HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
QUEENS THEATRE
HONGKONG, DAILY AT 230-515-720-9:30 PM. TEL 31453|
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MAISIE'S BACKI... More Lovable, More Laughable Than Ever... As She Mows Down A Congo Romeo!
CONGO MAISIE
ANN SOTHERN
With
JOHN
CARROLL
L
RITATE
JOHNSON
SHEPPERO STRUDWICK
Screen Play by Mary CuteCall, Jr.
ket Pirected by H. Q PITKA-
Produced by J. WALTER'BLUEN-
Yewo (akturyrë Niver stone
TO-MORROW
•
Claudette Colbert .. James Stewart
MGM Picture • "IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD"
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4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-8.15
7.15-9.30
ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD WANGMAI
TEL. 28473
2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.
HERE'S THE FUNNIEST COMEDY YOU EVER SAW! Baby Sandy is the tops of to-day's screen tots, she keeps you in constant roar of laughter "with her funny antica.
Sandy
The wonder baby of "EAST SIDE OF HEAVEN" becomes the screen's mightiest menace...to a million hearts!
BABY SANDY
INEXPECTED FATHER
ROSS • O'KEEFE - AUER
MON "HONEY MOON IN BALI"
Fred McMurray, Madelene Carroll, Allen Jones
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2.30.5.15.7.20, & 9.30.P.M.
MATINEES ---E, 20%. 40%. (VENING) 1.26%, 30%, 40% 70, 80%.
TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY
ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST THRILLERS! Mighty on the war path! Dangerous in love! The Red Man loved and feared him!
GEORGE OBRIEN
as the greatest of the scouts,
DANIEL
BOONE
John Carradine
HEATHER ANGEL
Ralph Forbes
Clarense Muse
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
Simultaneously at the
CATHAY & CENTRAL
Everybody's Raving Everybody's Singing! Everybody's Cheering!
ENTIRELY IN TECHNICOLOR! -M-G-M'S GREATEST MUSICAL ROMANCE: The singing sweezhekyts of “Maytime" in the entertainment thrill of a lifethne?
DONALD EDDY
· FRANK MORGAN RAY BOLGER FLORENCE RICE - MISCHA AUER \ULKMAN'KING'. ‚RECPRAIN AWEM Berated by W. K. DAN DYILY DE EVERANS LE SAARET ETIAMATE
COMING EVENTS
JULY
19-Tides: High 8.55 am, and 10.46 pui Low 2 am, and 3.32 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.49 am; Sunset: 7.16 p.m99... Clairps against estate of Walter
| Graham Reynolds due.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.0.N.). Govt. House, 9 am-12.30 p.m.
Cheero Club, Darts & Table Tennis. St. John's Cathedral Hall: Volun- teer Nursing Detachment, Lectors on Practical Handicap, 5.30 p.m.
Kowloon Union Church Club Meet- ing. Jordan Road. 8 p.m.
Helena Max Inst: Volunteer Nurs
Detachment. Ecartinatio Home Nursing, 430 p.m.
20-Tides: High 9.30 am, and 11.20 p.m. Low 145 am. and 4.25 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.50 am; Sunset: 7.09 p.m. Claims against estate of John Per guson due.
Rosary Church Wedding: Dos Re- medios Tavares, 4 p.m.
Lawn Bowls Lengua. 21-Tides: High 10.14 .01. zind 11.54 p.m. Low 129 am, and 5 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.30 am; Sunset: 7.09 p.m. Baseball League: Game at Caroline Hi in ald of War Fund, 2:30 pm.
Lawn Bowls Langue. YM.C.A.: Discussion Group, 9 pm 22-Tides: High 10.49 4.11 am and 53%. p.m.
Sunrise: 5.50 am.; Sunset; 7.08 p.m.
& Low
· Crown Land Sales, P.WD., 3 pm. "23-Tides: High 12.25 am." and
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GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
On Wavelengths of 353
B metres (845 kqv) 11,69-
W
metres (9.52 megacycles).
DANCE
MUSIC AND VARIETY PROGRAMMES
Chorus Oh, Fortune, To My Aching Heart Be Kind-George Baker, Ber tha Tewis, Winifred Lawson Darrel Fancourt, M. Grean, M. Byre. Nellie Briercliffe and Orch. I Rear the Soft Note of the Echoing Volce-Sextette and Mixed Chorus. But Who Is This? jand
Nella Brierclike Leslie Rands. Winifred Lawson, Georga Baker, R. Mackay, M. Eyre, Bertha Lewis Derek Oldham, Darrell Fancourt, M. Green And Orch.
