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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HỒNG KONG

KOWLOON

AT 250-515-7-90-930 RM AT 230-320-720 °2-930 PM. TODAY AND TOMORROW

A BOY AND A GIRL........caught

in the web of a ruthless manbust!

Imbush

“Gladys Swartbont - Lloyd Holan

Elden Henry • Elbow Frantry • Ewest Trus

A. Paramount Pads » Elenched by Kurt Memmmme

CINEMA & GENERAL

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1939. —PAGE 5

Jean Arthur, John Barrymore, James Stewart and Edward Arnold in Columbia's best picture of 1938 "You Can't Take It With You" showing at the Oriental Theatre, to-day and to-morrow. Famous Palitzer Prize Play, Winner of 1938 Gold Trophy!

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

DAILY AT 9.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M..

Rico LATEST NEWS

OF

THE

DAY

Judge Hardy's funny kid..."Tank Ai Oxford's” sweetheart... the fighting man of "Bad Man all in one sidious romance! of Brimstons'

hold that kiss

with

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN

TROEKNIS

BICKEY

O'KEEFE • ROONEY

Original Story and Screen Flay by Blaxley Bank Direeted by Edwin L. Maria

Produced by John W. Considian. Ir.

ADDED

-GRAND: STAGE SHOW.

LAST 2 DAYS

4 TIMES DAILY

AT THE QUEEN'S ONLY

HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE"

An Intimate

Revue with COWAN & BAILEY. THE TAYLEURS, LAURELL GAINES, DOLORES DEE, LUCILLE NICHOLSON, FLORENCE CHAPPELL, MARETA

SUNDAY

A Paramount

Picture"

14

SYLVIA SIDNEY ONE THIRD OF A NATION"

4 s

TAKE ANY TRAM OR Mappy Valley Bus

FLARING

DAILY

LIKED

ORIENTALE

ROLD WANINI

TEL. 20473

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS! TODAY AND TOMORROW

THE OUTSTANDING COMEDY CLASSIC OF THE YEAR!

THIS FAMOUS OFFICIAL GOLD TROPHY WAS AWARDED

TO THIS PULITZER PRIZE PLAY BY THE ACADEMY OF ART AND SCIENCES AS THE BEST PICTURE OF 1938.

WINNING THE"

ACADEMY AWARD IS THE HIGHEST HONOUR THAT CAN BE BESTOWED TO ANY

PRODUCTION,

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

JEAN

LIONEL

JAMES

EDWARD

ARTHUR-BARRYMORE-STEWART ARNOLD

MISCHA AUER ANN MILLER Spring Byington · Samuel 5. Hinds Donald Meek-H. B. Warner Based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George 5 Koufnten and Mess Hart - Seresina eru by Robert Riskan - Directed by FRACK CAPRA

·A -COLUMBIA PICTURE

MON. "ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD."

Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Yacht Club Boys, 100 other stars.

MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 20.-30e.-50c.-70c.

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30,5.15.7.20,&9.30.P.M. MATINZES ›–20%, 30%, 40%, EVENINGS »–101. 30%+ 506, 70c., #Uck? TO-DAY ONLY-LAST 4 SHOWST

A MOST POWERFUL DRAMA... "The Informer "atar and

an inspired cast in a picture that rains blows of passiona and emotions on your pounding heart!

THE CRY OF A

STIRRING AS

WOMAN IN TERROR!

VICTOR

WALTER

LAGLEN CONNOLLY PETER LORNE

NANCY STEELE IS MISSING!

JUNE LANG ROBERT KENT

TO-MORROW SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDA

THE WORLDS FAVOURITÉ COMICS: ** IN THEIR LAST FICTURE TOGETHER 1 THE YEAR'S COMEDY SENSATION F

HAL ROAZI! prevAILIN

PTAN

OUVER

LAUREL HARDY

BLOCK HEADS

MINNACOMBELI PATRICIA FIETS

MALTY CHUBERT FINLAYSON

Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Hold That Kiss" QUEEN'S:

"Ambush"

ORIENTAL:

"You Can't Take It With You" CATHAY:

"Nancy" Steele Is Missing”

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Ambush".

