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"Man's Heritage"
MAJESTIC:
"Hard To Get"
JAPANESE LAND
ON TUNGSHAN
CHINATOWN THEATRES
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Two theatres in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown are nitracting fair visitors who are interested in seeing all, the novel, sights San Francisco has to offer.
The Mandarin Theatre, on Grant avchao, is the convention“ ‚at-Chinese legitimate theatre, while the Red Gate Players in a liffle alley off Washington street, between Stockton and Grant, present the theatre of the Chinese shadow play, and is the only theatre of its kind eutside China, -
The Mandarin Theatre presents Chinese plays in the native tongue, using men and women Chinese actors costumed in beautiful Chi-. nese robes. One play will con- Linue;
without repeating, for weeks. The Chinese audience.. is completely indiferent as to what part of a play they view,
NIGHT SHOW
LOCATION SEARCH BY PLANE
A chartered plane streaked from Hollywood to Arisons recently on seven-day derial survey to deter- mine the best sites for the pro- dustion
The night performance begins at 7. but the house does not begla to fill up until o'clock, when
of "Arizonik,” ·· sweeping" prices are reduced,
romantic segs of America's last "Aside from the perennial amuse western frontier by Clarence Bud- ment of the property man, the ington Kalland. chief attraction to occidentals is
Wesley Ruggles," who will produce the informality of the Chinese au-and" direct the picture on dience, who seem to pay very little pochal scale for Columb's, headed attention to what is going on the the party. With him was the stan of aides and advisers in charge of preparations for the impressive
stage.
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MONOTONOUS DIN There is only one unpleasant production.
PRINCIPAL SITE feature of visiting the Mandarin theatre. That is the awful mono- The principal site to be located tonous din the orchestra continu-by the flying scouts is for the re- construction of the old adobe ally makes
If a visitor can get orientated to pueblo of Tucson, a completely the nerve-shattering crash or walled town of 1859.
The building of this will take cymbals, a really pleasant even-
five or six weeks and"employ hun- ing could follow.
dreds of technicians and labourers. The action of the play can be Nearby will be established a city easily followed by the pantomime.that can bouse 2500 during the FOOCHOW. Sep. 4 (Centra—If one has to mow what the per- ensuing production. The remantle After having been beaten back to formers are saying, an interpreter role of Arizona's Arst white woman. their warships in a recent landing can be hired for 80 cents an hour. the feminine lead will be played Japanese bluejackets on Cept. 1
UNIQUE ART
by Jean Arthur. · again landed on the south part of Tungshan Island, off the coast of The Red Gate players present a
South Fakien near the Kwangtung unique form of art, and are just COMING EVENTS
border.
being discovered by San Francisco
They are reported to have com-theatre-lovers. Beautifully colour- menced building" defence worksed figures animated by Pauline there. Many houses on the Island Benton and Robert Youmans, who have set on fire by them.
also do the dialogue, parade before a small screen about eight feet wide and three feet high. Quiet, simple music is furnished by WI liam Russel.
Six or seven Japanese warships are now anchoring near the island. They have subjected the island to severe naval bombardments,
FILMS SEEK NEW STORIES:
ROMANCE REVIVAL
EXPECTED
OF
SEPT.
Tides: High 12.15 am and 1.09
Low 7.15 am and 522 pa Sunrise 6:07 am Sunset 8.30 pan. Crown Land Bale, `P.W.D., 3 p.m. Lecture on Home Nursing (Chinese) for Aux Nursing Service: Queen Mary Hospital & p.m.-Lecturer: Dr. (Miss)
T
Cheng.
eng First Aid at Kowloon Hospital 6
6 pm-Lenturer: Dr. (Miss) S. Y. Cheng.
H.K. Rotary Club Tifin Mtg.—1 pm. Speaker: Capt. A. B .Whatman— Year in the Arctic" (Part I). Y.M.CA Bridge 10 am. Mixed Swimming 6 p.m., Badminton 8.30 pm. 6 YMCA. Lecture na Anatomy
pm.
ARP. Lectures-Englishy Clut Lusitano, 6.30 pm ARP. (full course) in Chinese,, St. John Ame bulance Headquarters.
p.II ARP. Volunteer Headquarters, 8-10 am; in Chinese, Chinese Chamber of commerce, 7.p.m.: ARP. in Chinese
Y.W.CA Bonham Road, HISTORY.
7.30 p.m. A.R.P. in English, 20 Ice House Street, 5.30
Craigengower C.C. Tombola 9 p.m. Cheero Club Dance 8.30
pum. 6-Tides: High 12.85 a.m. and 277
LOT THE FILM MASTERS HAVE BEEN' GIVING A ANXIOUS THOUGHT TO THE QUESTION OF "IMPORTANT" STORIES AND HAVE DECIDED THAT ABOUT. THE ONLY FIELDS THEY DARE TOUCH ARE BIOGRAPHY, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NON-AGGRESSIVE: PATRIOTISM. Only permissible sociological theme is crime and logy: this is because convicts do not pay to see movies: So Hollywood now is involved in
a multiple cycle of life stories, empire-building stories and doctor stories There are 23 biographies on the production schedules for the current season.
BOY-MEETS-GIRL
Dn
But all such specialized sQb- jects will be like a fash the screen compared to the prepon- derance of love stories.
The boy-meets-giri formula never has faltered, although it) has been hindered considerably? hva plague of drawing-room slapstick and more recently by lusty outdoor epics in
репо-
Defection Amony Bogus Troops
LIHUANG, ANHWEI SEPT. 4 (Central) The wave of deféc- tion among bogus Chinese troops under Japaness control has spread to south Hopan and east Hupch.
