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Carpenter. A1

Lobo, A2

Mrs. E. R. Edwards

Joss, A8

Misa M. Larsseri

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Gull, A9

"His Night Out"

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True Blue. All

"SHIP CAFET

"She Gets Her Man"

Miss E. Walker

STAR:

Pat. A12

"The Big Broadcast of 1930"

Coming

Painted Lady, A14

Mrs. E. A. Booty

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TO-MORROW

& THURSDAY DARING AVIATORS IN THE GREATEST THRILL PICTURE YOU EVER- SAW!

"Rose of The Rancho" ORIENTAL:-

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"A Cup of Kindness"

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EVERYBODY'S, CHEERING THEIR FIRST SHOW SINCE FLIRTATION WALK 1

DICK POWELL RUBY KEELER

Shipmates

No Mo

Forever

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Tae Story of a Sailor Bold with a Voice of Gold

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936.

TODAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:

3.

Hong Kong

"O'Shaughnessy's Boy"

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"Shipmates Forever"

ORIENTAL:-

"A Night At The Opera"

Kowloon

LADIES YACHT RACE

Fifth Extra Series

The Ladies Fifth Extra Series was held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over a course of 7.6mlès, Quarry. Buy Mark (P), Channel Rocks (P), Rumey Shoa, Mark (P). Quarry Bay Mark (8), Club Line Details folow-

"A" CLASS-S1ARTED 1445

LAST TWO-DAYS

SKINGS!

RE-UNITED in their GREATEST TRIUMPH!

Never in the annala of the screen nich a master- place of laughter and tears as now hiring filmdom's grandiest pala together again!

WALLACE

At 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

COOPER

Shaughnessys Boy

GEORGE RAFT — JOAN BENNETT

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“She Couldn't Take It"

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18.34.56

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Mrs. K. A. Bilderbeck

"Ship Cafe"

Zephyr. Y8

Mrs. M. E Hindson

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"Wings In The Dark"

Mrs. E. Cooper

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW EDWARD EVERETT HORTON STRAIGHT FROM "TOP HAT" INTO A CHUCKLING NEW COMEDY HIT!

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A Night the Opera

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Introduciny

Specialties by BING CROSBY- FRICHARD TAUBE: ETHEL MERMAN RAY NOBLE #S "MARY BOLAND CHARLIE RUGGLES BILL ROBINSON

A Paramount Picture

TO-MORROW

TOM WALLS RALPH LYNN in "A CUP OF KINDNESS"

MR. W. B. YEATS NOW SOUT OF DANGER

London, Feb. 1. Mr. W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet, who has been lying seriously 11 with a heart attack for some days

are hotel here, was declared to- night to be out of danger.

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£80 A MINUTE FOR BROADCASTING

And Eddie Cantor Makes Film A Year As "Holiday”

"London, Jan 28.

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In a barely furnished broadcasting stadio high up in one of New York's tallest skyscrapers, a little dark-hair- ed, dark-eyed man stands at the microphone cracking

an unseen audience of many millions. For a quarter of an hour he continues, interspersing his jokes and patter with an occasional song about a "sweetie! or a "cutio" sung in a robust tenor voice that somehow seems absurdly powerful coming from the throat of so snil a person

At last the show is over. "So long, folks, until next week," chirps the

WINGS IN THE DARK

Cary Grant return's again to a role in aviation film, "Wings In the Dark". The cture, starring Grant with Myrna Loy comes to the Oriental Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday.

"Wings in the Dark" is devoted to depicting the thrills and rouoco in the development of peace-time avia tion.

Grant plays the role of a scientific explorer of the air, a man who strives to make aviation anfo by perfecting blindflying.

When he is blinded in an accident, Myrna Loy, the girl who loves him, helps him to carry on his work with money she earns in apecular stunt flying.

Grant learns how she has been helping him, he loaves her rather than accept charity. But fate intervenes, and Grant in a gripping dramatic efimas, goes on a tight that saves Miss Loy's fife and unites the lovers,

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POLICE DISCOVER "FENCE'S" STORE

Huge Amount Of Stolen Property Is Found

Shanghai Feb, 20 Following a number of burglaries in the French Concession recently, the police have arrested ove men. Sub- sequent investigation led the police to the house of one of the five. There was discovered remarkable amount of property, all believed to have been stolen. Over 200 silver spoons and forks were found, some old vases, a O'SHAUGHNESSY'S BOYarge quantity of milver plates and

The picture features Roscoe Karna. Hobart Cavanaugh and Dean Jagger in' the principal featured roles.

Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper! The screen pals of "The Champ" and "Treasure Island" together again! In the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, O'Shaughnessy's Boy," which is show- ing to-day at the King's Theatre.

