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TRACY ROONEY
in their greatest hit!
• Drama that packs
BOYS TOWN
HENRY
LESLIE
GENE
HULL · FENTON · REYNOLDS
WEDNESDAY
AT THE QUEEN'S "SAINT STRIKES BACK"
Goo. Sanders
·
Wendy Barrie RKO-Radio Picture
laughter and tears.
a mighty wallop at your heart!
TO-MORROW
AT THE "ALHAMBRA A GIRL WITH IDEAS! Wendy Barrie Kent Taylor New Universal Picture
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•LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY GIGANTIC UN ERCOVER WORKINGS OF FOREIGN SPIES!
This picture is as timely as today's newspaper, based on actual events in recent days, a thrill-packed expose of machinations of vast espionage networks of today.
The eyes of spies peer ruthlessly everywhere!
SMASHING
Spy Ring
Ralph BELLAMY FAY WRAY
Sega Tauriel
Ann Duter.
A COLUMBE PICTURE
SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW! ONE DAY ONLY, BY REQUEST
COMING
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Ronald Colman
** FRANK lidr
"IF I WERE KING”
A Purner. Tunt kietati
Frances Dee Basil Rathbone
Eilen Drow-(V.France Harry Wilcoxam
FRANK LLOYD
SOON THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD"
THE FIRST TIME EVER SHOWN AT POPULAR PRICES. MATINEES: 20c.-30 EVENINGS: 20c.-30c,-50c.-70. ●
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Presenting the Best Pictures from the Leading Producers: M.G.M. R.K.O. KADIO0th CENTURY-FOX
ONE DAY ON YI TO-DAY ONE DAY ONLY ! THE SECOND OF THE "OLD FAVOURITES" OF M-G-M REVIVAL WEEK
RONALD COLMAN
A TALEOFTWO CITIES
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Two years in production! 18 months in preparation! Special staffs working in London and Paris!
The Bastille, Bevolutionary Tribunal, Old Bailey, and other mammoth scenes reproduced with infinite fidelity to detail
TOMORROW: The THIRD of the "Old Favourites"
+
of M-G-M's Revival Week
Mar Bros. in "A DAY AT THE RACES " WED. Norma Shearer & Leslie Howard in "ROMEO & JULIET" THU. Laurel & Hardy in their Funniest "OUR RELATIONS" FRI: Lobert Taylor & Margaret Sullaran in #3 COMRADES" SAT. Jeanett MacDonald & Nelson Eddy in "MATTIME"
Dr. M. Klatchko, the Shanghal
dentist, has received a letter from H&M Henry Cosme, French Ambassador to China, Informing him that by a special decree of the French Government he is award- ed the honorary title of the Bravet d'Officier d'Academie for the ser- vices rendered to the French Re public. The document bears the signature of M. Jean Zay, Minister of Education.
Screenings
KING'S."
Hongkong
"Four.Daughters"
QUEEN'S:
"Boys Town"
ORIENTAL:
""
"Smashing The Spy Ring" CATHAY:
"A Tale of Two Cities"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA.
"Boys' Town"
STAR
"Becrets Of & Nurza” "MAJESTIC:
"Kidnapped"
KING'S.
Coming
Just Around The Corner"! King Of The Turf" QUEEN'S:
"Saint Strikes Back"
ORIENTAL:
"If I Were King"
CATHAY:
"A Day At The Races"
ALHAMERA:
"A Girl With Ideas
STAR:
"Three Smart Girls"
CINEMA & GENERAL
The Private Life Of Henry
VII"
MAJESTIC: .
"You're Only Young Once".
PUBLIC ENEMY
NO. 1
Plans at Warner Bros. to continue the James Cagney-. George Raft co-starring combination in “Invisiblə Stripes," have given Hum- phrey Bogart the tiile role
la "John Dillinger, Outlaw,”. scheduled originally for Raft.
The role of Melvin Purvis, German Nemesis of Dillinger, for which Cagney had bocz mentioned, will be Alled shortly.
