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"TODAY AND TOMORROW
BEHIND THE SCENES. . . of the Most Exclusive Social Circle in the World !
FLASH! What Queen of Cafe
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Cafe Society
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MADELEINE CARROLL-FRED MacMURRAY SHIRLEY ROSS
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A Colour Cartoon Classic
ADDED! HUNKY & SPUNKY"
A Max Fleisher Production
WED AT THE QUEEN'S "March of Time" showing with
"GREAT MAN VOTES' John Barrymore - K Alexander
4 SHOWS
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11
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THE GREATEST MUSICAL TRIUMPH IN SCREEN HISTORY! From Vienna's most stirring, days. When life was a romance
of wind, woman and song...comes this exciting musical drama of the loves of The World's Walti King!
Over a dozen world-beloved melodies! Solve! Choruses! Huge Orchestra Cast of Thousands !
The M-G-M
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**** HUGH HERBERT • LIONEL ATWIEL-
NITRO.COLDWYN MATER PICTURE
WED, & THU JOSETTE'
A For Hit
FEATURE ROLE
FOR CONNOLLY
After an absence of many months,
during which time he was "on
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Don Ameche Simone Simon Robert Young
A
Bert Lahr
JOE È, BROWN
FOR
""SPOOK HOUSE".
CINEMA & GENERAL
Today's Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"The Sisters"
QUEEN'S:
"Cafe Society"
·ORIENTAL:
"Men Are Such Foola"
CATHAX:
"The Great Walta"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Cafe Society"
STAR:
"The Shopworn Angel" MAJESTIC:
"Holiday"
KING'S:
Coming
"Always Goodbye" QUEEN'S:
'Great Man Votes" ORIENTAL:
"Night Club Scandal" ALHAMBRA:
"Man's Paradise" CATHAY:
"Josette"
STAR:
"West Paint Of The Air” MAJESTIC:
"My Bill"
Joan Blondell To Herald
New Fashion Vogue
Joan Blondell will herald a new and startling vogue in the world of fashion when the first scenes of the Columbia comedy. "Good Girls Go To Paris, Too" in which she will be co-starred with Melvyn Douglas, ret under way the latter part of this month.
Miss Blondell will be the first Hollywood star to appear in a
ploture apparelled in the new short FILM STAR
"skirts decreed for the coming
season by fashion experts. Some
twelve original costumes have been WANTS A
especially created for the star by Robert Kalloch, the studio's noted fashion designer.
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Known as опе of the most popular character actors on "the
screen, Walter Connelly will play a
featured role in the new comedy. Connolly has been under long term contract to Columbia, for several years, and this marks his first re- turn to his. home studio in more than a year.
Keyed to the modern tempo, and set against a lavish background, "Good Girls Go To Paris, Too" deals with the adventures of an ultra- modern girl seeking romance and luxury.
BEAUTY LAW
LORETTA YOUNG'S PLEA TO CONGRESS
NEW YORK — Every woman a beauty queen ... Ten million homely faces transformed in- to screen-worthy loveliest the expense of the Govern ment
That is the dream of f star Loretta Young.
WU-
And she's going to work to tarn her dream into a Federal law.
She is seriously considering ask- William Perlberg is now coming for a Bill to
be introduced pleting preparations to produce into the US. Congress to authorise the comedy, based on the original a huge fund being set aside to
homely story, "Miss Aesop Butters Her transform 10,000,000 Bread." by Lenore Coffee and wilmen into beauties,"
Here's what she said, recently: liam Joyce Cowen." It will be directed by Alexander Hall,
"I will guarantee any. Presl- dential candidate next year who advocates a Federal Bureau of Public Beauty. He will get every feminine vote and win by a huge majority
Popular Newspaper Cartoon Feature Film
"BLONDIE MEETS
THE BOSS"
Under the direction of Frank. Strayer, production on "Blon- die Meets the Boss," which carried the early working title "Blondie Steps Out," is now well past the half-way mark. This is the second of the series of these "Blondie" pletures which Columbia is producing, based on Chic Young's popa- lar dally newspaper cartoon strip.
