VEEN'S
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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
TO-MORROW
4 SHOWS
3.30-13
7.15–1.00
VESCAPES
GLORIA STUART-MICHAEL WHALEN
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1937.
Fred's Great Dane Comedian
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"Accused"
QUEEN'S:-
"The Lady Escapes"
:;
ORIENTAL:-
"Movie Crazy”
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
STAR
"The Fighting Ranger"
"The Charge of The Light
Brigade"
"Duck Soup"
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GEORGE SANDERS · CORA WITHERSPOON
GERALD OLIVER-SMITH'
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"DAVID LIVINGSTONE” with Percy Marmont-⋅ A United Artists Release
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ALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS BROKEN WITH OUR ALL CRAZY LAUGH SHOWS TODAY'S CRAZY PICTURE
THE SURPRISE COMEDY PRODUCTION OF ALL TIME! You'll laugh and forget your troubles, you'll feel sorry for him as you follow the ups and downs of this movie struck lad, then you'll scream you head off as you see him rise to fame and glory. THE PICTURE THAT MADE LLOYD GREAT!
LAST TIMES TO SEE
HAROLD LLOYD "Movie Crazy"
THE COMEDY SENSATION
WITH
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TO-MORROW'S MAD COMEDY SCREAM
4. MAD MARXES THE PRIZE NUT COMEDIANS! Madder, nuttier, more colossally insane than ever.
THE
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BROTHERS
DUCK SOUP"
A Paramount Picture
Gags the whole town will be telling!
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HOLLYWOOD PARTY
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THE LADY ESCAPES
At his first acquaintance with the honoured French sport of savate, Michael whalen was in clined to comment "So What?"
French with which the
word rhymes, but George Banders, who savates with the husky Irishman
Gallic version of American pugilism..
"The Lady Escapes," which fea- tures Whalen and Gloria Stuart in the leading romantic roles, ja a matrimonial comedy featuring 4 scene where Whalen, as an Ameri- can husband, fights a duel with his wife's French admirer. Band-
in "The Lady Escapes," Twentiethers, in that role, chooses the art Century-Fox picture which has its of Bavate to settle the duel, which rim at the Queen's Theatre to-day, he does to Whalen's embarrass3– zoon taught him respect for this rent.
Coming
"Parnell"
KING'S:-
QUEEN'S:—
ORIENTAL:--
"David Livingstone"
"Dück Soup"
ALHAMBRA -
STAR
"Champagne Charlie"
"More Than A Secretary" MAJESTIC:-
"A Message To Garcia"
THE FIGHTING RANGER
A modern version of Daniel in the lion's den is enacted for the ination pictures in the Columbia film. "The Fighting Ranger." which has its run at the Alhambra Theatre to-day
RKO Radio's "Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire bad a pet almost as big as he is in Bon, a trained Great Dane, which performed a comedy bil with him. Fred and Bon have become tast friends as a result of that association.
The film is due for showing about the middle of September.
HOLLYWOOD SUMMER SOCIAL ACTIVITY
And now it's summer, the time i of the year when stars come out to bask in the sun-the season when Hollywood turns to itself for social activities. Days when summer was the signal for a gen- eral migration from the film city are past. Now, it's just the op- posite.
In the role of the fearless hero LA the intrepid 'Buck Jones, the star of many spectacular outdoor In winter, screen favourites hie pictures. He is cast as a Ranger to Palm Springs, to Arrowhead, to who goes out to hunt the murder-Sun Valley But as soon as Old er of his brother and avenge the Sol decides to stop playing around crime. He discovers the hangout and bring summer in with 3 of the "Cougar, the bandit who is vengeance, actors and setresses responsible for his brother's death. seat themselves in their respective and gains his confidence by pre-homes. send out invitations via tending that he too is an outlaw, telephone and proceed to enjoy with a price on his head.
themselves in their natural sur- roundings...
As is usual in a Buck Jones Alm. there are numerous fast-moving episodes, with Buck providing a major share of the thrills. He gives a gripping, virile performance featured by his splendid riding and hard-fighting.
ACCUSED
Probably, the pioneer in this summer "back yard" festivity movement 13 Joan Crawford. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star. Every Sunday,% during the
summer
months, Miss Crawford and hus- band Franchot Tone hold open
house from noon unti midnight. Guests drop in early, and "amuse One of the most thrilling court- themselves by taking dips in the room scenes in screen history is pool, playing tennis. badminton "Accused." the Criter on murder or ping pong. When the day be- mystery starring Douglas Fair-gins to cool, buffet supper la served banks, Jr., and Dolores Del Rio at from the large patio porch. the King's Theatre to-day.
The story, one of backstage Be
In a Paris theatre, casts the stars as a sensational dance team who. are desperately in love offstage.
The, scene shows Dolores on trial for the murder of the lead- ing lady of the company. played by Florence Desmond,., of whom she had been intensely jealous. "Accused" Was directed
by Thornton Freeland from a screen, play by Zoe Aking and George Barraud.
