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"The marriage you're
planning will never take
place!" the great Gambini
warned...
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"THE GREAT GAMBINI
A. Paramount Picture with
AKIM TAMIROFF
MARIAN MARSH
· JOHN TRENT · Senevieve Tabla Raginală Deavy
Directed by Charlos Vidur
+ B.P. Sukelberg producilon.
TO-MORROW
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS"
with Warner Oland
OWLY
1630-19 718-1.30
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
KING'S:
CINEMA
Hong Kong
"Rembrandt"
QUEEN'S
"The Great Gambin!"
ORIENTAL:
"My American Wite"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA!-
"Hotel Haywire"
MAJESTIC:-
"Our Relations"
KING'S:-
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Waikiki Wedding"
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MY AMERICAN WIFE
2 DAYS TO-MORROW & MONDAY
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A scene from "The Great Gambini”
OUR RELATIONS
CHARLIE CHAN AT
THE OLYMPICS
Pitted against the most appal- Ung odtls of his career. Charile
Chan now sets a new world's re
tion of their tenth anniversary, as
Two players in "Hotel Haywire"
AT THE GARDEN
PARTY
Innovations at the Royal garden party were that the King did not wear or carry gloves and that the Gentlemen of the Housebold, who attended their Majesties and made lanes for their progresses wore tall-coats instead of frock-coats. There were. Indeed, only a few frack-coats to be seen at the
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7
Anniversaries and Holidays.— Royal Academy closes, Sir W. Hart- Dyke born, 1837,
Cinemas. (See Page 5). Maila (Son Page 16).. Miscellaneous. Claims
against
the Estate of Chew How, late of Memphis, USA.. due!
Social, Craigengower Cricket Club fortnightly Whist Drive. 9.20 p.m.
Sports.-(See Page 10),
Moon.-VII Moon. 2nd. Day.
Sunrise. $.57. a.m. Sunset.-7.01
p.m.
་་
Tides-High at 09.35 and 22.57; Low at 0245 and 18.18.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 Anniversaries and Holdaa, y28, ------ Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Henry Spahlinger born, 1832. Be- ginning of Autumn. (Ll-chilu), Cinemas. (See Page 5). Malls. (See. Pare 16). Miscellaneous-Y.M.C.A. Discus- sion Group, in the West Lounge,” »,
p.m.
Sports. (See Page 101. Moon. VII Moon, 3rd. Day, Jew- ish New Moon.
Sunrise.-5.58 am. Sunset-7.01:
p.m.
.
Tides. High at 10.20 and 23.28;
THE GREAT GAMBINI party, and only one pair of spats. Low at 03.31 and 18.50.
Thrills pile on thrills, and ro- mance grows more heart-warming by the minute, in "The Great Gambini," which, with Akim Tamiro, John, Trent and Marian Marsh heading a large cast of film Tavourites. is showing ** the Queen's Theatre to-day.
"The Great Gambini," played by Tamiron," is a mind-reader, the favourite act of the swankiest night-club In town. His act consists of..
receiving sealed envelopes containing questions from the audience, holding them. still sealed, above his blindfolded medium's head, and having her "answer" them aloud,
When Marian Marsh, attending the show with her parents and fance, asks Tamiroff if her mar- rlage will be happy, his medium repites that she will never marry flance.. John Trent,, Miss Marsh's unsuccessful sultor, who is standing in the background, also hears this prediction.
her
The next day, the day the wed- ding was scheduled, Miss Marsh's flance is found murdered in his apartment. Detectives turn the place upside down. and find enough clues to sink a battleship. However, they do not know what to do with the clues, until Tamir- off. suddenly appearing, calmly points but the value of each one. showing clearly that every one of the murdered man's friends and acquaintances, Including himself, could easily have committed the crime.
REMBRANDT
They were white. The eyeglass too is passing out in English so- clety. There were fewer than a score to-day. three of them worn by women.
:
The presence of very tall men was a feature of the day. Even Sir Jom Reith, who is at least six feet four, was overtopped by several, and one very large gen- tleman in every way must have been six feet seven. There were a great many elderly, well-set-up men who seemed to have spent much of their life in the troples. and it was noticeable that many of these were speaking with In- dians and Arabians In their own language. The heat
ασέ great, but one lady had to be at- tended to by the 'ambulance men
was
MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Anniversaries and Holidays.--- Isidore de Lara born, 1858.
