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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelengh of 855 metres:-
5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programine. 7-10.80 p.m.-European Programme of Columbia Records.
7.5-8 p.m. Variety." Orchestral—–
THE CHINA MAIL.
ROUND HONG KONG'S
CINEMA
MAIL REVIEWERS.
"THE LADY REFUSES.”
THEATRES
was a vodvil headliner with Anna Chance for many years,
"BEYOND VICTORY.”:
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.
Social Functions. To-day-Tos Dance at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; This Radio Picture, now showing
Dinner Dances at King's Restau Mean to Me, ..... Ted Wallace and at the Queen's, là not such an war-
The public taste for something ant, and Hong Kong and Peninstila His Campus Boys Sweet Music,..... Paul Specht and rants the use of even those cinema new and entirely different in the Hotels
His Orchestra 6435-conventional superlatives that are matter of screen entertainment is
Humorous Song-
Ho's Tall, Mark and Handsome,
Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Virginia (There's a Blue Ridge in
my Heart),
Sophie Tucker 4942.
Orean Solo
Little Pal.
I' in Seventh Heaven,
Tarance Casey, 5625. Humorna Monologue--
The Plenie..... William McCulloch Plano Solo-
Jasmine.
Sweet Nothings,
Voca! Dect-
5570.
5871.
On the Top of the World. Alone, Through!... Layton and Johnstone
Saxophone Solo-
Theatre;
Theatre:
To-morrow-Teà Dances at Hong so hard-worked and frequently used atided by "Beyond Victory; a fineKong Hotel and King's Restaurant; by film-boosters. But, in spite of Pathe picture which was shown Dinner Dances at King's Restaur this, and, because of it, perhaps, the with great success at the Central ant, and Peninsula and Repulse Bay film provides, as was said in
Theatre. It is from start to finish Hotels. the foyer last night, when the last house highly impressed production.
To-morrow-Fancy Dress Carni- was emptying, "nothing spectacular
"Beyond Victory" teila not one, val at Peninsula Hotel. distinct
Entertainments. about it, nothing extraordinary, but but four separate and
To-day it has realism and I've been enter-stories linked by a Afth sequence
→ Kingi tained."
Just sol Betty Compson, which portrays a dramatic situation "Only Says Warko." as that kind of a woman"; and the Great War when four soldiers To-day Quean's Gilbert Emery, as the sad and dia- from different walks of life, face "The Lady Refused. appelated father, make the most almost certain death.
Today Cestral Theatre 26 45% The four soldiers are played by "Beyond Victory." .... Billy Mayer! of the parts entrusted to them, and
give what are described as "finished William Boyd, James Gleason, Fred To-day- Maiestic Theatre performances." While John Dar-Scott and Lew Cody, while in the "The Border Legion."
Today Star Theatre Ow, as the Bon "sowing wild oats" civilian sequences there are stars gives a surprising, At times, and featured players including Zasu "Splinters." portrayal of the character he rePitts, Marion Shilling Liss! Arna
To-day-Harmaton's Circus, op- and Theodore Von Eltz Excellent posite Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. presents,
Home Maila To-day-Inward from Europe via Siberia (Chitral).
Meeting. Monday R.A.0.B. Club's annual general meeting, Club Room, 6 p.m. "THE SECRET CALL”
Lammert's Auction, Monday-At Hungtington, Stubbs William B. Davidson, the honest Road, household furniture, 2.80 magistrate of "The Vice Squad," is p.m. seen as a man of a different calling Paramount has gathered a fan-in "The Secret Call" starring Peggy cinating group of film luminaries Shannon and Richard Arlen, which for "Only Saps Work," the farcical comes to the King's Theatre on comedy which is showing at the Sunday next. King's Theatre now.
The Sweetest Kiss of All, Sax Serene,
Vocal Duet-
5586,
Rudy Weldoelt
4237.
Mon Coeur,Maurire Chevalier and
Yvonne Vallee, Song-
Je Ne Dis Pan Non,
Menice Chevaller, 4402.
8 p.m.-Local Time 8.5-8.40 p.m.-Orchestral. Prisoner of Love (Paz-f-Waller),
Handsome Gigolo (Casucci),
Albert Sandler and His Orchestra
DB99. Chanson Bohemienne (Boldi.“
Nussabaum), The Clock is Playing (Blaauw),
Jean Lensen and His Orchestra
4741. The Language of the Nightingale
(Gennin),
The Jolly Whistlera (Gennin),
The Bournemouth Municipal
The Hearst Newsreel and the support is given by Russell Gleason, Mary Carr, Wade, Boteler, Bert Comedy, which make up the pro- Roach, E. H. Calvert, Fred Walton, granime, emable it to be said of the Rockliffe Fellowes, Lora Baxter and entertainment offered-well balanc- Hedwiga Reicher.
ed.
OFFICIAL SOURCES.
"ONLY SAPS WORK”
In "The Secret Call" Davidson is presented as "the boss"-a leader of
a
BOY WHO HIT LẠNG EDWARD. He Was Given A Sovereign.
