1932-02-17 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1932.

Some Amusing Songs

recorded on

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

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22859- I'm a Specialist.

-Taught Me How to play

second fiddle.

22423-Around the Corner.

-Down by the Railroad.

20715- Abdul Abulbul Amir.

-Frankie & Johnie.

21899-Road to Vicksburg.

-King of Borneo.

21430 Song of the Prune.

-Down in the Cane Brake.

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Lustrous Oil Permanent Hair Wayəl

be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W.

THE CHINA

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on a wavelength of 856 metres OFFICIAL SOURCES. (845 K.C.'s) -

"ALWAYS GOODBYE.”

MAIL.

"It to

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions. To-day--Tea Dances at Hong

but in the language of the Apache Indians," stated Miss Velez. was hard enough, of course, 5-7 p.m.:-Chinese Programme.

learn this unfamiliar Indian tongue 6-6.30 p.m. Children's Pro-

but it was even harder to make Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant: Set a thief to catch a thief! Lewis Stone uses this method to fish, know what I was saying Repulse Bay Hotels and King's Res- people who understand only Eng. Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Pro-expose an impostor i "Always through my facial and bodily ex-

Goodbye," the stirring, ox drama,

gramme.

7-10.30 p.m.---European gramme.

and Talkie Tunes. | King of Jazz-Selection,

Funny Face-Tell the Dog,

7.5-7.30 p.m.:-Mustent Camedy starring Elissa Landi, showing at pression."

the King's Theatre to-day. Stone speaks to her father,

Here, for erample, in a line, she old Chief plays a wealthy diamond Como estater, Paul Cavanagh, whom he Tabywanns, played by Mitchell knows to be an impostor, and Elissa Lewis, "Tuti tyllpl" (Don't go into Landi, posing as Cavangh's wife, the saloon). And a prayer to the Cavanagh is intent on stealing the native gods of the Apaches, chant- "Heart of Flame," diamond, Stone's ed by Miss Velez, reads as follows; rarest gem, which he keeps in his "Yen po stay too yaw yi ah ahy private wall safe. Acting on the qua shay toun nu nu eka eka.” Rio Rita-I'd Rather Have a Mem-advice of Scotland Yard. Stone "yes," in Apache.

"Ah tu" means "here" and "Chi,”

Regal Cinema Orch., DX72, Lealle Hensen & Male Quartette,

Folly to be WiseSelection,

Percial Mackey & His Band,

DX219.

ory of You,

9592.

Geoffrey Gwyther and Edith

Day, DX54. 7.30-7.50 p.m.:-From the Studio. Mrs. H. M. Broadbent will con- clude her lecture on "Twenty Years in Burma."

"Shaw a nu chu nu" means "wel- come them,"

spoken by "Jim

taurant.

Entertainmenta. To-day — King's "Always Goodbye."

To-day- Queen's The Squaw Man". Waterloo Bridge."

Theatre:

Theatre:

To - day - Central Thontras

To-day Majestic Theatre: "The Girl Habit."

To-day — Star Theatre: “Bridge of San Luis Rey."

To-day-Harmston's Circus, reveals the combination to Miss

Reclamation Ground, Wanchai. Landi, hoping to trap Cavanagh.

Home Maila Here romance enters the picture. Carston" (Warner Baxter), to his p.m. and Europe via Siberia 6 p.m. Friday-Outward for America 5 Stone falls in love with Elissa, whose confessed policy has been to the girl he loved in England, Suez (Hakusan Maru) 6 p.m.

Indian wife, telling her to welcome (Pres. Cleveland); for Europe via dismiss all lovers with "Always Eleaner Boardman, and her bre Goodbye." How the veil of suspi-

ther, Roland Young. 8 p.m.:-(Local Time).

cion fa finaly lifted from Elissa,

February 26-Kowloon Residents" 7.50-8.12 p.m.---Octela.

"The Squaw Man" is announced Association, St. Andrew's Church and the real criminal exposed,| Second Movement from "Sympho- forms the climax of this stirring highly absorbing situations in C83-

as an exciting melodrama, mingling Hall, Kowloon, 6 p.m. nie Pathetique" (Tschaikowsky film drama. Others in the cast tles of old England with equal ses-Shanghai Banking Corporation, I February #Hong Kong & are John Garrick, Frederick Kerrsions of drama in the wild weat of Queen's Road, Central 11.80 a.m.

arr. Robertson),

Scene de Ballet (de Berlot arr. and Lumsden Hare.

Sear),

Cameron Manzies and Kenneth J. H. Squire Celeste Octet, MacKenna co-directed.

9820.

Putting the Clock Back

(arr. Squire),

J. H. Squire Celeste Octot,

DX68.

"DOCTORS' WIVES."

Meetings.

William America. The angle of racial inter-

Feb. 29 Humphreys Estate and marriage made it one of the Finance Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel, f really great classics of the Ameri-11.30 a.m. can drama. It was adapted for the acreen by Lucien Hubbard, Lenore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., 2, Lower March 2-Dairy Farm, Ice & J. Coffee and Elsie Janis from the Albert Road, 11 a.m. play by Edwin Milton Royle.

Learning big words, medical terms, and their everyday, ar gar- den variety, meaning grew to be a Ma Mere L'Ore (Mother Goose), daily habit with Warner Baxter

. (Ravel),

8.12-8.33 p.m.:-

Walter Damroach conducting the New York Symphony Orchestra, 9516-9518.

March 2-Hong Kong Realty & Trust Co., Ltd., Exchange. Build- jing, noon..

Co., Ltd.. Exchange Bldg., 2nd March 9 Hong Kong Telephone

floor, 11 a.m.

