1940-02-07 — Page 3

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ORIENTALE

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TODAY-TOMORROW-FRIDAY-SATURDAY

IMPORTANT FIRST RUN PRODUCTION AT POPULAR PRICES

POSITIVELY THE GREATEST WAR. PICTURE OF ANY AGE!

All other war drama's are Pigmies in comparison to this mighty spectacle showing the "horrors and brutality of war and what happens to captured British and Fronch soldiers behind the Nazi front and those incarcerated in the German prison camps.

THOUSAND IMPRISONED BEHIND, MILES OF. BARBED WIRE.

1939 MOST EXCITING SCREEN EVENT!

A Wamer Bros. super-production with.

LESLIE HOWARD DOUG. FAIRBANKS..

PAUL LUKAS

MARGARET LINDSAY

A story only the screen could bell told as the screen has never told a story before! Too BIG for the pages of history! Too during for any generation but this! . Too thrilling to believe until you see it spread

before your very eyes!

FILMED EXACTLY AS RELATED" BY

SIR PHILIP GIBBS, WORLD FAMOUS REPORTER. MATINEES: 20c.-30c EVENINGS: 20-30-50c.-70x. “CAPTURED" AT

ORIENTAL

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Howard and Paul Lukas in the leading roles "Captured!" does not hold you with its love plot. There

· alone are the awe-inspiring spectacles you spell-bound

Warner Brothers' super pro duction . "Captured!" will be shown at the Oriental Theatre on Wednesday, Thursday which hold Friday and Saturday for the first time in Hongkong at popular prices. The

cast is headed by

through the scenes in which thousands of officers and men of the allied armies are held as pri-

COMING EVENTS

FEB.

11

"

7-Tides: High 10.06 am and 9.04 p.m. Low 2134 am and 2.14 pan.

Sunrise: 7.01 a.m.; Sanset: 6.1. p.m.. Chinese New Year's Eve

Lawn Bowls: HE to entertain Pri- son Chicers' Mesa team, 3.15 pm, Kowloon Cricket Club Dance. Kowloon Tong Garden City Ass, Gala Dance, 8.30 p.m.

YMCA Graniophone Recital by Mr. A. Galloway. 5. p.m.

Cheero Guk Dance 830 thành

Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.; Committee of Mana- gement. 6 p.m.

Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House. 9 am-1 pm.

H.K.RA, Shoot.

Cathedral

Women's Fellowship Working Party. Cathedral Hall, 10

a.m.

Exhibition of Chinese Products.

Catholic Cathedral. "The Way of the Cross 6.30 p.m.

Garrison Bergts. Meas. Whist Drive 9.15 p.m.

Boxing Finals, Murray Barracks 8.30 p.m.

8-Tides: High 10.31 am, and 9,38 p.m. Low 3.44 am and 2.53 p.m.

Sunrise: 7.01 a.m; Sunset: 634 p.m. Chinese New Year.

Bank Holiday.

Chess Championships Continued. YMCA: First Ala Lecture 10 a.m.;

AD.C. Rehearsal 8.30 p.m.

3

St. Andrew's Wedding. Moss-Tange, p.m.

Cheero Club, Lessons in Contract Bridge.

GENERAL

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940. -PAGE

KING'S

At 230, 510, 7.15, & 1.38 P.M.

NO INCREASE IN PRICES

A scene from “Juares,” starring Paul Man and Bette Davis. which is having its regular screening at the King's Theatre to-

St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship, 2.30 p.m.

Lawn Bowls: Attaboy Shield, Kow. loon Bowling Green, 10.30 am.

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Exhibition of Chinese Products. 9-Tides: High 11 and 16.10 pa Low 4.15 am, and 3.38 p.m.

Sunrise: 7.01 am; Sunset: 5.14 p.m. Bank Holiday.

Charity Softball in aid of B.W.OF. (Kowloon F.C.).

