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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:

STAR:-

OPENING TO-DAY AT 2.30 6.16, 7.20 & 9.30. P.M.

PAUL

MUNIL

For the convenience Doctors attending this per- formance :- If you are expecting a call, leave your name and seat number with the booking office clerk for you to be paged, us

THE STORY

OF LOUIS PASTEUR

With JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON ANITA LOUISE - MANY OTHERS

"The one outstanding picture of any season'

"Brown On Resolution"

QUEEN'S :———

"The Story of Louis Pasteur"

ORIENTAL:~~

"Millions In The Air"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:---

"Everybody's Old Man"

MAJESTIC:-

"Rendezvous”

David Copperfield"

Coming

TO-DAY

ONLY

MAJETTIE 4: 2.30. 5.20.

THEATRESS

inPOWELL Rendezvous

7:00- Waldwyn Myer

BOBALI

RUSSELL - BARNES

7.20 & 8.20 P.M.

COMMENCING SATURDAY, 27тH JUNE CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "MODERN TIMES"

ESTARE

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY }|

GLORIOUS ROMANCE Teaches your heart!

With a tas cost of 65 players

Jantuking.

WC Fivics Maureen O'Sullivan

Madge Even

Edna May Oliver

Frank Lawion

Elizabe

Allan

Lionel

Barrymore

Troddie

Barthelama A

TO-MORROW,

SUNDAY, MONDAY

DETECTION BY SINGLE FINGER

MARKS

System Of 16,777.216 Groups

"30 YEARS' WORK AT SCOTLAND YARD

the

London, June 10. Behind the statement in

The

KING'S :—

"The Dark Angel" QUEEN'S:-

"Heartache"

ALHAMBRA:--

"Love On A Bet" MAJESTIC :-

"Modern Times"

STAR:--

"Modern Times"

Errol Flynn, who has the title role in that magnificent production of "Captain Blood" showing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Mon-

day and Tuesday.

EVERYBODY'S OLD MAN

"The cocoon has burgeoned out into a buttery, and Rochelle Hud- son at last realizes her ambition to wear a procession of beautiful fim frocks with 'her appearance In "Everybody's Old Man," which is showing to-day at the Amambra Theatre.

"THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR.”

"It is distinguished and gripping drama that blazes a new trail in pictures. Warner Bros, have fashioned a story that grips from the start. Muni's performance is something to cheer about. William Die-

terlo's direction deserves lavish praise."

AT THE KING'S

BROWN ON RESOLUTION”

Brown on Resolution" show- ing to-day at the King's Theatre. telis with dramatic Intensity the story of a" young Able-Seaman.

the child of s Daval officer who has left for a Chira station ignorant of the fact that he is co have a son.

With traditional pride in her sweetheart's.. caliing, his mother sends him to a Naval Training Establishment and he subsequent- ly becomes an Able-Seaman.

When war breaks out "Rutland," the ship in which Albert Brown is stationed, is caught at a disad- vantage by the enemy and the lad finds himself in the sick bay of the "Zelthen."

Sheltering off the rocky coast of Resolution Island whilst under- going repairs, the German cruiser is delayed by the fact that Brown has escaped and is busily engaged in sniping at the German sallors whilst they are effecting, repairs, with the result that the British ship "Leopard," with Brown's own father in command, arrives in time to put paid to the Zeltber's ac- count.

"LOVE ON A BET"

Romance has started under strange circumstances and four- lahed under great difficulties, but i never got off to a funnier or than in inauspicious start Gene Raymond's newest picture, "Love on a Bet" coming to the Alhambra Theatre shortly.

more

Central Park at midnight garbed only in a pair of shorts. But this Beau Brummel deficiency does not materially menace Raymond's To-

mance.

Raymond meets Wendy Barrie, his prospective anancee, as he Recent experience has led Misstealthily provis about New York's Hudson to wonder if all the talk about exquialte gowns in motion pictures was just a myth. For too Jong she was forced to don the uni- Daily Telegraph" yesterday that forms of an orphanage, the sim- ple frocks of a school teacher, or United States police are so Impressed with Scotland Yard's costumes of the 1880 period. single finger-print system that they are adopting it themselves, Lies a romantic story of crime detection and patient organisation.

The system was devised by Supt. an intriguing young helress, and her film wardrobe crammed with H. Battley head of the Anger-

shimmery things; lovely, lacy. print department at Scotland Yard. He accompanied Lt.-Col. Brock, his Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, and Assistant Com- 20th Century-Fox stylist. missioner Howe on the mission to doomed to dowdy dresses for the "I was beginning to think I was

gone

Then along comes "Everybody's Old Man," which stars Irvin E. Cobb in his first leading role, and Miss Hudson finds herself cast as

afternoon frocks and sports outfits, all designed by Gwen Wakeling,

.:

THE PLAY'S THE THING

COMMUNITY DRAMA

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, June 15.

