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MARCUS TROUPE COMING.

FROM SHANGHAI,

The Marcus Show of seventy persons will reach Hongkong to- morrow afternoon aboard the N.Y.K. liner Tatsuta Maru from Shanghai. The big troupe closed six week run there on Tuesday and embarked yesterday for this Colony and a limited engagement will open on Sunday at the Queen's Theatre.

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"ANDRE LEBON" Arrived Hongkong on Sunday. the 3rd June, 1034. From MARSEILLES &c. Consignees of Cargo by the above named steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Optam, Treasure and Valuables are in the Godowns of the Hongkon being landed and placed at their risk Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon, whanco delivery can be abtained as the goods are landed.---

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Once more novelty and freshness are unusually noticeable in the latest motion picture put out by Joseph M. 2004 Schenck-Darryl F. Zanuck'n Contary tures, "Looking for Trou- ble," which la showing at the Queen's Theatre. Evon since 20th Century be gan making pictures last year under the immediate supervision of Mr. Zanuck, that brilliant and original producer has distinguished all of his firm's films by an entirely new quality, and "Looking for Trouble," careten From shortly after the Tatsuta

All claims inust be send to the on that polley. Mr. Zanuck's an-

undersigned before Wednesday, 13th will not be nounced purpose was to make pictures Maru docks at Kowloon, until that would avoid all the "usual" plots, curtain time on Sunday afternoon, June, 1934. or they characters and situations to make the stage of the Queen's will bo a recognized

Damaged Packages must be left in pletures that would use fresh materiais and backgrounds hitherto not em- sceno.of considerable activity. Pre the Godowns for examination by the ployed in motion pictures to get parations for the opening por consignees, and the Company's Sur- away from the beaten paths and the farmanca of "La Vie Paree," the voyor Besars-Goddard and Douglas 8th "old hokum." In making "Looking

June, 1934. Consignees must havo for Trouble," 20th Century has admir first of the Marcus cycle of three at 10.00 am. on Friday. the ably kept Mr. Zanuck's promise, for extravaganzas, will require forty-a Revenue Officer in attendance when

damaged dutiable goods are examined | LONDON SERVICE It is a story about the men, known in

For eight hours, their own trade as "trouble shootere," who seek out and repair all the various mechanics have been engaged in kinds of "Trouble" that can develop installing additional equipment over miles and miles of telephone wires, and because everyone has at backstage at the theatre, in order some time or other seen "trouble that all of the wealth of para- shooters" at work, and because such phernalia carried by the Marcus dangerous and exciting work has

a motion Show may be utilised. never been used fully picture background-this background makes "Looking for Trouble" promise" to be one of the most interesting ple- tures of the year. An absorbing love

story against this novel background adds further interest in the coming pleturo here, appearance of the Spencer Tracy and Jack Oakie are starred as the "trouble shooting" buddies, while Constance Cummings and Artine Judge play their respective telephone operato: sweethearts. Judith Wood, Morgan Conway, Paul Harvey and others complete the impressive cast of this United Artists release.

"The Show On"

ten

days

Bookings for the opening per- are unusually large. formances The managements of the company and theatre yesterday warned the publie that a species of grafter, heretofore unknown to Hongkong, Į threatened to invade the Colony. The pronouncement referred to ticket speculatorn. According to a representative of the company, now in Hongkong, this gentry was In evidence at both Tokyo and Shanghai.

Hilarious comedy, deftly blended with moments of heart-stirring pathos, is the m fare at the Alhambra Theatre. The picture is "The Show-in both cities wore muleted for ex-

As a result many theatre goers

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stcamer All claims against the must be presented to the Under- signed on or before the 23rd. June 1934, or they will not be recognized. are riding to Monte Curio. breaks

To comply with the General Bond- down nearby, and complications ensue ed Warehouse Regulations consignees when the train, equipped with a new must have a Revenue Officer in at- when damaged dutiable engine, departs without them. Lukas, tendance

cunting romance, engages an automo- goods are exninined.

