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QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HỒNG KONG

KOWLOON

AT 9:30:315-7:20-9:30 RM AT 8:30 · 520-720 & 9:30 PM.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

GLORIFIED

BY GORGEOUS

COLOR!

KAMONA

'IN THE NEW PERFECTED. TECHNICOLOR

with

LORETTA YOUNG

DON AMECHE KENT TAYLOR Pauline FREDERICK: Jane DARWELL Katherine de MILLE John CARRADINE and a

cast of thousands

TAKE ANT TRIM OR HAPPY VALLEY BE

SHOWS

QAILY

1.30-$13

7.13--130

ORIENTAL

TLEMING ROAD WAMCHAI

TIL 28473

LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY?

NEVER ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE! 20.000 people watched him die! Yet no one saw who did it! Even you, can't home the killer!

A REAL LAUGH-CRAMMED MURDER NOVELY!

MOONLIGHT MURDER

with CHESTER MORRIS MADGE EVANS

TOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY- THE FATE OF THREE NATIONS AT STAKE! As & blustering, swashbuckling scamp of a renegade "Wally "Beery was never so uproarious!

SEETHING WITH THRILLS AND BOISTEROUS EXCITEMENT:

Wallare + Barbaru

BEERY STANWYCK

John BOLES

MESSAGE

TO GARCIA

DARKI E

10th Grazie. P

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1936.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

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MAJESTIC

THEATRE

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"These Three"

QUEEN'S:-

"Ramona" ORIENTAL:-

"Moonlight Murder"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Ramona”

MAJESTIC:-

"Boskade"

STAB:-

"Let's Sing Again"

KING'S:---

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Sunday

"These Three"

QUEEN'S :-

"Ramona"

ORIENTAL:-

"Message To Garcia"

ALHAMBRA:-

"Ramona"

MAJESTIC:

"Stars Over Broadway"

STAR:-

"Ramona"

RAMONA”

The current outstanding event in the film world is the presenta- tion of Helen Hunt Jackson's im inortal love Idyll; "Ramons," pro- duced by 20th Century-Fox in the

new perfected Technicolour, which opens to-day at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres simultaneous-

The cast of thousands featuring Loretta Young and Don Ameche, Includes such brilliant players as Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, Jane Darwell, Katherine De Mile Victor Killan and John Carradine. As long as two years ago, pre- parations were begun" for the picturization of this beautiful love story. Darry F. Zanuck, Twentieth Century-Fox studio pro- duction chlef, spent nearly an entire year in search of the per- fect Ramona. "

New Winter

Programme

The manager of the Majestic Theatre has just announced that from January 1, the theatre will be showing "first release" pictures in Kowloon

Those booked for screening are from M.G.M. and Warner Bros. and a few selected Columbia and United Artists pictures.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. Anniversaries and Holidays. --- St. Sabas, Great Snow, (Ta-hsileb).

Cinemas.

King's These Threo."

Queen's

"Ramona "

Orients! :-Moonlight Märder." World :-"Chinese Picture." Alhambra :- Ranions." "Alajestic :-"Blockade."

Star"Let's Sing Again." Dances.-Kowloon Cricket Club Sub- scription Dance, .15 p.m

Mails-Christmas Letters for Great Britain vis, Siberia por a.. Hakozaki Maru, Reg. 3.00 p.m.. Ordinary 3.30

p....

Miscellaneous-Italian Convent Ha

The prices will be the same as swal and the management has, in Caine Road; Lady Caldecots done everything possible to secure

opens Third Annual Garden Fete að Kowloon Tong Anglican Church, 3,00 all the best films from the dis- tributors.

STRIKES

PARALYSE

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Social-Whist Drive, Civil Service Cricket Club, 9.15 pm.

Sports.

Cricket. First Division: Civil Ser ince C.C. Combined B.A.M.C. and R.A.S.C. (F); Craigengowor Cricket Clubv. Kowloon Cricket Club (P); Army v. Indian Recreation Club (F); Second Division: Kowloon Cricket

FILM STUDIOS Club Army "); Police B.C.

Work At Denham And Wembley Held Up

Two strikes which have broken out in the British film industry- one at Denham and, the other at Wembley-are holding up work the ultimate value of which is in the neighbourhood of £750,000.

