QUEEN
'AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M. DRAMA AS DANGEROUS AS ANY HERO OF THE BATTLE FIELDS !
TENSE!
STARK!
DARING!
They brave a firing-squad to prove their love!
Adelah Zar prudanše
HERBERT MARSHALL Till Wr
Meet Agass
with
Gertrude Michasi - Lional Atwili
Rod Loloque- & Purarzount Pictur
TO-MORROW
THE SURPRISE PICTURE OF THE YEAR!
BOBBY BREEN
THE YEAR OLD BOY WITH THE MOST AMAZING VOICE
in LET'S SING AGAIN"
An R.K.O. Radio Picture
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1936.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"San Francisco"
QUEEN'S S
"Till We Meet Again" ORIENTAL:
"Small Town Gir!”
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:--
"San Francisco" MAJESTIC:-
"Wife vs. SecretaryTM STAR:--
"I Live For Love"
KING'S:-
Sunday
"San Francisco"
QUEEN'S :-
"Let's Sing Again"
ORIENTAL.
"The Preview Murder
Mystery"
ALHAMBRA:-
"San Francisco"
MAJESTIC:-
"Wile vs. Secretary"
STAR-
"Klondike Annie"
CLARK GABLE AT DIARY OF LOCAL
FOUR CINEMAS
Variety Of Roles
Local fans of Clark Gable, the popular film star, should be more than satisfed this week-end he can be seen at na less than four elnemas.
0.5
"San Francisco"
with Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy, is being shown simul- taneously at the King's and Al- hambra Theatres while the Ma- Jestic Theatre is screening "Wire Versus Secretary with Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable.
At the Oriental Theatre there is Showing "Call of the Wild" in which Gable. is co-starred "with Loretta Young Jack Oakte is a'so
ir the cast.
EVENTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. Anniversaries and Holidays, Faber
Day.
Cinemas,
King's San Fransisco," Queen's-Till We Meet Again," Oriental Sma Town Girl World Queen The Jungle, " Alhamber -"Sən Kraucisco,"
MajesticRoad Gang." Star Live For Love," Commercial-Chins Estates Interim Dividend payable.
Second
Dances-Health and Strength League Flannel Bause, Hotel Creil, 8.5 p.m.
Miscellanous.—Claime against the Estate of James Frederick Hums, due
SocialCraigengower Cricket Clab Whist Urive, 9.00 p.m.; Cheere Club Open Games Night.
Sports Bowls, First Division, Taikoo R.C. gewer C.C. "N" v. Craigëngawer C.C. "B"; Craigen- v. Kowloon Docks; Second Division, Ciril Service C.C: v Yacht Club.
Swimating, Colony Championships; (V.B.C.), 9.15 p.m.
Moon.-VIII Mron, 4th. Day.
Sunrise.-6.11 am
p.t
Tides.--Ilig at
ལ
Sunset.-6.27
2.54.
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SHOWING TO-DAY SIMULTANEOUSLY
KING'S ALHAMBRA
HONG KONG
KOWLOON
At 2.80 3.10, 7.16 & 9.30 P.M. : At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 PM. WHO WOULDN'T CHANGE PLACES WITH CLARK-OR JEANETTE?
76
as
The thrill of thrills.. your romantic idol... your singing sweetheart. together for the first time!
are
$ SHOWS
DAILY
2.00-3.11
7.15-0.30
TAKLAMY TEAM OR HIPPY VALLEY BIER
ORIENTAL
PLANING
ROAD NANOMA
TEL. 28471
OLAST 4 TIMES TODAY
THIS SMALL TOWN GIRL WANTED LOVE
BUT LOVE STUDDED WITH DIAMONDS ! She faced the big city alone... staking her brains and beauty against the world in this fascinating romance!
Janet
Gaynor Taylor
SMALL TOWN GIRL
TO-MORROW MONDAY TUESDAYTM
Murder Steals the Show! "Famous star found dead at gale picture premiere... murdered in his saat! How? Why? By whom?
