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Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Inspector Horieigh"

QUEEN'S:

“Gunga Din"

ORIENTAL

"Never Say Die"

CATHAY:

.

“No Greater Sacrifed"

ALHAMBRA

Kowloon

"Arizona Legion”

STAR:

"Swing, Bistår, Swing” MAJESTIC:

"Prison Bres E"

·KING'S :.

Coming

"Wuthering Heights"

QUEEN'S

"Man's Heritarë”

ORIENTAL:

"Service de Luxe"

"Ride A Crooked Mile"

CATHAY:

"Charlie Chan At Olympics" ALHAMBRA:

"Invitation To Happiness"

STAR:

"College Swing” MAJESTIC:

"The Love Parade"

MYSTERY FILM AT THE KING'S

CINEMA & GENERAL

An amazing new pleuth, who collects rare stamps and clever mürderers with equal calm, is in- troduced to screen audiences in "Inspector Hornleigh." the 20th Century production which opens to-day at the King's Theatre.

"Inspector Hornleigh." a fami- liar and popular radio character throughout Europe, is portrayed on the screen by Gordon Harker, while Alastair Sim supplies the comedy relief as Sergeant. Bing- ham, his bungling alde,

SEARCH FOR BABY TO APPEAR

IN “RETURN OF THE THIN MAN”.

With camera work scheduled to start shortly on "The Return Of The Thin Man," the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer casting depart ment renewed its search for a one-year-old boy baby to portray the son of William Powell and Myrna Loy.

The specifications are that it must be a fat boy baby, twelve months old, who looks extremely bored with the world. Previous entries are out of the running due to having grown too much since the original quest, but the casting department will now interview". parents who have children to meet the foregoing requirements, It is not necessary that the ba by "particularly resemble "elther Powell or Miss Loy,

W. 8. Van Dyke II, who directed the previous “Thin Man” films, will also direct this one, with Hunt Stromberg again pro- ducing froïn a story woven around the celebrated Dashiell Ham- mett characters of Nick and Nora Charles

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BREAK” | GROUCHO MARX

ACTS WITH OLD

AT MAJESTIC

Barton MacLane and Glenda Farrell turn their talents to stark Fand thrilling drama in Universal's "Prison Break," which opened at the Majestic Theatre yesterday.

MacLane and Miss Farrell, who have been starring in the "Torchy Blane" series of laughmakers, are cast as the central characters in a moving story of the evils of the present prison parole system.

FRIEND

A comedy scene · reunitea Groucho Marx with one of his oldest friends during a rehearsal for Metro-Goldwyn's-Mayer's "A Day At The Cincus."

Groucho, as a lawyer, was press- ing a breach of promise sult for beautiful client when the judge demanded additional evidence. E's ["trump card" was to be a private, The supporting roles are played detective whom Groucho was to by a hand-picked cast which in-drag into the courtroom. When chudes Paul Hurst as a prison Groucho

reached the private stoolpigeon: Constance, Moore as detective, played by Herbert MacLanes' sister; Ward Bond as a Ashley, he interrupted the re- prison bully and ringleader: Ed-hearsal.

ward Pawley as a fisherman-rival "Hello, Herb!" of MacLane's; Edmund MacDonald

as MacLane's first mate; John

"Hello, Groucho.”,

"What is this...it's not in the Russell, capable child player, as script," Director Eddie Buzzel Miss Farrell's son; Frank Darlan, protested. *-*

as a philosophic "liter," and Vic- tor Killian as Glenda's stern father.

M.G.M. ACQUIRES TWO NEW STORIES Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has bought FM original story, "The Ghost Book," by Chand- ler Sprague, which will be added to the list of story properties поче being. as- sembled for the coming set-

son.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has also bought motion picture rights to the novel, The Days Before Lent," by Hamil- ton Basso..

Yunnan province has sent 130,-

"Ashley's an old pal of mine I haven't seen in years," said Groucho. "I wrote my first vaude ville art for him for afty dollars." "Did you ever get the fifty?" Buzzell asked.

"I did, but I ought to give it back to him..I saw the" act.”

COMING EVENTS

AUG.

9-Tides: High 2.50 a.m. and 3.46 p.. Low 1046 am. and 8.08 p.m. Sunrise 5.58 am Sunset 7.00 pm. YM.C.A. (WA). Mahjongg and Bridge Drive in aid of Charity 10 am

Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mtg. 2.30. p.

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

Garrison Bergta. Mess Whist and Tombola p.m.

