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"Don't be a feel...it's sur happiness you're
throwing away!"...
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"Cain and Mabel"
QUEEN'S:—
"Internes Can't Take Money"
ORIENTAL:-
"Rainbow On The River"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Top Of The Town"
"Public Hero No. 1"
"One Rainy Afternoon"
MAJESTIC:
STAR:
A LLOYD NOLAN - STAKLEY RIDGES
ALSO SHOWING
Sunday
BARRARA
STANWYCK
JOEL MCCREA
INTERNES CAN'T TAKE MONEY'
A FEZANNAst Ficroto
Corniation of KING GEORGE JI
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DAT
TÁNCS AT THAM OR HAPPY VALLEY Set
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ORIENTALE
CLAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•
THE SCREEN'S BIGGEST LITTLE STAR!
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In a grand comedy romance of song and music
including the famous "Hall-Johnson Choir,
BOBBY
BREEN
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RAINBOW ON
RIVER
MAY ROBSON
“CHARLES-
BUTTERWORTH
Benita Hume, Alän Mowbray Louse Bonery A Henry. O'Neill; Marilyn Knowlden ang making na "Hall-Johnson Choir.
TO-MORROW MONDAY TUESDAY
JOE'S IN THE ARMY NOW
The bravest soldier that ever carried a guar SEE JOE WIN THE WAR!
WE'VE GOT OUR “BRIGHT LIGHTS LIT AGAIN FOR
JOE E
BROWN SONS O
JOAN BLONDELL
RIVERSY ROBERTS » XIII 250RE
JOSEPH KING-ROKERT JÄRKAT
GUNS
Waran
Deb
Songs by Warren & Pebis
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TO-MORROWTM
BKO PICTURE
ACADEMY
PICTURE
-A_PICKFORD-LASKY production
FRA NG I S.
LEDERER ONE RAINY AFTERNOON
with IDA LUPINO
"WINTERSET"
***!! Burgess Meredith
Margo
in Blagdon, Somerset, Church, said:
les obviously
""The authorities think the picture reters in some
WITHDRAWN way to the Duke of Windsor, but
Artist's "It Does Not Refer To The Duke"
Mr. Oswald Moser, the author and artist. of Rye. Sussex, ` was
it does nothing of the sort. It is simply a symbolical study of a young man, painted two years ago.
I had no idea of representing any
living person; A crown on the man's head is purely symbolical of man's supposed superiority over bird and beast. I have been ex- hibiting at the Academy since 1994, and have never experienced an incident. Ure this before."
KING'S:—
"Coin and Mabel"
QUEEN'S:
"Internes Can't Take Money" ORIENTAL:-
"Bons O' Guns"
ALHAMBRA:-
"Top Of The Town"
MAJESTIC:-
"Palmy Days"
STAR:-
"Winterset”
CAIN AND MABEL
"Cala and Mabel,” a spectacular- Cosmopolitan musical production released by Warner Bros. and starring two of the screen's most brilliant celebrities. Marion Davies and Clark Gable. opens at the King's Theatre to-day.
The picture is said to be filled with catchy musical airy and gigantic specialty numbers In which one hundred and sixty beautiful chorus girls take part in addition to its hilarious comedy, its glowing romance and many thrills.
duction numbers, called "Thousand
Right the first time-it's foe E. Brown, starring in a song show that's even funnier, than "Bright Lights” It's "Sons of Guns," the merry martial musical Warner Brothers have adapted from the famous Broadway stage success. » It - èomes to the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
“IDEAS ARE NOT DIARY OF LOCAL
COPYRIGHT"
JUDGMENT IN FILM
DISPUTE
EVENTS
SATURDAY, MAY 29 Anniversaries and Holidays.- Restoration Day... Oak Apple Day. Pappenheim born, 1594.
Auctions.Household furniture,
a.m.
Cinemas.(See Page 5). Moon-IV. Moon. 20th. Day Sports.(See Page 10). Sunrise.-5.39 a.m. Sunset.-7.02
The copyright action concerning the Alm "Catherine the Great, which had been before Mr."Justice Crossman in the Chancery Divi-228B, Nathan Road, Kowloon, 10.30 slon for 13 days. ended recently with judgment for the defendants. Mr. Trevor Watson, K.C. (for plaintiffs), "contended" that the length of the action was due to de- fendants' conduct of the case and Mr. Justice Crossman ordered that the plaintiffs should pay two-thirds or the defendants' costs..!
Damages had been claimed against London Film Productions,
m
Tides. High at 01.05 and 10.44:
Low at 04.20 and 18.45.
SUNDAY, MAY 30. Anniversaries and Holidays...
The most pretentious of the pro-which made, the him, the allega- First Sunday after Trinity. St.
Love Songs," is heralded as one fringed the play "La Petite Cathe-on of the Solemnity of Corpus tion being that the picture in- Joan of Arc died. 1431. Celebra-
unsurpassed in magnitude and grandeur.
SONS OF GUNS "Sond O' Guns" Joe E. Brown's latest comedy frole, based on the hilarious Broadway musical hit will be the attraction at. the Oriental Theatre to-morrow, Monday and Tuesday.
rine," written by M. Alfred Poz- nanski (or Savoir) in 1930.
The plaintiffs were Madame D. S. B. Poznanski (or Savoir) the au- thor's widow. Qua de Pasay, Paris; and Mr. Frank Vernon and Mrs. Virginia Vernon. Grosvenor- square, W., who own the exclusive English rights of the play, which they adapted for presentation in
London in 1931.
