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BY POPULAR DEMAND!

YEAR'S LAUGH

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Eclipsing anything ever seen for rib-

cräcking fun...hilari- ous excitement.. amazing climax!

GARY COOPER Mr. Deeds Gots to Town

WARKER LOEGEGE SANCROFT • LIONEL STANDER

JEAN ARTHUR

MOMENT, REGAIN

AFRANK CAPRA Pfaducitan

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& SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.13 1.15-0.80

Frack

Robert

CAPRA RISKIN The screen is greater director weller team top their awa

Ionamoon him—"It Happened One Night"-"Lady for a Day"—"Broadway Bil."'!

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

al

Another Hilarious Comedy

with

GEORGE BRENT GENEVIEVE TOBIN GLENDA FARRELL PATRICIA ELLIS

TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BM

SFLEMING

ROLD WACHAI

TEL. WHATE

ORIENTAL

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KINGS:-

"Things To Come" QUEEN'S:---

"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" ORIENTAL:

The Trail Of The Lonesome

Pine"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Guard That Giri"

MAJESTIC:--

"The Melody Lingers On"

STAR:-

"Boulder Dam",

KING'S:-

Coming

"The Amateur Gentleman".. QUEEN'S :-

"Snowed Under** * ORIENTAL:

"Fang, and Claw" ALHAMBRA:-

"Trapped By Television"

STAR:-

"Early To Bed" MAJESTIC:--

"Dancing Lady"

'GUARD THAT GIRL”

Gripping Bad thrilling mys- terious and dramatic, is "Guard That Girl" the actionful Columbia picture which is being shown at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.

An Important cast of notable the story players brings to life of a desperate murderer who uses

weapons.

GLAMOUR OF

WILL ROGERS

Lives In Uncanny Fashion

t

DIARY OF LOCAL]

EVENTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13.

Anniversarios Bird Holidays.--St. Edward the Confessor.

Cinemas,

King's Things To Como." Queen's Mr. Dooda

Town.*%

Goos To

Orisabel :-The Trail Of The Long

Mozzie Pins,"

W. Rogers, killed in an Alas kan aeroplane crash nearly a year ago. lives again in uncanny ras- hion in The Great, Ziegfeld," just

.come to rest at the talkie-con-

verted His Majesty's Theatre.

Rogers way one of Ziegfeld's and therefore greatest stars,

Misosilaneous.--Rotary Tifla, Hong Mothers' Kong Hostel St. Abrow's despite his death there

Union Warking Party for the Romany keeping him out of the M.G.M. | Fair, 300 p.m. picture of Ziegfeld's life,

was no

Battalions of professonal im personators were ready and an- xious to secure the job of playing Wil Rogers in "The Great Zieg- feld" but a professional imper- sonator would not have Attea ntc the story. His portraya, bi Rogers would have been "too showy; i would have smacked of burlesque -a fatal fault in a serious at- tempt at a man's life story.

Search was made for a aluerent solution of the problem, and in the studio one motning there ap- peared the somewhat gawky Bgure of A. A Trimble, a New York stockbroker, who not only happen. ed to be Will Rogers's double in appearance, but chanced to follow

hobby of impersonating the star-just for fun and the amuse- ment of his friends.

As an audit'on proved, there was no burlesque about A. A Trimble's version of Wur Rogers, no hint of in- that caricature angle which variably creeps into a professional

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big game arrows ax his lethal impersonator's work. In every re-

The audience found 11 speșt A. A. Trimble was an impossible task to select the is) a living version of the dead guilty person from among such Will Rogers. players as Robert Allen. Arthur

World :—Chineza Picture.” Alhambra :-"'Guard That Girl." Majestic-The Melody Lingers On" Star-Boulder Dan."

Rehearsal-Huag" Бодь Singer A "King Olaf" (Bigar) Union Church; Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.

Social. Whos sad Mah Jong Drive (Police Branch, M.C.L.)," at Poliz Club, 3.00 p.m.: Cheers Club

Whist Imre, 9.00 p.m.

