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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S Today's

DAILY AT 230-5:15·7:2029-30 ·TEL:3M53

TO-DAY, FOR ONE DAY ONLY

"THE

LEGEND OF

MENG KEUNG'

A CHINESE PICTURE

with English Subtitles

6.00 P.M. TO-MORROW

9.15 P.M.

THE GRANDEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR STAGE -ATTRACTION EVER BROUGHT TO THE EAST!

Screenings

KINGS;

Hongkong

“The Lady Objects?!

QUEEN'S:

CINEMA & GENERAL

"The Legend Of Meng Keung“

ORIENTAL:

"Ambush"

CATHAY:

* "Blind Allh!”.

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"For Love Or Moner"

STAR:

"They Won't Forget"

| MAJESTIC:

"Little Miss Thoroughbred”

“THE MAROUS SHOW"||KINGS:

ADMISSION: 84.40, 83.30, 82.20 & 81.10.

[4 SHOWS:

DAILY

230-5.19

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ORIENTAL

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A DRAMA SU REAL IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU!

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AMBUSH

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When Hary-» 10lona Franky » Lwest Temer

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A REAL

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The Picture That Shows Man

What Woman's Love Can Mean!

THEY WONT FORGET

GLORIA DICKSON EDWARD NONDIS

CLAUDE 7AINS

A MERVYN LROY PROD'N

TOMORROW

RUGGLES OF RED GAP

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW-2 DAYS ONLYLZO

Across the World for a Packet of Letters

A man in love Agbte blackmail in a dangerous game of blind man's buff.

BLIND ALIBI

wwwWHITNEY BOURNE

and ACE the Wonder Don KO

EDUARDO CIANNELLI

ADIO PICTURE

FRIDAY & SATU AT-2 DAYS ONLY!

5 Star in the ear's Greatest, Heart Drama

JOAN CRAWFORD-MARGARET SULLAVAN BE YOUNG

SVELVYN DOUGLAS FAY BAINTER I

THE HINING HOUR”

Frank Borsage Production,

Coming

"Charlie Chan In Honolulu” QUEEN'S:

"The Marcus Show"

ORIENTAL:

"Hold That Kiss"

CATHAY:

"The Shining Hour" ALHAMBRÁ;

"Legend Of Meng Keung"

STAR:

"Ruggles Of Red Gap" "Zaza"

MAJESTIC:

"Hold That Co-ed"

Arms From Canada For Britain

It is reported in Ottawa

Spectators at the recent Macro Race meeting, (Photo by

Leics).

MEET THE O'HARA FAMILY:

“GONE WITH THE WIND”

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, the Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara of "Gone With The Wind," which Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer will release," "spent exactly fourteen hours walts- ing, all for a scene that will not fast over 60 seconds on the scree

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The fourteen hours of danc÷ ing were spread over two days but that didn't make it a great deal less wearing on the SERTS.

The scene in the Selznick International techaicolour production, which stars Gable. Vivien Leigh, Leslie "Howard and Olivia de Haviland, called

tures are remarkably similar" and they are nearly of a size. "Crane is six feet, one inch, and Bessolo a half-inch taller, but Bessolo is five pounds lighter than Crane's 185, Both men have green eyes.

Ann Rutherford, cousin of the celebrated Shakespearean actor... Richard Mansfeld. has been selected to play sister of Scarlett O'Hara.

She is cast in the role of Carreen O'Hara, youngest daughter of Gerald O'Hara, about whose family is spun the plot of "Gone With The Wind" story of the Old South,

for a colourful walks to an old PREMIER'S FAITH

American Civil War

"When This Cruel War Is Over"

When Director Fleming was satlefed be bad covered the photographic possibluties from

IN BRITAIN'S DEFENCES

every angle, both Miss Leigh "None Would Lightly

and Gable admitted they were

happy that this cruel waltz was Make Conflict”

over.

that Ninety couples served as "back-

Addressing his constituents in

* Hences.

the British War Office has work-ground while Gable and Miss Birmingham the Frime Minister his confidence in ed out a detailed programme for Leigh went through. the highly-declared the spending of £12,000,000 in stylized steps as ordered by Dance Britain's rapidly increasing de Canada for the purchase of arms Director Frank Lloyd,

The casting of this much discuss- "Progress has been so rapid, and and equipment.

This

ed. pleture has now been com-extensive," he said, "that I can is an instalment of a long-term plan to spend £50,000-pleted, and the film is well under now say with confidence that no 000 in Canada in the development way. of a secondary source of arms supply and munitions for British 'defence forces.

country, however, strong would Scores Of Interylows

lightly undertake a condict with After scores of interviews, and us”.......

Mr. Chamberlain, who is 70, con- the comparison of "hundreds of

two actors Who fessed that he had marty, dis- looked enough alike to play the appointments this efforts" to try twins, Stuart and Brent Tarleton; and remove all the possible causes were found by Selznick

of war, but he meant to devote Fred Crane and George Bessolo himself to establishing a settled were signed for the parts. Crane peace, and amid cheers he added, will play Stuart and Bessolo has "I hope I may yet live to see the role of Brent ・・・

success crown my efforts." Aside from the colour of their The Premier said that his object

It is suggested that the Domi-photographs, alon Government will establish a separate Munitions Department to co-ordinate: the Canadian manufacture of war materials. ·

Defence Needs

The Dominion National Defence Department has already conduct

ed a survey of Canadian Indus-hair-Crane's is brown and Besin going into politics over 20 years try to bring about better pro- | solo's black-the two men's fea-ago was to concentrate on home duction for Canadian and Im

perial defence needs.

