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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

VEEN'S

DAILY AT 2:30·515·7·2089:30 TEL.31455

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

The Greatest and Most Elaborately Made Chinese Picture of the Year! Direct from its recent successful run

the Grand Theatre, Shanghai.

Dramatic I

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at

Spectacular! Thrilling!

THE TALE OF A RUSE THAT SAVED A THRONE!

TODAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"Rosalie"

QUEEN'S:—

The Sable Cicada"

'ORIENTAL:-

"Every Day. Is A Holiday"

"Kowloon

ALHAMBKA:--

"The Great Garrick"

STAB:-

**Tovatich"

MAJESTIC:—

"Peter" Ibbetson"

KING'S:-

QUEEN'S

Wil

Coming

"Hawall Calls"

'ORIENTAL:-

"Penrod And His Twin

GENERAL

At Junior Birdmen Rally

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938.-PAGE 5

A+ CONDITIONED 'THEATREN

SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 PM

ZIEGFELD'S GREATEST. - NOW SCREEN-GLORIFIEDI

Broadway and Hollywood

warge their finest talents to

the M.G.M

bring mesta dhe e kurs

DE"

Great

Your

beart will beat hasker - . .. as you Belen to the great Cole Porter a. thell is Eleanor a magic

@glorious voice...

are swept off mancs...aye Billing spectan

of the fea... brundreds t

Bloods

ThE. ᏂᏋ SABLE CICADA"

A ROMANCE OF THE

with

"THREE KINGDOMS"

FULL ENGLISH SUB-TITLES

·TOMORROW

&

BRO Picture

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-9.30

BOBBY BREEN

in

HAWAII

CALLS'

TAČÍ ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY QUR

ORIENTAL

FLEMING ROAD VAN HAI TEL. 28473

DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW⚫

ONLY

A GREAT SHOW FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND SONG! Here's Me in the giyest and funniest show of her career filled with roaring, rollicking romance of the gay 90s.

BLONDE OR BRUNETTE GENTLEMEN PREFIR MAE WEST

SUN

MON

‘EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY"

Edmund Lowe-dharlie Buttararact

Charles Winningar + Wolter Casluft + Layd Vinicas » Hormon Bing Chester Conklin and Lavisi Armatrang

FAMOUS MAUCH TWINS

AND

"PENROD AS TWIN BROTHER"

HIS

MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 202.-30c,-50c,-70c. ☺

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON

ISTARE

TODAY AND TOMORROW

CLAUDETTE

COLBERT

CHARLES

BOYER TOVARICH

Prostasted "Enn van righ, but definetely rilĖm

"A Great Lifel

A Gay Love!

A Grand

Shoe!

$7.795

SARIL KATURKE ARITA LOUISE

MELLYELE COOPER ISABEL AKAMA

Morrie Corovody » Viator Bian-AN METRE RETINE POSUV-A MOORE JANE, PREVNE - Down Thy by bang

SUNDAY

20th C. Fox Pistore

Alice Faye

Jack Haley

ALHAMBRA;**

"Hawall Calls"

STAR:-

"Wake Up And Live"

MAJESTIC:--

Brother"

"The Painted Vell" "The Women Men Marry"

IMMORTAL LOVE CLASSIC

All the delicacy, "beauty and poignancy, of George Du Maurier's immortal love story lives again in Paramount's picturization of "Peter Ibbetson," starring Cary Cooper in the title role, which made its debut at the Majestic theatre yesterday.

Jualor Birdman Bobby. Breen is pictured presenting first priza tu nis tallow member Henry Gerberding in a lyric contest sponsored b the New York City unit of the Janior Birdmen at their satua! rally Left to right: Lena Nagel. second prize winner: Henry Gerberding an Bobby Breen. Honor guests were Rusa Morgan, nationally famous c' chestra leader and Arthur Cremia, directer of the Now York Schouls. Music Bobby. who la a member of the metropolitan untı, was in M. clty to attend the opening of his cow musical picture "Hawaii Calls (Showing at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres tomorrou).

