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ENTERTAINM

QUEENS

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 Introducing the leading singing Star of the Metropolitan Opera

Paramount's

"Rose of the Rancho"

starring

GLADYS SWARTHOUT with JOHN BOLES-CHARLES BICKFORD

NEXT CHANGE BINNIE BARNES

in "ONE EXCITING ADVENTURE"

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1936.

TODAY AT THE

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CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Barbary Coast" ·

QUEEN'S:

"Rose of The Rancho" ORIENTAL:-

"People Will Talk''

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Whipsaw"

MAJESTIC;-

"Red Heads On Parade"

STAR:-

"That's A Good Girl"

Sunday

KING'S:-

SHOWS

DAILY

TANK, ANT TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

FLEMING

"Barbary Coast"

ROAD WANDHAL

QUEEN'S :-

"Rose. Or The Rancho

TEL. 29412

STAR:

7.15---8.30

ORIENTAL

LAST 4 PERFORMANCES TO-DAY

HERE'S A KNOCK-OUT COMEDY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS!

Chortling harlie and Mix-up Mary the crazy sweeth arts... he forsakes his better half for a better blond... sbe sees him for mental infidelity... he two-timed just two times too many. Fighting shoulder to shoulder outnumbered by a thousand to one, ravaged by a million tortures of a desert hell, these Britishers battle on. a glorious druma as big and great as "the Lives of a Bengal Tancer"

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CHARLIE RUGGLES · MARY BOLAND

>>What the neighbors see, Mary believesi

The stars of "Ruggles"

ore of it again, when the neighbars talk Charlie into a scandal he can't'

talk himself out off

Adolph Zuker prozonis

People Will Talk

A Paramount 'Picture

LEILA HYAMS · DEAN JAGGER

TO-MORROW MONDAY TUESDAY

A TRULY GREAT SCREEN PRODUCTION WITH MANY THOUSANDS IN THE CAST!

Adalah Tutor MrBERATY

THE LAST

Prices Matinees 20 c.

-30

ESTARE

OUTPOST

Partaguni Pretori

GARY GRANT CLAUDE RAINS GERTRUDE MICHAEL KATHLEEN BURKE COLIN TAPLEY

Evenings 20 6.30 e.-50 e.-70 e.

TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY!|| -

ONE EXCITING

ADVENTURE

"Nit Wies"

ALHAMBRA:-

**Whipsaw**

ORIENTAL:-~~

"Last Outpost"

MAJESTIC:~

"A Night At The Opera"

CENTRAL:

"G-Men"

Clack Buchanan 'That's a Good Girl Showing at the Star Theatre to-day.

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL

At The Star Theatre

"That's a Good Girl" is the third British and Dominions picture in

LOCAL RUGBY

FANLING GOLF

SHOWING TO-DAY

Seven A Side Tournament

The annual Seven-a-side Rugby. Tournament organized by the Hong Kong Football Club in ald of Civilian, Navy and Army Charities will be held next week.

There have been sixteen entries and it will be necessary to play four of the First Round Games on. Monday, March 2nd, at 430 p.m. The other four First Round Games will be played or Wednesday, March 4th, at 4.30 p.m. On Saturday, March 7th, the Second Round will commence at 3.00 pm. There will be four Second Round games, two semi-finals and the final on Saturday." All games w be played on the Club Ground at Happy Valley.

Starting Times For Sunday

OLD COURSE

9.20 D. Hope Gill, K. W. Jones 9.24 OEC. Muiton, R. Young 9.28 A.C.I. Bowker, Gumdr. Ho.e 9.33 C.W.E. Bishop. P. C. Frost 9.36 J. McFarlane, P. L Leefe 9.40 D; 8. Edward, W.N.A. Smul-

ley

小

9.44 A. B. Purves, T. R. Chassels 9.49 S. P. Langley, W. Sharp 9.52 C. W. Jeffries, H. H. Mundy 9.56 H. E. Stone, W. A Mackin-

lay 10.00 3. W. Mayhew, D. A. O'Kleffe 10.04 P. Morrion, T. L'ndars 10.08 Co. Bake, O. J. Shannon 10.12 I. W. Lang, D. J. Keogh 16.16 W. Pittendrigh, J. Angwi Entries have been received from 10.29 T. R. Rowell, G. E. Bond the Holders of the Blarney Stone 10.24 R. 4 Rodgers. H., H. Beddow Shield, the Hong Kong Football 10.28 N. K. Littlejohn, J. Forces, Club who are eritering two teams,

