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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S

DAILY AT 230-515-7·20 & 9:30 -TEL. 31453

FINAL SHOWINGS. TODAY Here's a Distinguished and Unusual Film !

A stirring Battle against Infantile Paralysis!

A MAN TO REMEMBER

ANNE SHIRLEY

EDWARD ELLIS

LEE BOWMAN WILLIAM HENRY

The drama of a lighting man

af medicine.. against a hos- tile town!

TO RADIO MUTA

ADDED! LATEST MARCH OF TIME

covering

Starts TO-MORROW

(1) Prelude to Conquest (2) Father Divine's Deal

EDWARD G. RUBINSON

"A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER"

Er

TAKKANY THAI OR NAPPY VALLKT BUB

“PURNING

4 SHOWS

DAILY

1.30-3.15

7.19-9,30

ORIENTALE

HAL THEATRE

ROAD

WANCHAL

TEL 19473

SPECIAL SHOWING FOR TODAY ONLY!

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THE BEST OF ALL TÄRILLING COMEDY DRAMA'SI MEN FOUGHT LIKE MANIACS FOR GOLD AND ROMANCE! If you see something you need grab it, take it away from

the other fellow, no matter how, just take it!" EXCITING STORY OF A LAND THAT KNEW NO LAW!

THRILL FOLLOWS THUNDERING THRILL!

Joseph M. Schanek prezente

20th

CENTURY FICTURE

The wild, primitive life of the Klondike... Romance and greed living side by side... Men hunting, starving, fighting, dying for gold

and WOMEN!

CLARK GABLE

in JACK LONDON'S graciest story

CALL of the WILD

LORETTA

YOUNG

Directed by WILLIAM WELEMAN

with

JACK

OAKIE

Raisosad ikru UNITED ARTISTE

2 DAYS ONLY! TOMORROW & THURSDAY

MOST SENSATIONAL OF ALL DETECTIVE STORIES! Drummond plays his game of life and death with ruthless spies in mysterious Morocco.

"BULLDOG

DRUMMOND

IN AFRICA”

JOHN HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL H.B. Warner: 1. Carrol Naish E. E. Clive Reginalo Denny Anthony Quinn

JOHN HOWARD

HEATHER ANGEL

ER

1. CARRO, NAISH

KEGINALD DEANY

. E. CLIVE

ANTHONY QUINN

MATINEES: 20c.-30e ● EVENINGS; · 206-30c.-50c.-70c. Q

DAILY

AT

2:30

520

720

9.20

STAR

TODAY ONLY

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON TEL 57795

RETURN ENGAGEMENT BY POPULAR DEMAND

|HormaSHEARER} Judric MARCH CharlesLAUGHTON,

in the BARRETTS of WIMPOLE STREET

TO-MORROW

SPECIAL TIMES! 230, 500, 7.15, 3.30 P.M.

JEANETTE MAODONALD” 66.

NELSON EDDY in

"MAY TIME

Today's Screenings

KING'S-

Hongkong

"Love Is A Headache"

QUEEN'S

"A Man To Remember"

ORIENTAL.

CINEMA & GENERAL

CROSSWORD

NO. 234

ACROSS

1 Humble

14.

5 Enormous

(4)

Come out 161

9 Blaze (5)

11 Slave (4)

"Call Of The Wild"

12 Guides (8)

15 Vermin: (4)

17 Always (4)

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA -

"The Storm”.

STAR:

"Barretts Of Wimpole Street"

MAJESTIC:

"Double Wedding"

KING'S:

Coming

"I Give A million"

QUEEN'S:

"A Slight Case of Murder" ORIENTAL:

"Bulldog

Africa"

ALHAMBRA:

"Border Law"

STAR:

"May Time"

MAJESTIC:

18 Ever-

lasting (7) 19 Clinging

plant (3) 20 Fuss (3) 21 Naval

chlet (7)

23 Shell Osh

14)

H. Land

measure. (4)

27 Clerical

garment' (B)

30 Conceal (4) Decease

30

DOWN

2 Precise (5)

3 'Eager (4)

4 Dandy (4)

5 Container

(8)

G Give in (9)

31

(5)

.32 Stinging

7 Distant (4)

plant (6)

10

Flower (4)

1

33 Experi-

13

Visionary

Drummond

In

enced (4)

.

