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"PRIVATE WORLDS

with

CHARLES BOYER JOAN BENNETT JOEL MCCREA HELEN VINSON

A WALTER WANGER

PRODUCTION

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE NEUSEL-BAER DIARY OF LOCAL

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Things Are Looking Us" QUEEN'S:-

"Flash Gordon" ORIENTAL

The Law In Her Hands"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:--

*Back To Nature" MAJESTIC:-

STAR:

"Give Us This Night"

· Private Worlds" .

Coming

ORIENTAL:-

"Modern Tames" ALHAMBRA:~~

"Three Cheers For Love" STAR:--

"Where's George?"

"FLASH GORDON"

"Flash Gordon," the Univecusi Aim offering, which opens to-day at the Queen's Theatre.

FIGHT PLAN

Boxing Board RuleTM May Stop It

Regulations governing the up- pearance of foreign boxers in Bri- tain are likely to cause the can- cellation of the proposed contest between Walter Neusel, the Oer- man, and the American, 'Max Baer, at Harringay Arena next Febru- ary.

that

Mr. Sydney Hulls, promoter of the Aght, who announced the fight would definitely take place, stated that he had not yet applied for a permit to stage the match.

ad-

All such applications are dressed to the British Boxing Board of Control The board ex- amines each case on its merits and forwards the application, with a statement of its news, to the Ministry of Labour,

A joint ruling by the Ministry and. the board hos laid down that "two aliens must not appear in the chief contest on a programme." An exception to this rule was made in 1835 for a projected fight in London between Max Schmeling and Max Baer for the world heavy-weight championship. The fight, however, did not take place.

WHY BAN WAS LIFTED A boxing authority stated that the ban was only lifted in the case of Schmeling and Baer because a

EVENTS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15. Aniversaries "and Holidays--Shawal}, Jewish Tebeth. Now Moon,

Auctions." The Standard PressTM* Stock-in-Trade, at 20 lee House Street, and 8 Duddal! Street.uoou. Lense hold Property Sale, et Emannert's Sales R, 3.00 p.m.

Cinemas.

King's Things Are Looking Up." Queen's-Flash Gordon." Oriental:-The Law In Her Hands" WorldChinese Picture." „Alhassabra Back To Nature.”

Majestic "Give C This "Night."' . Star:-"Privais Worlds." Entertainments.-Mr. Harold Scott's Piano Recital, at St. Joha's Cathedral Hall.

Mootings-Saint John's Cathedra Mothers' Union, in Cathedral Hall, 3,00

p.m.; Annual, of Horticulturai Society, a Mesars. Jardino, Bintheson' Board Room, 5.15 p.m.

· Miscella:teous.-Rotary Tin, Hong Kong Hotel

Rehearsals. Elijah," Hong Kong 5.30 p.m.; D. C. Rehearsal Singers, Union Church, Kennedy Road,

V.M.C.A., 8.45 p.in.

B

Social-Old Wykebanist Diunee, a Gloucester Hotel; Cheers Club Whist' Drive, 9.00 p.m.; St. Andrew's Club Mothers Taion Christmas Party, 3.00 P..

Sports.

Billiards-Steel Conson's League: P.D. Meas. Royal Welch Fusiliers! Civil Service Cricket Club. v. Rogat. D.R.C. R.E. Mess. Artillery Mess; C.D.C. v... G.S. Mess;

Hockey.-1/8th Punjab Begiment's farewell match v. Hong Kong.S. Bde.,

Moon-XI Moon, 2nd Day. Sunrise.~.63 a.m. Sunset.-5.41

p.m...

