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QUEEN'S

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John BOLES FOAKIE

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FIGHT YOUR LADY

* with

Ida kupino Margot Grahame

Quyuan Janej, trik Khodne, Lilly:Qibers, Paul Delifeyle

RKO RADIO

FIÇTURE:

ON THE STAGE

EVELYN AND TED CHEN (INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS CHINESE "DANCERS)

TOMORROW

Warner Bros.' Picture

DICK POWELL

in a delightful musical romance THE SINGING MARINE!

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1938.

TO-DAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Knight Without Armour"

QUEEN'S:-.

"Fight For Your Lady"

ORIENTAL:-

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :—

STAR:

"There Goes The Groom

"Meet The Missus"

·MAJESTIC:-

"Lawyer Man"

Coming

KING'S:---

"Racketeers In Exile"

QUEEN'S:

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SHIRLEY

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Directed by Seraph Santley. Produced by Albert Kawiłk. Screen play by Tank Townley; Best Gronal; Jou! Sayre.

BING CROSBY, MARTHA RAYE: in “DOUBLE or NOTHING?

LAWYER. MAN

"The Singing Marine"

ORIENTAL:-

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STAR:-

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KNIGHT WITHOUT

ARMOUR.

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Marlene Dietrich. End. Robert Donat, one of the most glamorous romantic teams in screen history. are starred, at the King's Theatre to-day in "Alexander Korda's "Knight Without Armour."

Fittingly enough. their vehicle is one of the greatest love stories of ail time, from the pen of the famous James Hilton who wrote "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and "Lost

One of the comedy highligham in RKO Radio's Fight for Your Laus. the scene shown here, takes place betweon Jack Oakis and Jofa Boles... in the locker room of a fashionable golf club, Ida Lupino and Margor Grabane share top bling with the two actors in the production. Showing at the Queen's Theatre.

THE VICTORIA LEAGUE

Assistance For HK. Students

The following communique was issued by the Education Depart ment yesterday:

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

"

Cinemas-(Sec. Page 5).

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. Anniversaries and Holiday- St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, and Blessed Odoric, Ploneer Missioner in China. In 1931 a local Committee of the

Mails (See Pare 16). Victoria League, under the Chair-

Entertainments. Garrison In- manship of the Colonial Secretary, fants School, Hong Kong, post was formed in Hong Kong and poned Christmas Concert, 10.20 since that time has investigated.. many cases of students from Hong Kong proceeding to England who wished to avail themselves of the at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30. p.m.; Meeting-Kowloon Chess Club, assistance offered by the League Helena May Christian Fellowship, Donat is seen as a mysterious In London. The assistance offered 10.30 a.m. modern knight errant whose gratuitous, and takes the form hatred flares into a flame of pro-r meeting students, Anding quar-Tonkinese Arts, Crafts, and Tour tective love as they live through a ters, advising on educational mat- series of stirring adventures, know-ters and, as far as possible, help ing moments. of "incomparable Ing in regard to admission to the hroror and bliss as they flee from Universities. the countless terrors that threaten to tear them apart.

Horizon."

The settings, among the biggest and most Impressive ever seen on the screen, were designed by the brilliant Lazare Meerson.

"Knight Without Armour" is a London Film. released through United Artists.

The League also gives facilities for visiting places of interest and generally in bringing students Into contact with English social life.

The League reports on the health of students arid will, it so desired, act as guardians:

Miscellaneous Exhibition of

ism, at French Bank Building, Erst floor,-10 am to 6 pm.; Contract Blading Lesson to Service Men at Cheero Club, 7pm.

Moon-KII Moon, 13th. Day. Social-Y. M. C..A. Pantomime Social, 9 p.m.; HLE. The Governot attends H.K. Naval Volunteer force Annual Dinner on Cornflower, B.15 p.m.

Sports (Bee Pare 10). Sunrise.-7.06 am. Sunset.-5.69

HMS:

Students are furnished with personal introductions to pro- minent people, and are given them. opportunity of visiting. The Houses Tides-High at. 08.60 and 19.30

FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY of Parliament, Hurlingham, and Low at 02.15 and 12.40.

The ancient adage that "variety

Ranelagh besides attending many large receptions, dances and par ties. The League will furnish per-

is the splee. of life" applies with 'sonal reports on students under its hilarious emphasis to Fight For Your Lady." - romantic screen comedy. The im has its rum

at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

care for the benefit of parents and.. guardians

The report of Mr. A. G. Morkill, Joint Secretary for the Committee The fun starts at the ringside of which concerns itself with students a wrestling-match in London, Eng-from Hong Kong and Malaya, for land. John Boles, an American the first half of 1936 contains the concert singer, attends the bout following.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 15~ Cinemas-(See Page 5). Malls. (See Page 161.

Moon-XII Moon, 14th. Day.

Sports-(8ce Page 19). -* Sunrise-7.06 am. Sunset.-5.60

p.m.