Sporte.

Billiaris. Sicel Coulson's League, | P.O. Meas y. Dockyard R.C.; R.E. Mes v RA. Mess; Catholic Union ♥. R. W. Fusiliars,

T.

Tennis-tiong Kong Shanghai: Country Club (Chinese R.C.) 3.30 p.m.

Moon-VIII Mona, 28th, Day. Sunrise 6.19 1.TIL P.3.

Suasel,--6,0)

Tide. High at 9.07 and 20.39; Low at 1.45 and 13,30,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14.

Anniversaries and Holidays.BL. Callistus,

King's.

Cinemas.

The Amateur, Gentleman.” Queen's :-"'Mr. Deeds Goes To

Town."*

Oriental:-Fang and Claw," World-Chiasso Picture." Alhambra :-''Guard That Girl." Majestic The Melody Lingers On" Stør:-"Boulder Dom,"

Dances. Cheero Club Dance, 8 pm Meetings Apanal, of "Hong Kong Women's International Club, at Glou cester Hotel Building, 5.30 p.m.;

He got the job, and in the mong Kong Aquarium Society, in Mins

Hohl two of the best hated screen carries it out in such a manner villains: Ward Bond Elizabeth that you're tempted to believe Risdon, new to Hollywood after that Aleskan plane creab never Theatre Guild Triumphs.

The shadow of suspicion. also plays upon Florence Rice, who

As the hetres

LAST 4 TIMES TODAY? disguises herself

A MOST MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION

A THRILLING OUTDOOR ROMANCE IN

NATURAL COLOUR!

PRESENTED ON A LAVISH SCALE !

A Love as enduring as the towering pines

that shetter .. Rames oreoss the screen

in NATURAL COLOR!

Sylvia

Fred

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SIDNEY MARMURRAY - FONDA

OF

"The TRAIL LONESOME PINE“

Cola - Judy B+U

Deptt a cat band diningh

Leniny St. Fuzelteni. Fuzzy Krugle. A dienas gan di tang

2DAYS TO-MORROW & THURSDAY

THE BEST

A TON OF TYRMAS

FROM THE LAND OF TEH TON SEASTS

:|

OF ALL WILD ANIMAL THRILLERS!

CRANK BUCKS

FANG

AND

CLAW

EKO RADIO PICTURE

Produced by the

VAN. SEDEEM COMP

● MATINEES: 20c.-30e ✪ EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.

ESTARE

Dally at 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW 'FLOODING THE SCREEN' WITH THRILLS

"EARLY TO BED"

happened.

It's curious how the fame and glamour of Will Rogers, pers st to unknown crimina's seek to kill strongly even now, a year since

Bert his death.

and upon Barbara Kent Roach, who privides many of the; picture laughs,

No matter what your worries, i

you will forget them as you find YOUNGER

yourself joining the three detec- tives who face a maze of clues ¦ endeavouring to find a brilliantly fiendish murderer. The photo graphy, the sound effects and superb acting combine to work a spell of eerle mystery..

The smoothness of the produc- tion suggests that it's a sound plan to have an author direct his own story, Lambert Hil'yer bath wrote and directed this thriller.

"THINGS TO COME'

41

In March, 1934. Alexander

en⭑

JUSTICES FOR

THE YOUNG

Home Office Ban.

Grandfathers

Recla's Dancing Academy, Bark of

·East Asia Building. 8.30 p.m.; Kow- loon Union Clareb Women's Guild, 10 B. Kowloon Tong Anglican Church Committee, 6.00 p.ra.

AL

Miscellaneous-Lady Caldecott meats Members of St. John Ambulance Fead. Brigade Nursing Division, quarters, 4.30 p.m.

Roboarauls.-Final, H. K. Singers, "King Olaf" (Elgar), Chino Fleet Club, 5.15 p..

