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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936.

TO - DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

COULDN'T “SHE

TAKE IT"

“SHIP CAFE”.

SBOWING TO-DAY

At The

Queen's

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.15 7.20 & 9.30

A ROLLI KING STORY OF

A SAILOR BOLD WITH A VOICE OF GOLD

CARL

BRISSON

Ropeita his success of "All the King's Horses" in

"SHIP CAFE

with ARLINE JUDGE

#1

MADY CHRISTIANS"

TO-MORROW

BRINGING TO YOU GLADYS SWARTHOUT THE HIGHEST R NKING TAK OF THE METROPOLITAN OPEKA in Rose of the Rancho "

TAME SAY TRAM OR HAREN VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST

THEATREV

TIMES TO-DAY

CRAMMED-WITH-ACTI`Nİ » A story of a girl who knew no "feur... she'd do anything for thrills.

"A MIGHTY AIR DRAMA!

MYRNA LOY CARY GRANT

"WINGS

IN THE

DARK

A Paramount Pictura wila

ROAD

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TO-MORROW

& SATURDAY

2 HOURS OF LAUGHTER! In this mad and merry ma'ri monial farce comely of domestic tangles.

YOU'LL SCREAM WITH JOY!

CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND

PEOPLE WILL TALK

A Paramount Picture with

Prices Matinees 20 e--30 c Evenings 20 c÷80 c.—50 c.—70 e,

ESTAR

4

SHOWING TO-DAY

MEN!...DON'T LET THIS woman FOOL YOU!

ine female mastermind al myak ng bahɔa ser gå her most

THE WHITE COCKATOO

JEAN MUIR RICARDO CORTEZ

NEXT CHANGE

JACK BÚOMANAN IN

*THATS A GOOD GIRL

AT THE KING'S"

"She Couldn't Take It'

Success rests easily on Joan Bennett's golden-tressed head.

KING'S:-

"She Couldn't Take It".

QUEEN'S:

12

"Ship Cafe"

ORIENTAL:-

Wings In The Dark"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:---

"The Perfect Gentleman" MAJESTIC:-

11

"Red Heads On Parade"

STAR:--

"The White Cockatoo"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Barbary Coast"

QUEEN'S:-

די

"Ross of The Rancho" "One Exciting Adventure"

STAR:-

"That's A Good Girl" ALHAMBRA:-

"Whipsaw" ORIENTAL:-

"People Will Talk” "Last Outpost" "Scarlet Empress" "Purguit"

"BARBARY COAST"›

Q.

Edward Miriam Hopkins, Robinson and Joel McCrea enact a strange and violent triangle against the

back- tumultuous ground of ife on the "Barbary Coast," that "notorious mecca o adventurers from every corner of the globe, in Samuel Goldwyn's colourful production of that title which comes to the Theatre on Sunday.

Miss Hopkins is seen as Swan, a beautiful girl who is stranded in this city of gold-mad, love-hungry men and becomes queen of

King's

At The King's-

"She Couldn't Take It" starring Joan Bennett and George Ralt, opened its initial screening at the King's Theatre last night.

George Raft, that aashing young hero who first won screen fame in a series of gangster portrayals in pictures such as "Scarface," "Hash Money" and "Quick MERons," once again returns to these favourite rolls in this present film,

He is seen as the ax-rum runner Richardi repenting his sins in the federal penitentiary where he meets Walter Connolly, millionaire financier serving time for tax evasion.

Ast

Avenging an insult with ile of a novel is the method used by Carl Brisson, Faramount star, in his intest role. Leading men have known to settle arguments with swords, pistols, boxing gloves or tista, but Brisson revenges a slur- ting remark with the use of a shovel in Paramount's "Ship Cafe", comedy drama of a singing ship stoker's career now showing at the Queen's Theatre,

igisson lands in jail as the result ef the shovel fight, where he meets William Frawley, part owner of a water front dive, who offers him a job as the bouncer of the cate.

Ho accepts and meets Arline Judge, a dancer in the club with whom he falls in love. One night Davis, the restaurant's Connolly is impressed by the Eddin young felon's earnestness and de-uther partner, who entertains the termination to go straight, so that guests with his singing, is taken ill when death comes to him in his and Briasun takes his place, be coming an overnight sensation ne prison cell, his last words are

n singer. plea to Raft to act as executor of his estate and guardian of his petulant family.

