. and A Modes (Ltd.) have purchased Rentons (Ltd.), one of

the oldest drapery establishments in Princes Street, Edinburgh; and are to take control to-morrow. The purchase is made as part of the multiple firm's policy of opening branches in all big centres in the country whenever an opportunity

occurs.

Rentons have been in Princes Street since 1840, when they trang ferred from North Bridge, where they had been since 1805. Adjoin ing premises were purchased from Mesare Cranston and Elliot in 1908, and a further addition was made to Rentons about eight years

ago.

This is the second purchase of an old established business in Princes" Bizeet by a multiple Arm during the past few months.

THEY MAKE GOOD

Quins and squads have a fim career cut out for them

But it'a tough for ziddies like Shirley Temple and Freddie Bar holomew. Earning nearly £1,000 isn't a honey-not even when that sum arrives every Friday in the weekly wage envelope....

Film bubles mustn't be spolled. Tax collectors must be warded of. Nor must parents get too much of the money, or fum fans, think the

kids are being molly-coddled.

Little Virginia Weldler and eight- year-old Dickie Moore get nearly E100 a week.

Baby le Roy in real life Roy Weinbrenner--has earned as much as 2100 a day. Even though he could only toddle and couldn't speak a word,

Freddie Bartholomew is beating Greta Garbo at fashion setting. Greta made, fortunes for milliners and hairdressers, because, so many women wanted to dress and look like the Swede,

Young Freddie has started

craze for Bartholomew suits" and "Bartholomew shiris."",

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE HOLLYWOOD AT

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:—

"Mimi" QUEEN'S :-

“Dr. Socrates" ORIENTAL:-

"The Glass Key"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :--

"Never Too Late" MAJESTIC:—

"Storm Over The Andes"

STAR:-

Our Daily Bread"

KING'S:-

Coming

Thanks A Million

QUEEN'S:-

"Page Miss Glory" ORIENTAL:-----

"Bonnie Scotland"

MAJESTIC:-

"Flame Within"

ALHAMBRA:---

"Top Hat"

STAR:-

"Casino De Paris"

THANKS A MILLION"

If it's songs you are looking for, *Thanks a Million” has more than you count if it's laughs, it's the

~THE POLLS

Ten Nominees

Hollywood ls ab the polle again. Thu time nominations have been made for the ten most distinctive "floral types among screen stars by Omar Kiam world- famous American designer, who is under contract to Samuel Gold- WYD.

'ne nominees;

1. MIRIAM. HOPKINS, honey-

suckle

2. MARION DAVIES, Iris.

3. JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON,

forget-me-not.

4. MERLE OBRON, wild rose. 5. KATHERINE HEPBURN,

Doppy.

??

6. GRETA GARBO, water ly. 7. JEAN PARKER, mountain

laurel

8. DOLORES COSTELLO, gent-

Jan.

1. PRINCESS

LEY, lilac,

NATALIE PA-

10. ELSA LANCHESTER, fox-

glove, According to Kiam, the secret of chic is self-knowledge.

"The smart woman, recognizing her limitations, both physical and temperamental, will learn to as- sociate her personality with a flo-.

·wer," he sald, "Once she 'dia- covers her floral type, her fashion problems are solved. Flowers re- present moods, textures, char- acteristics. If you belong in the rose family, don't dress like a daisy or a gardenta. Know thy- self!"

BEHIND THE SCREEN IN HOLLYWOOD

Mickey's Seventh Birthday

The film star who celebrated his seventh birthday on September 28, has brought more pleasure to to the ves ot 'chlidren and grown upa, 100, than any other star in the world,

"

Yes, you're right. We're refer- Mouse, created by Walt Disney ring to the inimitable · Mickey

At a recent baby show in New York an epidemic of crying spread from cst to cot. Ninety-six bab- les added their din to the dilemma and consternation of the organizers-for the judge was to be Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the President of the United States.

