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CHANGE: Ginger Rogers in “Bachelor Mother'
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LARAINE JOHNSON
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A SCREAMING FARCE, COMEDY THAT'S A RIOT!
SOME HONEYMOON THIS IS GOING TO BE WITH A "DEAD END" KID AS A STOWAWAY!"
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Starring
PAT O'BRIEN JOAN BLONDELL
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A Dramatic Thunderbolt... headed straight for your heart!
CONSTANCE BENNETT
DOUGLASS MONTGOMERY
OSCAR HOMOLKA
EVERYTHING THUNDER
TO-MORROW!
IRENE DUNNE, CHARLES ROYER in
"LOVE AFFAIR
EXTRA ADDED I MARCH OF TIME
presents
"THE BRITISH
DILEMMA”
CAPRA CALLS "CUT"?.
5. Frank Capra has called the final "Cut". to his greatest production. After ten months of preparation and four and -one-half - months of actual shooting, the famous Columbia director completed, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," a timely, warbaly emotional comedy drama co-starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart and featur- ing one of the most brilliant supporting cast In motion pletare history.
RECORDS BROKEN
Easily the prize-winning direc tor's most ambitious production
Hall, Grant Mitchhell and Astrid Allkyn
1 Bidney Buchman "wrote the screenplay for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and Capra's technical advisor for capital scenes was James D. "Tim" Preston, for 35 years Superintendent of the Senate. Press Gallery.
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"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" A & HER¶NASTINESE. required 43 sets, covering 20,000 BNTUITILITEN feet of stage space, and the number YIELD PROCEDURE of its speaking parts reached the 1181R1RININ INT record-breaking total of 168. CABSEROLEITAILS In addition to Miss Arthur and ATTTALELIITTIT Stewart, the cast includes Edward DETERRENT78CALA Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Clande EOYI8¶WICIRD Rains, Chly Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, NAVYJESTIMATION Beulah Bond, Eugene Pallette, Z1E11101N1RTAY C Harry Carey, H. B. Warner, Porter A P8 EJGREENFINCH
Today's Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Charlie Chan In Reno”
QUEEN'S:
"Persons in Hiding"
ORIENTAL'
"Arizona Leston"
CATHAY:
***Everything
is Thunder"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"Persons in Hiding"
STAR:
"Gracle Allen Murder Case" MAJESTIC:
"Charlie Chan In Honolulu"
KING'S:
QUEEN'S:
Coming
CINEMA & GENERAL
WHAT IS A GOOD
PICTURE?
THE LONDON FILM WORLDJUST NOW IS ALMOST IN-
· INDATED BY FRENCH FILMS. THERE IS AN IDEA CURRENT THAT FRENCH FILMS ON THE WHOLE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD.
When these pletures started coming over the general public knew little or nothing of the names of the chief actors and ac-, tressta
***
The quality of the pictures as that subtle of composition: pictures asserted itself. "Mayer-which combines Intelligence, the ling" and "La Kermesse Herofque" pictorial eye and a complete com- ran in the London West End for mand of all studio technique. months on end. The picture was
the thing with which to catch the
money of the crowd.
When Patrons come out of the COMING EVENTS
picture palace feeling satisfied a
Hittle introspection will tell them AUG. that the picture as a whole is what Latters.
wrd
31-Tides: High 9.37 am and 10.46
Low 3.41 km, and 421 pan. Sunrise 6:05 am. Sunset 661 p.m. 7.M.C.A. Mahjongg for Begin-
The names of the stars may look. down from the front of the bulldners 10 am, Flag Whist Drive 8.30
ing, but unless the stars are weld- ed together in a good picture they, cannot content the public.
W COMPOSITION
p.m.
Reception by Netherlands Consulate at HK Club in honour of HM. Queen Wilhelmina's Birthday 11.30
Firing Fractice (Light Gun) pm-13 mid-night.
EK Y Men's Club, St. Prancis Hotel 1 pm.-Speaker: Mr. Fang Yu- fong "Latinized Chiness."
8
A.R.P. Lecture at Valimteer Hqra. 0-10 am.
The essence of success lies in composition. When people enjoy "Confessions of A Nasi Spy thoroughly such pictures as "Love Affair." "Desire" or "It Happened One Night" It is not chiefly because they have seen Charles Boyer, Irene Dunno, Marlene Dietrich. Australian Subscription Fontes 1940-
5.30 p.m. Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert
SEPT... and Clarke Gable.
