1939-07-25 — Page 5

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

AT 250-515-7·20-9:50 RM „AT 230. 3 20-720 & 950

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY,

The Greatest Turf Thrill of the Year

THEY'RE OFF.

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story of the burð kung filmme ell

"THE LADY'S

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RAFT

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FROM KENTUCKY

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TO-NIGHT AT 0.30

At the QUEEN'S : “CHINESE CHARITY" PLAY.”

TO-MORROW

AT THE QUEEN'S

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"STOLEN LIFE'

Elizabeth Bergner

TO-MORROW

AT THE ALHAMBRA

"RIO GRANDE RANGER"

Bob Allen & Iris Meredith

DAILY

AT

2:30

520

780

9:20

ISTAR

TO.

MORROW :

TODAY ONLY

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MY LUCKY

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WHA

JOAN DAVIS CESAR ROMERO -BUDDY EBSEN Arthur Treacher · Gearge Barbier Loutas Marick Billy Gilbert Patricia Wilder - Paul Hote

"PECK'S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCUS

with Tommy KELLY RKO Picture

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TO-DAY ONLY-LAST 4 SHOWS!- Melody & Mirth! Star & Hula Honeys! Romance & Spectacle!

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TO-MORROW

POWELL YOUNG

GEORGE

•

GRACIE

BURNS ALLEN

«Maro Jodizzyan-Mayet retur

& THURSDAY : ·ROAD DEMON” Henry Arthur.

DRAMATISTS

MUST BE PAID FEES

Joan Valeria

BARRYMORE SINGS

"CASEY JONES” ·

Lionel Barrymore recently spent

a morning singing the old railway ballad, "Casey Jones," for a com-

Mr. St. John Ervine, speaking edy episode with Bobs Watson in at a luncheon of the Performing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "On Bor- Right Society in London, sald rowed Time." When he finished. that but for the Society's work sound department engineers in- many of those present might be formed him an extra sound track selling matchés outside. They had been made to send to the would not do so well because if it studio music department were realised that they

reference." musicians

"You aing pretty well, and they public would expect the matches ought to know it over there," the for nothing.

Mr. Ervine criticised those who engineers gleefully informed, him.

"The last time I sang that expected composers and drama-

song." related Barrymore, "was at tists to allow their work to be a party in New York in 1909. performed for nothing.

"The Eugene O'Neill. I remember, was

were or dramatists the

Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Angels With Dirty Faces".

QUEEN'S:/

CINEMA & GENERAL

"The Lady's From Kentucky”

ORIENTAL:

"Stagecoach"

CATHAT:

"Honolulu"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"The Lady's From Kentucky" STAR:

"My Lucky Star"

MAJESTIC:

"Four Daughters".

KING'S

Coming

"In Old Chicago"

QUEEN'S:

"Stolen Life".

ORIENTAL:

"Rich Man, Föor Girl” "Start Cheering"

CATHAY:

"Road Demon”

ALHAMBRA:

"Rio Grande Ranger"

STAR:

"Peck's Bad Boy With The

Circus"

MAJESTIC:

"Girls School":

"Bordertown"

\NO PUNCHÈS PULLED IN THIS SCRAP!

The Wallace Berry-Robert Taylor - free-for-all, anything-gues fist fight staged in "Stand up and fight" in which the stars will be seen together for the first time on the Queen's and Alhambra screens, will probably go down la film history as one of the wildest and most realistic battles ever to take place before the cameras. Berry is a veteran in film battles, whereas young Tay- lor, gained considerable experience in his recent role as the fighter in "The Crowd Roars." So it was no even match, with no punches pulled?

$

JAMES STEWART ATTAINS

"Pygmalion" STARDOM: STEADY RISE UP

HOLLYWOOD LADDER

Success

DUE FOR RELEASE SHORTLY IN H.K. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offists in Hongkong have received informa- tion' that the production satitled "Pygmalion,” which they have been privileged to distribute," was one of the Box Office champions for the month of April in the United States of America.

The question, "What makes a star?" is a puzzling one. Doubtless some percentage of the motion picture public looks į on the status of stardom as some honour conferred by the grace of studio executives. Others believe that stars are made through adrolt press-agentry,

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Both suppositions are quite wrong. A featured player ad- vances to the rank of star largely as a result of public interest and demand. - Studio ears are keenly attuned to "the rum- bings of the millions who make the box-office wheels, turn with such regularity each week.

