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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Today's

UEENS Screenings

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SHOWING TO-DAY

HEAR Judy

sing: "Zing went the stags of my heart

SEE Fredile act

as Eupal's Little helper

THRILL -to a FOTRAIT-

c New ime {tani!

GAILY YOURS}

Freddie and Judy pick a man For Mom...and no drizzle pusa need apply! It's grand!

Listen Darling

FREDGIE

JUDY

BARTHOLOMEW « GARLAND Mary ASTOR - Walter PIDGEON ALAN SALE - SCOTTY BECKETT Directed by LDWIN GYMÁRIN Produced Ez-4ACK CUMMINGS

« Metro Gakayn Mayaz renza"

NEXT CHANGE

FRED - ASTAIRE

GINGER ROGERS

in

THE STORY OF VERNON & IRENE CASTLE'

MAJESTIC

THEATRES

MATINEES. 204330T V6, 20

TODAY AND TOMORROW

THE DRAMA OF THE MOST DRAMATIC SPOT ON EARTH.、、 ELLIS ISLAND! ... TELLING IT'S STORY OF CONCENTRATED HUMAN EMOTION.!

SINNER AND SAINT PASS

THROUGH IT... THEIR SECRETS YIELDED...THEIR HEARTS PROSED!

ARLEEN

AMECHE-WHELAN

DON

Their Ilves

GATEWAY

burned into on love... under the X-ray of Bis laland,

most dramatie

spot on earth

GREGDET

with

LIK

RATOFF BARNES

BATHONG

ROLAND WALBURN,

CARRADINE

ALAURICI MOSCCYCH NAKRY CARST MARGEST BATISONETET TALBOT

Det by aired Warkar

Amacia Producer Salth

Scres May by Lamar Traffi

Darryl F, Zanuck

Charge Production

A 20th Century-Fax Ficturn"

COMMENCING FRIDAY

THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR!

Frank Capres

Columbia's Contribution to Your Happiness!

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

JEAN AUTHOR - LIONEL BARRYMORE-JAMES STEWART - EDWARD ARNOLD ́

DAY

AT

9:50

5:20

720

9:20

STARE

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

VICTOR McLAGLEN

The DEVIL'S PARTY

WILLIAM GARGAN • PAUL KÉLLY

MATRICE ROBERTS FRANK JENKS

**My gim Shanglar Bound on the wat

TOMORROW

NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

CAN THIS BE DIXIE

Jane Withers

SULTAN WAS

Blim Summerville'

KING'S:

Hongkong

“Romance And Rhythmn" QUEEN'S:

"Listen Darling" ORIENTAL. "

"East Of Java”

CATHAY:

"Spring Madness"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Heart Of The West"

STAR:

"Devil's Party"

MAJESTIC:

"Gateway"

KING'S:

Coming

"Topper Takes A Trip"

QUEEN'S: "

CINEMA & GENERAL

"The Story Of Vernon & Irene

Castle"

ORIENTAL:

"Double WeddingTM"

ALHAMBRA:

"Safety In Numbers” CATHAT:

"Tarzan Escapes" "Three Blind Mice".

STAR:

"Can This Be Dixie" "Waikiki Wedding"

MAJESTIC:

I

DISNEY TUNE BECOMES ARMY'S MARCHING SONG

LONDON.—Britain's new Territorial Army is marching to the popular songs of Walt Disney. “Ni hot Hi ho! On To Work We Go," the dwarfs' marching song from "Snow White," is most popular. Also, it has revived "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Tipperary."

But an official of the War Office} told a press reporter that a new Army song would stimulate a |cruiting, and Mr." Ivor Novello, whose "Keep the Home Fires Burning" helped to keep the spirits of the troops during the Great War, says: "I shall certainly have to thing over writing" another.”

Recruiting ouces had a busy

day.

0

THEY WENT AWAY It was

obvious from tha number of young men who walked up to the doors, rattled handles, and went away again. that it would have been well worth while to keep these' offi- ces open on the only after- noon on which most young working men are free.

