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ON THE STAGE
Play
VARIETY VAUDEVILLE
Presented by International Artista, Juggling, Comedy & Acrobatics! ON THE SCREEN
You're rolling in the aisles!--ga-ga with gleet Whirlwind yowl of the year! Come, and, hotter!
JOE PENNER
"THE DAY THE
BOOKIES WEPT"
with BETTY GRABLE
Directed by Y LESLIE GOODWINS. Produced by ROBERT SISK. Sarven Pay by Hart Granat, and
•TO-MORROW
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“ALADDIN & HIS WONDERFUL LAMP
·A· Popeye Featurette in Technicolour,
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
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smashing now chapter play with an all-star cast.
A COLUMBIA PICTURE.
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"ALADDIN & HIS WONDERFUL LAMP"
A Popeye Featurette in Technicolour,
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
"Mr. ROBINSON CRUSOE'
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EXOTIC DANCES AND SONGS IN A SWINGY COMEDY!
Johnny DOWNS
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Mary CARLISLE
Constance MOORE Edde QUILLAN
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Matty MALNECK and his Orchestre Sol HOOPII Hawaiian Band
Hawaiian Nights
Ewenne DIRARDOT - Samuel S. HINDS
Princero LUANA • Prato LEIGENI
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The
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COMING EVENTS
APRIL
3-Tides: High 7.55 am, and 6.35 "Law 12,44'am. and«12.28 p.m. Sunrise: £15 am.; Sunset: 6.39 pm. "Green Island Cement Co. Annual Mig.. 11.30 . IIL
HEAD.C. to present "Tony Draws 4 Horse" at China Fleet Club.
US.R.C. Dance, 10 pm.
YMCA: Badminton from 10 sm. Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF). Govt.
Hoyt House, 9 a.m.-) p.m.
Colony Tennis Championships. Cheers Club Dance, 8.30 pm....
Kowloon Marathon Race, 8p.m. Kowloon Union Church, Women's Gulid, 10 a.m.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship Working Party, Cathedral Hall, 10 B.M.
:: Garrison
Bergts." Mess Whist
Drive, 9.15 p.m...
St. Andrew's Working Farty (Medi- cal). 10 am...
4-Tides: High 8.20. az, and 7.45 D. Low 120 am, and L15 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.14 m.; Sunset: 6.61 p. HK Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. An nual Mig. 12 noon.
H.R.AD.C. to present "Tony Draws a Horse" at China Fleet Club,
YMCA Ladies' Night Dinner 7.30 p.m.: Games Morning 10 am
Vagabond Rotarians, Cafe de Chine, 1 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party B.W.OF.). Govt. House, 9 am-1 pm,
Colony Tennis Championships.
Cheero Club Games Night: Con- tract Bridge or Mahjong.
St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship, 2.30 pun.
HK. Y's Men's Club, Tiffin Mtg.. St. Francis Hotel 1p.m.
Ladies Bible Study. Nathan Road, 10.30
1.M.
Chess Championship Continued. Entries close for Macao Races, 12 noon.
GENERAL
Albrary, Supreme Court
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940-PAGE 3
KINGS
Romance plays an important role in Columbia's "Music in My Heart, which stars Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth at the King's Theatre. The ray new tunefest, which features Edith Fellows and Andre Kostelanetz and his music, also includes in its cast such well-known players as Alan Mowbray, Eric Blore and
George Toblas.
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p.m
5--Tides: High 8.40 am, and 8.30
Low 1.51 am and 3 p.m. Sunrise: 6.13.m.: Sunset: 6.42 p.m. EKSP.C. Charity Ball, Peninsula Hotel. 830 p.m.
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On Wavelengths of 355
metros (845 kos) `31.49
metran (3.53 magaaycles).
Б.К. Football Referees' Asst. Whist Drive.
Hotel
Cecil. 8 p.m. HEAD.C. to present "Tony Draws & Horse" at China Fleet Club.
YM.C.A.: Badminton from 6 pm Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.F.). Govt. House, am-1 pm.
Colony Tennis Championships. Cheero Club Darts, Table-Tennis Billards.
Kumaon Rides Retreat, Whitfield
Barracks.
St. Andrew's Church Hall: Christ Church, Kowloon Tong. Jumble Sale. 3 pr
p.
Institution of Engineers and Brip builders. Annual Meeting 6 pm.
6-Tides: High 9 a.m. and 9.09 p.m. Low 2.25 am and 2.40 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.12 am: Sunset: 8.43 p.m. B.E.O.C.A. Supper Dance. Peninsula Hotel
Bazaar at French Hospital,
BELAY OF TALK BY MINISTER OF ECONOMIC · WARFARE Schom 'n Symphony. 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-
cession.
