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HÖNGKONG · DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HỒNG XONG

KOWLOON...

AT 230-515-790-930 RM ̧ AT 230 · 5:20×720 6 930 PM-

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

DRAMATIC FIREBRAND...

fighting for life and love on America's toughest street!

Braid Dyink pre SPORD

SYLVIA SIDNEY “one third of a nation"

with LEIT ERIKSON

3 Day why pro bono • A Partement

AT THE

ADDED

QUEEN'S ONLY

PARAMOUNT SPECIAL NEWSREEL OF THE ELECTION

MMAND

CORONATION®

OF

POPE PIUS XII

TO-MORROW AT THE QUEEN'S BOY SLAVES

Roger Daniel

Anne Shirley

& SHOWS

DALT

2.30-5.18

7.16-8.30

AT

CINEMA & GENERAL

Today's Screenings

KING'S.

Hongkong

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

"One Third Of A Nation" ORIENTAL:

"Naughty Marletta"

CATHAY:

"Block-Head"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA.

"One Third Of A Nation" STAR:

"Spring Madness” MAJESTIC:

"Three Blind Mice"

THE ALHAMBRA ONLY QUEEN'S:

*

GRAND STAGE SHOW

“HOLLYWOOD

ON PARADE":

An Intinate Revue with 0OWAN & BAILEY, THE TAYLEURS, LAURELL GAINES, DOLORES DEE, LUCILLE" NICHOLSON, FLORENCE CHAPPELL, MARITA, ESTELLE COWAN

TO-MORROW

AT THE ALHAMBRA "The ADVENTURE of ROBIN HOOD"

Take Any TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB

ORIENTALE

WANGHAI

TEL: BOATS

SPECIAL FOR TODAY ONLY! BY REQUEST

THE "SINGING SWEETHEARTS" IN THEIR BEST PICTURE! Here's romance and thrills set to glorious music GLORIOUSLY DIFFERENT MUSICAL ROMANCE!

Adventure-crowded

hour...omance-

laden nights...

when Now Odieans

picked its "wives

from "bride" ships

and pirates ruled the Everglades!

Jeanette McDONALD and Nelson EDDY

Ma vetta

VICTOR HERBERT'S

great romance: with res

2 DAYS ONLY! TOMORROW & THURSDAY

THRILLING ACTION STORY OF THE BOARING SEAS! Swashbuckling pearl trader is the forbidden waters of the South Seas in search of fortune.

ADVENTURE'S

END

with

JOHN WAYNE DIANA GIBSON

● MATINEES: 20c. 30¢ ● EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30.8.15, 7:20,89.36.PM MARÁTÉTNİKİ SƏCLƏ BÖL 40%. ZYDUNGS1420% 294. SIG NE S TO-DAY ONLY LAST 4 SHOWS! THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE COMICS

IN THEIR LAST PICTURE TOGETHER! THE YEAR'S COMEDY SENSATION I

1000 Laugh Packed In 90 minutes Of Bereen Fun!

HAL ROACH presents

STAN

OLIVER

LAUREL HARDY

BLOCK HEADS

MINNACOMBELL BILLY GILBERT PATRICIA FID Q

ADDED

ITOMORROWD For Colour Hit

FINLAYSON

BILLY BOSE the Modern Ziegfeld presents his “CABA MANANĂ REVUE”

ANNABELLA

"WINGS OF THE MORNING Henry Fonds

Coming

KING'S:

Hold That Co-ed

"Boy Slaves" ORIENTAL:

"Adventure's End"

CATHAY:

"Wings Of The Morning".. ALHAMBRA:...

"The Adventures

Hood.

STAR:

"Nothing Sacred"

"Start Cheering"

MAJESTIC:

"Pardon Our Nerve" "The Shining Hour

or

Hongkong Associations With Hollywood Stars

JEANETTE MACDONALD'S CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH AILEEN AND

DIANE WOODS

Hongkong has many associations with Hollywood personali- ties, but it la not generally known to the public here thai the Misses Alleen and Diane Woods of Kowldon, dance teachers. have established a very close friendship with the Titian-haired. and beautiful screen star, Jeanette MacDonald, holder of the title of 1939 Movie Queen, who is at present on a concert tour of the United States,

According to a letter recently are her picture, "Maytime," the received by Alleen and Diane from song, "Let Me Always Sing." her Jeanette. her tour has been afflowers, roses,

wonderful success and naturally Any chances at opera can wait, the fim star is most excited and according to the singing star, who gratified. Thousands of people explained that "to go into opera have jammed the auditoriums to seriously would take more time hear her sing.

