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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30. 5.15. 7.20 & 9.30 P.M. IT'S THE TOPS IN MUSICALS!

Anything Goes

BING CROSBY

Ida Lupino

Grace Bradley

ETHEL MERMAN

Muste by Cale Portor

CHARLIE RUGGLES

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THE GIRL FROM 10TH AVENUE

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ETHEL MERMAN PARKYAKARKUS and the Gorges GOLDWYN GIRLS, SALLY BILERS UNITED ARTISTS

EDDIE

CANTOR

Strike Me Pink

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WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN"

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

THE LADY IN RED" FLAMESINTO STARDOM

BROADWAY HOSTESS Wini Shaw

(Who made "Lady in Buď the wag somation of the hom

with Phil Regan Genevieve Tobin Lyle Talbot Allen Jenkina A Fievi National Platere

TO-MORROW ONE DAY ONLY! Another "Old Favourite"" `you voted for I

NAUGHTY

MARIETTA

·PETTICOAT FEVER”

new Metro-

A thrice-welcomed team return" éd to the King's Theatre with "Petticoat Fever." Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1936.

TODAY AT THE ROYAL H.K. GOLF WEEK-END RADIO

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:—

CLUB

SUNDAY STARTING

TIMES FOR

FANLING

"Petticoat Fever""

"

QUEEN'S:-

OLD COURSE

"Anything Goes"

ORIENTAL:-m

9.20 a.m. J. S. Dykes and E. des.

Voeux.

"The Girl from 10th Avenue"

10.00

10.40

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:----

Another Face" MAJESTIC:-

The Lest Jungle" Tommy's Revue

"Broadway Hostess"

STAR-

KING'S:-

Sunday

"Robin Hood of. El Dorado"

QUEEN'S

"Anything Goes"

UKIENTAL:-

"Slke Me Pink" ALHAMBRA:-

STARI

"Robin Hood of El Dorado”

"Naughty Marietta" MAJESTIC

"Legong"

"STRIKE ME "PINK"

At The Oriental Theatre

Edd e Cantor is let loose in a gigantic amusement park" In "Strike Me Pink," his sixth an nual musical extravaganza show- ing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Eddie is cast as a timid fellow who takes a correspondence course

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S. H. Dodwell and A. Sommerfelt.

W. T. Yoxall and T. Addis Martin.

COMPETITION RESULTS Captain's Cup (Happy Valley); Mrs. Shewan qualified 86-13-73.

Electric Pool (Happy Valley); Won by Mrs. A. K. Mackenzie 36--3=33.

L.G.U. Monthly Medal Competi- tion (Fanling): There were no en- tries in either the Silver or Bronze Divisions.

ANYTHING GOES

At The Queen's

"Anything Goes," which is being screened - to-day at the Queen's Theatre, is a jolly, tuneful, enter- talning picture. Bing Crosby is the featured player in this song- Paramount presentation starred

of the popular Broadway" muscul comedy. He is assisted by such favourites as Echel Merman. Charlie Ruggles. Ida Lupino and Grace Bradley..

The bright dance routines by LeRoy Prinz deserve mention, as does the fast-paced direction of Lews Milestone. The audience is carried headlong from amusing escapades to diverting songs, and from spectacular night club scenes to madcap comedy.

Crosby; a knight errant boards 2 transatlantic liner with the passport of a public enemy. This passport leads him into plenty of trouble, as he is forced to tumble and out of sundry disguises with hilarious consequences. Anally gets his reward with an elusive romance.

PROGRAMMES

(Continued. From `Page 4)

8.30 p.m.-The Serge Krish Septet. Fantasy, Pagliacci (Leoncaval- lo, arr. Doebber), Minuet, Par- fum d'Antan (Daniele). Negro Melody (Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Fletcher). Aubade (Lalo, arr. Mouton). Waltz, The Ladies of Vienna (Zichrer, arr. Krish).

9 p.m.-Greenwich Time Signal.

p.m.-Weekly Newsletter, Sports Summary, and Announce- ments.

9.20 p.m.-A Recital by Kate Win- ter (Soprano), Three Qld Eng- lish, Songs: Sorrow, Sorrow, Stay (John Dowland, 1600): Whither Runneth my Sweet- heart? (John Bartie, 1606); The Plague of Love (Dr. Arne, 1710-1779). Cradle Song: Faith

The in Spring (Schubert). First Primrose (Grieg), All the Fond Thoughts (R. Strauss). The Nightingale (Dellus). Someone (Besly), June Rhap- sody (Landon Ronald). 9.40 p.m.-Close down.

