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Cinema Notes From The Theatres
"THINGS ARE LOOKING UP GIVE US THIS NIGHTSTAI
KING'S THEATRE
TREATRE
BRIDGE NOTES Returning Partner's Lead
By Ely Calberis
An atmosphere of infectious "Give Us This Night," a charm- gaiety that is irresistible distin-ing musical romance co-starring guishes "Things are Looking Up," Jan Kiepura and Gladys Swarth- The automatic return of part- GENERAL NOTICES the Gaumont-British picture fea-out, Brings together as it doesner's opening lead, for no better turing Cicely Courtneidge, with two of the most talented and at reason than that since he led it Max Miller and William Gargan, active singing stars of the day, he must know what he's doing." and a cast including Mary Law-and it is safe to predict that it is one of the most glaring faults son, Mark Lester Cicely Oates, will probably be remembered as an of average and lesser players. An
opening lead, like every other! Henrietta Watson, Judy Kelly, outstanding musical film.
Singing a score by Erich Wolf-play, should be given careful con- NOTICE OF FINAL CALL OF Dick Henderson and Suzanne Len-
zien. The diverting story affords gang Komgold and Osear Ham-sideration, but most decidedly! $2.50 PER SHARE
the star abundant scope for her merstein I, and acting a story should not be held in awe and ven- Con- NOTICE
and invests the dual role she plays than anything comparable sea sider how easily, the contract in TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Particular type of broad comedy, that has more charm and appeal eration as a sacred thing.
final call of $2.50 per with an attractiveness that stamps months, Kiepura and Miss Swarth-to-day's hand could have been de share upon all the members hold the picture as entertainment quite out are superb. They are assisted feated if East had not been mired
made a
North, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
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"SWING TIME"
Never Gonna Dance
Ted Fio Bits
Fine Romance
The Way You Look.
Henry King And Orch.
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The Way You Look Te-night
Bing Crosby And Dixie Lee, Crosby
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FOR SALE
ing shares of the 1936-Issue, upon out of the ordinary. From riding by Phillip Merivale, noted stage ner's leads return part- THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO., HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY which only $2.50 per share has a circus she temporarily be star who makes his movie debutner's opening lead." 1936-On sale at all Book-stalls and been paid, and that the same will comes mistress in a girls' school, in the film; and Benny Baker, the at the Offices of the Publishers, 34, be payable to the Bankers of the although knowing nothing of high-chubby comedian who gets laughs
er mathematics or any other merely by walking into a scene. Wyndham Street.
Company, the Hong Kong and subject she is supposed to "teach." Shanghai Banking Corporation,{ Hong Kong on the 1st day of April 1937.
By Order of the Board of Direc
NOEL BRAGA.
Secretary. Hong Kong, 11th.. Dec. 1936.
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In the circus, however, she is the "THE LAW IN HER HANDS"-
ORIENTAL TREATRE supreme mistress of all sorts of of the picture is her amazing per- acts, and a most engaging portion
With Margaret Lindsay and formances in deputising for Glenda Farrell teamed as a pair several missing performers. This of young women lawyers, The rollicking comedy, with a tuneful Law In Her Hands" is gay with S-
and vivid with swift and song that has the same title as fun the film, is, in spite of its travesty, dramatic action. quite convincing,
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D.-8 6 4 The picture literally starts with C-J43 2 Ja bang when a racketeer hurie a
bomb into a restaurant where thei two feminine lawyers are being photographed at luncheon by al Merrily rolling along on a vaca-jnews cameraman. This starts their held (weather permitting) attion on wheels, the happy-scrappy career for they squash the gang HAPPY VALLEY an SATUR- Joses Family 11 the wide open ster's alibi by producing the pho- Nozta DAY. 19th December, 1936, com- spaces with fun and hilarity in tograph which shows him just be mencing at 2.00 pm.
their latest and best Twentieth kind the two girls The First Bell will be rung at Century-Fox hit. "Back to Na 1.36 p.m.
ture." Ey Order, C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong. 14th December, 1936.tin, Syring
East South West 1 spade Pass 2 diamonds Pass 2 hearts Pass 2 no trump Pass hearts Pass 3 no tramp Pass
Pass
He
Their cleverness catches the at tention of the boss racketeer whoi
Pass offers them a huge retainer to han-} Featuring Jed Prouty, Shirley dle his business for him. The girls suit except clubs, West opened the The opponents having bid every Deane. Dixie Dunbar. Tony Mar-refuse until Warren Hall, who deuce of that suit. East won with Byington, Kenneth has the role of an assistant dis the ace and returned the five spot, Now On Sale
Howell, George Ernest, June trict attorney, and the lover of Declarer, with a sign of relief, Carlson, Florence Roberts and Miss Lindsay, makes the mistake went up with the king and cashed Billy Mahan, the picture is a hilar-of having her appointed to defend the queen, discarding dummy's CHINA YEAR BOOK CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED ious narrative of the Jones' Taca-a criminal from whom he already
tion which they take on the open has obtained a confession.
ace and king of diamonds. (18th edition) 1936
road in an automobile trailer.
then rattled off the five card dia-} Farious at being framed, The film opens with Dad Jones woman lawyers
the mond suit and, with only two first win their tricks needed for his TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN beamingly announcing
contract; his case.
and then decide to fight disdained the heart finesse to cash THIRD 2
INTERIM family that he is going to Tran-tricks with tricks. DIVIDEND for the year endins quil Lake while they spend their] the offer of the racketeer to-kan-
They accept the ace and king. 28th February, 1937, of two per vacation at a backwoods fara. At dle his cases, and become famous head in shame. South's insistence cent, that is $2.00 per share, will the concerted roar of protest as criminal lawyers, wining cases on no trump certainly indicated be paid on all shares in this Com-which greets this announcement, by tricks, not only clever, but bil- pany on MONDAY, the 21st Dad gives in weekly and agrees) ariously funny. December, 1936, at the Company's to buy a new automobile trailer Office at China Buildings, 5th and take the whole family to the floor.
