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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
The Greatest and Most Elaborately Made Chinese Picture of the Year! Direct from its recent successful run
the Grand Theatre, Shanghai.
Dramatic I
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Spectacular! Thrilling!
THE TALE OF A RUSE THAT SAVED A THRONE!
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Rosalie"
QUEEN'S:—
The Sable Cicada"
'ORIENTAL:-
"Every Day. Is A Holiday"
"Kowloon
ALHAMBKA:--
"The Great Garrick"
STAB:-
**Tovatich"
MAJESTIC:—
"Peter" Ibbetson"
KING'S:-
QUEEN'S
Wil
Coming
"Hawall Calls"
'ORIENTAL:-
"Penrod And His Twin
GENERAL
At Junior Birdmen Rally
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938.-PAGE 5
A+ CONDITIONED 'THEATREN
SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 PM
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A ROMANCE OF THE
with
"THREE KINGDOMS"
FULL ENGLISH SUB-TITLES
·TOMORROW
&
BRO Picture
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.15
7.15-9.30
BOBBY BREEN
in
HAWAII
CALLS'
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ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD VAN HAI TEL. 28473
DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW⚫
ONLY
A GREAT SHOW FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND SONG! Here's Me in the giyest and funniest show of her career filled with roaring, rollicking romance of the gay 90s.
BLONDE OR BRUNETTE GENTLEMEN PREFIR MAE WEST
SUN
MON
‘EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY"
Edmund Lowe-dharlie Buttararact
Charles Winningar + Wolter Casluft + Layd Vinicas » Hormon Bing Chester Conklin and Lavisi Armatrang
FAMOUS MAUCH TWINS
AND
"PENROD AS TWIN BROTHER"
HIS
MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 202.-30c,-50c,-70c. ☺
HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON
ISTARE
TODAY AND TOMORROW
CLAUDETTE
COLBERT
CHARLES
BOYER TOVARICH
Prostasted "Enn van righ, but definetely rilĖm
"A Great Lifel
A Gay Love!
A Grand
Shoe!
$7.795
SARIL KATURKE ARITA LOUISE
MELLYELE COOPER ISABEL AKAMA
Morrie Corovody » Viator Bian-AN METRE RETINE POSUV-A MOORE JANE, PREVNE - Down Thy by bang
SUNDAY
20th C. Fox Pistore
Alice Faye
Jack Haley
ALHAMBRA;**
"Hawall Calls"
STAR:-
"Wake Up And Live"
MAJESTIC:--
Brother"
"The Painted Vell" "The Women Men Marry"
IMMORTAL LOVE CLASSIC
All the delicacy, "beauty and poignancy, of George Du Maurier's immortal love story lives again in Paramount's picturization of "Peter Ibbetson," starring Cary Cooper in the title role, which made its debut at the Majestic theatre yesterday.
Jualor Birdman Bobby. Breen is pictured presenting first priza tu nis tallow member Henry Gerberding in a lyric contest sponsored b the New York City unit of the Janior Birdmen at their satua! rally Left to right: Lena Nagel. second prize winner: Henry Gerberding an Bobby Breen. Honor guests were Rusa Morgan, nationally famous c' chestra leader and Arthur Cremia, directer of the Now York Schouls. Music Bobby. who la a member of the metropolitan untı, was in M. clty to attend the opening of his cow musical picture "Hawaii Calls (Showing at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres tomorrou).
WHO TOLD YOU THAT?
Photographer: "Please place your hand on- your husband's shoulder, it looks more tural."
Husband: "It would be more natural if she put her hand in my pocket.'
"ROSALIE”
In "Rosalie," which is at the King's Theatre, Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell are teamed in this tuneful melange, which väries in locale between an Army-Navy foot- ball game. West Point, and the colourful mythical kingdom of Romanza. The pairing of Eddy and Miss Powell is a brilliant feat. Not only do they dance and sing in the manner of stars of their inagnitude, but as lovers they are
A gigantic task at best, in film- ing the strangest of strange.novels, all concerned in the production of this fascinating fantasy deserve high praise for maintaining the] dignity and ethereal atmosphere which characterized Du Maurier's classic, as well as giving it an added robustness
warm its tendency to become siccnsrine blooded appeal in its latest screen in treatment is akilkully avoided decidedly in the top rank among regalla.
by that astute director. Henrysomantic teams. " Although old-fashioned romance Hathaway, who gave us the highly and sentiment run riot in the Alm, successful "Bengal Lancer."
and..
CROSSWORD
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1 City in
Nevada
5 Vegetables
with dressing.
10 Queen of
Henry VIII.
Gatherine-
12 What river
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empties into
the Atlantic
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near Para?
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What king is
the Scottish
name
21 Correlative
of neither 22% Suffix de-
23
noting the " comparative degree Characterises
25 Artincial
language,
26 Where is
28
Oglethorpe U_versity? Marries
30" Class of ver-
tebrates in- cizding
birds
31 Sport 33 Bquare-rigged
Vessel
33 Female ver-
sider
36 Italian
river
37 Lovers of "cruelty"
38 Exclamation
40 Bitter vetch 42 Legal
43 Noise
“WAKE UP AND LIVE" Periods of
NEW CHAIRMAN POR HWANGHO COMMISSION
Chungking, June 16.
that
46 Encountered | River Conservancy Commission by 47 Masculine
a mandate issued by the National 48 Fodder Government yesterday. He Buc-150 Stationary ceeds. Mr. Kung "Eslang-yúng, Dart in' a
machine... whose resignation was accepted by
Mr. Wang Yu-chun was appoint-the National Government-Cen- 52 Female, voices ed. Acting Chairinan' of the Yellowtral News).
