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Many Men Loved Her, But the Only Man, She Ever Loved Called Her "THE WICKEDEST
WOMAN WHO EVER LIVED"
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HENRY FONDA GEORGE BRENT MARGARET UNDSAV · DONALD CRISP TA: BAİNKER · A Wilborn Wyter Production
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TOMORROW
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IN
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THE GIRL GOLDEN WEST
with
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Metro- Gokuma Mayt
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DIARY OF LOCAL INFLUENCE OF
EVENTS
TODAY
Auctions-Crown Lands Sales. at P. W. D. Omces, 3 p.m..
Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Pare).
▾
Lectures.--Lecture on "Air Raid Precautions", by Wing Commander A E S. Steele-Perkins, at the Peak Club. 10 a.m. HK V.D.C. Nursing Detachment Lecture on "Home Nursing".. by Miss CR. Hammond, at P.W.D. Offices, 5.30 p.m.
Malls. (See Page 16).
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DRAMA
National Theatre Progress
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The Duke of Kent spoke of lils affection "for the theatre when he proposed a" toast to the Societe Universelle du Theatre, at a luncheon given to the delegates to the Interna- tional Theatre Congress, by the British Counell, at the, Savoy Hotel recently.
"I am very "fond of the theatre, Meetings-St. Andrew's Church and I always do what I can to en- Medical Relet Working Party, courage drama and the theatre in all its many aspects.". aaid the Miscellaneous.-His Excellency, Duke. the Governor and Lady Northcote: "How much less mutual respect Visit Taipo Orphanage, 5.30 p.m. St. and understanding would exist Andrew's Church Teachers' Prepar-among people today if there had. ation Class, 7 pm.
been no Racine, no D'Annunzio, no Moon.-VII Int'c. Moon, 5th. Schiller, no Ibsen and no. O'Neill
and as for Shakespeare, I feel that Social. YM.C.A. Bervice Men's he has been almost more of a Brit- Whist Drive, 9 p.m.; St. Andrew's |ish ambassador than a post.". Club Open Night”. 8 p.m.
Day,
Sports-Bee Page 10),
Sunrise.-6.04 am Sunset.-6.45
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Tides-High at 10.25 and 23.01 Low at 03.45 and 16.36
TOMORROW
FURTHER £70,000 WANTED
Sir John Martin-Harvey, toasting "The drama,” spoke of his efforts to obtain funds for Shakespeare Memorial Nation al Theatre.
We should blush to acknowledge before, the assembled delegates,
Today's Screenings
Hong Kong
KING'S:
The Divorce Of Lady":
QUEEN'S;
"Jezebel"
ORIENTAL:
The Girl Of The Golden West'
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Jezebel"
STAR:
"The Glass Key"
MAJESTIC:
"Mannequin"
RING'S:
Coming
"The Squeaker"
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QUEEN'S:
"Shall We Dance"
ORIENTAL:
"Tarzan And His Mate"
ALHAMBRA:
"The Kid Comes Back
STAR:
"That I May Live" "The Kid From Spain".. MAJESTIC:
"I Met My Love Again",
THE WEEK IN MACAO
(From Our Own Correspondent).
Macao, Aug. 28. Traditionally observed, as in past years, was the service, held in the
chapel of the San Miguel Cemetery last Thursday to commemorate the memory of Colonel Vicente Mes-' quita, the hero of Passaleao...
GENERAL
MUSICAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK
BY ALLEGRO MODERATO
Remember the days before the sohn wedding march would be advent of the talkies? Remember played. Some prominent funeral how as children we used to go to in process-Chopin funeral march. the movies once a week with the Then the real work of art began. only ten-cent piece we had, which] The full-length feature was shown. was pocket-money for the, whole | The orchestra began. raising week? Remember the excitement moods to at each moment. If the of getting ready for the matinee? lovers were love-making. The or- This would be the tople of conver-chestra might have been busy with sation for the whole month per- a walta, but with Love sizzling on haps.
the screen it worked into "Hearts When the day arrived it found and Flowers" and brought little as more than early in our seats chills running up and down our
there was no booking in those spine. days Anxiously we would await A mother rocks her baby to the arrival of the "orchestra," sleep and we feel our eyes closing which was composed of one. violin with ณ soothing lullaby. The and one piano. sometimes only the house catches fire, and we have plano. Then after what seemed something which makes us sit up. Interminable ages, the exciting sounds of the fiddle getting tuned began to fill the house. Then... the ring of the bell to announce
that the overture should com- mence.