#16 ap-
Cagney and Raft pearing currently in "Each Dawn I Die," a prison" story by Jerome Odium. “Invisible Stripes," is another prison story, written by Warden Lewis E. Lawes and Jonathan Finn. Bogart will begin his role as Dillinger as soon as he
com- pletes his first romantic screen lead" opposite Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins In "The Old Maid."
3,820...LIONEL BARRYMORE, CELEBRATES HIS SIXTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY...More than two hundred stars, director and execu- tives of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios gathered on April 28 to pay tribute to Lionel Barrymore on his sixty-first birthday and the anniversary of his thirtieth year in mötion pictures. His first film was "Friends," for D. W. Grimth in 1999. His carrent role is Gramp in the picturization of the Broadway stage suc cass, "On Borrowed Tima" Pictured here with him are some of the old friends who gathered to congratulate him Seated are Norma Shearer, left, and Rosalind Russell, on either side of Lionel Benind him are Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer (Vice-president in charge M-G-M Studios), William Powell and Robert Taylor.
MARION DAVIES:
ཝཱ
of
Hollywood's Perambulating Bungalow On Move Again
Hollywood's perambulating bungalow is on the move again. Marion Dayle's cosy little 12-room dressing suite is being cut up on the Warner lot preparatory to moving it to an unannounced destination; presumably the Twentieth Century-Fox studio,
Where negotiations are under way for the acquisition of the stars services.
Three years ago the huge struc- Davies, and Cosmopolitan Pro- ture was trundled from Metro to ductions, which sponsors her films, the Burbank lot in seven pieces began shopping for a new connec- walle admiring thousands lined tion, an expedition that resulted the highways and cheered.
In the present negutations Ender The transportation least a re-the contract Miss Davies will make puted $20,000, for it was neces- two, pictures a year for Fox and sary to take the massire cottage writers are now working on her.
a circuitous route to find first script. orldges heavy enough to stand the strain
on
A year ago Warners declined to make any more pictures with Miss
MERLE OBERON MARRIES ALEX; KORDA
CANNES, June 4 (Beuters The British film star, Merle Oberon, was married to "Al- exander Korda, the well- known British producer, at the town hall of Antibes yes- terday afternoon.
RINGING THE CHANGES
IN HOLLYWOOD
Whit's all this talk about type-casting anyway? Over at the Twentieth Century-Fox lot, Darryl Zanuck is swapping star types around in a way that would amaze you-st lost, it
BURZCI US.
First he's taken that hand some young man, Tyrone Power, and decreed that he should be a singer. Ty is going to warble no fewer than three numbers in "Rose Of Washington Square,” He'd better be good, too, because he's in fast company, vocally (" speaking. with Alles. Fare, and Al Jolson also batting those high C's around,
Then there's that other hand- some, healthy young man, Richard Greene. Zanuck is changing him into a haggard, fever-stricken in- valid for his role in "Stanley and Livingstone." Dick had to take of ten pounds and submit to the ministrations of the make-up man who painted him a ghast- ly white, sunk his eyes and high- lighted his cheek and Jawbones.
qatar Skates Abandoned.
And, as though two changes weren't enough, in her next pic tare, "Second Fiddle," Sonja Henie is going to desert her skates for a pair of ballet slippers. She studied ballet, you know, before she be-- came a champion skater." As we get the story, though, Sonja going to do some skating but not so much as formerly,
We heard just a minute ago, that Stewart Reburn, who was Sonja's stating partner on her recent tour has been signed for "Second Fiddle" so there may be a little more skating than we thought.
Solution No 326 ACROSS 1, Craf. 5. Cows 8, A-
FLOWER SALE NETS rive: 9. Loads, 11, Rüre: 12, Disclose.
OVER $6,000
was
realised at the "Flower Bale or-
A collection of $8,346.38
Kanised by the Hongkong Con-
Miss Chan Yuk fucius Society on Saturday.
