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"Cross-country" Komunce
Love and Laughs All Over The Map!
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Norma
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Leslie
HOWARD Romeo
omeo Juliet &
fe William Shakespeare's.
with JOHN BARRYMORE
And Big Cart
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Á BELOVED STORY THAT "ENTHRALLED MILLIONS!
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It is perfect, exquisitely portrayed with fidelity to each detail to this renowned story. YOU'LL SEE RONALD COLMAN AT HIS VERY BESTI
There never was a production like this one.
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Jr.
MADELEINE CARROLL DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS,
FOR TO-MORROW~~ ONE DAY" ONLY
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COMING EVENTS
OCT.
3-Tides: High 10.34" and 10.28 p.m. Low 4.02 axi, and 431 pm. Sunrise: 6.15 am; Sunset: 8.10 p.m. HK. Y's Men's Club, Timon Meeting. St. Francis Hotel, 1 pm, Speaker: Dr. Joseph Yu on "The International Conventions of the T's Men's Clübe at Silver Bay and Honolulu."
HK Hockey Ass Council Meeting. St. Andrew's Hall, 6.30 pm
Cheero Club, Bridge and Mahjong. Victoria Chess Club, Gloucester Ho tel. 6 p.m.
Kowloon Chess Club. Peninsula Ho- tel. 5.30 p.m.
Cathedral
Fellowship Women's Working Party, Cathedral Hall. 3.30
*trd
St. Andrew's Working Party (Medi- cal), 10 am.
Royal Scots Swimming Gala, 7 p.m. 4-Tides: High 11.28
and 11.01 p.m. Low 4.48 m. and 4.44 p.m. Sunrise: 6.16 am: Sunset: 6.08 p.m. Christ Church Concert, St. An- drew's Hall.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF), Govt, House, 9 am-12 noon
Kowloon Cricket Club. Annual Meeting. 6 p.
Cheero Club, Darts and Table-Ten-
nis.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
2 ] On Wavelengths of 350.
metres (845 kov) $143
metres (9.53 megsaycles),
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A BASS RECITAL FROM THE
STUDIO OF Z.B.W..
Mozart Concerto
pherd's Dance (from Henry VIII Dances) German-A T. Lay (Piano). 3. (a) The Company Sergeant Major (Sanderson); (b) Up From Somerset (Sanderson); tc) The Yeomen, of Eng- land" (From "Merrie England")-Capt. Thompson.
8.23 Band of HM Boyal Marines, Plymouth.
Country Life Suite The Lamt" Jol- (Alford). Quick Marches--XM lles; On the Quarter Deck. (Alford), Quick March-The Middy: Ceremonial March-By Land and Sea (Alford).
8.45 Local Newsletter from the
m Shart Service. of Inter-studio-
Organ -
of
12.15 cession.
9.00 London Relay-The News and 39.50 Compositions of Bach..
Topical Talks. Frelude and Fugue No. 10 9.30 A Variety Programume, Minor-Eviyn Howard-Jones. Bist du
Funeral March Bel Mir-Bizabeth: Schumann. Bran- denburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major Marionette (Gomad); Nola (Arndt)-
Vocal Remember Cortot. Thibaud, and. Cortet with the Sydney Gustard. Ecole Normale Chamber Orch. Ga Me? Blossoms on Broadway-Leslie rotte in E for Strings-Walter String Toy Train: The Birthday of the Lit Hutchinson Comedienne-The Little
dle Princess- Cicely Courtneidge.
Players.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- Humorous-Vie Oliver Goes Naughty;
Butting
In Vie Oliver. Comedy "Flying Waltz - The Man on the Flying Trapeze-Billy Cotton's Band.
H.K.
University Medical Society, Presidential address by Prof. C. Rther Report Robertson on "Pathologies! Aspects of 1,02 B.B.C. Recording Chemical Warfare," HK. University. High"-Part II. 8.30 p.m.
Auxiliary Nursing Service. 2296 Aid Lecture, Helens May Inst. 5.15 pm.
St John's Cathedral Hall. Volunteer Nursing Detachment Rehearsal for Entertainment, 5.30 p.m.
5-Tides: High 1128 a.m. and 11.39 p.m." Low 3.39 am and 5.17 p.m. Sunrise: 616 am; Sumet: 6.07 p.x. H.K Jockey Club's Eighth Extra Race Meeting (First Day), 2 p.m.
Hoy Scouts Assn. Annual Swimming Sports, V.R.C..... 2.30 pm:
Central British Association Dance. 9. p.m.
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130 Beuter & Burby Press Wea 10.00 An Hour of Dance Music, ther Forecast and Announcements.
Foxtrots-The Lady Who" Couldn't 1.45 Moreton & Kayɛ (Two Pianos). be Kissed; Swing, Swing. dear Kitten on the Keys: Russian Rag: Swing Music Makers
Mother-in-law-George Brick and his Rumba Fur- Nola: Polly. Tin Pan Alley Medley,
trot-La Cucuracha; Tango "A Media 2,00 Casani Club Orchestra.