"Bachelor Mother'
ORIENTAL:
"On The Record" "Hard To Get”... CATHAY:
"Love Affair"
ALHAMBRA:
"Bachelor Mother""'
STAN:
"Ben-Bur"
MAJESTIC:
"The Great Waltz"
"In Old Chicago"
"The Great Waltz"
At The Majestic' Tomorrow
"The Great Waltz," glamorous musical drama based on the re 01 Johann Strauss, with Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus, new opera star wiscovery, heading an elaborata, cast, will be screened at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow,
The story deals with the life and loves of Strauss, played by Gravet, his wife, Poldi, played by Miss Rainer, and the opera singer with whom he was infatuated enacted by Mine. Korjus, who sings "Tales of the Vienna Woods' and other haunting Strauss songs in spec- tacular presentations. The Im- perial Opera, the palace of Em- peror Franz Josef Vienna during the Metternich revolution, the Vienna. "Woods, are elaborate, de- talls in the picture.
HK.. Jockey Club Stables-Draw for
1-Tides: High 10.29 a.m. and 10.58 It is because Leo McCarey, Ernst Lubitsch and Frank Capra have a Low 4.17 km, and 4.54 pm
Sunrise - 6.05 a.m.---Šerset 841 p.m. been at work. Therefore one A.R.P. Lectures: (English) Club would advise picturegoers in search Lusitano 8.30 p.m.; (Chinese) Cham- .7 Paz (Chinese) of enjoyment and satisfaction to ber of Commerce
YMCA. Bonham Road 7.30 p.m. look at the name of the film direc-English) 20. Ice House Street,
tor on the poster quite as intent-
ly as at the names of the stars.
SUBTLE ART
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939. —PAGE
MYUNGRY
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY AT 230; K10, 735 AND 3.30 PM..
THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEEL
CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO
with
SIDNEY TOLER
and
RICARDO CORTEZ • PHYLLIS BROOKS" SLIM SUMMERVILLE · KANE RICHMOND CEN TUNG PAULINE MOORY
A 20th Century Fox Picture -ALSO
SPECIAL FOX MOVIETONE NEWS-
BARNYARD EGG-CITEMENT".
Terrytoon in Technicolour
"Latest FASHION FORECAST in Technicolour
TO-MORROW...
A Warner Bros.
物
Release
$30
DAILY
TM.C.A. "Keep Fit Class 10.30 am. Mixed Swimming .pm, Bad- minton 8:30 p.m.
AT 2:30
of
2-Tides: High 10.57 a.m. and 11,20 Low 4.58 am and 520 pm Sunrise 6:05 «m-Sunset 6.40 p.m. Little Sisters of the Poor Centen ary.
5:20
720
The greatest constellationi stars cannot make a good picture
unless the director is a master of
BETTE DAVIS, the Amer can film actress, who has been such a success in her latest Alms, and has been designated by A. 90-piece
the critics, - 25 one of symphony orchestra accompanies the greatest of fim « artists, the beautiful Viennese singer in
will appear 35 Queen Elizabeth. opera and other musical sequences.
CROSSWORD
NO. 399
ACROSS
1. Maiden's name for a "little western flower" (a words, 4, 3. 8),
8. Mexican town that starts well
forward.
9 European capital that is never
free from strife...
10. Plead for aid to the organist
and evelist,
DOWN
1. The thirty might order
this anagram of it
2. Barbarian behaviour
3. A Cornish saint.
4. Mental pictures.
5. He is aut to find himself
against the police,
7.
11. An artist in refined surround- 13.
ings.
famous runner.
“REOS, Flannel Dance.
YMCA. Launch Picnic, 230 pm. Baseball International Series, 2.30- p.m.
YMCA Discussion Group 9 pm- Speaker: Mr. A. N. Macfayden on "Caa. Europe Recover without a Len- gue of Nations?”
ARP. Lecture (Chinese) Yaumati Covernment School, 7.30 p.m.
Craigengower 0.0. Whist and Tom- bola 9.15 p.m.
3Tides: High 11.20 mm. and 1144 p.m. Low 535 a.m. and 542 p.31.
Sunrise 6:00 am-Sunset 6.39 p.m. Lawn Bowls Pairs Finals, Kowloon T.C., 3.30 pm.
Happy Valley Golf Championship. Baseball-International Berles, „10.30
Em
Filisino Club Tombola 11 am. 4-Tides: High" 12.10 p.m. Low 6,18 am and 6.05 pm...
Sanrise: 6:08 am, Sunset 6.38 pm, HK Singers Rehearsal at Union Church, Kernedy Road, 5.30 p.m.
Lawn Bowls First Division-Craigen- gower v. Indians 4 p.m.