STAR;

"Walkik! Wedding"

MAJESTIC:

"Stablemates"

KING'S:

Coming

"We're Going To Be Rich" QUEEN'S:

"One Third Of. A „Nation" ORIENTAL:

"Artists and Models Abroad" "Naughty Marietta”

CATHAY:

"Block-Head"

ALHAMBRA..

"One Third Of A Nation"

STAR:

"A Family Affair"

"The Citadel"

MAJESTIC:

"Three Blind Mice"

PAUL MUNI

SURPASSED

It is a

Tare occasion in

Hollywood when any actor sur-

passes Paul Muni in theatrical

brilliance but that unqsual

こ

bonour must go to Brian Aherne

as the emperor Maximilian in **Juarez.”

งา

Not only does Aherne surpass Muni; but he also eclipses the usually outstanding Bette Davis ! who is his empress, Carlota, Miss Davis has a rather brief role and in only one scene where she loses, her mind worrying over the fate of her husband and of Mexico does she dominate the picture. "

Few will deny that Muni is a great actor but in the role of Jua rez, the Mexican liberator, he made an unfortunate choice of a part that gives him little chafice for anything but repressed, unemo- tional acting.

EMOTIONAL DISPLAY In a role retiring an emotional display of scientific or dramatic eagerness, fire, passion he un- beatable. Despite this criticism, it must be said thai Iew actors could have handled Juarez as "well as Mund

STAN LAUREL GETS DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Reuter)The film comedian, Stan Laurel, WILS divorced from his third wife, the Rus- stan singer. Vere Ileana, yes- terday.

oc

Laurel cited numerous casions on which his wife had left home and became intozi- cated. This, he said, inter- fered with his work.

Martha Raye Travels Incognito

'Hollywood's

well-known masquerading device colour-

ed glasses, worn by actresses

who wish to travel incognito

was supplemented with

NEW WALT . DISNEY SHORT

Walt Disney has a new short coin- |ing out soon which will introduce in a major role, Tootste, The Pengülk

Tootsie had a "bit" part once before but now he is a' «feature player. The short, is called "Donald's Penguin” and stars Donald Duck and Tootsie.

Quaint, nonchalant, utterly indifferent. Tootsie is a perfect foll for Donald's frenzied ravings. He waddles serenely along in fils frock- coated white"vest and his wide in- nocent eyes belle the clever fellow benind them...

He not only gets what he wants but makes Donald like it and the doing will give audierices plenty to laugh at and with

SHIRLEY IN

battered automobile by Martha TECHNICOLOUR

Raye,

Martha and her stand-in. Jea- FILM

nette Ruby, purchased 4 1927

mode] Chevrolet and are having 20th Century-Fox

announced.

it painted red for use around, that Shirley Temple is to do Hollywood. Autograph hunters another technicolour picture. It is won't suspect the star, who usually to be the famous Maurice Maeter- rides in a town car of riding, let linck story "The Bluebird". alone owning stich an ancient Published at the beginning of the | jallopy, Martha hopes.”

century, this play has been trans- Since she is allowed to drive lated into every language and the her larger and attention-attract-play has been presented in every ing limousine into the Paramount | country in the civilized world, grounds where she is working on It should prove popular for "Give Me 8 Sallor," Martha Shirley. Production will start some- hasn't yet been seen in the in-time in the fall formal bus.

1

Next on her list is "Lady Jane"

CROSSWORD

NO. 313

ACROSS Pulverise (5)

5 Teret (5) 8 Similar (5) 9 Change (5) 10 Applause (5)..

11. Dance (5), 12 Two score

ເຈົ້າ

15 Scope (5) 13 Night bizd

(3)

20 Harbinger

(B)

21 Copper- coloured (8)

22 Arid (3) 24 Wrath (5) ZT Terminate (5)***

30 · Performer

7(5)

31. With force

(5)

In its desire to present the fue historical picture, the studio tries to cover too much ground and actually || the film has two separate stories that of Juarez and the tragic tale of Maximilian, and Cariota. Either would have been sufficient for a

37 Metal bar

(5)

6.

