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A stirring Battle against Infantile Paralysis I
"A MAN TO REMEMBER
ANNE SHIRLEY
EDWARD ELLIS
LEE BOWMAN
WILLIAM HENRY
The droma of a fighting man of medicine against a hoe - tile town!
TO RADIO Pa
ADDED! LATEST MARCH OF TIME
(1) Prelude to Conquest (2) Father Divine's "Deal
CINEMA & GENERAL
NO LIQUOR ON
· MOVIE SETS ·
Today's Screenings Bartenders Never
KINGT
Hongkong
.."Three Loves Has Nancy"
QUEEN'S -
"A Man To Remember
ORIENTAL
"The Adventures
Sawyer"
of Töm
■
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA -
"The Storm”.
STAN:
Mix A Drink
2
Whon in Hollywood they want a bartender, they don't really want a bartender but
like someone who looks bartender for a real bartin- 'der wouldn't
how to
act as
bartender. Understand?
know movie
CINEMA VAN
BURNS DOWN
Fire of undetermined origini destroyed a moving picture vari and-all-its contents, belonging 'to the Delmonte Picture Com- pany, at the intersection of España. Extension and Broad-" way Street. San Juan del Monte, Manila, recently causing damage estimated at P.40,000. No injury was reported,
For instance, night club able moving
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The truck was carrying a camera sound equipment and other valu- picture appartus, bound for location in New Manila. in the Joan Blondell. Melvyn Douglas romantic comedy. t tan out of gas upon reaching "There's Always... Ľ Woman" the street intersection and the
scene
in driver, Bernardö Agustin, had to called for "eight bartenders, costume," to man the huge cir- hike back about 100 meters to get fuel. On his retum he found his companions in commotion over the fire.
"Snow White And The Seren cular bar.
Dwaris"
MAJESTIC:
"Double Wedding"
100
Bince the screen bartenders never mix a drink, actors who looked the part were hired. All drinks used in pictures are per cent. non-alcoholic, and the only people who can mix them to taste palatable and to photo" graph correctly
prop
covering
Coming
KING'S:
Starts WEDNESDAY
EDWARD G. ROBINSON "A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER"
"Love Is A Headache" QUEEN'S:
"A Slight Case of Murder"
ORIENTAL:
men...
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"Border Law"!
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7.15-930
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CLAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY
THE WORLD'S MOST LOVED STORY
IN GORGEOUS TECHNICOLOUR
NOW THE WORLD'S BEST LOVED PICTURE 1
THE ADVENTURES of TOM SAWYER
MODRICED I
"AVID O. SELENICK
In Technicolor
MRACTED AT mimikar kemun BOLLANDE TON WATER AUTRE
ALHAMBRA:
"Barretta. Of Wimpole Streat" "Miy Time"
MAJESTIC:
"Of Human Hearts"
THREE LOVES HAS NANCY
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With smart dialogue, brimming with laughs, and offering finished" and believable characterizations by. such star performers ag Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone, Three Lores Has Nancy which is on to-day at King's Theatre, is one of the most refreshing and original romantic comedies seen here for some te. ***The story is of a flippant novelist who gets into difficulties with a Broadway actress. In an, endeavour br escape the overtures of the too- eager admirer, he persuades. his publisher to send him on a lecture tour of the South.
Here he meets Nancy, a small-
SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW! ONE DAY ONLY town girl. Casually inviting her to
A THRILLING FIGHT AGAINST THE LURE OF THE NORTH!
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An exciting story of a land that knew no law, where men fought like greedy tunises for gold and romance.
"JACK LONDON'S
CLARK GABLE CALL THE WILD
OF
LORETTA YOUNG JACK OAKIE.
✪ MATINÉES: 20c.-30c ● EVENINGS; 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c. Q
E-SHOWS.
DAILY
K
230 $20 720 930
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN
ROAD KOWLOON
TEL 37231
(MATINEES, 20, 30. · EVENINGS. 20. -30.: 50c70k)
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man Go New Places-Do New Things To Bring You New Love, Life and Laughs !!!
