1936-03-07 — Page 5

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Fara-

"The Man Who Broke The Bank At¦ la usunt in a Joe E. camedy, the

Monte Carlo"

feminine lead being taken by Olivia The circumstances of a man risk-de Havilland. Others in the cant ing a few francs at a baccarat' table. who do remarkable work aro Ruh and running them into a fortune of Donnelly, Roncoe Karns, William 10,000,000 francs may seem a bit fnn-e'rawley, Edile Shubert, Paul Har tastic to most persons. It doesn't vey, Joseph King, Joph Crehan, seen in the lexat improbable, how Adrian Roseley and a score of ball ever, to Ronald Colman, starred in payers of repute. Raymond Enright- 20th Century Fox's newest sophis directed. ticaled comedy, The Man Who Broke

"The Last Outpost" the Dank at Monte Carlo", now at Realism, no necessary in motion the King's and Alhambra Theatres, pictur portrayals, was carried to In the picture, Colman gambles with | Do nth degree during the Alming cards, but, in real life, he gambled The Last Outpost," the with ́ fate waad won. Although it mount picture coming to-morrow to took his larger than the half-hour the Star Theatre with Cary Grant, required by the character he plays,sune Bains and Gertrude Michael, he actually parlayed a few dollars Rains, playing a British intelli into one of the surgeat fortunes in gence officer stationed in the hot Hollywoot. Colman left England 15 desert of Arabin, Inslating upon ab. years ago to try his luck in Holly-solute realinn, carried two fifty pound wood with exactly 167 in his pocket. water bags through the desert,sand By the line he landed his first stage wh the meretry hovering around Job, in capital had dwindled to less 120 degrees. than

then on, ten dollars, From

The sequener was supposed "Lady Luck" was his constant com- how Itain's arrival at a desert fort praton. His picture career got on after a long trek naast the manda, der way when he was assigned to Instead of using minke up to give the leading role in "The White Sis- | himself Appearance of exhaustion, ter" opposite Lillian Giah. This pic-Rains actually earned the water bags ture annomerd the fact that he was at trot for several hundred yards sands before in Hollywood to stay. Numerous through the burnag nasignments ira Allent pletures walking into the camera range. He fallowed, among them "Tarnish" "A was a exhausted he collapsed after Thief in Paradise", "Stella Daling" the scene.

"Tolldog- Gesto"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1936.

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and "Bonu

"The Last Outpost," flmed by the Drummund" wan his Brat talking makers of "Lives of a Bengal Lan picture uni hi splendid vates, eer," is a tense dramatic romance, coupled with his acting ability, im telling how one girl's. love makes mediately projected him into star heroes of two men who hate each drom. "In the Man Who Broke the other. Bank at Monte Carlo”, Colman is nghin the gentlemanly, sunve cosmo- polite with a fair for romance,

"Dr. Soerntex"

Paul Munt wove a sprli Audiences at the Star Theatre yester day through the sheer power of he personality and bis almost uncanny sense of projecting himself into the character he portraying.

trace

about

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Muni has the Litle role in the

New York, March 6. Warner Bros. production, "Dr. S

Swan. Calbertson & Fritz Dew entes," a picture replete with thrilla Jones Summary of yesterday's market: and exeittment. There are daylight the market today was it waar, d raida by ruthless bank rubbers and killers, their battles with the police profit-inking late in the session after and their ultimate capture by govered a portion of the gains, Genzi u o advance throughout the day retard- ment agents after a fierce fight in the bandit stronghold, But the pic. Motor and Chrysler Motor shares turi

is far more on melodrama, ouched a new high level since The exciting episodes form the back whit other motor Issues were als

of in-1 demand owing to reporte for a remarkable character 21 ground study and a moot canal romansreased production, Dils were firm. Pout

were firm t Muni, in this picture, is Dr. Railroadscencities

Th higher. Steel stocks were firm. Socrates, dubbed so ironienlly by a aneering, bumptious small town cum market for bonds' was higher, petitive physician. Gione E the by Government Issues. Stocks on the miner of "Black Fury." There is no Curt

were irregularly of the Mexican brayada of higher, ted by oil sharer. "Bordertown.”

