HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
CINEMA & GENERAL
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE FOR
A Today's
UEENS Screenings
DAILY AT 230-515·7·20 2.9-50 «TEL.3M53
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY -
THEY LEARNED TO LIVE American!
TO-MORROW
A Paramount
Picture
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.15 7.15-9.30
DAYS
JACKIE
TREDDIE
•
COOPER BARTHOLOMEW
MAN'S
HERITAGE
A New Universal Picture
Irene Dunne Fred MacMurray
in
"INVITATION TO HAPPINESS”
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VÁLIKY MUND
ORIENTAL
FLEMING -ROAD
TEL. 28473
20 TO-DAY • TO-MORROW◄
HERE'S A GREAT LAUGH SHOW!
A delightful comedy of a girl who boused everybody and everything, meddleing in other people's affairs was her greatest specialty.
Constance BENNETT
Service de Luxe
VINCENT PRICE
Charlie RUGGLES · Helen BRODERICK Mischa AUER Joy HODGES
A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE A LOWLAND V. LIE Producing
FRI: "RIDE A CROOKED MILE"
SAT.
Akim Tamiroff as a ruthless ruler of the 'underworld.
MATINEES: 20c.-30c EVENINGS: 20e.-3.0e.-50e.-70c.
SAT
1:30
520
720
920
STARE
TODAY ONLY
KOVALOON
57795
SPECIAL TIMES: 2.30. 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
Jeanette MACDONALD Nelson EDDY
MAYTIME
TO.
"FOUR DAUGHTERS"
MORROW.: with Lane Sisters
►
Gale Page
TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.
CATHAY
DAILY AT 2.30.5.15,7.20,&9.30.P.M. MATILES 10-20%, 30%, 40% EVENINGS 1–20% 502, 50%; Tâc. 206.
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW-2 DAYS ONLY!
The Most Interesting Of the CHAN Stories!
DEATH FIRES THE STARTING GUN!... and you'll be breathless
SUN, "MON.
TUES. MGM HIT
WIN
at the finish!
CHARLIE CHAN at the OLYMPICS
Warner OLAND
KATHERINE de MILLE KEYE LUKE PAULINE MOORE - ALLAN LANE C. HENRY GORDON
The Greatest and Most Spectacular Motion Picture
Ever Madel
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF
$50
See page 9
Ajob?
Consult
WANT ADS
.
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Wuthering Heights"
QUEEN'S:
"Man's Heritage”
ORIENTAL
"Service de Luxe” CATHAY:...
"Charlie Chan At Olympics"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
"Arizona Legion"
STAR:
"May Time"
MAJESTIC:
"I Am The Law**
KING'S:
Coming
"Boy Meets Girl" QUEEN'S:
Invitation To Happiness" ORIENTAL:
"Ride A Crooked Mile" ALHAMBRA:
"Invitation To Happiness"
STAR:
"Four Daughters" MAJESTIC:
"Four's A Crowd"
GOLDWYN'S FINEST ACHIEVEMENT
[“CAPTAIN FURY" AT V
YORK WORLD'S FAIR
The New York World's Fair, which......in attracting millions of people from all over the world, was thè scene of a very interesting - event the other day.
For the first time since the Fair, opened, a Hollywood film production was given an exclusive premiere there. The picture is Hal Roach's “Captain Fury,” starring Brian Aherno, Victor McLaglen, June Lang and Pan! Lucas,
In addition to the fact that this is the first important photoplay! ever shown at the World's Fair. "Captain Fury" also haa the distinction of being the first photo- play ever written which deals with real events in the early history of Australia," England's famed domi- nion below the equator.
Lavish Ceremonies
The premiere was staged as a part of the
lavish ceremonies į
Interesting News Special
To Be Screened In Hongkong
Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer's Hong-
attendant upon "British Empire kong Office received yesterday by Day" at the World's Fair, and a
the Pan-American clipper, a news distinguished group of British om-special of the Moral Be-armainent cials from England and the various Demonstration which recently took place at the Hollywood bowl and colonies was present.
Australian commissioners, news which was attended by several, in- paper men. theatre owners and
fluential personages," including Mr. others from the land
Louis B. Mayer, the executive head
also under" were
among the of our studios at Hollywood, specially invited guests the
at "Captain Fury" premiere. All seemed to enjoy the picture im- mensely.
Cordially Greeted
"down
The fundamental aim of the Moral Re-armament Movement is to foster proper moral conduct i mankind, so that a great many evils which spring from immoral
and thus permanent
On the following day. "Captain conduct can be uprooted for the Fury" opened at the Radio City benefit of mankind Music Hall, where it was greeted lead eventually very cordially by New York's peace. thousands of theatregoers.
་་
は
SPECIAL REQUEST "Captain Fury is an "action" This movement has no religious picture of the "Robin Hood" genre. significance, though it is hoped But it outrobs "Robin Hood" in that by the eradication of selfish- that it deals with actual historyness, dishonesty with oneself and and is much, much more up-to-in dealing with others.
