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Really a great picture! Transferred to the screen by Heary Hathaway who

gave you The Bengal Lancers' this classic of Da Maurier becomes one of the really outstanding

GARY COOPER

ANN

HARDING

in Paramount's

pictures of all time! "Peter Ibbetson".

TO-MOKROW

GEORGE BURNS and GRACIE ALLEN

in "Here Comes Cookie

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FAMOUS GAETANO GAIETY GIRLS MARVELOUS ACROBATIC DANCERS

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LOVELY

DANCING

MADCAPS

ON THE SCREEN A HIGH-PRESSURE MYSTERY

The high priest of thieveäl

He made the most beautiful women his alaves. He defied the world's master man-trackers.

"He will put your nerves-your wits to the supreme test! SMASHING THRILL DRAMA OF PARIS!'

The Most Spectacular Jewel Snatch

in the Annals of Crime.. And

THE POLICE WERE THE THIEVES!

Dam thief

A Warner Bros. Thesii Hit with

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DUDLAY DISORE - ROSSIT BARRAT - HOBERT CAVANALION

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A NEW BABY STAB THAT YOU WILL LOVE TO SEE 1

CARL LAEMMLE PRESENTS‹

STRAIGHT

from HEART

MARY ASTOR ROGER PRYOR BABY NE

TO-MORROW JAMES CAGNEY:

· PICTURE SNATCHER"

A WARNER BROS. PICTUER

"STRAIGHT FROM

THE HEART"'

The showing of "Straight from the Heart, at the Star theatre brings thirty-four clies of joy to you.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:--

"The Gay Deception" QUEEN'S:-

"Peter Ibbetson" ORIENTAL:-

"I Am A Thief".

Kowloon

"ALHAMBRA:--

"Bad Boy""..

MAJESTIC:

"Dressed To Thrill"

STAR:-

"Straight From The Heart"

KING'S:

Coming

"Mutiny On The Bounty"

QUEEN'S:-

"Here Comes Cookie" "So Red The Rose" ALHAMBRA¦----

STAR

"Mutiny On The Bounty"

"Picture Snatcher" MAJESTIC:--

"Casino De Paris"

"THE GAY DECEPTION"

The effervescent charm, Intrigu- ing good looks and " remarkable comedy talents of Francis Lederer are the current attraction at the King's Theatre, where the roman- tic Czech star is heading the cast of Fox Film's "The Gay Decep- tion." •

The gay deceivers of the film are this pair; Lederer, a prince mas- querading 23

the a member of staff in an ultra-luxurious hotel, and Miss Dee, who is having a fling on some money she has won and pretending to be an heiress.

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When they meet, she of course resents the attention of mere mental, but" Lederer persists. In paying court. Lederer resumes

STRAIGHT FROM

HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD'S GIFT

Ida Lupino, who was in PETER IBBETSON

the Dow

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Queen's Theatre ·with. Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. known in Hollywood as "the big gift to publicity men."

If

she isn't breaking a leg, she's breaking an arm or break- ing in a new house, or getting ill, or organising a band or going to England. or coming back from England, or greeting her father, Stanley, who is in Hollywood on a visit Ida never has s drill moment..

The other day, for instance, Ida bought „ a new car. She parked the big, shining model in front of her house and forgot to put on the brakes...

The car rolled down

hill. crashed into another, expensive automobile, and the pair of them did a dive into a hundred-foot canyon...

P. S-Ida had to buy another car-and pay the other gent's insurance.

HIS NAME IN LIGHTS Everyone knows the story how Robert Cummings-now a Paramount featured player ab- THE pearing in MILLIONS IN AIR went to England to get him- self an accent, and immediately on his return was given a con- tract on Broadway as "one of the greatest British Juveniles,"

But this is the "lowdown" on the whole story.

When Cummings was in Eng- land he had himself "starred" at Harrogate in one of Bernard Shaw's plays.