Social-Kowloon Union Church Mah Jeng Drive, 3.00 p.m.; Whist Drive, Sailors' Home and Seamen's Institute, 9.50 p.m. Whist Drive and Tombois at Garrison Bergants' Mess, Queen's Road, Central, 8.30 pm,

Sports

.

Badminton.-Exhibition by Shanghai and Hong Kong players at Club de Recreio, 8.45 p.m.

Shooting Hong Kong Rifle Associa tion Speen, and Practics shoot (Army Range, Kowloon City), 3.00 p.m. Yachting.—Sweepstake · Races, Moon.-VIH Hòon, 29th. Day. Suariso.6.19 6.1). Supsat.-6.00

P.11.

Tides,-High s 8:51 and 20.58; Low

Justices of the Peace through- out the country are urged by the Home Office, in a circular issued recently to pay attention to the at 3.20 and 14.28. urgent need for younger men and women to s:t in the Juvenile Courts -persons of parental, age, rang- ing from 40 to 60, rather than of the grandfatherly period that runs from sixty,

Korda, head of London Film ProŃ ductions, read E G. We.ls pre- liminary screen adaptation of his Dovel, "The Shape of Things to Come." The producer was thusiastic and began preparations Justices appointed to

It is asked that the age of all for shooting. Adjustments were

the panel made to

should be supplied immediately al- the story and it was labelled "the

ter their appointment. scenario." The

PRECAUTIONS

AGAINST ROAD

ACCIDENTS

The London County Councii,

Scenario was re-written and final- The circular is issued in connec says the "New Statesman," has i ly christened a "treatment." Antion with the coming appointment launched a campaign for securing impressive production schedule was the year beginning on November 1-road accidents to school children. of new juvenile court panels for additional" precautions against drawn up. The cost of making It points out the need for a young in the metropolitan area. In cer- the film was estimated at £100,000 er outlook on juvenile delinquency and the completion date was fixed for January, 1935.

But nearly £280,000 was spent before the cameras Anally stopped turning, "Things To Come" finaly took shape, and if nothing ere, Korda can console himself with the thought that he has fathered the most lavlah film ever made.

FILM STAR is

on the part of those who are called tain parts of toner London these, on to deal with young offenders in sccidents have risen alarmingly larger numbers avery year.

of late. Holborn; the most peril

Justices are asked to exercise.. a. ons area, has a 'record of over stricter interpretation of the terms twelve accidents last year for every of the Statute which refer to "jus thousand children, and Westmin- tices specially qualified for deal-ster and Finsbury are not far be- ing with juvenile cases,” and to hind. The accidents include a select persons of parental age large number to child" cyclists; rather than grandfathers and and it is urged that all cyclists of grandmothers.

school age should carry, on their cycles a special badge-perhaps the familiar "L"-in order to in- duce motorists to take greater

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TO DAY AND TO-MORROW A_Breadth-taking Marder-mystery Presentation The Precautions Those G-Men Took Were Insufficient To Guard That Girl

ON THE SPOTI

but one man dares

Garred that Girl

ROBERT ALLEN FLORENCE RICE Dipected by Lambert Hillyer A COLUMBIA PICTURE

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW`

THIS SINGING EMOTIONAL DRAMA OF A GREAT LOVE WILL, HOLD YOU IN IT- MAGIC SPKI LIII

WARNY W. UGETZ janoskii ap

EDWARD SHALL pradbaiten

·LINGERS ON

Josephine

HUTCHINSON Joseph HOUSTON

THURSDAY, ONE DAY ONYE

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“DANCING LADY

WITH

JOAN CRAWFORD, CLARK GABLE, FRED ASTAIRE A* M-G«M■ MuscTAL SUPER PRODUOTION,

GRACE DARLING

Scotland has just been reminded.

or Grace Darling the hero.ne the Langstone Ighthouse episode :

at Ramborough, by the gift of

one of her letters to Falkirk Town.

