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ENTERTA.

AINM

QUEENS

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.31 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

›› She sent a man to prison for twenty years thithen menaced her

own daughter with the buried scandal!

Adolph Zukor presents

HERBERT MARSHALL

Forgotten FACES

MICHAEL

A Pacumgust Picture with

James Burke Robert Cummings - Jane Rhodes

GERTRUDE

PARAMOUNT'S.

SELECTED SHORTS

NEXT CHANGE

MARGARET SULLA VAN

in a scintillating comedy romance 'MOON'S OUR HOME"

& SHOWS

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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

with PRESTON FOSTER

ALAH HALE, BASIL HATHBONE, JOHN WOOD, LOUIS CALHERN, DAVID HOLT, DOROTHY WILSON, WYRLEY BIRCH. 21.0 RADIO PICTURE

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TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW,

THE TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YE FROM JIMMY AND PAT... and have ye been after seein' them top their "Here Comes the Navy" laff records in

"THE

IRISH

IN US

Warner Bros. Wild Fresh Nose Busting mil me 1994

JAMES CAGNEY

PAT O'BRIEN

MCHUGH FRANK ALLEN JENKINS OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

NEXT CHANGE: HAROLD LLOYD

"THE MILKY WAY"

IN

THE MOON'S OUR HOME

is

Beulah Bondi's versatility again attested by her present role in support of Margaret Sullavan star of Walter Wanger's "The Moon's Our Home" which opens shortly at the Queen's Theatre.

Recently seen as the emotional mcuntain mother in Paramount's “The Tral

of it

the

Lonesome Pine." she plays the role of an almost acrobatic secretary to a vase throwing, fery tempered screen actress. "The Moon's Our Home is the screen dramatization

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

Fighting Stock"

QUEEN'S:-

"Forgotten Faces"

ORIENTAL:-

"The Last Days of Pompel"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA¦---

"Three Godfathers" MAJESTIC:-

"Here Comes Trouble"

STAR-

"The Irish In Us".

KING'S:-

Coming

"The Prisoner of Shark

Island"

QUEEN'S :-

"The Moon's Our Home". ALHAMBRA :----

H

"The Prisoner of Shark

STAR:-

Island"

"The Milky Way" "Man On The Flying

Trapeze"

MAJESTIC:-

"Rut Raf"

FORGOTTEN FACES

AT THE QUEEN'S

Herbert Marshall is the star of

THE IRISH IN US

Warner Bros. "The Irish In Us." with James Cagney. Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh in the leading roles, opens at the Star Theatre to-day.

CHINESE ARTIST ENTERTAINED

AT CHINA EMPORIUM

Mr. Ma Man L, the celebrated Chinese artist, who is well-known in all the southern districts of the Yangtze Basin, was entertained at a tea party reception at the Chiqa Emporium Tea Rooms, yesterday afternoon by a number of local

| Chinese artists.

Mr. Ma Man L, who recently arrived here from Kwangs will soon proceed to Europe to continue his mission of making known Chi- nese art and letters to the world.

It is understood that Mr. Ma Man L's splendid exhibition, which comprises an extraordinary ot his own master- collection

manuscripts pieces calligraphy, and poems, was officially opened to the public last Wednesday the 17th Instant on the 6th Floor of the China Building, with a simple but impressive ceremony in the pre- sence of many artists, guests and and attracted + large

It is said to be one of the most entertaining pictures of the sea- soni. combining riotous comedy with tense drama. pathos and a friends, most unusual triangular romance number of visitors, during the two involving the love of two brothers days since it was opened. for the same girl,"

Most of Mr. Ma Man Ll'a works

The cast as well as the director are meant for depleting the beau and most of the crew are Irish:tiful sceneries and landscapes af including that inimitable trio, the famous places in China, as Cagney. O'Brien and McHugh as would rouse up the interests of the three sons of Mary Gordon, those who see them. herself born in Ireland,

Once a happy family, a rift sets in when Gagney and O'Brien fall I love with the same girl, Olivia de Havilland.

The im presents what is said to be the longest and most ferce ly fought ring cou: in history. Al-

through it takes but fifteen minu-

tes on the screen, it was five days

in the making. Cagney and Har-

vey Parry, a former boxing cham- plan are the contestants.

