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QUEEN'S

DAILY AT 2:30-315′′ 7·208 9:30 - TEL.31453

TO-DAY, at 2.30, 5.15 & 7.20 p.m. Only

in

Weber's

Winsome LILIAN HARVEY

IN A GAY ROMANTIC, MUSICAL FANTASY"

"INVITATION to the WALTZ"

CARL ESMOND RICHARD BIRD

TO-NIGHT, at 9.20 P.M.

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

Pregenin

"THE STREET SINGER'

SUNDAY:

JOE E. BROWN in WHEN'S YOu BIRTHDAY.?"-

SNOWS

TAKE MY TRAM.OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

PLEMIND

BALY

1.30-$15

7.18-9.30

ORIENTAL

ROAD WAMCHAI

TEL.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE JAPANESE SPY

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"The Devil Doll" QUEEN'S:—

ARREST IN U.S.

Secret Plans Found In Trunk Bottom ·

It was disclosed that police, be- "Invitation To The Walta"

lieved to be acting under secret ORIENTAL:—

orders from the Navy Department, "Charlie" Chan At The Race had seized elaborate maps of the

Track"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"A Doctor's Diary" MAJESTIC-

STAR:

"The Longest Night"

"Roadhouse"

KING'S:--

Sunday

"The Devil Doll" QUEEN'S

"When's Your Birthday?" ORIENTAL:-

"Champagne Waltz"

ALHAMBRA :—

MAJESTIC:—

"Racing 'Lady"

"Gold Diggers of 1937" STAR:-

"Wives Never Know"

INVITATION. TO THE WALTZ

Produced on a really lavish scale

CLAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY and

DEATH RACES HIM NECK, AND NECK Among 10,000 frenzied race fans, every ona a suspect, Charlie Chan gets his man and exposes a sensational race track swindle. CHAN'S CHILLINGEST... THRILLINGEST... BEST!

CHARLIE CHAN AT THE

RACE TRACK

WARNER OLAND

TO-MORROW•MONDAY TUESDAY•

HILARIOUS FUN AND GORGEOUS DANCING !

It's sweet! It's swing!

It's everything!

Adolph Zakor perjant

GLADYS SWARTROUT and FRED MACMURRAY

Champagne Waltz"

Jack Oakie, Veloz and Yolanda Herman Bing Viviscae Osborne A Paramount Picture

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VIOLET LORAINE

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GORDON HARKER

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Roadhouse

AILEEN MARSON EMLYN WILLIAMS - HARTLEY POWER AGAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE Cerected by MAURICE ELVEY

TO-MORROW

CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND in "WIVES NEVER KNOW

“CHAMPAGNE WALTZ" the Oriental Theatre on Sunday,

Monday and Tuesday, One of the Apest costs orFred MacMurray, and Gladys musicians, comedians, dancers and Swarthout are co-starred and Jack angers ever assembled for a mo- Oakie is responsible for most of tion picture makes its appearance the comedy, Veloz and Yolanda, In "Champagne Waltz, the gay | world-famed ballroom dance team, comedy with music which comes to supply several sölös.

United States fortifications .at Howald and equipment costing thousands of pounds in the under- ground rooms of a Japanese bath- house proprietor named Buichiro Abo, writes the Los Angeles corre- spondent of the "Dally Telegraph."

Hidden beneath the false bottom of a rickety trunk the officers found skilfully-prepared maps showing positions of secret heavy calibre gun emplacements

Diamond Head, the key to the military and naval defences of Honolulu.

On

Intricate maps showing nature and location of the costly defences of Hawali and of Hilo, Its principal city, which Government experts consider would be the logical point of attack for an invading force, were also found.

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DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 17.

Anniversaries and Holidays.—-St. Anicetus,

Cinemas.

King's:-The Devli Doll" Queen's:-"Invitation To The

"Waltz"

Oriental:-"Charlie Chan At

The Race Track" World:--"Chinese Picture." Alhambra A Doctor's Diary'! Majestic: "The Longest Night" Star:-"Road House" Dances.-Junior N.G.O.'s of Royal Welch, Fusiliers, monthly danes, at Hotel Cell.

Entertainments. "The Street Singer" at Queen's Theatre, 9.20 p.m.; Entertainment at St., An- drew's Hall, 9 p.m.

Miscellaneous. — Anriua)

Street

Sale of Flowers in aid of S.P.C.; Claims against the Hong Kong Finance Co., Ltd., due: Wah Yan Past Students' Association Lecture and Dramatic Entertainment, at the Alma Mater, 7.30 p.m.

Cricket

Moon-III Moon, 7th. Day. Social. Craigengower Club fortnightly whist drive and tombola. 3.15 p.m.

Sports. (See Page 101.