Dvorak, who Aca

Swan Culbertson and Fritz Wall Journal comment on 5/3 mar- opposite Muni, also has a playa splendid role, that of an inngent ket Airline trafile has shown an ex- hitch-hiking girl, whom the banditordinary gain in the past ten days, chlef has mincked na hia own. Again, Investment. bankers naliclonte she gives a superb performance, as period of extensive railroad financing. she did in her first suncesa, in which The increased buying of utility would she died standing, riddled by bullets, and copper and electrical machinery by her crook lover, Muni, in "Scar makers. Brokers report an neveased face," Harton Macine, who has dimam for high-priced storks with: been doing such brilliant work in large earnings, Wall Street does not pictures, wins for himself the title expert any decision by Chrysler Motor of Public Enemy No. 1 of the actron Company regarding a split-up in its in his role as the bandit chlef in "Dr. shares un the Sumner at the Socrates" Robert Barrat is splendid earliest as the bumptious country doctor and S. C. & F. New York office cables; political boss of the village, as is Stocks: The market was mixed. also Henry O'Neill, as the head of with the undertone cautious. United the government operatives. Others

Airerarts' additional common shares

J

in the cast who do noteworthy work will be split into one for five at $15. include John Eldredge, Cavanaugh,

Lowell, Kelen Methot and Raymond Brown..

"Millions in the Air

In Season, Out Of Season, Tailored Suits Favoured By Hollywood Filni Star.

and

Hobart ner

per share. The General Electric Com Mazony in 1933

1935 earned 97 cents per share, against 59 cents the previous year. Woolworth's sales were up 4.1 per cent. In February, The Bell tele

hau phone system

gaine 60,400 statións during February,

Kainst quín of 30,995 station in February of ast year. The Ainska Juneau Gold (By Wendy Barrie.)

Mining Company earned $127.400 in Summer-winter-autumn

February against $169,600 during the eren in-between these seasons--that's corresponding month of last year. when I enjoy wearing tailored clothes. Bank Clearings are up 1.3 per cent. My idea of feeling, as well as being. The bonds listed on the board of the well-dressed is to have at all times a Stock Exchange were valued at 340,-) tailleur with several sets of cho $21,000,000 on March 1st, proper accessories. At the moment Cotton: Forwardings to mills dur- any favourite, in "Millions in the Air," ing the past week amounted to 291 the Paramount radio amateur-hour 300 bales as compared with 239,000 farce, closing to-day at the Queen's bales the previous week. The pro- Theatre, is an oxford-grey sult, of posed processing tax of the new Farm extremely Revere lines. The skirt 19 without detail and is fitted carefully di includes 1 cent on cotton; 3.8 with a rather high waistline, the rents on rilk and 1.8 cent on rayon jackot is single breasted with one button, slightly widened lapela-andtimate the condition of the crop ati

Wheat: Murray and Company ex- a plain, fitted back. I like to wear per cent of nermal, whilst Crom. semi-tailored blouses of washable] white fabric with just enough detail well & Company estimate it at 75 to soften the effect n bit. These per cent. of normal and a total crop blouses launder so beautifully and 522,000,000 bushels, which la cons- give a fresh appearance to the entire trued as bearish. There are no rains outfit. With

in the South-West and Canadian crop most of mine I wear cuff-links of dull goid cut in my prospects are reported as the best initials "W" for one sleeve and a since 1932.

"B" for the other. I am particularly Rubber: There is a belief that mill definite about the type of hats I wear] buying will continue If the with a suit and usually choose one is conlined to only one plant. of black felt with a white grosgrain It is estimated that the English stocks band. I like this because goes well of rubber this work will show a de- with black patent-leather pumps, aleresise of 2,000 tons. The market bag of black antelope_and_the_wash, looks higher.

ablo white gloves I wear for in- formal daytime hours. I keep a sup ply of swenters, too, which are com- fortable as well as smart with a suit

of this type.

"Alibi Ike"

Joe E. Brown is always good for

REUTER QUOTATIONS. Dow Jones Averages:

30 Industrials

20 Raila

20 Uilities

40 Bonda

March 6, March 6

167.52 184.76

50.33

60.12 33.07 #2.38 103.00

a big laugh. He is the film favour. 11 Commodity Index 60.77

ite of all kids in whatever part of

the world motion pictures are shown,

Mr. Chan Yik-hee, of the S.C.A., is bare toen with his bride, formerly Miss Y. L. Wong. (Photo: Yim Fong Studio).

