SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932.
SHOWING SOON
AT THE CENTRAL.
A GREAT PICTURE OF IN- TENSE DRAMA, STRIKING BEAUTY & TOUCHING: SENTI, MENT-TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST IMMORTAL FILMS OF THE SCREEN.
CHARLES
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directed Frank Bur zage with an all star cast
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"POLLY OF THE CIRCUS.”
Borrowing a chapter from grown up racketeer methods, Hollywood youngsters have started a unique system of their own to mulet "hush money from motion picture" com-" panies making talkie scenes on out door locations.
"THE FLOOD”
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THE CHINA MAIL.
RADION
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME."
The following "programme wili be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadenating Station.' Z.B.W. [on a wavelength "of 355 matres. "The Flood," Columbia Pictures" spectacular feature which opens at (845 KC's):- the Central Theatre to-day, is a 4-7 pim-Chinese recorded" pro thrilling and absorbing human in-gramme.
terest story laid in the locale of a 7-11.30 p.m. —— European Pro-
small town on the banks of the gramme. great Mississippi River.
It is crammed with excitement. romance and drama and has stir- ring scenes which vividly depict the confusion and terror that - result | Alfred Santell, directing "Polly of when the Mississippi wipes out the Circus," Marion Davies' new leeves and overflows the surround- starring vehicle, encountered the ing country. The plot is splendidly juvenile racketeers while Alming motivated and the characterisations garden scenes for this picture.
are true to life. Clark Gable plays. opposite Miss Eleanor Boardman has the Davies in the filmisation of the role of Joan Marshall, Margaret Mayo play, which will heroine. She unquestionably dis- come to-morrow to the Queen's plays the best acting of her Theatre Included in the cast are career.
13 Monte Blue
"RESERVED FOR LADIES"
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7-9.30 p.m.-A Programme of Victor records..
7.02-7.22 p.m.-Operatic. Vocal Duet-
Rigoletto-Safety Guard this Tender
Blossom (Verdi),
Madam Amelita Galli-Curel & Giuseppe De Luca (3051), Orchestral—
Lohengrin-Prelude (Wagner),
Philadelphia Symphony Orch. conducted by Leopold Stokowski (8791).
the Chorus-
BR
C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, upstanding young hero, gives a David Landau, Ruth Selwyn and splendid performance. David Newell Maude Eburne.
gives an excellent performance as Randolph Bannister, a philanderer.
Other members of a particularly Frank fine "supporting cast are Sheridan, William V. Mong, Ethel Wales, Arthur Hoyt, and Violet Barlowe. James Tinling directed the film.
Many of the scenes in Para- mount's comedy of London's fashionable social life, Reserved for Ladies," which comes to the King's Theatre on Sunday next, with Leslie Howard in the featured ATTACK ON JEHOL
IS ANTICIPATED.
role, are laid in the shopping dia triet of the British capital
As traffic conditions made it im-
possible to get street shots with the Japanese Massing Of
action desired, an out-door street was built at the studio in imitation
of one of London's luxury shoppingy centres and a constant stream of traffic was simulated to produce the desired effect." London's famillar': red omnibuses, taxis, delivery vans
Troops.
PEIPING REPORTS.
+1
La Traviata-Chorus of Matadors
(Verdi)
La Traviata-Chorus of Gypsies
(Verdi),
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
(4109).
7:22-8 p.m.-A.Concert. Vocal Dust-
Beautiful Ohio (MacDonald-Earl},
Olive Kline & Elsie Baker (4019). String Bass Solo
Minuet in G (Beethoven), Vale Miniature (Koussevitzky),
Serge Koussevitzky (1476) SongTM
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK,
Orders inued by Lient. Col. L. G. Bird, D&O, OXL, Com- manding H.K.V.D.C:--
PARADES.
Corpe Signals, Parades at Corps Headquarters at 5.90 p.m..on Tuesday, August 9, and Friday, August 12, for Signal ling Instruction.
Machine Gun Company.
cording to the following time table:-
No. 3 Section, Centre, at Head- quarters at 5.80 p.m. on Monday, August 8..
No. 6 Section, Kowloon Cricket Club, at Kowloon Cricket Club at 6 pm on Tuesday, August 9.
No. 4 Section, Kowloon Dock, at Kowloon Dock at 6.30 p.m. on Fri- of day, 'August 12,
A lecture on characteristics Machine Gun will be given in the Miniature Range on Tuesday, August 9, at 6.30 p.m.
On Friday, August 12, N.C.O. Class and Signallers will all parade at 5.80 at Headquarters.
