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ENTERTAINM

QUEENS

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 720 & 9.30

A Milk Punch' to the

Solar Plexus!

Adolph Zuen presente

HAROLD

LLOYD

The MILKY WAY

A Paramount Pictura with ADOLPHI MENJOU VERREE TEASPALE HELEN MACK WILLIAM GAIGAN GEORGE BARBIER DOROTHY WESON Directed by LEO McCAREY

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DAYS

2 BIG SCREEN FAVOURITES

IN A SPECTACULAR NAVAL "REVUE.

A GRAND THRILL

AND

LAUGH ROMANCE The story of & Broadway soug-bird who thought he

could steal the sweetheart of

a thousand midshipmen and

get away with it.

IT'S A WHIRL OF· MIRTH, MELODY AND),

MIDDIES.

DICK POWELL RUBY KEELER

Shipmates Forever

With LEWIS STONE ROSS ALEXANDER EDDIE ACUFF DICK FORAN JOHN ARLEDGE

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MATINEES: 20-30 EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c. ►

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TO-DAY ONLY

YOUTH STARTS A COUPLA NEW MOVEMENTS!

CORONADO

JOHNNY DOWNS BETTY BURGESS JACK HALEY

Lady Duchin and Orchestre Andy Davine

TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY George Raft, Joan Bennett "SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT' 'A COLUMBIA PICTURE

FILM GUILD PLAN

For Scots Churches,

London, March 21, We must tackle Hollywood at its own game. We should go ahead in a big way, otherwise the whole thing will be a fasco...

That was one minister's advice

meeting in Edinburgh yester day of those interested is religions films, when it was unanimously agreed that a committes consider

SWEET SINGING

In Alhambra Film

Although "I Dream Too Much,' now being screened at the AL- hambra Theatre, follows the same ines as many other operatic films, it remains entertaining principally because it marks the first screen appearance of Lily Pons.

Sur-

A diminutive girl with a prisingly robust soprano, she is a fascinating artist, vivacious and attractive.

Although the story la main.

"Dov'e

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"King of Burlesque" QUEEN'S:-

"The Milky Wa

ORIENTAL:---

"Shipmates Forever"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :--

"I Dream Too Much" MAJESTIC-

STAR

"Sweet Surrender'

"Coronado"

KING'S:-

Coming

"King of Burlesque" QUEEN'S:→→

"The Milky Way" ORIENTAL:-

"Shipmates Forever" ALHAMBRA:—

"I Dream Too Much" STAR:--

"She Couldn't Take It" MAJESTIC:-

"Sweet Surrender"

SCHOOL OF PORPOISES

In Local Harbour

LOVERS' LEAP TO-DAY'S RACES

Good Entertainment

Promised

On Wednesday, April 15th, at 9.15 p.m. the A.D.C. ring up the curtain at the China Club Theatre on their last show of the season. In de- ference to the request of so many

of their supporters to "give us

LAST

TWO-DAYS

Handicaps And Weights

The following are the enicies for to-da's handicap races with their weights:

Sugar Loaf Handicap (Five Furlongs). something light-something we can Estray 140, Laughing Girl 161, Mira Amber ey 151. Dawn Star 165, laugh at." they have

chosen for

production Philip Johnson's "Lovele 153, Old Star 147, Royal High- ers' Leap," a plece of sheer frivolity bess 181, Splendid View, 140, Tyne in three side-splitting acta.

of

155.

L

Coolgardie Handicap B Class (Five Furlongs).

For amateurs the selection of a play that wll prove really amusing pre- sents more difficulties than mght At as 165, Australian Boy 158. b supposed. Good farces are tex Brutus 135, But After This 135. and far between, and, even when Centre Court 140, Goldsmith 153. found, depend too frequent.y for Halcyon 140. Racing Heart 148, success on the facial facetiousness Ranger (Barred), Sarle 131, Violet "of a Leslie Henson or the ingenuous vueen 141. Imbecility of a Ralph Lynn-in a

Boa Vista Handicap D Class word, on the highly specialized "business"

(Second Section 2 Mile Post, professionals who have made it their stock-in-trade.

