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Lucie Ball
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AN ISLAND WHERE THERE ARE NO TEN COMMANDMENTS !
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- forgotten women and men who want to forget turn
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COLONY OF DANGEROUS WOMEN AND DESPERATE MEN
[“WHAT ARE YOU DOING AMONG THESE
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·A Vagitivo Trim kistlog.........
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MEN IN Exile
· DICK PURCELL - JUNE TRAVIS
Alka CantorinŻ MAN BAXTER, MARGARET BEING COLIN BOWLAND SECTOR VARÇON + YEAR ANN BORD „Dieacted by Jakna Villars Farrow
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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
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Universal presents DEANNA DURBIN
3 SMART
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BINNIE BARNES ALICE BRADY RAY MILLAND.
JANET GAYNOR HENRY, GARAT in “ADORABLE".
JAPANESE PROVERBS
I have
some
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been amusing myself over
Japanese proverba, writes Home correspondent. Here is one that President Roose velt and Mr. Cordell Hail sæcm in the mood to appreciate:
Forgiving the unrepentant is like -making, pictures on water,
FOR THE ARMY' IN CHINA Now for a brace suitable to the conquerors at Nanking:
At the Arst cup man drinks wine at the second cup wine drinks wine; at the third cup wine drinks, man.
In the hour of victory tighten your helmet strings.
FOR THE CIVILIANS
And perhaps. Japanese, civilians on short rations may eventually see the point of this one....
Apple blossom is beautiful, but dumplings are better.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1938.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Melody For Two
QUEEN'S:
"Stage Door" ORIENTAL:—
"Men In Exile".
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:—
"Draegerman Courage
STAR:--
3. Smart Girk" „ MAJESTIC:-...
"The Great Ziegfeld"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Krilglit Without, Armour" QUEEN'S:~ "'...
Fight For Your Lady" ORIENTAL:----
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
ALHAMBRA:~-
"There Goes The Groom"
STAR:-
"Adorable"
MAJESTIC:-
"The Magnificent Brute?
MELODY FOR TWO
ROYAL SOCIETY DIARY OF LOCAL
MEDALLISTS
List Of Awards
The following awards of medals have been made by the President and Council of the Royal Society:
The Copley Medal to Sir Henry Dale in recognition of his impor tant contributions to pharmaco- log. particularly to the pharmaco- Jogy of muscle- and of neuro-
muscular transmission:
The Davy Medal to Prof. Hana Fischer, in recognition of his work on the chemistry of, the porphyr- Ins, particularly his determination of their defälled structure by degradation and his lyntheses of porphyrins of biologkal impor- tance,
The Buchanan Medal to Gen. F. F Russell, in recognition of his work in relation to public health problems in many parts of the world on behalf of the Inter- tional Health Division of
the
Rockefeller Foundation.
The Sylvester Medal to Prof. A. B. H. Love, in recognition of: his researches in classical mathe, matical physics, particularly the mathematical theories of elasticity and hydrodynamics.
The Hughes Medal to Prof. Ernest. Lawrence, in recognition of his work on the development of the cyclelmon and its application to lavestigations of nuclear disin- tegration,
That important question "Should radio stars go into the movies?".
Those recommended by the Pre- seems to have been given added sident and Council for election to testimony on the affirmative side
the Council of the society at the to-day at the King's Theatre, where the Warner Bros, musteal anniversary meeting on Nov. 30 comedy "Melody For Two" featur-Include: Sir William Bragg, pre- ing James Melton, had its local sident; Sir Henry, Lyons, treasurer; Sir Frank Smith and Prof. A. V. premiere.
Hill secretaries, and Sir. Albert Seward, foreign secretary.
Of course, there's something to the fact that Melton, whose volce has long been a favourite on the ether. Is handsome.
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Maybe it wouldn't do to cu- courage less personable radio singers to try the screen. Maybe the screen wouldn't have them! But the attitude of the audiences at the King's Theatre Was "Go ahead, James, you are great! make some more pictures we like
'em!"
