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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
Here comes the show from Rhythm Row.
with all those stars of radio and screen!
BOB BURNS✩ JACK OAKIE BAKER⭑ *ANN-MILLER
TOMORROW
AT THE QUEEN'S
KXWAY
RADIO CITY REVELS
* VICTOR MOORE
BILTON BERLA
Helen BroGorlek, Jmo Froman,
Kat Kamp and Orghostem EKO-ZABIO FICTURE
TOMORROW «
AT THE ALHAMBRA
Claude Rains . Gloria Dickson Anna May Wong Charles Bickford" "THEY WON'T FORGET" “DAUGHTER of SHANGHAI
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SPECIAL! FOR TODAY ONLY!
YEL. VA
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The most popular o all the old favourites
THE LAUGH HIT OF A CENTURY!
MILLIONS
HAVE
SEEN IT!
Gary COOPER Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Jean ARTHUR
George Bancroft Linnel Stander Douglasa Dumbrilic. II. B. Warner Screen play by Rebert Riskin Story by Clarence Budington Kelland" A FRANK CAPRA Production A Columbia Picture
DAYS
CAPRA
tops his awn ('wat hit-"]: Happened”” One Night I”*
20NL TO-MORROW & THURSDAY
THRILL DRAMA OF DEVIL-MAY-CARE LINESMEN ! "A story, of "trouble shooters" who risk their lives.
SLIME
THEY. LOVE..
when they're lucky!
·AND DIE...
when they're not?...
The William Vřesome Punten, marki
PAT O'BRIEN HENRY FONDA! MARGARET LINDSAY - STUART ERWIN
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GENERAL
Mr. Noel Coward With The Fleet
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong"
KING'S:-
"The Hurricane."
QUEEN'S :—
"Radio City Revels”
ORIENTAL:-
"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"Radio City Revels"
STAK:-
"Breakfast For Two"
MAJESTIC:- #
"Broadway Melody Or 1998"
Coming
"Dark Journey""
KING'S:-
QUEEN'S:—
"They Won't Forget" "Mad About Music"
ORIENTAL:-
"Sum"
"Fight For Your Lady" ALHAMBRA :---
"Daughter of Shanghai"
STAR:-
Mountain Justice"
MAJESTIC:-
"Strike Me Pink" "Criminals Of The Air"
RADIO CITY REVELS
AT TWO CINEMAS
ON UNUSUAL DIARY OF LOCAL
MISSION
Investigating Film Tastes
Of Sailors
EVENTS
TODAY
'Anniversaries and Holidaya-. Faster Tuesday.
Auctions-Crown Land, at P. W.
D, Offices, 31,0.
· Cinemas="(See this Page).
Column 3 of
Malls,—(See Page ́10). Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club,
Thin
Mr. Noel Coward has left for the at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.; An-' nual, at Children's Playgrounnds Mediterranean on an unusual mis- Association, at the Registry, ston, He has undertaken on behalf: Supreme Court, 5.15 p.; Mothers' of the Admiralty Film Committee Union, at Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m..
Miscellaneous. — Rotary to investigate the film tastes of Hong Kong Hotel; St. Stephen's the Mediterranean Fleet and to College, Stanley (Middle School) write a report on the type of Almy Summer Term opens. the sailors would most like to see. says the Evening Standard.
In order that his report may be
Moon.-I. Moon, 18th Day. Rehearsals.--A.D.C. at European Y.M.C.A., 9 p.m..
Relgious-Prayer
Meeting
in.
as representative as possible. Mr. Chaplain's Room of S. and 8. Coward intends to canvass the Home, 3 p.m.
Social Whist Drive and Tom- jopinions of sailors from all the principal naval ports, He will ulsbola in Sergt. Mess, 1st Middlesex cover what differences, if any, ex- Regt., Nanking Bks, Shamshulpo, st between the film fancies of 8.30 p.m.; Cralgengower Cricket Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devon Club weekly Tombola,9.15 pm.
Sperts-(See Page 10). Sunrise.-8.01 a.m. Bunset.-8.45
port.
The Duke of Kent attended a luncheon which Lord Louis Mountbatten gave at Brook House, to prominent members of the film industry who wil provide these films, The or- ganisation behind the move- ment is the Royal Naval Film Corporation,
A NEW INTEREST
p.m.
•
Tides-High at 00.57 and 11.08. Low at 06.00 and 18.50.
TOMORROW.
"Meetings.—Annual, or-Ching Provident. Loan and Mortgage, Hong Kong Hotel, Noon; Annual, of Macao Electric Light Ltd., Lowe, Bingham and Matthews Dmces, 11.30 aun; Annual. of Victoria the Club Mi. Coward has a great liking Recreation Club, in for the sea and sailors. For some House, 6 p.m.; Editors'
ference, Government House, Noon,
Moon.-III Moon,) 20th. Day. Social-European Y.MC.A. Old Members' Dinner.
