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Cinema Notes

· “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" KING'S THEATRE

BRIDGK NOTES

A CLEVER HOLD-UP

by Ely Culbertson.

In preparation for nearly a year before a single scene was filmed, the **The $1,000,000 production of Count of Monte Cristo" now at the King's Theatre, is one of the few A very good Bridge player once pictures to come out of Hollywood, said to me, "All I ask during the which answers to the public demand play of a hand is that every tirad for entertainment of world-wide play an Aee i trap an apposing King." In the long run I have no appeal for all ages and tastes.

This lavish film of Alexander doubt but that this would mean Dumas' immortal classic is the moat that the player in question would ambitious of screen achievements get the maximum out of, his cards. However, a defensive player should to date of Beliance Pictures, Inc.

Robert Donat, handsome young not blindly play an Ace every time English actor, who was seen as the a King is offered him. His proper very dashing Thomas Culpeper in "The procedure, starting at the Private Life of Henry VIII," plays beginning of a hand, is to re- the character of Edmond. Dantes, member the final declaration andi familiar to countless readers of the then look ahead and survey the

probable play of the hand as story in every civilised country.

Eliasa Landi is in the role of whole with a view to finding some! Mercedes, Dantes' sweetheart; Louis method of taking the number of Calhern has the part of de Ville tricks necessary to defeat the con- fort; Sidney Blackmer is cast as tract..

In the hand below the East play- Mondego; O. P. Heggie takes the part of Abbe Faria; Irene Hervey er at Trick 1 made a very fine hold is in the role of Valentine; William up, which was the only way the Farnum plays Captain. Le Claire, contract could be defeated,

South, Dealer North and South vulnerable while Raymond' Walburn. is cast as the villain, Danglars,

"THE GAY BRIDE" QUEEN'S THEATRE.

North:

S-8 7 6 4

H.-A J10 7

DK ..

C.-K 10 6

West:-

S.-K 10 9.

H.-9. 6.5 D.-Q 10 7 6 4. C-78

"The Gay Bride" 18 M.G.M.'s latest comedy drama featuring Dining, Billiard and Drying Rooms SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Suitable for MEETING OF THIS COMPANY Zasu Pitts, and Nat Pendleton, now Servants Quarters. bachelor Mess. Reasonable rent will be will be held at the Office Messrs.at the Queen's Theatre. considered.

Available for occupation Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Miss Lombard, who is now to be

Apply to from 1st April, 1986.

12th February,

seen at the Alhambra Theatre in Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., P. & O. TUESDAY, the

1985, AT NOON, for the purpose "Now and Forever", offers Bldg.

of receiving the Report of the most entertaining of all her hectic East: Directora together with a State comedy portrayals in the new GENERAL NOTICES ment of Accounts for the year end-picture. As Mary, the blonde with

jed 31st December, 1984.

DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL Founded 1869.

Hong Kong.

Headmaster-Rev. C. B. R.;

Sargent, M.A.

CHOOL re-opens on MONDAY,

SCHOOL re-opent, 1,360

the

a bank-account mind, she dazzles The Register of Shares of the racketers into parting with their Company will be CLOSED from gotten gains, and makes them Monday, the 4th February, 1985 to like it. Tuesday, the 12th February, 1985, both days inclusive.

By order of the Board of

Directors,

F. H. CRAPNELL

Secretary,

New Boys tests on Saturday, Hong Kong, 26th January, 1995.. February 16th, 1935.

Entry forms, prospectuses and

all particulars may be obtained on application to the Headmaster.

G. P. O. Box 38.

Telephone 57777, |

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

HIAWATHA

CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE

$--5

H.-K 4·3 2.

DJ 8 3 2 C-A 8 3 2

South:

After year of silence, Mme. Arlette Simon Stavisky, widow of the Russian adventurer whose manipulations of a siste pawn-' shop nearly brought France to the verge of 'revolution early last year, has agreed to end her silence and tell what she knows of the 'dis. political contestions of her husband. Government-shaking closures are expected. She is shown with her children at the time her husband was living a tallionaire existence, and in a close-

up.

