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CINEMA NEWS

NOTES FROM THE

THEATRES

Bette Davis declares that the most difficult role she ever played was in Paul Muni's new starring picture, "Borderton", the Warner Bros. pro- duction which comes to the Alhambra Theatre on Sunday. In the story ato murders her husband in what might have been the perfect erine, in order to win the affection of Muni, a pal of her husland's. She commits the nct by pausing through an invisible ray which closes the garage doors while the car, containing her husband, is still running. Her future Muni looks bright, until she learns | that

"Reckless"

the "Reckless" cast also includes

·Franchet Tone and May Robson.

comes

any

"Clive of India”

Kitle

actress,

the King's Theatre.

JA

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1935.

team. The characters scarcely men- Lion football or dying for dear Rah- Rah. Written by John. Erskine, Columbıla

University's professor- novellet, "Bachelor of Arts" now playing at the Queen's Theatre co- cerns human beings who are altending college. Anita Louise, Tom Brown, Arline Judge, Henry B. Walthall, Mao Marsh are among the featured players Albertson are also seen in the cast. while George Mecker and Frank

Stepin Fetchit provides the comedy. Lamar Trotti adapted Erskine's novel directed the film with splendid taste to the screen and Louis King has

and feeling.

"The Great Hotel Murder"

..

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There

Barbara Stanwyck, emotional screen actress, who will be seen in "Lost Lady" at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.

FIVE-YEAR-PLAN

Ilonald Colman's cholec for the acreon's most improved young actress is Loretta Young. That is why Loretta has the leading feminine role in the biggest picture of Colman'? career, "Clive of India, Darryl F, Zanuck's first million-dollar production for 20th Century Pictures, showing on Saturday пс Several years ago, when she was Best Attracting notice, Loretts played ́an ingenue role in Colman's starring here event, Day" But Loreta parties and dancing at the Cocoa seventeen, was more interested nut firove than in the serious side of

et pereen meting. About a year ago, however, Zanuck became convinced and selected her to play musíte that Loretta had starring possibilitira. Column in the latter's first picture for dispenses fnughs and suspense in equal A rib-rocking mystery thriller that with 20th Century, Sulldog Dra

and mensure, is offered by Fox Film in Strikes

This film was comedy he is paying attention to in the main. "Clive of India" The Great Hotel Murder," which is

showing Early in

phu King's Theatre. Margaret Lindsay, an heiress. This drama on the grand scale. to enrages Bette that in a burst of the story the kirl Loretta plays be simund Lowe and Victor McLaglen,

wife the of Robert Clive, and that popular team of easy-going anger she shouts to Muni that we siden of the story, there unfolds the eight pictures since they were spot.

with

buffoons who have appeared jointly in spectacular lat kllled her husband. It was in reach action of a woman trying to hub'n tighted in "What Price Glory," are Ing a high point in dramatics so that

nan who is

who is chimed by the demands

co-featured in

tured in this comedy drama. she might ndmit this guilt that proved |

of public life. It In and temptations of

sleuths, one They portray two a stickler for her. Despising even na stern test of the dranintie ability polished writer of murder stories who petty crime, the thought of a major of

the tr

tris his amateur hand at gol But Colman was

ient act in the murder forced her to steer first to uphold Darryl Zanuck's con- murders, and the ether a heavy, fouted herself as that she could go through for the role, her belliant handling of out to outdo Sherlock Holmes.

tention that Loretta was the netress and equally hefty-brained hotel "dich" with the admission.

which amazed even the star and pro- is unid to be vanlond of throbs and ducer,

thrills, chuckles and "A Lost Lady"

story of rival dote this getting in Jerome Kern, Dean of American

ench other's * ways. In the supporting composers, takes his first bow an a

"" careers, in both talking and silent Ames, Mary Carlisle, Henry O'Ne compnner of song hits written expletures, that any, actor of his age can C. Henry Gordon, William Janney, clusively for the rereen in the Metro-point to. Ricardo Cortez, who plays Charles C. Wilson, John Wray, Jalin Goldwyn-Mayer picture, "Reckless" | the menace role in the First National starring Jenn Harlow and Willis production "A Lost Lady" which is quien, Herman Bing. Madge Belamy,

Robert Gieckier, and Clarence

Among other suggestions being Wilseen. Powell and having its initial showings showing to-day and to-morrow at the

Alhamber Theatre

London, June 20. di that most

glad

considered by the Minister now Lo-naurrow at the Queen's Theatre the time he has been east

A vast programme of road im are schemes for by-passing by- Kern, with Osear Hammerstein 11, menace rather than or a

hero. "

