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INTRODUCTION
ADOLPHE MENJOU ANDREA LEEDS EDGAR -BERGEN and ‘CHAHLIE McCARTHY"-
GEORGE MURPHY
A FEW UNWIZIAL PICTURE
A JOHN M. STABL® Production
"DRACULA"
ROSE STRADNER'S weeks under the supervision of
Fred Kohimar. NEW CONTRACT
Born in Vienna, and a prominerit Known as one of the great member of the theatre, MISS dramatic stars of the European Stradner has appeared in more stage, Rose Stradner has been than fifty dramas, ranging from signed, by Columbia to a long term Shakespeare, Ibsen and Mollere to contract, according to a studio noted modern day playwrights. annoucement.
These include "Lady Windermere's Miss Stradner will play the lead-Fan" "Dinner at Eight,” “An ing feminine role in the picturiza-American Tragedy," "Laliom,” tion of the Broadway stage success, Somerset Maugham's "Victoria," "Blind Alley," under the directions "Faust" "Cymbeline," "As You of Charles Vidor,
Ziko, It,' Romeo and Juliet, Other prominent roles thus far "Hamlet," "St. Joan," and others. assigned will be enacted by Chester Bince her arrival in Hollywood, Morris, Joan Perry and Ralph Ms Stradner has played the fem- Bellamy, Production is expected to Inine lead opposite Edward G. be started within the next two Robinson in "The Last Gangster."
Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
The Duke of West Point" QUEEN'S
"Service de Luxe"
ORIENTAL:
"A Slight Case of Murder"
CATHAX:
"Radio City Revels"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:
CINEMA & GENERAL
"A Galaxy Of Ten New Dl. ney Shorts In Cse Pro- gramme"
STAR:
Letter Of Introduction"
MAJESTIC:
ני
"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
KING'S:
"Coming
"Romance And Rhythm”
QUEEN'S:
"Empres Wu Sheh Ten" ORIENTAL:
Special All
CROSSWORD NO. 274
ACROSS
I .. Tissue
3 Lofty
mountain
- 8
Astral body
12 Ala
13 Established
[RNI SAZH
value
14. Bearing round
the shield
.15 Violation:
19 Palm
18 Conclusion
20 Encounted.
21 Insect
22 Irish queen
24 Fragrant aleoresin
27: Substances
used to give weight to sole-leather
30 Member of
a warlike Mohammedan tribe
31 River Island
32 Large food
13h
33 Most rapid 35 Covered
with wax
Colour Cartoon
Variety Show”
38 Ancient
37. Antique
CATHAY:
"Snow White And The Seven
Dwaris"
ALHAMBRA:
"Trail Dust"
STAR:
"Dracula"
The King And The Chorus
Girl"
MAJESTIC:
"Call Of The Sun”
FOUR SINGING
KING SISTERS
Alice Yvonne, Donna,
and Louise, the four singing King Sisters, who won radio laurels as à harmony team with Horace Heldt's dance band, have been signed by Colum- bla's Short Subject depart- ment to appear in two new Community Sings. Paul Mertz and Joe Sullivan will back- ground 'their harmony with a
Ilah clan
38 Babylonian
god of the sky
40 Harangue,
42 Seed of a
well-known vine
45 Pertaining
to dancing
48 More than
49 Female deer
50 Sea eagle 51. Spanish
money.
ZZ
OZ
52 Transgress
53 Fine powder
DOWN Steel splint
2
in armour..
Black
3 Give
temporarily
* Siamese "coin
5 Separate
6 Bathe
7 Working rule
8 Drunkard
9 Verse of
three measures
10 Fragrant
.. resin
11 Tear 16 Hindu queen 17 Horny scale
on the Anger
21 Plant with
detergent properties
23 Sped
24 Prussian
2
SOLUTION TO-MORROW
GAIETY THEATRE SOLD
LONDON, April 2 (Reuter)— The Galety Theatre has been sold and will be demolished. The building will be replaced by a block" of fats.