With Its Inherently Ingenious years he has been attached to the R.N.V.R. and has regularly par- theme counterpointed by a gay array of catchy song numbers, ticipated in naval exercises unique dances and the work of a Recently he has acquired a new brilliant. cast, RKO Radio's new interest politics. He is an ardent comedy filmusical. "Radio City Re-supporter of Mr. Winston Chur
of a Grand vels," showing at the Queen's and chill's conception
Alliance to resist aggression.
| Alhambra Theatres today.
Bob Burns, Jack Oakle, Kenny His manager, Mr. Jack Wilson,
Con-
Sunset.--6.44
Sunrise.-8.02 am "Tides-High at 00.10 and 10.45. Low at 04.32 and 18.03.
7.30
Baker, Milton Berle. Victor Moore.stated that Mr. Coward was so
CHEERO CLUB Helen Broderick, Ana Miller, Jane excited about the international
Today: Table tennis at Fromen, Buster West and Melissa situation that he had practically p.m. Will all Servicemen interest- Mason have the top roles in the last interest in his new productioned in table tennis please attend. picture which ostensibly deals with Research engineers say exteriors as a new Cheero team is to be a huge celebration of the Afth of all-steel houses will at first be formed.. anniversary of Radio City itself.
available in 20
to
Friday: Concert by the 27th.
25 designs
Wednesday: Dance at 8.30 p.m. The real theme of the stery, The houses may be laid out for Thursday: Concert by the 27 however, is 3 merry one--the quaint habits of Mr. Burns in com-four, five, or six rooms with ad-Coy. RAMC. at 8 pm. Posing lovely songs. In his sleep,ditions being attached as desired. although even with mail-order Experiments of many months Coy. RAMC. at 6 p.m. lessons from dakle, his conscious have at last resulted in a lowcost, efforts are terrible. On this aprigh-all-steel house within the range ing a bridge and mahjong drive tly basis most of the plot com- lot low and medium wage earners on Thursday. May 12, commencing
at 3 pm. plications are built, and the aim it is maintained.
weaves them deftly into an enter taining structure, A. Kilting romante
between Kenny Baker and Ann Miller and a comedy affair be- tween Burns and Miss Broderick, also add to the story.
DOUBLE BILL AT
"
THE MAJESTIC
Tomorrow, patrons of the Ma- jestic Theatre, Kowloon, will have the opportunity of seeing Kyra, Roby and Harry, famons Contin- ental dancers. featured in con- junction with the showing of Eddie Cantor's "Strike Me Pink." These dancers have appeared with great success at the Hong Kong Hotel, and their first per- formance in the Peninsula should not be missed
The Eddie Cantor film is full of laughs. The famous wide-eyed comedian has never been better as
а
Knows By Their Noses mouse-like personality who gets
JACQUES PENRY, of Gros-
venor House, London, reads charakter from noses with
such accuracy that, according to the Dally Express, banks, factories and large stores con- sult him on staff-choosing problems, trusting him to pick the right man for the job." Mr. Penty is a French Canadian "His starting point for character
good judgment are characteristics.
¡of a nosa like that," he said.
mixed up with amusement park gangsters..
The straight Grecian sort of QUEEN MARY
nose shows an artistic tempera- ment, a sensitive, refined, rather practical personality,
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
ASKED TO SEE
One of the 93 trolley-.
'buses which replaced trams on eight North London routes, pass- ing a tram in Gray's Inn-road.
20 do, A...
The Ladies Committee is hold
TROLLEY-’BUSES IN LONDON ·
Trams Withdrawn From
Six Routes
Hundreds of Holborn and North We were also often awakened by London residents went joy-riding gangs working on the rails with last month on the first trolley-acetylene apparatus.”, 'buses to run into the City.
Six North London tram routes were withdrawn and replaced by
Telegraph.
PC. MAKES HIS POINT
Police on point duty at the
- SON'S PICTURE the new vehicles, says the Daily tersection of Gray's Inn-road with Theobald's-road-and-Clerkenwell- Queen Mary asked to see the The last tram from Barnet was road found tramc easier to handle. Then there is the commercial realia or the Prince of Wales driven by the man who took the The trolley-buses get over the nose, and Jacques declared that it when during her recent four-day atst tram on to the same ronte, 31 Crossing much quicker than the shouldn't be called the Jewish visit to South Water she was years ago One of the passengers trams," one said.