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(Continued from Page 9.) Wakelam. Relayed from Twickenham

12.30 a.m. Close blown.

Chinese NOTE:--There will be Recorded programme fram ZEK, on a frequey of 640 kiloeycles from 8-10.30 p.m.

TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME

Relay of Organ Recital From St. John's Cathedral

RECITAL BY ELSA ALVES

16-11 ..

Morning Service from St Joseph's Church.

11 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Morning Service from St. Paul's Church (Chinese)."

1 p.m. Time and Weather Report. 1.30 .. Ienter Press Bulletins. "Symphony No. 6 in D Minor" (Tachaikovsky, Op. 74) ("The Patho- tique Symphony).

A Concert.

Songs-The Prayer to our Lady (Ford) On Wings of Song (Mendels Bohn....Elsie Sudlaby (Soprano); Violin Solos-Guitarre (Moszkowski) Sicilienne et Rigauden (Kreisler)... Yehudi Menuhin; Songs Our River Thames (Hennessy) Young Briton's Heritage (Hennessy)....Peter Duw- Pianoforte 800. (Basa-Harltonel; Solos-Dic Fledermaus-Du 2011 Waltz (J. Strauss); Schatz-WaRz ....Ernst von Dohanyi; (J. Strauss) Songs--I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) I know of two Bright eyes (Clutsam)....Ben Davies (Tenor). Vocal Gems.

The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan); The Three

Musketeers; Mariana

(Wallace).

Light Orchestral Music. March Review Melley (arr. Wolt- chach); The Waltz Dream-Selection (0. Strauss): March of the Little Londen Soldiers (Pierne); Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel): Die Hoch- zeit der Winde Waltz (Hall): Vaiku Romantique (Heinocke).

2.30 p.nt. Close Down. 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7-7,50 p.m.

"Concerto in B Minor (Elgar, On, B1) played by Yehudi Menuhin (Violin).

7.50-8 p.m. The English Singers. To shorten Winter'a Sadness Tarr. Fellowes); Now is the Month of May- ing (art. Fellowes); A Farmer's Son (Old folk Song) (ure, Vaughan Wil- liams).

Rp.m. Time and Weather Report, 8.03-8.35 p.m. Organ Becital from St. John's Cathedral by Lindray A. Lafford. FRC-D__ (CHM), ARC-M., A Recital- by 8.35-8.52 p.m.

(Bass-Bari. Rudolf Bockelmann tong) with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra.

LILA,M.

1. Verachtet mid die Meister Nicht (Finnle of Opera) ("Die Molster- singer von Nurnberg") 104.15

56.01

and "taking the children to see Joe TENDERS ACCEPTED

E. Brown," has become as pleasant

a diversion for grown-ups në taking

ing

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The Government has accepted the following tenders:

Now Market at Txul Wan-Messrs. Hon Shing & Co.

them to the circus. Now Joe E. has LATEST GOVERNMENT the kind of role his ́fans have al- ways sought for him, and the im mortal humour of the late Rin Lardner combined with the comedian's own talents, made the Warner Bros. home-run comedy "Alibi Ike," open-

at the to-morrow

Qinant Theatre, one of the season's "smash hits. As, the title would imply, Joe E. is a great ball player who niway has an alibi, no matter whether he is right or wrong. This habit not only cost him his nick-name, but ni-Naval Volunteer Force.-Biesses. Wm. most cost him his girl, and led him to a series of adventures as thrilling as they are ludicrous. That Joa E. is better than

ever goes without

saying, for he has a bolter and fun.

Mun Velley SchemeMossra. Hume Pins (Far East), Ltd.

Bolero

Delibes.

9.40-10 p.m. Military Rand ¡ Music.

Nautical Moments (arr. Winter); with Sousa; Semper Fidelis March (Sousa); Steadfast and True--March (arr. Bidgood).

10 p.m.

Big Ben: 10-10.30 p.m. Dance Music. 10,30 p.m. Close Down.

