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QUEENS

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LAST TIMES

TO-DAY

Special Paramount Newsreel of

His Majesty's

Coronation

WITH

CHARLIE RUGGLES - ALICE BRADY MIND YOUR

Own BusinESS"

LYLE TALBOT BENNY BAKER

3. Dintre b, 1ORMAN PULOUSY KA

EMANUEL COHEN PRODUCTION

He had a nove for news but he poked

Into the wrong

places)

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Cain and Mabel"

QUEEN'S:-

""Mind Your Own Business”

ORIENTAL:-

"Rainbow On The River"

Kowloon

ALUAMERA:-

"Counterfeit Lady"

MAJESTIC:-

"The Ex-Mrs. Bradford"

STAR:-

"One Rainy Afternoon"

Coming

'KING'S:-

"Dodsworth"

QUEEN'S:-

"Internes Can't. Take Money"

ORIENTAL

"Sons O' Guns"

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

SHOWING TO-DAY DAILY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

Lovers

To the World"

But a Paki in the Nack to Each Other? It's Fight at First Love When These Two Moat! MARION DAVIES

CLARK

GABLE CAIN AND MABEL"

ALLEN JENKINS ROSCOE MAINS O chan Dadang - David Chelyda

Dervené by Siepi Basın

a Wanam Nat

A Chemopaliana Pr

TO-MORROW:

*INTERNES CAN'T TAKE MONEY" with BARBARA STANWYCK JOEL MCCREA

Take Soy TRAM OR SAPPY VALLITY Bus

EORIENTALE

CAME

2DAYS TO-DAY ● TO-MORROW●

ONLY

THIS YOUNG LAD IS A GREAT ENTERTAINER!

THE GRANDEST SINGER YOU. EVER HEARD!·

If

BOBBY BREEN,

Last year's surprise star of song in this year's wonder picture

RAINBOW

COMKLES

on THE

RIVER

A drama of Dixieland bursting with melody

with

MAY ROBSON

BUTTERWORTH

IKO itanita Hume, Alan Mowbray,

RÁDIO

Ficture

Louise Beavers, Henry O'Neil, Marilyn Knowlden and the lamows

Half-Johnson Choir

STANDING JOE E. BROWN

POPULAR

· COMEDIAN

A LAUGH RIOT “SONS O' GUNS”

|● MATINEES: 20

DARY

AT

2:30

520

720

O EVENINGS: 20c-30c-50c,-70c.

HANKOW

STARE

TO-DAY & TOMOROW

SUNDAY

RKO PICTURE

ONE RAINY

KOWLOON

57795

PICKFORD-LASKY production

FRANCIS

LEDERER ONE RAINY AFTERNOON

with

IDA LUPINO

"WINTERSET"

AFTERNOON

What happens when a handsome young man kisses the wrong girl in

a darkened movie theatre "One Rainy Afternoon," is depicted in hilarious fashion in Pickford- Lasky's gay Parisian romantic comedy of that title which brings dashing Francis Lederer to the Star, Theatre for two days beginning to- day.

The first offering of the newly organized producing company headed by Mary Pickford and Jesse Lasky. "One Rainy Afternoon," presents.pert Ida Lupino opposite the star, and others prominently featured in the comedy are Hugh Herbert, Roland Young. Erik Rhodes and Joseph Cawthorn.

'17 Burgess Meredith

Margo

UNCLAIMED

TELEGRAMS

ALHAMBRA:-

78647:

"Top Of The Town"

MAJESTIC:

STAR:-

"Public Hero No. 1"

"Winterset"

A scene from "Top of The Town" which opens at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow.

COMING SOON

UNITED ARTISTS.

MIND YOUR OWN

BUSINESS

America's most famous husband Charlie Ruggles-is in hot water again! And plenty of hot water!. And mostly because he didn't take the excellent bit of advice tained in the title of his comedy. "Mind Your Own But

Et ness." which is showing the Queen's Theatre to-day. i:

con-

latest

THE EX-MRS.

BRADFORD

Murder mystery, comedy, and romance, are mixed as only William Powell mixes them, in "The Ex-" Mrs. Bradford." the new co-star- ring vehicle in which Powell and

MISS FRANCES DAY SUED Theatrical Agents' Claim

The hearing was resumed before Mr. Justice du Parcq in the King's. Bench Division recently of the claim by Messrs. Geoffrey Rowson, theatrical agents, Berners-street, W. against Miss Frances Day, the actress, for commission alleged to be due in respect of her employ- ment with Gaumont-British Ple- tore Corporation.