A
DRAEGERMAN COURAGE
·
THE KING AND QUEEN
PLAY DARTS
The King and Queer played a game" of' darts at Slough social workers and clerks. "centre recently, watched by factory
In
try
They were visiting the centre on their way from Buckinghara Palace to Royal Lodge, where they are spending the week-end, and entered the bar lounge while three or four dart matches were progress, "I would like to that said the Queen, and at once one of the men handed her three darts. With the first the scored a seven. with the second thirteen.. and with the third, one
"That's very good" said
try." Throwing King. "Let with his left hand he scored
a three, and a nine. "so you have won by two" he said laughingly to the Queen. "I have never thrown a dart, before," the Queen, told one of the men "What a very sporty game it is" "I must stay and watch for 1 moment more," she added, and Suw one of the men throw 2
seven.
me
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thrilling drama of men's courage in facing death to rescue, Ill-fated comrades 1 depicted in the First National production. "Draegerman Courage." which opens at the Alhambra Theatre. with Jean Muir and Barton Mac Lane in the featured roles,
"Draegerman Courage" takes the audience down into the bowels of the earth-and introduces them to plain men who show them selves great in their ability to meet disaster--and to other" plain men who toll with no thought of self when called upon to free their comrades from their living en- tombment in a mine cave-in. The picture is surring in the extreme from the moment of the hundred. first fade-in to the last fade-out. The King and Queen spent Besides Miss Muir and MacLane, nearly two hours at the centre the cast includes Henry O'Neill, an hour more than their scheduled Robert Barrat, Addison Richards, time. They walked through all Helen MacKellar, Gordon Oliver, the room and saw many of the Joseph Crehan and Priscilla Lyon.activities of the centre, including Louis King directed the picture swimming, games, dancing exer- from the story by Anthony elses, fenclog," sewing, cooking, and Coldeway.
boxing..
STAGE DOOR
At the end of their tour the King and Queen were cheered in the big hall by 1,300 men, and women and boys and giris of the A striking contrast between two distinct
centre, who sang "For they are types of stage-struck Jolly good fellows." The King was girls one an imperious society told that there are 5,000 members girl who runs away from home to of the centre and commented. "It answer the call of the theatre is a splendid thing, and I am sure the other, a self-reliant dancer that the centre must make a great who tackles Broadway strictly on difference to the life of Slough." her own"-marks the respective roles of Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers in RKO Radio's "Stage Struck which is showing at the Queen's Theatre to-day..
Revealing a unique cross-section
PRAGUE VISIT
of life' among a group, of "em-
Prague, Jan. 10: bryonic actresses who hitch their The Rumanian Foreign Minister wagons to the stars the intensely arrived here on Bunday evening. dramatic story is laid principally His train was delayed for half-an in a middle-class theatrical board hour owing to, a ferce now. ing house for stage-struck girls, in blizzard. Dr. Krofta, Czech Foreign New York,
Minister, headed a party of high Miss Hepburn and Miss Rogers, Government officials present at as room-mates in this “club,” And the railway station to meet him. their lives entangled when both Later on the Rumanlari Fore:gn tackle an important Broadway pro- Minister attended a banquet given ducer, Miss Hepburn, through in his honour by Dr. Ktofta- parental Influence, wins the plum Transcéón News Servlor, of the season, the starring role in the impressario's forthcoming play. A misunderstanding between the
young ladies, coupled with the suicide of another aspirant, play- éd by Andrea Leeds, brings dráma- tic complications and the power- tal, climax
Adolphe Menfou is also given the bling with Miss Hepburn and Mas Rogers, as the Broadway producer. while Gall Patrick has the chief supporting role.
QUEEN OF DENMARK SERIOUSLY ILL
Copenhagen, Jan. 10, v The Queen of Denmark who was taken ill, on Saturday is now lying in hospital where her condition is giving us to some kaklety Transoccan News Service.
EVENTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, Anniversaries, and Holidays Hilary Law Bitungs begin
Cinemas (Bee Page 5). Malbed, Page 16).
Meetings Kowloon Chess Club, at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m: St Andrew's Church Council, 5.45 pm,
Miscellaneous. Rotary Hong Kong Hotel; HE. The Gov- ernor inspects Hong Kong Naval Valunteer Force in HMS. Corn- flower. 6.45 p.m.
Moon-XII Moon, 10th Day
Social. Craigengower Cricket Club Weekly Tombola, 8.20 p.m.; Police Branch Ministering League Monthly Bridge and Mahjong Drive at St. John's Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.y Y.M.C.A. Badminton, 8.30 p.m.
Sport (80 Page, 19). Sunrise 7.08 a.m. Sunset-6,57 pm.
Tides--High at 04.07 and 1630. Low at 09.21.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 Mails-(See Paga 16)." Cinemas (Séo Pare 5). Moon-XII Moon, lith. Day Sport (See Pare 10).
Sunrise.-7.05 a.m. Stinget.6.57
Tides-High at 02.25 and 15.35. Law at 08.36 and 23.02.
ROYAL WEDDING IN ATHENS
Athens, Jan, 10. The wedding of Princess Fre- denika of Brunswick and Prince Paul of Greece took place here on Sunday under skies which cleared. at the appropriate moment and
allowed the winter sun to smile
WILS
down on the scenes of ceremonial magnificence. The crowd were early aloot to face the cold wind for a chance of obtaining a good to witness the place of vantage historic procession Hours before the procession was due to start. every window and balcony packed with onlookers" Precisely at eight o'clock five gun salutes announced the beginning. of the ceremonies
and 5000 the streets were ringing with the sounds of passing troops. One hour later the crowds along the Royal route were cheering and wavirig as carriage after carriage passed by containing wedding guests. The display of uniforms especially those worn by the repre- sentatives of the Greek Army greatly pleased the crowds who also gave special cheers for the Pre- mier, Metaxas, who rode in a coach accompanied by two of his Cabinet ministers. Then a sciute of 21 guna and everybody along the route knew that the bridal pair was now leaving the Royal Palace. Twenty smart motor cars followed convey- ing to the Cathedral members of the Greek and other Royal faml- lies. Then came a detachment
of cavalry followed by a splendid historic coach. drawn by six white horses through the windows of which was to be seen the German bride and her father. A roar of cheering accompanied Princess Frederika all the way to the Ca- thedral where she was received by 40 Bishops headed by the Arch- bishop and led to the altar which was impressively decorated with white, blue and yellow flowers. One hundred and one guns salute announced to the throngs outside The Fance and Princess exchanged the beginning of the marital rites. rings in accordance with Greek
'Orthodox
Custom. The newly- wedded Royal couple returned to the Palace where the wedding rites were repeated in accordance with German Protestant Church, the service being conducted by Pastor Ostermann. A big banquet will be given at the Palace to-night-, Transocean News Service,
WINDSORS TO LIVE IN PARIS
Paris, Jan. 10.. The Duchess of Windsor who returned to Paris on Saturday! evening after spending several weeks at Cannes met Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. Lloyd George at a party given in Cannes in the home of Maxim tot, American
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AIR RAID ON BARCELONA
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FRENCH PLANE CRASH
Paris, Jan. 10.
Paris, Jan. 10... aim atar, according to the "Parts Soir," which recalls that Mr. Barcelona was again raided from Churchill publicly expressed his the air on Saturday according to It is reported from Algiers that sympathy for the Duke of Windsor messages to the French press, one of the French planes taking at the time of his abdication, Ac- Beveral Insurgente bombed through part in the Hoggard al rally and and piloted by Captain Mourier crash- cording to the same source the the anti-aircraft barrage Duke and Duchess of Windsor dropped bombs killing, it is stated; ed to earth at the Algerian air- mpke. their permanent | twenty persons, inlcuding two Ave- port si E Cales. Both occuvanta intend home in Parla
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