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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936,

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:—

"Things Are Looking Up".

QUEEN'S

["Bing Baby Bing" ORIENTAL:-

"Variety Show"".

CENTRAL:-

"The Bohemian Girl"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

The Wedding Present" MAJESTIC:—

"White Fang""

STAR:-

"Her Master's Voice"

KING'S:—

Coming

"Anthony Adverse"

QUEEN'S:

"My Man Godfrey” ORIENTAL:-

**Show Boat" ALHAMBRA :---

"My Man Godfrey" MAJESTIC:

STAB:

"White Angel"

"The Bride Walk Out" CENTRAL:

"Kid Milions"

"MY MAN GODFREY '" | “WEDDING PRESENT””

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BARBARA STANWYOK IN THE BRIDE WALKS OUT GENE RAYMOND ROBERT YOUNG

Joan Bennett and Cary Grant whirl their dizzy way through a fast and consistently amusing screen play at the Alhambra Theatre, where the film version of Paul Gallico's Saturday Evening Post yarn, "Wedding Present," has its initial showing to-day.

"Wedding Present" spins - the tale of a pair of scatter-brained Chicago reporters who know ; nil the answers except how badly they want to get married.. Together

they scoop the town, and together they wise-crack through a series of exploits including a night of merriment with a visiting Arch- duke,

saving a gangster from drowning, and a thrilling airplane rescue of the victims of a Great Lakes ship disaster. Once they alinost marry, but Grant halts the plans with a prank and Miss Ben- nett, really hurt, hides her un- happiness.

EARL OF

WARWICK

Evades Invitations Of

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

THUESDAY, DECEMBER 31.

·Anniversaries, and', Holldays. --

Hollywood Hostesses New Year's Eve, Hogmanay, St.

The Earl of Warkick, who re- cently signed a film-contract, has proved a sad disappointment to the socially minded hostesses of the film capital,

Although he has been in Holly- wood for several weeks, he has nt- tended only one party given in til honour His agent arranged that for business reasons.

Nightclub, theatre and dinner parties, which have been secretly planned by the stars of the movie colony, have all been evaded and getting his name on the guest-lint has proved practically impossible. Lord Warwick, who will act un- der the name of Michael Brooke, has been consistently tired ever since he came to Hollywood and he blames it on the climate.

"Fact is," he explained. "I'd rather sleep"

Friends are beginning to doubt that his distaste for night-life has anything to do with his fat-

Buc.

He has played golf on virtually every course between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean. He has been in the squash courts of three athletic clubs and has been wear- ing out his tennis shoes on many of the surrounding courts.

Between times he has been seen. riding and also doing a little fish

ing

"It isn't that I don't like meet- ing people," he said. "I'm just too tired Everybody tells me that it is the climate and that I'll be- come accustomed to it. Then, if I have time. I'll start going out socially.

"THINGS ARE

An

LOOKING UP"

atmosphere of infections tinguishes Things Are Looking galety that is irresistible -diy-

Up," showing to-day at the King's

Theatre.

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the Gaumont-British picture featuring Cicely Court- eldge, with Max Miller and Wi- liam Gargan, and a cast including Mary Lawson, Mark Lester, Cicely Oates. Henrietta Watson, Judy Kelly, Dickson. Henderson and Suzanne Lenglen.

The diverting story affords the A sudden change of luck which star's abundant scope for her makes Grant city editor puta n

particular type of broad comedy, new angle to the romance. Grant,

and invests the dual role she plays determined to make good-partly with an attractiveness that stamps so he can marry "becomes a sober, the picture as entertainment quite hard-working and hard-boiled out of the ordinary. From riding executive. He bawls out Miss" | in a circus she temporarily be- Bennett, who not understanding comes mistress in a girls school, the change in Grant, leaves for New York.

In the big city, she convinces herself that she's in love with a novelist, and her engagement is announced. Grant, hearing of it. suddenly decides there's not much fun in being an executive and quita, to follow his sweetheart and try to win her back. To his aid comes "Smiles" Benson, the gang- ster whose life he saved...

although knowing nothing of higher mathematics or any other subjects she

supposed .to "teach." In the circus, however, she is the supreme mistress of all sorts of acts, and a most engaging portion of the picture is her amazing performances in deputie ing for several missing performers. This rollicking" comedy, with a tuneful song that has the same title as the film, is in spite of its travesty, quite convincing.

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Benson's comic attempts to help the campaign are futile. On the eve of the Bennett marriage. Grant and the gangster settle down to a round of gloomy cele-LOVE WARS AGAINST bration at a bar opposite the novelist's home.

CODE OF THE WILD After a few drinks, Grant gets an idea-hell give his former sweetheart a his- tory-making wedding present. He does-and the present is of such

nature that Miss Bennett. realizes he's the same old Grant the man she wants to marry. They ride away, in the final scene, stop an insane asylum ambulance. "Wedding Present" is all fun and several yards wide. George Ban- croft, Conrad Nagel and Gene Lockhart head the excellent sup- porting cast.

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WOMEN"

The Bohemian Girl

STO-MORROWEDEN KID MILLONS"

A woman's love wars against the ruthless law of the wild in "White Fang," Jack London'é thrilling sequel to his "Call of the Wild,” currently at the Majestic Theatre, with Michael Whalen and Jean Muir hending an outstanding cast that features Slim Summer ville, Charles: Winninger, the or ginal radio "Caph Henry.” John Carradine: "Jane Darwell and Thomas Beck.

Sylvester.

