Page
Court
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
AC2:30 515 7:20-9:30 TEL 31453 - AT 230-520-220-9:30 TEL.56856 FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY What a Combination For Laughs and Romance!
GINGER
RONALD
COLMAN ROGERS
Lucky Partners
"IKO ZADIO METúre, with
SPRING UYINGTON. - JACK CARSON - Cecilie Loftary » Harry Davapert Hugh O'Cocco? «i
TO-MORROW •
ELLE
MILLAND-DREW
4 SHOWS
DAILY
E
FRENCH
WITHOUT
TEARSTM
Paremaa Picturm
Directed by ANTHONY ASQUITH
TAKE ANY TRAN OR HAPPY VALLÉV BUS
ORIENTALE
TO-DAY TO-MORROW - MONDAY
A TRULY WONDERFUL SHOW HIGHTIEST OF ALL FULL-LENGTH CARTOON PICTURES! All presented in eye-widening, glorious technicolor, the amazing adventure of the shipwrecked Gulliver in the land of the Lilli pulisus. 25.000 of the most lovable little folk you've ever seen,
pulse-racing spectacle with eight big song hits.
MOST WONDERFUL TWO HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT THE SCREEN HAS EVER KNOWN!
ULLIVERS TRAVELSTM
Paramount's lyrinet, torghable, fýrable apie së Ufipol Land)
A Full-Length Feature Canteen in Technicoler! PRODUCED BY MAX FLEISCHER · DIRECTED BY QAYE, FLEISCHER
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY YOU'LL SEE THE GREATEST THRILLS ON EARTH! Pre-historic monsters and 100 foot man killers in combat.
Actual,
Liriay Antunis of
created and filmed
by Naw Socrat Process!
Hal Roach S
ONE MILLION B.C.
MATINEES: 208-592 • EVENINGS: 252-336-596-72:.
TAKE ANY TRAMI or HAPPY VALLEI BU5.w
CATHAY
DAILY AT 2.30.5.15,7.20.69.30.F.M.
MATTRESS Ľ. 25%, 30%. 40%. EVENINGS5–20. BÖL” FOL, TOL. 40%
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY THRILLING 1 STIRRING | SPECTACULAR 1.
WHEN TORCH AND TOMAHAWK SPREAD THEIR TERROR.
DRUMS
ALONG THE
MOHAWK
CLAUDETTE
COLBERT
HENRY
FONDA
Cast of Thousemat
JOHN FORD
IN
TECHNICOLOR
· The post navat bay
Water A. Adobe PICT
TO-MORROW AND MONDAY 2 DAYS ONLY !
sizzling, drama of the roaring 1870's!
GEORGE O'BRIEN
"LEGION OF THE LAWLESS"
ERKO Radio -Picture with Virginia Vale
COMING EVENTS
DEC.
28-Tides High 9.53 am and 8,46 p.m. Low 213 am, and 1.59 pm
Sunrise: 7.02 am; Bunsch:: 155° pin, Little Flower Club Christmas Din.
дег
St Teresa's Christinas Party to Poor Children,' 3 pin.
GENERAL
premie.
Libeare S SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1940-PAGE
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Chinese Manufacturers' Union Ex- hibition, Kowloon
Z
Kowloon Bowling Green Club, An- nual “AL· Home" and Closing Day, 2:30 p.m.
B
W
On Wavelengths of 355
mètres. (345 kam) 1169
meires (8.52 megaaycios),
29-Tiden: High 1039 am, and 9.30) pa. Low 3.54 mm. and 2.40 pm.
Svarise; 7.02 am; Sunset; 548 pm, VM.CA. Discussion Group, 9 p.m.) Chinese Recreation Cagb
Chinese Manufacturers' Union Ex- hibition, Kowloon.
| Home,”
"AI
Catholic Cathedral Solema Ex- position of the Blessed
Sacrament
TODAY
TCHAIKOWSKY THE SWAN
LAKS BALLET MUSIC-
Variety Progražumes 1213 p.m.. Short Service of cession.
ter's Stores (Reed and Others)-Mur gatroyd & Winterbotten with Orch Octarimba and Organ-Lady of Ma drid (Damerell): Xylophone and Or- gan-Xylophonia (Green)-Joe Green Fand Mit Herth Vocal Just Let Me Look At You (from Joy of Living"); Sing A Song of Harvest (from. Ken- tucky Moonshine') - Kenny Baker with Orchestra. · "Vocal - Hill By Songs-Medley-Carson Robison and His Plancers.
