1938-12-15 — Page 5

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Today's

QUEENS Screenings

DAILY AT 230-315-7×20 & 9:30 +TEL.31453

SHOWING TO-DAY

3 SHOWS AT 2.30, 5.15 & 7.20 P.M. ONLY The fiery movie star and her stunt-minded press-agent in their newest mad ariventure !

JACK

in

LUCILLE

OAKIE * BALL

ANNABEL

TAKES A

TOUR

with

RUTH DONNELLY - BRADLEY PAGE

+

RALPH FORBES FRANCES MERCER -

ADDED!

3 Walt Disney Cartoons in Technicolour ·

(1) Mickey Mouse in Boat Builders"

ENG'S

Hongkong

CINEMA & GENEKAL

"Judge Hardy's Children" QUEEN'S

"Annabel Takes A Tour** ORIENTAL·

"San Quentin”

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"Passport Husband"

STAR: "

"The TeraNS”

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MAJESTIC:

TADIO

"Beloved Enemy"

Coming

(3)

+

In

(9) Donald Duck in

Hawalian Holiday " Seif Control

KING'S:

"Everybody. Sing"

QUEEN":

"Booloo"

ORIENTAL:

"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" ALHAMBRA:

-TO-NIGHT AT 9,20 P.M.

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY presents

Gilbert and Sullivan's Opern RUDDIGORE

+)

PRICKS: $3.30. $2.20 & $1,10 Including Tax.

NEXT CHANGE-

A Paramount Picture

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.19

7.15-930

The Thrill Picture of the Year-

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ORIENTAL

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CLAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY-

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Red-blooded action and amazing new thrills in this sensational drams of jail-breaks and riots

"17 S EASTER YO TIGHT TEN POISON

RIOTS THAN LAME ONE

DIZZY DAMLE !**

SAN QUENTIN

PAT O'BRIEN - HUMPHREYA BOGART. ANN SHERIDAN,

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A SUPER-COMEDY WITH A LAUGH-A-MINUTE 1 A mu b-married millionaire playboy who tossed away seven wiver meets his match when he marries the eight"

AMERICA'S LLAMING LOVE TELİK

THE CONLERY BET OF 1933)

CLAUDETTE

COLBERT

GART

COOPER

ADOLPH ZUKOK PRESENTS

"BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE"

EDWARD EVERETT HORIÓN - DAVID NIVEL, rezaMU JOHNSONS MORAN KINGA

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

ISTAR

Out of

"Always In Trouble" *Booloo"

STAR:

"Beloved Brat"

"All Babh Goes To Town" MAJESTIC:

"The Prisoner Of Zenda”, "Happy Landing”

Fritons Living|GRACE MOORE AT

Longer

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LOWEST MATERNAL

Sir

MORTALITY

ALBERT HALL

A Great Audience Charmed

A concentration of searchlights

Chief Arthur MacNaity, Medical Officer to the Ministry of on the platform at Albert Hall re- Health, reviewing in his annual cently announced an artist. with report that progress made towards an exceptional place in the public A healthler" Britain. states that regard. It would have been found last years

trying by some, but Grace Moore faced the polychromatic shafts of light as to the manner barn.

the

Maternal mortality was lowest ever recorded;

The birth rate was the highest since 1932; and.

It was a concert given for Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End, Tuberculosis deaths were only and the hall was well filled. Both the soloists were American-the half the average for 1910-20.

programme was shared by Miss The expectation of life is weil Moore and Walter Rummel-but known to have increased greatly they represented very different. since the early years of the last national types. The singer's per- century. Sir Arthur illustrates formances were trimly extent graphically the tendency for and less spontaneous than exactly greater numbers of "men of pen-designed in effect. sionable age" to be found "nowa-

The singer appeared pictures- days in public life. He writes:·

quely in a dress that seemed to "Of the 10 statesmen who ob- [promise the doll's music from fained the office of Prime Minis-Tales of Hoffmann," but her pro- ter in the first 38 years of the gramme ranged farther, represen- nineteenth century, five were un-ting operas by Massenet and Pac- der 50. Of the "eight who did sojcini, Debussy's "Fils Prodigue," and In the corresponding part of the French. American and English twentieth century not one was un-song-writers, der 50.

Clever as was her compromise The Prime Ministers under the on the platform between dramatic age of 50 were: Henry Addington, action and conventional concer took office 1801; aged 44: William deportment. it was not cleverer Fitt, took office 1804, 'nged 45: than her actual singings. which Lord Grenville, took office 1800, proved how serious her technical nged 47; the Earl of Liverpool, took studies have been. as well as the office 1812, aged 42; and Viscount natural vocal gift that is hers. Goderich, took office 1827 aged

45.)

CEASELESS VIGILANCE ̧

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Sir Arthur contrasts conditions

JUDGE HARDY'S existing in Britain 100 years ago

CHILDREN

MERLE OBERON

SCORES

with the present day. Ther diseases "Hoted' uncontrolled One of the most beautiful and throughout England." Now, di-powerful love stories the scr en seases which require a particular has ever shown is seen in "Beloved The audience becomes part of a environment for their propagation Enemy," starring Merle Oberon delightful family in "Judge have, with the exception of ty- and Brian Aherne, now at the | Hardy's Children,” third of the choid almost disappeared. Those Majestic Theatre.