Soccer: Hongkong v. Salgon, Caro- line Hill, 3.30 p.m.

Y.M.C.A. Badminton, 6.30 p.m. Cheero Club, Table Tennis and Bil- Hards

Royal Scots, Corporals' Dance, Eo- tel Cecil...

Exhibition of Dwarf Pot Plants, Kowloon Tong School, 9 am-5 pm. 10 Tues: High 1125 am and 10.40 px Low 4:43 am and 4.15

p.m.

Sunrise: 7.00 a.m.; Sunset: 6.15 pm Entries Close for Trinity lege of Music, Theoretical Examina

Col- tion

day. It is a Warner Brothers' production.

Radio

HONGKONG

Programmes

On Wavelengths at 353

metres (545 k.) $1.49 metres (9.52 megacycles),

Loved and Lost; Pex-Trot-I'll Never Let You Cry calm In Old Chicago") -Bully Thorburn and His Music. Tangos Pura Milonga; Mal De Ausencia Orquesta. Tiples Francisco. Canaro. Fax-Trot-Where The World Ends-Eugen Weld and His Orches

7.00 Closing Locat Stock" Quota tions...

7.02 Light Variety.

ALL-IN "BEE" FROM STUDIO

Orch.-"The Little Dog Laughed"— SERVICES T. CIVILIANS Belection-The London Palladium Or

chestra. Comedians - Blacking Out Classical Requests

the Flat (Askey and Murdock) -- Short Service of Inter Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch.

Orch-Black. Velvet" Band-Country Life Suite (Alford)--

Medley Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Military The Band of BM. Royal Marines, Division Orch. - "AI

12.15 p.m. cession.

12.30 Saxophone Bolos by Coleman Hawki

After You've Gone (Creamer, Lay-Plymouth ton); Some of These Days (Brooke) Clear" Medley-Jack-Hylton and His chestra with Vocal Chorus. It sends -acc. by The Ramblers Dance Or-Orchestra. Me (Hawking)-with "Buck" Washing- ton at the Piano.

7.30 London Relay-The News 8.00

Local Time Signal, Weather

Two Plane Recital by Bawicz

12.40 De Groot and His Orchestra. Report and Announcements. Waldteufel Memories (art. Finck). vices v. Civilians.

8,03 Studio-All-In "Bee"-5: Ser- nes). La Paloma (Yradier); Destiny (Bay.

"Loulse"-Selection {Charpen- 8.30 Soccer: Eastern

tler). AAT. Balgon,pular Melodies-art. Finck).

Other Days (Selection of Fo and Landauer, Caroline Hill, 3.30 p.m.

HK Univeralty Union-Charity

100 Local Time Signal and Wea--Pm Selection. Flannel Dance. St. Stephen's Hall, 8

ther Report.

p.m.

Cottage pan.

Club-Paper Hunt, 3.30

of

EK. Golf Club: Semi-finals Stubbs Shield due for completion.

Meeting of Creditors of HK. Dairy Supply Co., Ltd., 6, Des Voeux Rd. 11 am

Soccer:

Combined Chinese v. Unit- ed Services, Caroline Hill, 3.30 p.m.

Exhibition of Dwarf Pot Plants, Kowloon Tong School, @ am-5 p.m.” 11-Claims against estate of Ronald Oliver Rutherford due.

Fanling Hunt and Race Club Meet. ing at Kwanti.

Final of FK Golf Club Captain's Cup (1939) due for completion.

Softball League.

Soccer: S.CA.A v. Saigon, Caroline Hill, 3.30 pm.

Hotel

Interport football "dinner, Cecil. 8 p.m.

Exhibition of Dwarf Pot Plants, Kowloon Tong School, 9 am-6 pm.

12-Crown Land Sale, 3 pm. 14-Charity Football Match. YMCA Badminton Tournament, 10 am.

Feninsula Hotel, Valentine Dance by HK Chinese Women's Club, 8.30 p.m.