53 Oceanic fish
national hero?
2 Wide-mouthed
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pitcher
3 Negative vote
4. Conjunction
5 Devil
6 Part of "to
be"
7 Boy
8. Mohammedan
call to prayer
9 Givers
10 Hebrew pre- phet...
11 Draws by se-
lection
13 Who was the
sixth Roman emperor? 16: Melody 10 Dakar is the" capital of what colony of French West Africa?
20 What Eng-
Hish novel- ist wrote
The Forest Lovers?
23 Who wrote
the play. Icebound which won the Pulitzer Prize?
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24 Chairs
27 Rozman
household
delty
29 Change the
colour of
31 Asserts as
fact
32 What Italian
noblewoman
is popularly supposed to have pols- oned her enemies? Lucrezia...
33 Indian cop- per coln
34 What battle
of the Ameri- can Civil War is also known as the
Battle of Pittsburgh
Landing?
35 Of Bounder
cind
36 Vegetables 38. American
coins: 41 Barter 43 Facts
45 Posed for a portrait 47. Plan
49 Depart
51 Toward
SOLUTION, TOMORROW
Ray Bolger, he of the rubber legs, is really great as comedy re- Hef, and, of course, splendid in his comedy dancing specialties. Hona Massey is a newcomer whorn play- goers can well watch carefully,
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TODAY
Anniversaries and Holiday Bunker Hill Day. (Mass. U.S.A») St. Alban,
Auctions-Household Furniture, at Lammert's Hong Kong Bales Room, 2.30 p.m.
Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Page)
Entertainments-Band Concert
of the 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots Sergts.' Mess, Murray Barracks, 4.30 p.m.
Mall(See Pare 18 Meetings-Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10.30 a.m.
Mon.-V. Moon; 20th Day. Social Cheero Sinh Contract Bridge, 8 pm: Whist Drive and Tombola in REW.O's and Bergts. Mesa, Wellington Barracks, 9 p.m.
Sports. (See Page 10.
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Sunrise.6,38 am Sunset---7.09
P.z.
Tides.-High at 01.10, and 10 50. Low at 04.45 and 18.48.
D.
TOMORROW
Moon.-V. Moon," álst. Day.
Sunrise 5.38 a.m. Sanset-7.09
Tides.-High at 0040 and 10.20. Low at 04.10 and 18.10.
SLIGHT TREMORS
London, June 18. Several slight tremors were re corded here between 2.35 and 3.49 yesterday afternoon. The centre of the disturbance was in the city. The shocks were in slight, how- ever, that the majority of London-
Euty Rezaliz
Starring
NELSON EDDY-ELEANOR POWELL
Featuring FRANK MORGAN '• EDNA MAY OLIVER
ALHAMBRA
0,30 STEL. 5AAAA
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
THE YEAR'S MOST · DISTINGUISHED MOTION PICTURE
AN AMUSING HISTORY OF AN AMUSING P ̃LLOW
• SHOWS
DAILY
230 20 710-9.30
THEY'RE WHAT LOVE 18
ALL ABOUT:
BRIAN AHERNE OLIVIA DEHAVILLAND "The Great Garrick"
HOTARD İYİKEETT HORTON » KELVILLE CO-OPTI-LIONÉL ATWILLJA WARNEN KROE PACTDEK«Paully Boporvient by 2001VIKLEROY
·TOMORROW-
BOBBY BREEN in HAWAII CALLS
An RKO Radio Picture
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RETURN OF AN OLD FAVOURITE"!
An Undying Story of a Love That Never Died
Gary COOPER
Ann HARDING
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Peter betson
A Paremount Pinture wĂZ
Ida Lagiya+Jahon Halliday+Domžloor Drumheller Virginia Waldleg Dickie Mooja · Disasted by Honey Hathaway
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COMMENCING SATURDAY
The First Actress of the Screen in Somerset Maugham's Bensational Story!
GARBO in
· THE PAINTED VEIL
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
remained unaware of the SERIOUS INCIDENT: FUR COATS STILL
ers tremors.
As far as is known no damage has been caused, -(Transocean),
Solation No. 20: SCUPISTIKISCALE CANA PINE CAPER- ARTSTARILUARENA REITERATE¶ROSEĆ
FREED DIADEMITT
1JTIGREASES POP LESBEEILET PAGE. ALLUDEDIDEBACLE VAINTLEDIOAREEN AND SELECTS1YYE STREDUCINATE GREENTSIMPLETOR L'AMEDIDEATARID
ALIVETVENT RISE DETERTES TETSPED
IN ROME
Rome, Jane 16.
AT ASCOT
London, June 15,
A serious incident occurred here The weather is still sunny in yesterday at a monument, erected southern England, but not so hot! between the Plazza. Esedra and as to prevent many ladies "from" the main railway station, in putting" on fur coats over their honour of the Italian soldiers who summer dresses at Ascot.
laid down their lives in the first In northern England-rain is fall-
African campaign.
ing In many districts, but A Negro, who it is believed to be Glasgow escaped a downpour, and Ian Abyssinian, suddenly kneeled large crowds attended the Glasgow down in front of the inemorial and Empire Exhibition, which has now began to pray.
been attended by over 3,000,000),
When a captain of the Italian people (Reuter. Bulletin).
army objected to this, the Negro
attacked the captain with a short
ibre and seriously wounded the
officer.
some cuts, Two soldiers who in-
A passerby who went to the tervened were gravely wounded. captain's assistance also received (Transocean)
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