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ECT
ENTERTA
TAINME
QUEENS
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.80, 8.15, 7.20 & 9.30.
"Peter Ibbetson", is differ ent. The esence of dul Maurier's work-an exqui- sito love story, has been transferred to the screen with reverent tenderness,
Cooper and Ann Harding give superb port rayals. A great love lasting
life time, is the theme
GARY
COOPER
ANN
HARDING
in Paramount's
of du Maurier's immortal "Peter Ibbetson"
love story!
NEXT CHANGE
GEORGE BURNS and GRACIE ALLEN in "Here Comes Cookie"
TAKI VET Tran OR PAPPT VALLEY BR
4 SHOWS
FLEMING
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1936.
TODAY AT THE FUNERAL SCENES LOCAL YACHTING
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"The Littlest Rebel" QUEEN'S:-
"Peter Ibbetson". ORIENTAL:-
"Nit Wits"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"The Littlest Rebel" MAJESTIC:-
"Secret of The Chateau"
STAR:-
"Cardinal. Richelieu"
کار
Coming
KING'S:-
"The Gay. Deception" QUEEN'S:
"Here Comes Cookie" ALHAMBRA:-
Arrangements Complete
In connection with the early screening of the film depicting the scenes relating to the funeral of the late King George the Fifth the Queen's Theatre the following arrangements have
now been made:
The fim will be shown for four
days only at 2.30, 5.35, 7.20 and 9.30 on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th of February, 1938 and cannot be continued after these dates as it is urgently required in Shanghat and North Chiria.
The programme for ALL formances will be as follows:"\
per-
The Corinthian Series
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's Carpenter (Major B. B. Edwards) won the "A" Class èvent on Satur- day when she beat Qull Mr. B. Naess) by 65 seconds over the 4.7 miles course.
Toynette (Cap. W. T. "Fennell) won the "G" Claas event by a comfortable margin, while Allsa (Mr. H. Ervine Andrews) secured first place in the "I" and "Y" Class and Siskin "(Mr. W, M. Brown) won the "H" Class race.
Detailed results are as follows: "A" Class Started 14.30
(1) Appropriate music by the Yacht Band of the East Lancashire Regi-Carpenter" ment by kind permission of the
Officer Commanding.
(2) Scenes at the Funeral Pro- Artemis ..... cession, etc.
(3) Additional mule by the Band of the East Lancashire Regi- ment.
Finished Pos. Pts. 17.00.40 1 13
(Major B. B. Edwards).
Lobo
D. N. F. 17.13.04
10
Jan
(4) Paramount's special full length picture "So Red the Rose" based on Stark Young's undying story of the gallant war between (Mrs. Stanton). the States of America, featuring Gull Miss Margaret Sullivan and Mr.
(Mr. B. Naess). Walter Connolly.
Cicada Prices of admission will be the True Blue same as before.
Pat
Isobel
JOS
(Mr. G. G. Wood). Lalinda, D. N. 9,
17.20.06 '5 (Mr. John Johnsen),
17.20.35 6 (Doctor I. J. Davis).
17.16.40.
8
T
9.
.......17.01.45
11
... D.-N. F.
D. N. F
D. N. F.
Painted Lady ...
D. N. F.
LAST TWO-DAYS AT THE:
KIN'S
HONG KONG,
ALHAMBRA
10 KOWLOON
At 2.30 5.10, 7.15 € 9,80 P.M. 1. At 2.30, 6,20, 7.20 & 9,30 P.M.
SMILING AND BEGUILING
1:15--8-20
› ROWINDOW
ROAD
WAMOWAŁ
ORIENTALE
2 MORE TO-DAY &
DAYS
·TEL. 28ATS
TO-MORROW
THEY'RE BACK AGAIN! ON THE ROAR PATH! THE WORLD'S CRAZIEST COMEDIANS IN THE FUNNIEST OF ALL COMEDIES.
Robt
WOOLSEY
The reigning Quinces
of Goodydom join with the
queens of song . . . . in
THE
NITWITS
Wik
Fred Kasting Betty Grable Evelyn Brant Erik Rhodes "Alicin My Heart" by Domather Proble and Kamy řečkyok
YOULL LÄUGH-TOU'LL SCREAM—YOU'LL ROAR AT. THE RIDICULOUS COMEDY STUNTS IN THIS SHOW
OF LAUGHTER, SONG AND MUSIC.
Prices Hatinees 20 -30 c Evenings 20 c-80 -50 c-70 o.
