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GENERAL
NOTED SWEDISH SCREEN
STAR FOR
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939. --PAGE
Ingrid was born in Stockholm in 1917. Her hair is dusky blonde and photographs darker; her eyes are arresting
Screenings HOLLYWOOD are, have and
KING'S
Hongkong
"News Is Made At Night" QUEEN'S:
"Vacation From Love" ORIENTAL:
"Code Of The Streets"
CATHAY:
"A Man To Remember
ALHAMBRA
Kowloon
"The Girl And The Gambler"
STAR!
"The Notorious Sophie Lang" MAJESTIC:
"Romance Of The Redwoods"
KINGS:
Coming
"Captains Fury"
"
QUEEN'S:
"Dramatic School" ORIENTAL·
"Man's Heritage"
CATHAY:
"Gunga Din"
ALHAMBRÁ;
STAR:
feature of her beauty. Ber youthful complexion registers so perfectly on the screen that she
REAL FLARE "FOR has largely dispensed with make-
DRAMATICS HOLLYWOOD HAS A NEW GIRL," "WONDER
SHE IS INGRID BERGMAN, NOTED SWEDISH SCREEN STAR. MISS BERGMAN CAN MAKE. TALKING MOTION PICTURES IN AT LEAST FOUR LANGUA- GES
The bugaboo of speaking English correctly which has cut short the American screen careers of so many European..
will star
never Worry Miss Bergman who has been studying and speaking English since early childhood. In addi tion to her native Swedish, she also speaks French and "Ger- man fluently.
For eleven years Miss Bergman Flickor. attended the Lyceum for Stockholm's celebrated school for girls, specializing in languages.
FLARE FOR DRAMATICS
up.
one
diversion
an In
Ja
SC-
the
Her music,
ts and she complished pianist. Belznick International production "Intermezzo,” which will introduce her to American audiences, she has ample opportunity to utilize this talent, for she has the role of accompanist to a violin virtuoso, played by Leslie Howard.
At one time or another she will be called upon to render fragments of Provost's Intermezzo, 'Brahm's Hungarian Dance. No. I....the Grieg! A Minor Concerto, and Sinding's popular Rustle of Spring. Liszt's i Concert Etude, the Bruch Concerto and the Beethoven Sonatina.
east
"Intermezzo" marks, in addition' to Miss Bergman's American screen debut, Leslie Howard's bow as an associate producer. The includes Edna Best, noted English star: Ceell Kellaway. John Halli- day, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Douglas Scott, Ann Todd and Enid Bennett.
is
It was the presentation of a Gregory Ratoff school play-which brought her "Intermezzo." to the attention of the Director of Dramatic Trentre the Royal
"Three Smart "Girls Grow Up" school. Perceiving her ex-
traordinary flare for dramatics, he; persuaded her father, a prominent) photographer In Stockholm. to enroll her with him.
"Walking On Air MAJESTIC:
"Young Dr. Kildare
MYSTERY FILM AT THE KING'S TO-DAY
"News Is Made At Night"
Before Ingrid had completed her first term she was selected by a talent scout of Svensk Filmindustry for a small part in "Munkbrogreven." Before two years were out she had made eleven films, nine of which starred her.
directing
CALCUTTA GETS THE "JITTERS"
AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDED TWICE
p.m.
CALCUTTA, Sept. 19. (Reuter)— The reported approach of an un- identified aeroplane from the Bay Few screen players are more of Bengal caused an air rald alarm passionately devoted to their art to be sounded in Calcutta at 2.30 than Sigrid Bergman. During the fortnight she remained New
Royal Air Force planes, which York before her departure for took to the sky on a survey flight. Hollywood she virtually lived a returned without finding any trace A hard-fighting metropolitan the theatre; every morning and of the plane. Later it was stated editor and a dazzling giri reporter
her attending that the alarm was caused by the swing into action and bring to bay
failure to identify an Imperial Air. a modern Jekyll and Hyde in the
spent seeing Broadway plays. By ways plane which landed shortly breath-taking mystery, "News Is!
actual count she attended afterwards Made At Night." a 20th Century thirty-five pictures Fox release which opens at the plays in this brief time.
King's Theatre to-day.
Murder and revenge keep no
afternoon movies
found
evenings and her
were
and twelve
hours as Preston Foster, a stop. NEW DANCE
at-nothing editor, and Lynn Bari:)
the daring reporter, hurl them- selves at the two-fold task of free- ing a,man innocently sentenced to death, and discovering the master
mind that has victimized a nation. It's headline news, sensational and incredible, as the editor and his girl reporter, tear the mask of respectability from
地
swindler supposedly dead years and reveal a trail of and blackmail.
Solution No. 115
NUMBERS
FRED ASTAIRE AND ELEANOR POWELL
The secrecy which surrounds master the dance preparations of Elea-
frst
A second alarm was given at 3.38 p.m and caused by a Royal Air Force plane flying too high. to be identined, The all clear signal was sounded at 122 pim.
COMING EVENTS
SEPT.
20-Tides: High 1.15 am, and 3.39 pm Low 543 am, and 6.53 p.m.
