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DORIS WESTON LEE DIXON HUGH HERBERT jana Earwolf - Allen Seaking Larry Adser. Doa Suckwal
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1938.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:
"Knight Without Armour" QUEEN SNA
"The Singing Marine" ORJENTAL
Kowloop
ALHAMBRA
"The Singing Marine"
STAK:—
"Meet The Missus"
MAJESTIC
"Lawyer Man"
Sunday
"Knight Wi
Without Armour"
'KING'S:----
QUEEN'S:
"The Singing Marine" ORIENTAL:-
"Charite Chan At The ALHAMBRA :---
STAR:
The Singing Marine
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"Double or Nothing"
- MAJESTIC:-
"Gall It"A Day"
DICK POWELL
IN CHINA
SHOUTING MAN IN DIARY OF LOCAL
COMMONS
Interrupter Ejected
An interrupter in the Public Gallery created a scene in the House of Commons during the debate on the Unemployment - surance Bill.
EVENTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 Anniversaries" and Holl
SHOV
& Paul, Hermit.
Cloemas. (See are 5). Dances.-R.CA Victor Grand Radio Carnival Dance at Hotel Cecil, 9 pm.
Mr. Crossley the Conservative-
Lectures Le Tonkin" by Mons member for Stretford, had spoken MJ.B Montargis, in French, at of the attitude of unemployed Hong Kong University, (6,30 pm, towards the Unemployment Assist-Room K ance Boards and said that, in his area, the Chief Officer was regarded as philosopher and friend.
Mr. Buchanan (LLP.. Gorbals) was challenging some of Mr. Cras Eley's statements when, the inter- rupter jumped to his feet and excitedly shouted something which sounded like "corrupting Socialist members."
"It is enough to put sane men in any asylum." he cried in a lond -voice. "You are pretending to be
sane. You are all raving mad."
The interrupter, a short dark. man, apparently between 30 and 40 years old, was seized by an atten Opera"dant and hurried down the stairs
from the Gallery:
APOLOGY TO JUDGE
Man Discharged After Night In Prison
1 caiunot allow fights, to go on
Malls(See Pare 16).
Miscellaneous. - Exhibition of Tonkinese Arts, Crafts and Tourna lsm, at French-Barik Building, 19 am to 6 pm. "
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KING'S
DAY AT 2.30, 6:10, 7:16 & 9.30 P.M.
Together in the greatest adventure in Jove ever screened 1
Flaming with the
fierce romance of those who live for the moment!
Dietrich-more beaut ful than ever...Donat more thrilling than in
Monte Cristo"!
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DIETRICH
DONAT ENIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR
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LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY Beck from the San Diego bar-man's 14-year-old daughter: bad King Street, Edinburgh, from, 1879
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2 DAYS TO-MORROW & MONDAY-
THE SCREEN'S ACE DETECTIVE MEETS HIS MATCH!
The arch-enemy of crime comes face to faca with the king of terror in this sensational mystery.
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WARNER (barke Chen's OLAND
BORIS
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KARLOFF
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA
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to 1882, when he was a student at
In my court." said Mr. Justice TABLET MARKS Charles at Sussex Assizes at Lewes Dick Powell, Warner Brothers recently where discharged u bandsome singing star will be man whom he had committed to seen again to-day on the screen of prison the day before for con-
for the Queen's and Alhambra Theatre tempt or court." វត្ត another immense musical The man caused a disturbance in comedy,The Singing Marine.” “
court after a farm labourer, char- The lodgings occupled by the This is a story about a "leather-ged with an offence against the late Sir J. M. Barie at 3 Creat
racks, possessed of plenty of good been acquitted, " looks and a splendid volce, who is Addressing the man, the judge Edinburgh University, were, recent- sent to New York by his company" said, ""You have written me a very ly marked for all to see when a mates to have a try at the amateur proper letter of apology, telling bronze tablet bearing an appro- hour contest conducted by theme that you lost your temper. Now priate inscription was unvollen by famous "Major: Rowes."
that you have apologised to the Lord-Provost Bir Louis Gumley, He makes the grade, and leaps for your conduct I must say, f Barrie's landlady was Mrs. Ed- at once to fame and an enormous course, that I accept that apology.wards, generally understood to salary. But feminine "hero-wor-1 understand how it happened and have been the prototype of Mrs. ship--plus all the money he is how under the circumstances you Dowie, the herolie of his war play, making-turns Dick's head. ·
lust your control. You can go how. "The Old Lady Shows Her Medais." He forgets also his girlfriend, only want to tell you that I Doris Weston new singing beauty cannot allow your expenses as a of the screen), who was a waitress witness."* In Sto⚫Diego.
