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FRECKLES

GENE STRATTON PORTER'S

thrilling romance" at the Umberiasit

with TOM BROWN VIRGINIA WEIDLER

Carat Stone

"Mons In The Air"

ENTERTAINM

QUEENS

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.80, 5.15. 7.20 ₫ 9.30

HONG KONG'S OWN SCREEN STAR

WENDY

BARRIE

in Paramount's Radiant Radio Revue

“MILLIONS IN THE AIR"

with

JOHN HOWARD-ELEANORE WHITNEY-WILLIE HOWARD NEXT CHANGE

Remember how you enjoyed "Bright Lights"? YOU'LL GET ALL THOSE LAUGHS AND MORE in JOE E. BROWN'S latest "ALIBI IKE

"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

TO - DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:

Hong Kong

"Freckles"

QUEEN'S:-

ORIENTAL:

"Scarlet Empress

WORLD:-

"G-Men"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:---

"Kind Lady" MAJESTIC:

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936.

TRAINING GALLOPS:

Strathalan

The Hero

TU-DAY ONLY

The following times were clocked at the Valley yesterday:

Dis- ist tance Qr.

2nd Qt.

3rd 40b Last

Qr.

Qr.

AS IT THRILLED

At 2.30, 5.18,

KINGS & P

IT'S ON THE SCREEN TO THRILL YOUR HEART,

TEN MILLION

READERS!

Cassius

1 41.1 1.20 1.59

2.34.1 $5.1

Copper Idol

2 45

1.29.1 2.06

.30.1

Electron

4 28.3

59

1.38

29

Heriot

3 40.4 1.18.1 1.50.1

32

Who hasn't

read it!

The largestsell

Soldier of Victory

37.3 1.13 1.48.3 2.20.3

33.1

ing romance

The Dunlin

44 1.20 1.51 2.31.2

30.2"

in the history

Royal Highness

44.3 1.24.2 2.02.1 2.35

32.4

of the world

Ideal Day

1

41.2 1.22.1 1.59.4 2.33.1

33.2

1

45

1.28.4 2.02.4 2.35

leaps to life

32.1

1 38

1.18.1 1.58.2 2.28.2

32

on the screen!

Merry Jester

1 42.1

Merry Time

30.1 58.4

Satan

1

1.10.1 1.544 2.25.3

1.28 37.4 1.18.1 1.57

30.4

KO

29.1

JADIO

Picture

3.31.2

34.2

Lucky Strike

37.2 1.12.1 1.442

32.1

Canberra Girl

41.3 1.15.3 1.48.1

30.3

Popular Star

1

35

1.10.3 1.454 218

32.1

Stopwatch and

Hopscotch

1

43.2 1.24

2.00 2.31.1

31.1

"Manhattan Tower"

Victoria Hall

# 37.2 1.14.3 1.47.2

32.4

NEXT

CHANGE

in

STAR:-

Philanderer and

"

Lancashire Loom Benerth

1

44.2 1.20.1 1.56,2 2,28.4 44.4 1:24.2 283.1 2.35.3

32.1

32.2

Rose Queen

Valorous

2 45

1.25 1.58.3.

33.3

1 30.2 1.12

1.47 2.19.2

32.2

High Honour and

40.3 1.18.2 1.54 2.23.4

29.4

Shamrock Rugby Star

4

1

51

Emergency Call

1

1.40 2.20.3 2.50.3 44.1 1.25 2.01.2 2.33.3 39.3 1.17.4 1.50

30

32.1 32.1

.

Soldier of Peace

41.4

Old Stor

1 33

1.16.2 1.47.4 1.16 1,50

31.2

A MYSTERY

2.20.1 30.1

TAKE ANY THAM DR HAÏN VALLEY BUR

4 SHOWS

FLEMING ROAD

MANCHAI

DAIL 220-5.15

T.15-0.30

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

LAST 4 PERFORMANCES "TO-DAY

TEL. 204TS

DON'T FAIL TO SEE THIS MIGHTY SPECTACLE OF OLD RUSSIA!! A CAVALCADE OF FURY LED BY A WOMAN OF FIRE!

The Screen's Reigning Beauty in a Wild Pageant

of Barbarie Splendort Adolph Zukar Piszanīs,

MalDIETRICH The SCARLET EMPRESS”

A Paramount Picture with JOHN LODGE SAM JAFFE.

