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QUEEN'S

DAILY AT· 2:30:515-7·20&9:30 -TÉL:31453

SHOWING

TO-DAY

RISKY ROMANCE! MAD ADVENTURE!

CLAIRE TREVOR CESAR ROMERO®

Daugles, Jamingen(ayé MANG

NEXT CHANGE

A 20th C-Fox ficturs

KSMOWS

2.30 570

DAILY

720-930

1937 SPECTACULAR MUSICAL SMASH!

Introducing SONJA HRNIE, Queen of the Silvery Skates, in “ONE IN A MILLION'

MAJESTIC

THEATRE ··

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(MATINEES. 20%-30%.® EVENINGS, 20, 306-50(70)

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW THREE SHOWS DAILY AT 2.30, 6.30 & 9.30 P.M. THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF ENTERTAINMENT IN HONG KONG!!! A DOUBLE PROGRAMME ON THE SCREEN:

Men Couldn't Fool Him-But He Was Balt For A BlondeÏ·

JACK HOLT

MAN against WOMAN'

AND THE MOST BAFFLING OF ALL THE GREAT

LIONEL ATWILL In

MYSTERIES ! -

DOCTORY

X

A WARNER BROS, THRILLER WITH FAY WRAY, LEE TRACY ·

AND ON THE STAGE:

“THE GAETANO GIRLS”"

5 DANCING, SINGING BEAUTIES S

IN THE SNAPPIEST, GAYEST VAUDEVILLE PROGRAMME EVER TO BE PRESENTED TŌCALLY! FRIDAY, ONE DAY ONLY ! McLAGLEN IN THE LOST PATROL"

'THE GAETANO GIRLS "

VICTOR

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ON THE STAGE

STAR

LAST TIMES TO-DAY

LOVABLE; ADORABLEI A RIOT OF FUN!!

July

ALICE BRABYFARER DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY

ANITA LOUISE'VE

JUNE CLAYWORTH, Y ALAN MOWBRAY.

TO-MORROW

ONE DAY ONLY

TUBBS!

HANKOW ROAD KONLOOR

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"THANK YOU, JEEVES"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE Robert Taylor Plans Career

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"Satan-Met A Lady" QUEEN'S ;—

"15 Maiden Lane" ORIENTAL:-

'My Man Godfrey"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Outcast"

MAJESTIC:-

"

"Man Against Woman" · "Doctor X"

STAR:-

"Lady Tuhbs"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Lost Horizon"

QUEEN'S:--

"One In A Million" ORIENTAL:

"That Girl Froin Paris" ALHAMBRA :—

"One In A Million"'" MAJESTIC:-

STAR:-

"The Lost Patrol"

"Thank You, Jeeves"

OUTCAST

A stirring drama of a woman's lust for vengeance and the rury of mob whipped into frenzy by small- town bigotry brings Warren WI ilam, Karen Morley and Lewis Stone to the screen of the Alhambra - Theatre to-day. in "Outcast", the motion picture made trom Frank, R. Adams' novel "Happiness Preferred."

"Outcast" is the story of a" phy- sician who is hounded trom city to city by Miss Morley who belleves him guilty of murder. She catches up with him in a small mid- Western town where he has taken refuge. There, through the inter-

cession of Stone, shell discovers the

physician's Innocence and falls in ove with him but not before she bas betrayed him to a mob.

15 MAIDEN LANE

Dramatically revealing the secrets of the world's greatest jewellery centre, a district guarded Es care- fully as the National Treasury against the hordes of thieves lured from all over the world. "15 Malden Lane", Twentieth Century-Fox's atory of the famous Diamond Row apens at the Queen's Theatre to- day.

To the cusual glance Maiden Lane is just another narrow street In lower Mannattan, but within the confines of its short length untold fortunes in precious. gems handled daily,

are

Abounding throughout the street are myriads of plain clothes men, constantly on the watch, yet at tracting neither attention nor sus- picion by their quite ordinary appearance. In their care is the ransom of a hundred kings, and their unceasing vigil is a terror to the ordinary jewel thief.

MAJESTIC THEATRE

PROGRAMME

To-day And To-morrow

A double feature programile and stage attraction will be presented at the Majestic Theatre to-day and to-morrow as follows:-

1. "Man Against Woman," a Columbia Picture with Jack Holt and Lilian Miles.

2. "Doctor X." a Warner Bros. Picture with Lionel. Atwill," Fay Wray Lee Tracy.

3. "The Gaetano Girls" on the. stage,

Owing to the unusual length di this Programme there will be only. 3 performances daily: At 2.30, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m.

