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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY—28, 1936,

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THE KING IS DEAD -

LONG LIVE THE KING.

Special Hearst Motrotone Newsreel presenting

FLASHES FROM THE GLORIOUS

REIGN OF OUR LATE SOVEREIGN KING GEORGE V.

AND CHAPTERS FROM COLOURFUL CAREER OF OUR NEW RULER

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ADDED

MEMORIES & MELODIES"

A Metro Colourtono Musical

Inspired from the Life of Stephen Forster In Gorgeous Technicolour,

Ho

'SHOWING WITH

MYRNA LOY Whipsaw

SPENCER TRACY

She dared to love! When love meant death!.... She dared to speak! When silence meant safety!

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

prosen

Screenplay By Charles MacArther

"and Ben Hecht

Barbary

Coast

with

MIRIAM HOPKINS EDWARD G. ROBINSON

+

JOEL MCCREA Directed by HOWARD HAWKS Reladind the UNITED ARTISTS

AT THE

SUNDAY A KING'S

The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of ¡No. 6 Queen's Road Central.

JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy Farm's Soda Fountain.

Gladys Swarthout and John Boles as they appearin "Ross of Rancho," now showing at the Queen's Theatre. Misr Swarthout, who is the highest ranking star of the Metropolitan opera, makes her brilliant,

screen debut in this picture.

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The Allee Memorial and. Affiliated The paradox of an actress who is Hospitals are bolding their annual essentially and definitely feminine, yet."Pound Day" on Monday, March 2, who knows what she wants and gets and gifta are invited from the public. it, was etched as clene as a crystal in Gifts of hospital and household stores London Stock Exchange have bera the making of "Barbary Coast", of any description will be acceptable calourful Samuel Goldwyn production, especially the following-Cotton wool, received by Messra, Swan, Culbertson which comes

to the King's Theatre hot water bottles; Antiphlogistine, and Fritz in conjunction with feater, on Sunday, with Miriam Hopkins, soap, tinned milk,

Food, Edward G. Roblason

nthed Joel Marmite, Quaker Oats, Groats. The actress is Miriam gifts will be received in He Miu Ling McCren. That

will be given an Hopkins, whose role in the picture la block. Visitors that of the only while woman in San opportunity to inspect the Hospitals,

wild rough Francisco" during the

Gifts will be received by Mrs. 8. She gives a gold boom days of 1852. remarkable performance under the W. Two fram 11 im. to 1 pm, anil of by Lady Pollock from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. direction painstaking. Howard Hawks, a master of screen This netresa, as do few movement. others, analyzes, discusses, suggests, questions about each and every secno.

John Boles, a Recret service 0 Every picture means a step

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She sent out by the Federal Govern up

in her career. or down watches with keen intuition, and dement tis attempt a settlement of the bitter dispute. Boles rescues the nds frankdy that her portrayal blender of the landgrabbers and soon the very best that it en la mode. Ruds himself embroiled with both "Barbary Const" is released through sides in

love with the "Beautiful United Artists.

Rose of the Innehol and a member

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