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THE

CHRISTMAS

SURPRISE

OF

SURPRISES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19., 1933.

CINEMA SCREENINGS characterization provides motivation

NOTES SUPPLIED BY

THE THEATRES Once again Josslo Matthewy, who sparkled in "The Good Companiona," has mindo a hit, this time in "The Midshipmaid," showing at the King's Theatre to-day. It is a rollicking film, and Ita uproarious humcur, has made it very popular. This story of the visit of a Naval Economist to the Fledi at Malta sent thera to keep him quiet is full of fun and follity. While the pompous old man Is poking about, bis daughter is getting the hearts of all the officers hulter. To flatter him, the offers organisɑ an amateur yarlety show, and a great part of the

for the plot and shows tho domination of a well-intending mother-in-law wh actually is the young wife's rival in her hold

upon the non. John Beal, who scored in the juvenils rols of Jerry In the original stage prosenta tion, repeats this brilliant performance In the picture. Ho is cast as the im-| pulsive nephew who rebels against thu family tyranny and complicates mat- torn by falling madly in love with his young Aunt Stella. Other members of the stage cast, who 'repeat their roics in the photoplay version of "An other Language" are Margaret Hamil kan, Irene Cattell and Hal Dawson. The role of the father is filled by ilenry Travers, whose father charac terization in "Reunion in Vienna" was widely acclaimed. Prominent parts | are also played by Willard Robertson, Milnor Watson and Maldel Turner,

"Charlie Chan's Great Case”

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If you live in the tropics you are Three lots of Crown Land were sold by auction at the P. W. D. land even more susceptible to a drop in sales office. yesterday afternoon. temperature and it is even more There was no bidding at all, and the important for you to guard against A constant flow of. rich red blood lots were all sold at their upset prices, the effects of sudden chills.

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.your lot of land in the same locality with blood is thin and weak you cannot an area of about 22,500 square feet expect to possess the samo resistance laughable entertainment is provided by lightful motion picture character to

Charlie Chan may be merely a de- for $0,000. This lot is registered an to climatic variations and you lay Inland Lot No. 3685, and its annual yourself open to all the illnesseE the lower deck. Inving the appear- the sillions who enjoy the Chinese rental is $414. The two lote are which an anaemic condition portends.

Start to-day building up ance of being played by amateurs, the detective philosopher's screen adva-separated by a long plece of land show has behind it that experience and turer, but to Warner Oland, who plays which has been reserved for building blood stream and thus fortify your system against dangers of all kinds, Individual cleverness which gives the the part, he is a real and interesting

The Wing On Company were the Pink Pills are equally efficacious in

climatic or otherwise. Dr. Williams necessary Illusion of spontaneity to flesh and blood person. the humour. Jessie Matthews scores "Charlie Chan is as real a person purchasers of aliout 21,160 ouare cases of nervous disorders, digestive

feet at Shaukiwan Road for $10,875. weakness, back pains, a great success; Prod Kerr brings his to me as he was to Bari Dorr Gigger. It is registered as Inland Lot No. and sciatica, all of which originate in rheumatism. 15 ONLY. LADIES PYJAMAS | amusing crustiness to the part of the the author of the Chan storles," says 3612, the annual rental being $400.jan impoverished condition of the pompous economist with the beautiful, Oland. "Ho han real character, de The land is situated nearly opposite blood. Woman the world over know daughter; the inimitablo A. W. Bank finito Ideas about nearly everything the Teang Fook Piano Company's their especial value for the ailments comb and Nigel Bruce are amazingly strict rules of conduct. He is good, and the study of a bandmaster splendid student of human nature and factory. On inquiry from the pur-of the by Edwin Lawrence is no of the hit it in his habit of applying this know. chasers. It was learnt that the area! chemists everywhere.

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hin sleuthing so enjoyable. He almost invariably causes the murderer to give himself away." "Charlie Chan's Greatest Cane" comes to the King' Theatre on Wednesday.

"Another Language” Helen Hayes and Robert Mont-

"The Phantom of Crestwood" Kamery are co-starred in "Another Language," fin.ed by Metro-Goldwyn-

Which one of these preminent pic Mayer from the Rise Franken stage ture

beautiful atara murdared" a uccess which ran for more than a woman? Which would be capable of year un Broadway. The picture will such a crime? H.B. Warner? Ricardo be shown from Sunday at "he Queen's Cortex? Robert Elliott! Ivan Simp Theatro. AR

"Another R play,

other son? Clarence P. Wilson 7 Robert Language" proved to be the mest McWade? George E. Stona ?

Sain popular, comedy-drama to reach Brand- liardy? Or Hilda Vauhn 7 Or the way in several years. Its story cou- young chaste, lovely Anita Louise 7 cerns the oppressive effect of s middie- Did a man or a woman murder Jeany class family upon the happiness of a Wren? One of the seventeen, in his young girl who marries into Ita or her role in "The Phantom Htranger to the customs of the house Crestwood," all-star mystery drama Oriental bold. Edward H. Griffith, who direct- will bo showing at the eif the screen version, is noted for Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday,

na "Hollday," "Be- such successCS

lew the lovely, alluring adventuress, bound" and "The Animal Kingdom." Jenny Wren, played by Karen Morley Alisa Hayes as Stella, the young bride who is more interested in Yet not one of the seventeen knew sculpture than in family dinners, has if he or she did it until the final scene Rrie strikingly different from her in the picture, although Jenny Wren recent hit portrayals in The White in murdered at a half-way point in the Shter" and "A Farewell to Arms." story! Each, until the final scone, Montgomery who comes to this ple- wondered if he or she was going to ture direct from his success in "When turn out to be a murderer! The cust, Ladies, Meot," plays the young aus- and everyone else in the whole wide band who is unable to shake off the, world, except author Bartlett Cormack Influeneo of his selfishly adsting and director J. Walter Ruben, were in mother. The difficult mother role is ignorance of the ending until the final played by Louise Closser Hale. This scene was shot..

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