1938-09-29 — Page 5

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LUCIEN HUBBARD

PRODUCTION

MAY ROBSON WALTER BRENNAN

* ROBERT BARRAT DRESS

JOAN BENNETT and RANDOLPH SCOTT

"THE

TEXANS

A farm Picture

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Today's Screenings.

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Silent Barrierë”

QUEEN'S:

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"The Texans”

ORIENTAL:

"All Quiet On The Western

Front"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"The Texans”

STAR:

"Show Boat“

MAJESTIU:

"Wedding Night"

KING'S,

Coming

"In Old Chicago

QUEEN'S: "

Sing. You. Binners" ORIENTAL:

"Undersea Kingdom"

ALHAMBRA.

"Sing. You, Sinners" STAR:

"Imitation Of Life" # "Gay Divorcee"

MAJESTIC:

"Paradise For Two"

The Divorce O Lady

CINEMA & GENERAL

What The Stars

Are Doing

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938.-PAGE

Paramount are meditating a re-i For the "Motion Picture Night" make of Morocco, Marlene Die-concert programme at the Holly- trich's first American film, as wood Bowl Ronald Colman made British quota picture. Frank Lloyd a record of the poem," If I Were is being mentioned as director King to be blended with

orchestra. This was instead of a personal appearance.

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Gale Sondergaard has replaced Benita Hume as the stepmother in "The Lady and the Cowboy." After that she returns to MG-M for a big part in "Northwest Passage"

Radio, wanting more big-name stars, have signed up, Claudettu Colbert and Bob Burns for one picture each.

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Priscilla Dawson, who played the. Spanish beauty in The Girl of the Golden West, has a part in Three Loves

Janet Has Nancy. with Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone.

*

Universal have postponed pro duction or "Adam's Eve." - their Lea Robin and Ralph Rainger. starring vehicle for Charlie Rug- who wrote the song, "Thanks for gles, to allow Ruggles to play an' In "Service De the Memory, have composed the important part music for Max Fleischer's full-Luxe" with Constance Bennett length cartoon of "Guliver's Travels,"

warmers have The Sea Hawk. The sea Wolf and The Sea. Beast all down for production during the next few months.

M-G-M put The Great Waltz back into production for somy

additional scenes. The director. Jullen Duvivier, had returned to France. so Victor Fleming took ever.

Lionel Atwill has signed a new contract with Twentieth Century-.

When Robert Riskin left Colum- Fla he left "Our Wife," which he was to direct. But it will still be Fox as actor, writer, director and made, with Jean Arthur and Cary associate-producer. His most re- Grant co-starring

cent screen appearance was in "Three Comrades."

Tyrone Power.

חוף

his recent

GREAT OUTDOOR holiday, was refused permission by

PICTURE

Close to a million dollars were spent in the "making of the Gau ment epic of railroad pioneering. "Silent Barriers," which opens to- day at the King's Theatre and stars Richard Arlen, the Viennese actress, Lilli Palmer, and 'Antoinette' Cellier.

the studio to by to New York. He Universal are considering a re- make of The Great Gabbo för had to go by train.

Edgar Bergen and his dummy,

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| Charlie McCarthy. It's the drama One of next year's Hardy, lamily about pictures will be "Andy Hardy Erich von Stroheim starred in 1929. a ventriloquist in which

Vassar " Vassar is the American girls' college.

Richard Arlen

great

turned down

« Columbia's mace-track film, Tho-j

.

The film was made entirely in roughbred, because he didn't want the Canadian Rockies, requiring the to "co-star with a horse. transportation of complete motion picture studio equipment 6,000

Lestle Fenton, husband of Ana miles away from the home studio, j

Dvorak, gave up acting to direct, and using thousands of extras.

Stirring scenes include the film-Lately he returned, at the request ing of a real forest fire at close of Norman Taurog, for a part in quarters. when a shift in the wind "Boystown" "with Spencer Tracy would have meant 'death to the and Mickey Rooney. cutire camera crew and the ac- tors: the sinking of an entire train, engine and cars, in the treacherous dynamiting of an entire mountain

side.