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

Photographer: "Please place your hand on- your husband's shoulder, it looks more tural."

Husband: "It would be more natural if she put her hand in my pocket.'

"ROSALIE”

In "Rosalie," which is at the King's Theatre, Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell are teamed in this tuneful melange, which väries in locale between an Army-Navy foot- ball game. West Point, and the colourful mythical kingdom of Romanza. The pairing of Eddy and Miss Powell is a brilliant feat. Not only do they dance and sing in the manner of stars of their inagnitude, but as lovers they are

A gigantic task at best, in film- ing the strangest of strange.novels, all concerned in the production of this fascinating fantasy deserve high praise for maintaining the] dignity and ethereal atmosphere which characterized Du Maurier's classic, as well as giving it an added robustness

warm its tendency to become siccnsrine blooded appeal in its latest screen in treatment is akilkully avoided decidedly in the top rank among regalla.

by that astute director. Henrysomantic teams. " Although old-fashioned romance Hathaway, who gave us the highly and sentiment run riot in the Alm, successful "Bengal Lancer."

and..

CROSSWORD

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Nevada

5 Vegetables

with dressing.

10 Queen of

Henry VIII.

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of neither 22% Suffix de-

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noting the " comparative degree Characterises

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language,

26 Where is

28

Oglethorpe U_versity? Marries

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tebrates in- cizding

birds

31 Sport 33 Bquare-rigged

Vessel

33 Female ver-

sider

36 Italian

river

37 Lovers of "cruelty"

38 Exclamation

40 Bitter vetch 42 Legal

43 Noise

“WAKE UP AND LIVE" Periods of

NEW CHAIRMAN POR HWANGHO COMMISSION

Chungking, June 16.

that

46 Encountered | River Conservancy Commission by 47 Masculine

a mandate issued by the National 48 Fodder Government yesterday. He Buc-150 Stationary ceeds. Mr. Kung "Eslang-yúng, Dart in' a

machine... whose resignation was accepted by

Mr. Wang Yu-chun was appoint-the National Government-Cen- 52 Female, voices ed. Acting Chairinan' of the Yellowtral News).

53 Oceanic fish

national hero?

2 Wide-mouthed

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pitcher

3 Negative vote

4. Conjunction

5 Devil

6 Part of "to

be"

7 Boy

8. Mohammedan

call to prayer

9 Givers

10 Hebrew pre- phet...

11 Draws by se-

lection

13 Who was the

sixth Roman emperor? 16: Melody 10 Dakar is the" capital of what colony of French West Africa?

20 What Eng-

Hish novel- ist wrote

The Forest Lovers?

23 Who wrote

the play. Icebound which won the Pulitzer Prize?

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27 Rozman

household

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31 Asserts as

fact

32 What Italian

noblewoman

is popularly supposed to have pols- oned her enemies? Lucrezia...

33 Indian cop- per coln

34 What battle

of the Ameri- can Civil War is also known as the

Battle of Pittsburgh

Landing?

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36 Vegetables 38. American

coins: 41 Barter 43 Facts

45 Posed for a portrait 47. Plan

49 Depart

51 Toward

SOLUTION, TOMORROW

Ray Bolger, he of the rubber legs, is really great as comedy re- Hef, and, of course, splendid in his comedy dancing specialties. Hona Massey is a newcomer whorn play- goers can well watch carefully,

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holiday Bunker Hill Day. (Mass. U.S.A») St. Alban,

Auctions-Household Furniture, at Lammert's Hong Kong Bales Room, 2.30 p.m.

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Page)

Entertainments-Band Concert

of the 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots Sergts.' Mess, Murray Barracks, 4.30 p.m.

Mall(See Pare 18 Meetings-Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10.30 a.m.