The imaginings of to-day be-world championship was at stake..K.S.R.A. (Mariņa growed), 4.00 μɛ.m. come the inventions of to-morrow. On that occasion long negotia- "Fultonia Folly" developed into ations were necessary before the palatial steamer and afterwardboard decided to give its permis- lato a de luxe ocean liner, Bal- sion. It was made clear that the loons, deemed insanity a title authorities considered the case ex- more than a century ago, have ceptional. evolved into dirigibles which fly across the Atlantic

No world championship, this authority pointed out, depended on the proposed Neusel-Baer fight. There was, therefore, little likell- hood of the board and the Minis- try departing from their

THINGS ARE

usual

LOOKING UP"

of infections

atmosphere

The Wright brothers fight in an oversized box kite has led to air-plane trips around the world in eight days, as compared with absolute certainty, that rocket Practice. ships are beyond all possibility?

Present day scientists have.. actually experimented with rocketa in this year 1836, an "at- tempt having been made to hitch gliders behind rockets in a maligaiety that is irresistible distin- carrying test.

Experiments gulshes "Things are Looking up," continuing in this direction. even showing to-day a these words

are being read. Theatre, the Gaumont-British pic- at the King's Nothing, however, has been tried ture featuring Cicely Courtneidge, the way of reaching other with Max Miller and William Gar- planets, as Flash Gordon does ingan, and a his journey to Mongo," a mythical Lawson, Mark Lester Cicely Oates, cast including Mary planet ruled by Ming.

Henrietta Watson, Judy Kelly. Henderson and Suzanne

day.

such

This rollicking comedy, with a tuneful song that has the same title as the film is to spite of its travesty, quite convincing.

"PRIVATE WORLDS”

which comes

Low at 4.38 Bort 15.07.

Tides -High 4t 11.2 and, 21.39;

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 Anniversarios sud Holidays.-Ember Day, St Alice, Empress. Kong Sales Room, 2. p..

Auctions -Toys, a Lammert's "Hong

Cinemas.

King's "Things Are Looking Up." Queen's --"Flash Gordon."* Oriental The Law in 1er Hands" Work Chinese Picture." Alhambra "Back To Nature." StarWhoro's George!" Dances.-R.E.O.C.A. Dance at Roof Garden, Peninsula Hotel. 8.30 p.m; Cheero Club Bance, 300 p

Entertainments. Philharmonie Sa. ciety's "Maid of the Mountains," a

Andrew's Hall. 3.00 p.m. Queen's Theatre, 9.00 pm. Kowloon Junior School Pupils entertain at St.

Meetings.-Hong Kong Football Re- ferees' Association, at Sports' Club, Women's Guild Business Meeting, 10 7.45. "F; Kowloon Union Church

A.11.

Miscellaneous-Peak School Prize. Giving, at the Peak Club, 5.15 p.m.; Opening of now. Rifle Association "Clab House at Kowloon City, 4.00 p.m. T.M.C.A. Discussion "Daylight

Raving, 9.00 p.m.

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Moan. XI Moon, 3rd. Day. Munrise.-4.55

p.m.

Tiden-High- st Low at 4.00 and

Sunce---5.41

10.52 and 90.58; 14.35.

"BACK TO NATURE”

tiri,

more

KINGS

LAST TWO DAYS AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 & 9.40. P.M.

NORMA SHEARER LESLIE HOWARD

"Romeo and Juliet"

JOHN BARRYMORE

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You've heard aboy it for manthal Yasive cand about iz everywhere? Is gl' tren. This in the greatest love"

Mets, sparks fly, mi’shall mean and son talons cha ropage's Irudi.....Lavant nav

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"THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE

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JAN KIEPURA and

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five us this Night"

Six New

Philip Merivale Benny Baker Lyrics and Mate by Qiene Haninarstain [] 6. Erich Korngold. Directed by Alexander Hal A Pærer sat Planere