Once-round and in.) The ordinary comedy, on the

Ballos 140, Blue Ribbon 145, Cop- other hand, is usually constructed

per Idol 150, Double Chance 149, strictly to formula, and is a com- Emergency Call 140, Judea 145, pound of humour and gravity: the Mountain View 155, "Philanderer Jaughs are there, but they are in 156, Popular Star 150. Seventeenth terlarded with streaks of philios-of September 152, The Gorilla, phy, to be taken more

[Barred). The Rain Gauge 140, Uni seriously. If thers. Is any ph loso-corn 140, Valley View 150. Wud phical cone usion to be drawn from Cat (Barred), "Lovers' Leap" It can only be that Morrison Hill Handicap B Class there are more bad husbands still

(Six Farlongs)). in the "Lea than ever came out of Bright View 160, Cyclamen Bay Sr. And its moral, if any, must be 168, Harvest View 145, Honeymoon ihat If you look too long before Eve 161, King's Bounty 140. King's leaping the matrimonial chasm, Justice 158, King's Lead 154, Mis- you may find that the opposite foothold has crumbled away.

or less

"Lovers Leap" is an extremely well balanced comedy of the light- est kind, with no particular

part predominating. It should prove

take Bay 158. Paintine Bay 155, Rose-Queen (Barred), Sadko 185, The Tiger 152.

Kellet Handicap-First Section C Class (From the 2. mile. Post, once round and in.)

Bear Claw 156, Bistre 155, Boolat

in every way a fitting choice-well calculated to provoke much laught-Bay 151. Great Hall, 149. High

An unusual sight was witnesseder: Performancs wil take place on

Wednesday, Thursday. Friday Saturday next, and stats may obtained at Anderson's Music

In the harbour yesterday morning. A shoal of about ten or fifteen por poses were seen making their way down the harbour towards LyemunStore. pass. They attracted much alien- tion as this is one of the very few Occasions on which thèse fish have. beeд

Speed 153. King's Fancy (Barred), Mayflower 148, Ribble 153, Rose Evelyn 153, Royal Consort "148. Royal Sco (Barred), Sold er of Peace 161. Tiny Star 164, Wade- bridge 147. Young Chap 151. Boa Vista Handicap "D" Class First

known 10 penetrate the THE MILKY WAY Section (From the Two Mie Post

waters of the harbour. One is, of course, accustomed to seeing them In the deep sea, but it is a matter

of conjecture as to what was the

reason for their visiting us.

Fi

Harold Lloyd Delights

Once round and in (about 1

mile 171 yards) Boxing Eve 150, Daylight Eve 163, Foxbridge 148, Glad Eres 155 Gold Currency 153, Lemberg 153.

Mike 140. Night View 162. Old S:

150. Plain View (Barred), Sylvan-

dale 150, West Parade 146, Ythan

183.

Broken Hill Handicap "A" Class (From the two Mlie Post Once Round and in (about 1 mile, 171 yards)

They are frequent visitors to the Harbour of Swatow and the reason there is that the people of Swałow have planted in their waters, fish-

The milk of human Kindness often ing nets. It is for the fish that

Is strained to a vanishing are thus caught that porpoises ven- Harold Lloyd in "The Milky Way," point, but the kindness of Mr. ture into those narrow confines,

Another item of interest is that

which opened to crowded house at the Queen's Theatre during the these fish are regarded by some

A Grand Time 159, Bag Tor 182. Chinese as the abodes of their sec-week-end carried him to the mid-Electron 151, Holiday Eve 155, Lan- gods and as such

dleweight championship of

the are inviolate.world. Even in so doing he

cashire Lad 155, Night Star 135, They are never caught or killed.

car-

Rose-Ann 140. Saucy ried the motif to the

Face They are allowed to go wherever

135, Strathroy 165, The Dunlin 135. zenith. In

144, Shooting Star 152, Snowy River they please and are not molested.

vixen Tor 150.

"KING OF BURLESQUE"

Is Grand Entertainment

that he had bet all his opponent's surplus funds on himself at heavy odds, handing him in the hour of his defeat a handsome fortune. Throughout the entire picture, the simple Harold blunders into good luck, acquires publicity, cares for his sister, his fiancee, his trusty milk-wagon horse, and, "while the way to the ring, has moments to spare for the latter's foal. Sim- ple as the plot sounds, those who attend will have their eyes and ears busy every minute of the pic-

on

dies: the buffoonery is more trac table to the human mind, while the lines give to each character an. opportunity to add to the general hilarity."

!

Kellet Handicap-Second Section.. C Class (From the 2 Me Post,

Once round and In) Donovan 158, Flybynight 158, Gold Coin 140, High Honour 161. King's Sceptre 163, Mersey 150, Pride of Tsingtao 140. Racing Boy 140, Valorous 147, Victoria Hall 140. What A Chance (Barred).

