1939-08-08 — Page 5

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KIN

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JORNNY DOWNS - KATHRYN KASE EDDIE QUILLAN · ERNEST TRUCK

FONA SEDGWICE and

TED WEEMS and has nothustra, A New Universal Picture

"COLLEGE, with George Burns

SWING" Gracie Allen

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A Show of Wonders — In Love — In Song-- In Action!

It's A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture!

It's Different-It's Immense-It's Brilliant-It's Dramatic!

ICE FOLLIES 1939 CRAWFORD

TO-MORBOW

JAMES STEWART

LEW AYRES LEWIS STONE

"THE INTERNATIONAL ICE FOLLIES" REAS ENIDIARRY • BUY SKIPSTAÐ COFIL EMIPETAR **** OSCAR JOHNSON

A Sensational Drama of TO-DAY! "NO GREATER SACRIFICE" THURSDAY A USSR Production-with English Sub-titles

ZAZUIAS KO

"TARZAN FINDS A SON!" PRESS VIEWS ON NEW FILM

DAILY NEWS.--"Folks, it's wondértal! The best - TariRİNA picture yet. You just sit and chuckle and chuckle over the wonders the director and cameraman perform in the Capitol's

Son" new picture, “Tarzan Finds A

And those monkeys. they are the craziest actors. You Just laugh. "Given a film. foundation, ari-

Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"The Three Musketeers" QUEEN'S:

"Gunga DinTM

ORIENTAL.

"Anthony Adverse”

CATHAY:

"The Ice Follies of 1939"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Gunga Din”

STAR:

"Swing, Sister, SwingTM

| MAJESTIC:

"Prison Break"

KING'S:

Coming

"Inspector Hornleigh” QUEEN'S:

"Man's Heritage"

ORIENTAL:

"Never Say Die"

"Service de Luxe"

CATHAY:

'"No' Greater Sacrifice" ALHAMBRA:

"Arizona, Legion"

STAR:

י

"College Swing”

MAJESTIC:

The Love Parade

NEW ROLE

CINEMA & GENERAL

д

EDWARD G. ROBINSON BEGINS

WORK IN "BLACKMAIL"

In the stria setting of a rond gany camp at nightfall, with convicts in shackles shuffling to the cages, like immense barred' effous wagelis, in which they were housed, Edward G. Bobinson

· started' work in "Blakmail” at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a

Story of the vain efforts of an escaped prisani camp victim to load a new life under an amumed name, “Bizchhall* stars Robinson in the unique role of a former ship's mate who be- comes a dynamiter of oil wall fires after his first oșcăpe «from the camp, but is resentenced after a former shipmate recognises his face in a newervel, fr

The feminine lead of Robinson's wife is played by Ruth Hussey, recently seen in the feminino lead of "Within The Law? and as the feminine heavy of "Maisle."

Henry C. Potter is directing, with John W. Considine, Jr., as

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BRITISH FILM

BALLOT

Best Performance By Wendy Hiller

film

WBS

The best British flm released during 1933 was "Pygmalion." The best performance by an actor in

British

that of Ralph Richardson in "South Rid- ing." The best performance by an actress in a British film was that of Wendy Hiller in "Pygmalion."

These are the selections of "Film Weekly" readers in the seventh Annual British Film Ballot. Hand- to commemorate Awards

some

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COMING EVENTS

AUG.

Tides: High 1.34" 2.m. and 2.07 p. Low 5.59 am and 1,48 pm

Sunrise. A57 · a.m.. Sunset 7:31 pm. FTHE Practice tram Stonecut- ters 6 pm-midnight.

8.13.

Court Martial on EMS, Tamer 10. Rotary Club Tiffin Mtz, HK, Hotel 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. H. C. Mac- namara "Law-French."

Crown Land Sale (P.W.D) 3 p.m. Craigengewer 0.0. Tombola 9 pm. King's College:

Start 7.30 p..

Chinese Lessons on A.R.P.

FR.PA. Meeting of League Fixture Sub-Committee 5.15 p.

Church Mothers"

18

Andrew's

Union Mtg.3 3 p.m.

Y.MOA. (W.S.) Bridge 10 am, Mxd. Swimming & pm. Badminton 8.30 p.m. Lawn Bowls, Singles Championship. Chinese Journalists Assn. Tea, Haw

Mansion 3 pm.

Par

their choice will be made to Miss bra foon Teachers' Union Inaugural

ARP. Lectures-Lectures (Full Course) in Chinese, St. John's Am- Headquarters, 7.30 pmi

Hiller and Mr. Richardson and the producer of the winning picture,bulance | Mr. Gabriel Pascal, in due course,

Details of the best in each class are given below.

