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THE FUNVIEST. FASTEST, MUSICAL COMEDY YOU'VE SEEN IN A DOCK'S AGE-

Collegiate

Paramount's musical comedy romance

with

JACK

JOE

FRANCES OAKIE PENNER LANGFORD

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1936.

TODAY AT THE TEN FILM STARS "I DREAM TOO.

CINEMA

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UP FOR AWARDS

KING'S:-

Best Actor's Perforiu- ance To Be Decided

MUCH"

Featuring Lovely Lily Pons

"Red Salute"

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"Collegiate"

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A WONDERFUL STORY OF THE TROPICS! CIVILIZATIONS LAST FRONTIER!

A marvellous screen production among the head.hunters on the untamed, forbidden island of New Guinea!

THUNDERING THRILLS AND FLAMING ROMANCE

RKO

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Filmed in the savage South Sea Islands.

RED

MORNING

With STEFFI DUNA Regis Toomey Raymond Hatton Directed by Wallace faz

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RED SALUTE"

Barbara Stanwyck of the sorrow-

ful eyes and long-suffering roles

will surprise and delight audiences

topnotch

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"Travelling Saleslady"

STAR:-

"A Night At The Opera"

KING'S:-..

Coming

Strike Me Pink"

QUEEN'S:

"Hands Across The Table" ALHAMBRA:-

"Remember Last Night?"

MAJESTIC:-

"Phantom Empire"

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"Ruggles of Red Gap"

COLLEGIATE

Picked as

the most versatile girls in Hollywood, sixty young beauties, whose dance repertoirs include steps from classic" selections to the midern "ha-cha" variety, were engaged by LeRoy Print, Paramount lance director. for colourful sequences in the film- musical, "Collegiate," commercing to-day at the Queen's Theatre,

During the Rhythmatic" num- ber, which features Betty Jane Cooper, New York and London danner, the chorus usES almost

technique Avery

known

the to Imodern night club entertainer. Lance authorities believe the "by thmatic" number will be classed as outstanding. The scene 18 in a girl's seminary, where ac cording to modern trends, the, cur- riculum features .the development of charm and grace by instruction 11 dancing. Throughout the pic: ture, the girl's furnish the musical and dancing entertainment, while the comedy situations are offered by Joe Penner, Jack Oakie. Frances Langford, Ned Sparks and Lynne Overmaht.

**STRIKE ME PINK"

Every summer, when Samuel

Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Fone and Victor McLag- en have been nominated for the best actor's performance for the eighth annual awards of the Molon Picture seaadmy of Arts. Actresses nominated were Eliza- Jeth Bergner, Claudette Colbert: Bette Davis. Merle Oberon, Kath- arine Hepburn and Miriam Hop- king.

Covering performances and pro- ductions released during 1935, the nominat.ons wil be voted uponą by the academy, memoership-dur- ing the coming month, the final winners to be announced at the annua, Beadeny dinner,

Pictures nominated for the "best production ware "Alice Adams.' RKO-Radio studios; "Broadway Me ody of 1936, M.-G.-M.; "Cap- tain Bood. Warner Bros; "David Copperfeld." M.-G.-M.; *The Informer." RKO-Radio: *Les Miserab.es." Twentieth Century- Fox; "Lives of a Bengal Lancer." Paramount Midsummer Night's Dream," Warner Bros.: "Mutiny. оп the Bounty," M.-G.-M.: "Naughty Marietta." M.-G.-M.; "Ruggles of Red Gap. Parmount, and "Top Hat." RKO-Radio.

Three directors were rominated for the award of merit,

They were John Ford, for "The Infor mer." Hehry Hathaway for "Lives of a Bengal Lancer." and Frank Lloyd for Muliny on the Bounty." Gable, Laughton and Tone were nominated for the best actor's performance for their work in "Mutiny on the Bounty," the first tiene In the history

.of the academy that one picture has placed three actors in nomina- tions. McLaglen was nominated- for hi work in "The Informer."

The actresses were nominated as follows:

Miss Bergner. "Escape Me Never, an Engish-made picture; Miss Colbert, "Private Worlds," Walter Wanner-Paramount studios; Miss Davis.

