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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

QUEEN'S Today's THIS IS AMERICA

DAILY AT 2-30-5·15·7:208930 TEL.31453

OPENING

TODAY

She Hired This Penniless Nobleman As Her Cook. But His Romantic Ideas Soon Had Her Boiling Over!

S-h-h-h! DON'T TELL A SOUL... BUT

CAROLE

FERNAND

Lombard-Gravet..

לון

Fools

for Scandal

RALPH BELLAM

ALLEN JENKINS ISABEL JEANS · MARIE WILSON - MARCIA RALSTON

A MERVYN LROY PRODUCTION · Preseased by WARNER BROS.

A First Nations! Piature · Servon Pay by Herbert Falde and Joseph Fieldy · Asalitional Dialogun by kan o Broker From the Play, “Komarn Engajamant," by Nanay Hamilton, James Share and Emonary Cosm "Musim and Lycine by Riskari Pokters and Ledina Har

TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUS

4 SHOWS

FLEMING

DAILY 2.30-5.15 7-15-9.30

DAYS:

ORIENTAL

ROAD HANGHAI

TEL. 28473

ONLY TO-DAY TO-MORROW.

BEAUTIFUL GIR NOW USED IN A NEW RACKET!

Warning! When you meet her, step on the gas.

DON'T PICK HER LIP!

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Hijackers are using

her as bait! She's one of the...

"TIP-OFF GIRLS

Paramount's sensational expose of America's nawast big-time rocket that collects millions a year in highway hold-ups!

"TIP-OFF GIRLS”... MARY CARLISLE LLOYD NOLAN. Roscoe Kami. Larry Crabse Evelyn Brent - Anthony Quinn - Pe

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MON "THE BAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE

Wallace Beery as "Trigger Bill" last of bad men.

• MATINEES: 20e.-30 • EVENINGS: 20e.-30.-50c.-70c. Q

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920

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STABBOONE

KOWLOON TEL

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TODAY AND TOMORROW**

SUNDAY

Warner Bros. Picture

MIRIAM

HOPKINS RAY MILLAND

Wise Cal

WALTER ABEL

HENRY STEPHENSON

Pat O'Brien George Brent “SUBMARINĘ

D-1"

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

Screenings

Hong Kong

KING'S:

"The Girl Of The Golden

QUEEN'S:

Fools For. Scandal"

West**

....OR SOME OF IT

or

DAIRYMEN at Hayward, Califor-wagon came along to sell break- ala, on a farm three miles fasts, the members of the town from the sea, called Game Warden band rushed home for their uni Fred Rogers at 3 am the other forms and instruments, two day to report that a seal was bel- three shopkeepers holsted nags, lowing in the cow pasture. When and at the electric light plant the they refused to take his advice to engineer on duty kept blowing the sleep it off. Rogers came out with whistle. Encouraged by all this. a gun. and there, sure enough, the seal flapped to a faster stroke, three miles inland. was a 400 lb and reports say that coming down seal.

the straight he was doing a snap- They persuaded the seal to get py 120. By the time he crossed on the road, and at 4 a.m., by lan- the finishing Une and dropped "The Lady In The Morgue" trek to the sea. By the time dawn the band, the shrieking of the tern light. he started the long Into the sea amid the blaring of STAR:

ORIENTAL:

"Tip-Of Girls"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Wise Girl"

MAJESTIC:

Criminals Of The Al"

KING'S:

Coming

"The Woman Along"

QUEEN'S:

"Vivacious Lady"

ORIENTAL:

"The Bad Man Or

Brimstone"

"Professional Soldier"

ALHAMBRA:

"Fools For Scandal" STAR:

"Submarine D.1."

MAJESTIC:

"A Yank At Oxford"·

FOOLS FOR SCANDAL

had put in an appearance there whistle and the cheering of the was such a crowd cheering him crowd, he had hit 125, and close on that motor cycle police were observers say he still had plenty in called out to escort him.

As the

crowd grew, hot dog

reserve

.