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins,provements has been submitted to passes, made imperative by land: wrote the theme song, Reckless which might have been unished years ago,“ George Raft und Helen Mnck how the Minister of Transport by 52 bordering with brilliant dance ensembles and he sat on the art one day during the the cast of Paramount's "All of Me," counties, 56 county boroughs and roads being developed for building. present arterial host of singing and dancing stars ist gallant lovers, high-minded heroes The picture, directed by James Flood, lowing the aburcement last be spent on this work in the five production, "if I had played nothing new on display at the Star Theatre, nine large Scottish boroughs, fol- Over £30,000,000 is expected to one of the outstanding features of the and the like. This public, it seems far is the screen, adaptation

મકાઇ કર્યું.

month of the Government's five-years, production. For Kara's Initial num-g, grows tired of them before long,

Other ideas submitted by Porter's inge ning, ber, Producer David O. Selznick has while the interesting, plausible, sallis," "All of

year-plan for safer reads. Idratantic Me"

the various councils include staged one of the ingrat entertains vincing "heavy",

bigh-heel seriets

The schemes will cost more than carrying subsidiary roads by is always niebatante from meat spectacles ever recorded for the the theatrical site is called in ounce

The pithen luxury of £100,000,000 if put into effect.

tunnels or lyovers under or over sureen. Again a contiqually

A total of £4,000,000 will be main roads, so leaving the main Infinite variety. I'd rather hand love from two law-crushed kids spent in Yorkshire. Lancashire road traffe free from interference colourful, intelligent persuasive villain from the slums of "Hell's Kitchen."

and Middlesex alone.

from traffic using subsidiary roads. in a screen play, than a Horatio Alger After she

she turns down Fredric March's

The Lancashire scheme calls for type of here. That is why I

fer of marriage beesuse she

Long distance cyclists' tracks never be a star, and I am glad of it, rather take the easiest way around bridges owned by railway and schemes are approved. A number elimination of 200 weak will be multiplied if some of the I have refused the honour more than life,

Miriam Hopkins meets TAVO oner and I should reise it as often devoted lovers, Raft and Helen Mack, other companies.

of surveyors ask for a 7ft. Gin. The West Riding has submitted track for cyclists on some arterial Lady" is a dynamic love

we drama based

into a jam and they both a similar plan for reconstructing highways-British Wireless. on the popular novel by Willa Cather t

to prison. But through her in- terest in their the in

ease, Miriam becomes In go-between for the pair, and, in so doing, she comes to know life, and love as sli nover know it before. Escap. ing from prison, the

the two lovers are exciting nail thrilling elimax. Miriam trapped by police. and, after ny learns the difference between ren! True love and her kind of selfish romance, She goes to March's armis, and they are married,

Looking back over one of the longest

cast Case are

Buch talents

“All of Me"

ing background of gorgronstige, Steresting because he is capable of such | Park Avenue who fearns about life |

that carry Miss Harlow, as a singing .and dancing star, from the heights, of success and across oceans to a low ly Peruvina dier,

overal

of the lend ing vocalists un darcers

of New York and Europe

were called

to me."

enuse she would

_tar prominent roles in the as it with offerals Lost in Wick. An ex-convict, Raft

Hollyber. Carl Randall, sema

musical nuin tional dancing star of Monte Carla

and other gay European entres, who wan the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 makes his debut on the sereen as the with "One of Ours" and adapted to t dancing partner of Miss Hatfow, green by Cienie Markey and Kathryn Nina Mae McKinney, spectacular Scola.

Barbara Stanwyck has the Create "blue" singer, was summoned stellar role while

faz the

cast irinde Frank Morgan, Lyle Talbot,

from night-club triumphs in on Phillip Reed and Hobart Cavanaugh appear in the number, and Allan Jones, recent singing star of "Hilter: Alfred E. Greene directed, Sweet and other notable operettes,

inchelor of Arts"

makes his picture delat during the A motion picture studio has made number. Directed by Vietor Fleming, ja college picture without a fantball

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AIR-CONDITIONED

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Here in the Air conditioned and spacious lounge APPETISING COLD LUNCHEONS, Ice Cream and Soda Fountain Specialities are served under ideal conditions.

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the

£100,000,000 FOR BRITISH HIGHWAY SCHEME

COMMENCING TO-MORROW

150 bridges. Middlesex is denling with 30.

The national bridge projects will cost between £12,000,000 and | £11,000,000.

оп

RADIO BROADCAST

(Continued from Page 7).

10 p.m.

pression of Woman's Werk in Germany.

