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Cinema Notes From
The Theatres
[“MAGNIFICENT: OBSESSION":
KING'S THEATRE
The title of this picture refers to a magical pattern of living which local theatre-goers will have an opportunity to learn when they see the Universal John M. Stahl production, with Irene Dun ne and Robert Taylor in the star ring roles.
tiona for 1936.
"DESPAIR OF COURTS”
Elizabeth Wright, aged 90, a old-age pensioner, made her 157th appearance in the Marylebone dock last month. She was charg- ed with being drunk and capable and was fined 10s, or seven days
12-
She was said to be."the despair
and, court of magistrates sionaries"
BRIDGE NOTES
The Despised Finesse
By Ely Culbertson
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programms will the be broadcast to-day from. Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W. on a wavelength of 355 metres ($45 KC.
Daventry Relay-Monologue in Melody
Recorded-Programme
12.30-215 Rm-Dance Music.
1 pm-Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 pm Jazz Piano Recital by Benara
1.15 pm-Jazz Piano Recital by Benaza.
115 pm-Songs by Tudor Davies (Tenor). |
1.30 pm-Reuter Press Bulletins,
announcements.
J
Markham Duke, an English-buldog, won the best-of-the-breed bine ribbon at the annual National Capital Kennel Cnd abòw” Tast month. Despite that disturbingly Gerce look, the Duke is a mild- tempered fellow. He is owned by Thomas 3. Parvin of Newark, New Jersey-
At the same time they will see what is regarded as a powerfulky emotional film drama, the crown- ing effort of a master screen di- rector. A stirring motion picture, it promises to become one of the screen's most important contribu- I have written a great deal on the iniquity of the finesse - per- Primarily, the stary deals with haps too much. I should certain-Local: Weather forecast, time and the romance of Miss Irene Dunly not like my readers to get the ne, portraying a beautiful yang impression that all finesses are bride, and Robert Taylor, delin-unwise and should be shunned. It
wastrel scion eating a
must be ever borne in mind' that wealthy family.
generalities, in bridge especially,
7 pm-A Relay from Daventry. The climax of the story comes
never can be as effective as speci-
*Monologue ta
Song- Melody"-Jules six years later, in a series of
fe analysis
Rubens in a programme of syncopat- with heart-rending events filled
Today's hand was submitted to jed pianoforte music. tenderness.
in culminating
7.15 pm-The Hill Billies. me-by 요건 expert. He shame
Pop-eyed Pete.
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1.40 pm-Light Orchestral Music. 2.15 pm-Close Don 5-8 pm European Programme. 5-7 Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
sweetly poignant love drama such facedly admitted that be had Little Mountain Cabin. las rarely reaches the screen. achieved the remarkable result of Under the Old Pine Tree.
The large cast supporting Misa down two on a four heart contract Dunne and Taylor in "Magnificent where no less than twelve tricks Obsession" includes Charles But-
terworth, Betty Farness, Sara would have rewarded proper play.
North, dealer. Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Ar metta, Gilbert Emery and Arthur
Both sides vulnerable. Treacher.
SPECIAL AGENT"-QUEEN'S
THEATRE
This picture, with Bette Davies SJ 9742 and George Brent in the stellar 9
DQJ76 roles, is said to reveal the inner
CQJ 20 workings of the US Treasury Department, showing an entirely new angle of the Government's ac- tivities in wiping out the nation's public enemies. George Brent, in the role of a newspaper reporter North on a New York daily, also allied is with the Government as an under-40
man, is trying to get evi- cover
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(final bid) of an Amah or Office attendar: are (Continued from Next Column) requested to apply direct by Phone tual Indian strain, was sung in
North's four club bid as an at- to the undersigned when good ser-! vants will be introduced. No service canyon with unique echo effects dence against the crooks and at
that make each note ring. The the same time preventing them tempt to show the great strength fee.
Employment Office, Tak Lee Yuen natural echoes were considered in from murdering Bette Davies, his of the hand and to give a slam-try
Phone $3206. No. 8 Fide
Yongkok.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
- Public Auctions
St.working out a special orchestra-sweetheart, who has unwittingly at a safe stage in the bidding. tion for the song, which is sung taken a job as the personal secre- When South made the minimum by Jeannette MacDonald and Nel-tary to the head of the band. Ri-response of four hearts. North son Eddy, the co-stars in the piccardo Cortez has the role of the decided not to experiment further.