March 15-Hong Kong, Canton & Monroe Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., 1,

"THIS MODERN AGE" while he was filming "Doctors'

"This Modern Age," with Joan Wives his latest Fox success in which he is co-featured with Jouni

Crawford in the starring role, and Bennett and which will be shown derick, Nel! Hamilton,

a'caat which includes Pauline Fre- at the King's Theatre beginning Owsley and Hobart Bosworth, will Queen's Building, 11 a.m. next Sunday. Warner portrays the be the feature attraction at role of a successful young surgeon Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

the March 18-Hong Kong & Shang- in the picture. When he is called

The hat Hotels, Ltd., annual meeting, picture was adapted from the Mil-Exchange Building, 11 am., extra- upon to sit beside the bed of “Dr.

dred Wydram," and prescribe for him, gether," and

Cram novel, "Girl To ordinary meeting, 11.30 a.m.

he says: "A mild dieuretic might Nicholas Grinde. Was directed by

Flower Show.

March 3-Hong Kong Horticul-

to keep the heart down." The picture enables Miss Craw-tural Show, Volunteer Headquar- Musi- Which means, when translated into ford to return to the "whoopee" ters, 3-7 p.m.

WORSE THAN GAOL.

8.33-9 p.m.--Variety. An Old Time "Sing-Song",

Descriptive with Charles Coborn

in the Chair, DX21. Sung-If Winter Comes,

Billy Bennett (Comedian),

DX13. Duet, The Xylophone

Royal prolong comfort, and A digitalis Pageant

The Famous Barnardo

cal Boys, 4494.

English you can understand, sim- type of role which made her famous Sketch, A Day's ply that there is no hope for the and which she temporarily desert-] Descriptive

Broadcasting,

patient and the prescription is ed for the straight parts of "Paid", Clapham & Dwyer 4745. being given solely to relieve the "Dance, Fools, Dance" and "Laugh- 9-10 p.m.:-(appro:)

intense pain until the end.

ing Sinners." The plot concerns an When it was reported to the Relay of the Debate from thej "I have often wondered what the American girl who lives in Paris Glamorgan Agricultural Committee European Y.MC.A. Kowloon, The queer words on medicine bottles with a mother who is so ultra- that lectures on horticulture had Motion "That Modern Youth is meant." Baxter said, "but now I modern that she even has a secret been given at Cardiff and Swan682 Fulfilling Its Responsibilities”, am learning frat hand. If I make love affair with a wealthy man prisons, a mamber revealed that Speakers-Mr. E. F. Selk, Mr. A. another picture in which I am call- about town. It is this affair that after one of the lectures at Cardif R. Brown, Mr. T. J.. Price, Mr. W1led upon the use medical terms, I'm brings disaster to the daughter, some of the prisoners went to the

sure I'll be able to make out the whose fiance refuses to marry a girl governor and protested. queer signs my doctor writes on with so disreputable a mother. The They said that such lectures arr.his prescription blanks”.”

means by which the complications were not included in their sen The drama of "Doctors' Wives" are solved make for an extremely tences.

and lively and up-to-date story. and The picture la replete with -vari- Paul Whiteman & His Orch., 9470. Joan Bennett. She, being a doc-ous episodes of youthful exuber-

10.30 p.m.:-Close Dawn,

tor's daughter, thinks she under-ance and a wide variety of luxuri- All Columbia Recorda in the stands medical men. But the in-ous settings and costumes. above European Programmes are kindly supplied by Messre, Ander son Music Co.

J. Kentes.

10-10.18 p.m.:-Orchestral.

Schubertiana

Finck),

(Schubert

Herman Finck & His Orch., 9480.) revolves about the romance Tschaikowskiana (arr. Hand), marriage of Warner Baxter

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"WATERLOO 'BRIDGE.”

went home to Pasadema for a rest steering clear of pictures as

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Frank Borzage directed the pic- Kent Douglass, interesting fes-back for the male lead, opposite ture with his well-known touch of tured player of Universal's "Water-Joan Crawford in "Paid". From sympathetic human understanding loo Bridge" at the Central, is Holly- there, picture offers came in tor- that has earned for him the reputa- wood's most "different" star. In rents, and although he still secret- tion of being one of the screen's the first place, Kent has lived with ly hopes to return some day to the greatest masters, Others in the his family in an exclusive Pass stage, the critics have stamped the aplendid supporting cast are Helene dena suburb very near by since he brilliant young actor as a certainty An Anglo-Indian widow has been Millard, Paul Porcasi, Nancy Gard- can remember. Pasadena is very for continued stardom, and he will, recruited as a Head Constable at ner, John St. Polis, Cecilia Loftus, close to Hollywood, geographical in all probability, have more dim- tached to the Lucknow Police in and many others.

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them. The luxurious apartments, screen than he had in leaving high the elaborate parties and other school for the stage. Kent's pri- Hollywood trimmings that usually vate life is now that of any son at

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Rs. 50 a month.

She is without

"THE SQUAW MAN.”

a uniform, but "The hardest role I have ever characterize the movie star have home. His hobbies are mostly all will be given a badge and placed had to learn." That is what Lupe never entered into Kent's existence. within the fences that separate the on duty at Aminabad, the city's Velez, popular Latin star, says of He left Los Angeles in his high huge Douglass estats from the rest which are Large, Soft and Natural storm centre, where she will assist the part of Naturich, which she school days to answer the call of of the world. He still has the same Artialls, Finger and Marcel Wares: Oil the Civil Police in arresting women assumes in Cecil B. De Mille's new the New York stage, and took a dogs, or their heirs, that he had Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Pack Congress workers and pickets.

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