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BARBARA STANWYCK

SEAN O'CASEY'S

THE PLOUGH

yourheart! AND THE STARS

PRESTON FOSTER

UNA O'CONNOR

WEDNESDAY

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:--

"Sons O' Guns"

QUEEN'S:-

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.

The

Kowloon C.C. Function

of

annual presentation prizes and smoking concert took The Plough and The Stars" place at the Kowloon Cricket Club ORIENTAL:-a

on Saturday night when Mrs. R. E Lindsell kindly presented the awards,

"Gold Diggers of 1937"

Kowloon

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WEDNESDAY "STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND"

**REUNION"

Suspense gives way to heart- tugs pathos yields to hilarious laughter, and dramatic strife al- termates with charming romance in "Reunion." Twentieth Century- Fox's heart-warming screen story of the Country Doctor who sum mons his 3,000 "bables" back to him with all their grown-up teams and troubles and heart-pange. "Reunion" is showing at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.

Coming

"One Rainy Afternoon"

ORIENTAL:-

"Rhythm on the Range"

ALHAMBRA:-

"Breezing Home"

MAJESTIC:

"Chained"

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DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

MONDAY, APRIL 12 Anniversaries and Holidays—St"

Julius.

Cinemas.

King's: "Bons O' Guns." Queen's:--"The Plough And The

Stars,"

Oriental:-"Gold-Diggers Of

1937."

World-Chinese Picture." Alhambru:-"Reunion.” A splendid programme of enter- tainment was provided by the fol- Majestic: Tarzan Escapes." lowing artistes:- Mrs. Helen Lock- Star:"My American Wile." hart, Mr. Edgar Warner, Mr. Spen- Dances.-R. A. M.C.Association cer C. Tweed. Mr. J. J. Ferguson. Farewell Dance in Peninsula Hotel Mr. Ronnie Edwards, Mr. R. Ren- Rose Room, 8.30 p.m.: Cheero Club derson and Mr. Rupert Baldwin Dance, 8. p.m.; Royal Ulster Rides pianist."

Ladies' Hockey Club Dance, China Dancing was indulged in after Fleet Club. 8 p.m. the concert.

Meetings. --- Annubu,

Di *Hong

The following were the prize- Kong. Canton and Macao Steam- winners:-

CRICKET

First Eleven:-Batting, N. A. E. Mackay: Bowling. F. Goodwin.

Second Eleven-Batting, Q Lee; Bowling. G. Lee.

LAWN TENNIS

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boat Co., Ltd., at Queen's Build- ing, noon Half-monthly, of Hong Kong Football Referees' Associa- tion, in Gloucester Building p.m.: St Andrew's Church Wa- men's Guild, 10.30 a.m.

Miscellaneous-Creditors' claima Men's Bingles Championship: against Tsang Foo and Co., Ltd., Winner, W. C. Hung; Runner-up. A.'] due: Badminton Presentation W. Ramsey.

Night and Dance, at Club de Men's Junior Singles Champion-Recreio, 9.15 pm.; St., Stephen's ship:-Winner, A. M. Philippens: ¦ College. Stanley, Summer Term Runner-up. N. A. E, Mackay.

Opens, 9.00 a.m. Ladies' Singles Championship:: Moon.-III Moon, 2nd. Day. Winner, MIss M. Grimths; Run-Jewish New Moon. ner-up, Miss A. Mackenzie.

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Men's Singles Handicap "A": Winner, S. A. Gray; Runner-up. W. C. Hung.

Men's Singles Handicap "B"; —

H. Freeman.

"THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS”

"The Plough and The Stars", screen drama of the Irish pris-winner, R. S. Capeil; Runner-up. V. ing" of 1916 which has it's run.. at the Queen's Theatre to-day. with Barbara Stanwyck stärred. is one of the fine achievements of Hollywood's picture makers. The compelling power of its story, which is presented only as a work of Action, brilliance of ita perfor mance, richness of production and beauty of photography are high tribute to all concerned with its Biming.

Dramatizing the affect of the street fighting on the underernst of Dublin, the story focuses most sharply on a young, combatant and his wife, whose lives and love are tortured and almost destroyed in the ordeal.

Men's Doubles Handicap:-Win- ners, S. A. Gray and A. E. P. Guest Runners-up W. C., Hung and F. Graec.

Mixed Doubles Handicap:-Win- kenzie, Runners-up. A. E. P. Guest ners. 8. A. Gray and Miss A. Mac-

and Miss M. Griffiths.

