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QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

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'It's

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LESLIE

HOWARD

BETTE

DAVIS

OLIVIA

DeHAVILLAND LOVE I'm After

PATRIC KNOWLES ERIC BLORE GEORGE BARBIER

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"AT THE QUEEN'S **PRESCRIPTION FOR ROMANCE

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LESLIE HOWARD AS MATINEE IDOL

Famous English Star In Diverting Film

"It's Love I'm After," will have

its first local showing today at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.

Leslie Howard takes the part of

TRIALS OF COWBOY

CINEMA. STAR

Richard Dix And Fay Wray

In New Picture

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRU ARY 19, 1938.

TODAY AT THE KING STRESSES DIARY OF LOCAL

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

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"It Happened In Hollywood"

QUEEN'S:--

"It's Love I'm After"

ORIENTAL!-

"Charlie Chan At The Circus".

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :—

"It's, Love I'm After"

STAR:-

"Wife Versus Secretary" MAJESTIC:-

"The Prince and The

Pauper"

KING'S:-

Sunday

"Beloved Enemy"

QUEEN'S :-

"It's 'Love, I'm After"!

ORIENTAL:-'

"Varsity Show"

ALHAMBRA:-

"It's Love, I'm After" STAB:-

"Small Town Girl" MAJESTIC:-

"Prince and The Pauper"

ITALY'S VIEW OF AUSTRIAN DEVELOPMENTS

Welconies Changes As Sign Of PeaceTM

Rome, Feb. 18.

PHYSICAL FITNESS NEED

Facilities For Regular Training Must Be Available

*

London, Feb. 18.

Int a speech delivered at the "Keep Fit Campaign" meeting in the Guildhall, the King em- phatically stressed the need for furthering physical training in England.

EVENTS

---

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays.Į Rain Water. (YL-shu). Mauru | Jokai born, 1825. George Brandes

died. 1927.

Cinemas.--(See Column 3 of this

page)

Dances. R.E.O.C.A. Iortnightly Dance in Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

Malls.—(See Page 16), "Miscellaneous. Claims against Estates of Humar Khan the (Hakam Khan late of Taikoo Sugar Refinery; and Christopher Fils Majesty pointed out that Willson, due; Entries close for physical training is a matter of Annual Joint Exhibition of S. & supreme importance since it should S. Camera Club and St, John's be kept in mind that it is the body | Cathedral Photographie. Club, in that is doing all the work, " Cathedral Hall; Presentation

The body, he said, must be train-to Mr. F. L. Rapley, former Pre- ed in the same manner as thesident of Kowloon Bowling Green mind so as to enable a person to Club: Flag' Day In ald of Minister- carry out functions in the life of ing Children's League, 8 a.m. to the family and nation.

Divor:

...

The King then sald that train- ing of body is an individual's duty to himself and to his generation. and that fitness of body helps more than anything else to make life and work a real joy.

To keep the body dt. however. His Majesty added, facilities for regular training must be available and to provide these facilities is the task which the Keep Fit Com- mittee and its sub-committees have set themselves.

The King appealed to all persons in a position to do so to support the movement.—"(Transoceanì,

EPIDEMIC EXPERTS

IN HANKOW

League Commission To Start Work Shortly

Hankow, Feb 18. The first semi-official Italian Health experts commissioned to comment оп events in Austria Work In China by the Health Sec- appeared yesterday in the In- tion of the League of Nations in formacione Diplomatica, which accordance with a resolution cf describes the statements appearing the Assembly last October arrived in the foreign press concerning here yesterday.

as

absurd.

Moon.-I Moon.—20th. Day.

KING'S

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HOLLYWOOD BARES

ITS VEHY AND SOUL!.

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to

RICHARD DIX

LIGHTS! CAMERA!

ACTION! ON WITH

Social Craigengower Cricket Club fortnightly Whist Drive and Tombola. 9.15 p.m."

J

Sports-(See Page 10). Sunrise-6.53 a.m. Sanset.-8.22

p.m.

Tides. High at 00.10 and 12.26. Low ut 05.56 and 18.25.

TOMORROW

THE SHOW!

