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QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

· AT 2-30-515-7·20×930 RM) AT 230 320-720 & 9:30 PM.

SHOWING

GLORY

TO-DAY

WHAT IT MEANS TO MEN.. WHAT IT DOES TO THE} HEART OF A WOMAN!

dofting" Drama! Inspired Stars !!

FREDRIC

WARNER

MARCH BAXTER

LIONEL

BARRYMORE

THE

ROAD TO GLORY

NEXT CHANGE AT THE QUEEN'S "I'D GIVE MY LIFE" Sir Guy Standing & Frances Drake

“A Paramount. Picture

ESTARE

Dally at 2.80, 5.20.7.20. 9.20 P M. TO-DAY ONLY

The world's most popular lovers...they fought every day ...and made up every night!

Margaret

Sullaran

The Moon's

Our Home

Adenied-frem Faith Baldwin's Cosmopolitan Magazine Serial

4. HENRY FONDA CHARLES BUTTERWORTH

Gručki Kamill · Hoariatie Crossmar dober Brannan-AForesent Pic- *utu - Douched by William A. Barto

A Walter Wanger Production

TO-MORBOW

KING OF BURLESQUE" WARNEE {BAXTER * FAYE OAKIE

ALICE

JAUK

Y.M.C.A. LOSS ··

JUNE LANG GREGORY RATOFF

London, Nov. 6. Bir. Arthar Yapp, formerly Na- tional Secretary of TM.C.A, died suddenly at Woking to-day, aged

British Wireles

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Next CHANGE AT THE ALHAMBRA

"SKY PARADE" Hmmy Allon & Katherine De Milio

A Paramount Picture

MARRIAGE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

Good Luck For Film Fans

KING'S:-

"The White Angel"

QUEEN'S:-

"The Road To Glory"

ORIENTAL:-

"Speed"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"The Road To Glory"

MAJESTIC:--

"Anything Goes"

STAR:---

"The Moon's Our Home"

KING'S:

Sunday

"Plecadilly Jim"

QUEEN'S:

"The Road To Glory""

ORIENTAL:

"Professional Soldler"

ALHAMBRA:---

STAR:

"The Road To Glory"`--

**King Of Burlesque" MAJESTIC:

"Moonlight On The Prairie"

"ROAD TO GLORY"

A dramatic star shell is promised In "The Road to Glory" 20th Cen- tury Fox production which opens to-day at the Queen's and Alham- bra Theatres. Featuring the year's most impressive cast, the alm is. hailed as the strangest, strongest drama of love ever brought to the screen.

Fredric March, Warner Baxter and Lionel Barrymore, are starred, with the supporting cast headed by June Lang and Gregory Ratom.

Fired with the inspired acting of such performers, the film tells a gripping story of love in all its phases, painted on a canvas as the war itselt.

Baxter is seen as the war-weary" commander of a valorous regiment. Monique, a lovely French nurse, provides him with his only interest in life.

Fredric March. Baxter's chief ald, unwittingly falls in love with Moni que too, unaware that Baxter cares deeply for the girl.

The triangle creates a crisis be-

ALLOWANCE tween the two men, which is in-

Increase In Three Services

Increases in marriage allowance for sailors, soldiers, and airmen becume operalive on October 1.

creased when Baxter, to his astonishment, discovers that his father. Lionel Barrymore, is a private in the regiment.

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Two red beads and a white horse have the principal roles in Warner Bros.' "Moonlight on the Prairie,” a new type of Western picture with music which opens at the Majestic Theatre on Sant day. They are Dick Foran, the singing cowboy, Shella Mannors and “Smoke" so named because he's white,

“ANYTHING GOES

Yesterday saw the local opening of "Anything Goes," at the Majes- uc Theatre. This is the Para-

mount presentation of the musical comedy which was such a pro- nounced success on Broadway. It apounds in tuneful songs. comic scenes, and set of parodies on the "You're the Top" hit which are riotously funny.

Bing Crosby heads the cast of favourities in a role that affords him an unrivalled opportunity to dis- play his versatile talents to song and comedy. He sings and clowns to one's heart's content. Assisting L the general merriment are Ethel Merman, known everywhere as

the Broadway rhyhm girl, Charlle Ruggles, Grace Bradley. and Ida Lupmo.

A whirlwind chase at the dock winds up in a fervid romantic con- fession while a dazed mob hears Bing's whispered words of affec- tton boom through the air through the agency of a loud speaker:

en-

There's fun and sparkling tertainment in "Anything Goes."

"THE WHITE ANGEL"

The lives of great men and women are more and more becom- ing á subject of motion picture pro duetion in Hollywood. Certainly, it is true, that entertainment and biography can go hand in hand. Such a film as Warner Bros." "The Story of Louis Pasteur," for exam- ple, has shown that the movie, portrayal of a famous character can indeed be as educational as it is thrilling.

ingale unselfishy devoted her whole life to bettering the condition of the Victorian hospitals;

how through her ceaseless struggle she demonstrated the need for nurses training schools: how her final victory finally became the victory of all womankind.

Final proof of Hollywood's ex- cellence in the field of screen blography can be seen in First National's production of **The White Angel." starring Kay Francis Glowing with pride over the old in the role of the immortal Florence soldier's heroism, Baxter's sense of Nightingale. The picture is now duty compels him to order Barry-playing at the King's Theatre. more to the rear, for the captain We all know how Florence Night- fully realizes that if one man As far as the Navy is concerned, for men on the 1925 scale of pay should err in his duty the entire the existing rate of marriage al- company might be endangered. lowance is augmented by a fixed Harymore is not so easily dis- weekly sum of 3, but allowancescouraged, however, and his burn- for childreu remain as before. The ing desire to serve his nag under increase will also apply to reser- his son, prompts him to bribe vists on that scale while under- Gregory Ratoff to lose the order Thus, when it comes through. going training, but not to men on the 1919 scale and certain others.

when the regiment moves towards In the Army the rate of marriage

the front, Barrymore is in the allowance issunble to soldiers not ranks. on the married quarters roll (in- cluding Territorials and Supple- mentary Reserve), at present 7s. a week is increased by 3s. a week for soldiers drawing.3s. Ed. pay or less. a day. Other increases are in proportion to pay drawa. The rates for children remain unalter-

ed.

