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4 SHOWS

DABY?

130-K,18

ENTERTA

INME

QUEENS

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.80, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. The hilarious story of a han-pecked husband

who pecked back.

just once !

W. C. FIELDS

in Paramount's Classic

"Man on the Flying Trapeze"

with MARY BRIAN — KATHLESH HOWARD NEXT CHANGE

JAMES CAGNEY-JOAN BLONDELL in He Was Her Man ”

(4

THER ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY MUR

ORIENTAL

2 DAYS TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

ONLY

PLEINING

ROAD

WANOHAR

A COMEDY DRAMA_OF MIGHTY PROPORTIONS!

FULL OF

EXCITEMENT, LAUGHTER AND THRILLS.

as the two gun peace maker of the

Sunset Trail

Richard DIXC

THE

ARIZONIAN

A romance of gallant women and iron'men.

Prices Matinees 20 -80 8. Evenings 20 e-30 a~50 a—70 e..

ESTARE

TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. BENEFIT PERFORMANCES

IN AID OF

STREET SLEEPERS' SHELTER SOCIETY (SEE SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS

NOT VALID TO-DAY

·TO-MORROW

THE BENGAL LANCERS " OF THE NAVY! “ANNAPOLIS

FAREWELL

WITH

SIR GUY STANDING

BOSALIND KEITH=

"THE LITTLEST REBEL"

Coming To The King's Theatre

After a very successful run in Shanghai, Shirley Temple's latest picture "The Littlest Rebel," will be shown at the King's Theatre soon. I witnessed a preview yes- terday, and I have no hesitation in stating that it is among the finest pictures she has made to data.

Funeral Scenes At The Queen's

EARLY LOCAL RELEASE

has

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

1936.

TO-DAY AT THE NIZAM TO "STAR" 13 STARS FROM

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S!-

"The In The Air'' QUEEN'S

"Man on the Flying

ORIENT

"Arizonian"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:—.

"The Man Trailer

MAJESTIC:---

- "Flame Within” STAR:-

Benent Performances in aid of Street, Sleepers Shelter Society.

KING'S:-

Coming

""The Littlest Rebel QUEEN'S: ''

"He Was Her Man" "Peter Ibbetson" ORIENTAL:

"She" ALHAMBRA:-

STAR

"Girl Ly Danger" "Littlest Rebel"

"Annapolis Farewell:

MAJESTIC:

"Diamond" "Jim"

"THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE”.

At The Queen's Theatre

With

Fieldian pronouncements and Fieldian pantomonic blunder- ings dominating the film, “Man On The Flying Trapeze" now showing at the Queen's Theatre, becomes another triumph for the kang of comedians, W. C. Fields,

Using til tre comic devices, with which Fields' fans have al- 'ready' become familiar, in brand new situations, the comedy suc-] The following botification ceeds in providing first rate en- been circulated by the manage-tertainment never slowing up in ment of the Queen's Theatre in its action for & moment, with connection with the early release laughs galore from start to finish of the scenes at the late King. George's funeral.

"We have been requested by some of our patrons to procure as Quickly as posso a fim depicting the scenes in connect.in" with the funeral of the sate King George the Fifth. By special arrange ment with the Faramount Co. we have arranged for a copy to be sent to us by air mail and it will reach here in time to be screened at the Queen's Theatre on the 15th 16th, 17th and 18th of Feb

ruary.

We anticipate an extraordinary demand for seating accommoda tion for the early screening of this film and as we feel sure you would wish to see it we would su

ait gest you secure your reservation without delay.

Richest Man On The Screen

The Nizam of Hyderabad, richest nian in the world, la to appear on the screen as a "star""

He will make a talking film of the magnificent Silver Jubilee celebrations of his accession to the ancept throne of Hyderabad.

It will show the superb parade of elephants, the wonderful radio exhibition and a wonder display of fireworks costing £10,000

SPLENDID. JEWELS / The Niram will be the central Agure in this fim, wearing jewela of extraordinary splendour and value.

This will be the. Arat film ever made in which real pearls and rubles worth millions of pounds are "shot."

