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The First Heart-sock Drama Set To Swing Music! The Story of a Swing Band on the Rocky Road to Fame!
IT'S THE BEST MUSICAL
FRED MAC MURRAY
COCOANUT GROVE
HARRIET BASCORE - FIK PACKS CLUB NOTE, DEN KLEIN - HIFË NGUS - ORLY LEE
of 1938!
BEST becouse it's the first hitorique, sum-18-lite stany of Bawing band in tha rocky road sa famil
BEST trimane its
song hits are tire susrent topit ay andio's hit parade!
TOMORROW
Warner Bro
Picture
Bette
Davis
in her strongest, most haar role
JEZEBEL"
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4 SHOWS
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DAILY
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ORIENTAL
ROAD
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⚫2BALY TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.
MILLIONAIRES
DON'T PICK BRIDES OUT OF SHIRT FACTORIES! -
A shop girl born with a tin spoon in her mouth fought for a love beyond her reach, but she swore that she would eat off gold plates before she died.
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SHE GRASPED AT ROMANCE AND LIVED DANGEROUSLY :
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THE HEART-STIRRING ROMANCE of a shop-girl and e millionaire... with your Joan and famed Spencer Tracy Iri- umphant together!
JOAN CRAWFORD SPENCER TRACY
Mannequin
with
ALAN CURTIS » KALPH MORGAN
A Frank Borzaga Production
Directed by Frank Borzage,
JA MARVELLOUS SHOW!
OF SUN. THE GIRL GOLDEN WEST
MON.
with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
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U.S. Schoolboys Get Good
Will Awards
The 11-year-old exchange system of fostering international understanding and good will through schoolboy fellowships for pre- pm.atory school graduates in the United States, England, and Germany, saw, 26 such grants awarded in 16 American prepara- sory schools recently."
The winners will leave for their English and German studies in the
Aquitania of the Cunard-White LADY HAMILTON'S
Star Line, on Sept. 14,
At about the same time, the win- ning, gradirates of German and
LOVE LETTERS
Since it was announced that 25 very quaintly spelt love letters by
GENERAL
STAR SPANGLED CAST FOR
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1938.-PAGE. 5
THE ZIEGFELD GIRLTO
Today's Screenings Crawford, Sullavan,
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"King Of The Damned" QUEEN'S:
"Cocoanut Grove"
"Mannequin"
ORIENTAL:
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :
"Coceanut Grove"
STAR:
*You Said A Mouthful"
MAJESTIC:
"Romance For Three"
KING'S:
Coming
"The Divorce Of Lady X"
QUEEN'S:
**Jezebel"
ORIENTAL:
Bruce And Powell
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have been the apostles of multi-star pictures since Gränd. Hotel (Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford) and Dinner at Eight (Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Madge Evans, Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore). No retting ready to spangle stars just as lavishly Girl
they are over. Ziegfeld
For the four leading "lädies will be Joan Crawford." Mar- great sullavan, Virginia Bruce and Eleanor Powell — all in the title role.
STAR DUST
Danielle
Darrier's secand
Miss Crawford gets her long- rumoured chance to sing, for she plays the Follies girl who begins as a waitress.
Miss Powell's dancing fits her American film will be a serious for the setting. She is the girl drama called Rio from а story who comes to Ziegfeld from 3 by Jean Negulesco.
ner Öland.
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War-
convent.
Miss Bruce," the only actual Anna May Wong is having her Ziegfeld Follies girl of the four.
is natural casting as portrait painted. by Mrs.
a stage- struck society, heiress.
