1939-01-16 — Page 5

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

4 230-313-7:20-9:30 RM AT 230-320-720 # 9:30 PML

SHOWING TO-DAY

A LOVE STORY... STORMY AS ROARING ARCTIC SEAS!

SWIFT LOVE AND ROARING A

ACTION IN UNTAMED ALASKA!

Directed by HENRY

NATHAWAY, 190 gave you ́"Lives of a Bongai Loncar" and "Sovia al Seg”

SPAWN of the NORTH

starting

GEORGE RAFT

HENRY FONDA DOROTHY LAMOUR

A Paramount Peturn, sa

Akim Tamiroff John Barrymore-lysse Overmas

WEDNESDAY

Menthol by Soory Hataway "Prodant by Alors fowis

AT THE QUEEN'S

PICK'S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCU

with Tommy Kelly

An RKO-Radio Picture

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7 15.9.30!

TOMORROW

AT THE ALHAMBRA "NOATH OF RIO GRANDK**

with William Boyd

A Paramount Picture

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KING'S...

Hongkong

"The Last Gangster" QUEEN'S

"Spawn Of The North" ORIENTAL·

"Professor Beware"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"Spawn Of The North" STAR:

"Walking Down Broadway" MAJESTIC:

"Tarzan's Revenge"

KING'S!

Coming

"The Adventures Of

Polo"

QUEEN'S:

Marco

"Peck's Bad Boy At The Gir

cus"

ORIENTAL:

"A Day At The Races" "Border Ught"

ALHAMBRA:

"North Of Rio Grande" STAB:

"Lancer Spy"

MAJESTIC:

"Moonlight Sonata"

"The Shelk”

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY LAST GANGSTER

MORE LAUGHS THAN A BARREL OF MONKEYS!

Bee Lloyd at the timid little professor who trades all his knowledge of Egyptian lore for a

kiss from a beautiful girl.

HAROLD LLOYD

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Gangland and penitentiary roaring newspaper offices in big cities, and romance in the country are mingled in a dramatic plot in "The Last Gangster." in which Edward G. Robinson appears... Is showing at the King's Theatre to- day in the story of a man's term in prison and the effect on his family

James Stewart. Rose Stradner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's glamorous discovery from Vienna, Lionel Stander and "others' of note sur-" round America's "number one gangster star" in the new drama

"The Last Gangster" deals with the downfall of a gang overlord trailed by the G-Men, jailed on an Income tax fraud indictment and imprisoned for ten years during which time his wife changes her Identity to save their child from the disgrace of his name.

CINEMA & GENERAL

NEW CINEMA

HOUSE

Cathay Theatre To Open Soon

The Cathay Theatre, the

newest Colony's

cinema, is nearing completion la Wan- chai Road, on a site almost immediately opposite the old No. 2 Police Station. With a seating capacity of 920, an entrance lobby in marble and Venetian mosaic, with concealed lighting in the auditorium of three different shades of green, the cine, ma is the last word in architec- tural design.

R.CA "high Adelity" sound sys- tem, and treatment of the walls with rice husk plastic and the cell- ing with Heraklith beards, should ensure perfect sound.

Flims already booked for show-

include "Vivacious ing

Lady." "Snow White." "Carefree." "Little | Miss Broadway," "Lancer Spy" and

"Four Men and a Prayer."

Lock Hing and Company, sliver- smith and curio dealers, are the owners of this new theatre pro- perty. Messrs. Palmer and Turner are the architects,

PRINCESS

Little Laureen Clemo who has the role of princess in the "Sleeping Beauty" Ballet which will be presented by the George " Goncharof School at the King's Theatre on February 2. (Photo D'Asis)..

CROSSWORD

NO. 209

ACROSS

2

Sound made

by sheep

13

4

Climbing

perennial plant

9 Short sleep

55

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12. What Roman

70 2.

22

23

slave was

20

21

saved by n lion

whom he had befriended?

