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We Live Again?”” a United |Artists" release, brings Anna Sten | and Fredric March once again to the screen at the King's Theatre in a passionate` picture`varsion of Tolstoy's prophetic novel “Be- surrection."
Fredric March is în-one of the most interesting of the three rules] GENERAL NOTICES |*s Prince Dimitri The picture is
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"THE FLAME WITHIN”— QUEEN'S THEATRE: -
ADAMSON DELIVERS THE CATCH
GOOD PROGRAMME
AT QUEEN'S
Ann Harding In Notable Film
BRIDGE NOTES
Encouraging Play For Overtricks By Ely Culbertson
FOUND DEAD IN
LIFT SHAFT
Attendant Who Joked With Friends
Edwin Greenhalgh, aged 65, a [lift attendant, was found dead in la lift shaft at Townshend Hook and Cal's paper mills at Snodland (Kent).
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will
be broadcast to-day from the
He had been having lunch and Hong Kong Broadcasting Station joking with his workmates. five ZBW. on a wavelength of 355 minutes before the discovery, metres. (845 K.(/3). When he was found his head was RELAY FROM DAVENTRY OF crusbed and four ribs were! broken.
"LIFE IN ZANZIBAR” ZEK. Programing 1230-213 pm- European Pro-
12.30 pm-Recorded Music. 1 am-Local. Time: and Weather
1.15 pmHong Kong Hotel Or
215 pm-Close Down. 6-8 pm-European Programare. 5-7 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Dance frchestra,
An inquest was held by Mr. Arthur H. Neve, the county coroner. With the jury be in- spected the lift and its method of Report working.
Returning Accidental Death, the chestra jury recommended that glass should be provided to the cage of the lift or that other steps abould be taken by which similar acci- ¡dents might be avoided.
The managing director of the company promised that this should be done.
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7-2.25 p.m.-Excerpts from Opera. Selection- Trovatore (Verdi)
Gertsnow. Vocal
Tales of Hoffmann "(Ofenbach) Selection-Fanst (Gounod)
75-8 Variety. Piano Duets Cumparzila Tango.
Jean Wiener and Clement Doucet, Vocal Das Gibt's Nar Eizmal
The Melody Gents Pecordeon Solo-Ma Petite Java
VocalHow I Doin'?
Gigetto Cartoncelli.
Aaron Sisters.
Eddie Peabody.
Smashes Into Police Banjo Solo-St. Louis Blues
Station
Prague. The rider of a motor-cycle came
South Sea. Islanders.
Dance of the Paper Dolls
Two really great character THE REGISTER OF SHARES actors, Ann Harding, the famous of the Corporation will be closed American stage and "screen star, from MONDAY, 29th July to and Herbert Marshall, the British SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST" "(both ZCTOг. Zre cast together in this
Orchestra. days inclusive) daring which picture now showing, at the "THE FLAME WITHIN”
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-Others in the cast include jove-
"The Flame Within" is a fi declarer to play for his contract
London Novery Orcheste 726 c/o "China Mail"
By Order of The Board ofly and fragile Maureen O'Sulli-that will interest many, being cer and forget about overtricks when crashing through one of the win-Song-Viens Danser Quand Mahe
Lucienne Boyer (Soprano). var, the young Irish actress, who tred round that subject of such the attempt to make extra tricks dows of a Prague police station Instrumental Tropical Hulas is well remembered for her perlasting interest and controversy-involves a risk of being set, so it He lay on the floor, cut and bleed- formances in David Copperfeld" the professional "woman. An is the business of the defence to ing His machine had hit the Xylophone Solo- and "The Barretts of Wimpole Harding plays-and very adequate lure him into breaking this rule curbstone and shot him over the Street. takes a big step towards the part of the lady doctor. in when the play for evertricks handlebars. stardom with her clever portrayal
that most fascinating department seems likely to lose. On to-day's The police doctor socn sewed up of the role assigned to her in this of psycho-analysis; while Herbert band the South player became the (Continued at foot of next CoL) Marshall plays the professional declarer at s contract of four Henry Stephenson, who is al ways good in a small part and colleague who would have her give hearts, which should have been INTERIM DIVIDEND of who has played in approximately up her career and marry him. Bu made with the greatest of ease ing, just as West had hoped, that same Broadcast from 2.B.K. on a A ONE DOLLAR Per Share for we, pears period of thres Ann has had results; she has sue- West, playing the defence, at eneing, YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and the six months ended 30th June. Fears, again gives his usual flare ceeded in her profession, and she stage of the proceedings made East's hand. He accordingly en-Minor for Flutes and Strings (Bach) promptly printed. - "China Mal" 1935 will be payable '03 TUES-less performance, this time as cannot bring herself to give it up very misleading play which mad➡tered dummy with the club King played by Willem Mengelberg and fis
DAY. 20th August on which date boisterous, good-natured friend Her work, she claims, is almost South suddenly think that he and led the heart nine, overtaking Concertgebouw Orchestra
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to do this the South players West, of course, this time won ed on application at the Com- "The Flame Within" is definite kind of religion.
Worth Seeing
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something new in motion pic
She is soon involved in most in found himself not even fulfilling clarer back in the dummy by Renter). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Sure drama, something fascinat;
much teresting cases. Maureen O'Salli-his contract- that the REGISTER OF SHARES{ing, gripping and very of the Company will be CLOSED worthwhile, and shorid please van, as the young and wealthy girl from THURSDAY, 8th August, to even the most fastidious of who attempts suicide, is sent to MONDAY. -19th August, (both cinema-goers. days inclusive)
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ber.
