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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 8,

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Cinema Notes

"CASINO MURDER CASE?

QUEEN'S THEATRE-

Paul Lucas; featured player in such successes as "Little Women” and "The Fountain,” brings to the screen a third distinctive portrayal of Philo Fance, S.S. van :- Dine's) famous Actional detective, in The Casino Murder Case" now showing at the Queen's Theatre to-daya

of

This picture concerns the latest adventure Philo Vance and his un- nsual solution of a series poison mysteries that envelop the wealthy and eccentric Lliéwellyn family. Vance, receives an anony- mous letter directing him to watch; Accordance with Government young Lynn Llewellyn, whose life!

BANK HOLIDAY

will be CLOSED for the transaction ling casino.

of Public Business on MONDAY, After drinking water supplied by the 10th June, 1935. (Whit-Mon-his uncle, Kindaid, the casino day.)

Hong Kong, 6th June, 1935.

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE

owner, Lynn collapses. At the same hour Lynn's wife dies of poi-1 soning in Mrs. Llewellyn's home. Vance discounts" a' suicide note found at her side. A little later, Doris Reed, the "old lady's' com- panion, becomes unconscious after Idrinking water from a carafe in-

[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tended for the elder Mrs. Llewel

that the ANNUAL ORDIN– 15%.

ARY GENERAL MEETING of With Doris, who has recovered.

Arkce Jann MeHenry, whose stomach was righted by surgery. enjoys a shopping trip to Boston with her mother (left) and nurse. It was Alyce's first trip away from Fall River Hospital since ber operation.

Conroy, Jane Darwell, Sara Haden, Frank Melton and Polly Ann Young-

SHAREHOLDERS will be HELD Vance is trapped in Xinkaid's roles are Dorothy Wilson, Muriel at the HONG KONG ROTEL, secret laboratory but is later re- Kirkland, Astrid Allwyn, Frank Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, the leased by Kinkaid. 11th. June 1935, at 11.30 am, for the purpose of receiving the Be ports of the Directors together with a. Statement of Accounts for! the year ended 30th. April, 1935.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the

"WHAT EVERY WOMAN

·KNOWS” MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Ably supported by Madge Evans,

"SMARTY-ORIENTAL THEATRE

A Warner Brothers production,

BRIDGE NOTES

Defensive Trump Hold-Up

By Ely Culbertson

ACTORS PART IN A FILM

Leshe Howard States His Opinion

COG IN VAST MACHINE

RADIO

TO DAY'S PROGRAMIHE

The following programme WL (broadcast to-day from the Kong Broadenating Station

Leslie Howard, the English on a wavelength of 365 stage and screen star, who “ hás (845 KCS).

been having an enormous-SUCCESS

on the Broadway stage

Petrified Forest,” and in London

as Sir Percy Blakeney

RELAY OF DANCE MUSIC

HONG KONG HOTEL. Recorded Programme

1930-215

12.30 Pull

Recorded

Beport.

150 m-Ber Rugby Press Ne

8.15 pm-Clas 47 pm Chinese 7 pan-12 midnig

screen version of The Scarlet gramme Pimpernel, shocked the fim dustry by a candid speech to New York "Conference on Acting." He found Hollywood incredible, he said, and not at all to his artis- tic taste. He liked the climate, the fact that there were no long runs,- and working hours which 7-1.30 pm. Orch permitted an actor to live a nor Engen Onegine

Rosaritonde Baber mal person's life.

(Schubert) "But," he continued there is Concers Walts in A something definitely oppressing Witches Dance (La

(Precintyr

Soldiers

about the realisation that a mo- tion picture is just a part of a vast

Changing of the Guard machine that controls everyone March of the Smuggler

**Catzen” (Binet).

zonnected with it

7.30-745 pm

"Fantastic Effusions” Actors are seriously given fan-Richard Croods (Fenor).

1. My Song goes, round tastic effusions masquerading as 2 scripts They are given no consî- I Love deration in the selection” of a

O Song Dodne

(Lebar)

200

script, and really know little or 4 Kathy M nothing about it until called to Octet....

the set and told to act. I once Gavotte, from "Mis created a storm by demanding a La Cinquantaine (Marie).

famous Operatic Melodies)

few hours to rehearse a part I Operatica (arr. Squire) (Selection had known about for only a short time.

