1938-03-24 — Page 5

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

CINEMA

QUEENS This Is America, Or Some

DAILY AT 250 -5-15 · 7·20 & 9:30 - TEL.31453

TODAY & TOMORROW

The story of a million dollar heiress who got off her high horse and went after her man on foot !.

MIRIAM

HOPKINS

RAY

MILLAND

味

WISE Girl

凱周

WAITER ABEL

HEWRY STEPHENSON

ADDED ATTRACTION

JAMES BRADDOCK VS.

TOMMY FARR

For The World's Heavy-weight Championship Title

SATURDAY

Winier Bros. Picture

4 SHOWS

DAILY 2:30-5:15

745-9.30

CLAUDETTE COLBERT - CHARLES BOYER in a must gay and enthralling comedy "TOVARICH'

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CUNNING MYSTERY MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES!

Baling Scotland Yard murder sensation of the man who never existed" phantom killer.

A GRAND NEW TREAT IN THRILLING ROMANCE !

DAYS

LONDON by NIGHT

with GEORGE MURPHY

RITA JOHNSON Goldwyn

Virginis FIELD - Luə Q. CARROLL George ZUCCO • Mantagu LOVE

Mer- Mayer

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ROLD ADVENTURE ON A GUN-RUNNING

OUTLAW SCHOONEK!

George is crappier than ever in this thrilling drama of yacht racing and contraband.

Roaring Adventure on

the Raging Sea!

GEORGE O'BRIEN

WINDJAMMER

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ERROL FLYNN ANITA LOUISE

GREEN LIGHT

| MARGARET LINOSAY

Sir CEDRICHARDWICKE

Vindian Auni Hany O'Neill Afiant Borage Fṛoduzkan

Claudette Colbert in "GILDED LILY

A Paramount Picture

ROBIN HOOD AND MAID MARIAN

TODAY AT THE

KING'S:

CINEMA

Hong Kong

"52nd Street"

QUEEN'S:-

"Wise Girl"

ORIENTAL:-

"London By Night"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"The Jury's Secret"

STAR-

"Green Light"

MAJESTIC:—

"Rainbow On The River"

KING'S:-

Y

Coming

"Dead End"

QUEEN SI

"Tovarich"

ORIENTAL:-

"Wind Jammer"

ALHAMBRA :---

"Tovarich"

STAK:-

"Gilded Lily"

MAJESTIC:-

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"Thunder In The City"

POWERFUL THEME FOR FILM

Murder Story. Is Unusual

Of It

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Goings on, in the great. Amerl. can Republic, as reported in the public prints:

HAROLD PUTNAM WILLIAMS is full of the Harvard tradition. and what he wouldn't do for the good old University is practically nothing-practically nothing at all. He played in goal for the Har- vard soccer team agalast Prince- ton the other day, and it wasn't until the game was over that his team mates discovered he'd bat- tled through the last half with a wasp in his pants.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY

Holidays.

Anniversaries and St. Gabriel the Archangel. W. Stevens died, 1887.

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Page)

Entertainments.-Old Time Music Hall Variety Show, at China Fleet Club Theatre, 9.15 p.m.

Lectures--Theosophical Society,

8 pm.

Dairy

Malls-(See Page 16).

Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd..

Meetings. Annual of

at 2 Lower Albert Road, 11 am.; Annual, of H.K. Lawn Bowls As- sociation in 8. C. M. Past Board Room, 5.30 p.m.; Annual, of Hong Kong Club, 6.30 pm; Annual, of Hong Kong Union Church, at Ken- You know how it is when two nedy Road. 9 p.m.; Cathedral Fin- people get to gossiping on the tele-ance Committee, in "the Hall, 5.15 phone. In Ogden, Utah, two coun- p.m.; Victoria Chess Club, at try gossips were exchanging local Gloucester Hotel, 5 p.m.; Kowloon scandal on a party line when an-Chess Club, at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 other woman's voice said fran-p.m.: St. Andrew's Women's Fellow- lically: "Our house is on fire. (ship. 3 p.m. Please let us through to call the

Miscellaneous Official Visit of are department."

the Governor of Macao, Queen's Pier, about 12.15 p.m.