"Get a Mickey Mouse," she aŭ vised when she arrived. They did, and instantaneously ninety-six mouths closed and twice as many eyes began to smile again, as the Mickey Mouse doll was dandled before them. So, mothers, now you knew what to do when baby criea' JEAN DIXON IN "OPERA HAT As the result of her outstanding performance in "She Married Her Boss," Columbia" Pictures to-day placed Jean Dixon, brilliant young sagomedianne. Under long- term contract. At the same time. Miss Diton wűs assigned to "fea- ture role in "Opera Hat," Frank Capra's next production for which Gary Cooper was engaged jeveral weeks ago as the star. The screen

season's top joy show; and it's COMING ATTRAC-play he was written harence

romance and stars, how about Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Paul White- man and his band with Romana, Rubino and the Yacht Club Boys!

fi

Crammed with entertainment, 20th Century Fox's spectacular new fun-music film; "Thanks, a Millions" comes on Friday to the King's Theatre.

It has a frivolous" plot, · woven about the wild cat adventures of a troupe making öne night stops under, the masterful misguidance or comedian Fred Allen.

Dick Powell is the company's congater, and Ann Dvorak its lead- ing dancer, and as you might guess they're wild about each other.

In some fantastic manner, Allen manages to get the troupe en- tangled with a bunch of wild-eyed

politicians, and before they have extricated themselves, plenty hap-

pens.

*PAGE MISS GLORY''

her

Excelling in hilarious fun and in beauty of setting, anything that Marion Davies had previously pre sented, "Page Miss Glory," Arst Cosmopoiltan production re- leased by Warner Bros., will de- light enthusiastic audiences at the Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

Many splendid comedies stand for the first time stand to the credit of the beautiful, blonde Miss Davies, who is rated as the queen of Ecreen fun makers. "Page Miss Glory" will add to her many triumphs.

While the story is essentially a comedy, it has moments of tense drama and of pathos, which Miss

TIONS AT THE ALHAMBRA

Commenting with the super Xusical attraction "Top Hap featuring Fred Astire and G nger Rogers on Chinese New Year's Day, the management of the A.hambra Theatre has booked an exceptionally attractive, sche· Mule pa follows, the pictures being listed in the order of their release:

**Top Hat."-An RKO Rad.o Hit with Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers,

FIX,

"This Is The Life."A Film heralding a further succe with Jane (Ginger) Withers.

"Hi Gaucho,"-An RKO Radi Picture featuring Stem Dunna, star of "Ta Cucaracka" in a lively' Argentine Operetta.

"The Littlest Rebel-Another Fox Release. with lovable Shirley Temple in her very latest and greatest picture.

turing James Dunn in Vina Del- "Bad Boy."A Fox Film fep-

mar's latest story.

་་

Bounty."- production

Mutiny On The M-G-M's gigantic with Clark Gable, Chartes Laugh- ton and Franchot Tone.

"Navy Wife,"-x, new Fox Elt featuring Claire Trevor and Ralph Bellamy, based on Kath leet Norris' nove), “Beauty's Daughter."

"The Rainmakers”—An RKO Radio Comedy with the lulm't- able comics, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.

"The Perfect Gentleman.— Metro's melodrama featuring

bert Riskin, is based on Clarence Magazine serial. * Buddington Kelland's American Magazine aerial.

Columbia's ace director and Ris- kin have been working together for several months on this elabor-

preliminaries ate production completing the

preparatory shoc.ing, which will be started in a few days.

to

Coming from the comedy stage where she scored numerous per- sonal triumphs, Miss Dixon made her first picture, appearance in 1929 in "The Lady Lies,” This was followed by prominent roles in "Two Rounda; of Love," "Miss Me Before the Mirror" and Badle. McKee." The young comedienn's initial appearance under Colum- bia's banner was in "T'll Love You Always."

GOOD TRADE FIGURES

October Average Exceeded

SHOWING

TO-DAY

KINGS

A-1,50, 5,10,

A Tragic story of a Beautiful Love that Flamad and Died in the Fascinating Latin Quarter of Parly. Where Undiscovered Genius WagUS

Grim Struggle for ExistenION.

