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The Notorious Sophie Lang"
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Too Hot To Handle"
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The Law
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"OLD
Penny Singleton Becomes "Blondie" Off Screen
Does the constant repetition of a screen role change the mannerisms and mental outlook of a film star?
Penny Singleton, the vivacious blonde featured in the "Columbia series of "Blondie" pictures, has been told by older na- tresses that no one is immune from the screen role's influence and that she would be doing many things at home that, she does on
the screen.
Famous Book For Picture
With a whoop of joy nad s shout of warning, two children jumped aboard a flimsy read- ster-wagon' equipped with walls and shot down one of Holly- wood's hills before say an- looker could pull out a stop- watch."
"I didn't heltave it.” says Penny, "but now I know it is true, I have been Blondie in three pictures. "Blondie." **Blondie Meats the Bow," and "Blondie Takes a vaca- tion" And I must confess that my former smooth-running home is showing the effects of my scat- ter brained screen self. I rush about from ons duty to another, never charting any definite course, and naturally accomplishing very little.
TINKERING COMPLEX "Arthur Lake told me he is de- In this fashions Dilith Fellows
[veloping a tinkering. complex and Tommy Bond began which he blames on his portrajai *He Columbia's long - awaited of Dagwood.", she added. sereas production "of children's thinks he can fix the doorbell. He favourite fiction, "Five Little tears it apart, then leaves before Peppers and How They Grow." Anishing the job to build new Since the announcement was dog-house, forgetting that at that to transfer this much-loved family moment; he has an appointment from the pages of Margaret Bidney with the dentist. Lothrop's book to the screen, an avalanche of letters with sugges- Elone as to casting has poured into the studio's casting department.
Group of Players
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"Most surprising of all, is the sobering effect the screen family has on Larry "Baby Dumpling" Simms. The other day he told his : mother he thought he would go to milltary school and then she would In practically every instance ap-not have so much responsibility. proval of Edith Fellows as Polly Now doesn't that sound like the is expressed. Executives having given the problem unusual deliberation, have signed a group of players for these roles that'
Blondie family? But thank good- dees Daisy is still Daisy"
they feel all in every way the re- COMING EVENTS
quirements of the story.
In addition to Edith Fellows as
AUG.
FILM STAR WANTS Polly the Pepper family includes p.m. Low 357 s.m. and 5 pm.
|| US, CITIZENSHIP
LONDON, Aug. 4 (By. Air Mail-Ouvia de Havilland, star of "Anthony Adverse" "and "Captain Blood," who was born in Tokyo of British parents,... has applied for United States citizenship.
Miss de Havilland is 23 and has lived in America "since she was two.
Tommy Band as "Joey: Jimmy Leak, Davie: Dorothy An Beece, Phronsie; Charles Peck. Ben, and Dorothy Peterson, Mrs. Fepper.
Other important assignments go to Ronald Sinclair, who will be Jasper King, the boy who lives "up the hill" and Clarence Kolh as the boy's rich but irascible grand- father, whose arrogance melts be- fore the charm of the gay and sourceful Peppers.
Charles Barton is directing the production....
FRANK CRAVEN RETURNS IN "MIRACLES FOR SALE”
Frank Craven, who has not been seen in a motion picture smice. "Penrod And His Twin Brother," returns to acting on the screen ka "Miracles For Sale," which has just gons lato produc- tion at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with Robert Young and Florence Rice in the romantic leads.
Craven has been cast as Young't father, a hard-bitten oldater from the back country, who visits his son in the city and runs into a bating murder mystery that in- volves magicians, Illusionists, mind readers and an assorted collection
F
is Tod Browning "Miracles For Sale."
Solution No. 386
17 Tides: High '10.36. am and 11.25
Sunrise: 6.01 a.m. Sunset 6.33 p.. Co., Star Ferry
Ltd, Interim Dividend payable,
ARP. Lecture at Volunteer Hars, 9 8.1.
St. John's Cathedral Women's Fel- lowship Bridge and Mahjongg Drive 3 p.m.
YMCA. Mahjongg for Beginners 10 a.m. Flag Whist Drive 8.30 p.
H.K. Y's Men's Club Tima Mtg. 1 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Shanglin Fu "The Universities in the South-Western Frontier Territory."
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FLE. The Governor and Lady North- cote to visit Little Sisters of the Poor at Kowloon.
HE. The Governor and Lady North- cote go into residence at Mountain Lodge.
Glenochy To Be Launched from Taikoo Dockyard 10 am.
"Tombola and Dance at CBA. 8:45
p.m
Cheero Club Contract Bridge 8 p.m. Lawn Bowls Singles Championship, third round.
Colony Swimming Championship at V.R.C
St. John's Cathedral Women's Fel- lowship Bridge and Mahjongg 3 pm.
18-des: High 11.25 sm. Low 4:45 am. and 5.35 p.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939 -PAGE 5
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
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MYSTERY OF THE WHITE ROOM
BRUCE CABOT HELEN MACK
A CRIME CLUS PRODUCTION
Directed by OTIS GARRETT Eroduced by IRVING STAIR', A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE SATURDAY
Clack Gable Myrna Loy in "TOO HOT TO HANDLE?
