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UEENS Today's
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SHOWING TODAY
THE FASTEST, FUNNIEST MUSICAL MIX-OP OF THE TEAR. WITH HAWAII AS ITS BACKGRODED [
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Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Stagecoach"
QUEEN'S:
"Honolulu"
ORIENTAL:
"Blackwell's Island"
CATHAY?
"Music For Madame"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA;
CINEMA & GENERAL
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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN SHOWING TODAY DAILY AT 2.30, 6.10, 7.18 & 9.30 P.M.
Excitement
THAT RISES TO A FEVER PITCH
•and never lets you goi
M-G-M's Merry Musical Gem of the Ocean! Songs! Stars! Girls! Romance!
HONOLULU
•
Eleanor POWELL Robert YOUNG George BURNS & Gracie ALLEN Jack Benny's "ROCHESTERTM!
TAKE ANY THAN OR NAPPY VALLEY BUR
EORIENTALE
THEATRE
coach" showing to-day at the King's Theatre.
"Black Doll"
STAR:
"Three Comrades". MAJESTIC:
George Bancroft, John Wayne
"Listen, Darling"
Coming
KING'S:
"Girls' School":
QUEEN'S:
ORIENTAL:
"Little Miss Thoroughbred"
CATHAY:
"Kidnapped"
ALHAMBRA:
"Honolulu"
"Ranger Courage”
“STAGECOACH”
Claire Trevor in "Stage-
AT THE KING'S
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With a cast studded with bril | timid whisky salesman, Berton iant stars, ала Д story at Churchill as a "You Can't Cheat An Honest breathless speed and excitement, dishonest banker, George Bancroft pompous and Man"
Stagecoach" opens at the King's as a rough government official of Theatre to-day for its local pre- the time. Andy Devine as the miere. As well as the talent of squeaky-voiced driver of the nine featured players and a novel coach, Thomas Mitchell as and arresting theme, "Stage- slightly sottish physician, and Coach" has the advantages of an John Carradine as a gentleman.. excellent screenplay by Dudley gambler. Nichols, masterful "direction: bry John Ford, and the usual place to the cast of "Stagecoach" for Too much praise cannot be given and authenticity that distinguish
the unusual a Walter Wanger production.
and convincing The story takes nine men and Claire Trevor and John Wayne go characterizations they enact. To wonen on a coach trip from Tonto to Lordsburz in the period their diffent roles with so much additional honours for portraying of the 1880's. These passengers
STAR:
"Paradise For Two"
MAJESTIC:
"Topper Takes A Trip" "Always.Goodbye'
TWO MORE DAYS! TODAY & TOMORROW INCOME TAX meinde claire Trever as a lady of sympathy and conviction.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD SUCH THEATRICAL BARGAIN BEFORE!
SUPERIOR FIRST RUN PRODUCTIONS NEVER SEEN IN HONG KONG BSPORE
YOU'LL SEE 'EM NOW AT HALF THE REGULAR PRICE
John Garfield
discovers that
BLACKWELL'S ISLAND
He dared to
expose the "Island"...to establish the
model prison
it is today!
was
TOUGHER THAN ALCATRAZ!
He ruled 2500 convicts
from bellad prison "bars!
ROSEMARY LANE-STANLEY FIELDS
Directed by WM. McGAKN - Presented by WARNER BROS. Sarom Play by Crane Wither.• Original Story by Cr
Wier and Leo Katz - A Plut Nationać Pietnes
|3 DAYS ONLY! SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY
ANOTHER FIRST RUN PICTURE AT BARGAIN PRICES! with The Screen's Latest and Greatest Baby Star.
"Little Miss
Thoroughbred
JOHN LITEL ANN SHERIDAN-FRANK MCHUGH'↳ JANET CHAPMAN
• MATINEES: 20c.-30 EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.
TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.W
CATHAY
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15.7.20.&9.30.R.M. MATUGEES ---201, 106, 40%, EVENINGS:-20%. 34«« $0x. Thc. #06. Presenting the Best Pictures from the Leading Producers: MGM. - REO. RADIO- 20th CENTURY - FOX TO-DAY & TO-MORROW-2 DAYS ONLY! Alive with Romance! Ablaze with Bong!.
An enchanting picture to sweep you up to the clouds with sentiment
and down to earth with laughter, thrilla and electric excitement! "The Uny Desperado" Gayer Than
With music by
Ever... With Holly Nino MARTINI
„RUDOLF" FR{ML"
wood's Girl of
Tour Dreama
In His Arms!
and other great covonesars
MUSIC for MADAME Joun FONTAINE
DALAH MOWBRAY
"BILLY QILBERT
·ALAN" HALE E GRANT MITCHELL
ERIK RHODES LEE PATRICK
RKO-RADIO Mature »
SUNDAY & MONDAY 2 DAYS ONLY ! Robert Louis Stevenson's Immortal Tale of Love and
*** Adventars on Bea and Land *}*
KIDNAPPED
1Warner Baxter
Freddie Bartholomew Land a cast of 5,000.
i'
•
MUDDLE
MARLENE DIETRICH NEARLY PREVENTED · FROM SAILING
35
Was
NEW YORK, June 15 (Ren- ' ter)---Just Marlene Die- trich, with her husband, about to sall for Europe, Inland Customs Official's board- ed the liner Normandie and seized Marlene's luggage for alleged unpaid Income Tax
And
lax morals, out, large heart, John many words of praise must be Wayne as a youthful renegade, said for the brilliant photography Louis Platt as a young matron and the- impressive outdoor from Virginia, Donald Meek as a scenery.
