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CINEMA
WEEKLY MUSICAL REVIEW
TODAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Big City"
QUEEN'S:-
"Every Day's "A Hoilday"
ORIENTAL:
27
"Ebb Tide"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Daughter Of Shanghai"
STAR:-
"Dance, Charlie Dance"
MAJESTIC:-
(BY ALLEGRO MODERATO" DIARY OF LOCAL
We propose to call ourselves Allegro Moderato from now on-to bo joyous, yes, but moderately so. in everything we say or do.
During the course of our meun- derings last week, we climbed up to almost cloud-level to watch a
EVENTS
TODAY
Anniversaries and Holidays.-J.
Jolly good show, called the 27th W. Goethe died, 1832 Stendhal
born, 1843. Company on Parade, produced and
staged by the R.A.M,C. entirely. Auctions.--Crown Land, at Dis-
To speak about the entire pro-trict Office, Tal Po, 1130 a.. gramme would take up too much Cinemas.--(See Column 3 of this space, as we could say volumes. Page)
The producer. A. A. Barton, cer- Malla (See Page 18).. tainly put in a lot of work staging Meetings-Annual, of A. S. Wat- the "Parade". and playing in itson & Co., Ltd., at Hong Kong. himself. besides being the compere. Hotel, 11.30 a.m.; Annual, of Sal- The Bell Boy Leverington, literally vation Army Home for Women and stole the whole. show with his Girls, at 2 Embankment Road. natural simplicity:
Kowloon, 4.30 p.m.; Kowloon Chess We found an array of budding Club, at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 stars, of John McCormacks, Bill p.m.; Annual, of the Sports Club, Cohans. Stanley Holloways, and in the Club House. 5.30 p.m.
"It Happened In Hollywood" Maurice Chevallers, etc., etc.
KING'S:-
Coming
"52nd Street"
QUEEN'S:~~~
*Wise Gir)" "Tovarich"
ORIENTAL:-
"London By Night" "Wind Jammer"
ALHAMBRA:—
"""The Jury's Secret" STAR:-
"Green Light"
MAJĘSTIU:—
"Rainbow On The River"
MAE WEST-TOAST OF THE TOWN
Latest Film Has Cast Of Excellent Comedians
Few cinema-goers notice the authors responsible for the enter- tainment offered, but the fact that Mae West is herself creator of
all her film stories is well-known
to all those who have followed her career from "She Done Him Wrong" right down to the present time
"Every Day's a Holiday." ner latest picture, which is currently showing at the Queen's Theatre, Is the most brilliant effort to have come from her pen. It contains all the bubbling good humour and the hard-hitting satire which has distinguished all her films,
a
for
The setting is laid in New York
she
who
Allscellaneous. Rotary Tiffin, Hong Kong Hotel.
Moon, Moon, 21st, Day. Religious. Lenten Discussion Group, a St. Andrew's Vicarage. 8.45 p.m.
Cricket
STARS AND BOUQUETS We would put stars and bouquets : against the entire programme, to denote the worthiness of it. Against the name of the accompanist Mrs. A. A. Barton, wife of the producer, we would put four stars, and the same number against QM.S. "Jack" Durnford and his band of stalwarts who did all the work back stage.
We hear that Colonel Burton, of |D.M. the R.A.M.C.. who has had exten- Tides.—High at 01.46 and 12.15. sive experience in stage craft, will Low at 05.58 and 20.10.
go into a huddle with the present producer of the "Parade." and pre- sent a pantomime with the talent he has available.
Bruiser's Mascot
Social Craigengower Club Weekly Tombola. 9.15.p.m.
Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-6.25 a.m. Sunset.-8.35
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BIG STARS FOR "BIF CITY".
Luise Rainer And Spencer Tracy
Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy
are teamed for the first time on
the 'screen. In "Big City." new M- G-M hit which comes to the King's Theatre today.
and
The picture was written produced by Norman Krasna, author of "Fury," one of last year's outstanding photoplays, and was directed by Frank Borzage of "History Is Made at Night” fame.
The story deals with the fortunes of an immigrant girl who battles her way to success in America and her romance with a New York taxicab driver.
sir.ce
have
at the turn of the century. Mae is
One of the liveliest sequences in The part of the immigrant girl dance hall entertainer | Mirina Hopkins' comedy drama, provides another unusual role for, causes the police a lot of trouble ise Girl" deals with a prize the versatile Miss Rainer. whose
the fight at which she backs a sculptor-screen portrayals is forever selling Brooklyn Bridge, at that time just pugilist, Guinn Williams. It or ranged from the Chinese heroine "The Good Earth" to the but up, to unwary
out-of-town curs during her adventures in the of visitors.
Greenwich Village art colony. Ray Russian countess of "The Emperor's Milland is her heart interest in Candlesticks." the photoplay. "Wire Girl" opena
on at the Queen's Theatre.
How she is trailed by the police and how she makes the captain of detectives. Edmund Lowe. fall deeply in love with her constitute the essence of the story.
Mae is capably supported in this picture by a fine array of comedy talent, including such old-timers
HONG KONG SINGERS As one of our friends declared:
35 Chester Conklin, Charles But-"May the Hong Kong Singers go terworth. Herman Binz. Walter from strength to strength!"......We Catlett and Charles Winniger.
add our good wishes to his.
