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"The Adventures
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QUEEN'S.
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"Peck's Bad Boy At Tha Gir-
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ORIENTAL
"Border Flight".
Kowloon
ALBAMBRA.
"Scipione L'Africano"
STAR:
"Little Miss Marker"
MAJESTIC:
"The Shell"
KING'S:
Coming
The Lone Wolf in Paris"
'QUEEN'S:
"A Galaxy Of Ten New Colour
Shorts"
ORIENTAL:
*Booloo" ALHAMBRA:
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The Mad Miss Manton"
STAR:
"The Last Out Past" "The Key**
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"The Barrettg Of
Street"
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RAPID-FIRE. SKY-FIGHTING AERIAL SENSATION!
You'll see 100 hair-raising aerial acrobatic stunts in this battle of guns and its with smuggling gangsters and
the Coast Guard xit corps,
THE WAR ON CRIME REACHES THE CLOUDS!
BORDER FLIGHT"
FRANCES FARMIE JOHN HOWARD ROSCOE KARNS ROBBIT CLEAMINGS Boosted her Ülke lavoring
2 DAYS ONLY! TOMORROW & SATURDAY
SAVAGE ANIMAIS IN DEADLY STRUJG LE AGAINST MAN! Paramount's sensational picture of jungle tribes, an a sazin story of the ferocious White Tiger of the Sukari.
Aupa Luar Biasauly
BOOLOO
P
COLIN TAPLEY
JAYNE REGAN
The JUNGLE Picture
of a Thousand Thrills!
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THE SHEIK
The Great Lover" has come back again! And in his return. he proves that the tales of his un- canny charm and almost super human appeal to women of every class have not been one whit over-
drawn!
CINEMA & GENERAL·
RECENT MACAO RACE MEETING
SPECTATORS photographed at the Macao Race meeting held at
the Arela Preta. (Photo by Lelea),
What The Stars
Are Doing
Beryl Mercer wil play Queen Victoria Jn the Shirley Templo
"The Little Princess." Alri.
Edna Best and Wilfred Lawson star in "The Rellef of Lucknow." Bri- first of a series glorifying tish heroism. Maurice Elvey
·
Patric Knowles gets a leading directs for Butchers. part in Beauty for the Asting: at Radio,
BELGIAN HONOURS FOR BRITISH SCIENTISTS
M-G-M have changed the title "Katherine the Last," starring Franciska Ghal and Franchot Tone, to "The Awakening of Katherine."
Lionel Atwill joins Borla Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone in "Son of Frankenstein.”“.
Afwill
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The King of the Belgians has played in one of the most grue- awarded medals to a number
of some of all horror pletures, "Mys- British scientists in appreciation tery of the Wax Museum." or thelz help in classifying the inatural history collections which The new borror cycle puts The Great Lover," of course, he made during his voyage to the Henry Hull back on his former is Rudolph Valentino-Valentino East in 1928-29.
spot at M-G-M as a successor to Magnificent... Valentino the Compelling and he came back to the screen of the Majestic Theatre. where his greatest film, "The Shelk," was shown in a return engagement,
the
At a reception at the Belgian Lon Chaney. He'll star in Mira- Embassy recently the Ambassa- cles for Sale, a blood-curdler dor. Baron de Cartier de Mar-which gives him several grotesque chienne, personally presented make-ups. Hull had lately been medals to the following:
doing well in a straighter type Sir Guy Marshall, Dr.K. Jordan, of character part. Dr. Isabella Gordan, Dr. 8. Maulik,
ITALIAN PICTURE Dr. W. H. Leigh-Sharpe, Mins G
Mr. between Ricardo,
Frank Morgan and Lucille
Ball
The formidable clash
C. L. Collenette, have been added to the cast of To-morrow," sup- the Roman and the Carthaginian Mrs. L.M.I. Macfadyn, Mr. W. H "Remember armies are portrayed in "Scipio T. Tams, Mr. H. E. Andrewes, and porting Jeanette MacDonald and lead- Africanus now at the Alhambra Miss Meyrick (for her late Lew Ayres. Nelson Eddy's
Annibale "Theatre, with
Fing lady in" "Let Freedom Ring" Ninchi, father, Mr. E. Meyrick). Camillo Pilotto, Isa Miranda and Recipients who were unable to s Rosalind Russell.
whom theį Francesca Braglotti in leading be present, and to
medals will be sent, are:
Prot. H. Gordon Jackson, br. The story deals with the life of the great Roman leader, Scipio, H. Hanitsch, Mr. C. J. Arrow. Mias
of who leads his army
Roman Evelyn against soldiers
Hannibal his Carthaginian army. The logue is in Spanish.
