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QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
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JOEL
ANDREA
McCREA LEEDS
Youth Takes a Fling
with
Daretha Kant Frank Jenks • Virginia Gray Grant-Mitchell - Izabal Jeans - Karisa Martin
A NEW ONITERSAL PICTURE
TO-MORROW
AT THE QUEEN'S
A MAN TO REMEMBER"
Anne Shirley
·DALY
Edward Bill
TO-MORROW
AT THE ALHAMBRA "THE STORM" Charles Bickford - Barton Melane
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1
Alice FAYE
201
YOU'RE A SWEETHEART
A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE
GEORGE MURPHY KEN MURRAY CHARLES WINNINGER ANDY DEVINE WILLIAM GARGAN
2 DAYS ONLY ! TOMORROW & MONDAY THE SCREEN'S MOST MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION: Here's perfect entertainment with laughter, pathos and thrills.
MARK TWAIN'S RELOVER STONY
THE
Adventures
OF
TOM SAWYER
In Technicolor Diracul by Norman Taurag Released them Untied Artists
✪ MATINEES: 20c.-30e ❤ EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.
CROSSWORD
NO. 232
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Today's Screenings
KING'S
Hongkong
Three Loves Has Nancy QUEEN'S
"Youth Takes A Flink" ORIENTAL.".
"You're A Sweetheart"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA.
"Youth Takes A Fling"
STAR:
"Snow White And The Seven
Dwarfs"
MAJESTIC:
"Sally, Irene. And Mary"
KING'S:
Coming
"Love Is A. Headache" || QUEEN'S:
"A Man" To Remember"
ORIENTAL:
The Adventures
Sawyer"
"Call Of The Wild"
ALHAMBRA :
"The Storm"
STAR:
Of Tom
"Barretts Of Wimpole Street" MAJESTIC:
"Double Wedding""
"THREE LOVES
HAS NANCY"
Smartly
CINEMA & GENERAL
Buddies between battles, but where a dame is involved there never was an Armistice! Victor McLaglen (right) and Brlan Donlevy in 20th Century-Fox's comedy of the Legionnaires, "Battle of Broadway." which will be screened on the open- ing day of the new Cathay Theatre.
BRITONS TAKE
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TO-DAY
ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS. -Lateran Treaty, 1929. Appart- tion of Our Lady- at Lourdes (Year 1858),
CINEMAS.—Sec Column 3 of this
Page). DANCES.-Central British School Dance for former pupils, in the School Hall, 8 p.m.; Hongkong Rugby Football Club Dinner Dance at Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.
LECTURES.-First Ald, at St
John Ambulance Headquarters: 9.30 p.m.
MAILS.-1See Page 16), MISCELLANEOUS.
Exhibition Kam
of Chinese Paintings at
Ling Restaurant, West Point, 9 A.. to 10 p.m.
MOON.-Chinese XIX Moon, 23rd.
Day. Last Quarter, 0.12 p.m. SPORTS.-(See Page 2).
SUNRISE.-6.53 0.11.
8.18 p.m.
SUNSET.
TIDES.-High at 02,45 and 1455.
Low at 07.38 and 21.57,
TO-MORROW
MISCELLANEOUS.
Discussion Group, in the
Lounge, p.m.
Y.M.C.A. West
LEAD IN FILMS MOON-Chinese XII Moon, 24th.
HOLLYWOOD (By Mall), For the past year or so Holly-. wood
movie producers have been sitting back, smug in their superiority as picture makers. A frame of mind brought by Jack of competition [tom
British pletures. There have been few worthwhile pictures from England since. "The Private Life of Henry VIII" and "The 39 Steps,"
was
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The Britons, however, are com- dialogued. britminging back and hanging up records with laughs, and offering finished or the Americans own playing and bellevable characterizations by Held. The ice such stellar performers
broken by as Janet-Drums." effectively done in colour Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and and starring: Sabu the "Elephant Franchot Tone, "Three Loves Has Boy," against authentic India Nancy," opens to-day, at the frontler settings. King's Theatre as one of the most refreshing and original romantic comedles seen here in some time.
The story is that of a fitpparit novelist who gets into difficulties with a Broadway actress. In endeavour to escape the overtures of the too eager admirer, he per- suades his publisher to send him on a lecture tour of the South. Here he meets Nancy, a small- town girl.
Casually inviting her to seek his help should she ever get into trouble in New York,
An
"THE CITADEL" And now "The Citadel starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Is causing Hollywood producers to take stock of themselves. This pic-
that isn't all. ture is a box office winner. And Charles Laughton formed his own producing company. Maylower Pictures. Corp.
has released and
"The Beachcomber," through Para-
has
Day
SUNRISE.-6.58 a.m. SUNSET
6.17 p.m. TIDES-High at 01.34 and 13.59.
Low at 07.03 and 20.11..`
BROOKLYN BOY'S
SUCCESS
Frankle Burke 17-year-old former Brooklyn boy came to Hollywood's attention as the young James Cagney in "Angels
steady role in the With Dirty Faces" has been given Nancy Drew series at Warner Bros. as a result of one day's work in "Nancy Crew. Reporter."
A projection room screening of Burke's blt led to the studio's decision to build up his role in the current Bonita Granvill star- ring vehicle and to establish him as a regular member of the cast in succeeding films in the Nancy Drew series.
