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MARKED WOMAN"
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·HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"London By Night" QUEEN'S:-
"New Faces of 1937" ORIENTAL:
"Sing Me A Love Song"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:--
"Man In Blue"
STAR:
"Oh Doctor" MAJESTIC:-
"Pick A Star"
LING'S :-
Coming
"Saratoga"
QUEEN'S:
"Banjo On My Knee" ORIENTAL:-
"Marked Woman" ALHAMBRA:
"New Faces Of 1937"
STAK:...
"David Livingstune"
MAJESTIC-
"Captain Blood"
LONDON BY NIGHT
Three established stage players win new honours on "the screen in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's my- stery picture "London By Night," which opens to-day at the King's Theatre.
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George Murphy. former Broad- way dancer, has his first drama- tic role and proves his ability without question. Rita Johnson, likewise a product of the theatre, who starred in George M. Cohan's "Fulton of Oak Falls" and other plays, makes her screen debut in he feminine lead and assures her career in Hollywood.
Leo G. Carroll, also a former stage actor, appears in a role of mystery and promises to become
the a make-up wizard of
Lon Chaney School. Others in the cast are unormly good in their respective parts. They include Virginina Field, George Zucco, Montagu Love and Eddie Quillan.
NEW FACES OF 1937
A novel back stage plot, charged with action and highly humorous situations, forms the background for RHO Radio's hilarious musical comdy, "New Foces of 1937," the first of a series of yearly extrava- ganzas. Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Parkyakarkus, Harriet Hullard William Brady, Jerome Cowan and Thelma Leeda are featured.
FILM NOTES
Yacht Club Bovs.
To Be Starred
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
· TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. Anniversaries and Holidays.— Chung Yang Festival (Chung yangjih) Michaelons Law Sittings
The Yacht Club Boys, another multiple act, will be started in "Thrill of a Lifetime" as Para-begin. Columbus Day (USA), St. mount's answer to the Marxes and Ritzes:
Lady-producer Fanchon, who did a nice first job on "Turn off the Moon" is preparing it for them. The Boys will thin out a bit and play individual parts, specially. written for them, instead of per- forming as a troupe.
man.
Wiltrid, Bishop.
Auctions-Leasehold Property, at Lammert Brothers' Sales Room, Duddell Street, 3 p.m.
Cinemas. (See Page 5).
Dances --Flannel Dance at Hotel Cecil.
Farewell Concert at Cheero Club, 9 Entertainment-Royal Artillery
p.m.
Lectures-Prof. Preston Maxwell. Katharine Hepburn may have
on Adult and Factal Rickets." in Ray Milland as her next leading | School of Surgery, H.K. University,
Radio are trying to borrow 5.30 p.m. him from Paramount for "Bringing Up Baby." Paramount want either Jack Oakle or Director Mark Band- rick in return.
Story, you'll remember, is the one about the eccentric society who keeps a pet panther.
giri
Malls (See Page 16).
Meetings-5th Monthly Commit- tee, Chinese Chamber of “Com- merce Chamber's Board Room. Connaught Road Central, 2.30 p.m.; Urban Council. Post Office Buliding. 4.15 p.m.; Half-Monthly. Hong Kong - Referees' Association, in Football Association Room
loon
Chess
Adolf Itier protoises to be the next subject of a screen blography. Some time back Herman Mankle-Gloucester Building. 8 p.m. Kow- wicz sold Al Rosen the idea for a
Club, in St. An- film on the Nazi regime titled drew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.;_ Kowloon "Mad Dog of Europe,
Tong Church Fete Committee. & Now Rosen plans to produce it
p.m.; St. Andrew's Church Mother's under the innocucus new name Union, 3 pm. "Never to be Forgotten.
Miscellaneous.-Rotary John Wray, the hysterical down-Hong Kong Hotel; Exhibition of and-out of "Mr. Deeds Goes to "H.K. Telegraph" Photographic Competition." "S.C.M. Post" Board Room, B.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. '-
Town." will play
Hitler. Arliss once made a picture called "The Man Who Played God." Sam Jaffe, High Priest of "Lost Horizon" is wanted for a persecuted professor.
