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SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

*$ 2.30, 5.16, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M. : A1 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

• FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY VITAL AS ALL HUMANITY!

Carl Laemmle presents

All of America's hu imanity, and love is poured i

into this surg. ing drama of wealth, power and progress |

SUTTER'S P

GOLD

#tarring

EDWARD ARNOLD

By arrangement with U. P. Schalberg)

with

LEE TRACY » BINNIE BARNES Katharine Alexander Montagu Love Addison Richards

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Based on the novels by Blaise

Cendrars and Bruno Frank. Directed by James Cruzë. An Edmund Grainger Production. ĂUniversal Picture

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THE. PICTURE THAT CAN NEVER DIEI

TO-MORROW

The Sensational Battle of the Century! MAX SCHMELING vs. JOB LOUIS

SHOWING WITH

HER MASTER'S VOICE

with

BDWARD EVERETT HORTON A Paramount Picture

Ar the QUEEN'S

• SHOWS

DAILY

230 570

720930

"AND SUD EN DEATH"

Paramount's Thrilling Presentation of Trafic Duugers of the Road At the ALHAMBRA

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON

TEL57222

(MATINEES -20 -30° EVENINGS. 20. ·30+-50:700)

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

A NEW JANET GAYNOR IN HER BEST PILTURE SINCE. "SEVENTH HEAVEN"

Janet

Qaynor Taylor

Maro

SMALL TOWN GIRL

Maytr

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TO-MORROW, FOR ONE DAY ONLY! AN OLD FAVOURITE" THAT WE HAVE PROMISED TO BRING BACK!

WILLIAM POWELL MYRNA LOY

Typing

Taught By

New Method

Monotonous

Practice Avoided

"THE THIN MAN"

practice units are avoided in the progressive method."

The high school graduate who is planning to enter college and who Cannot operate a typewriter is not adequately prepared for college work, Professor Ödell maintains,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE Glamourous

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KINGS:-

"A Midsummer Night's

Dream"

QUEEN'S:-

"Sutter's Gold"

ORIENTAL:--

"Road Gang"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"Sutter's Gold"

MAJESTIC:--

Small Town Girl"

STAR:-

"Payor"

KING'S:-

Coming

"High Tension"

QUEEN'S:-

"Her Master's Voice"

ORIENTAL:

"Garden Murder Case" "Klondike Annie".

-ALHAMBRA:—

"And Sudden Death" MAJESTIC:

The Thin Man"

STAR:-

*Just Imagine"

Production RY

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

TO DAY ONLY

THREE SHOWS DAILY AT 2.30. 5.30 & 9.00.P.M.

"SHOW BOAT” BRILLIANT

AT USUAL PRICES

DAZZLING STARS IN

SCINTILLATING SETTINGS

BY

BILL PLAY

When I entered the Queen's Theatre yesterday morning for the pre-view of “Show Boat,” I was handed an attractive bundle of “publlelty dope "-the surt of typical "advance copy" which one usually takes with a silo of salt.” Having witnessed the pre- view of "Show Boat," I can sanely state that not one grain of salt need be taken with the cascade of publicity which preceded the private screening yesterday, because this is surely one of the most glamourous productions which has ever graced the screen. and every moment simply bubbles with entertainment of an un- usually high calibre.

You may have seen "Show Boat"

on the stage; you may know nil

its twinkling tunes backwards, but DIARY OF LOCAL

you will respond to a new" thrill when you see this Universal Picture SQ adroitly directed by James Whale.

DON'T BE ANNOYED IF SOME- BODY TELLS YOU IT'S "A WHALE OF A SHOW." BECAUSE IT REALLY IS. ·

With Irene Dunne In the lead as entrancing Magnolia: Helen Mor- gan (who keeps her mouth well under control, fortunately) as the exetting Julie: Allan Jones as the gifted, gracious, gay and compara- tively pathetic Ravenal, and the justly tamous Paul Robeson as the

"SMALL TOWN GIRL" sly. slothful, sentimental Joe-with

The star of the immortal Seventh Heaven." Janet Gaynor and the sensation of "Magnificent Obsession," Robert Taylor, have joined hands to bring to the screen one of the most stirring modern romances in their latest picture, "Small Town Gurl" now playing at the "Majestic Theatre.

