1936-12-12 — Page 5

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

AT 230-515-7:20-9:30 RM AT 230-5:80-720 & 9:30 PM.

SHOWING TO-DAY

WE'RE OFF IN A BURST OF RHYTHM ! SET YOUR CLOCKS TWO LEAPS AHEAD ! THE NEW TIME IS "SWING TIME"!

FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS

Fred's "Bojangles. of Harlem" is a toe-tingler in blackface.

Startling scenes!

Beautiful girls!

Thrilling stars!.

VICTOR MOORE, HELEN BRODERICK, ERIC BLORE, BETTY FURNESS, GEORGES METAXA RKO RADIO PICTURE

in the captivating climax of their gay young lives! With music by the com poser of "Roberts" JEROME KERN

NEXT CHANOR At the QUEEN'S NEXT CHANGE AT THE ▲.14811

"FLASH GORDON

with Buster Crabbe- Jean Rogers À Universal Picture

"BACK TO NATURE"

with Jed Prouty Spring Byington A 20th Century Fox Pictore

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

- SHOWS

DAILY

ORIENTAL

FLEMING,

ROAD LEANER

TEL 2273

•LAST 4 TIMES TODAY•

THE SCREEN'S BEST COMEDY THRILLER!` 2 FIGHTING ACE'S IN LOVE AND LAUGHTE"!

Ceiling ZERO

CAGNEY OBRIEN

Jura Brans - Stuart komu – karton Melano

2 DAY TO-MORROW & MONDAY

würd d'

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

THATELING NEW PICTURE

The NEWADVENTURES

TARZAN

FLCTURING HERMAN BRIX

WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE

MATINEES: 20c1-30c ~ EVENINGS: 20e.-30e.-50c.-70c.

SPECIAL AREAS IN BRITAIN

Search For New Industries

in the north they were 'benefit- ing from a revival in trade con- ueeted with the expenditure" on ariamente, büt Merthyr was re- ceiving no advantage of that kind. Bar George Gillett, the recently appointed Special Areas Commis- sioner, concluded a two days tour Bouth Wales yesterday.; He an- nounced that he intends appoint- to his London office highly qualined men to look out for new industries for special areas.

Having visited Gateshead, Jar-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE SCREEN VERSION DIARY OF LOCAL

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

Romeo and Juliet" QUEEN'S:-

►

"Swing Time” ORIENTAL:-

"Celling Zeru”

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"Swing Tine" MAJESTIC:-

"La Vie Parislenne" STAR:-

"Swing Time"

KING'S

Sunday

"Romeo and Juliet" QUEEN'S:-

#Swing Time" ORIENTAL:-

"The New Adventures of

Tarzan"

ALHAMBRA:--

"Swing Time" MAJESTIC --

STAR:

"San Francisco"

"Showed Under"

"SAN FRANCISCO"

A new and truly romantic team is brought to the screen in Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's "San Fran- cisco," playing on

Sunday at the Majestic Theatre, in Clark Gable

OF “ROMEO AND JULIET?

EVENTS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18. Auuiversaries and Holidays, St.

Brilliant Acting And Constantius.

Production

The

MAGNIFICENT

SUCCESS

screen version of "Romeo and Juliet," so long awaited with soundence and misgiving alike, was presented before a large au- dience at the King's Theatre last night.

!

The theatre associated with so many Shakespearean revivals by Tree and the long line of famous Jullets-Ellen Terry. Mary Ander son, Peggy Ashcroft, and so many others beloved in their generation --would receive

|

4.

Auctions -Suit Length and Orer- vestings, etc., Lammert's Hong Kong Sales Room, 11 KA.

Cinemas.

King's :-"Romeo And Juliet." Queen's "Swing Time." Oriental:"Ceiling Zera." WorldChinese Pictare."' "Albambes :—“Swing Tume.'

Majestie -"La Vio Parisienne." Star-Swing Time."

Dances.—Health and Strength Languo Flannel Dance, at Hotel Cecil, 9.00 p.za.

·Miscellaneora.--Claims || against tha Estate of Josuph Welch due; Sale of Work in aid of M.C.L. and Locat Charities at St. Stephon'■ - Girls' Col loga and Fairion School, 11 km.i Taikoo Club Lawn Bowie Closing Day" and Presentation of Prizes, 1.30

pim. this Hollywood

creation with reverence. There is nothing garish or vulgar in the screen version of Shakespeare's great play. It has been fashioned { with high respect and fidelity. It is a magnificent, unquestionable success.