Low 8.81 am, and R49 pm. Sunrise: 6.0 am Sunset 6317_p.m.
fa Women's Bection Games
Claims against " estate of Charles Sharp due.
Lava
Bowls Singles Final YMCA
Bridge and Mahjonge Drive 10 am Whist Drive 8.30 pm.
Lecture (Chinese) Täumați
AF003 7:30 pm S
Govt
T-Tides: High 1.55 am and 4.19
Low 10.10 am, and 7.15_pån. Sunrise: 607 2.13. Sunset 6.35 13.11.
Association HongkongHockey Annual Gen. Meeting.
H.K. Y's Men's Club Tiain Mig, at Francis Hotel, 1.
HK Eectric Co. Ltd. Interim
payable.
Latest reports received here In-Dividend whichdicate that 200 men under Cha
St. Andrew's Church Wedding:
actresses have had very little to wet-ten; La Bl-chow, Yuan Chen- Medley Donald 216 pa do.
To-day, though, the screen anticipating & renaissance
romance.
KK. Philharmonie, Sodapy Informal
hws, Yang Wen-tien- and Tsu Mtg., St. John's Cathedral Hill, 2.p.m is Kung-hwa in south Honan recently Lecture in First"Alf (langiliku" for Joined the Chinese fold. They Aux Nursing Service, Queth Mary brought with them · 150 rifles.· Hospital 10 am- Lecturer: Dr. J. E.
In East Hupen, a total of 1.472 Nursing 6.p.m. Lecturer B
DOVEY, at. Kowloon Hospital on Home Dr. (Miss) to boghis troops under Chao Kwang P yung. Eslang Plen-ying. Chan Ta-
"OLD MATERIAL Sometimes the screen had work over fragile or old materials. "Gunga Din" and "Charge of the chwung and Yung Tal-kong have 10 am Light Brigade" were based
on defected their Japanese overlords
Mahjongg for Beginners,
Lawn Bowls, Open Singles, re
· H.K. Hockey Assn. Annumi, Mig. ARP. Lecture at Volunteer, `Hqız" 9-10a.m.
8-YM.C.A. "Keep Fit Class 10.30 aft.m... Mixed Swimming (8. p.m. Bad-
-HK Palice Club House Opening
Seventh Day Adventista: Dedica Service of Chink Planeer Memo rial Church, Ventris, Road, 2,45 p.m.
10-Races at Macão. Lawn Bowls Paly Final Civil Ser
Rosary Chizroh: "
poems. For "Jesse James" pro-and incorporated into the Chinese dusers had to create a lot of in-forces, a clients for their purposes.
GRAVE EMERGENCY Sometime, the things that are BIMLA, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-A prominion 8.30 p.m. happening in Europe to-day will cíimation has been issued by the emerge as inter" y dramatic viceroy announcing the outbreak stories. The per of life over of war and the existence of a grave there is a great as it was 121. emergency, threatening the American frontier days,
security of India, A For one thing, most of the
The Viceroy in broadcasting. good writers are in Hollywood, uttered an impressive cal; to the and the others have become too country to take up Germany's Macintosh, 350 p.m.gif personally embroiled in political challenge to the great principles of 11 Diocesan Boys' School and social issues People like humanity, justice and morality, starts... Ernest Hemingway and Vincent which in no country is valued Sheehan have turned out a fair higher than in India Tob once in a while, but mostly they're writing their own opinions.
Producers are now looking for THETIS COMMANDER:
a return of romance and roman-
ticism because every era or voyage
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Championships Kat VRC 2. rellet, just as the realists moved been paid on the estate of Lieut at Queen Mary Hospital 6pm-Lec- in on the heels of the Victorians. commander Guy H. Bolus, who, was tirer: Dr. (Mrs) La Dovey.prote Inter-Units Swimming If a new Dumas were to appear in command of the Thetis, one in literature to-day, he would He left, estate valued at 24839 Championships VR46. 2 pan
Entries close for Trinity College of sweep the world
(net £4606) Probate has been Musle Eximination.
Prison Dept. Aubatic Typical of the new type of granted to his widow 6 Police
"Mary Hospital g searching to meet the customers the heroine of the Thetis For Lecture on First Aid (Chinese) demands for fresh materials hours she was at Cammell, Laird's trer: Dr (M)
with the relatives 4.23-r Jockey
Face Contéssions of a Nazi Spy based yard talkin
She also cali- me Happy Valley, j,ESHEY
Annual Outing for B
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING to be followed by a period of Duty amounting to 8139 has Lecture on Home Nursing (English)
the Bhanghai Polish Residents the Central Executive Committee, stories for which Hollywood Mrs, Bolus was described as Sports RECEN
Practically all the members of Gen Chan Chal-tong, member Association were on hand at and former Pacification Com
rewell reception for Mr. George missioner for Kwanstung, left the Erthel de Weydethal, Polish Colony for Chunging on the morn Minister to China, at the Amering of Bept 2 by plane, He was in Women's Club 577 Bubbling, accompanied by several other,
D-MOD-AUS) 274 members of the Or For
on actual cases which came fut of the trapped men,
in the Nast apy trial in New Yorked at houses to comfort the womit League Football Benaco
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Confessions of
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TODAY AND TOMORROW THE SUPER-GANGSTER IN HIS MOST RUTHLESS ROLE!
Cornered!
Cringing in fear stands the King of Killers!... Useless the gun at his hip! He's trapped by a
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