Low at 01.28 and 11.35

Tides-High at 07.41 and 1835.

with Margot Grahame; his gold- "The students as a body are digging flancee. Gordon Jones pursuing their studies in their these cases are fewer than they enters the ring for a bout which usual cheerful way and most of used to be." his manager, Jack 'Oakle, has bet them will make a success of them. The Local committee consists he will lose. But Gordon sees the There is still in spite of proof:- alluring Margot place a wager on paganda, A tendency for half.) tim, and proceeds to win, thereby educated men to come over be man). The Vice-Chancellor, Univer- Hon. Colonial Secretary, "(Chair- bankrupting his manager. Oakle fore they are qualified to enter a sity of Hong Kong, (Vice-Chair- then teams up with Boles, prevents University. It cannot be repeated many, Hon. Bedretary for Chinest the Jalter's marriage to Margot by too often that such men have Affairs, The Director of Education a ruse, and goes to Budapest with great difficulty in gaining admis- Mr. 8. W. Tso, C.B.E., L.LD. the singer.

son, and should complete their Honourable Mr. T. N. Chau, C.B.E..

In addition to the players men-education up to the necessary Miss Alice Kwok, Inspector .of. tloned, the cast includes Paul standard... It is only fair to point English Schools, (Education Office) Guilfoyle, Billy Gilbert, Charles out that of the two recent cases Joint Honorary. Secretory. (Hong Judels, Maude Eburns and other of students sent· down from Kong). Mr. Ts'o Tsun On, Joint screen favourites

Universities one came over in de- Honorary Becretary...... dance of the advice tendered to "Buch

THERE GOES THE GROOM

Ann Bothern, Burgess Meredith and Mary Boland head a large cast of favourites who. romp through. "There Goes the Groom," new. RKO Radio romantic comedy which has its run at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.

The story is essentially farcical, and though amnesia or memory inpae to one of the main themes, cast and director never forget that "na rather be myself than a they are pointing for comedy. male with melting eye to which The plot concerns the predica- the fair sex Buccumbs at a anglement of Meredith who returns glance." declared-Powell

from a successful gold trek to The picture not without lia Alaska to find that Louse Henry, record of William Powell, who has romantic angle, however, for after the girl who promised to wait several somewhat flirtatious affairs when he left, has become engaged the

a role in the Warner, Bros, with the' feminine world' of high to another. "picture" entitled “Lawyer. Man," society, he falls in love with his

which

comes to

the Majestic Secretary, a part played by Joan

Blondell., Theatre to-day.

From "Ladies' Man" to "Lawyer Man" in a year's time. That's the

Others in the cast include Helen Powell declares he has never Vinson, Alan Dinehart, Allen Jen been a ladies' man in real life.kins, David Landau,. Claire Dodd that the picture role was thrust and Shella Teriy. It was directed upon him, and that he never by William Dieterle, the famous particularly enjoyed it.

German actor and director"

•

Ann Botherm, as a youthful ad- mirer, catches him on the rebound and is about to lead him to the altar when interference by her family, particularly Mary Bolarid who plays her scheming mother. Inspires the gold seeker to foreign amnesia rather than go through with the wedding.

avall. themselves of the assistance persons as may wish to

him by the Victoria League and the other was imought over by his of the League should apply to one own headmaster without, consult of the Honorary. Secretaries, with Ing the League. Owing to the ac-

a view to obtaining a letter to the tion of the League Committees Secretary of the League in London.

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Marlene Dietrich and Robert! Donst, starring in' Alexander: Korda's production; - "Knight Without Armour,” showing at. the. King's Theatre to-morrow..

CONSULATES TO REMOVE

KING'S

{[SHOWING TƯ DAY, AT 2.30. 6.10, 745 & 9.30 P.M.

Together in the greatest adventure in

love ever screened! #

Flaming.

with the...

fierce romance of those wholive for the moment! Dietrich-more beauti- fülithan ever...Donat more thrilling than in "Monte Cristo"!

VANDER KURDA

DIETRICH

DONAT

KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR

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NEW ARAB PLAN PROPOSED

Cairo, Jan, 13.

NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE

A new Amb plan providing for

London, Jan. 13 the creation of an extensive all-claration to the British marine In reply to the Japanese de- Arab Kingdom will be placed be-huthorities in Shanghai that BA- fore the British Government with- tish vessels will no longer be per- in the next few days it was re-mitted to use the Yangtze River vealed. here yesterday,

for, shipping it is declared, here' officially that Britain cannot grant Japan the right to interfere with British shipping on the Yangtse Tranection Neste Serpice.

Moscow, Jan. 13. Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, "and Denmark, were re-

The plan which has been design quested yesterday by the Deputy ed to solve the Palestine question Foreign Commissar, Fotemkin, to will be presented by Nuri Pasha who stopped at this city en route remove their Consulates from

from Baghdad to London in order Leningrad within eight weeks. to confer with the Syrtan polt!- According to informed circles this cian, Shah-Bandaa, and the exiled step” is taken in order to bring Palestine Arab leader. Auni Bey, the Jewish question through the who is reading here. MEN provision for immigration quota about a proper proportion between It is declared in informed circles and granting of necessary rights

W Consular-relations in the Soviet that the plan calls for the amal and privileges to Jewish minority, Union"! In these countries and gamation of Palestine. Tran- It is declared that according to their in

n Russia. Similar steps lordan and Iraq into a single king the established quota an addition- dom under the Ghan of Iraq, 312,000,000 Jews would be accom- were taken by the Soviet Union

Buch a plan, it will be recalled, modated in the proposed kingdom." some time ago with Italy and enjoyed British approval and suy-Nuri Pasha departed yesterday. Germany,

port at the time of the great-war. | for Lendon..

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