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FROM BULLFIGHT TO FIESTA Beautiful Girls ... Native Dances
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A Riot of Fun
Today's Screenings
Hong Kong
KING'S:
The
and Romance Below the Rio Grande/
ROPIC HOLIDAY
BOB BURNS MARTHA RAYE
DoporuY LAMOUR
RAY MILLAND
AINNIE BERNĖS-TILO SUIZZA
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4 SHOWS
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Comedy acrobatic dancers, singers and novelty artists.'
TOMORROW - MONDAY — TUESDAY
THE BIG PICTURE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
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THE GOOD EARTH
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MATINEES: Z0c.-30% ● EVENINGS: 20c-30e.-50e.-70c.
ISTARE
KOWLOON
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
TOMORROW
RKO Picture
MAX BOHAINS - ELISABETH
BERGNER
DREAMING LIPS
NINO
DAYMOND MASSIF GROMMET DREM
PAUL CZIMNÉR
MARTINI
"MUSIC FOR MADAME”
"Paradise For Two" QUEEN'S:
Tropic Holiday" ORIENTAL:
"Hollywood Hotel"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Go Chase Yourself" STAR:
"Dreaming Lips" MAJESTIC:
"Hurricane"
KING'S:
Coming
"Love And Hisses" QUEEN'S:
"Over The Wall" ORIENTAL:
"The Good Earth" "Romance For Thres" ALHAMBRA:
"Tropic Holiday”
"Jungle Princess"
STAR: ..
"Music For Madame"
"Murder At The Vanities" MAJESTIC:
"Penitentiary"
GAY MEXICAN
FIESTA
Clicking castanets and merry marimbas, twinkling feet and sparkling songs-all the gay exotic whirl of a Mexican flesta awalts you when you go to the Queen's Theatre today to see "Tropic Holl- day." the new elaborate musical with Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland. Bob Burns and Martha Raye..
The picturesqueness of the land below the Rio Grande is brought to the screen for the first time in all Its native colour.
The picture also presents many native Mexican entertainers, in- cluding Tito Gulzar and his famous band Many songs in the picture are written by Augustin Lara, the "Irving Berlin" of Mexico...
Alhambra Theatre patrons will be able to ace the film in Kowloon, for it will be shown there simul- taneously as from tomorrow.
LONDON GAZETTE
(Continued from Fage 4) RWK-Lt. B. E. Hazelton is secd. for serv, under the Colonial Office (July 13).
Midd'x'R.-Capt. J. G. E. Reid to be Adjt, vice Capt, I. D. S. Gordon (Aug. 3); Lt. A. M. Man is restd. to the estabt. (Aug. 1)..
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Maj. (Qr.-Mr.) F. H. Barker hav- ing attained the age for retire- ment, is placed on ret. pay (Aug. 2); Sergt.-Maj. William Henry Ed- ward Hill to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) (Aug.
21.
CINEMA
GENEVA”- THE WORLD TODAY
Mr. Bernard Shaw's New Play
The Malvern Festival opened with one of Mr. Bernard Shaw's major mind-shakers, the new play "Geneva." A ratiocinative fan- tasia whose third act did not conclude before a quarter to twelve- and it is this third act which is the whole play, it is a brilliant ex- position of today's state of things in Europe.
half past eleven
This takes the form of a Court place in this concluding. Incon- of International Justice. Holland elusive conference. provides a wise young judge. Eng- land is represented by her Forelin leaving its orbit was given about A false alarm as to the earth's Minister. who says things like "A foreigner is a foreigner," and when various potentates in various ways. and shook the faced by Christianity itself, in the This brought down the curtain in guise of an old woman in grey, says a fashion, on the judge's remark that, of course, we are prepared to that man must be regarded as "love one another. "but not indis-failure as a political animal. criminately."
the
Two European dictators are also the same, and their wit, logic, and But the arguments have been
present, one in a Roman' toga with
expressiveness all vouch for gut laurels on his brow called clarity with which our patriarch Signor Bombardone; the other in has been able to view our sorry the blue and silver garb of the state of things. young Lohengrin and styled Herr Buttler.
The ensuing orgy of enter- taining recriminations will, be imagined when it is Brmly stated that Mr. Shaw's witty trenchancy in this third act is at its sharpest and least per- and that there is an omni-present undercurrent of serious thought to keep it in its Just position and relevance.
verat,
Semitism, Soviet Russia, and a character called General Flanco de. Fortinbras are also given their sincere and pointed say..
