1938-10-08 — Page 5

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HUNG KẺNG

KOWLOON

*AT 2·50-315-7-20-930 RM" AT 230-310 720 # 9:30 PM.

SHOWING TODAY

AT ROADSHOW PRICES Í

The Greatest Picture Of All Time! Adventures

That Have Never Been Equalled !

The Adventions of

Robin

·Hood

Errol FLYNN

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

Athay advance that thrilled the ages... now lives forever in

TECHNICOLOR

BASIL RATHBONE

CLAUDE RAINS · Patric Knowles * Eugene Pallette • Alan Haia • Melvilla Cooper. Lan Hunter Una O'Connor Prod by WARNER BROS. Diered by VICIČAEL CURTIZ 10₫ WM KUGKLIY"- Öviglen? Scróma Play by Norman Railly Laine and Seran t, štitzen mos Ancient Robin Hook Logmals • Music by Kượch Wolfgang Korngold » A Firm Nasional Picture

N.B. This picture is being released at Roadshow Prices and will not be shown elsewhere in Hong Kong for at least 6 months.

NEXT CHANGE

AT THE QUEEN'S

"CRIME SCHOOL

with Humphrey Bogart

"Dead End " Kids

NEXT CHANGE

AT THE ALHAMBRA

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OVER THE WORLD"

Dick Foran • June Travis

Warner Bros. Picture

SPECIAL MORNING SHOWS.

TO-MORROW, at 11.00 A.M.

At

"QUEEN'S

The

Wice in WonderSwed

San Carlotte Mary

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INCLUDING POPEYE the SAILOR

A Rex Treat For

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BETTY BOOP

PRICES: 50 c., 85 c & 20e. : Children 85 c. & 20 c.: Incl. Tax Complimentary Tickets will not be valid for this show.

CINEMA & GENERAL

CHINESE CELEBRATE MID AUTUMN

Today's Screenings

Hongkong

KING'S: "

"The Goldwyn Folles" QUEEN'S: "

"The Adventures Of Robin

Hood"

ORIENTAL.

"Devil's Playground"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

The Adventures Of

Hood"

STAR:

"Girls' Dormitory"

MAJESTIC!

"The Squeaker"

KING'S.

Coming

"Woman Against Woman" QUEEN'S:

"Crime School"

ORIENTAL:

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"Wide Open Faces"

ALHAMBRA.

"Over The Wall"

STAR:

"The Rage Of Paris"

"One Night Of Love" MAJESTIC:

"Three Comrades"

FESTIVAL TO-DAY

Customs And Observances In Business And Society

The Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon Festival, will again be enthusiastically celebrated by the Chinese community to-day, Ac- cording to the lunar calendar, this festival falls on the 15th day of the Eighth Moon, when the moon is supposed to enjoy her fullest. brilliance and grandeur. Lanterns of all designs and colours will be displayed by almost every Chinese household, and this is why the festival has become known as the "Feast of Lanterns" to some people.

The Chinese have a custom of settling accounts at each festival, and many are, the financial ex- changes taking place to-day. Most Robin of the big Chinese firms hold din- ner parties which are attended by their entire staя.

In Chinese homes. feasts are held in the courtyards late in the evening. Tables are laden with all varieties of round fruits which

STAR DUST

with Clark Gable in New Orleans. That's the story for which they

M-G-M will team Hedy LaMarr

thought of Mae West Gable's co-star.

45

Frank Capra's next picture may

symbolise the moon and family had unity. Moon cakes are, however, the distinctive offering. To meet the demand, local Chinese restau- rants have beef kept busy for not "be Chopin after all. He has weeks making these cakes. There andther story called A Gentle. is also much interchange of pre-man from Montana. Either this. sents of moon cakes and fruits with Gary Cooper and between relatives and friends, Arthur, or Chopin with which leads to great activity in and Dietrich. will go Inte society.

duction during September. On account of the hostilities. Hongkong people are not plan.

