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At 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

IT'S SHIP AHOY AND SHIP

HA-HA!

Thote old salts, Commodora

Ston and Admiral Babe ga off on a collicking ocbon voyage tied firmly to the dock. Then their moorings bust loose... and the fun begins...In the most hilarious Gim of their uproarious careersi

Tuesday,

HONGKONGTELEGRAPH

December 31, 1940.

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

[AT 2:30-545-7-20-9-30 TEL 31453 + AT 230-520-720-9:30 TEL.56856| FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY IT'S DARING! IT'S DELIGHTFUL ! They Traded Lessons in Fronch for Lessons in Lova"When:

'a Beautiful Girl Became the Teacher !

FRENCH

Leap Year's Funniest Romance from the Broadway hit that had

New York howling!

Paragisunt presents

RAY MILLAND

ELLEN DREW

In

WITHOUT

Siepe Finy by Iscones konigan From the Blertid by ANIHONY ASQUITU Pradured by MARIO ZAMPI

TEARS"

Hal Roach

prevents

LAUREL & HARDY

"SAPS

AT SEA

Directed by GORDON DOUGLAS felonted thru UNITED ARTISTS

Also BRITISH NEWSREELS

TO-MORROW

A Universal Picture

GRAND NEW YEAR ATTRACTION DEANNA DURBIN

• in "SPRING PARADE"

STAR THEATRE

HANKOW RD KOWLOON, DAILY AT 230-5-20-720-920 TEL:57795

TO-MORROW

20th C. Fox Picture

4 SHOWI

DAILY

1.30 - 6 20

230-0 10

TO-DAY ONLY

William

POWELL ARTHUR

THE Ex-Mrs Bradford

With JAMES GLEASON, ERIC BLORE, ROBERT ARMSTRONG, Le Las, Grant Mitchell, Brin O'Brian Mauro, Ralph Morgan,

A

TYRONE POWER

LINDA DARNELL

in “DAYTIME WIFE”

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD

KOWLOON

VEL STTIR

F (MATINEES: 20c-30%.° EVENINGS: 20%*30c: 50c700) D

⚫ SHOWING TO-DAY

POWERFUL SPECTACLE!

&

CREAT DRAMA IN Gripping filMI

DARRYL F. ZANUCKS Production of your

Мучна

THE RAINS CAME

by LOUIS BROMFIELD

A 20th Century-Fox pleture starring

Tyrone

George

LOY-POWER BRENT

with

•

BRINDA JOYCE - NIGEL BRUCE - MARIA OUSPENSKAYA, JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT • MARY NASH + JANK DARWILL MARJORIE RAMBIAU - HENRY TRAVERS • H. B. WARNER

Directed CLARENCE BROWN

by

NEXT CHANGE

JOHN STEINBECK'S .

"OF MICE AND MEN”

A. Untod'Artists Sensational Drama 1

Dine, Wine & Dance at CHANTECLER

376 - 179 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

UPS.

FIVE-IN DIME-This is what a Woolworth store in South London looked like after Nazi air raiders had flown over Britain's capital city and dropped their missilos of death and destruction. Incendi- am bam sot store afiro.

Boxer's Son Surprises Grannies

Mrs Gillics, Bunter Street, Dykehend, Shotts, called "Come in" in response to a knock at her door, thinking it, was Bomeone she knew.

To her surprise a strapping young Canadian soldier appeared saying, "Hello, granny." She had to think The soldier was Pie. Jim Whiteford. Canadian Scottish, her grandson, and

son of Bob Whiteford, the one-time Scottish heavy-weight boxing cham- 13, plon.

GREAT AIR

་

WAR TO-MORROW DECISION

How the Spitfire Was Born

When, five years ago, we began in earnest to build a new Air Force, one of the greatest problems was the armament of our fighters, writes an Air correspondent. At all costs, our striking power must be as good as, and if possible better than, that of the enemy.

The position was complicated because on the Continent there was a pronounced disposition to resort to the use of cunnon. We had always pinned our faith to the machine-gun, and were re- luctant to substitute a heavier weapon that was still in the ex- perimental stage.

The Air Staff determined on a bold were faster than any Oghter we expedient. It would obtain as much possessed.