Los Angeles officials and military chiefs were disturbed at these dis- covertes, and at the fact that Abo had in his possession an intricately Sunrise.-8.02 a.m. Sunset.-8.44 worked out chart of the water supp.m. ply system fo Los Angeles, includ- ing water mains, sewers, and a de- tailed map of the uncompleted Metropolitan aqueduct essential to the City's existence.

REFUSED TO TALK

There is some concern among responsible officials, who consider Abo's activities as evidence that the Japanese are fully alive, through. their army of spies here, to the vulnerability of this meagrely de- fended territory,

including Weber's famous waltz from which the film takes its title, "Invitation to the Waltz," showing at the Queen's Theatre to-day, is a delightful romance of Napoleonic days, featuring Lilian Harvey the fairy-like little actress who has achieved world-wide fame,

The background of. the story is set against the days when Na- poleon threatened the peace of Europe, and into this maelstroming after he had stabbed another

The disclosure of Abo's activities was brought about in a dramatic

manner.

He was arrested yesterday even-

Japanese, named Onichi.

of political espionage is fung | Jenny Peachey, a little English

The police state that the knife, dancer from Drury Lane ballet, with its Gin blade, is a Samurai yhose dancing has made her the weapon' of the sort used by Japan-i. delight of every European capital. ese of high station in committing Jenny is brought into the political hari-kiri. Onichi was taken to the situation as the foll to the am- general hospital. His death was bitious Duke of Wurtemburg (play-immicent and he refused to talk. ed by Harold Warrander).

Treatment and acting are the essential factors in a story of this Lype, and "Invitation to the Waltz” is a film which gives Lillan Harvey every opportunity to display her own brilliant brand of talent which has not been seen since she made the tremendously successful "Con- gress Dances."

WHEN'S YOUR BIRTHDAY

..

Hilarious comedy is provided by "When's Your "Birthday?" which opens at the Queen's Theatre to- morrow, with Joe E. Brown as fun · maker-in-chief.

Brown is seen as an "occasional prize fighter who adopts this

means of paying for a course in astrology. Later he refuses to marry his sweetheart. Suzanne Kaaren, because she has selected a date which conflicts with the favourable aspect of his birth planet. He lands # job as fortunetelling astrologer in a mid- way concession operated by Frea Keating. where Marlan Marsh is also working. Predicting the out- come of a race, Brown enables Minor Watson, a "big-shot" gam- bler, to make a winning bet, and the latter promptly engages the three as his private staff for pre- dicting the outcome of sporting events.

Abo told the poliea that he has been in the United States for 40 years and that he served as mess- boy in the old battleship Oregon" when that vessel made its historie dash around the Horn to parti cipate in the battle of Santiago Bay in July, 1898.

Tides-High at 03.18 and 13.27; Low at 06.08 and 21.25.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18 Anniversaries and Holidays.- Third Sunday, after Easter. Sum- mer Time begins (British Isles). Celebration of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, St. Elphege, Archbishop of Canterbury and M. (1012).

Cinemas."

King's: "Mama Stept Out." Queen's: "When's Your Birth-

day?" Oriental:-"Champagne. Walt World:Chinese Picture." Alhambra:"Racing Lady." Majestic: "Gold-Diggers Of

1937."

Star: "Wives Never Know." Meetings.Annual, of Chinese Retreation Club, 4.p.m.

Miscellaneous.-Y.M.C.A. Discus- ston. Group. In the West Lounge, 9 p.m.

Moon-First Quarter, 4,34 a.m. II Moon. 8th. Day.

Sporta. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-8.02 am. Sunset.--6.44

p.m.

Low at 06.52 and 22.45,

Tides. High at 04.48 and 14.49;

RACING LADY

+

A young girl gives 2 amug WIVES NEVER KNOW automobile magnate a lesson on sportsmanship, in Damen Runyon's What may be expected to nap-Lady" produced for the screen by thrilling story of the turf, "Racing pen when a happily married hus- band takes the advice of a love expert and starts a love affair just to keep his wife's nervous system properly tuned by keeping her slightly lealous, will be revealed when "Wives Never Know," the comedy starring Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland, opens at the Star Theatre

RKO Radio and opening at the Alhambra Theatre to-morrow.

Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew and Harry Carey are co-featured.

An automobile manufacturer

played by Smith Ballew engages a young girl, Ann Dvorak, steeped in the fine traditions of "The Sport uf Kings," to train his string of thoroughbreds. To him, his horses are nothing but a publicity ald and he cares only about "win-

The girl is finally caught by his mania for the spectacular, until the financier wants to keep out of the running the horse she has raised from a colt because he is not sure it can win. She then re- bels.