I have no desire to play, any more in the commercial theatre: and the movies are purely commer- cial, too.

If it becomes obvious to the de- noticed the other day that

8 pmLocal Time and Report.

8.83-845 pm-Variety. Piano Solo-Fudy.

Songs

Love's last word is spoken Out in the cold, cold snow

Company will be CLOSED from Helen Hayes and Brian Aherne are SATURDAY, 1st day of June, to in the leading roles of Fox Film's "Smarty." with Joan Blondell and fence that the best plan of cam Miss Helen Hayes announced her TUESDAY, the 11th day of June "What Every Woman Knows," Warren William in the principal paign is to force the Declarer and withdrawal from the movies, and Organ Solos-Take a Chance

which is showing at the Majestic roles, is now being screened at. the shorten the latter's trump holding, said she didn't particularly like Songs Slumberland 1935, both days incluzive.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON

General Managers, Hong Kong, 23rd May, 1935.

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Terence

Every defensive move must be herself on the screen Like Miss Oriental Theatre.

Josephine... Len Allen (Ba Theatre to-day.

There is Hayes, I don't particularly like Orchestra Miss Hayes, who became known Miss Blondell has the role of a directed to this end.

Fairies in the Moon through her excellent acting in young wife who yearns to be more, however, to forcing the De myself on the screen either. But

Extracte "Mary Of Scotland," plays the role beaten and treated badly. Wil-j clarer than merely leading a suit the movies remain the chance ani Vocal Duet of Maggie, who in her attempts to liam does much of the beating, of which he is void every time you actor has to become economically win a husband, in spite of being and is aided and abetted by Ed-get on trick. There are times, for independent of the movies, and of

woman of award Everett Horton. Frank Me-instance, when the Dummy as well Broadway, too, in a commercial Song The Night is Young known to be a charm provides strong back- Hugh is more comical than ever, as the Declarer is void of the suit, sense

ground for the plot.

and *Joan Wheeler, "the young Brian Aherne plays the leading Broadway favourite, has an im- male role of John Shand, while portant role in the picture. Madge Evans, in the distinctly Supporting the cast are Virginia Disonte ne Love by HEIGHT new role of a designing young Sale, Claire Dodd, and Leonard

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Jars & Zaw Quin_Trial Zeparis. at Nane Patzkine

siren, is seen as Lady Sibyl

Those supporting the cast are Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Da vid Torrence, Henry Stephenson.! and Boyd Irwin

"BEGGARS OF ERMINE" ALHAMBRA THEATRE

[Carers

"THE LITTLE COLONEL”

KING'S THEATRE.

Three prominent figures on the screen. Shirley Temple, Lionel |Barrymore and Bill Robinson, are brought together in Fox Film's "Beggars of Ermine," a Mono-"The Little Colonel" which is now gram production, starring Lionel showing at the King's Theatre. Atwill, provides 3. soul-stirring "The Little Colonel", from the Zeed any own beght to portrayal of John Dawson, who, pen of Annie Fellows Johnston, after losing both his legs in an has been read in book form by accident in his own mill, is trick-millions. It is the story of a Ken- know ed out of his interest in the mill tacky rebel, who did not

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QUEEN'S DANCE HALL 303-309, Hennessy Rd. (Grd. Floor)

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Hồng Kong Silver Jubilee Stamps

Esed on First Day

6th May 1935

GRACA

and a lead of the suit instead of

shortening the Declarer, will be ruffed in Dummy, enabling the De

to get a valuable dis- clarer card. In this instance the defence must do everything in its power to force the Declarer to remove all of Duenny's trumpe. This can often be effectually done by holding‘up'a high trump. The technique of this Play is shown in the hand below:

North, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

North

West

who both run away with the man banishes his daughter when she East responsible for his financial loss weds an American. The disin-

A man of good education, John herited girl accompanies her hus- on steel band to the Indian frontier, where Dawson writes articles and sells them on street corners their daughter becomes the honor. in all parts of the world, while inļary colonel of a regiment,

man who tricked him.