News in English on DIQ and in Dutch on DJB. Now German Light Mole. Conduc

sort Eugen Sonning. 11.16 p.m. News, in German on D3Q

DJn.

11.30 p.m. Architect Warner March,

German Olympia.

Teachers' Choral Union.

and

The

KWANGTUNG FLOODS.

CROPS DESTROYED BY RISING OF RIVER

Canton, Juno 20. The crops of Kwangtung 'dla- tricts have beon hard hit by the Herions rainstorms which were ex- perienced in many parts of the

11. p.m. Bongs of Rammer. The Blerin provlace during the past. two or

11.15 a.m. News in English on DJg and three days. Canton City's low-

In Bulek on DJR. 12.30 am, Clows down DJG,

Augl.)

DJD (Gerlying districts were also submerg

ed yesterday as the result of the incessant and rapid rise of the Pearl River.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

To-day's Broadcasting From Four Transmissions

The following wavelengths and frequencies new berved by Daventry,

Frequency 4.450 .c. .810 k..

Call Sign

9.585 k.c.

Wavelength 49,50 kro 21.46 brethre 31.30 meiram 29.33stree 25.28 metros 10.52

QSA

CAQ

GAN

CHR

11,750 k.e. 11.905 Kut

HAP

CSG

17,720

481

78,140 ke. x.c. k.c.

GMI

18,260 k.eu

Ca

21,540 Lo

CAL

0.120 k.c. 4.10

16.86 metres 13.97

10.64 Kaytrom 11.53 mètre

Transmission &

(G.R.D. and (1.8.0.1

potre

7 m. His Ben. "Introducing Mr. Iam

shaw." 7.56 m. The B.H.C. Empire Orchestru. Greenwich Time Signet at 12 Midnight

.. Empire Honkabalf-No. 4. Read- ing af extracts from "The Kruger National Park" by C, A. Yaten,

Vii teeltal by Desse Davis,

9.15

4,20 MIN. A

8.15 am. The News. 9.m.

Close down.

Transmission G

(5.8.D. and 65.9.0.) 1.

"

B Ben. "Cupid Plas Two," or

The Ballad of Betty and Greenwich Time Signal at 3.20 p.m. 11.35 m. Bettah Instrumentailete. 11.4 a.m. The News,

17 p.nt, Cima down,

Transmission 2

7 p.m.

Hlen. The Trocadera Cinema Orchestra. 7.30 p.m. The Renter T.T. Rare.

Greenwich Time Signal at 13 Noen ⚫.. Talk: "Freedom." 9.20 p.. Interlude.

9.25 p.m. The News and Annaunesmenta. 1.45 5.m. Class down,

Transmission 3

16.8.G. 10.11.45 pm.; U.RE 10 ..-1 .m.; G.A.B. 13-1 ..}

10 p.m. Bir Den. The BBC Empire

Orchestra. 10.10 p.m. The Henlor T.T. Race. 11.30 pm, The Hotel Metropols Orchestra.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

Strinned

In northern Kwangtung districts Linyuem, Yingtak, Pakong, Teing Yuen and Kwan Tien were inun- dated early this week, when the North River rone by some Teet.

To prevent the flood from inter- rupting the low-lying sections of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the railway management has sent re- pair gangs to reinforce the dama along the river with cement con- erete. Work is being done at Fahsten, Samshui, Têing Yuen and Ying Tak districts—Wah Kiu Yat Po.

12.16. Dance Muale.

Greenwich Time Hianal at 4:30 p.m. 12.10

.. The News and Announesmanis, 13.50 .m. Babes Muste.

I a.m. Clone downi

Transmission 4

(6.8.11 and 8.D.)

PART I

1.4 1.7. Big Ten, The News and An

nouncements. Fruit Market Mačku, 1.35 am. Reginald Itikanı, at the Organ of

the Tower Ballroom, lackpool. 2am. The Walford Hydn Magyar Ör

chestra.

3.30 a.m. 2.60

From the London Theatre.

m. The 11.1.C. Denta

Orchest

directed by Henry Hall. Greenwich Time Signal at 7 pm,

3 mm. Act 1 of Gilbert and Sullivan's Light Opera, "The Mikado,” Re- Inged from Sudler's Wells, Lon- dan. Greenwich Time Higned at pan 4.15 am. The Lenlie Brigowaler "Quintet. 4.30 .. **Introducing Mr. Einshaw," 4,43 a.m. Cloes down.

PART #

5.m. The Banier T.T. Rare.

5.48 a.m. Dance Maale.

.m. The Naws and Announcements. 8.30 .m. Dance Music.

Clone down,

1.49 a.m.

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