THE FILM SINCE 1898.
"My point is that any woman can look attractive if she has ex- pert attention. Millions of women cannot afford beauty treatment.
"Now, the Government is spend- ing millions on roads, bridges and dams. They're important; but not so important" as pretty faces.
"The millions of dollars which would be spent in beauty work AMERICAN HISTORY would save millions in the divorce
IN PREPARATION
A three-volume history of the flim is being prepared for the Film Library of the New York Museum of Modern Art by the W.P.A. Federal Writers' Project. The first volume, which is
courts.
"And it would make the conn- try a better place to live in." con- cluded Loretta, turning back to the draft of her Bill
expected to be ready by the spring, DIARY OF LOCAL
will be concerned exclusively with Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake.are artistic development of the Larry Simms, Dorothy Moore, Dan-tim from 1898, when the film was ny Mummert, will again be seen considered by many as little more in their original roles. Other than an amusing scientific toy, to players who have been signed are 1938 Jonathan Hale, Stanley Brown,
The industrial aspect of the Alm! Linda Winters, Joe Coffin, Don will be discussed in the second Beddoe and George Chandler.
volume. The subject of the third Sarah Edwards, Richard Fiske and will be the film as an educational Irving Bacon were added to the
and social force. cast, Robert Sparks is supervi- sing production.
FILM LIBRARY ·
Included among the pictures in
In recent years the Flim Library which Miss Edwards has been fea- has acquired numerous coples of tured are "Early to Bed," We're important films made during the On the Jury," "It's Love I'm After,” present century, and these, together
been
EVENTS
TO-DAY
at
AUCTIONS.-Crown. Lands
P.W.D. Offices. 3 pan. CINEMAS. (See Column 3 of this
Page). DANCES.--Cheero Club Ladies' Ad- visory Committee Gala Dance. LECTURES.-First Aid (AR.P.), European YM.C.A., 11 1.m.; Home Nursing at P.W.D. Ovices, 5.30 p.m.; in Chinese, at YM. C.A. in Waterloo Road, Kowloon.
7 p.m. at Queen Mary Hospital,
and "Hollywood Hotel." Richard with historical notes about them.6 p.m.; First Aid. in Chinese, Fiske, since being placed under provide a valuable source of re- contract by Columbia has
ference for those engaged in writ- seen in "The Little Adventuressing the history." "West of the Santa Fe," "Adven- ture in Sahara," "The Thundering West" and "Blondie.""
The first volume will include a comprehensive list of the novels and plays that have been adapted Mr. Baton has been appearing for the screen. After Sarah Bern- prominently in pictures for many hardt's appearance on the screen ati years. Some of his latest produc Hamlet there was a great demand tlons are, "Seventh_Heaven," "Big for Shakespeare's "plays, and, in thẻ: Town Gul.” "Big City," "Mary early years of the century no fewer: the Girl" and "Midnight Intru-than. 14 productions of 12 different der."
Shakesperian plays were issued....
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
4 Superior
glass (7)
8 Buy back (6)
y Ogre (7)
Assessed (5)
11 Glimpsed (8)
14 Rug (3)
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17 Woolly
fabric (5)
18. Comfortable
(4)
19· Lady (5) 21 Hum (5)
25 or better
quanty (5) 28 Moist (4)
37 Harbour (0)
loan" to other organizations, Walter Joe E. Brown's first starring role 28 Number (8) Connolly has returned to his home for Columbia, under bis recently 30 Time back (3), lot. Columbia's noted leading man sigried two year contract, will be 32 Upper and featured player, this week was "Spook House" based on a stage house (6) assigned to one of the important play by Richard Flournoy, noted 33 Most high (7) parts in "Good Girls go to Paris, playwright and scenarist, who 34 Romances (6) too" the new pleture recently an adapted for the screen Columbia's 35 Green (7) nounced in which Joan Blondell "Blondie" productions, Brian Mar-
and Melvyn Douglas will again ap-
low is preparing the script. The new Brown picture will be produced pear as a co-starring team,
Shooting is scheduled to start by Robert Sparks,
soon under the direction of Al-
Hall.
mander Full Willam perlberg screen play was written by Gladys
supervise production. The Lehman and Ken Englund.