Miss Chan Yuk-fu, daughter of Mr. Chan Lam-fong, President of the Society, collected $1,010.16, the highest individual amount,
PAN AMERICANS PROMOTION
Mr. M. L. Lessner For H.K. Post
Pan American Airways Com- įpany, announces the promotion af Mr. M. L. Lessner, formerly local Airport Clerk, to the position of Operations Representative at Hongkong.
Mr. Lesiner, having been with Pan American Airways Company for almost
вете years, and previously stationed at Shanghal and in Hongkong for the past two year de well known in local aviation circles.
His current promotion Was effected by reason of encient services in the past and the increasing importance of Hong- kong as Fan American Airways' Oriental terminal
Mr. John Leslie, Division Opéra- tions Manager of Pan American Airways' Pacine ·Division, dd. thorized the promotion during his recent vialt to Hongking.
CROSSWORD
NO. 327
ACROSS
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7 Decorate
(5)
8 Wearled Leth (5) 54)
10 Degree (5) 13 Nurse (4) 15 So ( 16 State
income (7) 17 Unoccu
pted (4) 18 Small lost
(4)
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1939. -PAGE
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SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30, 618. TAB AND 150 FIL ONE OF THE 10 BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR
No picture will ever
be more fondly remembered!
FANNIE HURST wrote it with the
of genius! WARNER BROS. filmed it with the
of greatness! YOU will love it with all your
spark
famo beart!
"Diedland for wh
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NEXT CHANGE - ADOLPHE
KING OF THE TURF"
United Artista Release
STAR
TODAY ONLY
"SECRETS OF
A NURSE
with
EDMUND LOWE HELEN MACK
DICK FORAN
UNIVERSAL Putt
eenplay, by TOMLENNON BAG, LESTER COF
Beef on the play "War Vida direts” by Omiskin dapa
Directed by ARTHUR LUBIN - Associate Prodebris. SURT
TO. MORROW.
11.20
CHARLES LAUGHTON THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
MAJESTIC
ETHEATRIN
TODAY AND TOMORROW
ENTERTAINMENT
A NEW TRIUMPH-IN TURAN
THE STIRRING STORY OF LOVE AND ADVEN. TURE THE AUTHOR OF "TREASURE ISLAND” ALWAYS CONSIDERED HIS BEST!...on the screen for the first time!"
Cylinder (4) Compass [pointy (5)
Came birds (10) Revelation (10)
14 Garb (5) 15 Pithy (5) 21 Rodent (5) 23 Breathing. organs (5) 24 Buccessor
251 Shell fruits.
728 Bo Be 10 (4)2
20th Century Fox Picture
Robert Louis Stevenson's
Kidnapped
with a cast of 5,000 facturing
WARNER
FREDDIET.
BAXTER BARTHOLOMEW
ARLEEN WHELAN
C. AUBREY SMITH - REGINALD OWEN JOHN CARRADINE NIGEZ, BRUCE - MILES MANDER RALPH FORBES - HL WARRER
Dimesed by Altred Werkes
Darryl F. Zanuck in Change of Production
WEDNESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY The Second Picture of the Popalar
Judge Hardy's Family
M
Series Brought Back by Public Demand
“YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE
春
MICKEY BOONEY LEWIS STONE CECILIA
SynMayer Elature
24-
19 Looks over
20 Jewels (4) 22 Tall trees
24 Dye (5) 27 Appetiser
(5)
28 Younger
15, Toys. 17 Ache, 18 Capital, 19,
Snake 32, Candle: 33, Felt. 14, 20 Ask 20 Fow 21, Asinine, 23. Hlas. 24 Also 27, Pressure: 30, Mate, 31, *
Date
DOWN 2 Ready. 3. Masa. 4. Oral 5. Cereal & Worthleas, 7, Plot, 10, Disc 13, Caprice. 14, Obtains, 10, Obstinate. 21, Aspect 22 Earn 25, Least. 26, Over 28 Bide. 29, Ured.
strates (10)
DOWN D'Summit (53) 2 [Circle (4) 3) Volcano (4).
dream (7)
12 Prison (7)
SOLUTION TO-MORROW
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