The Gaetano Girls played with conspicuous success at the Glouces- ter Hotel recently and prices for admission to the Theatre, during the run of this double programine, will be 20, 30, 50 and 70 cents at all performances.

SATAN MET A LADY

Bette Davis and Warren William

come to the King's Theatre to-day

As Producer

Robert Taylor does not expect to be a star all his life, but he does expect to devote all his future to motion pictures.

Even at this early stage he has made definite plans about that future-to become a film producer. "Although I feel extremely fortunate for the success that has been mine so far," said Taylor, “it would be foolish for me to think I can go on forever as art actor.

"I give myself from three to six

A STUDIO AT NIGHT

Little Difference From Day

After the trials of the day, the

years as an actor, and then I in-night force goes to work, in Holly-

tend to shift" my attentions to other branches of the industry, preferably the executive branch.

"Right now. I am going through R course of education." learning what I can about the technical side of motion pictures.

"I believe implicitly in the mo- tion picture Industry, and I am convinced that it extends to young men willing to study and work the greatest possibilities for brilliant futures."

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Taylor, although he rose to star- dom in less than three years, has appeared in more than a dozen feature pictures, most recently with Greta Garbo In Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's Camille..

"I realize I have a long way to go to become a picture producer," Taylor said, "but that is the goal I eventually hope to reach.

"As for the type of pictures I would choose to produce, I would prefer picture stories that will live, based upon. famous fomances in history

classio upon inances."

und

to-

RECORD PRICE

FOR "SONGS OF

INNOCENCE"

Works By William Blake

Sold For £6,000?

Works by William Blake, mystic

wood. There is but little difference between night and day in one of those big film studios. Work goes on as there were no change at ali.

For example, drop in at Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer at three o'clock" any morning, and see what is to be found.

All of the gates are open, police- men are standing at their various posts to regulate the traffic, just as they "do during the day. The studio restaurant is filled with men and women, enjoying "dinner" or soft drinks,

There are even more workmen on the streets at night than during the day. This is explained by the fact that sound makes it impos- sible for sets to be erected on a sound stage while a company 13 "shooting" on the other side of a partition. This change of labour- ers has gone, on in three eight- hour shifts for the past ten years. un endless chain of motion picture studio construction. ·

NIGHT PARK SCENE

But not all of the stages are vacant, nor for that matter are the exterior sets. On the back lot is a company "shooting" a night park scene. The interior stages are used by companies which must work at night to catch up on their schedules.

Even the casting office is open. so that the "extras" may get their

is

poet and painter who lived a life money before going home. The of toll and neglect, fetched £6000 at functioning as in the day-time.

transportation department " Sotheby's, London.

A beautiful

copy of "The Songs of Innocence," along cutting room row, just as Cutters are working on pictures with 54 plates (1789), was secured industriously as do their day-time by Dr. Rosenbach, of Philadel-brothers. phia, for £1400-a record price.

Dr. Rosenbach's representative electricians are setting op lights On many of the sets, armies of bought for £750 a second copy, in order, tu be ready for the next with 31 plates, of the 1789 edition. shift. of their fellow workers. He also secured for £150 a letter whose job it will be to keep them from Blake to which he said of one critic-"He picture.

his brother, in in focus during the filming of the thinks to turn me into a portrait painter as he did poor Romey, but this he nor all the devils in hell' will never do,"

studio, every minute means money, To a motion picture

so every minute must be used.

In the machine shop, the salvage department, the camera shop. the script department, the laboratory, planning department, music .de- partment, in fact all over the lot. night workers are speeding the job of producing pictures.

American buyers sant commis sions smomiting to £10,000 or £12,000 for Blake Items.

Mr. Gabriel Wells, of New York, paid £620 for Blake's "America:

Prophecy." of which only Ave During the day, the studio coloured coples, are known to usually has "about 4,000 people ballads. went to Mr. Maggs for the studio management, this num- exist, while designs for a series of working. At night, according to

ber decreases by only one thou- sand.

£40.

A work described as "the first book on football" realised £2 10s. Printed at Florence in 1580, the game it described closely resein- bled modern football.

Film To Be Made In Ceylon

A first edition of Young's "Night Thoughts" with Blake iliustra- tions, dated 1797, was secured by Ceylon is receiving increasing Dr. Rosenbach for £800.

attention from cameramen and The gross total for the book sale film directors in England and was £7435.

