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GVCINS

A LAUCH Programme FOR THE

STAN LAUREL

HOLIDAYS :

to start you off

In

"THE CHIMP”

JACK

PEARL

OLIVER HARDY

The Baron Himself

and

!

SCHNOZZLA

DURANTE

When they crash into a girls' college, you'll find yourself at the year's funniest farce!

Jimmy says:-

,'DIS PITCHER IS

COLOSSEAL'

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MEET

THE BARON

with

ZASU PITTS

EDNA MAY OLIVER

TED HEALY and HIS STOOGES

and the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Girls!

A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer NCTURE

DAILY At 12.00, 2.30, 5.10, 7-20 and 9.30.

THURSDAY,

CINEMA SCREENINGS redoubtable "Baron Munchausen" of

NOTES SUPPLIED BY,

THE THEATRES

FEBRUARY 15, 1934.

the radio, and Zasu Pitts, wiLEE THEATRE

comedienne, who are teamed as the romantic Interest in "Moot the Baron," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's up-| roarious comedy with the most not- able cast of laughmakers in years, now showing at the Quoon's Theatre. "Duck Soup," the Marx Brothers' Zasu plays the head chambermaid in latent Paramount picture, is now a girl college where Pearl as "The showing at the King's Theatre. Take Baron" shows up to lecture. It's a the Four Marx Brothers, add a direc ease of love at first sight, but Znau tor, a half-dozen writers and a light is bashful and "The Baron" is a slee ning-fast secretary, and you

have

little fellow who gota embarrassed the start of a hilarious comedy. All when he wants to tell about his great they need is an idea, and they go on love. But when they get locked! from there., "How about an end- into an fccbox together they finally ing?" queries A writer. "It fust "go into a clinch-to keep warm- can't go on indefinitely." "Wo'll stop and thus does romance blossom in the it," says Groucho, "whenover we hilarious conglomeration of music, come to a place that looks good. laughs and neasenpe, You writers figure out some good, snappy dialogue that we can change without breaking your hearts. We'll got together and figure out somo Kags. Ilro

a lot of extrae, get some Awell uniformia and medals, and Lea

start shooting to norrow. And that is how a Marx Brothers picture in lorn. -

"This Day and Age."

D

in

From To-Day

CHINESE STAGE

PERFORMANCES

TWO SHOWS DAILY AT 12 Noon and 7.30 p.m.

with

Miss WU DIP-YING

&

PAK KUI-WING

All of Hollywood's younger actors have been assembled to portray faith. fully the fire and enthusiasm of youth in Cecil B. DeMille's spectacle of modern times titled "This Day and which opened on Tuesday at the Alhambra, Story of the battle of the "The Private Life of Henry VIII" indignant youth of an average com-

NINGHSIA WARFARE History, frequently a scandalmon-ences after all efforts of the city's munity against a city's "underworld" ger, as busled itself to aach an adults have failed, "This Day and

SUN TIEN-YING SEEKS tent with the unfortunate amours in

MISSIONARY AID the life of Henry VIII that the rent- Ago" called for an imposing list of ly intriguing and vital side of his younger players to portray realistical-

Peking, Feb. 13. character as an intensely human,y the fiery roles. Accordingly,

Realising that he is nearing the aro Richard Cromwell, fun-loving wash-buckling King of the cast the Realm has been almost entirely Eddie Nugent, Ben Alexander, Mickey and of his tethor, General Sun overlooked. It is this element of sheer Daniels and Miss Judith Allon, De Tien-ying la reported to have ap humanness that provides the keynote Mille's latest discovery. Portraying proached foreign missionarice in for the outstanding characterization the adult roles are Charles Bickford, Ninghsin with a request that they of bluft Ring Hal which is presented as the racketeer, Fuzzy Knight and mediate with a view to bringing by Charles. Enughton in "The Private Bradley Page as the assistants, Harry a cossati a of hostilities. Life of Henry VIII", the United Green and George Barbler. Also in

General Ma Hung-kwei claims Artists' release coming to the King's the cast are the sons of famous to have disposed of the invaders Theatre on Sunday next. Indisput screen stars of to-day and yesterday, southward of the city, and it is able proof supports the statement von Stroheim, Jr.; Carlyle Blackwell, reported that orders have been including Wallace Reid, Jr. Eric that this famous Tudor established.; Bryant Washburn, Jr.; Neil givon to Shansi and Sultuaa

foundation Fallsdal

Hart, Jr. Frank Tinney, Jr.; and troops to attack the Invaders. In has been cleverly worked into the Fred Kohler, Jr.

the rear-Reuter.

on

firm

supremacy on

the sea, a fact

atory early in its process of

tional

KAYA

"So This Is Afrien."

Deep into the animal infested

Woolsey, in ther latest film comedy,

Bob But You Can Avoid Colds!

an accomplished musician he om-comedians pause for thought

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ment. "As for as his lat background in concerned" Laughton, "my close study of every jungles of the darkeat of the dark You Cannot Avoid Crowds thing available regarding the per- belts in Africa, tread the famous sonality of this important figure re: comedians, Bert Wheeler and venled

some Interesting details. I wanted to make him a true to life "So This is Africa," produced by presentation, a man with livable end Columbia Studios. and coming

In theatres, cinemas, dance halls lovablo

for such he must Saturday

and at sporting eventa, na well as in qualities,

to the Alhambra. Nat have been to have achieved such tre merely one, but one hundred iron-trams, buses and trains, we are con mendous popularity na he enjoyed muscled Tarzans, garbed in the char- tinually exposed to the risk of catch- Not only was he a ne linguist and acteristic lion king,

ing

coughs, colds, and throat give these affections.

and Respiroids, tho posed two complete nihases, one of many ridiculous incidente m

now inhalant which

tho frequently performed, even story of "So This Is Africa!"

lozenges, provide an effective barrier to-day, in addition to numerous shor-folds. And not one, but

un-against Coughs and colds, and one ter secular compositions, but he was beautiful, stalwart and blonde

hundred

minimise the risk of infection. They most liberal in his patronage of the women give evidence of the power of are pleasant to take, and are s

Amazon their breed and their deep

designed that their curative elements lighter, finer side which have

and are conveyed immediately to the endenvoured to make the basis for much to the embarrassment and suf- where

tho risk of performance. True, his charac-fering of the intrepid explorers,

Infection Es ter as a sonsualist capable of severe Wheeler and Woolsey, when they are convenient for the pocket,

***; | greatest. Carry them with you; they eruelty is inextricably interwoven brave the terrors of the undiscover-be prepared for their immediate use and with these other elements, but it has ed Interlor of the darkest of con-when you encounter a crowd. been my effort to show him as the tinents.

arts and learned men. It is this rong-flowing passionate instincts nasal passages, throat and lungs,

ny

apot

he was rather mainted". The

than as the de-

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yet Kiangse Road, Shanghai. registered in talking pletures goes playing Anne Boleyn, Wendy Barrie, to Clark Gable, as Fabian in "Night playing Jane Seymour, Elsa Lan Flight, the stirring aeroplane story chester, (Laughton's wife) playlug which M-G-M will offer on Sunday Ann of Cleves, Binnie Barnes portat Queen's Theatre. IC is David rnying Katheryn Howard and Ever Selznick's

second production for ley Gregg playing Katherine Parr. M-G-M. Clarence Brown is the direc

tor. Besides Gable, a multi-star cast includes John Barrymore, Helen Hayea, Lionel Barrymore, Robert

"Meet the Baron,"

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