We sat forward on our seats. Our little sister had to be picked up to sit on the arm of the chal. Then the shrill whistling of the older lads when the lights went
and
im-
"The Ride to Hell" from Faust. The scene changes and we are in the woodlands. mediately, we have something with a trill imitating a bird call. For a burglary or mystery scene we have something in keeping, with mysterious ghords
many pluckings of strings.
There were composers who wrote descriptive pieces for these screen moods. The planist of a theatre Lantern slides then brought to would study a picture, then pro- attention various products ceed to choose appropriate pieces that we should buy. Then the for each change of scene. For news-and it was here that the some pictures, Mood Books were stalwarts on the violin and plano sent along with cues for the pianist demonstrated their genlus. If the to help him select pieces for pro- news showed a wedding, straight-ducing particular moods. · away "Lohengrin" or the Mendels-
out.
Cur
DIVORCE OF LADY X
Those indeed were the days!}|
We notice that ZBW is putting on Request Programmes now. It is a good beginning. Perhaps soon It will have artists to perform on these programmes, as in other After a lengthy absence from the parts of the world. screen, Merle Oberen returns more.
tre.
MANNEQUIN
19.
beautiful and talented than ever We were sorry to note that, in "The Divorce of Lady X." a de- owing to indisposition, Helen licious, and highly satisfying repast Lockhart could not go through of wit and gentle fun from the with her programme last Thursday, Alexander Korda studios, which is with the ZBW Orchestra. This is showing today at the King's Thea- really extremely bad weather "for singers. The throat muscles are It is Miss Oberen's first appear-
all relaxed and, what is more, one ance in Technicolour. Partnered does not feel like singing anyway. by handsome and capable Laurence Gargling with "warm water and Olivier, the star gives a wholly de-ordinary table salt is quite bene- lightfyl and refreshing perform-ficial for a relaxed throat.. Care ance, colour enhancing her already must be taken not to expose onself to any cold draughts after the incomparable loveliness.
gargle. In this hot weather when one la practising or performing at a concert. It is foolish to rush out Eighty-nine years ago to the day,
into the open air immediately i following the daring assassination Joan Crawford, who has played after an Item or immediately after of Macao's Governor, Ferreira do on the screen with Clark Gable, the concert. The body is all heat- Amaral, some two thousand Chin. Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, ed up and should be allowed to ese gathered in and about the Gary Cooper and other famous cool off. It is also bad to drink Passaleao Fort and threatened the film heroes, adds rugged, two- anything cold immediately after a Portuguese colony with an invasion, fisted Spencer Tracy to her long During an exchange of shots: be-
list in "Mannequin," which co- before a performance is pernicious. tween the Chinese stronghold and
stars them for the first time. The It la also not advisable to swim a the Porto do Cerco defence, young new. Alm opens at the Majestic great deal on the same day of a Lt. Mesquita led 38 volunteers Theatre today.
concert. The iodine in the water out to silence the Chinese gun.
Never more beautifully gowned, hardens the throat muscles. Armed with only a single portar
Miss Crawford has twenty-eight Swimming is good," however, thè the "Portuguese succeeded in put-costume changes, designed by day before the concert. For then ting the enemy to fight and cap-
Adrian as an advance fashion pre- the throat has received the belated turing the fort.
view of feminine style for 1939, benefits of the lodine. -
"
Lt. Mesquita received immediate recognition of his brave deed in a proclamation Issued by the Gov- erriment Council; which included the signatures of ""Jeronimo, BI- shop of Macao, Morals Carneiro. Farla Neves, Perira Simoes, Gon-. larto, Pereira."
DEPARTURE
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Departing for Shanghai last Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Spencer and daughter Miss Myru Spencer, who were hidden farewell at the wharf by their friends. Mr. Spencer, of the Chinese Maritime. Customs, is being transferred for duty at the Northern port after nine months' residence in this Colony,
ILLNESS
song.
Indulging in heavy sport shortly
CROSSWORD
NO. 93
ACROSS
1 This is the care of a Cabinet Minister (three.......... words-5, 2, 5)
8 Finally a cake
decorator, but of his head (7)
9 If surprised in stock taking... would be shake like a leaf (7)
headed is this (7)
11 Demonstrating Suffering from sudden. lness
partly how (7) last week is Mr. F. J. Gellion, 12. To an engineer's popular local public utilities tal-
assistant this be- Pan, news of which many trends are sorry to hear. It is understood that Mr. Gellion is going to a hospital in Hong Kong.
CLINIC
new
Recently proposed, the medical clinic at the Bairro Tamignini Barbosa, Macao's tene ment blocks for the poor, opened its doors last week. In charge of the new medical reller centre is Dr. Gomes dos Santos.
