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TODAY & TOMORROW
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"The Day Desperado” Gayər Than
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wood's Girl of
Your Dreama
In His Arms
With music by
RUDOLF FRIML
and other great carport
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Warner Brom. Picture
4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-9.15 7.15-830
MUSIC for MADAME Join FONTAINE
ALAN MOWBRAY BILLY GILBERT ALAN HALE GRANT MITCHELL
ERK RHODES - LEE PATRICK ROMO VINCENT
"SELF ONTROL" with DONALD DUCK
A Walt Disney Coloured Cartoon
GEORGE BRENT ANITA LOUISE "THE GO-GETTER" Based on Peter B. Kyne's Famed Story of
* CAPPY RICKS".
GENERAL
PUBLIC SCHOOLBOYS GET "THE CAT"
TODAY AT THE Judge Gives Grim Warning
To Mayfair Gangsters
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Ready. Willing And Able"
QUEEN'S:
"Music For Madame"
ORIENTAL:-
"Thrill Of A Life Time"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :----
STAR:
"Life Of The Party"
"Perfect. Specimen" MAJESTIC¦--
"Melody For Two"
KING'S:-
Coming
"Lost Horizon"-
QUEEN'S;——
"The Go-Getler"
Back In Circulation" ORIENTAL:~~
"Broadway Melody Of 1938" ALHAMBRA:-
"Wild And Woolly"
TAKE ANY TRAKTOR HAPPY VALLEY BUE
STAR:-
FLEMING
ROAD
***Beloved Enemy"
"Ebb Tide"
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HONG KONG PREPARES FOR THE WORST! Rajpatna Rifles digging trenches, civilians equipping themac Ives
with gas masks, anti-aircraft batteries and heavy artillery that will discourage any invasion.
ALSO ENEMY ACTIVITIES IN CANTON.
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JOHNNY DOWNS
BETTY GIABLE
LEIF ERINSON BORUTKY LAMBER LARRY GRABBE FANCISRETTES
STARTING BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938"
SUNDAY
with Elenor Powell, Robert Taylor, 100 others Stars.
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TODAY “& TOMORROW
ERROL FLYNN THE PERFECT
SPECIMEN
JOAN BLONDELL
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Coenenputzina kumuahia Story by Samuel Monday. Alps, MPAs Prika tukanatuim
BRIAN AHERNE, MERLE OBERON
SUN AY
United Artists Helease
•
✦ in "BELOVED ENEMY”
COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE
Remaining Member
Appointed
London, March 30.
DOCTORS FETED
IN HANKOW
MAJESTIC: —
"Dead End" "Slave Ship"
MUSIC FOR
MADAME
Sparkling Romance
With 2 sparkling Hollywood romance as its basis, Nino Martini's new vehicle. "Music for Madame," showing at the Queen's Theatre today.
Joan Fontaine featured op- rosite the operatic star."
Martini is presented as a pen- niless Italian youngster who comes to Hollywood to win screen fame. A pair of resourceful crooks talk him into singing an arla at a big wedding reception at a producer's home. The young singer performs as planned-only to learn that while he was charming the guests the crooks stole à priceless neck- lace. They warn him they'll kill
Fashionable Four Finish In Gaol Following Jewel Theft
IF COCKTAIL SIPPING, frock-coated, Mayfair playboys are deter- mined to introduce Chicago gangsterism into London's social whirl,
David Wilmer
11 is apparent that the Judges of the criminal
ir
courts are equally deter- mined to stamp it out, while it is still in its infancy. Recently four products of some of Britain's best public schools learned this fact to
their cost. Not only are they
now ruminating in the cells Robert Harley of Brixtoo" Prison but two of them are evidently telling fellow convicts of the efficacy of that punitive weapon 'known as "the cat."