KINGS

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SONS O' GUNS

With « Regimehr of Rour Recruits!

JOAN BLONDELL

BEVERLY ROBERTS • ERIC BLORE WINI SHAW » CRAIG REYNOLDS JOSEPH KING - ROB1. BARRAT Directed by LLOYD BACON inety mira by Stanku je 8 19ukan

ALS LATEST WARNER BROS. COLOUR CARTOON

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Rehearsals. ---- Philharmonic 80- ciety, "Street singer." Cathedral Hall, 5.30 p.m..

Social-St. Andrew's Club's

vice Men's Whist Drive, 9 p.m. Whist · Drive 9 p.m. Y.M.C.A. Ser-

Sports-(See Page 10). Sunrise.-8.07 a.m. Sunset.-6.42

p.m.

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Tides. High at 9.35 and 22.50; Law at 3.30 and 16.20.

her, Mrs. J. B. McCaw Runner-up,

Ladles Singles Handicap-Win-Hermenegild.

Mrs. G. A. Blandford.

Ladies' Doubles Handicap:-Win- ners, Miss M. Griffiths and Miss O. Dalziel; Runners-up. Mrs: F. Cood- win and Mrs. E C. Fincher.

LAWN BOWLS President's Cup (Scratch Sing- The emotional force which Bar-les):-Winner. L. Jack; Runner-up,

W. Hyde. bara Stanwyck and Preston Foster,

who is featured in support, pack into the tensé passages, the beauty of their romantic scenes, make their performances in this screen version of Sean O'Casey's Irish play master-piece stand out as the greatest of their respective carcers."

STARZAN ESCAPES"

singles) Winner, R. G. Craig: Vice-President's. Cup (8cratch

Runner-up. J. Fraser,

Novices (Scratch Singles):—Win- ner. A. T. Lay: Runner-up. JE. Dinnen.

Club Handicap Singles:-Winner, T. Fergusson; Runner-up. · 8. J. Houghton.

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Club Handicap Doubles: Win- ners. A. J. Kew and L. Jack; Run- ners-up, A. W Ramsey and P. Knight.

BILLIARDS

Johnny Weissmuller and Mau- Norton Cup Handicap singles: -- reen O'Sullivan are now at the Winner, R. P. Phillips; runner-up. Majestic Theatre, reunited in their V. C. Labrum. latest romance of the jungle,] "Tarzan Escapes," thrilling, ad- venture drama of the king of the wilderness and his bride from the civilized world,

Thrills galore surround the love Idyll the adventure of the glant

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Prize for Highest Break:-(Pre- sented by Mr. R. E. Lindsell); W. Mulcahy."

Billiards Handicap:-Winner, F. Shaftain; Runner-up. W. Nash.

Snooker Handicap Singles--:Win- ner, A. W. Ramsey: Runner-up, F. Goodwin.

Doubles

Handicap-

vampire bats, the quicksand mire of death. the stampede of ele. phants routing savages, the river Snooker

amazing swings Winners, D. 8. Green and A. Ryde of crocodiles, across gorges and chasms. and Lay: Runners-up, G. Lee and F other concentrated excitement. Goodwin...

PRINCE NICHOLAS GIVES UP TITLE

FOR ROMANCE

Rucharest, April 10. Europe's rapidly thinning Royal ranks lost another member to-day in the person of Prime Nicholas of Rumania, the 34-year-old belt presumptive to King Carol's

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TUESDAY, APRIL 13

Anniversaries and Holidays.—St.

Auctions-Crown Landa, at Dis trict Office, Northern District, Tai Fo. 11.30 am: Stock-in-Trade of H.K. and China Dock Co. Ltd., at To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, 11 a.m.

Cinemas.

King's:-"Bons O' Guns.”

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Queen's:-"Music Hath CharTN3"

Oriental:-"Gold-Diggers OL ·

. 1937." World:--"Chinese Picture.” Alhambra:-"Breezing Home."

Majestic: "Chained." Star: "Steamboat Round The

Bend." Meetings.-Kowloon Chess Club, St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.

Tiffin, Miscellaneous. - Rotary Hongkong Hotel; Official opening of Queen Mary. Hospital, by His Excellency the Governor, 4 p.l.",

Moon.-III Moon, 3rd. Day. Rehearsals-Hongkong

Singers. Union Church, Kennedy Road, 8.30 p.r.

Sports-(See Page 10). Sunrise.-6.07 a.m. Sunset-6.42

pin:

Tides. High at 8.58 and 21.55; Low at 2.58 and 15.30.

