1936-02-07 — Page 5

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14 SHOWS

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8.30-19

7:16–0.30

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ENTERTAINME

QUEENS

To-day & To-morrow Only at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30

ONE HOUR TO LOVE AND THEN HER WEDDING BELLS RANG HIS DEATH KNELL ! Jimmy and Joan together again in their frat dramatic bit in pwo years—and, take it from us,

it is worth waiting for !!

"He Was Her Man'

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· Warner Bros.' Dramatic Thrill with

· JAMES ČAGNEY-JOAN BLONDELL

NEXT CHANGE

"Peter Ibbetson"

with GARY COOPER-ANN HARDING

TAKE ANY SHAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS –

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

2 DAYE TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

ONLY

SCENES THAT STAGGER THE IMAGINATION ! Millions have called this story “the strangest romance ever written or dreamed ofí

VIVID SPECTACLE THAT STUNS THE SENSES! The story of a beautiful woman who bathed in

fire and stayed young 500 years!

ROAD WANOKIAJ

TELL BEATS

MERIAN C COOPER

recreates in, mighty spectacle H. Rider Haggard's weird, wondrous story of the woman who learned the secret of con- finued youth...So wicked that a kingdom evoiled before her! . . So human that a, Jouch of love transformed hert

SHE

FABULOUSLY. PRODUCED ; with a cost of 5,000 including MELEN GAHAGAN, RANDOLPH SGOT7) | HELEN MACK, NOEL MECE PA İnding Patel and Londay C. Haddon,

Prices Matinees 20-30 d. Evenings 20'o.—30 6—60 a—70 c.

STARE

11

TO-DAY ONLY

THREE CHEERS FOR THE NAVY!

A smashing. dramatic ro- inance o! America's midshipmen

ANNAPOLIS FAREWELL

The "Bengal Lancers"of the

2. U. §. Navy

A Paramount Picture witle

SIR GUY STANDING ROSALIND KEITH TOM BROWN BICHARD CROMWELL &

und the Midshipmen në tha' 1. K. Haval Adamg

Diracull by Alanenüdər Hali TO-MORROW.

GEORGE ARLISS

"CARDINAL

RICHELIEU

20TH CENTURY PICTURE

A HOME OF ELIZABETH

BARRETT

Demolition Of House In Wimpole Street

Londo

Jan, 201

The demolition of

pole Street W., marks

of a notable house."

house in which, Elisabeth Bar

lived from 1842

to Robert Browning in 1846

she was lying" seriet

her conan John Kenyon

the brilliant young poet to see

At The Queen's

James Cagney and Joan Blon- dell scored a distinct triumph in the very unusual drama, "He Was Her Man, now showing at the Queen's Theatre.

Warner Bros., have given a most unusual treatment to a thrilling story, which while based on under-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7 1936

TODAY AT THE

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"It's In The Air""

QUEEN'S:

"He Was Ber Man" ORIENTAL

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:---

"Girl In Danger""

MAJESTIC:

"Hamond Jing”

STAR

"Annapolis Farewell"-

Coming

KING'S

"The Littlest Rebel"

QUEEN'S:—

:.."Foter Ibbetson".

"Here Comes Cookle":

ALHAMBRA:-

"The Littlest Rebel"

Shot and shell can't part these sweethearts! SHIRLEY TEMPLE and JOHN BOLES as they appear in the Fox picture, "The

Coming to the Alhambra and King's Theatres on Saturday, February 8,

***THE LITTLEST REBEL"

STAR

"Cardinal Richelieu"

4

"I Live My Life"

MAJESTIC

:1

ANNAFOLIS FAREWELL

A dramatically human, pictorial document of the training, hopes, ambitions and problems that co Front that fortunate group of American youth admitted within the hallowed, historical walls of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis comes to the screen at the Star Theatre, in Paramount's "Annapolis Farewell," a poignant, realistic drama of life in the great Naval institution.

ANTARCTIC DRAMA

First News Of Ellsworth

London, Jan. 17.

A dramatic wirelem messaga received in London yesterday, from the Royal Research ship, Discovery. I suggested that Lincon Ells- worth, the American explorer, who has been missing since he left Dundee Island seven weeks ago to fly across the Antarctic, has been found. It stated:

"Boat arrived safely. Bay of Whales 20.00 hous, Jan. 15. One man was sighted « from plane. Machine, at Little Amo- Tick...Wratt Kärp... [Elsworth'a bass ship (20 miles away."

Owing to faulty transmission part of the message, indicated by dota, was indecipherable.

