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THE GRANDEST, COMEDY OF THE YEAR!
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ey'll she met a guy with a million-dollar personality...........
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CAROLE LOMBARD FRED MacMURRAY
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Asthal Allwyn * Ralph Bellomý
NEXT CHANGE—
GLAMOUR and ROMANCE in LIVE FOR LOVE"
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1936.
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong.
KING'S:-
"Strike Me Pink"
QUEEN'S
ון
"Hands Across The Table" ORIENTAL:-
"Mutiny on the Bounty".
Kowloon
፡፡
LOCAL YACHTING
Cruiser Championship Finals
The finals for the Cruiser Championships were held yester- day with the following results:-(1) La Cigale, Mr. N. Ofaucher; (2) U. & I., Mr. H. S. Rouse; (3) Azuma, Mr. E. B. Lambert.
Full detalls of the race are shown below:-
CRUISERS STARTED
ALHAMBRA:—
"Rendezvous”.
MAJESTIC:-
'Phantom Empire" (Final Chapter),
STAB:--
"Les Miserables"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Paddy O'Day"
QUEEN'S:-
"I Live For Love"
MAJESTIC:
"The Crimson Trail"
STAR:-
"Transatlantic Merry-Go-
Round"
La Cigale (3)
Queen Bee (6)
U, I. (8)
(Mr. H. S. Rouse) Luana (9) West Wind (15)
Wanderer (18)
Quest (17)
Sek Lark V (20)
Cherub .. (21)
10.00.
Prev.
||
Azuma (1)
Finished. Corr.
16.59.01 16.55.31
Elapsed Pos. Pts. Fts. Total 6.59.01 4 11 40.00
SAMUEL SOLOWYN
(Mr. H. J. Pearce)
Brinda (2)
DN.S. 18.32.22 18.32.22
6.32.22 1 15 56 71
(Mr. H. Dreyer) Roseman (5)
D.NF. D.N.S.
15.59.30 16.48.03
6.58.30
3 12 51 63
D.N.S...
D.N.S.
D.N.5.
D.NF.
D.N.S.
NEXT
17.56.41 17.09.02
7.58.41
5 10 9 19
Mr. I, W. Shewan)
Tavy II (09)
D.N.B.
Marie (28)
DNS.....
Mel Hwa (29)
17.31.40 16.45.31
7.31.40
2.13 11 24.
1:
(M. E, Cock)
"W"
CLASS-STARTED 09.50.
Typhoon (10)
DNS.
13
MATHAN RO, KOWLOOM-DALLY AT
Curlew (12)
17.32.40 17.15.077.32.40
(Major Drennon) Tern (13) ....
17.18.55 17.18.55
'(Capt.-P. F. Foley)
Monsoon (18) 17.43.02 17.39.15
(Mr. H. W. Dulley) Nordwester (19) ..........
2
7,28.55 4
7.53.02 M
17.19.27 17.15.42 7.29.00 3 7 13
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6 2
4 13
(Mr. W. Sporleder) Mistral (22) Cutty (23)
(Mr. F. C. Manning) Penguin (24)
D.NF. 17.04.45 17,04.45
17.27.30 17.27.30
7.14.45 1 10 30
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7.37.30 5 5 19
Strike MePink
SETHEL MIRMAN SALLY GILIRS "PARKYAKARKUS - GORGEOUS
ALSO WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONY IN TECHNICOLOUR WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN"
"PADDY O'DAY" CHANGE with JAKE WITHERS
PINKY TOMLIN
FOX
PICTURE
ALHAMBRA
9,30 -7€L. 54650
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW The Finest Story Ever Filmed ........ based on fact.... The Famous Black Chamber of World War Fame !
YOU'RE SURE OF A THRILL WHEN YOU GO ROMANCING WITH BILL! -
Bit Powell's up to his ears in love
and mystery and you'll get the laughs and thrills of a lifetime as he saves 3,000 lives and wins a new sweetheart--in 48 gaily hectic houral
ORIENTAL
THEATRE.
•2MORE TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.
IT'S ONLY ONCE IN A LIFE TIME YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE LIKE THIS
YOUR MUST SEE IT
!
A nighty screen spectacle that made motion picture history. EVERY THROBBING MOMENT OF IT IS TRUE! BIGGEST PICTURE IN 10 YEARS!
