1938-11-15 — Page 6

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Today's

QUEEN'S Screenings

DAILY AT 2:30-5·15·7·2089-30 ·TEL:31453

TODAY AND TOMORROW

MEN LIKE BEASTS... PLOTTING KILLING, FIGHTING TO REGAIN FREEDOM!

universal's Thrill Drama

PRISON BREAK

THURS.:

4 SHOWS]

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-0.30

Barton MacLANE Glenda FARRELL

"CAMPUS CONFESSION'

Hank Luisetti

TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

Betty Grable

ORIENTAL

| FLEMING

ROAD

TEL: 28473

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

PRIMITIVE ROMANCE WITH A THOUSAND JUNGLE THRILLS

Girl thrown to wild hungry crocodiles, collapse of a mountain, underg-oned temples, weird jungle rites, crazed saVIZO tribes, all shown in beautiful technicolour.

„Ma found a beautiful goddess in

a jungle bell!

Dorothy Lamour-Ray Milland HER JUNGLE LOVE"

A Paramount Picture IN TECHNICOLOR

LYNNE OVERMAN

Į CARROT NAISH

BOABINY HOWE

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RONALD

"CLAUDETTE

COLMAN COLBERT

VICTOR

ROSALIND

McLAGLEN RUSSELL

AND CAST OF 10,0001

TO. MORROW

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Simone Simon James Stewart SEVENTH HEAVEN

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

++ TO-DAY

Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.; "Peace Anniversaries and Holidaya-- Week," at Challenge Book Room, St. Albert the Great, Doctor of the Queen's Bldg., 5.30 p.m.; Meeting of Welcome to the Rev. A. P. Rose, Auctions-Household Furniture, in Cathedral Hall, 5.15 p.m. An-

Church.

at

2 Connaught Road Central, Dual, of R.A.Q.B. (GLE) Club, in

Club Premises, 7:30 pm. Ground Floor, 2.30 p

Miscellaneous-Examination for

Cinema---(Bee Column 3 of this

Page).

Lectures.- ARF

CINEMA & GENERAL

SPEED APPEAL POINT

Screenings Important Court

Hongkong

KING":"

"The Adventures Of Marco

Polo"

QUEEN'S:

"Prison Break"

ORIENTAL:

"Her

Jungle Love"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA;

"King Kong"

STAR:

"Under Two Flags"

MAJESTIC:

"The, Goldwyn Follies"

KING'S:

Coming

"You're Only Young Once” QUEEN'S:

"Campus Confession" ORIENTAL:

"Swing your

↳ ALHAMBRA: »"

"Crime School" STAR:

Decision

SHAW PRAISES

OWN FILM

"Pygmalion" Says Something

Police witnesses who cor- roborate one another sto

"At last a Alm that says some- driver's speed, must each have thing worth saying," remarked 'first-hand knowledge of "what Mr. Bernard Shaw with the, war- occurred over the same stretch imest appreciation, at the end of of road and at the same tline. a private view of the Alm version This is the effect of a judgment of "Pygmalion" at the Leicester- given in a King's Bench Divisional square Theatre recently, writes Court recently by the Lord Chief. Home correspondent. Justice, Lord Hewart, Mr. Justice, Charles and Mr. Justice Macnagh- ten..

1

"Am I satisfied with the adap- tation? I'm deligted. I wrote it myself."

They allowed the appeal of a Lorry driver, William Brighty, "And do you still think,"

the only against the decision of Cambridge asked. "that speech is magistrates in a case which raised thing worth" troubling." about. an important issue.

and that the proper way to film According to the evidence, two your plays would be to put a policemen saw Brighty driving his camera down in the middle of the lorry in excess of the maximum orchestra and leave it there till speed for that class of vehicle, the end?

Each, however, spoke of a different, "It's a lle-somebody made it section of the road at a slightly up," said Mr. Shaw genially. ・ “I diferent time.

absurd never said anything so It was argued that that did not

Freedom. flexibility-those ате satisfy the provisions of the Road the great advantages of the film Trame Act, and it was successfully over the stage, especially when contended for Brighty that the evidence could be accepted only if they are backed up with financial that the dramatist both constables spoke as to the resources

never dreams of. speed of the vehicle over the same distance of road at the same period!

Lady"

of time.

"Seventh Heaven" MAJESTIC:

"All Baba Goes To Town"

PAROLE REFORM

ARGUMENT

Presenting a broad and power- ful argument for reform in the prison parole system, with pler- ty of thrilling 2nd sensational drama, "Prison Break."

now

the Queen's Theatre, Is excellent entertainment.