Miss Gaynor was lovely in her successful career than she is in the new Metro-Goldwyn-{ Mayer production. For the first time. she is allowed to dress up and in this she reveals a new Janet Gaynor

never more

Taken from Ben Ames Williams' famous novel, brought to the screen by John Lee Mahin and Edith Fitzgerald, the plot of "Small Town Girl," concerns a

such as these there is a gaaxy that would make even a Jeans blink,

Supporters in this great cast are also amongst the film world's head- liners, and they all combine in a superlatively artistic manner to re- capture the Inspiring freshness and happy restraint of a theme which is fundamentally happy and basi- cally worthy.

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EVENTS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. Anatvermarica and Holidays.-Nativity B.V.M. White Des. (Paj·lu).

Aution-Household Furniture, Lan marta Hong Kong Sales, Room, II a.m. At Langrert's Kowloon "Sales Ron. 2.30 p.m.

Cinemas.

King' Midsomer Night's

Dream."

Queen's :--"Sulter's Gold.” Oriental:"Road, Gang." World: Chinese Picture/

Alhambra "Sutter's Gold." Majestic Small Town Girl." StarPayoff."

Enterüiinments.—* Retrvai,“

played

by Combined Band and Dents of 2nd Bastalion Ex Luncashire Regiment, at Shamshuipo, 6.13 p.m.

Mantiugs-Hong Kong. Football Asso ciation Council, King's Building, 5.30 p.m.; Annual, Hong-Kong Hockey Club, at Hong Kong C.C. Secretary's" Room, 5.30 p.m.; Annual, of Kowloon Union Church Young People's Society, 8.45 p.m.; Gouves, of the Romany Fair Committee, St. Andrew's, pan.

And the musict Allan Jones and Irene Dunne in their opening duet. "Make Belleve:" Paul Robeson in "Ole Man River"; Helen Morgan. Miscellaneous-Botary Tifin, Hung so sad and naughty, in "I can't Kong Hotel; French Coarent School, help lovin' that man of mine," and at Causeway Bay, re-opens at 9.

St. Andrew's Church Mothers' Union all the rest in this restless revue,

re-opens for Autumn And Winterr are numbers rendered with full- session, 9.00 p.m. throated resonance with every re- ; Rehearsals. Hong Kong Singers, gister recorded with thistle-down | "King Olaf" (Elgar) Union Church, charm.

Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m. Social-Cheern Club But go and country

Whist Drive, 0.00 p.m.; Police Branch Ministering girl who marries a handsome doc- either at the Queen's or the Alham- bra theatres for yourselves when the season commences on 12th inst. You won't regret a moment of it. "Show Boat" took months to pre- duce. It will take a generation to forget.

tor while he is intoxicated,

"Small Town Girl" is good enter- tainment.

"SUTTER'S GOLD

"Gold! Gold!" That was the exciting cry from the lips of James Marshall on the morning of January · 24. 1848. when he found the precious yellow metal at Coloma, California, a discovéry that resulted in the gold rush of 1849 and brought more than 100,000 frenzied treasure seekers to the state, 'within a year. "An interesting" story chronicles Marshall's finding of the gold. at Sutter's Mi Marshall went out early each day to examine the condition of the millrace he was building for Suiter,"

see "Show Boat"

“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM”

League. Monthly Whist and May Jong Drive, al Police Recreation Club, 9,00 p.m.

་

Sports.

Football-Association Council Meet. ing (Sports Club), 5,30 p.m. -

Hockey-Hong Kong Hockey Club' Annual Meeting (Hong Kong CC.).

3.30 p.m.

Tendis."A Division, Chinem B.C (2) Indian R.C.

VIJ

Ausat.-8.31

Moon,-Last Quarter, 11.14 a.nu. Moan, 23rd. Day. Sunrise.-8.08

p.m.

D.M.

Max Reinhardt, who remolded three centuries of stage tradition, Tides. High at 1.20 and 16-10; Low went to Hollywood,, where tradition at 9.10 and 18.59. Is rooted loosely in an experimental quarter century, to make "A Mid- summer Night's Dream" for Warner Bros.. the memmoth spectacle at the King's Theatre to-day.

