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A Thrilling Spy-Drama Replete With Action!
JACK HOLT TRAPPED
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A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Rolph MORGAN
Scrown play by Eric Taylor oka Gordan Floby
C. Henry
GORDON
Katherine.
DE MILLE
Directed by LEWIS D. COLUNS
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FRANK
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JAMES STEWART JEAN ARTHUR A Columbia Academy Award Winner!
COMING EVENTS
MAY
20-Tides: High 620 am, and 521 p.m. Low: £1.35 sm. and 11.39 p.m. Suoras: 5.41 am; Sunset: 8.58 p.m. La Salle Old, Boys' Assen. Lecture, "Religion and Life," a p.m. '.
HE. Police Reserve Tea Party to Commissioner of Police, HK. Hotel, 3.13 p.m.
H.K. Nurses and Midwives. Asson, Meeting, Helena May Institute, 530 P
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Crown Land Sale, District Office: Talpo 11.30 a..
Tung Wah Hospitals Committee Meeting.
Kowloon Chess Club. Peninsula Hotel 5.30 p.m.
S. and S. Home. Cireult. Quarterly Meeting. p.m.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
On Warolongifs- of 155 medres: (915 keð ma W† motres (82.53 magadyolar).
TALK BY ARCHBISHOP OF YORK "INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE”
Bruckner Symphony 13.15 p.m. Short Service of
8.00 Local Time Ŝigual and An'. Rouncements,
3.0% An Hour of Variety.
Vi
Quarte, St. Louis Bes (Handy; I Heard (Redman! - The Four Crotchets with Guitar. Vocal- My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter) - Pat Kirkwood with Orchestra. Xylophone and Vibraphone--Running | Around-Harry Robbin's and The Pour Bright Sparks Focal--Most Gentle inen Don't Like Love (Porter) --Pat Kirkwood with Orchestra. Vibraphone -Treaclin'-Earry Robbins and the Four Bright Sparks. Võcki Burlesque - inter-Sonny Bay (de Sylva and Others);
A Bad in a Gilded Cage (Lamb) 1230" Marek Weber and His Or Jerry Cofonds with Prd & His Puddy thestra with Richard Tauber (Tenor). Bears Organ Temptation Rag Blumenlied. Op. 39(Lange, arr. Lodge, Smash and Grab (Leach) Donald Thorbe. Impersonations" Blotgen): Luna Waltz (Lincke)
Intro: The Street Singer (Singing Weber and His Orchestră, Marek
"Hoche"); Cleorge Robey; Sophie You're Mine (Derance-Sievier): Ong
Tucker (Singing "Sone of these the Seven
days"); Eddie Cantor Sinnig “Mak Singing Marta-Afrique with piano ing Whoopee!") Billy Bennett: Gigli
[accomo. Vibraphone and Xylophone Nutty Woods (Robbins); Eufoon
Rotary Club Tian, HK Hotel, cession. p.m.
Monthly Meeting of Photographic Society of Hongkong. Peacock Lounge. 7.30 p.m.
Cheera Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p., 21-Tides: High 6.37 am and 6.35 pam. Low: 15.38 p.m.
Song (film "Snow White
Sunre: 541 m.; Sunset: 6.59 p.m. H.K. Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., An- Dwaris"-Richard Tauber (Tenor) w.
Orch. Tres Jolle Waltz (Waldte qual Meeting. Offices of Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co. noon.
fel)-Marek Weber and His Orchestra.
St. Andrew's Fellowship. talk by Girls were made to Love and Kiss Brig. Darby. 8.30 p.m.
(Lehar)--Richard, Tauber. (Tenor) W (Confrey) Harry Robbins with the
Orchestra. Waldteufel Waltz Pot- pourri Tarr. Silbermann) - Marek St.Weber had His Orchestra.
Cheera Club, Dance, 8.30 p.m. Vocal and Platioforte Recital, Paul's Girls College. 5.30 p.m..
Annual Meeting of St Teresa's Youth, 845 p.m.
1.00 Local Time Signal. 1.01 Piano Duets by Rawicz
Four Bright
Sparks.
Humorous
| Monologue --Old Som's Party (Con- standuros) Stanley Holloway with Piano. Vocal - I've Got No Strings and film "Pinocchio"-Pat Kirkwood w
Orchestra. Vocal Quartet Sweet Sue.! Liset in Rhythm (arr. by Rawicz & Just You Harris and Young) The Landauer); Chopinezza (arr. Rawicz Pour Crotchets with Oultar. and Landauer). Slavonic Rhapsody ? 9.00 London Relay-The News and (Friedmann),
News Commentary.
Volunteer Sergeants' Mess Commit Landauer. tee Mig. 5.30 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party B.W.Q.F.). Govt. House, 9 a.m. to 12.30 pm,
Y.M.C.A. War Work, 9 am. to noon. 22-Tides: High 7.27 am, and 7.37 p.m. Low: 12.23 am, and 1.24 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.41 am; Sunset: 6.59 Entries Close for Sixth Extra Meet ing of Hongkong Jockey Club noon..
