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plete five-room English cottage was built, on one of the big studio | sound "stages" "practical"! In, every! detail and ready for housekeeping. [It included hot and cold running

water system, electric lights, gas range, automatic refrigerator, and other modera conveniences.,

Best of all, it boasted a "weather- control" system which all house- Yes, the Marx Brothers have wives will envy, enabling the cot- names which sound like those of tage to be hot, cold, daylight-or Hong Kong, 28th December, 1931. other folks, but even their friends night, fair or rainy at will,' All |

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won't call them by those names one had to do was push a. button And to each other they are known and it was bright sunlight through even in the clolátored quiet of Marx the power of the huge batteries of family life, as Harpo, Groucho, "sun arcs." Another button turn- COMMITTEE regret to Chico and Zeppo.

od on the sprinkler system that Harpo's real name is Arthur; made "rain" for scenes demanding announce that, under Medical of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. dally (Sun- Advice, they have decided to Groucho is Jullus: Chico is Leo and inclement weather. day and Public Holidays axcept CANCEL THE NEW YEAR BALL Zeppo is Herbert. There is a fifth| In the picture Montgomery plays ed), with their arms and licences arranged for THURSDAY, Decem-Marx brother. He is called by his the part of a young British blade before 31st January, 1982. One ber 31, at the Peak Club. brothers and everyone else, Gummo who poses as the butler in the home new passport size photograph Is

of a dashing young widow (Irene "Monkey Business" presents the Purcell). Included in the impos- necessary.

brothers in a story that has to dealing cast are Charlotte Greenwood, with stowaways and yegrmen C. Aubrey Smith, Beryl Mercer, aboard an ocean liner. The four Reginald Owen, and Alan Mow- brothers are stowaways and prac bray. [tically anybody is a ysggman.

all winds up when they come ashore and rescue Zeppo'a girl friend from the clutches of bootleggers in an old barn.

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NOTICE.

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THE HEAD MISTRESS. Hong Kong, December 31, 1981.

FOOTBALL

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William K. Howard Fox film drama ary Meeting held on 1st Decem. The screening of "The Dawn coming on Sunday to the King's ber, 1951, the Directors of the Patrol," First National-Vitaphone's Theatre, believes that the "Wind- Company have decided to offer to air drama at the Queen's Theatre, mill" school of acting has been Shareholders Additional Shares in marks a radical departure in the struck its final death blow by the Charity Match in Aid Of Earl Haig's the proportion of one Additional career of its star, Richard Barthel-refinement of talking pictures.

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Everyone remembers Longfel- low's "Courtship of Miles Standish," and the famous lines in which Priscilla coyly asks, "Why speak for yourself, don't you John?" And in Columbia Pie, tures' latest feature: "Dirigible,” | which comes to the Central Theatre many women will to-morrow, doubtless ask why John, or rather, Jack Bradon doesn't speak for himself.

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But Bradon's first Polar expedi- tion a failure and Frisky goes off on one of his own. It is then that Jack Bradon's temptation to F. H. CRAPNELL tell Helen of his love, is almost Secretary: Irresistible, Time and time again Hong Kong, 4th December, 1981. he almost speaks for himself..

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| Jack Holt, as Jack Bradon, and Ralph Graves as Frisky Fierce, bead the cast of "Dirigibië." Fay Wray plays the feminine lead.

"THE MAN IN POSSESSION.”

Robert Montgomery had all the comforts of home when he filmed #The Man In Possession-hig |new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture which is coming to-morrow to the Queen's Theatre.

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