THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1940.
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ROXY BROADWAY
Commencing. Today
at 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM
COMMENCING TOMORROW
*Relaye and
Enjoy That wonderful wonderful
•picture!
TYRONE
POWER
عمر
gets that surge and
GENE
TIERNEY
is on the verge when they both got
"That
Wonderful URGE
REGINALD GARINN - ARLEEN WHELAN
Dr. J IN CADE - ». THEN KOHEMAR
SUNDAY MORNING SHOW
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Paramount Variety
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Romantic Comedy
Now At The Roxy
Rating:
"That Wonderful Urgo,” starting today at the Roxy Thootro, is a smartly paced, modern, romantic force in which the stars have been given the go-ahead signal and made the most of it Tyrone Power is a handsome newspaper reporter who does a series of scathing articles about frivolous heiress, Gene Tierney. What hap- pens from that point is fast, furious and de- lightful.
for
ex-
rlerk When Sora Furley (Gene Tier- | reeds in convincing the
grocery that Tom would be committing ney). heiress to a vast Fortune, runs off to Sun Valley bigamy if he married Jessica.
Jeffer-
Saro's for a vacation. Thomus
At a party of
noclety act In kon Tyler (Tyrone Power), ace friends Tom pats on an
the New
Sara York order to embarrass her reporter
hit TA "Chronicle,**
leaven with Andre, bart Tom pursues Auther more information for his beats her home, and after a seene series of senthing articles about she promises that she will her life and loves. At Sun Val-plain to his editor, but she gives Sarn enjoys herself in the him the silp an they are driving company of her Aunt Cornelis to the "Chrontete" office. Claucile Watson) and Count Ton flually convinces his edi Andre des Guyon (Reginald Cinetor that he is on the level and
st for libel is filed against Sura by Tom with the help of the paper. The case before
ley.
Janey).
Tyler, posing as Tem Thomas, proceeds to make a play for th Lovely Sara. They quere IL 2214 seal of each other, and Sara, who is falling in love with him, he hoves him to be the one
not after her DRHICY
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OAKIE AND CHAPLIN
"Democracy Stunk"
Chaplin's "Dictator' Packing Them In
Rating: •••
Roca to trial To those who, for one reason or another, failed to Judge Parker Gene
see the pre-war screening of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," a word of advice: "Don't miss it this time,” while to those who have already seen it we wish to recommend another two hours of top entertainment.
Another battle ensues, but bath enue to realise that they are in love, and melt into each other's
Who IN When
a newspaper phtong aph intins. Leveals that Tum is her unknoKCH
ographer. Sura is terribly anges! with him und Tom checks out of the hotel to return to New Yook
Vowing veligence, Saro Fast and when she lands u: New Noon) You wits the reporters that she
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Showing Today: 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
Chinese Picture
"PROFESSOR
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DIALOGUE IN
MANDARIN
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THE SCREEN'S FAVOURITE ROMANTIC TEAM
IN ANOTHER SMASH HIT!
HERBERT WILCOX presents
AKKA
NEAGLE
MICHAEL
MAYTIME IN MAYFAIR
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flats
smart! to Tom and hus set-
И
Bexl a fortune on bin. When Tom's estitor hears this he has hum town out of the "Chronicle
Tom is hard pressed to provel
As that tts' married to Sara.
a last resort he considers marry- gul friend, Jessicu (Aricen Whelin), bat
murriage of the appeurs anICE bureau Swa
SHOWING
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BLIC-
RATINGS
The "China Mall" in ing the following classification to Indients to readers the quality of lime reviewed:
...
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Falc
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AT 12.00 NOON, 2.45, 6.45 & 9.30 P.M. THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! Winner of 5 Academy Awards !
A J. ARTHUR BANK
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Laurence Olivier
presents
HAMLET
William Shakespeare
Starring Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Basil, Sydney
WILDING ORIENTAL
A GAY ROMANTIC COMEDY
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"The Great Dictator," perhaps the greatest satire ever to be filmed, is now at the King's Theatre, packing the crowds in.
bar-
In brief, the film's plot is about, becames the hated Jewish # dictator, named Hynkel (who ber, and the barber the leader of looks suspiciously like one Adolf the "master race",
man conquer
Hitler, although, in the bent While "The Great Dictator" is Hollywood tradition any resema hilarious comedy, it is at the biance between the characters of same time also a satire on Gov- the picture and any known per- ernment and a call to humanity son, living or dead, is said to be that slaves are made, not born, purely coincidental) and his at- and that freedom can and must templs to exterminate the Jews be won. It is in our presunt who are responsible for all
the the day, ns it was in
days of world's is, from rising prices to Nazi Germany, a timely master- falling stock market dividends. plece with a mesange for every » While Hynkel and his hench body, young and old, showing men are busily engaged in divid- the good and the bad in
to urging one and all to ing up the world "according plan" (Hynkel himself says
de- the bad so that all the finer qua- mocracy "stunk" which, the fities in humanity may reign for English languago means "let's the better. shoot the common man"), # If you see Charlie Chaplin's funny little man, a shell-shocked "The Great Diccator" and go barber of Word War I vintage, away regarding it as an excell- only appears on the scene and proves ent comedy, you will be
View the picture to be a veritable messiah to his half correct. people, the Jews. Since barber as an appeal to yourself, and you and Hynkel look more alike than will discover, that, besides hearty an identical set of twins, it is in- laughs, you will find in it a jevitable that Hynkel eventually maxim that in as old as religion.
THE HONGKONG STAGE CLUB
Presents
'DUET FOR TWO HANDS'
(A Play in Two Acts)
by
MARY HAYLEY BELL
at
THE CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE
on
THURSDAY, 8th December 1949, at 9.00 p.m. FRIDAY, 9th SATURDAY, 10th
"
at 7.30 p.m. ́at 9.00 p.m.
Seats: $0, $3.50, $2.50, Services $2.00.
Obtainable at MOUTRIES' and 30 mins. before the Per- formances at the BOX OFFICE) CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE.
A ferry will run from Police' Fler, Kowloon, 35 mins. before each Performance, returning after the show. FARE (return OR single)-$1.
SINO-BRITISH CLUB MUSIC GROUP
SECOND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT SEASON 1949/50.
SINO-BRITISH ORCHESTRA
Conductor Dr. S. M. BARD
Leader M. II. FAN
Bwith
HARRY TALBOT,' Barltone Accompanist: Miss B, M. BICHENO
AT DIOCESAN, BOYS' SCHOOL, Kowloon Thursday, 16th December at 8.30 p.m.
2 and ret ST. STEPHEN'S GIRLS' COLLEGE, Lyttleton Road, Hong Kong Friday, 10th December at 8.30p.m.
PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE:
"London" Symphony; "Christmas". Concerto Children's Overture L'Arlestonus Suite No. Admission, (non-subscribers): 15,13,
Tickets obtainable, mir S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd., Chater Rd.,
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HE TALKSI
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· moins Walsh,
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Charlie Chaplin
In all new comedy
The Great
DICTATOR
́Produced, writists and allevoted By: GHANTAR CHAPLIN
A PAULETTE GODDARD
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