Virile Barton MacLane head the his cast. with Glenda Farrell as sweetheart. MacLane is cast as a tuna fisherman who assumes the burden of another's guilt and is sentenced to prison. Later, he is paroled for his heroic part in suppressing a prison break.

of Outside the gray walls

the penitentiary he finds that society has seemingly combined s'koinst him in his efforts to find honest. employment. The restrictions of his parole prevent him returning to his old, profession; he cannot marry; he may not drive a car of any description. Starving and desperate, he is driven to break his parole.

FRENCH POPULATION

DECLINING

TAIYUAN DRUG CITY

Hoku, Shani, Nov. 14. Recent arrivals from Tai- yuan described the former pro- vincial capital of Shansi as 'now enveloped in a vell of

narcotic smoke.

Two main stores for the sale of red and white pills and other

been narcotics have established by the Japanese in Bell Tower Street, and Willow Lane, where the illegal drug may be obtained, as easily as a box of matches.

Besides these two "whole- sale" stores, numerous drug retailers are scattered Over many parts of the city-Cen- tral News.

1 Mineral

spring

WES

"How much do you think "PyK- mind mallon' cost? Well, never Whatever you thought It only half that, anyway. OTHER FILMS--"AT A PRICE" stand- "Still, it was, by stage ards, enormous. Take the big ballroom scene in the Alm. 1 We left that out of the play. simply could not afford to pu* it in. But on the screen. ali things are possible, if only

the medium is used "intelligently."

I asked Mr. Shaw whether other Aims of his plays would follow.

They can have them all-at a price!" he cried heartily, slapping his pocket unti the money Jingled, "Money-that's all that matters at my age. They're talk- Ing now about "The Devil's Dis- ciple.'

Would you like to write a story directly for the screen?" my next question.

WILS

"But

"I might" he replied. I'm 32-perhaps too old a dog to tench new tricks-certainly abl old to start on a new profession."

CROSSWORD

NO. 160

The populaton of France is 13 declining. A report for the first 14 Learning half of 1938, just issued in Paris,

shows that both the number of births and the number of marri- ages have sunk to a lower level than in any year since 1920.

10

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Siamese coins

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16

12 Rowing

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32

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30 31

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3546

can statesman went to France in 1776 to get ald for the Revolution?:

The second quarter of 1938 shows 1.900 fewer surviving births 17. Taunt than the second quarter of 1937.18 Narrative

Th the first half of 1938 there ware 19 Which of the 1.300 marriages less than in the same period of 1937. During the first half of 1937, the number of deaths exceeded the number of 27 hirthe by 17 200 while the excessi of„denthy” ever, births had risen 24 during the first ely months of 1938 to no less than 43,400,

·

Apostles was

Peter"?

21

Cure of milk used as fond Bind with stitches Member of Federal

33

Cabinet

DR. WARE'S HOUSE 30 Birthmark

BURGLED

yes-

132 Diferent

Ones

dent of the French Re- public was assassinated

A burglar entered the house of 33 What Prest- Dr. T. Walter: Ware, Port Health Officer, at No. 22 Conduit Road, between Sunday night and terday morning, and stole, among ati other things, a gold watch, tached to which was a chain 34

piece of of Chinese gold with a Jade.

The miscreant

Was apparent

In 18947 What inhabi- tants of Mor-

ucco were

conquered by the Arabs in the 7th Cen- tury?

a cool customer for, from the looks of things, he took his time and, during his stay in the house, ate peanuts and smoked

several 36 Withdraws

Banitary Inspectors. Royal Insti- cigarettes, the stubs of which Maryknoll tute, Hongkong centre;

Cialms

he left lying on the floor. Convent School, Kowloon, 4 pm; against the Estate of Ernest

The police have been notifed. Anti-Gas for AR.P. Volunteers, Harold Inchcomb due; YMCA. Kowloon YMCA. 6 pm: Full Women's Section Sewing Bee, all Course Anti-Gas Training at Police day to 6 pm. Reserve Emergency Unit Haris., 5.20

Moon Last. Quarter, 0.30 am. p.m; 8t. John Ambulance Brigade (LX-Moon, 24th. Day. First Aid by Dr. A.culli, 7 to 9 pm..