Toles
Cheesman, Miss
Marle
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939. -PAGE
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Fighting and laughing
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of golden China's"
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A party of 35 boys from Mel- bourne and "Geelong Church of England Grammar Schools are spending their holidays on a tour of Northern India.
They left on December 16 by train for Fremantle, where they joined the Mooltan for Bombay. They will be back in Melbourne on February 27,
The boys are in charge of the Rev. W. L. Clarke, of Melbourne Grammar School, who has as his assistant, the Rev. J. H. Allen. chaplain, of Geelong Grammar School.
One purpose of the tour is for the boys to see something of the commercial life of India, especially in its contacts with Australia..
The Itinerary includes Delhi, the Taj Mahal at Agra. Peshawar- where the boys will stay at military. barracks the Khyber Pass, Luck- now. Benares and Calcutta.
At Jogindar Nagar the boys will inspect a hydro-electric under- taking constructed by Mr. P. Thomas," an Old Melburnian,
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TO-DAY
ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS 8t Canute, King and Martyr. AUCTIONS--Household: Furniture,
33 Hankow Road, Kowloon. CINEMAS,—(Bee Column 3 of this
Page),
ENTERTAINMENTS. -- Concert in Peninsula Hotel Rose Room, by Miss Barbara Glimar, 9.30 p.m. LECTURES.Ballers and Soldier's Camera Club, "Some Toning Processes for Prints," 7.30 p.m.; Theosophical Boclety, Mr. E Williams on "The Appeal" [Of Theosophy." 8 pm: Dr. French- Ollver on "Eternity-Where?" at Kowloon Union Church Hall, 7.30 p.m. First, Ald, at Am bulance "Eqrs., 7.30 p.m.; at King's College, 8 p.m.; at Yau- mati Government School. 8 pm. MAILS-(See Page 16).
4 SHOWS
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"SCIPIO
The AFRICAN"
starring
ANNIBALE NINCHI
CAMILLO PILOTTO >
and
ISA MIRANDA (with Spanish Dialogue)
HANNIBAL
Barbara Stanwyck
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Henry Fonda
ia
"THE MAD MISS MANTON"
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"RUDOLPH VALENTINO
was three Gables and four or five
Taylors rolled into one!”
says Damon Runyon
RUDOLPH VALENTINO THE SHEIK
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"THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET"
"A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
SATURDAY
“ROSE-MARIE”
Hotel,
Chess Club, Gloucester
Chess Club, 5 p.m.; Kowloon Peninsula Hotel: 5.30 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS. — Y. M. O. A Snap Debate, 9 p.m.; Ellis Ka- Indian School. Prize- doorle Olving, 11 am
Day.
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Night," 9 p.m.; Cheero Enh
R.A.OB Bridge. Evening;
(G. Whist Drive and LE) Club Tombola. Queen' Bldg. Ice House Street, 3.30 pm; Public Works Recreation Club Tom-· bola, at Causeway Bay, 8 p.m.
SUNRISE-7.05 a.. SUNSET.
MEETINGS.—St. Andrew's Club | MOON-Chineze XI Moon. 29th. SPORTS (See Page 2). "
Committee. 8.30 p.m.; Cathedral
CLASS. Scouts, at Hqrs.. Lower Albert RELIGIOUS--Confirmation Road. 5.30 p.m.; St.
Fellowship, 3
p.m.;
es, St. John's Cathedral. Andrew's
Victoria SOCIAL-St. Andrew's Club “Open-
6.02 p.m. TIDES.—High' at 10.11 and 20.45.--
Low 03.10 and 13.58.
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