TRANSMISSION 3

The following frequencies will be used:-

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GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s' (19.82 ̧ m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) · (from 3.30 p.m. to close) 10 p.m.-Big Ben, Festival of Com-

melioration of the Eight-hun-" dredth Anniversary of the granting of the Charter of Foundation of Melrose Abbey. Taking part: The Rev. Archi- bald. Main." D.D., Regius Pro- fessor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Glasgow; the Rev. R. J. Thompson; the Choirs of Melrose (Chorus Master, W. H. Jones); the Scottish Singers; The BBC BBC Scottish Orchestra (lea- der. J. Mouland Begbie), con- ducted by Ian Whyte. pm-Truise and his Mandollers. Don Carlos (Tenor). Spanish Gipsy Dance (Mar- quina) A Beautiful Lady in Blue (Coots). Wedding March of the Marionettes (Rathke). Melodia, Non tamo più (I Love you No Longer) (Tosti), 11.15 p.m.-London Scenes. No. 2.

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with acquiring a dominating per-

in

He

sonality and becomes manager of Dreamland Amusement Park Here he becomes involved with a gang of slot machine racketeers who

"Anything Goes" is amusing en- have put every previous manager on the spot. The gang-

tertainment through and through, sters learn that Eddie secretly It is heartily recommended to one adores a glamorous, night club and all. star, played by Ethel Merman. This lady is really the wife of one

of their number and they use her as a "come-on" to trick Eddle

fake into installing their

slot machines..

Sally Elers, is seen as Eddle's Dreamland sweetheart: Harry better known as the Greek dialec- ticlan Parkyakarkus of radio fame,

the William Frawley and crop of Goldwyn Girls featured beside Ethel Merman in the 'comedy.

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The tuneful new song hits in troduced in the Alm include "First You Have Me High.

CEILING ZERO

That inimitable film team of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, who made such outstanding hits in "The Irish In Us." "Devil Dogs of the Air," and other pictures are again co-starred in the Cosmo- politan product.on "Celling Zero" which is due soon at the Queen's Theatre.

Cagney. O'Brien Then You Have Me Low." "The Lady Dances," "The Calabash Pine" and "Shake It OTT."

BROADWAY HOSTESS

"Gentlemen prefer red" accord- ing to Win! Shaw, who has been called the "Lady in Red" ever since she popularized the song of that name. Miss Shaw is appear

ng in the First National picture "Broadway Hostess," now playing at the Star Theatre.

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Kew Gardens, by the Lady Rockley.

| 11.30 p.m.-The Celebrity Trio. La . Alle Aux cheveux de In: Cortège (Debussy). Angel's Whisper (Henman). Sweet Nothings (Rottenberg). Always (Leslie-Smith), Aubade (Lalo). Hornpipe (McCunn).

11.50

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p.m.-Weekly Newsletter. Sports Summary, and An- nouncements.

midnight-Greenwich

Time

Signal 12.10 a.m.-A. Recital of English Spirituals by Jacques Hopkins, An in- 12.30 a.m.-"Idle Tears."

terlude of Victorian sentimen- tal songs, presented by John. Pudney and W. L. Hanchant.

It is the story of three war buddies who are thrown together In commercial aviation.

and Stuart Erwin have the roles of the three buddes. O'Brien is superintendent of flyers at Я Western airport where Erwin is a pilot Cagney 1 a..-Close down. is the spectacular aviator of them all and Pat gets him to join their forces.

June Travis, a newcomer to the screen has the leading femine role, that of an air hostess.

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Martha Tibbets plays the part whom O'Brien's wife, with Cagney has had an affair in the past. Isabel Jewell plays the role of the wife of the pilot sent to Cagney's death his

through

"A number of tests were recent- coy made by one of the universities phlanderings.

and the results proved that red is the favourite colour of ninety per cent. of the men in the world," Miss Shaw explained, "Buc smart women already knew that without wating for a university to make a

These two stars haven't been seen together since the memorable "When Ladies Meet," and on see- ing the new picture one wonders why, for here is certainly the survey. outstanding comedy-romantic team "Red is more than a colour of the walking screen

It's an influence on personality. Adapted from the successful-It stands for understanding and stage play of the same name, companionship and affection, the "Petticoat Fever"

athings a man holds most dear, and. concerns young

wireless operator in an which he seeks in the woman he icebound Labrador station He is loves."

of red

...