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25 Parcel of land
36 Obliterations 27 Pose for _E
portrait
28 Sooner than 29 Tuf
31 With one leg
on each side
-34 Epfe
35 Feminine name
37 Different 33 On the
39
summit
Field of granular snow
41 Acidity
42 Republic of
South America
43 Brings forth 44 Dill
46 For the
nfirmative
47 Colour
Solution No. 273
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HOW ELUCIDATE
'two - plano accompaniment DIARY OF LOCAL AVARIVALIMAY
Sam Nelson will direct
One of the "Sings," will em- brace songs of broken ro- mance. The other will fea- ture various hit parade", top- notchers. These will include: "Tipi-Tipi-Tin," "A - Tisket, A-Tasket." "The Music Goes, 'Round and Round." “Yes, We Have No Bananas," "D{A You Ever See A Dream Walk- ing" and "The Object Of My Affection."
EVENTS
TO-DAY
ANNIVERSARIES AND HOLIDAYS. 8t. Richard, Bishop of Chi- cester.
AUCTIONS.--Crown Lands, at
P.W.D. Onces; 3 p.m. CINEMAS.—(See Column 3 of this
Page).
Club Dance,
DANCES.-Cheera
8.30 pm. LECTURES. Home Nuraing
Chinese, at Queen Mary. Hos-
im
JACQUELINE WELLS pital, 8 pm; ARP., in Chinese
GETS A NEW ROLE
Y.M.C.A., Waterloo Road, Kow- loon, 7 p.m.; First Aid, in Volun- teer, Hqrs.. 11.30 am. -
I
Jacqueline Wells, who plays the leading feminine role in Colum-MAILS-(See Page 16). bia's "My Son is a Criminal,” was born in Denver, Colorado on MEETINGS.-Annual, of the RA. Aug. 30. After living for a short M C. Asscn., in Urban Council time in Dallas, Texas, the ̈ ̈ was
Chamber, GP.O. Bldg., 5.30 D.m Hongkong brought to Hollywood" when but
Badminton three years old.
Club, at 8.& 8. Home, 7 L St. Andrew's Church Medical War Working Party, 10 a.m.
In the toddling stage she Was enrolled with Theodore Kosiores famous Russian Ballet and later MISCELLANEOUS,--First Aid Ex. made her motion pleture debut with other child dancers. Soon afterward, she played -her (niet featured role in Cecil B. Demille's "Children of Jaza”
Thenceforth, and while attend- ing school at Kenwood Hall, she matured
to young womanhood through a long succession of hims and plays. The Golden Bed," "Night Cargo."- "Classified,” and "Hamlet."
She retired temporarily from the screen when she married the wealthy young socialite, Walter Brooks, III. and, upon resuming screen work was. signed by Columbia.
N
of
Recent roles were in "Little Miss Roughneck," "Counsel for Crime," "She Married An Artist.". "You Can't Win," "Crime of the Year," "Highway Patrol," "Wings Doom," "The Little Adven- tures" and other pictures,
She is five feet, three inches tall, weighs 112 pounds, and has hazel eyes and brown hair She Is an expert aviatrix, piloting her own plane.
Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce will be featured in Goldwyn-Mayer's
with Leo Garziik: heading porting cast Edwin L direct and John Co been named producer,
GABYSPALLTAGE
naught Road, first floor. 4 p.m.; V.M.C.A. Debate, 9 p.m.; Photo- graphic Exhibition, Jacobean Room, Hongkong Hotel; St. An- drew's Church Teachers' Fre paration Class, 7 p.m.
| MOON.—Chinese II Moon, 14th.
Day.
REHEARSALS. — Hongkong Sin- zers. Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m.; HK. Philhar- monte Boclety, Orchestral Bec- tion. Beamen's" Institute, 8.45 p.m.
RELIGIOUS-St. Andrew's Church Holy Communion, 7.30 a.m.; Fellowship of Youth, 6. p.m. SOCIAL-Busy Bee Working Party Bridge and Mahjong Drive, in Cathedral Hall, 3 pm: TMCA. Bridge Morning Social, 10 a.m.; Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m. SPORTS.-(Bee Page 2). SUNRISE.-6.17
8.38 pm.
8.m. BUNSET.—-
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