Pokfulam Handicap (6 Furlongs)

Cassius 144, Fidelity 150, Gold Sovereign 168, Hawthorn 150, Heriot 150, Merry Jester 140, Ocean View

Strathalan 140."

148.

BIG HEARTED HERBERT

Musical extravaganzas have ture, trying to catch each move, peg on which to hang her voice, come and gone, but the Twentieth gesture, and sound. In spite of it retains interest to the end, but Century-Fox masterpiece "King of their absurdity, the situations are 148. Paymaster 140, Rugby Star It is purely a singing show. Lily Burlesque" now showing to crowd-compounded faster and more logl-140, Satan 140, Stopwatch Pons sings & variety of numbers, ed houses at the King's Theatre cally than in other Lloyd come from Grand Opera to torch sing live on for along time in that Ing. Her operatic number is it is the best musical yet seen in

FIndiana Bruna?" from liong Kong Delibes's Hittle-known "Lakme." Music, pep, laughter, girls and Henry Fonda, her real life hus-in fact all that is required to mäke band, plays her screen husband, two hours worth of real entertain- Eric Blore provides the comedy ment are to be found in this piece touches and Osgood Perkins 18 ot entertainment extraordinary. also featured.

The producers have spared nothing to make it the succes it 1.

Baxter as a small shownian in

Ar

AMATEUR RESOURCES There were others present who

го

took the view that amateur sources were available to the Church

by which suitable religious films could be produced,

Of course, Mr. Lloyd predomin- ates and Mr. Menjou is excellent as the prize-fighter's manager, but full credit must be given to Miss Teasdale for the incisive manner with which she delivers her sarcas

Mr.

H

"Big Hearted Herbert,” the Warner Bros, comedy romance the next attraction at the Queen's Theatre, is heralded as a novel and most unusual fan film in which the wife and mother tames the crabbed

KINGS

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

THE FIRST GREAT MUSICAL DRAMA OF 1936 !

MONARCH OF

MERRIMENT

KING OF

BURLESQUE

FROM WED.

FOR

ALBO

Warner BAXTER ALICE FAYE

JACK OAKIE

ARLINE JUDGE

MONA BARRIE GREGORY RATOFF

DIXIE DUNBAR FATS WALLER

NICK LONG, JR.

KENNY BAKER

HONG KONG HIGH L GHTS

HONG KONG'S OWN MAGIC CARPET

"THREE LIVE GHOSTS" M.G.M. with RICHARD ARLEN-HERYL MERCER PICTURE

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ALHAMBRA

TO-DAY & TO

The Golden Voice of

Lily Pons

is on the silver screen!... in a glorious TOMGAGE with music by Jerome Kern composer of "Roberta"

“I DREAM TOO MUCH"

Th

HENRY FONDA Erie Biore Osgood Perkini Directed by JOHN CROMWELL Pandro & Berman production

R KO RADIO

Picture

NEXT CHANG

RŁOW

RKO Radio's Gripping Mystery "TWO IS THE DARK" And A Featurette of the Famed DIONNE QUINTUPLETS

...

TO-DAY

& TO-MORROW

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

CARL LAEMNIZE presents A UNIVERSAL MUSICAL TREAT

SWEET SURRENDER

FRANK PARKER TAMARAN HELEN LYND RUSS BROWN, ARTHUR PIERSON JACK DEMPSEY, AB LYMAN

At 2,80. 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

WITH

Wednesday: The Bishop Misbehaves HAÚREEN ☞SULLIVAN

CORONADO

Judging from her performance in her first picture, Paramount's tuneful "Coronado" which opened yesterday at the Star Theatre, your

چھینٹے

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS

are going to hear a great deal West African Service about a young lady named Botty Burgess in the future."

lead in the musical romance and Government have now progressed

Miss Burgess has the feminine

Negotiations with the British she's got what it takes. She is an to a sufficient extent to

enable

can act as well as sing and the Imperial Airways to make a survey Aline MacMahon, heads the all val screen playe no doubt will lead with the Erst of the aircraft which ever-increasing popularity of musi-fight as far as Kano in Nigeria star cast as a wife doomed to dend-her to top-ranking stardom. gery by a husband who, although

are to operate the West African

four-engined

on

The story revolves round Warner tie remarks, in themselves the only head of the housebeld by a bitter 18-year-old high school girl who: the formation of a Scottish. Chur-i which he is helped along from the relief from the tenseness of the doze of his own medicine. ches Film Guild.