(7)

34 Summit (4)

14 Middle (7)

"Of Human Hearts"

"LOVE IS A

HEADACHE"

The story of a vitriolle Broad- way columnist and stage star, "Love Is a Headache," which opens at the King's Theatre to-day, offers Gladys George and Franchot Tone in a delightful melange of romance and comedy,

"Love is a Headache" ́concerns Miss George as a beautiful stage star Involved in a mix-up over some orphaned children, Mickey Rooney and Virginia Weidler, caused by Broadway's ace column- Ist, Franchot Tone.

After

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

Solution No. 233

ACROSS:

Beart. 1, Choir. 5,

&, Ediet. "9, Robes. 10, Odour, 11, Eln. 12, Later. 14,"Aimless. 17. Swolen. 19. Pewter. 22. Treason. 25. Tramp. 28, Sir. 29, Mouse. 30, Adder. 31, Panic. 32, Dwelt. 33. To-day. DOWN: 1. Coral 2, Orbit, 3. "Reserve. 4, Dismay, 5. Storm. 6. Above. 7, Forms, 13. Alter. 15, Low. 18. Steam. 18, Len. 20. Extract. 21, Insane, 22. Timid, 23. Elude. 24, Swept. 26, Alded. 27, Party.

OF HUMAN

16

Announce publicly (9)

21 Away (6)

22 Shoe tle

(4)

25 Halt 15

25 Reverber-

ate (4)

28 Compas- sion (4)

20 Notion (4)

ENGLISH GIRL TO PLAY IN NEW FILM

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. The long search for a film Sear- lett O'Hara was ended on Jan. 14. The part at the.. southern belle in the techal- colour. "Gone With the Wind," goes to Vivien Leigh, pro- nounced Lee, of the British stage and screen.

Producer David *0. Selznick. announcing the choice, said he had

HEARTS kept his original promiss

identi- cast a girl who was nct ded in the minds of the public

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1939. -PAGE 5

KING'S

SHOWING TODAY AT 23#, K.10, 7.15 AND 9.30 PM.

FLASH! If you like your romance, rowdy.(with a howl for every heart-beat . HERE'S A GRAND SCREEN TREATI

GLADYS GEORGE FRANCHOT TONE

trading kicks and kissas in gayest love-battle!

Love is a Headache

Love in a

with MICKET

TRANK

HEALY ROONEY JENKS

TED

Ralph MORGAN

Jusale RALPH

Directed by Biokard Thorpe Produced by TREDERICK STEPHANI

AND LATEST NEWS OF THE DAY

NEXT CHANGE

20th Century Fox

Aino

"A CRIMINAL

IS BORN"..

Crime Docs,'t Es)

WARNER BAXTER is I'LL GIVE A MILLION " with Marjorie Weaver Peter Lorre Jean Hersholt

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN 30, KOWLOOR-DAILY AT 2.30-320*730 £ 9,30 ·741.50000

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY RUGGED MEN

OF THE SEA

...who loved to fight and fought for lovel

THE STORM

of

the

with

actresses

and

Charles

"O! Human Hearts." Walter Hestou's first screen appearance since his triumphs in "Dodsworth," with other roles. and who was a

physical counterpart, is the attraction coming to the Majestic Theatre to-morrow with original Scarlett, James Stewart, Beulah Rondi Scores of and an elaborate character cast, nonprofessionals were considered having played in the

The picture marks the film debut for the part, talent scouts search- Broadway comedy success, "Per- of Leatrice Joy Gilbert, daughter of ing in all parts of the country. sonal Appearance." Miss George the late John Gilbert. Also pront- especially the South. Early this has been seen in heavily dramatic nent in the large cast are Guy week Paulette Goddard and Jean were considered strong roles. This is her first comedy Kibbée, Charles Coburn, Gene Arthur motion picture, and she glories in Lockhart, Ann Rutherford, Arthur contenders. The final choice was the part. Tone, too, shows a wide Aylesworth, Clem Bevans, Charley based upon film tests made by scope of comedy. With such fine Grapevin, Gene Reynolds, Stering George Cukor, who will direct the comedy troupers as Mickey Rooney, Holloway, Charles Peck, Robert Dicture. Ted Healy, Frank Jenks and Ralph McWade, John Carradine. Leor Morgan, the picture is one of the Roberts and Minor Watson. best of its kind. Virginia Welder. Much of the pleture was filmed Jessie Ralph, Fay Holden, Barnett on a replica of an Ohto village Parker and Julius Tannen com- where the company of 200 was on plete the cast.

l'ocation for weeks,

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GRAND OPENING TO-DAY FIRST SHOWINGS IN THE COLONY OF A GLORIOUS COMEDY !

"LISTEN.

CHISELLER,

I SEEN HER FIRST!"

"YEAH, SUCKER,

BUT HAS SHE

SEEN YOU?"