St. Andrew's Church Med. Working Party 10 am

St Andrew's Rover Scouts Mtg. 11, Cumberland R4. 8.45 p.m.

Cheero Club Dance 8.30 p.m. Lawn Bowls Bingles Championship. 10-Tides: High 3.50 am and 5.43 p.m. Low 12.07 a.m, and 9 pm.

Sunrise 5.58 a.m. Sunset 6.80 p.m.) Firing Practice from Stonecut

The mystery, which is so com- pletely baffling that even Inspec- tor Hornleigh himself, doesn't sus- pect the actual criminal-untii a second before he "collar" him. starts out with a simple little plan 000 fighting men to the fronts to rife the budget bag of the in China, and has another 60,000 Chancellor of the Exchequer. ready for service, according to

Hugh Willams, Steve Geray. General Lung Yun,

governor ofters 8 pm to midnight. Wally Patch, Edward Underdown the province. The population and Miki Hood head the support of the province is but 12,000,000- ing cast.

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The Struggle for Liberty in a Totalitarian State!

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OLYMPICS

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15 Bird (4)

17 Row (4)

18 Lands (7

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ARP. Lecture at Volunteer Head- quarters, 9. am-10 a.11. ̈*

KK. T's Men's Club Mtg, Et. Francis Hotel 1 pm.

Et. John's Ambulance A.R.P. Lec tures (Chinese) at Hors, 7.30 p.m.

Court Martint on HAMS. Tamar · 10 AIM

HK. T's Men's Club, Speaker: Mr. Lyman, Hoover "Chinese Moslems in the Present War."

YMCA. A.D.O.

p.m. Mahjongg 10,

Chen Mtg. d

HK. Artists Union Entertainment, Lee Theatre B p.m.

St. Andrew's Scout Troop Mtg

YM.CA. Mahjong 10 n

St. Andrew's Whist Drive 9 p.m.

Cheero Club Bridge & p.m.

Fourth Exec Council Mtg. Bing American Cultural Relations Insti- tate, China Bldg. 5.30

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11-Tides: High 433 am, and 7,18 {DLE.'

Low 1 p.m. and 8.50 p.m. Sunrise: 5.58 am Sunset 6.59 p.m.

Sale D.O) South)

YMCA

Class 10,30 am, Mad Bwimming 6 p... Bad- mintan 8.30 p.m.

Registry Wedding, Chiu-Ma Anglo-Chinese Timn, H.K. Hotel, 1 Dr Artists' Union Entertainment, Lee Theatre, 8 pm.

St. Andrew's Med. Woff ng Party 6 p.m.

Incendiary Bomb. Display at La Sale College, 5.30 pm

12---HE. Chinese Journalists: Asth

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Crown. Land Sale, P.WD, 3 pm,

St John's Ambulance First Aid Leo- tarts stark in "8.CMP. Board Room,

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10. Extraordinary Mon tension Scheme 6 p.m.

St John's Citaedtal Women's Fel- Committee Mtg 10 m

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YM.O.A. Hockey Section Annual Meeting 8.30 p.m. -

17 Star Ferry Co. Ltd. Interim Dividend payable..

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GORDON HARKER and ALASTAIR SIM HUGH WILLIAMS « STEVE GI WALLY PATCH » MIKI HOOD

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A Searching Analysis of Britain's Foreign Policy in Europe Discloses why Britain wants peace, but reveals that there's limit to British patiences.

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A Paramount Picture

One thousand paintings, photo- Hidden, away in the labyrinth graphs, sketches and woodcuts, of Luliangshan (mountain representing the best of China's western Bhans!) is a large Chi wartime art by 500 Chinese youth- nese arsenal, Here hundred Bt. John's Ambulance, ARP, Lec-ful arists, will be exhibited in Chinese mechanics 29. Lea, 29, Inter. 30, Usher. 31, Gures (English) at Herz. 8,16 p.m.“ America this fall. The artists 12 hours a day.

HK Y's Men's Club Social at No hope that by their shorts some ture rides, pistols DOWNL Brass 2 Image 3 pm

Norfolk Head, Kowloon Tung, 7.30 ideɛs of the meaning of the war in and other small Dangers. Bonans 5 Glow 6, 23-Area

Tekne Race Alike 7. Bifly. 13, Choir. 15. Tin. (Swimming) Stagecutters la 150 mm. 18 Rally 18, Rim. 20, Assault. 21.25 Charity Concert at China Fleet Cellar, 2, Talat 23, After. Club gpm. Steary

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