NEW MUSIC

We have received from the Fre- derick Harris Music Company a well-written Coronation Ode by Healey Williams, and while we cannot call it inspired we can re- commend it as thoroughly effective for performance by a small choir. It is for the usual four voices with an Andante for trebles, and good climax,

FAR EAST HEALTH

urging him to divorce her, which he has steadfastly refused to do.

Prince Nicholas finally again re- fused to renounce Madame Saveanu in a letter which was considered at yesterday's Council meeting, which Cholera is apparently becoming throne.

led to the latter body depriving increasingly serious in Bangkok. Prince Nicholas was deprived of | him of his Royal rights.

Last week, official returns show, his Royal rights and all his titles It is understood that Prince 124 cases were reported. The and prerogatives by the Crown Nicholas will now leave the coun- shanghai smallpox outbreak is Council

try as a private citizen.

waning, only 16 cases being re- Reason for the step, which has Announcement of the action was ported last week. caused a sensation in Rumanis, is contained in an official commun!-- Madame Saveanu, the beautiful que issued after the close of the divorced wife of a member of the | Couïell 'meeting, which sat for

Beveral houra, For a rather remarkable reason, Russian diplomatic corps. old-timers around movie studios Prince Nicholas' contracted a think of musical numbers in pic-secret morganatic marriage with tures as resembling the slapstick Madame Bareanu in 1931, ever comedies of silent film days..

since when the Council have been

SONS O' GUNS

A typleal of the contrast is seen in Joe E. Brown's latest Warner Bros.. Dlm "Bons O' Guns," now showing at the King's Theatre. A though based on a Broadway musi- cal staged by Bobby Connonly, who

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Sir Cosmo Parkinson Appointment

London, April 10.

also directed the musical numbers Sir Cosmo Parkinson, Assistant of the film, a full-length movie Under-Secretary at the Colonial In a story rich and real in ru-

comedy of hilarious world war ad- omice, has been appointed. Per mance and emotion, high-lighted ventures, directed by Lloyd Bacon, manent Under-Becretary for the by the most uproarious comedy was completed before Connonly Colonies in succession to Sir John the screen has seen in years, we took over the megaphone. follow the intertwining fortunes. Others in the chat include Eric Matey, who has expressed the de- of the old doctor's "babies" as Blore, Crig Reynolds, Joseph King: sire to retire with effect from July

1 this year. they come back to share their Robert Barrat and G. P. Huntley, joys and tears with the man who Jr. The screen play is by Jerry Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore, brought them into the world. Wald and Julius J. Epstein, based at present Governor of Sierra Surprise follows dramatic surprise on the play by Fred Thompson and Leone, will succeed Bir Cosmo Par as romantle secrets are revealed Jack Donate. New music and kinson- and tangled lives are set straight lyrics are by Warren and Dubin.

Reuter,

The meeting was attended by the heads of the political parties and was presided over by King Carol himself Resiter:

Bingapore. Apr. 9. The Sultan of Johore sailed from Singapore to-day to attend the Coronation of King George VL- Heuter's Bulletin Service.

KING LEOPOLD "ENTERS INTO POLITICS!

des that he is strongly opposed to the Rexist movement.

Brussels, April. 10. The importance attached to the forthcoming by-election between the premier, M. Paul van Zeeland

and the Rexlet leader, M. Leon Degrele. is emphasised by the open entry into the dispute of King Leopold himself. monarchy; the King of the Bcl- gians does not play too prominent a part in national politics, and this departure from usual practice has caused a sensation

He repudiates assertions and claims made by M. Degrelle and aligns himself in support of the Premier;

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Washington. Abrk 9: President Roosevelt, speaking at a press conference, said he knew nothing of any plan, to lower the

London, April 9. Bince the war, zöme twelve mil lion-persons, equal to thirty per cent of the population, have moved

As is the case with the British Church, indicating that in spite Government buying. price of gold. into new houses: Bir Kingstey

King Leopold' yesterday issued statement which virtually signi-

of the fierce propaganda with which he has been deluging the Belgian voters for weeks past and the support of the Communists for van Zeeland, M Derrelle's hopes of a triumph are practical ly ruled out-

Framingean News Berwisa.

Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that both he and the Treasury had denied knowledge of the existence of any plan to change the gold price, and idded that he would not help to manufacture a story by die enesing the situation at length.---- Reuter & Bulletin Service.

Wood, Minister of Health, made

this statement in a speech this afternoon and aid he believed re movals on so farge scale had never taken place before in the course of history. British Wireless.

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