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OGETHER AGAIN!
-and how you'll wel- come them back ....... in the show that tops the top of all their previous efforts!
LASTAIRE ROGERS
Fred and Ginger
dancing to your heart's content
CAREFREETM
Music and Lyrica bug
IRVING BERLIN
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AT THE QUEEN'S AT THE ALHAMBRA 'PRISON BREAK"
KING KONG"
Barton McLane Glenda Farrell Robert Armstrong
Fay Wray
—————— SPECIAL MORNING SHOWS
TO-MORROW, at 11.00 A M.
ENTIRELY NEW VARIETY PROGRAMMES
At the QUEEN'S COLOR CARTOONS CHARLIE CHASE
COMEDIES
KRAZY KAT and SCRAPPY CARTOONS
At Us! Papular Pires
At the ALHAMBRA
POPEYE The SAI OR BETTY BOOP CARTOONS etc.
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SHOWS!
DAILY
2.30-5.15 7.15-9.30
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ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD
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Today's Screenings
KING:
Hongkong
Polo" QUEEN'S:
CINEMA & general
Adventures 'Of Marco'
"Carefree"
ORIENTAL:
"The Life Of Emile Zola"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Carefree"
STAR:
"Smilin' Through" MAJESTIC:
"The Goldwyn Follles"
QUEEN'S:
Coming
"Prison Break"
ORIENTAL:
"Her Jungle Love" "Swing your Lady"
ALHAMBRA:
"King Kong"
STAR:
"Jungle Princess" MAJESTIC:
"Ali Baba Goes To Town"
NEW FLYING BOATS FOR MAILS
Candid Reporter At The Philharmonic Rehearsal
ROYAL TRIP TO CANADA
London, Nov. 11
It is officially annouced that' the King and Queen #li in the cruiser Repulse to, visit Canada next year.
The Re- pulse will be escorted by two skips of the second Cruiser Squadron.
The date of sailing has not been "fixed, but Renter understands that their Majes«, ties will Arrive In Canada about the middle of May.— Reuter.
PEARL BUCK WINS NOBEL PRIZE
Stockholm, Nov. 11. The Nobel Prize for Litera- túre has been awarded to Pearl Buck, author of "The Good Earth" and other novels and stories of China.
Secretary Mr. Kossick here.. there. and everywhere; the Rev. Cyril Brown- also very much present, and very strict on the "Ladfes, I im conduct- ing a rehearsal, not a conver- sation party" line, at least a score of the fair sex on the stage; some fewer gentlemen -these are snapshots of the Philharmonie Society's rebest- sat at the Ching Fleet Club on Thursday of their forthcom- « ing production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Räddigore."
The honorary producer, Mr. Brown. seans. the more thari twenty ladies present and suggests that the choice between brides- Įsmaid and villager be made by the simple method of direct challenge
were you often enough present at these rehearsals to rate the part of a bridesmaid?".
The two model stages, the work of Mr. T. V. Harmon, attracted a great deal of attention. A clay
soldier provoked some curiosity in the one stage. They said he was A German soldier. The other | stage featured a number of panels, where portraits of various "digni- teries" would be drawn.
Finally, we did hear the chorus Born in China of, missionary of bridesmaids and villagers. A parents. Mrs. Buck contributed at Stalwart male chorus joined in. an early age to the "Shanghai Noise of thunder-but, above Mercury. She had written one or that of the honorary producer, two books before" "The Good "What sort of a noise is this?" Earth" a sympathetic history of he asked.
the rise of a poor Chinese farmer, But have no worry, ladies and brought her international fame. gentlemen of the audience to be- By her first husband, Dr. J.the noise from the stage develops. Lossing Buck, well-known educn-into song as the producer, the con- tions' worker in China, she "hadductor and planist labour on.. two children. She is now married There are yet four weeks to to Mr. Richard J. Walsh, publisher to of "Asia" magazine.-Reuter.
British traditions, attaching the phrase "The malla must through" are to be upheld this Christmas by the' assistance
PRIZE FOR PHYSICS
Stockholm, Nov. 11.
opening night, on December 14, at the Queen's Theatre, and we know the honorary producer will suc- ceed. And his material, we are The Nobel Prize for Physies has positive. is good material-VVK. some of the eight new Short fly-been awarded to the Italian scien- ing boats; modified versions of tist, Professor Enrico Frmizu in
the four-engined Empire mall and recognition of his researches in the U.S. ARMY'S NEW
⚫LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY passengers craft which
THE SCREENS MOST DISTINGUIST SCREEN 'PRODUCTION! Zela's championship of the unfortunate Dreyfus is related la a succussion of stier og episodes...
HERE IS TRUE CREATNESS!
Mr. PAUL MUNI
telimoning a brilliant comes
with bie gremen triumph sa '
The Must Distinguished and Must Torgnotant ContributioE To The Screen This "Year"
THE LIFE OF EMILE
ZOLA
CALE SONDERGAARD JOSEPH SCHILDER AUT÷Chenis klaidas - Donald Cring Leia O'Brome Mats » Money OHaill, Lane Calero
TOMORROW MONDAY-TUESDAY
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aviator
rooned by
tropic typhoo
AMAZING LOVE STORY EVER TOLDI
A thousand tropical jungle thei'ls in trebrico'our.
Dorothy Lamour-Ray Milland "HER JUNGLE LOVE"
THE PICTURE OF A THOUSAND TH1115. In Technicolor!
LYNNE OVERMAN
A CAREŞİ KAYSE
JOEJÍNT HONK
La Perambat Matanz
• MATINEES: 20c.-30e ➡3¿VENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c. ➜
DIARY OF LOCAL “GOLDWYN
...