DUCK SOUP
Madder, nuttler, mure colossally fusane than ever, the Four Marx Brothers
on
down swooped Blanktown-yesterday, and sent rome in hysterics the customers who jammed the Majestic Thea-
tre.
SATURDAY BARBECUES
The evening includes £ gramme of current pictures shown In the little theatre at the rear of
the house..
Una Merkel's Saturday night
barbecues are as inevitable to sum- mer as a sun-tan. It was several years ago that Una completed her long-planned. barbecue pit and out-of-door dining room, and since that time Hollywood has made a red-letter event out of its Saturday evenings.
Informality. of course, rules Guests may appear in anything from slacks to sports dresses and feel perfectly at home. Dinner is served on long rustic tables stret- ching unbelievable lengths' under a pergola. The service, including plates, knives and forks. are wooden.
After dinner, guests are invited This latest outburst of hilarious to amuse themselves with any one comedy is entitled "Duck Soup." of more than three hundred games, As is customary with Marxlan pic in addition to night tennis and tures, the title has nothing what- badminton on lighted courts. ever to do with the film. but it la Joining this year's band of sum- Indicative of the content. Insanitymer stay-at-homes is Robert Is "duck soup" for the mad Marx- Taylor, who has already planned men, and their present opus is ny some interesting entertainment for far the best they ever have pro- guests at his recently purchased
ranch in the valley.
duced.
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ERROL FLYNN OLIVIA HAVILLAND "The CHARGE of the
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Jean Arthur
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PATRIC KNOWIES HENZY STEPHENSON - NIGEL BRUCE
George Brent in
barbecue
Bob also prefers the type of dianer, und, after the meal his guests are Invited to take moonlight horseback rides along nearby mountain trails.
Sunday is guest day for Elissa actress Issues her Landi. The Lavitation for six o'clock Sunday morning. All of the guests meet at her home where horses are provided. A ride along the bridle trails follows, and, after approxi- mately two hours, the party arrives at some wooded, out-of-the-way spot where tables are spread and bacon and eggs are soon sizzling.
Following breakfast the guests are invited back to the Land! home where the remainder of the day is sperit in out-of-door sports, or, for those who enjoy music, rare pro- gramme of symphonic recordings.
STAY AT HOME
Cecilia Parker, who leads Holly- wood's younger set, has already started a "stay at home this aum- mer" movement by spending her vacation money on 4 red-and- white trailer, to match her red- and-white car.
in this she gives trailer parties. The youngsters get together early In the evening and travel to the beach where arrangements have been made for a party. Both radio and gramophone may he found in the trailer: also, an extra platform that tolds and tucks away, proves Ideal as a small but efficient dance
Goor.
The beach, this summer, Is proving a rendezvous for Maureen O'Sullivan and husband John Vil- ilers Farrow. The couple have taken
a large house at Malibu, where they entertain week-ends. The most unusual party of this season has already been staged by Allan Jones, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer singer.
Jones and wife Irene Hervey 15- sued invitations to a "dock party." and Instructed guests to wear old clothes.
When the hour arrived, the. guests appeared at the spot where
the Jones' yacht was in dry dock.
A buffet meal was served, after which everyone went to work sanding and painting, the boat, preparing it for its first trip of the season.
Boat trips to Catalina is a man- ner of entertaining favoured by this popular Hollywood couple.
Clark Gable is one of the few who enjoys an occasional jaunt cutside of Hollywood for summer. Hunting trips to the Santa Cruz Islands, where wild boar are plentiful, is a short, but enjoyable diversion.
Among popular local places is the Hollywood Bowl where, during the season, numerous stars, among them Nelson Eddy, Edna May Oliver, May Robson and Jeanette MacDonald. reserve boxes and entertain nightly with symphony parties. Following this there en- sues raid on respective re- frigerators that have been well stocked with provisions.
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REVENGE WAS HIS GOAL- LOVE WAS HIS REWARDI
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a dish fit for a King
DUCK SOUP
A Paramount Picture Directed by leo McCarey
TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! ● WALLACE BEERY, Barbara StanwyʊK, JOHN BOLES
A MESSAGE TO GARCIA in
AN OLD FAVOURITE" FROM 20th CENTURY-FOX 1
Amusement piers at the various CHEERÒ CLUB DANCE beaches'continue to intrigue Holly-
wood's very young.
The Ladies Committee of the
PENANG BOXER SUSPENDED
**
Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Gar-
For tailing to put in an appear- land, Betty Jaynes, Mickey Rooney Cheero Club are holding a Dance and John "Arlington * 'do" the at the Cheero Club this evening ance last night for his bout with various and sundry roller-coasters
arena, Ipoh, Manuel, the Penang and fun houses every Saturday at 8 pm. All Servicemen and their Joe Summers at the Jubilee Park I wives are welcome. Admission Indian nyweight boxer, was suSTM night and return to their homes lad ed with loot in the form of 20 cta. "Ton!" and his Quartette pendent by the Perak Boxing Board
and fowl
months.
“MORE THAN A SECRETARY" plaster-of-Paris dolls, animals, fish have kindly consented to be in of Control for a period of three
attendance.
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