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30

32

33

14. Member of

an Indian

BA

36

:.tribe

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15. Rootlet

Cuts the

WI

outer part from

SUNRISE.—7.06 am.. SUNSET-6

p.m.

TIDES.-High at 07.48 and 18.42.

Low at 01.21 and 11.25,

TO-MORROW

18. Opaque

matter

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htt

Fragrant

ointment

20

What philos-

upher became

the husband of the novelist

39

George Elot?

23

DIARY OF LOCAL "EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS

-S. Marcellus. CINEMAS.(See' Column 3 of this

Page),

DANCES. Cheero Club Dance, 8.30

p.m.

LECTURES. Dr. French Oliver's Back-to- the Bible' Meeting. "Apostates and Backsliders," at Kowloon Union Church, 7.30 Dr. First Ald, at Ying Wah Boys' College, for men, 8 p.m.; al Ambulance Hars.. 7.30 p.m. "MAILS.--(See Page 16)..

MEETINGS Kowloon

Church Fellowship, 8.45 p.m.; St. Andrew's Church Medical Reller Working Party, 10 am. MISCELLANEOUS, A.R.P.

Union

FX

amination at Volunteer Hqrs..

Lecture, | LECTURES.-Y.M.C.A.

"South With Scott," zy Mrs. D. 8. Green, à p.m.

MEETINGS.-Monthly Committer, of Chinese Chamber of Com- meuce, Chamber's Board-room, Connaught Road Central, 2.30 p.m.;

Andrew's St.

Mothers' Unlon, 3 pm.; Brownie Pack, 3.30 p.m.: Church Council and Budget Meeting. 6 p.m.

What large

sea receives the waters of the "Voka and Ural

brut has no outlet?

26, Ireland

MOON-Chinese XI Moon, 27, 27. What is the

Day..

RELIGIOUS--St. Andrew's Church Boys' Choir Practice, 6.30 pm.

10.30. am.: Y.M.C.A. Ladles' ROTARY MEETING.-At Hong-

Charity Games Afternoon, in the West Lounge; La Salle College SOCIAL

Prize Distribution, in College Hall, 4.30 pm.; St. Andrew's Church Teachers' Preparation Class, 7 p.m. MOON.--Chinese XI Moon, 26th.

Day.

REHEARSALS.-Hongkong singers in Union Church. Kennedy Road, 5.30 p. HK. Philarmorile Society Orchestral Section, at Seamen's Institute, 3.45 p.m. RELIGIOUS-St. Andrew's Church

Fellowship of Youth, 8 p.m. SOCIAL-Y.M.CA, Women's Sec- tion, Bridge and Mahjong Drive in aid of local charities. 3 p.m.; Whist Drive in YMCA West Lounge, D.m. SPORTS. (See Page 2).

kong Hotel Roof Garden, 1 p.m.

ÝM.C.A, Women's Sec- tion, Sewing Bee, 10 a.m.

Solution No. 208 CHAT CAMPICEDES RAVE IDEA TALIVE AVERRING NEVER TERRACE TEPIGENE

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29

third largest city in Europe? Note of the scale

29. Obtainca - 30. What Aus

trallan prima donna took her stage name from her

native city?

31. Edge

32 Paid pub- licity

$3. Abounda

34. Bathe

35

What engin- eer conceived the plan of building the Brez Carial? Ferdinand de~?

46

42

147 148

Bo

37. United with stitches

38. Domesticated

oxen of Tibet Meadow

40. City in

Vermont

42. Allowanc

for past service

46. Silkworní

What early.

47

romantic poet wrote "The Schoolmistress?

Beverage

49. 50., Concise 51. Negative

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10. Dined 11. Footlike part 13. Mature ·

17. Lofty

mountains

19. Sharp

projections

29. Licit 21. Wear away 32. Humour

23. Makes

tranquil

Unextin-

gulshed

25. Nominated

27. Peers

30. Most humble

31. Uncooked

33. Former Rus-

vote

་

"sian ruler

DOWN

34. Blightest

-L. The legal profession

3.