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SHOWING TODAY

CHCITOFO TZA:

Samuel

Coldwyn

PRESENTS

GOLDWYN FOLLIES

ENER

ADOLPHE MENIOU "THE RITZ BROTHERS" ZORINA KENNY BAKER ANDREA LEEDS NELEN JEPSON PHIL BAKER EDGAR BIRGEN A 'CHARLEY McCARTHY* GERSHWIN SONGS

ALSO A WALT DISNEY Silly Symphony CARTOOE

£6

MORE KITTENS" IN TROBNICOLOUR

NEXT CHANGE

Jean Boyer

pro-

M.G.M. Picture

ning elaborate observances during with Walter Wanger has expired. Madeleine Carroll's contract the time of emergency. The public in America now. to decide her has been exhorted to spend less future plans, she is reported money on moon cakes and offer have said there is no chance of

to

THE GOLDWYN is saved to the nation's or her working in England because

.

FOLLIES

All the greatest entertainers of the stage, screen, radio, dance and grand "opeis put on one, of the greatest shows, ever seen in Samuel Goldwyn's technicolour screen musical, The Goldwyn Follies," which opens 'to-day at the King's Theatre..

Produced on a magnificent scale this most ambitious of Goldwyn's screen ventures does great crédit to the name It bears.

thus

chest.-T. S. M.

war

GOVERNOR VISITS SCHOOL

of the tax situation.

*

Cecil B. De Mille has chosen Joel McCrea as the star of his next epic. Union Pacific, Clau- dette "Colbert has been announced as the co-star, with Bob Burns and Akim Tamiroff in the cast.

#

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, accompanied by the acting Director of Educa

Radio have bought Booth Tar- tion, Mr. C, G Sollis, päid an in-kington's story.. "Little formal visit to the Diocesan Boys' as the frst vehicle for their boy- Orvie," School yesterday morning.

star, Peter -Holden. when

on Broadway.

he

His Excellency was present at finishes the run of "On Borrowed the Assembly, later being conduc-Time" ted over the school by the Head- master. Rev. C.B.R. Sargent.

The cast is headed by Edgar Bergen, and Charlle McCarthy radio's No 1 stars, Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers, Zorina, the beautiful young premiere ballerina of the Ballet Russe, Kenny Baker, Helen Jepson, Metropolitan opera Issued by the Bank of Canton, has by Air Raid. star, Andrea Leeds, Phil Baker, Ellabeen loaned. The total amount Logan, Bobby Clark, Jerome of loan fixed was to be $5,000,000. Records of Hollywood's Central Cowan, the American Ballet of the but in view of the need of deye" Casting Bureau show Metropolitan Opera and the gor-loping the silk worm industry, the a recent period "of

...Olympe Bradzia has three pictures lined up for her at Paramount. First will be Follow

Within the past three months, the Sun. with Bing Crosby." then st of $3,000,000 agrarian loan, Say it in French, to be followed

that " for ninety days

manager of the bank has decided hardly any extras over to increase the loan, i

of thirty-five were wanted..

the age

HERBEET MARSHALL-VIRGINIA BRUO-MARY ART

1

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"WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN

STARE

TODAY ONLY

A DRAMATIC REVELATION OF ECSTATIC FIRST LOVE!

TOMORROW

New Universal"

Picture

POLE PORT

MARSHALL-CHATTERTON

GİRLS DORMITORY

Introducing on exciting new per- sonality, worm, refreshing, vital...I SIMONE SIMON

"¿Pronounced So+M©AN=500=MDAN)

Danielle Darrieux

in "THE RAGE OF PARIS

A SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-8-30

TAKE 'ANY TRAM'ÖR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

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FLEMING

ROAD HAN CHẢI. TEL 28473

•LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

BRING ON THE WHOLE WORLD-8IX AT A TIME!

THE FLEET'S IN.......

and she has the situatiba well in hand!

Adane fram Dancetamé

meets har match in a couple of tightja"; lama” -son of the seat

RICHARD DIX DOLORES DEL RIO CHESTER MORRIS

DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND

Onected by Elle C Kenian A Columbia Picture

2

DAYS ONLY

TOMORROW

MONDAY

THE SCREEN'S ACE COMIC GOIN' TO TOWN!

David L.

Loew presents

JOE E

*BROWN

Wide Open

COLUMBIA PICTURE

LYDA ROBERT. ALISON SKIPWORTH - JANE WYMAN

● MATINEES: 20c.-30c EVENINGS: 20.-30.-50c.-70c.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

| MOON.—VIII Moon, 15th. Day! ANNIVERSARIES & HOLIDAYS,— SPORTS.—(Bee Page 10).