A strike at the London Film Production studios at Denham, which was declared recently, in- volves over 1,000 employees, and may cost the company-thousands of pounds a day while it lasts,

concerns the property It

de- partment.. A number of boys en- gaged in making paper "cut-outs" dismissed and replaced by girls because, it is stated, they did not work fast enough. Other em tricians, plasterers stage hands, ployees, including carpenters, elec- and general workers struck in sympathy.

were

About 250 employees are invol ved in a strike at the Fox Film Studios at Wembley. Pickets were on duty yesterday. On Thursday | evening. a stage hand took ex- ception to the attitude adopted by a "charge hand." or foreman, when he was being given instructions. The stage hand, it is stated, on declining to apologise, was dis- missed, and all the employees de- cided to strike in sympathy.

"Whatever action has been taken by the men is unofficial,"

cretary of the National Associo- tion of Theatrical Employees, told me last night: "Negotiations have been continuing to-day, but there is no hope at the moment of à settlement. We

have.. told the

Scores of eligible players were tested for the role of Alessandro, Ramonu's great love, and it finally went to Don Ameche." This rising | Mr. T. O'Brien, the General Se- young actor appeared to have all the qualifications, necessary to play the part. He has a splendid volce, as has been attested by his previous success on the radio. He ts six feet tall and decidedly the athletic type.

His work on the screen in "Ramona" completely Justifies his "selection for the part. "Ramona was nimed in the beautiful. San Jacinto mountain meadow land of Southern Call-

actual fornia, the

spots where Ramona and A. Allesandro lived and loved many years ago. described in the story.

THESE THREE”

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Samuel Goldwyn's new produc tion, "These Three," which brought Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea to the King's Theatre, proved the most powerful and gripping drama to reach the screen in many 2 cinema season

Bast

5. Craigangower C.C. (F); Indian R.C. v. Royal Engineers (F); Club de Rerrain v. Civil Service, C.C. (F).

Football-Junior Shield: Kumaon Rifca Kowloon Chinese (Kowloon),, 3.45 p.m. First Division: Royal Uster Kiden v. Kowloon C.C. (Sookunpoo); 4.00 p.m.: Club v Kowloon (Club), 4.00 p.m. Chinesa Athletle v. Lanes Caroline Hill, 4.00 p.m.; Second Division: "Kowloon v. Popu Artillery (S) (Club). 2.30 p.m.; Chinese Athletic v. East Lanes, (Caroline Hill), 230 p.m. Third Division: R.AM.C. v. Police R. (Sookanpoo), 3.30 p.in.: B.:F. P. East Lanca. (Prince Edward Road), 4.00 p.m.; R.A.0.0. v. R.E (St. Josaph'a, Valley), 2.30 p.m. Hockey-Caar Clark Cap: Ladies C.B.A. (V.M.C.A. ground), 45 p.m.; St. Andrew's v. Clob do Recrein (C.B.A. ground), 3.0 p.m.; Brawn Cup: Central British School "B", " Ladies (C.B.S. ground), 3.00. p.m. Hong Kong Ladies v. C.R.A. (Happy Valley), 3. p.m.; Nomads 1. H.E.9. Brigade, R.A. (Marica groand), 4.30 p.m.

*Racing Twelfth Extra Race Most

Club . Navy (Sonkunpoo), 4.00 pm; ing (Iappy Valley), 3.00 p.m.

Club "A" v. Army XV (Sookuspoo). 2.15 p.

Rugby Triangular Tournament:

Tennis, Mixed Doubles Final: W. C. Hang and Mrs. Nora Wilson... H. D. Rumjahn and Mrs. Chiu Chum-chin (Chinese" R.C.), 3,30 p.m.

'p.m

Moon Moon, 22nd. Day. Sunrise.-8.49 1... Saneet. --5 39

Tidos.High at 0.50 and 15.55; «Low at 8,22 and 19.th.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6. Anniversaries and Holidays.-Second Sunday in Advent. Solemn Celebra tion of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, St. Nicholas.

Cinemas.

King's These Three." Queen's :—"Ramona,“ Omental :--Message "Tu Garcia." World Chinese Picture." Alhambra :-'Ramons." Majestic

men that we decline to recognise the dispute as official... However, In the circumstances, we are using all available machinery or a set-Royal Signals, tlement.