"}

NEXT PICTURE Although definite plans for her next picture have not been decid- ed, Jeanette says she would like to do "Smilin' Through."

"I think it would make a grand dramatic musical" she enthused." The concert tour which brought her to Rochester, not only has been

than I could give from my studio contracts, I would have. to pre- pare myself for at least three roles and I would want to feel in myself that I was going to make an ad- equate showing” -

"GOLDEN BOY"

The final selection of Columbia's a constant "thrill" of meeting peo-intensive search for ple and Anding them all "pretty new actor to play the role of a talented Robin much alike," according to the star. Golden Boy" will be announced

but has given her a wanderlust as she looks to the time, when she can make similar tours to Austra- lla and South Africa.

HER FAVOURITES Miss MacDonald is very willing to reveal her "favourites." "They

FILM STAR TURNS TABLES

ON NEWSPAPERMEN

Well versed in the way of newspaper interviewers, Betty Furness recently turned the tables on a newspaper correspondent by insisting on asking all the questions bérself.

This art of extracting Informa- tion by carefully worded querles was studied by Miss Furness to help her as a newspaper reportër | in "North of Shanghai," the excit- ing Columbia drama in which she is featured with James Craig.

the Fourth Estate.

GOSSIP FROM HOLLYWOOD

..."Vacation From Love" has

gane

youn.

Director

Rouben Mamoulian made that statement before he left Hollywood recently, with two writers to seek seclusion in nor- thern California in order to put the finishing touches to the screenplay.

The director stated that upon his return to the Columbia Studios the name of the actor to be decided upon for "Golden Boy" will be an- nounced

JACK BENNY'S

BABY"

Visiting her famous father, "Jack Benny on the "Artists and Models Abroad" set at Paramount Uttle Joan Naomi Benny finds the mak- Ing of movies Incomprehensible.

Benny and Joan Bennett breeze through a scetie. It's a swell take, but Director Mitchell Lelsen orders another for "protection."

In addition to quizzing friends, before the cameras at the Metro- "You going to do that all over Miss Furness took time to visit two Goldwyn-Mayer, studios. Florence again, daddy?" asks the visibly Los Angeles city rooms to observe Rice and Dennis O'Keefe have the Puzzled 4-year-old. the working habits of members of leading roles, and the supporting Assured he's going to repent the cast includes Reginald Owen, Yay same thing. Joan watches the Truman. Bradley. well-known second take intently. When it is fall over, she addresses her parent radio

announcer; Edward S. "North of Shanghal" is set in Brophy, Tom Rutherfurd

in a tone of distinct-re-proof; and the Orient, with war and sudden George Zucco. George.

Well, for heaven's sakes daddy, Fitz- death as its dramatic background. maurice is directing. with John I hope you did it right that time!"

Considine, Jd., the producer.

SET IN ORIENT

Craig Is daredevil newsreel

а cameraman, and Miss Furness a correspondent who helps him run Metro

dad

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TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1939, -PAGE 5

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

SHOWING / TODAY AT 2.39, 5.18,

7.18TM

Get-rich-quick Vic and spend-li-qulek Brich battle if out over the ane-and-, only Gracia Fields, the con- tinent's queen of comedy and melody!

· NEXT CHANGE

90th Century Fox Picture

DAILY AT 230 520 720

GRACIE FIELDS VICTOR MCLAGLEN

WE'RE GOING

TO BE RICH

A. 20th

Canhity-Fox Ficture

·with ›

BRIAN DONLEVY

Also

Musical Mood in

Technicolour "VOICES OF SPRING":"

HOLD THAT CO-ED"

with

"JOHN BARRYMORE ACONEX KURPAY

MARJORIE WRAVER

STAR

TODAY ONLY

PRING

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON TEL

MADNESS

Yosed on the Play "Boulan Puncu” Dissold by M. SYLVAN SIMON A MEDIO-GOLEWTN-LATER PICTURE

