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¿CENTRAL THEATRE

Naramounts

TO-DAY TO TUESDAY Daily, at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

"THE WILD PARTY

A Garamount TALKING Picture

Starring CLARA

BOW

W

HOOPEE

Let's

gol Clara talks

and how! Hand-pick-

ed beauties doing cute tricks! The "It" girl a carload of uncorks "kicks"! Clara goes lo college, gets a lot of knowledge and she's pussing it on! Get in on the "know" for the hey- bey whoopee! You've never heard or seen any. thing like it!

NEXT CHANGE

BACLANOVA MANCY CARROLL PAUL LUKAS

George

Bancroft

"THE WOLF OF WALL STREET a Garangunt Picture

COMING SOON

WITH BYRD

AT THE

SOUTH POLE

Garamount Picture

Bookings at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

ASSETS

£13,000,000

CLAIMS PAID

£40,000,00

GENERAL

ACCIDENT, FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORPN., LTD.

All Classes of INSURANCE

WORLD

WIDE

ORGANISATION

AGENTS:

JAMES H. BACKHOUSE,

TEL 21733.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1930.

THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR

19-19

By CLUYAS WILLIAMS

JUST AS YOU'RE CONGRATULATING YOURSELF THAT NOBODY SAW YOU SPILL THE SHRIMP SALAD

ON THE ARM OF THE CHAIR AND THAT YOUVE SUCCESSFULLY MOPPED UP AND HIDDEN THE SPOT BY DROPPING YOUR NAPKIN

OVER IT YOU DISCOVER THAT YOUR HOSTESS'S LITRE GIRL

HAS BEEN AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR

(Copyright, 1930, hy The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

WEEK-END WIRELESS

PROGRAMMES.

BROADCAST BY ZBW. ON 353 METRES.

11 to 11.30 a.m.-Commercial news. 11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. 19.30 p.m.-European programme. |1.30 p.m.-Weather report.

2 p.m.-Close down.

Musical Somedy.

"The Arcadians Vocal Gems and

Veronique Vocal Gems. Light Opera Company, "Mister Cinders-Vegal

Gems

and "Wake Up and Dream."- Vocal Gen-Light Opera Com pany.

The Merry Widow "—Vocal 'Gems | and The Waltz Dream!-

pany.

Chocolate, Soldier "-Vocal Gen.

Light Opera Company,

"The Fire Dance" and "Fantastic Symphony (Berlioz)-Holly- wood Bowl Orchestra.

Ialamer" (Balakirew).

wood Bowl Orchestra. "The Sleeping Beauty

Holly

Ballet

Suite (Tschaikowsky).-Holly- wood Bowl Orchestra. Predre Overture (Musicnet).- San Francisco Symphony Ordi

etc.

Vocal Gems Light Opera Comp-Weather report, local time. The Bella of St. Malo " and

Semper

Fidelis "-March.-- Bund of H.31. Coldstreami Guards. "At Parting" and

4.15 to 5.30 p.m. (approx.).-Byp.m-Weather report, local time,

kind permission of the Kowloon Football Club, a running con mentary of the football match (Kowloon, Football Club versu Royal Artillery) to be held on the Kowloon F.C. ground will be given from the field."

PLAN OF FOOTBALL FIELD TO BE USED

RAILWAY

WHEN LIATENING TO BROADCAST-COMMENTARY.

1. ·

2.

3.

HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU

WHEN YOU LISTEN IN.,

CHATHAM ROAD

3.30 to 7 pm-Chinèse programme. 7. p.m. Children's programoje. European progrname of Victor records supplied by Mestre. Moutrie & Co.

"The Children's Corner Suite" Cortet, (Debussy). Alfred. Pianie!. "The Christening Linen and. Squares and Brownie-Yes- pers" (A. A. Milne),-George Daker, Baritone.

etc..

"Stephen Foster Melodies."-Nat

Shildret and the Salon' Group, Nightingale Song."-Hulda Las

haneka

The Admiral's Yarn."-Peter

Dawson, Bass Baritone.

In the Garden.”—Marion Talley,

Soprano.