AFFORESTATION IN BRITAIN

50,000,000 Seedlings To Be Planted

EMPLOYMENT FOR 3,500 MEN FOR SIX MONTHS

GRETA GARBO SETS NEW RECORD

Box-Office Appeal Proven

The public's desire to see Greta Garbo in the first picture in which she has played a certain amount

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong - Brondénsting- Station Z.R.W. on a wave length of 255 metres (845 K.C.ï) :—

LIGHT VIOLIN AND PIANOFORTE RECITAL

-13:30-2:15

gramme.

2.EK. Programme

p.m.- European, Pro-

12.30 p.m.-London and New York Stock and Commodity Quotations, Manila Gold Stock Quotations..

12.85-1 p.m.-Recorded Music.

Weather 1. pim.-Local Time and

Report.Ro

1.03 pm-Rocorded. Music, it 1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room (by courtesy of the Management).

1.80 p.m.Reator Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, etc.

2.18 p.m.-Close Down,

5-8 pm-European Programme..

0-7 pm-A Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden (by courtesy of the Management).

tions:

4

-Closing Local Stock Quota--

7.03-7.30 p.m.--Excerpts from Light Opera, - - e tam

Lily of Killarney (Benedict) Selection-Princans Ida (Sullivan) Vocal Genis

The Belle of New York (Morton) 7.30-8. pmFrom the Studio.

BA Violin and Flanoforte "Recital by Miss Ruby Waldon and Miss Ota Derwin

Programme.

1. Selection The Merry Widow

2. Pianoforte Solo-Humoreake

Lebar.

Rachmaninoff.

3. Violin Holon

(a). Largo

Handel

(b) Bolera

Bohm

(a) Fairy Tales of Ireland.

Coates.

4. Songe-..

(b) Believe me if all those endear. ingyoung charms

Monte

5. Violin Solo-Czardas

3 p.m.--Local Time and Weather Report. Lee Theatre (Chinese).

8.08-11.80 p.m.-A Relay' from : the

A total of about 50,000,000 trees of comedy is so keen that. The 9.80 p.m.Reater Prass Bulletins, the Forestry Commission's Painted Vell" has broken all re-Landon 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity nurseries are to be planted in Great cords at the Empire Theatre since Quotations.

10,80 p.m-Reuter Press Bulletins, Britain during the next six months. 1982.

London Stock and Commodity Quota-

About 3,500 men will be employ- The takings for the first week Rugby Midday Press News, Further

S.-A Q J3 2 HQ 8

from

D.-A 9

C.-Q J 9 4

The bidding:

South 13

4 3

in

...

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Notable acting honours are con- tributed by Chester Morris as the Office Boy, a young man of extra- ordinary abilities who handles

ed on the task of planting about have beaten those for such out-ons. clerical work and other odd jobs

121,000 acres with an average of standing successes as "Min "and" 11.30 p.m.Close Down His

8.30-10 p.m.- European Recorded in a gangster's hangout.

West North

East. *

approximately 2,000 trees to the Bill" (Marie Dressler and Wallace romantic scenes with Miss Lom-

Pass 8 $

Incre, " Pask

Beery), "Queen Christina" (Greta Music from ZEK. on a Frequency of

[640] Ken.... bard are a tander interlude in a

Pass Pace Pass

Some 13,000 of the 21,000 acres Garbo), "Smflix' Through" (Norma 8.80-8.45 p.m.-Band Selections. lightning-fast plot.

West's opening lead was the club to be covered are in England and Shearer), "Grand Hotel" (Garbo, Semiramide Overture (Rossini) most important roles of, his screen? and the declarer played the Kin, Wales, and the chief areas to be Beery, Joan Crawford; and the Songs of Wales

and "Dinner East resisted the afforested are in East Anglia, on Barrymores), from Dummy. career. 68 Shoots Majiz, while Zasu Pitts wins uproarious laugh- natural impulse to go up with the the Scottish border, Northumber. Eight" (another all-star cast, in- Ace. Having started to analyse land, and in Wales. In addition, cluding Miss Dressler, 'Beery, and TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ter with her confusion and too the situation before the declarer about 4,500 acres will be planted on Jean Harlow).

in the midst of racketeer. fights and played from Dummy, he played the private lands. intrigue..

club 8 with but a second's hesita tion.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

which period no transfer of shares

Nat Pendleton has one of the

"NOW AND FOREVER"--

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

Cooper plays Shirley's father,"re united with her for the first time

East, I am aure, reasoned to him tract lies in my ability to give self in the following vein:

West à club ruff. If I win, the "We need four tricks to defeat first club trick with the Ace, and

Ace

40

FORTUNES IN OILS

-(Continued from Page 2)

at

8.45-8 pm. Four Songs by Peter Pawson (Bass-Baritone).

