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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

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If Ever A Cop Enjoyed Doing His Duty, This One Did... In The Nerve Tingling Drama. Of Young Love... And A Gang Of Jewel Thieves !".

THE DARLING OF THE NIGHT CLUB ...booutiful decoy for the police in their

ruthless war on gongland!

NIGH POT

PARKYAKARKUŞ

ALLAN LANE. 1. GORDON JONES

RAMO

Joan WOODBURY

ADDED ATTRACTION

A Heavy-weight Championship Title Knockout Bout

JOE LOUIS vs. NATHAN MANN

TOMORROW

RKO-Radio

Presenta

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.19.9.30

Walt Disney's

SNOW WHITE".

AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

JANE ANY TRAM DHE HAPPY VALLEY BUE

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The Four Horsemen of Hilarity bringing you the love-life of a padded cell!

BRY-GO ROUND

The New Universal presents

A TEN STAR FUN FROLIC

BERY LAKA. JIMMY SAYO

BILLY MOUSE ALICE BRADY

"MISCHA AUER · JOY HODGES

of 1938

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LESLIE

BETTE

OLIVIA

HOWARD DAVIS DEHAVILLAND

+

Three Hearts

That Bleat as One...

'It's LOVE I'm After

PATRIC KNOWLES - ERIC BLORE - GEORGE BARBIER

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Mr. Deeds Goes To Town

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EVER SINCE EVE"

EMPIRE ESSAY CONTEST

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CINEMA

It Seems the World Rather Likes"Snow White"

„Motion, pletures bays awakened to a phenomaux à thị mớt that i hand drawn, hand-painted animation of mythiest characters baa'apparently trans cended the popular appeal of flesh atars. It has caused wisererni, to begin forecasting that this artifcially-animated film will shatter the world's gute money records. The production that has evoked all this furore is Wait Dia nou “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,”

ignoring the list of "szonah" ez- tunded ran sagagement which the oleturs ́has been registering, and without going into the amazing bal loo it has been secarded in periodi calm in daily press aditorials and howk, on the radio time, and by övar sixty merchandise lie-ups, there are particularly interesting and unique. tacidents which eflect the acope of the reaction to Snow White and Der frienda, the "itule people" and the woodland animale

Here are just a few of the man! "festations which hailed the debut of the fascinating heroina who never existed, save in legend op Wall Dlazey gave bar on the screen eli the effect of a living idea::

Los Angeles-All top ranking mo 100. picture star hurried to pay regular admission prices to ser ber. NEW Orican A somptuona Snow White" dozi was the feature of one Mardi Gras parade. Mayor Maestr: was bost to 2,000 orphans He a special showinc" of the dim. ' St Paul-Uovernor Elmer A. Ben- don awarded the neroine the keys lo the Twin Cities, and posed on the Capitol step with reilet Agures of the characters

Albany, N. Y.- Mayor Thatcher uroclaimed "Snow Whits" Wook.

New York City-1's inner Circle of political writers at their annual stunt dinner performed a skit rup resenting, Mayor LaGuardia s

Snow White.", plus DÙ—Count them. 30-Dwarfs lostend, of se

Chicago Ab 100ouacement re garding the "Snow Whhëm was carried on the stock ticker between reports of security movements.

Baltimore-'The police Lost and Found department reaped a harvest. The 61 police who bandied the Hip-・・ podrome crowds turned in basket- fuls of articles lost on the street in froat of the theatre.

New York Women's Wear Dally. issued a 20-paze special edition de voted entirely to merchandise in- *ptrea by "Snow White and the Sares Dwarka."

'London. Eng. The County Coun ell Licensing Authorities granted "Snow White a Universal Certif cate, thereby allowing children un der 18 years of age to attend the thewire withour veing sccompanied".. by parenta, 11

Brooklyn, NY-Beran midgets dressed as the Dwarf drew such crowds while dining in a restaurant they police bad to be called to open trafie.

TODAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Battle of Talerchwang"

QUEEN'8:-

"Night Bpot"

ORIENTAL:-

*Merry-Go-Round of 1938"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

"Battle of Talerchwang"

STAR:-

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" MAJESTIC:

"The Green Pastures"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Stella Dallas"

QUEEN'S:

"Snow White" "

Duluth, Minn, The Beaux Arts Ball had "Stow White" sa the theme of its ultrasmarı annusi affair. Tha Duluth Children's Theatre bad glant fals of Bow Wäfte" scanea permanently painted on its sudibrium walla

Snowflake, Arlain'de Snowflake Theatre wa nowed under by crowda unusual for thin gown of. 500 population,

New York City-Six fan letters. Eve addressed to Dopey and one to Grumpy, reached Radio City Munic Hall from admirers of the Dwarfs

Chicago—A big opposition theatre circuit published at, congratulating the Prince Theatre for securing the "Snow White", booking.