The defence was a dental of in-
The story is a' rollicking 'comedy romance dealing with the humor-fringement. ous side of doughboy life in France In the course of his judgment. 'quring the world war. The picture | Mr. Justice Crossman referred to is sald to be most colourful and ❘ expert evidence which had; beèn picturesque, and lavish in produc called, including that of Slr Bey- tion values, staged with more mour Hicks, in regard to the al- elaborateness than any previous leged similarities. His Lordship
Joe E. Brown comedy.
Internos Çan't Take Money
Barbara Stanwyck plays the part of a girl who gives her" love to a man she is unable to understand in “Internes Can't Take Mohéy," a drama of do votion to duty and love which opens to-day at the Queen's Theatre. Joel McCres plays the part of a young doctor, whom Miss Stanwyck loves.
INTERNES "CAN'T TAKE MONEY
said:..:
of Corpus Christi. Decoration Day (US.A).
Cinemas. (See Page 5). Miscellaneous.-Y.M.C.A. Discus- sion Group in West Lounge 9 p.m.; Aquarium Society Outing to Fanling District. 10 a.m.; Ameri- cans of South China called upon to visit National Graves in the vicinity of Canton. -
Religious-Solemn Procession at Catholic Cathedral Compound. 5 p.m
Sports(See Page 10). Moon-IV Moon, 21st, Day. Sunrise.-5.39 a.m. Sunset-7.03
p.m.
Tides-High at 01.47 and 11.21; Low at 04.44 and 19.25.
MONDAY, MAY 31; Anniversaries and Holidays.--- Union Day, South Africa, 1910.
Cinemas.(See Page 5), Dances. Cheero Club Dance, 8 p.m.
"I am of opinion that this evi- dence, so far as it deals with the alleged plagiarism, is really irrele- vant. I have come to the conclu- sion that the 'similarities are not such as to render the defendants' Alm a reproduction of a substan- Jockey Club Voting Members, 6.30 tlal part of the plaintiffs' play | p.m.
Meetings-Half-Yearly, of HK.
within the meaning of the Copy- Miscellaneous. Claims against. right Act, 1911."
If there were similarities be- tween the play and the Alm, added his Lordship, they were mainly in ideas, which were not the subject of copyright. The treatment and development of the Ideas was quite
diferent.
4:
Referring to the evidence of Mr. Biro and Mr. Wimperis (the writ ers of "Catherine the Great"), and Mr. Alexander Koida (the produ- cer). Mr. Justice Crossman sald that he was satisfied they were witnesses of truth. Neither Mr. Biro nor Mr. Wimperis had read M. Savoir's play. Mr. Korda had seori' it, but he did not constidiisly stígu
the Estate of Brabazon Disney Gerrard Barlow due; Volunteer Nursing Detachment meet at P.WD. for practice of bandaging. 5.30 p.m.
Social.-Y.M.C.A. Service Men's Whist Drive in the West Lounge, 9 pm: REOC.A./Whist Drive and Tombola, Garrison Lecture Hail, 8.30p.m.
Sports-(See Page 10). MoonTV Moon, 22nd. Day. Sunrise.-5.40 am. Sunset-7.02
p.m.
.:..
Tides-High at 00.25 and 10.10 Low at 0.35 and 18.04.
gest anything for the him taken, Evil Propaganda Of
from the play.
The case then terminated as stated abové.
TOP OF THE TOWN
Some Newspapers"
Mr. R. V. Bingham, the Ame- rican Ambassador, who is a news-
luncheon of the Incorporated. Bo- paper proprietor speaking it à diety of British Advertisers · Kald that newspapers were often propa- gandista of evil
Wealthy Diana Borden (Doris Nolan), owner of Radio Centre of to-morrow, has very futuristic ideas of the night club bustries Ahead of her time and against her family's wishes, she persuades “When you read here of a sen- "Ted Lane" band leader, played sational cfime," he said, "I hope by George Murphy, to give her all of you may pause for a moment A fine cast of players headed by Job in his floor show. The family and think of the hundreds of mil Barbara Stanwyck and Joel Me- want him to fire her or they'll are lions of quiet, decent, orderly. Cres, an excellent story well told him, but if he does fire. her, he peace-loving people whom that
does not and played, and expert direction also seals his own pink envelope. Money," the gripping drama which girl is Tomantically attached to the opens at the Queen's Theatre to boy, he pleads with her not to day, top-grade entertalament. blast his career, and she willingly Miss Stanwyck and McCrea, who quits the show. His reward is as
informed by the Royal Academy authorities that his picture: The Lord of Creation" which had been accepted and hung, was being withdrawn. In their latter, the President and Council state: "The picture appears certainly to allude to an affair, which is a matter of and come to the ears of the Royals are rapidly becoming America's | sigriment to the job of musical dif- the habit of the people, is one of
especially painful regret to the públic.
Mr. Moser, who is aged 63 and one of whose Biblical paintings is,
A representative of the Council of the Royal Academy sald:
tough the portraiture was not very strong we felt that the ple ture would cause some disturbance
Family. It's our policy never to favourite screen lovers, are not exhibit a picture which might be only, good to look at, but a pair of construed as a reflection on any excellent setors who give life and member of the Royal Family- vigour to a Ane story.
That disposition on the part of newspapera to play up to what is sensational instead of sound and usual, and what is remarkable and extraordinary instead of what-is
rector of the new Moonbeam Room: the things that tends to mislead But the girl interferes again, the American public about Great Top of the Town" opens at the Britain and the British public Alhambra, Theatre to-day.
about the United States
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