The volume of "fan" mail is He was given a screen test by generally a very accurate index Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with such of the popularity of a rising success that he immediately went The picture is an adaptation of the famous George Bernard Shaw's young player. Another index is on to Hollywood, where he quick- to be found in reviewers' com-ly earned a reputation both as a play of the same name. It was

ments on the player, and in the hard worker and one of the most produced with a great deal of tre-

members of the Alim pidation for tear that it might not direct reports from theatre, man-kable

and about prove a success at the Box Office, agers as to whether a certain actor colony. He's taller

"draw" at his forty pounds lighter than Clark fears which were u-iounded, for! as a positive

playhouse. Wil people really Gable, which proves that the the production proved a tremen-

a publie likes a variety of leading ' dous success at the Box-Office, so come to see him or her, on

themea types. much so, that it ran for 21 conserainy Monday night, when cutive weeks at the Astor Theatre temptation would be to curl up in New York-a remarkable tribute an easy chair at home? to another great British produc- Hon.

MARY PICKFORD

in

Stewart, who made his Alm debut-years ago in "Murder

He

Fred

Wal-

The latest feature player to Man," becomes the twenty-sixth esp the hurdles of stardom is star on the M-G-M roster. "Pygmalion" is to be released James Stewart. Stewart's rise to joins a group that includes shortly in Hongkong at the Queen's the top of the Hollywood ladder Astaire, Lionel Barrymore, and Alhambra Theatres,

has been a very steady one. He lace Beery, Eddie Cantor, Joan wanted to be an architect when Crawford, Robert Donat, Nelson he was a student' at Princeton Eddy, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo. University, couldn't find

Hedy Lamarr. Job. Judy Garland, 2 IN RUSSIATM jand jothed a summer stock com- Myrna Loy. Jeanette MacDonald. pany. The next summer, his in-the three Marx Brothers, Robert Early this month Mary Pickford, terest in the stage increasing. Montgomery, Heanor Powell, Wi- the famous motion picture star of he went to Boston 23 stage Ham Powell, Mickey Rooney, Rosa- American films, and her husband, manager for "Camille." with Jane lind Russell, Norma Shearer. Mar- Buddy Rogers, arrived in Moscow Cowl...

garet Sulavan, Robert Taylor and for a visit, They travelled by air

Spencer Tracy. from Stockholm.

His First Chance

111.

While in the Russian capital" On the Broadway stage, Stewart!

they will inspect motion picture got his first chance in "All Good COMING EVENTS

studios and particular attention | Américans,” then appeared. in will be given to the Moscow Chil: "Yellow Jack," "Divided by Three" JULY dren's Theatre..

land "Page Miss. Glory":

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wonderful

(10)

"Tor

7 Multi-

tudes (5). 8 Tobacco

roll (5) 10 Boundary

(5)

13

11 Possesses

(4)

most honourable people in the there and said my singing was world." he said, "become the foul-horrible. It's no better now." lest kind of thugs where we are

concerned."

At a women's conference the other day there was a great out-

the

payment of

15 Chances

(A)

16 Dog (7)

17 "Brain

wave" (4)

18 Enemies

(4)

Solution No 358

cry against

ACROSS 1, Btag. 5, Leek. 8. authors' fees for dramatic per- Lounge. 9 Whale, 11, Back, 12, formances. One woman did not Contests, 15, Nets. 17. Earl, 18, 19 Bummons

(7) mind paying for the first per-Emperor. 19, Spa. 20, Mix 21, formance, but objected to paying Witness 23 Tota 24, Lene 27, 20 Want (4) beyond that. Yet if she paid the Forenoon, 30, the 31. Pedal. 32, 22 Duty list (4) baker for a loaf on Monday she Retire. 33, News, 34, Nude,"

24 Thick (5)

did not expect to be given one DOWN 2. Tract, a. Glen 42 County (6) on Tuesday."

Mute. 5, Lesser. 6. Excursion '7, To the secretary of a parish Swan. 10, Lose. 13, Tipster, 14, organisation who asked to be Burgeon, 16, Explosive. 21, Wafers. allowed to perform works with 27 Bloe 25, Ended. 26, Bole. 28. Fout the payment of a composer's Exit, 29. Open:

or authors fees there must be

one answer refuse to be a

blackleg if the decrepitude of and even If your vicar were 10. the vicar were pleaded, the reply times more decrast, you wou must be My fee is so and so still have to pay.

28 Garret (5) 29 Needle

woman (10) DOWN Stone worker (5) Water plant (4)

Clothed (4)

NO. 369

4 Mesh work:

(4)

5 Incited (5)

6. Recorda (10)

9 Opposition

(10)

11 Viai,

Quality (7)

Old coins

(7)

BOLUTION TO-MORROWE

14 Fishing

baat (5). 15 Tender (5) 21. Blame (6) 23 Declara

tions (5) Profound

(4)

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Tidy (4) Relaxa

tion (4)

25-Tides: High 4.18 a.m. and 5.36 p.m. Low 11.28 am, and 948 pm.

