1940-05-07 — Page 3

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

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A Funamwar Picture with

DOROTHY LAMOUR · AKIM TAMINOFF-- JOHN HOWARD

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TOVARICH

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BASIL RATHBONE ANITA LOUISE

MELVILLE COOPER ISABEL JEANS Morris Carnovsky Victor Kilian AN ANATOLE LITVAK PROD'N A WARNER BROS. PICTURE

Play by Casey Robinson Adapted Trana the Play liy Jucina Englials Verine by Robert E. Sherwood Music by Max Steer

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COMING EVENTS

MAY

7-Tidea: High 645 am and 10.05. p. Low: 2.40 am and 2,61 p.m.

Sunrise:"5.47 a.m.; Buswet: 6.59 pam. HK Rotary Club, Tiffa Mtg 1 p.m.--Speaker: Mr. Max Cavin--"A Trip by the Greyhound"

St. Andrew's Mothers' Union, 3 p.m. Salvation Army, HK. Union Churcb Fall

7.30 pan

St. Andrew's Church: Wedding Joyce-Woolley. 4 p.m.

Monthly Meeting of F.K. Football Referees Ass and Lecture, 8 p.m...

St. John Ambulance Assn. Brigade Hors. First Aid Lecture 3.30

p.m

&

Y.M.C.A.: Bridge Class 10 am: Badminton and Mixed Swimming. 6

Kowloon Chess Club Peninsula Ho- tel. 5.30 p.m.

Cathedral Scouts, Bishop's House. 4.30 p.m.

Soldiers' Guild of St. George, Scari dal Point Hall. 7.30 p.m.

Urban Council Meeting. 415 p.m. Concert at Peninsula Hotel, 9 pm. 3. and S. Home: Prayer and Pellow- ship Mtg.. 8.30 p.m.

Busy Bees' 'Bridge and Mahjong Drive. Cathedral Hall, 3 pm

H.K. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting. 1

p.m.

Cheero Club: Whist Drive, 9 p.m.

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8-Tides: High 9.12 a.m. and 10.46 p.m. Low 3.11 am and 4.20 p.m.

Sunrise: 54 am; Sunset: 6.54 p.m. Sale of Work at School for Deaf. 3.30 p.m.

GENERAL

Ubiwry, Sapromme Couth

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Vivien Leigh and Robert Donat who received the golden statuettes of the Motion Flcture Academy of Arts and Sciences for the best performances in "Gone with the Wind" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," respectively. Miss Leigh has the leading role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind."

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

Philharmonic Society: Meeting. HK Hotel, 5.30 p.m.

General

Z

YMCA.: Bedminton, 10 am. Flag Whist Drive and Cold Supper, 7.30

B

On Wavelengths of 133 metres (845 .c's) 31.19

H.A. Basketbal! Club Meeting.

W

· metres (8.52 magscycler).

Brook Club, 5.30 pm.

Cathedral Women's

Fellowship

Working Party. 10 am.

Ladies Working Party B.W.O.F.).

Govt. House, 9 am-1 pm.

Cheero Club: Dance. 8.30 p.m.

H.K.RA Practice Shoot at Kow. Icon

of

Lecture and Demonstration Health Exercises. Craigengower CC.. 10.30 ara.

Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild. 10 am,

9-Tider: High 9.45 a.m. and 1130

*urd

Low 3.39 .m, and 5.06 p... Sunrise: 5.46 am: Sunset: 8.55 p.m. Theosophical Society 1 p.m.-Speak- Dr. A. Fung cn "Destroy & Free

er: Win.".

H.K. T's Men's Club Ta Mtg.. 1 p.m.-Speaker: Dr. W. W. Yen

Y M. C. A.: Games Morning. "10 a.m. Squash Racquets. Meeting. 6 p. Cheero Club:. Bridge and Mahjong. 10-Tides: High 10.16 a.m; Low 4.06 B. and 5.48 pm.

Sunrise: 5.45 am.; Sunset: 6.55 pm. Claims against estate

of Andre Charles Eugene Brand due

Inspection of HK.V.D.C. Nursing Detachment at St. John's Cathedral Hall. 6.45 p.m.

Anglo-Chinese Timin at HK Hotel,

b.m.

Entries close for YMCA. Bultards Tournament.

TCHAIKOWSKY CENTENARY

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Programmes

“Cards on the Table"

12.15 pm. Short Service of cession

Great. To Be In Love Again-Bob Crosby and His Orchestra.

6.38 Closing Local Stock Quita- tions.

7.00 Studio-Talk on Tchaikowsky with musical illustrations.

"730 London Relay The News,

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather, Report and Announcements.