Luz-Orquesta Tipica Roberto Firpo Foxtrots Moon for Sale: White Foxtrot Star Dust of the Moon:
- Len Cliffs of Dover.
Cascades his
ΟΙ Rhythm. Waltz The Girl in the Alice Blue Gown Foxtrot The Fretty
Waltz Sympathy:ham Turn off the Moon ***
| Foxtrots-Old Ship of Mine. Heart of
Gold
2.15 Close down.
and
Little Patchwork Quilt-Jack Harris
6.00 Mozart — Concerto in E Flat and his Orchestra. Foxtrota - 100 Major.
Gieseking (Piano) with Orchestra. 6.5% Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.
H. K. University Swimming Club
Lovely to be true; Who KnowsBy Terment and his orch. Waltz-Ain't Later-Hostel Meeting, YM.C.A.. 2 p.m.
Cha Comin' Out? Foxtrot You're the 6-Tides: High 135 pan; Low 636
Only Star Dick Robertson's Orch. p.m. Low 6.36 am, and 347 p.m.
Foxtrots-In the Stilll of the Night: Sunrise: 6.15 a.m.; Sunset: 6.06 p.m. 6.34 Light Opera Selections,
Rosalle Carroll Gibbons and his YMSA...... Discussion Group... 9. p.m.
"Lilac Time"-New Mayfair Orches Orpheans Tangos Responso-Malevo; 7-Tides: High 12.21 a.m. and)
tra. The Three Waltzes" Waltz Re-Pa-St-Filberto and his Orchestra. 2.52 p.m. Low 1.39 am and 6.19 p.m. Song-Yvonne Printemps. "The Yeo Swingstep-Stop! You're breaking my Sunrise: 6.18 a.m; Sunset: 6.05, p.m.men of the Guard - Vocal Gema --- Heart: Slow Foxtrot-Everything you St Andrew's Fellowship Weekly Columbia Light Opera Company. sald came true Jack White and his Meeting, Church Hall. 6.15 p.m. - The Maid of the Mountaing" Lon-Collegians. Foxtrot Quicksilver
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF). don Palladium Orchestra.
Kuster and his Plano Orch. Govt
House, 9 am-12 noon
11.00 Crown Land Sale, F.W.D. 3 p.m. Army Tennis "Pinals, Sookunpoo. 4.30 p.m.
8-Tides High 1.21 am, and 4.27 p.m. Low 9.01 am, and 8.58 pm,
Sunrise: 6.17 am Sunset: 604 p.m. St. Andrew's Fellowship Social in ald of B.W.OF.
FX. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting. 1 pa
HK Reel Club. Annual Meeting Gloucester Hotel, 5.45 pm-
9Tides: High 2.34 a.m. and 6.08 'p.m. Low 10,24 am, and 8.19 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.17 am; Sunset: 6.01 p.ni. YMCA AD.C. to stage "White Cargo," 9.15 p.m.
7.00 Variety.
Close domi
SHORT WAVE
[· Vocal — I'll Sing you' a Thousand Love Songs; When did you leave Heaven-Les Ailen. Piano and Orch. Love is love, Anywhere; Let's Fall in Love (from film "Let's Fall in Love) Carrol Gibbons and Boy Friends Vocal ----
Most Gentlemen don't like Calls
G.S.G Love: My Heart belongs to Daddy Pat Kirkwood with Jack Hylton and
0.8.B. GAR some of his Boys Vocal-When Old Friends meet again--Les Allen Hot 0.8.0. Pic 1. Quickstep; 2. Slow Foxtrot Scott-Wood and his Six Swingers.
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London Relay The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements,
8.03 Studio A Recital by Capt.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
10-Tides: High 4.01 am and 7.07 T. A. Thompson with A. T. Lay at m. Low 11.33 a.m. and 10.57 p.m. Sunrise: 17 am; Sunset: 6.03 pm, Chinese Double Tenth-Bank Holi
das:
HK Jockey Club's Eighth Extra Race Meeting (Second Day), 2 p.m.
Charity Soccer-All-Chinese v. Rest, Club Ground.
11-Tides: High 5.24 am, and 7.37 p.m. Low 12.21 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.18 a.m.; Sunset: 8.62 p.m. T.M.C.A. ADC. to stage White Cargo," 9.15 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party (3.77.0.F.). Govt. House, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
"IT'S A DATE” :
|HAWAIIAN FEATURE
the Plano.
I. (a) The Lute Player (Allitsen);
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17.796.a. . (18.66m.)
* 8.5ime." (TLABEL" BLAïma (31,97m.) 13.18me. (19.79m)
NEWS IN ENGLISH fransmission I-News Sun-
.
mary
4.00 p.m.
Full Bulletin. Trans. II & III-News Sum-
mary Full Bulletin
5.00 p.m.
4.45 p.
,
do...
60.