ARRIVALS
13 Could one say
this animal
comes "pound- ing along" when it runs? (5)
it Those who are this must per- force take things lying down (9) Sounds like a garden party trock, but she might ruin it (9)
16
19 One may find in this in the gar- den (5)
Auctions-Miscellaneous Goods
Arriving in Macao during the (More or Less Damaged) at Go downs Nos. 14, 19 & 20 of China most of whom gloried in their na-week, were Mr. Fernando Homez
Costa and wife Mra J. Provident Loan and Mortgage Co..tional theatres, that we could now" da
boast of the fact that at last we Ferreira; Mrs. Aguiar and child-21. This doesn't go had a site for our National Thea-ren; and Mr. Jado F. Espadinha,
A
Ltd., West Point, 11 a.m. ›
tre..
That site had, been bought for £70,000, they had another £70,000 in hand, and a further £70,000 was
wife and children..
BUY SCOUTS
well with a
brown or black
shirt (two words' --3, 4)
23 A line famous in the marine world
i
Meeting St. Andrew's Church Brownie Pack, 3.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous Rotary · Titin. Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden: 1 p.m.
Group "12" of the Boy Scouts of Moon.-VII Int'c. Moon, 8th. Day wanted to complete the building. Portugal, n'mbering 30 members, Religious St. Andrew's Church Speeches were
Fernando 3 also made by under Scoutmaster Boys' Choir Practice. 8.30 p.m. Lord Lloyd, chairman of the Brit- Miguel and A. 8. M. Santos Fer-21 A layer (7)
Banrise,-8.04 a.m. Sunset.-6.44 ish Counell, M. Jean Zay. Minister reira, last week visited Hong Kong. 25 A matter of b.m.
of Education in France, and M. While there they were entertained Tidés-High at 11.14 and 23.34. Jules Romains, president of the In- by, the Portuguese Consul, Mr. A. Low at 04.31 and 17.07;
Brilhante Laborinho. ternational Theatre Society;
weight that ends as a matter of time (7)
26 Old-established
connection be- tween two fami- ilar banks in London (two, words ($)
DOWN
1 No white-headed
hoy, this fool (7): 2. Attribute to a writer (7).
3 Not an aimless
gaz-bag evidently
(9)
4 A second after it la in order (5) · Famous Italian musical com- · poser: (7) Became inani- mate about everything, and naturally did not": hurry, (7) --SOLUTION=TOMORROW
7 An institution
that 15 unrivalled
but not peerless (three words, 251
10 A famous Lon-.
don way (two
» words-8, 8).
15 Not an orthodox churchman (9) - 17 Guerdon can be
made to suffer (7)
18 Although al-
lowed in the act it is washed (7)
19 Advice to riders
in the Donkey, Derby is rejected
20. This kind of ple
is served in man- stone also (7):
23 This little imp
Just stops short of gambling (5)
MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1938. -PAGE 5
„AK-CONDITIONED 'THEATREN TODAY ONLY AT 128 818,-
AND 4.30 F.M.
EXCEEDINGLY FUNNY
LONDON FILMS present
- an ALEXANDER KORDA production
MEBLE
•
OBERON OLIVIER The Divorce of Lady X
Photographet in TECHNICOLOUR
TOMORROW UNITED ARTISTS
9:30
with BINNIZ, BARNIS ALPN. RICHARDSON HORTON SELTEN
EDMOND OWE "in
THE SQUEAKER”
STARE
TODAY ONLY
HE CARRIES HIS LOVE T IN HIS IRON FISTS T
Deskle! Hemmert's greatest mystery man i Hu lovnam fight ...with a klas for a chasor i 1' Adelph Zukať prasunts
GEORGE RAFT
57795
THE GLASS KEY
By the author of “The Thin Mas”
TOMORROW
20th C. For
Picture
• SHOWS
DAILY 1108 20 7209.30
A Paramount Pletera with Edward Amold Claire Dodd Ray Milland Rosellad Keith
Rochelle Hudson
Robert Kent
THAT I MAY LIVE'
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN. "ROAD KOWLOON
TIL 27222
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
TWO OF HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST STARS IN A STORY OF PULSING MOMENT!
THE HEART-STIRRING ROMANCE** of a shop-girl and a millionaire . . - with your Joon and famed Spencer Tracy tri- amphant together!
CRAWFORD SPENCER TRACY
Hannequin
'ALAN CURTIS » RALPH MORGA
A Frente Barzzus Production Diestad By Fenek Borzage,
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY The Perfect Story of a Perfect Love ! JOAN BENNETT and HENRY FONDA in
I MET MY LOVE AGAIN”
A United Artists Picture."
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