Miss Sullavan is unexpected. Tyrone Power is the latest sus-tic tone to what might be just But she is there to lend drama. for the part of Ashley another mammoth musical spec-
"The Girl of the Golden West" gestion ALHAMBRA:
"Jezebel":"
STAR:
"Gold Diggers Of 1933" "Duck Soup"
ALAJESTIC:
"Mannequin"
PRINCESS FINDS HER STOLEN CARAVAN
→Princess Paul
Troubetzkoy, of Davis-street, Berkeley-square, W.
and. Dick Turpin Cottage, Park
springs, Iver Heath, Bucks, gave evidence at Slough recently when Douglas Stewart Cross and George Percy Strike, of Ashford, were charged with stealing her motor-car trailer caravan, worth
£80.
The Princess said that she kept the caravani in the grounds of her cottage. While in Park-lane she saw it attached to a car with a battered hood. She telephoned the police..
Cross and · Strike were each sentenced to six months' hard labour, and the former received £4 further three months for failing to observe conditions on which he was placed on probat- ton for two years last May.
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TODAY
Anniversaries and Holidays. st. Zephyrinus.
Auctions-Crown Land, at Dis- trict office, South, Quen's Building, 2nd floor, 11 am.; Household Furni- ture. at Lammert's, 2 Connaught Road Central, 2.30 p.m.
Cinemas~~(See Column 3 of this
Page).
LecturesAir. Raid Precautions, Maryknoll Convent School, 'Kow- loon, 4 p.m.
Maths(See Faze 16), Meetings Extraordinary. Kow. Loon Cricket Club, 5.45 pm,
Moon.-VII Int'c. Moon, 2nd, Day. Social Whist Drive and Ton-
English schools will leave their Emma Lady Hamilton to her early bola in the "RE. Warrant Officers respective ports for a year's study protector. Charles Greville, were to more than two score of the fel-be sold at Sotheby's much interest
In America.
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was aroused.
lowships have been awarded an Recently Mr. Ernest Maggs nually since the system was devised by American headmasters on the fought hard, but. at £500 had to basta of all-round standing as well yield to Messrs. Spink, who act frequently for a cilent who endows as scholarship.
the national insitutions with such purchases..
JACK HULBERT TO RETURN TO STAGE
After the sale, Mesars. Spink stated that it is highly probable that the letters will go to the National Maritime Museam at Greenwich.
In 1924 one of Robert Burns's manuscript versions of that daring Satire "Holy Willie's Prayer" re- alised 2340. This contains the remarkable lines which Sir Walter Jack Hulbert is to return to the Scott found to be 'exquisitely stage after seven years in fime, severe."
Musical Play Plan
He will appear with his wife Cicely Thou that in the Heavens does Courtneidge, in a new musical dwell! Wha, as 1 pleases best play, of which he will be part Thysel
author. The production is to openSends che to heaven and ten to in the West End in the autumni. hell, ́
Mr Bulbert and Miss Court
neidge last played forether in
A' for thy glory.
Another manuscript of this, 'sent Folly to be Wise" at the Piccadil- by Francis W. Montagu-Dougian- ly Theatre in 1931. Miss Court Scott, reached £410 (Mackenzie). neldge Was in "Hide and Beek" at
the Hippodrome last. year.
The new show, which is yet by Lee Ephraim, who is now re- without a title is to be presented covering from pneumonía.
and Sergeants Mess, Wellington Barracks, 9 pm, Cheero Club Bridge Night,
Sportsidee Page 10). Sunrise-6.04 a.m. Sunset.--6.46
Tides High at 09.38 and 22.30: Low at 02:50 and 15.05.
pm.
TOMORROW
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[Dukes in Gone with the Wind”? Jean Muir Is reported to have returned to Hollywood to make a test for Melanie.
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Cary Grant, Douglas banks, junior. Victor and Joan Fontaine will Lex Gunga Din, with Clannel as the menace.
Fair- McLaglen be cast Eduardo
tacle. Her role is that of the wife of a violinist with whom she quarrels with the show going on over the wrecked mai.Inge.
The leading men to play op- posite these four have not yet been chosen. Wiliam Powell" will not repeat his performance S Ziegfeld, who will not appear;
William Anthony McGuire.