"Wuthering Heights" date.
At King's To-Day
When Samuel Goldwyn announ-
ced that he would, make into a
45 Fractures
motion picture the great Emily In Five Years
Bronte classic,
Wuthering
Valerie Best, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K Best of Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, has 5113
This news special will be exhi- bited concurrently with the MG. M. production entitled "Too Hot To Handle at the Queen's Thea- tre, beginning from Saturday, Aug,
19.
The Moral Re-armament news special was brought to Hongkong by clipper at the special request of one of the initiators of the move. ment in Hongkong.
COMING EVENTS
Heights," to star Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff, under the direction of William Wyler, lovers of this poignantly dramatic and stirring-tained 45 limb fractures in her ly romantic novel beamed at the short life. new immortalization which their
Valerle may never walk as she literary idol, Miss Bronte, would suffers from abnormal brittleness receive in the additional medium of the bone structure. The malady is known as fragilitas ossium, and The picture, recently completed doctors despair of effecting a and hailed at its Hollywood pre-cure. view as Mr. Goldwyn's finest It is four months since Valerie achievement, will have its pre-last had a fracture-one of the 11 am.
of the screen.
Artists release,
AUG.
11 Tides: High 4.53 am and 7.18 p.m. Low 1 p.m. and 3.30 pm.
Sunrise: 6.58 am, Sunset 8.59 p.m. A.R.P.
Lectures (English)-Club Lusitano 5.30 p.m. (Chinese)--Chinese Chamber of Commerce 7 p.m.
Crown Land Sale (0.0. Bouth)
miere showing- at the King's longest periods she has been YMCA "Keep Fit" Class 10,30 Theatre to-day through United without one. Fractures may be. Mad Swimming & p.m. Bad-
minton 8.30 p.m. brought about in the simplest way.¦ ¦ Registry Wedding. Calu-Ma. In support of Miss Oberon and For instance, in picking her up Anglo-Chinese Tian. HK. Hotel, 1 Olivier, Mr. Goldwyn chose a stranger might unwittingly p
HK, Artists' Union Entertainment. handpicked cast which includes cause a fracture of an arm.
Lee Theatre, 8 p.m. David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Her mother is so accustomed to St. Andrew's Med Working Party Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Hugh fractures now that she treats 6 pm. Williams and Miles Mander In Valerie herself. Although she assigning the directorial task on cannot walk, Valerie slides about this production to William Wyler, the house with surprising agility. Mr. Goldwyn entrusted his film to
a man whose enviable reputation
Solution No. 381 rests on such outstanding screen
ACROSS: 1, Metropolls. 7, Eider. successes as "These Three," "Dodsworth," "Dead End" and 8, Roses. 10, Tonga, 13, Mass. 15, "Jezebel.""
Seta 16, Private. 17, Nine, 18, Vale. 19. Epicure. 20, Hold, 22 Need. 24, Bevel. 21, Panel, 28. Order. 29, Celebrated.
Among the many lavish sets built for the picture are included an old English manor. house, the
DOWN; 1, Modes. 2, Tart. 3, beautiful home of the wealthy Lintons, Thrasheroas Grange, Oven. 4. Cars, 5, Issue. 6, Penman- lavishly brilliant ballroom of 19th ship. 9, Suspenders. 11, Orifice. 12 Century England and a typical Grannle. 14, Speed. 15, Soven, 21, farmhouse of the period.
Lance. 23, Ended. 24, Blue, 25. Veer. 28, Lost.
A
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Denude
5 Hurl (5)
8 Enormous
(5)
9 Brass in
strument (5)
10 Procla-
mation (5)
11 Approxi-
mately (5) 12 Stories (5)
16 Head-
strong (5). 18. Curve (3))) 20 Hand-
worked (6)
21 Declare (6)
22 "Allow (3).
24 Scatter (5)
27 Poison (5)
30 Nimble (5)
31 - Piped in-
strument (5) 32. Involve (5) 33 Claw (5)...... 34 Legends (5)- 35 Frolic (5)
DOWN Wooden shoe (5)
2 Kingly (5)
3 Excuses (5)
Protection
(6)
NO. 382
14
18
.. 09
5"Grindera"
*(5)
6 Destroys
(5)
Clever- speaking
13 Separate
(5)
14 Ooze (5)
18 Church
passage (5). 17 Trunk (5);
18 Total (5)
SOLUTION TO-MOREOW
11
19 Feline ant- mai (3)
23 Fit for
food (0),
24 Rage (5)
25 Correct (6)
28 Require-
ments (5) 27 Blood
vessels (5)
28 Prefer
able(5) 29 Blend (5)
Incendiary Bomb Display at LA Salle College, 5.30 pr.
Chinese YMCA Discussion Club Weekly Meeting-8 pm.