Moon.--Last Quarter, 9.00 am. II Moon, 23rd Day.

"Well, now," replied one of the gossips, chattily. "That's just too bad. But I guess it have to wait till we get through talkin'? They went on talking for another 15 minutes, and by that time the house was far gone to be saved.

H.E.

Social-Busy Bees Working Party, Bridge and Mahjong Drive at Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.; Reception at Club Lusitano, 630 p.m.; Cheero Love And Such

Club, Bridge, 8 p.m.; Annual O.A. Dinner at Hong Kong Hotel, 8 AFTER he had chased unwelcome p.m.; U.S.R.C. House-Warming

guests away from his estate. Cocktail Party. 6.30 p.m. slapped at girl reporte In the face, thrown a, male reporter into his, swimming pool, and plucked 1.372. "The Jury's Secret,"" featuring. Leslie Younghusband, who has 22.58.

out all the burrs from his clothes."! Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, Larry Blaze and Nan Grey, opens at the Alhambra Theatre today.

his fifth wife at St. Petersburg. made a million out of lipstick, wed

Florida, the other midnight.

She was Louise Lane, a Chicago dancer. "My last three marriages

Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-6.25 am. Sunset.-6.38

Tides-High at 13.15. Low at

TO-MORROW

Moor Moon, 24th. Day. Sunrise:-8.26 a.m. Sunset:-6.36

p.m,

Although the picture features to its initial scenes the devastation wrought by a great flood, and two intriguing romances are skillfully were mistakes," said Mr. Young Low at 08.00 and 21.31. woven into the production, it is husband. "But now I have found

in reality a searing indictment of the perfect mate. I didn't let my methods employed in many murder heart rule my choice this time. I trials where the evidence is of a worked out. this marriage with my purely circumstantial nature.

mind. We both wart the same "The Jury's Secret" tells the thing-a happy home." story of Walter Russell, a weak

Mrs. Younghusband No. 2, who willed but normally honourable was one of the 13 guests. kissed man who secretly kills Brandon her ex-husband warmly and sald. Williams, a capitalist, in the be- "I hope and believe you will be lief that the financier is a menace very happy." both to himself and the city he

has been exploiting for years.

Russell feels no compunction for

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Sport Tálk

Tides:—High at 03.15 and 12.53

WISE GIRL

Miriam Hopkins In Brilliant Portrayal

a signal success in her latest film A vibrant Miriam Hopkins scores

vehicle, "Wise Girl”, RKÓ Radio's romantic comedy drama which has its showing at the Queen's Theatre Ray Milland shares top his act until he learns that "B" JOHN MONTAGUE, "The mystery today.

golfer," who has been given a honour with the blonde star. Sheldon, hot headed young cham-

million-dollar pion of the working classes, has

contract by Bing Miss Hopkins again proves her versatility in B been arrested and charged with the Crosby since he was acquitted on a remarkable

comedy-dramatic hold-up charge, has long since be- brilliant

pro- come a legendary figure. He went trayal, while Ray Milland offers through some of the legends about one of his finest performances in him the other day, and declared this novel and tangled romance of thut the following

Village tales were Greenwich true:-

crime.

Avenue.

and

Park

Sheldon goes on trial and Rus sell, after much torment, allows his sweetheart, Linda Ware, a smart girl reporter, to persuade him that he must offer himself for service on the jury. She does not know

He almed at a bird on a tele-i A unique type of romance be- that Russell is the murderer but phone wire, and his ball, hit hard tween a determined young heiress: she wants him on the jury in or- and true with a brassie, caught the and a poor artist whom, with the best intentions in the world, she der to insure that Sheldon shall bird fairly and squarely.

not be "railroaded to the chair.” On a course at Palm Springs, tries to double-cross, serves as the Which Course shall Russell where par is 68, he scored 61 three basis of this fast-moving story. pursue? Shall he marry the girl times while he was practising for

Miriam Hopkins is cast as the of wealth, he loves and who loves him or shall a match he'd bet 10,000 dollars on. impetuous daughter

he confess his crime and throw When his oponent didn't show while Milland protrays the strug- himself on the mercy of the court? up he played alone, before the gling artist.