FOR TO-MORROW & SATURDAY

A RATHER BUM TITLE FOR A VERY GOOD PICTURE

IT'S THE SEASUN'S MOST EXCITING THRILL ROMANCE!.. With the hero of “PUBLIC HERO”

"PURSUIT

Metro-

Mayer

MOTING

with CHESTER MORRIS-SALLY EÍLERS

STARE

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY!]

A

M

Hard-to-get Joon in her most exciting romance!

Crawford

I LIVE MY LIFE

with

BRIAN AHERNE FRANK MORGAN ALINE MacMAHON *Metro-Goldin Maya m

TO-MORROW PAU MUNI IN "DR. SOCRATES"

LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP

THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO"

Probably everyone in the world, at one time or another, has toyed with the idea of what he would do with a million dollars. It's a sctuating subject with as many answers as there are people.

as intriguing idea 19 develop- eu in 20th Century Fox's sophis

ciated comedy, "The Maz Who

Broke the Bank. at Monte Carlo," starring

Blossom Time"

KING'S :-

Coming

"The Man Who Broke The

Bank At Monte Carlo"

QUEEN'S:-

"Albl Ike"

ORIENTAL:-

"Pursu!t"

STAR:-

I Live My Life"

ALHAMBRA:---

"The Man Who Broke The

Bank A Monte Cario“

MAJESTIC:—

Evolution"

FORSAKING ALL

OTHERS"

The star and director who col- iaborated with such success to make "Fersaking All Others" are united again in Metro-Goldwyn- Mayers

for new vehicle glamorous actress, Live My Life, which comes to the Star Theatre to-day.

the

Brian Aherbe, the English actor who played opposite Helen Hayes in "What Every Woman Know" is Joan Crawford's leading man in the virile role of 3 hard-boiled in love archaeologist who falls with a society girl.

Frank Morgan appears as Joan Crawford's father in a role similar to the one he played in "Naughty Marietta."

Aline MacMahon, the "Brooklyn Duse," is prominently cast in the humorous part of the "other girl" Eric Blore, the eccentric waiter of "Gay Divorcee," is the omni- present butler in the new picture. Fred Keating, the Broadway star recently seen in "The Captain Hates the Sea," plays the archeo- logist's rival.

Also in the giant cast line-up are Jessie Ralph, Arthur Treacher. Hedda Hopper, Frank Conroy. Etienne Girardot. Edward Brophy. Sterling Holloway and others of tike stature.

A.

វ

The peture is based on Carter Good.ce's prize-winning short story. "Claustrophobia," and deals with the romance of a

and Ronála Colman, which sophisticated debutane come on Friday to the King's and horny-handed young archaeologist. The drama hinges on his efforts to live a skyscraper lite in New York, in order to be near the girl he loves, and its eventual effect upon him.

Alhambra Theatre.

Win Joan Bennett in the femin- lue lead, the picture moves at a fast and furious pace from Paris to Monte Cario, to Switzerland, back to Paris and then to Monte Carlo again.

Colman enacts the role of a ̈de- posed Russian Prince who runs a Lew nundred france into ten mi- ibn. He promptly divide half of The sum among fellow exiles who 'have contributed small bits to the, amount he staked at the tables and uses the remainder tu the par- ut of romance, represented by niss Bennett,

ALIBI IKE

Warner

Joe E. Brown is coming to town soon. He appears at the Queen's

'Allbl Tke." Theatre in Bros. home-run comedy, based on the popular story by Ring Lardner. Joe, in the title role, is both a crack pitcher and the best batter ot his club. He has an alibi for Miss Bennett has the most co- lourful role of her career as the everything-not just for mistakes girl hired by the gambling syndic-but for plays any other player ate to lure Colman back to the would have been proud of. gaming tables and proceeds to fall. in love with him.

Crammed with excitement. IO- mance and comedy. "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" builds to a surprise-filled climax in which the lucky gam- bler winds up broke, but perfectly happy in the romantic conclusion to which his wealth bas brought him

ار

Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press Copyright.)]

This latest starring picture for Berlin, March 3. Another list of 20 persons is Colman was produced under the published, that have been depriv-personal supervision of Darryl F, ed of their German Citizenship Zanuck and directed by Stephen Roberts. Others in the cast are for "behaviour which is inconsis- tent with loyalty to the Reichs Colt Cive, Nigel Bruce and and to the nation, and detriment- Montagu Love. al to German interests." The lat contains mostly names of Jewish authors and journalists - fransocean News Service.