As an artist he allows neither

On the fateful morning a shin-rules nor laws to circumscribe his ing object in the water attracted. genius. his attention. He found several tiny nuggets.

He is neither moved nor restraip- ed by the influence that give other directors pause."

Marshall rode excitedly to Sut- ter with three ounces of the

It seemed a foregone conclusión mineral. After a series of tests that Reinhardt would shove aside Sutter decided that the substance movie taboos, ignore the supposed was indeed gold. In spite of at- limits of camera technique, and set tempts at secrecy, news of

the new boundaries for the picture discovery soon leaked out. Within screen.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.

Anniversaries and Holidays.Adinis- AÍOD Day. (Cal, U.S.A.) St. Peter Claver.

Cinemas.

King's High Tension." Queen's "Her Master's Voice." Oriental Garden Murder, Case." World-Chinese Picture." Alhambra And Budden Death." Majestic: The Thin Man." Blar:-"Just Imagine." Commercial-Dairy Farm Ice and Dividend Cold Storage Co.'s Interim payable.

Dances.Cheero Club Dance, 8 p..

Wolf Miscellaneous.8t. Andrew's Cabs re-open for Autumn and Winter, at 5.30 p.m.

THE PRODUCERS WHO INTRODUCED TALK. ING PICTURES NOW BRING THE MIGHTY VOICE OF SHAKESPEARE TO THE SCREENI

Wener Bros. preseni

MAX REINHARDT'S

Production of

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

NEXT CHANGE

ON THE SCREEN

HIGH TENSION**

with

BRIAN DONLETY GLENDA FAIRELL

20TH CENTURY FOX PICTURE

fant and TraM OR HAPPY VALLEY QUE

SNOWS

GAILY 2.20-5.13

FLEMING ROAD

7.1$--8.30

ORIENTAL

THAM

TEL. 28472

LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY

A. SENSATIONAL STORY OF THE PRISON CAMPS!

Convicts chained like dogs... the desperate victims of a shocking system at last blaze their story to the world"

A THOUSAND FEAR-ORAZED CONVICTS ON A RIOT -OF THRILLS.

WARNER BROS. MOST DRAMATIC REVELATION SINCE "I AM A FUGITIVE”!

DAYS

ROAD GANG

A FIT Nombra

28 TO-MORROW & THURSDAY

ONLY

THE BEST DETECTIVE STORY EVER SCREENED!

THE NEW PHILO VANCE THRILLER!

__YWTUKI

GARDEN MURDER

WITH

CASE "Edmund LOWE Virginia BRUCE

• MATINEES: 20c-30c D EVENINGS: 206.-30e.-50c.-70c.

HAS BRITAIN

GONE SOFT?

Poor Showing At The Olympics.

Under the heading "Has Britain Gone Bort?" the correspondents of a London contemporary are con- soling themselves for our рост show at the Olympic Games--we

a short time began the wildest "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is movement of people in the history a mighty epic of the screen pro- of the world, all, intent on reach-duced by Max Reinhardt 'and dir- Meetings. Members, of The Hang Ing California

ected by himself and William Die-

Tsi Bank, Lid., at 47 Wing Lok of This colourful era

Btreet, 2 p.m.; Extraordinary, is an im- terle. The dances were directed by portant part of the story, "Sutter's Bronislaw. Nijinsku

Volunteer Mess Cominister, 6.00 pm and Nina Gold," the Universal drama star- Thellade and set to the beautiful

Hong Kong Aquarium Society, Biol. Dept., Hong Kong University, 8.30 and Alhambra Theatres: Binnie by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. ring Edward Arnold at the Queen's music of Mendelssohn as arranged p.m.; Kowloon Union Church Women's shall end up about ninth on the Guild, 19 .m.; Kowloon Tong Anglicanist, bracketed with Holland-with the thought that to us games are There is an all star cast which Church Committee, 6 p.m. Includes James Cagney,

merely a relaxation and a hobby Joe E.