The Nizam's wealth is computed to be anything up to £150,000,000. No one knows the real extent of bia hoarded wealth,

HOLLYWOOD

Record "Bag" For

British Films

Michael Balcon Director of pro ductions for the Caumont-British Corporation, when he returna from his American tour will bring with him contracts with

the largest number of American stars ever collected in the same "bag"

The following 13 are soine of the Hollywood players who will shortly be seen in British pictures: Constance Bennett, who will make "Everything is Thunder" and "The Hawk"

Joan Bennett, to play the hero Ine of the Edgar Wallace thriller,

The Northing Tramp” (

Chester Morris, to be leading man in "Courier of the Czar "- iade years ago as a allen; Alm ("Michael Strogon") by the Uni- versal Company,

To-day the city of Hyderabad,"

May Robson, to play Strogotra resplendent with its beautiful | mother, in the same picture. mosques and fragile-looking-min- arets, is changing into a fairy city, The streets are decorated with multi-coloured paper garlands flowers,

The Nizain's experts made special visits to London last sum- mer to watch and study the de- corations of London during the King's Bilver Jubilée,

The Durbar Hall has been en- larged to hold 10,000 guests from all parts of the world.

DELSS WONDER The Moslem Peers of Great Bri- tain and learned leaders of Islam will be specially invited to attend the ceremony

Deputations from America and Africa are going to Hyderabad to offer their congratulationis fu

per- son. "The Nizam nas ordered a special dress to be made for the occasion, modelled on the style of that worn by the great Mogul Emperor Shahajahan, the builder of the world-famous Taj Mahal

Victor McLaglen, the Irish-South African (now a naturalised Ameri can), who recently made his greatest hit since "What Price Glory?" in "The Informar," to be Pte. Mulvaney in Kipling's "Sol- diers Three."

· THE "BARRIER

Sylvia Sidney, to start in a story to be written for her and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Richard Arlen, to play in "The Barrier not the Rex Beach best- seller, but a story about the build- ing of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, published by Alan Sullivan. under the title, "The Great Divide."

Maureen O'Sullivan, to play op- posite Mr. Arlen in the same pic tpre.

Edmund Lowe in a story not yet selected.

Charles Ruggles, one of Holly- wood's most delightful comedians, in a comedy of television, "World" Without a Mask"

The turban and dress of the

Sally Ellers, to be the heroine of Nizam will contain priceless of a new version of "The Wreck- Jewels,

er." The world has not yet seen # costlier garment. And all this

pictured.

WELLS FILM FIRST

NIGHT'

Record Price For Seats

· Arrangements were concluded Korda's £200,000 film based on for "Things to Come," Alexander In an entirely different role the B. G. Wells story of the has plenty of opportunity to in- at the Leicester Square Theatre on than he has hitherto played Fields future, to begin its West End run dulge the type foolery which has made him

of individual Tuesday, Feb. 16. famous.

́one of those

curd.

in view of the Interest with which the picture is being awalt- hilarious "retiring for the night the same prices on the opening

Starting off in

ed, it has been decided to charge scenes, Fleids is · revealed brow-beaten, hea-pecked husband from 65 to £2 24. For a fim

night as for a Cochran TUVUE whose adventures eventually carry première not devoted to the ends. him from his bed, at the in- or charity, this is probably a re- sistence of his wife, Kathleen Howard, to the cellar to rout a the house, Instead he joins them couple of singing-burglare-from

cider, wherein be, finds himself in the drinking of his own apple.

quartette in a rendition of The leading the hastily formed Banks of the Wabash Eventual ly and inevitably be la carted off to jell where much to his surprise and dismay he lands behind the

JUST A FILM DUEL

Two British Stars

Were Hurt

Roland Young (who has been. playing in Alexander Korda's "Man Who Could Work Miracles"), trnstar in “King Solomon's Mines

Robert Young (on loan to make "Secret Agent"), to be Jessie Mat thews's leading man in her next picture.

་ ༥.

