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“RAMONA" "QUEEN'S
THEATRE
Cinema Notes From The Theatres
"MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN" -STAR THEATRE
BRIDGE NOTES
SHORT TRUMP SUITS
By Ely Culbertson
average
trumpa are gone, the opponents will go snake-dancing with their established suits is so shattering to their morale that orderly rea-! soning becomes impossible.
Topping the cast is Wallace Beery, in the role of a lovable rogue. Barbara Stanwyck and In the presentation of "Ramona," John Boles are joined in the ro- 20th Century-Fox has added an-mantic leads. other great trinimph to its already About the perilous adventures
The management of short tramp imposing roster of cinema succes of the man who carried the mes-
probably gives suits Flashing action on * far-sage to Garcia, the picture players more grey hairs than all flung scale combined with its pro-wmds its story, leads up to their other difficulties put to- ¡duction, in the дет perfected crashing, searing climax in gether. Undoubtedly their dilemma IỌNG KONG HORTICULTURAL Technicolour, make "Ramona" one which Beery gives his life so that is as much psychological as tech- of the most important pictures of those of his friends may be spar-nical. The fear that, once the the year, an exciting picturisation (ed. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of Helen Hunt Jackson's immortal
that the ANNUAL MEET-love story. ING of the above Society will be Loretta Young is featured held at the Board Room of Messrs. Ramona, with Don. Ameche Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd.,. (By Alessandro, and the splendid sup Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur kind permission) on TUESDAY, porting cast includes such players play the principal parts in this ed on what would appear, to many the 15th December, 1936, at 5.15 as Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, picture, which tells the story of players, as a virtual squandering |p.m.
Jane Darwell, Katherine De. Mille Longfellow Deeds, a rustic young of tramps. J. T. BAGRAML and John Carradine. In addition, man who suddenly falls heir to Hon. Secretary. hundreds of persons were recruit-$20,000,000 and goes to New York Hong Kong, 1st December, 1956.jed from the Mesa Grande district. City against his will to claim bis local money. The adventures that be- fall him are said to make for some! The Technicolour is tremen-of the choicest hilarity the screen THE HONG KONG JOCKEY dously effective because it is abhas seen in years
solutely indisputably true to life. He gets mixed up with a girl] Since a large part of the picture newspaper reporter; goes out on a
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ENTRY FORMS for the main, location for the "filming of a horse to see how many the s-A I Q S THIRTEENTH EXTRA RACE “Ramona” was a 55,00-acre ranch animal will eat before asking for HL-K 6 5 3 MEETING to be held- on in the Mesa Grande area of the a cup of coffee; dasher madly D-4 SATURDAY 19th. December, beautiful San Jacinto Mountains around the city streets in his un- C—Q J 10 2 1936 (weather permitting) may in California.
derwear; tries to give his entire be obtained at the Secretary's "Ramona" is a picture that fortune away to needy farmers, THE Undersigned have received Office. Exchange Building: the fairly teems with high romance and manages to get himself arrest- THE
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Valley; fiestas, fandangos, songs, roses, ed as mentally incompetent. the Hong Kong Club; the secret trysts, mission bells, stolen In the strong supporting cast Sports Club; and the Stables, kisses, tears, love and laughter. are found George Bancroft, Lionel It is one of the greatest lové Stander, Douglass Doumbrille, H. Wednesday, the 9th December. Shan Kwong Road
Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock stories cver unfolded од the B. Warner, Raymond Walburn, NOON
THURSDAY, 10th screen All the rainbow beauty | Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, War West December, 1936. »
of adventure-crowded California ren Hymer and others. Robert 1 spade of the early days has been recap-Riskin wrote the screen play, from Pass By Order,
|tured and again as of old. Romonaja story by Clarence - Badington Double Pass Pass Pass
goes to meet love in the purple Kelland. dusk.
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Loretta Young is superb in the - "STAR OF MIDNIGHT". title role, playing the part with
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East South Double 2 spaces 3 hearts! 4 hearts Pass Pass
North's take-out double Was rather skimpy. Although he did have three and a half honour tricks, his 4-3-3-3 distribution was far from attractive: South was
Her highly artistic performance Something entirely new in love correct in refusing to allow East's !should further ber career stories is said to be brought to the two spade bid to shut him out. He tremendously. As Ramona, Miss screen by William Powell and Gin-had a fair heart suit, which his Young will undoubtedly win alger Rogers in "Star of Midnight," partner's take-out double had in- bost of new admirers.
current EKO-Radio Picture woven vited, and a reasonably good dia- Don Ameche is the perfect Ales-around New York's, society and mond suit, as well as favourable sandro. He has turned in an ex-night life.
distribution North was on the cellent performance in a most Romance in this modern, sop-pot" after the three heart bid, exacting part, that of Ramona's histicated drama follows no chart-He realised that his double had great love.
ed course. The red haired Ginger, been none too robust, but figured splendid in the role of a young society that almost anything was better Felipe, the son of the patrician beauty, takes the aggressive, and than hanging one short of game. Moreno family, and
Pauline it is hard to tell whether Powell West's penalty double was welose, Frederick is excellent in the role is a willing victim, or an appre- but justifiable.