Two of the minor scenes are omitted, and also certain accounts of what the audience have already seen, but what is lost is compensat- ed by the rich addition of in-

Religious-St. Andrew's Church All Day Retreat, conducted by the. Bar. F. Short: Too H World Chain of Light Service at St. John's Cathedral, 9.00 pm, f Nativity Play, "The Ian at Bethlehem," Kowloon Union Church, 8.39. p.,

Social-Craigangower Cricket Club Whist Drive. and Tombols, "9.30 p.m.; Accountancy School Aanua Dinner Dance sad Presentation of Prizes, at Peninsula Hotel Rose Room, 8.30 p.m. Sports.

Bowls. Closing Day at Taikoo Club, 2.30 p.m.

cidents in the play which the stage can only suggest or narrate. EX- Cricket-First Division: Indian EC.

|

amples of these are Romeo's flight v., Civil Barvico O.C. (F); Royal Navy from Verons, Friar John's inter- r. Army (F) Kowloon C.C. v. Cruigen- rupted journey, and Juliet's funeral gower C.. (F); Second Division: Gívil Indian B.C. (F); procession. Every word of dialo-Service C.C.

Craigengower" C.C. . Kowloon C.C. gue is faithful to the text of the

(F). original.

Football-Senior Shield:

Clab v. South China "B" (Club), 4.00 pm. St. Joseph's Recreio (Navy), 1.00 Univer P. Junior Shiold: RE. v. Įsity, (Kowjoon), 215 pan.: Novy v. RA.S.C. (Navy), 2.15 p.m.; R.AQ.C. v. Royal Artillery (L) (Carolme İ}, 2.15 p.m.; First Division: East Lancs.

„DELICATE TREATMENT. The speed has in no way been accelerated to cover less interesting. passages, but, more important still. the temptation to prolong fleeting the rugged, moments, such as the encounters two-fsted, Jaw-socking Gable of between the two lovers has been. Navy (Kowloon); 4.00 p.m.; Kow- old and the lovely Miss MacDon-nobly resisted.

and Jeanette MacDonald.

For the first time

She

ald with, the voice that thrills, are Juliet is played by Norma Shear- brought together, with Spencer er with most delicate charm. Tracy sharing stellar honours.

portrays all the beauty, the purity "San Francisco" has drams: and the breathless ardour of the love interest, comedy and spec-character to perfection, and, her tacle, Gable has the rough and dialogue is always excitingly alive. tough type of role in which his into the part of Romeo Leslie screen public kes him best. MISS Howard has put MacDonald has the ideal part to character. He has been give her opportunity to sing. and when she sings there is a reason for her singing for her songs are a part of the plut.

The story, directed by W. S Van Dyke and produced by Bernard Hyman and John Emer- son, is the story of the Barbary Coast of thirty years ago, opening

extraordinary

inter-

preted as a young, rather foolish man in love with love; as an older man made a bore by love in every case it has been a difficult part to play. Unsympathetic is the modern description. Leslie entirely sympathetic.

Howard

was.

Mercutio, half rogus, half poet, was extraordinarily well acted by on New Year's Eve, 1006, and John Barrymore. He laughs and continuing through опе of the jests and fights with all his old most disastrous dramas of the fiery, virile talent. As the Nurse, century, the San Francisco earth- Edna May Oliver again is ex-

quake and fire.

F.

Joon Chinone v. Kowloon (Caroline Hill), 4.00 p.m.; Second Division: Club v. Royal Welch Fusiliers (Club), 2.30 p.m.; Royal Artillery (S) v. Kowloon (Chathur Road), 4.00 p.. Third, Division: Lige v. Kumaon E. King's Park), 1.00 p.m.; Kwong Wai Recreio (King's Park), 2.30 p.m.

Hockey-Cher Clark Cup: Ladies: Finng Kong Ladies (Y.M.C.A. ground), 2.45 p.m.: Recreio v. C.B.A. (P.T.9.), 2.45 p.m.; Brawn Cup : «Hong: Kong Ladies v. D.G.8. (Happy Valley), 3.00 p.m.; Central British Association y, \"y" Ladies (C.B.A. ground); 3,00

"'d

Rowing Royal Hong Kong Yachi Club Regatts (Kowloon Bay),

Tozois-Open Ladies Singles Final (U.S.R.C.), 3.00 p.m.

Moon.-X Moon, 29th. Day. Sunrise.--6.53 B. II. Sunset -5.40

*m'd'

Tides. High at 9.01 and 19.57; Low

at 247 and 13.27,

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13. cellent. There is praise, and only

Anniversarion and Holidays.--fhird- Praise. for the whole cast, which

St. Lucy, Ausiver. also includes Basil Rathbone as Sunday in Advent Tybalt, Ralph Forbes as Paris,sary Sunday of the Methodist Church

built in 1893. usual Reginald Denny as Benvolio, and

Henry Koker as Friar Laurence.

