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Murder At Hollywood Preview!

Fans flock for autographs ..... a 'pocked audiancs waits...then a kiilor steals the show! it's unique....doring...baffling!

Adolph. Zakat pennante

The

PREVIEW Murder Mystery

Alchen wall

Reglwold Donxy » Frances Draks Gail Patrick Rod Lalogue

-NEXT CHANGE ------

MAE WEST

COMES TO TOWN IN KLONDIKE ANNIE"

FINAL

SHOWINGS MAJESTIQ

TO-DAY

THEATRE÷

41 2.30. 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 PM.

Carl Laemmle present

Edmund LOWE

11m Universni's amaxing üdventure dessin

IMPERSONATION

ESTARE

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY ! An “Old Favourite"

THE BOOK THATMADE THE WORLD TREMBLE anored the Great Warner Bros picture!

KAY

FRANCIS

LESLIE

HOWARD

IN

BRITISH AGENT

TO-MORROW.

ONE DAY ONLY! Another "Old Favourite”. JEAN

CHESTER HARLOW MORRIS "RED HEADED WOMAN'

"

NEW FILMS IN

LONDON

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Splendor"

QUEEN'S:

"Preview Murder Mystery" ORIENTAL:-

Trouble In Paradise"

Kowloon

ALHAMERA:--

"And So They Were

Married"

MAJESTIC÷-

STAR:

"The Great Impersonation”

"British Agent"

KING'S :-

Coming

"The Unguarded Hour" QUEEN'S

"Klondike Annie" ORIENTAL:-

STAR:

"The Three Musketeers"

"Red Headed Woman"

AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED

Fire and water mix in a judici- aus concoctioni

NEWS FLASHES

Columbia Signs Joel Mccrea

"Columbia

lately engaged Joel | mond Walburn will appear in fea

Местел, a favourite of long-tured roles standing on the screen for the

Chester Morris has just "com-

male lead in "Adventure in Man-pleted the leading role in "Coun- hattan." opposite Jean Arthur. terfelt."to be released by Colum This title replaces "Purple and bla this month, while Miss Wray, Fine Linen." The story is by May was recently seen opposite Ralph Edginton and was published in a Bellamy in" "Roaming Lady." Mr. directed this season national magazine last year. Ed- Green has ward Ludwig will direct. Mr. Mc- such successful productions 23 Crea was last seen as the male "Sweet Music," "Girl From Tenth Romance," "Here's to lead in "Splendor" and "These Avenue," Three." Following a short, but "The Goose and the Gander” and successful stage career. Mr. Mc-"Dangerous," Crea made his picture" debut in "The Jazz

Age" and inter was placed under contract by MGM and was seen in "Five O'Clock Girl," "Dynamite," "So This Is College" and "The Single Standard."

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More recently he has appeared in Richest Girl in the World." “Gambling Lady," "Half a Binner," "Private Worlds," "Our Little Girl," Woman Wanted" and "Barbary Coast,"

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LONG TERM CONTRACT FOR CHESTER MORRIS Chester Morris, who has just completed the leading role in Columbia's "Counterfeit" which will be released early this`month, has been placed under long-term! contract by the company.

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Mr. Morris" first appearance un- der the new agreement will be opposite Fay Wray in "There Goes the Bride," picturization" of Octavus Roy Cohen's widely read story, which will be brought to the screen under the direction of Alfred E. Green.

A son of William Morris, the famous actor, Chester Morris had a noted career on, the stage ba

CHESTER MORRIS AND FAY WRAY IN NEW PRODUCTION Columbia will shortly place in,

"There Goes The of gay sophistica-] production tion and uproarious, romance in Bride," by that popular magazine Columbia's "And So They Were story writer, Octavus Roy Cohen. Married," the new attraction sche-Chester Morris will have the lead-tore making his screen debut eight duled to open at the Alhambra ing role, witt Fay Wray as the years ago in "Alibi." Since then Theatre to-day. The water in the heroine. It will be brought to the he has played leads and has been scores of pictures. case is Mary Astor and Edith Fel-screen by Alfred E. Green, and featured lows a mother-and-daughter com- will be that noted director's first Some of his appearances during bination surpassed only by each picture under his recently signed the current season include those in other in their aversion to men. long-term contract with the com- "I've Been Around," "Only Eight Three of Columbia's pro- Hours," "Public Enemy No. 1." The "re-eaters" are Melvyn Doug-pany.

contract players. Llonel "Princess O'Hara" and "Frankie las and his woman-hating, 11-minent year-old son, Jackie Moran.