*

What happens when Raft takes charge of the family and fortune, despite the vigorous protests of the Miss Bennett. the tempestuous play-boy, brother. James Blakely, and her count and poet patronizing mother. Bullie Burke, accounts for the vivid and amusing screenplay which has own such spontaneous popularity,

Included in the case are Lloyd Nolan, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek and 2 host of other screen

celebrities.-C. J A.

MR. J. E. WOOLACOTT

British Journalism In India

A Champion boxer visits the diva with a party of highbrow friends and is knocked out, by Brisson dur. ing the argument. "Ship Cafe" immediately becomes a successful society rendezvous

A Countess, Mady Christianik, Decomes interested in Brisson, and against Miss Judge's advice. "be accepts ber proposition of a huge salary in a swanky un-town night- club. In a short time he realizes that the plan was just a home of the part of the countess who wants him to be her gigolo.

A

He renounces ber, becomes failure. Many bilarious, dramatie complications bring the film tela

anshing climax

AN OLD SCOTTISH FAMILY

London, Feb. 4. The Hon Harry Robert Well- wood Moncreiff to-day attain's his majority. He is the eldest son of the fourth Lond Moncreiff by his

arrlage in 1999 to Lucy Vida.

daughter of Dr. David Lechmere

Doncaster. Anderson.

Mr. Men-

creiff is also heir to two baronet.

London, Feb. 1.” Mr. John Evans Woolacott, who was found dead in bed in his home at Reigate yesterday morning, was 73 years of age, and had been in failing health for several years past. He had exercised the journalistic profession with vigour and ability in various countries, and particularly in India, where he was for a period Delhi Cor cles, as Lord Moncrieff is four- respondent of The Times, and after-teenth Baronet of Moncreiff and words Editor of the Pioneer, then of fourth Baronet of Tulllebole. Lord In early life he held and Lady Moncreiff have three Allahabad. advanced political views, but in later scns and our daughters. Lord Bella Durna, a notorious cake run Years steadily tended to Right Wing Moncreif was educated at Repton Conservatism, especially in respect to Indian political reform.

the

over

and at New College, Oxford (B.A.. 1896)..

Seated at Moncreiff as early as

Notwithstanding the succession of Chamalis crooked roulette wheel, Bridge Suhool. For two years from 248, this family received their

personal hits scored in "Pursuit of Happiness." "Private Worlds" and "She Couldn't Take It," Miss Ben- net still retains the unruffled poise and dignity which has always marked her apart from the more temperamental members of her celebrated family.

She

man from an-

older baronetcy in 1628, Sir John MoncreifT, M.P., being its recipient. 2 remainder to his heirs with

by Louis Chamalis, a man as ruth less as he is powerful.

Woolacott was born at Milford Men risk their fortunes for s Haven in February, 1869, and was at the Menai emile

she

educated there and presides

1887 he was Correspondent of the but she has grown hard and cold Central News in the House of Com as the diamonds with which he has mqns, and later, represented that

three decked her. Hating all men, she Agency as special correspondent in male whatsoever. He had

Ireland, Morocco, and Egypt. He was

sons who all in turn inherited the suddenly meets n

Assistant Editor of the Economist other world, Jim Carmichael, a

baronetcy, but left no families. from 1903 to 1907. As early as 1885 he young niner who has made his contested the St. Rollox Division of The second Baronet sold Moncreiff strike. They fall in love and the Diasgow as an advanced ladical; and to a kinsman, who also was creat- Swan sees her life at the Bella he was associated with Mr. Ramsayed a baronet (in 1685), and is the

ancestor of Donna for what it is. But when MacDonald and other pioneers in the

the branch of the Jim learns her identity he thinks formation of the Labour Party. He she has been toying with him and also prominent in the affairs of the family who adopted the spelling his maternal granduncle. Institute of Journalists, and had been from experiences' a bitter disillusion-elected president when in 1908 of Moncreiffe, the present baronet ment. However, his faith in her he went out to Calcutta on the of this creation being the tenth

Baracet is revived and, after a series of staff of the Statesman' as Assis-

of Moncreiffe and the tant Editor. In 1013 he wag

owner exciting and perilous adventurea, tan

ot the family's ancient appointed Editor of the Bombay the lovers escape the jealous Gazette, which, after the great days of estate in Perthshire, wrath of Chamalls and face the J. M. Maclean (later M. P. for Cardiff) future together,

and Grattan Geary, had got into It had passed into the difficulties. the late Sir Shapurji Baroocha. Later, hands of an Indian group headed by that financier, nervous over the pro longation of the Great War, brought.. the paper to an end, and Woolacott, who was always pugnacious, filed an action for loss of employment.