Jia
The Spider and the Fly-"Fats". Wal- ler and His Rhythm. Waltz Dream- ing Mantovani's Orchestra for Dancing. Fox Trots - Heaven Can Walt, There's A Ranch in the Roc- kles Jack Harris and His Orchestra. Novelty Waltz Boomps:A-Daly; Quickstep Summer Sweetheart --- Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra.
7.00 Closing Local Stock tions
old
Quota-
7.02 Good Old Songs of the Good
Days. Won't You Come Home. Bill" Ba!- ley: The Ship I Love: Git yer air 12.30 Verdi's "Rigoletto" Act II.
Cut: Champagne Charlie: After the Ball; Break the News to Mother; Characters and Solcists in order Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay; In the
Good of appearance:
The Duke of Man-Old Summertime; My Gal is a High- tua Dino Borgioli (Tenor); Rigo Born Lady; Little Alabama Coon; letto, his jester-Riccardo Stracciari can't tell
why
I love you; Goodbye, Baritone); Count Monterone-Dul- Dolly Grey-The Four Vocal JO Barontt (Baritone); Gulda,
Quartet) with Piano. The One- daughter of Rigoletto Mercedes Capsir (Soprano) and Chorus of Horse Shay (Trad)-The Gay Nine- ties Singers with Orchestra. Meet Scala, Milan with The Milan Sym- Me Tonight in Dreamland: Bitchy phony Orchestra.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- Little While; Never Mind; Good-bye- Koo; You Made Me Love You; Fry ther Report.
co-The Old Timers with Orchestra. 1.03 Tanges and Waltzes. Tangus Cara Mia; Pucha Digo Minstrel Memories of Christy Mins-
trel Days (80
(Scott Gatty)---Intro: Click, J. Pesenti and His Orchestra. De Waltz-Love In Yout
Eyes-Eugene Goodnight Coon; Da Ole Banjo; The Minstrel Singers Pini and
Tango Orchestra.
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FRA.D.C. to present "Toby Draw Tango--Echose Du Passe: Waltz with Banjo Band.
Horsa" at
China Fleet Club. H.K. Jockey Club's Third Extra Race Mtg., 230 p.m.
Central British School" Annual
Sports. 2 p.m.
7--Tides: High 8.20 sm and 79.44 p.m. Low 2.53 a.m, and 3.20. p.m.
Sunrise: 611 am.; Sunset: 6,44 p... HK. Golf Club: Second Round of
Cup and Final of Mixed
Fote to be completed.
Bazaar at French Hospital Wedding:
Gosano-vanovich,
St.
Teresa's Church. 4 p.m.
International Softball. Series, 2. p.m. 8-Tider: High 9.39 am, and 10.16 p.m. Low 3.36 am, and 4 pm.
Sunrise: 6.10 am.; Sunset: 6.45 pm, St. John's Ambulance Inspection by H.E. the Governor Causeway Bay, 5.30
p.m.
St. Patrick's Hall, Garden Road Lecture by Rev. W. P. MacDough "The Inquisition." 5.30 p.m.
H.K.R.A. Couzell Meeting, 5.30 p.m. 9-Tides: High 9.55 am. and 10.50
Although Jean Tapponnier's Ball- room Orchestra. Waltz Medley Intro: Giannina Mia; Don't forget the old Folks at home; When I heard the Organ play--Billy Thor burn (Plano) with Drums and Violin Obbligato.
1.20 Rawicz and Landauer on Two Planos.
Liszt In Rhythm (arr. Rawicz and Landauer): Chopinezza (arr. Rawicz and Landauer). Waltz Memories from Vienna (arr. Rawicz and Lan- dauer).
1.30 Reater and Rugby Press, Wea ther Forecast and Announcements.
Songs by Turner Layton at
1.45
the Plane
I Feel Like A Peather In The Breeze (film The Charm School). Alone (film 'A Night at the Opera') Heart of Gold (from All Allght at Oxford Circus).
tra.
Bob Crosby and His Orches
South Rampart Street Parade. Blues
Fox-Trota Song of the Wanderer;
p.m. Low 3.55 am and 4.35 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.09 am: Sunset: 648 p.m.-Wolverine Bines: Swing-Skaters' Union Church: Wedding-Pender- Walcz Swingtime. Fox-Trots
Dempsey.
Toc H, Kowloon Circle, Social and Dance, St. Andrew's Church Hall, 8.30 p.m. C.B.S
p.m.
Physical Training Display, HK Rotary Club Tima Mtg., 1
6.25
D. IT
10-Tides: Higt 10.15 am. and 11.30 p.m. Low 4.20 am, and 8.15
D.ITL.
Sunrise: 608 a.m.; Sunset: 6.47 pm. Claims against estate of William Weir due.
Quarry Bay School, Spring Fests- val, 11 XII.