It is this problem which builds the picture up to a crashing climax.

ROADWAY STARS

ENTERTAIN

'52nd Street". Boasts Excellent Cast

come along to Walter Abel, Henry stephenson, crowd that had

Alec Craig, Guinn Williams, Betty watch, and scored a 58.

Over two years he averaged 68 Philson and Miriamna Strelby are on the Lakeside course, which has seen in important supporting

a par of 72...

There are two letters on the

| Hcence plate of the swanky car driven by Joe Louis world's heavy- weight champion. They are K.Ọ.

Education And Such

With the most exciting and AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. in glamorous spot in the world as future, graduates will be like its locale and the greatest assembly carpet cleaners or motor

cars:

of entertainers in the cast, Waiter people who have hired them can Wanger's #52nd Street"

send them back for reconditioning today at the. King's Theatre.

if they are not satisfied.

opens

roles.

RAINBOW ON

THE RIVER

Bobby Breen's Fine Singing

Repicte with pathos, comedy. drama and spectacle, "Rainbow on the River," new singing film star-

Swing band and comics, eccentric The university is going to gua-ring young Bobby Breen, produced

THURSDAY,

MARCH 24, 1938. -PAGE

KING'S

SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30. 5.10 7.15 & 9:30 P.M.

It's busy and diny......... swifty and alfty...that's 32nd Street, the entertain- ment center of the world! The brightest stars of swingdom sing and dance and jam in the hottest rhythm session since the dawn of time! What a story! What thrills).

52

STREET

IAN HUNTER - LEO CARRILLO PAT PATERSON - ELLA LOGAN SID SILVERS - ZASU PITTS and KENNY BAKER

farannaleý by DROVER JONES Dienosed by HAROLD. YOUNG RELEASED THEN UNITED ARTISTS

ALSO MICKEY Mods In TreuiCOLOTE "MICKEY'S POLO TEAM"

AND COLOUR CAPTOOK “THE WORM TURNS"

NEXT CHANGE.

SYLVIA SIDNEY in UNITED ARTISTS

DEAD END

66

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ALHAMBRA

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TODAY AND TOMORROW

FORTUNE'S WHEEL SAT HIM IN: JUDGEMENT OF HIS OWN CRIME!

The Jury's Secret

with KentTaylor-FayWray

A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

SATURDAY

CLAUDETTE COLBERT TOVARICH"

& CHARLES BOYER in

-SHOWS DAILYA

2.30 $20 720930

A Warner Bros. Picture

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MATINEES. 20«:30c ° EVENINGS 20-30-50:70)

TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY ! RETURN OF AN "OLD FAVOURITE"!

SOBBY

BREEN

RAINBOW ON

RIVER

MAY ROBSON

CHARLES

BUTTERWORTH

Benita Hume, Alan Mowbray Louise Beavers. Henry O'Neill, Marilyn Knowlden me the frontu Hall-Johrison Choir

TOMORROW & SATURDAY

DYNAMIC ACTION IN ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH PICTURES OF THE YEAR!

EDWARD G. "THUNDER IN THE CITY"

ROBINSON in

A LONDON FILM PRODUCTION

Commercial

dancers and scat singers, all col-rantee its graduates to employers, by Sol Lesser, opens today at the Air Service

lected from the 800-foot strip that as manufacturers guarantee their Majestic Treatre..