Mr. Balcon's move represents a determined attempt to extend the American market already won by the Gatment-British Corporation with productions like "Rome Ex- press," "The Man Who Knew Too. Much," "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and The Tunzel”

LIFE OF NELSON ON

SCREEN

Rats and Frogs in Film

Paris

Alexander Korda, chief of Lon

don Film Productions, is to make

KINGS 12.

10-DAY

The Big Parade of

unsters in the New Laugh Hitl gathering of your favorite comedy screen stars ta this riot of 1000 Langbat Jack Benny, even funnier then on the air, loads she pande of cut ups 14 miles up in the aland to a new high in Ellerity!

Jack BENNY

IT'S IN THE AIR

"FREE WBESLING

(OUR GANG COMEDY)"

ALS.O

RATED BEALY MUNA MERKEL

NAT PENDLETON MARY CARLISLE

· Donskać by CILAĄ, GA. IN 2.DISON ED *** Pončaded by NAPET RAFT: GAS

LATEST HEARST METROTONE NEWS SHIRLEY TEMPLE CHANGE in THE LITTLEST RIBEL

NEXT

Tox

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

NATHAN AD, HOWLOO

FINALESHOWINGS TO-DAY

AFINAL

mded him a hero-the past, a crimin

Buck JONES

The MAN TRAILER

with Cecilia Parker Written and directed by Lambert Hillyer

TO-MORROW

Society was her playgroe crooks, her playmates/

GIRL IN DANGER

RALPH BELLAMY

SHOWINGS MAJESTIC

TO-DAY

apartenus THEATRE

Then came

Kat men wher Baseded Ber

desper afely fad

HARDING

MARSHALL

FLAME WITHIN

an elaborate British film this year. GRETA GARBO'S NEXT

of the career of Nelson. ENJ It will show the rise of British sea-power through the centres, No actor has yet been chosen for the title role

Greta Garbo's next film subject

will be pla

robably glova

At 2.80, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 PM

THURSDAY

EDWARD ARNOLD

IN:

"DIAMOND

JIM"

THE FILM AND THE GRAMOPHONE

prising

Aim

A cable to

Weekly

rade-fou

of the But

Londo

At the Shepperton studios

nes: Duval now in 1ts reconstruction of the sewers of eighth month at the Lyric Thea Paris has been "constructed for "Wolf's Clothing," in which Gor-

tre, Ehaftsbur Avm the story when Shirley's bars, while his companiona go

don Harker Lill Palmer, George

don mother dies from exposure in tree. His daughter, Mary Brianard and Basil Rathbone were in-appearling

British Blm stars, Leslie How Graves and Claude Hulbert are escaping from the attacking goes to his rescue. forces, while Jack Holt a s As is he hasn't troubles enough,

jured in Hollywood duelling.

Dozens of raw and some large Yankee officer comes into the his ticket for the wrestling match

Scene was the shooting of the bull-frogs are - being kept at the story in als attempts to capture is stolen. From then on, his alm, Romeo and Juliet Bo studio for these scenes, Bdes.

abtempts to elude his in-laws and vigorously did they fight that Abraham Lincoln, who is shown afternoon off to attend the bout received a slight cut in the arm

reprieve by get the bëne” pezmmissio for the Leslie Howard, playing Romeo, put his nager out. Basil Rathbone with Shirley Temple sitting on his keep things going at a lively pace. Director George Cukor, worried knee pleading for her father, ends How he finally reaches the limit for the safety of his star

his endurance in his maritál troubles, how his value as memday

SARIast minute

a rather weak story with the

ventional happy ending.

Shirley is entertaining to the expert at his office is at last re extreme, John Boles, Karen cognized form other sprightly,

As in her last vehicle with Morley and Jack Holt have com breezy sequences. Lionel Barrymore,

shows Shirley with the

picture paratively small roles but they

sunny enact them well enough to provide south as a verile and atta the the necessary background that Res background, in the days before ends some sequence to the story the outbreak of civil war between To Bull Robinson

praise mist Be the Yankees and, the

Even for his tap, dand Contentment reigns everywhere, his pieces withi From those working on the planta-

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ordered them to be more careful next time.

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NEW FILM

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