•
Madge Evans is looking forward gally to the end of her six years' contract with M-G-M.
were
act.
Madge is an essentially nice girl but she got just a bit tired of playing girls so nice they negligible. She can also though she's had little chance to do. so since "The Greeks had a Word tor It." except for a small part in "Dinner at Eight."
Tifin,
Moon.--First Quarter," 11.47 p... IX Moon, 9th. Day.
Rehearsals-Hong Kong Singers, in Union Church, Kennedy Road. 8.45 p.m. Mozart's "Requiem" and Elgar's "For the Fallen:" Y.M.C.A. Pantomime, 9 p.m..
bola at China Light & Power Re- Social-Whist Drive and Tom-
creation Club, King's Park. 9 p.m.; Cheero Club Whist Drive, p.m.; Craigengower Cricket Weekly Tom- bola 9.20 p.m.; Police Ministering
Branch
Bridge and Mah Jong Drive at "League's Monthly
Police Recreation Club, 3 p.m.; There are openings for nice girls Welcome to Rev. and Mrs. David who can act these days, if they Rosenthall, at St. Andrew's Hall. don't just get forgotten in
a big 8.30 p.m. studio, In seven weeks Madge'll be free and a glutton for good parts.
She'll probably start by accep- ting a three-picture-a-year con- tract from Universal, and then some others like it.
THE MAN IN BLUE
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Sports. (See Page 10).
Sunrise.-6.18 a.m. Sunset.-6.01
p.m."
Tides. High at 00.25. Low at 09.18.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 Cinemas. (See Page 5). Lectures.Professor Hsu Ti-shan on "Wu Shunn, the Great Beggar and Promoter of Free Education, in Union Assembly Room, H.K. "The Man in Blue," the Unive- | University; 8.30 p.m. - to picture
which opens at the
Mails (See Page 16). Alhambra Theatre to-day, is the
Moon. IX Moon 10th. Day, dramatic story of a policeman who Sports. (See Page 10), adopts the son of a burglar whom
Sunrise.-8.18 am. Sunset-6.02 he kills in self-defense during a gun battle. It is a powerful, in-
Tides-High at spiring story of hate and love; of distrust and suspicion; of falth and redemption. Through it is a beautiful romance that makes a man's life whole again.
The cop is portrayed by that Ana character actor. Edward Ellis, The boy is played by Billy Barrud
WOVED
the early sequences and by Robert Wilcox in the main situa- tions of the play, while the girl in the story is Nan Grey, one of the
Three Smart Giris."
Embellishing the story are five colourful production numbers in- troducing a galaxy of new talent to the screen in scintillating songs,
The story reveals the question-in able operations of a producer of stage plays. Romantic complications upset the plans of the producer, who flees just in time to save z
The youth grows into a splendid show backed with the lat $15,000
young man, with a wonderful bond of a pretty show actress.
The stellar Headliners of the of affection between him and his show find strong support from a foster father. Then the officer, wealth of new talent Including under circumstances which cause Lorraine Krueger, petite dancer him to suspect his adopted son. and singer: Ann Miller, clever tap wipes out all his good work with dancer; the Four "Playboys, a moment of distrus.. rhythm group: Lowe, Hite and The son is, embittered and dis- Stanley, novelty dancers; Eddie Rio ilusioned. Subjected to the evil & Bros., eccentric dancers; Loria influence of a scamp uncle, played Bros: Mexican entertains, and by Richard Carle, he turns criminal
many others.
"New Faces of 1937" has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day.
PICK A STAR
The furious fun and melodious
In
is caught and sent to prison, an inspiring climx hia regeneration is brought about by a restoration of faith and the assurance of his sweetheart's love.
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THE ERDMANN MEZZOTINTS
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Another notable American collection to be sold in London is the Martin Erdmann's English also his Chinese porcelain and mezzotints and dolour prints and
English and which Christie's are. selling in Italian furniture, November.
