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QUEEN'S

DAILY AT $30-513-7·20 & 9:30 TEL 31453

TO-DAY

TO- MORROW.

DAY 1.30-13 718-4.30

AND TO-MORKOW

STE IT...FOR THE FURY OF ITS DRAMAI REMEMBER IT.....FOR THE FIRE OF ITS LOVEL

WARNER

BAXTER

JUNE LANG

White Hunter

GAIL PATRICK

Claudette Colbert

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Under Cover of Night"

QUEEN'S:---

"White Hunter"

ORIENTAL:

"Hearts Divided"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :----

"Love Letters of a Star".

MAJESTIC:-

"The Man Who Lived Twice".

"Big Broadcast of 1937""

STAR: Fred MacMurray MAID OF SALEM“

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TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY LAWRENCE TIBBETT in "UNDER YOUR SPELL”

CLIFF EDWARDS WINS

KING'S:-

Coming

"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"

QUEEN'S:

"Maid of Sale"

ORIENTAL:-

"Mummy's Boys"

ALHAMBRA:—

"Mald of Salem

MAJESTIC:-

"Libelled Lady"

STAR:-.

"Under Your Spell"

"UNDER COVER OF

NIGHT

One of the most unique mystery stories

Modle and Lemuux, International Dancing stars, appearing at the Gloucester Hotel on Saturday, May 1. Travelled with the Monte Carlo Ballet as Solò Dancers and had a prolonged season at the Follles Berrere. Faris.

LOVE LETTERS OF DIARY OF LOCAL

A STAR

"Love Letters of a Star," the Universal fim Which open at

to reach the screen will { the Alhambra Theatre to-day

be shown to-day at the King's is an exciting mystery that Theatre when Metro-Goldwyn- does not TEVER! the person Mayer presents Edmund Lowe in who commits the crime until the Under Cover of Night" with Flor- last sequence of the picture. The ence. Rice, and a capable cast. action flows rapidly, the suspense

Lowe creates an entirely new keeps mounting and the drama! type of detective In this story. fairly crackles with intensity. He is a college graduate who The narrative is made sprightly turns to his alma mater in time to 'face the baffling mystery of repeated murder among the fa- culty members.

The technique of the picture, permits the audience to follow the detective step by step, experienc ing his emotions as he makes interesting discoveries, sharing his elation when the evidence points at last to the guilty man.

WHITE HUNTER

with 1 sufficient blending of romance and passages of humour. The story reveals the thrilling incidents in the lives of a family that is hounded by a blackmaller. The net which enmeshes them becomes more entangled when the family is suspected of murdering

under strange circumstances. Then

the man, who comes to his end

an' unusal manner.

EVENTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 22 Anniversaries, and Hoildays.- St. Benorina de Basto, Cinemas. King's:—“Man Of The People" Queen's-White Hunter." Oriental:-"Hearts Divided.” World:-"Chinese Picture," Alhambra:-"Love Letters Of A

Star."

Majestic:-"The Man Who

Lived Twice"

Star: The Big Broadcast Of

1937"

Entertainments. Dramatic Per- formance at St. Andrew's Hall, 9

Lectures.-Theosophical Society,

6 pm.

another victim meets his fate in Meetings-Victoris Chess Club, at Gloucester Hotel, 5 p.m.; St. John's Cathedral Finance Com- mittec, Cathedral Office. 5.15 p.m. Miscellaneous-Claims against

A keen detective, portrayed by C. Henry Gordon, unravels the double mystery with methods that

Braving hate, defying fear, fight- ing for love fiercely amid dangers and passions that threaten their very lives. Warner Baxter and June Lang, who scored sensational

the girl who is the extortioner's Bridge and Mah Jong Drive. at St. performances in The Road to

That role is enacted by John's Cathedral Hall. 3 p.m. Glory," rise to even greater drama-prey." tic heights in their newest Mary Alice Rice, renowned as a yY.M.C.A. Ladies' Night, Dinner at Twentieth Century-Fox picture, beauty of the last show staged by 7.30 pm. followed by Concert:

"White Hunter," which is showing | Ziegfeld.

help to make interesting screen, the Estates of Henry Scarisbrick,

An excellent per- Myler; and entertainment.

Lady Evelynı Anne formance is given by Henry Hun-Young, due. ter, as the suspected husband of

Social-Busy Bees'

at the Queen's Theatre today..

Crowned by the brilliant per- formances of the stars and an im- pressive supporting cast including Gail Patrick, Alison Skipworth, Wilfrid Lawson and George Hässell, the picture depicts drama charged with the menace of savage' pas- slona.

Darryl F Zanuck, Twentieth Century-Fox production chiet selected Irving Cummings to direct with Gene Markey associate pro- ducer. Sam Duncan and Kenneth Earl wrote the screen play bussed on a story by Gene Markey.

UNDER YOUR SPELL

MAN WHO LIVED TWICE

Coronation

Civil Service Whist Drive, " 9.20 p.m.; Cheero Club Contract. Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, 8 p.. Sports. (See Fage 10). Moon-II Moon, 12th Day. Bunrise.-5.59 a.m. Sunset.-6.46

D.M.

Tides -High at 7.50 and 19.58; Low at 01.03 and 19.31.