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52nd Street, contribute their carpet cleaners. "A college gradu- Songs designed to appeal to specialties to the first screen story ate 18 an expensive piece of every type of music lover are ren-

The team of Flynn and De Harl. Several important peuple are in land, adventurously introduced to the picture as well as Flynn and you in Captain Blood and since re- Miss De Havilland. peated, appears again, possibly to

Prominent among them are Basi even more attractive effect, in The Rathbone, Claude Rains, Alan Hale, Una O'Connor, Patric Knowles and Errol is the romantic hero, half-Herbert Mundin. In their various legendary, but always thrilling: roles they supply opposition. loyalty and Olivia is his Maid Marian, the and comedy relief for the stary dozen noble lady who joins him in his the adventurous and immortal

Adventures of Robin Hood.

Conference In Dublin

Dublin, March 22. An international air service con-

HENRY HULL TO STAR

Henry Hull is to get a break he's walted a long time for. He'll play in M-G-M's re-make of He Who Gets Slapped,

of America's only swing street. machinery.", 8378 Mr. "Dwight]dered by the nine-year-old lyric Recruited from their nocturnal Bracken, who manages the bureau tenor in a heart-touching manner,

Hull has only enjoyed ́the thin haunts in Manhattan are madcap that finds the graduates jobs. "It while the story offers the young

end of the picture wedge so far. jin Great Expectations and some Jack White from the "18," Maurice costs from 4000 to 7000 dollars to star an opportunity to go through

poorish horror Aims. But he's. Rocco and Dorothy Saulters from turn one out. We sell our product the entire gamut of emotions.

Set in the reconstruction period

|considered one of the best Ameri- the Kit Kat Club, George Tapps, and then forget all about him.

can stage actors: tap dancer from the Paradise, Jerry But in future we're going to keep following the Civil War, the story rerence is being held in Dublin in

He spent well over a year on Colonna, who has appeared in a on servicing him until his owner traces the early experiences of a which trans-Atlantic services are

night clubs, Cook and is satisfied.**

young waif in New Orleans, where

|Broadway in "Tobacco Road" and: At Monticello College, in Arkan-a devoted negro servant of his being discussed.

almost as long in the very different Brown of the Harlem Uproar House.

Representatives from Britain, the part of Michael in "Michael and Pat Harrington, Al Norman and sas, 150 masked students ducked a dead parents strives to bring up the 52nd Street Girls.

chemistry lecturer in the college the lad in ignorance of his family United States, Canada and Eire, as Mary.' This First National Technicolour

Hollywood's contribution to this pond because he failed them in❘náme.

well as representatives of the Im- He Who Gets Slapped "made picture takes you into the Green-

impressive cast" includes Kenny thele examinations.

The brilliant boy tenor is aur-perial Airways and Pan-American names for John Glibert and Norma wood, makes you a member of the The Executive Yuan, at a meet- Baker, rising young radio singer

Working his way through college rounded by such capable perform-Airways, are present at the con- shearer. Hull will probably have ragged bands that plague the au-jing held recently, passed regula-who recently appeared in "Mr. in true American style, Roland ers as May Robson. Charles Bat-ference, where the question of the the Lon Chaney part. He was thorities of Nottingham, and. puts tions governing the duties of Doods Takes The Air" Ian Hunter, Nye, of Lincoln, Nebraska, preaches terworth, Louise Beavers. Alan Carriage of mails and the setting orice scheduled for Chaney's part you behind the swift fight of ar- Customs Commissioners stationed Leo Carrilic, Fat Paterson, Eila the Gospel every Sunday at a local Mowbray, Benita Hume. Marilyn up of wireless and meteorological in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, rows a cloth-yard long. It ought at various Inspectorates in China, Logan, Sid Divers, Zasu Pitts, and church. His stipend pays for his Knowlden. Henry O'Neill and the stations in the countries concerned but the re-make still hasn't been to be a first-class film.

says a dispatch to the Standard.

Dorothy Peterson.

famous Hall Johnson Choir.

forest exile.

Robin Hood,

education.

are being decided-(Reuter).

re-made.

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