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-THE DARING YOUNG MAN”

KING'S THEATRE-

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In Rubber Bridge when a dou-

To obtain the proper: atmos- bled

hilarious prison contract is being played phere for which surely must go down, the sequence in "The Daring Young declarer in choosing his line of Man, the Fox Film featuring play must make every effort to James Dunn, Mae Clarke and Neil keep his penalty down to as few Hamilton showing-to-day-to the tricks as possible. Unless the King's Theatre, Art Director Jack play for the smallest possible set Otterson secured plans and photo-1 seems too unlikely, it is the one graphs of nearly all the leading which should usually be adopted penal institutions in the country even though if a very bad un-and erected a series of corridors foreseen 'break makes it go wrong and cell blocks that nearly fill one the set may go pretty high- of the big studio stages

Supreme Court

Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea and Clandette Colbert is a scene

This picture, which comes to-morrow to the King's Theatre, tim: "Ming Colbert's first starring picture since she wow the acting award for 1934 from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. · · Joan cast. Bennett and Helen Vinson are also members of the featured "Private Worlds" was directed by Gregory LaCave.

The reasoning of the good" de- clarer in match point duplicate This realism in the story, how from the Walter Wanger production for Paramount, Private Worlds, games should be somewhat difever, is ironic rather than tragic ferent. If, for instance, he is at for the institution "proves to be a sacrifice contract which must more of a hotel for favoured pri

a, gaol, and be set, his primary interest should soners than be to try to keep the penalty down side-splitting comedy scenes take its, bars. William so that it will not exceed the place behind number of points which the op- Seiter directed The Daring ponents could score for their Young Man," which has Sidney In other words, if the Toler and Warren Hymer, among

game.

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An Indian Prince's Great Wealth

Rajah Likes Jewels

And Cricket

Chester Morris gives an admir- jable portrayal of a Federal agent, Lionel Barrymore is convincing

Sir Bhupindar Singh, Maharajah of Patiala, premier prince Jas the drunken doctor, who makes

an easy, though precarious living, among the war-like Sikhs and ruler of the greatest native patching up the gangsters after State in the Punjab Section of India, looks like a prince-out their frequent clashes with the of the pages of the Arabian Nights--has all the wealth of one the spends like one, enjoys himself like one, bedecks himself with

priceless jewels like one.

FANTASTIC TALES DEPRECATED

humour.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZB-Won wavelength of 355 metres (845 EC3).

Relay of Test Match Scores from Daventry Talk by R. Abbit:

12309.15 pm- European

12.30 p.m.-Recorded Music...

Pro

1 pm-Local Time & Weather Re +port

1.30 pm-Beater Press Bulletins, Rugby Press-News: etc 2.15 p.m.-Close Bow

4-7 pm Chinese Programme.

7 pm: - 12 midnightly European Programme.

7-225 pm-Concert Items. Pianoforte Solosi

Three Chinese Pieces (Chasing)

Abram Chasing

Songs

Tu ne sans pas auler

waltz (Aubra)

La Fille aux Matelots (Reale)

Damia (Soprano)

Violin Solo

Estudiantina Waltz (Waldterfel) Dolores Waltz. (Waldteufel, · Op.

170)

Songs

Albert Sandler.

La Danza (Rossini) Heute Nacht oder Niet

(Spoliansky)

Jan Kiepara (Taxr) 7.25-7,30-pub-“Accordeon Nights -Medley Nɑ.. 2′′

7:30-7.45 pan---From the Studio. A Talk on "Tests” by R ́ABBIE. 2.45-8.pam- The Vienna Bohame Orchestra. --

Wolgat. Wolga! (Nosky Hydropathen Waltz, (Gangl)

April Smiles (Depret) Walse Romantique (Heinecke) Spring Waltz Licke)

port

8 p.m-Local Time & Weather Be-

203-830 pm. — A Variety. Pro gamme Piano Duets

Goodnight Vienna-Medley

Song

Raie da Costs and Harry.

Le Lieutenant Souriant

Adrien Lam

Instrumental

Tango DeDe Rose

Jacobson

law. Jean Arthur adds necessary touch of romance.

There is action in the begin-

And yet he objects to the tag, Now Patiala is quite capable ning, in the middle and even at

of it and the expense would hard- the end. The action is fast as of being a high liver.

That gorgeous display is only ly make a dent in his capacious one would expect when machine-

guns are

taking a leading part one side of him-show put on for pocket-book, but he does not like Interest never fags for a mo-

his people and for his station. In that kind of story. Things like ment, but it is punctuated in the his quiet hours he is a serious that are telegraphed back to the correct places by clever bursts of reader of philosophic and scienti-native Indian papers and they do fic works. In his tastes, he runsinot make a good impression rather to good sports like cricket among the masses, who are poor “MURDER IN THE CLOUDS and hunting. In his job as ruler and who often do not know where

of a State, he has shown himself their next meal is coming from. ja wise statesman, giving his coun And, only recently, the Mahara Aeroplanes are needed in an try one of the best governments jah once more took up the deny-

ling game. aeroplane picture, but during the in India.