J. Farrell MacDonald and

The exhibition will extend to next Wednesday, the 24th instant from 10 am to 7 pm. dally. All are welcome, and there is no charge for admittance.

DUKE OF YORK -

AS FREEMASON

GLAMIS

Paramount's "Forgotten Faces" Thomas Jackson also have impor- AFFILIATED TO LODGE which opened at the Queen's tant roles. The picture was Theatre yesterday.

directed by Lloyd Bacon, an Irish- In the supporting cast are man, despite his English name. Gertrude Michael. James Burke, The screen play is by Earl Bald- Robert Cummings and Jane vin, based on the story by Frank Rhodes. The film is a story of an Orsatti. "all-consuming love.

The story revolves around 3 gambling house operator, and the woman he marries. When" he finds she is faithless he commits a murder and is sent to prisCIL Through & friendly police ser- geant, his daughter is given to a Well-to-do family for adoption. and never knows who her real parents are.

Years later, the prisoner learns that his daughter now grown, is to be married and that his wife Secur- intends to blackmall her.

ing a parole through the efforts of the policeman, he arranges to change places with the butler in his daughter's home. Development of the scheme whereby he frus- trates his wife's efforts brings the aim to a breath-taking climax. In this picture Herbert Marshall give another inimitable

per- formance, and his acting, especial ly towards close will long be re- membered by those who have witnessed the picture.

The supporting shorts which included Paramount Newsreel and a novelty shors are delight- ful and very appropriate.

AT THE KING'S

"FIGHTING STOCK'

FAST TORPEDO CRAFT

SPEED TRIALS OF NEW MOTOR-BOAT

-

(Special Air Mail Service)

London. June 14. The Duke of York yesterday afternoon became 3.0 afliated member of Glamis Masonic Lodge, No. 99, being introduced by Brother James Beattle, a village postman. who is R.W.M. of the Lodge. Scarcely two dozen of the general Fublic waited at the entrance to the lodge to witness the arrival of His Royal Highness, accompanied by Mr. Gavin Ralston, factor to the Earl of Strathmore,

At the ceremony R.W.M, Beattie presented the Duke with an apron with the Glamis colours as a sou- venir of the occasion. Brother W. Rarvey, Provincial Grand Master. who presented the Duke with his diploma of membership and wel-

following telegram from the Grand

Master Mason of Scotland (Sir Iain Colquhoun, Bt.):

"Grand Lodge sends warm fra-

«AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 5. 10, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M. THE BOREEN'S GREATEST O ‹MEDY TEAM IN "FIGHTING STOCK", WILL TAX YOUR STOCK- OF LAUGHTER.

A Hearty Laugh is the best cure. for all ills

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, June 14. Renewed interest is being shown by various Powers in the construc-comed him to the Lodge. read the tion of what were known in the War as coastal motorboats, but are now generally referred to as motor torpedo-boats. An order for six of these craft was placed by the Briternal greetings to new affiliate and tish Admiralty last autumn-the first since 1922-and a further six are to be built under the recent supplementary Navy Estimate Special attention is therefore being directed to the performance of the latest boat of this class, which J. 1. Thornycroft and Co., Limited, have Just completed for a foreign cour- try.

welcomes his entrance to Scottish Freemasonry."

The Lodge gave His Royal High- dess a true Scottish welcome with "three times three."

"MOTHER LODGE OF SCOTLAND "

In reply the Duke said that by Joining Lodge Glamis he had forg- This firm supplied the Lightning ed another link with the ancient (officially torpedo-boat No. 1) to and historic house of Glamis, and the Royal Navy, 60 years ago, and he would always look upon Glamis have been closely connected with Lodge as his mother lodge in Scot- the development of such craft ever iish Freemasonry. since. The old steam-driven tor- Afterwards the Duke had tea pedo-boats, as is well known,.be-wita office-bearers of the Lodge came larger and larger, and deve- and with distinguished visiting loped into the modern destroyer, masons. with a range of 6,000 miles without His Royal Highness joined the refueling a miniature cruiser. With steam machinery the arma- ment-carrying capacity of the small torpedo-boats and their radi- us of action were very limited, but

