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Leo Diogol's

"LESSON

GOLF"

THE HONGKONG "THEEGRAPH

HERE HE IS!

The Chief of the FUN

Department!

ED WYNN, radio's. greatest star the stage's supreme comedian..America's. perfect fool dazzling frolic

howls!

in a

Ed WYNN

The CHIEF

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PICTURE

AT THE

QUEEN'S

TO-MORROW

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH

CINEMA SCREENINGS

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES

Clark Gable, idol of America's feminine: filmgoers, appears for the first time in a Paramount picture as the star of "No, Man of Her Own," which is now showing at the Alhambra Theatre. As "Babo" Stewart, big atake gambler with cards and women, Gable adds to his laurols with-a flory characterization which ranks with the beat roles hy has done. He's given unusually competent support by Carolo Lombard and Dorotky Blacknili, as the conflicting feminino forces in his life. and by favourite scroen veterans like Grant Mitchell, George Barbier and 3. Farrell MacDonald. Wesley Rug- Rion directed from an original screen play by Edmund Goulding and Ben Jamin Glazer. Bliss Blackall, as Kay Everlay, is a "come-on" for Gable In his high-stakes card games. Polico learn of the racket and make it so hot for Gable that he leaves town for a timo. At sleepy little Glendale, the hiding place, which he picks by the simple expedient of sticking a pin into a railroad timetable, Cabin, meat Carole Lombard, playing the role of Connie Randali, a librarian. This time It's lova, although originally' Gable marziod the girl with some sort of a

em and cavo 'em iden in mind They return to the big city where Carole, quite unconsciously, helps Gable fleece his lambs. But the net begins to close again around the gam bler. He makes a compromise with the police, realizing that his feeling for Carole is love.. How the tangled skeln is unravelled makes for high voltage entertainment which thin roviewer enjoyed and so, probably. will you,

"Dancing Lady" "Dancing Lady." which comes on Saturday to the Queen's, is bound to akynccket Joan Crawford and Clark Gable to new heights. Their success together in "Passessed" will scem in algnificant compared to their triumph In their intent effort. Hero le a pice ture with spectacle and splendour nover before attempted and that goes for all film musicals heretofore. "Dancing Lady" is not just another picture. It is the screen's crowning achievement in the production of olaborate. musical extravaganzas. First you have one of the finest casts over assembled Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Winnie Lightner, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy and his stooges. Next u have a tensely dramatic story that would make a great picture without its extravagant musical back. ground. Then you have the mat pretentious production numbers over staged, with three hundred glorious, beauties to enhance these settings." And, in addition, you have song hits that prontlee to become sensations overnight. The dancing-particularly Miss Crawford's routines with the world-famed Fred Astairo-la nemo- thing to rave about, and the brilliant ensemble work and presentation of the musical numbers sets a new, high for spectacular, eye-filling and faxur. ious film: entertainment. The whole production, including the adaptation of James Warner Bellah's novel by Allen Rivkin and P. J. Wolfson, the brilliant direction of Robert Z. Leonard and the dance direction by Sammy. Lee and Eddie Prinz, is a great triumph for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.

"Bombshell"

When studio carpenters completed -construction-of-the-elaborale-first- floor of a mythical motion picture star'a homo for the Metro-Goldwyn- Mnyer_comedy-romance of Hollywood fe, "Borabshell," which has it final showing to-day. at tho Queen's, the first action of the film's star, Scan Harlow, was to inspect the kitchen. While it is not customary for cinema stars make alterations in the scente designer's plans, exception was made in this Instance when Miss Har- low, after a careful examination of the setting, suggested that certain alterations be made so that the make- believe kitchen might mure closely resemble the culinary workshop in her own Bel-Air mansion. The in- imitable Lee Tracy is co-starred with Miss Harlow in "Bombshell," which is a rious story of the tribulations of an exotle movie star whose press Font gots her into all sorts of trou- The pleture is based on the play by Carolina Francke and Mack Crane, and was directed by Victor Fleming. In the supporting cast are Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Una Una Merkel and Ted Healy,

"Song of Songs" ">

Mariono Dietrich, who recently in- spired the trousers for women style go, will spenser a return to ultra femininity in clothes. The ultra- feminino garments of the 1007 period she wears in her new Paramount nic- ture, "The Song of Songs" will bring this about, according to Travis Ban- ton, no of Hollywood's outstanding style dictators, The Song of Songs," an elaborate picturization of Hermann Sudermann's literary classic and Edward Sheldon's play, was directed by Roaben Mamoulian. It is showing at the King's Theatre. "The style of twenty-five years ago, when womanly curves were accentuated by the clothes they wore, in starting to come back into style again", Banten pointed out. But like many radical fashion changes, the dramatic leader- ship of a famous woman la required before all women will-adopt the new styla". This leadership, says Banten, in furnished by Mian Dlotrich In the "Bong of Songs","

Too Much Harmony"

Too Much Harmony" comes on Thury to the King's, Theatre, Featured in the cast are Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Skeets Gallagher, Judit

Alien, Harry Green, Lilyan

Tashman qad Ned Sparks, It la D back-stage story which tells the romantic story of a Broadway star and his love for beautiful little vaudevillian pe, pro- mino and of his difficulties in getting released from the alufobes of a girl who is out for all the money she can

all.

1934

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?.

(Continued from Page d}'

I turn to them to case my mind from its torments. And my onents of case to my moments of torment are as one to twenty or one to fifty.

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