Louisville, Ky-The president of the Parent-Tescher Association, the county school superintendent and the head of the parochial schools. united in a letter to pupila recom mending the picture.

New Orleane~The Dwart Dopey was appointed honorary managing editor of the daily (tạm.

Montrest-Local authorities tock off the ban against minor children's attendance at motion picture the stres during the min of "Snow White."

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

The head of a large business "house bought a number of Do It Now signs and placed them around his offices. When, after the first few days of those signs, be counted ap the re- salts, he found:

The cashier had skipped out with £16,000:

∙His assistanf bad eloped with the stenographer.

Three employees had asked for a rise in salary."

BRITISH MUSIC

"BEST

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"

St. Paul-The font of this · Kin- panota. Elle Insurance Company in the Winter Sports Warnival repte senied the waɔdiani cottaga of the V Dwarfs, with a crew of characters."

New York City-Ranristiä 'Me Ches, 60, colored farm woman from Arkansas who attended. 'National Sharecroppare' Wook in the, me .tropolis, witnessed "SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarta” us the drsi mo tion picture in her ¡ffe's experience. New Orleana-Marguerita Clark, now Mr. Marguerite Clark Wil- lams, who years ago played the character of Snow White in a stage play and in 1912 on the silent screed, `attended a special showing of the *Walt Disney Bim

Urbane, §.—While the local pube lo awaited a booking of the picture, the public library ofered a teme porary attraction in the display of a Suow White doh loaned by Utile „ Barbara Bedoll.

New York Clp-s'evap new horses which arrived from Kediocky" for the Manhalten Riding Club wera named after the Seven Dwarfs.

«Philmont, N. Y.-Tim Rønnecke, farmer. milled tils aine cows at dawn, topped a train with his aged mother.reached NewYork. J95 miles distant to see the picture, and was back home in time to do his øvel ning chores

Albany, N. Y.-loverzar Herbert Lehman after viewing a special showing of the Distey Alm wrote '. a warm letter of appreciation in RKO Radio

New York City-Broadway Meth- odisk Temple's Dr. Christian Reisner preached on “Love, as fitnstrated In.....Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and children enacted tab leaux during the meeting t

BuLoufa-"Snow White" was the drst picture chosen for sindy by s dewly formed group of Church Youth.

Miami, Fla.A dwarf employed as a "Snow White” baliynou married a six-foot cabaret pastass.

San Diego, C.-The Women's Clubs Juniors chose ""Snow White" as the first dlm to be studied in. a. eir 'weets course of Photoplay Ap preciation.

London. Eng.-Roynity, recaived, Princess Snow White in dlm Korm at Buckingham Palace, the sudience including King George VL Queen Elizabeth and the Duke and Duchess of Kent Lutle Ellabeth her ap parent to the throne and her younger sister, Margaret Rose are reported to have been especially thrilled

Philadelphia-The crowd around a Wanamaker's window, davolad to Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was 'aq, large that polica reservan were called aut

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY Anniversaries and Holidays— Anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Inauguration as President of the Republic of China in Canton, 1921. Chinese National Holiday. St. Pius V.. Pope.

Cinemas (Bee Column 3 of this Page).

Lectures.-Theosophical Society,

6 p.m.

Mails-(See Pako 16). Meetings.—Victoria Chess Club, at Götcester Hotel 5 p.m.) Women's Guild, St. John's Cathe- Cral Hall, 3 p.m.; Youth Confer- ence Bt. Andrew's Hall, Kowloon. 4 p.m.

CH-

Miscellaneous, --- Farewell thering at St. Teresa's 0.YMS, in honour of Rev. Fr. Maestrizi, on

London Teaching being transferred to Cathedral sa

Britain's" pre-eminence, in the world of music was emphasised by

"We Who Are About To Die" Mr. Robert J. Forbes. President of

ORIENTAL:-

"It's Love I'm After"

ALHAMBRA :~~

NE

"Snow White"

"I Cover The War"

STAR:-

"Ever Since Eve" "Stingaree"

MAJESTIC

"David Copperfield"

PEIPING FALACE

Secretary to H. E the Bishop, after Holy Hour at 6 pm.

Moon-IV Moon, 6th. Day. Social-Cheero Club Bridge and the Incorporated Society of Mus!- Mahjong Drive. 8 p.m.; Omtial st Government Houre, ctans and Principal of the Royal Dinner Manchester College of Music, at 8.15 p.m

the annual dinner of the Society Sports.--(See Page 10).