There is bound to be some delay in such a huge recruiting "We're simply inundated with

scheme," an oficial said, "and inquiries," said a recruiting clerk applicants are being asked to be

a little patient

"Men who

and

in the omice of the 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. "I should, say the applications have increas-can't get away from their work at

want to Join ed about three-fold above normal other times should apply to

local drill-ball at night.”

"And a lot of young boys, too." One defect detected by the Sun- day Referee was that many recruit- ing offices were not open.

Johnny Weismuller

Waiting For Divorce

their

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS.

-Royal Hongkong Golf

Club

To Get Married Again Golden Jubilee.. St. Antoninus,

swimmer

Bishop. CINEMAS.(See Column 3 of this

Page).

Johnny Weismuller, and screen actor, and Mrs. Beryl Scott. of San Francisco, will be married in July, shortly after Weis DANCES.-Cheero muller's wife, Lupe Velez, gets

8.30 p.m.

The couple will live in Weismxtil - ler's new home at Brentford,' Call-

"You Can't Take It With You"fornia,

Club Dance

her final divorce decree from him. ENTERTAINMENTS.—Tonoff Trio in Chamber Music Concert, at Peninsula Hotel, Roof Garden, 9.30 px. LECTURES-ARP. Modifed Full Course, at the American Club; at Wah Yan College, Robinson. Road, 8.30 p.m.; First Aid in Chinese, at Chinese YMCA, in Kowloon, 7.30 pm.; at Ambu- lance Ears. (for womens) 7:30 p.m.; Air Raid Warden, at Faumati Govt. School; 7 p.m.; "at Shaukiwan Public Dispensary,

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16 Tricks (5)

18 Water

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19 skill (6) 23 Progenitor

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25 Noble

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28 In what

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29 Voluble i abuse (6)

31 Donated (5)

33 Tropical

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34 Allowance

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35 Ancient (3)

36 Salty (9)

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10 Courage (8)

14 Assist (3)

15 Large tree

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20 Mizalve (8) al Cover (3)

22 Faints (6)·

29 Writing

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24 District 18)

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Solution No 304

SOLUTION TU-MURROW

6 p.m.; Home Nursing (in "Chi-" nese), at-Kowloon Hospital, 6 p.m.: Kowloon Union Church Home Nursing Lecture by Mrs. Baggott, 10 š.m.

MAILS (Bee Page 5). MEETINGS.-Annual, of Hong- kong Engineering & Construc- tion Co. Ltd. in Messrs. Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Onces, 8t George., Chater Road, noon; An. nual of Hongkong Philharmonic Society, in Jacobean 'Room, Hongkong Hotel. 5.30 p.m.; HK. Peace Pledge Union, at Chal- lenge Bookshop, Tre House. Street, 5.30 p.m.; Speaker: Dr. K. L. Rei- chelt, on "A Message of Peace from Madras"; HK Sunday Assen., in Kowloon Union Church or Hall, 5.45 p.m.; St. Andrew's medical War Working Party, 10

3.01,

MISCELLANEOUS-Cathedral Fellowship Working Party, Ca thedral Hall, 10 a.m; Exhibi- tion of Chinese Cartoons at Central Theatre.

MOON-Chinese II Moon, 21st.

Day.

SOCIAL.-Y.M.C.A., Women's Sec-

tion Mahjong, 10 am. (Competi«. Live Games); Whist Drive and Tombola, in Garrison Sergeants” Mess; & p.m.

SPORTS.—(Sce Page 2). SUNRISE 5.47 am. SUNSET.

3.53 p.m.

ACROES: 1, Depleted 5, Idol. 8, TIDES High at 02.31 and 11.80

Low at 05.34 and 1957 ̧*

"ROMANCE AND Entrance. 9. Seam 11. Hemp 13

RHYTHM"

Laden. 16, Atom. 18,' Gimlet. 20. Issued. 21, Real, 23, Oasis, 24, Dykė.