Last December, Etienne Bel- Mr. Hambro, and a young man lenger, representative of the Car- whose real name was Lonsdale. tler jewellery firm, was summoned were inter arrested at Oxford. to a Mr. Hambro at the Hyde'] The "secretary" was picked up at Park Hotel. Mr. Hambro wished to Moreton-in-Marsh. The man whe buy an engagement ring for a very struck Bellenger was caught in rich woman $0 Bellenger took along some of his best specimens. together worth about £16,700.
SKULL BROKEN
London.
COURT CROWDED
For the trial of the "Four May- fair Men." only ticket holders were admitted 습니다 the crowded Old Bailey the other day.
In the dock stood Mr. Hambro.
In the suite, where he was" met by Mr. Hambro and his "secre- tary." Bellenger, was cracked re- peatedly over the skull by a man wearing dark glasses and a muf-alias Peter Martin Jenkins, Har- fler round his chin.
row-educated, pareatless playboy: David Wilmer. "Jenklos's secre- tary," Oundle-educated, living in up-stage Charles Street.
Bellenger was left with his skull broken in six places and the rings
vanished with the three men.
THE LIFE OF
THE PARTY
The "Four Mayfair Men" were
the
With them were moustached Robert Harley, gangster-complex- ed, 26-year-old, Wellington-educat ed, former army officer's son; and pudgy-faced John Christopher Mainwaring Lonsdale, Radley- A will depriving the hero of a educated, would-be Spanish arms- fortune if he marries before he is runnet, who was dragged into the thirty, a girl's determination to robbery but took no active part avoid marriage in favour of
FOUND GUILTY a career. a "Cinderelta" pursuit of the heroine with a heel-less slip-found guilty: Harley on all three per as the only clue, and the con- flicting aims of the mothers of the charges-conspiring to steal respective lovers, are all combined Jewellery, robbing Bellenger of the with uproarious effect in "The Lifetings, receiving stolen property. of the Party" which has its run
and sentenced to pena! servitude, with two years at the Alhambra Theatre today.
hard labour: These ingredients play an im-
part ·A·
Wilmer,
"T the portant
on convicted IC-
was sentenced to Avr mantic basis of the story, a spark-charges, ling and up-to-date tale set in years penal, servitude; Jenkins, the Santa Barbara "millionaires' gulity, on two counts, received playground." Joe Penner, Gene three years' penal and two years' Raymond, Parkyakarkus, Victor hard labour, concurrently: Lons- The Furtive Tear" from Donizetti's Moore. Harriet Hillard. Helendale guilty only of conspiracy, was "Elixir of Love." along with the Broderick, Billy Gilbert, Ann Miller given 18 months' hard labour. old Neapolitan song, "Santa Lucia.” end Franklir. Pangborn are cast) and there modern tunes. "Bam-in this tuneful offering acclaimed bino." Music. for Madame," and as one of the year's fastest and
Want the World to Know."
him if he talks:
In this predicament, Martini Ands life complicated.
The six songs in the film include two operatic numbers, the "Vesti
La Giubba" from "I Pagliacci" and
AIRCRAFT SABOTAGE IN ENGLAND
Not Attributed To Foreign Agents
funniest films.
SIX SONG HITS IN NEW FILM
Warren and Dubin and Jerome
seven
TWENTY STROKES
years
To a hushed court Chief Justice
pronounced Lord Hewart,
the dread sentence to Wilmer:", "Yor receive 15 strokes of the C32-0 nine-tails."
To Harley: "You will also re- ceive... 20 strokes."
Mayfair wondered how the men jand Scholl Warner Bros. ace song- would stand up to "the cat." read writing teams, composed six num- into the sentences the law's deter- bers for "Melody for Two," the mination to cheek Mayfair gangs- new musical extravaganza featurterism in its infancy. ing James Melton and
Patricia
Elils which comes to the Majestic Theatre today.
The theme song, "Melody for DIARY OF LOCAL
the
London, March 30. Feferring to the recent cases of aircraft sabotage Earl Winterton Two," and "September in stated today in the House of Com-Rain." both ballads, were composed mons that it was a
matter of by Harry Warren and Al Dubin for utmost difficulty to guarantee im- Melton to sing in the picture which munity against damage which Louis King is directing.