Others polished, ruthless killer.
West suspected that North's tare.
The stirring "Song of the Moun-in the cast are Jack La Rue, Hen-club bid was made for the purpose ties," which Nelson Eddy aings, istry O'Neill, Robert Strange, Joseph of stopping a lead in the sait, and sung on horseback, with the bari-Creham, J. Carroll Naish and Ro-therefore he opened the club ¡tone as a sergeant of mounted bert Barrat. police at the head of his column,
in a mountain canyon. Nelson Ed- dy's song "Rose Marie, I Love!
THE Undersigned have received you," is also sung against . the Tinstructions to sell by Publicanorama of the Sierras
Auction
Monday, the 15th June, 1936, commencing at 11.00 am.
at their Sales Room,
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THE INVISIBLE RAY”— ALHAMBRA & CENTRAL THEATRES
queen. Dummy's ace won and the low trump was led to declarer's 2ce A spade to the king lost to East's ace and a clizb was returned, dummy winning the trick. At this point declarer had Aside from the music of the ori The most remarkable outdoorļa brain-storm-he jumped to the ginal stage production, two grand setting constructed at Universal totally unsound conclusion that a opera arias are sung by Miss Mac-studios for many years was used "safety play" would be to draw Donald in sequences showing her in this picture, the drama as an opera star, at the opening science and adventure and close of the picture. These Karloff and Bela Lugosi
by
Duddell Street Quantity of Porcelain, two were specially adapted
Stothart Cloisonne and Lacquered Ware
Terms: Cash on Delivery
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STAMPS
Few Complete Sets of BRITISH COLONIES
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HONG KONG HEIGHTS
an
of another round of trumps, disdain- starring ing the finesse for the queen. It was quite to the contrary, as he The spot is supposedly located soon discovered. West showed oat in the depths of the African jun-when the king of trumps was gle, and represents a great pit played and declarer was in a jam. *THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII" caused by the fall of enor-He tried to establish spades for -STAR THEATRE mous meteor impregnated with discarding purpose, but East ruff- Kadium X, z hitherto unknowned the lead to the king, cashed his Written by James Ashmore substance a thousand times more queen of hearts, and led a club for Creelman and Meville Baker, the powerful than radium. The the fourth defensive trick. With story is of the world when the in-"set" covers almost three acres, no trumps left in dummy, declarer fluence of Christ's teaching was with lofty cliffs of solid rock sur later had to lose a diamond. about to be felt. A man, embit-rounding a gaping hole 200 feet in
Careful analysis would have tered when poverty costs him the diameter. Jets of steam issue shown a heart finesse as the safe- lives of his wife and child, makes from the seething substance beest line of play. Moreover, after money and power the aims of his low, and tropical vegetation hast was taken, automatically career. How he rises from 3 begun to encroach again on this
squeeze would have developed blacksmith's forge to pagan splen- great wound literally seared out
against West The ace and king dour is told in the picture. His of the heart of the jungle. As of diamonds, followed by the rest conquests as a gladiator, killing setting for the story it is most im-
of the trumps, would have redzic- for pay, are gripping highlights.'pressive, and from the standpointed all hands to three cards. West's, Finally, as master of the areas, of artistry it forms an outstand-to guard the spade suit, would he stages spectacles in which ing example of the uncanny skill have to be three spades, which thousands are slaughtered for the of studio technical departments.
would promote South's club eight amusement of a degraded 'and Karloff, as a scientist, dares not to winning rank.
A four trick blood-thirsty populace. Then, at come in contact with the deadly
swing" because of a miscalcula- the height of his triumphs, he Radium X without being heavily tion of the true safety factor! discovers that all his wealth and insulated against its destructive power cannot save from the fate power, and in these scenes. he of the arena his son, who has de-wears a great lead helmet, as well fed the brutal Roman-law.
as gloves, shoes and robes of sub-
As the drama unfolds through stances impregnated with lead.. For the information of visitors, the following list of some of the a vivid pageantry of fierce con- "The Invisible Ray" is directed highest points on the Island and flict and violent emotions, it sd-by Lambert Hillyer, and the cast Mainland is published:--
ISLAND
Victoria Peak
vances towards the most spects supporting Karloff and Lugais in- cular and breath-taking climaxcludes Frances Drakes, Frank, the destruction of Pompeii by Lawton, Beulah Bondi, Walter 1,923 earthquake and volcanic eruption. Kingsford and Violet Kemble 1774 It is then, when the world is Cooper.