The plaintiffs' case is that they Edward Grant, author of "WHp-months' contract with Gaumont- secured fur Miss Day twelve saw." "Muss Em Up." various ma- gazine stories, and the syndicated column, "It's A Racket."

onde Jean Arthur are to be seen. It is Powell's gift to jest care- lessly while staring into a gun muzzle and romance gayly under conditions that would fray nerves of steel It zoomed him to first Ir.

delightful domestic place this

among screen sleuths in "comedy Ruggles begins as his usual "The Thin Man" and "Star Of unassuming, meek and nose-to-the-Midnight." His current RKO Radio grindstone self as editor of a birds- film is reported to

display this and-bees column of a large news-quality admirably. paper. It's not much of a job- The story was penned by James but he loves it. He also loves the Boy Scouts, who promised to make him a member of the Alligator Patrol as soon as he learns to pitch his tent properly and to perform a score or more of they chores which, are of such concern to Boy Scouts.

But his wife. Alice Brady, has. other plans for him. Specifically, she doesn't want him to mind his awn business. Unknown to him she writes, under his name, a gossip column for his paper and Ruggles guddenly finds himself the most potorious reporter in town.

!

Contributing 10 the Eric Blore, who plays the sort of comedy is

butler role in which he scored in "Top Hat." James Gleason, spe- clalist in hard-boiled detectives. plays a police inspector; Erin O'Brien-Moore. Ralph Morgan, Lu- cllle Gleason, Lila Lee Frankie Darro, Frank M. Thomas, Paul Fix and Dorothy Granger appear in other important roles.

Internes Can't Take Magay

Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea, the romantic pair of many previous hit films, head the cast of "Internes Can't Take Money," the powerful drama of a young doctor's devotion to the sanctity of a student oath, which opens on Saturday at the Queen's Theatre.

CAIN AND MABEL

Two of the foremost stars of the

INTERNES CAN'T TAKE MONEY "Interne Can't Take Money

April 1934, and Gaumont-British British at a salary of £0.750 from,

exercised an option for a further

1935, she "walked out" of the film year from, April, 1935. In July,

Jack of All Trades," and the pre- sent claim was for £584 commis- sion on the salary for the unex- plied period.

Miss Day denies liability and in evidence has stated that she bora fide believed she was entitled to "walk out."

Miss Day 'continuing her evi- dence, said that an her instructions her bank paid the plaintiffs 10 per cent. on everything she re- ceived from Gaumont-British.

Mr. B. B. Stenham (cross- examining 101 the plaintiffs)-- Were Gaumont British prepared to pay you £8,000 a year for the sec- ond year? I don't remember; they may have been.

You were quite ready to agree to a third year at a higher salary? I may have; I can't remember that.

You were told that Mr. Hulbert would direct the film "Jack of All Trades"?-Yes. We were going to co-star.

At quite an early stage you in- sisted strongly that they should put a song in for you? It was more or less the best thing I could do. I suggested it; I didn't “in- sist." They put the song in, but they took it out.

You said they wanted to get rid of you from the film?—I may have been so rash as to say that I meant by that that perhaps they didn't want me in the film.

Mr. Gerald Gardiner, for Miss. Day, paid there had never been any suggestion of wilful default by

WALTER HUSTON-BUTH CHATTERTON in

(4 DODSWORTH"

with Paul Lukas Mary Astor

ALHAMBRA

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LAST TIMES. TO-DAY

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TO-MORROW

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SHOWS DAILY 2.30 6 20 720-030

COUNTERFEIT LADY

RALPH BELLAMY

JO A PERRV Douglass DUMBRILLE Directed by 8 Ross Lederman

COLUMBIA PICTURE

Biggest Musical Hit Sho" of the Season-

'66

TOP OF THE TOWN"

⚫ with Doris Nolan. Geo. Murphy and many others

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST !

A GAY AND WITTY ADVENTURE IN HIGH-SPEED

SCREEN EXCITEMENT!

Jse

POWELL ARTHUR THE Ex-Mrs Bradford

FABI

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with JAMES GLEASON,

· ERIC BLORE, KOBERÝ. ARMSTRONG,

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! THE MOST THRILLING GANGSTER DRAMA OF ALL TIME!