The play, that is to say, and Dot the prize. This seems to be the general"mori" of the discus- stons and decisions at Saturday's meeting of West of Scotland Com- munity Drama organisations. And a good thing too, as one can't help thinking.

There can be no doubt that "community drama" and is sya- tem of festivals are doing a lot to make fe intelligently interesting for a great many Scots people! nowadays. And the festivals themselves have an essential part In this good work. Without them. It seems certain, we should never have got far from the old tradition of "amateur theatricals"-a pica- sant, easy-going tradition in its way, but not one that could ever have kept R

movement going throughout the entire country or could have properly supplied that knowledge and appreciation of the drama the lack of which made, for centuries, a big gap in Scotland's national culture.

A DANGER

But for all that, there is, pretty obviously, a danger in this festival business. The drama, after all, s not quite the same sort of thing asport like football or cricket. True, a team may play one DI ..ese games finely and with style 1 yet not win every match. But match winning, the scoring ot points, is part of the essence of the games. When competitions be- Tween drama clubs become almost is highly organised as Chip-ties or League championships it becomes possible for companies of players

forget, that the main object of their art is not the scoring c marks in an adjudicator's note- book.

A blue book debutante with an empty purse, Miss Barrie has de-

One may see a tendency of this cided to marry a stuffed shirt sort in Saturday's proposals that millionaire. Helen Broderick, as clubs should be advised about the her chaperon aunt, is determined mark-scoring possibilities of plays to see that no other sultor replaces tetore they began to rehearse them, and that no team should be the millions in her heart.

But the gods are kind to blonde allowed to engage a professional and handsome Gene, and after a producer. The main idea in both ten-day whirlwind transcontin- cases is obviously to give a fair he has a girl: held and no favour in the festival ental courtship. money, a fashionable wardrobe and rompetitions themselves. It is quite a high-alaried job.

a reasonable idea in its way, but Miss Broderick, of "Top Hat" it does seem to set the business of

a Bet."

have reacted vigorously against it for that very ason-which suggests that com- munity drama will not, for the resent, be allowed to fall to the level of an "orgaalsed game."

the United States, and gave police rest of my days," says Miss Hud-fame, is in the supporting cast competing above interest in the there much information on his

son. "A girl likes beautiful clothes, which includes William Collier, Br, drama Itself or in the actual qua- latest improvements.

The original finger-print system and it goes against the grain to Morgan Wallace and Eddie Griblity of acting. The meeting in of Sir Edward Henry has under- wear nothing but sackcloth and bon. RKO Radio produced "Love on Glasgow seems to

the ugly costumes of the last cen- remarkable developments

tury. through the discoveries of Supt. Battley. He has spent nearly 30 | "You can't imagine the thrill it years in the finger-print depart- gives me to be literally swimming ment, and has recently done much in Paris creations"

Teamed with Johnný Downs änd“ Norman Foster - In "Everybody's Old Man," Miss Hudson is one of the trio of youngsters who give Irvin Cobb headaches and a hilart ous goods time. He plays the role

te perfect his system.

DAVID COPPERFIELD

་་

novel In novels, in

other lists of great every country of the

A conservative estimate of the sales of Charles Dickens' novels places the total at well over half a billion copies., The greatest and most widely read of them all is world. "David Copperfield" is al "David Copperfield," made into a ways included..

CLASSIFICATION METHODS The method of classification is based on such points as plain arches, in which the ridges have an uninterrupted flow from side of a retired industrialist who tries motion picture by the Metro- In Everyman's Library, which to side, radial icops in

order of his hand at reforming wild young-Goldwyn-Mayer? studios, and has a list of fifty-five volumes re- ridge counts, and according to sters th this delightful romantic screening at the Star Theatre to presenting baste books selected by formation of core and whorls, comedy. James Flood directed the which are sub-divided into picture, on which Bogart Rogers precedented cast of sixty-five stars day, for one day only with an un-

Charlie Chaplin MODERN TIMES

methods of reading.

Under the Henry system, which collection

is used for the main

there are 81 sub-groups, to any

-

acted as associate producer.

one of which a set of finger-prints' two Impressions was found. Ten with the whorl pattern on four of minutes after being brought to the fingers may belong. In the Scotland Yard, it was identited Battley system there are 18,777,216 and the criminal known. Buch groups. ⠀⠀

This is largely the work of Mr. Here is an example of the resulta Battley and his assistants, includ- obtained. A piece of glass with ing Inspector Cherrill,

and featured players.

The three most widely read of Dickens' novels are "David Copper- field," "Pickwick Papers" and "A Christmas Carol."

David Copperfield" ranks first. the college presidents of America,

In statistics.compiled by a com- mittee of university professors evaluating the greatest books in seven countries Dickens heads the list with David Copperfield.":"

A list of twenty best Engilsh The consensus of opinion is that "David Copperfield is the great-novels compiled from the point of est novel in the English language. view of quality and of wide read- It is used in all universities in any ing is headed by "David Copper- course based on the study of the field;

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