Auctions. Crown Lands P.W.D. Offices. 3 p.m.
at
Cinemas. (See Page 5).
· Commercial-Hong Kong and Shanghal Banking Corporation, In- terim Dividend payable.
Malls (See Pare 16). Miscellaneous.- Claims against the Estate of Wong Shoh-Han due. Social.-Y.M.C.A. Service Men's Whist Drive. in West Lounge, 9. p.m.
Sports. (See Page 10). Moon:-VII Moon, 4th Day. Sunrise.-5.58
D
1.10. Sunset.-7
Tides. High at 11.02 and 23.55; Low at 04.16 and 17.20.
COBRA'S GAME
Almost every fourth përson was a notability, and it was interesting to see those who were accustomed to be the seen being themselves those who had come to see. One noticed the Archbishop of York. the Bishop of Manchester, Lord A large cobra entered the record Hewart, Lord Samuel, Lord Runci-room of the Gampola Police Court man, and Sir Thomas Inskip, and Ceylon, which is crowded with the arts were represented by Sir files and papers, and led a game William Llewellyn. the president of hide-and-seek with excited of the Royal Academy, Bir Guy members of the Court staff, not to Dauber. Mr. Laurence Binyon, and mention a policeman with a gun. others.
In America
a man has been operated on five times for the re- moval of collarstuds that he is in the habit of swallowing. There is some talk of Btting him with "a zipp-fastener.
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A yachtsman declares that trip in a rough sea often brings out a streak of yellow in a man.
Charles Laughton has his great. This changes rapidly to a peculiar
shade of green"
est and most human character- ization in. Alexander Korda's production of "Rembrandt," which
marks the first flm to depict the THE MARRIAGE
greatest artist
the
life of the world has ever known. It is on to-day at the King's Theatre.
In this flm Laughton is said to achieve a truly striking resem- blance to the great Dutch Master tor whom love and Inspiration went hand in hand. The film, which
marks the
After many vain attempts at capturing it, a villager who hap- pened to come on the scene offer- ed to secure the cobra,
He was warned of the risk in searching for a cobra among so many files and papers.
He, however, walked in fearless- ly, shifted the files, and in a few minutes found the intruder and brought it out holding it at arm's length by its tail..
He put the cobra into a sack and removed it.
(DIVORCE)
BILL
DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
its brother
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LAUREL HARDY Our RELATIONS
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"A" UNITED ARTISTS" PICTURE IS.
DESTROYER IN COLLISION
KINGSFORD SMITH
In its problem of trying to re- Observed Dr. Gordon Lang, "concile connicting views on mar- Archbishop .of Canterbury: "I riage and divorce during the cannot take the responsibility of
seeming reunion of the star and director- heated, House of Lords debate on
to promote legislation producer combination which gave (Divorce) Bill, the Church of Eng-
A.P. Herbert's Marriage which in Its principal proposals us the unforgettable "Private Life and was not unique. Long has or my Church. I cannot vote for is inconsistent with the standards of Henry VIII" picks up the artist's story. In his youth. "At Protestant Episcopal Church of against it. This may seem
denomination, the the Bill, yet neither can I vote that time the world was at his the U.S.A., been beset with the negative conclusion, and I am well New laurels and added renown feet and he enjoyed a perfect same dimculty, and many of its aware or the taunts which may for Laurel and Hardy in celebra-marriage with the lovely Saskia more liberal, younger, clergy bebe levelled against it, it I am by the news that an aeroplane One of the greatest losses In who was at one time wife, model leve that the only solution to
aviation history has been recalled
London, Aug. 5, and inspiration to him.
not troubled about that."