Hud You But Known."-Brown-

ing Mammiery, Tenor. Spring Song" (Mendelssohn) and "Country Dance in G. Minor (Newton).-W. E. Jordan, Carillonneur.

DANCE PROGRAMME.

1.30 p.m.

1. Fox Trot-"I Want to be Bad" and You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You "

2. Fox Trut Am I Blue?" and

Excuse Me Lady,'

3. Fox Trot-A Precious Little Thing Called Love" and "1 Faw Down an' Go Boom,” Song "Little Boy Blues," Melville Gideon, Baritone, and-

A Persian Rosebud,"

Met villa Gideon, Baritone.

4. Fox Trot" Dream

Train."

and "She's Funny That Way,"

5. Waltz After the Ball" and

The Prisoner's Song."

a Fox Trol-Lover, Come Back

tas Ble" and Marianne."

Song" Mary, Mako. Heliove,”

༔

At Dawn- "Mary Garden, Soprano, Shepherd's Lullaby" and "At Dayning" (Cadman), — Row. Sombre Woods and Inad Tims, Organist.

Down

Here." Mantie! Hemingway, BISH.

1

and "Glockenspie Pastorale

Blenle and len." Arthur Neville Taylor, Organ and Piano.

And Little Lady of the Moon "*

"Bird Songs at Eventide." Sydney Colthain, Tenor,

Coventry "Brigg Fair" and

Carol,-Oriana Madrigal So ciety, Choral.

Hark, Hary, Hark"

práre}, Hedge Roses"

(Shakes (Goo Sylvia "

the), "Who is (Shakespeare), "Holy Night--

THE SILVER SCREEN.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

"THE WILD PARTY."

Opportunity for fun and fame has been given Jack Oakie, a New York stage favourite, who plays a big rôle in Clara Bow's," The Wild Party," an all-talking Paramount production, which comes to the Central Theatre' for a four days" run boginning to day.

This film of youth at its maddest moments will recall the most recent Clara Bow success, "The Fleet's In," for it was in this picture that Oakie started as a Parnınount play- er, having in that the part of Searchlight McGuire.

'As the "life of the "party". in "The Wild Parly," Oakie has fall opportunity to display the talents that brought him first stage fame and the popularity upon the

acreen,

On the stage he started in a Junior League show in New York several years ago and this quickly led to antisequent appearances in vaudeville and Shubert's "Passing Showa." He is a talented top dancer, and has a singing voice of fine quality.

- DEVIL-MAY-CARE”, AT THE QUEEN'S

Ramon Novarro lost no time in showing the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios" what he find lenslied during the recent six months he spent with singing teachers in Berlin.

Immediately on his return be started rehearsals with Herbert Stothart the vo-composer of 9-Rose Marie" and "The Song of the Flame," who wrote the six sangs- sung in Novarro'a new musien! romance,Devil-May Care, which is showing at the Queen's Theatre. Sidney Franklin directed the pie ture, which is laid in the Napoleonte

ema

EX-OFFICER SENT

TO GAOL.

CREDIT WHILE BANKRUPT.

Edward Monteagle Browne, a re- tired D.S.O, lieutenant colonel of AOD, was sentenced at the Borka Quarter Sessions at Roading last month to four months' imprison- ment in the second division on each of four charges of obtaining credit totalling 443 without disclosing the fact that he was an undisclnrg. d bankrupt. The sentences ure.to run concurrently.

For the prosecution it was stated tlanta receiving order wag made against Browne in 1922, when his liabilitie, ware roturned as £6,000, and his Basets at £50. Subsequent.

The Tront" and "impromply he ran up bills, and in 1829 an- other receiving order was maile tu-To the Lyre" (Schubert),-

against him. His liabilities then John McCormack and the Vic- tor Salon Group.

amounted to £14,000, which includ- ed the original figure of £3,000, and 10.30 p.m.-Close down.

his assots at £3,000, ad that he had incurred additional liabilities of £8,000,

Noel Coward Baritone, and S

A Room with a View, Noel

Coward, Baritone.

7. Fox Trot A Room with a

View and Lady."