Another merry farce "Fighting Scock" is showing to-day at the of Faith Baldwin's story of two King's Theatre. It is a Вел 'nternational celebrities who learn Travers' tale of misadventure in to hate each other by reputation

quite his best vein, with the cus- When they Anally meet under tomary tria disentangung WIE assumed names, "they fall des- | complications - perately in love. They marry, Ben Travers has provided the! and the clash of temperamenta necessary ingredients for a whole- results in a heated quarrel on hearted farce, and under Tom their wedding night, with the walls! astute and experienced by the employment of modern in" bride walking out on the bride- direction no single point of mirth- ternal combustion engines not only groom. They relent, and their making, no single "sput of bother are these factors very much in- creased. but a much greater speed frantic efforts to locate one an- has been overlooked. The result

can be obtained. cther lead to many startling and is that "Fighting Stock is a film amusing situations.

crammed full of laughable in- With Miss Bondi in support of cident and sustained merriment Margaret Sullavan are Henry whatever the family motto of the Fonda. Henrietta Crosman. Inghung Rowleys, the flesh is weak Charles Butterworth, and Dorothy even if the spirit would live up

Stickney.

"ARRAS HOARD" COINS SOLD FOR £4000

London, May 29. Ancient Roman coins of the "Arras, hoard," found by clay. diggers at Arras, France, during rebuilding after the war, wera sold at Glendining's, London yesterday for £4,000. A gold coin of the reign of Maorinus, husband of Pulcheria, fetched £36

to it. The Brigadier sustains his courage with many" draughts of fruity port, but the courage of! Sydney oozes at all points. As a love-maker, Sydney is audacious. The Secretary's well - meaning efforts are fruitless. He means well, very well, but there is more important business afoot than the consideration of problems con. cerning the Rowley estate.

"Fighting Stock" will go down' as one of the best "farces" to come off an English studio.

all brought large uma A little gold coin bearing the they head of Constantine sold for £27. They belonged to a French co- The coins covered the whole lector who sent them to London period of Roman dominion, and for sale.

craft in 1919, and at the present time is Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex and a member of the Grand Lodge of England. He has agreed to accept the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland and will be installed at Edinburgh on November 30, when the Grand Lodge will celebrate its bicen- tenary.

the English

Channel conditions as "fresh. strong north-easterly winds, main- ly cloudy, showers, and sea 'rough."! Under these conditions, including the run down the Thames, where speed is necessarily limited, the boat arrived at Portsmouth in a running time of ear. 55min., which In the small steam torpedo-boat, works out at an average speed of apart from the sea-keeping quali- a little over 30 knots. The return ties of the hull, the "speed" was journey was made at an average liraited by the possibility of stoking speed of 33 knots, the boliers and looking after the It is believed that this boat is machinery when the boat was be the fastest torpedo-carrying war ing tossed about. With the motor vessel in the world, in which case torpedo-boat- these difficulties are Messa Thornycroft have added obviated, and this was amply de- another to the numerous speed re- made from cords created by vessels built by monstrated in a run Westaninater to Portsmouth on them since 1876,

The boat which has just complet- ed her trials is able to carry two torpedoes, depth charges, and machine-guns. With a full load of May 21. The weather was excep- fuel the following results were obtionally bad--the report in "The tained in official trials over the Ad-Times" described. miralty measured mille

48 Best runt,

knots. Best pair of runs, 46.64 knots. True and mean BIX speed of

48.094 knots. TINE,

TEST IN BAD WEATHER

TOM

WALLS LYNN

RALPH

Fighting Stock

ROBERTSON HARE by BEN TRAVERS

Directed by TOM WALLE

-TO-MORROW

CEATA

"THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND."

יי

with .*

·WARNER BAXTER – GLORIA STUART

20TH CENTURY Fox ProTURE

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RO, KOWLOON- DARY

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY @

THREE GODFATHERS

MCTURE

MORRIS BRENNAN

TO-MORROW.

1HE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND"

A 20th Century Fox Pic ure.

TO-DAY &

MAJESTIC

TO-MORROW THEATRE

HERE COMES TROUBLE

PAUL KELLY ARLINE JUDGE

·MONA BARRIE GREGORY RATOFF

At 2.30, 6.20,

7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

ON THE STAGE

AT 5.20 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

THE NINE O'CLOCK REVUE

A NON-STOP

VARIETY SHOW

SUNDAY

JEAN HARLOW

SPENCER TRAOY

IN

"RIFF RAFF"

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