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SALLY, IRENE MARY FRED ALLEN
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CINEMA" & GENERAL
Today's Screenings
KING'S;
Hongkong
"Pert Of Seven "Seas" QUEEN'S:
"The Citadel"
ORIENTAL:
"Letter Of Introduction" GATHAY:
"Baily, Irene and Mary"
Kowloon
· ALHAMBRA;
"A light Case of Murder' STAR:
"Cavalcade"
„MAJESTIC:
"The Last Gangster"
KING'S:
Coming
"The Young In Heart" QUERN'S:
"Spring Madness"
ORIENTAL:
"The Storm”
"Bride of Frankenstein”
CATHAY!
"Room Service"
ALHAMBRA:
"The "Citadel"
"Secrets Of A Nurse”
STAR:
"Baroness and The Butler" "Alice In Wonderland” MAJESTIC:
"Three Loves Has Nancy"
"PORT OF SEVEN SEAS" AT THE KING'S
One of the most stirring love stories of the season is showing at the King's Theatre in "Port of Seven Seas," starring Wallace
Beery.
"Port of Seven Seas" is clicrent from start to finish. It has comedy, drama and adventure all played to perfection by a brilliant cast bead- ed by Beery
Outstanding in their roles are
| Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Bullivan, John Beal and Jessie Ralph. Espe- cially appearling are the proposal scenes between Miss O'Sullivan and Morgan and the card game se- pences with Beery and Morgan.
Lovers of authenticity will be amazed by the accuracy of the Marseilles sets. twenty-seven of them in all.
MODERN CRIME DETECTION
AND THE FILMS
"When Edgar Allen Foe created, C Auguste Dupin, the brilliant French detective who employed science in the solu- tion of the "Murders in 'the Ras Morgue" and the mystery of "The Parlolned. Latiar,” ha Introduced to the world · 30m0- thing new in crime detection. And to-day police depart». ments of practically every country around the world are gene- ed to the scientist's "Izboratory.
Science plays a major role in cold spotlight of science, point. crime detection and prevention. directly, to only one individual This fact is evidenced in Colum- and completely exonerate bla's "My Son Is A Criminal," others." This fact has bean which features Alam Baxter, proven tline and again in the Jacqueline Wells, Gordon Oliver | courts, and in newspaper, headlines. and Willard Robertson,
Comparatively new to the po- The story concerns A retired lice department laboratory is⇓ police official whose son,
un- gelatine-like, substance which known to him, is the head of a permits the transfer of fineger- bandit gang: **
prints Hitherto, prints found
DO- the
This
"My Son A Criminal" reveals on a weapon or at the scene of a in absorbing detail some of
the crime had to be dusted with.
powder and photographed. processes employed by the lice in the enforcement of
sometimes involved various me- chanical dificulties which law.
have been completely erased by the new laboratory product.
A new plastic compound plays a particularly effective part in track- ing down a "clue., The mixture. when applied to the hand of a sus pect and later removed, takes, with the Ane grains of powder which have been embedded 1 the man's skin" by the explosion of a bullet.
It
It is easy to tell by this means whether or not he has fired a gun within the past 24 hours. The compound 13 suficiently strong to capture even those. microscople granules which would penetrate his gloves, should he attempt to conceal his finger- prints or defeat the compound's purpose by that means. MICROSCOPE AND TEST TUBE
The microscope and the test tube have condemned many & criminal, just as they have saved many. another suspected of * crime, Strands of clots of blood may,
hair and under the
As demonstrated in a dramatic
Son Is sequence of "My Crimina}," all the investigator need do is to lightly brush the new gelatine over the print and allow it to dry. He simply peels away the paper-thin coating, and with it a Derfect CODY of the print!
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ANNIVERSARIES AND HOLIDAYS. -Ms. Humphrey Ward, died, 1920. St. Gabriel the Archangel. AUCTIONS.—Household Furniture, 2. Connaught Road Central, 2.30
p.m.
CINEMAS.—(See Column 3 of this
Puge).
ENTERTAINMENTS.--Mr. E. Gla- malli, Magician and illusionist, at Kowloon Cricket Club, 9.15 p.m. LECTURES.—ARP,, · in Chinese, and for General Public, at Am- bulance Headquarters, 7.30 p.m. and Instructors' Course" (Volun- tary Aidy in English, 5.45 p.m.; Maryknoll Convent School, Club,
4 5.30
Lusitano p.1.; pm.; La Salle College,
6 p.m.; DiocesanTM Junior Girls' School, 8 p.m.; U.S.R. Club, 11 a.m.; Practical First Aid Work (bandaging and splinta), P.W.D. Offices, 5.30 pm: ARP., Modified Full Course, at Volun- teer Headquarters, 11 am. MAILS. (See Page 16). MEETINGS-8t. Andrew's Club Medical War Working Party, 10 am: Helena May Religious Fellowship, 10.30 dim MISCELLANEOUS.-YMCA. WO- men's Section, Bridge Class and and Practice Play, 10 am MOON-Chinese II Moon, 4th. Day. RELIGIOUS-St. Andrew's Charch Litany, Prayer and Meditation, 10.30 am; Confirmation Class (Young Men 4 6 pm: Full Choir Practice, 6:30 pm
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TIDES.-High at 10.26 and 23.07.
Low at: 04.31. and 18.57,
***Dr. Kildare's Mistake” will be the title of the new story in thi Max Brand acrics, dealing with the adventures of a young physi- clan, with Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore in leading roles. Lynne Curver Nat Pendleton Marie Blake, Samuel Hinds and Emma Dunn will appear in the support. ing cast, and Harry Bacquet wil direct for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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STAR
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DIANA WYNYARD
"CAVALCADE
MORROW
A 20th Century Fox Picture
William Powell - Annabel
"BARONESS & THE BUTLER"
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939-PAGE 5
KING'S
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.38, 5.18, 218 AND 9.30 PM
STARRINS
Wallace BEERY
· featuring FRANK MORGAN O'SULLIVAN.
BALLREICH
John BAL Jencio RALPH
JAKET GAYFOR
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PORT OF
SEVEN SEAS
TOMORROW DOBGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr.'~~ PAULETTE GODDARD
THE YOUNG IN HEART”
with ROLAND YOUNG BILLIE BURKE
Released Thru United Artists
ALHAMBRA
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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
A LIGHTNING SPEED COMEDY WITH A LAUGH OR A THRILL A MINUTE!
Edw.G. Robinson
15 WADEER MOE.
A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER
JANE BRYAN - ALLEN JENKINS ĮRUTH DONNELLY. » WILLARD PARKER.
He's Puttin' On His Top-Hat
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ROBINSON LAST GANGST
JAMES STEWART
GAAME WITHERS
LIONEL STANDER - SIOMET BLACKMEH 16HK CARPADINE
MAIN MATE 10
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
The Screen's Newest Langh Trio in a
JANET GAYNOR
Mad Merry Comedy
Robt. MONTGOMERY
Thres FRANCHOT TONE LOVES HAS HANCY"
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