STARE
LAST 4 SHOWS TO-DAY
HE DARED DEATH so love might live!
JOSEPH SCHENCK
Cardinal
RICHELIEU
STARRING
GEORGE ARLISS
DARRYL ZANUCK'S »
Frodection
with
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
• 201$\\Gestury Pleturs
Reissed then UNITED ARTISTS
The
PETER IBBETSON
heights.
At The Queen's
Rureen
dramatisation
of
It is the story of two people who are childhood playmates and later sweethearts Tile mother of the boy dies and he is taken to England by his military uncle and thus for the first time in their lives the children are parted.
STAR
"Bad Boy""
“Straight From The Heart" MAJESTIC:-
"Dressed To Thrill"
"THE LITTLEST
REBEL"
At The King's And Alhambra
Clad in pantalettes and crino lines, Shirley Temple is cur- rently enacting the most lovable of Confederates in that grand story of the Civil War, "The Littlest Rebel, which is now showing at the King's and Alhambra Theatres. Because of its dramatic suspense and its many series of tender pathos, The Littlest Rebel" gives Shirley her first real opportunity a dramatic actress, while her. capacity for song, dance and laughter never fails to astonish and delight audiences
The picture follows closely the outlines of the famous play from which it was adapted. John Boles and Karen Morley play Shirley's parents, while Jack Holt is cast as the gallant Union officer who st
LADIES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Toynette
Eunice
17.03.85
"G" Class Started 14.40
(Capt.: W. J Fennell).
..... 17,17,18 3 (Mr. Fanthony).
Sirius ............... 17.12.17
Heron
Doubles Event Decided
Owi
D. N. F.
"I & X" Claas Started 14.50 Ailsa
10.54.17 1 10 (Mr. H. Ervine-"Andrews), Stella
-17.12.17 2 (Major B. E. C. Dixon).
8
D. N. F.
D. N. F. 17.35.101 3 (Col J. Bilderbeck),
"H" Class Started 15.00
7
D. N. F.
D, N, F.
D. N. F.
16.58.58
Some sparkling tennis was wit- nessed at the U.S.R.C. ground on Saturday when the final of the Ladles Doubles championship was played off between Mrs. N. Wilson and Miss R. Hancock who defeated Mrs. J. F. F. Kayll and Mrs. W. E. B. Dowling by, 6-2; 9-7.
Mrs. Wilson was the outstanding player on the court and seldom
Robens. Widgeon
Diana Colleen Rolla Siskin
(Mr. W. M. Brown).
D. N. F
17.10.50 2
falled with her hard drives and Ariel accurate placings. 'On her pre- sent form, there is every likeli-Dorothea hood of her winning the singles (Lt. Col. R. D. Reid). title also.
Miss Hancock was not in the same form as when she met and defeated Mrs Kayli, but neverthe- less she drove home some useful forehand shots which resulted in ace points.
These were the last sells in the Corinthian Series, and the three Winning yachts in each Class are
as follows:--
1st. 2nd.
Shirley TEMPLE
In
The
LITTLEST REBEL
za 122 picture felth
John BOLES Jack HOLT KAREN MORLEY
BILL ROBINSON
-'Associate Producer 8. G. Deżyiva
Directed by David Butler From the unforgettable play by Edward Peple
·Shidey... Singing, dong.... ing, laughing..... tear-steins on her-cheeks; too!
You'll see John Boles as a dashing defender of the lost
cause
Karen Morley as the bride he left behind..
Jack Holt as the'gallant enemy commander....
in a tender, true and thrill?: ing drama of war-darkened. days!
-WEDNESDAY AT THE KING'S – WEDNESDAY AT TES ALHAMBRA
3rd.
Yacht Points Artemis
63 ...Gull' 50+ ..True Blue..· 53 ·
"G" Class
".
Sirus 36 35 .Toynette
Eunice .. 19
"I & Y" Cizza
in "THE GAY DECEPTION ”
..Stella Widgeon
.Heron
50
A FOX. P
44
30
#
"H" Clam
: TO-DAY
1st.