The love expert in this instance, is dapper Adolphe Menjou, a nove- list who considers himself too wise ning." 2

to get, married but who is willing and eager to give advice on the subject to anybody else, who would take it. He works his way into the happy household of Ruggles and Mary and spreads the seeds of dis cord. The fact that Ruggles is a model husband and has never done anything to disturb Mary he calls sheer selfishness. Such conduct, he tells the startled Ruggles, de- prives the wife of two birthrights -the right to experience the subtle joys of jealousy and the right she has to feel the great exhultation which comes with forgiving her mate for his transgressions.

Brown is accepted as an uncan- nilly

able astrologer, hla star ascends. His difficulties come when Miss Kaaren attempts to re-enter his life in a big way in spite of the fact that Miss Marsh has by this time supplanted her in Brown's affections.

THE DEVIL DOLL

"The Devil Doll," new M-G-M thriller, opening to-day at the King's Theatre, is a spectacular demonstration of the limitless range of the modern screen.

The picture is based on the startling, fantastic novel, "Burn, Witch." by A. Merritt, distinguish ed author of mystery stories, from a screen play by Richard Schayer adn Garrett Fort.

Directed by Tod Browing, some-

DOCTOR'S DIARY

Intimate behind-the-scenes glimpses In a large hospital are afforded in "A Doctor's Diary," a gripping drama of one doctor's struggle between love and duty which is showing at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.

TEACHERS PART IN POLITICS

"We Are Not All Socialists"

Mr. J. T. Mulley, presiding at the first annual conference of the Con- servative Teachers' Circles at Cax- ton Hall, Westminster,, said that he thought it would be a great mistake for teachers to have! nothing to do with politics: they ought to take their share in the country's political Hfe, states the "Daily Telegraph."

KINGS!

SHOWING TO-DAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9:30 P.M.

EYES OF DOOM!

Seading a 12-inch killer on an errand of amazing vengeance!

PARRYMORE

A. Meiras Goldwyn

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"MAN OF THE PEOPLE"

with JSEPH CALLEIA FLORENCE RICE

ALHAMBRA

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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

A PICTURE DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF MANKIND THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS?

"Keep It caterad!” was

this man's coda.

See what happens when

this doctor talles

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"A DOCTOR'S

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JOHN TRENT Paramont's New. FIND: HILIN BURGESS GRO. BASCHOYT

A Paramennt Picture

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RACING LADY'

with Ann Dvorak Smith Ballew Harry Carey

MAJESTIC

NATHAN

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SUNDAY, MONDAY & "TUESDAY DICK POWELL, AND JOAN BLONDELL IN “GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937

A WARNER BROS MUSICAL SPECTACLE I

success and expressed hope that THE LONGEST NIGHT It was a still greater mistake. to throughout the whole country they The doctor in this case is hand- let the public assume that teachers would grow not only in strength some John Trent, former ace flyer were all Socialists.

but in influence. Then the circles who plays his first leading role in "We teachers," he added "are might become a great power for this film. He is engaged to the not all Socialists, and we Conser good in that all-important branch daughter of the superintendent. of vative teachers need not be asham of the nation's activities-the edu-

fashionable hospital, and it ised of the record of the Conser-cation of Its people.

times referred to as "the Edgar because of his duty to her and his vative party. It is a splendid re- Mr. Hacking referred to a re- Allan Poe of the Screen," for his efforts to find a cure for infantile cord, but the trouble with the Con- solution on the agenda which creation of "Dracula" and the late paralysis that he keeps hia peace servatives is that they will not talk urged the need for nursery schools Lon Chaney mysteries, this Metro in the face of corruption and about themselves, while the other for children between the ages of Goldwyn-Mayer production, stars neglect. Ha nurse, played by parties proclaim very loudly what two and seven. Lionel Barrymore, with à notable Helen. Burgess, is dismissed when they intend to do,”-

"When I see you want to take cast of supporting players.

the criticizes the administration Mr. Douglas Hacking, MP, charge of these children at two Among them are Maureen O'Bul- for neglect and when he seen a chairman of the Conservative years," he said, "I sorvetimes think liven, Frank Lawton, Robert Grieg. child lose, his arm purely because Party Organisation, addressing the it might be a good thing if you Grace Ford, Lucy Beaumont, of what appears to him to be out conference, at the afternoon ees-had charge of the mothers before Arthur Hohl, Fred Warren and moded medical ethics, he, too, ston, congratulated the Conser- these children were born." (Laugh- other accomplished players.

More | quits.

vative Teachers' Circles on their' tër;)

Love, murder and comedy? form a contrasting combination in the new picture, "The Longest Night, which opened a two day showing. at the Majestic Theatre yesterday. This novel picture is placed en- rely in a great department store. The scene effects are amazing and the plot is entirely within reason. in the light of police activities in the large cities of the day...

Postcard from Mother: Your father is Ill in bed, so don't come this evening. He has a temper of 101"

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