St. Andrew's Medical War Work 10 A...
St. Andrew's Social Club, 8.45 p.. 23-Tides: High 7.32 a.m. and 8.33 p.m. Low: 12.57.a.m. and. 2.09 m. Sunrise: 5.40 am.; Sunset; 7 pm, British Foreign Bible Society Annual Meeting. Cathedral Hall. 5 pm.
La Salle Old Boys' Asscn. Lecture, "How I Became An Old Boy, 8 p.m.
24-Tides: High &14 nữ, and 9.18 p.m. Low: 1.37 a.m. and 3.47 pm.. Sunrise: 5.40 a.m.; Sunset: 7p.n. Mandarin Oratorical Contest. St. Stephen's Girls' School.
HK Polo Club Gymkhana, Pole Club, Kowloon,
"THE GREAT DICTATOR"
ORIENTAL THEATRE
ATTRACTION
1.13 Songs from the films. "East Side of Heaven"--Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb Bing Cros by with Orchestra. "Aunt Sally" We'll All Go Riding on & Rainbow;
if I had Napoleon's Hat - Cicely Courtneidge. 'Balalaika"-Ride, Cos- sack, Ride -- Nelson Eddy (Baritone) with Orchestra.
i
9.15 "The Hope of a New World”... No. "International Justice.”
Recorded talk by the Archbishop of York.
9.30 Violin Solos.
Chanson Arabe (Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. by Kreisler); The Deluge-Prelude! (Saint-Suers) Toscha Seide! with "Listen Darling plano accomp. Romance, Op. 78, No. Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart 2; Danse Champetre, Op. 108, No. 2
Judy Garland with Orchestra:
(Sibelius) Emil Telmany, with plane! 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and accomp. Announcements.
9.45-10.00 News "in "French (an LAS Boy Smeck and his Rawalian Short Wave Only). Serenadera.
9.45 Operatic Duets.
Pox-Trota On a Little Bamboo "Otello" Love Duet (Verdi)-Tiana | Bridge: What W I Tell My Heart? Lernitz (Soprano) and Torsten Raif Fox-Trots Moonlight on the High-Tenor with Orch. The Fearl Fishers" way; Smoke from. Chimney. Fox-
-I the Depths of the Temple Trot-Moon Over Mamal. Fox-Tota(Bizett-Beniamino Giglt (Tenor) & -You're Laughing at Me: This Year's Giuseppe de Luca (Baritonei w. Orch. | Kisses both from "On the Avenue") Fox-Trots-1. Wasn't Lying when Love You; Midnight Blue.
2.15 Close Down.”~
5.45 Indian Programme.
6.30 Closing Local Stock Quota- iions.
32 Dance Music.
10,00 Bruckner-Symphony No. 4. State Capella Orchestra.
11.00 "Close, Down.
SHORT WAVE
Fox-Trot - Ten Little Miles from Calls Town; Slow Fox-Trot-They Say G.S.G. Carroll Gibboris and the Savoy Hotel G.S.B. Judging by the dëmand for sets Orpheana Fox-Trots-You're & Sweet|| G.S.H. for "The Great Dictator," with Little Headache: I Have Eyes (both G.S.O. Charlie Chaplin in the leading from
"Paria. Honeymoon") --
Quick-
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 11.756.c. (16,36m.) 9jime (31-3521.) 21.47me.. (31,97m.) 15.1km.c: (19,79m.)
NEWS IN ENGLISH,
role, now showing at the Orienta Geraldo and his Orchestra. Theatre at popular prices, this pie-Step-You must have been a Beauti-Transmission I-News Sum
ful Baby; Tango-Romany -- Jack. ture is due for a record run
Fox Trote Harris and His Orchestra. The picture, was put on for -Deep in a Dream; Nice People - prolonged season recently but due Harry Roy and His Orchestra. Waltz to the fact that increased prices Three Green Bonnets--Dan Dono- were churged, many thousands of van and His Music. cinema fans were prevented from seeing this United Artists' super- production.
"As regards the picture itself, it
Is one of those much-advertised
pictures that come up to expecta
700 Landon Belay-The News,
mary
4.00 p.m.
Fill Bulletin Transmission V-News Sum-
mary
5.00 pm
6.45
Full Bulletin
7.00 p..
do. do.
........ 9.00 pm, ..12.00 mid-
night
7.30 am. 3.30 am
7.35 London Relay "Questions of Trans., & News Bum- the Hour."
7.30 Portuguese Programme.
tions. Film fans will remember MISSING TEN DAYS
how reluctant Charlie Chaplin was about breaking into the talkies.
H
This reluctance on his part led Thrill-Filled Drama
many to the belief that he did not have the "talkie voice" but when the writer saw him in the "Great Dictator," all such doubts were hastily cast aside.
mary
Full Bulletin
"ACTION-FILLED
AERIAL DRAMA
At King's Today Trapped In The Sky
A pistol shot in the night"... a
knew a dynamite-laden holo-
love note from a girl he never At Majestic Today BARE ENTERTAINMENT caust on wheels.... together they Breath-taking aerial spectacles Uhaplin's impersonation of Hitler, spell "Missing Ten Days," hailed of planes in flight and being was superb, and when it is added as a thrill-Alled spet of intested interwoven with the fehse
that Jack Oakie nearly stole the picture in the role of Napoleonl -(Mussolini), It may readily be ina- gined what rare entertainment is promised film tans at the Orient
¡al.