While picking up his accent ne came upon a digused theatre at Harrogate and, for the sum of one pound induced the night watchman to permit him to put his name in bulbs as the star of G B.S.'s "Candida."

Then, for a few shilings more. he got a local photographer to take picture of this theatre with his name in big lights.

On his return to America, be posed S England's youngest

his royal title and the situations NEWS FROM THE¦

are reversed, and when he is arrested as an misunderstanding, the hilarity reaches its peak.

STUDIOS

1936.

-author-actor-agent-producer, and the owner of an important house called the "Harrogate Repertory Theatre.

Englishmen being in great, de- mand

that on Broadway · at time at least ten producers tried to snap him up when he brought out this picture.....

NO FILMS FOR ACTOR'S SON

John Halliday, who is featured In Paramount's DESIRE. in which Gary Cooper and Marlene Diet- rich are co-starred, will definitely not train his ten-month-old soa to be an actor,

Halliday was born in Scotland in 1881 and was" educated at Cambridge University,

"I always wanted to be a suI+ geon." says Halliday, ""and that what my son is going to be. If he has no aptitude for that profession he can do anything he likes except the stage or the screen.

"I don't want my son to staku his life against such territię odds as this-20 actors out of 2,000 being what the world calls

't successful.. Life for the 20 good, for the remainder it a wretched.

"For 20 years friends have been kind enough to say that I've achieved success as an actor, bat when I became an actor it was only when I had tried everything eise. Anyway, after all I am a character actor and, therefore, lucky."

· ALAN GET'S A MEDAL Alan Mowbray, the Englishman "with a distinguished career dur- ing the war, has just been given a medal by the famous Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.

Mowbray, who is featured in the Paramount Jan Klepura- Gladys Swarthout musical tim- GIVE US THIS NIGHT-did: the most difficu1t sixth hole on the course--which is 165 yards—fri two under bogey, which is a re- cord for the club. So they gave him a medall

PETER IBBETSON

George Du Maurier's immortal love classic, "Peter Ibbetson," hav. Columbia has signed Franchoting achieved fame as a novel, a Tone. one of Hollywood's most stage play, and just a couple of Seasons ago 23 an opera at the brilliant young leading men, to

Metropolitan, now takes it place play opposite Grace Moore in her forthcoming musical productica, on the screen with the filming of for the company, to be based upon a romantic story with music by Fritz Kreisler.

There are still more laugh punches left in the script as the picture races to its surprise climax and to the happy résolution of the romance

these

two light- hearted pretenders.

Miss Dee, who has long been one, of Hollywoodd's first rank per- formers, renders a sensitive, in- telligent performance. Others in the cast whose performances are This will be Miss Moore's next outstanding are Alan Mowbray.

starring vehicle following her Benita Hume, Lennox Pawle: Akım ❘ sensational successes, "Love Me Tamiroff and Lionel Stander.

HERE COMES COOKIE

commencing

Forever" (known as "On Wings of Song" is some countries) and

One Night Of Love."

Paramount. version of the famous book, starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in the leading roles, closing to-day at the Queen's Theatre.

Cooper and Miss Harding are playmates and sweethearts as child- rea until the are separated. Frate throws them together again after In "Gabriel Over The White Cooper has become a promising House," produced some tbree architect and Miss Harding the years ago, Mr. Toné stepped from Duchess of Towers, An Argument the New York stage to screen

that leads to the accidental death ráme overnight. His success was

of her bueband, John Halliday, instantaneous and he

sends Cooper to jail for life. Build- was im- mediately established

ing a dream world of their own, as one of the acreen's most popular leading spiritual, if not physical union, by They spend their lifes together in summoning themselves to the others