VISITORS TO THE COLONY

America,

Cameramen from English and American Alm-companies 'bave recently filmed scenes in Ceylon. Now it is reported that the well- known actor Carl Brisson will star in a British film which is to be made in Ceylon..

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curtis, Mrs. C. H. Dietrich, and Mias H. Brock Carl Erisson, a Dane. began have arrived from Batavia by the lize as a boxer but turned to the 3.8. Tjibadak, and are staying at stage in Denmark in 1916 appenz- the Hong Kong Hotel

ing in a dancing act with his

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Mr. Channing Pollock (the sister. American author) with Mrs. Chan- Later be toured Europe 10. ning Pollock, and Mr. and Mrs. cabaret

turns and revues. In Manzoni are also staying at the London he played in musical co- Hong Kong Hotel, A.

medy notably the revival of the Mrs. 6. M. Garrard, Mr. and "Merry Widow and the "Wonder Mrs. Gammidge, arid Mr. J. Cairns | Bar." have arrived at Hotel

the Gloucester. He is a star of the

*International Pictures..

British

British Films Not Welcome In U.S.

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to

KINGS

SHOWING

TO-DAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

Old Nick Learns. Some New Tricks About The Temptation

Racket... From An Expert!

And the poor devil hasn't the chance of the proverbial how ball...when Bette goes after hips in this wild battle of wils and ballets from the author of "The Thin Man"!

Satan

16

Lady

met a BETTE DAVIS Warren WILLIAM

ALISON SKIPWORTH ARTHUR TREACHER

Wins Saine - Marie Wihan Porter All - Allen Hamlaud Dunkind by

WILLIAM DIETERLE A Warner Brot. Putur

NEXT CHANGE FRANK CAPRA'S GREATEST PRODUCTION HONALD COLMAN la "LOST HORIZON

with JANE WYATT-EDWARD EVERETT HORTON-ISABAL JEWELL A Columbia Picturo.

ALHAMBRA

RATHAN AÐ, KOUSLOON. DARY AT 2,30×3,20-720 £ 930 •TELA500 20

COMMENCING TO AY

A PUNCH-PACKED ROMANCE SET AGAINST THE SAME DRAMATIC BACKGROUND OF MOB VIOLENCE |

She Tumed a Frenzied Mob on the Man She Lovedi

Adolph Zukor presents

OUTCAST

NEXT CHANGE

uth Century Fox Picture

A SHORES DANY

WARREN WILLIAM

KAREN MORLEY · LEWIS STONE -JACKIE MORAN - Y Boots Cubey“

*ONE IN A MILLION”

with Sonja Heine, Don Smacke, Brino Judge.

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William

Carole

POWELL LOMBARD

DAYS

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GENE

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"THAT GIRL FROM PARIS

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

in their new co-starring: Warner

At a moment when he British representative. "As soon as Bri- Bros. production, Batan Metaalm industry is generally regard tish ima

begin

menace Lady." Warren Willam plays op-ed as being in serious straits, Mr. American pictures, Arbericans will posite Miss Davis, while others in William K. Howard, the American take steps to see that they do not their the cast include Alison Skipworth, director, has abandoned Hollywood obtain playing time in

VIA PAQEN BU gosta a hagu Porter Hall. Arthur Treacher, plans and travelled 7.000 mlies to theatres. I believe British films "Never forget that to pursue the Marie Wilson, Winifred Shaw and discuss arrangements for making still have a great future, but it easy path to-day may mean disas Olin Howland,

another picture in England. must be within the British Era-ter to-morrow."Mr. 6. M. Bruce The picture is based on a novel Mr. Howard, whose Tire Over pire."

(Australia): by the famous wilter of Action, England" opened in London re- Mr. Howard 'prays" that Britain Dashiell Hammett, which is one of cently arrived in London at the will not allow big American in- the best the author was turned out. Invitation of the German pro- terests to absorb Gaumont British, It is written in his usual style, with ducer, Erich Pommer, mystery and thrills combined with sophisticated humour, love and

intrigue.

"Never before has it been possi- bie for human belligs to spend, so and cutlined the "nepotism and much time doing irrelevant things, "Do not think America has any blood-relationship" which runs thinking irrelevant thoughts, feel sympathy for British alim produc- through the controlling boards of ing irrelevant and factions and tion," he told "Morning Post American production.

tions,

Aldous Huxley.

"In the office I hold I furnish a target for a certain number of critics and cranks to shoot at This no doubt, relieves thefn, and it does no harm to me.The Archbishop of Canterbury.

"If business people had control in this world everything would be going very quickly." Herr Von Tubbentrop (Germany),

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