And our clever doctor soon
I discovers the reason for her misery: it is love and love for a young man to whom Efe is but at game, who plays and drinks and
Instead of a gangster, a rowdy cares for nothing. Soon Arn finds 0. EAGER or a hooligan, as one would ex-them both on her hands a busy Secretary-pect, Jimmy Cagney is seen as a life for a young and beautiful Hong Kong. 1st August 1935. Federal sleath in "G-Men," which woman doctor.
The story is interesting and the will be screened at the Alhambra
players well chosen: and altogether Theatre to-day.
The story, written by Gregory it is a film well worth seeing.
Interesting Feature Roges, was based on the head-
Another interesting feature, of Hines which have glared across the front pages of America's the programme is a short film "Myl
It is a newspapers for the past four Grandfather's Clock".
story-and a most exciting one-
There is an orchestra, a chorus to dance and sing, a young couple în
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9.15-930 pm-Oid÷Teber." leading his last club.
Let's have a Choros South of course, could still have There is a Tavern in the Town saved the day by guessing that he
(Traditional)
Johnny, comes (Traditional)
..
marching home
(9:30-10, pam-Dance Moxie.
10 Bester Press Bulletins.
pm-A Relay from
The B.B.C. Orchestra (Section E) conducted by Julian Clifford,
1005-10:30
could return to his own hand, hy] (a) Vive la Compagnies fol. When playing three rounds of diamonds rather than the third round of clabs. However, South played the percentages at this point and res- soned that despite West's discard he had a better chance of not be ing overruffed on the third round of clubs than on the third round Daventry, of diamonds. He accordingly lad the
Daventry.
10.30-10.45 pm Relay from.
"Remote Corners,” No. 2—Life in
A Talk by C. F. Batti
10.45 pm-Close Down
ten of clubs and trumped Zanzibar.
combe 0.BE. with the heart six in his own hand
and. West-promptly overtramped for the setting trick. Of course. had South trumped the club with his cuts and made him comfort- the high heart, West's twiceable on 'a conch. guarded seven-spot would have Shortly afterwards a man enter- provided the setting trick.
led the police station and said he There is very little excnse for had come to report the theft of his Youth's going down on this hand}motor-cycle."
Jimmy Cagney, still a tough love, a detective, a grandfather The bidding: (Figures after but he could not possibly have The police asked the number—
North
ZD
xuy, has the role of "Brick Davis" clock, a most amusing grandfather bids refer to numbered explana done so had West not given him and then said, reassuringly, that
The singing of New York's East Side, and is—and a murderer.
the opportunity by the clever re-the thief had brought the machine East South
West fusal to overtrump.
straight to them.. co-starred with Aan Dvorak, who consists of words that tell this paragraphs)-
Bond popular
Pass < (2) plays the part of the wife of story sung to old Public Enemy No. 1. She leads tunes. And the colour effects, D (1) Pass
15 --2-
Pase a chorus of dancing beauties in needless to say, are delightful
Pass Pass a night-club scene. Her song.
In one of the news shorts 1Despite the lack of a fit with especially written for her, will see the state of Quetta after the
his partner's suit, North is far probably be one of the season's earthquake disaster, a sight that is jimpressive. Other news items in-
too strong to make a sample big hits.
rebid of three diamonds, parti- clade the American Universities"
enlarly after his partner has THE GAY BRIDE" MAJESTIC boat race with California as
made a free bid: THEATRE
And here the photo- graphic angles give some effective Carole Lombard and Chester results. It is a decidedly good. Morris make an ideal couple for programme Phyllis Juby. this skit on the methods employ- ed in gangsterdom before the re- peal of prohibitioù.
•
easy win
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN KM.A. MINES
an
and near 2-Despite the length
solidity of South's heart suit. the South player quite proper- ly does not make a stronger | bid because no fit has been found on the hand. Against the four-heart contract Chester Morris is cast as a
West naturelly opened the spade lientenant of the "big boss," who
Ace and after receiving a 'bigh- is secretly in love with his chief's}
leard signal from his partner, con- "moll," played by Carole Lom- Tientsin-Martial law was de-finned with his other spade East hard The "moll" makes it her claped recently in the coal mines won the second spade trick with duty to see that she is always the of the Kailan Mining Administra- the Queen and now continued with "moll" of the reigning king oftion in Machinkow, northeastern a third spade, knowing, of course, the underworld, Do matter how Hopei, where over 1,000 men are that both the declarer and his many changes are necessary dur-jon strike against an increase of partner were now void în the suit.
ng a year. By the time Morris working hours. becomes boss she is, however," so; much in love with him that the change is spontaneous.
“MUSIC IN THE AIR-
STAR THEATRE
"WEST POINT OF THE AIR
ORIENTAL THEATRE
On the third round of spades the declarer trumped with the heart eight, which, since the nine was in durony, was an equal" of the ten. West at this point made the play which subsequently led to Described as the greatest epic the declarer's downfall -Having of the ar since Hell's Divers, sure" trump trick in the thrice This picture heralds the requm the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gnarded Jack West deliberately of Gloria Swanson, the glamorous triumph, West Point of the Air failed to overruff, hoping thereby star of the old last days, and starring Wallace Beery, is now in some way or other subseque
her first picture since the showing at the Oriental Theatre to make two tricks in facies came into vogne.
Betry 18 cast 25,a sergeant who discarded John - Boles is opposite Miss raises his son to be an officer in Swanson in a role which gives him the American Air Force and then plenty of opportunity to use
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