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Ali Baba At The Y.M.C.A.
THE opening to-day of "Ali Baba", this year's Y.M.C.A. Christmas enter- tainment, marks the golden jubilee in Hongkong of the presentation of this popular "panto" by local amateurs.
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Reminder
It
By a remarkable coincidence,
was fifty years ago this Christmas that the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club made their debut in burlesque when they presented "All Baba" at the Theatre Royal, City Hall. The show ran until January 4, 1890.
The "Telegraph" of December 27, 1889, says: "His Excellency Governor. des Vocus and the elite of the Colony were present to witness the novel and somewhat daring experiment of our local amateur talent in an al- together new
feld. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' is an old extravaganza that
was
played in
in London with considerable
uccess many years ago; the version played last night has, of course, been modernised and localised to sult the ullered character of the times. The plot is based on the ancient story in the Arabian Nights".
"GAGGING" IN 1889
#The
piece itself is about threadbare as even a modern extra- vaganza could be, but as it affords opportunites for any amount of 'gagging' and so-called wittielsms, and for the introduction of musical selections, comic and otherwise, it serves the end for which it was written.
proceeding further We
"Before
have
to compliment Captain Clayton, the stage manager of the A.D.C, on the manner in which the piece was staged, Bie scenery being exceptional- ly elfective,
?
"Great credit is certainly due to the conductor, Mr. Hill, the band- master of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, and to the orchestru generally for the accuracy and pre- cision with which the musical num- bers were dealt with."
And now to-day, fifty years after That Brst local performance, "All Baba" will again be presented to the Hongkong publie.
Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire, America's King and Queen of Dancing, rehearsing for a scene in their first co-starring fim, "Broad- way Melody of 1940." This MG M. fim will be screened in Hong- kong sometimo next Spring..
R. E. O.C.A.
DANCE
Old
Tito Royal Engineers Comrades Association are hold- Ing # Carnival Dance On Boxing Day at the Peninsula Hotel, The dance will com
nience at 8.30 p.m.
Musle will be provided by the dance orchestra of Bie 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots, by khud permission of Lt. Col. D. J. McDougall, M.C., ind Oferts.
A dress rehearsal for to-day's show Canada's Ban On was held on Monday night and was attended by a large number of Service men.
German Films
Christmas Cinema Fare
HONGKONG
entertainment centres are busily preparing for the festive season. Every social rendezvous here reports record bookings for the Christmas and New Year holidays,
Local cinema houses have lined up tome of the best movie productions for sereening during the holidays.
Mr. Chas, tosselet announced yes- terday that for the Christmas holl- days, the Queen's and Alhambra The pantomime, which will run
Theatres will screen "Flying De- during the Christmas festivities, Is THE ban on trade with the enemyces," the new Laurel and Hardy beiras
produced by Major Brown. under the War
Alın. Measures Act in
This picture will open 0:1 The make-up for certain members Canada nitects the acceptance in the Sunday afternoon. of-the-cast-is-being-done-by-Victor Dominion of any motion pictures of)
For the New Year Mamak.
German origin, whether through a
celebrations, neutral country or not!
commencing on Sunday, December 31, the latest Midrey Rooney pleture. Through the regulations of the Act; will be shown at these zame theatres. It is an offence for any firm or -This is "Babes In Arms," an M.G.M. dividual in Canada to accept im-im in which Mickey Rooney appears portation of any commodity through with Judy Garland, Charles Wininger which the enemy country derives and Guy Kibbee. any assistance in the way of revenue,
The Chitraction at the whether a neutral third party is in- King's
will be "Second ANNA NEAGLE Is identified so velved or not.
Fiddle," a rom
a romantic comedy drama closely nowadays With serious
This forbids the importation of any Power.
starring Sonja Henic and Tyrone characters, thanks to her prolonged moving picture film, including news in are by Irving Berlin,
Musical numbers in this carcer as Queen Victoria and her reet clip, any revenue from which present appearance as Nurse Cavell, would accrue to the credit of the Century-Fox Ulm, "Hollywood Caval
Another Important Twentieth that her gay and tempestuous flm enemy. past tends to become obscured.
cade" will commence screening at the King's Theatre on Sunday, De-
Plans For Anna Neagle
She is far from having exhausted the more vivacious parts for which Herbert Wilcox designed view of her Nell Gwyn and Peg
her,
ת:
"Mamlock" Banned ember 31.
Oberon-Brent Co-Star
Womington successes, but it isn't any THE bannus of a film without of these for which she is announced viewing is the astonishing precedent, next. Instead, Anna Neagel is to created by Hove Watch Committee. star in the screen version of that The film is "Professor Mumlock." stage hit of nearly twenty years ago, The manager of the Lido, Hove, "Irene"--pronounced, you may re-applied for permission to screen this member, in the American way with Russian-tnade flim showing the hor- this week in that Merle Oberon has Latest news from Warner Bros. two syllables. Edith Day played the rors of Nazi concentration camps. part in New York and London. Alderman E. J. Thompson, chair-We Shall Meet Again." Edmund bren signed for the starring role in There had been rumours that Her-man of Hove sub-committee, sald: Goulding will dreet, with George KORD bert Wilcox might
direct Anna this fim is shown it will breed Brent, Jane Bryan and Pat O'Brien Neogle in "Marie Lloyd" whilst they hatred towards the German people, in the cast. were in Hollywood. THE sereen and Hove does not want to contri blography of the most famous of bute to this. Our decision was based. Laurence Olivier, who starred London muste-hall comediennes-in-on reliable reports."
with Merle Oberon In "Wutliering volves some Ucklish considerations The film was being shown in the Heights," will be starred in the lend- and no doubt it is wiser to leave it adjoining town of Brighton at that ing role of "Disrael" with Geraldine until they get back to London. time.
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