Stander: Henry Mollison and Ray- and Johnnie.",

With their preconceived ideas of the uselessness of the opposite sex, these interesting pairs are brought together at a winter resort where they have gone, separately, to give their children a "white" Christmas In the snow.

Against their will, Astor and Douglas discover themselves fall- ing in love. Although they can't help themselves, their children de- termine to end the romance, Am- using situations" continue to de- velop as the children do avery- achieve thing in their power to this end. Nothing happens until Douglas by accident happens to daughter a give Mary's young

ROMANTIC COMEDY AND MELODRAMA

Baroness Orczy's novel Emperor's Candlesticks" has been sound spanking. Furious, Mary

The

translated to the screen, and is to

be seen in London. THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS

The novel by the Baroness Orczy from which this film is made is one of those stories of high inter- national Intrigue, which are quite probably very like Hfe but never look as though they were. The characters speak invariably either In riddles or gallantries, and imow to wrap any platitude in

NOW

mystery. Their adventures are

breaks the engagement.

From there on "And So They Were Married" swirls in a series of hilarious episodes to a laugh-flled climax.

Fillott Nugent directed from the screen story by A. Laurie Brazee, Doris Anderson and Joseph Anthony.

"SPLENDOR'

this casts

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BEE THE NAME OF IT

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Walt Disney's newest Mickey Mouse production »

obscure in their implications, sug- Miriam Hopkins came a long gesting the oddest ramifications way from the gambling palaces of of diplomacy, but obvious on the the "Barbary Coast" to the draw. of New York's Firth surface and in their pattern. The ing rooms settings are opulent, and it seems Avenue to-day when "Splendor." to be an accepted principle that her second flm for Samuel Gold-

can be coa-,

wyn, come to the King's Theatre. no important affairs

Written by the famous play- ducted without the best food and

wright, Rachel Crothers, wine. The mixture, in fact, is very

smart, sophisticated story familiar, but it is the kind of story

the glamorous blonde star "as that is very well managed in an

Phylis Manning. A penniless Austrian film. No doubt the Ger-

Southern beauty who marries man dialogue saves one something. Brighton Lorrimore. (Joel McCrea) put, even so, it is remarkable how scion of a once-great New York the actors seem to belleve in their family, whose sole remaining as-

Elena, rabidly attached to the work and how credible they make sets are their name and

cause of freedom. is beautiful, cul- their characters. The film moves

Firth Avenue mansion. Phylis

With Key Francis in the role of tured and from a family that once as quickly as it can and with an receives a cold reception from, the a beautiful Russian girl in. "British | enjoyed the favour of the Roman- excellent economy in the descrip- family especially the embittered, Agent, the First Nationa: produc- offs. She belleves, however, that tion of journeys and of the actual domineering mother, (Helen, Westton which comes to the Star the only hope for her people is to search for the missing candlesticks, tey) who had schemed to recoup Theatre to-day, for one day only throw off the yoke of Czarism. The settings are often attractive; the family fortunes by marrying Hollywood history again repeats Sne dedicates her life to the cause. an archduke has a fine baroque Brighton to a sausage heiress.

itself.

