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THE
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
"THE
LEGEND OF
MENG KEUNG'
A CHINESE PICTURE
with English Subtitles
SATURDAY
"YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST · MAN”
W. C. FIELDS · CHARLIE McCAETHYED · GAE BERGEN
9 AT 230
520
720
9:20
A New Universal Picture
HANKOW
STARE
TODAY ONLY
KOVILOON
THE GRANDEST ROUND-UP OF COMEDY STARS EVER CORRALLED
TO
MORROW
Bringing you the grand, human chtenschurs. Harry Leon Wilson's femmes hock
RUGGLES OF RED GAP
CHARLES LAUGHTON" MART BOLAND CHARLIE RUGGEES
ZASU PITTS
Rakmal Young ». Kalli Hyouna,
Claudette Colbert
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Charlie Chan In Honolulu”
QUEEN'S!
CATHAY:
The Marcus Show"
ORIENTAL:"
"Ambush”
“Blind.. Alibi”
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Legend Of Meng Kenng".
STAR:
"Ruggles Of Red Gap" MAJESTIC:
"Hold That Co-ed"
Coming
KING'S:
"Four's A Crowd"
ORIENTAL:
"Hold That Klas”
"Valley Of The Giants"
CATHAY:
"The Shining Hour"
ALHAMBRA:
CINEMA & GENERAL
"You Can't Cheat An Honest
Man"
STAR:
"Zaza"
"The Adventures Of Robin
Food"
MAJESTIC:
"My Lucky Star"
“CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU"
An event of major importante to all movie-goers will take place at the King's Theatre to-day with the first appearance of Sidney Toler in the role of Earl Derr Big- gers' famous Oriental Sleuth in "Charlie Chan in Honolulu."
A veteran of long experience on both stage and screen, Mr: Toler, -you will doubtless recall was selected to play the popular character only after an intensive search that required months of patient effort, Interviews with many of the leading names of fims and the theatre, and Mterally scores of screen tests. The final choice, it may be said, could not have been better.
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CROSSWORD
NO. 347
ACROSS
1 Bodily
organ (5)
5 Pleasure
boat (5)
R Jom (5)
Microbea
10 Grown-up
(B)
11 Mistake (5)
Binds (4)
17 Colour (4)
19- Director
(71
20 Sport (4) 21 Lily (4) 22 Swarms
with (7):
23 Catry, (4)
25 Fasten
tightly (4)
28 Track
down (5)
31 Journey (5)
33 Bowl (5)
33 Low tree
(51
34 Larceny
115
2 Margin" (5) 3 Wile (4) 4 Landing
stage (4)
5 Time
period (4)
6 Brutal (5)
7 Tenth
part (5) 12-feeling
organs (7)
4311
(5)
35 Parlour (5)
13
(7) Having
DOWN
1 Lacking.
weight (5)
15 Stupid (5)
16 Smudge (5)
SOLUTION TO-MORROW
*Solution No 346
ACROSS: 1, Riddle, 4, Borrow, 8,
18
17 Metal (5)
Throat
" part (5) 13 Explosion
..(5)
24 Entertain
(5)
26 Picture
support (5)
27 Fabric (5)
28 Try (4)
20 Fand
3 measure (4)
30 Flows
back (4)
car. 3. Pedlar. 11, Sample 12 COMING EVENTS
Seven. 13, Secret. 10, Giant. 18. June
P.
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Tree, 19, Ardent" 23, Cannon, 25, 19 Tides: High 7.25 am, and 9,25 Oral. 28, Extle. 29, Astate. 31, Empty, 33, Accede. 34, Elders, 35, Err. 30, Reside. 37, Chosen..
Low 12.28 am, and 2.35 pm. Sunrise: 5.41 am Sunset 7.11 p.m. Theosophical Society Mtg. 8 p.m. HK. Philatelic Society Mtg. 5.30 p.m.
Ladies Guild, Waterloo Road, 10.30
Cathedral Scouts Mtg. 530 p.m.
DOWN: "Repast. 2, Deduce, 3, Lease: 4, Base. 5. Orange. 6, Repeat.am 7. Wreath. 10, Retain. 14, Era 15. Regal. 17, Ingot. 20, Donate. 21, Fat. 22, Repair. 23, Circus," 24, Needed. 26, Rupees. 27, Lessen, 30, Sylph. 32. Mera.
HOLD THAT CO-ED
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Victoria Chess Club, Clous. Hotel 5
Kowloon Chess Club, Penta Hotel" 6.30 p.m.
Exhibition of War Pictures, Chinese Y.M.C.A. Kowloon, 9 am to 9 p.m.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship Wrkg. Party 6.30 p.m.
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Y. M. C. A. Beginners Mahjongg
1.31,
Legislative Council Mtg. 2.30 p.m. Cheero Club Contract Bridge 7 p.m. China Light and Power RC. Whist and Tombela 8.45 p.m.
P.WD. B.C. Tombola, a p.m. RAOB. Club Whist and Tombola 8.30 p.m.
