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If you've ever been in love, if you've ever been lonely and worried and heart-sick you'll - understand and thrill to this story. It's something you'll never forget!

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"The Marriage. Of Oorbal" QUEEN'S:

"Top Of The Town"

ORIENTAL:-

"Sons Guns"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:—

"The Mighty Treve"

MAJESTIC:-

"One Night Of Love"

STAR:-

"Winterset"

KING'S:-..

Coming

"Dodsworth"

QUEEN'S:—

"On The Avenue"

ORIENTAL:-

"Give Me Your Heart" ALHAMBRA:-

"The Public Menace" MAJESTIC:-

STAR 1

"Laughter In Hell""

"Rainbow On The River"

The

THE MARRIAGE OF CORBAL

All the thrilling romance of a Rafael Sabatini novel has been brought to the screen in "The Marriage of Corbal," which will be showing at the King's Theatre to- day:

3.

In addition to its dramatic story and magnificent background, this film boasts Br interesting cast headed by Nils Asther, Hugh Sin clair and Noah Berry. This pic ture provides filmgoers with an opportunity of seeing the debut,of the youngest member of the famous theatrical family-the Terrys.

Hazel Terry plays her first screen rote in "The Marrtage of Corbal," and proves herself to be star player of no mean merit.

THE MIGHTY TREVE

FORTHCOMING PICTURES

Pictures recently released and plans under way in the studios in- dicate that the ground gained in the productions of music, history. Uterature and blography will be held in such pictures as:

Captains Courageons, a" saga of the fishing feets based on Rudyard Kipling's famous story:

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TUESDAY, JUNE I

Anniversaries and Holidays.- Johu Mascñeld born, 1878. John Drinkwater born, 1882.

L

Cinemas.--(See Pago 5),

Dances.-Carnival Dance kt Hotel Cecil.

Meetings Mother's Union, at St. John's Cathedral Hall, 3 pm.

*Miscellaneous. Rotary Titik, Hong Kong Hotel

'Fne Prince and the Pauper, which will unfold the crude mag- nificence of the the old English court as pictured by Mark Twain;

· Social -- Craigengower Cricket High, Wide and Handsome, the Club Weekly Tombola. 9.20 p.m.; epic story of a great industry in Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.; the days when the first pipe lineMothers' Union Musical afternoon, flowed quid gold':

at St. Andrew's Hall, 3 pm

Sport (See Page 101. Moon-IV Moon, 23rd. Day.

Wee Willie Winkle, a Shirley Temple picture based on an adaptation of Kipling's famous short story:

Quality Street, based on the story of the stage play by" that. master of whimsy, Sir James M. Barrie;

The Road Back, an adaptation of Erich Remarque's novel of the post-war period;

You Can't Take it 'With You, which will picturize an outstanding stage success;

Gone with the Wind, which will reproduce the historic scenes and drama of this vastly popular novel;

·Ever Since Eve, in which the

demure business girl struggles with the glamorous butterfly in the same personality,

W

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2.30, 5.10.-7.14 & p.30 Pa.M.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT

A LUST FOR POWER VERSUS THE LOVE ÚF A WOMAN

THE

OF CORBAL

From the story by

RAFAEL SABATINI

WITH

Sunrise.-5.39 a.m. Sumset.-7.03 NILS ASTHER

p.m.:

Tides-High at 03.05 and 13.01; Low at 06.12 and 20.57.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE - 2

Holidays-

Sir

Anniversaries, and Thomas Hardy born, 1840. Edward Elgar born, 1857.

Cinemas.--(See Page 5). * Darices.Cheero Club Dance, 8

D.m.

Meetings. Kowloon Union Church Women's Gulld, 10 am.

Social-M. C. L. Prison Branch Inomicers Recreation Room, Stanley, Whist and Mah Jong Drive. In

Madame Walewska, a swory the life of Napoleon:

3.15 p.m.; Whist Drive „and Tom- The Buccaneer, a picture that bola, Garrison Sergeants' Mess. will re-live the days of Jean La-Queen's Road. 8.30 p.m.

