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'KING'S PRINCESS

LAST 2 DAYS

3 SHOWS DAILY

Dua to length of picture please note special times:

PRINCESS

KING'S

At 2.30, 5.30 & 9.00 p.m. At 2.30, 6.00 & 9.15 p.m.

James Stewart Awarded the Venice Festival BEST ACTOR AWARD for His Performance in This No. 1 Motion Picture of the Year.

Last Year No. 1 Bestzeltar, This Year's No. 1 Motion Picture.

JAMES STEWART

LEE REMICK

BEN GAZZARA

ARTHUR O'CONNELL

EVE ARDEN

KATHRYN GRANT

ANATOMY

OFA MURDER

AN OTTO PREMINGER FILM

and JOSEPH N. WELCH as Judge Weaver

LIGAGE C SEO GRDON BEAN RUSS BRUKN MURRAY HAMILTON/BROOKS WES? scraplay by MERDELL MAYIS products and Geecord te OTTO PREWINGER♬ Columbia teleži

» munt by Duke Ellington

Admission: Logo--$4.70; Dress Circle-$3.50: Back Stail $2.40; Front & Middle Stall-$1.70

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♪ GALA PREMIERE TO-MORROW

HE RULED

AMERICA'S

At 9.30 p.m.

When

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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959.

HONGKONG PRAISED BY FASHION HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

A Frenchman's reaction to the cheongsam: “it's wonderful if it has a pretty Chinese girl inside," was given yesterday by Mr Francois Bertrand, representative of Christian Dior of Paris, at present in the Colony.

After

three months spent in touring the East to examine potential oriental markets for French perfume. Mr Berand said he would have preferred to have spont the whole three months in Hongkong.

"Hongkeng is full of atmos phere, particularly attractive to Laties, with a highly successfol bend of the Chinese and Euro- There is no pean ervilisations.

middle or suburban class evident brre People appear to be fully businesslike er touriste enjoying Hongkong's amenities and shop- ping in a free port.

"The bsence of custom duties perfumes enables us to sell pertames here

cheaply

more

can In Paris. th Japan, Parmesa, Indonesia and Manila, po French perfumes can legally be sold.

BIG HOUSE.

AT VIOLIN RECITAL

By D. E. GRAY

tho crt

Lec Last night,

Theatre, to an almost full house, a violin recital was Chan prosented by Mr Chung-on. Mr Chan, who last played in Hongkong in 1946, tackled most ambitious Only in Singa-

programme, unaccom- pare and H. nakent, and of these !

ranging from we, Hongkong is fur more

panied Bach to the modern agreeable," he saki,

school. For my taste, the most outstanding feature of this recital was the beautiful tone of the violin on which Chan Chung-on played. I am told it was on Amati, owned by a well-known local violinist. Seldom have heard such a swoot-toned instrument.

The recital

opened with R Vivaldi Sonala, which went Each угас the newest well enough until the final colours, textiles and styles for movement, "Vivace, the international fashion and tempo was very ragged, tunding

Mr Bertrand said he hopes to i

to this back

Colony come whenever possile.

NO COMPETITION

said there was a great demand fur French perfumes here. In fact for Freich pry= | fumes there is no real competi- tion anywhere in the world. In the cosmetle lines however, the American producers had gone!

the "whT ahead rapidly during when European houses had been forced to close.

where

the

BAGHDAD 1959

A young Baghdad) street- boy does a roaring trade In plaster portraita of the Iraqi leader, General KAMCH now that he is known to have survived a recent ARBĪBatlon stamps. Trouble is silli almanering in Iraq, and mbother the present regime, under Gen- eral Kassem wil carry out its plans for modernisation and re-construction suscESS- fully, regarins to be see?J}~~~~ but to do it, Barhdad will have to live more strongly than usual up to its title, Dar-al Salam, City of Peace,

WIFE COMMITS

ADULTERY WITH

OWN BROTHER

Cardiff, Wales, Dec. 7.

beauty world were launched to 1:1 away at times. This was A brother was cited as co-respondent in

in Paris. The House of Dior followed

Beethoven by the

recond

move

made its contribuiton each Sonata in G Major which open- season and lipsticks to tone ed poorly but warmed up consi-

the most fashionable ¦derably in the with colours were launched simul-jnent. taneously.

Why do all violinists have a The latest shade was between

Unaccompanied rink and

and most "go" at Bach's tangerine

Violin Sonatas, and the famous becoming when correctly wom., Other new

Chaconne, in particular? Mr Bertrand said. products released in time for the Christmas shopping season were light waters for skin fragrance (not using the ugly term, tollet water) the smart flat, glit com- pact, the trio of new perfumes. icfest besticks ned a new skin colege for men.

Mr Bertrand leaves for Tokyo today on his return trip to Paris,

METROPOLE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30. 5.30, 7.30

G 9.30 P.M.

A Chinesc MUSICAL Pictura

"WESTERN

CHAMBER"

in Shanghai Dialect

Next Change

"THOU SHALT NOT

DE JEALOUS"

A Japanese Horror Picture

in Colour and CinemaScope

This is a tremendously stan- cult piece of violin work requir- ing skilful technique through-

vul.

MrChar

has considerable facility in the Bagering side of his ploying, but his bowing seemed to be a weaker side, and breadth one longed for some and richness of tone from such a lovely instrument.

The second half of the gramme was devoted to snippets of various posers, including J Nocturne, arranged for by Chan Chung-on,

pro- short

com-

Chopin violin

This programme was very well arranged, the most

dc- manding iteins occupying the Arst half,

and shorter

lighter numbers h the second.

In this lighter vein, Mr Chan seemed to be much more 21 home. He was assisted at the piano by Miss Tu Yuch-slen.

A bouquet to whoever de signed the programme cover. With

the Chinese characters and the excellent motif, this was charming.

King Hussein

British Selwyn Lloyd King Hussein luncheon., The

London, Dec. 7.

Foreign Secretary today entertained of Jordan at a

King is in Brl- Lain on a private visit.-UPI.

THE GOLDEN PHOENIX

CAFFARI

The King of

Pick-Pockets

FLOORSHOWS

0.15 12.45 FIRST FLOOR MANSON MOUSE

KOWLOON TEL. 6830S

and

MANOLO CUERVA Spanish Singer from Barcelona

Music By Punching Garcia And Hi Dynamic Danceros

Vocalist Luz Vi Minda.

a divorce granted today to the husband

of his sister.

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

Jockey Club

Donations

Sir,We thought you might be interested to know that the Jockey Club Charles Ltd. have the donated $100,000 to mark;

World occasion of

Refugee Year. Our total to date is now $142,478.

We still have a long way to gɔ to make our $2 million, but it a few more people helped we would be well on the way.

On

The band. Allen Stephen- eat, had sought the divorce the grounds of adultery of his wife, Margery, 27, with her brother, Trevor Thorpe, 21. an Army private.

They denied the allegations. The judge awarded Stephen- son custody of the two children of the marriage.

co. are