"Dagerous." Warner Adams:" Brothers: Misa Hepburn, "Alice Miss Hopkins. "Becky Sharp." Pioneer-RKO-Radio, and Miss Oberon, "The Dark Angel.' Samuel Goldwyn.

on the slim chance they may be chosen. Hundreds of girls send letters and photographs from all over the world hoping that their to warrant the studio's sending for pictures may be attractive enough

variably disappointed. then. They are, unfortunately,

at the King's Theatre to-day by Goldwyn begins production of his revealing herself as a comedienne in "Red Salute." Ed-musical "Strike Me Pink." show Annual Eddie Cantor screen ward Small's laugh-loaded new Re-

On Friday at liance comedy..And Robert Young. Theatre, is the sixth the call goes her photography with full details, the King'a If a girl is selected in New York, who appears opposite, came in a out for girls hundreds and is sent to Goldwyn in Hollywood. close second,

hundreds of girls, to vie for the ff the andidate A crisp, sparkling piece of enter-

honour of entering that charged "Goldwyn wires his man to, make a seems likely, tamiment, crowded with "names," Girls."

cirole known as "The Goldwyn film test of her. When that in re- "Red Saluta" tells the fresh, en-

ceived, if the girl meets require Girls from the small s-ging story of Drue Van Allen, a

towns of ments, she is put under contract the middle West, from the Sruth, and given pretty headstrong young co-ed from Cansada, flock to Hollywoodcenter."

ticket to the film

whose socially, prominent family is embarrassed by the publicity at- tendant on her madcap escapades. When she is expelled from college suspected of radical leadings, ac- quired from association with one Arner with whom she fancies her- self in love, her family persuades her to leave the country.

STUDIO NEWS IN BRIEF

True settles in a Mexican town

HAROLD LLOYD-MILK EXPERT Just

across the border. When Two thousand milkmen in the Arner sende for her, she invetgles United States of America are to Jeffs, a rough and ready young receive invitations to the opening buck private on leave. into driving of Harold Lloyd's new picture for her across. The hilarious adven. Paramount, THE MILKY WAY, tures and difficulties they encoun- coming to the Queen's Theatre. ter in the course of their wild ride. Lloyd's film tells the story of a keep the story spinning along at

ehy young milkman who aspires to a brisk pace, and by the time they be a prizefighter. got home, True has had her lesson and realizes her devotion to Uncle Sam and her love for Buck Private Jel.

Hardie Albright is excellent as Arner and Ruth Donnelly and Chin Edwards (complete with kelele) make a fine comedy team as a nagging wife and henpecked hus- band. Gordon Jones, who scored as one of the three "G" men bud- dier in Reliance's "Let 'Em Have

then as

At the moment Harold probably knows more about milk than the most erudite milkman on the Milk Marketing Board itself.

As soon as the story of the film was settled Harold bought a pair of soft-soled shoes and for 15 con- secutive, mornings accompanied his

"It was at the premiere of the picture," explained DeMille, "that John Fox, Jr., the author, looked at me with reproach and said, I hardly remember the story. But at least you left in the pine tree"," "DeMille, never and haw, completely shattered the man to hum

author's literary sensibilities by remarking, "Well, that's not exact ly a pine tree, you see. It's a red- wood.”

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Universally recognized by music critics everywhere as the greatest living coloratura soprano, lovely Itle Lay Pons, dariing of New To's Metropoltan Opera, at last brings her beauty and charm, as well as her gorgeous voice, to the motion picture screen.

Her debut nim, "I. Dream. Too Much," produced With Infinite

care by RKO Radio Pictures, brings a new personality to pic- ture devotees. In her support are such excellent players 4:3 Henry Fonda, Osgood Perkins. Eric Blore and many others, "Not only will she sing two pi her greatest urias-"The Bell Song" from Delibes' Lakme" and "Caro Nome" from "Rigoletto" but Jerome Kern, of "Roberta" und "Show Boat" tame, has provided her with four new modern songs which she sings in the course of the picture

Miss Pous' experience or the RKO lot, which was, an extremely. happy one for all concerned. taught the little diva much about the rigors of Alm work compared to the le of an opera star.

AMAZING TOIL

When she got back to New York, Lily confessed that *the tot of screen work is amazing": and said in the next breath that she loved it! She never dreamed

of the infialte detalls of picture-

con-

making. As soon as the prima donna arrived in Hollywood last summer she was plunged into a whiripoci of voice tests, самега tests, mukup tests, story ferences, wardrobe discussions and gown-fittings. She had to learn the enormous scope of creen drama-how minutely the camera traces

Avery step of the story rather than leaving wide kaps to the peboder's Imagination, as s the case with the stage play.

She even learned about sustain- ed singing on the .ot. During the making of "I Dream Too Much," Lly once stood on her Size 2 feet and "sang for five hours, with very little rest. She sang the "Lakme aria Afty times for a perfect recording-more than she had sung this dimeult number in all her previous career.

She realized, of course, thai this intense concentration Was necessary because 50 many elements enter into the Intricate art of fim recording the camera angles, the spotting of the m'cru phones and the volume of the accompaniment, to name but 1 few. And the sunny little song- bird went through it all with the best grace in the world.

LOSS OF WEIGHT

Then, too, she coped for th first time with the terrific heat of the studio sun-arca, which caused her to lose five pounds dur- ing the first werk of production-a dangerous shrinkage for a do- like little person whose normal weight is only 104. Furtous milk. drinking coon' regained the jast poundage.