Mid-Autumn Festival (Chung- SUNRISE -6,18 am. SUNBET. chiu-chien), Mooncake Festival St. Bridget of Sweden. CINEMAS.—(See Column 3 of this

Page).

DANCES—R. A. M. G. Assen. Danc,

at Peninsula Hotel. 8.30 p.m. MAILS,—(See Page 18)....

6.05 p.m. TIDES -High at 08.14 and 20.35..

Low at 02.15 and 14.33.

TO-MORROW

MISCELLANEOUS YMCA, Dia- cussion Group in the West Lounge 9 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS One-man EX- | MOON-VIII Moon, 16th, Day.

hibition of Chinese Styled Paint- | SUNRIBE, 4.16 a.m. SUNBET.-- ings by Mr. Young Sin-sum, at 0.06 p.m.

Kam Ling Restaurant, noon to TIDES-High at 07.28 and 20.18. 10 pm, for War Relief,

Low at 01.30 and 14.00,

geous Goldwyn Girls.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

Taylor, Tracy And Beery

Kenneth Roberts, author of "Northwest Passage," just

won't

CROSSWORD

NO. 128

7 ▸

ACROSS

1. Ago.

5.

South-

9

African fox Fronoun

ba a picture person. M-G-M made him 1 characteristically tempting offer to come to Holly- wood and write a story for them.

Roberts likes his home at Ken-12 Lake nebunk Beach. Offered to do 13. Man's name the story there for half the 14. High hill original offer, but M-G M15. Small Span- wouldn't have it that way...

ish horse That leaves Roberts still a 17. Old world writer, though of course the fact monkeys of Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy 19. Parent and Wallace Beery starring in 20. Northwest Passage makes him 21. half a picture person despite all GETS OWN BACK Broderick Crawford's been ting his own back on Hollywood. When Crawford went off unsing last year to star on Broadway in "Of Mice and Men. "..

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ejaculation wanted to go on touring in Of 32. Stain Mice and Men."

32. A steady

Aked gaze

Namoa

The Japanese have established 36, Equal; com- an air air base at Bancho Island,

bining forn and Wanshan Lalante 37. French being vulnerable to attacks were article converted into stations for the 30. Emptiest Japanese navy air force.

40. A small

lizard

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illustrious family of Italy

46. Permitted 49. Lov 49. Gathering

SBONIDINERS LITATIIDORIU Do the harvest SOLDERMEDIO.8 50. Vapid

54. Worm 55. Scpttish

painter

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60. Venture

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measure Transgress

4. Overflowing

5. Article 6 Temperate 7. Official who inspects

weights and measures

8. River in

Germany

9 Ermine 10. Flemish

painter

11, Language of the Scottish Highlanders Bymbol for tantalun

31 Town in a

Alessandria

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LITION ON MONDAY

22

22 Allent

10

23. Measure of weight

24. Correlative

of either 27. Elongated

fish

29. Gum 31. Apportion 34. Entertained 35 Roman

bronze

38. Plant of the

ebony family 39. Have

existence 41. Small bottle 42. Summit 44. Sharpened 48. Open space 47. Correlative

of husband 48. Like

51. Topaz www humming bird 52. Bea-god of

the Gaels

$3 Betore 56. Symbol-for,

dyspazositan

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• SHOWS:

DAILY

230 620

720.930

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD

KOWLOON,

18L-87222

(MATINEES. 20€ -30; • EVENINGS. 20. -30% 50e700 FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY EDGAR WALLACE'S THRILLING DETECTIVE DRAMA I

Produced by ALEXANDER KORDA

The LOWE

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Edmund

by EDGAR WALLAVI SEBASTIAN SHAW ANN TODD TAMARA DESNI ROBERT NEWTON

ALLAN JEAYES

ADDED ATTRACTION:

Alone well Worth the Price of Admission!

FIVE WALT DISNEY ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS! ALL IN TECHNICOLOUR

"Flowers and Trees

Tortoise and the Hare'

"Country Cousin'

Three Little Pigs" "Three Orphan Kittens"

ALL BRAND NEW COPIES!

SUNDAY, MONDAY,

TUESDAY

A GREAT BOOK MADE GREATER WITH A BRILLIANT CAST Robert Taylor, MARGARET SULLAVAN, FRANCHOT TO

in Erich Maria Romarque's i

"THREE COMRADES"

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