1939-08-24 — Page 5

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LATEST FRENCH GAUMONT NEWS

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Stark! Gripping!..

FIVE CAME BACK

RKO RADIO Plature

CHESTER MORRIS ALUCILLE BALL! WENDY BARRIE JOHN CARRADINE ALLEN JENKINS JOSEPH CALLEIA

ON THE

C. AUBREY SMITH}|

KENT TAYLOR PATRIC KNOWLES ELISABETH RISDÓNÍ

STAGE

RAYMUND LUI & HIS HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA

NEXT CHANGE •

•

"YOUNG DR. KILDARE"

with LEW AYEES. LIONEL BARRYMORE An M-G-M Picture

Book Now for the Gala Midnite Fermiere of ". THE MIKADO at the QUEEN'S on Saturday, 2nd Sept.

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CHARLES STARRETT

Directed by David Salman A COLUMBIA PICTURE

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Joan Blondell

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MONDAY CLARK GABLE AN

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Today's Screenings

KING'S:

Hongkong

"While New York Sleeps" QUEEN'S:

"Five Came Back"

ORIENTAL-

"The Devil's Party" CATHAY;

"The Kid From" Teras"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA

"Secret Patrol"

STAR:

"One Night Of Love" MAJESTIC:

"Of The Retord"

QUEEN'S:

CINEMA & GENERAL

Coming

KING'S:

"Zenobia"

"Young Dr. Kildare"

ORIENTAL:

"The Gracie "Allen

Саде"

Murder

CATHAY:

קן .

"Idiot's Delight"

ALHAMBRA:

"East Side Of Heaver"

STAN:

"Woman Against Woman” "The Firény" MAJESTIC:

"Just' Around The Corner**

"THE SUN NEVER SETS:" REVIEW OF UNIVERSAL'S

NEW PRODUCTION

"THE SUN NEVER SETS,” İS RATED A FAST-MOVING. AND

ENTERTAINING PICTURE ADMIRABLY PLAYED

A CAPABLE CAST.

This is what a reviewer mys" of this film;,

"In recent years Hollywood has ground out British Empire enlès- Laves of a Bengal Lancer," The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Din,' 'Ounga

and others that have made the film capital Bri tain's best salesman of илсод scious propaganda.

With an eye to the visit of the King and Queen to American soil. Universal released another, "The "Sun Never Bets.' But despite the publicity link, the picture is less an empire build- up than a bizarre mystery thriller a la E. Phillips Oppenheim.

BY

ALL LABOUR TO BE WITHDRAWN

BRITISH RAILWAY WAGES DISPUTE

LONDON, Aug. 23 (Beater) Committee The Executive

of the Society of Locomotive

Engineers and. Firemën have THE COLONIAL SERVICE

decided to withdraw zü labour "The story deserts the armed on four main-line group rail- services for a change and drama- ways on, and from, midnight tizes the te of family

a

af on Aug. 26. career men in the British colonial

The Society and the National service-a family whose. honour Union of Railwaymen are claim-

the service.

Africa's

*

is put at stake by rebellion of ing a minimum pay of 10, shillings the youngest member, John Ran-weekly against the recent increase dolph (Douglas Fairbanks J. of the minimum to 45 shillings, against entering

beyond which the railway com- Hugo Zurof (Lionel AtwU), muni-

panies maintain that their résour- tions baron disguised as a sciences do not allow them to go. tiat, has discovered a mine of valuable war metals on

NO. STRIKE Gold Coast and plans to foment The National Union of Railway- A world conflict. Broadcasting men, at a delegates Conference.

radio decided to resubmit their claim station the mine, he has for 30 shillings minimum to the Whitehall officials tearing thefri National Tribunal, bair.

"They send Clive (Basil Rathbone), district-

MYSTERY FILM propaganda from a secret

AT THE KING'S TO-DAY

сада-

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939 -PAGE

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRES

SHOWING TODAY AT 13. 5.16,7

THEY SOLVED THE MYSTERY BUT IT WOULDN'T STAY SOLVED... the same man had been mur- dored again!

