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THE GIMME GIRIS HAVE LANDED AND HAVE THE MARINES WELL IN HAND!' "Joau

"Glenda

BLONDELL FARRELL

'

MISS PACIFIC

FLEET

Warner Bees. Het wels

High Herbert Allen Jenkins

CHANGE

ELISSA LANDI – PAUL "CAVANAGH

In Paramount's

WITHOUT REGRET"

HONG KONG DAILY PRËSS." SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1936.

TODAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Modern Times"

QUEEN'S:-

"Miss" Pacific Fleet'

ORIENTAL:----

"The Rainmakers"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Sylvia Scarlett"

MAJESTIC:--.

"Les Miserables"

STAR:-

"Peter Ibbetson"

Sunday

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5 10, 7.15 & 0.80 P.M.

He's back again

in the greatest triumph of his careeri

4 SHOWS

DAILY

230-5

7.15-5.

FAKE ANY TRAK OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTAL

"Modern Times'

KING'S:-

FLEMING

QUEEN'S:

KOAD

WANCHAL. TEL. 28473

LAST 4 TIMES TODAY

A CONTINUOUS RIOT OF LAUGHTER

There's a

boom in the

Shock Market!

HELLER P

WOOLSEY

THE RAINMAKERS

They make hey hey

while the sun shines

There's a how! in every drop when it rains! with

DOROTHY LEE

TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY

THE MOST THRILLING

MYSTERY STORY EVER SCREENED! SENSATIONAL ACTION PICTURE.

SYLVIA SIDNEY

Quilty of siding the man she

laved... but he was

a criminal!

"Mary Burns,

FUGITIVE"

MELVYN DOUGLAS · ALAN BAXTER

Le MATINEES: Z0c-30¢ ✪ EVENINGS; 20c.-30c.-50c_-70c.

ESTARE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAYİ

Na Prison Burs

Could Cage Their Lave!

Most beautiful

romance

in

modern literature.

Adulph Zubar precente

GARY COOPER ANN HARDING

Peter

Ibbetson

A ̈Paramount Picture with ida Lopine John Halliday Douglass Dumbrilla Virginia Weidler Diski M.... Directed by Honey Hathaway.

TO-MO-ROW DICK POWELL IN BROADWAY: GONDOLIER

DEEP THINKERS

SLEEP DEEP, SAYS A DOCTOR

"Miss Pacific Fleet'

ORIENTAL:-

"Mary Burns Fugitive" ALHAMBRA:—

"Tough Guy”

STAR:-

"Broadway Gondoller"

MAJESTIC;—

"Les Miserables"

MISS PACIFIC FLEET

"Miss Pacific Fleet" colaas port at the Queen's Theatre to-day, with the famous, quartette of film comedians, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins heading a cast that in. ..cludes hundreds of gobs and

marines. 1

He drove a taxi and was thrown out of radio stations But when he paddled a gondola, radio begged for his favour. He's Dick Powell, singing new song hits in Warner Bros. "Broadway Gondoller" the, highly amusing film opening at the Star Theatre on Sundar...

FANLING GOLF

STARTING TIMES FOR

a.m.

14

SUNDAY

OLD COURSE

9,20 R.. Young."D. S. Robb 9.24

B. D. Evans, A. Sommerfelt 9.28 H. N. Willamson. J. Angwin 9.34 R. H. MacGregor, G. Mar-

scille

9.36 J. H. McElney. D. W. Mac-

Ewen

41,

9.40

R. A. Rodgers, F. M. Elis

9.44

G. T. May, F. C. Young

9.48

The picture is a gay and rollie kinga comedy, which also" carries a Kiamourous romance,

G. S Chambers. E. A. Browning

1

0.52

F. H. King, J. 9. Dunnett

9.56

T. R. Rowell. E des Voeux "J.A.R. Selby. E. Bathurst

The fun starts in an amusement park at a naval base on the Paci-10.00 fic Coast where Joan and Glenda, 10.04 two stranded chorus beauties are 10.42 runting a cane rack. The fleet comes in, "and Allen Jenkins, in role of the champion prize fighter of the fleet, puts them clear. out of the business by his ski in ringing caTIES,

the

one

Jenkins

..

A. T. Lay. Cdr. C. Wauchope L. G. Roertson, Add Martin

SCOTS IN COMMAND

WEEK-END RADIO

PROGRAMMES

*(Continued From Page 4)

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9.30 p.m.-A Sunday Evening Pru-,

gramme.

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9.45 p.m.-A Programme of Folk Dance Tunes from different parts of Germany. " Played by the Hans Neemann

Quintet.

10 p.m.-News and Review of the Week in English on DJN, DJE and in Dutch on DJA, DJB. 10.15 p.m.-The IXth Symphony by with Ludwig van Beethoved Choral Finale on Schiller's "Ode to Joy." The Shortwave Station Orchestra conducted by Werner Richter-Reichhelm, the German Choral Union. 11.30 pm.-"Da kommen wir mit

Singen."