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SQ 6.5 E-EQ 310 3 D-A 4 C104 7 The bidding.

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İsearch of his wife and daughter. Little Shirley is the golden- He boards all his savings for the locked Colonel, while Barrymore day when he will be able to claim plays the gruff old Kentucky. all that has been taken away from colonel, who proves helpless. him, and to gain revenge on the against the charming little person-

ality. Included in the castar North East In his travels · be encounters Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, 2nd 1°C. other beggars, and obtains permis-Sydney Blackner sion from the authorities to or gmise the beggars into a power- ful society. By judicious invest- ments be accumulate enough money to buy back his mill. Even- tually he finds his daughter, after his wife had been killed

THE

WELLE PARADE" STAR THEATRES

POLICE CHANGES

Transfers Effective To-day

The following transfers in the Hong Kong Police -Force will take effect as from to-day-

RECTOR BUGS VILLAGE

No Possibilities Of Exploitation

PLACID LIFE RESUMED

What a little moonligh

Blast Layton, and

Evelyn Laye

Orchestra

Talking Film Memories

Vocal Diet

Salon Orches

Fancy our meeting Now that I've found

Jack Bachauma and Fisie- 8159

pm-Light Ore

Baindrops

Pizzicati for Strings" (River

- A Faizy-Ballet: (White)

Forest Idyll. (Balinger)

The Hermit (Schnaistich)

-9.30 pa Band Music" Poet and Peasant. Overture (Supp Hobomako-Interresso (Reeves)

Living deep among the Cotswold Wedding of the Rose (Jessel)-

Marching with Souse hills near Cirencester is a man who Songs, or walery

9.30-12

has made himself a dictator to give 200 villagers their freedom.

This man is the Rev. JAWI Toynbee. He is rector of Barnsley,

a Cotswold harmlet, and he i its owner. For he recently- bot up most of the village from the hands of binders

This "village Cromwell"- now owns - 25 homes, three farms, the village hall, the school, and the post office. But he owns them simply 10

that others, should not take them:

away, and Mr. Toynbee intends to |touch - nothing in the people's

homes.

midnight-A Relay of Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.

10. pim.—Reuter Press ....... Hong Kong Lawn Bowis League Matches Results 10.30 pan-Eugby Now

Down:

MARSHAL TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Overdose Of Sleeping Draught

Village Safe

Marshal Merlin, a Set in the heart of the hill coun-ernor of Indo-China, try, its fields divided with gray Besujón Hospital last. Cotswold stone, the little village isting from the elects jnow giving thanks that it is safe. dose of sleeping drang West's opening lead was the For many centuries the hamlet The Marshal, who diamond Queen, South won with has been left alone unnoticed by said to be in a grave condities the Ace, and the heart King 2 commerce. There has not been had had insomnia for |led West could count one die-

mond trick, one heart trick, and al probable club trick in the Past hand. A fourth trick was needed to defeat the contract

The only possible hope seemsa to lie in West's fourth trump an extra diamond, and neither Sergeant Scott from Emergency Unit (Hong Kong) to Yamnati for could be established unless the year, The White Parade Foc duty vice Sergeant Was Declarer could be shortened - by

One of the most human, and dramatic screen stories of the

Film production dedicated to the memary of Florence Nightingale, is now showing at the Star Thea-

Loretta Young and John Boles play the leading roles in this first of all films to deal with the xis- dent nurse — her tra her heartaches and” her

new height for

The White

from”” Wanéhai to E U. (Hong- Kong).

Sergeant Sy

U (Kowic Channing from

from Central to ergeant

diamond leads Naturally, only one more diamond could be jed while the Dummy still had small trumps so West did not go up, with his heart Ace on the King

ath continued with the Quee and the West player again

The Dec

of course

now absolutely belpless He coul

as if he did this

not shift to

Fast could me

first round.

give his South had

hold up on

rtner third

even one shop as long as

the houses for three weeks befor

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to be Davis Cup

fato same hospital,

dose of 27

that the recovered.

MARRIAGE AND MURDER

Women