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Emily Bronte's Powerful Drama of the Desperate Man Who Avenged a Lost Love An Immortal Screen Version of an Immortal Novel!
I cannot bear the Torture of seeing you in his arms!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN presente
CURRENT FILMS
KING'S:-The Four Feathers '(United, }
Artist). Alexander Korda pre- sentation of AE W. Mason's story of ་
nian branded as a coward.
stirring film. Analy' acted. and done ia dxcellent technicolour. With Ralph Richard- SON John Clements And June Duprez
QUEEN'S AND
ALHAMBRA:-Way Down South (RKO). 'Bobby Breen and some
seasoned actors. [11- cluding Alan Mowbray, Balph Morgan. Steff Duna and Sally Blane in a picture of the old South. Not as great as "Show Beat, but enjoyable if you like Bobby.
ORIENTAL: I Promise to Pay (Columbia). Chester Morris, Leo Carillo and Helen Mack in an en- tertaining story of crooks and crooked play. CATHAY: Charlie Chan - Beno (20th Century-Fox). Sidney Toler does
good job in the role of the famous Chinese detective, but he la no Warner Oland. The story is above the average;
STAR: Reckless (MGM). A revival of a popular favourite of modern life. William Powell is cast op posite the late Jean Harlow. MAJESTIC: Wuthering" Heights (United Artists). Stark drama of thwarted love and family hatred, adapted Bronte's powerful novel
Very good acting and good Yorkshire atmosphere are the main attrac tions of a film that, despite a few poor moments, has a vigorous, sombre appeal.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
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On Wavelengths of 353
metres (845 ke's) $149
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PETER GRACEY'S SIXTH TALE
ON GREAT COMPOSERS...
Childrens' Hour
12.15 p.m.” A Short Service of Inter- cession.
11
12.30 Beethoven-Sonata in D Ma jor Op. 23.
Played by Arthur Schnabel (Plano), 11.3% Two Songs by Sophie Brasian. (Contralto).
Die Junge Nonns; Die Forelle (Schu-
7 The Tattoo-Aldershot-1838. Massed Bands of the Aldershot and Eastern Commands.
7.30 B.B.C." Recording" "The Old Contemptibles-Part 2
The record of the British Expedi |tionary_Force from Mous to Ypres, be-
tween August and November, 1914.
8.00 Local Timo Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Schubert-Ballet · Music" from "Rosamunde."
3
Berlin State. Opera Orchestra. 8.15 Studio Short Biographical Studies of Grest, Composers,
By Peter Gracey-No. 6-Schubert. 8.45 Studio - Talk on "Engilsh Ideals in Education.”
By Gerald A. Goodban, M.A. 9.15 London Relay-The News. 9.50 B.B. C. Recording ---- Fifteen IM Local Time Signal and Wes- Minute Sketch." ther Report..
"Poor Polly."
bert,
153 Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends.
9.45 Erie Costes="The Three Men Sulta."
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Film Selections-Wake Up and Live; 1. The Man from the Country, 2. The The Hit Parade- Gibbons and His Man about Town, 3.The Man from Boy Friends. Moonbeams Dance: the Sea-Light Symphony Orchestra Bubbling
Over Carroli Gibbons cond by Composer. (Piano). Have you got any
faithfully from Emily Baby I Double Dare. FATE
COMING EVENTS.
OCT.
1/
9.59 Songs by Habert Kisdell Gibbons and His Boy Friends, Mem- (Tenor). ories from "If You Were the Only
Come. Bing to Me (Thompsca), FUI Girl Intro: Oh, You Beautiful Doll a Glass With Golden Wine (Quilter); You're My Baby, If you Talk in your Goodnight (Shelly and Davis). Sleep, Another Little Drink, Widows are Wonderful, etc.-Carroll Gibbons e His Boy Friends
ther Forecast and Announcements.
145 Musical Comedy.
10.09 Len Fills and Els Orchestra. The Whiter Walz (Ager); Rosetta
13. Reuter and Rugby Press, Wes-Woods)-Len Fillis and His Orches- tra. Songs" of Home-Metro: Love's Old Sweet Song. The Rosary, Mother -Nachree, Home, Sweet Home, th "Great Day"-Selection Jack Fayne Len Fills and His Novelty Orchestra. and His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra "C. Waltzing to the Guitar Intro: Des- B. Cochran Medley-Intro: "As You tiny, Missouri, I Love the Moon. My Were," "Afgar," "On With the Dance," Hero, etc.-Len Filis (Cuitar Balo), "Black Birds, "This Year of Grace." 10.30 Dance Muslo. -Janet Joyce, Edward Cooper, and Ray Noble and his Orchestra. "Stand
12-Tides: High 8.43 am and 8.02 p.m. Low 2.20 am and 2.40 p.m.
Sunrise: 617 am; Sunset 603 p.. Legislative Council Meeting, 230 p.m. Y. M. C. A. Mahjongg 10 AD.C. Rehearsal, 8.30 p.m.; Panto-up and sing-Selection-Ray Starta mine Rehearsal. 8.30 p.m
and His Band
Max Malini at Cathedral Hall
2.15
Close down.