All broken, chafed, and damaged bile to take them on to their destina: Goods are to be left in the Godowns,

there's many tinns--but James Whale has bandled these de- where they will be examined on the Afinesse 8th. Juno 1934, at 10 a.m., by Messrs. lghtful situations with which his knowledge of European Coddard and ourian. manners, custome and outlook on love, has riven him.

"Midnight Club”

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Agents. Hongkong, 2nd, June 1934.

famous stage plays of the modern theatre. The stur is Spencer Tracy, ably aided and abetted by Madge Evans, Lois Wilann and others of note. Audiences will rear with laugh. ter from beginning to end. After the monkey-business of routine comedy that has been seen on the screen 30 often this season, "The Show Off is delightful and believable. It is the story of J. Aubrey Piper, a young story who thought himself about the most Important person on earth. The show gets its title, "The Show Ott." from this character, played by Tracy.

He ile rings true in every scene. a character liftes out of life. He the man who thinks he knows every ting about everything, and doesn't hesitate to tell. the world how good he is. Madge Evans, who scored so

The gentlemen of the movies still Heavily in "Dinner at Eight" and has prefer blondes. That, at least, was become known as the most popular the impression gathered by spectators leading Indy of the screen, gives at the fiming of E. Phillips Oppen- marvellous performance as the girl heim's "Midnight Chub", the meldo who falls for Tracy's fast line of talk,

drama in which Clive Brook, George marries hire, and then, discovers that Raft, Alison Skipworth and Helen The Danish Motor Vessol, he's just a blow-hard. Because she Vinson are co-starred, now at the loves him she tries to soften his falls, King's Theatre. Out of fifty sequences to bring him to a realization of his of the picture, only ten were brunettes, having arrived from Copenhagen, worthlessness and almost breaks her They were picked from among Holly and Genoa, consignees of cargo are Oslo, Hamburg, Gothenburg, Antwerp heart in the effort. But for the most would's select group of dress extras, hereby informed that all gooda are pari the play is built for comety, and and most of them just happened to be being landed and placed at thele risk

hazardous and/or garners a continuous stream of laughs of the fair-haired variety, including to the

extra It is one of the better attractions of Miss Vinson, who enacts the leading hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong the season, and in well worth seeing, feminine role. Several years ago a

and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., general poll of the various studio

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as soon as the goods are landed.

No claims will be admitted after film actresses out-numbered brunettes by a vast margin. The check-up on Paramount's "Midnight Club" set is all goods remaining undelivered after the goods have left the godowns and good proof that the blonde quota has 11th June, 1984, 4 p.m., will be sub- not been reduced. Rather it has gained since the last poll was taken, lect to rent. as this same condition exists on near-

"By Candlelight"

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No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

The Kay atmosphere of an outdoor carnival is much the same in any spella language. And it usually "Romance." This fact la demons- trated in "By Candlelight", Univer sal's sophisticated Continental comedy which comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday, with Elinan Landi and Pauly every large net. "Midnight Club" in the story of an American detective's Lukas in starring roles, and a cost

attempt to break up a great London 11th June, 1934, at 10 a.m. Arther, which also includes NIIK

Grant, jewel theft ring.. kuft is cast as the Esther Ralston, Lawrence Dorothy Revier, Lois January, Wabur detective, his first "straight" charac-

terization in some time and Brook a ton Gnable and other screen favour- ites. Several scenes in the picture the leader of the thieves, take place in the grounds of a little carnival in Austrin, showing a crude- Iness which is unheard of in the United States of the present day. The motive for the merry-go-round, for example, is provided by a horse har- nessed in the centre of the contrap-i tion and pulling the carousel around) after the manner of a treedmill when- ever the attendant desires to take his customers for a ride. The wooden horses are tiny effigies suspended on poles from above, and the machine has no floor whatever. But the traditional carnival spirit is every- where present, and the peasants o hallday bent enlay themselves to the fullest extent. This carnival is visited by Ellesa Landi and Paul Lukas when; the engine of the train on which they

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