The plece is worthily spoken, Messrs. Ernest Thesiger, Cecti Trouncer, and Donald Wolft par- ticularly distinguishing themselves as respective mouthpieces of in- sularity grandiosity, and peace.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
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TODAY
Anniversaries
and Holidays.— In comparison with this im-First Annivesary of the Outbreak mensely long act, the first two of Hostilities in Shanghai; Flor- seem untecessary preparation,
since they have little more point ence Nightingale died, 1910: Our than to show us how, and to what Lady. Refuge of Sinners: St. John
Berchmans. Htle purpose, a woman politician from Camberwell came to take her;
FRENCH WRITER
An interesting personality on the Air France plane which arrived in the Colony on Wed-" nesday was Mlle. Gabrielle Bertrand, journalist and author and "special representative of L'Illustration and Figaro.
Cinemas (Bee Column 3 of this Page).
Malls. (See Page 16).
Moon.-VII Moon, 18th Day
Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-5.59 am, Sunset-8.57 Low at 03.55 and 17.10.
TOMORROW
Moon.-VII Moon, 19th. Day. Sunrise.-5.59 a.m. Sunset.-8.58
p.1.
Tides. High at 09.30 and 22.53 Low at 03.15 and 16.30.
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Short Service Commission.-Lt. 12. Mimic (on prob.).D. W. Bell, M.B.. is secd. 13. Prohibit under the prov. of Art 213, Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, 1931 (July 3).
ESTABLISHMENTS
Staff Coll-L-Col. A. G. Harry, DBO.. MC. hp. list (émpld.), re- linquishes the appt. of 0.8.Q. 2nd Grade (Aug. 1).
R. Mil. Coll.-Capt. C; E, R. Duff, 8th H, to be lustr. (July 24).
Sch. of Signals-Lt. A. M. Man. Middx R., relinquishes the appt. of Instr. (C1. GG) (Aug. 1).
MEMORANDA
Capt. (local ·Maj.) (Bury, of Wózka) R. J. Kent, PASL, RE relinquishes the local ränk of Maj, on ceasing to be empld. as Ber Surv,'of Works. Bcó. Comid, (Aug. 2); Capt. (Surv. of Works) C. A/ Luckin, PE, is granted the local rank of Ma), while empid. as Ben.
Surv. of Works, Sco. Comd, (Aug. 2); Lt. H. C. de Blois, R.E., rélin- quishes the appt. of Instr., Anti- Aircraft and Coast Def., Search- light (Cl. FF). British MG. Mission to the Egyptian Army Aug. 1): Sec. Lt. C. R. Jackson, late E Bur- rey R. (Serv. Bna,) relinquishes the rank of Sec. Lt, on enlistment into the T.A. (April 11).
AIR MINISTRY, AUGUST 2 ROYAL AIR FORCE GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH Air Commodore R. M. HII, M.C.. ARG.; fa, appointed --- Director · of Technical Development. Air: Minis try, vice Air Commodore R. H. Varney, C.B.E. (Aug 1),
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SOLUTION ON MUNDAY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1938-PAGE 5
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LONDON FILMS present
CHULBERT & ELLIS
"UNITED ARTISTR RELEASE
PARADISE for TWO
TOMORROW 9th Century Fox
WALTER WINCHELL-BEN BERNIE--SIMONI SIMON in
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LOVE AND HISSES
..
ALHAMBRA
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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY RADIO'S RIOTOUS COMIC IN A BIG THRILL -
ACTION LAUGH SHOW !
JOE
PENNER
If you're behind in
your laughs, you can
catch up now!."
GO CHASE YOURSELF
with
LUCILLE BALL
RICHARD LANE・・
JUNE TRAVIS
FRITZ FOLD
TOM KINNIGY
Directed by Edward Cline. Produced by Robert Sisk, Screen play by Paul Yawitr and Bert Granet Original story by Walter O'Keefe EKO RADIO PICTURE
MARCH OF TIME &
ADDED!
TOMORROW
A Paramount
Pictura
DAILY
DONALD DÜCK
in
CC
SELF-CONLEUL”
TROPIC HOLIDAY”
"DOROTHY LAMOUR --RAY MILLAND
NATHAN ROAD
KOWLOON
:TEL 57231
4 SHOWS
130 $20
720-930
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
(MATINEES. 204-30% » EVENINGS. 20. 30+50«70%
SHOWING TODAY
SURPASSING THE GREATEST THRILLS THE SCREEN EVER GAVE YOU I
FOR HER LOVE ... HE FOUGHT through miles of raging ocean.. he defied man's law: A turbulent story of primitive passions by the
authors of "Mutiny on the Bounty"
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
THE HURRICANE
Dorothy LAMOUR • Jon HALL Mary, ASTOR • C. Aubray SMITH Thomas MITCHELL Raymond MASSEY.
Released find❤ UNITED ARTISTS
Dirhcted by JOHN FORD
NEXT CHANGE
GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION
ON THE SCREEN:
Love in the "Big House !! Murder in the Cell Blocks !
WALTER CONNOLLY, *PENITENTIARY
JEAN PARKER
ON THE STAGE : Non-Stop Variety Show |
PETU TITI and CARMENCITA
Denorzs and. Novelty Artists 'f
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