Sports Brown, Dick Powell, Jean Muir,

in which our young, then and wo- Swimming-Hong Kong Area Twelfth men "still happily rise to great Victor Jory, Verree Teasdale. Anita Louise, Hugh Herbert, Frank Mc-

Championships (V.R.C.), 2.00 p.m.heights of athletic endeavour and European. Y.M.C.A. Oslo, 9.15 p.. Hugh and scores "of others. The

Tennis.-"A" Division, Kowloca C.C. screen play is by Charles Kenyon

v. Indian R.C. and Mary McCall, Jr., Costumes are by Max Ree, noted designer.

FORCED TO MEMORIZE Citing other differences between the technique evolved at Teachers College and thod, ae pointed out that here- the traditional me-

tofore the teaching of beginning Barnes plays the feminine lead. typewriting has been dominated by: Improved methods of teaching the belief that the student must typewriting designed to save many learn the positiona of all the houts of study and practice were letters on the keyboard in the recently announced by Prof. Wil- shortest possible time. The student liam R. Odell of Teachers College. is forced to memorize the letter A Dinner, Dance will be held on Columbia University, A survey distribution the keyboard, the Open Root of Repulse Bay

of covering eight years' experimental learning all letters in terms of Lido-Weather permitting--and at study and research reveals that relative position to the eight guide Repulse Bay Hotel in event of Bad more efficient, more accurate and į keys.

weather, on Wednesday, 9th Sep- faster typists can be developed in

tember, 1936, at 9.00 p.m. much shorter time through the use

of the new techniques, according to Professor Odell,

"Before the student can become expert, therefore. he must, uri- learn his inexpert method' of letter combination writing the

DINNER DANCE

ולי

"should "Studentä

not have to

"We have found," he reports,at' and change to the direct reach substitute direct reaches for in- "that instead of learning isolated used on the higher writing level, direct ones. Careful laboratory ex- units, letters or words, beginner At the present time most students įperiments have shown that it is are not helped in making this not necessary for students ever should be taught to write mean- ingful phrases and sentences from transition. Teachers in general, to learn the indirect reaches for the very first day, Learning to type do not appreciate that such adonadjacent letter combinations. write consists of learning automatic transition is necessary and there- Actually, to do so. interferes with movement patterns for a large fare do not assist their students proper mastery of writing move number of words.

Meaningless by special exercises or be discus- ments as performed on the expert letter combinations or monotonous' sion.

"level."

enthusiasm without hope of reward,

1s

or fear of coercion." that "England Moon.VII Moon, 24th. Day,

nowadays the only country Sunrise,-0.08 4.20 Sunset -6.33 | where sports are practised in the true sporting spirit," that "very few other countries take amateur- ism seriously," and so on and so forth.

p,m:

Tidos.-High x 2.35; Low mi 10.00

BILLS OF LADING

to be introduced with the liners

A good deal of this is nonsense. and "Stirling There is no country, where semi- Shippers who send out Bills of Athlone · Castle"

Documents concerning amateurism Lading and other documents by Castle."

is more rampant in alt, can expedite considerably by cargoes by these steamers which aport than Britain, or whers pro-

are earmarked-for trans-shipment tessional sport has more perform doing, so the clearance at porta

of sea-berne cargoes at Port Elizabeth and East Lon-ers on its pay-roll. As for the which have to contine journeys don will, if sent by ordinary mall. "true sporting spirit," there is no by goods-train after trans-ship-be too late to enable clearances to other country that benches so ment from the sea routes. One be effected for dispatch by fast many spectators per hiked glad!- example of this occurs in connec-goods-train. Any such delay can, stor, or where so many thousands tion with the accelerated service however, be obviated if the docu- of pounds are betted daily ou

oversens

to. South Africa which are about menta are sent out by air-mall.“

games that the belters never see.

ESTARE

4 SHOWS DAILY AT

2.80, 6.20, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. LAST TIMES TO-DAY

THRILLS

FOR?

THE

LS, HERE'S

PAYOFF

JAMES DUNN

CLAIRE DODD Patricia tilia Alan Dinghaet

WED., 9th, ONE DAY ONLY JUST IMAGINE

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