1939-05-20 — Page 5

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS Today's

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

A BOY AND A GIRL.....caught

the web of a ruthless

Imbush

Gladys Swartkort - Lloyd Holan Salon Buzzy - Mömm Frandey • Erzast Trac

A Paramount Payva› Soomed by Kurt Manmann'

ADDED

-GRAND STAGE SHOW:

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY AT THE QUEEN'S ONLY HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE”

An Intinuato Revue with COWAN & BAILEY, THE TAYLEURS, LAURELL GAINES, DOLORES DEE, LUCILLE NICHOLSON, FLORENCE CHAPPELL, MAKITA,

TO-MORROW

A Paramount

Picture

+ SHOWS

DAILY

2.30 $20

720-9.30

ESTELLE COWAN

*

SYLVIA SIDNEY

"ONE THIRD OF A NATION "

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN ROAD

KOWLOON

TEL. 57222

(MATINEES. 20.-30. • EVENINGS, 20%-30% 50:700

TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY !

RETORN SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUEST! GLORIOUSLY DIFFERENT MUSICAL ROMANCE! Adventure-crowded

hours

.. romanca-

laden nights... when New Orleans

picked its wives from "bride" ships.

and pirates ruled The Everglades!

Jeanettee DONALD and Nelson EDDY

Naughty Maristta

& Metro-Goldwyn-May

TOR/HERBER

romdace with mi FRANK MORGA

[W. S. VAN DYER

Douglas Dumbrille Production-

TO-MORROW, MONDAY, TUESDAY • A DELIGHTFUL ROMANTIC COMEDY !!1

LORETTA

JOEL MOCREATUREE BLIND MICE

A 20th Century Fox Picture

STAR

TODAY ONLY

MARMORE

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Introducing JUDGE HARDY'S FAMILY

in the First of a Series of Interesting Pictures !

LIONEL BARRYMORE

Cicilia PARKER Eric LINDEN

MICKEY ROONEY CHARLEY GRAPEWINİ

Bruched by Boorge H. Zatti

[Produced by Luber Halbers

• Maria Goldwyn-Mayer nerum

TO MORROW

Family

ROBERT DONAT

Affair

ROSALIND RUSSELL THE CITADEL "

Betty Fumess was a popuar James Craig, husky new Colum- artists' model before entering films. bla leading man who is co-featur- Featured with James Craig ined with Betty Furness in North of Columbla's "North of Shanghal," Shanghai played football during Miss Furness once had the pleasure his collegiate career. He started of seeing her likeness on three as an end with Tennessee and later national magazine covers the same attended Rice Institute.

month.

Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Hold That Kiss"

QUEEN'S:

“AmbushTM

ORIENTAL:

"You Can't Take It With You

CATHAY:

"Block-Head"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA.

" "Ambush"

STAR:

"A Family Affair” MAJESTIC:

"Naughty Marietta"

KING'S:

Coming

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

"One Third Of A Nation"

ORIENTAL:

"Artists and Models Abroad"- "Naughty Marietta"

CATHAY:

"Wings Of The Morning"

ALHAMBRA;

"One Third Of A Nation"

STAR:

"The Citadel" MAJESTIC:

"Three Blind Mice"

"THREE BLIND

MICE"

CINEMA & GENERAL

BERGNER'S £30,000 FOR ONE FILM

Actress's Claim Revealed In £1,000,000 Law Suit

CHINA INSURANCE FIRMS NAMED

A claim on a film company for £30,000 by Miss Elisabeth Bergner was mentioned when the £1,000,000 lawunit concerning the Anancing of British films was continued in the King's Bench Division, London, on May 4.

The action was brought by the Westminster Bank against 13 in. surance companies, among these being the Union Insurance Society of Canton and the Canton Insur ance Company, in connection with guarantce policies. ***.

£12,000 by Ann Harding and £30,000 by Elisabeth Bergner.

Sir Stafford - They had.. £100,000 by this time, and they were settling with various creditors for much smaller

SUL7739

NO DISPUTE

The cases related to films which were to be produced by Capitol Counsel said that the implica Film Corporation, Ltd.: Cecil Films,tion from the dealings between Ltd., and Trafalgar Films, Ltd. the parties was that there was no

as to the

guarantee

Sir Stafford Cripps. K.C., for the dispute Bank, agreed, in reply to Mr. policies. Justice Singleton, that after May. Mr. Justice Singleton-The re- 1936, £800,000' was advanced with-newal and the issue of the further out any accountant's investigation loans would have been quite im- possible had there been any dis-

on

£30,000 CLAIM

Sir Stafford-Absolutely impos- sible.

Sir Stafford mentioned a claim pute?

the Trafalgar Company by Miss Bergner for £30,000.

Mr. Justice Singleton-A claim on this one company?

Sir Stafford-Yes. For one dim. Mr. Justice Singleton asked. how the company could keep going with clafins like these

EVEN WATER HAS “STAND-IN” IN HOLLYWOOD

Further correspondence, he said, showed that the insurance com- panies became fully aware

that the money had not been spent on Alms for which it had been ad- vanced. It was appreciated that lack of restrictive regulations led very largely to the trouble.

APPLICATION Sparkling, scintillating and gay,

Referring to the application for with all the vivacity that is so

the renewal of the loans, Bir much a part of gorgeously feminine!

