1939-06-24 — Page 5

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A THRILLING "GREAT ZIEGFELD" ON ICE!

FICE FOLLIES

STARRING

JOAN CRAWFORD

with JAMES STEWART

LEW AYRES

LEWIS STONE

OF 1939

Stars! Romancel Musici Dazzling ice spectacles! Cast of Thousands! M-G-M's show world sensation!

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"LEGEND OF MANG KEUNG"]" FOR LOVE OR MONEY'

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MY LUCKY STAR "A Fox

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LUCILE "BALL IN NEW FILM: "TWELVE CROWDED HOURS”

Lucile Ball, whose rise has been nothing short of spectacular during the past year, has been awarded the feminine lead oppo-. site Richard Dix in "Twelve Crowded Hours," which goes into production at RKO Radio soon. The cast also will include such well-known players as John Ar- ledge, Donald MacBride, Bradley Page and Allan Lane.

First appearing on the screen as

a model in "Roberta," Miss Ball, later scored outstanding successes

B.6: -1

comedienne, notably :' in

Striking Resemblance

Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Submarine. Patrol”

QUEEN'S:

"Ice Follies Of 1939".

ORIENTAL:

"Zaza"

CATHAY:

"We're Going To Be Rich"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Ice Follies Of 1939"

STAR:

"The Shining Hour" MAJESTIC:

"Blackwell's Island”

KING'S:

Coming

"The Lady Objects"

QUEEN'S:

"Legend Of Mang Keung"

ORIENTAL:

"Cafe Society"

"Border Town"

CATHAY:

"My Lucky Star”

ALHAMBRA;

"For Love Or Money"

STAR:

"You're Only Young Once" "Farewell Again"

MAJESTIC:

"Soviet Border"

CINEMA & GENERAL

MECCA FILM

The Government of Bombay has authorised, the Bombay Board of Flim Censors to permit the exhibition of the film "Mecca" (Haj) produced by an Egyptian Company.

A Scene from "Soviet Border" which opens at the Majestic Thestre to-morrow

"THAT URGE TO CREATE SOMETHING": HOLLYWOOD

ART DIRECTOR IN MANHA

*

Paul Youngblood, Hollywood art director, arrived Manila on June 17 on the Klaveness Ifner Corneville for Al indefinite stay. He will be associated with George Muster, and producer, and Harry Anderson, Hollywood expert cameraman, in production there. Considered one of the leading

Recently

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SHOWING TODAY AT 130 £16,

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· DOUGLAS POWLEY • MAXIE ROSENSLOONE Directed by Jola fort

A 201à Costory-Jon Picture

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A Columbia

THE LADY OBJECTS"

WITH

Picture

LANNY ROSS

GLORIA STAURT

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He has been in the moving

Some months ago be said he art directors in Hollywood, Mr. saw the Philippine production Youngblood worked with Frank Zamboanga, and realized the Capra in the production of The possibilities of producing there Lost Horizon."

he better moving pictures. worked with Howard Hughes in

Movies In The P .I. the production of the Columbia He believes moving picture pro picture. "Only Angels Have duction in the Philippines is Wings."

"the stage of Hollywood 20 years He left work on a Columbia | £50.".. picture in production, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring picture business since 1915- and James Stewart, to visit the Philphad worked not only for Colum The picture purports to show pines

bia Pictures but also for Metro- some phases of Mecca during the

"For the past seven Haj period and chiefly deals with have wanted to come here he Fairbanks.

Goldwyn-Mayer and for Douglas the procession of the Egyptian said on his arrival. Mehmil (Holy Carpet).

"Some yearS He is not only an art director, The Government has instructed sumatra with a friend on a pic man.

ago I thought I would go to but also an experienced prop

He specializes in produc the Board of Film Censors to arrange for the alteration of the title of the Film to Mecca during through and I was not the Haj Pertod" and also for the excision of Sultan Ibin Saud's speech with is considered out of He was given a rousing place.

years

ture venture, but the deal falling landscapes in miniature and

come."

Rousing Welcome

able

to to scale.