Pulsating, exotic romance, turbulent drama, mighty spectacle-in M-G-M't magnificent $2,000,000 screen triumph!
MUTINY
Metro Mayer
ON
THE
BOUNTY
CHARLES
starring
LAUGHTON CLARK GABLE
FRANCHOT TONE
▲ Frank Lloyd Production,
● MATINEES: 20c.-30c O. EVENINGS: 20e.-30e.-50c.-70c.
1
STARE
TO-DAY ONLY! ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLDI
JOSEPH M
SCHENCK
Victor Hug
Les
Miserables
20-
Fredric
Charles
MARCH LAUGHTON
• DARRYL ŽANUCK Froduction
TUESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY !
"TRANSATLANTIC MERRY-GO-ROUND"
MOSCOW-PRAGUE AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL
*"Hong Kong Dally Fress" Special
Bucharest, Apr. 3.
An agreement was signed here between Soviet Russia, Czechoslo- vakia and Roumania, regulating the air traffic between Moscow and Prague, which will be opened on May 1 with intermediate landings in Yassy and Cluj. Only Soviet Russian and Czechoslovakian ma- chines will be used for the begin ning Transocian News Servios.
"LES MISERABLES”
Fresh laurels were heaped on the heads of Fredric March and Charles Laughton at the Star. Theatre yes- terday as co-stars of Darryl Ban uck's stirring production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables,"
RENDEZVOUS
At The Alhambra
Willinas Powell had an impet tous urge to go rural, buf. reverted to ultra-cosmopolite, all within the space of half an hour
An unappreciative and unfriend- ly cow was the cause of it.
spy
Powell was on a country location for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's drama, Rendezvous," how show- ag ut, the Alhambra Theatre. In a neighboring held he saw a gran ing cow. Rosalind Russell and Director William K. Howard voiced a desire for fresh milk for their lunch,
Powell volunteered to obtain al from the cow.
He climbed the fadee, armed with a milk bottle, and approached the grazing bovine. Ho succeeded in reaching the proper milking posture when the cow turned on
him.
Powell was pushed off his fact. Regaining them, he found himself spriating across the field, pursued by the cow, but in the opposite
direction from the company.
The infuriated animal took its
Powell and stand between
the camera and it took three elec tricians and two property men to drive off the beast so Powell could resume his cinematic duties.
(Capt. D. Eley) Sal Long (27)
..D.NF.
HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE
At The Queen's
A diverting piece of funny csi nes, crammed with lively action, snappy chatter and laughs galore is the romantic comedy, "Hands' across the Table," now showing at the Queen's Theatre, with lovely Carole Lonibard and Fred Mac-
Murray in the leading roles of this fun fest,
YACHTING
Two Boats Share Spoils
The finals of the Championship Series for "A" and "H" Class ves- sels of the Royal Hong Kong Yac at Cub were salied on Saturday over
a distance of 9.2 mi es and resulted as Tolows:
"A" Class 1—JOES. (Mr, J. R. A. Stanton and True Blue (Mr. E. S. Rouse) tled.
3-Jan (Capt. J. Krogh-Moes. 4-Gull (Mr. B. Naess).
"H" Class 1-Dorothea (Lt. Col. Reid. 2-Rolla (Col. E. St. G. Kirke). 3- Diana (Mr. P. Ramus). -- Full detalls of the other races
"B" Class Started 14.25 Yacht Dianna
(Mrs. D. W. Persse)
A laugh riot from start to finish, the merry attempts of "Hands Across the Table," centers around a poor but ambitious manicurist and a penniless young socialite te live up to an agreement that' each Produced by Lawrence Weingar shall marry for money, with love teh, the Rendezvous cast also in-p negligible factor. Many hilarious cludes Binnie Barnes, Cesar complications result as the two set Romero, Lionel Atwill and Samuel out to keep their bargain, until S. Hinds.
both fall in love, and of all things,are as follows: with each other! The fun 6im serves to introduce Miss Lombard, in an entirely new characterization and the blonde star comes off with flying colours as a light comedien- ne, as well as a lush leading lady. Acting honours must be equally divided between Miss Lombard and MacMurray who is possessed of a distinct personal charm as well as skill at just the sort of the role he Rolla is required to fall in the comedy.