BRITISH EMPIRE -

· LEAGUE

Mrs. Mollison At London Dinner

London, May 19.

Mrs. Amy Mollison was 20 Others in the cass include Bar unexpected speaker at a dinner of

British Craig Reynolds, the ton MacLane,

Empire League in Richard Purcell, Carlyle Moore, honour of Lord Hartington, Parka- Jr., Addison Richards, Gary Owen,mentary Under-Secretary for the

"Robert Light, Dominions, in London last night. Gargan, Edward

Lord Hartington and his wife are James Bush and Pat West.

shortly going to Australia.

FILM CHIEF LEAVES ONLY £140

Once Paid £8,000 A Year

London, May 12.

Mrs. Mollison, who was accom- panied by her husband, was called upon to make the first speech on behalf of the guests. She said that she brought them all good wishes from "South Africa The people there had asked her "to tell so lonely that, when a beautiful "That's why the wise woman

everyone in England" to support the Empire Exhibition, which is young gr flier and her male always has some touch

Mr. James V. Bryson, for 10 years

this escore run out of gas and make a about her costume, whether her forced landing nearby, he holds actual frock is made of that shade head of the Universal Picture Cor-being held in South Africa them prisoners rather than face or not. Often, she will wear a red foration in this country. left "only another Arctic "might alone.

hat atop a black frock, or a red 140. Before his dismissal by Uni- That he should fall in love with lower or belt or scarf. It's un- versal he was one of the most pro- the girl is inevitable, as it is that doubtedly the most adaptable of minent figures. In the Brittah film they should be confronted by a colours and in one of its numerous industry, with a salary of nearly succession of comic, situations in shades, can be combined with any £8,000 a year. view of the fact that the fler is other colour. engaged to her blustery English "This year, especially, is a good companion.

He first became known to the gen. eral public through a hoax design- one for women who would please ed to advertise "The Phantom of For the Opera." A Territorial officer their men by wearing red. red is the most important shade was induced to provide a military on the current colour calendar and escort for the plcture in the belief true that it was meant to assist recruit- It would be unfair to tell the it is being shown in rich conclusion 0 those

The story runs its merry course with the young operator making

remarkable romantic headway.

year.

Lord Mottistone, in a reference to world affairs, prophesied that if

weeks without trouble "the people we could get through the next few of the world would begin to realet

that hatred does not pay,”

Lord Hartington said that the era of expansion of primary pro- duction in the Dominions was over. "We shall have to face the

fact that certain of our exports to

our Dominions must be curtalled," he said. "In the long run I don't

think we shall lose economically by

the Dominions."

sprightly crimson and scarlet, in the deeper ing.. There was storm of in screen play, but suffice it to say wine tones, in the bright rust dignation when the trick was diadopting a more generous policy to that it is as humorously dramate shades and even in the paler tints covered, and the picture was ban- as its unexpected.

that fade almost into flesh- ned

When in 1933 Mr." Bryson was dismissed he sued for wrongful dis missal, but the High Court's ver- diet, with costs, went against him.

An attempt to establish a bot sausage service in Lardon falled, tributor.

The excellent supporting cast colour.” includes Reginald Owen, aa the "Broadway Hostess" is a tuneful ill-starred fiancee: Otto Tamaoka, musical drama and besides Mies

includes Ph as Montgomery's wise Eskimo ser- Shaw, the east vant; Forrester Harvey, Bo Ching Regan.. Lyle. Talbot, Cenevieve and Iris Yamaoka.

Tobin, Allen, Jenkins and others.

and when he died last year, at the age of 52, after an accident, he was back in the alm trade as a die

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WHAT A PAIR TO

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BE IN LOVE!

Robert MONTGOMERY

MYRNA LOY

-together again.

and merrily! It's the first time since "When Ladles Meet"

Petticoat

Fever

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Alan Hala

Addison Randoll Pouf Stanton

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At 230, 6.20,"

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Clyde BEATTY in THE JUNGLE

LOST

ALSO ON THE STAGE AT ALL SHOWS

TOMMY'S REVUE

IN THEIR NEW ACTS, LATEST SONGS AND DANCES

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