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QUEEN'S

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FRANCES FARMER RAY MILLAND

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DAILY

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STAR

TODAY

Alexander Korda presents

Didrich Donnat

Knight Without Armor

from the novel by JAMES HILTON Author of 'Lost Horizon','Goodbye Mr. Chips"

Directed by JACQUES FEYJER

L'Aufeased tiứu United Artisis-Alondon Fülen

TO-

MORROW

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ONLY

JOE E.

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON

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BROWN

KING"

in "FIT FOR A

NEW MAE WEST FILM IS AN EVENT

whole

Splendid Supporting Cast Of Favourites.

she

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1938.

ANOTHER LUXURIOUS

FOR SINGAPORE

One Of Finest In Malaya: Capital Over $50,000

MOVE TO ATTRACT TOURISTS

of the East

Is en-

Singapore as the Clapham Junction joying an ever increasing popularity with tourists, an added at- traction being its importance as one of the biggest commercial centres of the world. Capitalists from overseas are beginning to appreciate this and an instance of their enterprise is to be found In the latest addition to the city's big hotels which will be opened within the next few days.

Housed in the building once known as the Metropole Hotel in Bras Basah Road, the new hotel, which is to be known as the Rex a multi-millionaire Hotel, is to be started by Mr. Tan Hoan Kie. from Java, who owns a string of départmental stores in Bandoeng. Bultenzorg, and Soerabaya, "and is in addition the pro- vrietor of one of the biggest factories where the modern bent steel tube furniture is manufactured.

one

Batavia.

HOTEL

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays. David Livingston born, 1813. Ad- nairal von Tirpitz bora, 1849. St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and especially of China.

Cinemas.(See Column 3 of this

Page)

Dances:RE.O.C.A. fortinghtly Dance at Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m. Entertainments:-Grand Concert

at St. Andrew's Hall, In aid of International Medical Rellef So- ciety, 9.30 p.m.

Mails. (See Page, 18). Miscellaneous-Visitors' day at the St. Joseph's Honie for the Aged, at Ngau Chi Wan, 3.15 p.m.

Moon. Moon, 18th. Day. Social: Craigengower Cricket Club Whist Drive and Tombola, 9.15 p.m.

Sports-Sec Page 10). Sunrise: 0.29 n.m. Sunset: -6.34

Tides: High at 11.05. Low at

TO-MORROW

Mt. Hoan Kie's supported in his In addition to this departmental venture by Mr. Tan Wan Liat and store. Mr. Hoan Kle has plans for

well-building

of the Mr. Tap Wan Tlong, two

largest pun. known local merchants, the capital furniture factories in Malaya. and

is at present negotiating for a con- 104.48 and 17.26. being over $50,000.

However, Mr. Hoan Kie's visit venient site for this purpose. The to Singapore has been for par- furniture turned out will all be of poses besides the final arrange-the bent steel tubing type, whien ments in connection with the should be a revelation where mo- is concerned, by opening of the Hotel, for by the dern furniture beginning of July he is opening reason of its beauty, lightness, and a most up-to-date departmental the added comfort it affords." store in the tourist' centre of the And now to the Rex Hotel. To town.

be run under European supervision

every con-

A North

2

site near the Junction of and equipped with

Bridge Road and High venience it should set a new line Street will be devoted to this, and in Asiatic-owned hotels in Singa- plans for extensive alterations to pore. the existing buildings have already been approved.

These alterations will cost in the neighbourhood of $10.000, and the store will, when completed, be equipped on the most up-to-date

ines.

The old building that was once the Metrople has been entirely re- novated and re-designed on pleas- ing lines at a cost of about $40,000, while over $30,000 has been spent on the fittings and interior decora-

tlon.

:

Moon-II Moon, 19th. Day! Sunrise.-6.30 a.m. Sunset.-8.34

p.m.

Tides High at 10.40 and 23.26. Low at 04.18 and 16.45.

JEAN PARKER IN

NEW OUTDOOR

PICTURE

The Barrier Is Fine Successor To “Sequoia"

Spread across a breath-taking background of scenic splendour. the love story of a dashing army officer and a simple Northwoods

girl comes to the screen of the The colour of the walls is a Alhambra Theatre in "The Bar- pleasing shade of cream, while arter." picturization of the famous masonite panelling extending to a novel by Rex Bench.