1. The Epl King

alie... (Schubert).

2 Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38, No. 1

(Tebnikovsky),

8. Yeomen of England ("Merrie Eng-

*.Iund") (German)

4. Drake Goes West (Sonderson).

9-9.80 p.m.

Symphony No. 161 in D Minor ("The Clock Symphony") (Haydon) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of "

New York,

9.80 p.m.-Router Press Bulletins, London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity

9.25-16 p.m-Variety Programme, Xylophone Solos-12th Street Rag

Eliten on the Keys..Harry Robbins. Songs What Now?!

An hour ago this Minute

10 p.m.-Close Down

that the ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of the SHAREHOL DERS in this Corporation will be held in the Board Room of Messrn. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 18, Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on

A grand acting combination,, this contract. I can count on one if my partner has led a singleton, SATURDAY, the 23rd February, thrilling plot and a human and ap-fairly certain heart trick and the the setting trick will be taken im After that the frames and hydro-Quotations. 1936, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose pealing theme are the elements in Ace of clubs, and, judging from mediately, and there is even a pofmeters were gradually discarded, of receiving the Report of the which Paramount stars. Shirley my own spade holding and a view siblity of setting the contract two along with the Zanetti family. Board of Directors together with Temple in lior latest triumph, "Now of the Dummy, there is a

good tricks.

However, it is most un Statement of Accounts for the year and Forever," at the Alhambra chance that my partner has a sure likely that West has led a sing

"Agnew's" ending 31st December 1994.

Theatre.

The firm moved to London in leton, as this would give the de- spade trick-either' the The Reglater of Shares of the

Gertrude Lawrence (Soprano). Romantic Gary Cooper, Carole King, probably guarded twice. If clarer five cards in the suit-a 1876; it was already well known, Corporation will be closed from Lombard, and lovable Shirley Tem-this is the case, South, of course possibility but not a probability, and

it became better known at Vocal

Forty Second Street Medley.. Monday, the 11th February tople are the three who play out this must have the diamond Ace and

"Assuming. therefore that the once, for Gainsborough's portrait

Derickson and Brow THURSDAY, 7th March Saturday the 23rd February 1985 tale of a reckless young, inter my only hope of defeating the con-opening lead is a doubleton, if of the Duchess of Devonshire was Orchestra Whistling Rufus

(both daya Inclusive), during national crook,

win the first club trick with the stolen from the gallery, not to re- Steamboat Bin Ace and return a club, West will appear again for twenty-five years, since her infancy. While the two "THE CITY OF SONG”—STAR follow suit. My partner will then when Mr. Morland Agnew hought subsequently get in with his trump it back from the last survivor of THEATRE are houseguests with Carole Lom-1

trick but will have no means of the thieves. bard at the Paris home of a wealthy

From 1877 to 1934 the Agnew MANICURE The elusive beauty of Naples, giving me the lead to give him a English woman (Charlotte Gran-

YEARS OLD ville) the hostess' Jewels are stolen "The City of Song," is well brought club ruff before the declarer, first policy has varied little, and has and a police investigation results out in this A.S.FL production, gets in and draws the last trump. been built round eighteenth .cen- Shirley discovers her daddy as the which has the beautiful Italian re- Why, therefore, shouldn't I held up tury English pictures. They, have

my Ace of clubs on the first trick paid, big prices in the saleroom. Found In Neighbourhood thlef and is heart-broken.

sort for its background.

and in so doing leave my partner kept a finger in the contemporary Cooper has given the jewels into Throughout the play the the keeping of a suave confidence sence of Jan Kiepura, the "wonder a communication card-his other pic without ever being violently little club? My play may lose if left wing, and neted as agenta for TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN man. Shamed by his daughter's voice of the century", and the star

back the youngster's faith In a and felt. ARY GENERAL MEETING (ofi stirring climax.

A tender love story is woven SHAREHOLDERS will be held at Sir Guy Standing has an import- the film, in which Betty Stockfeld, LAMMERT BROS. the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong ant supporting role,

Heather Angel, and Hugh Wake Korg, on TUESDAY, the 26th

field are in leading roles, FEBRUARY, 1985, at 11.30 am, for the purpose of receiving the

"YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL" Report of the Directors together

ORIENTAL THEATRE with a Statement of Accounts for

SATURDAY, 9th March can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 1st February. 1985.