In London,

Sunrise.-5.48 a.m. Sunset, 8.52 |

"Although it was probably true," p.m.

Tides. High at 0201 and 12.28. said Mr Forbes, "that in the 19th century 75 per cent. of the best Low at 05.35 and 20.10.

TOMORROW music of the world came, from Germany and Austria and the Moon-IV Moon, 7th. Day. contribution of Britain was almost

Sunrise.-6.49 a.m. Samset6.51 negligible, we have, during the pm. past 30 or 40 years, seen a great change.

THE KING, speaking at the re-

ception to the National Pliness Connell at the Guildhall, com-" mended its work to "the, young, the adult, and the middle-aged“

"Though the needs of the young musi-naturally, havn'first place. [the movement will fail: if, it does not provide facilities for the adult

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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1938. -PAGE

KING'S

SHOWING TODAY

År 2.20, 3,50, 520, 7,00, 8 30 & 9,50 PM, "ACTUAL SCENES OF THE BIG "CHINESE SUCCESS AT THE

"BATTLE OF

TAIERCHWANG"

Taken by Six Expert Cameramen

Showing Togther With Special Newsreel of Air Battle at

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D. Cirale 81 ets. B. Stalls 40 ots.

NEXT CHANGE-

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SAMUEL GOLDŴYN presents,

"STELLA DALLAS

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Anne Shirley

United Artists Picture

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Special Moving Pictures of the BATTLE OF TAIERCHWANG."

in 5 Reels

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TO-MORROW

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"It would not be far from the truth, I think, to say that 75 per MUSEUM TRUSTEES

cent of the best music of our own ARE APPOINTED time has been written, and is being

written, in Britain." Hankow, "May 4.

DREARY CONTRIBUTIONS The executive board of the Canadian Girls Win Award

He thought that in their efforts National Peiping Palace Museum to gain recognition for that fact from the Prairie Province of Empire was considered remarkable reached, at yesterdays meeting of modesty submitting that it would tras could be found than in

young Canadiang both ; of 50, available to all parts of the has been reorganised by a decision they understated their case in/$nd the middle-aged,” he said. Saskatchewan, won the highest The contest was announced at the Executive Yuan. award for girls in the Empire youth rally in London, England,

be a great act of reciprocity Britain. Sir Thomas Beecham had Essay Contest on ideas for a lust May, when 8,000 schoolboya Twenty-alk new executives were works of Elgar, Vaughan Williams told him that in his opinion LOOKING out of a window while THE latest method of dealing with Empire youth movement. They and girls from the United King-appolated. They include Dr. Taal Bax or Delius could be performed British orchestras wers tile beat ahe was polishing the kitchen measles is deliberately to give were Jessie L. Robertson of Regina, Com, the Dominions and colonies Yuan-pet, Mr. Wu Chih-huf, Mr. Lt on the Continent in return for in the world.

hearth, Margaret McFadyen, a children the disease, and then to and Raith Royce Olding of North were gathered together to hear the Shih-teens. Mr. Chang Ching-their own endurance of some of In teaching, too, it was the same, farmhouse servant at Islay (Inner inject a sorium which will ensure Battleford. They tied for Queen Prime Minteter, now Earl Baldwin. lang, Mr. Yeh Chu-taang, Dr. the dreary contributions to musi- No one nowadays considered it Hebrides), saw a light nickering on that the attack is a mild one,

· Mary's› prize.........

The contest sponsored by the Chang Po-ling. Mr. Chang Cat, Dr. cal literature that came from necessary to go to Leipsig, Dresden the sea she told two men, Wille

The treatment is discussed in a Nine other Canadianswer Overseas Education League, drew Mon-lin Chiang, Dr. Lo Chia-inng Central Europei.

op. Frankfurt for the best musical and Allan McEachern, who caught prizes for expression of their ideas more than 506 entries from Bove and Dr. Wong Wen-hao:

~ TALENTED VIOLINISTS”... education, People came from all the ropes thrown from the wreck-leading article in the British Medi- for amcclation, of youth throug-

Treasures of the museum were str Forbes asked where better over the world to receive their cu bawler Exmouth. Eight of cal Journal, which states that the removed to the south, prior to the vóster, more talented young violin- musical education in England. the crew were saved and three day of the "measles ten-party” is fall of Pelping (Central News), Ists and pianists, or better orches- July 8.

and girls of 14 to 19 years, Plans

hout the Commonwealth: "GBP" are underway for a format prize-

Canada's record of 11 prizes out { giving in London this summer

drowned.

returning.

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