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the front vank of the kereen's really NEW YORK STOCK great emotional actresses. Her danty build and lovely expressive pyes tanke her an Ideal Tenik. Miss Happer" possesses high and sweet kopcano voice and wings a haunting melody in the film.. Brian Aherne, recently re turned from America, is Lewis Dodd. Two of the players in the allont film play their original roles: Mary Claro as the, buxom, vulgar Linda, Sanger's wife, and Tony de Lungo In again the lovable Roberto, the loyal servant of the Sangers.
MARKET ERRATIC
YESTERDAY.
Clark Gable and Constance Bonnett aro co-starred for the first time in
Now York, Apr. 30. "After Office Hours", the new Metro
New-York and Chienge commodity Goldwyn-Mayer picture duo on Thura
reports received (hrough Мекага. day at the Queen's Theatre. Both
Swan, Culbertson and Fritz: The ranking stars and both equally adopt
Wall Street Journal report on yeater- at dramatic and light comedy charac
"David Copperfield"
day's market: Stocks were irregular, terlantions, the term's initini appear- ance is being faunched with great Romance, comedy and pathos are due to continued heavy profit-taking thusiasm. In a Insty, comedy deftly blended on the screen in the in aliver shares and heavy selling of drams of New York society, the press Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, railroad lasues. The market was also taken fram Influenced by the heaviness of General and a murder, Gable is cast as Branch, "David Copperfield"
nataging editor who always gets his Charles Dickens' novel of the anmo Motor issues, due to the fact that the story though it may mean reserting name. With sixty-five siam and fea-strike in Toledo has spread and now to the methods of the North-west tured players in the principal roles, cludes the Chevrolet and Fisher Mounted. Constance Bennett
is "David Copperfield", playing currently plants in Cincinnati and the Fisher Sharon, the publisher's socialite niece at the Queen's Theatre, is hailed as plant in Clevelami. The tone turned good and Branch's society reporter. Rich one of the outstanding achievements firm neat the cluse due to a smart and independent, it is the kind of all screen history. This is the pic-arnings report by the Otis Steel Corpuration. Bonds were irregularly of role on which the star has built ture which introduces Freddie Barth-higher. Stocks on the Curb Ex- her fame. Alternating between Park olaniew, the sensational new child Avenue, Park Row and a boathouse star who rockets to fame this change were irregular. on Long Island Sound, where the performance of the boy Day 1. In S. C. & F. New York office cables: murder is committed, the story deals the cast are such favourites as The generi Lint Was moderately with the attempt of the managing Fields as Mienwier; Frank Lawton heavy as Traders had become sellers. ealtor to uproot an imminent mooiety and little-Freddie Bactholomew 8 The oil group was firm on improved Phillips Petroleum scandal. In the important role of David Copperfield; Edna May Oliver prospects. The Bannister, Harvey Stephens, rising as Aunt Botsey; Lionel Barrymoro as Company has earned 37 cenis per (LIMITED) young "discovery", continues the good bluff old Dan Peggotty: Madge Evans share, against 17 cents per share inst work he began with William Powell as the lovely, faithful Agnes; Mau- year. The National Steel Corpora- the child-wife, on has earned $1.60 per share for and Myrna Loy in "Evelyn Prentice"
O'Sullivan ris reen An Mr. Naucott, Sharon's mother, Dorn; Herbert Mundin as Barkis; the first-quarter, against 76 vents Billie Burke is given ample appior Jessie Ralph as beloved, faithful during the corresponding quarter of last year. The Kroger Grocery & tunity to play the kind of ttery, Nurse Peggotty, and many more,
Banking Company's sales were up 6.5 Absent-minded society matron charac
"Menaco"
per cent for the month ended April terisation in which she excels. Stuart Erwin brings all his talent, at open-
20. mouthed comedy to play on the role
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"Menace" is the new Paramount murder mystery, coming on Thursday
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would-be-killer is in town and setting
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timates to-morrow. twenty-four hours as the time neces the average expectation is higher, sary for him to carry out his murder- The market was two-sided, with good OUR plot. Just before the killer support on breaks. ready to strike, seven people are se sembled in the beautiful drawing room
Corn: The general opinion is mere
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"Mystery Woman" Selecting players with starring possibilities, and guiding their steps Loward the heights, constitutes one of of the threatened hostess; but only bullish than on wheat, due to the light Hollywood's most diealt jobs. Mona six of them are fearful of their lives,ear position.