FROM

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKSJR GERTRUDE LAWRENCE

MIMI

Freely adapted from Murgers Masterpiece LA VIE DE BOHEME

ATH

• "THANKS A MILLION" CENTURY. FRIDAY: Best Dick PoW-Axx Dvorax-FXED ALLIE • FOX

TO-DAY

ONLY

PICTURE

MAJESTIC At 2.30, 5.20,

THEATRE

BY POPULAR REQUEST FOR ONE DAY ONLY

YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THIS

MUSICAL COMEDY HIT OF THE YEAR,

RENEU

FRED

ASTAIRE GINGER

ROGERS in

ROBERTA

Kern's

7.20 & 920 P.M.

SPECIAL CHINA NEW YEAR HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

THE KING OF

ALL THRILLERS

*KARL·LARMELA presents

REK Holt

JRCK

STORM OVER THE

dazzling musical RADES

stage hit.. screen- ed in splendor! with Randolph Scott, Fisian Westley, Victor Varconi, Claire Dodd. «

THE "CODEX" IN

NEW FORM

TWO BEAUTIFULLY

BOUND VOLUMES · ·

Will Now Last For 500 Years

London, Dec 15, The Codex Sinaiticus — the Fourth-Century Bible manuscript which was bought from Russia for £100,000 has been transformed.

When, two years ago, the Codex came to Englanit it was in ar quaint old tin, box, its precious t pages were tattered and crumpled, jome of them locse, and it was" wrapped in cotton wool

London, Dec. 16.

Now the Codex has been beauti- Last month's returns of oversea fully bound in two volumes, which trade are very satisfactory, for the were shown for the first time yes. value of both imports and exportsterday to the trustees of the Bri-' was maintained close to the high tish Museum at their final meet- level established in October. Exing of the year.

Mr. Dougles Cockerell, assisted

ports for that month were the largest for five years, while imports were

the largest for four. I by his son Sydney, is responsible for the binding, which has inyol- allowance be made for the fact

ved nearly six months of patient that November `was) a shorter

and exacting work. month the level of exports and im-

a Davies portrays with great

artistry. Naturally. It has also Frank Morgan and Uleely Court-ports was actually higher than in delightful love sequences.

Studios will pay high prices for babies who film well, but reputa tions have to be kept up.

If millions of other mothers get the impression that the kidd:es on the screen are precocious infants, or that their sentimentality is not the right kind, then box-office re ceipts dop.

So does the film habe's wage packet.

Remember that occasion when Shirley Temple

banned

wan

abroad? Continental screen cel 203 Bald that one of her pictures made her appear an undesirable

child.

стец -the

"MIMI"

"Mimi," the new BLP. film

Vie

neldge.

October, for the daily averages last month were slightly above those for the preceding month,

Eoft-coloured oak boards, spe† cially prepared, encase the "vol amce, which have white Morocco backs. But the great task for Mr. Cockerel has been treating the

ZY UNIVERSAL METOUR

ALWAMBRA

QUENTEE

TO-DAY & TO MORROW At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.80 P.M.

_ RELIABLE PICTURES CORP. - BERNARD B. KAY PRESENTS

RICHARD.

TALMADGE

.ו

IN

"NEVER TOOLATE"

• THELMA WHITE METAL MARKE

-ASSOCIATE PRODUCER HARRY S. WE DE

NEXT CHANGE

- FRL 24th Jan, CHINESE NEW YEAR ATTRACTION

GINGER

FRED ROGERS ASTAIRE

in

"TOP HAT"

BOOK YOUR. SKATS EARLY

GREATEST AUSTRALIAN

UMPIRE

**Beb?" Crockett, who has just

**DR. SOCRATES”!

Imports amounted to 271,455,- 347 leaves of the Codes, During the old rush, towns grew 483, an increase of £4,798,671 on which is now being presented at overnight in Callioria. History November, 1934. The total for the Vellum was secured that match- died in Melbourne, was not only the King's Theatre is a freely-nas repeated itself. A town com- 11 months is £883,571,272, which tied the original vellum, and then Australia's great umpire, but one adapted version of Murger's "La plete in every detall with stores. $14,056,087 more than in 1934 and the most delicate kind of "first of the most famous in the world

Fairbanks, Jnr.. ́ and, Gertrude took form near

de Boheme with Douglas hotels, banks and homes suddenly £70,719,807 more than in 1933, of aid" had to be applied to each Two of his decisions made cric- Griffith Park | which, it should be 'nated; -£31,- | Page. On the very first page a ̈ kat history and controversy. One Lawrence together for the first Hollywood. It is the town of Big 578,464 is in respect of goods whol- Britian Museum expert pointed was when, in 1911, he no-balled time on the screen.