A notable feature of the picture
As the rough but good-natured taxicab driver, "Tracy plays his first role since his "Captains Courageous."
Also prominent in the cast are Charley Grapewin. Janet Beecher and Eddie Quillan.
SEAPLANE SETS NEW SPEED MARK
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We hear rehearsals have com- is a specialty number by Louismenced for the production of a Armstrong, king of "swing." whose hefty work-Dyson's Canterbury
Berlin, March 21. musical-or, if you are particular Pilgrims. If the Singers can do
Eight new international speed unmusical-effusions have made this as well as they did "Ode to the him a headliner In America. City" by the same writer they have records were set up yesterday by France and England.
nary a thing to worry about.a new Heinkel seaplane during a Success can be counted upon. series of test fights carried out
near Kiel
IT HAPPENED IN
HOLLYWOOD"
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT-
Filoted by Ritz and Schmidt the We did not say very much aouut machine, loaded with 2.000 kilo- the Orchestral Concert given by the grammes, achieved a speed of 300 Band of the 2nd Battalion of the kilometres an hour over # dis- For sheer enjoyment, you need Royal Scots, on Sunday, March 13.tance of 2,000 kilometres. go no further than the Majestic for up to the time of writing our
The average speed for the first Theatre, where Columbia's "It last notes we had not yet heard 1,000 kilometres was 331 kilometres
Our impression after per hour.--(Transocean). Happened in Hollywood" opened the concert. yesterday. It's a film that will having beard them was more than
cannot Here again we
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thrill you, delight you. fascinate favourable. Tou, tickle you, and sometimes
solos if he wants to. This is an sadden you as it mirrors a great enough, except that we found an idea for the Z.B.W. people to think star of slent pictures who falls by orchestra which played together as over. the wayside when the screen starts a team and which responded to
The Rev. C. B.R. Sargent and even a bat of an eyelash from the his 30th series of opera was very to talk,
Richard Dix and Fay Wray in conductor.
Interesting again. We liked his the two leading roles give truly outstanding performances. You be- singers, they were Ideal and follow-voices from the past.”
The Very Rev. Father Riganti lieve them and sympathize with ed well the voice, adding to the and his Choir will be delighting us them every single moment. Splen-effect rather than deducting. Let
As an accompaniment to the
--Z.B.W.-
that as we do for all the other good local broadcasts. The lunch-time
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938.-PAGE 5
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Fresh from triumphs in "Good Earth ** and "Captains Courageous" ... they team gloriously in a drama with "Tury'" punch and heart-thrill
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did acting is also contributed by us hope we will have more of this again on Sunday night. We are staying in purposely to listen to Victor Killan, Franklin Pangborn, Orchestra. Billy Burrud and others of the fine
It is notified in the Government supporting cast. And, as an extrá
The Kwangtung Provincial Gov- The Irish Programmes on 8t. operatic programmes are always treat, there are excellent take-offs Patrick's Day were most enjoyable. good. We are looking forward to ernment, at a regular meeting beld Gazette that the Roman Catholic on such starts as Clark Gable, Bing Helen Lockhart was in very good "Butterfly."
recently, decided to cancel ita pro-
Chapel at Pokfulum has been Graby. Greta Garbo, Joan Craw-voice, we thought. Eva Turner did
We recommend listening to The hibition on the brewery buisness. ford, W. C. Fields; Marlene Diet- remarkable. Justice, to the pro- Moana Beach Boys: the Dance Or- which has been in force for some licenced by His Excellency the rich, Irene Dunne and Mae West.
gramme of Elizabethan Love Lyrics chestra of the 2nd Bn., Royal Scots, time, states a dispatch to the Sin Governor as a place for the cele-
* and Old English Music,
although we think that they would Wen Pao. As a result of the deci
bration of marriage... Ettore Pellegatti gave a fine per- sound better from the Cathedral sion, it is stated, the market prices The Japanese in occupation of formance on his cello, well up. Hall, than from Z.B.W. Studio; of wine in Canton immediately
In honour of His Excellency the The Klans Provincial Govern-, Says a dispatch to the Bin Wen Fao. Menghaien and Wenhsten, both in ported by Lindsay A. Lafford, The Mozart Concerto in D Major, took a sharp fall. Various brewer-
sealed up for Governor of Macau, a cocktail ment, at a meeting held recently, Mr. Chiu is succeeding Mr. Kang north Honan north of the Yellow only piece that, was comme-ci..("Coronation"), played by Wanda les which were appointed the head of its technical Hsueh-shuf, who has been trans-River, have forcibly drafted Chi- comma-ca was the Chopin Polm Landowska on the Harpsichord; some time, have restarted opera-party will be held at the Club
ferred to 2 high post in the nese labourers to build, defence aise Brillant....
¡Revival of Some Old Popular Bongs tions, while former employees in offee, Mr. Chu Yu-chien, to the Kwangtung Provincial Govern- works on the north bank of the Shaw's rendition of Debussy's Le by ICM.G.; and CHAH. Piano these plants have returned to their Lusitano next Thursday from 6 to
Bateau shows that he can play Recital by Lya Gurevitch.
Errol Flynn in "GREEN LIGHT"
A Warner Bros. Picture
post of Acting Mayor of Nanchang, ment.
river, says a report from Loyang
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