"
ED. G. ROBINSON AS LAWYER Edward G. Robinson will star for
mount. Laughton plays the title. warner Bros. in "Footsteps in the ole and his wife Elsa Lanchester, Dark" the screen play of which has the feminine lead. The picture is based on the Bungarian play by
adaptation of Somerset Ladislaus Fodor, ar Maugham's "Vessel of Wrath,"
is
he forgeta all about her, only to find her waiting at the penthouse apart- ment he shares with his friend. British success for American re- M-G-M has snapped up another the publisher, upon his return.
The ensuing complications pro-there is such concerted praise from lease, "Pygmalion." about which vide some of the fastest and mer-the critics. It's from George Ber- riest comedy seen this season.
"DOUBLE
WEDDING"
Hollywood is gradually ceasing to type its stars. It is discovering that talent of the Grade-A species is versatile.
William Powell, than whom there is no better comedian on the screen, still was the dramatic, tragic figure of "The Great Zieg- feld." Now, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | has him again, in comedy In what is probably the most humorous role of his career, as an itinerant artist in "Double. Wedding."
Myrna Loy, whose role in "Par- nell" was deeply tragic, now be- comes B. comedian.te 01 rare ability.
SUCILAR.
This team has worked together in seven pictures, each a In the new picture both of them have even better roles than in Libeled Lady," "After the Thin Man" and various others in which they have figured as co-stars..
"Double Wedding" is the screen adaptation of Ferenc Molnar's sensational stage comedy. "Great Love,"
LORETTA YOUNG BEST
Loretta Young is considered one of the best camera subjects in pictures because she photographs | well from any angle.
She is so slender and willowy that she looks taller than her ave feet, three inches, and light- ing technicians and little dian- culty in high lighting her golden brown hair and deep blue eyes.
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ACROSS
Gatherers (10)
7 Rule over (5)
8 Wanderer (5)
10 Stunted
being (5)
13 Pipe (4)
15 Extra (4)
16 Mean
quantity (7)
17 Young.
Sanimals
18 Crew/4)♫
19 Beg
earnestly (7)
20 Image (4)
23 "Sharp cry (4)
24 Intelligence (5)
77 Nick (5)
28 Nobleman (5)
29 - Playwrights (10).
DOWN
1 Mount (5)
2 Earth (4)
3. Volcano (4)
4 Short grass (4)
5 Competitor (15)
6 Guardianship
(10) *
20
(10)
11 Grapple (7)
12 Those perusing
(7)
21 Aquatic.
animal. (5) 23 Gains by toll-
24 Pretence (41
14 Picture support (5) 25 Tidy (4)
13 Triting (5).
SOLUTION ON MONDAY
28 Flowý back (4)/
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sembling. 11, Wrestle, 12, Readers. 14.. Easd. 15, Petty. 21, Otter. 23, Earns. 24, Sham. 25, Neat. 26, Eblas.
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Robinson will play the role of a society lawyer who writes detective storles 23
hobby, eventually solving an mgenious murder, in real life when ridiculed by the police
nard Shaw's play of the same name and Leslle Howard has the. top spot Shaw himself helped with Pommer, are now making "St. the screen play.
Martin's Lane," and the next on Laughton and his director, Erich their schedule is "Jamaica Inn.”
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CATHAY
Daily at 2-90, 5-15, 7.20 & 9-30 PM.
WANCHAL ROAD, WANCHAI. TELEPHONE NO!26958
OPENING TUESDAY NEXT-
-FEBRUARY
14th
1939-
and the OPENING PICTURE will be
A
20th CENTURY FOX
PICTURE
(A FIRST RUN PICTURE)
A Splendid Comedy!
BATTLE OF
BROADWAY VICTOR MCLAGLEN BRIAN DONLEVY LOUISE HOVICK
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of
The Day
FRANCHOT TOME
AND "OUR GANG FOLLIES Fee our rang youngsters put on a side-splitting show, Your kiddies' will enjoy it immensely. Bring them long for a happier afternoon. NEXT CHANGE GLADYS GEORGE FRANCHOT TONE in LOVE IS A HEADACHE"
M.G.M. PICTURE
DAILY
AT
2:30
520
720 920
STARE
SHOWING TODAY
WALT DISNEY'S
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#W 130 $90 720-20
OW.D.
FIRST FULL LENGTH PRODUCTION.....
KOWLOON
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Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs
All in Muldplane
TECHNICOLOR
Distributed by RKO-KADIO PICTURES
: STREET"
"BARRETTS OF WIN
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MATINEES: 206*30« • EVEKNGS. 20%
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
A SPARKLING MUSICAL ROMANCE FULL OF LAUGHTER!
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UPROARIOUS! STAR-GLORIOUSI It's the new top-hit musical from hit-maker Dorry! F. Zanuckl
TONY
ALICE
FAYE-MARTIN
in
SALLY, IRENE and MARY
"TOP-HIT SONGS
Bullock & Spina's news...Gordon & Ravel's tuni
Raymond Scott's,
hottest!
A 20th Caney-Ban Picture with
JIMMY DURANTE GREGORY RATOFF JOAN DAVIS
MARJORIE WEAVER LOUISE HOVICE BARNETT PARKER
J. EDWARD BROMBERG.
FRED ALLEN
Directed by Williams A Setler
• SUNDAY, » MONDAY, TUESDAY THE PERFECT STAR-TEAM TOGETHER AGAIN!
WILLIAM
POWELL My LOY
DOUBLE WEDDING
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