Believe it or not, after Holly- 28, Axis, 29, Disabled, 30, Tiny, 31, wood's stormfest marriage in "Romance and Rhythm" with Cemetery.

history, climaxed by Hillana suing Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien and Fria-

DOWN: 1, Deed. 2, Pity, 3, Crave, Stan Laurel for divorce, the couple. cilla Lane in the leading ros 4. Except. 8, Dreadful. 7, Lemofiade, are rumoured to be returning to now showing at the King's Theatre, 10, Alms, 12, Mate. 14, Ignorant 15, feach other, with a new marriage. It's the story of hilarious adven- Omission. 17. Olly 19, Erse. 22, ceremony tentatively planned for tires-and misadventures of a Advice. "26, Oke 27, Eddy,”

the Russian New Year. Brooklyn crooner who goes West in order to make good in the East. Blended with the amusing story are charming melodic interludes in which Powell, MI Lane and several other members of the large and talented cast sing the five new songs written for this production as well as some, famous old-time cowboy ballads.

Despite the fact that Romance and Rhythm" opens in a western locale. It is distinctly not 2 "Western" picture, It is, in fact, the direct antitheses of all wes- terns, for it takes nothing seriously. Headed by Johnnie Davis, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan, is one of the largest sup- porting casts of featured players Ameche, 20th Century-ever to appear in a Warner Bros. French authorities in Alsace-Lor-Fox star, his leading role in picture. rame while motoring from Berlin"Gateway" has a deep sentimental

April 23, it was | attraction:

SEARCHED

The Sultan of

Johote was by the

stopped and searched

to Zurich on revealed on April 25.

SEATIMENTAL THE FOR DON

To Don

For Ameche representa the splendid principles on which the arrive at Ellis Island--the "gate- The Sultan was delayed only theory of America as a land of way" of America, for an hour or two, and the reason opportunity is based.

Gateway" currently is at the for the search was that be was "Gateway" is a stirring story of Majestic Theatre with Don Ame- carrying a camera,

the joys and sorrows of those who i che and Arleen Whelan co-starred."

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SHE CALLED IT LOVE BUT HE CALLED IT MADNESS | See how fire gorgeous college maide gang up on one guy's heart. and they didn't learn it from books! Tow Ayres, the screen's new romantic rove, is the victim, and it's screamlined excitement as he battles against overwhelming, but charming odds!

Spring Madness

➡OʻSULLIVAN -AYRES:

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TO-MORITARZAN ESCAPES

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A For fit

∙BUN. & MON.

BKOG Thrill

THREE BLIND MICE

SKY GIANT

O'Sulliven Loretta Young

Johnny Welsmuller

Joel McCrea Richard Dix

Josa Fontaine-

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1939.-PAGE 5

、 AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE SHOWING TODAY AD

ROMANCE

and RHYTHM

WAHOO! ITS A WORLD

CHAMPSENSHIP OF ROMANCE

("RHYTHM" NʼLAUGHS!

DICK POWELL-PAT O'BRIEN

PRISCILLA LANE

19. POGON

BARS - NENAS

PREDVIDEN - A MAINIT EN

46

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39

BOLAND YOUNG

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RD. KOWE

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

ANOTHER THRILLING HOPALONG CASSIDY ADVENTURE!

TOMORROW

20th C. Fox

Pioture

4 SHOWS DAILY

2.30415 7-15-9.30

Clarence E. Mulford's "HEART OF WEST"

THE

WIN WILLIAM BOYD · JIMMYELÜSON George Hayes Kidney Blačkimar * Lynn Gobrisł Directed by Howard Brotherton- & Harry Sherman Production A Paramenet kalavot

The Jones Family

in "SAFETY IN NUMBERS”

Jed Prouty

Spring Byington

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A THOUSAND BATTLES

OF MAN-AGAINST-MAN, AND BEAST AGAINST BOTH:

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Its Unibrerieľa ADRIÁNS Adfenture DTEMALĽ

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WHEGELIZABETH YOUNG FRANK ALBERTSON and EESEIE FËNTON

Attapted from the ~GOUVERNEUX HORnes novel,

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