Cinemas. King's:-Things Are Looking

Up" Queen's: "Sing Baby Sing." CentralThe Bohemian Girl” Oriental:-"All Comedy Variety

Show."

World: Chinese Picture. Alhambra Wedding Present.” Majestic White Fang" Star: Her Master's Voice." Carnival Dance: Warrant Officera Dances-Kowloon Cricket Club and Sr. N.C.01. Mess of Royal Engineers. New Year Dance in Garrison Lecture Hall.

Lectures-Theosophical Society,

6.00 p.mi

Miscellaneous. - St. Andrew's Club "Open", Night. "9.00 p.m.; Claims against the Estate. at A. D. H. Hands due; Nával Parade at Happy Valley, 10 am.

Religious-Watch Night Service In all churches.

Dance of Accountancy School.

Social-Annual Reunion Dinner

Sports.

Football-Charity Match,. Royal Navy, v. Royal Marinea (Causeway Bay), 4.00 p.m.

Moon-XI Moon, 18th Day. -Sunrise.-7.03 a.m. Sunset-4.40

p.m.

Tides. High at 12.36 and 23.15; Low at 5.40 and 16.29.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 Anniversaries and Holidays. New Year's Day. Commemoration Day, Australia, Circumcisions. Bank Holiday, Scotland Holiday, Stock Exchange.

Cinemas.

King's:--"Anthony Adverse.” Queen's:-"Bing Baby Sing." Central:-"Kid Milkors.” Oriental:-"Show Boat" World:--"Chinese Picture.”

Alhambra:"Wedding Present.” Majestic:-"The White Angeli Star"The Bride Walls Out." Social--Tea Party at Chinese Chamber of Commerce Hall, 3 pm. Sports Billiards-McHwan-Younger Lea- gue, RA (L) V. HX8. Ede.: RAMO. v. Garrison Sergeants; RNYP. 7. RUR; RAHQ. v. R.W.F.

Football Suiyuan Refugee Fund Match, China v. The Rest (Caro- line H), 3.30 p.m.

·Bunrise.-7.03. a.m., Sunset.---5.50

p.m.

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Mcon.-XI Moon 19th: Day.

Low at 6.16 and 17.15.

Tides. High at 13.16 and 23.55;

"SING. BABY, SING"

Whooping with laughs, tingling with tunes, sizzling with swing and ablaze with names, “Sing, Baby, Sing." opens at the Queen's Theatre to-day, and reveals itself ́as a mad jamboree of fummakers, atooges, songsters and show- stoppers, that is one of the most bilarious triumphs ever brought to the screen

Featuring an astonishing num- bering.of Hollywood's most famous comedians, a wildly riotous story and a veritable hit parade of songs, the makers of "Thanks A Million," have topped their pre- vious triumph in a million - ways.

With Alice Faye, Adolphe Men- jou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy, Patay Kelly, Michael Whalen and a trio of very welcome screen new- comers," the Ritz Brothers, "Sing." Baby, Bing" starts off in a gale of laughter that increases steadily -until it is a raging tornado`of

mirth at the rib-backing climax,

Alice Faye is given her notice at a night club in which she has been singing She goes to see her agent Gregory Ratof, to get an- other booking, and finds that Ratoff is about to lose his office for neglecting to pay the rent..

Daring Alice's last evening at the cafe, Raton notices the cele- brated Adolphe Menjou in the gu- dience. Menjon has come East for a rest and to get and remain as ple-eyed as possible.

Miss Muir and her brother, Thomas Beck are bequeathed a gold mine. They go North and persuade Whalen to guide them through the dangerous country Whalen agrees to lend Böck; - but Menfou Is carried from a might insists the girl remain behind club and rushed to a hospital for

much for Beck and he goes mad on as Menjou's personal physician. The rigors of the trail are ton alcoholics. Raton gains entrance to his room by passing Ted Healy Whalen, falls in the snow and is Menjou is ready to promise any- saved from a savage wolf-back thing for a drink, and they get him

a bottle of bay rum, telling him. that it is Bouth American Brandy,

a magnificent dog who accepts him as master.

A wandering párty rescues Wha- len, but Beck's body is later dis covered with a bullet through the skull and Whalen is accused of murder,

Miss Muir, torn between Tove 105 the adventurer and fear that he is ner brother's murderer, and "White Fang," the dog, are Whalen's only bove of escape. A whirlwind of exciting events climaxes this great „onidoor" romance.

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The Imperial Launched

rooms. The machinery consists of geared turbines or the Intent; Parsons type, driving twin screws. It has been designed to develop a total of 34,000 shaft horse poder. Hawthorn, Lealle and Co., Steam is supplied by three oll- Limited launched the destroyer fired boilera arranged in separate Imperiul from their Hebburn-on- | boiler rooma, Tyne yard recently. The ship was The Intperial is the seventy-f named by Lady Simpson,

warship to be constructed by Has The Imperial is one of eight ves thorn, Lesile and Co. Limited, for Four new songs "Love Will Tell, sels ordered under the 1938 pro- the Admiralty The firm also Sing, Baby, Bing You Turned gramme. She has an overall in hand a sister ship to the the Tables On Me," and When Did length of about 323ft, and a dia perial HMS, Imogen, launched You Leave Heaven." provide musí- | placement of about 1,350 tons. The | dd October and ILMA,

With laughs literally, tripping over each other, the action be- comes more and more wildly hil- arious, climaxing in one of the most riotous scenes that ever rocked a movie audience

cal interindes for the never-ending crew's quarters are spacious and ter, a cruiser of 9,000 tons displace- laughs,

comfortable and include bath ·ment

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