The settings for the plot of "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" are said to be, surprisingly

lourful and interesting.

Joe falls in love with the sister of the Captain's wife, but when he alibis on his romance, the girl hears him and turns him down cold.

Gold Sovereign

and Balios

Miracle

Partnership, Judea and

"FRECKLES"

At The King's

In

The blending of tender romance f "with stark drama permeates the youthful love, with its dreams and hopes, its heartaches and joys and its. human appeal "Freck.es," the picturization of famous Gеле Stration-Porter's

showing to-day at the novel, King's Theatre.

A splendid cast of youthful ac- tors whole talents merit stardom is entrusted with the leading roles in "Freckles." In the title role is actor Том Brown, clever young.

Green who scored in "Aime of Gables." Caro! Stone, a beautiful has the role of school- ingenue, mistress Mary Arden, Virginia Weidler, of Laddle" fame, plays the role of Laurie Lou, the tot who always says the wrong thing at the right time and furthers the cause of Cupid.

The familiar story concerns Freckles' efforts to overcome ni- most insuperable obstacles in his search for happiness. He wends his way to the Limberlost country of Indiana, and gets work as a timber guard through Mary's and Laurie Lou's efforts. His romance. with Mary intermingles with pulse-quickening thrills. His rea-

forest cue of Laurie Lou from a glant hurtling to the ground offers a sensation rarely yielded by the screen; and his first fights with lumber thieves form 2 gasp provoking climax.

"PURSUIT"

THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO

An Entertaining Picture

To "vision a man paying a visit to Monte Carlo and breaking the bank is a picture that is very dis- tant from our line of imag.nation

the believe that but could we some individual could possibly en- joy the same run of good luck twice? The inevitable answer is-- NO.

This plcture is brought to us in kuwauty Foxs comedy, "The man Who Boke the Bank at Monte Carlo ..which features Ronald Co.man as the man who won a feptune and lost it all.

Colman returns to us in a new role, this time as a Russian Prince who pays a visit to the tables at Monte Carlo and leaves with the enormous fortune of ten million francs.

Romance creeps.into his happy- go-lucky ife and he finds himself confronted by a beautiful woman, and Infatuated by her charm and beauty, he is fed back to the tables

again.

Lovely Joan Bennett plays the feminine lead and is none other than the beautiful "girl who leads him back to the tables.

The picture is centred amidst colourful surroundings; the moun- tains "of Switzerland bearing a very beautiful setting with Monte Carlo

and its suclety ending a ravishing spectacle.

The whole picture is crammed "Pursuit" with Chester Morris

with excitement throughout but itg and Sally Ellers will be seen at

end is somewhat unexpected. Oriental Theatre on Friday and Colmin enjoys a short spell of Saturday. This is a new type of riches, for a second visit to the romantic team in a new type of

tables proves his downfall and so A whimsical comedy romance."

returns to a humble life. Never- adventure romance on the high-theless he is more contented than

love ways and byways, with

ail motorized and hitting on sixteen!

The new picture, is a delightful

of combination

thrills, high

comedy and adventure. A young couple attempt to smuggle a chlid out of the state by motor to avoid a guardianship suit.

Оп the highways from San Francisco to the Mexican border. hiding in auto camps and barns. dodging traffic police and private

crook." detectives. pursued by a and an amateur detective, they go through a rapid-fire series of ad- ventures, some hectic, some humorous-and quarrel until they fall in lovel

ever, for what he has lost in riches he has gained in the love of woman for whom he staked h's ali.

Included in the case are Com Citve, Nigel Bruce and Montagu

Love,

MILLIONS IN THE AIR

"Millions In The Air," the far- cical romance which Paramount has turned out as a gentle jibe at prevailing

radio amateur pru grammes, commences to-day at the Queen's Theatre, and by virtue of its variety, has everything that la needed to make it a first-clas entertainment.

Directed by Edward Killy end William Mamilion. A

dro S. Berman Production

17

20TH

RONALD CO-MAN-JOAN BENNETT "THE MAN WHO BROKE THE "ONTURY

FOX BANK AT MONTE CARLO "

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

MATHAN RD, HOWTOON - DAILY AT 2,30-320-720. £ 9,30 *TEL: 30656

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

DRAMA

LEAVE OUT A SHRIEK

THAT DOESN'T

OR A GASP!

