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AR JARING COMSOLOF AN INTERRUPTED WEDDING! Faithful to her calling, she ran out on own marriage coremony to follow the trail of a red hot uws scoop.
A COMEDY ROMANCE THAT TURNS INTO THRILLS!
The screen's charming ro-
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FEATURE |
BIO-1ADIO PICTURE
JOE LOUIS
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TOMMY FARR
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT.
Aa ex elen. record round by round of the great boot betwe in the Braw Bambe" and Britain's vám2st Fighteṛ. SUN MO. TUES THE YEARS BC LAUGH SH. WI MUSIC AND MADNESS AND GIRLS AND GUFFAWS!
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Gary Cooper Franchot Tone
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"LIVES OF A
BENGAL LANCER
A Paramount Picture
TO-MORROW
4 MARX BROS. in "DUCK SOUP
AMNESTY IN RUSSIA ABBEY FUNERAL FOR
Moscow, Oct, 20.
It is stated here that 15,000 pri- soners serving terms of imprison-. ment for various crimes, and 5,000
at the 20th anniversary of the So-
RUTHERFORD
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:---
"Married Before Breakfast"
QUEEN'S :---
"Midnight Taxi"
ORIENTAL:-
"There Goes My Girl"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :---
"Reported Missing"
STAR:-
"Lives Of A Bengal Lancer"
MAJESTIC:--
"Sing Me A Love Song"
KING'S:
Coming
"Between Two Women”
QUEEN'S:--
"His Affair".
| ORIENTAL:—
"A Day At The Races"
ALHAMBRA zen
"His Affair"
MAJESTIC:-
"They Gave Him A Gun”
MARRIED BEFORE
BREAKFAST
As stirring to the senses as a reliable alarm clock, "Married Be- ore" Breakfast" brings bright comedy to the screen of the King's Theatre to-day. The picture features Robert Young and Florence Rice, and June Clayworth
Robert Taylor 'co-starring with Barbara Stanwyck in Twen- „ tieth Century Fox's "His Affair." commencing to-morrow at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
ITALY MORE AMICABLE
READY TO DISCUSS
SITUATION
London, Oct. 20. "Italy agrees that an internation.
DIARY
OF LOCAL EVENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER
Anniversaries and Holidays:-
Thomas Sheraton died, 1806. Rev.
and Barnett Parker are capable al commission should be despat❘ scelety of
players in support. The picture is given unexpected comedy by the appearance of an amazing electri- cal robot man who fairly keeps the story charged.
The story is a novel one and has been expertly handled for the screen. Young is an accomplished
actor, last seen in "The Emperor's Candlesticks" with William Powell and Luise Rainer.
REPORTED MISSING
A sizzling, high tension aviation drama, Universal's "Reported Mis sing" which has its run at the
Alhambra Theatre to-day, featur ing William Gargan and Jean Rogers. The picture is packed with thrills and exciting suspense that will hold the audience spell- bound.
Gargan portrays the role of, young inventor who develops a scientific device intendted to aid airplane navigagion. When the Instrument is placed on a large airliner, the ship
ched to Spain to supervise the withdrawal of volunteers and as- certain the exact number of
"
E. Thring died, 1887.
Cinemas (Sce Page 5). Commercial. - Union Insurance Canton Ltd.. Interim Dividend payable;
Dances-Hong Kong Reel Prac tice. Helena May. 5.30 p.m.; Grand Dance at Hotel Cécil, 8.30 p.m.
Entertainments. St. Andrew's Entertainment for Shangai Chil- dren at the Old Central. British
foreign nationals now fighting for the two parties in the conflict." stated Signor Grandl at this after- noon's meeting of the Non-Inter- vention Sub-Committee. He add-School, in the Hall, 5.30 p.m. ed that this investigation will It possible to define the make manner in which, and in what proportion the withdrawal will be made.
:
Malls (See Page 16). Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.; Specia Meeting for Service Men at Chinese Methodist Church, op- posité "S & 8. Home Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10.30 a.m.
Miscellaneous-Bridge Lessons in Y.M.C.A. (Ladies' Section), in the West Lounge. 10 a.m.
Italy is also ready to consider in a spirit of compromise, and with the aim of finding a common ground for an agreement to the best and most practical way, for giving pratical execution to the two measures contained in Para- Rehearsals/Ph'iharmonic graph VIII in the British "plan.ciety, Orchestral Section, Sailors' and concurrent in point two of Home and Seamen's Institute, 8.45 the French stalement of October ❘ p.in.
-09..
16, as soon as the Commission had Social Cheero Club Duplicate made a report to the Committee and Contract Bridge, 8'p.m.; Whist -namely to decide the time and Drive and Tombola in Sergts". in what manner belligerent rights Mess, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 8.30 should be recognised.
Signor Grandi concluded, by say- mysteriouslying that Italy will accept the Brl- crashes. Then other ships crash. tish proposal If Britain will ap too. The young fellow's hopes are proach both sides in Spain con- wrecked with these giant planes. cerning the withdrawal of foreign Newspaper critics condemn him volunteers.-- for making innocent passengers Reuter. the "guinea pigs" of his experi-
ments.
The inventor, however, finds
that in each case the plane has SING ME A LOVE SONG heen looted. A trap is set for the
mysterious. sinister figure that One of the most entertaining causes the shocking crashes-a | musical romances that has been trap which brings the picture to a smashing climax and furnishes an unusual surprise ending.
MIDNIGHT TAXI
p.m.
P.I
Moon-IX Moon, 19th. Day. Sports. (See Page 10). Sanrise.-6.23 x.m. Sunset.-5.53
Tides-H'gh at 11.17 and 22.25. Low at .04.45 and 18.08. -
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 Cinemas. (See Page 5). Mails, (See Page 19). Moon. IX. Moon, 20th. Day. Sports. (See Pare 191.