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3 Surrounded (5)
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20 Ventures (5). 21) Colour - (5).
Controller (7)
23 Quieten (7) 24 Hall (6) 25 Dreaded
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26 Lair (3)
29 Polson (5)
31 Augury (4)
at Ying Wah College, Kowloon. 7.30 p.m.; AR.P. Warden'Course at Tung Mul Middle School, 127 Heard St., Wanchal, 7, p.m.; Uni- versity Lecture, 8.30 p.m. |MAILS.--(See Page' 16) --
MEETINGS.-St. Andrew's Church Medical War Working Party. 10
MISCELLANEOUS,-St. "Andrew's Church Bunday School Teachers' Preparation Class. 7 p.m. MOON-Chinese HII Moon, 5th
Day
a.m.
REHEARSALS-Hongkong Sing- ers, Union Church, Kennedy
·Road, 8.30 p.m.; H.K. Phlihär- monic Society Orchestral Sec- tion, Seamen's Institute, 8.45 p.m
RELIGIOUS-St. Andrew's Church
Fellowship of Youth, 6 p.m. SOCIAL-Y.M.C.A Waist Drive,
8.30 p
SPORTS(Bee Page 2). SUNRISE.-5.57 a.m. SUNSET.-
6.47 Pa
TIDES.-High at 0102 and 11.45..
Low at 05.12 and 19.22.
TO-MORROW
ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS.
St. Mark's Day. MEETINGS.-Forthnightly," of St. Andrew's Church Mothers' Union, 3 p.m. Brownie Pack, 3.80 p.m.; Forthnightly, of Urban Council, Post Office Building, 4.45. p.m. W dnia MISCELLANEOUS.-Inspection of
New Central Market, 11 am MOON Chinese Moon, 6th Day. RELIGIOUS. —St. Andrew's Church Holy Communion, 8 am: Con- firmation Class, 6.15 p.m.; Boys' Choir Practice, 6 p.m. ROTARY MEETING. -- AL Hong- kong Hotel Roof Garden, 1 p.m. SOCIAL.M.CA. Modern" Mah- Jong Drive in the West Lounge. 3 p.m. Cheero Club Whist Drive. 8.45 pm
SUNRISE 58 m
6.45 DA
BUNSET.
TIDES. High at 0002 and 11.01
Low at 04.44 and 18.28.
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1939. -PAGE 5
KING'S
SHOWING TODAY AT 1.30,' 5.30,
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THE MOST EXCITING STAR MATCH
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THE SISTERS
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"JUNGLE NEXT CHANGE BARBARA STANWYOK · HERBERT MARSHALL
20th Century-Fax Picture
4 SHOWS DAILY
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in “ALWAYS GOODBYE"
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THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TEL #7222.
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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY YEAR'S GREATEST ROMANTIC COMEDY !!! Langhing at Life.. Eager for Love ... Hungry for Happiness !.
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HENRY
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
JEAN
JONENTE
NOLAN - AYRES » HORTON • KOLKER • BARNES • DIXON.
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Steirers & Sidney Rockmon from the stage play by Phay Mary produced by Arthur Hopkies Directed by GEORGE CUKOR -"Produced by Everett Riskin.
TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY An Intensely Human Picture - That Everybody Will Be Happy to Have Seen {
KAY FRANCIS in “MY BILL
A Warner Bros. Picture
ISTAR
TO-MORROW
M.G.M Picture
TODAY ONLY
"THE SHOPWORN ANGEL"
Starring
MARGARET SULLAVAN JAMES STEWART!
An M-G-M Pletare
WALLACE BEERY
to "WEST POINT OF THE AIR
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