Perhaps the greatest surprise of the picture, however, is the strikingly different portrayal of Tracy, who abandons his tough roles to contribute a sincere and unforgettable portrait of the priest, Father Mullin.

FULL OF SPLENDOUR Scoring in the supporting east The settings for the various are Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph. Ted scenes are luxurious without being

Ross, Healy, Shirley

Margaret in the least unconvincing. Jullet's Irving, Harold Huber, and twenty-garden and the ballroom are .cer- four former alm stars who may be tainly full of splendour, but these discovered in minor roles.

were opportunities which Holly- "San Francisco" guarantees en wood surely had every right to tertainment for every member at

setze. The costumes, designed by the family. It is a picture not to

Oliver Messel, were magnificent. be missed!

A Botticelli'in Verona was the in- spiration for one worn by Juliet.

It is Bad that the man who put ten years' thought into the screen- ing of this play, in which his own wife played Juliet, and who is primarily responsible for its ex- cellence, Irving Thalberg, should since have died. The last Unes are poignantly apt:

MASS ROUND-UP OF

·COCKATOOS "FOR FILM

"For never was a story of more

woe

Than this of Jullet and her Romeo,"

Having monopolized California's complete supply of white yellow- Crested dockatoos, RKO Radio made motion picture actors of the rare birds. The cockatoos. twenty In number, provide animate de- coration for a spectacular night club setting designed by John "SNOWED UNDER' Barkrider for scenes of "Swing Time," current musical picture George Brent has the role of a starring Fred Astaire and Ginger | playwright and ardent lover in the Rozers,

First National picture, Spowed Under," which comes to the Star Theatre on Sunday.

.

King's

Claemas.

Romeo And Juliet." Queen's "Swing Time." Oriental:-Tarzan."

World :-"Chiness Picture.** Alhambra:-"Swing Time." Majestic "San Francisco. Star:"Snowed Under."

KINGS

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 & 9,40 P.M.

4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30 $70 720.930

NORMA SHEARER LESLIE HOWARDS

"Romeo and Juliet"

FONE BARRYMORE

TONA MAP OUVER - BAŠE RADHBONE - {

ANDY DEVINE-RALPH FORBES VREGINALD DENNE CONWAY

IŽARLI · FOSCH WARWICK VICKI KEWAL! COOPER

You've heard about it for monthut You've readi obat everywheral a's all tym. Thus in the greatest lave diama, the mighted entertainmani që durume Every

moman throb, ai sparku Ry, avstre! mean strat .......

and the 'mon, follows the rapier's hrat daveis ment and dream, and plan. Pamp and grandest sweep

by in spectacular pageanty.' Here are thriƐs, 191 panze 10 spur the pule sender romance to charm74 „ike heart......browly to fill the age. A love story dang In the heart of the world forever, now given entcalling tils in such a picture di de screen has never known

A Maria Caltuunata, de Triomph

Quated by Gange Cure

AT INCREASED PRICES

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD

KOWLOON

TEL. 87222

(MATINEES. 20%-30%.° EVENINGS. 20; •30«-50×703 TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY,

THE GREATEST OF THEIR LAUGH RIOTS!

Remember them as the low-

Life highlanders In "Bonny

Scotland" They're even

funníor now as a couple of vagabond gypsies ....... In a

full-length screamie that has grand music and ex

citement as weƐ]}

LAUREL

Oliver

SHARDY

BOHEMIAN GIRL

A Hal Ranch Production

with

Antonio Moreno

Incqueline Wells

Menn-

Goldwyn May

PROTUAL

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ! BY SPECIAL REQUEST ! JEANETTE MACDONALD CLARK GABLE IN M-G-M'S GREATEST ROMANTIC TRIUMPH

Miscellaneous.-—Y.M.C.A.', Discusion the West Lounge, 1.00 Group, in

..

Social. Tombala in "Sergeants' Heas, Royal Signals,`` Whitfeld Barracks, Kowloon, 9.15 p.ni,

KALY

AT

230

$20

720

Sports.

Football-Volunteer Coast Dalance Unit v. Royal Artillery (Stonecutters), E.F.C., 16.30 am. Senior Shield: Royal Ulster Rifles v. South China “A” (Sookanpoo), 4.00 p.m.; Royal Welch Fusiliers Y. Police (Kowloon), 4.00 p.m.; Junior Shield: Eastern v. Polica (Sookarpoo), 2.15 p.m.; Kowloon C.. Santh China (Caroline Hill), 2.15

Easter p.m.; First Division: Chinese Athletic Association (Navy), 4.00 p.m. Third Division: RAF. B.E. (Kowloon), 2.30 p.m.