The Berlin Mozart Choir of 80

Boys and Girls.

12 midnight.-Sign of DJA" DJE,

DJN, DJB (German, English).

EMPIRE RADIO

Hong Kong Times TRANSMISSION Z

The following frequencies will be used:

Hugh Herbert promotes a beauty contest, which includes a prize

London, April 17. fight with 5,000 votes awarded the Honours have come this week to inuer to give to his girl friend two distinguished Edinburgh men. This is staged between Jenkins, The promotion of Lieutenant-Gen- who has fallen in love with the eral Sir Arthur Wauchope, High choras beauty Miss Blondell and Commissioner for Falestine, to the

of the local pugs. wins the fight after a terrific lent-rank of General was not unexpect- ed by his friends. During the past ing, but he throws his votes for a dumb witted girl when he finds few years Sir Arthurs qualifica- that Joan has slipped off with his tions as a soldier and administra- chum. Warren Hull, instead of tor have been especially notable attending the fight.

his dealings with the difficult pro- blem of the Jewish and Arab popu- lation of the Holy Land. A com- firmed bachelor, he devotes all his time to his heavy responsibilities. On the rare occasions on which he returns to Scotland his chief re-9 laxation is golf. Sir Arthur is a member of the Royal and Ancient Club, St. Andrews.

Hilarious situations, follow each other in quick succession winding up in a melodramatic smash it which there is a kidnapping. a nuitor boat chase for the abducted Kirl and a free-for-all battle be tween sailors, marines and their girls at the contest hall.

"MODERN TIMES"

Berlin, April 20.

A familiar and endearing little Mental workers and manual figure, too long absent from these labourer sleep in different ways, Hurts. returned to town to-day according to results of an inves He wore a seedy derby, a shabby tigation by a German expert, Dr. suit distinguished by ultra-haggy Hoff, which are published in Bertrousers. two huge shoes, and a "fin. Dr. Hoff says:

viny moustache, carried a cane anci answered to the name of Charlie Chaplin

The Manual Worker sleeps most soundly during the first four hours, after which is sleep becomes less and less profound, so that, at the end, the slightest noise will awaken hiro

.

OSH 21.47 Mc/s (13,97 m.). OSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.),

9 p.m.-Big Ben: Symphony Music, 8.10 p.m.-Talk: "Down to the Bes in Ships-Sea Communications: (4) Manning the Ship" Basil Sanderson.

8.30 pm-The Serge Krish Septet. Greenwich Time Signal at 9 p.m.

(and daily). p.m.-Weekly Newsletter, Sports

Summary, and Announcements. 9.20 p.m.-Musical Interlude. 9.25 pm-A Short Religious Ser-

vice, from the Studio. 9.40 p.m.--Envol.

TRANSMISSION 3

Two of the following frequencies

080 17.79 M/s (18.86 m.), GSP 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m), G.S.D. 11.75 Mc/a (25 53 m.).

The appointment of Sir Robert Duncan Bell to be acting Governor of Bombay prompts the reflection that an increasing number of high administrative posts in India are will be used:→→→ held by Scots. In a few days the Marquis of Linlithgow will arrive at Bombay and take up his office as Viceroy: Sir John Anderson, 11 Dalkeith man, has been Governor Appearing in "Modern Times,"'! of Bengal for some years, and the his first film since the release of Hon. Sir Archibald Cochrane, son "City Lights," almost £ve years of Lord Cochrane of Cults, will11 ago, and his funniest to date, the soon be on his way to govern. The Mental Worker has

two prodigal received a rousing wel Burma, points of the soundest sleep. The come from a huge audience at the first is found about midnight. The King's Theatre. It is interesting Sir Robert Bell is son of the late second COMES after about eight to notice that, not only has the in-Mr. William Bell, Lauriston Gar- hours of sleep, at the point when imitable Chaplin suffered no de dens, Edinburgh. At the beginning the manual worker is normally preciation of his popularity" tur- of this century he married Miss reads to awake. At this point the ing this long vacation from Elms, Miss Janet Spence, who died in mental worker falls again into a but he has actually gained a horde 1934, shortly before her husband slumber so deep that it often re of enthusiastic new fans in the quires considerable noise to awakes

countless youngsters whe have received his knighthood. kim,

sprung up in the interim and Do you find it hard to get up in noisily enjoyed their first taste of the morning? Then, according this particular brand of fun last Dr. Hoff, you have done too much

night. mental work the previous day?

"WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN?"

London, April, 20. Lord Hewart: the Lord · Chlef

Written, produced and" directed by the star, who also wrote the music, and released through United Artists, "Modern Times" is the greatest entertainment to come to the screen in many and many a season. Welcome back Charlie Chaplin !

