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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1937.

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BABY SING

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TO-MORROW

THAT GIRL FROM PARIS "

Pharaoh's Bone To Be Tried By Jury

-Sir Alexander Seton's Pharoah's various instances of 'mystic bone, which is alleged to have science" attébuted to its alleged wrecked furniture and glassware powers are only, coincidences and in his Edinburgh home and which not in any way abnormal.

a few weeks ago exploded and smashed to smithereens the glass case in which it was kept, is to be tried by jury in Edinburgh,

A FAIR TRIAL

At the trial 12 members of the public are to be selected as jurora,

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TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING 8:-

"Dangerous. Number"

QUEEN'S:-

"Crown and Glory"

ORIENTAL:

"Breezing Home"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA --

"The Great Hospital Mystery"

"Hell Below"

MAJESTIC:

STAR:-

"Up To The Neck"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Personal Property"

QUEEN'S:—

Lt

"Michael Strogoff"

ORIENTAL:

"Slag Baby Sing"

"Romeo and Juliet"

ALHAMBRA:

"Michael Strogof"

MAJESTIC:

"In Person" ".

STAR:-

"That Girl From Paris" ·

DANGEROUS

NUMBERS

Marital quarrels at the rate of one a minute, a marriage "the legality of which is complicated, by daylight saving time, chases with gangsters, and mysterious meet- ings with a beautiful charmer. with romance rapant in spite of all, are highlights in the screen's latest mirthquake. "Dangerous Number" which opens to-day at the King's Theatre. ་ ་,:

The heroine and hero quarrel, make up, quarrel' again, get in trouble with the police.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest melange of mirth features. Robert Young as the business man bride- groom, and Ann Sothern as the actress bride who keeps him in constant hot water,

THE GREAT HOSPITAL MYSTERY

Love goes on a laugh spree in "Sing, Baby, Sing,” new Twentieth Century. Fox melange of melody, merriment and romance. "Above (left to right) ADOLPHE MENJOU, ALICE FAYE and MICHAEL WHALEŃ in one of the bestie highlights of the film.

Showing at the Oriental Theatre on Friday and Saturday,

MAJESTIC

JUNE

THEATRE

· PROGRAMMES

24-Hell Below: Robert Mont- gomery, Madge Evans (M. G. M.).

23-In Person: Ginger Rogers

(RKO Radio),

"

26 The Jungle Princess: Dero-

thy Lamour. 27-29-Love on the Run: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford (M. G. M.). 30-Sign of the Cross; Fredric March, Elissa Land! (Para),

JULY

1-Affairs of Susanne: Zazu

Pitts (Universal). 2-Les Miserables: Fredric

March (United Artists). 3-Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Gary Cooper. Jean Arthur (COL). 4-5-Craig's Wife:Rosalind Rus--†

sel, John Boles (Col). 6--Romance in Manhattan: Ginger Rogers, Francis Lederer RKO Radio). 7-Desire: Marlene Ditrich,

Gary Cooper (Para.). 8-9-King's "Vacation: George.

Arliss (Warner). 10-13-Maytime: Jeanette Mac- Donald, Nelson, Eddy (M. M.), 14-Mad Love: Peter Lorre (M.

G. M.). 18-19 Three Men on (Warner). 20-Riff Raff: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy (M,G,M,)... 21-Dangerous: Bette Davis

(Warner).

.

Death takes a postman's holiday in The Great Hospital Mystery" and stalks the morgue and cor- ridors of a great hospital to in- voke the year's most baffling clue- hunt-for who would shoot a dead tehbar-stricken Iman? In this

setting, thrills, chills and hilarity. race side by side to a super-22-24-Cain and surprise climax as a nitwit nurse turns mystery into hysteria in the Twentieth Century-Fox thriller which opens at the Alhambra Theatre to-day..

SING, BABY, SING!

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Horse

Mabel Marion Davis, Clark Gable (Warn- er). 25-28-Under Cover of Night:

Robert young (M. G. M... 27-28-Mama Steps Out: Alice

Brady (M. G. M.).

29-30 Trouble in Morocco: Jack

Holt (Col.).