Kent Taylor is a
of his mother, the stern Senora hensive clinger to the standard of The opening lead was the spade Moreno, Jane Darwell as Aunt Ri bachelorhood. In other words, it king, followed by the queen. De Hyar, the kindly Tennessee home is the man in the case who keeps clarer ruffed the latter and led his steader, Katherine De Mille as the the girl and the audience guess nine of hearts. Weet, of cours Indian servant girl, and
Johning.
ducked, and dummy's ten
"THESE THREE”—KING'S
THEATRE
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Carradine as Jim Farrar, have A sinister mystery adds the played: The queen of diamonda done fine jobs on their various thrills of suspense to romance and followed. East not covering, the assignments.
subtle comedy, with Powell and jack was continued. "Again East Miss Rogers joining forces to docked and this time West ruffed track down the clues to a strange with the three of hearts. "A third disappearance and a weird mur-round of spades was ruffed by the der.
declarer, who thus was reduced to "These Three," Samuel Gold-
Stephen Roberts directed "Starjune trump, to West's and duming'a wyn's powerful new screen drama of Midnight," which is based on a two. Declarer then played his brings together. Miriam Hopkins, story by the late Arthur Somera last trump, and it did not matter Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea.
Boche, master of mystery fiction whether West covered or not. As The most talked-about story of In the supporting cast are such a matter of fact, he ducked, and year, this Lillian Hellman well known players as Ralph Mor- dumny, of course, did likewise. screen play depicts how a whisper-an, Paul Kelly, Leslie Fenton, Dummy was now entered with a ing campaign growing out of Vivian Ozkland, Gene Lockhart, club and the ace of hearts we child's malicious lie nearly wreck Bussell Hopton and J. Farrell Mac-laid down, dropping West's king ed the lives of three innocent people.
the
The drama is laid, in a small girls'-school rt by two young Dobie women. Martha college
Donald
“THEY MET IN A TAXP”_ ALHAMBRA THEATRE
(Miriam Hopkins) azia Karen Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Wright (Merle Oberon). Both Lionel Stander and Raymond Wal-
while declarer discarded a "club. Another diamond finesse gave de- |clarer two more tricks in that suit, and the other club trick în dummy accounted for the tenth trick.
fall in love with Joseph Cardin, a burn, as excellent a quartet of MEN ACCUSED OF
young local doctor (Joel McCrea). factors in. Hollywood, battle and
but Martha, seeing that he loves 'ove their way through an hour of Karen, conceals her affection.
the grandest screen entertainment
ASSAULT
Mary Tilford, the school's pro- een this season in Columbia's Alleged Wounding Of
They Met In A Taxi."
blem child, resenting punishment for wrong-doing, runs away from The story revolves about the school, concocting a vicious lie colourful escapade of a beautiful involving the three adults as her dress model, posing, as an escap-
Police
COASTWISE brings the truth to light and the are Chester Morris, who, billets 28. 2. bookmakers, clerks.
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Three men appeared at Green- rezzon. As a result Martha, ing heiress-bride, who turns out tojwich police court last month and Karen and Joel become the centre) be not a bride at all, but a girl ac-¡were remanded in custody, charg- of an ugly scandal. The school is ensed of the theft of a valuableied with, assaulting police, officers lost and the romance is broken.necklace.
fia Florence-road, Deptford, early The situation seems desperate! Among those whom Miss Wray the previous morning, 182 until an unexpected turn of events involves in her strange adventure. They were Albert Rogerx, aged
story ends happily. ·
her in his apartment when she apSimmons, aged 29, said to be of Twelve-year-old Benita Gran peals to him for aid, and Morrisano occupation; and Frederick Ro- ville is cast as the trouble-making two palsy the nimble fingered gers, aged 29, a salesman, of child, and others "prominent in Lionel Stander and Raymond Wa Maitland Park-road, Hampstead, the cast are Catherine Doneet, bum, newspaperman. writing al Police evidence was that a po
Lice car was sent to Florence-road Alma Kruger, Marcia Mae Times, society gossip column. Carmencita Johnson and Walter "They Ket i A Taxi" is farce, and that Frederick Rogers was melodrama and comedy agreeably asked for his driving licence. concocted, with just enough spice After he produced it the three to keep every audience on its foes, men gan awŻY
and Directed by Alfred Green, from The police gays chase, the Saturday Evening Post' story. when they closed with the men Glamorous/nights in the tropic by Octavus Roy Cohen, the film the alleged assault took place, wilderness, three brave compan-has freshness and charm. The Four officers said that they re- Sous fighting against the jungle's performances of Morris and a cewed blows, mainly on the face menace, romance, adventure and Wray are superb, in the starring and chest. daring feats of courage roles, lending a decided charm to
Those are the things 20th Cen- thể robust,
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