A.A.L.A. Company,
Portuguese Company.
tures on interesting and instruc The courge of classes and lec
tive subjects will be continued dur ing the month of August, on Tues- day evenings at 5.30 p.m. in the Lecture Room. All NC,0.'s are No, I Section, A.P.C., and No. 2 expected to attend, and any other Section, H.K. Electric.-The usual member of the Company who is in- weekly instruction parades ara sus-terested, may do so. When the pended till further notice. In training season commences, the stead, the two Sections will parade position regarding existing N.C.O.'s Boots (Kipling-Felman),
Reinald Werrenrath Baritone together on the first Thursday of and promotions generally, will be each month at A.P.C. Installation, reconsidered in the light of the at- North Point, at 5.80 p.m. Mem-tendances at these lectures. Bu [bers are strongly urged to attend The fifth lecture will be on Tues- as often as day, August 9. Subject:"Rifle. intermediate parades possible with No, 8 Section, Centre, and Hand-Grenade" by a N.CO., at Headquarters every Monday at 1st Battalion, South Wales Border- 6.80 p.m..
(6583). Piano Solo-
Aufschwung (Soaring), (Schumann), Tango (Albeniz),
Wilhelm Bachaus (1445) The Nightingale and the Rose
(Rimsky-Korsakow),
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano) (1456).
Song
Violin Sclo-
Zapateado (Sarasate), Hebrew Melody" (Adhron),
Peiping, July 31. That the Japanese military are planning to launch a large Song--
western
Ganga
Jascha Heifetz (6885)
Din (Kipling-Spross Reinald Werrenrath Baritone (6585).
8 pm Local Time & Weather Report.
8.03-8.35 p.m. Variety. Orchestral-
and trade bicycles, all true to type scale campaign against Jehol pro- made the set noisy with the tootingvince is indicated by the heavy of horns. Many extras, had little
in troop movements to do other than sit in the taxis or omnibuses and ride up and down Liaoning All Japanese. troops Fat Paichipao and the neighbour the make-believe street.
ing region have been rushed to Chinchow and Suichung for con- centration. Traffic on the so- called Mukden Shanhaikwan The explosive war-time career Railway has been partially" sus-Song- were re-lived for the purpose of pended to allow troop transporta- numerous scenes in "The World and tion. the Flesh," latest George Bancroft picture, which is showing to-day at the Oriental Theatre.
THE WORLD AND THE FLESH.”
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A Penny for Your Thoughts,
"Don 'Aspiazu' & His· Havane Casino Orchestra (28923).
Christels Lied
(From
"Congress Dances"),
Lilian Harvey (Soprano) Kung in German:
Heurigen Lied
(From "Congress Dancis"),
Willy Fritsch (Baritone) sung in German. record idly leaned
a listener.)'.
Manchukuo units, under Yu Chih-shan and Chang Hai-peng. Song- totalling about 10,000 men, are being despatched to Chinchow from Shenyang (Mukden) and
Manchukuo Government: They will be employed by the Japan- Orchestral ese as the vanguards of the If I Had You, army invading Jehol, it is believ- Deep Night, ed. "Another force, under Wang
(This
TRUSTING. CO;
In making the scenes for "The Tien-chung, hitherto stationed Song— 17A, QUEEN'S ROAD C.
World and the Flesh," the Playa de along the Yingkow-Kowpangtse (same 18 Long Hing, Photographer) Ensenada was used in and out of branch railway, have been in- Owing to our cheap rental and ow San Pedro Harbour, California, instructed to proceed to Ihsien, on working expenses we are able to offer the pier and sea sequences of this the Chinchow-Chaoyang branch pur SWATOW DRAWNWORK, CAN: Alm, a romance of a Red pirate in railway. TON SILK SHAWLS. HANDMADE LACES,
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Victor Salon Orchestra (21928).
Oh! That Mitzi!..
(From "One Hour With You"), What Would You Do?
(From "One Hour With You"),
Maurice Chevalier, Baritone (22941). Two Japanese armoured trains 8.35-9.30 p.m. Orchestral. and one Japanese cavalry regi- Bavarian Dance, Op. 27, No. 2
(Elgar), George Bancroft is seen as thement are now stationed at Chao-
London Symphony Orchestra captain of this vessel. In the yangahih on the Jehol-Liaoning
(This record is kindly, Joaned changing fortunes of the hectic border. Chinese soldiers are gar-
by a listener.) days depicted by the film, Bancroftrisaning Nanling and Lotokou Capriccio Italien (Italian Caprice) |_
(Tschaikowsky), subsequently becomes, in turn, a near. Peipiao. Japanese aero- stoker working in the hold of the planes have been scouting daily ship and later the master of the over the area. vessel again.