Gymkbans Royal Welch Fusiliers" Gymkhanu (Kwanti), 2.00 .p.m

Hockey-Civilians v. Combined Ser-

vices.

T.

Sun-Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

P

Moon-X Moon, 30th. Day. Sunrise-8.64 m.

Brasel.--5,40

Tides.-High at 10.15 and 20,20;

The snowy plumaged birds were obtained, two in San Francisco two from San Diego, five from "Snowed Under is a rollicking Low at 3.24 and 14.02. Santa Catalina Island and taree comedy romance in which a play- from Pasadena. The eight rewright is snowbound in a Con- maining were found in Los An- necticut farmhouse with two ex-ITUSBAND SINGS. FOR geles and Hollywood. Five differ- wives and a sweetheart while he is ont trainers worked on the tun madly trying to finish a drama. setting with their feathered Beades McHugh the cast includes George Brent. Genevieve Tobin,

London, Dec. 9. In the Commons last night the Government agreed to limiting the operation of the Special Areas Act, under which measures for

ssisting the depressed areas of row and other "black spots" of the Britain are undertaken, to May 31 North of England, Sir George Gil-charges. of next year, Instead of 1938. lett said Merthyr seemed about as Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of difficult's problem as any districts Labour. assured the House that he had seen. the new amending bili promised | British Wireless.

by the Chancellor of the Excho-

lquer would be brought in early

lafter the Christman recess to make such amendments in the

The birds each earned $7.50 a Glenda Farrell, Patricia Pilis, John day. The trainers received an Eldredge, Porter Hal and Helen equal wage. Travelling expenses Lowell.

were also met for the out-of-town Raymond Enright directed the cockatoos and trainers. The 8 picture from the screen play by F. gregate value of the cockatoo Hugh Habert and Brown Holmes, troupe was estimated at $8,000. based on the story by Lawrence One patriarch of extraordinary Saunder size was valued at $500. Other butstanding "money players”; were

DYING WIFE

Broadcast At Her Wish

920

·

SAN FRANCISCO

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

RANKOW ROAD

KOWLOON TEL

57795

PATRONS! LET YOURSELVES IN FOR A

WONDERFUL T'ME}{

LASTAIRE

GERS WING TIME

Rhythm, here we come!

JILOME

VICTOR MOORE KILEN DECORENCE

BUTTY-PORNÉS

· USOROSS METAM

BOO RADIO Picture

LITďky DOROTHY FIELDS. Directed by George Sterade. A PANDRO L. BERALANT Mindegian.

if

GLENDA FARRELL • PATRICIA ELILS

SUN SNOWED UNDER GEORGE BRENT

MON.

she anted. for the wireless set to be brought to her bedroom

QENEVIEVE TOBIN FRANK BOHUGA

RUSSIAN ACTRESS TO WED

Few of the thousand of people

When he confessed that he had who listened to the songs of Mr. John B. Munro, the well-known cancelled his programme for her

Miss Tamara Desni, the Russi Gaelic singer, as he took part in sake ishe insisted that he should im actress, wip lapin fondoz, at More work on the flm "Tire Pier, Eng- a broadcast from the Aberdeen take his part. B.B.C. studio recently know that Lying in bed in her home at Infidy is to marry Mr. Bruce Beton,

Mrs. the Scottian film actor and bro he was singing to comfort his Forbesdeldroad, Aberdeen, young wife, who was dying, Munro struggled again periods of ther and heir of Bir Alexander He added that the Government masters in schools, and" double or

Unknown to his wife, Mr. Munro unconsciousness to listen for her Beton, Bt. of Abercorn. Edinburgh. "My bruther has been engaged would put special areas in the treble the amount of time devoted twin dwarfs, which worked from The United States Biological cancelled, his broadcasting entage-huband's voice, and murmured the forefront among factors to be to the subject in each of the the same ring. The dwarfs, about Survey ofers 178 buffaloes for sale.ment on Monday morning. As the words of the Scottish folk songs to Ms D

welve hours monthr? Bir Mexand taken into account da locating schools-Me Lewis Owen, Inver-Hall-ne of the Mormal olds. They make excellent paperweights hour of his appearance at the which he sang, new enterprises.

porter: are said to be extremely rare,

for the desk.

microphone drew near, however, later she died.

The best recipe for an Al nation Act as might be found, necesary. is to double or treble the singing

ness.

Page 5Page 6