¡D.m
1.43
Tennis: Thailand vs Hongkong. 12-Tides: High 5.58 am and 8.15
LAW
p.m. Sunrise 5.58 am Sunset 658 p.m. A.R.P. Lecture (Chinese) at Yauma-
Government School 7.30 p.m. ELK Chinese Sports Meeting.
Journalista Aşın.
Chinese Estates Ltd. 2nd Interim Dividend payable.
St. Andrew's Club Launch Picnic 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1939. -PAGE 5
R-CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TODAY AT 1.38, (KIS) (7.15
Ꮴ
I cannot bear the Torture of seeing you in his arms !
SAMUEL GOLDWYN *****
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
ot Sting of Vengeful, Thonated Love MERLE OBERON - LAURENCE OLIVIER DAVID NIVEN
Iso Colour Science Novelties
URUSUAL
NEXT CHANGE
A Warner Bros. Picture
OCCUPATIONS"
BOY MEETS GIRL" with JAMES CAGNEY ...
PAT O'BRIEN
ALHAMBRA
MATHAN AÐ, KOWLOON-DAILY AT 3.30-420-620_ £ • 30 • TEL. 5664
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY POUNDING DRAMA OF GRIT AND DARING ON THE FLAMING FRONTIER!
A gur fill of lead and a heart full of fight ........
on the trail of the raiding masked riders!:
GEORGE O'BRIEN
ARIZONA
LEGION"
LARAINE JOHNSON
Directed by DAVID HOWARD. Produced by SEET GILROY.Sermon May by Oliver Drets.
MARCH
ADDED! --
OF TIME: THE BRITISH DILEMMA”
A Searching Analysis of Britain's Foreign Policy in Europe. Discloses why Britain wants peace, but reveals that there's limit to British patience.
TO. MORROW
IRENE DUNNE FRED MADMURRAY
♦ in “INVITATION TO HAPPINESS"
= =
MAJESTIC
Equine Sports Club 12th Cavalcade to shing Mun River.
13-Tides: High 6.59 a.m. and 9 p.z. Low 12.27 am and 2.29 p.m.
Sunrise 5.50a.m. Sunset 6.57 p.m.
Discussion Group 8 p.m. Prof. 8. Lautenschlager-
For To
West China...
10"
Equine Club Cavalcade for Advance | Riders Point-to-Point Course,
Pilipino Club Tombola 11 am. 14 HK and Shanghai Bank Half- Yearly Interim Dividend paracle.
Crown Land Sale PWD 3 pm. St. John's Ambulance Pirst Aid Leo- tures start in "8.0.MP." " Board Room, 8.45 P
V.R.C. Extraordinary Mig. te Ex tension Schema é
d
St. John's Cathedral Women's Fel- lowship Committee Mig. 10, am.
YMCA. Whist Drive 8.30 p.m. Tennis: Thalland. vs. Hongkong. 18-Crown Land Sale DO. North, Taipo) 11:30 am
E.K. Rotary Club” Timîn 1 p.m. V.M.C.A. Briage.10 am Mxd, Swi ming
p.m. Badminton 8. p.m. Tennis: Thailand vs. Hongkong.m 16H.K. Land Investment and
Agency. Ltd. Interim Dividend pay. abis.
TM.C.A. Hockey Section Annual Meeting 6.30 pm
T.M.C.A. Manjongy 10 am.
17-Star Ferry Co
Dividend payable.
Ltd.
St. John's Cathedral Women's Fel- lowship Bridge and Mahjongy Drive
YMCA. Mahjongg for Beginners 10 am Fies Whist Drive 330 p.m.;
18-HK Tramways, Ltd., Interim Dividend payable
St. John's Ambulance ARP, Lec tures (English) at Hqm 5,65 pm, t HK. Yg Men's wish. Bocial at No 9, NOTIQUE
Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong, 750
Fit Class 10.30 YMCA "Keep 1a.m.: Swimming 6 p.m.; Badminton
8.30 pm Me
p
Launch
Picnic 2.30
20-VDMA. Conference at Stanley,
-21--Ciafına Arainst Estate” of Herry George Baker due.
Face 23-Area Half-Me (Swimming) Stonecutters. Ik: 1,30 p.m. 25-Charity Concert at China Pleet Club: 9 pm
R800
#30—Arex@@Maruftion-TERM (Bwimming) Repulse Bay 3.p.m
RTH ATLR 4
TODAY AND TOMORROW
THE SCREEN'S MOST DYNAMIC STAR IN THE `MUST EXCITING THRILLER OF THE SEASON!
EDWARD G.
ROBINSON
Am The Law
I
·Barbara O'N»l John Boat: Wendy Barrie Otto Krüger
*Linie Caesar" barna fighting prossCRIOŃ.. to term in his grasinet përforILEROS., fa the story they said was too hot to handiai”
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY The Thrilling Lovers of ROBIN HOOD together in a „Mer Mad, Rodern Homance!
ERROL FLYNN "FOUR'S A CROWD"
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND.""
Warner Bros. Comedy Hit
Page 5Page 6