Feet
crumbling about his ears and all ROSE MARIE”-ORIENTAL that the man cherishes is being
THEATRE
urge of the Master's teachings This musical clasele features and gives up his life to save the Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson)
Eddy in the principal parts and helpless ones about him.....
Signal Station
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie
1,725
swept away, that Marcus feels the
Peak Hotel
1,805-
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Road (filterbeds)
27
MAINLAND
Taimoshan
Kowloon Peak
Fest 3,124 1,971
Preston Foster, -rapidly rising the singing of these two makes to screen stardom, plays the lead-this picture one of the outstanding ing role of Maicus, the smith (productions of the year Als Hdle; Esail Rathbone, "John, The "*"Indian-Love: Call," one of Wood, Louis Calhern, David Holt, the most beautiful melodic themes Dorothy Wilson and Wyrley Birch ever written and based on an ac- play important roles.
(Cont. at Foot of Preceding Col).
Such a shine and
BRASSO
“METAZ" POLTES"
Imperial Chemical Industrine (Chris) Lit” "HONGKONG“
ร
The Hilly Billy Band Susanna from Alabams.
7.30 pm-A Jam Piano Recital Patricia Rossborough.
Here is my heart-Selection. 2. Dames."
3. I'm in love all over again.
4. Hooray for love.
15. A Cavalcade of Martial Tunes.
Kreisler.
L. Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3.
(Kreisler).
2 Thais Meditation (Massenet).
3 Polichinelle Sezonade (Kreisler).
4. Dance of the Marionette
(Winternits).
89 paFocal Gens
The Quaker Girl (Monckton)
The Geisha (Jones)
by Form Fours-War Songs Medley
8.45 p.m.-The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet
7.45 pm-A Recital by Richard Tauber (Tenor).
1. Plaisir D'Amour (Martini).
2 Caprice Viennois (Kreisler).
3. Liebesleid (Kreisler).
4. Le Cynge (Saint-Saens)."
5. Melodie (Rubinstein).
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8 pm-Local: Time Signal, Wes-
ther Report, Stock Quotations and Announcements.
8.05
cert.
Operatica (Famous Operatic
Melodies), (Arr. Squire) - Traumere (for Strings only),.
(Schumann).
Humoreske (for strings only),
(Dvorak),
9 pm Relay of the Daventry Announcements News Balletin and
(Copyright by Renter).
9.20 p.m.-Songs by Gracie Fields 1. You and
Music
9.45 pm-Talkie Tunes.
There never was a girl like Mary
"The Town Talks”
Selection
Follow the Fleet
Sang
Arthur Riscos..
Anton and the Faramount. Then- tre Orchestra, with Reginald Fourt at the "Oegan.
Indian Love Call-Rose Mürie”
Joan Cross (Soprano). Pizno Solo
Thanks a Million--Selection". ·
Carroll Gibbons.
Band--
The Whistling: Walt="Lingelight” The London Piarie-Accordeon Band. 10 p.m.Big Ben: Close Down. -
the Night and the WORTHING RATING PROTEST
2 Erbert. Every 'Epplethwaite.
3. Things might have been sa
diff'rent. Pan-Chinese Studio Con-
11 pm-Close Down.
Nearly 3,000 ratepayers Worthing who were unable to ob-
9.30 p-A-Belay from Daventry-tain admission to a protest. meet- The International Auto-Cycle ing in the Town Hall listened to 8.05-10 p.m-European Programme Junior Tourist Trophy Race. A relay by loud speaker of cisti
from ZEK. on a frequency of 640 eye-witness account bý Graham kilocycles.
Walker from the Grand Stand, Isle of cisms of the local rating commit
'tee in reassessing the borough. 805 pm-Violin Solos by Fritz Man.
1936
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