8.27 Music of Coleridge-Taylor. Intermezzo New Light Symphony "World Affairs”
Orchestra. "Otello" Buite-New Sym- Short Service of Inter-phony Orchestra,
Symphonie ler.
Cesar Franck
יד
Peng
-12.15 p. cession.
8.45 Violin Soles by Albert Sand- 12.30 Variations.
The Child and His Dancing Doll Alfred Cortot, (Piano) and the Lon-Jonny Haykens) Spanish Serenade don Phüharmonic. Orchestra COD- (Jonny Heykeris)-assisted by J Sarachtivi ('Cello Ard J. Byfield ducted by Sir Landon Ronald.
Pale Moon - Indian Love (Piano). Song (Logan, arr. Kreisler); Allegro Flocco, arr. Bent) with Jack By- held at the Plano.
12.46 Leopold Stokowski and The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
"Rienzi" Overture (Wagner); A Round Dance; A Village Dance Song |(from Eight "Russian Folk Dances
Liadow).
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
Tells
Me.
9.45
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1940. -PACE I
VIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 510, 7.35 i 9.30 PM.
You've Never Heard His Name... You've Never Seen His Face... BUT A DOZEN TIMES HE'S
SAVED YOUR LIFE!
JOEL MCCREA
BRENDA MARSHALL
1
Exelting Star Discovery, is
ESPIONAGE AGEN
NEXT
CHANGE.
Au-
9.00 London Relay-The News 9.30 London Relay."World Affairs.”.
A Variety Programme. Comedians Band. "Stinker's" 1.03 Dance Music by Victor Silver Parlour Games (Askey and Murdoch 11.15 am Low 4.538 a.m. and 6.85 per and His Ballroom Orchestra. -Arthur Askey and Richard Mur
Sunrise: 5.51 am: Sunset: 1.03 p..
Vocal Outside of Paradise H.K. Rotary Club Timo Meeting. 1 Quicksteps-Moon Love; Make Bedoch,
I Let A Bong Go p.m. Speaker Rev. J. L Wilson lleve Tangos-Le Tue Carezza; from the Bim); on "The Smith of Smiths"
Rayaso Del Corazon Partido. Waltz Out Of My Heart (Nemo and Others)
Boswell
Orchestra. with BOSWICH H.R.R.A. Annual Meeting, H.K, Ho-Love Never Grows Old: Quickstep Connie
Slow Humorous Monologue The Loch Ness -In The Middle of a Dream. tel. 8.30 p.m.
Vocal I Won't Tell & Soul: Monster (Tilley) John Tilley sad Fox-Trot
Sallor Kennedy); Serenade In Quickstep - Something
Night (Bixio and Others)-The Waltz-The First Quarrel.
Street Binger (Arthur, Tracy). 130 Reuter and Bagby Press, Wen-morous Monologues-Bent The Retreat ther Forecast and Announcements. On Thy Drum Weston and Lee)
1.45 A Variety Programme.
Stanley Holloway. One Each A Piece Vocal Music (Frankau & Others): All Round Holloway-Stanley Ho!
loway. Duettists Night On The Grub (Frankau & Others)-Murga- troyd and Winterbottom (Two minds Water (Clarke and Others): The Old with not a
thought)
Covered single
Bridge (By H)-Layton
orch Piano. Vocal Little Old Lady and Johnstone with Plano. (Adams & Carmichael); I Still Love In The Shadows (Pinck); Valse Sep- To Kiss You Goodnight (alm 52nd embre otter)-Anton and The Par Street')Elsie Carlisle with Orches mount Theatre Orchestra with tra Vocal Don't Kiss Me Good-Bollington at the Organ. Night (Meyer); When Old Friends
24-Tides: High 12.56 mZI, 11.40 am. Low 533 am and 6.38 p *Sunrise: 5.51 a.m.; Sunset: 7.07 pm. T:M.C.A.: Knitting Party (B.W. O.P.), 9.30 am-12 noon.
25-Tides: High 1,25 am and 12.05
D.FL.
Löw 6.22 a.m. and 730 p.m Sunrise: 5.51 am; Sunset: 707 pm. Annual General Meeting of HR Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," Supreme Court. Registry, 5 p.m.
