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36 HOURS TO KILL” Brian Donlevy
KING CAROL IN
·FRANCE
Paris. July 11 The Rumanian King, who in the last few weeks has taken a very active hand in the foreign polley of his country, arrived here, with his Court Marshal, Urdareanu, by the Orient Express this morning.
The King has accepted various Invitations for banquets and, public
Gloria Stuart
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE Amazing Story Of Chinese
Doctor 250 Years Old
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KINGS:-
"Night Must Fall"
QUEEN'S:-
"Under The Red Robe"
ORIENTAL:
"The Lives Of A' Bengal
Lancer"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"Janost
MAJESTIC:-
STARA
The amazing tale of a 250. year | good appetite and has a strong old Chinese man living In Kaishten; } body." eastern Szechuen province, was Foreign professors of the local published by vernacular news- West China University faculty; a papers in Chengtu, China,
U. 8. Canadian mission school, say they are familiar with the story and profess to believe that it is true. One said "we know Li Chin Yuin lives in Kaishien and we know he is of a tremendous age although the exact number ör years are unknown.
The reports say the-man "who possesses the secret of everlasting life" is 14 Ching Yuin, a former medical doctor who retired" many years ago but who, during his ac- tive days, "enjoyed a large · PROFES- sional practice and many of his one-time patients are living in Szechuen. They knew Li and con- firm that he is living at Kalshien and maintain he has reached a "The Plough and The Stars" great age but are ignorant as to
the exact number of years."
Chinese reports claim that this superman is healthy, enjoys a
"May Time"
KING'S:-
Coming
"The Captain's Kid" QUEEN'S:-
"Her Husband Lies" ORIENTAL:
"3 Men On A Horse" ALHAMBRA:—
"Educating Father" MAJESTIC:---
"Mad Love"
STAR:-
"36 Hours To, KIU”
"NEW EARTH”
Education In Films
الى -
The use of cinematograph films. as a means of education is now an established fact. Most nadons of the world have produced pictures In order to educate the mass in
UNDER THE RED ROBE the way that their national policy dictates. It is interesting to note that Japan at present is producing a new propaganda film with Ger- man technical assistance.
romance,
The swashbuckling Under the Red Robe." Twentieth Century-Fax release showing at the Queen's Theatre' to-day, with Conrad Veldt " and Annabella In
the starring roles. is based on the famous best-seller by Stanley J. Weyman and the play by Edward
Rose.
A stirring adventure of the days
when men dared all for love,' tell-
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a tale of scarlet intrigue in the days of Richelleu. "Under the Red Robe" has been called the "greatest adventure of an adven- turgus era. The picturization of this famous story combines the
"Richelieu," "Intrigue of
the. romance of "The Scarlet Pim pernel" and the thrill of The Three Musketeers.".
NIGHT MUST FALL
|
"He moved to Kalahlen more than 100 years ago. He visited Chengta ten years ago but since that time has not left Kalhalen.. Where he was born nobody, in- cluding Là himself, seems to know. He has relatives in Szechuen, all
of whom are numerous generations younger than tre.”
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TUESDAY, JULY 13 Anniversaries' and Holidays Berlin Treaty. "Peace with Hon- our," 1878. Feast of Heavenly Gifts. (Tien-Kuang-chich).
Cinemas-(See Page 5). - "Entertainments--St. John's Ca- thedral Organ Recital; 5.30 p.m.
- Lectures-Hockey,
Police Training School
Malls—(Ses Page 16). The title of the Dim is “New. Meetings. Council Meeting- Earth." It at once suggests that Hong Lawn Bowls Association "(8. thus is a German-Japanese effort. Morning Post, Ltd. Board Room, to counter
Sino-American Wyndham Street), 5.30 pm
Miscellaneous. Rotary Tiffin, production "Good Earth," a screen adaptation of Pear! Buck's famous | Hong Kong Hotel. - novel of Chinese life.
the
Moon VI Moon, 6th. Day.- Judging from the reports of the Social-Police Branch of M. 0. Japanese press, "New Earth" is L. Whist and Mah Jong Drive, at designed to be a powerful plece of Police Recreation Club. 3 p.m.: German - Japanesę - Manchukuo | Cheeró Club Whist Drive, 5.30 p.m.: propaganda. "Never before." de- Cralgengower Cricket Club Weekly clared the Mainichi Press,' "hus, Drive and Tombola in Garrison there been produced in Japan a¦ Lecture Hall, 8.30 pin picture on such gigantic scale.or Sports-(See Page 10),
Sunrise-3.46 am, Sunset-7.11
D.II.
turned out at such huge cost of with auch a large amount of for- eign assistance.. Dr. Arnold Frank, Tides. High at 01.27 and 12.37; the well-known German flm di- | Low at 05:56 and 1998. rector, and a large staff of ' 85- sistants have been in Japan for more than a year and in that period have used up 470,400 feet of fim and have expended. Yen 700,000, ten times the cost of the most expensive pictures previou8-.
At the King's Theatre to-day an "audience that was at once startled and pleased observed on the screen one of the most unique film that has been presented from Holly-ly produced in Japan." wood. It is called "Night Must Fail" and stars Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell,
"Night Must Fall," was a Lon- don stage play and Montgomery suggested that his studio adapt It for a picture. That is an ordinary procedure, but the extraordinary phase was Montgomery's eagerness to play the leading role. The part is that of a pathological killer
who commits murder with the least of reason but the most of cunning.