Adolph Zukor
prezants
The
PREVIEW Murder Mystery
A Paramount Platus with Reginald Danny - Franssi Draka Gait Patrick Red LaRoque
MATINEES: 20c.-30. EVENÍNCS: 20c,-30c.-50c.-70c.
* SHOWS
|| DAILY
2.30 520
| 710 - 930
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TELS7222
MATINEES. 20€-30..° EVENINGS. 201·30-50.70.) FINAL SHOWINGS TO PAY
WARNER BROS. MOST DRAMATIC REVELATION' SINCE "I AM A FUGITIVE"!
ROAD GANG
A First Nationar futu
TO-MORROW, MONDAY, TUESDAY THREE EXCITING STARS IN THEIR HAPPIESİ
CLARK GABLE
ROMANCE!
JEAN HARLOW
MYRNA LOY
in" WIFE versus SECRETARY'
A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE
SIR MILES LAMPSON HONOURED
Bir Miles Wedderburn Lampson,
BRITISH FILM OF
NAVAL LIFE
Fleet Manoeuvres As Background
A naval picture which will make British film history is promised by Herbert Wilcox. He is to take a
Charles Bickford in "Pride of the Marines" A Columbia Picture
complete production unit to Scapa WEEK-END RADIO
Fow
and "shoot" the autumn manoeuvres of the Atlantic Fleet. This material will then forng the background for The Navy Eternal," a picture based on a story of the same name by "Bar. timeus."
"It will be a comprehersive and authentic panorama of life in the. Navy below 45 well as above decks." Mr. Wilcox said yesterday.
The Navy League and the Ad- mira'ty are granting the fullest possible co-operacion. The Ad- miralty is permitting the. use battleships and also lending Kalson officers to assist in the making of 7
the film."
of.
The plot of The Navy Eternal" la topical, for it. deals with the Navy's work in rescuing British.
PROGRAMMES
(Continued from Page 4)
EMPIRE RADIO
TRANSMISSION 2 Hong Kong Times) The following frequencies will be used:
H
OSH 21,47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17,79 Mc/s (16,86 m.)
p.m.-Big Ben. Empire Maga- zine," No. 5. A weekly review of things at home. Edited by Pascoe Thornton. "
subjects from a storm centre dur-7.32. p.m.-"Monologue in Melody." ing a revolution in South America,
Captain Norman Walker, who made "The Middle Watch," wil! 7.45 direct, and Sir Guy Standing, the sailor-actor, who was the colonel
in "Benga! Lancer."
has been!
Syncopated plano music by John Ridley.
p.m.-The Children's Hour. "The Popplecocks and Golden Pear," by Adam Wade- Brown.
T
Low at 30 and 10.55.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
Anniversaries
111 Holidays.--Fit."
teenth Sanalsy after Trinity. Fast d Gedaliah
Cinemas.
King's San Franesses."
Queen's :-"Let's Sing Agniti." Oriental The Preview Murder
Mystery,"
"World:-"Chineno Picture."
Alhamam San Franciscu, ** Majestic :-"Wifé, vs. Secretary." Sta::Kkndiké Annie." Miscellaneous.-Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group, 9.00 p.in.
Social, Tombola at Royal Sigual" Sergeants Moss, Kowloon, 9.00p.m.; China Fleet Club Theatre, 7,30 p.m.; Whist Drive and Tombolag, R."A" (Station) Sergents Mess, Gun Club Hi, Chathai Road, Kowloon, 8.34 P..
Sports.
41
V.
Wrestling.-Wong Bock-cheun Young Aquinaldo: Bätta Singh Mebar Singh Lee Theatre). £.00 pa
Meon VIII Moon, th. Day.. Sunrise.-6.11
Д.П. Sunset.-15.29
p...
Tidies-High at 15 and 23.14 Low at 3.50 and 17.15,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,
Anniversarien at Holidays.St. Matthew.