Hugh Walpole Wrote This Thriller!

Now a screen” en- tertainment that will hold you spellbound to the thrilling climax! Don't miss it!

KIND LADY

Aline MacMahon Basil Rathbone

Mary Carlisle

Frank Albor

· Dudley, DiqqNI VA

!

Metro-

TO-MORROW

See him in his most fascinating role! RONALD "THE MAN WHO BROKE THE

BANK AT MONTE CARLO" COLMAN

FINAL

in

SHOWINGS MAJESTIC

TO-DAY

THEATRE

At 2.80, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 PM.

ATTAN TOWER

Love Hate. Tragedyumda": 1

Tower of Stool and Stone?

with Mary Brian, Irene Rich, James Hall

ALSO SOME HING NOVEL IN ENTERTAINMENT THREE BEELS OF AMAZING FACTS "EVOLUTION

THE ARMY

India Appointments

London, Feb. 17,

The Commander-in-Chief in India has made the following appoint ments :-

Licutenant-Coloned C.A.L. Howard D.S. O, M. V. O., M. C., has been con- firmed in the appointment of G. S. 0.1 at Army Headquarters, in which he has been officiating.

NEW COMMUTATION RULE .

The Government of India has had (Special Services Correspondent) under consideration the difficulty ex- perienced in conuection with the com. mutation of portions of the pensions" of officers who have served under more than one Government and when the commutation tables are not identical. It has been decided that the commuted value of the peusion shall be calculated Captain J.L Dawson, V.C., I.A.0.C. accordance to the commutation table f the Government under whose rule- to be Deputy Assistant Director of of Ordnance Bervices at Army Headquar-making power an officer served at the

time of

or discharge. A ters.

distinction between officers temporarily lent and those permanently transferred from one Government to another. With this in mind the commutation should be according to the lending authority's rates or to the scale of the Govern- ment accepting an officer's permanent transfer.

Captain P. F. B. N. Armstrong, L. A. 0.0, to be Staff Captain (Provision) in the M.G.O. Branch.

Captain T. Ivor Moore, M.C., RT.C. to be G. 5.0.3 in the General Staff Branch, to fill a new appointment,

Captain L. Vorrieres, LA.O.C, to be

From the first to the final 'gong this picture moves swiftly. 90 many things happen that it is useless for a reviewer to attempt | D.A.D.O.S., Lahore District. to tell it all. The amateur-hour theme makes it possible; for the producers to introduce about a dozen new and different acts, all which concerns the 10mance of a subably fused into the main story, young saxophone player and the daughter of the radio programme's. sponsor.

Morris is perfect as the adven- and Miss Ellers, turous aviator. aside, from being beautiful is the "Thrills follow in which Joe E

ideal persónalty for the loyal and humorous Maxine. Little Scotty is kidnapped by a bunch of crooks,

Beckett, of "Our Gang" covera but he escapes, and the romance

himself with glory as Donald, the is patched up by the players in one of the most comical climaxes-im-child in the case. aginable. Olivia de Haviland, the C. Henry Gordon proves that a

nced stunning eighteen year old girl villain

not. always he who made such a hit in Rein- vtilainous by playing a sympathe hardt's "A Midsummer Night's tie, role as the kindly detective, Dream," has the leading feminine and Henry Travers adds many a role opposite Joe E. Others in the comedy moment as the itinerant

with his cast include Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe paperhanger

doy Peterson Dorothy Karns. William Frawley, "Eddie "Eunice." Shubert, Paul Harvey, Joseph Harold Huber, Granville Bates. Minor Watson are other important King. Joseph Crehan, AdMan Ros-

members ley and a score of expert base-ball players of national reputation,

cast.

tons in the Air." George Bargler, character actors on stage and unquestionably one of the finest

screen, la the soap-selling sponsor. And there is no end of comedy in the picture contributed mainly Wendy Barrie, the talented Bri- by Wille Howard, Dave Chasan John Howard. and Benny Baker. Willie Howard tich, actress, and a new and refreshing personalitets exceptionally well cast as of the well-balanced

on have will be draw

Chasen brings one of the stage's yearning to sing "Rigoletto," while

funniest episodes his one-man orchestra-to the picture.

All in all, romance intermingles with comedy, and above all, a new dancing star Eleanore Whitney appears in the screen. Her dance an routines are alone worth your time

have the romantic leads in M- Iralian vegetable man with a in "Millions in the Air"

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