Bend, built by Warner Bros., for ly or mainly manufactured out no fewer than fifteen pat Pitcher, a Victorian hailed as s It is one of the most lavish pro, Paul Muni's new starring picture, Exports last month were" £30, then. They were done so clever coming Test bowler, six times in

Dr. Socrates closing to-day at 399,994, which is 23,274,730 in ex-y that they would be invisible to succession for throwing the Queen's Theatre. Bave for cess of the total for November last the lay eye. All the work was one sequence, the rald of federal rear. For the 11 months the total done at the Museum in its new men and vigilantes on a gangster is £391,037,481, which represents binding, the experts say the to. hide-out, the entire action of the an advance of £29,163,966 on 1934 dex will last for the next five hun... picture takes place in the town.. and of £54,025,148 on 1933. dred yearer

Re-exports for November iso make a good showing. The total £4,071,932,... an increase of

ductions Elstree has made to date: some of the settings are breath taking in their grandeur spectaca- lar sequences of the Venetian ball contrast "with the garrets and Bohemian cafes inhabited by the art students around whom the picture centres.

*15

Fitcher, who was playing for his State, against the South Africans, had to finish the over with donkey drops. His first-class career end- ed with that match.

The other was when he gave Clem Hill, ruic out at a critical point in a Test match against England.

Shirley's people were up in arms. Crazy notions like this can ruin a reputation..!! bables mustn't grow up.

Like Peter Pan, these £1,000

"BONNIE SCOTLAND” As they get older craftiest Hollywood make-up man

A wontan went to see a doctor. Again Laurel und Hardy have £563,662 on last year, making the can't make a weedy girl of four- Mothers, studio big chiets, fleets! done it! They've produced for total for the 11 months £49,821,"Doctor," the exclaimed loudly, This resulted in one of the most teen look like a chubby child of of publicity men.... they all theatre-goers another laugh hit 075, an increase of 22,138,273 on bouncing into the room. I want unpleasant demonREALIS ten:

you' to, say frankly what's wrong seen on an Australian ground. make sure that their little gold perhaps their best since their 1934 and 24,737,095 on 1933, Shirley now can share sereen mine doesn't get apolled advent as a team. They run the

Importe of bullion and specie for with me."

But Crockett minded less than honours with John Boles (as she Strange things happen some" gamut from high expectations to November amounted to £18,887,- He surveyed her from head to anyone. He was as fearless. does in the latest version of "The times, though,

disillusionment through the 296, a decrease of 2305 598. This foot.

was fair Little Rebol") but one day quite Freddie Bartholomew's mother feature length comedy Bonnie brings the total for the 11 months "Madam," he said at length, suddenly when we hear that she's and father lost their guardianship Scotland" showing at the Oriental up to 2264,063,839, which is £5,- "I've fast three things to tell you engaged well know that make-up of him to his Auntie Ci and Theatre on Thursday, Friday and 443,114 less than in 1934. Exports, First, your weight wants reducing experts have been fooling us for antle has taken care of him since Saturday

however, at £24.335.189, were by nearly nity pounds. Hecondly ined by the Manche years. Won't happen ret, though, he was three so happye Laurel, as Stanley McLaurel, is £17.980,917 larger than in Novem- your beauty would be improved by Don't believe stories you heas How Freddie's sisters, Elleen and norined that he is mentioned in ber last year, and the total for the frear 150 of soup, and water. And, that these kids are terrors in Ellida, must miss and envy the will of a wealthy" uncle" in 11 months, £213,081,070, show an thirdly. I

tist the doctor1,889,064 private Life.

himi

ncrease on 1934 of £78,242,328. Myes on the next

Scotland.

According to "om

thifigu

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