Ten Best Films -- Pygmalion, Sixty Glorious Years, South Riding. The Lady Vanishes, A Yank at Oxford, The Drum, Bank

FOR COMEDY Holiday, Housemaster, The Edge

ACTOR

The boy who makes film opportunity possible for others finds the gates of Hollywood swinging open for himself,

As the "fat" boy of juvenile comedies, Summer Getchell found motion picture roles be- coming scarce as he grew up. So he became the editor of "The Players' Bulletin," cast- ing catalogue of players TE- ferred to by motion picture studios. In searching for talent. Fred Datig, head of Metro-

ARP. Volunteer Headquarters 9 KM.

10

4.m.; A.R.P. in English, Club Lusitano, 5.30.p.m.; A.R.P. in Chinese, Chinese Chamber of Commerce,

Warden Instructors Air Raid Examination (In English) Wah Tan College, Kowloon, 67

5 pan.

9-Tides: High 3.50 am and 3.46 pm Low 10.48 am and 8.06 p.m.

Sunrise 5.58 atti. Bunset 7.00 pm. YMCA (WB) Mahjongg and or The World, and This Man Is Bridge Drive in sid of Charity 10 am News.

|

Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mtg 3:30 p.m.

ARP. Lecture (Chinese) Yaumati Govt School, 7.30 p.m.

Garrison Sergia. Mess Whist and Tombola 9 p.m.

St. Andrew's Church Med. Working

40 km.

Best Performances Actors:-Ralph Richardson in South Riding. Leslie Howard in Pygmalion' Will Fyffe in 'Owd Bob, Otto Kruger in Housemaster,' Party 10 Anton Walbrook in Sixty Glorious Years' Barry K. Barnes in This Man Is News,' Robert Taylor in ‘A Yank at Oxford, Charles Laughton

Cumberland Rd, 8.45 p...

St Andrew's Rover Scouts Mig. 11, Cheero Club Dance 830 pm. Lawn Bowls Singles Championship, 10-Tides: Eigh 3.50 am, and 3.43

Sunrise 5.58 8.m. Sunset 6.58 pm. Firing

Stonecut- Practice from The ters 6 p.m. to

midnight

in Vessel of Wrath,' Emlyn Wil-p. Low 12.07 am and 9. p.m. liams In 'Dead Men Tell No Tales,' and

Laurence Olivien 10 Divorce of Lady X.

Actresses:-Wendy Hiller 'Pygmalion," Anna Neagle in Bixty

HK

Ts Men's Club Mt. St. Francis Hotel 1 p.,

Im

tures

St. John's Ambulance A.R.P. Lec- (Chinese) at Hers, 7.30 pm.

Mardal on HAS. Temar 10

Court

Goldwyer-Mayer casting, was look-Glorious Years," Margaret Lockwood Fa.m.

EK. Y's Men's Club, Speaker: Mr. ing through the publication for anin Bank Holiday? Ends Best in actor to play the role of Blimpy South Riding' Nova Pilbeam in Lyman Hoover "Chinese Moslems in

the Lew Ayres-Lana Turner

Young and Innocent, Elsa Lan-the Present War." feature, "These Glamour Girls" chester in Vessel of Wrath," Valerie | He spied Getchell's picture on the Hobson in This Man Is News, P. Mahjongg 10 am. editorial page.

Y.M.C.A. A.D.C. Gen. Mitg. 5

HE. Artists' Union Entertainment Diana Churchill in Housemaster Lee Theatre. § p.m. "There's the man for Blimpy."Vivien Leigh in A Yank at Oxford- he cried.

and Dame May Whitty in The P And so the youth who publicizes Lady Vanishes. others finds himself again an

actor, and discovers that there's

more than one way to make a New York, the actress had not comeback.

planned to return to Hollywood untii autumn

Marsha Hunt" Added

After twenty-two ingenue roles, But the role of Betty, a high Marsha Hunt not only decided it strang, tragic figure is a part the was worth missing the New York actress has always wanted. Miss Fair, but risking an initial aero-Hunt did bot even unpack her plane trip in order to arrive in bags. Forgetting her fear of air Hollywood for the role of Betty travel, she hopped, the next plane, In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "These arrived in Hollywood, Inshed to Glamour Girik"

the studio, tested for the role Planning a summer of stock and won the part all within after two weeks of sightseeing in forty-eight hours,

CROSSWORD NO. 379

ACROSS

1 Erect (5)

5 Football

*_scores (5)

8 Frighten (5).

Once more

*(5)

9 FAGLE:-" "Tarzan Finds A. Bon' exceptionally good story for Tar- is easily the most exciting episode zan and his mate, Richard Thorpe in the long life of the tree-swing- has opened up a bag of directorial ing giant.”

tricks that are amazing and, at the same time, highly amusing. This picture shows

MIRROR:You will dote upon

Johnny his (Tarzan's) discovery of a son.”

Weissmuller off to best advantage. It's worth the price to see him do

bis stunts in the water. Maureen LIQUIDATION OF

O'Sullivan is very lovely and the kid, John. Sheffield, is cute."