10.32 I. H. Geare. A. D. Hum- the Royal Welch Fusillers who

phreys were in the final last year and

A. McKellar, W. W. C. She- who are entering three teams, the East Lancs.. Royal Artillery, Royal10.40 L. Goldman, R. L. 5. Webb Army Medical Corps, Royal En- 10.44 P. H. Scoones, F. C. B gineers, Royal Ulster Rines, HMS. Tamar & Small Ships, HMS. Dorsetshire, 4th Submarine Flotilla, HLM.S. Cornwall, Butterfield and Swire (Taikool, and the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (Way- foong) who were winners two years ago.

Seven-a-side rugby is a fast and exciting game. The first and second round and semi-final games are of seven minutes duration each half.

ten In the final minutes will be played each halt.

10.38

10.48

wan

Black T. C. Monaghan, ET MC- Mullen 10.52 I. B. Trevor, W. Paterson 10.56 R. J. Shrigky. J. S. Dykes 11.00 W. L. A'exander, J. C.-Finch Pay 11.04 Surg. Lt. Cdr. Marks

Lt. Morant

NEW COURSE 9.24 Mrs. Bishop, Miss Blake 9.32 Mrs. Smalley Miss Curtin 9.40 Miss Stevenson: F. C. Mud 10.12 Sir W. Shenton, R. A. Tou-- On Wednesday afternoon the 11.04" E. R. Childe, Comdr. Bridg admission charge to any stand will be 50 cents, and on Saturday, $1.00

to the covered stand and 50 cents

to the open stand, Service men half price.

COUNTRY CLUB

Starting Times For Sunday

This is the Afth year. the tournament is being held and it A.M.

be a is hoped there will

Large 10.30 cause assist the

of

crowd charity.

to

10.3-4

A band will be in attendance to play before the commencement, 10.38 during the interval between the 10:42 second round and semi-finals, and 10.46 again between the semi-finals and final.

10.50 10.54

W, G. Williams and S. L. Wong.

A. J. Kew and F. E. Rc-,

medios.

H. Kew and B. Basto,

C, H. Suen and L. D'Almada

E. Q. da Roza and A. W. da

Roza.

E. Sadick and H. K. Lee." GS Ford and R. A. C.

Basto.

WEEK-END RADIO 10.58 S. J. Fong and J. J. Basto

PROGRAMMES

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(Continued from Page 4)

10 p.m.-News and Review of the Week in English on DJA and ip Dutch on DJB, DIN.

11.02 Mrs. J. J. Basto and Miss

Williams.

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11.06 Mrs. Castro and Miss Ablong 11.10 Mrs. Remedios and Mrs.

D'Almada, 11.14 Miss O Basto and Mrs. Kew.

BOGEY POOL

D. Hope Gill (12), with one up.

10.15 pm Home Evening for the won the Bogey (Par) Pool over

Sudeten Germans.

11 p.m.-The Anest German Male

Choruses IV.

the Old Course at Fanling during the past week.

Other scores were W. J. S. Key (9) all square and H. H, Pethick (13), W, Woodward (15) and D. A. DJN | O'Kleffe (13) one down. There were 38 entries.

11.30 p.m.--From the National

Broadcasting Station's Work.

DJA. 12 midnight.--Close

Engl...

RADIO MANILA Saturday

which Jack Buchanan has starred. 6 pm-Max Lazo and his Ha-

how Herbert Wilcox acquired the services of Britain's most popular 1.20 stage figure is still recent history-

wallans.

p.m.-Spails Informational Period.

Period.

?

6.55 D.m-Stock quotations, through

It was soon after Mr. Buchanan's 8.35 p.m.-English Informational return from America where he had;

with starred in "Monte Carlo" Jeanette MacDonald that the an- nouncement of the British and Dominions capture was zuade.

Then followed the news of Jack Buchanan's Arst subject a musical called "Good Night Vienna" to be personally directed by Herbert

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the courtesy of Swan, Culbert Bon and Fritz.