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13.07 mitres 19.48 metres 11.93 ZATION

Transmission 1

19.8.N., G.B.D., G.8.0.)

2.15 p.m.

metres

Big Ben. "Yorkshire Fedding."

3.45 m. A Reelta! by Kathleen Moorhouse

(Violoncello),

-4.10 p.m. Talk: "The Epice of life."

Greenwich Time Signal al 4.35 p.m. 4.30 pằm. "Rhythm.“ Thirty Minutes of

Modern Dance bluzie.

6 p.m. The News. B... Close down.

Transmission 2

10.8.J., 0.3.0.)

7 p.m. Big Ben.

The B... Uymphony Orchestra condariar, Adrian

Boult,

720 p.m. a Musle Makers.**

Greenwich Times Signal at $129.

8.1 p.m. Planaforie Recits. 8.1 pm.

Books to Read."

1.30 p.m. 10th Century Dances,

8.46 p.m. The Children's Hour, "The Flying

Fool.

9.30 p.m.

The News, 8:45 pm. Clase down.

Transmission 3

10.8.0., 6.5K)

10 p.m. Be Ben. Reginald King and ha

Crehentra.

10.50 p.m. Ioyal Navy Y. Army, t

Greenwich Time Bignal A1 12.30 p.m. 11.30 m. The News,

12.42 4.01. Dance Music.

1a.m. Class daw.

To-morraw's Broadensting

Transmission 1

(6.5... G.S.TI..__6.8.B.) 3.3 p.m. Big Ben, A ligious Service. 4.3 p.m. A Programme of Early English Musir, The B.LC. Empire fr chestra. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m..

Weekly 5 putt.

Nawsletter and Spariz

Summary. 6.1 p.m. Close down.

Transmission 2

(GAJ., G.8.0.1

p.m. Big Ben, A Short Kellious Bervice

from the Studio,

B.JS p.m. A Violeness Breltal. 8.80 m. A. Beana Band Concert.

Greenwich Time Alama) at 9 p.m. 9.13 p.m. Workly Newletter and Sparte

Bummary,

. p.m. Cious down.

Transmission 3

(0.8.0, 0.8.F.. G.B.F)

1 p.m. Big Bon. An Organ Reetin 10.18 p.m. The 1.1.C. Seattlah “Orchestra.

Anker." An 11.10 p.m. The Mitte (Wagner);

anthology et music in poetry,1,

The Victor Olof Baxtet.

2 Cobbling Song ("Die Meister- singer von Nurnberg") (Wagner); 3. Wotan's Farewell and Mingle Fire Music from "Dio Walkure" (Wagner). De Groot and his

p.m.

8.52-9 Orchestra. Erstes Waltzes-Potpourri (Ro brecht); Under tho Roofs of Paris (Morelli).

9.m. Renter Press Bulletins," 9.05-9.20

De Groot and his p.m. Orchestra.

Romance In the Night (Toto) Ro Rubinstein) I Love you (Grleg);

25.65 Plecital by Etienne Ampat

11 ..

(South African Planist).

Greenwich Time Bigest at 11.31 2.6.

Bummary.

11.30 am. Weekly Newsletter and Sparta 12.00 .m. Frank Ke's Brass Quintet. 1a.m. Closs down.

Transmission 4

(RI, QAD., 0.8.D., G.8.C., G.RO.) 1.15 am. Big Ben. The London. Symphony

Orchestra,

-1.11. a.m. The Competer_at the Planofarie

14.m.

- Armutrone fibbe. A recital

of Armstrong Gibb's songs.

1.20 am. The Ceithrity Trie.

2.4 .. Khari Reading,

1.34 .m. Chamber Huiz.

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10.01

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11.30

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July

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Red Dawn is Shining (Sharpe),

9.20-9.40 p.m. From the Studio. A Recital by Elin Alves (Soprano) accompanied by Fred Alves, with a Flute obligato by Jack Sulter,

Programme,

Supply of uniform to Hongkong Powell, Ltd., and Messrs. Chan Tuck

New Hospital at-Stenler, Ganlam Messrs. Blackmore, Basto & Shank.

Repairs to S/T. "S.D. 1"-Moasta Kwong Choung Hing.

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