CZECH ARMY

10 Basket

willow

11 Vapour (3)

12 View (B)

14 Secret (7)

17 Rough (8)

19 Perplexity

(B)

22 Tread

under (7)

25 Kilis (5) 28 Meadow (3) 29 Bury (5)

30 Attendant

(5)

WORLD-TELEGRAM:—“What a

The Government of the Bohe glorious romp it is..... The players,

mian and Moravian Protec- Welsamuller,

· include Johnny Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Stetorate has now fixed the dates.

by which all remaining units 31 Tattle (8) phenson, Iarz Hanter, Frieda

and organs of the old Czech Army 32 Number (5) In escort

John Sherdeld and

33 Discrimin Henry Wilcox and they are all will have to be dissolved, good."

ation: (5) The commanding officers bur- "feaux will be dissolved before the

DOWN JOURNAL - AMERICÁN: — "A end of July, and the commanding good show, a wild-eyed adventure departments of the Army Corps yarn packed with amusingly fan-by the end of September." tastic antics. The wild life and The former Czech War Ministry underwater sequences provide will be dissolved completely by plenty of action. You'll find it the end of December. (Baster Na- fun"

chrichten; July-17)

1 Metal (5) 2 Like-

Tess (5)

4 Convul

alons (6)

5. Shine (5)

6 Bimilar (5)

7-Morose (6)

13 Singing

body (5) 15 Metal (3) 16 Re-

assemble (5) 18 Edge (3) SOLUTION TO-MORE

232

20 Attack (7)

21 Vault (6)

22 Infect (5)".

Following

(5)

24 Money bag

(5)"

Embers (5) 27 Fabric (5)

St. Andrew's Scout Troop Mig. 6

YMCA. Mahjongg 10 k.in.

St. Andrew's Whist Drive 9 p.m. Cheero Club Bridge 8 p.m. Fourth Exec. Council Mtg. Sino American Cultural Relations Insti- rute, China Bldg. 5.30 ph

11-Crown Land Sale (D.C. South). 111.m.

YMCA

"Keep Fit" Class 10,30 am. Mad Swimming & p.m.. Bad- minton 8.30 p.m.

Registry Wedding Chiu-Ma Anglo-Chinese Titan, HK. Hotel, 1

pm.

H.K. Artista Unipa Entertainment. Lee Theatre, 8 p.m.

12-HK Chinese Journalists Assn. Sports Meeting.

Chinese Estates, Ltd, 2nd Interim Dividend payable..

14—HK, and Shanghai Bank Ralf- Yearly Interim Dividend payable.

Crown Land Sale, P.WD. 3 p.m. Et. John's Ambulance First Aid Les- tures start in “S.CM.P.” Board Room, 5.65 P..

VEC. Extraordinary Mig. re Ex tension Scheme & pin.

W

16–Crown Tant Sale DO.. North. Talpo) 11.30 am

16 H.K Land Investment and Agency, Ltd. Interim Dividend pay- able

YMCA Hockey Section Annual Meeting 6.30 p.m.

17-Star Ferry Co. Lia, Interim Dividend payable.

18-EK. Tramways, Ltd., Interim Dividend payable.

Bt.. John Ambulanës" A.R.P. Lac |tures English) at Hars 5,45 pib.

HK. VI Men's Club. Bocial at- Na. 9. Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong, 1.30.

23-Ares Hall-Mus TeamRace (Awimtag) Stonecutters IL 120 124. 25 Charity Concert at China Fiest Club p.m.

30-Area Marathon

Race (Swimming) Repulse Bay 8 pm.

Solution No 378

| ACROSS: 5, Match. 8. Entrance.

9. Upper. 10. Sentinel, 11, Sterz 14, New. 16, Police. 17, Attend: 18, Toy. 20. Space. 24, Manifest, 25, |Brain. 28, Ignorant, 27; Cliff,

DOWN; 1, Tease, 2, Stint, 3, Panic, 4. Scheme. 6, Appetite. 7. Cheering, 12, Corporal 13 Mischief 14, Net. 16, Way. 19, Orange. 21, Minor. 22 Delay, 23, State.

WIN

$50

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 1939. —PAGE S

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DON AMECHE

THE

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A Musical Comedy Vertion

of Alexandre Dumas'

THE

THREE MUSKETEERS

BINNIE BARNES

GLORIA STUART 20th Century Fox Picture

Also Latest LEW LEHR'S COMEDY ” WHAT EVERY BOY SHOULD

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KNOW"

D'Artagnan rides and.singe and

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but what a sucker.

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"INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH"

with GORDON HARKER

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The Fastest and Funniest Comedy of the Year!

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MAJESTIC

BHALI O

TODAY AND TOMORROW

MEN LIKE BEASTS... PLOTTING, KILLING, FIGHTING

THEIR WAY TO FREEDOMITI

PRISON BREAK

BARTON MACLANE GLENDA FARRELL

THURSDAY, ONE DAY ONLY

RETURN OF THE GREATEST OLD FAVOURITE ”

OF THEM ALLT

JEANETTE MacDONALD ****

LAURICE CREVALIER THE LOVE PARADE

A Paramount Picture

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