Urgent Action After a meal and wash-up he re-power as a shell by increasing travelled to Hassockrig Row, Hart- the number of machine-guns. The Urgent action was necessary, for hill, where his "Granny Whiteford" actual number decided upon, how-in the ordinary course it would have was taken by complete surprise, Jim ever, was so staggering as to appear been impossible to put revolution- exclaimed. "Hello, granny, just pay- fantastic, for the aim was to employ ary new fighter into production in ing you a short visit, and to see my each single-seater fighter no fewer less than three der specialist aff

native home."

Jim emigrated with his parents 13 years ago when only a schoolboy. He is also a cousin of Jock White- This requirement was essential, ford, the Ayr United centre half, for the Germans were at that time now with Hibs.

beginning to produce bombers that

4 SHOWS

DAILY

220-5.15 7.19-8.20

than eight. And the machine carry- A Squadron ing them must have a speed of about the RAF. thereupon paid a visit 350 miles per hour.

to the Supermarine works, at which fnnious designer, the late Mr R. J. Mitchell, had evolved a new high- speed monoplane fighter. It was an excellent job, and Mr Mitchell was asked if he could put up the speed same time fit eight and at the machine-guns.

Work was begun on what the Air) Minister hos recently described as one of the rent decisions in the history of air war. It was kept a lose secret, but now we know the result-the Spiire.

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Monsters Ledad in Mortal

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WONDERS NEVER BEFORE BEHELD BY MAN!

It Took a Million Years to Bring You this Staggering Spectacle of the World at the Dawn of Timel

Hal Roach presents

ONE MILLION

B.C

SEUS totes Vīľbe deter

featuring Victor MATURE Carole LANDIS Lon CHANEY.Jr.

Directed by Hal death and Hal Roach, Jr. Rakvered they Úávné komen

ACTOAL

· LIVING ANIMALS

OF & BYGONE AGE RE-

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VECOMEDY - Olivia de Havilland, Jan Hunter, Roland Young, Bonita Granville * MATINEES: 20k., 30¢. * EVENINGS: 204., 306., 50c., 70%. *

Simultaneously the Hawker firm as asked to produce a Aghter to the same specläention. Out of thint came the Hurricane.

REPORTS OF THEFTS.

Mrs F. R. Lamb, of No. 523 The "eak, reported to the Police un Sun- |day that clothing valued at $138 was

stolen from her residence,

Theft of clothing, valued at $30, has been reported to the Police by Mrs Chan Yin-hing, of No. 1. Castle Road,

LATE NEWS

P

GRAND NEW YEAR SHOW

A STREAMLINED MUSICAL SENSATION !

Positively the Biggest, Most Tuneful "B'way Melody" of 'Em All.

ASTAIRE

ELEANOR

POWELL

THE WORLD'S GREATEST DANCERS...Together!

半斤

BROADWAY MELODY 1940

GEORGE MURPLY · FRANK BORCAN LAN HUNTER FLORENCE RICE LYNNE CARVER

Cole Porter

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A GALAXY OF M-G-M SHORT SUBJECTS I ALL NEW ! NEVER SHOWN BEFORE !

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

presents

LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Programme.

Including

Travelogue, Sportscope, Cartoons,

Specialties, etc., etc.

COMMENCING TO-MORROW : ● GRAND- NEW YEAR'S ATTRACTION !

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COMMENCING TO-MORROW

BUTTER FROM EIRE

Birs Dorothy Stewart, of Killiney,

Co. Dublin, a visitor to Brixham, Devon, was

THE

LATEST & BEST PICTURE FROM CHINA'S FOREMOST DIRECTOR

TSAI TSO SANG

22 ** 生

"GLORY

ON

PARADE"

A CHINESE PICTUER IN MANDARIN:

NAVAL VESSELS

COME FIRST

fined £5 at Brixhami For the time being, Australia will. recently for unlawfully attempting to not embark on any large-scale com-

Imercial

All shipbuilding plans. obtain butter. It was stated that al letter from Mrs Stewart to a Dublin available construction facilities will

be nuoded for defence work, dairy, ordering butter, was intercept-j ed by the Censor.

AL the Empire Conference on Pleading gulity, Mrs Stewart said Supply at Delhi the Australian dele- gation will explain that several site had sent butter from Dublin to Tribal class destroyers and dozens of her son and daughter in England, local defence patrol vessels are being She knew that her letter to the dairy,bulit at seven shipyards in 'three would be opened by the Censor, but Biates, and that while this work lasts was unaware that was an illegal it will not be feasible to embark on action.

¡large-scale commercial shipbuilding

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by. #WEDERICK PERCY THAKKLIRT, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoris, Hongkong.

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