Other Tales Succeeded In 1900 filming of “Murder in the

Stopping in Rome, he said he The Boswell Sisters Clouds," the First National pro- The Maharajah succeeded his duction, the roar of the machines father to the throne in 1900 when disliked the fantastic stories Orchestra

Dance of the Icicles Voes? overhead completely ruined the he was only 9 years old. He took about the ways he spent his

"Ida" Sweet as Apple Cider recording of the dialogue being over active rule when he was 19 wealth. He particularly denied spoken in the scene.

in 1910. The slender, dark-eyed that when he came to Europe, he The Mills Brothers

_ALHAMBRA THEATRE

Serge Krotkoff and bis Hawaiians

Radio Requests

Song

*

Xylonbone Solo

Alles (Baritone)

“Dance of the Raindrops

Body Starita Vocal

Rock and Roll

Daventry,

England v South Africa. A run-

The bidding: (Figure after bid The sequence in question was boy has grown into the magnitate quails fed on grapes and 8.30-8.35 pm A Relay fro“ a cafe set beside an airport Reficent specimen of Oriental man-brought all the way from Asia.

hood, so well known in India and He also denied that to bear some ning commentary by Captain H. K.-T. hearsals baving been finished to Exist South West North

England to-day. He is every inch good music, he had been known to wakelam on the first day's play in the satisfaction of everyone, IS 2 H ̈ Pass

actual filming started, but at that a Sikh six feet tall, broad of hire a whole German orchestra. the fifth Cricket Test Match Re 14 H Pass Pass 4 S (1)

Deny as he may, nevertheless yed from the Oval Cricket Ground,

Keunington, London, Dbl. Pass Pass: Pass

very moment a low flying plane shoulder, with coal-black beard

upturned it is known that this ruler, with a

835-9 pm-A Relay from Daven- of the and fierce military speech

private yearly income of $4,500," try.

1—A most unusual and ordinarily

drowned the players.

moustache.

He has probably come to Lon000, does do Arabian Nights The Commodore Grand Orchestra unwise bid by North The Several times after when film-

don, both for pleasure trips and things. On one of his trips to directed by Harry Davidson Relay- ed from the Commodore. Whestre, only excuse for North's sacri- ing was resumed unwelcome aero-formatters of

London, accompanied by the Hammersmith statesmanship, fice bid was the fact that his planes zoomed by and each time

other Indian Maharanee, one of his children 3915 gm-A Belay of the Daves more than any side was not vulnerable and it become necessary to take the

and a retinue of servants, his by News Bulletin, (Copyright: prince. Ross the opponents were and that scene again. Director D.

Stories Denied

luggage alone consisted of 300 Reuter).

9.15-9.30 pm-Band Music the hand was played in a Lederman was annoyed at the de-

Some ten years ago, when he trunks, all sealed with the ele

Americana" (Thurban)>"<s duplicate game with match lay, but Lyle Talbot laughed it off visited the English metropolis. Phant of his coat of arms.

Blaze Away, Match (Halzmann) point scoring. North had been with the remark, "Well, this is an the papers said he took the whole Special Kitchen

Lynwood March (Elume) faring badly and decided to aeroplane picture you know.milionaire's floor of a luxury In the hotel be had a speciat gamble on a top-score. Не The picture is a thrilling hotel; that he had installed a

kitchen of his own where his two knew he was making a sacri- drama with baffling murders com-special solid silver bath; that beative chefs worked all day pre Sce which practically no other mitted in the air. There is a stir- had his own special elevator all aring according to very at team would make, and, assum-ring triangular romance in which done up in gorgeous scarlet and cient recipes, the curries their ing the opponents could make Talbot, Ann. Dvorak and Gordon gold lacquer; and that every day.master loves so well. And they their four hearts, that four Westcott figure. Others in the to adorn his 10 rooms and make required 30 solid silver vessels in spades doubled,

if not down cast include Robert-Light, George them sweet with perfume, he has which to cook these dishes, ... more than 450, would bring Cooper, Charles Wilson, Henry placed an order for 5,000

him a top-score.

ONeill and Russell Hicks.

TOSES.

"BIOGRAPHY OF A BACHELORĮ

GIRL" MAJESTIC THEATRE

When he chooses to doll himself up, there are few rulers anywhere in the world who can equal, much |less beat him. His jewels repre- sent not one, but several for

South was thus the declarer at four-spade doubled contract which was decidedly not of his

Such song hits as "Ah, Sweet My tunes. own choice. After the opening Robert Montgomery and Ana stery of Life," "To Falling in (Continu on Page 11 iend of the heart Ace was made Harding star in this story of a Love” with Someone, and the damry went down. modern

woman's fight against Tramp, Tramp," "The Italian

South stopped to count tricks modern persecution, in which her Street Song and all the original CLEVER RUSE WHICH

He immediately noticed that if love-affairs, which are znany. music is retained. both the spade and diamond suits form the highlight..

Prominent in a large cast in broke three and two he could get Montgomery, is excellent as the support Jeanette MacDonald and out for a one-trick set or 100 editor who tries to secure her life Nelson Eddy are Frank Morgan points, losing only the two club story, for his paper, although he as- Governor, l'Aumard and Elsa tricks, one spade trick and one is somewhat unusual in the Lanchester, as Madame ('Annard [heart trick

spectacles which the movie-world seems to fnd fitting for the Dart "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. However, South further she plays. THE Undersigned, have received that if the heart suit were con

STAR THEATRES

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