8.03 Popular Variety.

Vocal-I'm Falling In Love With Someone tim The Life of Victor | Herbert-Allan Jones with Orches- tri, Hawaiian Orch-Strange En- Inter-chantment (Hollander); We'll Meet Again (Park-Charles) Felix Men- delssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders with 12.30 The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra Vocal refrain Vocal Remember Fox-Tito Jack-In-The-Box; Now (Rich-Connelly); I'm Sending a Let- Fox-Trot--Take Me Back To My ter to Santa Claus (Rogers-Williams) Boots And Saddle. Quickstep-There's Arthur Askey with Jack Hylton' and No Time Like The Present (Alm Some of His Boys Vocal-Over The Music Hath Charms): Fox Trot

Rainbow nim The Wizard of oz): Just little Bits and Picces (film Scatter Brain Masters and Others) 'Music Hath Charms"). Fox Tro

Phyllis Robins with Orchestra, Big Ship (Alm "Music Hath Charms"); Orch.-Choo-Choo (Waller & Others); Valse In My Heart of Hearts (filan Bouncing the Black-Out-Fox-Trot - Music Hath Charms). Fox-Trota Bursey Gilbraith and Els Coconut” I Breathe On Windows (from Over Grove Quartet. Plano-Charife Kunz she ges': Mine's A Hopeless Case Plano Medley No. D. 34-Intro: In an (from Over she goes"). Slow Fox-18th century drawing room: Faithful.

forever: It's a has-ha-happy day Charlie Kunz with Rhythm accomp. Comedian-Boom Hunter-Trenet): If A. Grey-Haired Lady Says "How's Yer Father" (Walte) Jack Werner with Sonny and Orchestra. Vocal and Plano-Let's Make Memories Tonight film 'All Clear")-Leslie Hutchinson.

8.44 BB.C. Recording-"I Remem-

Trot Every Minute of the Hour.

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wear ther Report

1.03 Reginald Dizon, Rale da Costa and Vie Oliver in Variety.

Diron Hits No. 16-Intro: It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane: The greatest mistake of my life; Wake up and live; You're here, you're ber," there: Ten pretty girls; Love is good. for anything that ails you Reginald rent of 40 or 50 years ago.

A Programme of Musical Entertain- Dixon (Organ). Moon (Caleo and Miles):

When The Morning Rolls 9.15 London Relay-News Summary. "Cheero Club: Darts. Table-Tennis. Around (Connelly and Others)-Rale 9.30 London Belay-"Cards on the

da Costa (Pindo). Vic Oliver Goes Table." Naughty (Oliver); Butting In (Oliver)

9.45 A

YMCA. Badminton Swimming. 8 p.m.

Billiards.

and Mixed

S, Jcha's Cathedral: Interdenc-Vie Oliver (Comedian) with Gloria minational Service of Intercesaton, 5.30 p.m.

11-Tides;

High 12.18 a.m. and 10.55 am. Low 4.31 a.m. and 6.15 p.m. Sunrise: 5.44 am; Sunset: 6.50 p.m. RE.O.C.A. Social

HK. Jockey Club's Fifth Extra Race Meeting at Happy Valley.

12-Cricket: Junior League Cham- pionship-Play on.

Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney at CS.C.C. 2.15 p.m.

13-HK Jockey Club's Plith Extra Race Meeting at Happy Valley.

14-Lawn Tennis League Sports China Underwriters. Ltd. Annual Meeting, 42. Des Voeux Road, 12 noon HK Rotary Club Tin Meeting. 1 p.m.

M.C.L. (Police Branch): Mahjong Drive, Police Recreation Club, 3 p. 15-Y.M.C.A.: A,D.Q. Annual Meet- ing. 9 p.m.

16--Concert by Mdme. Francesca Denies at.. Peninsula Hotel

Cathedral Women's Fellowship: Mahjong, Drive, Cathedral. Hall, 3

Em,"

Day. Dixon Hits No. 18-Intro: In the mission by the sea: Sailing Home: I still love to kiss you good-night- Reginald Dixon (Orzan). "Sunshine Susie Medley: "Godnight Vienna" Medley-Rale da Costa and Harry Ja cobson (Two Pianos).

Tchaikowsky's Music in honour of Special Programme of his Centenary..