7 p.m.-The Town Crier presents a

Quarter-Hour of Melody.

"ROSE OF THE RANCHO"

At The Queen's

A strikingly romantic dance that was popular nearly a century ago when Spanish dominance, in Šouth- rn California was just beginning

to wane, will be revived in Para-

7.15 p.m.-U.P. Educational Period. 7.30 p.m.-Musical Varieties, & p.m.-Song Recital--Sergio Des-

quitado, tenor.

pm-Ellen Vanin Through mount's new musical "Rose Of The the Ages-A British Broad-Rancho" now showing at the casting Corporation, Presenta- Queen's Theatre, starring Gladys tion.

Swarthout and John Boles,

2.15

8.45 p.m.-Stock Quotations and

Local Market Reports.

"One Exciting Adventure." The Wucos. ost sparkling, and thrilling story "Good Night Vienna" proved at of a girl who couldn't resist a blow that Jack Buchanan was diamonds, and of the men who the biggest box-office name in Brl- couldn't resist her. "Oge Exciting tish pictures. The film ran four- Adventure," which brings Binnie teen weeks at the Capitol, Hay- Barnes, the glamorous new star; to market, and broke records where- the screen in the second Universal, ever it was shown.

Incidentally, "Good Night Vien- production, is the next attraction at the Queen's Theatre. Played na" set Anna Neagle's feet on the against a gay continental tack! Path to her stardom in "The Little Damozel," "Bitter Sweet" and now ground, the picture is regarded 28("The Queen." one of the most thrilling and sparkling offerings of the year.

With Miss Barnes, is a brilliant taste in making certain suggestionsp.-Radio Revels, conducted by daughter, falls in love with the

Elsie

RANDOLPH

JACK

BUCHANAN

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL

Directed by JACK BUCHANAN

**RECTOR

MOBUSTION -

· HERBERT WILCOX

TO-MORROW.

WHEELER and WOOLSEY

In "THE NITWITS"

Jack Buchanan had shown such an accurate knowledge of popular

enst headed by Neil Hamilton and for incorporation in "Good Night Paul Cavanaugh with Eugene. Vienas" that Herbert Wilcox a5 Faulette, Grant Mitchell, Edna signed him to direct himself in Scarle, Jason Roberts, G. P. his next picture.

This was "Yes, Mr. Brown," Huntley Jr. Doris Lloyd and!

based on a continental success-a William Worthington,

gay and irresponsible story of mia-

5 p.m.-Tea Dance Music.

Roberta March.

6.30 pmn.-Organ Interlude. 8.45 p.m.-The Catholic Hour.

Trading 7 p.m.-Manila

Musicale, conducted by Alfredo

Center

•KINGS!

· At 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

‘A LOVELERAT KNEW NO TEAR IN A CITY TEXT KNEW NO LAW.

Together they braved the turbulent excitement

of the greedy Gold Coast struggled against

the overpowering spirit of lawlessness

with the mob that threatened the freedom of the press by smashing the printing plants of men who dared tell the trafi! 11 SAMUEL GOLDWYN

prasanta

Barbary Coast

THE

MIRIAM HOPKINS EDW. G. ROBINSON JOEL MCCREA

by HOMATE HAWAI

· ALSO WALT DISNEY SILLY SYMPHONY •

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TECHNICOLOUR "COOKIE CARNIVAL"

EYER PRODUCED.

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

NATHAN RD, HOWLDON-DARY AT 2,30-320×220 & 930 •TEL. S0856

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT LAST!

MYRNA'S BACK IN HER GAYEST ROMANCE! She's a fascinating adventuress stealing jewels and hearts as she leads Spencer Tracy on a merry chase. (he doesn't)

t know it yet, but it's right to the altar!).

MYRNA LOY WHIPSAW

With MGM Cast

Headed by

SPENCER TRACY

plus: Special

Hearst Newsreel with Flashes

from the Colourful

Career of

K. Edward VIIL

CENTRAL

THEATRE TO-MORROW MONDAY & TUESDÀY 3 DAYS ONLY

At 2.80, 5.15., 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

THE BIGGEST THRILLER IN 5 YEARS!