"WEDDING NIGHT"

Tall. lanky Gary Cooper und blonde, exotic Anna Sten. are paired for the first time as a new romantic team in "The Wed- ding Night," which comes to the Majestic Theatre to-day. It is Samuel Goldwyn production. dir- ected by King Vider, and features Ralph Bellamy. Helen Vinson and Siegfried Rumann.

"The Wedding Night" 13 á dramatic romance in which Miss Sten portrays a modern Ameri girl rebelling against

the

DIARY OF LOCAL SPENCER TRACY dictates and restraints of tradi

EVENTS

TO-DAY

Anniversaries and Holidays. Michaelmas Day: Quarter Day, St Michael the Archangel, Nelson born 1758.

"Auctions-Crown Lands, at Land Office, Ping-Shan, 11.30 a.m.

Cinemas.(Sec Column 3 of this

Page!

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REFORMS MICKEY ROONEY

{{~G~afx_new produc ion, Boys' Town. Spencer -Tracy and Mickey Rooney form a partnership that may us with some of the provide finest acting ever seen on the screen.

tion, and Gary Cooper appears as a successful, sophisticated New Yerk author with whom she falls lu love.

THE TEXANS

MERLE GOES WEST

in the

Back

studios of the

baternal Sam Goldwyn. Merle Oberon' has just started work on one of the most interesting pictures of her career. The Lady and the Cowboy.

Merle is, quite "obviously, the Lady. The Cowboy is none other than Gary Cooper, who in this picture is returning, in a light- hearted manner, to the bronco- busting. hard-riding kind 01 Robert Preston made his screen Western role in which he first debut in King of Alcatras, which won recognition. has not yet been shown here. On The excellent supporting cast the strength of it, Paramount have includes Patsy Kelly, Walter given him the lead in legal (Brennan, Fuzzy Knight and Traffic.

Mabel Todd,

CROSSWORD

NO. 120

ACROSS

5 Choose a French

article for a

rellsh (6)

Sound-approval of the spoken word (two words

4. 4).

A turncoat

might reveal it,

of course (6)

10 An examination

of it might not

reveal much to

one's credit (8)

11

Whence Chris-

tian missionaries

came to pagan

14.

One of the most stirring and turbulent epochs in American his- tory, the period of the Reconstruc- tion, lives again in a magnificent screen romance............""The... Texans," which opens at the Queen's ani Tracy has what will, perhaps, Alhambra Theatres to-day. Lectures-Mr. G. B. P. Heywood prove to be the finest role of his

Against the thrilling background on "Mountain Climbing in Hong career. He is playing the Rt. kong and Elsewhere," in Bt. Rev. Edward J. Flanagan, found of the mad days when a victorious

er of a famous American juvenile North tried to rule a conquered w

South after the Civil War, "The 19 Balls (See Page 1).

community which gives poor Meeting Busy Bees Working children a fresh start in life and Texans" tells the story of a proud

frontier people who refused to be 22 Party, at the Hongkong Fire Sta-provides the film with its title.

beaten down and battled furiously tion Rooms. 3 p.m.: Hongkong

Young Rooney appears as a for their rights. Philatelic Society, in S. C. M. Fost

tough little hoodlum who, against

Playing the chief roles in a tale Board Room, 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous-A. R. P. First Aid; Examination at the Y.M.C.A., Kow- icon. 5.30 p.m.

Andrew's Hall. 9 p.m.

his will, is taken to Boys' Town which combines romance with his 23

by the priest and gradually given tory are Randolph "Scott. : Joan

a new sense of values.

The supporting cast is z Moon-VIII Moon, 6th, Day.

large one, though it has fow Rehearsals --"Ruddigore," Hong-

well-known names in it. kong Philharmonic Bociety, at the China Fleet Club Theatre, 8.45 p.m. Henry Hull, who has recently Social--7.M.CA. Ladies' Guest! given some excellent character

England (4) Hardly indicat- ing innocence. Including what

the sardine" might have Bald (13) Cheek, collo- quially (5) Dish including an American sailor (7)

Bit of feminine

Beed that would not raise a smile" in the stables

apparel (5)

Bennett, May Robson, Walter Bre-

25

nan. Robert Barrat, Robert Curu- mings and Harvey Stephens.