"The people will not tolerate the Arst success on to greater glories comedy. Again credit is given to amateur productions such

Lionel Stander, whose work wo by Alice Faye and his pal and have been hearing of to-day," the partner Jack Oakle. Baxter after She Could only Cook." Miss Helen compares favourably with his "If minister said and he suggested testing the fruits of success fell in

he has attained afluence, believes "Coronado", is one of the best of service. The weekly mall service that the advice of a professional love with and married Mona Barrie Mack and Miss Dorothy Wilson

that a woman should do her own this year's musicals, mainly be between Khartoum and Kano will Elm director be secured.

a socialite and though his friends have little to do except provide the house-work just as it was dona in cause of the presenes of Eddy

romantic interest, in which they

his family when he was a child. Duchia and his popular orchestra, start on all disapproved of his marriage ne do not fall short. Mr. William Guy Kibbee as the crab husband, though the singing of both Miss

February 13. The went though it only to and out Gargan carries the role of the attempts to force his son into a Burgess and Johnny Downs in all "Daeralus" left Khartoum

D.H.88 aircraft, that she is a "two-timer."

Through Mona Barrie's advice be who do not mind laughing more rific rage

champion to a nicety: To those disagreeable job in his pumbing that could be asked,

February 3, and landed at El Obeld puts on a "classy" show and a than heartily for the better por- daughter is engaged to a college with refreshing variations, and in Lany, Maldugari, and Kano; the supply factory and flies into a ter- The story is the old one of the and Fasher; on the 5th it left

when he learns his rich boy and the poor girl in love, though it was a success artistication of 75 minutes, "The Milky man.

Geneina foz Abeshr, Ati, Fort The Rev. Arthur H, Dunnett; ly it was a financial flop. Alice home mission secretary of the Faye now a success in London heara

Way" is recommended without re-

The wife decides to thrust laid against a background of the return journey will be made on the Church of Scotland, who mooted

the husband's own medicine down popular Hotel Coronado in South same route to Khartoum. Tre the idea of a Churches Film Guild,rushes back to New York to be by of his bad luck and immediately

servation.

his throat in front of one of his ern California. Miss Burgess is aircraft was piloted by Captain . admitted that the Home Mission

best customers and his wife who have come to dinner, in some of Duchin's band in the hotel, while crew of two in addition to Major entertainer with P. Jones, who had with him a Committes did not consider that his side. How through the in- the Gims sent out hitherto were at genuity of Jack Oakie everything is

the most hilarious and unusual righted in the end forms the sub-a Fox Movietone News and a Magic is changed to "Big Hearted possessed of a talent for writing Fight Lieut. R. F. Durrant, A.F.C..

Included in the programme are situatione imaginable. The crab all adequate..

Downs is the carefree son of a H, R. P. Reynolds and Mr. V. G. wealthy

motor manufacturer, Crudge, of Imperial Airways, 'and The Film Guild, he said, would ect of a thrilling and hilarious Carpet-Hong Kong Hi-Light Herbert in highly amusing have the object of advising con-trand finale. gregations on

which show Hong Kong at its best, climax. technical mattor, and as to the suitability of films.

The cast which included Arline I is a revelation how Bonny Fo- The picture also carries a heart There is a plentitude of comedy Judge. Gregory Ratof, Dixie Dun-well was able to shoot Hong throbbing romance as well in the film, furnished mainly by He was of the opinion that there bar, Fats Waller, Nick Long Jr., Kong at its splendours. Your will comedy with Patricia Ellis and Jack Haley Andy Devine, Alico. should be sufficient demand for Kenny Baker, Charles Quigley and enjoy the programme and in the Philip Reed as the lovers. Helen White and Leon Erroll, Haley and religious films to make it worth the Paxton Bisters all enacted them words of Gregory Ratoff who acted O'Neill, Marjorie Gateson, Nella from the Philippines with net perfo Lowell, Robert Barrit, Henry Devine as two sailors returning Errol wore one's while to produce filmstoles to perfection, while the song as a "faked millionaire in the Walker, Hale Hamilton and parrot and a very voluble parrot Bertan suited to the mind of the Scottish his which are, Ave in number will picture, in two words, it's sensa Claudis Coleman hava other im at that are exceptionally hilarious! people,

he liked by all

See it by all means

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