11.00 Londen Helay-Talk: 'In My Opinion.*
{1.15 Dance Musle.
Fox-Trots Frankle and Johnnie; later-Where Is Alexander? The Six
Swingers. Walts - Mexicali Rose; }
DTEAM-OSCar 12.30 Harold Ramany at the Organ, Pax-Trot-Deep in 30-Tides: High 1134 am, and
Three Great Melodies Intro Rabin and Fils Romany Band, Swing 10.69 pm. Law 1.32 am and 120 pm Somethere a voice is calling; Trees, Fox-Trots-I Cried for You; I Know
for the "Quarant Ore.”
Sunrise: 7.02 km; Sunset; 549 pm. Ladies' Working Party (H.W.OP), Govt House, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
31-Tides: High 12.06 p.m." and
VANI
Benny Goodman Rodeo March (Ramsay); St.That You Know - Louis Blues Handy). Popular Me Secret Love Affair (fim Lovely to Slow Pox-Trot My Quartette.
dies-Intro: Pennies from Hetvent
Look at'): Quickstep I Write: In the Chapel in the Moonlight; An-
| 10.45 pm. Low 3.10 am, and 402 pmother perfect night is ending: T/A Love Song (film. It's in the Bag')
Sunrise: 1.03 a.m.; Sunset: 5.49 p.m. New Year's Eve. Claims against Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen '(Agents Melchers and Co. Chled Hsin Engineering Co. [L:d) due.
..'
-Victor Süvester and His Ballroom sing you a thon and love Bangs:
Orchestra. Rumba-Let Me Whisper, There's 籍
small hotel; Did your I Love You: Conga-La Congo Elico- 'Mother come from Ireland
A – Đóa Barno Berre TH Kim 12.45 The Kentucky Minstrels, Cihan Orchestra. Waltzes --- Whatd. Banjo Song Medley-Intro: Ring Do: Charmaine-Josephine Bradley Watchnight Service, St. Andrew's de Banjo; A Banjo Song: Mr. Punch and Her Ballroom Orch. Fox-Trot-- Church. 130 p.m.
With a banjo en my knee with T Don't Believe in Stens (fir JAN.
Soloists; John Duncan and George Naughty tut Nice)-Ray Noble and James. Passing By (Parrell); Blass His Orchestra. Tangos--Do You See This House (Brahe)-with Organ acc. The Stars! I Dream of the Pusztai
Emit Root and His Orchestra, and Soloist: John Duncan.
12,00. midalɣhL. Close down.
-Continued on Page 8
I-Tides: High 1248 p.m. and 11.20 p.m. Low 3.47 a.m. and 4.44 p.m.
Sunrise: 7.03 am; Sunset: 5.50 p.m. New Year's Day.
Fanling Hunt to meet at Farling Lodge, 2.45 pm,
2--Tidos; High 1.33 p.m. and 11.39 Pam Low 6.24 am and 527 pm.
Sunrise: 2.03 mm; Sunset; 5.51 pm HE. the Acting Governor returns to Government House.
3-Tides: High 2.18 pm. Low 6.59 am, and 6.17 p.m.
Sunrise: 7.04 a.m.; Sunset: 5.5% pm Claims against estate of Yeung Shing due.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wes- ther Beport.
1.03 Elsie Suddaby (Boprano) and the New Mayfair Orchestra.
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17.786.c. (18.86m,
$.51m.L (31.15m) 11.47me. (3157m.) 15.18m.c. (19.7901.) NEWS IN ENGLISH fransmission News sum.
mary
Madrigale (Simonett); Minuet (Boccherini, arr. Goehr-New May- fair String Orch. Nymphs and | Calla.
Suddaby G.S.0. Shepherds (Purcell)-Eise (Bop) with Piano. Love Tales Selec-0.5.B. Mayfair tion of Celebrated Lövs Songs)-New | 0.SH. Orchestra with Vocalists G.S.O. The Mocking Fairy (Besly); The Al- mond Tree (Schumann) - Eisle Sud- daby (Sop> with Piano. Ballad Memories - Intro: The dear little shamrock; God send you back to me: Lazily. dorailz: The Bells of St. Mary's New Mayfair Orchestra with
China Fleet Club Theatre-Variety Entertainment in aid of PC.
Sino-British Cultural Assa (HK Branch), Annual Dinner, Chinese Merchants Club, 8.30 p.m...
Y.M.C.A. Entertainment in aid of vocalists. HKS.P.C. 9:15 pm...