Rehearsals, — YMCA Panto-

at Hq:s.; for Clerks etc.. (Com-mime, 9 p.m. mercial) at Queen's College, 7.30 Beligious-Meeting for Fellow- p.m.; at the Bills Kadoorie School ship and Prayer, at 8, and 8. Home, for Indians 8:15 pm; at Wanchai 8 p.m.

Government School, 8.30 pm: Dr. Social-Cheers, Club Waist Drive French Oliver on "What About|8:45~p.m. - Craigengower Cricket Hell?" at - Gospel- Hall, Duddell Club Weekly Tombola, 9.15 p.m. Street. 8 p.m.

Malls-(Bee Page 18),

'Meetings, & Rotary

Sports.--(Bee Page 10), Sunrice, 4.35 am. Sunset.3.40 Meeting p.m.

(Ladies' Day), Hongkong Hotel, 1 Tides-High at 00.56 and 15.48. pat: Kowloon Chess Club, at Low at 08.40 and 18.05.

Salation No. 159 BORATLACIBAST ALANAALATEMIR MIN STER TORY FUILEIUTTERTI LITYGATERIE V EĻ RECORDSTEATEN

ADORED PASTED CIVET 10K ER 8 ATEILE ASETTE TIROYALTROM A N

GRINT SOLSTICE AINUTERET CE B DOGSIDE ETOAST

from political wning

36 Conclude 37 Perinining to * peculiar rig

39 Variety of cur.ndum.

1 What Italian

city at the left bank of the Tanáro I noted for itf sparkling wine? 45 - Quantify of rürd1eftie

47 Attacked

unexpectedly 60. Butince of

Indigo y

.

442 43 (44)

147

4849.

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52

55

51 Préjudice 12 Beve age 53 Recurring stroke

54 Withered 55 Existed

DOWN

Delicate

2 Estuary of

Erasll

luland sea of Russia

4 Deer

Unit for measuring wi:e

Part of the eye (pl) Ruined city of Lower Egypt

"8 Lowest fẹ-- male voice Who started a pollitenl movement. based on Old Age Pensions

in America:

Ur. Francis

(40 Prefix: three

11 Place -16- Who was the

'French minis- ter of finance under Louis XVI?

30 Threat 22 Edge along SOLUTION_TO-MORROW

sidewise

(prov. Eng.)

23 Being in the

most abstract sepse

25 The cry of bacchanals Moistens

*

27 Fruit of the apple family

26 English pub- He school

29 What British possession is

divided in two by the Zam- besi?

31 Epheres of

action".

33 Letter of the alphabet

35 Position of

two balls in golf

38 Natives of Arabia

40 Dissolve 42 What young

dramatist

wrote Bury wie Dead?

43 Tissue 44 Certain days

in the Roman .éalendar

Buall

quantity Unit

48 The legal profession

49 Tine

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1938.-PAGE 5

KING'S

TODAY ONLY AT 2.96, 5.10, 7.15 AND 2.39 F.M.

FOR A GIRLS

Samuel Goldwyn

procati

GARY COOPER Adventures Marco Polo

BASIL RATHBONE SIGRID GURIE

AT INCREASE PRICES

„Directed by ARCHIE MAYO..

Also WALT DISNEY'S «

MICKEY MOUSE in

“MICKEY'S AMATEURS” in Technicolour

TOMORROW

•

"YJU'RE UNLY YOUNG, ONCE" M.G.M. Picture with Lewis Stone "Cwillis Pärker · Mackey Rooney

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN AO, KOU

TODAY AND TOMORROW Thrilling Breath-taking! Hair-raising

Brute Force Against Civilization i

The apelike monster from the prehistoric world rushes over streets and rooftops, wrecking autos, breaking walls!

KING KONG

From an idea concured by EDGAR WALLACE and MERIAN C: COOPER' WIS BRUCE CABOT, HORT. ARMSTRONG.JAYIRAY-

THURSDAY

Warner Bros. Pic ure

+ SHOWS

DAILY.. 130 $20 710.930

“CRIME SCHOOL "Dead End Kids • Humphrey Bogart

MAJESTIC

KATMAN ROAD KOWLOON

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SAMUEL GOLDWYM JAK ABOLPHI MENJOU • RITE BROTHERS ZORINA. KENNY BAKER " ANDREA LEEDS - HELEN JEPSON - PHIL BLAJCER BOSSY CLARK

fi

AMERICAN BALLET

Menged by tags Žamboat

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RETURN - SHOWING BY HUGTAK BOOT

CANTOR "ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN

in

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