(b) The Yeoman's Wedding Song Transmission V-News Sum-..
In (Poniatowski); (c) (Fisher)-Capt., Thompson
Cellar Cool (
1. She
mary Full Bulletin
TOBACCO CURING ART
7.30 p.m. 9.15 p.m. 13.00 mid- night
7.30 8.M. 8.30 am
LITTLE TOUGH
GUYS
Blazing their way across the screen in a double-barreled bar→ Curing of tobacco is a gradual rage of thrills and comedy, a pair dying process of the leaf tissues, of Dead End Kids and the Little during which time certain con- Tough Guys" will come to the stituents in the leaf undergo Majestic Theatre today in the new changes that are vital to colour. Universal film "Call A Messenger." texture, flavour, and aroma.
The story concerns itself with AT KING'S
Failure to remove the excess the experiences of a band of alley The man who insisted there 18 moisture by madéquate ventila-kids who are forced to take jobs: no such thing as a Hollywood "disticn,, says R, J. Haslam, Dominion as messenger boys with a great covery" continues, to make major Experimental Station, Harrow, On-telegraph company to save one of "discoveries." It must be reported, tario, results in pole sweat and their number from going to reform if repeated. that Universal pro- general discolouration of the leaf. school on a burglary charge. How ducer Joe Pasternak continues to In contrast, if the leaf is killed they fall for the charms of the make cinema gold strikes in Dean-prematurely by cool dry atmos- Pretty office manager, Arne Nagel, na Durbin's seventh picture "It's pheric conditions, curing is stop and literally break their necks a Date," coming tomorrow to the red and the colour of the leaf re-trying to show the girl what great workers they are, gives the drama King's Theatre..
mains green.
the a whimsical appeal When boys risk their lives to capture a band of gangsters led by Larry
Pasternak has contended that no |Hollywood individual can claim
the "discovery" of an actor or ac- treas.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter) The Crabbe, the lads prove their re- "Producers do not createAll-India Sikh League has appeal-generation and confirm the con talent. They merely offer an op-ed to all Sikhs to intensify their fidence accorded them by Robert portunity for talent to be express war effort, especially by offering Armstrong, who gave the young- ed. Not until the public has a themselves for military service. chance to accept or reject, a per- sonality is a 'discovery":"made,”
Pasternak states.
"It's a Date." colourful and tane- ful Hawaiian feature, in which Kay Francis and Walter Pidgeon support Miss Durbin, is no excep tion to the Pasternak rule.' 8, Z. Sakall, Hungarian comedian tod character actor, who plays an im portant role, is expected to become an important "and" as the result of his present performance.
Tares beautiful girl newcomers 'are introduced in Hawaiian party, scenes. They are Phyllis Ruth, Pasadena socialite; Linda Deane, daughter of a Laguna Beach; Calif., shop-keeper; and Virginia Engels, model from Chicago · ALL make their screen debuta. „They play, lesser roles put each remem. bers that Peggy Moran became a Universal contract leading lady on the strength of a "blts in “First Love
Thus Pasternak's name is con aldered synonymous with "öpper- tunity" when he knocks et the door of any unknown
ters a chance to go straight.
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THURSDAY
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Featuring the
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Scorch Song of the Century.
OH, JOHNNY, 'HOW YOU
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TO-MORROW
A-NEW... UNIVERSAL FICTURE..
4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30.5.20
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Until she lost "her bearings in a riotous mixup of cops, crooks...and
Traveling
Romeo!
9.30 P.M.
SKATES!
OH JOHNNY How You Can Love
TOM BROWN - PEGGY MORAN Allen JENKINS - Donald MEEK Juanita QUIGLEY · Isabel JEWELL Belly Jane RHODES
DEANNA DURBIN
"IT'S A DATE"
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MATINEES. 20c 30c EVENINGS: 20-30-50:70
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
A Riotous, Exciting, Free-For-All · Entertainment!
ROWDY, ROUGHNECK RIVALS
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL
OF THE GUTTERI
BILLY HALOP and HUNTZ HALL-
DEAD END KIDS LITTLE TOUGH GUYS
Calla MESSENGER
Mery CARLISLE Larry CRABBE
· EF BRENDEL • Aquò NAGEL
Victor JURY » Robert ARMSTRONG..
Screenplay by ARTHUR-T NORMAN • S06E on anginal story by Sady Sandin and barbej Krate 28 Directed by ARTHUR LUBIN • Associate Producer: KEN GOLDSMITH
A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE
COMMENCING SATURDAY COLOURFULI STIRRING IN TECHNICOLOUR 1
"SWANEE RIVER"
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7.20 P.M.
2:30 P.M. "TREASURE ISLAND
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper
5.20 P.M.
"BOHEMIAN GIRL "
Laurel and Hardy Antonie Moreno
"TARZAN ESCAPES?
Johnny Weirmaller, Maureen O'Sullivan
9.30 P.M
DAVID COPPERFIELD
Freddie Bartholomews Lionel Barrymore
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