Last session the Dominion Far

Solution No 345" ACROSS: 1. Umbrella. 5, Zinc. 8,

affairs

“ENSURING SAFETY OF NATION" "I went in," he added, because

itament passed a bill to estab-Domestic. 9. Oboe. 11, Lore 14/I wanted to do something to make lish a Defence Purchasing Board, Uncut 18, Army. 18, Appear. 20,

"

Hemit

but this Act is still not proclaim Ostler. 21. Beer. 23, Coral. 24, ed and is not in force.

When proclaimed it will profits, in non-competitive con tracts to five per cent. of the capital employed 她 Alling orders. Eritish contracts are not affected

things a bit better for the people. "I think I can claim I have been

able to make some contribution to Near. 28, Iron. 29, Corridor. 30.

those objects, but in recent years Nose, 31, Repelled

I have had to recognise that none DOWN: 1, Undo. 2. Bump. 3, of these things were posable if the Essay. 4, Loiter. 6, Imbecile. national safety was imperilled, and Creature, 10, Buys. 12, Rare. 14. so I have been devoting myself to Sanction. 15, Bparious 17, More.try to ensure the safety of the 19, Able, 22 Encore, 25, Agree. 28, nation. ̈··· Idol. 21, Bred.

CROSSWORD

ACROSA Conun- drum (6)

4 Take loan

8 Vehicle (3)

19 Hawker (6)

11 Specimen

12

18

12 Number (5)

13 Mystery (6)

18 Monster (5).

18 Vegetation

(4)

19 Inspired (8)

23 Artillery

25 Spoken (4)

28 Banish-

sment (5)

29 Shrewd (6).

$81 Vold (5) 33 ARTce to

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1 Meal (6)

2 Inifer (8)

Letting (5)

Founda tion (4)

NO.

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period (3) Z 15 Kingly (5) 17. Metal bari,

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FOLUTION TO-MORROW

Stout, (3)

•Mend (6) - 23 Animal

"show (8)

Wanted (6)

28 Indian

Dimavier

Siim fairy?

"To that purpose I have been pursuing two different lines, The first was to try to fud, out what were the possible causes of War, and if I could to get them re- moved.

"""The second was to build up the strength of this country s0 that if it ever came to discussing terms of settlement no country would be able to force us out of our weakness to accept terms that would be dishonourable or dis astrous to our vital interests." * NO AGGRESSIVE AIMS Concerning Britain's armaments, the Premier added: ""

“All the world knows that we would never, use these mighty forces to begin an improvoked war upon anybody else.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 1939. —PAGE 5

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE -TO-DAY ONLY AT 175, 5.18, 7:38 AND 1.24;

Drama that

WOMAM LAWYER DEFENDS

OWN HUSBAND AGAINST CHARGE OF MURDERING

THE OTHER WOMAN!

KRAZY KAT

stabs through

to your inner

most heartl

The LADY OBJECTS

∙LANNY

·OLOMA"

ROSS STUART

keby Jonn Mamh » Robert Pulon

Thai Wakk

“A Mãe la Civic. The

"Home ↳ Yout

"When Youtube The Rone? Pidory Bong

Sireen play by Gladys Leben und Charlas, Kényes Kyrki by Osear Hamarsey 2 bed

by Ocend. Graciad by Era C. Kandos,Producmały William Feribera. A Columála Patton

Also SCREEN SNAPSHOTS

CARTOON

And ANDY OLYDE in "ANKLES AWAY

➡TOMORROW-

"CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU

SIDNEY TOLER Phyllis Brooks Sen Yang Eddie Collins

with

A 20th Century-Fox, Pictura

John King

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RD,

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

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TO-MORROW. AND FRIDAY

A.SHOWS:

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JUNE LANG ROBERT KENT

"FOR LOVE OR MONEY"

A New Universal Picture

"THE LEGEND OF MENG KEUNG

A Chinese Picture with English. Subtitles

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"HOLD THAT CO-ED"

A 20th Century Fox Picture.

LORD NUFFIELD

THEY BLEW OUT TAKES FLOWERS TO THE GAS NOW

THEY RESULKY GRACIE FIELDS

zumero la, however, one thing which we must resist and that is

LORD NUFFIELD on June 15 Twentieth Century Foxy bas any attempt to secure undveranl domination by force because in the Joined in the nation-wide tribute having its problem event of any such attempt there to the brave way Gracle Fields 18 Blackrest can be no settled peace in fighting a serious illness brou

Lord Numeld and Gracie Fields play in Europe.

have never met. Lord Nuffield has tion never even seen Gracie on the Mounties,

But so long as no such amb tion are entertamed nobody has anything to fear from the armed might of Britain

Moreover,

part of our.

we have not abandoned that first Referring to the declaration by Viscount Hál Lords

House of

stage or screen.

Indiazis from their

hirley Ter

The braves were But he made a special Journey delighted with the radi

in

leave a large band of Bowers inste for Gracle at the Chelsea Hostal but hey coule for Women He also had a talking off the with the matron,

Po Gracie bad a very good

June 15 with rig de

for anxiety? Tata

serious

must have

HNO

wanted to put the fire

hey just blew it out

And now they're

three or fou

the studio has heaters wit

'obeying

balked, but they

and pleased with the Dai

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