HOLLYWOOD

Z FAY WRAT

TOMORROW

UNITED ARTISTS

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DAILY

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2:30

520

720

DISORDERS IN DAMASCUS

Protest Against Arrest Of Opposition

Leaders

Italy's attitur'e towards these The aim of the mission 13 to

Damascus. Feb. 18. with and co-operate

the Chinese The anest of several opposition National Health Administration leaders by the Syrian authorities in dealing with the outbreak of fresulted in disorders in several epidemics as a result of the pre-quarters of Damascus yesterday. sent, hostilities.

.Demonstrators gathered in front Members of the misslun are M. lot the govermanent buildings and Wingelter and M. Etter (Swiss), hurled maroons and similar mis- Herr

Relalteir (German). Herrsiles, which," exploded with loud Jettmar (Austrian), and Dr. R. U. reports, into the premises. Folice M. Robertson (British).

arrested about 100 persons,

developments ridiculous.

Responsible Italian circles, it jocs on to say. view the Berchtes gaden meeting and the decisions taken by Dr. Schuschnigg as a nate ural development of the relation between Austria, and Germany in the light of the agreement of July,

1938.

Collaboration between these two countries has been welcomed by the Italian Government as augurating a new era of peace between two peoples united by

The group is shortly visiting In some districts, rioting assum- Hupeh, Hunan, Honar, Shanst, jed such serious dimensions that In-Szechuen and Kiangal, where it order was restored with difficulty will organising epidemic preven after the arrival of strong police tion work under the direction or reinforcements.--(Transocan). common bonds of race, language the National Health Administra~ and culture.--(Transocean),

SCHUSCHNIGG TO

MAKE STATEMENT

been February

Vienna, Feb, 18. The Austrian Federal Diet has convoked for Thursday. 24. acording to the Vienna press, der to hear a statement by I t Schuschalgg on the Berchtes en agreement. (Transocean).

GEN. GOERING SEES JAPANESE ENVOY.

Berlin, Feb. 17.

It is semi-officially announced If everyone were as anxious to that the Japanese Ambassador please as Hollywood, this would indeed be a fine world to live in.

conversed with General Goering Fresh evidence of the screen's ef- yesterday on "questions of interest

to .Germany and (Reuter).

'a “matinee idol,” to look at whom all forts to provide the public with the sentimental young worden of exactly what its little heart de Broadway cluster about stage stres is Columbia's "It Happened in doora. Bette Davis is his leading | Hollywood," which is showing “at lady. They really love each other, the King's Theatre.

Japan."

TWIN PLAYERS

Prince And The Pauper

tion.

The Chinese Foreign Office has FRENCH ENVOY SEES instructed local authorities

VON RIBBENTROP

to

give the mission every facility necessary to aid its work,~~~(Reu- ter).

CHINESE EGGS NOT UNSAFE

London, Feb. 17. Asked in the House of Commons whether he would take steps to prohibit the importation of Chinese liquid eggs to prevent a rise in typhoid infection from this sources, Sir Kingsley Wood, (Minister of Health) declined, adding that laboratory examinations of Chinese eggs had not revealed the presence of disease-producing organisms. (Reuter).

ANTI-AIR RAID MANOEUVRES AT CHUNGKING

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Chungking, Feb. 18.

Berlin, Feb. 18. The French Ambassador in Ber- lin, M. Francois Poncet, paid his first official call on Herr von Ribbentrop (Foreign Secretary) yesterday.

All international problems which concern France and Germany were discussed by the two statesmen.

It is officially denied that the object of the Ambassador's call! was merely "to make inquiries re- garding developments in Austria, but it is admitted that the Aus- trian question was discussed In connection with the general situa tion.-Transo^ean).

ITALIAN MISSION

FOR JAPAN

Rome Feb. 18.

To acquaint the populace with cist Party which is going to Japan A delegation of the Italian Fas-

air raid precautionary measures, on a "mission of friendship” salled anti-air raid manoeuvres were held from Naples yesterday on the 8.3.

In Chungking at noon and in the evening yesterday.

Chungking had an dir raid

but that does not prevent them. Richard Dix has the starring role from stealing every possible scene in the picture, while the leading they can and wrangling with each reminine role is played by Fay' other in undertones while they are wray, whose return to the screen "The Prince and the Pauper," hypnotizing their audiences with after a long absence is an import a First National production and their acting.

ant event. Both Dix and Miss the first talking-film version of alarm last month, but no enemy Beautiful Olivia

De Havilland Wray play the part of movie stars Mark Twain's immortal adventure-planes actually appeared, (Cen has the part of a smart and in the picture.

romance. will be presented today tral News). wealthy heiress, the author, who

K

Conte Blancamano.