SOLUTION.NO. 119

(13)

31 Cotton might

be put on to this (4)

Moming, 10.30 am.; Public Works performances, has an important INGBORO 8818 CAD 3 Recreation Club Tombola, Causé-part..but the majority of the players arc children, way Bay, 8 pm.: Cheero Club featured Bridge Night.

many of whom, like two lads from the actual Boys'- Town

Imagined (8)

might encourage

I ATH1A1H5D1 UE34 Bomething on CARVEY MOUSETRAP B, 8:。 KRIE1 PT D TEASTWARD PRE

ATCH.

Sunrise.--6.14′′ arb. Sunset 6.14 are quite without previous screen CINTESAT

Sports-(See Page 10), og

Tides-High at 13,50, Low

p.m.

6.50 and 17,40. · * :·

PROTO-MORROW

Moon.-VIII Moon, 7th, Day.

Experience. Norman Taurog.

director.

TRIP

E.T. 1

a garment that

S

a goat (5)

8

Without inclina- tion, or energy.

(B) -

R

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at who has made several successful RSV¶AL11 CTA alms with child casts, is the ETERNAL1BCHOL

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Sunrise: 6.14 a.m, Sunset-15

p.m.

W. C: Fields is discussing the INTERLACEITASTY Tides-High at 12.45 and 23.34. possibility of playing the title role NRI DIG¶NIEITLE Tow at 05.57 and 17.18.

in The Wizard of Oz

EDENTENDERNESS

38 The kind of voice to use in bid- ding one of the major sults? (0)

DOWN

1. To do it is the

losing gambler's hope (8)

2 He can be relied on for stock “. conversation (6)

3 This former for

improvement (6)

4 2 down" with different end is ruined. (6)

5 Bird with initial Influence (6)

One should ·

get on very well

after the start,

but keep within

bounds (7)

A famous Rus-

alan has under gone material change (5)

12 A fairy tale

character (4)

13. A bit of bad.

English (4)

15- One might this

a 4 down start

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RETURN OF AN "OLD FAVOURITE "

SAMUEL GOLDWYN prosents..

Gary

ECOPER

of 26 down from

17 down in a-

26 down! (5)

16 The offspring is

feminine apparTM ently (5)

17. Kumillate ä

sailor on tree (5)

18 Try beyond this

river for dill- gence (5)

20 A long way

away. (4)

21 May be a sign

of Ut feeling(4)

24 There may be a

weapon in it

(7)

235

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Part of the body starts a TOW (6)

27 A chess piece

(8)

28 Former attitude here display (6) 29 The songs:

of fairies? (6) 30 Troubled from

any use (6). 82 Dodge (5)

Anna STEN

THE WEDDING NIGHT

Directed by KING VIDOR

Released them UNITED ARTISTS

TOMORROW AND SATURDAY

THE BRITAIN'S No. 1 COMEDIAN ÎN A SNAPPY MUSICAL!

JACK HULBERT PATRICIA ELLIS

.in

"PARADISE FOR TWO"

A London Film Production

"SIR CHARLES DICKENS” - ALMOST?

Evidence that Queda, Victoria offered to Charles Dickens, the novelist, a baronetcy which be accepted, is contained in a letter re- cently sold at Sotheby's, London.

This letter is from Dickens to that there was any truth in the- Bir Arthur Helps. Clerk of the story.

Liyely interest was manifested Privy Council. It indicates that the author wished to be known as throughout the sale. A series of Br Charles Dickens, of Gad's H.112 letters from Dickens to Bentley. Dickens had a house at Dad's Hill the publisher, fetched 900; £800 and he specifically states that he was paid for 175 letters to Dickens's desired this territoriál 'designation friend and fellow Journalist, because of the associations of the Thomas Beard, who got Dickens place with Shakespeare's Falstaff. his permanent appointment on the

Dickens passed or before any sta of the "Morning Chronicle” in thing further could be done. 1834,

Rumours of this honour have Seventy-two letters to Johr reached the public from time to Leach, the Punch artist, one of. time, but hitherto Dickens's which referred to the "Christmas blographers have always denied, Carol" were sold for £75.;

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