Nobody will be able to complain | 31- 2 Aug.-Last of Mrs. Cheyney:

that "Bing, Baby, Bing," the musi-. cal special coming to the Oriental Theatre to-morrow and Saturday is limited In scope, Mr. Menjou, incidentally. üpsets 1 -personal tradition

fastidiousness of

by roaming around in a nightle, In a sequence, which adds nothing, to his reputation

one as

of the EL : world's best-dressed men.-

HELL BELOW

"Hell Below," the sensational' submarine adventure fim, comes to the Majestic Theatre giving local flmgoers a chance to view what is said to be the most thrill- ing marine spectacle ever, to reach the talkies.

Robert Montgomery heads the cast of "Hell Below" in what ing role of his career. As the young fleutenant who falls hope lessly in love with a woman al- ready married, he is precipitated

critics concede to be the outstand-

into a stirring series of occurrence in which he disobeys the orders of his submarine commander in an effort to save his friend adrift at sea and target for the guns of 8 squadron of airplanes, is dis- honourably dismissed from the service after unwittingly causing the entire crew a narrow escape from a horrible death at the bot tom of the ocean

Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery (M. G. M.)..

SIR ERIC GEDDES DEAD

London. June 22. The death has occurred of Str Eric Geddes, former. General and Admiral, and Chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co., and of Imper-

at Airways.-"} Reutër,

DIARY OF

LOCAL

EVENTS

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 Anniversaries and Holidays

St. John Baptist. Midsummer Day. Quarter Day.

Cinemas (See Fage 5).·. Lectures-Theosophical Society, 6

p.m.

Meetings.-Hong Kong Philatelic Society, in "S. a. M. Post" Board: Room. 5.30 p.m. Toc H Supper, at Seamen's Institute. 7.30 p.m.

Social--"Busy Bees" Bridge and

Mah Jong Drive in St. John's Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.; Civil Ser- vice Whist Drive, 9.20 p.m. Cheero Club Contract Bridge and Mah Jong Drive, 3 p.m.

Sports. (See Page 103, Moon--Full Moon: 7 a.m. V Moon, 16th. Day.

Sunrise.-6.40 a.m. Sunset.-7.11

p.m.

Tides. High at 08.50 and 23.27; Low at 02.28 and 16.28."

FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Anniversaries and Holidays.

John Dlet of Augsburg. 1530. Marston died, 1834.

Cinemas (See Page 5). Dances Mamak Hockey Tour- nament Dance at Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.

Lectures-Helena May, Christian Fellowship, 10.30 am

Miscellaneous-Y.MC.A. Chinese Class, Mezzanine Room, 6.30p.m.

Social-Mamak Hockey Dinner, Peninsula Ho'cl, 7.45 p.m.; Cheers Club Duplicate Contract Bridge, 8 p.m.: Whist Drive and Tombola, RE. W.O'S. and Sergeants Mess. Wellington Barracks, 9.15 p.: Partner Whist Drive. Bergeants* Mess, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 8.30

p.m.

Sports-(See Page 10).

Moon--V Moon, 17th. Day. Sunrise.-5.40 a.m. Sunset-7.11

p.m.

Tides-High at 09.25 and 23,56; Low at 03.03 and 17.03.

SATURDAY, JUNE 26.

Anniversaries -und" Höllisys- George Morland 'born, 1763. Carl Jung born, 1875.

Cinemas-(8ee Page 5).

Social, — Craigengower · Cricket

Club fortnightly Whist Drive, 9.20

D.m.

:

Sports(See, Page 19). Moon-V Moon, 18th, Day. Bunrise.-5.40 1.m. Sunset.7.11

p.m.

FILM BAN IN ITALY

Tides--High at 10.00; Low at Bir Eric Campbell Geddes, who | 03.37 and 17.40, * had the unique experience of ser- ving in the war both as a General and an Admiral, was primarily a Railway expert. Born in India in Sept. 1875, the son of Auckland Geddes of Edinburgh, he was edu- cated at the Oxford Military Col- lege and Merchiston school, Edin- burgh. He then went lumbering in

Rome, June 23.