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"We have been asked by the ex- ecutives at Wembley to supply them with alternative labour' in the studios, but we bave refused to do this. On the other hand, they have refused to reinstate the men."

and

Over Broadway.""

Star:-"Ramona," Miscellaneous.-Italian Convent Ba zaar 2nd day); Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group, in West Lounge, 9.0 p.m."

Bocial-Tombola in Sergeants' Mass, Whitfold Barracks, Kowloon, 8.15 p.m.; Whist Drive and Tombola in Royal Artillery Sergeants' (Station) Mess, Gun Club Hill, Kow toon, 8.30 p.m.

Bowk.-Masonic Contest,

Sports

English constituting v. Scottish Constitution Hong Kong F.C. groen), 2.30 p.m

Football.--First Division: Navy. v. South China "A" (Navy), 4.00 p.m.; South Chins "B" v. Police (Caroline Hill), 4.00 p.m.; Royal Welch Fusiliers

Eastera (Sookunpoo), 4.00 p.m.; 130 p.m.; South China . Police C. Second Division Navy v. R.E. (Navy). Caroline Hill), 2.30 p.m.; Royal Ulster ltes v. Kowloon C. (Kowloon), 4.00 p.m.; R.W.F. T. Eastern (Sookunpoo). 2.30 p.m.; Third Division RW.F. v. B.A.S.C. (Chatham Road), 4.00 p.m.t Kwong Wah v. Kumaon Rifles (Row- lount, 230 p.m.

IMPORTANT PICTURES Denham was working on a pro- gramme of important and expea- sive pictures. Among films which are in the making or about to be started at Denham are A. E. W. Mason's "Fire Over England." the story of the Armada, and one of the most ambitious ever attempted in England. In the cast are Flora Robson, Raymond Massey, Law. rence Olivier, Leslie Banks. Vivien Leigh. Another is Marlene It boasts something new to film Dietrich's film "Knight Without fans in dramatic situations, knit Armour," with Robert Donat. Also together with a skill that results there are Edward G. Robinson's in smart-paced, smooth and un-Thunder in the City," Elsabeth P. forgettable entertainment. quently terrific gales of wind: Bonita Granville, the 12-year-old,

"Bergner's "Dreaming Lips," Ann heavy seas (which more than

who plays the spiteful school-

Harding'a Love From a Stran- at 9.10 and 21.27. For a space of three months, pelting rain would prevent pm-the story, is

once nearly caused disaster) and girl whose vicious He motivates sex Conrad Veldt's "Dark Jour. during the making of the New Era gress in the work, but seldom did acting discoveries of motion plc and "Lawrence of Arabia."

one of the great Bey" "Elephant Boys" (Kipling), film "Blockade," the directors, the company return to dock be- technical adviser, photographers and assistants practically lived on

men

MATINEES: 20c-30c © EVENINGS: 20c.-30c,-50c,-70c.

“BLOCKADE”

fore dark.

ture history.

And

The story, briefly, depicts how student in a private girls' school, the ugly lie invented by an unruly

involving her two teachers,

"A MESSAGE TO GARCIA"

ground, King's Park), 10.00 a.m.

Hockey-Civilian Hockey Trial (Club

Moon.-Last Quarter, 2.20 am, X Moon, 23rd. Day.

Sutirize.-8.50 B.m. Sunset.-5.39

Tidos: High st 1.50' and 18.47; Low

ALEXANDER KORDA

The "London Gazette" publiab- ex recently, stated that a cértia- cate of naturalisation had been the real thrills which were being firlarn and Merle, and the latter's

granted by the Home Secretary reproduced, for this Alm record of doctor dance,

High adventure of the sort that to Mr. Alexander Korda, the Hum- the work dans by, the "Q Ships" brought disaster into their lives, ons nights of romance in the tro-road Loo

Joel McCrea sets your miser pounding: glamor-garian film producer. of Avenue-

The thrilling experiences en the sea. The Alm, which deals countered by the company during with the gallant work done by the the making of the Alm almost rival

of Britain's Mystery. Flect recessitated realism, and to rain the effect. New Era purchased a schooner and a submarine, which they sank

during the war.