George du Maurier's "Peter 1bbet son" is now showing at the Queen's Theatre, and is one of the best of the minor classics It is a beauti-tempts to aid Shirley and her ful story that, is cut of the ordin father in the escape after her ary. The stars of the picture armother had succumbed to the rigors Ann Harding and Gary Cooper, of war. and their portrayals of the charno- The dramatic force of the picture, Mrs. Kayll has lost touch at lers of this book raise their status is heightened by the interludes of
the worst possible moment. She in the screen world to greater song and Janice Bill Robinson, played brilliantly at the net only 181.
the lovable champion of tap dance,
to fail in her ground shots. It is 2nd again assists little Shirley in a series of intricate and delightful of interest that she failed to win 3rd. Her songs, including one of her six service games, routines. that beautiful classic. "If All Thy Endearing Young Charms," are highlighted by a new number, |- "Polly Wolly Doodle. They meet again after many
Guinn Williams, Willie Best and
Sr.,
im- years when Peter Ibbetson is now Frank McGlynn, a talented architect. He is sent to portant members of the featured
wealthy aristocrat's estate to de-cast of this picture. sign new racing stables and there "Liftlet Rebel" is the best pte. be meets the Duchess of the Towers ture versatile Shirley has yet in whom he recognises his child- türned out. She will make you hood sweetheart. Their recogniweep as she will make you laugh, The Duke is She will even tap dance mta your suspicious of the two young people, heart and her songs are as charm- and in a conflict with Ibbetson the ing as the little star herself. The Duke is accidently killed for which picture is indeed a grand piece of the young architect is sent to
we have to prison for life.
thank little Shirley and the 20th Century Fox studios for this piece of masterpiece,
Lion is mutual,
Their love never dies and though prison walls seperate them they are able to meet in their own dream world whenever they should will it. A strange force binds the two vecula together and even death in rendered futile in ite intensity.
entertainment And
%
are
HERE COMES COOKIE
George Burns and Gracie Allan were showered with white slips of
when Director Norman
88
Mrs. Dowling again exploited 1st. her powerful forehand drive to ad- 2nd vantage. It was in perfect trim. | 3rd. She, however, invariably failed at the critical periods of the acts.
good example of this was pro- 2nd. vided in the 14th-game when she and Mrs. Kayll led 7-6 and 40-30 on her own service. In this game she served three double faults one a foot fault-and her oppon- ents levelled at 1-all and went 1 (8), Typhoon (10); Tern 13), on to win the match at 9-7,"
3rd.
Rolia 28 Dorothea 22 Biskin” ~ 21 The following cruisers started at 16.40 on Saturday's Night Race over 53 miles,
Azuma (1), Norseman (5), V. and
Wanderer (16), Quest (17), Mon-
At the conclusion of the match Mrs. A. W. Bartholomew, present soon (18), Norddwester (19), Mig- tral (22), Cutty (23), Penguin (24), ed the prizes, including those to L. Goldman and Major Withing-Bal Long (27), and Marie (28). ton, who played off the Singles Final of the U.S. R.C. and which resulted in Goldman, the holder, winning a dull match at 6-0, 6-4,
Men's
Among the few spectators pre- sent was His Excellency the Gov- ernor, Sir Andrew Caldecott.
““TIEN L'UEN”?
Tonk Ku-Lantau
The following were the details of the Night Raca held by the Yacht Club, on a course of 53 miles Tank Ku-Lantau
Azuma
Started. At 18.40
10.25.59:19.37.29
3
It is a picture of great appeal. The picturization through the ability of Ann Harding and Gary Cooper forms a perpetual monu- paper ment to the memory of a great McLeod suffered an attack of author. George Du Maurier. taryngitis and was under the
Corrected Elapsed Pos. "Reknit."
doctors' .orders not to talk.
09.52.39 15.20.39 4. McLeod solved the problem by
(Mr. E. B. Lambert) "Tien Duen," & Chinese silent ter, Douglas Dumbrille, Violet writing out his directions during
Norseman 09.33.42 18.42.17 picture synchronised with tantaliz- Kemble Cooper, Kathryn Alexan- the aiming for some of their
(Mr. Le F. Nicholson), ing Chinese melodies and English der, Lumsden Hare and Haliwell scenes in "Here Comes Cookie subtitles, now showing at the U and 1 10.08.14 15.52.02 7 Hobbes, to mention only a few of ourrent Paramount Production World Theatre, is the latest pro (Mr, H. 8. Rouse) prominence.
coming soon to the Queen's duction of the United Photoplay Typhoon ... 10.19.25 17.23.48 Like the star's previous success, Theatre.
