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HONGKONG" DAILY PRESS

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TODAY AND TOMORROW Like Another "Men in White"!

Secrets of a great hospital ...romance of meninwhitel Women in sables! Drama like a siren's screami

Young

DR.KILDARE LEW AYRES

THURSDAY

A Paramount

Picture

BARRYMORE

LYNNE GARVER - KAT PENDLETON

10 ANK SAYERS - SARIKEL

"PERSONS IN HIDING"

with

Lynn Overman Patricia Morison

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TWO CAMERA DAREDEVILS

ON THEIR FIRST EXCITING ASSIGNMENT ("-

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, or maybe a girl in their arms! The Camera Daredevils in

THURSDAY

A Paramount Picture

DAILY

SHARPSHOOTERS

la

BRIAN

with

LYNN

WALLY

DONLEVY BARI - VERNON

JOHN KING

*

• DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE C. HENRY GORDON - SIDNEY BLACKMER

Introducing the Sensational New Star, PATRICIA MORISON,

"PERSONS IN HIDING"

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KRAZY KAT, SCRAPPY'S & COLOUR CARTOONS CHARLIE CHASE & 3 STOOGES COMEDIES and“

“LITTLE MATCH MAKER” Awarded the Best Short of 1938.

TO-MORROW

IRENE DUNNE.

RKO Picture

in

CHARLES BOYEE

65 'LOVE AFFAIR ”

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LEWIS CARVOLLS

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

CHARLOTTE HENRY

Simone Simon, James Stewart in

TO-MORROW

Paramount

Picture

SEVENTH

HEAVEN

THUR ONLY, ** EVERYTHING IS THUNDER"

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Zenobia

QUEEN'S:

"Young Di." Kildare"

ORIENTAL·

"The Mummy"

CATHAY

"Alice In Wonderland"

Kowloon

CINEMA & GENERAL

WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR

JOAN CRAWFORD?

The all-important question of the day in Hollywood can- cerns the future, of Joan Crawford. Joan stands at a cross roads in her career. The road she has travelled of late has provided disappointments. The going has been hard. Before her there loom three'new roads,'

Reports have it that'she is deeply concerned about this career problem, which demands a more or less imasediata solucion Joan has not been well served{was spectacular, lavish, and pro- with pictures during the last thresduced with the usual Hollywood or four years.

competence, but it was obvious

with

Her early success in Aims like that it was not calculated to put "Our Dancing Daughters," "Our Joan Crawford back on her old Modern Maidens." "Our Blushing lofty pinnacle. Brides," "Dance. Fools, Dance," Now she is working in "The "Possessed." and all the rest of Women"

Norina Shearer. those essentially human dramas, From what we hear her part, al- haye been somewhat trittered though strong and forceful, isn't of away by the fact that of late she the magnitude you would associate "A Selected Columbia Variety has been assigned to hard, sophis-with a star of her callbre.

ticated roles. which have not Programme"

Joan in spite of her intellectual found unanimous favour with the tastes and her never ending cam-

ALHAMERA

"Sharp "Shooters"

STAR:

MAJESTIC:

"The Crowd Roars"

KING'S:

Coming

"Charlie Chan In Reno" QUEEN'S:

"Persons in Hiding" ORIENTAL:

"Off The Record" "Arizona "Legion" CATHAY:

"Seventh Heaven" ALHAMBRA:

"Persons in. Hiding" STAR:

Love Affair

"Love Parade"

MAJESTIC:

"Charlie Chan In Honolulu

Search For One Year Old

Baby

With camera work scheduled to start shortly on "The Return of the Thin Man," the casting de partment 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

interview parents who have children to meet the foregoing requirements,

now

It is not necessary that the baby particularly resemble either Fowell or Miss Loy

W. 9. Van Dyke II, who directed the previous "Thin Ban" films, wil also direct this one, with Hant Stromberg again producing from a story woven around the celebra ted Dashiell Hammett characters of Nick and Nora Charles,

customers.

UNLUCKY JOAN

164

paigni for self-improvement, is basically a creature of moods, She is dominated by them to an She's been unlucky, too. In the unusual degree. When she's emo- type of make-up and general ap- tionally confused, unhappy, it's pearance which the studio consi-physically impossible for her to dered necessary for her excursions put into her work that verve and In the realm of sophistication. dash that, once distinguished ber The make-up boys consistently from every other star, gave her an appearance which was hard and extreme, and lacking in the qualities which evoke sym- pathy.

NOT A FADING STÄR Don't be in too great a hurry to write her down as a a fading star, for one smash hit can send her skyrocketing back

the top. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has faith

to

Then, a few months ago, she and the studio enthusiastically agreed to make "Ice Follies." The script was to be so designed as to allow her, and she still has millions

of devoted fans. her to make a comeback' as a singer. It was also decided that she was to go out for new popu- larity of the Sonja Henle brand by turning up as an expert skater.

For months she practised skating under experts. When the cameras turned she was a completely competent skater, event although she had not reached world champion class. Then, somehow, the produc tion of "Ice Follies" struck rough ground. Unexpected difficulties were encountered.

DISAPPOINTMENT

When the film was eventually shown we were astonished to dis- cover that Joan hardly skated at! all, and that her singing was con- fined to one number. The m

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her

Most important of all, she's 're- gained that fighting spirit that she seemed to lose when second marriage strayed off its course and drifted on the rocks. And Joan-in Aghting mood-is unstoppable.