Leon Errol, the featured comedian
A man who once struck King Ed- of the picture, has been the star political "machine" in a big city. ward VII. and got a sovereign for comle of Ziegfeld's "Follies" andi Richard Arlen, Paramount's par- Orchestra with Piccolos DB18. also cornered the laugh market for sonable young star, has a new lead-it has died at Kingston (Ontario).| Serenade Passionec (Silean), Jean Len. the famous New York impresariojing woman in his newest picture, of the raids into Canada by Irishi
Fantome (Daniderf).
sen & His Ohestra DB26.
in "Sally" a "Louis the 14th." He "The Secret Call.” brought his trick knee and fun-
He was James P. Delph, a veteran
She is Peggy Shannon, the sens Northern American army after the Fenians demobilised from the Second Serenada (Tonelli arr. Gech), Chanson Hindoue Rimsky-Korsakow making genius to the talking screen catapulated Into fame overnight He was a drummer boy of 18
tion of Hollywood who has Jean Lensen and His Orchestra for the first time in "Paramount on when the illness of Clara Bow made with the Canadian Rides when King |
arr Kreisler),
3919. 8.40-9.43 p.m.-A Concert. Song-
The Chocolate Soldier-My Hero
(Stange and Strauss), The Merry Widow--Vilia
(Ross-Lebar),
Civil War.
Parade."
Richard Arlen, the male romantic at once for
It necessary to find a "pinch-hitter"
the leading feminine Edward, then Prince of Wales, lead in "Only Saps Work" is one of part in this thrillog dramatic the guard of honour at Quebec
visited Canada. The band was In the most popular of the younger romance. film favourites. Among the pic-
The Prince happened to be stand- Arlen is seen as the son of a big ing nearby when Delph was attend tures he has made for Paramount
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Virginia Perry with Chorus are "The Four Feathers," city political boas. Miss Shannon ing to his drum. Some Station MARBLE HALL
Organ Solo-
Devotion (Ketelbey), Pleading (Haydn Wood),
4894.
Terance Casey 5384.
I Love the Moon. (Bubens), The Little Green Balcony
(McDermaid-Coates), Habert Bisdell (Tenor) 4811. Instrumental-
"The Four Indian Love Lyrics" "Kashmiri Song" and "Till I Wake" from (Amy Woodfords Finden),..... Jacob's Ensemble
Chorus
2983.
Island Sheiling Song (Hebridean
-Song),
is the telephone operator who vows pulled at the plumes of the drum Virginian," "Thunderbolt," "The Light of Western Stars," "The vengeance on the political gang mer's hat. Dolph struck at them Border Legion," and "The Sea God!" after they have ruthlessly sacrificed with a drumstick and kit the
Mary Brian, who shares the love from disgrace. Due to a series of
her father to save "the machine" Prince.
The amused Royal visitor present interest in the picture with Arlen,! has appeared with him in The tense circumstances, Miss Shannoned the embarassed boy with a gold
gains the upper hand in the battle piece. Man. I Love,” “The Virginian,”] "Burning Up" and "The Light of because of her love for Arlen she of wits with the politicians, but Western Stars." She was featured
reconsiders. The climax is super- recently in "The Social Lion," with Jack Dakle, and in "Only the Brave" charged with high-voltage drama- with Gary Cooper.
Stuart Erwin injects additional comedy, as the blonde, and bewilder-
tica.
"POLITICS."
(s) Blow, My Bully Boys, Blow. (b)|ed bell-boy who wants to become a Marie Dressler, in her first starr-
Billy Boy (arr. Sir R. Terry)
Greenock Male Voice Chole 4529. Piano Solo-Wagneria (Doucet) Piano Solo-
Solo Chopinata (Doucet)..... Clement Doucet 4886,
Negro Spiritual:-
Run, Mary, Run (Arr. Guion)
Negro Spiritual Nobody Knows de
Trouble I Sees (arr. Gulon) ...... Edas Thomas (Soprano) 5194. Melody (Dawen),
Octet
Moonbeams and Shadows (Squire),
J. H. Squire Celeste Jctar 6329.
Sittin' Thinkin' (Tempest and
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Fisher),
You Along o Me (O'Reilly-
Sanderson),
Malcolm McEachern (Bass) 485. 9.43-10.11 p.m.-Musical Comedy and Talkie Tunen,
Mr. Cinders
Spread a Little Happiness,
VICTOR RADIO
detective. He was in "Young ing vehicle, "Politics," which will SERVICE STATION. Eagles," "Sweetle,"
and "Love open on Sunday at the Queen's Among the Millionaires.”
Theatre, put in hours with her Charlie. Grapewin, who here director just to have her clothes graduates from short feature psychologically political; ' comedies, plays a character part. He
"I had to play a woman running for mayora feminine politician,” she explains, "so the costumes had to carry out the Idea. To have Nippy--
made them too mannish would The Toy Town Party,
Binnie Hale (Soprano) Nippy,
have simply echoed the comic with Debroy Somers supplement Ides of * feminine
Band DBS49. politician and thus gotten Whoopeo...
have them too We made them Film Songs Medley.... Billy Cotton Laugh. To
and His Band DB282 feminine would have 10.11-10.27 p.m.--Operatie.
look unlikely for a woman La Torca
battling for votes."
::
Prelude Act (Puccini),
Alda Bianie Hale (Soprano); I'm a One-Man Girl, ........ Binnie Hale
(Soprano) and Bobby Howes.
5234
Bitter Sweet
If Love Were All, Bitter Sweet,
Jack Payne and B.B.C. Dance
Orchestra, 5443.
„JIGGS! DON'T GO
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Milan Symphony Orchestr
*5804.
Grand March (Verdi)
Milan Symphony Orchestra and
Choras 0606. (This Record is by Suecial Request),
10.30 p.m.-Close Down
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