Of each an

equal quantity Find the sum 4. Place

5. Freezes

6. Everything

7. Compass

9. For what“

famous Greek woman did Pericles divorca his wife? What Finnish runner holds the record tor the five miles event?

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

30. Of what

country is Damascus the

capital?

37. Meaning 39. Part of, a

camera. 40. Wager. 41. Exist. 42. Through. 43. Electrined,

particle.

44. Indian of

Tierra del

ין

Fuego.

45. Marahial of

France

48, Personal

pronoun.

RADIO

PROGRAMME

(Continued from Page 3)

ships; There was a frog: What have you got; etc.-Uncle George's Party with Orchestra. An Animal Alphabet (A Quessing Game For Tiny Tots) Noah's Ark (Containing The Names Of The Animals Heard In An animal Alphabet)--George Baker (Vocal) with Orchestra. Studio Serial Litila Man, You've Had A Busy Day (Hoffman and Wayne)-Lee Allen with Mrs. Allen and Norman. Sidney Torch at the Organ.

6.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quotations.

6.33 p.m. Carroll Gibbons, and His Boy Friends.

Hitting A New High-Film Selec- tion. Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes (Stept); Sugar" Rose' (Waller). Now That You're Gone (Kahn and Ferito); Can't We Talk It Over Washington and Young). Double

| Or Nothing-Fum Selection; Mr. Dodd Takes The Alr-Film Selec- tion.

7 pm A Light Spanish Pro-

sramme.

If I Could Forget Your Eyes (Albeniz)--Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) with Orchestra. "Sevilla (Albeniz) Navarra (Albeniz)—Arthur Rubin- stein (Piano). Un Barberillo Alegre (Villa-Prado) Conchita Supervia (Mezzo-soprano) with Or- chestra. Pastora (Murillo-Miranda) La Zingarella (Paisiello)-Conchita Supervia (Meszo-soprano) with Or- chestra. Carnaval (Lucena) L# Habanera (Lucena)-Cordoba Phil- harmonic Orchestra cond. by P. Cantero. 'Cello Solo by Jose Pablos, 7.30 p.m. Magyar Imre and His Orchestra In Hungarian Folk Songs.

You Are The Fellow, Friend Tykody: My Little Velvet Hat; Oh! How Long It Seems Hungerlan (Boka Csardas Of George Nagy Karoly)-Magyarl Imre and His Hungarian Gypsy 0.chestra. "Blue Cornflower (Kadas) Tik Tak Tik Tak Ut Az Ora (Frono Frigyas Leanyok, Legenyek (Recsoy, Cyula) --Kalmar Pal acc, by Magyari Imre and His Hungarian Gypsy Orches- tra. Pale Yellow Rose: I love. You Beautiful Lady (Sandor)-Magyari Imre and His Hungarian Gypsy Or- chestra.

1.45 pm. Reginald Foort at the Organ.

Medley Of Daly's Favourites. Keep Smiling! (Reginald Foort's Signature Tune), Reminiscences of Frial."

8. p.m. Local Time Signal, Wex- ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m. Varlety with Murga- troyd and

Eddle Winterbottom. Jeabody and Elizabeth Welch.

Banjo Orch.-Shake Yo' Feet (Norgan) Ha! Ha! (Morgan)— Fred Morgan's Banjo Rhythmics with Vocal Refrain. One-man Band-Many Happy Returns Of The Day (Burke)-Eddie Peabody playing his Banjo Guitar, Mando- Hine and Mando-Cello with Own Vocal Refrain and Piano. Humour-

Sports aus-Winter

(Handley- Crick)-Murgatroyd and Winter- bottom (Two Minds with not a single Thought) with Monte Crick at the Plano. Plano Duets Sweet (Kern, Ham- Adeline Selection merstein) - Arthur Young and Reginald Foresythe with Drums. Vocal The Girl I Know ("Glamour- ous "Night-Novello) Far Away In A Shanty Town (Glamorous, Night". -Novello) Elizabeth Welch accomp.

by the Drury Lane Theatre Orch. cond. by Charles Prantice,

8.30 p.m. London Relay-"The Royal Air Force."