Flash, hero of a thousand hair-Dick breadth escapes in Alex Ray-Lengler. mond's newspaper strip. has not The diverting story affords the only made his way in a rocketstar abundant scope for her par- ship to the planet of Mongo, "but ticular type of broad comedy, and to the imaginative realms of fim-invests the dual role she plays with dom as well, He and his com-an attractiveness that stamps the panions will be seen in Universal's picture as entertainment quite out screen play "Flash Gordon," which of the ordinary. From riding in a opens at the Queen's Theatre to-

circus she temporarily becomes mistress in a girls' school, although Harking back to other imagina-knowing nothing of higher mathe- Hive stories. Flash Gordon

13 &matics or any other subjects she kindred spirit of the leading figures in F. G. Wells' tales of circus, however, she is the supreme is supposed to "teach". In the

North South. East and West adventure in strange spheres, mistress of all sorts of acts, and a

the happy. scrappy Jones Family "The Time Machine,” "War of the Worlds," First Menture is her amazing performances romance in "Back to Nature. new most engaging portion of the pic- travel the trail to adventure and In the Moon" and "In the Days in deputising for several missing Twentieth Century-Fox hit which of the Comet."

performers.

орепа "Flash

to-day "at the Alhambra Gordon." 2 Universal

Theatre. feature production, reveals the entire word's population trembling

Deane. Dixie Dunbar, Tony Mar- Featuring Jed Prouty. Shirle, In fear of the earth's 'destruction. due to the approach of the planet.

Spring Byington. Kenneth Howell, George Ernset, June Carl- Mongo. Flas Gordon and Dale

son, Florence Roberts and Billy Arden embark with Dr. Zarkov in

Mahan. "Back to Nature" Is the his rocket ship to. Mongo, in a

riotous story of the Joneses on a desperate effort to turn the dan

Claudette Colbert's characteriza-vacation-a vacation more thrill gerous sphere from its course.

tion in the leading role of Para-ing, more exciting, and Arriving on the other planet, mount's psychological love drama, riotous than your own they are imprisoned by Ming,"Private Worlds,"

For the Joneses don't go vaca- cruel self-styled "Emperor of the back to the Star Theatre for one tloning in any ordinary manner. Universe." His daughter, Aura, day to-day, symbolizes the plight When Dad Jones announces that falls in love with Flash and tries of millions of women who would he is going to the druggists' con- persistently to win him from Dale rather dream about love than face vention at Tranquil Lake, 'the TOMORROW SYDNEY HOWARD in" w HERE'S GEŪRGE? - Ming destres Dale for himself and it in reality.

family announce to dad that they tries to Flash in many different A radical departure from the are going along.

roles she has played in the past, When Dad Jones asks how they Flash has to fight shark mea, Miss Colbert in "Private Worlds" is expect him to pay rillroad fares girl. The solution of this tri-monkey men and on men. He a capable woman doctor in a hos- and hotel expenses for the entire angular affair is neatly worked has to defeat are dragons, tigronspital for the insane who con- family, they present

and an awful monster called a centrates her love on the memory solution-buy an automobile tralleri a staple voices are to be heard at the Kiepura, who won American Bocko. He undergoes flaming of her sweetheart killed in the dataimbered and out-argued, Majestic Theatre to-day. They fame in the film, "Be Mine Torture: is almost killed by the

Dad gives in and the whole family destroying ray, He battles in a belong,

Jan night, is sensational in his rat rocket ship to capture enemy her into open condict with Charles house on wheels. respectively, to

The work of the Hospital brings starts out for Tranquil Lake" in a Klepurs, famous "European ten- | Hollywood production. His voice or, and Gladys Swarthout, Metis exquisite, and in appearance and

gyro-ships.

Boyer, the superintendent, who is Filing the wide open spaces ropolitan Opera star, and they manner he is charming. Mias are on display in a new movie Swarthout, first seen in "Rose of are about to crush him;, Amazing / their little drama is further com roll along their highway, meeting, called "Give Us This Night" the Rancho," is even better to

Boyer's vampire of course, with exciting adven which ranks distinctly as tops in look at and listen to in "Give Us electrical inventions, spaceographs, sister lures, Joel McCrea, another tures Arriving at Tranquil Lake, screen entertainment. The picture This Night" Phillip Merivale, the

bydrocycles, -opened yesterday, and audiences noted London and New York stage and stranger animals are encoun- doctor, from his wife, Joan Ben- the family park the taller and

pitch camp.