The late Martin Erdmann was the New York partner in the bank- ing Arm of Speyer. Henry Op- penheimer, the London partner, was better known here as an art collector, but Erdmann's province, tinguished. In English mezzotints though smaller, was quite as dis- his collection was supreme in bril- liance and rarity and complete-
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The Valentine Greens twenty-eight. all first state, Green's "Prince Rupert after Re- mbrandt van Ryn" is a proof before letters, According to Smith's "Catalogue Raisonne," this is said NOT TO AMALGAMATE to be a portrait of Rembradt when muste in the Hal Roach-M-G-M
a young man. There are sixty-one feature comedy, "Pick a
There will be no amalgamation prints by J. Raphael Smith, In- Star." furnished full entertainment Bun-
between the Corinthians and The cluding a unique one of Lady Casuals on day in the opening showing at the
the lines, originally | Hamilton as "A Bacchante" and Majestic Theatre.
suggested, in which the two clubsjone of Wright's "The Synnot Children" with a note on it: "This Romantic and human-interest were to became one clsb. Allan Jones is through with sing-Interludes Of Jack Haley and been effected. At The Casuals'
An interesting compromise has print la by no means finished. ing soothing songs to audiences Rosina Lawrence-aided and ham-
MORROW: “DAVID LIVINGSTONE”
Charles MacArthur has gone one
up on his old partner, Ben Hecht,
by signing a producer's contract
for three pictures at M-G-M.
First is "Only Unto Thee," a story
of modern New York."
Charle's arrival in Hollywood with Mrs. MacArthur (the famous Helen
Hayes), and the equally famous baby, has started up those perninfal rumours that M-G-M will persuade., Helen to make the ple- ture she still owes them.
+
It
"Weather would Improve broadcasting were stopped," says a meteorologist. So would broad- casting.
Brothers.
Directly alter the "Firefly," Jeanette
for running the two clubs under annual general inecting a scheme
Joint executive committee was agreed to, but each club will re-
Mr. Smith, does not wish anyone
may prejudice them against it." but Mr. Wright to see it, as it
charles McArdell, John Jones, Turner, James Ward, the Watsons,
ters are represented by their finest things. Before the war English mezzotints soared to huge prices in the salerooms. The Erdmann sale may bring them there again.
excursion into Spain, M-G-M de- fórnia; vied with the rib-tiekline tain its identity and elect its own and all the other great mezzotin-
weakened by laughing at the Marx pered by Patay Kelly and Mischa Auer-as the hometown boy and preview of girl making the trek from Water- MacDonald's loo, Kansas, to Bollywood, Call- cided Allan Jones was worth star- episodes of Laurel ring.
and Hardy making a movie and the glamour His part in "Swing Fever," the and tunes of Lyda Roberti in a child's-play with Judy Garland; has hot-cha flm opera to reveal close- gone back to be built up. Next he'll ups and behind-the-scenes of the star in "The Red Mill." popular studios. old operetta by. Victor and Henry Blossom. Jeanette may co-star.
"
The experienced direction of Edward Sedgwick is to be com- mended. Norbert Brodine's camera
members.
The joint committee will consist of six Casuals and six Corinthians; with a chairman and hon, secre- tary.
The Casuals will play at Kings- ten as usual next season,
Then there was the girl who work stands out. The music is by Fred Stryker and Johnny thought a platform speaker was a well handled by Arthur Morton | Lange and dances staged by Ed- rullway porter.
and Marvin Hatley," song numbers | ward Court are highly acceptable.
A woman recently left a fortune to found a home for pet dogs suffering from nerves. In return, will somebody do something for nerves suffering from pet dogs?
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CUTTING-IN, WORSE THAN SPEEDING
Mr. F. Hugn Fox, presiding at a siting of Wellington (Somerset) magistrates recently, said this of motorists who "cut-in" on corners:
**This Bench will never accept an excuse that the driver had a
FROM WARNER BROS.!
clear view and that there was no other traffic approaching. We shall always treat cutting-in as a se- rious offence, and we suggest that police patrols should give more attention to offenders of this sort -which are extremely dangerous -than to speeding."
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