A decree, prohibiting the display of films over a length of 500 me- tres synchronised into Italian in the Southern States and later got some foreign country, has been

a post on the Baltimore and Ohio Issued in the Italian Omcial

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ROBERT YOUNG

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GINGER ROGERS GEORGE BRENTI

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"AN "OLD FAVOURITE" FROM RKO KADIO

Fitzroy Fyers, reminded him of it. he recalled its details clearly, al though it happened some 65 years

SAVED LIFE

OF DUKE OF

CONNAUGHT were bathing at Trouville, where

The Duke and Bir Ronald Lane

there is a strong current. Usually a boatman was on duty, but on this

** The Duke got dificulties, and was carried away. He battled against the current, but became nearly exhausted, g

Hallway from which he went to the Gazette, within the framework of Incident Of 65 Years Duke Watanto, d Hohlkund arid Kumaon Railway in the legislature providing for a IndiaTM Returning to England, he protection of the Italian film. in- became assistant to Sir D. Gibb on dustry. the NE. Railway and succeeded him as General Manager in 1996.

GERMAN BALLOON FORCED. DOWN

Ago Recalled

"The synchanisation of foreign lms which accordingly must in future always be undertaken in Italy to as far as the display in permitted by the Tiallan Ministry for Public Instruction subject to nearly drowned while bathing, is

Reference to an occasion when the Duke of Connaught and Major General Sir Ronald Lane were

a tax of 25.000 fires in case of made in the latter's will proved nims up to a length of 1000 me recently at Somerset House tres and or 50,000 Bres in case, of Elde-onger films. Pilms under 500 me-

tres are tax fresh Transoccan

The trial, which will take place and Bir Alexander told a "Bulletin" "In the Central Halls, has been or- 1 reporter that he would CTORS.

HONG KONG HOTEL ganised by the Modern Educational question every juror chosen,

Frague, June 23, Thought Movement, and three "This is going to be a fair trial," New arrivals at the Hong Kong

The German balloon Charges will be preferred against | he said, “and I am taking no Hotel includes

brand," participating in the Gor- chances on a blased jury." the bone.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rowlands and don Bennett Race," and which was They are(1) That is has no Sir Alexander will personally de- Miss M. Rowlands, Capt. W R. the German favourite, was forced mysterious powers' as alleged, and tend the honour of his bone, and. Kermode, Miss Matilda Rosenblum, down by military planes over is therefore not, expable of pro- intends to produce witnesses to Miss Marie Zdankiewiecz, Mr. and Czechozelovakia, packed up and ducing phenomena; (2) that the prove the truth of the mysterious | Mrs. C. Y. Koo, Mr. Charles Larrive, sent to Germán by military 11- phenomena alleged to be carried powers with which the bone is said Mar. E. C. Heuguot, Miss B. Conor- thorities. The plots were detain- out by the bone are mere hallu to be possessed. T

ton, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lapicque, ed and questioned, but Anally re- cinations of those who witnessed. The proceeds from the trial gre, Mrs. G. Logeman, Mr. E. Laquen, the incident; and (3) "that"; the to be devoted to charity.""

Transocean Newe Service

- Mr. and Mrs. U. Tragella,

The Duke of Connaught, states Bournemouth Correspondent the Duke Is staring at Bourrie mouth remembers the incident well. When his equerry Captain

Str. Ronald, who was a strong swimmer, went to the Duke's aid. and reached him in time, bringing him to safety in an exhausted con dition

Queen Victoria, in recognition of his assistance to her son, presented to Bir Ronald Lane a coral pin which now devolves as an heirloom,

Bir Ronald Lane, who was form- etly in the Rife Brigade, left gross state amounting to £35,982, with net personalty £33,828

* His General's sword, given to him KING HOLDS LEVEE

CENA PAR

by the Duke of Connaught, and don June 22 HI Majesty wore the uniform of | other gifts trom Royalty are also His Majesty the King heldi a Les Admiral of the Fleet, and drove bequeathed as heirlooms. vee atat. James's «Palace this, from. Buckingham Palace in a clos He gave £500 to the Rifleman “. morning at which 900 were pre-ed car cheered by dense crowds - Aid Society, and 2500 to the Albert

Beuter

Orphan Asylum, Bagshot, Burrey.

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