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HERE'S WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! Take it at least once and shake well -WITH LAUGHTER!

Prescription for ROMANCE

A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE WITH

WENDY BARRIE - KENT TAYLOR MISCHA AUER DOROTHEA KENT FRANK JENKS HENRY HUNTER

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RKO-Radio, Pictures presents

“VICTORIA THE GREAT"

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TO-DAY

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ROAD WANGHAI

TEL 28473

TO-MORROW-

YOU'LL SHRIEK. WITH GLEE AND LAUGH AT THRILLS I

See this human bloodhound who almost always gets his. murderer, on the trail of a poison-pen killer.

A COMEDY MYSTERY THAT'S A RIOT OF LAUGHTER:

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JACK OAKIE ANN SOTHERN SUPER SLEUTH

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ALAN BRUCE · EDGAR KENNEDY

Joan Woodbury

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Bradley Page Paul Gullinge. WUUe Best

AN EDWARD SMALL Production. 'Dected by Ben Seplaf

ROBBER BARONS" Edward Arnold

Cary Grant.

Que of the most sensational productions of all time.

MATINÉES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 206.-30ċ.-50c.-70c.

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Jean HARLOW

Suzy

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LEWIS STONE BENITA HURE

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HONG, KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938.

TODAY AT THE PICTURE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Criminals Of The Air"

QUEEN'S:-

"Prescription For Romance"

OKIENTAL:-

"Super Sleuth"

Kowloon

|ALHAMBRA :---

"Slim"

STAR:-

"Buzy"

MAJESTIC:-

"Caravan"

KING'S:-

Coming

"The "Painted Vell" QUEEN'S:

"Victoria The Great"

| ALHAMBRA:---

"Talent Scout"

STAR:-

"White Angel"

| MAJESTIC:---

"Night Must Fall"

PRESCRIPTION FOR

ROMANCE

INSPIRES

NEW DANCE

"The Lockstep”— That's the name of the newest daricing craze to come out of Hollywood.

DIARY OF LOCAL! EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays- Sir Joshua Reynolds died, 1792. Norman Lindsay born. 1879. St: Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor

the Church.

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this

Dances. Cheero Club Dance, 3.30 p.m.

Entertainments-Hong Kong A D. C. Selection of "French Without Tears," at China Fleet Club Theatre, 9.15 p.m.; St. Andrew's Club Play and Musical Fantasy, in the Hall, 9 p.m.

Orignated by John Gallaudet page) aan Jane Hamilton, two Columbia players, it already threatens to supplant the "Big Apple" and the "Suzy Q" in popularity in the colony's cafes and clubs, and may even become a national terpst chorean rage.

Like many another popular dance in the past, its origin was accidental and spontaneous. Its

Malis. (See Page 16).- birthplace Was on the set of Meetings.General Committee, Columbia's "Who Killed Gall Pre-in S. and S. Home, 5.80 p.m.; Kow- ston?? and in which young loon Union Church Women's Gallaudet, and the blondely pretty Guild, 10 a.m.'

Miss Hamilton have featured roles, Miscellaneous-Social and Fel- Both John and Jane were for lowship Club Debate with Christ merly expert ballroom exhibition | Church. dancers. They have had frequent Moon. I moon, 24th. Day. occasion to display the ir stepping Social.Whist Drive and Tom- talents on the screen. In this in-bola at Garrison Sergeants' Mess, stance, however, they were' whil- Queen's Road, 8.30 p.m.; Y.M.C.A ing away time between scenes by Ladies' Badminton, all day; Kow- teaching each other new steps. loon Union Church Bridge and going through old dance routines. Mahjong Drive, 3 p.m.

Each was garbed in a costume Sports. (See Page 10). resembling prison, attire to t

Sunrise.-6.60 am. Sunset.-6.24 into the novel night club settingp.m. of "Who Killed Gall Preston?",

Tides. High at 15.21. which is patterned after a frison

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Hong Kong's Wendy Barrie interior. That fact inspired Don

In New Picture

Moon.-I Moon, 25th Day. Sunrise.-6.51 a.m. Sunset-8.23

Tides.-High at 03.00 and 14.15

Terry, also featured in the picture, When motion picture scientists to suggest that John and Jane combine equal parts of Mischa Invent a dance and call it "The p.m. Auer and Frank Jenks," add a Lockstep." spicy dash of Wendy Barrie and They went to work and in a Low at 07.06 and 22.29 Kent Taylor. then pour into the few days had developed a swing. mixer a colourful foundation of novel routine of steps and figures, gay lovemaking and wild humour, the main one being a strutting theatre audiences have just what variation of the old prison lockstep the doctor ordered in "Prescrip- for convicts. Together they dan- tion For Romance," the romanticced it in public at the famed Tro- comedy which opens today at the cadero and other Hollywood night Queen's Theatre.

spots. Soon everyone was doing It or trying to-and "The Lockstep' may soon have all America looking like it is jall bound.