TO. MORROW

r

Goldwyn Mayer an- down a mysterious spy ring. nounces new contracts with Lewis stoned to write a script for, this John Meehan has been commis- The large supporting cast in-Stone, Ann Morriss and Don Castle, picture which is cludes Keye Luke, Dick Curtis, players, and Willis Goldbeck,

based оп the Honorable Wu. Dorothy Gulliver, writer. Stone's`most

play, "Excess Baggage." Harry recent pic- Richard Loo, Lotus Lieu, and ture Is The Chaser," in which apt will be the producer, and Joseph Downing, D. Ross Leder-

Reinhold Schunzel will direct. Miss Morriss made her screen man directed,

debut. Castle played in "Love Finds Andy Hardy" and will be. 3. Sylvan Simon, who recently seen shortly in "Rich Man, Poor directed Hope Hampton in "The Girl."

Goldbeck wrote the con-Road to Reno," has been signed tinuity for such pictures as "Wild by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Enemy" and "Mare Nostrum."youngest directors in Hollywood: Orchida," "The Garden of Allah." long-term contract.

One of

Simon was an instructor in drama-

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

ANNIVERSARIES and HOLİDAYS. -St. Desiderius, Blahop and Mar tyr. Tom Hood Born, 1799. CINEMAS. (See Column 3 of this

Fage).

LECTURES A RF., Modifed Full Course, at United Bervices Re Creation Club, Kowloon, 11 am. at La Salle College, 6 pm at St. John's Cathedral Hall (for HK firms), 5.30 pm: Lusitano Club, 5.30 p.m. Diocesan Junior Girls School, 6 p.m.; Maryknoll Convent Bool, 4 pm; in Chi- nese, at Queen's College 7 p.m.. Chinese Chamber of Commerce,

7. p.m.; Tai Tung School, Kak Hung Tsun Hoad, 7 pm. Chi- nese Y.W.CA. Bonham Road.

MAILS, -(Bee Page 16). MEETINGS. -- Rotary Meeting, Hongkong Hotel, 1 p.m.; ét. An- drew's Mother's Union 3 mi Monthly of St. Andrew's Church Council, 6 pm; VDMA Com- mittee, in St. Andrew's Hall, 8.45 pm. Kowloon Chess Club, in Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m. MOON-Chinese IV Moon, 5th.

3Day

RELIGIOUS.. Prayer and Fellow. ship Meeting at 8. & 8. Home,

O'SULLIVAN, LEW AYRES

Bath HUSSEY-Burgass MZREDITH Aan MORRIS 8. • Jaros COMPTON

FREDRIC MARCH• CAROLE LOMBARD

in."NOTHING SACRED

MAJESTIC

"THEATRENI

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

A delightfully day story of three beautiful girls who pooled their pennies and went places to

find out for themselves! MILLIONS OF GIRLS HAVE HAD THE SAME DREAM... only these bright-eyed lovelies do something about it!

Loretta

Joel

YOUNG MCCREA

THREE BLIND MICE

DAVID NIVEN STUART ERWIN MARJORIE WEAVER. PAULINE MOORE BINNIE BARNES JANE DARWELL

Descand by: WBauer & Sober "Boned on a play by Serghei Porri

Drel & Zach by Change of Prodatyns-

Smart clothes:

BET ER MIKS BG OF KIMPYI

right places. that's

all you need in have

a milliousive at your first "Ah, románca!

Ob, what fich!

Picture

TOMORROW AND THURSDAY

A FAST-MOVING COMEDY REPLETE WITH LAUGHSI

PARDON OUR NERVE

LINN BARYJUNE GALE MICHAEL WHALEN A 20th Century Fox Picture

|BOCTAL-YM.U.A. Women's : Bet-

TO-MORROW tion Bridge, 10 am. Cheero Club MOON.-Chinese IV Moon, Whist Drive 8,45 p.m.; Craigen gower Cricket Club Weekly Tom bola, 9 p.m.

BOCTAL.-Y. M. C.

section: Military Whist and SPORTS (Bee Page 30 jong 10 am, Whist Delve and SUNRISE 541 a.m. BUNSET

Tombola in Garrison Ber

Messy 9 pm.

High at 0102 and 1135 StNRISEL 5,41 SUNDET.

Low, at 0458 and 19.07.

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