They bring you the circus with all its humour, pathos and spectacle.

They'll make you laugh and they'il make you cry in this thrilling story of life under the Big Top that carries them to stirring dramatic heights!

Against the background of the cirrus, with its universal appeal for youngsters from 8 to 80, Ecleslawski has delicately but powerfully woven the story of a father's regeneration through the love of his son.

It is a picture that is all Beery and Cooper-and all circus-

Beery and Cooper are given a bril little man as he turns to go. Aliant support,ubby, the child; in Spanky. moment later comes the voice of the McFarland an announcer, "You have just been listen- Leona Maricle, of the Broadway stage, jag to Eddie Cantor entertaining you in the role of Windy's" wife; Sarah. from station XYZ. . .. And Eddie, Haden, as Martha, Cora's spiteful ex-waiter, ex-suusage factory worker, sister; Willard Robertson, as the picks up his hat and trots blithely circus' boss; Henry Stephenson, as home to his adored wife and five Valkenburg; Clarence Muse, as Jeff daughters, a richer man by appro- the coloured circus roustabout who ximately $1200.

adores Windy" and his Eddie Cantor is, in fact, the world's Ben Hendricks, as Franz, ringmaster.

Ron, and highest paid radio artist. For every The screen circus is as complete as minute

on the air he receives £30, and any you will ever see the menagerie the broad casting company which tent, the side show, the Big Top, all commands his services considers that reproduced in minute detail, and

peo he is absurdly cheap at the price. pled with real circus performances and When Eddie sings and tells his funny famous acta, stories the whole of America 'tunes in, and if there happens to be a rival enter- Lainer "on the air" at the same time- well, it is just too bad for the rival.

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HIS ANNUAL "REST".

SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT

VISCOUNT KONOYE APPEALS FOR S.M.C. ORCHESTRA

Deserved Reputation As Orient's Best

ent

Shanghai, Feb. 20. Japanese residents in Shanghai are urged by Viscount Hidemaro Konoye, the popular conductor and a member of the House of Peers, to show more Orchestra" the finest in the interest in the Shanghai Municipal Ia a farewell message addressed tr the Japanese residents of Shanghai. Viscount Konoye" yesterday mornin. thanked them for the various cour- tesies extended to him during his hai to show the foreign and Chines two weeks stay. I came to Shang- residents what progress Japan hari made, since she abandoned her isola Some of the good have not yet been

share my identified, and they can be examined tion, and thus to contribute at the headquarters of the French better relations between Japan and ne s masician, to the promotion of Police, Route Stanislas Chevalier.

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dishes, silver ornaments, trays, a cinematograph projection apparatus, other photographic appratus, a type writer, and ailver coffee-pots. The gang are believed to have amassed 310,000 in stolen property,

led the following promises: 192 Rue sipal Orchestra really deserves its gang are believed to have burg-China," he said. "I leave here firmly convinced that the Shanghai Muni Magniry, 67 Route Paul Legendre, 100 Route Edan, 129 Route Ferguson, reputation of being the best in the 988 Route de Zikawei, 188 Rue fag. Orient, and that it constitutes some- ning, 311 Avenue Petain, 353 Routa thing of which the Far East should be Cohen, 11 Route Winling, 211 Avenue Prod Haig, 12 Route de Boissezon, 7 Avenue Petain, 91 Route Edan, 89 Route Delastre, 401 Route Frelupt, and 595 Route Tenant de la Tour.

SHIPMATES FOREVER

Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler are again co-starred in the new Cosmo- Forever" closing to-day after a most politan drams-with-music, "Shipmater successful run at the Queen's Theatre.

Dick sings a number of catchy songs which fall naturally into the plot, he being a crooner at a New York park casino before becoming a naval cadet. Miss Keeler, who plays the part of an orphaned daughter of a naval officer, compelled to earn her living dancing in a night club, gives an exhibition of tap dancing with the famous

Kiddies.

organization is threatened with dis- regret to hear that each year this solution and I hope that you will, us Japanese, show more intereat in the future of this, the Oriend's most ex- cellent orchestra."

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Viscount Konoye, who thrice led the orchestra in concerts at the Lyceum and Kabukiza Theatres, left for Japan yesterday morning by the sa. Shang-

hai Mara.

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RUMOUR OF TALK WITH OTTO DENIED

London, Feb. 14 Rumours about Prince Starhomberg and the Habsburg restoration Butter ed Europe to-day.