YMCA ARP Bandaging Class
10.30
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D.. 2 p.m. Lecture on Home Nursing (Chinese) for AUL Nursing Service, Queen Mary 6.p.m-Lecturer: Dr. (Miss) Hospital F Y. Cheng. First Aid at Kowloon Hospital 6 p.m.-Lecturer: Dr. (Miss) 6. Cheng.
H.K.
HR Rotary Club Tiffin Mig-1 p.m. YMCA. Bridge 10 sm., Mixed Swimming & pm, Badminton 8.30 p.m.
YMCA Women's Section Games
Morning.
Claims against estate of 'Charles Sharp due.
Lawn Bowls Singles Final. T.M.C.A.Bridge
and Mahjonge
Drive 10 am. Whist Drive 8.30 ptz
Association
-Hongkong Hockey
Annual Gen. Meeting.
EK vs Kerr onh Tinh Mk. B Francis Hotel i p.m.
HK. Electric Co. Ltd. Interim Dividend
Dayable.
*Wedding:
Bt.
Church Medley-maid 2.15 pm.
H.K. Philharmonic Society, informal la, St. John's Cathedral Hall, 9 p.m. Lenture in Pirst Aid Cenglish) for Aux. Nursing Service, Queen Mary Hospital 10 am-Lecturer: Dr. J. R. Dovey, at Kowloon Hospital on Home Nursing 8 pm. Lecturer: Dr. Ching
Iss E. Kuttonjee).
YMCA, Mahjongg for Beginners,
10 a.m.
aflm..
YMCA. "Keep Fit" Class 10.30 fim, Mixed Swimming 8 pm. Had- minton 8.30 pm
10-Races at Macao.
Lawn Bowls Pairs Final, Civil Ser vice Club, 3.30 p.m.
11-Diocesan Boys' School Term
starts
St. Stephen's College Terim Starts. 12-Dairy Farm Tom and Cold Stor- age Co, Ltd., Interim Dividend pay- Bwimming
Inter-Unit 14-Area Championships at V.RC. 3 pm 2:
Lecture on Home Nursing (English). at Queen Mary Hospital 6 pm-Lec- turer: Dr. (Mrs.) In J. Dovey,
15--Aren Inter-Unite BwDoming Championships at 7.2.0, 2 pm.
ce and Prison Dept. Aquate
YRC 20-Lecture on First Ala
at
"CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY?
with EDW. G. ROBINSON -
FRANCIS LEDERER * GEGROE SANDERS Paul Luras
STAR
TODAY ONLY
5.5. Ven Dine's mostär man hunter noturns
to tackle hús most huffling care
5.5.Van Dine's
"THE
GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE
TO.
MORROW
HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON TEL
Paramount Picture with
GRACIE ALLEN
WARREN WILLIAM
ELLEN DREW
BEN-HUR
IN
SOUND
An M-G-M Picture
MAJESTIC
MATINEES.20
THEATREM
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
CHARLIE CHAN MEETS NEW ADVENTURE!. AND YOU MEET THE NEW CHARLIE CHAN!
“The new Chan,
**Toler, is
Sidney
worthy of the
tradition!"
CHARLIE CHAN
HONOLULU
SIDNEY TOLER
PHYLLIS BROOKS - SEN YUNG - EDDIE COLLINS JOHN KING CLAIRE BODD GEORGE ZUCCO ROBERT BAERAT MARC LAWRENCE
"A perfectly swell
Chan picture...with
na parfectly swell
Charlie
Chan!"
"Most exciting of the
Chan adventures!"
201
tury-Fax
TOMORROW, ONE DAY ONLY RETURN OF THE GREATEST MUSICAL SHOW OF THE YEAR!
(Chinese) THE GREAT WALTZ
at Queen Mary Hospital 8 p.m.-Lep unturer: Dr. (Miss) P&C. Lal.
Often taken by the police, His sign might just produce a hat-trick.
13. Stray oil may make one lonely. 14. Who would expect music from 15. You need the right one hers.
A rose chart?
17. Dsplayed by the sharp-witted 16 Something between macaroni 18. VERA'S COT (anag.).
19. Musically represented by a is
funeral march?
21
Sarah Battle's passion.
and vermicelli
Grouns beyond the umits of cultivation
20. A lock of sorts.
24. A yellow one betrays cowar-122.
dice.
25. A man is cleaner after it.
28. Has superseded original 23. craftsmanship (2 words, 4, 10)
Once, run away with by a dish
The pay for lace. SOLUTION TO-MORROW
23-Jockey Club Extra Race Meet- ing, Happy Valley triping
Annual Outing for Elind Girs, Hongkong League Football Season starts
WIN
$50
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COMMENCING SATURDAY Spectacular Drama of the Colourful City
That Vanished in Towering Flames!
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