TODAY AT THE height of about four feet from the

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S :-

"Big City"

QUEEN'S:

"Daughter Of Shanghai

ORIENTAL:

"Banjo On My Knee"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA :-

"Bull Dog Drummond's

Revenge.".

STAR:-

"Knight Without Armour" MAJESTIC:

"London By Night"

KING'S: "

Sunday

"52nd Street"

QUEEN'S:-

"Every Day's A Holiday"

ORIENTAL:--

"Ebb Tide" "Wind Jammer"

ALHAMBRA:--

STAR:

"The Barrier' "Blossoms On Broadway"

"Fit For A King". "The King Steps Out"

MAJESTIC:-

"It Happened In Hollywood" "Come And Get It"

ground around the entire hall gives it a fine finishing touch.

A cast of film favourites headed by Lec Carrillo, Jean Parker. James Ellison, Otto Gruger. Robert Barrat. Andy Clyde and Eara Haden make the picture one of the best of the season.

The reception counter, which is situated on the left of the main entrance, is also built of masonite, while directly opposite is a well The action of the picture is built furnished lounge fitted out with around the love story of James Miss the various designs and styles of Ellison and Jean Parker. bent steel tube furniture, and Parker is the daughter of Robert therefore acts as a kind of show-Barrat, who runa a trading post room for the product.

with his Indian wike (Sara Haden). Elson is the lieutenant

COOLING SYSTEM

in charge of an Army post in the On the same side. and directly same district. adjoining the lounge is the Bar, Leo Carrillo creates one of the also in masonite, the cooling s75-most striking characterisations of tem being the famous Kelvinator his long list of successful roles in unit. Thick plate glass shelves on the part of Poleon, the French- La background of masonite will hold Canadian trapper. His charm and- the requirements for a first class vitality make the Canuck seem a bar, the finishing touch being add living person.

ed by the Hotel Crest, an "R" made in the shape of a page boy holding out a drink. This crest will be used on the hotel labels and other fittings.

KING'S

SHOWING

TODAY

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Charley GRAPEWIN - JanetBEECHER Eddie QUILLAN Victor VARCONI A FRANK BORZAGE PRODUCTION. „Durcled by FXANA_BONZAGE, ISPRANGAN DI NORMAN BRADNA

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Fresh from triumphs in "Good Earth".. and "Captains

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY Fiction's most romantic detective

A Prani pory mist

In the case he could not resist!

JOHN BARRYMORE

John Howard Larisa Campball-Ingizald

Doner-L. L. Cva-Braided by Stuff (CHCH • Hiropr Play by Sheard : lawa - Hored sú "This Satur

d boldog Brommand" by I. Ľ. Dapper) Hellste

TOMORROW

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LONDON BY NIGHT

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Stage Players Win Honours

From here one preceeds to the grill. which has been very

Three established stage players artistically furnished, and thence win new honours on the screen in the dining hall where a novel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mystery idea has been introduced by Mr. picture, "London By Night," which V. Filinoff, the Art Director of the opened yesterday at the Majestec Tan Publicity Bureau, in the way Theatre. of paintings on the four walls of beautiful scenes from Indo-China. Stam, Java and Malaya.

George Murphy, former Broad- way dancer, more recently in piq- tures, has his first dramatic role The dining room and grill will and proves his ability without be under the supervision of Mr. question. Rita Johnson, likewise, a Kookel, at one time of the Hong product of the theatre, who started Kong Hotel who has wide ex-in George M. Cohan's "Fulton of perience in this line in some of Oak Falls" and other plays, makes the biggest continental hotels, her screen debut in the feminine career in and who has been specially lead and assures her engaged by the hotel manage-Hollywood. ment to ensure the most up-to- Leo G. Carroll also a former date service.

stage actor, appears in a role of Boarding accommodation there mystery and promises to become a is in plenty. No less than 30 make-up wizard of the Lon Chaney rooms, all artistically furnished school. Others in the cast are and fitted out, are available 12 uniformly good in their respective being single rooms and the rest parts. They include Virginia Field, George Zucco,, Montagu Love and double.