Stafford said they could imagine Even water has a "stand-in" in what the answer would have been Loretta Young, "Three Blind Mice," Hollywood. her newest romancing portrayal of

If they had been informed that During the filming of Columbia's the policies were to be repudiated. a modern American girl, opens at "North of Shanghai," James Craig, His lordship asked whether any the Majestic Theatre to-morrow featured with Betty Furness, had of these fim" companies with Joel McCrea sharing the star to wash his hands in one scene, wound up... honours.

happened to be taken outdoors on This 20th Century-Fox produc-a bitterly cold morning. Ice form- tion, under the personal supervi-ed in the basta Craig used. sion of Darry F. Zanuck and direct-

Icy water was out of season in alm's locale midsummer

non-freezing

alcohol

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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1939.-PAGE 5

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE' FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY DAILY AT 2.30, 6.10, -7.15

THE

DAY

& 9.30. P.M.

Judge Hardy's fzany kid... “Tank At Oxford's" messtheart... the Eghting man of "Bed Man ‚of Brimatumo”... », all in one colour romanzoni

Hold that kiss

with

FAVREEN O'SULLIVAN»

EICKEY

KEEFE ROONEY

Odinal Story and Sardan Fly by Eslay Bask Dirosted by Edwin L. Maria Prundused by „Joka W. Canaldian, Jr.

AND SPORTS SHORT

OLYMPIC SKI

MOM

CHAMPION"

~TOMORROW-

GRACIE FIELDS — VICTOR McLAGLEN in WE'RE GOING TO BE RICH"

A 20th Century Fox Picture.

ALHAMBRA

were

AN

Sir Stafford said he did not know what happened to them ultimately. As far as ho, knew the underwriters' committee was still in existence.. Mr. "Justice Singleton-I wonder- ed what the position was.

Sir Stanford-Frankly, I do not

ed by the master of gay dramatic the touches, William A. Selter, is a China-50 veritable' bombardment of charm, was substituted. glamour and palpitating splendour.

Not content with the choice of around Stephen Powys' as yet un-know what has happened to them. three of Hollywood's most beanti-produced stage play that includes We never had any control ful women as the Three Blind another trio of filmland's best them. All we know is what the Mice," the producer has bullt a cast known masculine names.

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flower

part (5)

4 Theme (7)

8 Train (7)

10

9 Separated:

(5)**

Reason (5)

11 Less dear

·(7)

13 Reverbera-

tion (4)

15 Mock (8) 17 Commands

(6)

20 Bare (4). 22 Opposes (7) 24 Smell (5).. 26 Flower

kingdom (5) 27 Time

period (7) 28 Unceasing

(7)

29 Stain (5)

ག

DOWN

1" Read (7)

NO.

5 Chide (5)

6 Pattern (7)

7 Teacher (5)

314

(7)

19 Reel (7)

21 Stewards

(6)

22 Gum (5) 23 Ascend (5)

12 Bonnet (4)

14. Money unit

2 "Giant (5)

(4)

3 of plant (7)

18

Answer (7)

25 Stone fruft

4 Oration (6)

18

Harvesters

(6)

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

Solution No 313-

ACROSS: 1, Crash, 5, Dogma. "8, Alke. 9, Alter. 10, Bravo. 11, Polka,

12, Forty. 15, Range: 18, Owl. 20, Herald. 21, Auburn. 22, Dry. 24, Anger. 27, Cease. 30, Actor. 31, Amain. 32, Ingot, 33, Knife. 34, Notes. 35 Spear...

DOWN 1, Chaff. 2, Utter. 3, Harpy, 4, Billow. 5, Debar. 6, Grain, 7, Alone. 13, Ocean. 14. Trade, 18, Amble. 17, Germs, 18, Odd. 19, Lay. } 23, Retain. 24 Again, 25, Giant, 26. Ranks 27, Cries. 28, Angle, 29, | Eater.

Beatrice Blinn, Columbia con tract player, is an exceptionally good painter and has won many prizes for her oila in important competition. A niece of Holbrook Blinn, late great stage star, her latest picture is "North of Shang- as an exciting Columbia, produc- tion featuring James Craig and Betty Furness

underwriters told us,

over

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TU-DAY.

| ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYE.

-St. Bernardine of Siena.

CINEMAS (See Column 3 of this

Page).

ו!

LECTURES.-A.R.P.

at Yaumati Government School, 3 p.m. MAILS-(Bee Page '18). MISCELLENEOUS.

Children's

Charity Fair in aid of National Assen, for Care of War Or- phans, at Nathan Road, opposite Peninsula Hotel, from 2 p.m. to 7 pm Photograpic Exhibi tion at St. Francis Hotel, MOON-Chinese IV Moon, 2nd

Day...

SPORTS.-(See Page 2).

SUNRISE-5:41 a.m SUNSET.—-

6.58 D.m

TIDES.High at 09.21 and 23.14.

Low at 03.07 and 16.41.

il

Y.M.C.A. ""The State:

TO-MORROW MISCELLANEOUS, --

Discussion Group: Modern Experiments," by Pro- fessor R. Robertson of the Hong- kong University, 9 pm. MOON-Chinese TV Moon, 3rd

Day.

SUNRISE-8.42

6.57 p.m.

a.m. SUNSET,——

TIDES.-High at 98.41 and 22.23

Low at 0234 and 15,58.

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