Thrills and chills abound plenti- fully in Columbia's "The Man Who Lived" Twice,” featuring Ralph | Bellamy, Marlan Marsh and Isabel Jewell, which will open at the Ma-

FRIDAY, APRIL 23 jestic Theatre to-day. The theme of the story is logically deduced

Anniversaries and Holidays-St. from the title. The film tells of George, Patron of England (303). the transformation on the operat-

Auctions-Crown, Land, at Dis- ing table of a dangerous, implac-trict Office, South, HK., 11 a.m.; able kliler into a gentle, honest Motor Boats Tin Lee and "Tin citizen, who then uses his talents Bang..,at China Auction Rooms, 5, and genius to study and succeed Queen's Road Central, 11 am; in the practice of medicine.

Black Wood and Teak Wood Fur- Bellamy appears in the title role, niture, at 73 Water'co Road, Kow-

with Thurston Hall as the doctor responsible for his "regeneration": Marian Marsh as the girl with whom he falls in love: Isabel Jewell

as his one-time moli who refuses to give him up even after the surgeon's scalpel has completely changed him and blanked his memory; Ward Bond as his for- mer pal who remains loyal to the end; and others in supporting roles.

With Lawrence Tibbett as fed-up singing star and Wendy Barrie as a hot-headed heiress after his aria supplying riotous romance, Gregory Raton and Ar- thur Treacher collaborating on riotous comedy, "Under Your Spell," the Twentieth Century- Fox newest tune triumph opens to-day at the Star Theatre.

"Loaded with laughs and studded | with swingy songs, by Broadway's rhythm kings. Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. "Under Your Spell" is the snappiest, singlest story of Lawrence Tibbett's career.

Madge Evans and Una Merkel, fit role under his new long-term The hilarity starts when barl Contract

tone" Tibbett becomes bored with two of the closest and oldest the continual round of engage- friends in Hollywood, are appear- ments, endorsements and publicitying in their first picture together. schemes arranged by his inde- fatigable manager and mentor, Gregory Ratott and returns to the lone prairie to resume his former occupation of "cowboying."

New Battleships

NEW CONTRACT There is no expectation in naval"

Cha"(Ukulele Ike) Edwards, has that any change will be quarters made in the design of the new resumed his screen career after two years of stage work in New battleships between the two al york. He plays the part of Spen, ready laid down and the three cer Tracy's right-hand man to that will be In the 1937 Dro-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's They Gave gramme. The idea that a change Him A Gun. This is Edwards' might be made in the later ships probably originated in the uncer- "tainty about the American design.

The Washington naval authorities are i alting to see if Japan accepts the fourteen-inch gun limitation of the last London Naval Treaty. She has until Aorn 1 to noti if she tories, of? to mount deatré.

Spencer Tracy, Gladys George and Franchot Tone are teamed in the leading roles of the film, adopted by Csill Hume, Richard Malbaum and Maurice Rapf from Willem Joyce Cowen's best-selling novel, WB. Van Dyke is directing, with Harry Rapt as broducer.

Tibbett wants peace at any price, even if he has to fight for

lt. He no, sooner lands at his rancho when Wendy Barrie, a plies, and in any case prepara- society siren, who has made a bet tions for the three chips are so with Count Gregory Gaye that if It is certain, pomeres, that the taf advanced that a change would she can't persuade Lawren to Admiralty will

RCLASS of be expensive and would delay ang at one of her private parties, THA KICK FREELITE ATE ATA WINS AS VIZATY him (the Count). important the Admiralty means to have in arrives, on the scene and causes factor both in tactics and in sup-commission by the middle of 1940, pandemontum on the plains.

13 an

EVANS AND

MERKEL TOGETHER

Coon, 11 am.

Cinemas. King's: The Last Of Mrs.

Cheyney" Queen's: "White Hunter" Oriental:"Mummy's Boys" World: "Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-"Love Letters Of

A Star"

MajesticThe Man Who

Lived Twice"

Star: "The "Big Broadcast of

*** 1937***

Lectures. Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10:30a.m.

Meetings-Kowloon Chess Cink, at at. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.; Hong Kong Union Church Dea- cons, in Church Hall, 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous St. John's Cathe dra Training Group. 7.15 Cathedral Hall.

Miss Evana plays Wallace Beery's daughter, Lucy, and Miss Merkel As Nellle, the tipsy maid, in Metro Social-YMCA subyak! Even- Goldwyn-Mayer's alm version of ing, in the West Louige, Chow at the Don Marquis stage hit. The Old30 pm Cheero Club Duplicate Boak.

dat die Contract Bridge, 8 p.m.; Queen's Madge recently completed the College Old Boys Association Din- feminine lead opposite Edmund her. In wong Chow Hotel, 500 Lowe in M-C-M's Espionage, while Una's last previous ashignment for her home studio was Born To Dance

Walter Buben is directing The Old Boak, from the screen play by A. E. Thomas, Harry Rapf is the producer.

p.m...

Sports-(566 Pure 10). Moon--III Moon, 13th Day.. Sunrise 5.58 a.m. Bunset-6.47

Tides. High at 08.15 and 20.50; Low at 01.38 and 14.16.

KINGS

SHOWING "TO-DA Ya. DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

A NEW THRILL AS YOU SOLVE IT! You get the clues to four baffling murdera... you follow "Chris" Cross, super-sleuth, on the slayer's trail ..then you can figure it out yourself; ? It's a brand-new screen thrill!

A'mulider man-hunt. “Chus" Cross, sugve- alouth, het in purst- but it's 'nqustoly up

to you to kilos er da tla and get tha killer! Angw.ides in thrill watserainmoast!

UNDER COVER

OF NIGHT

EDMUND LOWE FLORENCE RICE

PINDLETON

**T HENRY

SANFIL. L

SARAN

HADERS

ALSO

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