EVENTS
TODAY +1 Anniversaries and Holidays
Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this
Pagel
could be infleted in a few seconds The team of M. K. Jerome and by" an Ill-disposed person ap-Jacks Scholl wrote four numbers St. Hugh, Bishop. All Fools Day. parently engaged in normal work. for Winifred Shaw and Patricia
The main safeguard must al- Ells to introduce. ways be vigilance and the loyalty Miss Ellis, in addition to "An of the workmen and staff of the Excuse for Dancing." sings "A Ball in Peninsula Hotel: Monthly
Fiat in Manhattan." ballad,
firms concerned.
"But the present isolated cases of damage. deplorable as they are, must not be allowed to obscure the fact that the spirit of the alr- craft industry as a whole is ex- cellent and that material damaze of this kind over a period of years has been remarkably small," said Earl Winterton.
“I should add that there is no evidence to suggest that malicious damage is to be attributed to any agent of foreign power." (British Wireless),
क
FIVE KILLED AS BOMBER CRASHES
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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938.-PAGE 5
KING'S
SHOWING
TODAY
DAILY AT 2.80, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.30 P.M.
'SINGI SWING! YOUTH HAS ITS HING!
LEE DIXON
The Dancin' # ent
READY
WILLING and
ABLE
Hear, Hear, They're Hersi Ruby and Les and the world's most uproarious collection
of comice, including,
RUBY KEELER
ALLEN JEMIIKS - LOUISE FAZENDA - CAROL BYGNES - WINI SIRAN
AND, Ross Alusondar Teddy Hari
SUNDAY COLUMBIA
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RONALD
COLMAN
in
“LOST HORIZON"
ALHAMBRA
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TODAY AND TOMORROW,
JSF PENNER
GENE RAYMOND PARKYAKARKUS VICTOR MOORE HARRIET HILLIARD' HELEN BRODERICH
FRADIO
BILLY GILBERT
ANN MILLER
The Greatest Comedy Cast Ever Assembled For One Pictzera!
The LIFE OF THE PARTY
SIX SWELL SONGS!.....A Motino of laughs!...All the romance and glamour and axelting · lovašinesi your lasping keari can standi
Directed by William A. Sellar + Produced by Edward Ravinan
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MICKEXMBUSR in *HAWAHAN HOLIDAY "
SUNDAY 20th Century-Fox Picture
DAILY 2.30
& 20
720 - 9.30
A Walt Disney Technicolour Cartoon
JANE WITHERS in
WILD & WOOLLY'
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
+
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A SWELL MUSICAL COMEDY FULL OF LAUGHTER.
AND CATCHY SONGS!
MELODY FOR 2
...The monarchs of
rhythm go to town in a musical battle that will
rock the world with
Sanghts and song)........
*JAMES MELTON-PATRICIA ELLIS
- MARIE WILSON - FRED KEATING -DICK" PURCELL - WINIFRED' SHAW”, Craig Reynaldo - Charlesfly-Gordon€Nina-92ECIED BY LOUIS KING-A WarnerBies. Nezumi
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY HARRY WARREN & AL DUBIN AND I. K. JEROME & JACK SCHOU
SUNDAY
AND MONDAY | •
Dancés-Australian Fancy Dress THE MOST EXCITING GANGSTER DRAMA OF THE SEASON!
SYLVIA SIDNEY JOEL MCCREA in
thythm Dance of 8. and S. Home, in the
OLD FAVOURITES IN MUSICAL
King's Theatre's New
Feature Attraction
"Ready Willing and Able," a. comedy with music will be pre-
Assembly Hall, 9 p.m.; Seafarers' Dance, at Ballors' Home and Sea- men's Institute, 9 p.m.
