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CINEMA NOTES
With Alice Faye swinging torchy new tunca
and romancing with Michael Whalen, Adolphe Menjou going deffy and roaring around in his nightle, Gregory Ratoff, the de
mangling the mon dialectician, English
language, the king and queen of comedy, Ted Healy and Patsy: Kelly smashing alt laugh records, and the Ritz Brothers bring- ing a new kind of musical clowning to the
screen, "Sing, Baby, Sing to-day at the Queen's Theatre. Fresh from the hit minty of Twen- tieth Century-Fox, the picture is said to top their "Thanks
A Mitriumph
1 million ways..
Bong laugh-Jammed, scramboree of stars, sorts and showstoppers, "Sing, Baby, Sing" starts crowding the laughs in the opening scenes and only the sizzling songs and romantic love-meking provide interludes from the side- splitting mirth. The laughs como thick and fast, with the climax one, of the most rib-rocking, side-split- ght to the ting sequences ever brought screen. Four new Ing "Love Will, 148 the Tables On Sing" and "When Did You Leave Heaven?" are featured in the
pro-
•hit songs, include 1
Me
"Sing,
duction. Milton Sperling, Jack Yellen and Harry Tugend authored the screen play. Sidney Lanheld directed, with B. G. DeSylva (05- sociate producer.
a schoolmist i
Gil-
"Things Are Looking Up" Cicely Courtneldge is seen at her are Looking very best in "Things Up." a story of school life and the circus, ring, showing to-day at the King's Theatre. She owns a travel- ling circus, which is bother Then her sister, elopes with the all-in Cicely has to deputise for though she knows nothing of the "job. To add to her worries she has an opportunity of selling the will plense circus if the.
Performanc
Yorkshire- the son of a
On the night of the display man. several of the turns are missing and Cicely, called from school, has to deputise for each of them in turni The whole picture is a mad whirl of one untoward event after another. It is grand fun, in which Miss Court- neidge is assisted by Max Miller ond Willium Gargon.
"White Fang".
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The lawless North-country, vi- brant with romance and drenched with drama, once again flushes Across the screen in "White Fang, Jack London's thrill-laden reque! to his "Call of the Wild." opened at the Majestic
terday,
whilch
yca
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936.
Joan Woodbury, noted dancer,, is one of the 98 featured players In "Anthony Adverse" the Warner Bros. sereen version of Hervey Allen's world-selling novel. The film, starting on Friday, at the King's Theatre, stars Fredric Morch.
"TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
To-morrow's Pictura Features
Saturday's issue of the Tele- graph Pictorial Supplement will contain numerous interest- ing illustrations. These will Include pictures showing the arrival of II. E. Sir Thomas
· Southorn at Bathurst, ta ngh sume the Governorship of Gambia Colony.
Weddings illustrated will In- clude those of Mr. R. J. D. C. Grieve and Miss Frances Boul- lin. Mr. A. G. F. Prew and Miss Iria Frith, Dr. Yeung Tsaw-che and Dr. Cissy Wong.
Christmas events illustrated will be the St. Andrew's Church Christmas tree and gift service, the Civil Service C. C. children's party, the N. A. A. F. 1. Imperial Club dinner, and a children's party at the French Consul's re- sidence.
Results of last week's Chil- dren's Competition and details of a new deatest will also appear.
RADIO BROADCAST.
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Ken Harvey, 10.30 A Relay of Dance Music from the Grill-Room of the Hongkong Hotel.
12 midnight A Relay of Bells from St. John's Cathedral, ringing in the New Year, "Old Lang Syne". (Burma).
Song Memories.
12.30 a.m. Dance Music. 1a.m. Close Down.
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Transmission 1
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Bir Ben. Grand Christmas Fantomime.
Food for Thought."
5.30 p.m. Popular Tunes of 1936. 2.10 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 8.45 p.m.
·Transmission 2
(0.8.0. G.BIT.).
P.M.
$ ..
Big Ben. Carrell Gibbons and the Bayor Hotel OrpheaTIE, 7.30 p.m. Empire_Magazine," No. 20,
Flarel Doombe, at the Urgan of the Capitol Cinema, Aberdeed. .15 p.m. The Music of Behamann, 8.56 p.m. The News and Announermenis. Greenwich Tima Blenal al 1,15 p.m.) 9.18 .. Realiish Air..
138 p.m. Food for Thought."
Trannihission 3
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10 p.m. Big Ters. Tom Jankina, ni the fran of the Plaza Cinem. BWAIFA.
19.13 p. Anither Nicht at the Bursta.";
Bournemouth 11.15 p.m. The
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Greenwich Time Hignal at 12.45 mm. 12.50 .. Berenades,
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From The "Telegraph" Files
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended January 8, 1916.
*
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The rate of the dollar on de- mand was is. 11.5/10d.
*
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The death occurred at Ningpo of Mrs. Ellen Murray Bain, widow.of the late Mr. George Murray Bain, Featuring an exceptional som for many years proprietor of the China Mail. She had resided in the cast, hended by Michael Whalen
favourites as George Bancroft, Con-East for over 40 years. Jean Muir, and including Siim Sum- original Charles Winninger, the rad Nagel, Gene: Locklinrt, Inez merville,
of radio
and Da- Courtney, Edward Brophy fame, John Carradine, Jone Darwell mon Ford. The yedding Present" The Prince of Wales' War Relief and Thomas Beck, "White Fang" is which Grant plans for Miss Bennett Fund In Hongkong totalled $348,-. a stirring story of adventure ranking when she leaves him to marry the 867 to date. with the screen's greatest outdoor novelist provides the picture's climax dramas.
and title. It is such a starting present and so well-timed that it results in a reconciliation of the Grant with Miss Bennett at the final fade-out
"The Bride Walks Out"
Second Lieutenant R. J. Steven- son, of the Hongkong Volunteer- Reserve, was promoted Lieutenant,
Wedding Present" Joan Bennett and Cary Grant are co-starred in Paramount's comedy- romance, "Wedding Present," which has its initial showing to-day at the One of the season's gayest photo- and froth of a brilliant personality, off-the-course move only Alhambra Theatre, The picture is plays will be shown at the Star But this based on a hilarious Saturday Even- Theatre on New Year's day. RKO- furthers Miss Stanwyck's position in ing Post story by Paul Gallico, and Radio's "The Bride Walks Out" the histrionic ranks since critical was-produced for Paramount by B. with Barbara Stanwyck in the stel- viewers of "The Bride Walks Out" P. Schulberg, with Richard Wallace lar role, with a clever cast includ- have recorded their desires to see ns director. A hard-boiled city
cdling
the stately Barbara in more roles man-about-town, Robert tor, a visiting Archduke, a Newtulid Brand of merriment, Helen Bro- comedy and romantic actionontrast- ** the * of the mercurial variety. The fast Eungster
edrick and· stooge, writer of·
Miss Sparks. for the most part, in such novels,
Geimon "Schnitzelbank Stanwyck is one of the attruction's ing locales as a fashionable dress band
a Municipal Court, a two- and a staff of wise-cracking principal delights, Supreme as an salon, newspaper people, keep the yarn actress of dramatic achievement, room flat, business offices, a depart moving at a fast rate. Heading the the Titianhaired star goes light and ment store, a Long Island estate, a supporting cast are such screen ureczy with all the mirth, galety wharf and the town calaboose.
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