WILLIAM
DOUBLE FUN! DOUBLE ROMANCE!
a
That "Thin Man" couple's on the loose again! It's Rowdy! Riot ous! Swelli
POWELL
LOY DOUBLE
WEDDING
· FLORENCE RICE • JOHN BEAL
EDGAR KENNEDY JESSIE RALPH
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY · One Of The Most Beautiful, Most Human Love
Stories Ever Brought To The Screen?
OF HUMAN HEARTS" WALTER HUSTON - JAMES STEWART . BEULAH BONDI
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
seek his help should she ever get into trouble in New York, he for- gets all about her, only to and her waiting at the penthouse apartment he shares with his friend, the publisher, upon his re- turn. The ensuing complications provide some of the fastest and merriest comedy seen this season
"KITCHENER OF
KHARTOUM” ·
are
the
San Juan del Monte authorities
rushed pre-fighting equipment but no fire hydrants or water could be found and they had to fight the fire with Arc extinguishers. Al efforts to check the flames proved futile, however,
Hundreds of vehicles plying be-
Frank Foster, bead property man on the picture, and his five tween Manila and San Juan del assistants, mixed 960 drinks for Monte were held up for more than the stars and 200 players in the 30 minutes before the fire fed by Skyline Cafe during the eight burning rolls of films and rubber
coated cable wires, subsided. days scenes were shot there.
SECRET FORMULAS
Mauricio Guldote, president of the Del Monte Plcture firm, said The dinners served during that the camera and sound equipment time were prepared by real cost the company P.19,000 and was waiters. But the drink making insured with the C. Kelling, Inc. was all done by prop men
for the same amount.
"We have secret formulas for Damage to the truck was placed all types of drinks" Foster ex-at F.800 and other valuables burn- plained. "We mix and blended were. estimated to cost P.400. soft drinks and charged waters Mr. Guidote said the destruction of so that they are both tasty and the equipment will paralyze work are correct photographically. at the firm. He placed the damage
through delays at P.20,000. Pic-! tures taken by the company for the National Information Board were among those lost.
"No liquor is ever served ор movie sets. for obvious rea- sons. No connoisseur can tell from seeing Our drinks on the screen, that they are anything but the real thing.
"The main trick is to cut, or weaken, the coloured soft drinks, by the stars and other players so they appear to contain the in the picture."
alcohol or liquor that regular And that explains, when a' bar.. drinks have. You see, our drinks tender is really not a bartender must be pleasant to the taste. at all It's when he's in pictures. for they are actually consumed And he's an actor.
CROSSWORD
NO. 233
ACROSS
1 Body of
aingers (5)
5
Neckwear
(5)
8 Proclama-
tion (5)
9 Garments (5) 10 Smell (5) 11 Tree (3) 12 Subse-
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17
19 20
quently (5) Hopner 1
(7)
MA. Herbert Wilcox announced recently that his next Dim will be based on the life of Lord Kitchener with the tentative, title of "Kitch- ener of Khartoum." Through the 17 Purloined co-operation
(6) ot Major General Belth (Jan Hay), Director or 19 Metal (5) Public Relations to the War office, 22 Sedition
(7) he is to be accorded facilitles for making the film, which follow 25 March (5) closely the life of Lord Kitchener. 28 Title (3)
The film will be started in the 29 Rodent (5) first week in April at Denham, and 30 Snake (5) Bir Robert Vanslitart has agreed 31 Fright (5) to write the story..
32 Lived (5) 33 Now (5)
DOWN
It is understood" "that, follow. official reconsideration of
ing Volunteer Corps requirements, new vehicles will be provided for the Armoured Car Section. !
1 Marine
growth (5)
2 Planetary - path (5)
3 Keep back
(7)
4 Consterna- tion (6)
b Gale (5)
€ "Over (5)
7. Creates (5)
13 Change (5)
15 Base (3)
16 Vapour (6)
SOLUTION TO-MORROW
DAILY
AT.