Malls. (See Page.10). Meetings.-Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10.30 am; General, of Hong Kong Model Aeroplane Club, in 8. C. M. Post Board Room, 5.45)
Bridge -of
p.m
Miscellaneous-Contract
Class
sented as the feature attraction of YMC.A.
am.
"DEAD END"
A UNITED ARTISTS' PICTURE
JOHORE'S SULTAN DIVORCES WIFE
MARRIED IN
. LONDON
Singapore, March 31,
ARCHDUKE NOW IN
CONCENTRATION CAMP
Berlin, March 30. The Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, who
recently placed in protective" custody, has
camp.
Helen
was
in Women's Section
Moon, -2.52 Moon.-New
The Sultan of Johore has an-beers removed to a concentration nouced that he will divorce his
Other members of the Austrian Religious-Lenten Meeting at 3 wife,
the former Mrs. Wilson, in accordance with the nobility also have been placed in. Duke Street. 8.30 p.m.
Club Contract Eociat—Cheero
the same camp-(Reuter), Bridge, 8 p.m.; Central British As- sociation. Mahjong Drive at Kow- loon Cricket Club, 335 p.m.
Sports (Bee Page 103. Sunrise-5.16 .
the King's Theatre today.
Co-starred are the twinkling-III Moon. 1st. Day. toed Ruby Keeler and the famous young eccentric dancer Lee Dizon, The songs are by Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting, and one
Marvelous especially-Too
for Words"-promises to be a big hit.
The delightful Louise Fazenda has an eccentric role well fitted to her talents as a comedienne and P.m
Hankoy, March 31. The German Ambassador, Dr. Oskar Trautmann, gave a recep- tion yesterday in honour of the German doctors; representating The remaining member of the the German Red Cross, who ar- Palestine Partition Commission rived here recently bringing a appointed today is Mr. Thomas shipment of medicine from Ger- Reid, who served" in the Ceylon many as" a gift to China. civil service till 1931 and recently A large number of Chinese off- - presided over the League of Na-cials, representatives of the Chi-1 tions Commission charged withnese Red Cross, and many leading | the organisation and superinten-members of the foreign com- dence of elections in the Saajakmunity of Hankow were present. been killed when a United States star. Other notables in the cast
of Alexandretta.
It is expected that the Commis-
sion, of which the chairman is Sir
(Transocean),
Honolulu, March 30.
,
Mostem faith.
RECORD-BREAKING
RECRUITING
The marriage remains valid in English law as the couple were married at the Kensington Regis- well as at the Sunset.6.38 try Office, as
Woking mosque.
London, March 70, Regular Army recruits contmue The Sultan goes to Ceylon for a to enrol in record-breaking num- holiday on April 1.—(Reuter).
torch singer, Winifred Shaw la Tides-High at 09,20 and 22.05; Five men are believed to baye cast as a British musical comedy Low at 03.20 and 15.50.
naval patrol bomber crashed off are Allen Jenkins, Carol Hughes, the inland of Oahu today.
Hugh O'Connell, Teddy Hart, Ad- One of the crew, which number-dison Richards, Ross Alexander, John Woodhead and the other Palestine to arrive just after the ed seven, awam ashore and another Shaw and Lee, the "piano-movers" p.m. members Sir Alison Russell and Eastern ceremonies in Jerusalem. was washed to safety in an un-trom vandeville, E. E. Olive and
condition.-(Reuter.) Jane Wyman. Mr. A. P.Waterfield, will leave for!-(British Wireless),
"conscious
TOMORROW
1
Moon-III Moon, 2nd. Day, Sunrise 8.17 am Sunset 6.38
Tides-High at 0851 and 21.15; Low at 0255 and 15,00
bers.
Last week's intake was 710, an increase of 435 or more than 158
The Central British Association per cent over the figures for the will hold a cabaret-supper dance corresponding week last year. at the Peninsula Hotel, tomorrow London, West Lancashire, and at 9 p.m. Prices of admission are the North Midlands had the best
returns.(British Wireless), $3.50 double and $2 single.