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'MIRIAM'
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Wise
WISE Girl
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HENRY STEPHENSON
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TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"All American Sweetheart"
QUEEN'S -
"Wise Gir!"
ORIENTAL:-
"London By Night".
Kowloon
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"Daughter Of Shangha?"
STAR:-
"Dance. Charlle Dance"
MAJESTIC:-
CINEMA
GORDON HARKER DIARY OF LOCAL
TO WED WEST
END ACTRESS
(BY AIR MAIL)
Cor luy a duck-Gordon Harker's agoin' to get spliced!
And the bride of the forty-two- year-old Cockney film comedian is to be dainty Miss Christine Barry, one of the most promising stars of the London stage, after they have been secretly engaged for five years, writes a special correspon- dent of the Daily Mirror.
They met all that time ago when playing together in "Roadhouse" at the Whitehall Theatre, and
"It Happened In Hollywood" since then they have teamed up in three other London stage suc- cesses, including "The Frog" 41 the Princes Theatre.
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"Rainbow On The River"
WISE GIRL IN ART COLONY
Miriam Hopkins Film At Queen's Today
The bride-to-be!,
Christine Barry is the stage name of Grace Hancock. She is the thirty-year-old daughter of a Barry. Glamorgan, pilot.
She has just stepped into the part in Walter Hackeit's new play. "The "Toss of a Coin," which Miss Phyllis Dare has had to abandon" through illness.
It is to be produced at the Vaudeville Theatre next week.
The efforts of a beautiful heiress to double-cross a penniless artist whom she loves, in order to bring out his latent talents, form the basis of the sparkling comedy | drama. "Wise Girl," co-starring Miriam Hopkins and Ray Milland.
A Greenwich Village artist Gordon is busy with film and struggles to retain guardianship of stage work, too. and they don't two orphaned nieces against the know when they will have time to scheming of their millionaire get married. "But it be some grandfather.
time this year," Gordon told me.
By posing as a destitute actress, Miss Hopkins visits the art colony
His film contracts are the song. He is so tied up that he may have with the Intention of leaving no to "pinch" a day off in the end to stone unturned to take away the win his bride.
EVENTS
TODAY
Anniversaries and Holidays.-- Sir C. Wyndham born 1837..
Cinemas.--(See Column 3 of this
Page)
Dances:-Cheero
8.30 p.m.
Club 'Dance,
Lectures:-Mr. Starbuck on "My. Stars!" at Kowloon Union Church' Hall.
Malls (See Page 16). Meetings:---Annual of Hong Kong Realty & Trust Co., Ltd., at Ex- change Bldg., (2nd floor), 11.30 a.m.; 3. & 9. Home House Com- mittee, in Assembly Hall, 5.30 p.m.; Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 am.
Miscellaneous:-V.D.M.A.
Group
visit to School for the Deaf, from Kowloon Sar Ferry, 5.45 p.m.
Moon - Moon, 22nd. Day,
Religious:-Lenten
Service and
Address by The Dean, at St. John's Cathedral, 5.30 p.m.
Social-Whist Drive and Tom- Įdola, Garrison Sergts. Mess, Queen's
Road. 9 p.m
Sports. (See Page 10).
Sunrise: 6.26 a.m. Sunset:-6.36
p.m.
Tides: High at 03.15 and 12.53 Low at 08.08 and 21.31.
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"ALL-AMERICAN SWEETHEART”'
Screen Document Of College Life
Campus fun, thrills, remance and a story with a new and novel twist provide sixty minutes 01 exciting entertainment at the King's Theatre today, where a "All American Sweetheart.” opens. Fresh, new faces, thrilling and picturesque crew races and in- triguing music contribute to make this one of the outstanding college pictures of the year,
Scott Colton and Patricia Farr prove to be a refreshing romantic
young man's meagre income. But Miss Barry now has a charming when she meets him and his two little flat in Chelsea, Mr. Harker little wards, she Ands herself has an apartment in Mount-team which will undoubtedly be admiring the courage that makes street, Mayfair.
him sadriace his art to work, at
menial labour in order
care of the children.
in future demand. Joe Twerp will have the audience in constant
to take MARY HEELEY'S laughter throughout the picture
Love springs from "this sudden friendship, although the artist, played by Ray Milland, 18 in
| Ignorance of her true identity.
DECISION
"Wise Girl" opens at the Queen's No More Serious
Theatre today.
HEPBURN STAYS IN MODERN DRESS
with his comical mangiing of the English language.
Orchids to Lambert Hillyer for his direction. The picture moves fast, is excellently timed for comedy and dramatic values and
Tennis Matches is a factually correct screen docu-
PART HEIRESS TO £168.000
Tennis star Miss Mary Heeley, England's No. 1 woman player in 1932, played to please her father, Mr. H. A. Heeley, an invalid. Now he is dead, and she has decided to give up serious tennis.
Having returned to modern dress for Stage Door, Katharine Hepburn Miss Heeley, twenty-six years old. is staying in it for Bringing Up 1s part heiress to the £168,000 Baby, her current Radio picture. Birmingham brewery fortune left In achievement Stage Door puts by her father, who died recently, her back at the high level of Mor-It will be remembered that Miss ning Glory; but it is possible that Heeley visited Hong Kong three Bringing Up Baby will do more years ago with her friend Dorothy than any other picture she has Round after a visit to Japan. I made to win her the kind of" wide popularity which she has never yet completely enjoyed.
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ment of modern college life.