Ebe sacrifices everything in har When palace, conspirators, work in a

Martin Deering (Paul

ther

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BRITISH AGENT

Єrs. When love for the "British

room adorned by Manet's "Execa-Cavanagh), a charming, wealthy Five years ago, she made her devotion to the revolutionary tead- don of the Emperor Maximilian, and influential relative of the first pieture on the Warner Bros and all the richer interiors are Lorrinores, shows

a "picture" called "The Agent enters into her scheme of an unmis-lot in pretty. There is also an amusing takable. Interest in Phylis, Mrs. Notorious Affair" for which she was life, she accepts it because she caricature of an English butler. Lorrimore: secretly forces her to borrowed from another studio. In cannot help herself, but she never sacrifice herself to further this she played a Russian giri of lowers the banner she is carrying THE FARMER IN THE DELL.

the same general type as her pre-for her countrymen. One of Hollywood's favourite Brighton's career and insure

To her lover, England comes stories about itself centres in the return to luxury for the Lorrent role with Leslie Howard in

British Agent.".

first; to her Russia. Both are humble, elderly parent who. seek mores.

When Brighton learns of the Miss Francis has always had a therefore enemies, even In each ing a "areer for his pretty daugn- ter in a film studio, is himself sacrifice Phylla has made for him. leaning toward foreign charac- other's arms. seized upon as a great natural he is neither understanding nor terizations and in at least three of

Against the background character and whirled aloft to forgiving, so she leaves and gets them has scored a notable sur-

Job. However,

hecess. She was Tanya, a Rusdan crashing forces re-shaping the face fame and fortune. His wife invart herself ably overestimates his rate of pro- ! realizes his error in time to insure Girl in "Mandalay" Madame of the earth, their own drama is gress, whirls herself into orgies of a happy fadeout.⠀ extravagance, throws her daughter

to the fortune hunters and is only mimic

EL

of

"You know, Miss Smith," aald; her employer, "since you've been

Colet, a French girl in "Trouble Joined with the greater concerns here you've quite cheered up the

fi Paradise" and a Berbian char of Destiny. Elena plays a part omice. I mean to say you're pretty

audience-a "natural" mer in "Storm at Daybreak. The that makes her the centre of the

British Agent's dimculties. -you speak su quietly, and dress

brought to penitent tears in the whose sterling simplicity is in part, in- "Mandalay," which she su smartly and...” -

"Honestly-It's good of you. Mr. nick of time. It is an excellent grain. There are other good per made under her current contract Robinson, and I'm ever so flatter story and is given freshness informances, especially Mr. Moront was considered by many as one of

this case by Mr. Fred Stone's glove- Olsen's persuasive sketch of a fim her finest performances ed, but "..

In "British Agent," she is Elena That's all right," he said grim- tight adaptation of his own per director who is at once' kindly, and ly only wanted to put you in a sonality to that of the unpretend- competent, and Miss Esther Dale's the sweetheart of the hero. In this contented frame of mind before ing parent. He triumphantly firm and lively portrait of the ahe la much more than a mere ro saying something about this abso-brings off the double feat of being headstrong wife. but Mr. Fred mantic interest, since most of the lutely filthy punctuation and spel to his actual audience precisely Stone is entitled to claim that he complications are the direct result

of her machinations. what he is supposed to be to his is the film. ling of yours!".

The cast of British Agent is fast company even for such play- ersan Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. Among the featured ones are Irving Pichel. Walter Byron, William Gargan, Ivan Simpson, Carroll Naish, Paul Porcas, Halli- well Hobbes, Doris Lloyd, Gregory Gaye and Alphonse Ethlw:.

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Splendor

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"I'M A DIVORCEE, AND SATISFIED TO BE ONE!!

"I'M AN

EX-HUSBAND, BUT NOT YOURS, THANK GOODNESS!"

And So They Were Married

4 SHOWS

• MARY ASTOR Edith Feilaws - Jackie Moran D.corta by Elliott Turqunt B.P.Schelbart production A COLUMBIA PICTURL

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WHAT A NIGHT!

What ́ a: pair they

were... and what fun they had!

Ernst LUBITSCH'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE

With MIRIAM HOPKINS KAYFRANCIS

HERBERT MARSHALL

· Chadie Ruggles · Edward Everett Horton

A Paramount Picture S

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