At 9.15 p.m.

BOOK THESE DATES

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.

- Public Auctions

THE

THE undersigned have received instructions to sell by Publis

Auction

ON

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE COMPANY,

1984.

...

LIMITED.

pre-

restores the lead, was a singletom, base.

tears,

SET 1,500

Of Attila Tomb

A manicure get, 1500 years old, the bidding this seems unlikely. In the first capacity they have has been unearthed near Szentes My partner may conceivably have a paid Duveen's prices. In the Ross (Hungary). It is almost identical trump trick and the Ace of dis-sale (1927) they paid individual with those in use to-day

The discovery was made while monds, and if this is the case, the prices of 30,000 guineas (for a contract will be defeated no mat- Rembrandt), 29.000, 18.500, and excavations were in progress on

the tomb of Attila. Ada ter what I play. All in all, my 17,000 guineas.

Although this tomb has not yet chances of giving my partner a ruff

been found, more than 100 other and thus providing the setting trick will be greatly, increased by not The only period in which their graves have been dug up. Their contemporary interests were ob contents are expected to throw In- playing the Ace at Trick 1"

Big Collections

"MURDER-IN THE PRIVATE CAR"-MAJESTIC THEATRE

Eerie situations; combined with the year ended 31st. December, humour, are provided by Charles Joe E. Brown, famous Firat Na- After North's club King held the scured was in the post-war boom. teresting light on the history of

Ruggles and Una Merkel in Metro- tional comedy star appears in "Yon Arst trick, South led a spade from But it always existed. For in the Huns and the Romans. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Goldwyn-Mayer's comedy mystery- Said A Mouthful," one of his most Dummy. East, of course, played stance, in the early years of the A skeleton of a cavalryman was Company will be CLOSED from thriller, "Murder in the Pri-recent films, now showing at the low, and South; being a far-sighted century, they were agents for that found beside the skeleton of his the harness and uniforms. TUESDAY, 12th. FEBRUARY to vate Car" now at the Majestic Oriental Theatre declarer, realised the danger of a now-forgotten painter Peter Gra-horse, TUESDAY, 26th. FEBRUARY, Theatre.

Mistaken for a swimming cham third round club ruff. In an effort ham. Clients used to come in and being laid out batween the two.

(commission", his next picture but both days inclusive,

Supporting Ruggles and Miss plon, Joe is forced into a marathon to prevent this ruff, he went up Thursday, the 14th. February, 1985 JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, Merkel, in the case are Mary Car race through his love for a beaut with the Ace of spades and then four.

General Managers liste, Russell Hardie and Burton ful girl and his own inability to led the Queen West, won the trick As agents they helped to build axplain matters. After & reries of with the King and led another club, up J. P. Morgan's collection; they Churchill. Hong Kong, 29th, January, 1985. Hourly, Miss Carlisle, who pro- hilarious incidente in which he is and when East returned the auft bought 68 of the 64 pletures that nearly drowned, he surprises him he trumped the third round. Since comprise the Ivangh collection. Bouth now had no means of pre- And they negotiated the sala of the venting East from winning a trick Velazquez Venus to the National with the heart King, the contract Gallery the only nude was defeated a od wypsbek

Commencing át 5.15 p.m..

at their Sales Room,

Duddall Street

A Fine Collection of

POSTAGE STAMPS

On view from Tuesday, the 12th.,

February 1985.

-Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS

foneers.

Hong Kong, 9th February, 1088.

QUALITY

PRINTING

vides the love interest, recet

note warning her. her end is self by winning the race and be drawing near

coming a hero,

max, the rear car,

the top of a steep

and begins to rou

the hill outi éf.

Imomnes

ear and there': every minute.

Joe is supported by the beaut fuls and fifian-hi.

Others Rogers,

lever painted.

arina; of East's play was admittedly area For the obvious reasons already

estimate sonably close one, but I am sure the stated, percentages defnitely. uzia the Tortu "made in oils”, closely, ArmISA hold-up, and in this: ticular car with big overhead have had very everything worked out.

to loan years, But there was money (schedule.

in it and there will be aga

WEDNESDAY, 13th

ARLISS THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD

“At The MAJESTIC