The entire cast has turned in convincing and natural Der- formances. Besides the principals | the cast comprises Arthur Loft,. Gene Morgan, Eddle Fetherston, Vernon Dent, Donald Briggs, Ruth Hilliard.
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IT HAPPENED IN
HOLLYWOOD"
Richard Dix, Fay Wray In Intriguing Roles
Hollywood has recently discover- jed that Hollywood is a good story subject. So, with the ingenious- On her return from a holiday
ness peculiar to the movie industry, in Switzerland, she recently told
it has given the public another a newspaper man-I intend to crackling movie story close on the stop treating tennis as a full-heels of "A Star Is Born." The time business, and to play it only for amusement. Maybe I won't get the same results-but that
The film is described as a riotous farce-comedy; and It looks though it will live up to the label
It makes Katharine a madcap heiress who bursts into the life of
won't worry me. zoology professor Cary Grant and "Although invited, I shall not induces him to become the unwill-practise with the other stars who |ing guardian of a báby leopard. are now having special preparation The rest of the story, which is at Queen' Club for the Wightman more than a little complicated, is Cup as I don't want a place in the just as goofy.
Wightman Cup team.
new one, called "It Happened in Hollywood" and produced by Col- umbis, is quite well able to stand jon its own feet, thank you, as a crisp, dramatic document of studio te, filled with the laughter. ro- mance, and occasional pathos that is Hollywood.
An appreciative audience at the Majetic Theatre, where It Hap- Charlie Ruggles, who appears as a "I shall play no 'big' tennis ex- pened in Hollywood" opened yes- big-game hunter, is also in the cept Wimbledon and then only for
terday, saw, Richard Diz and Fay cast, which includes May Robson, fun, though I may turn out light-wray, enacting the roles of two Barry Fitzgerald and Leona Ro-heartedly for one or two of the berts.
main tournaments if the it takes
me..
"I get more fun out of golf now- James Stephenson and Bruce adays and I intend to devote most Lester are the two latest British of my time to it." proteges of Irving Asher to find a
Deanna Durbin's next picture to
stars of silent Western films, give performances of a distinctly high calibre. Dix and Miss Wray both deserve plaudits for their work in this film.
The film tells the story of Tim Bart, Western star, who is thrown out of a job when talkies take over Hollywood.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1938.-PAGE 5
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POSSESSION OF OPIUM
Janet Gaynor's been surprisingly idle since A Star is Bor. Now
Dorcas Society of the United home in Hollywood We know Evangelical Church of Catbalogan. Lester as Lister, but A Star is follow Mad About Music is unin- Samae, Philippines, expressed its Born made Leater a lucky name inspiringly called Little Street Binger. profound sympathy with the studios.
But the setting promises to be W. B. Van Dyke 15 biting off suffering women of China and
CAUGHT IN THE ACT Stephenson is the Manchester more picturesque than the title almost the only kind of picture pledged full assistance through shipping man who graduated, to suggests.
At the Central Magistracy yes- he hasn't yet chewed. Owing to prayers and other moral efforts to the stage by means of amateur Action takes place in Olvera terday Mr. R. Edwards bound over Sydney Franklin's ill health he has put the present carnage in China dramatics, and has made a very street, the Spanish quarter of Los Lam Kam, 19, in the sum of $25 taken over direction of Marie to & speedy end.
personable heavy in Warners' Angeles and the city's oldest street. to be of good behaviour for a Antoinette.
Teddington pictures.
Deanna will presumably do her period of one year, when he was Franklin directed Shearer in The
He and Lester went out to Holly-stuff in and out the Mexican charged with the larceny of A weeks", remand was granted in she's to have the Lillian Gish part
Chinese sult
one woollen the case against Chan Ylu, 28, of in Belznick's version of ""The Star Barretta of Wimpole Street and
wood with Asher on holiday. War-market. Konrad Bercovic), famous
pullover from the servants' quar- No. 1002 Canton Road, 1st floor, wagon,” Maxwell Anderson's cur- Smilin' Through. Also made The D. W. Griffith is planning to re-ners snapped them both up and gipsy stories, is on the script,
Sounds Good Earth and other dignified make The Birth of a Nation, one Stephenson goes straight to work
as though, Universal
ters at Murray Baracks on Mon- who appeared before Mr. Q. & Arent Broadway success. meant to keep up the standard of day.
Macfadyen at the, Kowloon Magis- of the most famous fuma in the pn Howdy Stranger. prestige epics.
Van Dyke's main lines are history of the screen. The only
Defendant was arrested by a tracy yesterday charged on three With them on the trip was Chili freshness they've given the other
Durbin pictures. spectacular musicals and modern details fixed so far are that the Bouchier.
/Funny thing District Watchman outside a counts, possession of propared time-turning-back machines which comedies. It sounds a bit of a picture will be produced in New
nobody thought of putting Olvera pawnshop with the clothing in opium, possession of heroin pfis lets the hero re-live his life.
Gish, that'll be Gaynor, is the M-G-M, are having "Frou-Frou," Etreet on the screen before, since gamble. But no class of picture York and Wallace Ford will play
and keeping a divan.
The accused is on $350 court loving, humble wife he finds he's has yet defeated his ingenuity, so the role of the Little Colonel which the famous Barah Bernhardt play, everybody in the film city frequents
ball
glad he married after all. maybe this won't either.
made Henry B. Walthall a star. · adapted for Luise Rainer.
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it.
and
a
his possession,
Wong Yee Tak was the com- plainant.
Play's all about one of those
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