CHESTER HORRIS LIONEL BARRYMORE in

"PUBLIC HERO No. 1"

AN OLD FÄVOURITE" FROM M.G-M!

Miss Day in connection with Gau-DIARY OF LOCAL

mont-British. She thought the Corporation were in the wrong.

COUNTERFEIT LADY

EVENTS

FRIDAY, MAY 28 Exciting chases, dramatic clashes, Anniversaries dashes of comedy and a piquant william Pitt born, 1759. Noah and Holidays.-- love story which serves as a ro- Webster died, 1843. St. Augustine, mantle sauce, are the ingredients Bishop of Canterbury (604). entertainment, "Counterfeit Lady" of Columbia's latest concoction of

which has it run at the Alhambra Theatre to-day,

Two excellent performers, Joan Perry and Ralph Bellamy, are co- featured at the head of a splendid cast. Both have difficult roles. Both register characterizations which merit applause.

Auctions.Household furniture, Lammert's H. K. Sales Room, 2.30

pum.

The following unclaimed tele-silver screen, Marion Davies and grams are lying at the offices of Clark Gable, are brought together with that splendid pair of screen the Great Northern Telegraph in. "Cain and Mabel," a Company (Ltd)-Madame Wai, 1 politan production replete with McCrea in the leading roles, opens Cosmo- | lovers, Barbara Stanwyck and Joel

Kao Po Haw Street, from Nanking; popular music, comedy, romance, to-morrow at the Queen's Theatre, Liu Ken Yu c/o. Choe Ping Hang spectacular feature numbers and Both enact their parta--she is 1990, Tom Tokyo: Wagtail, from the slashing action of the fight an unemployed girl with a past,

Cinemas (See Page 5). Shanghai; Teramatautoru, c/o. arena which will have its local and he is a young interne with Osaka

Lectures-Helena May Christian Shosen Kalsha. from preclare at the King's Theatre to- the charm that has made them

Fellowship, 10.30 am. ALS Fukuoka; Kanyu Lu, c/o. Ping-day, as a Warner Bros, release, the favourite romantic film pair

Meetings.-H. K. Lawn Bowin lam Choe (Tel. 28034), from

Besides the gliterring back of millions. Lloyd Nolan has also

Association Sub-Committee, 6.30 Tokyo; Kajino e/o. Matsubara ground of the theatre, with its a splendid role.

p.m.; Aquarium Society, Biol. Dept. Hotel, from Osaka; Tonyahau beautiful pageanty and its revela "Internes, Can's Take Money" 18 |

H. K. University, 8.30 p.m. Kauron Tonga Seksi, from ition of back stage ife, and the the powerfu story of a dilemma does not understand why McCrea Miscellaneous Busy Bees Work- Fukuoka.

thrill of a championship battle in which arises when McCrea finds it cannot take the money and they ing Party Jumble Sale at St. the squared circle, there are two impossible to take a fee from a part after quarrel. Their des John's Cathedral Hall, 2.30 pm; mammoth specialty numbers, one patient which would make it postinies are worked out when a Claims against the Estates of of, which is said to eclipse in sib lefor film to wed Miss Stanwyck racketeer, grateful for what Me- Henry Milner and King Dien. Kee, magnitude and splendor anything and to bring her happiness by re- Cren did for him, takes the com- dae. of its kind ever presented on the uniting her with her child by a plex situation and irons it out in

previous marriage. Mia Stanwyck 'his own männer.

"Marriage is an institution James Collins, in morning paper), Bull. It isn't every man who wants to live in an institution.

screen.

Drive and

Tombola R.E., W.O's

Agta. Mess, 9.15 p.m.

Sports (See Page 10). Moon-IV Moan, -19th Das. Sunrise 5.40 am. Sunset-7.02 D.m.

Tides Bigh at 00.25 and $10.10: Low at 03.65 and 19.04.

SATURDAY, MAY 29 Anniversaries and Holidays.- Restoration Day. Oak Apple Day. Pappenheim born, 1594.

Cinemas (8es Page 5), Sports-(Sce Pazo 10). Moon--TV Moon, 20th. Day. Sunrise.-5.39 am. Sunset.----7.02

p.m.

Tides-High at 01.05 Low at 04:20 and 18.45.

and 10.44:

A couple charged with disturbing the peace told the Hackney magis trates that they were working out a cross-word puzzle when they Social Cheero Club Duplicate quarrelled. And one word led to Contract Bridge, 8 p.m.; Whist another.

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