Cinemas. King's San Francisor," Queen's :-"Let's Sing Again." Oriental:-"The Preview Mardier
Mystery.**
WorldChinese Picture."" Alhambra :-"San Francisco," Majestic-Wife vs. "Secretary." Sur:Klondike Annie."- Dances.--First Reel Practice Danes. at Melons May, 5.30 p.m.; Cheero Cizu Dance, 8, p.m.
Meetings-Annual, of the Hong Kosz Reel Clas, at Helena May, 5.15 p.m.;
The king of Frisco's nam- bling...the queen of its opera! Worlds apart-but they were born to fall in love!
Clark
GABLE
Jeanette
MACDONALD
A grand new love-team-in
San Francisco
with
Spencer
TRACY
Women's Guild of St. John's Cathedral, NEXT CRANGH AT THE KING'S— —NE? CHANDS AT THE ALHAMERA-
us Church Hall, 3.00 p.hr
Social.-Y.M.C. A. Whist Drive, 9,80
j...
Sports.
Swimming-Army Schools' Sports Hoate (V.R.C.), 2:30 p.m.
Moon.-VIII Micon, 8th. Day, Sunrise. 6.11
the
p.tu
offered the role of a British con- 8.30 p.m.-The Commodore Grand
stal.
"SAN FRANCISCO"
In San Francisco," showing to- day at the King's and Alham- bra Theatres Metro-Goldwyn-May- er has again made a sensational plcture.
It brings together for the first time three of the most popular stars of the screen-Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy.
It was
of the
Orchestra, directed by Harry Davidson. From the Commo-
1.1. Sunset.-6.21
Tiden High i 12.30 and 23.40; Low at 6.39 and, 17.21.
In
JEAN GILIE.. "WHILE PARENTS SLEEP
with
ELLIS JEFFREYS-EKID STAMP - TAYLOR United. Artists Release
FRIEND OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA
Lady Kennedy, wife of Sir Ro-
dore Theatre, Hammersmith. EX-ARCHDUCHESS bert John Kennedy and sister of
It's a Bin' to Tell a Lie (May- hew, arr. Zalva), Suite, Wood- Land Pictures: (1) In the Hay- fields (2) An Old-World Gar- den (3) The Bean Feast (Flet- cher). Sizilietta (von Blon), 1 need a Girl like you (Ricardo, art. Borchert). When the Ter- ritorials are on Parade Leslie Sarony, arr. Mackie).
9 p.m.Greenwich Time Signal- 9 p.m.-The News and Announce-
ments.
directed by W. 8. Van Dyke, who never misses in cor- 9.20 p.m.-Dance Music. rectly feeling the pulse public to provide for them the ex-
9.45 p.m.-Close 'down. pected tempo in all the films ne directs.
It brings again to the screen that lovely Voice of Miss Mac- Donald who covers a wider range of musical numbers than she has ever accomplished before not only the most difficult uperatic arias, but ragtime tunes and even beauti ful religous hymns.
"San Francisco" is the story of Blackle Norton, lord of the old Barbary Coust before the San Francisco disaster in 1906. Into his resort wanders a small-town girl with great ambitions to become a singer. Gable, as Blackie, ex- gages the girl to entertain
his
TRANSMISSION 3 Two or the following frequencies will be used:
GSH 21.47 Mcs 13.97 m. 480 17.79 Me/s (16.86 m.i G8F 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)
toa
DIES A BEGGAR
Famed In Pre-war Vienna Days
Viscount Bangor Speaker of the Ulster Senate, died last month at Cultra Manör, county Down. She was 76,
W3Su
who Lady Kennedy, daughter of the fifth Viscount Bangor, married Sir Robert Ken- nedy 53 years ago. Through his work in the Diplomatic Service she
She
In ope of the poorest quarters travelled extensively, and was the first European woman to journey a cheap coffin, con- of Warsaw taining the body of a" beggar wo-through some barts of Asia. man who had died at the age.ot made one particularly hazardous
2,000 "mles $8, was lowered into the earth on journey Sept. 2.
thorssar, Perala.
Kootners, 110
through
In her travela Lady'· Kennedy collected some wonderful anti-
mere were 10 Mowers.