Most of the action of the story is laid in Budapest, Hungary. where a New York embezzler has Red to escape the' clutches of the law and a sweetheart. He finds refuge with a beautiful American woman doctor, who is attached to GERMANY TO TRAIN ja Budapest clinic.

FILM WORKERS

New Academy. Soon To Be Erected

Berlin, Feb. 22,

CRIMINALS OF THE AIR

Colourful Film Of Mexican Border Stories of the Mexican border. are almost invariably colourful and picturesque. When blended with exciting melodrama, a touch c comedy and a little romance, such as are, the ingredients of "Criminals of the Alr," the result is splendid screen entertainment.

This Columbia picture, with Rs- land Keith and Charles Quigley playing the leading roles, opens today at the King's Theatre.

Odd" scenes include the one in which the lovers are bogged down in a mudhole and pursue their ro- mance while the ubiquitous Mischa Auer goes for aid. Another de- picts the amazing antics D1

The story concerns the efforts of "Count Sandor" in the Budapest

government agents to solve the jall

Interviews when he

the The foundation stone of a build-mystery of daring aerial smuggling wrong man and causes his corre-ing that will house the first Ger- of contraband goods and to round. spondent friend Frank Jenks, to man film academy will be laid next up an apparently well-organized be fired by cable. Still another month by Dr. Josef Goebbels, Reich

gang of criminals. depicts the weird things that can Minister for Propaganda.

Rita Hayworth, who plays the happeni Op Hungarian train. This will be the first institute of role of a cafe dancing giri, is espe- Its pur cially worthy of mention for her where pigs, chickens. bables and its kind in the world. household goods are accepted, pose will be the training of highly-dancing of several rumbas. Marc Gallaudet and along with the regular passenger qualified workers in all branches Lawrence, John

of film art-(Transocean).

Patricia Farr are also excellent.

fare

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KAY FRANCIS in "WHITE ANGEL

with Ian Hunter

A Warner Bros, Picture

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CARAVAN

Gay Entertainment

Movie-goers who love the guy,

LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT

>>

GOAT GETS ROLE

Hollywood, where something new TO APPEAR IN DANCE DISPLAY

always happens, has just given a sound test to a billy goat:

It happened at Columbia Studios when more than 100 goats of all shapes. sizes and pedigrees. blea- ted for the microphone.

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The lucky goat chosen was Himalayan named Shangri-La.

He was the 103rd tested by exasperated sound men, and won an important role in Columbia's "No Time To Marry." rollicking comedy featuring Richard Arlen, Mary Astor and Lionel Stander.

Shangri-La won because of all the goat greetings or bleatings or baa's, his was the best..

It was a cross, between the wall of a steamboat at sea and a Kansae. Arlen said it reminded: him of the "Empresa of Britain" | Signor Mario "Non-Stop" Stop-coming into port. the lavish and the utterly different pani has perpetrated a world re- Then, after it was decided he in screen entertainment ought to cord by flying from Cadiz to Cara-sounded all right, it was found he hold a public celebration-complete vellas, on the Brazilian coast, a didn't look right, Shangri-La didn't with dancing in the streets--for total distance of 4.3834 miles, 25 have whiskers. But the make-up the first Erik Charell flm produc-verified by a Commission appoint- department quickly corrected that tion made in Hollywood

ed by the Brazilan Aero. Club.) with a crepe hair beard and

In "Caravan," the memorable The fight took 20 hours at an spirit gum. Fox Film musical spectacle which average speed of 168 mph. The Shangri-La will earn about $750 opened at the Majestic Theatre, brave and successful airman claims for his role in "No Time To Mar- this noted continental director has that this wonderful effort formary-which will buy a lot of tin- created one of the most brilliant part of the preparation for a re- cans.

and original screen plays ever gular bassenger and mall service

shown in a local playhouse. For by air from Italy to South America.

sparkle, colour and gayety, it is via Cadiz, says the United Services £3,000 TO UNIVERSITY

unsurpassed.

