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CLARK
JOAN
GABLE CRAWFORD
STRANGE CARGO
with
IAN HUNTER-PETER LORSE - PAUL LUKAS.
Albert Dekker
J. Edward Bromberg Eduardo Clanna{}}
A FRANK BORZAGE Production » Directed by Frank Borrens • Produced by Joseph L. Micklemiet
TO-MORROW! "WORLD IN FLAMES"
INCREASED ADMISSION PRICES As From 1st April, 1941.
QUEEN'S
ALHAMBRA
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PRESENTS
THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED PICTURE
OF THE YEAR
THE WINNER
of
THE MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY · AWARD
LAST 2 DAYS
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AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 & 9,40 p.m.
[DAPINE.BILKIPS,
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REBECCA
President Roosevelt
and
The Motion Picture Academy Proclaim It
THE
BEST PICTURE
ROTARY CLUB
FLAG DAY
Wholehearted Response
From The Public
In view of the wholehearted ros- ponse by the public to the Flag Day held on Saturday."It is conjec- tured that the total raised will ex- ceed $15,000.
As the result of letters sent out a few days ago by His Honour the Chief Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor, treasurer of the campaign, appeal- Ing for donations, well over $7,000 were received and $5,246 was col- lected in the streets on the Island- while the collection from Kowloori is still unaccounted for. -
Those assisting in selling flags in the streets were members of the FARF. Corps, St. John's Ambulance and Brigade, the Auxiliary Nursing Service and the Victoria Diocesan Association.
4'SHOWS DAILY
2.30 -5.20
720-930
GENERAL
Ubrary, Supreme Court
Radio Programmes
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BRAHMS SONATA NO. 2 FOR “CELLO AND PLANO'
12.40 The Aldershot Searchlight Taitoa, 1936."
Commsän
Massed Bands of the Aldershot and Eastern Commands.
100 Local Time Signal
1.01 Russian Programma with The Don Cossacks Choir,
The Gate; Festival Dance; An Old Waltz; & Storró-Russlan. Vagabonds (Salon Orchestra). The Imprisoned Cossacks (Nitschensky)—The Don Cossacks Choir. Polka Ojn (Rus- sian Afr); Rondo A Lá Turka (Mozart)--Russian Balalaixa Crches tra, Aljoscha's Song from Dobryaju Nikititsch-Gretschaninon); Two Old 13.38 Songs by Stuart Robertson Wedding Songs (Gretschaninoff-The (Baritone).
12.18 cession.
*Ill, Gang?'
p.m. Short Bervice of Inter
The Spanish Lady (Hughes), Lime house Reach (Proctor-Gregg)-with Orchestral ace. A Bowl of Punen (Mortimer and Murray); Song of the Buccaneer (Mortimer and Leonard-- with Plano aco]
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THEATRE
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(MATINEES. 20.-30. EVENINGS, 20«,-30%50€708)
NOTICE.
As From The 1st Of April 1941
OUR ADMISSION PRICES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
230 and 5.20 p.m. Showy: STALLS: 25 c. plus 5 c. Tax. CiROLE: 35 c. plus 5 c. Tax. 7.209.30 p.m. Shows: FRONT STALLS: 25 c. plus 3 c. Tax. DEI CIBOLA: 60 c; plus 10 c. Tax.
BACK STALLS: 35 c. plus 5 c. Tax. Loos: 60 c. plus 10 ci Tax.
SHOWING TO-DAY
The Most Beautiful Picture Ever Madel The Most Human Story Ever Told!
Maurice MAETERLINCKS THE BLUE BIRD
in TECHNICOLOR
Shirley Temple Spring Sylugton Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Eddie Collins Sybil Jason and a brilliant cast Directed by Walter Lang Associate Producer Céne Markey Screen Play by Ernest Pascal • Additional Dialogue by Walter Bullock
A 20th Century-Fox Picture Darryl F. Zanuck in Churge of Production
NEXT CHANGE
The Year's Scrap-Happiest Comedy of Young Love!
JOAN BLONDELL ● DICK POWELL
"I WANT A DIVORCE"
A Paramount Picture.
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Rebecca CATHAY
starring
LAURENCE OLIVIER JOAN FONTAINE
horn af "Wuthering Hopplera**
in her sensational starring debut
GEORGE SANDERS »«JUDITH"ANDERSON - Devan ALFRED HITCHCOCK
From the heat-patong namné às DAPHNI DU MAURIER » Rokomet men (MITED, ARTUTE
“Prandð by SRL.ERCK PITERNATIONAL
PRICES: 40c., 60c, $1.20, $1.70 & Box Seats $2.40. PATRONS PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR THEIR CON- VENIENCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A BOOKING OFFICE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW
& CO., LTD.'s STORE,
COMING EVENTS 30 DA
MAB
Government House Umner Party
1-Tides: High 12.92 m. and 11.22 31-Tides: High 11.01 am. Low 458 pm Low 525.a.m. and 627 pm. am and 5.18 p.m.