"Juarez" At The King's

1.63 A Mozart Song.

1

Noia (Arndt). "The Street Binger"

8.10 New Dance Music.

Slow. Fox-Trot-Blue Orchids; Pox--

Scold Me, Scald Me, Oh Dear Ma-Trot-Day In-Day Out-Jack Hylton setto ("Don Giovanni") - Elizabeth Schumann (Soprano) with Orch

1.06 Mozart-Symphony In D Ma for (The "Prague").

Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Erich Kleiber.

Orchestra

ther Forecast and Announcements,

1.30 Reuter and Bugby Press, Wea- Calls

1.45 Musical Comedy Selections

Continued on Pare 8

SHORT WAVE

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G.A.B.

G.8.HL

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 17.79.6. (16.85.) 9.51m.. (31.5501.} 2147m.C.

(31.97ms.)

15.38m.c. (18,78m.)

NEWS IN ENGLISH

Musical Comedy Marches Intro: G.S.0. Riff Song (Desert Song): The Moun (from same); The Three Musketeers Transmission I-News Sum- ties Hose-Marie); Song of the Drum f(rom same); Tokay (Bitter Sweet); Chow); Love's Sentry (Madame Pom- The Robbers' March (Oku

Chin padour); Goodbye. (The White Horse Inn-Light Opera Company with Or- chestra. Home and Beauty-Selec- tion-Adelphi Theatre Orchestra cond. by Prancis Collinson. "Lady Luck”--

Trans. I & III--News Sum-

Full Buletin

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Full Bulletin

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Vocal Clems (Hedley, Strachey and Transmission V-News Sum Orchestra. "The Gold Diggers of Rodgers)-Light Opera Company with

Orchestra with Quentin Maclean (OT- Broadway" (Burke) Regal Cinema

gan).

2.15

Close down 8.00 An hour of Dance Music. Fox-Trots-Smoke From A Chin- ney; Moonlight on the Highway-Roy Spreck and His Hawaiian Serenadera. Slow Fox-Trot Malody In Brown; Fox-Trot Mama, I Wanna Maks Rhythm (film Manhattan Music Box -Ray Venture and His Collegians. The King's Theatre announces Waltz The Moon of Manakoora that, in line with its policy of (im "The Hurricane'); Tango---Cuore securing the highest calibre im

Vagabondo-Mario De Pietro and His entertainment, it will

Estudiantina. Fox-Trots Once In A present, While; Little Drummer Boy-Jay Wil- sarting today, the magnificent bur and H-Band Blow Fox-Trot-I historical saga" "Juarez," a motion

Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight picture which has been awaited (m2nd Street"); Waltz-Dance with the greatest anticipatory in tor: Blvester and His Ballroom Orch. The Moonlight Waltz with Me--Vic- terest ever since-in 1837-Warner Tangos Hear My Song, Violetta; Bros. announced plans for its pro-Jealousy-Robert Renard Dance Or duedon, Plans are under Way

chestra. Fox-Trots - Reckless Night for a brilliant premiere which will

On Board an Ocean Liner: The Pop-i be attended by

corn Man-Ray Venture and Hia Col- impressive gathering of

legians, Waltz Tis Better to Have prominent local people.

".

At

Sufficient to justify the tremen- dous interest is the fact that it co-stars Paul Muni and Bette Davis, generally acknowledged to be the greatest American screen actor and the greatest American screen actress, for the first time. since the Academy of Motion Fic- ture Art and Belences formally proclaimed their pre-eminence.