Sunrise.-8.22 am. Sunset.--5.54
p.03.
Tides. High at 10.20 and 21.45. Low at 03.58 and 15.33.
BANKER'S DEATH
seen on the screen in many a day was shown at the Majestic Theatre yesterday for the first time locally, under the title of "Sing Me a Love Song." a Cosmopolitan production released by First National, with an all star cast including James The toughest man on the "queer Melton. Patricia Ells. Hugh Her- money" squad and the lovely queen bert, Zasu Pitta, Allen Jenkins
New York, Oct. 20. of the counterfelt ring' he Was and Nat Pendleton.
The death is announced of Mr. sworn to bring to justice-to these The picture has an exceptional- Felix M, Warburg, prominent New fearless, relentless enemies love ly interesting and well-knit plot York banker, at the age of 66—— comes in a hail of bullets as death for a musical. Harry Bauber has Reuter. rides the running-boards in "Mid-infected countless laughs, glamor- night Taxi. Twentieth Century Fox film showing at the Queen's Theatre to-day. with" Brian Donlevy and Frances Drake in featured roles.
ous romance and some real thrills. The story concerns the doings of a wealthy young man, brought up without knowledge of any thing useful, whose father sud With his cab throttle wide open denly dies and leaves him at the and tires screaming, Donlery head of a great city department enacts a stirring portrayal as a
store. He lets the store run it- Federal man in disguise who
self, while he philanders in other chases desperate trigger men and lands, until he is warned by his careens into romance with Frances lawyers that it is fast losing Drake, a lovely girl in a man's money. world of crime..
From the original
The late Mr. Warburg was born a German at Hamburg, but in 1900 he became a naturalised American. He was a member of the banking arm of Kuhn, Loeb and Cu.. since 1898, and subsequently occame Director of the Manhattan Co., and the Staten Island aapid Transit Railway Company.
He interested himself a great deal in charitable and philanthropie work, being chairman of the Federation for the Support of the Jewish Philanthropic Society, and tribution Commttee. He was Pre of the American Jewish Joint Dis-
Ann Sheridan does an excellent Argosy Job as the snobbish rival of Miss Magazine story by Borden Chase Elits for the love of the rich store which excited all lovers of red-
owner and who conspires with blooded Betion, director Eugene her mother, Georgia Caine, to aident of the New York Foundation. Forde bas created 2 thrilling hook the poor fish. screen play of Federal activity against counterfeiters, based on actual records of the Treasury Department.
JOE O'GORMAN LEAVES €25.343
London, Oct.. ZI. Lord Rutherford, the famou founder of
political prisoners will be set free scientist, who died yesterday after viet Regime. This, however, only a serious operation, will be burled applies to those who have served in Westminster Abbey on October at least five years in prison.---- Transocean News Bervice
25.
Reuter.
Mr. Joseph O'Gorman, Park- nasilla, Barnes, Irish, comedian, the Variety Artists' Federation and the Variety Artists' Benevolent Fund, one of the foun- ders of the "Water Rats," the theatrical charitable organisation.
SAIR-CONDITIONED. THE ATREN
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He had a fortune to share.
she had a heart to fose? Wait 100 you see
the bargain they make... and the riot they causa... in the season's happését, romencal
MARRIED BREAKFAST
ROBERT YOUNG • FLORENCE RIG JUHE CLAYWORTH • BARNETT PARKER Guzman Play by Overge Oppenholmer und Bencen Freeman • Directed by Edurin 1. Marko • Produced by SAM ZIMBALIST
ctro-
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MELTON
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ATEIDE
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Join The Happy Chorus - Gentlemen And Ladies – Sto: in' Praises For Us -
Rais Merry Hades!
Sing me a Love Song
PENDLETON
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3 GREAT STARS IN M-G-M's SMASHING DRAMATIO TRIUMPH!
SPENCER TRACY • GLADYS GEORGE - FRANCHOT TOME
·THEY GAVE HIM A GUN 'in THE BIGGEST THRILL SINCE “THE BIG PARADE " !
and Vice-President of the Charity Bocety and the Others in the cast are Charles Organisation Halton. Charles Richman, Dennis Jewish Welfare Board.
He was a member of the Ameri- Moore, Granville Bates, George Guhl, Linda Perry. Robert Em-can Association for Adult Educa- mett O'Connor and Harry Holling-tion, and Director of the Bolomon sworth. Raymond Enright did a and Betty Loeb Home for Cap-
valescents, the Henry Street Settle-. Ane job of direction.
ment and the Institute of Musical Art, of which he was also President; and Treasures. R
He married Frieda, daughter of
SIR PATRICK GÓWER
Bir Patrick Gower, chief publi- Jacob H Schiff of New York :in
city officer at the Conservative 1895, their children being Mrs, Central Office, has been elected an Carola Rothschild, Frederick M ex-officio member of the Council Warburg, Gerald Warburg, Paul left £25,343 (net personalty £21. of the National Society of Con-F. S. Warburg and Edward M. M.
Warburg. servative and Unionist Agents.
$16).
EARLIEST WORK OF GIORGIONE
2
| Inga, sach, measuring about eight Inches square painted on two panels which originally formed the doors of a cupboard or per- haps the case of a musical instrn- ment. The pictures were certain- with the help of the Nationally painted in Venice about the
London, Oct. 20.
Art Collections Fund, trustees of year 1,500 and are probably the the National Gallery have made earllest work of Giorgione, the purchase of four small paint- British Wireless.
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