To Satisfy Urge

in

.. In answer to the surprise gen- erally expressed at their coming wel-here, where salaries are consider- Come by his friends in Manila, ably much less than those The film was previously certifedted by Mr. and MgMusser and Hollywood, both Mr. Anderson by the Punjab Board of Film Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. Censors and exhibited in Lahore band was at

A brass and Mr. Youngblood explained the pier while that they, came here to satisfy and other places..

friends waved Lags Op which "that urge to create something." were printed "Mabuhay." He is Mr. Youngblood added that staying temporarily with "Hollywood studios are no longer Mr. and Mrs. Anderson at their what they used to be, and ате residence on Calle Zamora, Santa now only factories which grind

out celluloid entertainment."

GOOD

now

FRIENDS.

Fred MacMurray has joined the ranks of the Bing Crosby fans, It was' disclosed

MacMurray was working on an adjacent sound stage to the one

JAMES ELLISON.

James Ellison; one of the most

on which Crosby was working in popular leading men on the screen "Paris Honeymoon." Some one re- to-day, has been signed by RKO marked that Crosby was recording Radio Pictures to a long-term con-

a song. MacMurray had a couple tract.

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of hours free and so he went to A graduate of the 'Moscow Art the stage to hear Crosby.

Theatre, Ellison received his first And at the end of recording, major screen opportunity from MacMurray and Crosby agreed on RKO. The result was an unusually a fishing date.

fine characterisation opposite The two stara became close Ginger Rogers iri "Vivacious friends while they were working Lady" He scored again in "Mother together in Ceell B. De Mille, Carey's Chickens." and "more Paramount produce "Sing You recently completed, with Lucille Sinners."

Ball, Next Time I Marry."

CROSSWORD

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worker (5).

Varions persons on the Persona "Stage Door." "The Affairs of An-in Hiding set at Paramount nabel," "Room Service" and "An- studió remarked on the striking 26 Slave (4) nabel Takes a Tour." Recently resemblance between J. Carrol 27 Cavities (5) she also completed her first dra Naish, who portrays a headline 28 Airy (5) matic lead in RKO's "Beauty for criminal in the picture, and his 30 Finch (3) the Asking."

new stand-in D

32 Fold (6) Robert Bisk will produce Twelve Crowded Hours, with Lew Landers explained anally. "He's the dd (1)

"He should look like me, Naish 33 Sun shade directing.

34. Pledged (8). Recently arrived from the East,

Last seen together in important

roles in Having Wonderful Time,”

Lucille Ball and Lee Bowinan are Herbert Naten is a graduate of

reunited in RKO Radio's "Next Fordham, where he

35 Fenury (7),

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Time I Marry," in which they re Afte has an ambition sesa es a madcap: heiress" and 'a come a acrem prifer, ho tai fortune-hunting nobleman, James knew no

Elilson plays the top role opposite studio termifnol

Miss Ball

"standing-in" for his actor brother

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13 Goads (5)

16 Low seat (5)

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SOLUTION ON MONDAY

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Insults (7)

STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF FATE

Strange indeed are the ways of

fate.

Costello was a little girl, it was A few years back, when Dolores

her privilege to play a couple of minor roles in pictures in which her father, Maurice Costello, distinguished star of the stage and silent... Alma America's outstanding idol, was starred,"

and once matinee

Now Miss Costello has returned to the screen after a short absence and played the feminine role in "King of the Turf an Edward. Small production for United Artists release, starring Adolphe Menjou.

And those in the audience who remembered the face of a for- gotten star, will see that of Maurice Costello, if they tooked close in certain race track sé- quences, in which the one-time matinee idol works as an extra.

The efforts of two devil-may- care sergeants in the British army to keep fellow-sergeant from quitting the service, forms the plot of RKO Radio's "Gungs Din." co- starring Cary Grant, Victor Me Laglen and Douglas Fairbanks, J11, In a piturisation of Rudyard Kip- arrange for the alteration of the ling's famous balled

Solution No. 3424 ACROSS 1, Btakes. 4, Locust 7, Determine. 9, Slew, 10, Leper, 13, Noises. 14, Deacon Friend 17, Leader, 19, Sepal 20, Club 22. Etna, 23. Sepulchre.. 24, Endure 25, Tinged.

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EXCITING GANGSTER DRAMA FULL OF

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BLACKWELL'S ISLAND

the rotfenest prison on earth - In the biggest city in the world!

SATINE JOHN

Garfield

ROSEMARY LANEL STANLEY FIELDS A Warner Bros. Picture

COMMENCING TOMORROW THE YEARS MOST TIMELY PICTURE

SOVIET BORDER

Soviet Border Defenses Shown for

An U.8.8. R Production with Engli

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