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EVELYN AND TED CHEN
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“LITTLE WOMEN
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JOAN BENNETT PAUL LUKAS JEAN PARKER
FRANCES DEE
An RKO-Radio Picture
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VICTOR MOORE HELEN, BRODERICK
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MEET THE MISSUS”
An EKO-Balió Picture with Anne Shirley
SPECTACULAR MUSICAL
A sensational solo dance in blackface by Astaire, the presenta- tion of the "newest ballroom rage,' the swing- Waltz, some of the most gorgeous settings ever shown on the screen, a star-spangled sup», porting cast and a brand-new type "of story for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, plus. itx of the catchiest melodies of Jerome Kern's career, are among the attraction elements of the liflarious musical romance, Bwing Time."
Sparkling with scores of novel features that make it one of the most entertaining film musicals of recent years, "Swing Time," show-
ing at the Majestic Theatre to-day marks the newest co-starring
triumph of the famous dancing comedy stars,#.'
Love affairs and complications feature the story plot, with Astaire endeavouring to rid himself of a haughty dancee, Betty Furness, so that he can marry Miss Rogers, at name-time trying to discourage
glamorous orchestra leader Georges Metaxa, who also has ma- trimonial designs on Ginger.
George Stevens, who
a
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S:
Hong Kong
"Melody For
QUEEN'S:——
"Fight For Your Lady"
ORIENTAL:-
COLOURED STAR RETIRES
Josephine Baker, Now Married, Wants To Settle Down
Josephine Baker, exotic golden- coloured star of the Failes Bergeres, The Count of Monte Cristo" is dancing now in London, on tour
before she retires,”
Kowloon
·ALHAMBRA:
There Goes The Groom"
STAR:-
"Little Women"
MAJESTIC:-
"Swing Time"
KING'S:
Coming
Knight Without Armour” QUERN'S :-
The Singing Marine" ORIENTAL:-
"""Topper!"
ALHAMBRA:--:
"The Singing. Marinė". STAR:-
"Meet The. Missua MAJESTIC:
"Lawyer Man"
MELODY FOR TWO ~...
Josephine, the toast of night clubs, is sick of night clubs She is married now, the bride of a few weeks of M., Lion; à French Indus- trialist and marriage is going to mean everything to Josephine.
"It is good-bye to the old ghý life," she told a reporter in London recently. The glitter and excite- ment of the night club round leaves me tired. I have finished
with the exotic.
"Home, children, an interest in niy husband's-career, those are the things that every woman wants. Those are the things I am looking Korward to now.”
She paused, and the smile that brought Paris to her feet fleshed
to her feet fas brilliantly.
"You see," she said softly, almost demurely," "my husband bas changed my whole life.
"Before we were married, he made me 'promise that I should obey his wishes. He docs dot want me to continue to appear in public. He is longing for the day when I will go home to him, and settle down In a new life. Then shall not be Josephine Baker," just plain Madame Lion." "
There was another.pause. Jose- Phine talked of the fun she had in making her career.
James Melton, for-several years the idol of the air-waves because of his magnificent tenor volce, to
"All I "ever wanted
was my now on the screen in his third Career" she said, "I just lived only motion picture-a. musleal, of for my public, for the excitement course-called "Melody For Two."of show life. Now I am growing a Warner Bros production which just a little bit tired, perhaps,~ I ¦ will open at the King's Theatre feel the time has come for me to to-day...
say good-bye." "Melody For. Two" Is a musical comedy based on rather a angle. It has nothing to do with the theatre or the usual backstage stuff. Its theme is the stiff-com- petition that exists between musi- cal organizations and individual performers whose works are heard on the Fadlo-the competition being especially stiff when it comes to trying for the well-pald spots on the big national networks."
THERE GOES THE GROOM
4
11
new
With the heretofore little utilized screen subject of amnesia so'one of its main themes, "There Goes The Groom” new RKO Radlo comedy which opens at the Al- hambra Theatre to-day. 1s a rol- Licking film that will draw con- tinued laughs" from the audience;
Memory lapse, in this instance has been used as a means to ari and, the end being to further the movement of a basically amusing plot.
