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“EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY

A Paramount Picture

Edmund Lowe. Charles Butterworth

Charles Winningei Walter Callen Uoyd Nolan. Herman

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"DANCE, CHARLIE, DANCE" Stuart Erwin Jean Muir"

ACADEMY WINNERS | REGISTRY WEDDING

TOGETHER Spencer Tracy And Luise Rainer

One of the most impressive church ceremonies in the world was reproduced with every detail for a sequence ir "Big City" the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ple- ture which is showing today at the King's Theatre with Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy co-starred.

Mr. Ng Chee-cheong, employed by the Royal Air Force, P.S.L. was married to Miss Ng Shui-shum, teacher, at the Registry. Supreme Court, on Saturday,

Mr. W. Aneurin Jones, Deputy Registrar, officlated

ANNOUNCEMENT

The forthcoming marriagë of Mr. James Clarence Middleton- Smith, stockbroker, of No. 1 University Path, to Miks

Andre

CINEMA

Disney Tops Brilliant Career With "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs".

FULL-LENGTH

COLOUR CARTOON

MASTERPIECE

The enormous success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarts" everywhere "1 has been shown since its release last month has fully justified the originality and daring of its creator. Walt Disney. that genlus of the comic cartoon who has delighted millions, young and old, with his beloved Mickey Mouse and the brilliant. Silly Symphonies.

Disney conceived the idea of making a full-length animated cartoon in colour more than four

Genius of the coloured cartoon-years ago, but his friends and even

Walt Disney.

his own staff of artists and techni- clans were unanimously sceptical of the success of such a project.

TODAY AT THE But Disney, whose every hunch

KING'S

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"Big City"

QUEEN'S:-

"Every Day's A Holiday" ORIENTAL

"Ebb Tide"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

STAR

41

"The Barrier"

"The King Steps Out"

·MAJESTIC:

"Come And Get It".

KING'S:-

Sunday

"52nd Street"

QUEEN'S:---

"Wise Girl"

ORIENTAL:---

"London By. Night" "Wind Jammer"

ALIIAMERA:----

STAR:

"Daughter Of Shanghal" "The Jury's Secret"

"Dance Charlie Dance" "Green Light"

MAJESTIC:-

has turned out right, stuck to his guns and turned all his energles to the experiment.

GRIMM TALE

First of all he decided that he would make use of the famillar fairy tale of the Grimm Brothers. With a little cutting here and, a little patching there, the tale bad

"all the ingredients of a really ex-

citing drama.

Then he proceeded to plan the colour work of the film. When you see the film, which is due to be shown here in about a month's time, you will be agreeably sur- prised to and that its beauty far transcends that of the Billy Symphonies.

SHADES OF EXPRESSION The principal characters in the

Snow White's Dwarfs

GRUMPY

SLEEPY

BASHFUL

"DOC"

DOPEY

HAPPY

SNEEZY

story are done in bolder tints to DIARY OF LOCAL

give them emphasis and relief. Then by tones" and line. Disney deftly registers even the finest shades of expression in a way which even flesh-and-blood actors often fall to achieve.

EVENTS

TODAY

It is not too much to say that Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this each scene is an exquisite com- Page)

position in itself and each frame Malls. (See Page 18).

of Alm could stand alone, com- parable in its beauty to the finest

canvas.

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Meetings-St. Andrew's Church Medical Reilet. Working Party, 10

The central figure, of course, is Miscellaneous. — St. Andrew's Snow White. Disney has put body Church Fellowship of Youth, $ and soul into the creation of the p.m.; Teachers' Preparation Class, character, and how well he has 7 p.m. succeeded may be judged by the enthusiastic comments which every eminent film critic has Javished on

"It Happened In Hollywood" the picture.

MAGNIFICENT FILM FARE

Moon. If Moon, 20th Day. SocialCheero Club Whist Drive, 18.45 pim.; St. Andrew's Club "Open"

Night, 8.30 p.m.

Sports-(8ee Page 10). Sunrise: 6.29 a.m. Sunset:-6.34 p.m.

Tides:-High at 11.05. Low nt

.SEVEN JOLLY FELLOWS One forgets that Snow White is a drawing and, as the story un- folds, becomes so absorbed in the part that 2 strong bond of 04.48 and 17.28. sympathy binds one to the charac- tor. Her joys are your joys and her sorrows are your sorrows.

TO-MORROW

"Come And Get It!** Samuel Goldwyn's magnificent Alm version of Edna Ferber's

The Seven Dwarfs-Doc, Happy. Page). colourful novel of the lumber Sleepy. Grumpy. Dopey. Sneezy Mails. (See Page 16). camps, "Come And Get It!" bowed and Bashful-are masterpieces of

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this

Meetings--Annual A. S. Watson.

in at the Majestic Theatre last comedy and Character delinea-& Co., 11.30 am.; Brownies' Pack. night and provided an audibly tion. Admirably conceived and 3.30 p.m.: Annual, of the Salvation enthusiastic audience with a rous-marvellously executed, they are Army Home, 4.30 p.m. ing's entertainment.

tribute to Disney's deep under- An inspired cast, headed by Ed-standing of human qualities. ward Arnold in the role of Barney

Another point, and by no means Glasgow, the chore boy who became the least, is the picture's excell at a lumber baron, brings Miss Fer-musical score. Interweaving fami- ter's vivid characters to life with llar old tunes with new ones uncanny accuracy and the film composed by Disney's own musi catches all the "olour, the thrills. clans, the score adds immeasurably the danger and the fun of story. to the interpretation of every

Arnold gives what is unquestion sequence of film.

his best performance. as ably Barney. Joel McCrea is perfect as his son, Richard who wins the girl his father loves.

star.