Geoffrey Barkas and Michael The company's headquarters were made at Plymouth and Wey, direction of the picture in which Barringer, are responsible for the mouth, but throughout the time Earl Jellicoe appears in person, "exteriors" were being photograph- ed (and the film demanded a great and which will be shown at the

Majestic Theatre to-day.

deal of work at sea) the company Tose each morning in the cold day- break, went aboard the various ships and steamed out for "some- The early history of the Press where at sea" (positions allocated was one of great writers and and to them by the Naval authorities.). salall circulations--Now we have where battles, chases and sinkings large circulations.--"'Mr. Chur- were realatically enacted. Fre- chill"

Due to the resultant scandal, the pics; roistering, boisterous comedy school is lost, the romance broken-those are the elements" from

and humiliation is visited upon "A and almost unbearable suffering which the auspense-filled action of A rollicking screen story by ́W.P Message to Garcia," 20th Lipscomb and Gene: Fowler, and these three innocent people, be- Century's fascinating adventure deft direction by: George Marshali; fore the lie is brought to light.

romance showing at the Oriental | are two more reasons why “A Mess- Other who score in the uniform-Theatre on Sunday, Monday and age to Garcia" is a jamboree of ly brilliant cast are Alma Krüger, Tuesday, were, woven.

unadulterated entertainment,

as Mary's grandmother: Catherine Bringing together Wallace Beery. In the; supporting cast, you will Doucet, as the silly, trouble-mak John Boles and Barbara Stanwyck | see Herbert Mundin, ir antic- tha aunt; so, and Walter Bren in their first roles together, the new vestibly comir Cockney: chara- nan. These Three is the drama-picture is an engrossing story of eterization; Enrique Acosta, who tie smash of "the season!" It is the adventure that changed the gives dignity, to the role of Carcia released through United `Artists." destinies of three nations,

and Mona Barrie as an enemy spy.

KINGS

SHOWING TO DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

„PICTURE OF THE YEAR!

WYN

These Three

Merke

HOPKINS OBERON

JOEL MCCREA "Olenitoky

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Savacaptoy by

AN BELIMAN

WILLIAM WYLER

Reigated thre UNITED ARTISTS

Were these three the victims of a whŭpering com puigi sine rought chem world supping

down on their baby

ALSO ADDED ATTRACTION MUSIC LAND'

A Silly Symphony in Technicolour

"WE WENT TO COLLEGE” with CHARLES BUTTERWORTH WALTER ABEL UGH HERBERT

NEXT CHANGS M. GM. PICTURE

• SHOWS DAILY 2.30 $20 720-930

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON- TEL 57223

MATINEES. 20€ -30% ° EVENINGS. 20. •30«:506:70%)

IT IS THE PULICY OF THIS THEATRE NOT TO INGREASE THE PRICES HOWEVER BIG THE PICTURE !

OUR MOTTO 18: "THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT AT POPULAR PRICES"}

FINAL SOWINGS TO-DAY

AN EPIC OF THE HIGH SEAS NARRATING ONE OF THE GLORIOUS PAGES IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY!

'BLOCKADE”

THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS "Q SHIPS"

A NEW ERA BRITISH PRODUCTION

TO-MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY ! ONE OF THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDIES OF THE SEASON!

STARS OVER "BROADWAY"

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A WARNER BROS. HIT !

-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 19 6 11.15 AM FINAL SHOWING

. OF

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The Most Entertaining Picture GAY CAVALIER

Depicting the Gypsy Life, Court Intrigues, Homance, Chivalry, Adiventare upon Adventure and a Drama of Soul - Stirring Cri-is.

with

Master NISSAR and Miss BIBBOO. 11:15 A.M.

DAILY

11.15 A.M.

ISTARE

720

20th-FOX PRESENTS

ASTA

TIMES TO-DAY

Bobby

KOKALDON

BREEN LETS SING AGAIN

HENRY ARMETTI FISKER FORNI NORETON έκο VIVISHNE OSEQENE RADIO"

TO-MORROW & MONDAY

"RAMONA"

In New PrROYED COLOUR LORETTA YOUNG... · DON AMECHE KENT TAYLOR]

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