33 Cutting

> tool. (5)

full movie but both are too much,

uch 34 Paper

SUPPORTING CAST

money -(5) 35. Weapon

(5)

DOWN

1 Banter (5)

Witch (5)

2 Extreme

(5)

4 Wave (6)

5 Veto (5)

6 Cereal (5)

7 Solitary

(5)

Sea (5) Commerce (5)

Gentle pace" (5)

127

22 123

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

A THIN MAN

17 Begin

nings (5) 18 Queer (3)

19 Deposit (3) 23 Keep (6)

24 Ditto (5) 25 Monster.

(5)

26. Positions

'(5)

27 Weeps (5)

28 Corner (5)

Come in

Solution No 312

AND SPORTS SHORT "OLYMPIC SKI CHAMPION”

NEXT CHANGE-

GRACIE FIELDS — VICTOR McLAGLEN in

“WE'RE GOING TO BE RICH" ▲ 20th Century Fox Picture.

DAILY AT

9-30

520

720

9.20

TO. MORROW

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30 $20

720-9:30

STAR

TODAY ONLY

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON TEL. 57795

BING CROSBY. BOB BURNS MARTHA RAYE

in

“WAIKIKI WEDDING”

..

¿

A Paramount Picture

The First Picture of Judge Hardy's Family "A FAMILY AFFAIR

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

MATMAN ROAD

KOWLOON

TEĽ'87212

MATINEES; 20c-30 ° EVENINGS, 20.-30.50708

TODAY AND TOMORROW THRILLS?... HEART THROBS!... ROARING

LAUGHTER!!!

"ME AND YOU....... ARE THROUGH! Who'd Want An Old Tramp Like You... For A Pop!"

Kews

the Day

WALLACE

MICKEY

BEERY ROONEY!

STABLEMATES

SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY

A DELIGHTFUL ROMANTIC COMEDY !!!

LORETTA YOUNG:

JOEL MOOREA in THREE BLIND MICE

A 20th Century-Fox Picture

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS. St. Peter Celestine, Pope. St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canter- tury. AUCTIONS.

11

ligious Fellowship, «10.30 am. MISCELLANEOUS, — Y. MO. A. Women's section "Keep · FW?

·Class, 10:30a.m.--- MOON-Chinese IV Moon, 18%

The supporting cast is one of the best ever assembled for splc- tare, including John Garfield as Purario Diaz, Claude Rains as Louis Napoleon, Gale Sondergaard as the Empress Eugente, Donald Crisp as Marechal Dazaine ana

Household Furni» (Daye ACROSS: 1, Perforated. 7, Home, dozens of other "name" players. In describing a thin man' Ball 8, Alarm, 10, Dress, 13, Reef, 15,

ture; at 2 Connaughf-Road Cen-[RELIGIOUS-Bt. Andrewa Church Juarez presents the Mexican Rathbone told a story on himself Mend. 16, Legible. 17, Coke, 18, UINEMAS (See Column 3 of this SOCIAL Whist Drive and

tral, Ground Floor, 230 pm Full Choir Practice, 6.30 p.m. people and their struggle for Uber-which is worth repeating... Roar, 19, Smoking. 20, Arch 22,

Tom ty in a sympathetic light that Bome years back when he Emit. 24 Ashes. 27, Squib. 28,

"bola" in R:2,"*"W's and: Sorgts", should win high praise in that appearing opposite Mrs. Patrick Cargo, 29, Derendants.

Méss, Wellington Barracks, 8.15. country.

Campbell "George: Sands, in t

D. London, a friend sak Mrs. Camp DOWN: 1, Pinne, 2. Reed, 2, Bing Crosby, crooner de luze, bell about her leading man, Ogre, 4. Alas, 6. Erase. 6. Thirdclass. finished, "Doctor Rhythm" in time "Oh "" exclaimed the actress 9. Moderation, 11, Regions, 12 Sublime 14, Flesh. 15, Merge, 21, Cause 23 Marks, 24, Able, 25. Hold" (28; "Scansť

to teach George Raft to sing for "Ball's the most extraordinary

his role in "Spawn of the North" young man he looks like two pro at the same studio,

ales stuck together

Fager

the

DANCES - Bemi-finals of

"Garden of the Moon" --- Dance Contest at Hongkong Hotel SPORTS (Bee Page 2).

MAILA (Bee Page 16),

MESTINGE 84. Andrew's Club SUNRISE 5.42 2,m. SUNSET ---

Medical War, Working Party,] 0.51 p.m."

10 am.: Toc H. meets in the TIC3-High at 08.08 and 2190 Hall, 8 pm. Helena May Re- Low at 02.01 and 15.17.5

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