·PENSIONS FOR AGED GERMAN
FILM ACTORS BERLIN, June 15 (Trans. Ocean)-Forty-four aged Ger- man film actors have bee granted a honorary pension for life by the Reich Minister, Dr. Joseph Geobbels, in his capacity as President of the Reich Film Chamber, in re- cognition of many years of successful artistic activity..
Solution No $36
ACRO89: 1, Spot. 5, Cock 8, Opaque. 9, Chime. 11, Aunt. 12. Distress. 15, Meet. 17. Evil 18, Existed. 18, Ace. 20, Fun, 21, Cab- bage. 23, Arch. 24, s. 27; Aper- ture, 30, Tier, 31, Never, 32, Miss- ed. 33, Enda 34, Olly...
DOWN: 2, Pride, 3, Toes. 4, Pair. 5. Ceased. 6, Continual 7, Scum. 10, Mite. 13, Thimble. 14. Extract. 18, Excursion, 21, Charmná, 22, Eire. 25, Level. 26, Sure, 28, Rose. 29, Undo.
CROSSWORD
NO. 337
ACROSS
1 Debate (10)·
7 Dodge (5)
8 Lady (5)
10 · Vegeta-
tion (5) 13 Fold (4) 15. Sailing
vessel (4) 18. Being
away (7)
Marlene Dietrich Marlene strenuously denied that she owed any and. the Normandie was held up in the hope that a 17 Declare (4). settlement would be reached, but 18 Vehicles (4) after hours no agreement seem- 19 Able to ed discernible.
melt (7)
A later message, however, stated. 20 Measure that Marlene was permitted to (41 sail after considerable confusion on 22 Den (4) the pter,
24 Measurer
FILM MUSICALE AT QUEEN'S
"Honolulu" Starts
To-morrow
film
An unusual type of musicale, "Honolula," Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer offering, star- ring. Eleanore Powell and Ro-" bert Young, which opens at the Queen's Theatre to- morrow, is one of the best of recent months,
The story is about the adven- tures, or misadventures of a world- famous film star who, to get away Trom the nerve-wracking atten tions of adoring fans, masquerades as a man who looks so much like him that not even-their closest is- Bociates can tell them apart, Robert Young plays both these parts.
Eleanors, Powell as the dancer who captures the heart of the star is charming and the amazing prowess, of her twinkling feet is perhaps better exemplified' here than ever before. In one number, a native hula-cum-tap dance, abé is nothing less than superb,
Excellent comedy la provided by Gracie Allen with of course, George Burns, though he takes a comparatively small part in this picture.
Edward Buzzell directed, and Jack Cummings, produced. There are two hit songs. This Night" and Honolulu amongst the many tumeful: melodies in the aim
"
(5).
27 Courage (5)
28 feless (5)
29 Renowned
(10)
DOWN
1 Stage play
(5)
2 Flat (4)
3 Impel (4)
4 Arith-
metic (4)
5 Command
(5)
6 Urging (10) 9 Civic
official (10)
11 Determine
(7)
*12 Glorify (7)
14 Swamp
STAGELU
ALSO COLOUR CARTOON
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NEXT CHANGE -
Columbia Picture
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"GIRLS' SCHOOL"
WITH
A SHIBLY NAN GREY BAlph Bellany
ALHAMBRA
AALAN 30, HƠI
1,30-320-220 & 9,30-TEL. 90456
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY UNFATHOMABLE... MURDER WITHOUT A CLUE!
PRODUCTION
A CHILD'S TOY: HIDING SUDDEN DEATH!
THE NEW UNIVERSAL PRESENTS
BLACK DOLL
WITH NAN GREY - DONALD WOODS · EDGAK KENNEDY
TO-MORROW Eleanor Powell # Robert Young
M.G-M PICTURE
12..
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SOLUTION TO-MORROW
22 23
land (5) 15 Sloping
edge (5)
21 Blaspheme,
-457-
23 Alter (5)
24 Lake (4)
25 Journey (4) 20 Split (4)
ISTAR
TODAY ONLY
M-G.M'S SMASH HIT!
Not since "Captains Courageous" has a zomance packed such punch and power!
TAYLOR SULLAVAN
TONE YOUNG
TO. MORROW
PARADIS
HANKOW LROAD
KOWLOON
TEL
57785
in HONOLULU with George Burns Gracie Allen
MAJESTIC
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY YOUTH, LOVE AND LAUGHTER IN A ROLLICKING
REAY Jud,
Went the Corings
of sy in art
BOMANCE !
200 Freddie put
astrophe's hitle
helner?
GAILY YOURSI
Iman
Freddie and Judy pick a for Mom and no drizzle
puss need apply! It's grand!
Listen Darling
FREDDIE ANN ES VA JUDY BARTHOLOMEW - GARLAND
Hay ASTOR Walter PIDGEON PALAN HALE SCOTTY BECKETT #losted by EDWIN.L."MARIN
roduced by JACK CUMMINGS:
WO
COMMENCING TOMORROW
More laughs ・・・ More Franks
Kore Camera Magis
Than the Original Topper 11t
HAL ROACH
TOPPER TAKES A TRIP
CONSTANCE BENNETT ROLAND YOUNG
BILLIE BURKE - MAR MOWDREY ALEXANDER S'ARCY VOHRANILA
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