The youngest daughter for Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison, ahe Was born on February 27th, at Palisades, New Jersey. Instructed first by private tutors, she later attended a Con- necticut boarding school and a finishing school in France. speaks French nuently.

She began 'her professional carver on Broadway in her father's

Ben Charles MacArthur and play. "Jarnegan," in 1928. 60

Hecht prepared the screenplay of perform that "Barbary Coast." creditably did she

Howard Hawks she was one of the first stage per-

directed. The costumes were de- sonalities to be summoned

signed by Omar Klam. Walter Hollywood with the advent of Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian She was first introduced Donlevy, Clyde Cook, Harry Carey,

"Bulldog Donald Meek and to screen audiences in

many other Drummond." She returned

popular players appear in support of the stars. "Barbary Coast" is released through United Artists.

talkies.

to

to

Broadway to do several plays and u'timately retired from the stage to devote her complete time to the "Little Women" stiver screen, brought her over-night fame. She followed in "Mississippi" "THE WHITE COCKATOO" and Simla in the hot weather: In 1921, for To-night" and "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head." in addition

P

DISTINGUISHED MINISTER

Wellwood Moncrèlf. D.D. of Glaa-

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Directed by Ty Garnet

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OHANGE

A 1.30, 5.10.

SKINGS P.M.

HE'S NO GENTLEMAN.......

but then-2

SHE'S NO LÄDTI

GEORGE RAFT JOAN BENNETT She Couldn't Take It

WALTER CONNOLLY

BILLIE BURKE

A.COLUMBIA PICTURE

B. P Schulberg production

MIRIAM HOPKINA-EDW, G. R. 31NBON-- Jozi McOz.

in "BARBARY CO-ST"

United

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The PERFECT GENTLEMAN

NEXT CHANGE

Another M-G-M Hit

starring FRANK MORGAN and CICELY COURTNEIDGE with HEATHER ANGEL". HERBERT MUNDIN UNA O'CONNOR A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayez num

MYRNA LOY in "WHIPSAW ??

DEAN OF WINDSOR

On King Edward

greatness

Landon, Feb. 3.

J

The Dean of Windsor (Dr. A. V. Bailie), preachmg at St. George's Cnape, Windsor Castle, yesterday, at the first service held there since the royal funera, said of King

dward VIII.:

"He cannot be, or should not be, Krig Edward VIL an imitation, On the death of the last of the

was not an imitation of Queen. sons of the first Baronet the title victoria, har King George an im- passed to an eminent physician,itation

of King Edward Each Sir John Moncreift, of Tippermal- must gradually form the

Sir John's son, the sixth

of his kingship by loch, Baronet, died unmarried, when forging the greatness of his own the title went to the ancestor of

personality in his own generation. By that time he was a Whiggish its present holder, the Rev. Sir Inspiration and suggestive exam- Liberal in politics, and was adopted

minister of "ple he may have, but he must find William

Moncreiff, prospective candidate for Coventry;

Blackford. but in 1816 he returned to India on

Wil- Curiously. Sir

his own way. He must be himself. staff of the Pioneer. For four years Ilam's immediate Your Moncreiff

"If you say in criticism, as men he. represented that paper and also ancestors were all ministers of the

are apt to say in mistaken loyalty "The Times" at the seats of the Gov- Church of Scotland, of which his

to those they have loved and ad- ernment of India-Delhi in the winter

succeeding son, Rev. Sir Henrymired. He is not like his father, on the resignation of Mr. Clive Rat tigal. he was appointed Editor of the gow University, became Modera- you blind yourself to the power of understanding sympathy. Think *Pioneer He left India a few years for. It

WES this distinguished

ence work. To the end he continued to

ing. King George grew up in an contribute on the tea trade and

(now bole Castle, Kinross-shire other

Atmosphere of settled faith which special subjects to the "Statesman." the seat of the Lords Monerel belonged to his time. He experi

his maternal granduncle. enced the settled discipline of a He had returned from observing Indian from political movements at close quarters Henry Wellwood of Garvock. His great profession. He had the op- Billie Burke, Lloyd Nolan and This new Warner Bros. arama, with a strong distrust of Left Wing con, the ninth Baronet, became a portunity of developing his sym- Wallace Ford.. Tay Garnett direct- ¦ unlike most mystery plays, ac-

leaders and ideas. In a book published centuates the romance angle very by Macmillan in 1829, "India on Trial Senator of the College of Justice, pathies in a happy married life. The story of "Rose Of The Ran-edz

he brought together a mass of evidence under the title of Lord Moncreiff.

