1937-05-08 — Page 23

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NEWS OF THE DAY

IN PICTURES. FROM FAR AND NEAR

Hongkong Telegraph

PHOTONEWS

“SATURDAY, MAY 8,-1937.

HAPPENINGS.

AS SEEN BY

THE CAMERA'S EYE

SUCCESSFUL RIFLE TEAM.-The Rifle Team of the Royal Ulster Rifles, which proved so successful in the aggregates at the Services' and Bisley meetings at Kowloon City last month.-Ming Yuen.

STEEL-COULSON LEAGUE BALL-A happy group at the annual Ball which brought the Steel-Coulson Billiards and Snooker League season to `n conclusion-Ming Yuen

BAND. 2ND. BN., THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS-Fus, Taylor, N. Bdsm. Fox, W. Fus Scivier, R. Bdsm. Tippett, H. Boy Griffiths, W. Eus. Williams, I. Fus. Sims, F. Fus. Roberts, R. Fus. Williams, R Bdsm, Conde, T. Boy Lardner, D. Edsm. Underwood, J. Bdsm, Grevitt, V. Fus. Walford, G. Fus. Lane, A. Bdsm, Kirkham, H. Bdsm. Bateman, W. Bdsm, Brown, G. Bdsm, Linwood, F. Fus. Bonwick, H. Fus. Maguire, T. Fus. Wason, C. Bdsm. Griffiths, G. Bdsm, Williams, R. Fus. Jones, S. Bdsm. Jowett, W. Bdsm, Guest, P. Bdsm. Cantellow, E. Fus. Pritchard, H. L/Cpl. Kenny, A.-L/Cpl. Sharpe, A. L/Cpl. Payne, F. Bd./Sgt. Flanagan, J. Major 11. A. Davies, M.B.E., M:C., Lieut. D. M. Burchard, Bd. Mr. Hills, S. E. L/Sgt. McGuinness, W. L/Cpl. Jones, R. L/Cpl. Smith, W. Bdem. King, G. Boy Wheeler, J.

RETIREMENT OF SENIOR MEMBER OF STAFF OF CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS.-Photograph taken at a farewell dinner party in honour of Mr. Cheung Ju-sang, Secretary of Kowloon Customs for the past 14 years, who will retire at the end of this

-Ming Yuen month after 31 years of service in various treaty ports

CINEMA NOTES

Brought to the

screen in all the

lifelike beauty of natural Techni-

flaming romance of a lovely fugitive

AND

color, "Wings of the Morning," the P&O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

flexing from strife-torri Spain, show- ing at the Queen's and Alham- bra Theatres to-day. Annabella, n the now alluring sensation of

10 starred with screen,

Henry in Fonda and

Banks Leslie the Alm, which presents the world- famous tenor, John McCormack.. A thrilling mixture of drama, spectacle and surprise, the Twentieth Century- Fox release achloves remarkable effects through its natural, perfect- life-like and ed Technicolor, 50 beautiful that you'll think you'vej never seen colour on the screen be fore. The spectacular changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, home of English Kings; the most with sensational Derby ever run,

his Jockey Steve Donoghue

riding most thrilling race; John McCormack, beloved Irish tenor, singing the songs Ireland that have made him famous-these are a few of the mo- ments that make "Wings Morning" a fim at once. beautiful and breathtaking.

of

"Maytimo"

of the

Hollywood's first spectacular musi cal picture of the new year, Metro- "Maytime," de- Goldwyn-Mayer's

lighted a capacity audience at the King's Theatre yesterday. With the glamorous Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy re- the picturesque

roles. united in the atorring evtravagant adaptation of the suc cessful stage musical is far more beautiful than the original. That to be expected,. of course, owning to at the screen.

those Marietta"

the countd

Miss

resources and

their starring brilliant picture,

and "Rose

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26th June. Bombay Marseillés & London.

NALDERA 10,000

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10th July Bombay, Marseilles & London. ↑ Calls Casablanca, |- Calls Tangler.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILING

this

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6th June

10th June

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3rd July.

John Barrymore is excellent tragic impresario and, and Lynne Carver, a lovely stranger to the screen from Kentucky, appears Tom Brown to provide the juvenile "Maytime" is a gorgeous romance,

beautiful to view and a spectacle theme to hear. Hunt Stromburg and Robert Z, Leonard, who respectively produced and directed "The Great Ziegfeld" last year, occupied the some position in the production of the new pleture.

"The Flainsman" :

to

Over 2,000 Cheyene Indians from the Tongue River reservation were put to work by Cecil B. DeMille in the battle scenes of his latest epic, The Plainsman with Gary Cooper in the title role which will be screen- ed at the Oriental Theatre on Sun- Idayn

Monday and Tuesday. The Indians were used re-enact the his massacre of General Custer and Seventh Cavalry at Little Big Horn on June 25th, 1570, which has an Important place in the story.. The scenes were taken at Little Big Horn under the supervision of several Cheyenne braves who took part in the battle, Jean Arther plays the role of "Calamity Jane" in The Pininsman,"

BIL

Hickok, who recreates noted plainsman who fell in love with the hard-fighting frontier beau- ty when he was sent into the West by the government to find out who was selling rifles to the Indions in violation of a government order,

or OPPO Mary Cooper,

latest "Hearts

"Hearts Divided" Marion Davics, in her Cosmopolitan production, Divided," a First National release historical back- with a romantic ground, is at the Majestic Theatre to-day. The picture is said to have. been produced on a lavish scale with beautiful sets and colorful settings.

The scenes are laid largely in the historical Patterson mansion of Bal- timore and its spacious grounds, but Washing- there are also sequences

ton, an outlying race track, and in the

of palace of Emperor Napoleon France, Dick Powell, who has the leading

also sings

line role,

masculine

songs specially written for the pro- Al duction by Harry Warren and Dubin, in one of which he is joined uste is by Miss Davies. Other muste furnished in the form of spirituala sung by the famous Hall Johnson Choir, representing slaves in their quarters on the Patterson estate.

Other players in the cast include Charlie Ruggies, Claude Rains, Ed- ward Everett. Horton, Arther Tren- cher, Henry Stevenson, Clara Blan dick, John Larkin, Walter Kingsford and Etienne Girardot. Frank Borzage directed.

"The Devil is a Blasy" "The Devil is a Sissy"

opening to-morrow at the Majestic Theatre, teams, for the first time, three of the biggest young names in pictures; Freddie Bartholomew, Jackle Cooper and Mickey Rooney. It is a story- of to-day, of three boys facing life in the sidewalks of New York. Fred- die is the young son of an English father who have become separated because her

money stands in the way of his realizing his ambition to become

an architect and build his own life. Katharine Alexander is the mother, Ian Hunter, brilliont young Brush actor, is Freddie's father, who places him in a New York East Side school that he may meet. life in the raw and learn to ight his own way.

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