James Farley appears to be Inella- star, makes his movie debut as the tored in Mongo and the City of

In the climatic scenes, Colbert Jack Jones meets his girl-friended to accept the post of American the sky, "Give Us This Night" is an ap- | composer, and an auspicious debist

strives to saye Kris Flash;

Bennett's and Bonnie Jones la atracted by Film Censor. His present salary Chubby

eventually conquers pealing story of an Italian fisher- it is.

Benny Baker's

Ming.

Then he and Dale return anity when she learns about her a handsome young man who rescues mun, young and handsome; and a comedy is excellent,"

husband's infidelity. She saves her from the tiny clutches of a bear as Postmaster-General is £3,000--- to the earth with Zarkov, having Erich Wolfgang Korngold, well- known composer, has written a saved the world from destruction. Boxer's life in a hospital riot cub, Dad and Mother Jones are the flat rate for mecaperi of the

brought on by his change in apprehensive about Bonnie's To President's Cabinet routine. Then suddenly, she re- piance for they know nothing

The Flim alizes that she can no longer live about the smooth-talking stranger. with her dream loyer and that her

receives 230 000 a year. hatred had velled a growing love with Mar Golden associate pro- What bli opposite number here,

ducer, Robert Falls and Helen Lord Tyrrell receives is not pub Logan wrote the screen play an original story based on the char. lished. But it would rectainly acters created: by Katherine, not be a tenth of that amount. Kavanaugh

Mr. Farley's statement that the

THORS AY

GIVE US THIS

NIGHT"

Two of the world's lovellest

terally ate it up.

young girl opera star, beautiful

composer, too, is in love with the

out.

and lovely. The girl hears the fisherman singing, is amazed at his picture-full of entrancing music. volee, and with the aid of 2 The lyrics by Oscar. Hajamëzyteln ›

terrible ways,

Dr. Zarkov saves Flash with invisible ray when his enemies

war.

4

a confirmed woman hater, And | with fyn and romance, the Joneses

plicated when

unusual machines

nett.

middle-aged composer, sees that he make the melodies even more made the most of every scene, and gets, his "break" The two young appealing. Klepura and Miss the picture is mounted with the people are cast in the leading roles warthout sing them with a gusto lavish beauty that characteribes all for Boyer, of an opera, the composer. is writ- | that demonstrates how delighted products of the Paramount: Gregory La Cava directed "Pri- ing. Working together day after they themseltes were to introduce Studies. We recommend "Give Us Tate Worlds,” which was adapted -day, they fall in love.

ARE MEAP Det tror? S tem on from Phyllis Bottome's best-selling climax arises when it develops the Alexander Hall's direction has your movie schedule.

Songs to Thrill You::

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONEY!

SHIRLEY TEMPLE §. IN ONE OF THE BEST PICTURE SHE EVER MADE

LITTLE MISS MARKER AN “OLD FAVOURITE". FROM PARMOUNT.

P.M.G. TO FILM. CENSOR?

It is not surprising that Mr.

matter must stand over till his re túrn to America he is now on holiday in Ireland-clearly means that he will consult Mr. Roosevelt.

"Big Jim" Farley he stands well over 6ft and weighs 16 stone-it very much in Mr. Roosevelt's con fidence. He has been most im

portant to the President not in

the

Cabinet but as manager of the Damocratic party machine,

James Tiling directed the, tim, 'hand, ensor, on the other | As there is no precedent in Amer

Mean history for anyone becoming President for third term, Mi Rubsevelt may be more willing to release bis electoral generalissimo who is described as the shrewdes boldest and most successful pou ical boss in American history,

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