Mon.-V. Moon; 20th Day. Social Cheero Sinh Contract Bridge, 8 pm: Whist Drive and Tombola in REW.O's and Bergts. Mesa, Wellington Barracks, 9 p.m.

Sports. (See Page 10.

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Sunrise.6,38 am Sunset---7.09

P.z.

Tides.-High at 01.10, and 10 50. Low at 04.45 and 18.48.

D.

TOMORROW

Moon.-V. Moon," álst. Day.

Sunrise 5.38 a.m. Sanset-7.09

Tides.-High at 0040 and 10.20. Low at 04.10 and 18.10.

SLIGHT TREMORS

London, June 18. Several slight tremors were re corded here between 2.35 and 3.49 yesterday afternoon. The centre of the disturbance was in the city. The shocks were in slight, how- ever, that the majority of London-

Euty Rezaliz

Starring

NELSON EDDY-ELEANOR POWELL

Featuring FRANK MORGAN '• EDNA MAY OLIVER

ALHAMBRA

0,30 STEL. 5AAAA

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

THE YEAR'S MOST · DISTINGUISHED MOTION PICTURE

AN AMUSING HISTORY OF AN AMUSING P ̃LLOW

• SHOWS

DAILY

230 20 710-9.30

THEY'RE WHAT LOVE 18

ALL ABOUT:

BRIAN AHERNE OLIVIA DEHAVILLAND "The Great Garrick"

HOTARD İYİKEETT HORTON » KELVILLE CO-OPTI-LIONÉL ATWILLJA WARNEN KROE PACTDEK«Paully Boporvient by 2001VIKLEROY

·TOMORROW-

BOBBY BREEN in HAWAII CALLS

An RKO Radio Picture

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TEL. 87233

(MATINEES. 20¢-30« ° EVENINGS. 20L-30₫50270))

TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY!

RETURN OF AN OLD FAVOURITE"!

An Undying Story of a Love That Never Died

Gary COOPER

Ann HARDING

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Peter betson

A Paremount Pinture wĂZ

Ida Lagiya+Jahon Halliday+Domžloor Drumheller Virginia Waldleg Dickie Mooja · Disasted by Honey Hathaway

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COMMENCING SATURDAY

The First Actress of the Screen in Somerset Maugham's Bensational Story!

GARBO in

· THE PAINTED VEIL

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

remained unaware of the SERIOUS INCIDENT: FUR COATS STILL

ers tremors.

As far as is known no damage has been caused, -(Transocean),

Solation No. 20: SCUPISTIKISCALE CANA PINE CAPER- ARTSTARILUARENA REITERATE¶ROSEĆ

FREED DIADEMITT

1JTIGREASES POP LESBEEILET PAGE. ALLUDEDIDEBACLE VAINTLEDIOAREEN AND SELECTS1YYE STREDUCINATE GREENTSIMPLETOR L'AMEDIDEATARID

ALIVETVENT RISE DETERTES TETSPED

IN ROME

Rome, Jane 16.

AT ASCOT

London, June 15,

A serious incident occurred here The weather is still sunny in yesterday at a monument, erected southern England, but not so hot! between the Plazza. Esedra and as to prevent many ladies "from" the main railway station, in putting" on fur coats over their honour of the Italian soldiers who summer dresses at Ascot.

laid down their lives in the first In northern England-rain is fall-

African campaign.

ing In many districts, but A Negro, who it is believed to be Glasgow escaped a downpour, and Ian Abyssinian, suddenly kneeled large crowds attended the Glasgow down in front of the inemorial and Empire Exhibition, which has now began to pray.

been attended by over 3,000,000),

When a captain of the Italian people (Reuter. Bulletin).

army objected to this, the Negro

attacked the captain with a short

ibre and seriously wounded the

officer.

some cuts, Two soldiers who in-

A passerby who went to the tervened were gravely wounded. captain's assistance also received (Transocean)

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