The Chira Year Book 18 an indispensable reference book on China; it arms its reader with all material necessary for, forming correct judgments on the Far Eastern situation and embodies all important documents and statistics of the year.
Among the subjects dealt with by foreign and Chinese experts in the eighteeth edition are the following:--Smuggling. Tangka Trace Agreement,
Life Weekly" incident, Hirota Three- Point Programme, Soviet-Outer Mongolia Protocol, Mangol Ter- ritory in Manchukas, Leith- Ross Mission, Currency: Position,
Price $18.
Obtainacle at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. or from the publishers: NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS P. O. Box 707, Shanghai
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1936.
By Order of the Board of
Directors. FUNG PING FAN, Director & Secretary. Hong Kong, 12th December, 1938
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, - APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
-Public Auctions -
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instructions to sell by Publicj
Auction
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On
Wednesday, the 16th December,
1936 commencing at 2.39 p.m. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
Toys Toys !! Toya ! ! !
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En route, the Joneses go through
“PRIVATE WORLDS—STAR
THEATRE
East should have hang his?
strength in the unbid saît, clubs, and besides, there was a way of finding out the correct line of de- fence. East should have kald down the spade king and watched
for his partner's follow
In this picture Claudette Col-closely
a merry series of adventures and bert is supported by a cast headed suit card. If it were a low one escapades, climaxed when Bonnie by Charles Boyer, noted French the club then could be returned. Jones is rescued from a bear cub star: Joan Bennett, Helen. Vinson But if West signalled with a high by Tom Williams. Williams visits and Joel McCrea. Gregory LaCava spade, which he would have done, with the Joneses a short time, and directed the picture, which was playing the nine spot, the defence then goes on his way, promising Produced by Walter Wanger for would have become clear. Bast to meet Bonnie later at Tranquil Paramount.
West merely would have to gash Lake.
"Private Worlds" is adapted their three top spades, and then from the best-selling novel of the lock dummy in with a diamond. If Arriving at the site of the con- tame title by Phyllis Bottome declarer had the queen of hearts vention, the Joneses park their Miss Colbert is cast as a brilliant no defence could avail, but if West trailer and pitch carp. The kids young psychiatrist, skilled in pro-had that card doubly guarded he all have a grand time, especially bing the loves and hates that lie would be certain to make it. Thus Jack Jones who has met his in the "private worlds" of other five tricks would have gone to the sweetheart, Dirie Dunbar, and people's minds, but as naive in defenders by the souprisingly sim- Bonnie, who is being escorted by understanding her own secret ple measure of keeping declarer the debonair Williams.
thoughts as any child. The roman-out of his own hand. tic interest is provided in her re- |lationship with Boyer, and in the
To-day's Question Question Both sides vulner conflicting relationships between able. North dealt and bid one McCrea, Miss Bennett and Miss spade. My partner. East, passed Vinson.
and South bid three spades. I held.)
"FLASH GORDON” QUEEN'S THEATRE
Settings so fantastic that they background for the Universal film startle the imagination form, the
offering, "Flash Gordon," with Buster Crabbe in the title role.
All the fascination of the mythi- cal planet of Mongo, created by: Alex Paymend in his newspaper
A Fine Assortment of Dressed) strip, is exphazided in this new Dolls, Furniture Sets, Lead Sol-production, which Frederick Step- diers, Crackers, Wooden &hani directed. Jesn Rogers, Mechanical Toys, "Christmas De Charles Middleton and Priscilla corations, etc., etc.
Lawson have important roles.
On View from Tuesday the 15th. December 1936,
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMEET BROS.,
Auctioneers.
COASTWISE
by- “ALGIE” BEKNETT.
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast.
PRICE $1.00
Now on sale at
The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd.
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DERAILED ENGINE BLOCKS LINE
Big Rush-Hour Hold Up
MANY TRAVEL BY ROAD
A derailment just outside Ten- church-street Station caused a de- lay to rush-hour passengem A7-
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What should I bid?
Answer: Pass. The opponents: are on their way, to`game. Wait and double!
DIRECTOR SENT TO PRISON
Alleged Dangerous Driving
A city suspended in the sky, a kingdom held below the sea, a rocket ship that shoots through riving at this station by LMS. Percy Lionel. Waliam Leach, space and rays that melt huge trains from stations on the South-aged 36, described as a company steel structures provided techni-end Line, and by LNER trains director, of Swakeleys-rowd, Icken- cal problems for the studio on the Bow road section from ham Bucks, was found not guilty perts.
Stratford.
lat, the Old Bailey of the KIAD= The engine and leading coach slaughter of a girl killed in a road Strange costomes and weird of the LNEE 62 am, to Royal accident. make-up, which produce realistic Albert Docks, came off the rails. He was, however, sentenced to shark-men, hawk-men and lion-Trains unable to get into Fen- four months in the second divi- men, were evolved after weeks of church street were held up along sun for dangerous driving, with planning and experiment. On the the Imme, while trains in the ter disqualification from driving for screen the result is both awe frmines were unable to get out spiring and grotesque.
The breakdown gang got to work Packed with action and su8-35 quickly as possible to put pense in every vital moment, this thing for the rush hour, but celled, and screen, achievement contains sibna- redu
to be put some tions which have never been at into oper for this period. tempted before in motion pictures. Watch Buster Crabbe struggle against the terrible emperor who who | plots to rule the universe with
scientific comning “
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