11-Black-Out Exercises Claims against Aachen & Munich Fire Insuratice Co. due.
St. Joseph's College Annual Sports, Caroline Hill, 1 p.m.
7.30 London Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Songs by Ina Souez (Soprano). Always (from Puritan Lullaby' Dyrenforth
and Smith); Love, I Olve You My All (from Lusan Dowdon and Besly), Love Everlast- ing (Friml; I Want Your Heart (Hayda Wood)--with Orchestral ac- companiment.
8.15 London Belay-"I am ä Jew,”
play produced by Howard Rose. 3,15 London Relay News Sum-
mary.
9.30 Talk on "The Empire at War" recorded by The Rt. Hon. Malcoha MacDonald
Variety with George Formby, Elsic and Durls Waters and Others.
Vocal The Lancashire Toreador (Formby and Others); The Window Cleaner Further Adventures of The Window Cleaner) -George Formby and His Ukulele with Orchestra. Humorous-Scenes from "Our Bet- A Wife; Getting A Motor-Constance ters" (Somerset Maugham); Getting Collier and Ronald Squire. Come- Hennes Darts, With Gert and Daisy Royal Garden Blues; Squeeze Me. (E. and D. Waters); At the Court
2.15 Close down.
of Good Queen Bess-Elsie & Doris .6.00 An hour of Dance Music.
Waters
with Orchestra Vocal-Sald Fox-Trots Angels with Dirty the
the Little Brown Hen (Formby and Kiss and a Bigh Others): Traning Faces; Between a
Ia Around and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. Trailer (Gifford and Cliff-George Tangos Crepuscule; Por Que? Formby and Ella Urulele with Or- Geraldo and His Gaucho Tango.Orchestra. chestru.
Fox Trot Whol Buy My Blow Fox-Trots Little Bublitchki? The Pretzel Vendor Gypsy of the Seven Seas; To Mother
Song)-Emery Deutsch and His Or Dance chestra with Love-The: ̈: Organ, The Band and Me. Swing Fox-Trots 10.15 A Chopin Recital by Arthur
Bubbles; Adios I'm Forever Blowing
Rubinstein. Muchachos. Hila
with Logan
Perry Botkin and His Orchestra. Waltz I Shall Always Remember You Smil- ing: Blow Fax-Trot-Lonely--By The Palais Cotton and Els Band. Btroll; Quickstep- The Blackbird Hop-Jack Harris and His Orchestra. Fax-Trots--Taint What You Do
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Hsin-Hwa Motion Picture Co.
presents
The Greatest Chinese Historial Picture of the Year!
“SACRIFICED FOR THE NATION"
(The story, of a heroine. of Ming Dynasty)
with Misa .VIOLET KOO
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
TO-MORROW
Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power in
Irving
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FIDDLE"
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A 20th Century For Picture
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Thrill to the marvelous music of Andre Kostelanetz!
HEAE: *No Other Love" "Puschinelo' + 'Ch, What A Lovely Dream"""I've Coley Hasan' 'M's A Man Wzola"
TONY
RITA
MARTIN - HAYWORTH
EDITH FELLOWS ANDRE KOSTELANETZ AND HIS MUSIC A COLUMBIA FICTURE
Also POOR LITTLE BUTTERFLY" A Colour Rhapsody. This exquisite cartoon in technicolour is a free adaption of Puccini's famous opera "Madame Butterly" and was banned in Shanghai.
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“HAWAIIAN NIGHTS”
MUSIC IN MY ᎻᎬᎪᎡᎢ .
Announced as a glamorous pic- ture of the troplos, with melody, A handsome young tenor, tem- laughter, romance and native porarily a man without a country, dancers in new swing-hula rou- and a lovely young woman, tem- tines, Universal's latest musical porarily a bride-to-be without a film, "Hawaiian Nights," comes to groom, meet by chance to initiate the Majestic Theatre today.
one of the most sparkling roman- Featured in the cast are nimble-tic musical comedies of the motion footed Johnny Downs, Constance picture season. It's “Music in My Moore, Mary Carlisle. Eddie Quil-Heart," with Tony Martin, radio's lan, Samuel S. Hinds, Etienne singing favorite, and Rita Hay- Girardot and Princess Liana worth in stellar roles.
Two noted musical groups, The carefree new comedy, which Matty Malneck and his Orchestra opens today at the King's Theatre. and the Hawaiian string band or has been halled wherever it is Sol Hoopul provide ting harmony shown. A happy wedding of for the gay romantic drama. romance. laughter and music, the Already well known for their refilm's cast also includes such cordings and radio work, the of well-knowns as Edith Fellows, chestras will introduce, four new Andre Kostelanetz and his famous. song hits especially written for orchestra, Alan Mowbray, Eric the picture.
Blore and George Tobias.