Beneft Performance in ald
of
Swarise: 6.7 a.m.; Sunset 6.35 p.m. B.W.OP, The World In Flames,“. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), ! Queen's Theatre.
Govt. House, 9 am to 12:30 pm,
War Work at TM.C.A., 9 am to 12 noon.
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St. Andrew's War Work (Medical), 10 am,
Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m. Cheero Club Dance. 8.30 pm. Annual Meeting of HK. & Woam pos Dock Co., Ltd. 2 Queen's Road Central, noon
St. Andrew's Fellowship of Youth Meeting. 6.15 p.m.
p.m
Crown Land Sale, P.WD. Ofices, a
2
Annual Meeting.of China Entertain- ment and Land Investment Co., Ltd., King's Theatre Didg. 12 noon.
Claims against estate of late Mr. T. EG. Griffith due
Lecture: String Instrumentál Music Chinese Kowloon, "7.30
D.EL.
THE
-Annual. Meeting of Institution of Engineers and shipbuilders, 6 mm,
Committee Meeting of "Little Flower Club," King's Park, 8 pm
Cheero Club Whist Drive 8.30 pm. 2-Tides: High 12.38 a. and 1149 p.m. Low 5.42 a.me and 219 pm.
St. Andrew's Church Group Dis- cussion, Miss J. R. Taylor on "Poverty in Hongkong." 8.30 p.m.
Premiere Performance of Pastor Hall," Lee Theatre, 8.30 p.m.
Meeting of HK. Amateur Cinema Club, West Lounge, YMCA. 6 p.m.
Cheero Club Dance, 8.30 p.m. 3-Tides: High 127 am and 12.24 D. Low 5.56 am and 924 p.)
China Estates Annual Meeting, China Bldg., "Afth floor, 12 noon,
Annual Meeting of Dairy Farm, Windsor House, 12 noon.
.
A. 8.. Watson & Co., Ltd, Arinual Meeting, Hongkong Hotel, 11.30 am. Chinese YMCA, Kowloon, lecture on "Chamber Music," 7.80 μm,
H.K., Hockey Assen. Courich Meet
Annual Athletic Sports of Yaumati Government School, OBS. ground ing.
DAILY AT 2.30.5.15.7.20,&9.30.P.M. GIATRIZES – 20%, 30%, 40% EVENINGSɔ-50% 20% 30%, 70%, 80s.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Patrons are required to notice that as from to-morrow, 1st April, 1941, due to the increased. Government Tax, our admission prices will be sa follows:-
MATINEES:
Stalla: 26c. plus be. Tax
Cirale: 36c. plus 6c. Tax
EVENINGS:
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Front Stalls: 25c. plus 5c. Tax
Middle Stalla: 35c. plus de Tax Back Stalls: 45c plus 100. Tax
Dress Circle: 600, plus 106. Tax. Servicemen to Dress Circle 400. plus 10c. Tax
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY ·
A Delightful Assortiment of Disney's Short Features
Every One in Glorious Technicolor 1 -
TO-MORROW ONLY
FOR WEDNES. SROFLYS
Walt Disney's
VARIETY PROGRAMME "C"
DONALDS PENGUIN" "THE AUTOGRAPH HOUNS OFFICER DUCK VE THE RIVETERA "TUGBOAT MICKEY"
DONALD'S DOS LAUNDRY". “BILL POSTERS" -
· MR.DUCK STÉPS OUT BONE TROUBLE"".
ALL IN TECHNICOLOR.
Frone Power
"IN OLD CHICAGO" Alice Faye
1940's Réadomy Award Winners Together!:
“VIVACIOUS LADY"
er Rogers James Stewart:
Don Cossacks Chour. Russian Pot
pourri (Michailowsky) :
Ippoliton Iwanoff)-Russian
Caucasin
Bala.
laiks Orchestra.