26-Tides: High 1.53 am and 12,35 Low 7.22 st. and 741 p.m. DJTL
Sunrise: 5.52 am; Sunset: 7.00 pm. RA.O.C. Monthly Dinner, Speaker: Mr. O. P. Hamilton on "China Clip- pers."
27-Tides: High 2.25 am and 126 pim. Low 6.39 am and 8.11 p.,
Sunrise: 5.52 a.m: Sunset: 7.06 p.m. 28-Tides: High 3.04 am and 7.31"; p. Low 10.28 am, and 8.38 p.
Sunrise: 5.53 m; Sunset: 7.05 pim.. 29 Tides: High 3.50 am, and 435 p.m. Low 1150 am and 9.17 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.53 a.m.; Sunset: 7.03 p.m. 30-Tides: High 4.40 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Low 12.46 p.m. and 10.25 pm.
Sunrise: 5.53 m.: Sunset: 7.04 pm 31-Tides: High 531 a.m. and 7.58
Low 132 p.m. and 1146 pH. Sunrise: 6.54 am: Sunset: 7.04 pan.
AD
with
10.30
Danen Music.
Meet Again (Potter)-Les Allen with! Fax-Trat-I Can't Get You Out of Orchestra. Comedy Sketch-Sendy's My Mind; Quickstep-Hold Night — Home (Thomson) Sandy Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Slow Happy Powell and Company.
Fox-Trot-Hurry Home; Quickstep - Could Be Mantovani and His Or 2.15 Close down,
Fox-Trot-Sweet Sue; Rum-
6.00 Scenes from "Tonight at 8.3 Nenita Ma-Pred Jackson and
11.00
Close downL
The Musical Comedy by Noel Coward His Orchestra. Swing Fox-Trots - I Gertrude Lawrence, Noel Coward Know That You Know: I Cried for with The Phoenix You-Benny Goodman Quintet. Fox- and. Company Theatre Orchestra, London.
Trot Front Page News; Waltz 6.28 Charlie Kunz at the Piano. Close to Me Bydney Lipton and His Charlle Kunz Piano Medley No. D. Grosvenor House Band.
One, 3-Intro:
your two, button shoe: On "your toes, Goodnight my love, Harbour lights; There's some thing in the air: May I have the next romance? Charlie Kunz Plano Medley No. D. 34-Intro: In a 18th Century drawing room; Faithful for
Calla ever; It's a hap-hap-happy day; Scat-0.8.G ter brain: Over the rainbow: Good- GR.B
UNIVERSITY night, children, everywhere.
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DEGREES
SHORT WAVE
QS.A.
6.42 Closing Local Stock Quota-G.5.0.
tious
"6.44 Dance Molo.
NEWS
DAVENTEX
Full Bulletin
do.
da.
with
JEFFREY LYNN, GEO. BANCROFT" Directed by Lloyd Bacon
BILLY HALOP and HUNTZ HALL, în
"OALL A MESSAGER' with Mary Carlisle Larry Crabbe. El Brendel
A
Now
• Universal
Picture
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
NATHAN RO KOWLOON DAILYAT 230-520-720-930, TEL.56856
TO-DAY ONLY
MILLION DOLLAR JEWEL RACKET EXPOSED¦ ̧
INNOCENT VICTIM OF PLEADS HOT GUILTY TO SMUGGLERS TRAPPEDMOGGLING SPARGES
Prominent Socicly Salle la Bland an Kunzelor Charge.
"
Society SMUGGLERS
FOSTER. HERVEY
‚Weltge Wasit King » Franke Jernka
Fred Keating • Tegis TooMINY
Driand Screenplay by that T, Hormen und Bari Fabas
Associate Producer KIK DOLDSMITH
A HEW UNIYZÉSAL PICTURE
Clandette Colbert · James Stewart “IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD"
4.00 pa
5.00. p.
Directed by JOE MAT
6.45 pm.
7.30 PIL
TO-MORROW
9.15 m.
12.00 mid-
MG.M. Picture
night
7.30 am
1.50 km.
Wavelength 17.796.a (14.86m.) 9.51m.. (31,55m.} 2147ma (31,97m.) 15.18L (18.79m) IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Bum-
mány Fox-Trots - Say It With Music LONDON, July 17 (Reuter)-In
Pull Bulletin the House of Commons to-day. Band": Easter Parade (featured in
(featured in Alexander's Ragtime | Trans, II & III-News Buay Mr. G. H. Hall, Under-Secretary Alexander's Ragtime Band")-Henry for the Colonies, was asked whe- King and His Orchestra. The Palais ther, there was any government-Stroll: Quickstep The Blackbird. controlled school in Ceylon and Hop-Jack Harris and His Orchestra.