The Post Office was at ones re- quested to get into "touch with Discovery by any availablé means and ask for a repetition. This had not been received early. this morning.

It

MESSAGE IN CODE

ONLY

SKINGSS

p53

The Big Parade of Funsters in the New Laugh Hit! What a gathering of your favorite comedy screen stazu te this not of 1,000 Langbal Jack Benny, even funnier than on the air, laada the parade of cut upe 14 miles up in the airend to a new high in Ellanty!ZONEGO

Jack BENNY

TS IN THE AIR

ARTED HEALY

UNA MERKEL NAT PENDESTON MARY CARLISLE

-- Praduent by HAZET RAPPO

ALSO

FREE WHEELING"

(OUR GANG COMEDY)

NEXT CHANGE

LATEST HEARST": METROTONE NEWS

SHIRLEY TEMPLE in "THE LITTLEST REBEL

90T

PICTURE

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

NATMAPY 20, KOWLOOR-DAILY AT 2.301520-750 2 9:30 - TEL.16650

LAST TIMES TO DAY

The message was from Lt. EU R.N.R., captains of Discovery IL; which left Melbourne on Dec. 24 to join in the search for Ellsworth. was received at the Coʻonial Office from a New Zealand wine w lesa ̈station, atmospheries having prevented Discovery communicat- ing with England direct.

As the tiny conferedate who surrounds the Yanks with smiles, It was sent in code and there astounds them with songs and de-was great excitement when, as it feats them with dances, Shirley was being deciphered, its signific- Temple retums to the screen m

ance was realised. Disappoint- "The Littlest Rebel" which comes

inent followed when it was 'found on Saturday to the King's and

that owing to a "corrupt group"-" Alhambra Theatres.

the technical term for an error li transmission-part of the mes-

Ably supported by a cast which includes John Boles, Jack Belt.

Karen Morley and her old tap-ge had no relation to the key.

Although officials were able to dancing friend. B1 Robinson, Shirley plays her first great dra- tuess at the meaning of the gar matic role in this screen offering.bled partion. they declined, so as produced under Darryl F. Zanuck tot to raise false hopes, to make The story of "The Littlet Rebel" their inference public. adapted from that ever popular" "The whole trend of the mes- play, deals with happenings in ange makes us optimistic." an of Virginia during the Civt War. acial told & representative Two middies, Richard Cromwell

After Shirley's father, John "The Daily Telegraph." and Tom Brown find themselves Boles, is called to nght for the roommates on their entrance to

Stars and Bars, things go from the school. The boys, exact-op-

After

OBJECT ACCOMPLISHED

received,

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HE WAS HER MAN posites, are constantly antagonistic bad to worse with his family From the message It is evideti! to each other, Cromwell is a high Loyal servants, help to keep the that Ellsworth accompilabed his unded, sensitive boy of a wealthy family together, but when their object of aging from Dundee family, imbued with the spirit for home comes into the line of fire, faland in the Weddell Sen, to Lit- which the academy stands, while Shirley and her mother, Karen the America, Admiral Byrd's base, Brown, younger brother of an up-Morley, are forced to flee.

in the Ross. Sea. The 1ght, over per-classmen, is a cocky, solf aacur- The delicate Mira Morley suc 2,000 miles of unexplored icy was- ed, confident young fellow, out to cumbs to the rigors of war and in tes and mountains, would have get an education at the expense of la tender and affecting scene, taken him near the South Pole. Uncle Sam in order to capitalire | Shirley and her father are re- Ellsworth left Dundee Island, un his advantages after gradua united. He faces trial and possible 750 miles from Cape Hota, on tion. Inherently he

bas fiue execution when he is captured by Nov, 23 in a 'plane, the Polar Btas, qualities which characterizes all Jack Holt, a Northern officer. Bat

piloted Ly Mr. Herbert Hollick naval men.

Holt's gallantry proves equal to amusiny sequences

many interesting and

Kenyon. London-born Cana that of the South, and he fries to behind the

dian. Wireless messages from help them escape.

·ACE BOS showing the rigorous schedule to which every midship Boles and Holt must face the con- and since then no news has been When they are recaptured, both them ceased eight hours later, man is subjected, from the moment reveille is sounded early in the quences of their act. The picture morning until taps is heard at bed-reaches ita emotional climar when time, an authentic picture of a Shirley journeys to Washington middie's life at study, work and with faithful old Bill Robinson to play, complications begin when plead with the Great Emancipator Before Ellsworth left he arrang- Cromwell invites his girl, Bosalind for the lives of her father and ed for his base ship, the Wyatt Keith to be his guest during June Jack Holt, who were gality only Earn, commanded by Sir Herbert Week at the annual hop, Brown, of helping a little girl.