EVENTS
TO-DAY
have
in-field of new radioactive substances.
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augurated at rate postage Uld, per half-ounce under LA Empire air mall scheme.
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TERRITORIAL ARMY
STRENGTH
6-INCH GUN
Shell A Minute At 15 Miles Range
A new field artillery gun, the first of" purely American design, has recently been, dê- monstrated In the United States, says the "Dally Tele- traph."
Opening weeks of their service will be spent auxiliary to the standard fleet now carrying mail to the Empire. This is the first
London, Nov. 11 Christmas on which the benefit A total of 9,129 recruits joined of fast and safe transit of all the Territorial Army in October. first class mal by air to the Em-Total strength on November 1 was pire is to be undertaken."
194,077. This compaies with the Thus, though the new feet, has peace establishment of 201,707, Deen designed primarily for long- A striking feature of the recent range transoceanic flights such as improvement in 'strength is that The calibre is 155mm, or about "the Atlantic and "Tasman Sea the
Anti-Aircraft Division. 6in. It fires a 95ih projectile to a routes, certain *quipment for charged with the defence of Lon- range of 26,000 yards, or about 15' long-range flying may be omitted' don against air attack, has actual-tilles, the rate being one round a In order to give the new
craft ly reached a strength of 24,070 and minute. maximum usefulness that the is above its normal peace establish- mails may go through on time.
1st
!ment.-British Wireless.
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All the greatest entertainers of 29. Parent'
Anniversaries and Holidays the stage, the screen, the radio, 31. Ingress. General Hoilday. Ohinese National the dance and grand opera put on 32. Colour Holiday, (Anniversary of the Birth the greatest show the screen has 35. Plural
Bank ever shown in Samuel Goldwyn's of. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, 1866), Holiday.
| glorious technicolour screen musi- Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this cal, "The Goldwyn. Follies," which Page).
is at the Majestic Theatre.
pronoun
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Lectures-St. John Ambulance Produced on the most magnifi- 39. Lava First Aid (for Women only, Sup cent scale of any musical Im plementary) by Dr. Ko King-fan cinema history, shis
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is the God of Elijah?" at Gospel screen ventures does great credit
Hall, Duddell Street, 8 pm.
Mall (Bee Page 18)." Meetings Peace Weer” at "Challenge Book Room Queen's
Bldg., 5.30 p.m.
"Moon.--IX Moon, 21st. Day.
Sports-(See Page 10). Sunrise 6.34 am. Sunset-5.41 p.m..
Tides-High at 13.28 and 23.56. Low at 06.38 and 17.10.
TO-MORROW Moon-EX Moọn, Sând. Day. Stari 6.33 am Sunset 5.42 p.m.
Tides-High at 12.24 and 23.04. "Low at 05.43 and 16.30,-
to the name it bears.
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BOLUTION ON MONDAY: NE
Complete with its 10-wheeled rubber-tyred carrier, on which it is towed, the gun can be brought into action in about 45 minutes.
It is drawn by a tractor, the rear wheels of which are tracks and the front wheels rubber-tyred. Its speed on the road is 10 miles an houn
Presumably the object of the gun is for counter-battery · work. and for shooting up rear areas. It is understood that only four guns have so far been constructed, and further experience in ́actual han- dling is probably required.
At the same time a new type of American-designed in howitzer was shown, which is to take the place of the former 240mm French model.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HUGH PERRY
Distinguished Ordnance Officer
Major-General Sir Hugh. Perry, K.CM.G. C.B., CSI.. died in a Bournemouth nursing home on October 30 at the age of 77.
He was an artillery officer who went to the Ordnance Stores De- partment early in his career and was thenceforth identined with that branch of the Army,
As the result of his good work and long experience he held several important Ordnance sp pointments during the War, whên hë served on no fewer than four fronts,
WIDOW'S £88,000 ESTATE
Mrs. Chapman, of Shillingstone Grange, Blandford, who died at the age of 91; widow of Kyrie Alfred Chapman, left £88,000 m.p. £82,742),
Mins Amy Armstrong Welch, of Stanmore. Oldfeld-road, Bath who died at the age of 101, left £10,743 (n.p. 27,980). 沪
Mr. Arthur Morris, of Voeta Cottage. Scarcroft, near Lends. the Inventor 'nf" the "Veleta”. dance, left 284.
\SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1938.—PAGE 5
SHOWING TODA
-CONDITIONED THEATRE
FOR A GIRLS
Samuel Goldwyn
THE
presents
GARY COOPER "Adventures Marco Polo
BASIL RATHBONE SIGRID GURIE
Cast of 5000, including BRMST VIDOEK, ALAN MALE, GEORGE RANBIEN, SIGIM LAIDETI «Directed by ARCHIE MAYO.
-ALSO
Walt Disney's -MICKEY MOUSE
AND 1.38 7.3.
Mickey's Amateurs
IN. TECHNICOLOR
AT INCREASE
PRICES
STAR
TODAY ONLY
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NORMA SHEARER
First Lady of the Screen, returns in the grandest of all love skorlei!
FREDRIC MARCH LESLIE HOWARD
in "SMILIN' THROUGH
TO. MORROW
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.:
THE ARISTOCRAT OF
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Friday
- SAMUEL GOLDWYNE WAS ADOLPHE MENJOU - RITZ BROTHELS ZOMINA » KENNY LAKER - ANDREA
· LÉIDS • HELEN JEPSON - PHIR BAKER BOBBY CLARK - AMERICAN BALIT and 29LANE solo a “dhantu'sklatre”
Langs by MoDE 104 IELA DECERNIN
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KETURN. SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUESTI "
EDDIE CANTOR in
...
"ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN
A 20th Century Fox Super Froduction
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