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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 23, 1941.
C. INGENOHL LTD Movies
THE ORIENT TOBACCO MANUFACTORY
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their new CIGAR STORE at King's Theatre Building, Queen's Road Central, Monday, the 25th August, 1941, for the sale of their renowned LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE Cigars and all other popular brands of Cigarettes, Pipe
THE SONS OF ADAM SEE SERPENTS TOO
A plague of little baby vampires has broken out on the screen, genuine old-fashioned baby vampires who snuggle, sidle, and stuff. You see the first of them on the screen of the King's Theatre in "Adam Had Four Sons." Her name-Susan
Hayward.
Whatever it is, these little girls work very hard to
put it over, announcing loudly their plans to take man
and break men, in case nobody guessco what they're up to. They're bold little vixens all right, and suc-
cessful too, but little girls in the audience had better not
count on the same results from the same methods-for it goes only in the movies, and at that, only in those movies still in love with their past. In that glorious ABC past when men were
Tobaccos and sundry Smokers' boys, and little girls, slinking about, could take them and break
Requisites.
-INNOVATION-
Sixteen of their various Pipe Tobaccos will be sold by weight
in any quantity_desired at their unique Tobacco Counter.
KING'S
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
THE HEAT IS ALWAY?
A GOOD EXCUSE FOR
DOING NOTHING.. EXCEPT ABSORB A F SHOT OR TWO OF
HUMIDITY.
them just by the fact of their slinking.
"Adam Had Four Sons" gres back to those days. It's got an old-fashioned background and an old-fashioned story too, In which black is black and good is good and there are just two kinds of women and love is strictly spiritual. The old-fashioned background is sincore, and so is Ingrid Bergman as the good kind of woman and Warner Baxter as the grown-up mun-boy. Helen Westley, octogenarian aunt, barks plain talk, and that's always funny, and Susan Hayward vamps. It's a quiet little picture and moves with well-bred restraint.
FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS
Though Eddie Cantor does not | They receive able support sing and dance as much as from Ralph Morgan, Diana usual-he only sings one song-Lewis and Nydia Westman. "Forty Little Mothers", at the The last named gives a re Queen's and Alhambra, is a very markably good performance as fine comedy.
the inhibited school mistress.
As a professor in an exclusive girls' school who finds himself in charge of a baby, Eddie Can- tor maintains his high stand- ard of honour.
He has taken on a new role in this picture a role that give, him the chance to prove that he is not merely a comedian but also a fine actor.
Schubert's Life
On Film
The life and character of Franz
Schubert, one of the world's greatest subject of dramatists, as there is an composera, has long been a favourite amazing amount of fact and legend about this colourful personality, Dr to escape conscription in his native The film is full of amusingles of further immortalising Schu- ly peasant girl, Anna, who inspires Willam Stkely. has cherished the Vienna and where he meets the love- situations and witty dialogue. bert on the screen, and in "New him to write many of his immortal The surprise of the picture is Wing" has selected for this purpose melodies, Baby Quintanilla, who almost lighter episode in the early career steals the show from
of the great composer. Eddie Cantor..
"New Wine' concerns a sojoum of Schubert in Hungary whither he flees
Alan Curtis will play the part of Schubert, and Ilona Massey is the girl. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra will play in the picture.
Judy Garland has announced her engirement to David Rose, young composer. Here, the couple pose for their first engagement plo- tures. As for the date well. they admit it is sometime before the first of next year.
Good Old Summer
.
BY KEMP. STARRETT
́UNY DON'T YOU TELL.
'EM YOU'RE GOING.
TO DO YOUR
FALL HOUSE- CLEAVING AID THAT THEY CAN
HELP
"WHY DON'T YOU TELL THEM
SAVARTER
IT'S ALSO THE SEASON FOR OUT-DOOR. MEALS. OVER-DONE 1STEAK UNDER-DONE POTATOES.. "WASDS", PICKLES, ANTS, ANEMIC
COFFEE WORMS AND TEPID
ICE CREAM.
SUMMER IS THE TIE WIEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO GET RID OF THE WEEK-END GUESTS WHO HAVE LOST ALL TRACK OF TIAE
“GOSH NO! BEEN EATIN FISH FOR TWO WEEKTY
IT'S HOSE TIME,TOO. THE KIDS VILL TRY THE VATER CURE OU ANTY....NE OR ANYBODY.
ITS ALSO THE SEASON FOR WEEK-END VISITS TO THE "QUAINT PLACES YOUR FRIENDS ARE SO PROUD OF IP YOURE BIGGER THAN A MIDGET. STAY HOME.
PASSING THE SVAKER
· WITH A HORSE IS GOOD FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT SITTING. DONIN.
THE SEASON FOR TRYING TO PALM,
OFF THOSE LIND FISH YOU CAUGHT
OVER THE VEEK-END.
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