The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Hotta, and his staff, the director general of the Far East section of the Italian Foreign Office, Signor

The well-known story is that of DRAMATIC RESCUE INation farewell before their de- two babies born in London at the GREENLAND SEA

"It Happenned in Hollywood" on the screen of the Majestic has fallen in love with Howard. The problem that had to be work. tells the strangely honest-story of Theatre. ed out by Maurice Hantine, was a cowboy star of silent films, Tim by the wayside how to get Olivia out of her love-Bart, who falls madness and restore her to the when talkies come in. arms of her fance, played by Patrick Knowles.

same moment in the 16th century

The appearance of doubles of most of the screen's famous stars,

one the young Prince Edward. who first sees' life in the palace:

,,

Moscow, Feb. 18.

Grazzi, and a large number of other prominent omcials bade the dele-

parture from Rome.

The leader of the delegation, Signor Paolucci di Calboli, gave a reception to the

press aboard the #ner In the course of which

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As Long as This

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EETDEN OF AN "OLD FAVOURITE" THAT YOU'LL LOVE TO SEE AGAIN! CHARLES BOYER LORETTA YOUNG IN

"CARAVAN

A FOX MUSICAL SPECTACLE

CHINESE FLOUR:

KING COMMENDED

Chungking, Feb. 18.

SEIYUKAI PARTY MAY DISSOLVE

Convocation

Tokyo, Feb. 18.

of

an emergency

the other Tom Canty, who opens The airman Tcherlvitch, who as he expressed the hope The problem is solved after in- among them W. C. Fields, Mae his eyes In the slums,, the son of previously reported landed in close visit might help to strengthen that the numerable dificult and highly West, Joan Crawford, Charles humorous complications.

Chaplin, Irene Dunne, Eddie Cana thief and villain. Their lives proximity to the ice floe on which cultural and political links between The supporting cast includes Eric tor, Clark Gable and Joe E. Brown, become tangled because they look Papinin and his companions are Italy and Japan-(Transocean).

drifting in the Greenland Sea, had Blore, Bonita Granville, George provides the picture with excellent exactly alike.

Bobby Mauch plays the Prince, himself to be rescued by a plane Barbier, Boring Byington, Georgia added entertainment.

The National Government issued general meeting of the Belyükal Billy Match the Pauper.

the ice breaker Taimyr early Caine and Valerie Bergere.

Errol Flynn, heads the cast. eday after he had made a forced BRANCH COURT FOR yesterday a mandate commending to discuss dissolution of the party Once more he is a awashbuckling nding between ice floss.

the industrial development efforts and affiliation with the projected SHANGHAI swordsman.

The Taimyr, which continues to

of the late Mr. T. K. Yung, known national political organisation is The cast also includes such force its way through the ice

as the "four king of China," "and" urged "by Mr. Ichiro Kone, the famed troupers as Claude Rains, masses in a determined attempt to

Hankow, Feb, 18. hia rejection of Japanese overtures | párty leader, Mr. C. E Marques of the Stan-Henry Stephenson, Barton Mac-reach the marooned explorers, will A branch of the Supreme Court of co-operation after the fall of A group of Selyukai "members

Phyllis Barry. bust was executed in 1935 shortly dard Ol Co. is celebrating his Lane.

Montagu salvage the plane which has been will be opened at Shanghai on Shanghai, Mr. Yung recently paas have already discussed the ques-

by before Mr. Macdonald retired from birthday today. Many happy re-Love, Fritz. Leiber and Ian Macabandoned

Teherivitch-February 21 with Mr. Ong Ching-ed away at Hong Kong~(Central tion at a inesting in the Diet (Transocean).

tang as president (Central News) Nows).

Buliding-Reuter), the premiership.

Franklin Pangborn, Victor Kil- lian and Bully Burrud appear in The National Portrait Gallery supporting parts. London, has purchased a bronze

"

bust of the late Mr. Mr. Ramsay

Macdonald by Jacob Epstein. The

turns.

Laren.

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