1812 Overture The Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin, with the Ural Co- sacks Chair conducted by Alexander Pilgrim's Song - Oscar Kitachin Natzke (Bass) with Plano socomp. by Continued on Page 8

131 Beater and Rugby' Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements,

145 Compositions of Tchaikowsky- Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A-Leopold

"THE BIG GUY" Stokowski and the Philadelphia Me- odle, Op. 42, No. 9-Gaspar Cassado

Scoring impressively in a story Cello) with Mme. G. V. Mendels- which combines dramade force sohn-Gordigiani sad the Piano Cos with rapid action and emotional sack Dance (from Mazeppa") Bir suspense. Victor McLaglen and Hamilton Party and Halle Orchestra Jackie Cooper co-star in Univer- sal's "The Big Guy," which opens coday at the King's Theatre..

Rarely have these two versatile with

2.15 Close down.

6.00 Dance Music.

Fox-Trots Süvery Moon and Gol den Sands; The Cross-Eyed Cowboy on the Cross-Eyed Horse-Foy Fox & performers been provided His Orchestra. Tangos- Balalaika; roles more humanly real, nor Aloha, Marimbai-Mantovani and His more perfectly suited to their Tipica Orchestra. Fox-Trots Ebony talents Shadows; Big Boy Blue-Teddy Fos-about evenly. McLaglen, as the They divide honours ter and His Kings of Swing. Waltz prison warden, is torn Dear Love, My, Love; Quickstep-

between Moonlight Victor Silvester and is the desire to keep a fortune. in Ballroom Orchestra. Fox-Trots stolen money, or reveal evidence Alone Again: A Melody from the sky which would save the life of an (film The

TTBI

of the Lonesome A.K. Referees' Ass, Whist Drive,

Pine) Maurice Winnick and His Orlanocent youth, Cooper. It is re- Hotel Cecil, 8.30 p.m.

chestra. Pasodoble Castanets: Fox-miniscent of "The · Informer." HK.VDC. Smoking Concert and Trot Naughty Nanette Robert Cooper, too, displays

2 natural- Renard Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots ness and sincerity which is Golden Heart:

Thru' The Courtesy of to add to Jack'e's prestige as an Love (film "The Voice of Scandal-

17-Chinese Industrial Co-opera- tives Dinner Dance and Cabaret, Peninsula Hotel, 8 pm.

Prize-Giving, 9 p.m.

Y.M.C.A.

Camera

Club

Meet

Ing. 6 p.m.

18-Claims against estates

Blanche Cooke Dods due.

---

mire

Buy Thorburn and Hla Music. Tan actor. Seen as the young me- of cos--Jurame: Come To Yo-Jose chanic innocently involved in a

Molica and Orchestra. Fox-Trota

and Helen Moffat Tld Your Mother Come Prom Ireland fall break and murder which land

Entries close for YM.CA. Bwin. ming Chala...

19-Cathedral Women's Fellowship Mahjong Drive, Cathedral Fall.

20-Peak Club: Bridge and Mah.. jongg Drive in aid of BW.OF. 3 p.m. 21-Rotary Club Timo Meeting, '1

p.m.

H K Rotary Club Tim Meet- ing. 1 pm

22--Canton Insurance Once, Ltd.. Annual Meeting. (Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd.), 12 noon..

23-Diocesan Old Boys' Asan. And nual Meeting. 5.30 p.m.

Claims against estate of Dame Mary Ann Ackroyd due,

24-K.Q.C. to present "Orders Are Orders" 2.15 p.m.

p.m

25-Y.M.C.A. Swimming Gale, 9

K.C.C. to present "Orders Are Or dets," 9.15 p.m.

at King's

to present

"Tovarich," the world-famous production that Warner Bros. 20-Choral Group to present comedy dealing with an exted have turned out since Anthony "Cavalleria Rusticana” Russian Prince and Grand Du- Adverse" and "The Charge of Theatre. chess, which has been playing The Light Brigade." The director 30-Choral Group on the stage all over civilization selected to handle the making of "Cavalleria Rusticana" at King's for several years, comes in" film | the form to the Majestic Theatre to-Anatole

Theatre.

izmekuse production was

Indo-China SN, Co. Ltd., Annual Litvak, Russian-born Meeting. 12 noon. genius why several years ago in 31-R.A.O.C. Monthly Dinner- Starring Claudette Colbert and France made the highly staccess Speaker: Major R. D. Walker Ex Charles Boyer, it is said to be ful "Be Mine Tonight"

day."

plosives and Their Uses:"

The Miller's Daughter. Marianne him behind prison bara. Jackle Roy Fox and Orch. Fox-Trot-It's plays his role" to the hit.

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›A COLUMBIA PICTURE

TO-MORROW. “KING OF THE DAMNED"

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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940. -PAGE 3

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TWO DESPERATE KIDS AGAINST THE BIG GUY: OFF THE BIG HOUSE!

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•

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THE BIG GUY

Ona MUNSON - Peggy MORAN - Edward BROPHY

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