But when his leave of absence expires, he has to return to his Marine company and is assigned
to duty in China. There he gets
SWEDEN'S SCOTS
Europe has a new club. It
a chance to perform an berole feat called the Scottish nobility club and save a comrade, which
re-and was enrolled recently with a stores him to the regard of his King's Patent. fellow-marines and of Doris, too. But the King is not the King There are six tuneful song num-of England, nor yet of Scotland. bers in "The Binging Marine." - He is the King of Sweden.
Other notables in the cast in-
The club's members are Swedish
clude Hugh Herbert.. Allen Jenkins, Scotz, who migrated to Sweden to Larry Adler, the harmonica cham-fight for Gustavus Adolphus olon. Lee Dixon, eccentric, dancer, and Veda Ann Borg,
LAWYER MAN
They number over a thousand and include Ramsays, 'Hamiltons, Forbes's, Sinclairs, Ochterlcnies and Kennedys.",
Councillor Wilson MLaren re- called that over 50 years ago Barrie and he sat together under. Dr. Walter C. Smith, the port-preacher of the Free High Church at the Mound: Barrie was then, he said, a struggling young journalist writ ing a column for an Edinburgh evening paper for the sum of one guinea,
BECK NEURATH PARLEY
on at
་
Berlin, Jan. 14. The Polish Foreign Minister, Col. Josef Beck's conversation with the German Foreign Minister, Barop Some of them, like Count Ramill-von Neurath, was carried kon, have Swedish titles. Others. considerable length, it was The base of an honest young like Baron. Kellle, still use old nounced in an official communiqué wyer vs a big city's politicians Scottish titles which are no longer Issued yesterday evening, ill be presented before Judge to be found in Debrett.
Without revealing details the Public when William Powell's The club has been in correspon-communique states that the gene- latest Pleture for Warner Bros., dence with the Scottish peers like ral-politeal aftuation was discussed, "Lawyer Man," opens at the Ma- the Duke of Hamilton. It is a more That Col. Beck and Baron vou lestic Theatre to-day with Joan exclusive institution than any Neurath discussed the League of Blondell playing the feminine lead.club in Scotland or, for that mat- Nations or problems facing it. .
It is a new sort of story tor ter in Britain.
regarded as unlikely it being being Powell, fast-paced drama which
pointed out in political circles runs a rapid gamut from ward
that Germany no longer has in- terest in the League.
Col. Beck was the guest of General Goering at lunch. Gen." Goering · häving given special attention to German-Polish re-
UNDER ARMS
Berlin, Jan. 14. "Sapajou, cartoonist for the Tus outcome of the Budapest "North China Daily News" is in Conference of the Rome Protocol private life Mr. George Bapojnikoff. Fowers is halled by the usually He was at one time an officer in inspired "Deutsche Diplomatisch the Imperial Russian Army, says cases on the East Side to big PRESSURE ON
business which, jerks him out of
Politics Korrespondenz" as a fur- a Home correspondent. ther blow to Communism and the A friend who Knows hiin his little corner of the world and strengthening of the Berlin-Rome well tells axla
Recognition of the Franco Gov-
ernment by Austria and Hungary
고
constitutes, according to the paper,
clear definition of the at
titude, on the part of the two
countries towards. Moscow as well
to the
me that
during deposits him in an elaborate suite the Revolution be WES given of offices. transport towards Vladivostock in
the same train as a Red commissar or comedy.
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FRENCH FRANC
London, Jan. 14 The aight of capital from
But it's drama relieved by plenty France ta" England continues to lations since the conclusion, of the In Mr. Sapojnikoff's words, the For the drst time in the careers assume greater and greater pro- non-agression pact between the commissar "spled on him the first et either Powell or Joan Blondell, Portions with
two countries.
In the course of the afternoon,
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COMMENCING TO-MORROW
the consequence day, cursed the Jews on the second, the two have been teamed in a that pressure on the French franc and called him 'Sir' on the third." picture, and if reports from the increases from hour to hour..
the Eolish Foreign Minister paid a
IÄN HUNTER- IN
as Spain. The paper also sees "Incidentally, the "North_China" previewing Hollywood press are to The lowest rate touched yester-visit to the Reichs Minister for Pro- in the final report of the con- staff is accustomed to being on be credited, the teaming was an day was 151.25 france to the pound paganda, Dr. Goebbels, ference "an unmistakable warning" the front. During the fighting Inspiration,
sterling and even this rate could Transacion News Service "Lawyer Man" iz drama tuned to only be maintained by interven- League of Nations, this 1932, Chinese refugees used to being directed at the efforts of sleep on the steps of the com- the pace of modern life--but mod- tion or the Exchange Equalisation
posing-room.