The bathrooms have been atted Eddie Quillan. A daring story of the billon-with modern sanitation, and glazed

DAUGHTER OF

SHANGHAI"

Anna May Wong In

Daring Story

f

dollar alien smuggling recket tiles put in to replace the old BULLDOG serves as the vehicle for the return cement Ecors.

to the screen of Anna May Wong. exotic Chinese beauty who has absented herself from films for two years,

SAVING DEVICES

DRUMMOND'S

REVENGE

John Barrymore At The Alhambra

SEE DRUMMOND SOLVE THE

CASE HE COULDN'T RESIST!

"THE

"BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S REVENGE

BARRIER Jean Parker Leo Carrillo — Otto Kruger.

ROAD

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MAJESTIC

THEATRE

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY THRILL-A-MINUTE MYSTERY ROMANCE I

Out of a London fog .comes romance....... and the starling myciucy murė des of the man who never

IT'S GRAND!

LONDON by NIGHT

GEORGE MURPHY RITA JOHNSON VIRGINIA FIILO LED & CARROL

CCO MONTADUE TOYS ROZ ZUCCO

TOMORROW AND, MONDAY

A MIGHTY DRAMA REPLETE WITH THRILLS AND PULSE-HAMMERING EXCITEMENT I EDWARD ARNOLD

FRANCES FARMER in "COME AND GET IT"

The

A UNITED ARTISTS' PICTURE

The kitchen has not been neglected, and here the best time The picture, is "Daughter of saving devices, food storage plant Shanghal" and it has its run at and other necessities have been

An explosive powerful enough the Queen's Theatre. today. As provided. The management have usual, Miss Wong turns in an ex-not stinted in this connection, and to destroy the capitals of Europe. cellent performance, proving again have also engaged a large staff of a great scientist murdered in his They wouldn't let her sell the In a smile-a-minute role which her right to a place among the servants" all of whom have high plarie, an international spy fleeing

Bridge so

gave she carries off in the best West screen's truly great. She is assisted credentials from former employers. from the scene of his crime dis- Brooklyn

Kansu Chairman of the

The North-West Commissioner A special smoking room is to be guised as a woman, all make for the

town back 10

General of the Agricultural Adjustment Government, the tradition. Mae is a cabaret singer by a brilliant cast which includes Indians!

at the turn of the century who Philip Ahn, another outstanding" provided, and the management has thrilling adventure in "Bulldog Provincial

A Economics, Wuchu, ca

Mr. That's about the situation in gets in the hair of the New York Chinese actor: Charles Bickford. also made provision for the first Drummond's Revenge." which is Chu Shao-liang, has sent a cele-Commission under the Ministry of 1 Hwa-tune. "Every Day's a Holiday." which police because of her habit of sell- | Larry Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham. J. class beauty parlour, which will be showing at the Alhambra Theatre gate, Mr. Keh

pacification mission to the Alashan arrived in Sian on February 23, opens at the Queen's Theatre to-ing the Brooklyn Bridge to unsus-Carrol Nalah, Anthony Quinn, John under the supervision of a skilled today.

Patterson and Evelyn Brent,

Danish beauty expert and a staff John Howard plays an exciting Bannerland in Ninghals, where ajaays a message to the Bin Wen morrow. With wisecracking. Mae pecting strangera.

role ÉB the amateur detective, plot by Prince Ta to stage a coup Pao. Shortly after his arrival, Mr. West in the driver's seat, the Gay Mae West is well supported by "Daughter of Shanghai" is "a of well trained assistants,

was folled by the Ninghsia Provin-Li called on the Chairman of the Catlett, swift-moving, action-crammed ex- The Hotel, when ready, should Captain Drummond, in which he

Provincial Government, Nineties have never been gayer Edmund Lowe, Walter than in this sizzling saga of Little Charles Butterworth, Herman Bing pose of the allen smuggling octopus be one of the finest of its kind in works hand in hand with Johncial Governor, General Ma Hung- Shenzi Old New York that has all the Chester Conklin and Charles Win-which in recent years has grown Malaya, and should satisfy the re- Barrymore, who repeats his po-kwei,, toward the end of February, General Sun Wel-ju, to confer on

́of farm products. In the province. verve of Mae's original smash hit..ninger with a tuneful specialty by into one of the richest and most quirements of the most critical pular part of Colonel Nielson, of says a d'spatch to the Bin Wen measures for emclent distribution

Scotland Yard. visitor to Singapore. dangerous of world rackets, "She Done Him Wrong."

Louis Armstrong.

Pao.

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