Burgess Meredith, who portrays the victim of the malady, felgns the affliction and is not a true sufferer. He is cast as a recent college graduate who has left two women. one R co-ed whom bd truly loves, the other the young sister of a classmate who has formed an attachment for him.
Co-starred with Meredith are Ann Sothern, as the youthful sister of the fiancee, Mary Holend,
BRITAIN'S LEAD IN MUSIC
Musicians Meet ··
In London
The announcement that the Prime Minister as a private patron and lover of music had consented to become an honorary president of the National Federation of Music Societies was greeted with enthusiasm by the members of the Incorporated Society of Musicians at their annual dinner in London recently.
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Mr. Robert Forbes, president of the Incorporated Society, who pre- sided, made the announcement in a speech in which he dwelt on the advance of music in Great Britain and on the obstacles which had yet to be overcome,
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13
Anniversaries and Holidayk Blessed Veronica.
Cinemas (See Page 5). * Dances-Reel Cinss for Children, at Hong Kong Union Church Hall, 5.30 p.
on
Entertainments. — Recital Hummond Organ by Mr, Lindsay A Lafford, at the China Fleet. Club, 8.15. p.m.; in aid of St. Mary's Church funds
Lectures. Theosoplucal Society. 6 p.m.
Malls(See Pare'16)....
Gloucester Hotel, 6 p.m.; St. John's Meetings Victoria "Chess Club, Cathedral, Hall Council, 5.15 p.m
Miscellaneous. Cialms against the Estate of Kate Angela Pott due; Exhibition at Tonkinese Arts and Crafts and Tourism, opened by M. Franck Dupuy, at, French Bank Bldg., Queen's Road, 11 a.m.; Chirist Church Ladles Gulid Sewing Party, at 3 Duke Street, 10
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Moạn-X Moon, 12th. Day. Social Kowloon Women's Games Afternoon, in St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.
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Sporta.--(See Fage 10). Sunrise.—7.06 am. "Sunset-5.69
Tides. High at 07.41 and 1835, Low at 01.28 and 11.33..
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 Malia (See Pare 16). Cinema Sco Pare $). Moon-XII Mocn, 13th. Day. Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-7:06 am. Sunset.-5.58,
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SHANGHAI FIRE.
BRIGADE REPORT
Record Number Of Calls During Hostilities
The Shanghai, Municipal Coun- cil Fire: Brigade report for 1937 shows that the total number of calls for the year were 90s for Fires, and Special calls. This is an increase of 120 calls on 1936.
This does not constitute a re-. cord as in 1934 there were 1,000 calls, 1837 undoubtedly would have broken all records, but for the fact that the first half of the year was exceptionally quiet, only 334 calls being
the received In
aix months ended June 30, which was the lowest over the same period j'since 1925.
The... three months, August, busiest period by far in the history September and October, was the
of the Brigade. The calls record- "ed Vere-August 160; September
s and October 119-total 378.
In face of the problems created
the realm of music, the society by recent advances of science in
stood for the preservation and The Emergency Ambulance calls continuance in Britain of music crease of 933 over that of --1936.--. for the year were 6,888, an in- itself as There never was a time when the one of the fine arts.
need was so acute for a representa-
“.
tive body of musicians to give Where did they find more talented counsel and leadership and to pianista and violinists? Where did promote unity in the profession they find better orchestras? Bir in the best interests or the art Thomas Beecham, one of the they practised.
world's greatest conductors in his (the president's opinion the greatest conductor-a week or two ago told him that in his consider- ded opinion English orchestras, best in the world. taken all round, were to-day the
Continuing, he said that 75 per cent, of the best music of our own time had been written and was in another of her droll 'matron
being written in Britain. As to characterizations, Louise Henry and better voices than in Britain the performer, where could they the fancec. Roger Imhof asa "sour-dough," Onsiow Stevens, William Brisbane, Sumner Get- chell, and Adrian Morris in other important roles.
FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY
Bright comedy, romance and thrills mingle with stimulating effect in the feature "Fight, For Your Lady," which is showing at the Queen's. Theatre to-day.