Personable and engaging, Mac- Siskin Murray and Miss Lombard capture the amusing moments, sharing them with a delightful and refreshing
"PADDY O'DAY'
A crazy quilt of languages and dialects contributes to the colour and hilarity of the scintillating new Jane Withers picture, Paddy O'Day," which comes on Wednes- day to the King's Theatre. *
A truly great picture, handsome ly mounted and flawlessly directed by Richard Poteslawski, this latest 30th Century production follows the eventful life of Jean Valjean, who suffered five years of torture in the galleys of a French prison ship for stealing a leaf of brend and found lits whole life darkened by the shadow of the Law; in the person of Javert, a fasticul detec- Live who has dedicated himself tu carrying out that Law to the letter, March does the finest work of his career as the unfortunate Valjean and Laughton is superb as Javert. Jane Withers, charming little Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the celebrat Georgian who heads the cast of the ed British stage and wereen star is new picture, spent several weeks splendid, making his American transforming native Southern acabandon. Sorten debut in the role of the cent into a faultless Gaelis brogue. kindly Bishop Bienvenu who starts In the supporting cast is Pinky the brutalizeci ex-convict on the Tomlin, songwriter and actor. He road to a noble and prosperous is a native Oklahoman and has been life.
permitted to retain his natural. pleasant draw for the picture;
Rochelle Hudson, as Jean Val- jean's ward, Cosette, and John Beal, as her sweetheart, Marius, farnish the love interest which, offers a counterplot to Valjean's desperate adventures in his life long attempt to evade the relentless Javert, The Alm is released through United Artists.
"Les Miserables" is magnificent entertainment, full of the colour and passion of the novel which millions have read and will enjoy the privilege of seeing of brilliant ly transcribed to the screen,
I LIVE FOR LOVE
Dolores Del Rio, exotic Warner Bros. atar, was the recipient of two dozen gardenias every day dur- ing the production of "I Live for Love," next attruction at the Queen's Theatre.
She introduced the latest of styles to the screen that of wearing gar fresh flower (in this cass denias) as a hair ornament: Holly wood debutantes have taken up the fad in earnest.
Rita Cansino, of Irish and Spanish ancestry, fills the role of a Muscovite Miss and goes Russian all the way. And finally there is George Givot, Greek ambassador of radio fame, who reads the air with his fly-paper English.
picture reveals the heart-warming Directed by Lewis Salier, the new adventures of a little Irish girl in the strange land of New York. A bevy of brand new tunes, headed by "Keep That Twinkle in Your Eye." and Changing My Ambitions" are prominent features of the on- terainment, Sol. M.. Wurtzel filled the post of executive producer on this picture.
back. Just above the ears, the tips of which are bare, she places two real gardenias on each side.
The hot studio lights curled up the delicate white edges, leaving them brown. So, at intervals dur- ing the work, Dolores changed the flowers. In "I Live for Love," Miss Del Rio plays the part of a tempestuous South American prima donna The picture is gay Designed especially for her by comedy-romance with a glamorous Pere Westmore, Warner Bros. musical background of theatre and make up artist, Dolores coiffure radio, catchy songs having been consists of a center part the night-written by Wrubel and Dixon, hund hair brushed shiningly down Everett Maraball. grand opera into a cluster of tight curls at the star, is co-starred Miss Del Rio.
"STRIKE ME PINK”.
Ariel
(Mr. J. Kemsley) Dorothea
Finished P. Pts. 16.17.57 1 7
16:13.59 25
16.18.15
16.16.47 4
16.17.05 5 2
3 4
*
16.19.20 6 1
(Lt. Col. 8. D. Reid)
(Miss B. M. Kirke)
(Mr. D. Allen) Colleen
(Capt. N. Byddal)
"A" Class Started 14.30
16.28.36 1 13 (Mr. J.E.A. Stanton) Painted Lady
16.29.50 211
Joas
10,31,15 3 10
18.31.40 4.9
16.32.20 8 3
18.35.15 8 7
16.37.10 8 B
W
(Major F. C. Booty) True Blue We are on the strikingly beauti-
(Mr. H. S. Rouse) "Club Lido" set during the shoot- ful, tempo style, black-and-white
Lobo ing of "Strike Me Pink," Eddie
(Major B. B. Edwards) Cantor's sixth Goldwyn screen musical,
annual Samuel Jan, ... which
(Capt. J. Krogh-Moe) GILL mash song hit. Charming Sunnie is showing at the King's Theatre.