Rubber: An improvement in the now being ground for stardom by Fox madmar! Before the climax is rench | statisticnl position for April is ex- Barrie, the young Australian actress for one of them is known to be the Film, was selected because she hnded, one person is dead and one serious pectel, The ranrket was steady, but
dull. proved herself in att important role ly wounded. And the killer is still in an important picture. After a unknown, desperately cager to carry bulf dozen preliminary parts in the put his threat of vengeance. A one year she was under contract, Miss though a het is fast encircling him, Barrie was toaned to the Columbia the madman is as cool as lee; to al- tain his purpose, to know that the studio for a featured role in the Graco years of plotting have not been in Moore production, "One Night of vain, he is willing that oven he shouki Love". It was the netress opporate himself. "Menace" was directed tunity, and she made, the most of by italph Murphy whose ability to 20 Rails Returning to her own studio, the endow mystery stories with sinister 20 Utilities actress was kept in mumentary Idle-implications has been proven by his ness while the fold was surveyed for the first of a series of vehicles best post successes. salted to lift her to a place of import, ane on the screen. The initial choice was "Mystery Woman", a story of romance and intrigue built around a central figure, a beautiful woman, This picture is coming to the King's Theatre on Wednesday. Miss Barrio heads a cast including Gilbert Roland, Jolm Halliday, Rod LaRocque and Mischa Auer.
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10a.m.-Official Service in St. John's Cathedral.”
garet Kennedy's great story, "The Horses". Brisson made his film debut double for his majesty and the king Constant 'Nymph", now showing at in Paramount's "Murder At the cannot be found, a royal crisis threa the Star Theatre, makes dramatic Vanities. Assisted by a cast that lens. But it all comes out alright in sereen entertainment. It is a subject includes Edward Everett Horton, the end, to the accompaniment of that captures the imagination with Katherine DeMille and Eugene Pal-tunes by Sam Coalow and dance its vivid characters, and has been fette, these two enact the story of a routines designed by Leltoy Prinz. written with an intimate knowledge king and queen whose public life Inter-Frank Tuttle directed "All the King's Horgen." The picture was adapted of music and of the temperannt of feres with their romance, The king from a popular play, Arnold Korff, the. Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Judges, musical genius. The arduous role of ancuks off to try the ny life of Tersa is entrusted to Victorin Hopper, Vienns and leaves a double in bis Marina Schubert und Philips Smalley and her performance plices her in place. When the queen mistakes the have roles in the supporting cast,
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11 a.m.--Public meeting in the Headquarters of the Hongkong.. Volunteers Defence Corps, attended by His Excellency the Governor
Local Justices of the Peace, Heads of Departments and the Jubilee Committee, and their ladies, at which a loyal address and a telegram of congratulation to His Majesty the King will be read and approved.
Noon-Royal Salute by the Navy and the Garrison.
May 6Afternoon.
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May 5-Evening
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Military Bands will play until 9.30 p.m. at Statue Square in Hongkong, and opposite the Peninsula Hotel and the Po Hing Theatre. Nathan Road, in Kowloon,
9.30 p.m.-Scarchlight and rocket display by the Navy and Army.
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Tuesday, May T
9 a.m.--Review at Happy Valley.
11 p.m.-Chinese procession..
7 p.m.-Chinese lantern procession.
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Wednesday, May 8.
11 a.m.-Chinese procession,
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7 p.m.-Chinese lantern procession.
Sunday, May 12
Morning Services in all churches and places of worship.
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