Much to her amazement, Lily performed such strange and varied feats as climbing fences, cooking washing dishes, riding a merry-go round and even sing ng a torch song in a cafe-all of which were de- manded by the script. However. studio loved her for her wing- nothing daunted Li'y. The whole

ness, generosity and high spirita, and when she left Hollywood she told a friend. When I let the studio at night I was so exhaust:d

I went right to bed, yet I worked no harder than everyone in the cast. Flim players have my pro- found respect and my affection, HELPING MAE WEST

Their capacity for work is match- Three Jacks Jack Dillon, Jacked only by their kindness." And Dailey and Jack Lewis-who have

the RKO Radio Studio, from pro- had years of rough sex experience ducer to prop boy. felt just that in the British Merchant Service, way about Lily Pons!

local milkman on his round, pick the fishing ships on the Atlantic

ng up tips.

He didn't need to learn much about fighting, however, because in his youth he was an amateur

It" fulfills the promise he showed champion of Colorado State.

Robert Young's brother buck private, Lefty, in this Harry WAY by Dorothy Wlison, Adolohe. He is supported in THE MILKY M. Goetz presentation, released through United Artists, and Paul Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Helen Stanton is fine as chief of the Mack and Lionel Stander.

Border Patrol.

Proper food, plenty of sleep and exercise ib the right proportion have given Carole Lombard, Para- mount actress perfect dimensions, according to Jim Davies, studio Kymnasium - trainer,

Miss Lombard who is seen in an manicurist in a swanky hotel, Miss entirely new role in Paramount's Lombard is seen in her first ligat latest comedy romance, "Hands comedy part, that of a girl de Across the Table," coming shortly mined to marry for money in to the Queen's Theatre has one of the smallest waists in Hollywood,. measuring 2 inches.

Cast as an attractive, ambitious

stead of love.

Featured with her is Fred Mac Murray, Astrid Allwyn, Ralph Bel-

amy and Marie Provost.

coast, and various other herring fleets--are all taking parts in Mae West's latest Paramount picture. KLONDIKE ANNIE.......

This film, incidentally, was at first entitled KLONDIKE LOW

The three men worked with the Paramount star in a scene which shows Mae sailing to Alaska in the Java Maid. They were at first en- A NEW DEMILLE STORY" It is a Hollywood axiom that no gaged in an advisory capacity, be- author is ever satisfied with the cause they had a salty vocabulary treatment his verbal brain-child and knew the "hawser" talk, -

But they looked so at home in gets, in the hands of Hollywood.

Ceell B. DeMille, who directed a the ship that they were eventually silent version of THE TRAIL OF given parts. following story to Walter Wanger THE LONESOME PINE, told the who is currently producing the same nim in natural colour, with Sylvia Bidney, Henry Fonda and Fred." MacMurray.

GOWNS FROM HOLLYWOOD Here are two of the new fashions which are popular lu Hollywood st the moment, b

The smartest hat seen lately was worn by Marlene Dietrich at

taurants, similar to one she is

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CHINA AND THE LEAGUE

Programme Of Technical Cooperation

Genevé, Mar, 8: The China Committee of the League Council, which has been in session during the past week, has

programme of

approved the Aircraft: technical cooperation between the Lifting National Government of China and the League for 1938.

Dally Inspection Knots, Lashings, Gear: The Magneto; and A Re- connaissance Patrol A number of others are in production. -.

The programme provides for the 'continuation of the cooperation already begun. This includes the Instructions which have been maintenance of the administrative issued to the flying training offices in Nanking, the continua- one of Hollywood's smartest res-schools and ground training units tion of the expert work on rural cooperation, the development of wearing in DESIRE in which she concerned advise that when the the silk industry, the organization co-stars with Gary Cooper-the apparatus is being used the dis-of road systems, waterways and model was of dark blue felt with tance between the projector and irrigation, water-power problems, A cleverly manipulated erown

the screen should not exceed 301t, pers relating to public health. Ex- river regulatim schemes, and mat outline in bright red, which gave the hat somewhat of a Robin and the room selected should if perts have been sent to China to Hood appearance,

possible be improved, as regards Gladys Swarthout, whose first "Paramount, film is ROSE OF THE accoustic properties by hanging RANCHO, is the wearer of one of heavy curtains, old blankets or the gayest day-time frocks in cloth round the walls. In addition the film-city, Inspired by one to the records which are to be kept of her costumes for GIVE US THIS NIGHT, her second aim for of the use of the Alms, the A the studio, the dress combines Ministry is asking for information black wool rene with brillant

the "life" of flms and

for improving the

derese, chitton tuated by narro #ingy

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advise on all these subjects.

Specialisté from China are to be connected with reconstruction, sent to Europe to study problems finance, health, and waterways, and will rank during their stay as Secretariat. They will be given temporary members of the League special facilities here, and will Biterwards visit varto

Countries. for the urpose of study on a pian

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