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SHOWING TO-DAY

Glowing Romance

Riotous Gaiety!

Don't wait for your friends to tell you how

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Joy

of

<well it is!

Living

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS JE

with

ALICE BRADY

Guy Kibbas, Jean Dixon,

Eric Blore, Lucille Ball,

Warran Hymer

Directed by Tay Garnek. Produced by Fehr Young. A

·Sarwen play by Gase Zawon, Graham Batam Allan Scott "by Dorothy and Herbert Fieldv.

Lyrics by

DOROTHY FILLOS, fayGorne!! Production.

Based on as original story KKO RADIO PICTURE

D ALSO SHOWING

Donald Duck in "DONALD'S BETTER SELF"

NEXT

CHANGE

KING'S

וי

Hong Kong

"Happy Landing"

QUEEN'S :-

"Joy Of Living" ORIENTAL:-

**Tovarich"

Kowloon

ALLAMBRA:-

"Condemned Women'

STAR:44

"You're A Sweetheart" MAJESTIC:-

"Lost Horizon"

KING'S:-

Coming

"When Thief Meets Thief" QUEEN'S :-

"The Kid Comes Back". "All Quiet On The Western

Front"

ORIENTAL:-

"Cafe Metropole" ALHAMBRA:---

3.

"Checkers" "Invisible Menace"

"THE KID

Wayne Morris

COMES BACK“

Jun- Travis

STAR:-

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN BO, NOWTOON-DAILY AT 3,30×3:30 •720 € 939 •TEL. 30880

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

NO PUNCHES PULLED IN THIS SENSATIONAL DRAMA OF HEARTS IN BOMDAGE

CONDEMNED

A prison drama that

will open your eyes

With

SALLY EILERS LOUIS HAYWARD ANNE SHIRLEY

Directed by Low Landers. Pro- daced by Robert Siak, Story and screen play by Lionel Houser, LED-RADIO PICTURE

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WOMEN

WALT DISNEY'S DUCK

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"Gold Is Where You

"Stella Dallas"

MAJESTIC:~

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Piccadilly Jim"

Find It"

HELIUM FROM

THE AIR

Experts Discover New Process

The German Academy for Avia- tion Research has held a meeting in honour of the centenary of Count Zeppelin's birth. The daughter of Count Zeppelin, Coun- tess von Brandestein-Zeppelin, and Dr. Eckener were present.

General Milch. Permanent Under-Secretary of State, said that the Zeppelin could no longer be used in war, and had become. "therefore," a pure instrument of "peace."

The attitude of the United States

GENERAL

"Daughter of Daring" Still

Acts Hazards for the Films

Helen Gibaun tumbled down the stairs the other day at

a Hollywood studio. She collected an abrasion, a bruise and her pay. The next day she did her act again. She was paid again.

Stair tumbling isn't in the repertoire of Hollywood's stars. It's the business of a tunt actress. It is Helen Gibson's job.

Those who can remember twen y-three years ago, and the events In the realm of the theatre at the Tima, will taméniber Helen Gibson She was a "Daughter or Daring. one of the aerial queens of the day Sho did stunts then. many.

In "Coademard Women," Alise tlibson is cast as u prison matrao For RKO Radto's lndra.which Features Sally Fiers Louis Hay ward and Anne Shirley Lee Pat

Ick shoots her. na she tumbler dead from the hard steel stairs which she was irring against milbreak.

Helen's act, she admitted. w* no toughest since i dag when she did anything to stants to doubles and stuoi actreses worr not known in her weture heyday

10 1910 Helen joined. Milter Brothers 10 Ranch Show a nareback rider. The late Thomas Ines Bought the khow to make western for 101-Bison Pictures.

Each day, Helen and aer circus companions rpde from Santa Mon ca to Topanga Canyon ve miles way to ride for Ince's camèras. Tho-pay was $8 a week. Rather that be a hardy but womanly stoneer with the covered wagons. she put on the costume of an la Itan and rode, bareback because it was "more fun."

Later. Heten joined the Kalem Company as a contemporary of bo late Rub Roland Yoo she was made the neroine of a blood. and thunder serial, "The Hazards of Helen." Her hay was $35 per week. She jumped from a horse to araliroad trafo, from a train to a norge, from a motorcycle to a train ur automobile, with every varia tion..

One day the studie eager watched her drive a team of Borges under a vladuct and grasp a dan. gling rope. hoisting herself to the streer above He raised her pay $15.

M

HELEN CIBSON

in her role of a prison matron in "Condemned Women"

to railroad tie to be released when the train cut the ropes.

Like most actresses and actors of 1922, sbb wanted to be her own producer, Miss Gibson took her savings. $15,000, and made "Nine Points of the Law" in guarantee ing the dim editors salarion, she lost her picture. and with it, her investment. She was able to make

personal appearances with the pic ture and earn $300 a week. That was her proli

The actress went back to Work again but she had been out of touch with production sú long that any had forgotten het She Baat ly obtained a contraet hit the pro dacer failed before she ea complete ber picture. Then she te came and spent a lang perlou In the hospital Finding roles dif cult to obtain, she huned Ruling Brothers. Circus 8 trick rider dur ing 1924-5-6.

"When I returned to Holly wond I found most of my triends an former. stars working as extras and bit players," Miss Gibson said. "I just stuck my prido la my packel and did the same thing."

Later Universal cast her in "The Daughter of Darlug" and she con tinued her hazardous feata, adding the stunt of having her hands tied Condemned Woman" is showing at the Alhambra Theatre.

a cutting off the supply of hellum.ess has been discovered by the

"DONALD'S. NEPHEWS" which alone could prevent such German research experts whereby

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& MARCH OF TIME

JANE WITHERS in

CHECKERS"

Stuart Erwin

Una Merkel

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MONTGOMERY in "PICCADILLY JIM"

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Brilliant Comedy

accidents as the destruction of the helim can be obtained from the Hindenburg last year, was difficult air. The process is costly, but that to understand. It would not, how-will not stand in the way of der- ever, prevent Germany from con- many if she can, by its develop- Linuing the construction of Zep-ment, free herself from her de- pendence on the outside world for It is understood that a new pro- supply of this product.

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WHO TOLD YOU THẤT?

"Now then, young man, you come with me,” said father sternly.

"You're not going to thrash me, are yon, father?” quavered the small boy.

"Yes, I am. Didn't I tell you this morning that I'd settle with you for your bad be- haviour?!!

"Yes," answered the child, "but I thought it was only a joke, like when you tell the grocer you'll settle with him."

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BOLUTION TOMORROW

Mails-(See Page 16).

Miscellaneous; Claims against the Estate of Arthur Maxwell Swyny due; Photo Exhibition at The White House, 12 Des Voeux Road Central

Mon:VI Moon, 5th. Day. Sports(See Page 10).

Sunrise:--5.42 a.m. Sunset:-7.11

p.m.

Tides:---High at 01.10 and 1215. Low'at 05:29 and 19.00.

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TOMORROW & MONDAY

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A LUXURIOUS COMEDY MUSICAL OF GAT PAREE!

A great cast of comedy stars in one of the season's

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ROMANTIC AS MOONLIGHT ON THE SHINE... LUXURIOUS AS PROHIDS ON ERMINE!«

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YOUNG POWER-MENIQU

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EXTRA ADDED VAUDEVILLE STAGE SHOWI

A selection of the most beautiful Chinese girls from the loading motion picture studio's in a number of novel and surprising dance creations. THE NEW MOON DANCE REVUE

SOLUTION NO 43

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