"Here Comes Cookie," Burns and Allen's Latest LAUGH PANIC; to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre, doala with the of Gracie when she is given carte hilarious and amazing experiences blanche of her father's vast wealth. George Barbier, anxious to ward. off the attentions of a fortune hunt: cés were in "Mutiny On The ing gigolo on his daughter, Betty Bounty," Lyes of a Bengal Lan- Ferness, has Burns his layyer, deed over his wealth Gracie, and

men

His latest successful appearan-side in spiritual fancy,

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cer," "Reckless" and others -

CAPRA · NAMES JEAN ARTHUR'

On her arrival in Hollywood

ed Jean Arthur with a handsome

Not only is it the first major role for by Jane, briinant three- year-old starlet, but it offers a situation that might easily be then goes off on A fishing trip. aced by local citizens during any With millions at her command, election campaign. It is not a Gracie immediately drives Bugs from a month's vacation in New reachment or a problem play, but to desperation with her wild ideas York. Columbia Pictures present- ́ deals with themé never touched upon the screen,

before of spending money. First she lisinherits her father. Then sho Mary Astor portrays a starving throws open their Park Avenue girl, Marian Henshaw, who, in mansion to house a troupe of star desperation atter giving up herving vaudevillians, who immediate place in a bread line to a mother tv take possession of every avail and her famished child, attemptsible space where they constantly to pick the pockets of a prosper-ractice their various occupations ous looking stranger This

The climax is reached when Gracie is Andy MacLean, portrayed by stage, a show entitled "Gracie Koger Pryor; a politician and Allen's Flop." Turning the entire candidate for mayor. Instead of house unto a theatre, Gracie pro turning her over to the police quoes one of the craziest most The gate her a job in a city day tilarious shows ever seen on the screen, topping it all off with a Romance develops between MacRomeo and Juliet scene which the Lean and Marian and, believing lays herself aided Tombes and in his campaign promises to put Burns,

nursery,

Wan

the unemployed of the city to work, she works hard for bis elpc-|

tion, securing many votes for him. honest and that his election would Mayor Austin (Grant Mitchell), running for re-election, pulls a

CHUBE more suffering than

ever

political coup to prove the fallacy among the poor. Marian mush

of MacLean's promises and to choose hetween loyalty to the man show that his opponent is deluding she loves and devction to the poor the poor people of the city to get in whose human cause she had their vote Following closely upon reen such an ardent worker. this, Maggie's mother commits How he decides, and the part suicide in a fit of despondency. Maggie plays, in her decision MacLean decides upon a wild builds to the most dramatic and plan to win the election. He in heart throbbing climax ever con duces Marian, who discovered Mrs seived for a motion picture. Fro Haines body, to testify that the found, yet delightfully relieved by woman had told her she had ended infectious comedy and with a her life because Austin was the tender, appealing love theme father of her baby, Maggie. Before "Straight from the Heart'' is the Marian can do this, however, she most widely discussed picture to discovers that Maclean is disbn shown.

Christmas gift, in the shape of the much coveted feminine lead opposite (ary Cooper in the Frank Capra production, “Opera Hat Jean Dizon and Lionel Btander already have been sign- ed" for this elaborate feature which recently went into produce tion. Opera Hat fy based on Clarence Budington Kelland's American Magazine story and wa prépared for the screen by Ro- bert Riskia

Miss Arthur won stardom on the Columbia lot. Her first Biel- `lar role was opposite Herbert Mar

shall In "If You Could ⠀⠀ Only

Cook," which scored a highly sue

cessful hold-over engagement at- the Rory Theatre" after opening on Christmas Day: Strice being added to Columbia's contract forces, the young star has given outstanding performances in many of the company's productions. In cluded among these were, "The whole, Town's Talking") "Party Wire" "The Most Precious Thing in Life and The Defense Rasta," MET GRACE MOORE HEADS PETER NOTABLES

The name of Grace Moore, Un- lumbia Fictures' famous interna-

tional, operatic star heads the list of notables who have broadcast from the new NBC studio in Hollywood, which was recently opened. Mla Moore sang, on the first commercial programme in the opening night.