10 p.m.-Big Ben; The B.B.C. Em- pire Orchestra (leader, Daniel Melsa); conductor. Eric Fogg; Thorpe Bates, barytone. p.m.-A Running Commentary on the National Sabre Cham- plonship: Final Pool. from the Salle Bertrand, London. 11.15 p.m.-The J. H, Squire Celeste Octet; Rispah Goodacre, con- tralto. 11.25 P-A Recital by Noel Eadie,

soprano.

J

11.55 pa-Weekly Newsletter, Sports Summary, and · An- nouncements. Greenwich Time Signal at 12

midnight. (and daily). GOLD-PAVED STREETS

12.15 2.31-A Recial by Beatrice OF LONDON

Harrison, cello,*

Giune To An Old Idea

NEXT ป CHANGE

CHARLIE

Chaplin

MODERN TIMES

written, directed and produced by CHARLES CHAPLIN Released thru UNITED ARTISTS

ALOS MICKEY MOUSE la MICKEY'S GARDEN LATEST WALT DISNEY'S

CARTOON IN BEAUTIFUL TECHNICOLOUR.

“THE GARDEN MURDER CASE"

with EDMUND LOWE-VIRGINIA BRUCE

M'G.M..

PICTURE

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RO, HOWTOON:

AT 3,30-3,201730 & 9.30 *TEL. 50059

FINAL SHOWINGS

4

TO-DAY Dynamic!...

de the girl

who became

Ja, boy...to play a hand in a danger. ous game!

with

KATHARINE

HEPBURN Sylvia

Scarlett

CARY GRANT ·• BRIAN AKERNE EDMUND GWENN Directed by GEORGE- CUKOR Produced by Pandra S. Berman

SHOWING TO-MORROW

THE LOVABLE STAR OF "THE CHAMP" in his most exciting serten adventure!

TOUGH GUY

"JACKIE, JOSEPH, RIN TIN COOPER CALLEJA, TIN JR. Harvey Stephens Tears Hørshol Directed by CHESTER M. FRANKLIN Produced by HARRT BAPT

TO-PAY

& TO-MORROW THEATRE=-=

MAJETITIट

Mezo Mayer

At 2 80, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

VICTOR HUGO'S MASTERPIECE LIVES AGAIN

JOSEPH M.

SCHENCK

Les MISERABLES

20m.

CENTURY PICTURE

Fredric

MARCH

Charles

LAUGHTON

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Tuesday: LESLIE HOWARD, MEBLE OBERON

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EARL OF WARWICK AND FILM OFFER

Will Want Big Salary

ROAD ACCIDENT FILM

London, April 23. 12:30 am The B.B.C. Military

Over 700 of the: 5000 picture Band; conductor. · B. Walton houses in this country have now O'Donnell; Jan van der Gucht booked the offical road safety ténor.

fim entitled "Death

the London, April 20.

Reads." Chief Constable Billitoe

London, April 21. A possible clue to the old idea'

of Glasgow has given a notable The Earl of Warwick, who has that London streets were paved

Lead to with gold is provided by a brief with the swearing of four in 1302 to in other parts

his police colleagues been "invited by Warner Bros, to the country in become a film actor, stated last Justice, presiding at a complimen said, I rather think he is a man pany of Paviors issued by that an-modious for the public.","

history of the Worshipful Com-make the City streets "com-arging local cinemas to show the night that he told them he would tary, dinner to Major P. C. Burton, who is never rude unless he means clent City guild.

production a5 an important part be prepared to act for the films. In 1419 paviors were pald at the the new president of the English to be. Avory thought that that Golf Union, at the Hyde Park was not so bad, but that he could At the beginning of the 17th rate of 2d per "foot of Saint Paul the national effort to stem the if he were given a three years rising tide of road disasters. His contract, with an annual salary Hotel last night, asked, "What is a go one better. A gentleman is one century there were conflicts be in breadth" for their work.

example has been followed else running well into ave Agures. gentleman?" He recalled a die who never uses the word. But tween this Company and the Gold-

The Company experienced manywhere in Scotland and England.

He said he was not expecting cussion which he had with two of Shearman went on to say. Can nithe Company about the con- ups and downs, and for 44 years and in the densely populated ares

the contract stage' to be reached. his Majesty's Judges who unhap-you define a gentleman? Well, yes, trol of London paving. A lawsuit from 1845 held no meeting. In round Mancheste: over 80 cinema

If at all, in less than four weeks. pily were no longer with us. Lord I think I can. He is as gentle as appears to have been settled by 1880 there was a revival, and since proprietors have agreed to screer Hewart said: "Something had been woman and as manly as a man the Paviors admitting a number then the Company has steadily the film daily for a period of

Lord Warwick expressed the said in one of the newspapers to Major Burton, sald Lord Hewart, or goldsmiths to their Company progressed and has established a seven weeks in order that its les opinion that he was quite capable about the word "gent'eman.' Avory they had with them a very gallant Glimpses of over six centuries Chair of Highway Engineering at sens may be thoroughly brought or presenting a fim directors In- asked What is a gentleman? I gentleman

of the work of the Paviors open London University.

home to their patrons.

terpretation of a character

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