AFTER she had sneezed for three,

days in the Alameda County

What The Stars Hospital Mrs. Betty Grose, 24, de-

Are Doing

M-G-M is getting "The Bad Man from Arizona" ready for Wallace Beery to follow up his success in "The Bad Man of Brimstone." The scenes will be filmed in the Arizona desert.

veloped a whistling ear. She sneezed every 20 seconds; and every three minutes her ear whist led for 10 seconds. Doctors said

ear drum. they thought she had broken an

SEVENTY days before Easter, on

Black started taking orders from his farm in Illinois, Mr. George

people who wanted eggs with coloured yolks real eggs, with real yolks

Harold Lloyd has chosen "The Veterinarian" for his next pictare after "Professor, Beware." The

He has two hens on a special story is his own idea and will diet, which varies with the colour diet; and after 10 days on the into preparation as soon as his pre-cr yolk you desire. the hens fay sent picture is finished.

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Fernand Gravet. the King of

Shirley Ross and Tito Gulzar, "The King and the Chorus Girl" toth seen in "The Big Broadcast of last year's unusual hit, appears 1938" head the cast of "St. Louis today at the "Queen's and Alhambra Blues," Faramcunt musical migrat- Theatres in his latest picture, ing between. Broadway and the

Mississippi.

"Fools for Scandal."

He has the assistance of Carole

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égks with yolks of that colour "There is no difference in taste." says Black, "and you can eat the 689 with no danger of poisoning. They and colour, too, when used as

garnish"

AT POLICE headquarters in San Lombard in this film of gay Parec, Apparently Allstar Cooke Is not Francisco Constable Mervin of those-famous gay spots in that set for certain as "March of Pratt talked about the tricks of city of dreams, and of the music

Time's" British commentator. criminals. "I'm Lieutenant Mc- and laughter of the French.

Various voices are being tried and Connell, of the Plainclothes. Gravet plays the role of an im-opinions sought from exhibitors.

Branch," said the man he was poverished baron who is thrown

talking to," "And I tell you. I've into the company of an American

Sonja Henie is reported to have had some queer experiences. Only movie star on the visit to the asked £500 for each of six appear- yesterday a fellow pulled this trick French capital-and the fun that ances at Madison Square Garden. on me-here-iend, me a dollar, I'll the two have, and also the scrapes. The manager thought it too stiff show you." He tolded Constable make up a really fine musical pro-and offered her 40 per cent of the Pratt's silver dollar in his hand- profits. She accepted and her kerchier, said "Hey, presto!" and share, £8,600, turned out to be the dollar was gone. nearly three times more than she

than s had asked

duction.

ORIENTAL THEATRE

BOOKINGS

The management of the Oriental Theatre announces the following forthcoming programmes:-

Tip-off Girls (July 22 and 23) Bad Man of Brimstone (24 and 25); Professional Soldiers (26-one day only); Dangerous to Know (27 and 28); Dead End (29 and 30); Stage Door (July 31 and August 1); Trou- ble in Morocco (August 2-one day only); The Last Trail (3.and:4); Wise Girl (5 and 6); Happy Land- ing (7 and 81: Prisoner of Shark Island (9-one day only); Midnight Taxi (10 and 11).

TRUST-BUSTING

EXTENDS TO

After the Heutenant had depart- ed Pratt realised he hadn't got his dollar back, so he went to the Warnera earnestly hope Paul plainclothes branch. "Lieutenant Wolf" for them when he returns officer in charge. "Son, you're Muni will agree to do "The Sea McConnell here?" he asked the from his trip. The Jack London talking to him right now," said his demand for non-blographical adventure story is their answer to Lieutenant McConnell.

arts.

The constable's, dollar is stil missing.

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New York, July 21, 15 Close by The Federal Government has 15 Lacerated filed anti-trust suit against all the 18 Fortined major motion picture producers,

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asking for the segregation of theatre ownership and also seeking Dermanent injunctions to restrain 19 Affirmative. all discriminatory practices against (biblical) Independent producers and exhibi- 21 Ordered 23 Musical The Department of Justice, in note announcing issuance of the writa, 24 French states that it has concluded that article free competition, both in the pro-26 Instrument duction and exhibition of motion 28 Swiss river pictures, should be restored, and 31 Boxes the most direct course is to divorce 34. Rule production from exhibition.