Review,

Lavishly produced at the Fox studios, with Hungarian villages, castles, inns and vast Gypsy cara- vans swiftly alternating as back-: grounds, “Caravan" tells a roman tic love story in a delightful new vein. The setting is idyllic-the grape country of Tokay" during the lowe most of our knowledge.

All things come to him who tins. Nothing is more like an honest man than a rascal.

Property in Britain worth £107.161 (n.p. £84,118) was left by Mr. Percy Alport Molteno. of Palace- Parklands, Shere, and court. Bayswater, W., chairman of the Real Estate Corporation · of

It is to the eccentric, that we gouth Africa and a director of the

Alporteno Investment Trust Co. and

wine harvest-and a avartet of It is a way of calling, a man a the Fendoch Investment Trust Co. leading players as vivid as the set- fool when no attention is given to ting carries forward the story to a what he sa.VS. spectacular finish.

"Charles Boyer heads the cast as

a dashing Gypay musician. The Parker and Phillips Holmes com- glamorous Loretta Young appear plete the stellar quartet. All four *'a gay young countess, Jean jof them are superbly cast

was a well-known Formerly he shipowner and' barrister. and Liberal MP. for Dumfriesshire, 1906-18 At the time of his death he was 78. His father was the late Sir John Charles Molteno, the Arst Premier of Cape Colony.

Miss. Betty Pestonji, pupil of Misa Dairy,

pfe, who will appear In the forthcoming display at the King's Theatre on March 2.

KING'S

SHOWING TUDAY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M,

CRIMINALS of the AIR

ROSALIND KEITH CHARLES QUIGLEY

Diverted by C. C. Cuieniai, dr. A COLUMBIA PICTURE

FRIDAY

COLUMBIA

GRETA

GARBO in

THE PAINTED

VEIL"

ALHAMBRA

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY ELECTRIC THRILLS

He Bras as in loves.

„Cangerously? |

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... HIGH VOLTAGE LOVE!

Ha trades bis busi trland for his

friend's best gidi

PAT O'BRIEN HENRY FONDA MARGARET LINDSAY - STUART ERWIN

FARBELL MÆDONALD Inch Pizual Tourm

1 Sawyer Long Bryniers Istatnel Fox. Wyan

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TALENT SCOUT” DONALD WOODS & The Gold Digger Troupe

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TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY !

AN "OLD FAVOURITE” THAT YOU'LL LOVE TO SEE AGAIN!

YOU'LL THRILL TO THE RHYTHM OF ITS REVELING THRONGS!

AN ERY CHARELL PRODUCTION

CARAVAN

CHARLES BOYER LORETTA YOUNG JEAN PARKER

PHELY'S HOLMES LOUISE FAZENDA. ENRERE PALLETTE

CHADLEY RAPETN MUAN KEENT

LIVE NOWHERE

REVEL ANYWHERE

LOVE EVERYWHERE

TOMORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! RETURN SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUEST ? ROBERT MONTGOMERY #

ROSALIND RUSSELL in

"NIGHT MUST FALL"

A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE

FASHION

FLASH

Women's hats, which have gone American eskimo. The aEst Indies

to extremes in size, shape and and Spain will also provide in- contour, will" revert to morespiration for both millinery and sensible lines in the Spring, ac- clothing, he adds. cording to a fashion forecast by

Kalloch is now designing cos-

Robert Kalloch, head designer at tumes for Joan Blondell, Mary

Columbia Studios.

Astor, and Frances Drake for the forthcoming Columbia comedy,

The pergoda arid pergola pin- nacles of the winter will go into "There's Always A Woman"

"Clean, classic lines will prevail the closet. Kalloch declares.

in the spring outfits." Kalloch "Hats will be either extremely continued. "Three and four color small, or extremely large," he combinations will not be unusual. declares. "All will cast a shadow. For example, I am designing for and crowns will be shallow.

Miss Blondell a dinner dress in "Furthermore, the vell will go:"four colors, with black floating Kalloch states that Spring chiffon skirt, flesh chizon top with styles will be influenced by the sapphire and Jade chiffon sashes, parkas and other styles of the and coral jewelry,”.

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