So what lies in store for the beauteous Joan?

SHE'S SO

-DIFFERENT!

With the exception of cam- eramen and news scribes, no one ever recognises Greer Garson in public. It's little wonder, because there's seldom been a star who looks less like her screen self.

Solution No 396

The English girl's red hair and FRATERNITY¶¶CTR green eyes, her tall willowy deure ETETA TV TATLOBE and the colourful gowns she KINDLINESSTIN V wears, do not suggest "Mrs. Chips" ¶NTISTR¶HUSTLE in the alightest. ¶TTU TI¶¶¶¶¶RAL

At the races the other day even the

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1939. —PAGE 5

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MUMMY

it comes to life!

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FLAMING FANDORA other stars wandered who was the 2 DAYS ONLY ! TOMORROW & THURSDAY

LTRINGR.EE KITYST

giri the photographers kept snap- OVIDTTITATT PERI OʻT11SMACK11R10 ensemble with a big green hat on ping. She was wearing & green DAHOMBYTHONITON this occasion--but her favourite LTMINTITUTMITT ICEAXE GIM1181 of scarlet or red, which is start- colour scheme is gray, with a touch GYTI GALLIVANTS Ing, with her flaming hair.........

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CROSSWORD

ACROSS

NO. 397

1: Entertainment for the young

(2 words; 7 and 5)..

9. A number enter in line at the

slope o

10. If he's looking round for a row, he's certainly got it

11. Three spot.

12 Vessel as put in a place for

storage.

13." The egoist's first thought. 16. She appears in two of Beotta

Dovela.

17. May bore, but will never bore

you, wolver

18.Deat in town at the moment.

DOWN

1. The central 26 down.

COMING EVENTS

AUG.

29Tides: High $.51 a... and 18.06 pum. Low .15 am and 3.20 p.m.

Stories: 6.04 am. Sunset SÚ pum. Compulsory Service Tribunal 2.30

Urban Council Mítg. 4.15 pm. HK. Rotary Club Tian Mig. 1 p.m. Speaker: Col E A. Doughty, D.B.O.. "The Praises of Canada.”

d

Opening of Our Lady's' Hali at & Po Shan Road by HE, the Governor, 5.p.m

Craigengower C.C. Tombola 9 pm. YMCA Bridge 10 sm. Badminton 8,86 p.m. Mxd, Swimming 6 p.m.

A.R.P. Lectures: (Full ' course) in Chinese, St. John Ambulanss Head- quarters, 1.30 pm: ARP Volunteer Headquarters $ am to 10 ARP in

Aglish, Club Lusitano, 3.30 in Chinese, Chinese Chamber of Commerce 7 pm: ARF. in Chinese YWCA, Benliam Road, 7.30 pm; "AR.P. in English, 20 Ice House Street; 5.30 p.m.

Firing Practice Light Cum). 9. [Am2-2 p.m.

20~~/Tides: High. 925 am and 20.28 pm Low 2.02 am, and 3.54 p.m.

Sunrise 6.65 =,m. Bunset 6:43. p.m.

Ares Marathon TOBI Race (Swimming) Repulse Bay 8 pm. YM.C.A. Mahjongg 10 am.. St. Andrew's Club "Open" Might."

and

Garrison Bergts:

Tombola 9

9. PLE

z. It seems to be Al in the Navy! ] 11-Tides: High 9.37 am and 1946

3, Yes! Leah could show one.

4 Canine noise.

5. Floreat Etona" was his fastį.

cry.

8. Kipling's Cat

7. He starts a. 1 across (3 words. 4-6, 3, and 4).

8. Play an important part in

most games nowadays,

14. Byronle title..

15. MAKs (anag);

21 Well-known town in the War. 19. The sapphire,

23. Is this ship's head?

24. Bootch drth,

20. – Jodnom bridge to get.

equivalent

25. Any team likes to be in WID-21

ning this.

"28) A. parvenu.

29.

Untally to be found in say classroom,

20. His work serves the same

purpose da 1 scross (2 words,

4 and 8).

Macbeth'e was poisoned,

22. Welt-kupwz giris", school,

28. linch the same in size: 23

- acros

These measures of weight look

27.

all right to begin with eleg SOLUTION TO-MORROW

ners

py. Low 341 4.23, and 4.25° DXL. Sunrise 6.05 in. Sunset sål pa

for

Begin 10 m. Reception by Netherlands Consulate 61. FL Club in honour of HM. Queen Wilhelmina's Birthday 11:30 4.M.

MringPractice : CLASHE

Gun)

mid-night HR, Y's Men's Club, B6 Prancis Hotel 1 pmSpeaker: Mr. Fong Tu fong Latinised Chinese."

`AR.P. Lecture at Volunteer Hgra. 9-10 am:

WIN

$50

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FART ACTION STORY OF EXOITING HEROISM

** A six-gun full of lead and a heart full of fight ....

GEORGE

Battling the blackest band of verlivers that ever rude the ran

ARIZONA LEGION

LARAINE JOHNSON

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THE

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PHOTORS

MORGAN

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ARNOLD

MAYHKEM DO WILLIAM O'SULLIVAN » GARGAN

LIONEL STANDER • JANE WYMANA Directed by Riikand Thorpe Produced by Sam Zinchalint

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

Charlie Chan Meets New Adventure 1

the New Charlie Chần 1

"And You Meef

SIDNEY CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU

TOLER I

20th Century Fox Picture"

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