Sunrise 5.51 am Sunset 7.87 p.m. ARP. Lectures: Instructors' Class St. Paul College, in Chinese, 7,30 p.m.; Tun Mal Middle School, in Chinese, 7: p.m.; Diocesan Giris' School, English,

Meeting

Ladies Golf Bummer

at Happy Valley

Chinese Chamber

of Commerce,

New Omicers Take Over.

RE. Rotary Club Tinn. Mig. 1 p.m. Speaker: Dr) B. Talbot, a'anapal

Cheero Club Whist Drive 6.45 p.m. Craigengower CC. Weekly Tombola 9 р.м.

28-Tides: High 6,18 am, and 716 p.m. Low 12.45 pm, and 10.54 pm. Sunrise 6.52 am Sunset 7.07 pm, Cheero Club Dance 8.20 p.m ARP. Lecture at Chinese YMCA. Bridges Street. 7,30 pm

YM.C.A.Bridge and Mahjongg

Golf: H.K.VDC vs Bhek-Ost Shek-0, 4:30 pm-

27-Tides: High 8.13 am, and 8.30 pm Low 140 pm, and 21.57 pin. C Sunrise 5,52 am Sunset 7.06 m

Council Legislativo

BAKER, 42.30 Cath, Women's Fellowship Bath ing Picnic at Stanley,

H.K. Y's Men's Club Mtg. St P. Hotel 1 pm Speaker: Miss Zin

ར་

ARP Lectures Wardens and "Instrictors Class," Tum Mut Middle School in "Chinese 7p.; Diocesan Girls' School, In English, 6 pm, my 28-Tides. High 704-am, and 11,20 pm, Low 2,20 p.m.3 5

Bunrise 8.52 am Sunset 7:06 pan, Sino-American Institute Mta HR-

TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1939 PAGE

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AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE'

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY DAILY AT 2.30, 5.10 7.1685 0.80 P.M.

There, but for the

grace of God,

go I.

"ANGELS WITH

DIRTY FACES

JAMES CAGNEY PAT O'BRIEN

THE "DEAD END" KIDS - KUMPAREY BOGART

***AR STERONE · GENESTE KINGHOFT

"Themmed for bellach and Care Feet by WARNIR BROK

ALSO LATEST CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOUR

“HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLE":

“IN OLD CHICAGO"

TO-MORROW 2uth Century Fox Picture

[4 SHOWS] DAILY

·230-5:15 7.15-8-30

WITH

TYRONE POWER · ALICE FAYE · DON AMECHE

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ORIENTAL

FLEMING ROAD

WANCHAL

TEL: 28473

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

"THE BIG THRILL PICTURE YOU'VE EXPECTED IS NOW

ON THE SCREEN!

Hot Amatie

H

Sports, WR,C. $80 p

ARA Lectures Instructors' Clasa, St. Paul's College in Chinese, 17.30 pim., Wardens and Instructors Class, Tun Mul Midate Schools in Chines 7 pm Diocesan Girls'

| English, 6 p

31ates for Third Qhe parable in advanceR09

COME and SEE its thundering adventure, its gripping climas, its netion abounding in high excitement!

WALTER WANGER presents

AGECOACH

JOHN FORD

with John Wayne and Claire Trevor,

For TOMORROW and THURSDAY

THE SEASON'S GAYEST KOMANTIC - COMEDY !

BROADWAY CALLED IT

"GREAT! FOR GO WEERS!

RICH MAN

POOR

GIRL

ROBERT

YOUNG

Geldwyn's

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O MATINEES: 20c.-30. EVENINGS: 20c. 30e. 50c.-70c. a

4 SHOWS

·DAILY"

2.30 620 720-930

MAJESTIC

"THEATRE:

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ROAD.

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MATINEES. 20c•30; » EVENINGS. 208-30%:50:70)

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

FANNIE HURST'S GREAT STORY THAT WILL

WARM AND DELIGHT YOU!

DRAMA THAT ONCE BEEN WILL ALWAYS

BE REMEMBERED!"

EAGER

in love

BRAVE

in heartbreak

Discord MICHAEL CURTIZ

Pressured by

“WARNIE BLOS,

Four

Daughters

PRISCILLA LANE ROSEMARY LAND LOLA LANE GALE PAGE CLAUDE RAINS GAS JOHN GARFIELD JEFFREY LYNN

DICK PORAN Frank McHogh

„Scrata Play by Julius J, Spania sand Kamen Co

TOMORROW AND THURSDAY THE FEUDS AND LOVES OF GAT YOUNG GIR ANNE SHIRLEY

RALPH BELLAMY GIRLS SCHOOL

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