A talk by Sir Edward Campbell. M.P., Parliamentary Private Secre- tary to the Secretary of State for Air.

8.45 p.m. Liart-Hungarian Fan- tasia For Plafo And Orchestra.

Jacques Dupont (Plano) and the Orchestra Symphonique (of Paris) conducted by F. Ruhlmann,

9.01 p.m. Songs by Jussi Bjorling (Tenor).

"La Gioconda" - Heaven And Ocean! (Ponchlelli) "L'Africana”— Oh Paradise! Meyerbeer)—with Orchestra conducted by Nils Grevil- Kos.

9.10 p.30. Tchaikovsky--There And Variations From Suite No. 3 In G.

London

Orchestra Symphony conducted by Sir Landon Ronald,

9.30 p.m.

London Relay The

News.

9.50 pm. Turner Layton' (Vocal) at the Piano:

A Waltz Was Born In Vienna (Crocker and Loawe): It's Great To Be In Love Again (McHugh). A Beautiful Lady In Blue (Coots).

10 pm. London Relay."In Town To-night."

MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1939.-PAGE 5

KING'S

SHOWING TODAY

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10, 715@AND 9.30 PM. Little Caesar'' lives again? In drama pua gent with red-blooded romance ... ripping the glamor from the last of the nation's back stabbing mobstersi M-G-M'a Greatest Thrill Dramal

Edward G..

ROBINSON

"The LAST GANGSTERS

STEWART STRAD

NER

STANDER: Dosglas SCOTT, Jobs CARKADINS Siday BLACKMER Doreen Play by

Joke Lee Makin

NEXT CHANGE United Artists

DAILY

AND

ALHO OUR GANG COMEDY

SMART

BOYS"

·

“STOCKHOLM & PRIDE OF SWEDEN"

Coloured Travoltaik}

GARY COOPER in

*THE ADVENTURES, OF MARCO POLO " with BASIL RATHBONE SIGRID GURIE

ISTAR

SIX GIRLS...

living and loving andlonging with in the shadows of Broadway's bright lights!

& SHOWS DAILY $30 20 720 930

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DOWN BROADWAY

A 20th Century-Fax Picture with

CLAIRE TREVOR DIXIE DUNBAR

PHYLLIS BROOKS · LEAH RAY LYNN BARI - JAYNE REGAN

TO-MORROW

Dolores Del Rio...

in

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George Sanders LANCER SPY"

A 20th C. Fox Ficture

MAJESTIC

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Annica's Gone Gi

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HEDDA HOPPER

Produced by Sol Lager

A Pro Preduction

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY "Your Only Opportunity to Hear and Bee the Greatest Pianist

of Our Age! PADEREWSKY

in

“MOONLIGHT SONATA

A United Artists Picture

Fox-Trot Avalon Quickstep [Of Myself Nat Gonella and His Introducing personalities from

Vocal Refrain, every walk of life in interviews Margie-Harry Roy and His Or-Georgians, with

Swing-step, Clownerie Fox-Trots-Lost My Rhythm, Lost with Lionel Camin.. flashes from chestra. the news of the week, and "Stand- Bwing Rumba-Rumba Acrobatique My Music, Lost My Man (fim.

"Soft lights and sweet music) Tm ing on the Corner" (Michael Azarola (Plano). Fox-Trots Standing interviews the "man in the street Edited and produced. by C. F. Meehan,

10.30 pm. Dance Music.

Bye, Bye, Baby Until To-day- All In [film "Boft lights and sweet Ambrose and His Orchestra with music)-Ambrose and His Orcestra.

Get with Vocat Retiain, Vocal Refrain. Quick-step

11 pm. Close down. Hot Blow Fox-Trot-Makin' A Fool

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