The Roving Reporters.

WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS

MUCHASE

JEAN

CHICK

WHALEN - ROGERS • CHANDLER

ROBERT KELLARD · JOAN WOODBURY HAROLD HUBER • MARC LAWRENCE

· Enastáva Preduvar Boi M. Wurtzel

* Maulettes · Korean Phy by Process Mynd directed by Grams Ma

A 20th Century-Bak Fictoro

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ZENO BIA'

with

Oliver Hardy-Harry Langdon-BilNé Burke-A Hos Brza

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ORIENTAL

PLEMING ROAD WANCHA

Though the Society has only LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY-

the members, against Randolph 58,000

Unton's 366,000, they are the key- men and action by them would practically. bring the rafirodds to a standstill.

A mystery so bewildering that missioner now home on leave, it has to be solved twice, is the back to trap him. The commis- situation facing the Roving Re-sioner takes along his wife (Bar- porters, Michael Whalen and bara O'Nell) and the young Chick Chandler, in their latest brother, John. Later, irked by escapade, While New York the commissioner's sense-of-duty

Sleeps" 20th Century-Fox's thriller jobsessión in leaving his wife JAPANESE WARSHIPS

of murder at midnight in Man- when she is to have a baby, John hattan, due to open to-day at the easily falls for a ruse by the Kirig's Theatre

munitions magnate whereby Clive From all reports it would seem abandons an empire mission and that Messrs. Whalen and Chand-falls into disgrace."..

ler, aided by lovely Jean Rogers,

TRADITIONS TRIUMPH

a the

OFF TAMCHOW

CHUNGSHAN, KWANGTUNG, Aug. 23 (Central)-Tension is again mounting in the Chungshan district as nine Japanese warships have been sighted off Tamchow, in the Pearl River delta 38 miles due north of Shekki.

who scored in ""Time Out For Murder," have really got them-

"But In the end, thanks to A selves into a jam this time. They've spectacular. nick-of-time bomb- caught the killer before, the killing of the radio station by Ing printed the story before it feet of airplanes in which happens and then are embar-villains are rassed no end to and the same concussion (they are found sitting man murdered again!

upright, trancelike), the tradi-AUG. The cast of "While New York tions of the service triumph. Bleeps also includes Robert Kel- lard, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber

killed outright by COMING EVENTS

on and

"Despite excessive emphasis and Marc Lawrence. E Bruce the idea of duty to empire Humberstone directed from a considerable overacting by both screen play by Frances Hyland Fairbanks and Rathbone, Row- and Albert Ray. The original land V. Lee has produced a fast- story was written by Frank Fen-moving and entertaining picture. ton and Lynn Root The film in- Miss O'Nell plays her most im- troduces two new song hits, T1 portant role to date with much Never Change," by Sidney Clare distinction: in fact, the entire and Arthur Johnston, and "Ain't supporting cast Virginia Field, Ke Good Looking." by Clare. Melville Cooper, C. Aubrey Smith. Dances were staged by Nicholas Mary Forbes, and others gives Castle and Geneva Sawyer,

an admirable performance."

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Firework

(5)

8 Foolish-

ness (5)

9 Large Case

(5)

10 From then

(5)

11 Flower (7)

13 Chistom (5)

14 String in-

strument (4)

16 Abraded

(7)

.19 File (4),

21 Opulent (4). 22 Cascade (7)

24 Halt (4) ... · 23 Requires

(5)

28 Shooting stars (7) 29 Ariaes-

thetic (5) 30 "Paper

measure (5).

31 Navy (5) 32 Hog (5)} }

DOWN

1 Beverage

(5)

2 Hold firm

.... (5):

26

30

NO. 393

4 Jest (4) 5 Irritate (4)

8 Large

wave (7)

7 Unfästen

(5)

10 Genuine (7)

11 Attrac-

tion (5)

12 Part of

atih (5)

15 Aftlet (7)

SOLUTION TO-MORROW

Solution No 392.

