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THE MARVELLOUS PERFUME

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THE

Saturday, August 16, 1930.

Intercalary Moon, 22nd Day.

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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY TO TUESDAY. Daily at 2.15, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

Return Engagement of

HEAR

"THE LOVE PARADE”.

The Big Picture Of All Times.

HEAR!

"Dream Lover" My Love Parade Paris Stay the Same Let's Be Common Nobody's Using It Now

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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930.

SPIRITUAL PLAYS.

SUMMER SEASON AT EINSIEDELN.

great

"TOO BUSY."

NO TIME FOR MARRIAGE.

.. According to an American film star who has just arrived in Bri- tain, the bottoms has fallen out of the marriage market in Holly- wood-everybody is too busy to get married" since "the talkies" arrived, because when they are not they aro ali taking making films lessons in singing and elocution.

PARTY IN PRISON.

ALLEGATION OF STRANGE HAPPENINGS.

ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.

+

Johannesburg, July 9. Remarkable disclosures in the evidence given before the commis- ston which is investigating condi tions in Pretoria Gaol continue.

One ex-convict declared that The Arst reflection on this Inter- esting news is that it will cause a prisoners attempt suicide every serious stump in that other flourish-week. Ha personally knew of ten One ing Hollywood industry the manu-attempts in a few months. facture of decrees for divorce, since of the favourite methods is to even a film atar cannot get into the stuff cell doors. and windows in Divorce Court without being first the endeavour to asphyxiate by married. The deadlock seems as burning dagga which is the local complete as the one recommended by equivalent of hashish. Hamlet any, we will have no

Last Christmas convicts broke more marriages; those that are mar-

a hole in the wall of the prison rled already, all but one, shall live; the rest shall keep as they are." It and had a hashish... party in the been will mean far fewer news atories paint.shop. They stole quantities about Hollywood celebrities and a of rectified spirits, brandy and much smaller income for lawyers, dagga, and had an orgy. but (at least on the surface) an era twenty got drunk

LONG SEQUENCE.

-Einsiedeln (Switzerland),-- July 2. Here, At one of the shrines of Our Lady. to which millions of pilgrims, especially from Central Europe, have been flocking for. a thousand years, the old Mysteries and Miracle Plays Are to be revived, following a

A tradition of centuries. first attempt having been made in 1924, this summer is to form the Inauguration of another. long acquence of spiritual plays.

Calderon's play,

"El Gran Teatro del Mundo" ("The Great

has of Life") chosen for this purpose. Till the end of September it will be per- formed

every Wednesday Saturday night, when the weather is fine, in the spacious square in front of the cathedral. The spec- tators are seated in the back- ground of the square' and at the windows of the hotels surround ing it, just as of old.

Just

Theatre

as

and

About and started

of pink and polished propriety will fighting in the yard while the have set in throughout a region that warders looked on. They then at has hitherto been celebrated for tacked an unpopular fellow pri rather frequent matrimonial up-soner, the warders urging them to

kill him.

heavals.

course

At the same time it seems a pity The printing shop was describ- that business and educational en- ed as a wonderful place where o anything was obtainable from a gagements should interfere

of business card to a death certi- of old, again, the ruthlessly with the brethren and disciples of the (possibly) true love, complete with ficate. It made a spectality of Benedictine monastery are the honourable intentions." It must be business letter bends for forging actors, reinforced by some profes very disappointing for the ardent references with which the major- sionals and some local perform swain to be told "No, boy-simply ity of discharged prisoners equip- ers, numbering 350 all in all. haven't time to bother with you; oed themselves.

One of the most successful for- The text

a translation I'm just off to learn to talk English, used is made by the German poet, Eichen- and after that I have a singing geries was a bogus order suppos dorff. The choir and orchestra of lesson." But why not marry an edly signed by the Minister of ordering a prisoner's the cathedral are in charge of the elocutionist and singing master, and Justice musical Parts, and even its fine thereby combine business with mitigation of sentence, by which

he was released, peal of bells is made use of.

pleasure?-Manchester Guardian.

Genuine BAYER

TTERLY de

ONE

DAY

Ulightful, en

trancing, en rap turing says The New York Daily Newa. Hear Che valier omg.. See hin make love. In this mirthful mixa- ical-romance of a beautiful queen..

ASPIRIN

SAY

"BAYER ASPIRIN ”

and

"BAYER'S ASPIRIN First in the World."

INSIST!

MAJESTIC THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON,

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9,20 P.M.

Courage to love. Amusing

to

Adolphe Menjou con- quer this untamed woman of the upper world. Here In

21.

other smart Menjou comedy which ranks with his best.

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A MOVIETONE ROMANCE WITH SONGS

with

CHARLIS BICKFORD KENNETH MACKENNA

TOM PATRICOLA FARRELL MACDONALD

Story by

*Tom Cushing

Directed by

ALLAN DWAN

"I Want Love-More Love?” The way that tropical temptres could br She had the redactivá appìal of a passion flower, and the hot desire of, umppersed appetita....And then she was trans- planted to bleak New England. Imagine the sensation she created, the conflicts, the comedy.

ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.

"THE MONTMARTRE FOLLIES”

GORGEOUS COSTUMES DARING DANCES I

AT THE

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FINAL SHOWINGS

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At 2.30, 5.10, -7,15 & 9,20,

LILLIAN. GISH in

THE SCARLET LETTER”

TO-DAY

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20.

Dolores Costello

INITIAL SHOWING

IN

HONG KONG

MAURICE, SA

CHEVALIER

The Love Parade

AN ERNSTMANG

LUBITSCH

PRODUCTION

JEANETTE MALDONALD KLIPINO LANE ‹ LILLIAN ROTH

Booking at Anderson's and at the Theatre (Telephone 25720).

NEXT CHANGE

Charles Rogers & Nancy Carroll

"ILLUSION

Binging Dancing Love

a Garamoun Picture

PASSION

DOLPHE MENJOU

Its Anger Lady

with EV HOBART

LPH ZUKOR

YN BRENT!

LEY Product

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