"Dance Little

8. Fox Trot" Baby, Oh Where Can You Be and "You're Just Another Memory."

4. Waltz Was It Dream!? nad That Melody, of Love." Song" Can't Help Lovin' Dat. Mon" and "Together," Melville Gidion, Baritone,

A bankruptcy official said Browne stated at his last bankruptcy that bo was under the impression he had been discharged.

John Sherman, who was the man- aging clerk to the solicitor acting Hfor Browne, said Browne gave in- structions for his discharge to be applied for, but the witness” was taken ill, and the instructions alip ped from bis memory,

Browne said he

E

A

B

BILLIE DOVE

was mentioned in dispatches and gained the D.S.O. the last war. He also won

during Rseveral medals and decorations in

the South African War Alter his first Hankruptcy he fastructed Sherman to apply for his discharge, and having done that thought he had nothing more to do. The first intimation that he was still an un

10. Fox Trat 1 Life Ups ROD LA ROCQUE decharged bankrupt was in a lot-

Finger and I say Tweet Tweet" and "Laughing Maris. onette,"

11. Fox Trot "Lucky in Love" **The Best Times in Life are Free"

12. Waltz-"Coquette." Song

"Gonna Get a Girl" and Like a Butterfly,'

Melville Gideon, Baritone.

Nursery-RyhmesMasters Lough13. Waltz Girl of My Dreams"

Lough and R. Mallet with Chorus.

and "Maria, Mari." 11.30 p.m.-Close down.

Buckingham Palace The Three There will not be an interval

Foxes and Politeness-Market

Square." George Baker, Bari-between each dance record.

tonc.

7.30 17.00.

Band Belections.

SUNDAY,

"Policeman's Holiday" (Ewing) 30 a.m.-Reny of Service from S.

andWee Macgregor Patrol." -Band of HM Coldstreaın. Guards.

Suite

·Francaise"

Sermon: Joseph's Church.

The Spirit of Charity" by the Rev. Fr. R. W. Gallagher,

(Foulds).-

||:11 p.m.-Chinese programamie.

Band of H.M. Coldstream

Guards.

Colonel Bogey "-March and 1.30 p.Weather report, "Youth and Vigour."-Band of pagClose down. Pe H.M. Coldstream Guarda.

8p.m-European programme of

Nutcracker Suite!

sky).-Philadelphia

Orchestra

nikow.

“Cardeval

Ororture(Dvorak); Hollywood Bowl Orchestrat

terreocived from his bank man agor, and by then he had obtained the credit in respect to which he was charged.

Baid

Superintendent Butler

"THE MAN Browns was appointed to the Royal

AND THE

MOMENT

Married for convenience only- a loveless contruet marriage that BOOD turned to love. But she'

·FEARED 1070-and tried to liva. down its memory by dissipating. in the fastest smart set this side of life. See the startling new recreations of plessure wait plutocracy introduced in lavish spectacle.

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The

and other persational hits, now add the attractions of talking and a superb singing voice! The romance of romances!

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'NEXT' CHANGE. Laughs Cuties Gobbs! the thrills and romance of the destroyer fleet!

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WARNERBROS, LATEST SUCCESS

LION MOUSE

DIRE

MAY MAVOY LIONEL BARRYMORE

WORLD

Irish Fusiliers in 1900 se second lieutenant, and rotired in 1005 ng lieutenant. He rejoined at the out- break of war, and was promoted captain, major, and then liouton- ant colonel, commanding the h Bowvico Battalion of the Roya! Munster Fusiliers in 1910. He was removed from the army in 1917, tho King having no further occasion FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY for his services.

The Chairman asked if there was any court martial, but the Super- intendent replied that he could not

Browne, in an outburst from the dock, said the reason for tie re- moval from the army was entirely My chase is well known, política

nd it was before Parliament, said. “It is still a matter for me." The Chairman Wo will take, no

notion of thief part of your record.

Browne If this gets into the

army ng longer applies to my se

At 2.30, 5.15. 7.15 & 9.20.. Interpreter at All Performances

HEROES

OF THE

WILD

EPISODES TO