5.30 pm
3.45
Entries Close for HK. Jockey Club's
9th Extra Race Mtg.. 12 noon.
Cheero Club Dance. 8.30 pm.
8.45
News
7.00
Closing Local
Lions
7.02
Studio Childrens' Hour. London Relay Supplementary
Stock Quota
Fortrets-Body kad Soul; & Little Love, A Little Kiss-quartette of the Hot Club of France. Schwarzer
Yeni Pebeta Zigauber: |Dajos Bela, and His Orchestra. Fox-
OA trots-Was it Rain?
a Little Dream Ranch - Jay wibur and His Band. Intermezzo-Who Cares?
Little Antle-Junch-IT'S AN ABIL
Melodians. Foxtrots Across the Gres: Divide: My Heart's in Old Kil- larney-Maurice Winnick and His Or-
ARP. Lectures:-In English, Volun- teer Hors, 9:30 am: Gralgengower Cricket Club, 5.30 p.m.; St. John Am- bulance Hqrs.. 5.30 p.m.; in Chinese, Shauriwan Public Dispensary, 7.30 sell, Dennis Noble, and Chorus, p.m.; King's College, Bonham Road 7.30. p.m.; HK. Commercial Institute, 5 Wyndham Streek, 4 p.m.; Wang Hing Bldg. 7 p.m.; Yaumati Government Bchool. 7.30 p.m.; Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 7.30 p.m.; Wanchal Govern- ment School, 1:30 pra: Belllios Pub- ile School. 7.30 p.m.: Wah Tan Col- lege, Nelson Street, 7.30 p.m.; Full Wardens' Course at Tuen Mut School. 13 Heard Street, Wanchai, 7.30 p.m.:
Maritan-Vocal Gems, I Sung by Clara Serena, Francis Rus chestra.
11.00 Close down.
HOME-MADE "Adventuress”.
Sentenced
TRENCH FOR
for Houseboys, Indian Recreation THE GARDEN U.S. ARTIST IN THE
2.45 pm.
HK, Y's Men's Club Mtg., 1 pm. Speaker---Miss Marla Ming "The Way to Health."
13-Tides: High 940_aan, and 3.35 p. Low 3.07 am and 3.14 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.18 am Sunset 6.40 p.m." YMCA "Keep Fit" Class, 10.30 a.m. Lecture by Mrs. A. M. Peters "A Short Course in First Aid for AR P." p.m.: Mxd. Swimming 6 p.m.; Badminton 8.30 p.m.
DOCK WITH HER
A garden wrench for six people, which one "man should be able to A woman described by the police dig angle-handed in seven periods as a "dangerous adventuress" and of three to four hours each, is an American artist were each sez- described in "Pamphlet on Garden tended at Clerkenwell recently to Trenches" with diagrams, issued 12 months hard labour.
by the Home Office A. R. P. De- Juliette Bryson, 39, described as partment.
a writer, and Ernest Hapgood-
"Methodist Ladies Society, Mahjongg
The trench, which in lined to Stratton, 39, both of Heath-villas, Party Soldiers and Sailors' Home, 3 prevent the sides falling in, is so Hampstead, pleaded guilty to three simple in design that most per- charges of obtaining credit by fraud and one of obtaining money
Al
p.m.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
MERLE OBERON - LAURENCE OLIVIER-DAVID NIVEN
Ficara. Robon-Domki Criep-Gurudia Fitzgerald - Estest dee United Arskem. Descent is WHAUM WYLIA
COMMENCING TOMORROW. THE GREATEST HISTORICAL DRAMA .OF ALL TIME 141
NORMA SHEARER - TYRONE POWER
Army Children's School Swimming | sons could "construct it. Sports U.S.RO. Pool 3 p.m.
N-REO.C.A. Anntal Dinner,
Perlusnis Hotel.
has The Anished trench
邏
covered entrance with gas-proof
YMCA. Eadminton 10 a.m.; Ame-¦ curtain. If new materials have to rican Tennis Tournament, 2 p.m." be bought the average cost, ex- Maracıazı Hongkong China, Ltd.,' cluding labour, would be about Annual Meeting, 10 a.in.
58.
* Softball at Carolina EL
15-American Tennis Tourney at Civil Service Club, 1 p.m.
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by false pretences. They asked.
for 13 further cases to be taken into consideration
For falling to register as an allen Hapgood-Stratton received a nominal sentence and was recom- mended for deportation.
A quickly built emergency
Mr. E. G. B. Taylor, prosecuting. trench, made with sand bags, said that the woman was English, Inauguration of City Defence Corps earth Alled 308p boxes and (Kalfong Vigilantes).
abut had lived in America. They
5. China Ternis Tea To Visit Corepated iron roof, is also den-landed here in 1937, and stayed at
Macao.
Softball League starta.
16-HK. Ladies Hockey Azza. An- nual Mtg., Gloucester Hotel, 5.15 p. Cathedral Group VDMA, Anňusī Mtg., 5pm.
YMCA. Pantomine Reheamal, 8.30 p.m.
17-Claime against Estate of Prances Belen Grey due.