Fitte, patriot and privateer of old New Orleans;

Dead End, a story of a tragedy of childhood on the New York water front;

The Toast of New York, a picture built against the background of a dramatic period In American his- tory, following the Civil War

Slave Ship, a story of the old slave days;

Arabian Nights, in which the

screen becomes a canvas for the atmosphere and prismatic colours of old Bagdad

When You're in Love, a distinc- tive musical feature:

Top of the Town, a musical ex- travaganza [filed: "uwith tuneful songs and rhythmic dances;

Seventh Heaven, a story of love,

B

famous stage success;

Maytime, musical romance which reaches new heights in musical pictures;-

Boy Meets Girl, the comedy stage success adapted to the screen;

The Mighty Treve," the Univer-sacrifice and courage based on the sal picture featuring Noah Beery, fr., and Barbara Read, opens to- day at the Alhambra Theatre.

The story, taken from the novel "Treve." by the noted. author ́Al- bert Payson Terhune, relates the adventure." romance and pitfalls encountered by a young fellow when he sets out to make his way in the world. The movie' gains its dramatic force from the simple direct way in which it is present- ec, according to advance reports.

Parnell, art historical drama founded on the life of the un- crowned king of Ireland:

»Sport (See Page. 10).

Moon-Last Quarter. 1.24 p.m.

Moon, 24th Day. Sunrise.-5.39 a.m. Sunset.-7.04

1.m..

Tidea-High at 93.40 and 14.12: Low at 07.32 and 21.45.

THURSDAY, JUNE 3.

Anniversaries and Holidays——— George V. born, 1865; died January 20, 1936. St. Clotilda, Queen,

Cinemas (See Page 5). Lectures. Theosophical Society, 6 |

p.m.

Meetings. Women's Guild, in St. John's Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.

Social Civil Service Whist Drive, 9.20 pm; Cheero Club Contract Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, "8 P.; Mah Jong, Bridge and Whist Drive, in St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.; "St. Andrew's Club "Open Night," 9'

p.m..

Sports. (See Pare 18). Moon.--LV Moon 25th. Day. Sunrise.-5.39 a.m. Suriset.---7,03

19.00.

· The Boldier and the Lady, found- Tides.--High at 02.27 and 12.06; ed on Jules Verne's classic melo-Low, at 05.18 and 20:11 drama of Russia;

Marie Antoinette, story of the unfortunate French queen:

Prisoner of Zenda, based on 40-

ONE NIGHT OF LOVE thony Hope's novel of romance and

A new and indescribable thrill in screen entertainment awaits mo- tion picture audiences who will see Columbia's "One Night of Love," starring the gorgeous, glamorous,

adventure;

Pride and Prejudice, based on Jane Austen's classic;

Fargo Express, Mississippi Bubble, And such pictures as The Wells and Hudson Bay Company, port- is at the Majestic Theatre for a one historical interest. day engagement.

A GREAT SHOW FOR THE KIDDIES golden-voiced Grace. Moore, which raying phases of vivid American

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WINTERSET

BURGESS MEREDITH.. MARGO · Eduardo Giannelli

John Carrading - Edward Ellis.

"RAINBOW on the RIVER

The entertalament trend noted Miss Moore, known in every city in he success of light comedy dur- in the world where she has aping the past season will be con- peared on the operatic and the tinued by the production of similar concert stage, achieves the glorious pictures and of light comedies with heights of screen stardom as a re-musle.

sult of her superb "dramatic por- trayal in this Columbia extra- ・vaganza.

·DOCKLAND PAYS

LAST TRIBUTE Farewell To The "Angel Of Limehouse"

Dockland was paying its simple tribute and bidding farewell to Baroness Emms Leijonhjelin the "Angel of Limehouse," wha, diea at the age of 90 after devoting 45 years to the seamer

of destitute

HOW TO CATCH FLEAS Official

Run Over Them With Bicycle Wheels

MOTOR CAR "RODEO" AT CRYSTAL PALACE

NEW SPORT FOR LONDON

There were "fireworks" at the Crystal Palace recently-driving "freworks" on the new motor car road racing course, which was opened by Earl Howe.