230
520
720
920
ISTAR
FLANKOM
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
WALT DISNEY'S❤
TOL MORROW
OW.D.
FIRST FULL LENGTH PRODUCTION ..
ROAD KOLALOON TELA
57795
Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs
All in Multiplane TECHNICOLOR Debuted by BC) - RADIO PICTURES
"BARREITS OF WIMPOLE STREE!"
15
16
18 Meadow
(3)
20, Draw out
(7)"
21 Mad (6).
22 Afraid (5) 23 Escape (5) 24 Brushed
(5)
28 Helped (5)
77 Faction (5)
Solution No. 232
ACROSS: 1, Collectors. 1, Reigri.
8. Røver. 10, Dwarf. 13, Tube. 15, Plus, 16, Average. 17, Cuba.
18,
Team 19. Entrent. 20. Idol 22, Yell. 24, Sense, 27, Notch. 28, Baron. 29. Dramatists, DOWN: 1, Climb.
5. Rival, sembling. 14. Basel Earns. zobe
2, Land- 3, Etna. 4, Turf:
6. Protection, P, Re-
11, Wrestle, 12, Readers, 15, Petty, 21, Otter. -23, 24, Sham. 25. Neat. 28.
JOAN CRAWFORD SUES FOR DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 11 (Reuter) --Joan Crawford has filed a divorce sult from her husband Franchot Tone.
It is recalled that they issued a joint statement in July when they announced that they had separat- ed
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939. -PAGE 5
KING S
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 5.19, 1.15 AND 1.30. P.EE,
3 GRAND-ROLES FOR 3 GRAND STARS!
stevechat tram in “J Doc'he kara"..."Tollow Jack"...And
The vomunan of a qal`sha got her men, bronnen abe could walka, Janu ajuci opoð í
JANET GAYNOR Robt. MONTGOMERY - FRANCHOT_TONE:
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AND "OUR GANG FOLLIES' Bee our rang youngstars pat on a side-splitting show. Your kiddies will enjoy it immensely. Bring them along for a happier afternoon. _TO-MORROW GLADYS GEORGE FRANCHOT TONE in LOVE IS A HEADACHE"
M.G.M. PICTURE
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ALHAMBRA
NATHAN AD KOWLOON-DANY AT 2.30870-720
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TODAY AND TOMORROW RUGGED MEN
OF THE SEA
...who loved to fight and fought for lovel
THE STORM
Charles
Barton
Preston
BICKFORD · MacLANE - FOSTER Tom BROWN Nan GREY Andy DEVINE Frank JENKS Samuel 5. HINDS
WED: BUCK JONES in “BORDER LAW”
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TO-MORROW
FIRST RUN SHOWING IN THE COLONY
BATTLE OF
BROADWAY VICTOR MCLAGLEN. BRIAN DONLEYY LOUISE HOYICK
Come and Enjoy A Really Fine Comedy
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W.D. Offices, 3 p.m. CINEMAS,~(See Column 3 of this
Page).
DANCES.-Cheero Club Dance,
8.30 pm.
of
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YMCA Women's Section Millinery Class, 10 a.m.; St. Andrew's Church Teachers' Preparation Class, 7 p.m. MOON-Chinese XII Moon, 25th.
Day.
MATLS-(Bee Page 16), «
RELIGIOUS, St. Andrew's Church MEETINGS.-Half-Monthly,
Fellowship of Youth, 6 pm. Hongkong Football Referees' 80CIAL-YMCA. Whit
Drive, Association, in the Offices of
8.30 p.m. the Hongkong Football Associa-SPORTS-(5te Page 2). tion, Room 55, 4th, Floor, Bank
6.18 p..
of Canton Building, a p.m.; at. SUNRISE-658 a.m. Andrew's Church Medical Re- Her Working Party 10 a.m.; Women's Guild, 10.30 am:
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Low at 07:38 and 2137.
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