"We welcome the change for au- nose, because lots of other good shown over the National Museum also travelled in the first tram.
other reason. Anyone who tried The trolley-buses run from Bar-standing on point duty, for any business" men have it. One long of Wales Cardiff, e creat
proper because, as he carefully he nose that leads to success. In in which is, the purple velvet and ate, Holborn and Farringdon- ing each other over the points réading is always noses, which is curve, and; a bump at the end is! She was led to the glass case net and North Finchley to Moor-length of time, with trams ETOSA-
businesa.
ermine robe and the rest of the
explained, the most prominent fea-
within a foot either side, woula ture of a face should have most For real success in putting regalia worn by the Prince at his street. The routes are:
Investiture at Carnarvon in 1811.
517 and 617: North Finchley to soon see the benefit of the trolley to tell.
Pot moment or two Queen Holborn-circus, via Highgate.buses' quietness, Mary stood silently gazing at the! 521 and 621 North Finchley to "The new "buses are a great, im- regalla. Then she walked round Holber-circus, via-Wood Green provement for pedestrians, too.
Beware of the thin-nosed man, he's never very dependable, Bays Jacques The thick-nosed fellow,
things over, for charm of man- ner, friendliness and good ideas, you need a concave nose. Snub noses
ques
the lowest to the back of the case and looked ⠀⠀ 609: Barnet to Moorgate, Flax-There will be none of that danger- a fierce ous running, äcross the road to is much more reliable, has shrewd variety of noses, there isn't much at the picture showing the boyish-burysquare.
["push,” Initiative or mental ability looking, Prince of Wales in his €61. Barnet to Cricklewondegi trama, for trolley-Buses can draw, Judgment, sound-commonsense.
Residents on the routes were into the kerb.""" In profile there are five sorts of about the sub-nosed, said Jac-robes of state. There was silence
zuzanoly delas the Queen Mother gazed, tail of praise for the Innovation Work is now proceeding on the Nose-render Penry's own nose is memories perhaps crowding on A trader, in the Caledonian-road: withdrawal of all teams from The Roman nose with that that he calls a blending of Roman her
ma e Mad Bad N... who lives over his shop sald: North London bumpy little age at the top is a and concave, and the qualitiesAnd then, she turned and his should mean quieter. It is anticipated that within my
all-round nose. "Brains, fenoted are curiosity and the good
nights. The new buses run very years there will not be a test ability to get things done, and ability to "put things over."
quietly compared with the trams running in the Metropolitan area
remarked how well the robes had been preserved.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1938. -PAGE
KING'S
TODAY ONLY AT 2,3015.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M
FOR HER LOVE ...HE FOUGHT
- through miles of raging ocean....' he defled man's faw. A turbulent story of primitive passions by the authors of "Mutiny on the Bounty"
SAMUEL GOLDWYNA
THE HURRICANE
Dorothy LAMOUR • Jön ĦALL Mary, ASTOR C. Aubrey SMITH Thomas MITCHELL Raymond MASSEY
Directed by
'Kaliszed' thris⇓ UNITED ARTISTS
JOHN FORD
ALSO LATEST WALT DISNEY'S CART ON IN TECHNICOLOUR "MAGICIAN MICKEY"
TOMORROW
United Artiste.
"DARK JOURNEY" uitA CONRAD VEIDT-VIVEN LEIGH
ISTARE
• FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
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Sko zosked him in the eye buenzao skej loved him! What a yell at a romenosi
BARA
HERBERT
STANWYCK MARSHALL
Breakfast for TWO
wis GLENDA FARKILL » ERIC BLOKK
| EBonno Girardak • Durmint by Albrad Bestelli
| Kouluun. Pasi Tawełną Trała Brethore Short
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Josephine Hutchinson George Brent 'MOUNTAIN JUSTICE”
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD
KOWLOON
TEL. #7232
(MATINEES. 206.-30. • EVENINGS. 20, 30Ľ: 50:70%)
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
THE GREATEST OF ALL THE "Broadway MELODIES”
4-G-M'S MOST LAVISH FILMUSICA
ELEANOR
TAYLOR POWELL Broadway Melody of 1938
BARNES - Kuddy E MURPHY - Bars
TOMORROW
· Seekie TUCKER
TICTER
A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION!
ON THE STAGE:
い
THE BEST VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT IN YEARS !
KYRA, ROBY and HARRY
*SENSATIONAL AOROBA110 AND COMEDY DANCERS :
ON THE SCREEN : RETURN OF AN "OLD FAVOURITE
EDDIE
CANTOR
Strike Me Pink
UNITED ARTISTS MUSICAL COMEDY
Miss Fields, who received the Miss Gracie Fields, the actress.
In the New Year Honours, has been made an officer of the
am very pleased, but I Order of St. John of Jerusalem in said, "T recognition of her work on behalf feel there are many others who of the Order.
-have done as much as I, or more."*
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