And these two distinguished ariste are aided by such notables of the screen as Brian Aherne. Claude Rains John Garfield, Donald Crisp, Joseph Calleta, Gale Bondegraard, Gilbert Roland, Henry O'Neill, Harry Davenport, Montagu Love, John Miljan, Vladimir Sakolon, Monte Blue and many others.

soners of war in a German pri son camp.

with vivid, yet artistic, realism. These scenes have been created but only serve as a background part that Paul Lukas as Com- for the love-plot. It is in this mander Erlisch does his best work yet seen on the screen

DAILY

AT' 2.30 5-20 7.20 9-20

SHOWING, TO-DAY

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MUNI : DAVIS JUAREZ

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WARNER KLOS

BRIAN AHERNE

WRLIAN DETTELN

CLAUDE RAINS · JOHN GARFIELD » DÖNÄLD CRISP

JOSIPR CALLILA • GALE BONDINGKAN DELBERT ROLAND + VINET O'KEILA

Man Weg har Jalan Mata, detta Matkal patlang Terkini - Bant de 1 Fly be an War gal de Jovi "The Fraen Cove Roosing Minds by dana Franjung Bung

ALSO COLOUR CARTOON

'CINDERELLA MEETS A FELLA”

-GALA PERFORMANCE, TO-MORROW AT 11 AM:

la Aid of the International Peace Hospital for Wounded Soldiers.

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SHOWING TODAY

THUNDERS WITH THRILLS! BLAZES WITH EXCITEMENT! ROARS WITH ADVENTURE! EXPLODES WITH ACTION!

ERROL FLYNN

in his grandest adven- ture since Robin Hood...conquers the frontier God forgot...

DODGE CITY

blazing melting por of adventurers, settlers "killers! The action

picture of the

year!

A WARNER BROS. Picture

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

4.00 p.m.

WIEN

5.00 p.m.

8.45 p. -7.30 p.m. 9.15 p.

12.00 mid- right

7.30 L 8.30 2.00.

SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.

(All Hongkong Time) Mondays - Background

to the

to the News....... 11.00 p.m. Tuesdays Background News

8.13 a.m. In England Now

11.00 p.m. Cards on the Table 8.00 p.m. Wednesdays In Eng-

land Now

6.45 am. Cards on the Table 8.15 min, Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursdays Mattera of

Moment

пост

Background to the News Fridays - In England

Now

Saturdays In England

Now

London Log London Log Baadays-London Log

STAR

TODAY ONLY

5.45 m.m 11.00

p.m.

11.00 pm

6.45 0.

3.30 PIL 11.15 p.m. 6.48 mm.

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See the "Inside story!' behind his fight in this flaming par- sonel blatory of the youngstar who twisted the tall of Fate and fired to taught..IT'S SWELLI

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CORRIGAN

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ALSO SHOWING

TO-MORROW:

FRI & SAT:

RADIO

Picture

ReFLYING IRISHMAN

PAUL KELLY *. ROBERT ARMSTRONG GENE- REYNOLDS DONALD M&HRIDI EDDIE QUILLAN

THE WARNING "

“CAT AND CANARY Paramount

Picture

“GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS" MGM

ANN SHERIDAN

CAST OF

1000's

ALL IN TECHNICOLORİ

BRUCE CÁBO“-FRANK MCMUGN-ÁLAK NALE › Directed by MISRAEL, CURTIZ

FENN LEI, • ZONEYWCTOR JORT WIL SUNGGAN - Cryptoot Seuran May by Patna, Badges - Hooks by Mat Brainer

TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Daily at 12.00 Noon:

SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES PROGRAMMES OF COLOUR CARTOONS Complete Change of Programme on Saturday Admission Prices: Dress Circle-80 ota., Stalls-20ots. --

NEXT CHANGE

A GREAT WAR.PICTURE THAT ONLY NOW CAN BE SHOWN! LESLIE HOWARD -

DOUG. FAIRBANKS Jr. in "CAPTURED"

A Warner Bros. Dramatic Bansation!

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TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY! It's A Comedy Riot Barold Lloyd Gives You His Grandest Laugh Hit

HAROLD

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TO-MORROW

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FRIDAY SATURDAY

BIG CAST SONG HITS) SHOW OF SHOWS

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