AcRods: 1, Pattern. 5, Mocks. §. DOWN Perhaps, Ropes. 10, Táb 12. Elapse.

'17 Bame 18· Vessels (5):

again (5)

20 Carriera (7) 23 Indistinct

24 Furred

mammals (5) 25 Bay win

dow (5) 27 Simmer (4) 28 Base (4)

1.Paper. 2. Tired, 3,

Nest, 5, Marble. 6,

Badish. 15, Blithe 16. League. 11. Capital, 7, Bisters. 11, Abused. 13, Coal. 19. Alas, 20, Bleepy 24 IL 14, Hamlet. 17, Comical. 18, Malice, 23, Dreads. 20, Ate. 28, Alluded 19, Aye, 20, Bearce; 21; Cedar, 29% Bessión, 30, Ladie. 31, Prison. 24, Agile, 25 Songs, 27) Yankees.

Espy

24-Tides: High 4.23 am, and 7.30. p.m. Low 12.20 p.m. and 10.15 p..

Sunrise: 6.03 alm. Sunset 6.48.p.m. T.M.C.A Beginners Mahjongg 10 2.m.

HE. Y's Men's Meeting, St. Francis Hotel, 1 pm Speaker: Dean J. L Wilson.

ARP. Lecture at Volunteer Hqra. 8-10 8.1

St. Andrew's Club "Open Night” Cheero Club Contract Bridge 8 p.m. China Light and Power RC. Whist and Tombola 8.45 p.m.

25-Tides: High K.41 am, and 8.25 p.m. Low 107 pm and 11.40 p.m.

Suprise: 6.01.-Sunset 843 pm. Charity Concert at Chins Fleet Club

Hlub 9 p.m.

TMCA "Keep Pit" Class 10.30 an: Med Swimming 6 pm Bad- minton 8.30 pm

Fourth Luncheon Meeting of st American Institute of Central Rela- tions, FK. Hotel 12.43 p..

A.R.P. Lecture:- (English) Club Limitano. 5.30 p.m.; ARP. in Chinese Chamber of Commerce 7 p.m.; A.R.P T.W.C.A., Bonham Road. (Chinese)

p.m.; ARP (English) 20. Ice House Street: 6.30 p.m.

7.30

Boy Scouts' Camp at Kowloon Tong Reservoir.

St. Andrew's "Church Med. War. Wrkg. Party 10 am.

28-Tides: High 6.40 am. and `8,50°

Low 1.46 pm,

p.m.

Sunrise 6.0 am Sunset 647 p.m.

St. Andrew's Club Bathing" Pic- nic 6.30 p.m.

Zachuski Dinner Dance at- C.B.A 8.30 p.

Baseball-International Series First Round-Portugal v. Britmir.

HK Y's Men's Camp at Lantao

Leave HK. 1.30 pm.

Island

Equine Sports Club 26th Cavalcade for Beginners to Bishop's Path"

Wedding at St John's Cathedral- Higgins Tyng, 13.30 p.m.

Boy Scoute Camp Open to Public 3-6 pam

A.R.P. Lecture (Chinese) „Kaumati Gort. School. 7.30 pin.-;

27-Baseball International Series First Round Chins v. US

Bouth China Athletic Assn. Launch Pienie

Boy Scouts' Camp at Kowloon Tang Reservoir.

28-St. Andrew's Club Moonlight Excursion 1.30 p.m.

Crown Land Sale, PWD. 3 p.m. 23- Urban Council Mig. 4.15 p.m.

Rotary Club in Mtg. 1 p.m. Opening of Our Lady's Hall at 8, Po Shan Road by HE, the Governor,

30-Area Marathon Team Race (Swimming), Repulse Bay 3 pm.

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