In the opening we have Chaplin delivering a speech "a la Hifier."
+
suspense of international intrigue and the action-filled drama of a
triguing drama!
The new Columbia Alm, opening mystery which must be solved, today at the King's Theatre, was combine to make Columbia's directed by Tim Whelan and stars Trapped in the sky" both bri- Rex Harrison, the young English-tant and thrilling screen enter- man who appeared with Merle tainment. Oberon in "Over the Moon" and
,,
The new' film, timely screen fare in "Sidewalks of London', with taken from the nation's headlines,
In this he was absolutely too funny vivien Leigh and Charles Laugh- opens today at the Majestic
for words and then as an anti- ton climax, we have Chaplin speaking as himself, against the evils of
Harrison is seen
5.0
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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1941 -PAGE.
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DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7,15 & 9.30 P.M.
¡DAYS OF INTRIGUE AND LOVE!
MISSING TEN DAYS
Ar adventurer-turned- hunted-man... and the girl who knows only that she loves himi
ALSO
KING VULTURE"'
(SPORTS)
NEXT CHANGE
He returns to blast the year's spy plot!
Rex Harrison MISSING TEN DAYS
Directed by TIM WHELAN AN IRVING ASHER PRODUCTION
A. COLUMBIA PICTURE
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PAUL MUNI in
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SHOWING TO-DAY A CHINESE PICTURE IN MANDARIN
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'MAGNOLIA"
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LAURENCE OLIVIER in
"CLOUDS OVER EUROPE"
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VELEZ "MEXICAN SPITFIRE. OUT WEST"
TRAVELLING LONDON, May 19 (Reuter)
WANCIAL, RO
THE MARCH OF TIME.
presents
"ON FOREIGN NEWSFRONTS"
MOBILISATION IN. BULGARIA
Theatre to provide Jack Holt fans young with one of the most dynamic HERR HITLER BANS dictatorship. He was grand. ." member of the British peerage who and colourful characterisations he
Paris has ever given the screen. The picture is excellent, and recovers consciousness in a there is never a dull moment nursing home, ten days after
airplane crash, to find that he gives the star flawless histr'oric Herr Hitler has banned his asso- The Bulgarian War Minister, Gen- throughout.
has been hospitalized for a bullet support. Ralph Morgan, who was clates from travelling even for pri wound! An obvious amnesia Vic- the spy chier in Columbia's "Lone
Dramatic Man-Hunt For Escaped Nazi
LONDON, May 19 (Reuter)
an
An exceptionally strong
east
LONDON, May 19 (Reuter)
eral Daskalon, has left by air for retrace" his Wolf Spy Hunt" is the chief of vate purposes with the result that Berlin, according to an Istanbul the Independent tim, he attempts to steps for the ten days in which the Army Intelligence Service in Marshal Goering has had to aban- despatch to
don the hunting trip which he French news agency.
He will discuss with the Germans his mind had been blank, to 'dis "Trapped in the sky."
C. Henry Gordon is effectively had planned.
(This is one consequence of Herr the general mobilisation in Bulgaria cover who shot him and why......
cast as the frattor who hopes to Opposite him is lovely Karen sell the plans of the new plane to Hess' fight, says the Stockholm of all men up to the age of 50, says One or the most dramatic man- Verne, who makes her motion pic-the highest bidder, once the test correspondent of the Independent the report, bunts ever staged in north-west tare debut, and others in the cast nights have failed, and slumbrous French agency reporting the ban. England, in which blood-hounds, include C. V. France, John Abbott, Katherine De Mille provides sen- police, soldiers and mobile units Joan Marion, Leo Denn and An-sual colour to the new film with of the Home Guard participated, thony Holles.
ended yesterday with the capture
of the last of Ave Naži prisoners
who escaped from an internment camp on Friday.
BERNE May 19 (Reuter) - The
The Germans are withdrawing their troops from Greece and want
to extend the zone occupied by her performance as the feminine most savage penalties yet enforced Bulgarian troops, foreign agent...
against the followers of General Others who appear to advantage de Gauile are reported in a mes
In the Columbia film are Bidney tage from Vichy. The War. Tri-imprisonment ranging from life to clothes. His pursuers found him Blackmer, Ivan Lebedeff, and bural at Clermont-Ferrand, it 10 years on 17 non-commissioned He was a naval wireless officer near the scene of the arrest of his Regla Tooney as the daring reports; has condemned three non-officers and others for alleged par- and the only me of the escaped four companions about 15 miles young pilot who falls to his death commissioned officers to death ticipation in the de Gaulle moye men who was dressed in civilian from the prison camp
and has imposed sentences of ment.
In testing the new bomber