Sunrise 11 am Sunset 6.23 p.m. Lecture on First Aid (Chinese) turer: Dr
Dr. (Miss) "P. C. Lal
at Queen Mary Hospital @ p.m.--Lec
YMCA. Women's Section-Annual Mtg 11 am: Lecture by Burg.
GEIL
for 13 nor Powell and Fred Astaire for Capt. G. V. Hobbs on "Anatomy" 6 murder their
picture together. p.m.; Service Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.
1940," in- "Broadway Melody of
HRA Shoot, 1.45 pm. Rosary Church, Wedding Prata- dicates that something sensational Xavier, 2 pm. may be expected.
the
Helena May Institute Bandaging Class 10.30 am.
AB.P. Lectures(In Chinese) Yau- be-mail Government School. 7.30 p.m.; Metro-AR.P. Short Course, Helena May
en-
Miss Powell and Astaire have ACROSS: 1. Spurn. 4. Razor. 10, been working for two weeks
closed doors... at Rear. 11, Flag. 13. Beside. 14, hind
a property Institute, 9.30 a.m.; in English, Club Chinese, Alleys. 15, Eden. 17, Lie, 18, Grum-Goldwyn-Mayer with
Lusitano, 8.30 p bles. 21, Depicted. 3, Cow, 25, man standing guard at
Queen's College, 7.30 p.m.; (in Chin Mile, 21. Letter. 30. Edible. 32, trance and allowing no one and ese) Chinese YM.C.A., Bridge Street, Weld. 33. Ring. 34, Decay. 35. that means everyone from execu-7.30 p.m.; Shauliwan Publie Dispen-
7.30 pm. tives down to watch them. "Agree.
21-Tides: High 2.18 am, and 5:56
“Sunrise 6.11 am, Sunset 6.22 p.06.
Lecture on Home Nursing (Eng-
BETY
They have devised and rehearsed p.m. Low 16.15 am, and 7.23 p.m. DOWN: 2, Pull. 3, Rage. 5. As two steps in the "routine" that 6. Ordeal. 7. Reed. 8, Grand. 9will be done in the grand finale Obstruct. 11. Fault. 12, Allege, 16, of the picture and have two more
Impelled. 19. Excite. 20, Sword. 22, to go before the dance is complete Lecturer: Dr, (Mrs.) L. J. Dovey.
Pledge, 24. 8mart. 26, Lend, 28, Twig. 29, Else, 31. Boa.
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CHARLES BICKFORD JEAN PARKER. Saree play by Michael L. Simmon
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YOUNG DR. KILDARE”
LEW AYRES and LIONEL BARRYMORE
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18 Flood (6)
20 Native (8).
21 Cattle (4)
Beast of burden (5) 24 Precise (4)
23 Meagre (4)'
29 Watchful
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31 Walted on
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22 Join up (6)
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10 Disclose. (4)
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12 Summit (4) 14 Teaches (8)
2 Wine (4)
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Picture house (6)
is Thinning
SOLUTION TO-MORROW
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(4) Horses
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lab) at Queen Mary Hospital, & p.m. YMCA. Mahjongg Class 10 am. Annual Winter Programme Mtg., 5.15
St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship Annual Mig at St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m
ARP Lectures-Volunteer Head quarters, 9-10 am; Warden's Course, St. John Ambulance' Headquarters, 5.30 p.m.; in Chinese, Queen's College. 7.30
Taumati p.m.;
Government School, 7.30 p.m.
HK Y Men's Club: Chinese Din- ner at Chinese Merchants Club.
22-Tides: High 128 kan.. Low 11.30
да
Suurise 6.12 am Sunset 6.21′ 1.m. A.R.P. “Black-Out,”
YMCA, "Keep Fit" Clasa, 10.30 am; Mxd Swimming. 6 p.m.; Bad- minton, 8.30 pm
Beel Cisss for Children at Helena May Institute, 4.45 pm.
Club
Annual Meeting of Hongkong Heel
Helena May Institute, 5.30 pm.
· Foreign Station: Badio
· Di South China A.A. Swimming Cham¬ pionship, 7.30 pm..
AR.P Lectures -Chaukiwan Public Dispensary
еве
7.30 p.m.: in English, Club Lusitang 5.30 p.m. in Chinese, Chin
Chamber. YWCA Bonham Road, 7.30 pm; in
in English, St. Andrew's Church Hall. 8
8 p.m.; in English,
AR.P. in English, Diocesan Girig Junior School, 6 pm; in Chinese, Queen's College, 720 p.m.: Yaumati Government School. 7.30
23-Jockey Club Extrs Race Mert ine. Handy Valley.
Annual
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Outing for Blind
South China A.A. Swimming Cham
pionship, 7.30 p.m.
Football Haiphong
Chinese, 5.20 p.m.
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mbined
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Unvelling
24 FLERA Shoot, § am. Footbal-Haiphong v. Rest of Co
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lony,.30
25-HE, Cricket League Annual Meeting
Crown Land Sale, P.WD, 3 pm 27-EKRA Shoot, 1.45 pm
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GUNGA DIN"
INDIAN HIGH COURT CHANGES
LONDON, Bept. 19 (Reuter?
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Crown Land Sa D.O. South) i Rangoon High Court has "bean
hawan appointed Judge of the
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