1949-12-09 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1940.

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ROXY BROADWAY

Commencing. Today

at 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM

COMMENCING TOMORROW

*Relaye and

Enjoy That wonderful wonderful

•picture!

TYRONE

POWER

عمر

gets that surge and

GENE

TIERNEY

is on the verge when they both got

"That

Wonderful URGE

REGINALD GARINN - ARLEEN WHELAN

Dr. J IN CADE - ». THEN KOHEMAR

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW

20

ROXY at 11.30 A.M. BROADWAY at 12

Minh Chartuta For Presents

A VARIETY PROGRAMME

of Colored Cartoons

at Reduced Prices

Paramount Variety

Comedy Progruninie

including

CINEMA WORLD

Romantic Comedy

Now At The Roxy

Rating:

"That Wonderful Urgo,” starting today at the Roxy Thootro, is a smartly paced, modern, romantic force in which the stars have been given the go-ahead signal and made the most of it Tyrone Power is a handsome newspaper reporter who does a series of scathing articles about frivolous heiress, Gene Tierney. What hap- pens from that point is fast, furious and de- lightful.

for

ex-

rlerk When Sora Furley (Gene Tier- | reeds in convincing the

grocery that Tom would be committing ney). heiress to a vast Fortune, runs off to Sun Valley bigamy if he married Jessica.

Jeffer-

Saro's for a vacation. Thomus

At a party of

noclety act In kon Tyler (Tyrone Power), ace friends Tom pats on an

the New

Sara York order to embarrass her reporter

hit TA "Chronicle,**

leaven with Andre, bart Tom pursues Auther more information for his beats her home, and after a seene series of senthing articles about she promises that she will her life and loves. At Sun Val-plain to his editor, but she gives Sarn enjoys herself in the him the silp an they are driving company of her Aunt Cornelis to the "Chrontete" office. Claucile Watson) and Count Ton flually convinces his edi Andre des Guyon (Reginald Cinetor that he is on the level and

st for libel is filed against Sura by Tom with the help of the paper. The case before

ley.

Janey).

Tyler, posing as Tem Thomas, proceeds to make a play for th Lovely Sara. They quere IL 2214 seal of each other, and Sara, who is falling in love with him, he hoves him to be the one

not after her DRHICY

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OAKIE AND CHAPLIN

"Democracy Stunk"

Chaplin's "Dictator' Packing Them In

Rating: •••

Roca to trial To those who, for one reason or another, failed to Judge Parker Gene

see the pre-war screening of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," a word of advice: "Don't miss it this time,” while to those who have already seen it we wish to recommend another two hours of top entertainment.

Another battle ensues, but bath enue to realise that they are in love, and melt into each other's

Who IN When

a newspaper phtong aph intins. Leveals that Tum is her unknoKCH

ographer. Sura is terribly anges! with him und Tom checks out of the hotel to return to New Yook

Vowing veligence, Saro Fast and when she lands u: New Noon) You wits the reporters that she

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PRODUCTION

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THE SCREEN'S FAVOURITE ROMANTIC TEAM

IN ANOTHER SMASH HIT!

HERBERT WILCOX presents

AKKA

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MICHAEL

MAYTIME IN MAYFAIR

+

flats

smart! to Tom and hus set-

И

Bexl a fortune on bin. When Tom's estitor hears this he has hum town out of the "Chronicle

Tom is hard pressed to provel

As that tts' married to Sara.

a last resort he considers marry- gul friend, Jessicu (Aricen Whelin), bat

murriage of the appeurs anICE bureau Swa

SHOWING

TODAY

BLIC-

RATINGS

The "China Mall" in ing the following classification to Indients to readers the quality of lime reviewed:

...

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Falc

MAJESTIC

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TIMES:

AT 12.00 NOON, 2.45, 6.45 & 9.30 P.M. THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! Winner of 5 Academy Awards !

A J. ARTHUR BANK

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Laurence Olivier

presents

HAMLET

William Shakespeare

Starring Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Basil, Sydney

WILDING ORIENTAL

A GAY ROMANTIC COMEDY

Lonly TECHNICOLOR

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THE STORY OF BIRTH?

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Full of Action from the Beginning to the End 1/

·JHAN SIMMONS.

Donald Houston

The Blue Lagoon

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"The Great Dictator," perhaps the greatest satire ever to be filmed, is now at the King's Theatre, packing the crowds in.

bar-

In brief, the film's plot is about, becames the hated Jewish # dictator, named Hynkel (who ber, and the barber the leader of looks suspiciously like one Adolf the "master race",

man conquer

Hitler, although, in the bent While "The Great Dictator" is Hollywood tradition any resema hilarious comedy, it is at the biance between the characters of same time also a satire on Gov- the picture and any known per- ernment and a call to humanity son, living or dead, is said to be that slaves are made, not born, purely coincidental) and his at- and that freedom can and must templs to exterminate the Jews be won. It is in our presunt who are responsible for all

the the day, ns it was in

days of world's is, from rising prices to Nazi Germany, a timely master- falling stock market dividends. plece with a mesange for every » While Hynkel and his hench body, young and old, showing men are busily engaged in divid- the good and the bad in

to urging one and all to ing up the world "according plan" (Hynkel himself says

de- the bad so that all the finer qua- mocracy "stunk" which, the fities in humanity may reign for English languago means "let's the better. shoot the common man"), # If you see Charlie Chaplin's funny little man, a shell-shocked "The Great Diccator" and go barber of Word War I vintage, away regarding it as an excell- only appears on the scene and proves ent comedy, you will be

View the picture to be a veritable messiah to his half correct. people, the Jews. Since barber as an appeal to yourself, and you and Hynkel look more alike than will discover, that, besides hearty an identical set of twins, it is in- laughs, you will find in it a jevitable that Hynkel eventually maxim that in as old as religion.

THE HONGKONG STAGE CLUB

Presents

'DUET FOR TWO HANDS'

(A Play in Two Acts)

by

MARY HAYLEY BELL

at

THE CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE

on

THURSDAY, 8th December 1949, at 9.00 p.m. FRIDAY, 9th SATURDAY, 10th

"

at 7.30 p.m. ́at 9.00 p.m.

Seats: $0, $3.50, $2.50, Services $2.00.

Obtainable at MOUTRIES' and 30 mins. before the Per- formances at the BOX OFFICE) CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE.

A ferry will run from Police' Fler, Kowloon, 35 mins. before each Performance, returning after the show. FARE (return OR single)-$1.

SINO-BRITISH CLUB MUSIC GROUP

SECOND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT SEASON 1949/50.

SINO-BRITISH ORCHESTRA

Conductor Dr. S. M. BARD

Leader M. II. FAN

Bwith

HARRY TALBOT,' Barltone Accompanist: Miss B, M. BICHENO

AT DIOCESAN, BOYS' SCHOOL, Kowloon Thursday, 16th December at 8.30 p.m.

2 and ret ST. STEPHEN'S GIRLS' COLLEGE, Lyttleton Road, Hong Kong Friday, 10th December at 8.30p.m.

PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE:

"London" Symphony; "Christmas". Concerto Children's Overture L'Arlestonus Suite No. Admission, (non-subscribers): 15,13,

Tickets obtainable, mir S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd., Chater Rd.,

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Laughs...

that will be heard around the world!

HE TALKSI

"Il's Chaplin's boil-mé that means the best picture, Ikate over seen!" >

· moins Walsh,

1. A. Newspaper Alfieman

Charlie Chaplin

In all new comedy

The Great

DICTATOR

́Produced, writists and allevoted By: GHANTAR CHAPLIN

A PAULETTE GODDARD

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