Wilkins, to pick him up at Little who has seen her pictare, resolves

America between Jan. 22 and 25. to take her himself. He stranges

As the message indicates the to have Cromwall”: called": "for medical examination at the time

Wyatt Earp is now nearing there. Miss Keith's train

TWO SHIPS IN SEARCH Wes Arrives. He meets the young lady, tramps up

The diary of the light and the the search is as follows: su excuse for Cromwell and de- "Peter Ibbetson, is the screen Others in the cast include Victor posits her at Sir Guy's house until dramatization of George Du

Nov 23,3 a.m.-Elsworth - and Jory.

Dundet who gives

left an excellent he can call for her.

Maurier's famous novel of the Bolick-Kenyon portrayal: A th Portuguese His ruse is discovered, ha | 12 | saine name, The story revolves irland. fisherman, Frank Craven, Baran forced to find a four-half olover around the beautiful love that Nov, 23. 11 am-last message.

·Padden,・ Harold Huber, Reasel on Farrugat Field as punishment binds two people, together for a received reporting that they had Hopton, John Qualen, Bradley He refuses to tell Cromwell where lifetime even though Fate sees ht drwn over a 13,000ft mountain Fage, George Chandler and James he can find his sweetheart Bir to par them. Friends, playmates range and made important. -dis-

***Guy* acts the gallant hosta and I and sweethearts in Paris, as child-coveries

world characters, is distinctly not a gangster picture, but rather an exceedingly interesting lesson in the value of decency as a guide for living. The picture concerns the adventures of an unscrupulous rogue with a magnetic personality, and a girl of the streets who hates her life and is about to put behind her by marrying a Portu- guese Asherman. when ahe be- comes infatuated with the scoun- drel, who eventually does the one decent thing in his life by getting himself kled and leaving the lady free to reformi,

Monetery

PETER IBBETSON

The plane carried enough fuelj for 20 hours flying and food to last for eight weeks.

nothing.

the Erf

The Incale of the plot is set in escorts Miss Keith to the prom ren, the two are separted when the Nov. 26-New Zealand Gov- the colourful background of an where they both become the hit of boy's mother dies and his military ernment asked all wireless sta- ancient shing village on the the evening. The two boys reach uncle takes him to England. Astons and whaling ships to Isten Pacific Coast, near

Bir Guy's home to And the girl a talented young architect, Peter 1 Some of the scenes shot are really gone to the dance, Ibbetson is sent to wealthy day and night for messages. Over beautiful and taking the picture mar to the entire picture comes racing stables. Ebbetson discovers

The most thrilling, impressive aristocrat's estate to design new 160 operators co-operated; but as a while it is very interesting when the plebes are put on gun fire that the mistress of the house, the

the request of the and worth seeing.

practice their target being Bir Duchess of Towers, is none other Au Guy's ship, the Congress, Like than his childhood sweetheart. At tigh true officer of the sea, Bir Guy do the same time she recognizes TA termines to go down with his ship The Duke, suspecting their love, in a touching, momentour, inspired threatens to kill Ibbetson, In the

bott ennuing argument, the Duka, is ag Lett erdently. Filled and Peter is sen- tended- to - life imprisonment for the crime, Put his love never disa for the Duchess who remains true to him for TUTA DA

Althrogh prison walls

IT'S IN THE AIR

Elizabeth was then a poetess of considerable repute.

The house has been modernized performance, by successive generations and yet, in the midst of housebreaking, workmen have found beneath lay- ers of plaster, a wallpaper of a chinta pattern peculiar to the mid- Victorian era. The mantelpieces, "She's going to be the world's them they meet in the doors, and other nttings were re- foremost radio comedienne.” Thus moved before the housebreakers answered Jack Benny, noted radin, romance stronger came in, but none of these fittings • BƐa; included any relic which could be la genuinely claimed as a memorial

of the Barrett family

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SHIRLEY GREY

TO-DAY

TO-MORROW SHIRLEY'S MOST

IRRESISTIBLE ROLE

Prepare to

surrender

your heart!

Shirley

TEMPLE LITTLEST REBEL

"JOHN BOLES * 1JACK HOLT.

SUKAREN: MORLEY

DIL: ROBUKOM"

MAJESTIC 14:230, 5.20,

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