HE. the Acting Governor to pay in
130 Bester and Eugby Press, Wes- formel visit to HK. and Whampoa ther Forecast and Announcements. Dock, pm
145 Maxine Sullivan in a Swing"
4-Tides: High, 1216, am, and 3.03). PrograZUIZIE. p.m. Low 1.38 am. and 7.18. pm
'Sunrise: 7.04 am; Sunset: 5,32 pm HE the Acting Governor leaves for Fanling Lodge.
LAUREL-HARDY HIT AT THE KING'S
Fox-Trots Goody-Goody: It's Been So Long-Benny Goodman and His Orchestra FasTo The Folks Who *Lave on the fizikavine Sullivan (Vocal) --with Crchestra Fox-Trots Chloe: Tim Bession-Benny Good man and His Orchestra. Corn Pic kin' (film. 'Naughty but Nice'); Pra Happy About the Whole Thing (film Naughty but Nice)--Maxine Sullivan. (Vocal) with Circh Fox-Trots
“SAPS AT SEA" Uproarious fun and side-splitt- ing laughter is provided in Hal Roach's new comedy, "Sape. Sea," starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, which is showing to- day at the King's Theatre, ş
Full Bulletin ........ fransmission V-News Sumi-
mary"
Full Bulletin
do,
frana fi" 121-News Su
mary
Pili: Bulletin
4.00 p.m 5.00 p.m.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m. 8.16.p.1
12.00 mid- might
1.30 am .8.30 .0
URGED NOT TO ACCEPT
BOGUS NOTES
Mr. Tu Yub-sen, formerly prominent bustness leader 151 Afraid to Dream (alm You cashanghai and now a member of have everything)) "Róll Em Goodman and His Orchestra.
at o
2.15
Close down
5.45 Indian Programme. 6.30 Closing Lomas Stock
Benn
the Standing Committee of the National Relief Commission, made la radiocast speech, in Chungking Quotato the people in Shanghai a few days sga, urging them not to ac- cept and circulate the notes to be issued by the bogus Central Re- serve Bank of the Wang Ching- wel regime.
6.12 & Buck Programme. Prelude and Figue No. 10 in Micos: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
7.00
а
Mr. Tu said that the Japanese
In "Saps At Sea," sad-faced Major: Prelude No. 13. in. F Minor Stan and rotund Ollie are present-call from "The Well-Tempered Cia- ed as a pair of bom testers in a vier-Book 1)-vlyn Howard Jones and the Wans regime have issued musical instrument factory. It is ruang), Suite No.13 in D Major: Fart in the "occupied" areas as many their job ta test D flat horns, but Overture; Part 2-Ait; Part 3 as $2,000,000,000 notes without re- after a while the work gets on the Gavotte Park Bourres Cueserves. Now, the bogus regime is The Adolf Bush Chamber Players. attempting to again issue notes nerves of Hardy. He proceeds to go berserk.
through the so-called Central Re- Btan consults
London Belay-The News": medico and a sea voyage is pres-
715 London Belay → Questions of serve Bank. The motive, he said, the Hour!'
is to obtain foreign exchange and cribed plus a diet of goat's milk.
China's capital The comics engage a boat that is destined to sink if it goes out to
Suramer Days-Buite (Eric Coates) sea-so they decide to remain in
-Light Symphony Orchestra
could port. Then the wild fun begins.
by The Composer. Music of the All the scenes in the sim were Night (Eric Contes); A Song Re cleverly contrived for side-splitting membered Eric Coates)-John Mc humor and the acting of the stars Cormack (Tenor) with Piano “accam.
730 Compositions of Eric Coates and Coleridge-Taylor.
Warning that these notes will become worthless when the Japanese withdraw from Chinx, Mr. Tu urged the peo- ple in the occupied" districta not to accept them, Continuing, he said that the and the supporting cast is uni-For Your Delight (Berenada) (Erie total note line of the National formly excellent.
|||||Coates) –Light Bymphony Orchestra Government reaches only $3,000,- "Saps At Sea” was designed for conducted by The Composer Life 000,000, which is adequately back- fun and laughter and fills the bill and Death (Coleridge-Taylor)-Petered and is further supported by the Dawson (Bass Baritone) with Orches recent £10,000,000 and US$100.- jon every count.
Prelude Haydn Wood-New Light the United States respectively. tra, Intermezzo (Coleridge-Taylor000,000 credits from Britain and
Concluding, Mr. Tu stressed that
.