The
sta could en- life in America, where even Funa. policies with the help of the League almost set their watches by the the mailmen whistle, is not all against those Powers who, out of shells of the evening "hate" whist | drama. bitter experience, had arrived ating over-head from a Chinese
certain Powers, to force their own
armoured-train west of Shanghai.
4 different conviction.
The Budapest, Conference, 18 The news editor used to bi- declared to constitute important plain that so many of his med progress towards European were serving with the Volunteer Corps that there was hardly any- peace. Transpecan News Service.
one left to write up the war. $99 TONS OF LETTERS
SENATE CHAIRMAN Imperial Airways Record
RE-ELECTED:
Paris, Jan, 14. Imperial Airways estimate that
The Senate Chairman was re: last month they carried 99 tons of Christmas mall, equivalent. to clected yesterday, 218 votes out of 8,000,000 letters on one section or 231 being cast in his favour, six another of their 30,000 miles of Senators abstaining from voting. that Four Vice-Presidents were also re- Empire routes, and claim their mail loads this season are a elected.
record for any air company in International News Agency, the world.
Mall from Britain to destinations have been carried between here along the African route amounted and India, Australia, and the Far to 55 tons; the total in the reverse East. The total last Christmas direction was 25 toris; and 19 tons, war. 34 tons.
KNIGHT WITHOUT
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DUKE OF WINDSOR
London, Jan 14,
The Duke of Windsor is at
MARTIAL LAW IN NANTAO
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND CALL IT A DAY'
ANOTHER WARNER BROS. HIT.}
CLOSING OF FOREIGN CONSULATES IN SOVIET UNION
Moscow,- Jan. 14.
CONSULAR PARITY REJECTED
London, Jan. 14'
The Soviet request that the
Union of Its Consulates in the Soiset
In authoritative circles it was learned that the French Govern- ment had enquired; in** London
The closing of 39 foreign Con- British Government close several yesterday whether England would usted da a deneral in the Jepsulates the Soviet be prepared to support the franc anese Army, it is rerealed in the has been demanded thus far Union in order that Consular further in the event of the Paris calendar of English nobility just by the Government it was revealed parity may be achieved between ARMOUR
Tobarse being temporarily closed."
published! Since this
enquiry amenints Transcem Xeur Service. Marlene Dietrich and Robert practically to B query. 04 Donat domes, to the King's Theatre to whether
England and the to-day in "Knight Without Armour," United States-to whom. the hame Alexander Korda's thrilling fimly enquiry was directed-would be atton of the famous love story prepared to adhere to a currency from the pen of James Hilton, who greement it is assumed that both also wrote "Lost Horizon" and sides will give an amimative" re- "Good-bye Mr. Chips."
ply, but, it is doubtless, subject to The Alm, Marlene's first for a certain reservations British studlo, časts the glamour-
Tranenscan News Burner ous star as an alluring Russian countess, while Donat. is seen as a mysteriods modern knight errant, whose hatred turns to love as the pair live a series of stirring adven tures fleeing from the nameless terrors that threaten them both
Knight Without Armour was adapted to the scereen by Frances
here yesterday in. Informed circles. the two countries has met with The latest action has been to re- rejection from the British Gover quest Afghanistan to close its ment it is declared here in 'In- three Consulates in the Soviet formed circles:
The British Government,: 117 is Union so that it will be without a Consular representative of any reported, intends to inform Mos-· 'kind. The Foreign Commisser has cow that the principle of Gon- "also closed ten of the eleven 60 sular parity cannot be accepted Shanghai, Jan. 13. viet Consulates in Iran and has because it is in complete opped- Mards.law was declared in requested that eight Iranian Con- tion to the whole idea of diploma- Nantao after a party of Chinese mulates in the Soviet Union betle and Consular representation - robbers, who with stolen goods at liquidated.
Trantoran News Service. tempted to escape by climbing It. 18 declared that the Turkish over barbed wire-barricades, Government has been requested to Marion, the famous Hollywood were challenged by Japanese close four of its five Consulates scenarist, and directed by Jacques soldiers. They refused to stop and and the Soviet Government has re been approached with a request to Feyder, the distinguished European the Japanese opened are, killing moved all its Consulates from close its Consulate in Kiev which director whose "La Ketmess Hero!- twenty Chinese and seriously. Turkey except this one in Istanbul. was established only one and a que" ("Carnival, In Flanders") won wounding two.
According to latest reports, the half years ago.
international Neur several awards last year.
Czechoslovakia, Government has
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