The Destroyer Flotilla leader, their dimculty Ites in A more
Viscount Fitzalan presented the wheel has been found on the Bur- Faulkner, which collided with a realistic evaluation of the first Roman Catholle view of the Bill established as having belonged to arrived at Portsmouth to-day mese coast which has been stemmer in thick tog off the Ushant, principles of marriage itself. Disapproving of any divorce ex- HOTEL HAYWIRE
According to Rector Appelhof of cept Catholle annulments he de- the machine in which Sir Charles where it was found to be only Detroit's St. Thomas's Church, theclared that the Bill struck at the Kingsford Smith and his com- slightly damaged in the upper at the Olympics," Twentieth Cen-whimsical pantomime
five main reasons, for marriage very roots of marriage as a sacre- panion Mr. T. Fethybridge were deck and no important equipment Paramount lets nine comedians fallures are:- Inimitable and deft loose on the screen in "Hotel Hay-(1) Bad
ment
lost on a night from England to was affected. tury-Fox hit featuring Warner fantasy is superbly performed in wire and as merry
physical adjustment; Taking issue with his iniritual Australia nearly two years 840, Oland again in the title role. the artistic background of "Our provoking riot as one could hope a laugh-
(2) Lack of common Interests, apperior, Dr. Hensley Heron. The tragedy which enveloped this which opens at the Queen's Relations," which is at the Majes- for is the result. The picture has
after the physical attraction Bishop of Durham acidly challeng great Australian aviator shocked itself has worn off; its run at the Alhambra Theatre
ed Dr. Lang's opinion; thundered: the whole world, for it robbed (3) Improper training to-day.
"The marriage union was made aviation of one of its foremost (4) Religious differences; and
physical relationships; for man, not, man for the marriage pioneers. (5) Childless marriage
the foremost comedy team on the screent They've roles for the first time in a full- enacted dual
length feature and the result is unquestionably. their greatest
cord for thrills before a stadium jammed with cheering sport fans. When death fires the starting gun. the wily Chinese sleuth is off on his greatest case in "Charlie Chan laugh hit in their most elaborate
Theatre to-morrow.
Earl
Derr Biggers' famous Oriental detective defes the mür derous threats of a death-dealing ring of International sples who
strike terror into the Olympic
sports arena, and who strike at Chan himself through his “num- ber, one" son, Keye Luke, in their bold efforts to seize a secret radio-
production.
Thetr
tic Theatre to-day.
"Our Relations;" based on "The Money Box," written by England's foremost short sea-story teller, W. W. Jacobs, nerves ́as an ideal.
vehicle for the film comics. It is
a Stan Laurel production.
control device from the govern soph'cal sleuth with the most
ment
baffling technicalities he has ever encountered further complicating Katherine De Mille and C. Henry the aluat on by their duping of Gordon.. the canny leaders of the Pauline Moore and Allan Lane, espionage group, provide the philo-festared in the romantic leada.
for
Headed by Leo Carrillo and Lynne Overman, and including Benny Baker and Colletta Lyons, He believes that the main-pit Byington, Chester Conklin and couples, are a failure to realise the George Barbier, Porter Hall, Spring falls likely to beset young married Teddy Hart, the comics have a full nature of marriage until after holiday that left the audience the ceremony, when it is too late, laughing until the last sequence lack of home training, and misuse
In addition to the comedians Mary Carlisle, John Patterson and Colin Tapley play important parts in the hilarious story of an astrologer who makes trouble to make money.
J
The steamer was only slightly damaged and proceeded on her course to Huil
The Faulkner, was on the way with four destroyers to the North- Coast of Spain to relleve other red Dr. Langlarea long after Bir Charles and Mr. Pethy there in connection with the Non- union.” Turning at these words When no news came through British warships which had been hard at fils dissenting brother pre-bridge had left Rangoon in con-
intervention Patrol scheme. late
tinuation of their fight, it was
Reuter
As the wrangle was resumed feared that the stretch between Birmingham's Bishop Barnes came Rangoon and Victoria Point had to the support of Dr. Henson, an- claimed a victim. And it seems to trace of the famous airman was to nounced that he would vote in have so happened, though at one be found. His absence did not of love before marriage, favour of the Bill When the fill time it was reported that Sir Chat- cause search parties to be organis- In London, cara up in full was read for the second time it les had crashed in Perak, ed from Kijala Kangsar only. force for once, Peers Spiritual re- became clear that with the ad- cently crowded the beriches of the ditions of few amendments there angust House of Lords to debate was every possibility of it becom- Mr. Herbert's measure.
ing Law in the next few weeks
Charles had crashed in Perak that went out to scour Malayan watera Sa strong was the belief that Bir From Singapore even the RAF search parties were organised from and the Burma coast, but all to na Kuala Kangsar, but no definite avall.
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