The screen star's name, tias been inscribed at the top of a huge sliver plaque set in the wall. of the reception room at the studio, declared to be one of the

the world finest buildings of its kind in

SHOWING TO-DAY

KINGS:

At 1.30, 5.10. 7.15 '&' 9.30 P.M.):

This Years Gayest Treat!

Francis

LEDERER The GAY DECEPTION

[A. JURSE L. LASKY

PRODUCTION

NEXT

4. Fun Prasane seul

FRANCES DEE BENITA HUME ALAN MOWBRAY

AKIM TAMEROFF

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M.G.M.

UKARLES LAUGHTON-CLARK GABLE CHANGE in "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" PICTURE

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

NATHAN AD, KOWLOON-DAILY AT ·

SHOWING TO-DAY

VINA DELMAR'S NEWEST...AND TRUEST!

YOUR

BAD BOY

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW-

JAMES DUNN

MAJESTIC A 2.30, 5.20,

THEATRE

7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

A glorious new star from the land of the Vikings in a gloriously romantic dramal

TUTTA ROLF

-co-starred with

CLIVE BROOK

"DRESSED

to THRILL"

ROBERT BARRAT Produced by Rabani Y. Kans Directed by Harry Lachman NYDIA WESTMAN. And from me pas de Tacostan

FRIDAY: CASSINO DE PARIS" with AL: JOHNSON..

FIGURES ON FILM ANNA MAY WONG VISITs

THE EAST AUDIENCES

I one might judge by most o the manifestos' In which the tim trade recommends its wares that trade ought to have a soul above statistics, "Glamour" le its

birthright and "stupendous" and "colossal" are among its favour Ite adjectives; surely in a sphere where terms like those flourish there ought to be little roons for, the low cunning of mathematical percentages? Yet the glamorous trade can take to statistics when It feels like it, and, with all the more confidence, perhaps, because it has been said by some that figures (like tima) can prove anys thing. It is not quite clear that some of the statistics which have

PHOTOGRAPHIC "MAGIC"

One of those icks of the ca meraman's art./nich are so my- stifying and causes gasps 01 82 tonishment among audiences, will be seen in Columbia's Rolling Along, co-starring Harry Rich-jast been collected by Londof man and Rochelle Hudson.

The chorus of forty dancins girls appearing with Peppino and Rhoda, the international dancing team, will be seen one minute all clad in white evening gowns, dan ring before e sophisticated back- ground. Then, presto, change, right before your eyes, the per formers will turn into coloured

Film Productions prove very much except that picture-theatre audi- ences are constituted rather as one might have expected, but | some of the figures extracted after submitting various inquiries to 10,000 patrons are not without Interest. It is even gratifying to learn that out of that number only 153 confessed that they ald a dally visit to the pictures to giris dressed in rolka-dot dresses take the done so regularly as that and the background will be a Misuggests an addiction rather than sissippi River scene with cotton an entertainment. Far the largest deids and all the southern at single item in the lists of atten mosphere,G

dances nearly 4,000 out. '10'000 was made up of those who paid s

It's a good trick, whether you, can guess how it's done or not

Shanghai, Feb. 11. The Sing-American film actress Anna May Wong arrived in Shang-' hai by the President Hoover this afternoon on her first visit to China. She was greeted by a host of prominent Chinese and foreign people

Miss Wong in expected to Fixit Canton where she has relatives, shortly and also visit Pelping." She will then proceed to England in about two months.- Kester

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a rather more normal type of ap- petite. Probing into occupations, the inquiries, found that 22.4 per cent of cinema audiences were to be described as "business and clerical, with "business emplo- yere and executives" as nearly 5 per cent, which seems fairly high considering that there must be far fewer of those more august patrons to draw upon. And age apparently tends to wither the appeal of the cinema; in this in quiry attendances by age shown. sharp decline after forty-ve and a still sharper 403 out of the #It would

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