"Hardy's Family" series, now play-spread by personal contact remain. Set against the seething back- Ing at the King's Theatre. They but ceaseless vigilance and vastly ground of Dublin in 1921, with ex- share the problems of the father Improved medical and public cursions into the Irish countryside and mother and the joys and health measures have helped to and to England. "Beloved Enemy" tribulations of the children, and reduce mortality figures.

offers Merle her greatest oppor

laugh with the characters rather

Referring to the strong medical tunity as Lady Helen Drummond, than at them in the horsely, down-and public interest which has been the lovely Engish girl who accom- to-earth comedy scenes...

aroused in recent years by ma-panies her father. Lord Athleigh, Lewis Stone plays the kindly ternal mortality, Sir Arthur states: to Ireland to investigate the secret judge and father, Fay Holden is

**The figures' for 1937 show a fall activities of the Irish leaders. the understanding mother. Robert to a rate of 3.13 per 1,000 total Aherne also is splendid as the Witney makes his bow as a new births, the lowest aver recorded in devil-may-care Irishman and very adequate leading man England and Wales. The number Riordan, the unidentified man at and Leonard Pean plays his rival of mothers who died last year was the scat of all the trouble who for Cecilia's love. Ann Rutherfo.d 1,988, and was for the first time exhibits a tormenting talent for Is Mickey's hometown sweetheart. below 2,000. Had deaths occurred slipping through the fingers of the Janet Beecher contributes clever at the same rate as in 1934, 84 English.

character work as the governess more mothers would have died."

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Dennis

There was again a slight rise ANNABEL TAKES

new French discovery making her the death rate, but the number of debut in American pictures. Ruth births registered was 610,557,., an Hussey ts beautiful and yet increase of 5,265 on 1938, which re- dangerous as, the plotting lob-presents a birth rate of 149, the byist's wife.

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JOAN BENNETT and RANDOLPH SCOTT

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TEXANS

"BELOVED BRAT”

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NOTES ON SHANGHAI PASSENGERS

Passengers from cutports Ball- ing for Shanghat may not carry Chinese Goverment lega! ten- der notes in excess of $500, accord- ing to a recent order promul- gated by the Ministry of Finance. If the amount exceeds $500, a guarantor must be found to stand surety for the passenger, who, upon arrival at Shanghai, must depoelf the excess amount with the Central Bank of China in Shanghai as a current deposit,

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A TOUR

Recently, highly-publicized TO- mances between American girls and foreign title-holders inspire а hectic love affair between Lucille Ball and Ralph Forbes (as A film star and a viscount). in "Annabel takes a Tour" starring Jack Oakle and Miss Ball. now at the Queen's Theatre.

Started as publicity gag, the romance soon gets out of control, threatening to wreck the movie star's career when she decides to forsake her art for love.

Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Faze. Frances Mercer and Alice White appear in important supporting roles.

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES AND HOLIDAYS

Tenth Anniversary of Hongkong Sports Club.

AUCTIONS-Novelties multable for.

Christmas presents, at 2

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Hongkong Philharmonic Boclety, "Rudd- gore," at Queen's Theatre, 9.20 D.M. LECTURES.-8. & B. Camera Club "Contact Printing & Enlarging." 7.30 p.m.; Theosophical Society, "Theosophy and Therapeutics," by Dr. Arthur · Fung, -6 pm; First Aid, at King's College, for women, 8 p.m. at Yaumati Gov- ernment School, Mired Class English-Speaking, 8 p.m., at Am- bulance Eqts, 7.30p.m. MAILS.--Last Christmas Letter Mail for Great Britain and Aus- tralia, by Imperial Alrways Ber~||~3 vice, (Registered 5 p.m., Ordi- nary 7 p.m.)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938.-PAGE 5

KING'S

SHOWING TODAY

DAHLY AT 2.30, 519, 7.15 AND -9.39 P.M.

"How Am I Doin', Folks?"

JUDGE HARDY'S

with

LINTS

MICKET

STONE

•

CECILIA

ROONEY

FAY

PARKER HOLDEN Directed by CEORGE B. SEITZ

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Step out on NEW adventures, heart- warming and hilarious ...with Mickey Rooney. the Eid who tooked America, and the rest of the familyyou lovedin"You're Only Young Once"!

Children

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ALSO TRAVELTALK SERENE SIAM."

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M.G.M. Picture'

**EVERYBODY SING"

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ALLAN JONES FANNY BRICK

JUDY GARLAND

ALHAMBRA

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

The Most Bewildered Bridegroom That Ever Got Stood Up

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IT'S JUST STU FUNNY FOR WORDS!

TOMORROW

&

SATURDAY

A SHOWS DAILY

230 $20 720-930

PASSPORT HUSBAND

with

STUART ERWIN

PAULINE MOORE - DOUGLAS FOWLEY JOAN WOODBURY - ROBERT LOWERY HAROLD HUBER

JANE WITHERS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE"

A 20th C. Fox" Picture

MAJESTIC

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NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TOL $7222

MATINEES. 20€ -30% • EVENINGS. 20€-30-50.70) TODAY ONE DAY ONLY!

A POWERFUL DRAMA WITH THE IRISA REBELLION AS ITS FLAMING BACKGROUND!

"The Only Man I Ever Loved!

SAMUEL GOLDWYN presents

MOBERON

AHERNE

BELOVED ENEMY

with HENRY STEPHENSON DAVID NIVEN.

AEROME COWAN - KAREN MORLEY

Directed by H. C. POTTER

Bond the UNITED ARTISTS

TOMORROW, ONE DAY ONLY! RETURN SHOWING BY PUBLIC DEMAND !

RONALD COLMAN in

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

A United Artists Super-Production!

Hotel, 5.30 pm; YM.C.A. Wo- | MOON-X Moon; 24th. Day.. men's Committee, 10 am; St. SOCIAL-Y.M.C.A. Games Morn- Andrew's Women's Fellowship, ing (Bridge & Mahjong), 10.30

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