Land Sale at Talpo, 11.30 am. Để trò trung Thiên bán h" em Speaker: Dr. Arthur. Woo "Bound the World to 18 Days”
.
18 H.KRA Shoot, 145 p.m. Rugby Trial, at Happy Valley. 19 YM.C.A. Pantomine Rehearsal,
8.30 pm
20-Bt. Andrew's Hall, Christ Church Concert, 8.45 DEL
YMCA Lecture by Mrs. A. M. Peters "First Aid for Gas," B p.m.
11-Nath, Extra Race Meeting at Happy Valley.
-REC.0.A. Supper Dance, Peninsula Hotel
Rugby HK.P.C. “A” v; Navy; HE F.C. Ist v. Army.
22-Colony Golf Cukorpionships. 23-Y.M.C.A. Pantomine Rehearsal
cribed.
an address at Earl's Court, the woman saying that she repre- sented ELM American newspaper and was to describe the Coronx-
"Marie Antoinette" ton. They left owing 289
Opens At The
Majestic To-morrow.
Superb in every essential of truly great motion picture, "Marle Antoinette," which opens at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow, is the peak of two careers, those of Nor- ma Shearer and Tyrone Power.
Among other places where they stayed and incurred debt was Cart- wright-gardens, near King's Cross, where Hapgood-Stratton obtained a £6 "loan" from a chambermaid, representing that he would shortly receive £75 for a poster he was doing The truth was that the money for the poster had been already paid to him,
EARL'S DAUGHTER" GLÄD The total amount involved in the 17 cases, said Mr. Taylor," was
Convincing in every scene, pas sionately romantic, thrillingly dan- £160. gerous and grimly tragic, their co- Det, Sprosen said that when starring for the first time in the Hapgood-Stratton came to England picture that resumes Miss Shearer's he had an allowance from's cou- brilliant career is the perfect team-sin, a high church oficial in New ing
4 York
THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 1939. —PAGE. 3
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Released Thru United Artista
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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW-2 DAYS ONLY! Charlie Chan Bies half-way 'round the world to the playground
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to save an innocent girl !! CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE!
THE
CHARLIE CHAN
IN RENO
SIDNEY TOLER
Ricardo Carter + Phyllis Brooke + $ilm “Summerville - Kane Richmond « Sen Yung: Pisolina Mours » Eddie Collins » Kay Linaker
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4 20th Century-Fen Pictur
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In a brilliant supporting cast are "The woman, who was born at☛ John Barrymore as Louis XV, Aston, Birmingham, has claimed to 8.30 p.
Robert Morey as Louis XVI, Anita be the daughter of an earl," con- 24-Claims sinet Estate of the Louise as the Princess de Lamballe, tinned the detective, pe Rev. John Kéers dns." "
the Duke "She married, but was divorced. 28-Bt. Andrew's Club Social Even-Joseph Schildkraut as
́ d'Orleans, · ing. 0 p.m.
Gladys George as and before the decree became YMCA. Pantomine Rehearsal, 8.30 | Madame du Barry and Henry absolute she went through a "form
Stephenson as Count de Mercey.
YMCA. Ladies' Night, 730 p.ná, 27-ZMOA, Lecture By Mrs): A. M. Peters First Aid for Gas”- 6 pm.
2-HKRA Shoot, 2 m. ·
Mixed Doubles Tenis Tuuney at HKO.C, in aid of War Organization, 11 am
30-Y.M.CA Pantomina Rehearsal, 8.30 p.m.
31Licencing: Board Meeting
TENSION IN WEST
of marriage with a barrister named Bryson. She then went to Canada, and there married a Dr. Dowd, Ba
After a conviction for bigamy
Starring
NELSON EDDY
-Yardzia BRUCE + Vichur McLAHLEN | LignaI KARIYMORLEY Edw. AIKOLD By: Bay BORREX) - Charles BUTTERWORTH -
Directed by fack Cosme J. Prodania by Hazry Bapĺ
S'HA PERIMETE er, and, according to the Gans- America was untrue, and the
in British Columbia he divorced
Following the discovery of the dían police, she afterwards Uved magistrate, Mr. W. J, E. Brodrics, dead body of Janet M. Watkins, 2. with a number of men and carried said that as it could not be proved in her home, in Onslow-road. West CHUNGKING, Oct. 11 (Central) out a number of lying and fraudus by evidence he would not take it Croydon, her mother, Me Tension has mounted in the lent adventures
into account.
Watkins,287 was arrested and western perimeter of Shanghai as she went to the United States Mr. Thorbum, defending, and charged with murde a result of Chinese guerilla with a married man, who deserted that the couple were apparently The British flm "The Four activities. Brisk rifle and machine his wife and married her, but was infatuated with each other. They Feathers based on Mr. A. 2. W. gun fire was clearly audible.
eventually deported from America had money owing to them which The Uni Mason's novelis expected to re- "Japanese gendarmes and puppet on the grounds of moral turpf- they did not receiye, and it was author ceive the first or second prize in polite have tightened searches of tudel,
ir. those = circumstances that they stat the International Film Festival at residents and pedestrians in the Bryson - protested from the dock | merred debts they were unable declared Venice
that the record from Canada and to pay.
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