Charlie Ruggles appears as an ineffectual, sleep-walking seller of INJUNCTION AGÄINST

"LOSE SYMPATHY”- glass eyes in his latest farce with Mary Boland,. “Early to Bed,"

"Apart," it is stated, "from the scheduled to open on Thursday at Mr. Justice Lewin, sitting in obvious advantages attaching to care. This, however, constitutes BARNARDO MEMORIAL the Star Theatre The picture chambere recently, continued the quickness of hearing and of sight only a small part of the problem. gives the inimitable Boland-Rug | interim injunction he had granted in a justice, there is the fact that Another, which is seldom stress- gles team the most original com- Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.; as time goes on men and women

hardship indicted on A bronze memorial to Dr. Bar- ed, 'Is the edy plot they have played in their against Miss Bette Davis, the film Justices are apt to love the fresh mothers in London and other towns nardo, into whose homes 119.000 many successful teamings,

star

ness of mind and sympathy and

Charlie is Chester

The injunction was to restrain the up-to-date knowledge of social who not daring to send their destitute children have been ad- Beatty, Miss Davis from appearing in any conditions which are of extreme children to School unattended, are mitted, was unveiled by the Mayor mouse-man and clerk for twenty-stage or motion picture production importance for successful work in being compelled to take and fetch of Stepney (Councillor Mrs. He- six years in the offices of the without the consent of Warner Bros. the juvenile courte. Where it is a them to and from school, though lena Roberts) ab Stepney Head Matchless Eye Company, engaged while her contract with them was in choice of two otherwise equally they are already overburdened quarters of Dr. Barnardo's Homes for twenty of those years to Tessie force.

good candidates for the panel with domestic duties. Another recently. Weeks, his "Gibson Girl" sweet-

The Judge ordered a speedy trial auch, or indeed everything, is to aspect of the matter is, of course, heart: A secret sorrow discussed of the action..

be said for selecting the younger of that the streets, traditionally the mysteriously by Chester has de-

the two.

play-grounds of the poorer chil ferred their wedding.

"Justices who are taking a lively dren, are becoming more and more They marry and start on their to nightly ramblings. He has interest in the work of the juvenile unsafe, and that the children have honeymoon, heading for Lake | hardly confessed before a murder courts and who recognise that in in most cases nowhere else to Ookawockaboogee 'Lodge. Chester and then a robbery take place, the nature of things they cannot play. It is impossible to check knows that the world's biggest both under circumstances that look forward to many more years the growth of trame on the roads; Major General Lord Hutchison"

of useful service glass eye prospect is staying at the make him think he has committed think it right to bring to the playground space, and the closing ed with the freedom of Arbroath, may perhaps but the provision of far more of Montrose was recently present. notice of thōsa, rétronsible for the WITT BOLAND-4 Early to Bed" do not know, until they arrive, sure selling of glass eyes and the appointment of fustices the names of more streets to general motor. The freedom was in recognition 7 1838.

BOULDER DAM

A Warner Bros. Ht with RUNS ALEXANDICH

PATRICIA COLISY EYER SAL 12 3

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A PARAMOUNT PLOTURE

lodge, and he hopes to earn a them in his sleep. bone by landing an order. He The honeymoon, the high-pres-

LORD HUTCHISON HONOURED

of younger men or women in the traffic, are major issues demand of Lord Hutchison's services in the that the lodge is a sanitarium. “. solution of the murder mystery are district who are likely to develop ing prompt attention from the forces, his high office in the af

Chester reveals his secret sor- scrambled into the riot of fastinte good justices for dealing with Government and the local author row-he is a sleep-walker, given | moving comedy which follows. Juvanfle cases.

lues alike.

Council. Women have been con- cerned in so many thrilling evente In the past half century that Grace- Darling's story is seldom- disturb- ed, and there is a hint of old la- vender in the very mention of It. But in slightly less than two years' time we shall no doubt cele brate the centenary of the event which brought the girl her fame-- the rescue of five persons stand- ed on a rock following the wreck of the Forfarshire on Septembar

falta or state, his Parliamentary Arbroath the status of one of the work, and his efforts to secure for farge burghs of Scotland.

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