Although

36 Exclamation. 1 suit of this

31 Doctrines magnitude may take years to set-

39 Navigated Clubtle, amusement shares on the New

41 Biblical York Stock Exchange have fallen from one to four points.

The US. Attorney General, Mr. 42 Small Homer 8. Cummings, charges eight major

companies, against

TODAY

{and. Sergeants' Mesa, Wellington "Anniversaries каб Holidays.- Barracks. 9 p.n.: Cheero Salamanca, 1812. Bt. Mary Mag-Contract Bridge, 18 p.m., 2 dalen, Penitent.

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Page).

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Maryknoll Convent School. Kow- Tides. High at 03.55 and 17.08. whom the sult has been brought, 45 Small bird loon, 4 p.m.; Chinese YWCA, Low at 11.05 and 21.34.

38c, Bonham Road, 8 p.m.; Gas Mask Drill at Volunteer Head- quarters, 10 a.m. to noon.”

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Bunrise--5.49 a.m. Sunset,-7.09 Meetings-First Ordinary Gen- p.m.

Tides. High at 03.00 and 15.20 eral of Marsman, Hong Kong China, Ltd., at Hong Kong and Low at 10.16 and 20.45. Shanghai Bank Building, 11 am.

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with virtually monopolising the film industry.-(Reuter)..

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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1938.-PAGE 5

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AIK-CONDITIONED 'THEATREN

SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30, 510, 115 AND 9.20 P.M.

.IT CHALLENGES THE THRILL

ENTERTAINMENTS OF ALL TIME!

Jeanette

MacDONALD

Rousing drama to make yous

pulse leap... your heart beat inger! Two beloved stars now Appear in roles different than „Iney've ever had! New mecite ment a Belasco lamed love: drama eins glory on the screen!

SO'NG SMASHES!

A ROBERT E. LEONARD

∙by Sigmund hamtery

"Salalers of Town". Who Are We to Say"

NEXT CHANGE Gaumont British

THE GIRL of the GOLDEN WEST

PIGEON CARRILLO EBSEN

of Matin Latin

MANE MANNANYM Sund SYLVIA SIDNEY — OSCAR HOMOLKA - in

"THE

WOMAN

ALONE*

ALHAMBRA

46

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2 9:30. STEL. 36856

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY THE GREATEST OF THE FAMOUS CRIME CLUB MYSTERIES !

IN

Preston FOSTER... The LADY

MORGUE

THE

A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE with. PATRICIA ELLIS - FRANK JENKS

A CRINK CLUB PRODUCTION ·

TOMORROW

FOOLS FOR SCANDAL

Carole Lombard

Fernand Gravet

A Warner Bros. Picture

A SMORSE

DAILY 210 530 720-9:30

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NRTMAJI

ROAS KOWLOON

MATINEES. 201*30€ • EVENIN63. 20.*30c 500 FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY””

AN EXCITING GANGSTER DRAMA FULL OF

CRIMINALS

of the AIR

Rosalind KEITA- Charles QUIGLEY - - Directed by C. C. Coleman, Ir.

A CERERERIA PICTURE

THRILLS!

TOMORROW, SUNDAY, MONDAY

THE BEST PICTURE ROBERT TAYLOR HAS EVER MADE!

A."

+4

AYANK AT OXFORD" with Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Comedy: Hit!

CHINA WAR

Does Not Affect.

Cinemas

£

US-CANADA "HONEYMOON BRIDGE"

The war in China is not affecting Legislation to make possible the cinams trade, according to Ontario's part in the building of M. H. S. Dunn, Far East Super a new "Honeymoon Bridge" at visor of "Warner Brothers First Niagara Falls is now before the National Pictures, who is Canadian Senate after passing the Sihrapore st the moment, in House of Commons. the course of a tour of Warner's ofices. Move da gled

Under a bill authorizing creation

of an International Bridge-Build- The Adventures of Robin Hooding and Operation Commisalon.. in spite of the war broke the box-passed by the United. States Con omeo record in Shanghal at the gress recently, Ontario would join Cathay Theatre:

with New York State in formation

BAS

Some people, he says, do not or the Commission

lice the night shows in Shanghai | te

Bow on account of the curfew

hour, but day shows make up for the first towns for new pictures.

this.

Robin Hood' will have been shown

Mr. Dunn says he has the inten in only three other places when it tion of making Singapore, one of comes to Singapore.

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