Jack Dalde and John Boles are. atarred in the picture, with Ida Lupino and Margot Grahame na the featured players: They, with Gordon Jones, Erik Rhodes and
Paul Gilfoyle, become involved in as wild and uniquely humorons a series of adventures as ever attired. movie patrons into laughing gusts of enthusiasm,
A highlight of the action is à duelling scene between Rhodes and Boles, with the former Imperione- ting a European dyellist of terrific killing reputation, who counts his victims by the score and intends to directed add Boles to the number. The ¦ “Alite - Adams,” directed "Ewing efforts of Oakley Gilfoyle and Time," produced for RKO Radio by others to stop the intended slaugh- Pandro 8 Berman, Erwin Gelsey ter bring about some extraordinary wrote, the original atory, and How complications that are as absurdly ard Lindsay and Allan 'Scott the | comic- screen play.
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Thrilling New Romantic Team. Marens. Dietrich and Robert. Donat iñ “Knight Without Armour" the Alexander Kørda fimi- antion of the beautiful Jimes Hilton love story, which comes to the King's Theatre to-morTOW..
KING'S
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY- DAILY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9.30′′ P.M.
דיי
IES THE MOSTA OF THE BESTA
Melody for 2
JAMES MELTON PATRICIA ELLIS
TO-MORROW
MARLENE DIETRICH —– ROBERT DONAT in "
“KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR"
United Artists Released.
ALHAMBRA
NOT
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TODAY AND. TO-MORROW.
"Hollywood's giminai
girl and the prat of * **Winterse?" en a laugh-a-minute
Comance.
AIMI SOTHERN Burgiu MEREDITH
MARY BOLAND
THERE GOES & GROOM
Harold Kurall
EKO-RADIO PICTURE Directed by JOSEPH SANTLEY. Produced by ALBERT LEWIS, Scresa May be $ £ Lauren, Dorothy You
SATURDAY Warner Bros. Musical Hit
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“THE · · SINGING. Dick Powell
MARINE" Doris Weston Hugh Berbert
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FRED
LASTAIRE
GINGER
ROGERS SWING TIME
Rhythm, hose we come!
Bongaby
JEROME KIX N
With
VICTOR MOOLE HELEN BRODERICK ERIC BLORE BITTY FURNESS GEORGES METAXA
-` BO RADIO Mchure'
TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY:
WILLIAM POWELL JOAN BLONDELL IN
LAWYER MAN"
A WARNER BROS. COMEDY-HIT |
· EDOUARD HERRIOT
RE-ELECTED
Paris, Jan. 12 Mr. Edouard-Herziet was re-elect- ́ed President of French Chamber yesterday, receiving 418 votes, The election lasted one hour, and, a half, as each Deputy was required to announce his votes individually, Herriot, who had no opponent for office, received, 36 more vater this year than last when the total ballot was 382,
Transocean News Service,
JEWISH CONGRESS RESOLUTION.
WILLING TO TALK PEACE
Shanghai, Jan. 12. That even the Japanese military authorities are now willing to taik 'peace with China is the attitude openly expressed in leading Japan ese circles in the city. It is om- phasised that continuation of the war. cannot be of advantage to Japan In any case, it averred, the desired military aims have been to a great estent achieved,
It is pointed out, however, that Japan will be convinced of the sincerity of China's desire for PERCS only if the Chinese declare themselves willing to negotiate fermally with Japan. Otherwise the war must continue until the ultimate defeat of China- Transocean News Service.
Geneva, Jan, 12. The Jewish World Congress pass ed a new resolution yesterday con- demning the policy of the Rume- nian Government and pointing
FRENCH TO PROTEST out that this policy constitutes Piolation of the Treaty of 1019 dri
Paris, Jan. 10. towhich Rumania guaranteed Authoritative circles have in- equality to all citizens of the dicated that it is possible the country. The resolution lab be French Government will protest to sent to all members of the feague | Japan with regard to the bombing Council and "to the Government of the French Catholic Mission of the United States of America during an air raid on "Nanning- Trancean News Bermas.
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