Five-hundred Russian extras were used in the atmosphere scenes of this production.
Miriam Hopkins heads the sup- porting cast which indudes Alan Mowbray, George E, Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Oscar Apfel and Reginald
Barlow.
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra (6949-50).
Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Ossip
·Gabrilewitsch - (6833).
A message from Chengte, pro-Valse-Serenade (Tschaikowsky), vincial capital of Jehol, reports that the situation is quiet there. Pedestrians are subject to strict searches at night. On July 28 two Japanese aeroplanes circled over the provincial government building for 20 minutes and scat tered handbills over the city. Kuo Min.
IKELAMATION UNSEENDE, WANGHALF MILE
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OPERAF CITY THEATRE
LAST 2 PERFORMANCES TO NIGHT 7.30 & 9:30.
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It is a story so powerful, so kuman, and with "auch "a", "bite" that it enters into every heart. Wonderfully thrilling
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(a) Russian Soldier's Song Marche Miniature (Altschuler), (Tschaikoway),
(b)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Other Sections, will parade ac-
Continued from previous Column.
ers.
Anzac Company. Parade at Volunteer Headquar ters at 5.15 p.m. on Monday, August 8, and proceed to Kennedy All records in the above. Euro Road Range for Vickers gun firing pean programmes are kindly sup instruction and demonstration. plied by Messrs. Tsang Fook Piano All ranks are requested to make a
Co.
9.30-11.30 p.m.—A` programme of] Dance Music kindly supplied The Brunswick House. Fox Trot
I'm Keepin' Company, Under Your Window To-night
point of this parade.'
·N.C.O.'s Class will be held on;
by Friday, August 12, at 5.30 p.m. All N.C.D.'s and other members of the Company who may be interest- ed should attend these classes" re, 16130) gularly as all future promotions. and appointments will be subject (6174) to examination.
When It's Sleepy Time Down South, 'I 'Need Lovin'.
Valle Del Colorado, Waltz
Noche de las Parejas Fox Trot-
I'll Still Belong to You,
You Are the Melody Kiss by Kiss,
One of Us Was Wrong Tango
(42196)
The Officers. Commanding the undermentioned Units will issue. their Orders separately to their Commands: (4950) I-Engineer Company.
II-Machine Gun Troop. III-Armoured Car Section. IV-Motor Machine Gun Section.. V.-Scottish Company.
(6256).
..(6067)
When Your Hair Has Turned to
Fox Trot-
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Who'll Buy my Violets?.
Fox Trot
Amapola Waltz
Silver.
Blue Pacific Moonlight
My Mom
Now That I Have You,
Let's Get Friendly,
Boy! Oh Boy! Oh! Boy!
I've Got it Bad!
(6098)
Reaching for the Moon, Fox Trot
Heartaches....
By the Fireside
Walts
I Love You So Much, Betty Co-Ed...... The Song of the Fool,
Let me Have my Dreams, Fox Trot
Am I Blue "I Don't Know Why,
I'm With You!
Amendment.
Corps Orders No. 27/32 dated:
1932:-
(6282) July 8,
No. 1912 Pte. M. H. Large should read "No. 1919 Pte. M. H. Large."
"No. 1918 Pfe. J. G. Meyer" should read "No. 1920 Pte. J. G. Meyer."
(6023)
"No: 1914 Pte, G. Henderson" (4852)
should read "No, 1921 Pte. G. Hen- (4970) derson."
......(4429)
I'm So Alone with the My Extraordinary Gal Waltz et ufor
directed by Ossip habash Moon,
Gabrilowitsch (8885)
Ma Mere L'Oye (Mother Goose)
(Ravel),
Boston Symphony Orchestra (7871-2). Henry VIII. (Saint-Saens),
Walter Damrosch and the National Symphony Orchestra (7292-8),. Continued in Next Column,
Gazing at the Stars". Fox Trot
"No. 1915 Ple. C. Neave" should read "No. 1922 Pte. C: Neave.
"No. 1918 Pie P. E. Basket" should read "No. 1923 Pte. P. E. (M12236) Baskett,” f Crowd, "No, 1917 Pte. L. Blair' should
(M12854) read "No, 1924 Pte. L. Blair."
Strength,
(M12101)
Think a Little Kindly of Me, Were You Sincere?
A Tear Was Born,
Lady Play Your Mandolin (M12087). Waltz
Ukulele Moon,
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