A score of racing cars were un- leashed to show what kind of sport had been brought - to London's famous “playground, and how fast the corners of the new track could be taken.

:

They went off with a bellow of exhausts. In ten minutes three had lert the road at speed, one. had turned round and run down

A motor hearse containing a The Ministry of Agriculture and plain coffin moved away from a Fisheries has published a notable an embankment backwards, seve- house in West India Dock-road, fourpage blography (Crown Copy-fat had clouted the earth retain- Beamen on the pavements raises right Reserved) of the Flea Beetle ing walls, and others had spun their hats women bowed their (allas the Turnip Flea or the round in wild skids.

It was heads.

Turnip Fly).

not road racing, it was road This potential best-seller, issued rodeo; a spectacle of spinning at id a copy, devoles a paragraph wheels, screeching tyres, and to methods of catching the beetle, dying mud what had happened which is one-tenth of an inch was that the drivers had not had long

any opportunity to weigh up the The. favoured way, apparently, is speed possibilities of the course to disturb the insect. It mustand and out where the danger She was known the world over never be allowed to rest, but forced points were, for it had only been as "the sexmen's mother

to jump on to a tarred board or completed in the morning. Untilate sailors of all nation-sack. Mr. Heath Robluson himself alitie

Hetlemis- could have wished for nothing bet sited othe stop hall at her home to pay their fer than a simple form of ms last respects to a beloved friend. chine" suggested.

FIRE BOSES IN COFFIN This consists of "two old bicycle - Slater, Elisabeth Bergsten, of the of perambulator wheels, joined to-- The proposed revival of "Kismet Swedish Church in London, fald a gether by an axle from which brings to mind the curse of Hill, bunch of pink roses in the hangs a tringe of material-old the beggar hero of the play. "Allah,"

© comn, which rested on a bench in bags, for example-about two to material to within six inches send thee the foul fend and a the mission hail during the short three feet wide and as long as the ❘ the ground, and the whole Mrs. Jane Wakeford, of Ports- thousand fres,” "Athouthard" services,

axle, to which ́s pair of handles is turcia pushed (not pulled) mouth who celebrated her 100th Trethaald named Cohenstein „The Baroness's favourite hymn," also aftached"

† bor un and down, the birthday recently, says she is still at the

Vot a beautiful In Summer Land, was sung by The "bags are then well, tarred | The italics belong to the pampl working looking after invalids as 'curse."

a small group of old friends.

covered" - with grease-banding lef

TO MORROW

Sir Charles Higham's advocacy of she has done all her life. Silll, she newspaper advertising is justified shou'd be wary about getting into Indeed, the patent medicine adver- a rut tisements are sy attractive that t makes a man who has his health and strength feel that he is miss ing something.

For'

Drivers who went through some for these acrobatics were Mr, RJ. W. Appleton, Mr. Raymond Mays, Mr. P. N. Whitehead, Mr. Pat Fat- neid, and Mr. C. E. C. Martin WMANGA CARD,

HUGH SINCLAIR

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HITLER DISCUSSES SITUATION

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for an exhaustive discussion, and the Fuehrer with Neyra Raeder proceeded by plane to Ber La where a further exhaustive disa Berlin, May 30, cussion took place with the Com- During the ceremony of Inaumann in Chief of the GermAŢA guration of the Munich Exhibition Defence Forces. Fieldmarahal von Hall, the Fuehrer received the f Blomb news of the bombing by Republican Transocean News Service. forces of a German cruiser." "Im-"BRA mediately after the ceremony, the

Frehrer had a lengthy conversa. A London minister has warner tion with Foreign Ainister, a bride that ihe, la 15 minutes

von Neurath. Then Com-| late be will not marry the couple,”

hief of the Navy Ad- | What is not quite clear is whethe -General Raeder, later arrived | this is a threat or a promise.

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