Service,
(Wing Comdr. C. R. Keary) "The House of Rothschild,” “Car-
Burns and Allen's latest rib- This deeply absorbing tale con-Tera. 10.08.46 17.09.45 dinal Richelieu centers its drama tickling farce relates the mirth | cerna a typical Chinese family (Mrs, P. F. Foley) around a great historic contro-provoking happenings which re- through three generations- from Wanderer D.NF. versy. depicting the storing times alt from Gracie's inheriting mil Old Chine to New China, Although Quest of King Louis XII of France Hons from her father who wants time and space has changed yet the (Mr. W. F. Webb)
filial piety which is the chief of when Ghuren and
State were to go away on a fishing trip sate all the virtues of the Orientale Monsoon contending for power and the in the knowledge that his money particularly of the Flowery King months, during which he delved great political prelate, Richelieu is in Gracle's hands, warding or dom still remains. The picture Into more than 100 books and was the real power behind the the attentions of fortune hunters we the repentance of a prodigal spent several weeks making screen throne. Based on a play by alf on his other daughter. Gracie on and the happy reunion with
Mistral ... 09.58.08 17.00.09. tests, preceded the start of George Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the screen promptly disinherits her father, his family, an Arliss in the title role of Darryl play is credited to Maude Howell turns their palatial home Into a There is a pathetic theme (Mr. AG. Dalziel) Zanuck's 20th Century Pictures and the adaption to Cameron club-house for a strange and throughout the story and is up: Cutty dramatle spectacle, "Cardinal Rogers, while W. P. Lipscomb varied assortment of out of work ported by a powerful cast of well- Penguin Richelieu," at the Star Theatre wrote the dialogue. As young actors and their paraphernalia known Chinese actors and a Bal, Long
tresses O.C.L to-day-
"|fovers, Maureen O'Sullivan and including acrobats, jugglers; knife-
Marie Cesar Romero, the screen's latest throwers, bicycle riders, trained- romantic sensation, enact a love seals, trained dogs, trained mon- drama around which the larger keys and trick marksmen. The called "Gracie Allen's Floo" brings
the drama of political, intrigue' swizis | building of a beautiful theatre on
COTELS toan their home site to house a show farce.
CARDINAL RICHELIEU"
ᅦ
Preparation for a period of six
The cast supporting Arliss reads like a Hollywood Blue Book, the twenty-five principals including Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Ar- nold, Cesar Romero, Francis Ligand rages.
tiprparicur
10.28.02.17.43.13 10 Mr. H. W. Dulley) Nordwester 08.61.32 15.46.09
Mr, W. Sporleder and
Mr. Bommer)
B
DNS. D.NF.
2 09.32.18 16.31.24 (Capt. W, W. Cowan);
11.42.42 18.56.20 11 (Br J N Nicholson); Oncers from the "Karlsrube" sailed in Nordwester, "U and I Aruma and Penguin.
FRANCIS LED-FRANCES D
TO-MORROW".
"BAD BOY"
with JAMES DUNN |DOROTHY WILBON-LOUISE FAZENDA-4 Poz Piorunn')
MAJESTIC At 280, 5.20,
÷THEATRE:
CLEVER THIEVES! RUTHLESS CRIMINALS 1. SMART DETECTIVES ! INNOCENT LOVERS!
SECRET of the CHATEAU
|A“ Utivezani, Picture with
CLAIRE DODD
·ALICE WHITE OSGOOD PERKINS JACK LA RUE GEORGE E STONE
7.20 & 9.20 P.W.
WEDNESDAY
TUTTA ROLF.
IN
"DRESSED
TO
THRILL"
WITH
CLIVE BROOK
S'PORE DIVORCE DECREE toner now asked that it be made
absclute.
In Favour Of Mr. Merton
Brown
Fingapore, Feb. 1. The decree nal granted to Mr. Merton Holland Brown, who pet Loned the court for dissolution of marriage with Mrs. Violet E Brown, was made absolute yester day by Mr. Justice N. H, P.. Whit- ley, Acting Chief Justice.
Mr. M. Cohart, appearing in support, said that the decree nial was made by Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell on July 24, 1935, in favour of the petitioner and the dix months having elapsed, the T,
The present petition was made, said Mr. Coltart, under what were known as the Non-Domiciled Part- les Rules, and it was supported by two short formal affidavits.
The first affidavit was by the petitioner himself who stated that Do proceedings for dissolution land, and the second affidavit was were pending in England or Boot-
by a clerk to the effect that he had searched the books kept in the Registry of the court and that he had hacertained that no par- ties had intervene in the sult: 2
Those were requisite for the granting of
the petitioner, said Me
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