First Story of the Federal Agents! Shot-by- Shot Bramatization of Gangland's Watertoo!

GMEN

Staning

JAMES CAGNEY

With ANN DYORAK - Huge Star Cast!

POPULAR PRICES MATINEES: 50 ets.-20 cts.—20 cla. EVENINGS: 6 cta-4i ots.---30 cta. SERVICEMEN; 39 eta. to Circle

BARBARY COAST

colourful drama

The "Sombrere Dance' to be pre sented by Miss Swarthout, who makes her motion picture debut The vital role played by plonicer 9 p.m.---Klim Dancing Party," spon-after a brilliant career in opera newspaper editors in shaping the

sored by Borden Company.."

and on the stage concert, served destiny of America is revealed in manufacturers of Klim and the glamorous Spanish maidens of "Barbary Coast," Samuel Cold- Malted Milk-Kim Orchestra old Monterey 68 a means of ex-wyn's

which directed by Johriny Harris. pressing favour for their lovers. brings Miriam Hopkins, Edward 11 p.m.-Bign off.

In Rose Of The Rancho" Miss Sunday

Swarthout who plays the role of a Robinson and Joel McCrea to

the King's Theatre to-day. wealthy

landowner's Spanish

Woven into this vivid story of j dashing young Government agent,

a love that flowered and flamed in played by John Boles. At the big this morass of human passions, is fiesta in Monterey, after singing the epic of a fearless man who the romantic number, "Where Is came to establish San Francisco's My Love," Miss Swarthout per arst newspaper and fought to the forms the "Dance." By ancient death to build a clean city against custom the young men toss their the terrorism of Louis Chamalia, hata into the dancing arena and

the own of a notorious cafe and Miss Swarthout after tripping in and out among the sombreros. finally steps on the bat belonging minded editor that resulted in the It was the murder of th's civic to Boles thus signifying her love

creation of the famous Vigilantes. for him.

"Rose Of The Rancho" which the men who made law and order. contains the largest number of Miriam Hopkins is scen as the original songs of any pictures yet Swan, who reigns over the adoring, Bled, has in its cast, in addition | Chamalls' crooked foulette table, tc Miss Swarthout and Boles, 'and Joel McCrea plays the 'young || Charles Bickford, H. B. Warner,

her arid charges

ber

lite. the new comedy team of Willie gold miner who falls in love with Howard and Herb Williams. Grace Bradley, Charlotte Granville and Chamalis is portrayed by Edward Don Alvarado,

G. "Robinson

Roa. 7.30 p.-Dance Music by the

Manta Polo Club Orchestra.

The story is that of the most taken identity-and it gave, fur-2.30 pan Filipino Youth Hour, glamorous diamond thief in Europe, who is followed over half the world by a man she refusce to

ther evidence of Jack Buchanan's popularity..

conducted by Leon Ma, Guer

rero, J.

Now comes "That's a Good Girl," p.m.-Nine O'clock Monitor. meet but who pays her billi where-adapted from the most famous of.15 p.m.-Gospel Hour, conducted evor she goes. The hearts of men Buchanan's stage shows, made

by Rev. R. B. Jones. hold no interest for her until she with that scrupulous care which 8.30 p.m.-Symphony Concert. moets one man who tells her she is distinguishes Jack Buchanan as 11 p.m.-Sign Om

I had a stupid and silly. Then she begins producer and director.

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to follow him and the whole party rapturous reception at its London | of mad, gay and ruthless people in premiere.

turn are followed by two of the world's worst detectives,

and "Yes, Mr. Brown, and the That's a Good Girl is a worthy Star Theatre is to be congratulated successor to "Good Night Vienna" on booking it for presentation...

Kambing den

MAJESTIQ

THEATRESA NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON TO-DAY ONLY Ar 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

Join

Em!

THEY'RE PAINTING

THE TOWN RED!

Forty-eight adorable, auburn

cuties-one from every State

-making merry" in this whirly-girly jamboree of joy!

REDHEADS ON PARADE

JESSE K. BASKY production with

JOHN BOLES DIXIE LIE JACK HALEY RAYMOND

WALBURN ALAN

DINEHART

A RED-LETTER DAY IN RADIANT ENTERTAINMENT

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