If you want to be entertained by a story that moves with lightning Symphony Orchestra. speed and evokes mirth end gayety, see "Saps At Sea." It's laugh riot from beginning to end..
FOUR SONS AT
MAJESTIC
8.00 Legal Time Signal, Weathes the bogus notes will never be re- Report and Angouncements
cognised by the National Govern- ment (Centraş. News);
80 London Belay-Muria Fali.
A Variety Programme..
9.00 London Relay The News and News Commentary.
9.35 - Takzaikowsky-The Swan Lake -Ballet Musići
Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Conspelling in the power of Its Dance of the Queen of the Swans; drums. "Four Sons" is showing at Fart 2 Dance of the Prince, Dance: the Majestic Theatre. The impact of the Queen of the Swan; Part 4- of itg emotional outcry and depth Waltz Part 3-Dance of the Swans
JAPANESE MANPOWER DRAINED
of feeling left audiences with an-Spanish Dance, Part 6-Mazurka; No major fighting has taken Part 7 Dance of the Cygnets; Part place in south Bharat stuce the Finale London Philharmonic Orcoming of winter but an average chestra cond. by Antal Dorati.. of two or three skirmishes, occur- 10.02 Local port results, *red dally, keeping a continuous 10.65 Hongs by Essic Ackland drain upon Japanese manpower
and resources, according to Serenatis (Braga); O Peaceful Ea Chinese stuff offiger. tand (Morrie England — German). Danny Boy Londonderry Alt-Wes- The contending armies, the offi therley),***
cer said, are pitted against each other along zigzag front in the
intense belief that they had seen one of the truly great pictures of the year.
Acclaimed as "an emotional mas- terpiece" by previewers throug| (Contralto) out the
country. "Four Sone" more than lives up to its promise.
In one of the most powerful roles Be has ever had, Don Ameche gives his portrayal a vividness und start ling clarity that demonstrates anew his dramatic versatility.
Eugenie Leontovitch, stage star
1017 Variety.
A Burlesque Fantomime-Cinderella Chungtian mountain range. The -Effje Atherton. Bertha Willmott Chinese have gained the uHDD?T Robbie Comber. Leonard Henry and hand as they are in control of all Company Vocal - It's the Natural strategic passes and all the impor- uf New York, London and Paris Thing to Do (fim Double or tant towns between Julcheng and gives an unparalleled portrayal of Nothing's The Moot Got Ip My Yangbang
Adres film Double or Nothing')
the mother,
Mary Beth Hughes takes a long pudegarde with Orchestra – Vorki- "Having falled in repeated offen-
stride forward with a beautiful We're A Together. Now ffim Gon. alver, the Japanese are now on the impersonation
ver's. Travela"); In The Quartermas defensive (Central News)
KING'S
SHOWING "TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30; P.M.
ROCK
STAN
with laughter AND ROLL in the
alsles!
as Stan and Babe put Fout to sea in a tidal wave of hilarious mishaps with mermaids..stowaways.. and harbor police!
Hal Roach
presents OLIVER
LAUREL & HARDY
14
“SAPS AT SEA”
Darkge by GOYDON DOUGLAS » R-leaved to ofITED APRISTO
SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION BRITISH NEWSREEL
NEW YORK WORLD FAIR · EDITION
NEXT CHANGE
A UNIVERSAL
FICTURE
GRAND NEW YEAR ATTRACTION DEANNA DURBIN
"SPRING PARADE"
STAR THEATRE
HANKOW.DO KOWLOON DAILY AT 2-30-5-20-720-920 TEL 57795
TO-DAY ONLY
Heart of
the No
A Warner Bros. Picture
•
In Technicolour
TO-MORROW
M.G.M Picture
C'SHOWS.
DAILY 230:3.20 720-930
SUSAN AND GOD”
MAJESTIC
THEATRE:
NATHAN-
ROAD KOWLOON TEL:57242
(MATINEES, 205 306° EVENINGS. 20«.-30e:502702
SHOWING TO-DAY
GREAT AND TIMELY PICTURE!!!
Twentieth Century-Fox presents with pride one of the truly great pictures of our era!
FOUR SONS
DON AMECHE EUGENIE LEONTOVICH MARY BETH HUGHES・ ALAN CURTIS GEORGE ERNEST - ROBERT LOWERY- LIONEL ROYCE • SIG RUMANN
A 20th Century Fox Pictur
NEXT CHANGE
MYRNA LOY TYRONE POWER. GEORGE BRENT
"THE RAINS CAME"
A 20th Century-Foz Thrilling Spectaclet