"King Edward VIII was plunged istrongly, "chone beautiful, high-spirited

and The attempts of two bands of Legislative ability shown in the At his death the baronetcy Spanish girl who led her people our of itu settings, met with huge criminals to steal a young Amar against further political, reform. He still-remembered Bir Henry, who

argued again went to a clergyman, the almost from his adolescence into the turmoil of the war. He grew up against the rapacious Americau

public response.

in an atmosphere of disturbed Landgrabbers in the first years of Music, however, was not blended ican girl's fortune, lead to three also wrote two smaller works on similar too lled the Moderator's chair

thought. For ten years he was California's statehood- has thrilled

The Truth." He tended

sent travelling round the world motion picture and stage audiences with the drama of the Spanish Murders, the kidnapping of the lines-Britain's Records in

Dons until its revival for Miss heiress and an attempt on the lives and "India:

with no opportunity of developing ulike for more than twenty years. Swarthout and John Boles, with of several others. An American to be querulous and resentful regard was principal clerk of the Free cockaton, ing critical reviews of his writings. Church of Scotland and the au- engineer, aided by a

home ues or fixed sympathies. Now for the first time this dash-

Charles Bickford, B, B. Warner, ing romance of old Monterey comics Willie Howard, Herb Williams Soally solves the killings and other as despondent outlook was intensi-thor of its "Procedure." Sir Henry

"How different must the twi fied when in 1934, after 38 years of died without isnie in 1883. His mysterious happenings in to the screen with a musical score, Grace Bradley and others in the

the

domestic happiness, he lost his wife,

men be, and yet King Edward has first original operetta-type

spooky French hotel, Miss Swarthout who begina

Anjoalina, daughter of the late Signor widow, an aunt of Lord Dunedin.

died in 1885. Bir Henry's title. A wealth of varied experience few Jean Muir has the role of the A Seneca. Geora ever written for motion pic

her sixth season this year with the heiress whose past is wrapped in Gladys Swarthout,

massed to his brother, who, had men ever enjoyed. He knows his tures, with

Metropolitan Opera, undertakes a

already been created a baronet in people with a knowledge and un- brilliant star of the Metropolitan dual role in the picture. She is mystery, and who has a habit of appearing in two places at the

1871, and who was Lord Justice- derstanding not deeper than hia Opera, and John Boles, handsome dramatic singer, in the leading cast as the heroine, "Rose," and same time, a coincidence which is elf mixed up in the mystery Clerk of Scotland. In 1874 he was father's but utterly different. Re-

as "Dan Carlos," who rides a great not explained until the end of the rough bar habit of anooping created roles. "Rose Of The Rancho," is

Lord Moncreiff, Lord member that before vou form your about, the next attraction at the Queen's white horse in nightly sorties

Moncreif was succeeded by his judgment of him story. against the unscrupulous Ameri-

There is a larga and talented eldest son, also a Judge in the "There is always a tendency tu The original play written by Cs who are seeking to wrest the the engineer lover.

pporting cast which includer Court of Session. He in turn was criticke sovereigns till they have ahn Eldredge, Gordon Westcott, succeeded by the present Peer's been able to forge their own great- Richard Walton Tully and David Breat estates from the Spanish Belasco, was firht seen on Broad-ons. She sings five songs and one

Addison Richards, Pauline Garon, way in 1912, and by virtue of its uet with Boles, and performs the

mand de Bordes. Bentley How father, a clergyman of the Church ness. It was so with Queen Vic Andre Cheron and Georges England. The present Feer toria, with King Edward VII, and perb dramatic interludes, its his intricate. "Sombrero" dance as the

with King George V," tory unfolds.

succeeded in 1913, torical authenticity and the glam-

to the three most recent successes thriller guaranteed to send chill

A melodramatic murder mystery Inter and took up London correspond- clergyman who inherited Tullio only of the difference in their train- "She Couldn't Take It" will head creeping up and down the spine the new programme at the King's comes to the Star Theatre today Theatre starting to-day. Others in under the title of "The White

are Walter Connolly, Cockatoo."

the

RUSE OF THE RANCHO"

Theatre.

1.

the cast

Casta

Ricardo Cortez plays the part of

Comedy relief is injected into the intense and thrilling, action by Ruth Donnelly, in the role of

American escantrie teacher who manages to get her Rensvent.:

an

schnol

ربه

(Free Church of Scotland). He

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