Ethel Merman has just finished a
(Mr. B. Naess) Isobei O'des is tapping out a novel dan-
(Dr. L. J. Davis) ce routine.
Carpenter 163812 9 4
(Capt. J. D. Pattuli)
The shimmering gossamer of the white drops, the twinkling brilli ance of a myriad of metal stars Artemis hung from the flies takes our breath La Linda
away.
D.N.F. D.NF.
DNS.
DNF.
1
18.43.22 2
18.45.30 3
Bat it is the mirror-like Cicada... night club floor made entirely of Pat glas blocks, backed with ebony,
Mixed Classen Started at 14.35 that is the center of attraction:
Yacht "Okay, boys and girls," shouts
Corrected Pra. director dance
Robert Altoa, Owl
16.38.42 "this'll be a 'take' of the finale. (Lt. Grace, RN.)
The music starts and thirty dan Toynette cing men and girls, in swallow
(Mr. W. B. Cooper) tails and diaphanous wisps of gowns, maneuver, into the scene in Sirius
(Capt. J. D. Newman) the background are the gorgeous
10.47.50 'Goldwyn Girls." The dancers Widgeon through their routine for the 150 (Miss H. Crawhall Wilson)'. dress extras seated at tables about Heron
18.48.16 the club. A battery of more than a hundred great arcs gives brighter Lola
16.51.38 then-daylight illumination to their
(Mr. W. D. σ'Grady) gyrations and a spectacle of be wildering beauty results as the sa dazzling reflections, shoot out from Stella
Eunice that sparkling floor,
(Lt. Moore, RN)
D.N.F. DNF
DNF.
5
William
POWELL Rendezvous
・with
ROSALIND RUSSELL · BINNIE`BARNES
LIONEL ATWELL • CESAR ROMERO - SAMUEL, S, MODS of William E. Howard Production
NEXT CHANGE
"GRAND EXIT"
-TO-DAY
& TO-MORROW
withi
EDMUND LOWE ANN SOTHERN
MAJESTIC
THEATREZZ
At 2.30, 5.20,
7.20 9.20 P.M.
Bas 'cesine prejamis,
THE
PHANTOM EMPIRE
Beneath T Earth
IN THEWARDS OF MURAMAS VICIOUS QUIEMI
(FINAL CHAPTER).
WEDNESDAY:-BUCK JONES IN "THE CRIMSON TRAIL"
INVITATION TO ARAB
PARTY LEADERS
ITALY MAY ATTEND
CONFERENCE
"Hong Kong Bally Press" Special("Hong Kong Dally Press". Special)
Jeruzalem, April 3."
Rome, April 3. The Arab Party leaders had re- Concerning the French pro- ceived, through the High Commis- i posals that there should be 3. aloner, the invitations from the meeting of the four Locarné Po-
come Colonial Secretary to
towers in Brussels shortly, it is London for negotiations concerning ! stated in authoritative sources that the
Council. Legislative
It is the negotiations to this effect are understood that the opportunity already in progress, and that Italy will also be taken to discuss the will probably participate. competency of the council for Transocean News Service.
sales of land and for immigration. The plan opposed by the Jews -is now approyed in principle be the Arabs, and the creation of a legislative council has now entered into a decisive stage with the ac- coptanine of the invitations by the Araba-
*ransocean News Service,
PINGYANGFU SIEGE AT AN END
Peiping, April 4. Chinese sources at Taiyuanfu was raised yesterday, when the Bhansi troops drove off several hundred Communists, who put up "Eullo!old man. I hear that
a stiff fight. The Shani forcés your wife has gone away on claim that hundreds of Reds were holiday."
killed. They entered the city at "Yes. I write her two letters 4 pm, and with the garrison com- every day without fail"
Two letters! Great Scott! that's
certainly devotion
"Oh, no, it's not that. You see, when she went away she told me
bed the city' and 'its (suburbs for Red, stragglers
Reuters
that if I didn't send her a letter cice, and you know how every day she would return at letter can go astray!!
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