Miscellaneous, Rotary, Tiffin, Hong Hotel Roof Garden, 1 p.m.

Moan.-II Moon, 21st, Day.

Boy's Choir Practice, 6 p.m.: Lenten Religious. St. Andrew's Church

Discussion Group, in the Vicarage, 8.45 p.m.

Sports-(See Page 10). Sunrise: 6.28 am Sunset:--8.35

p.m.

Tides:High at 00.07 and 11.25. Low at 05.10 and 18.12."

EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY

EIGHT SONG HITS Anyone who remembers-and which one of us does not? "Who's i Afraid of the Big, Bad wolf?" and Others who shine in the perfect the other songs from the Billy cast are Andrea Leeds, beautiful. Symphonies, which are as original dark-eyed Goldwyn discovery and as they are refreshing, will be Frank Shields, the handsome tennis glad to hear that there are no less than eight new tunes in "Snow Our hat is off to Samuel Goldwyn White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Mae West In Main Role for the javish production, to

The pléture took four years to As a gag-tossing, heart-breaking Howard Hawks and William Wyler produce and the cost amounts to New York belle of the nineties, for their spirited direction, to Jules something like $1,800.000 in Ameri-Mae West is just as you like her Fürthman and Jane Murfin for a can currency. Over 250,000 finished in "Every Day's a Holiday," which brilliant script, to Omar Kiam for drawings were photographed, Con-has Its run at the Queen's Theatre his costumes, to Richard Day for sidering that three or four pencli today. his sets and, of course, to every drawings were required before the From her hilarious meeting with | last member of the perfect cast.

CATHEDRAL WEDDING

Hart-Baker-Tollan

MONDAY, MARCH 21,

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LEO CARRILLO · JEAN PARKER JAMES ELLISON · OTTO KRUGER ROBERT BARRAT - ANDY CLYDE Addison RICHARDS Sara HADEN

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AN AMAZING STORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD STARS 'DOUBI.ES"!

RICHARD DIX FAY WRAY in “IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD '

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

CHEERO CLUB

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LOCAL ESTATES ·

Anished drawing stage was reach-her first horseless carriage on the ed, it can be seen that close to a Brooklyn Bridge, to the final scené million drawings in all were made in front of Madison Square Garden

DETAILS OF PRODUCTION where she stages a political rally: A staff of 570 artists and re-to stop all political rallies, she is

bold,

Fiotous touchers was responsible for all the

swaggering. this work, not taking into account character always associated with the scores of others actively the name Mae West. engaged in recording, photograph- In the story, which she wrote The Cheero Club's programme Mrs. Kot Tang-shi, allas Mr. ing. supplying music and sound herself, Mae is the toast of the for next week is as follows:- At St. John's Cathedral yester-effects.

Bowery whose shady business deals day Miss Dorothy Christina Tollan

An orchestra of 80 musicians always keep her only two was married to Mr. Norman Hart- furnished the background music, three steps ahead of the police. while many singera, some very Throughout the picture she is out The bride is the youngest daugh- well-known on the stage and on of sympathy with the law and its ter of Mr. Duncan Tollan and the the air, were responsible for the servanta. As she expresses it to late Mrs. Tollan and the bride- songs. The dialogue, it is said, is the captain of detectives, Edmund at 8 pm.

Baker.

or

This was the high mass of the Madeline Van der Stegen, of Dina Kroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. spoken by some of the leading Lowe, “You got me all wrong. I

oldest ecclesiastical music

existence.

La

|Hotise," Duddell Street. is

nounced.

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The scene was filmed for the episode in which Luise Rainer,

falsely accused of a crime and Spencer Tracy as a taxi driver and sought by the police, takes reinge Mies Rainer as his Rumanian wife. in a Rumantan church in New Thrills of pitched battles, a frame York.

up a glimpse into the "Inside" of "Big City" lá a dramatic story of taxicab racketeering. are the a taxicab war in New York, with back-grounds for the romance.

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Monday: Whist drive commenc- lng at 8.45 p.m.

Tuesday: Table tennis. Wednesday: Dance at 8.30 p.m. Thursday: Bridge and mahjong

Anna

Kotwall, who died OR November 19, 1937, left local estate sworn under $85,300... An applica- tion by James · Edulji Kotwall, general broker and John Charles Lang, civil servant, for grant of probate of the will was granted.

A petition by Tsang, Kwong-shi, Friday: Duplicate bridge at 8 widow, for letters of administration: to the estate of Tsang King-yin, HW..Hart-Baker, of Shanghai..

the may crack a law now and then, players of the stage and Mrs. P. C. Clemo war Matron of screen.

but I never broke one."

retired merchant, deceased, was On Wednesday, April 6, the also granted. The Honour and Mr. F. C. Wood acted i All this gives only a very rough The colourful types called for in

estate idea of the enormous amount of the supporting cast are well filled Band of Royal Scots, by kind per- sworn under $2,300, The Rev. H. W. Baines officiated.effort and organisation that was by Charles Butterworth, Charles mission of the Colonel and Om-

cers, will play at the dance.

NEW DOCTOR Following the ceremony, are required for the making of the Winninger and Walter Catlett.

In his able direction, A. EZiward On Thursday, April 28, the. The name of Dr. Foong K, Chen, - (ception was held in the Roof Gar picture, which has been failed in

den of the Hong Kong Hotel many quarters as the greatest Sutherland has recreated perfectly: Ladies Committee is holding a MB BB. (Aberdeen) has been advance in motion pictures since the atmosphere of the New York bridge and mahlong drive at the added to the Register of Medical the advent of sound.

of 1900.

Practicionera:" Club, commencing at 3 pm.

as best man.

The honeymoon is being spent at Repulse Bay Hotel,

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