Marcus Show Opens at Queen's Theatre
30 Tides: High 8.07 am, and 10.12 pm Low 1.12 am and 3.15 p.
HK Mines, Ltd An. Mtg 11 Crown Land Bales D/O Bouth) 11 Y.M.C.A. Mxd Swimming 6.30 p.m. Badminton 8.30 p.m.
The new American fashion in medicine-show electioneering me- thods comes in for some up roarious ribbing in the 20th Cen tury-Fox football comedy, "Hold Toler, resembling the popular That Co-ed" which opens at the conception of the detective to a Majestic Theatre, with John Bar- remarkable degree, nevertheless tymore as a budget-bouncing, co- Imbues the role with his own per-ed-kissing governor who parks his sonality. The Chan witticisms fall handwagon on the campus and easily from his Hips and, in the en- proceeds to make things hum, thusiastic appreciation of the Half satire, half tarce, and all audience, it is easily recognizable fun, the picture proceeds merrily that 20th Century-Fox has found on the theory, that if circus tactics
The British Empire: Garden an able actor to carry on the great can win votes (as they seem to farty will be held at Roehampton film tradition of Charite Chan's be doing nowadays), then a win- to-day. The Indian Empire" at adventures.
ning college football team could Eastern Garden Party will be held accomplish miracles at the pollset Hurlingham on Monday, July 3. for any political candidate clever
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Phyllis Brooks, Sen Yung. Eddie Collins, John King, Claire Dodd, George Zucco, Robert Barrat and Marx Lawrence are featured in the case surrounding Toler. Collins in particular merits mention several convulsing comedy scenes.
for
LABOUR DISPUTE
SEQUEL
Mutiny On Ship In Singapore
In response to distress rockets, SO. 8. signals and siren blasts from a ship, the Shenghwa.-an- chored in the Roads, Inspector EL P. Paulaine, of the Marine Police, with a posse of constables hurried to the vessel and found that there had been mutiny on board.
It is understood that there has been a labour dispute, which culminated in the Chinese firemen attacking Norwegian officers. The chief officer's head was broken by a blow from a bottle and the police. on boarding the ship, found him staggering aboard the deck Supporting him was the quarter- master, who was also suffering from juries.
To add to the confusion, the mutineers dislocated the light- ing 'system plunging the ship into darkness. Inspector Pau- laine took into custody aftéen firemen and had the Chief Officer despatched to hospital. The Shang- before the cameras in, the near wa, (4,894 tona) is owned by a future.
Herbert Marshall in "ZAZA”
CLARK GABLE AND MYRNA LOY
Jane Cowi and Philip Merivale had leading roles in the Broadway stage play! Joseph Mankiewicz will produce the picture,
Norwegian company but salls under the Chinese flag, dange
Firemen Charged
Fifteen Chinese firemen who were
arrested were produced before Mr. C. Koh, in the Clark Gable will be men
Gable was last seen opposite Fourth Folice Court, and Charged Hannibal and Myrna Loy as the Norma Shearer in Idiot's Delight, with rioting on board and, Roman pro-consul In Metro- which was also an adaptation of secondly, with voluntarily causing Goldwyn-Mayer's adaptation of a Sherwood play. Miss Loy will be hurt to the Chief Officer of a s the Rober, El Sherwood play. The co-starring with Robert Taylor in Shenghwa oran Road, To Rome" which is to go Lucky Night,"
All the accused claimed trial.
YMCA Keep Fit" Class 10 am.
Cheers Club Darts, Ping-pong and Billards
enough to turn it to his own per-t would seem that 20th Century- sonal glory. It's a highly amusing Fox has taken full advantage of its
dea, and from all advance reports entertainment posabilities.
MAJESTIC
STHEATREG.
(MATNEES. 20%-364 EVEN165, ZMEN
TODAY AND TOMORROW
A JAMMING, WHAMMING FUN-FOR-ALL... PACKED WITH PLAYERS FICKED FOR LAUGHS!!!
JOHN BARRYMORE
GEORGE MURPHY MARJORIE WEAVER JOAN DAVIS-JACK HALEY GEORGE BARBIER - MUÝN TERRY DONALD MEIK · JOHNNY DOWNS
THE GREAT FALL FUN-RIOT FROM 20th CENTURY-FOX
packed with players picked for laughs!
HOLD THAT CO-ED
COMMENCING SATURDAY
DAZZLING ICE SPECTACEE 11
SONJA HENIE
RICHARD GREENE in "LY LUCKY STAR
20th Century Fox Super
THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1939. -PAGE 5
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TODAY AT 539, -5.18,
7.15
THRILL AND LAUGH WITH CHAN ANEW! ... as you meet the actor selected from hundreds to carry on the great Chan tradition!
CHARLIE CHAN HONOLULU
happy thought
•fadged to nominate Sidney Toler to cagay cat"
--- Hollywood'
Jeporter
SIDNEY TOLER
Land
Phyllis Brooks - Sen Yung - Eddie Collins - Jahn King Claire Dodd-George Zucca -Robert Barsat-Marc Lawrence
A 20th Century Jan Mature
KOO KOO "KORRESPONDENCE SKOOL". NEXT CHANGE
FOUR'S
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND PATRIC KNOWLES in
A. CROWD
A Warner Bros. Picture
Also Educational Comedy
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