Yet the name on
the simple ques, one of which was a 400 years' plate, "Wilhelmine Adamowicz-old pipe of solid gold and enamel given her by the Grand Vizier of Woelfling," was for years before
Persia. the war the toast of fashionable Vienna.
Wilhelmine Adamowicz-Woelfling
WEUS
She was a friend of Queen Alex- andra and a Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
the daughter of a humble farmer on the slopes of the Car-She leaves four daughters.. pathians.
came
10 pm-Big Ben. Variety. 10.15 p.m.-"If If the French.
had landed in Bantry Bay in 1708. By Maurice Healy. 10.31 p.m.-The BBC Midland Or-"
chestra: leader, Alfred Cave; As a girl of 20, says the Ex-became a famous rendezvous for conducted by Reginald Burs-change Telegraph. she went to gallants- much so that in the Overture, Migxon (Am- Vienna, and there became the end Wilhelmine was asked by the broke Thomas). Selection, torat of the dashing cavalry Government to leave the capfial Three Sisters (Kern). Waltz, officers.
For many years she was well The Pink Lady (Caryli), Bulte,
"She came under the protection:) known in the capitals of Europe. as You Like It (Quilter); In- of Count Otto von Freutenberg.
After the war, she went to Po- termezzo. The Pelican's Parade Some years. passed, and she land, and. lved a modest existence (Yorke). In a Monastery Gar-
under the notice of the in one of Warsaw's suburbs. „_„den (Kételbey), Irish Rhap- Archduke Leopold, who for her.
Tiring of her scm -impoverished sody (Herbert)...
sake renounced all his Hitles and state, she tried to remake' he": became Leopold Welding. She fortune on the Stock Exchange married Leopold and the alliance she lost all she had. lasted for three years.
She came down to begging OD The mine tired. She garzars was denied the life of frivolity for Often she told the story of hei when she hungered as Leopold past to those who would listen home.
sought the world of scientists and nobody believed her they thought Thornton...
invatics,
her mad... 12.45 am.-The BBC Dance Or-
"Tho' pair were divorced and Leopold Woelfing died 'n Berlin, chestra, directed by Henry wwwelmine received a handsome some months aro, 2so in poor Hall,
rowdy customers and from the dance hall she rises to heights as an opera star to thrill the hearts of San Franelsco's music lovers Later she returns to Blackie, who does not realize the depth of his 11.30 p.m.-The Berge Krish Septet. love for the girl until he finds 111.55 pin-The News and en- in the destruction and suxering of Ritz Hotel recently under
the San Francisco disaster,
| Midnight.—Greenwich Time Signal. chairmanship of the Prime Minis-.
The supporting cast includes 12.15. a.m.-"Empire Magazine." No. ter of Egypt. High tributes were
Jack Holt, Ted Healy, Shirley Rose,
5. A weekly review of things at Paid to him for his negotiations Jessie Ralph, Harold Huber, Mar
Edited by Pascoe of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, garet Irving, Al Shean, and Roger which crowns his career of a long
the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, was the guest of honour at a private dinner given by the Egyptian delegation in the lomat.
the
Imhol,
The picture was produced by
and varied experience as a dip Bernard Hyman and John Emer
nouncements.
mClose down,
Battlement.
encumstances: · He had appeared Once again her Vienna residence in cabaret,
"PRIDE OF THE MARINES" CHARLIES BICKFORD
with
FLORENCE RICE
A Columbia Picture
STARE
4 SHOWS DAILY
At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. TO-DAY ONLY
A NEW XIND OF LOVE STORY WITH A FAST MATING NEW SING. ER OF LOVE SONGS!
I LIVE FOR LOVE
& Warner Bros. Plature with DOLORES
DEL RIO
EVERETT
MARSHALL
World-famed singing idol of stage and screen
OUT KIISTE
SHAW & LEE MORGET (GRYANAUGK
SUNDAY MAE WEST in KIONDIKE ANNIE
with VICTOR MAOLAGLEN A PARAMOUNT PICTUER.
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