Airmen whose substantive" pay | does not exceed 38. 8d. a day and who are not on the married estab- lishment the rate of marriage al- lowance at present is 78. a week- also receive an increase of 38. The rate for alzinen not on the married establishment in receipt of anb-. stantive pay in excess of 38. 8d. a day will, where necessary, be Increased to secure that the total received in substantive pay and marriage allowance is not less than they would have received if their rate of substantive pay were 38. 8d. a day.

MISS RUTH ETTING

Mies. Ruth Etting, the crooner singer in Transatlantic Rhythm," sailed from Southampton in the Normandie recently for New York.

Miss Etting said that she left. the show because she had to con- tend with too much aggravation.”, She regretted having to take such a step, but she was going home bearing ill-will to no one

"The White Angel" is a splendid chapter in screen entertainment and. was directed by William Dieterte.

Fired with the inspired acting of a great, cast, be Road to Glory

| ALHAMBRA TO BE PULLED DOWN

£600,000 Scheme For

A Cinema

The Alhambra, Leicester-square, one of London's most famous thea- tres, is to be pulled down to make Toom for a cinems.

The site-measuring 25,000 square feet, including the Turkish

pur- baths adjoining-has been chased by Mr. Oscar Deutsch, head of the Odeon circuit, and a new Odeon, to seat 2,000 people, will be

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erected.

The cost of the scheme, includ- ing the land, is expected to be about £600,000.

Mr. Andrew Mather and Mr. Harry Weedon will be the archit- ects, and Bir Robert McAlpine and. Sons the contractors. The deal. one of the most important of its kind that the West End, bas known, was negotiated with Sir Oswald Stoll, head of Alhambra Theatres Ltd., by Mr. Claud God- dard, of Goddard and Smith, King- street, St. James's.

TERRACE Of suors

The new cinema will have its main entrance on Leicester-square. On its other frontage, in Charing Cross-road, there is to be a ter- race" of shops, and above this ac- commodation for offices.

Mr. Deutsch's career has been ole of the most remarkable in the film industry.. Three years ago he ran 14 cinemas as à sideline. Now there are 125 Odeons open anh 75 more under construction. Employing 14 architects at once and an army of workmen, he has made it a policy to open a new cinema every fortnight. Each seats" from 1,000 to 1,500 persons.

It was in the Alhambra that one of London's Arit Alms was shown in 1896. During the war the thes- tre was the home of revues pro- duced by M. Andre Charlot and Bir Oswald Stoll. Of these "The Bing Boys,", starring George Ro- bey and Violet Lorraine, is pro- bably best remembered.

In recent years its history has been "characteristically varied. It was wired for talking films. "Walt zes from Vienna". was a great hit. in 1931. In 1933 a £50,000 com- pany was formed to convert it into a "palace of entertainment," and recently it has reverted to ballet.

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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

SHE SPURNED

ONE MAN'S ARMS

..TO EMBRACE ALL HUMANITY! The gallant stery of the immortal war heroine whose blood-stairod uniform became the red badge of courage of the Red Cross nurse!

KAY FRANCIS The White Angel

TOBENE NIGHTING, VEL m

Froza Warner Bros. prodancers of “Lauis Pasteur”, witha JAN HUNTER ● 1000 OTHERS.

SUNDAY

M.G M. Picture

4 SHOWS DAILY

720.930

A Vase Sitcoms ? Montuo

ROBERT MONTGOMERY in

! PICCADILLY JIM”

with Frank Morgan – Madge Evans

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

A RIOT OF SONG, DANCES AD COMEDY!

Anything Gors

BING CROSBY

1de Lupino Grace Bradley

Alusic by Cola Portas

ETHEL MERMAN

CHARLIE RUGGLES.

TO-MORROW AND MONDAY THE GOLDEN VOICE OF THE PLAINS! - DICK FORAN, NEW SINGING STAR

IN HIS FIRST ACTION.ORÄMMED ADVENTURE ROMANCE

"MOONLIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE

FIRST OF THE NEW WARNER OUTDOOR PICTURES!

4 Securs

DAILY

TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUR

FLEMING ROAD

WANGHAI

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•LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY-

SPEEDWAYS MOTOR MANIACS |

They take their lives in their hands and, their love where they find it in this mad picture of thrills.

DEATH LURKS AT EVERY TURN!

CUPID SAYS “GO—O!”

James Stewart, • Wendy Dazzle Unta Markal Waldon Haybarn.

Ted Healy

Ralph Morgan,

SPEED

TOMORROW. MONDAY TUESDAY.

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A GREAT PAIR IN A GREAT PICTURET Together they triumph in Damion Runyon's glorious story of

thrilling and rollicking adventorele THEY FIGHT FOR THE FUN OF FIGHTING

||Fish Camos Runyon i

Callicking story, al Beliling adventure!

VICTOR

McLAGLEN

FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW

PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER'

Fox production,

MATINEES

year's, outstanding film acnevements. Shown above (left to right) are WARNER BAXTER, NG, FREDRIC MARCH and LIONEL BARRYMONG

EVENINGS: Z0c.

--70%.

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