THREE MEN ON A
· HORSE
"Taree Men on a Horse" which as a stage play is now well into its second year on Broadway and still going strong in film form comes to the Oriental Theatre to- morrow and Thursday,
FRENCH GESTURE A MEDITATION?
"Paris, July 11. The altuation which will arise to-day, if the French demands for equality in frontier control are not complied with, is eagerly discussed by most of the Sunday papers here. Some papers emphasise that the announcement of the French Gov- ernment does not dispose of the Non-Intervention obligations en- tered into in its own sovereign po- wer Others construe the French
preliminary to the | gesture as a mediation intended by Englarid.
According to the "Matin," the course the events will take will be as follows:--
Mediation will take place in two sections, Arstly as preliminary state of affairs, secondly as final stage.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 Anniversaries and Holidays- Bastille stormed, ・・ 1789, Alfred Krapp died, 1887.
Cinemas--(See Page 5). Mails (See Page 16). Meetings. Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 am.
Miscellaneous, Claims against the Estates of Isabel Frances" Arin- strong, and Kathleen Anne Ormis- ton, due; CM. S. Heep Yunn School Speech Day, Kowloon City, 5 p.m.
Moon VI Moon, 7th. Day... Religious.-Exposition of the Re-
as of St. Beatrice (Brought to Hong Kong on July 14, 1884), in Canossian Institute Chapel
French
Bocial-Reception at Consul's Residence, 13 Peak Road, La Observance of French National Day, 11.30 a.m.; Waist Drive and Tombola, Garrison Bergta. Mess, Queen's-Road, 8.30 p.m.
Sports(See Page 10). Sunrise.-5.47 a.m.
p..
Sunset.-7.11
Tides-High at 02.05 and 13.25; Low at 06.56 and 19.42.
STRANGE DECREE
There is a grand cast headed by Frank McHugh and Joan Blondell. McHugh, whose faintly-querulous laugh and outlandish anties have immediate resumption of the coast The preliminary stage will be an made millions laugh for the last supervision by neutral powers, in- six years is cast as Erwin, a cluding Germany and Italy. These slovakian Minister timid and hen-pecked writer of latter powers will be called, upon Telegraphs to the effect that greeting cards who keeps to him to send observers aboard French broadcasting from other countries
and British vessels, that alone
self his weird gift of picking the winner in horse races. First Na- would undertake the actual con- tional owners of the stage pro trol auction-have spared nothing in making the
screen production worthy of the play.
ROYAL COUNTIES SHOW
The King A Prize-Winner
Budapest, July 11. The latest decree of the Czecho- of Posts and
may only be listened-in. in the most intimate family circle.. is described by the Nationalist Hun- garian newspaper Magyarsag” as an Incredible infringement of the private life of the Czechoslovakian population.
In the same manner the Spanish land Trontiers would again be con- trolled by international patrois, " Great Britain would then pro- pose a final plan of supervision, whereby the coast would be pat- rolled by International observers, PRAYER FOR PEACE
also situated in the Spanish har- bours, and be reinforced by air- plane patrola
The Royal Counties' four-day
Not only the "Matin," but also show was opened at Prospect Park, Reading by the Mayor (Alderman the French notice of conditional a number of other papers describe Mrs. A. Jenkins), who was accom- termination of the frontier control panied by members of the Cor being a preliminary measure of poration
Fransocean News Service.
Vatican City, July 11..
An exhortation to pray for peace was made by the Pope in a twelve- Christmas In a clear and strong minute broadcast, his first since voice, His Holiness said "let us pray for the world so confused
The entries totalled 3.112, ten equalisation of canditions. qeces for the peoples, so oppressed by less than those at last year's show stated by the termination of the the miseries of to-day and fearful land control on the Portugese at. Worthing. The total for. 1930 frontier. Thus the "Petit Parisien» of to-morrow that God will grant when the show was last held and the Excelsior declare that i tranquility in order and peace "
DEATH OF COMPOSER Reading was 3.725. which con
stituted a record
The King w was among the Hollywood, July 114 hibitors and won une of his own The death is reported here of prizes-a plece of plate for the best the well-known composer, George exhibit in, the Shorthom cast Gershwin, after an operation for with Calrossie Emigrant, a ran tour in the brain.
·Reuter
functions, and intends to proceed to Brussels on Saturday, Traniacean News Service.
bull, born in 1936. Bir Bernard Greenwell's Marden Snowstorm was reserve. His Majesty was also successful in the Devon classes winning a second prize and third prks with his helfers from Home Farm Stoke Cimisland, Cornwall.
the French action was prompted by the necessity of maintaining national dignity
The "Figaro also defends the step to put both the French and the Portugese frontiers on the ale zooting, but at the same time advocates the recognition of Ge- neral Franco as a belligerent, this only being in accordance with act-
al facta.
Left win newspapers on the other hand are not satisfied with
Beuter.
the mere notice of termination of the international control, but de- mand termination of the non-m- tervention polley itself.
If the authorities of the London Non - Intervention Committee would not resume the control of the land and sea frontiers", then everything would be ripe for a 10- sumpton of freedom of action- Tronancean News Cermce.
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