130 Reuter and Rugby Press and Announcements,
143 Dance Music by Maurice Win- nick and His Orchestra.
Fox-Trots-My Heart's "In Old KIL larney; Across the "Great Divide, Slow Fox-Trot-A Couple of April Pools:
(film Fox-Trot Moonburn 'Anything Goes"). Fox-Trois-A Rep- dezvous with a Dream (Him "Poppy"); The State of My ·Heart, Waltz---. Who's Taking You Home Tonight?; | Fox-Trst—My Capri Serenade. Fox- Trot-Did I Remember? im 'Suzy'
2.15 Close down.
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5.45 Indian Programine. 6.36 Closing local Stock Quotations. 8.33 Old Thues In Swingtime, Darling.Nellle Grey-Maxine Sulli- van with Orchestra. Swanee-Teddy Foster and His Kings of Swing. Annie Laurie-Maxine *Sullivan
1:
(Vocal) and Fer Orchestra. Old King Cole-Teddy Foster and His Kings of Cont'd Page 8, Col. 7.
Epic Of The Old West
Hit Attraction For Lee Theatre
Samuel Goldwyn's rne Western- er," a United Artists release star- ring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, was previewed at the Lee Theatre yesterday morning and will begin its run there on. Appli 9, following "Pastor na
One of Hollywood's finest contri-s |butions toward the dramatisation of the history of the Old West, the picture employs for story material the struggle for existence, on the Texas plains of the homesteaders, striving to set up their farms, in cattle country immediately follow- ing the end of the Civil War.
Gary Cooper gives a controlled performance in a role that is not beyond his talent, and it may- bej said that he has enjoyed better starring roles in such films as “The Plainsman" and "The Virginian.” | Nevertheless, he is good, and does į more than adequately by the part.
JUSTICE & “HOOTCH" } The picture stars also Walter Brennan as the decrepit Judge Bean, dispenser of Justice across the same bar along which he deals in, Western "hootch." In the role of a boko made good, despite, a stretched beck achieved in a "neck- tle party" Walter Drennan does wonderfully well.
The story revolves to a large ex- tent also about the beautous. Lily Langtry, as big a name on the stage then as Lillian Russell was some quarter century later, who makes but one brief appearance near the finale,"
Lily happens to enjoy the only prominent place in the affections of the grizzled Judge Bean, and we are given to understand that Coo- per would have been dealt with in ignominous manner as a horse- thief were it not for the lucky thought that brought her name to ¡his lips.
However, he survives to shoot it. out in due course with Judge Bean, and the picture ends on a happy nate with Bean crossing the Great Divide with the vision of Lily be- fore him. Doris Davenport plays Cooper's sweetheart and everything ends well with the homesteadera : finally settling down on the Texas Plains.
BE GOOD. DIRECTION
A picture that has obviously benefitted greatly from good direct tion and photography, "The West- erner makes good as un eple of the old wild West, but it rematas from first to" fast an epic: How- ever, as such, it is definitely recom mendable for an enjoyable arter- noon or evening,
Also previewed yesterday was a short "The Road To Victory," a Ministry of Information release to be screened-In conjunction with "Pastor Hall This happens to be. lone, of the finest pictorial «rtocul
ments of the War
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1941, -PAGE 3
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ANNOUNCE FROM 1st. APRIL 1911 THE ADMISSIONS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS :-
Logo Seats.... Dress Circle Back Stalls... Front Stalls
At 2.30 PM. — Week Days
Adult
$1.70 Incl. Tax
1.20 ..."70. cts.
11
40 ots. "
Evening Shows and Saturdays and Sundays,
Loge Seats
Dress Circle Back Stalls.... Front Stalls
SHOWING TODAY
Adult
THE MUSICAL OF OUR EXCITING TIMES.......keyed to the mood of America!
+1
$2.20 Incl. Tax
1.70 **
1.20
60 cts.
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
TIN PAN ALLEY
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Jack OAKIE Jaki PAYNE AllarıJenkins » Entias Ralston Nicholas Brother. Ban Carter & 20th Century-fki Puzturs.
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NEXT CHANGE: "THE BOYS FROM SYRACUBE!! with ALLAN JONES MARTHA RAYK JOE PINNER ROSEMARY LANK - IRENE HEAVEY A Universal Picture
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MATINEES:
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•LAST 4 TIMES TODAY ROMANTIC COMEDY ROMANCE LOADED WITH LAUGHS! Delightfully different and refreshingly youthful. The laughs start when papa brings home a beautiful young girl and said she wi an old friend. THE SITUATIONS ARE" NOVEL AND DARING!
ACQUITTED OF SLAYING HER SWEETHEART
THI LADY
QUISTION
Jurrias
- BRIAN AHERNE RITA HAYWORTH
A COLUMBIA FICTURE,
...BUT GUILTY
OF STEAL-
ING ALE
HEARTS!
FOR TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY
LOVE AND THRILLS OF AN AIRMAIL HOSTESS!
FRIGHT ANGEL
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DAVID COPPERFIELD"
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