Spider Fox-Trots-The elsewhere in the Colonies authoris What You Dome Fats" Waller
the Fly Transmission Y-News Sum-
ed to give degrees of university and His Rhythm Tangos-Fortuna: standing.
Fireflowers Robert Renard Dance Mr. Hall replied: "Degrees are
Orchestra. Swing Fox-Trols You Lunceford His Or day. Jimmy Malta and Hongkong, both of
Waltzes Where The Shan- chestra. which receive financial assistance nom Flows Down To
To The Sea; The from the Government
Umbrella Man (from These foolish - things)illy Cotton and His Band Fox-Trot-Maybe It's The Spring
mary
Full Bulletis
conferred by the Universities of Set Me On Fun ford made or CHUNGKING
"No other State-alded institution In the Colonial Empire is com- petent to confer a University do- Free"
ESPIONAGE AGENT AT KING'S TODAY
-HANOI AIR
Ambrose and His Orchestra. Comedy MAIL SERVICE
Fox-Trota : -- It Ain't No Fault of Mine: Tan, Tan Tivvy. Tally Ho
1 CHUNGKING, July 18 (Reuter) Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Or--The air mail and passenger zer- chestra,
vice between Chungking
and 1.30 London Relay-The News, Hanol, and Chungking and 'Ran- .8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather goon, is continuing. Report and Announcements.
All its notable past achievements Sullivan.
Rangoon
:
in being first on the screen with "The Yeomen of the Guard How Kunming, while a Chungking- timely stories have been topped Say You Madden, Will You Wed
Hosking,
Winifred Lawson,
leave
The Post Office announce that 8.03 Excerpts from Gilbert and a plane will leave Chungking for vla Sunday, every
bound machine,will leave Ran- by the Warner Bros. Studia with Arthur "Espionage Agent," the sensation- George Baker. I've Jibe and Joke goon every Monday."
Tis Donel The aeroplane for" Hano! will al film starring Joel McCrea and George Baker (Baritone).
I Am A Bride!" Winifred LawsoĂ
Kunming every Monday 'Brenda Marshall which opens to-
(Soprano). "Patience": Stay, We
the same day at the King's Theatre..^
Implore You-Darrel Fancourt, Derek morning and return Since it takes a certain amount Oldham, George Baker and
Mixed afternoon. of time to get a picture to the screen after the last shot has been filmed, it is certain that "Espion- age Agent" was written and photo- graphed before the outbreak of“ the European war, and yet it ap- plies with vivid authenticity to the situation in which the United States finds Itself today-the 'powerful neutral in a world of warring nations.
There is an unusual love story involving Joel McCrea as a young "career man". In the diplomatic service and Miss Marshall as B homeless, orphaned girl who has become the tool of a foreign spy ring.
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DREAM COMES TRUE Oakland, Cal-G. H. Bradford had a dream. He dreamed, that his auto, parked outside his apartment; had been stolen. I'll put on my trousers and see if there is ang- thing in these dreams being true,si said Bradford. So he did and there was. The family car was goné, Police recovered it later.
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THRILLS and EXCITEMENTI
----WALTER WANGER ponovitis
BLOCKADE
Mandidalias
Henry
CARROLL FONDA. MÁ LEO CARRILLO » JOHN HALLYDAY
Brian Aherne Victor McLaglen
“CAPTAIN FURY".
4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-5,20
720-9.30
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
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(MATINEES, 20.-30..° EVENINGS. 20.30-50-70
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW “
A Fast Moving Comedy-Drama Full of Thrills!
WOW!
THE ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES
You must bla ya
die go paris tisti
ANN SHERIDAN THE DEAD END KIDS
with RONALD REAGAN
BOKITA GRANVILLE", "FRA:SUE THOMAS KIKRY O'NEILL - EDUARDO CIANNELLI
·Diescind by RÂY KIKIAN) - Tropested by WARNER BROS.'
berman Ping by Matis Femmet, foran Sugar and mobart pucaver
COMMENCING SUNDAY
A Gay and Entertaining Comedy »Romance ! MERLE OBERON
"OVER THE MOON
IN TECHNICOLOUR
An Alexander Korda Production. A United Artista Picture