The prince la Vice-Chancellor of Austria. He came to London for the

Late last night it was reported:

funeral of King George and is e it à talented supporting cast tion of the Austrian monarchy with reported to have discussed the restore- The widely-praised George Raft in the picture, which is a Warner Bra. Joan Bennett comedy romance, "She release, including Lewis Stone, Ross leading statesmen. Couldn't Take it," will open it's local Alexandra, Dick Foran, Johnny For about four months overy year, engagement at the King's Theatre Arledge, Joseph Crehan, Robert Light, however, Eddie takes a rest from his starting

Thursday,

Raft who first Martha Merrill and Mary Treen. weekly broadcasting and goes west to won the heart of American audiences Hollywood-the whole family in at in a

series of tendance to raake, his annual film: "Scarface,"

engster portrayals in Money and Perhaps "rest" is hardly the word, for "Quick Millions," reverts to this typo during those four months Eddie works of characterization in "She Couldn't

SHIP CAFE

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(1) That he had gone to Brussela. (2) That he had visited Archduke Ottó at the Habsburg castle near Brussels.

(3) That he had told the Archduke that the was no hope of an early restoration in view of international opposition,

(4) That he had never left London, but would visit the Archduke on his

bome. Way Archduke Otto's mother, had arrived (5) That the ex-Empress Zita, Parisit the south of France, castle, determined to make a last effort (6) That the ex-Empress was at her

to secure a restoration, for which she

LEGATION STATEMENT

like a galley-slave for about 14 hours Take It for the time in over a year. "Ship Cafe," Paramount comedy every day. In addition to being the Ke is seen as the ex-rum runner drama with music of a ship stoker's star of the picture, he writes most of Richardi repenting his sins in the singing career in a water front night the script and devises most of the federal penitentiary where he meets club, festaring Carl Brisson and "gage with which

every Cantor film Walter Connolly, millionaire financier Arline Judge, opening to-morrow at abounds. He writes his own songs, serving time for tax evasion

the Queen's theatre, is Brisson's first conducts rehearsals, and helps to enve all sorts of problems connected with felon's earnestness and determination

lonely impressed by the young picture since his role in the musical the King's Horses in which he the making of the film.

to go straight, so that when death appeared with Mary Ellis. He was taken #ll on Wednesday Then newspaper and magazine comes to him in his prison cell, his supporting crat includes evening. During the night is editors are constantly clamouring for last words are a plea to Raft to act liam Frawley, Mady, Christians, Inez has worked for years a condition became serious, but an articles from his pen, refusing to take as executor of his estate and guardian Courtney, Eddie Davis famous Broad- Thursday he rallied. A relapse business hewl of an important radio

no" for an answer, and finally, as of his petulant family.

way Entertainer. The three hit songs, To-day the Austrian Legation denied What happens when Haft takes "Fatal Fascination" and "Change the reports of an interview with the followed, but an improvement was organisation, he has to spend a least charge of the family and fortune, Your Mind" were written by Lew Archduke. Their statement, said: noticed to-day.

two or three hours a day dictating despite the vigorous protests of the Gensler, Harlan Thompson and Hay "These reports are absolutely untrue. One of the Inders of the dull business letters to a relay of tompestuous Miss Bennett, the play- Noble.

Prince Starhemberg is still in his Celtic Revival, Mr. Yeats receiv-secretaries.

boy brother, James Blakely, and her The story centers around the hilar- London hotel. He intends to leave ed the Nobel Prize for literature His early youth was sport in direst Billie Burke, account for the vividsradaates from stoker to cafe bouncer

But Eddie really campinin. count patronizing mother experiences of Brisson who England to morrow for. Paris,"

In Paris the Prince is expected to in 1923. He was for seven years poverty, and when at the age of 20. and amusing screenplay which has to singer and, finally, to becoming a join in the conversations on Danublat a Senator of the Irish Free he married Ida, the sweetheart of his own such spontaneous popular olan, sunta the Danish star in an entirely the Balkan States, including King rich countess gigolo. The film problems between representatives of boyhood he swore that he would one Others in day make a fortune. He kept his Wallace Ford, Alan Mowbray, Donald new kind of a role. Heretofore Bris Carol of Rumania and M. Litvinoff, Mook and William Tannen, Tay Garson has played only Cosmopolitan the Soviet Foreign Minister. It is nett directed the adaptation prepared sophisticated parts. In "Ship Cafe" supposed that the conversations will by Oilver H. F. Garrett from a story be is transformed from hobey to include a discussion of Archduke by Gene Towne and Graham Baker. gentleman and back to hobo..

Otto's claim.

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State,"

Last October three of his short plays were produced in London at the Little Theatre in celebration of his 70th birthday.

word; he made a fortune-and lost most of it in the crash of 1991. Now he is busily building up another......fer Ida and the family.

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HIS NIGHT OUT

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