M-G-M ProraZ
DAILY
AT "
directing
Sunrise: 601 am. Sunset 6.53 p.m. H.K. Tramways, Dividend payable..
2-30
Ltd
Interim
5-20
720
ACRONES: 1, Throb. 4. Cremate.
St. John's Ambulance ARP. Lec tures (English) at Hora 5.45 pm.
HET Men's Club Social at No. 9, Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong, 7.30 p.m
Crown Lat
Land Sale D.O. South) 11 YMCA "Keep Mt" Class 10.30 of other personalities entirely 8, Article. 8, Uncle, 10, Elope, 11. strange to him. Graven is pit over Solvent. 13, Then. 15, Excuse. 17, am: Swimming 6 pm; Badminton ARP. Incendiary Bomb Demon- the hurdles by his son, who is a Centre. 20, Amen, 22, Explode. 24.3.30 p.m.
Ghost. 26, Award, 27, Imagine. 28.stration at P.WD. offices, Lower Albert builder of magical tricks.
Tendril. 29: Eagle,
Road. 5.30 p.m.
The actor, who just closed a road tour on the stage in Thomton
Wilder's play, "Our Town" has been devoting most of his time to writing.
DOWN: 1, Trapeze. 2. Ratio. 3. Buckets. 4, Crease. 5, Equal. 6. Ancient. 7. Erect. 12, Once. 14, Head. 18, Captain, 18, Engrave, 19, Extreme. 21, Mental. 22, Exact. 23, "Older. 25, Owing.
CROSSWORD
NO. 387
ARP. Lecture (English) Club Lust- tano 5.30 p.m.; (Chinese) Chamber of
Commerce 7p.m.
Colony Swimming Championship st V.R.C
Inter-port Water Palo Trial st V.R.C
19-Tides: High 12.05 a.m. and '12.20 p.m. Low 5.40 am and 6.10 p.m.
Sunrise 6.02 a.m. Sunset 6.59 pm. YMCA
Launch
Picnic 2.30
10.02
-
St. Andrew's Club Bathing Picnic 3
STAR
TODAY ONLY
JACK
HANKOW
ROAD KOWLOON TEL
BUCHANAN
in
"COME OUT
OF THE
PANTRY'
with Fay Wray
Vesper Service at Hop Yat Church 8.15 p.m.
Colony Swimming Championship at [V.RO.
TO
MORROW
“RIDE" A CROOKED MILE "Akim Tamiroff: Leif Erikson:
ELEPHANT BOY
SUNDAY PRODUCED SY
ALEXANDER KORDA
FROM TOQMAI OF [ALTHE ELEPHANTS" BY
RUDYARD KIPLING
ROBERT FLAMENTY-▲- ZOLTAN LORDÁ
TOMORROW, ONE DAY
ONLY !
ANOTHER "OLD FAVOURITE" THAT YOU WILL LOVE TO SEE AGAIN!
JEANETTE MACDONALD
ALLAN JONES in "THE FIRBELY"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
ACROSS
2 To pen in
(7)
-7. 'Linen plant
(4)
B Sketch (4) -
9 Bet afra
(7)
10 Expense (4)
12. Length
measure
15 Calculate
....(5)
18 Holy spot
(5)
19 Leaves out
(5)
20 Helped
21 Pretences
(5)
22 Animate
23 Robust (5)
-26 Killed (4)
29 Ola (4) 31 For all
time (7)
32 Girl (4) 33 Choose (4)
34 Sorrow (7)
DOWN
1 High voice
Way out (4)
16
30
3 Poem part
(7)
(5)
15 Collide' (5)
Frequently 15).
5. Vortex (4)
Pleasure ground (4) Divisions
11 Located · (7).
13 Coming Up:
B (D)
14 Go down
SOLUTION, TO-MORROW"
16 Inferior (5)
17 Now (5)
24 Improve
25: Dolt (5) 27 Jump (4) (28 -- Marries - (4) 29 | Mountains
(4)
30 All singly
(4)
Baseball at Caroline Hill 2.30. pm. Equine Sports Club Cavalcade for beginners
Lawn Bowls League.
0.01..
20--Tides: High 12.40 am. and 120
Low 8.36 am and 8.42 p.m. - Sunrise 6.01 am. Sunset d.61 p.m. VDMA CO
Conference at Stanley,
4$.30 p.m..
НК
Commercial Institute meiner
and Concert, Queen's Theatre 9 am
Equine Sports Club 20th Cavalcade for advanced riders
Fulpine Club Tambola 11a.m. 21Calms Against Estate of Henry. George Baker dus."
Rosary Church Wedding-D'Almada e. Castro-Reed, 11.am
Criminal
Bessions Open 32-Meeting of Licensing Board"
p.m.
Race Stonecutters 1a. 9.30 p.m.
Half-Mile Team 23-Area
(Swimming concert at China Flert
Club 9 p.m."
28-St. Andrew's Chuli Bathing Pic nie 8.30 pm J
Zachuski Dinner Dance at OBA.
8,30
p.m.
28 St. Andrew's Club Moonlight.
· Excursión: 8.30 p.m.
30-Area Marathon Team Race (Bwimming) Repulse Bay 3 pm.
WIN
$50
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