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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 20, 1939.
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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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By a remarkable coincidence, it was fifty years ago this Christmas that the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club mnde their debut in burlesque when they presented "Ali Baba" at the Theatre Royal, City Hall. The show ran until January 4, 1890.
The "Telegraph of December 27, 1880, nay: "His Excellency Governor des Voeux and the elite of the Colony wer? presunt to witness the novel] and somewhat daring experiment off our local amateur talent in an at- together new fl:k.
Alt Badan and the Forty Thieves' is no old extravagata that was! played in London with considerable | uccess Imany years ago; the vers.015 pinyed Inst night has, of course, betna modernised and joculised to suit thei ast.red character of the times. The plot is based on the ancient story in ine Arabian Nights".
"CAGGING" IN 1889
sittasti as "The plecze Itself threadbare as even a modern extra- vaganza could b, but as it allora
Dmous: of opperton.tes for any
Rogan and so-called witticisms, and for the introduction of musical selections, come ana olerwee; a It was servis the and for which wr.iten,
"Before proceeding further www. have to compliment Captain Clayton, the stage manager of the AD.C., on the namer in which the piece wa. staged, the sernery being exceptional- ly effective.
"Great credit is certainly due to the conductor, Mr. Hill, the band- aster of the Argyle and Sutherland
orch su 11ghlanders, anu to the generally for the accuracy and pre- Bision with which the musien! num- bers wer dealt with."
And now to-day, tifty years after "An that first local priormance, Baba" will again be presented to t Hongkong public.
Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire, America's King and Queen of Dancing, rehearsing for a scene in their first co-starring film, "Broad- way Melody of 1040." This MLG M, flm will be screened in Rong- kong sometime next Spring.
R. E. O. C. A. DANCE
Old
The Rural Engineers Comrades Association are hold- Dance on Carnival ing a Boxing Day at the Peninsula liotc).
The dance will mrnce at 8.30 p.m.
com-
Music will be provided by the dance orchestra of the 2nd Battalion. The Royal Scots, by Col. kind permission of Lt. D. J. McDougall, M.C., and Omeers,
A dress rehearsal for to-day's show Canada's Ban On
01
was herd on Monday night and was! attended by large
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number 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 houres have lined up some of the best movie productions for serrening during the holidays.
Mr. Chas. Rozselet announced yes- terday that for the Christmas hol.- days, the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres wili sergen “Fiving
the new Laurel and Hardy This picture will op:0
For the New Year
celebrations,
The pantomimo, which will run
THE ban on trade with the enemyjares," dur.np the Christmas festivites, is
Act In nim. -being-preduzed_by_Major W. de B.under the War Measures Wood. The make- for certain Canada affects the acccplance in the Sunday afternoon. merabers of the cast is being done by Dominion cf any motion pictures of German origin, whether through a
; commencing on Sunday, December Victor Mamak.
neutral country or not.
31, the latest Mickey Rooney picture Through the regulations of the Act, will be shown at these same theatres. it is an offence for any firm cr in-This is "Babes In Arms," an MG.M. dividual in Canadu to accept imm-1Alin in which Mickey Rooney appears portation of any ecmmodity, through, with Judy Garland, Charles Wininger which the enemy country derives and Guy Kibbte.
The Christmas attraction at the any assistance in the way of revenue,'
"S:cond whether a neutral third party is in King's Theatre will be
Fiddle," romantic comedy drama volved or not.
starring Sonja Hinle and Tyrone ANNA NEAGLE is identified
with nowadays
serious! This forbids the importation of any
Musical numbers in this Power. closely characters, thanks to her prolonged moving pleture film, including news-w
Another important Twentieth enreer as Queen Victoria and her reel clip, any, revenue from which are by Irving Berlin.
Century-Fox fim, "Hollywood Cavai- present appearance ns Nurse Cavell,' would decrue to the credit of the that her day and tempestuous fim enemy.
cade" will commince sereeningut past tends
the King's Theatre on Sunday, De-
The Hongkang à Changhai Hotels, L.za
Plans For Anna Neagle
become obscured.
She is far frum having exhausted
the inore vivacious parts for which "Mamlock" Banned ember 31.
Herbert Wilcox designed her,
vlew of her Nell Gwyn and
Peg
Wolfington successes, but it isn't any!
THE blog of a film withoul]
Oberon-Brent Co-Star
of these for which she is announced viewlug is the astonishing precedent next.
Inslend, Anna Nengel is to created by Hove Watch Commitice. stor in the screen version of that, The film is "Professor Mamlock."
The manager of the Lido, Hove, stage hit of nearly twenty years ago,
Latest news from. Warner Bros. "Irene" pronounced, you may re- applied for permission to screen member, in the American way with Russian-made fim showing the hor- this work is that Merle Oberon has bren signed for the starring role in two syllables. Edith Day playert the rers of Nazi concentration camps.
Alderman E. J. Thompson, chair-ye Shall Mect Again." Edmund part in New York and London,"
There had been rumours that Ber-man of Hove sub-commillee, said: Goulding will dircel, with George Anna "If this film is shown i will breed Brent, Jane Bryan and Pat O'Brien bert Wilcox might direct Neagle in "Marie Lloyd" whilst they hatred towards the Gerinan people, in the cast.
The screen and Hove does not woal tu contr.- were in Hollywood.
Laurence Olivier, who starred biography of the mest famous of bute to this. Our decision was based
with Merle Oberon in "Wuthering London music-hall comediennes in-, on rellable reports." volves some ticklish considerations! The Alm was being shown in the Heights," will be starred in the lead- and no doubt 11 is wiser to leave It adjoining town of Brighton at that Ing role of "Disraeli" with Geraldine
I time.
Flizgerald In the cast, un they get back to London.
No, it's not , Alberi Bardon, who, heads the cast of the recently completed “Jail Birds" a Relllah Alm. The resemblance was noticed quite by, socident; but a spɔlal sequence taking advantage of i
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It may be of interest to know that our Company deals mainly in
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produced in our Chins factories.
Due to the unsettled conditions in the greater part of this globe we are now carrying a very unusual large stock of all kind of goods suitable for gifts to meet all tastes and for every day use, and as the present rate of exchange is very favourable we are glad to be able to announce that all goods offered will be at real bargain prices,
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