Page
TO-DAY KINGS
ONLY
AT:2.30, 6:10,
7.15.& 9.30 P.M.
A FOUR-CAST OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT!
TO-MORROW
A
COLUMBIA PICTURE
*NANCY KELLY ★ROBERT CUMMINGS HUGH HERBERT
★ROLAND YOUNG'
Private
LORETTA
YOUNG
Affairs
THE DOCTOR
.RAY
MILLAND
TAKES A WIFE"
TAKE ANY TRẠM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS,
CATHAY
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15. 7.20 & 9.30 A.M. MATINEES:-20, 30c EVENINGS:-20%., 30c.. 50c, 70c
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 14, 1940.
TWO MORE GENERALS
MINISTRY NOBODY WANTS
MORE ITALIAN
ADDED
The resignation of Mr. Frank Pick, form- er head of London's passenger transporta- tion, from the post of Director-General of the Ministry of In- formation is in the nature of a bombshell, as it was only four months ago that Mr. Pick was appointed.- Reuter.
BRIGADE
.:
B 60 MILES
TO FIRE
The Grandest — Gayest Entertainment In Years!
A Joan Crawford You've Never Seen Before! Gay! Giddy! Grant! But
saint or screwball
it's a film panic to top its 8-month Broadway stage smash I''s the merry, witty and delirious drama that tells what "The Weme" 'dn't!
JOAN'S GOT. NEW IDEAS ABOUT LOVEI But Freddie March has a few ideas of hir own) It's a panic where the love-sparks flyin the film howl from the 8-month stage smashl JOAN
March
"Crawford SUSAN AND GOD
wik RUTH HUSSEY • John CARROLL Rita HAYWORTH • Nigel BRUCE Bruce CABOT• Rifɑ QUIGLEY-R016 HOBART
Play by Jabs kase » Bound on the Coimbrated Phry by Rachel Cutters
and edited by John Calden
· 'Deleted by GlorGE CÜRDE, Pendered by KONT STROMBEVO,
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
THE HAPPIEST SHOW YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR!
ANNA NEAGLE and RAY MILLAND
in the sparkling musical romance
95
"IRENE ""
•
with Roland Young -
May Robson Billie Burke
An RKO Radio Super-Production
STAR THEATRE
TO THE BAG
THE NUMBER OF Italian prisoners taken in the Western Desert has been increased by several thousands; they include two further generals commanding divisions.
Reuter's correspondent in the Western Desert reports that all supplies of food and oil which the Italians accumulated for the in- vasion of Egypt have been captured. They will prove most useful to the advancing Brí- tish forces.
In less than a week the British **** ! forces have chased five 113 jan divisions out of, strongly fortified positions.
Many people laughed at Teddy Martin when he started the New- bury volunteer fire brigade. It would be quicker to get an engine. from London," they said.
But Teddy Ilved to see the day-twenty-five years later when his brigade went sixty. miles to help to put out a fire In London.
For Chief Officer Edward. Mar- tin's men had become expert fire
fighters
So when the bell rang and the
firemen cycled through the streets,
people in Newbury asked. "Where's the fire?" But nobody knew.
Then Teddy gave the answer with a smile="London." With Thames-side on fire, Lon-. doners sent out a regional call and the little market town of Newbury. sixty miles distant, was, thanks to. Teddy Martin, one of the first to answer it.
"We were the only volunteer fire brigade there," Teddy told a reporter, "and, our engine--was the biggest of the fifteen provin- cial brigades called out with us.
"It only took us two hours to reach our station. The organisa- tion was magnificent.
Hallan 10th Army have been seen, moving out of Bardia Lin the direction of Tobruk..
Most of the Italian prisoners
Hurricane pilots report they had captured appear numbed and.be- seen large fires raging in Solium, wudered. The majority are com and a long column of motorised pletely. ignorant of the course: of. vehicles hurrying back through events in Greece-Reuter. Libya towards Tobruk,
Numbed Prisoners
These pilots; it is now revealed, carried out 67 attacks behind the Italian lines in their eight-gunned fighter aircraft in the first three days of the attack,
TO GET WAR BONUS:
Soap and candle workers are to have a war bonus-45. a week or men. 2s; a week for women,
Advance · headquarters of the About 25,000 will benefit.
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30.-5.20 Z20-9.30
MAJESTICE
THEATRE
NATHAN
ROADS KOWLOON TEL47222
MATINEES: 202–302° EVENINGS: 20-30e5070c)
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY -A Frantically Funny Romantic Comedy
T'S ROMANTIC!,
IT'S RIOTOUS!
They gave us a hydrant right NANCY KELLY · JON HALL
away and in two minutes the boys were pouring water on a blazing fae.ory.
"They worked all night and came back here in the morning. They have got to get on with their own jobs now."
Teddy locked disgusted..! couldn't go." The Chief Officer has to stay in the town, but the boys were wonderful. I bet they went up quicker than anyone could get down here."
It didn't occur to him that the credit for the boys being there at all should go to the man who
HANKOW RO KOWLOON DAILY AT 2:30 5 20 720 920 TEL57795 stayed behind.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
"DOWN WENT
MCGINTY"
A Paramount Picture
with
BRIAN DONLEVY AKIM TAMIROFF MURIEL ANGELUS
"TO"MORROW
•MGM ·Picture
What ment
"The year's sur pries character In the year
bit
SPENCER TRACY-HEDY LAMARR
TAKE THIS WOMAN!
If You Are Too Busy To Write Home Just Post a Copy of the Overland China Mail which gives all the News there IS
Both Local and Coastal
Don't.
OBJECTORS' WIVES TO GO
Leicester Cooperative Society has decided to dismiss the wife of any conscientious objector in Its employ and not to employ such women..."
Conscientious objector em ployees have bron, offered work
SAILOR
LADY
*
with
JOAN DAVIS - DANA'ANDREWS. MARY NASH LARRY CRABBE KATHARINE ALDRIDGE - HARRY SHANNON WALLY VERNON
•
and “SKIPPER”, the stowaway baby who scuttles the war games()) and runs a romance ragged!
IT'S GRAND
ADDED ATTRACTION : LATEST MOVIETONE NEWS Directly After The King's Theatre
COMMENCING TO-MORROW I
on the company's, farm at farm THE YEAR'S WILDEST, WITTIEST WHIRLWIND
on
wages continuance of present employment at rates based Army..pay, with children's al- lowances for married men; or to' | be, discharged and reinstated at
the end of the war top
The balance of pay of any objector accepting Army rates will be allocated to a fund to be disposed of as decided when hos- Ullies cease. No q
Mr. J. H. Goudes managing se- cretary, said that one objector. had agreed to accept the Ariny rates.
Mr, Goude further stated that no woman employee is involved. One objector's wife had been employed, but when the com mittee made the decision she was hot an employee.
OF A LOVE AND LAFF SHOWI
Green play by CHARLES LEDERER
COLUMBIA
ROSALIND RUSSELL
SHOWARD HAWKS
His Girl Friday
W RALPH BELLAMY GENILOGKITART 4 Dhsten Much: AMA SENA LIST VETARYMIEP