The Legion has landed... right on Louise's doorstep! ... And the situa- tion is well out

of hand]

BATTLE OF BROADWAY

A 201k Camxy-Fox Picturn will-

VICTOR McLAGLEN

BRIAN DONLEVY LOUISE HOVICK

#

RAYMOND WALBURN - LYNN BARI JANE DARWELL ROBERT KELLARD Incullera Produce Sold Wurtzel Chrisand by Cheerya Whershal Server Pay by Lou Brokaw and Jake Park

POPULAR PRIORS: 20-35-50-70-1.00

Clark Gable will be Rhett But-" ler, with whom Scarlett constant- ly clashes, Leslie Howard will be Ashley Wilkes, her first great love. and Oliva De Havilland will play

Melanie.

While Miss Leigh is compara- tively new to American audien- ces, she has had leads in English stage plays, among them "Henry VIII" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and has played in the British films "Fire Over England," Storm in a Tea-cup," and "A Yank at Oxford."

to

She was born La Darjeeling. India, Nov, 5, 1913, and went school in Paris. London, Switzer- land, Italy, and Germany. Among her schoolmates was Miss Max- reen O'Sullivan. She is married

to Leigh Holman, London bar- rister, and they have a daughter.

Swanne.

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS. -St. Valentine's Day. Art Union founded, 1837,

| AUCTIONS-Ctown Lands at Dis- trict Office, Tai Po, 1130 a.m.; Postage Stamps, at Lammert Brea, Connaught Road Cen- tral, 5.15 p.m.; Leasehold Pro- perty, at Lammert's 3 p.m. CINEMAS.-(See Column 3 of this

Page).

| LECTURES.-Anti-Gas V. A. Course at Volunteer Hqrs., 10.30 am.; A.R.P.. at Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon,

at 4 .p.m.; Diocesan Junior Girls' "School, 3 Duke Street, 6 p.m.; at Euro- pean Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 6 p.m.;

at La Salle College, 6 p.m.; at Lusitano Club, 5.30 p.m.; at D.M.: Ambulance Hqra, 7.30 First Aid at Queen's College, 7.30 p.m.:

at King's College B.pm at Ambulance Hari., 8 p.m. MAILS. (See Page 16 MEETINGS. Annual, of St. An- drew's Church, 8.30 p.m.: Rotary Meeting, at Hongkong Hotel, 1 p.m.; Kowloon Chess Club, at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30

TO- MORROW

• SHOWS DAILY 130 $20 720-930

Barton

Preston

BICKFORD - MacLANE - FOSTER

Tom BROWN Nan GREY Andy DEVINE Frank JENKS Samuel S. HINDS

„: BUCK JONES in “BÖRDER LAW”

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD KOWEGON TEL 47222

MATINEES. 206-30; • EVENINGS.. 20. -30.- 50x70c

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man Go New Places - Do New

Things To Bring You New Love, Life and Laughs !!!

mertua

WILLIAM

POWELL LOY

DOUBLE FUN! DOUBLE ROMANCE!

That "Thin Man" couple's on the lose again! ' Rowdy! Riot

Your Swell!

in

DOUBLE WEDDING

FLORENCE RICE • JOHN BEAL

EDGAR KENNEDY • JESSIE RALPH

TOMORROW AND THURSDAY One Of The Most Beautiful, Most Human Love

Stories Ever Brought To The Screen!

OF HUMAN HEARTS". WALTER HUSTON • JAMES STEWART BEULAH BONDI

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

Andrew's Mothers' nusl

p.m; 8! Union, 3 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS.

Y.M.C.A.

31 Home and Church Meeting, Cathedral Hall, 5.80 p.m. (Tea 4.45 p.m.) Women's Section, Sewing Bée, | SPORTS.—(89e Page 2). 10 R.FL.

SUNRISE.-8.57 a.m. SUNSET— MOON-Chinese XIX Moon, 20th. 6.19 pm..

Day.

4

18.11.

RELIGIOUS-Prayer and Fellow-TIDES.-High at 08.10 and

Low at 00.56 and 11.35. "ship Meeting, at 8. and 8, Home,

TO-MORROW 8.30 p.m. SOCIAL-MOL (Police ·Branch) | MOON-Chinese XII Moon, 27th.

Bridge and Mahjong Drive, ·'in Day. Helena May. 3

Cheero GUNRISE 17 a.m. BUNSET- Club Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m.; 6.19 p.m. Craigengower Cricket Club TIDES.-High at 06.23 and 17.04. Weekly Tombola, 9p.m.; An- Low at 08:50,

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