Clark Gable and Norma Shear-producer of The Great Ziegfeld, et. have the starring roles in Is however, again in charge. Idiot's Delight which has "gone
into production at M-G-M.
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by
Roman Novarro's second fl for Republic, now in production. has been renamed A Romantic Rogue. Marian Marsh
15 the
On the point of returning to
from England. Hollywood Aubrey Smith was signed Alexander Korda to play Gener
al Burrows in The Four Fea-leading lady, with Eric Blore and thers.
1.
Margaret Tallichet in the cast.
CROSSWORD
NO. 91
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lake com- munity
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42. Portico Miscellaneous.-Y.M.C.A. Launch 44. Father Bathing Plenic. Launch leaves Police Pier at 3. p.m.
Moon--VII Int'c. Moon, 3rd, Day, Sunrise.-8.03 a.m. 'Sunset,-6,47
p..
Tides High at 6847 and 21.59; Low at 02.10 and 15.30
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the author of the Compro- mise of 18507 4. Prongs of an
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VAIR-CONDITION:D THEATREY
TODAY ONLY AT 130, 5.16; 7.15 AND 9.30 PM.
MEN CONDEMNED TO LIVE
WITHOUT HOPE ON THE ISLE
THAT MAN FORGOT
Caged men revolt...on.
the Isle of the Damned Ruthless murdere appoints himself die- tator,.. selzei gor- ernor's daughter for his brids...
Then the sleepless vigil ... 24 hours a day... day after.day . . . 10. protect har from the manoce of murderous mutineers."
KING OF
THE DAMNED
CONRAD. VEIDT
TOMORROW
United Artists
DAILY AT
2:30
540
720
9:20
10 th
HELEN VINSON A Gaumont-British Production
MERLE OBERON-LAURENCE OLIVIER in “THE DIVORCE OF LADY X"
HANKOW
KOWLOON
STARE
Joe E BROWN
Ginger ROGERS
TODAY ONLYTM
"YOU SAID
SHOWS DAILY!
A
57795
Warner Bros.
Picture
NATHAN
TO. MORROW
MOUTHFUL "
Ous of the best musicals ever produced
'GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933"
MAJESTIC
THEATRE-
ABAO KOWLOON
TEL:87232
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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
HOT COMEDY WITH TRIPLE-POWERED ROMANCE! M-G-M's STAR-STUDDED ROMANTIC REVEL!
From Alp to Alpia with this: baruesomte of romancers and ·
zioters...it's the diasi. ̈est jay-ride you
ever howlacă at?
130 $20 720-9.30
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whales
29. Tropical
plant
31. Besten way 33. Small seed
of an apple. 34. Constella- tion...
34. Having less colour
38. Below 41. Ostentatious display
43. What Fran-
ciscan mis- slon in Texas was the scene of a massacre in 18367 44. Concluding 48 Stocky
49. Recorded
proceedings
50. Region be
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52. Book of the
Old Testa- ment
54. Species of
pler What is the missing part
of the name"
of the popu
lar comedian
57. Border, 58. Siamese
coin.
62. Myself
ROMANCE FOR THREE
Alsor News of the
Our Gang Comedy
Picture
"FRANKRE
ROBERT
MORGAN · YOUNG
MARY
ASTOR
FLORENCE
RICE
HENRY HULL
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EDMA MAYAN
OLIVER
REGINALD
OWEN HERMAN BANG
Directed by Edward 21°. Bunnell, Produced by BAM ZIMBALIST
10 TOMORROW, ONE DAY ONLY!
RETURN SHOWING BY SPECIAL. REQUEST!
JEANNETTE MACDONALD
&i
in
ALLAN *JONES
"FIREFLY"
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
SUNDAY, MONDAY TUESDAY
DRAMA OF A SHOPGIRL AND A MILLIONAIRE!
JOAN CRAWFORD
SPENCER TRACY
MANNEQUIN
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer HL1
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