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Gold Chronograph Stop Wrist Watch, value $230, (Standard-Vacuum Oil Company). Gift Mem to the value of $200 to be served to the winner at either the Golden City or Ying King Restaurant (The Golden City Restaurant, Ltd.). Silver Cocktall Shaker; (Mussra. Carmichael & Clarke).
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Youth and Beauty:
Julin Jean Mildred Frances Turner. to give this young lady her full name, was born 10 years ago in Wallace, Idaho. She moved to California with her mother at an early age, and attended Hollywood High School. One day in 1936, she was observed in a soda fountain by the editor of motion pleture paper-and Laria Turner was thenceforward placed on the first rung of the Indder of success. Though she has played leading roles. Lana was little more than a show- depending upon her physical stein until she proved her emotional enpabilities in "Ziegfeld Girl," in James pluys opposlte which she Stewart. She is divorced from Arlle Shaw, the band leader; the narriage lasted four months.
Lana Turner
March 22, 1941.
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"The Great Dictator" has gen- erally had a very good reception in that Hongkong. Now news comes Charlie Chaplin has sent copies of the film to both Hitler and Mussolini. I'm sure the Italian would have a hearty laugh at the caricature of his brother dictator, but Adolf will likewise have plenty to amuse him in the antics of Jack Onkie as Napolini, which is a broad take-off on Musso himself. "Kitty Foyle" is coming to the King's Theatre next month. It is the biggest box-office at- traction in America at the mo- The characterisation AN FONTAINE'S acting as
bad ment. Made by Sam Wood the little homely girl who woman in the movies is a fe from the novel by Christopher
tenuous, so full of remote and vague marries a wealthy widower with suggestion, so dependent upon faith, Morley, the picture stars Ginger a big estate in Cornwall and is that it resembles a mystical religious Rogers in the title role. For her can't put your splendid work here, Ginger has awed not only by the outstand- experience. You Single Stone Diamond
ing magnificence of her sur- finger on anything. If you could, so roundings but by the fact that could the censors and that would be now been given the Academy her husband's former wife is
of past accomplishtrients. praised on all sides and comes werd get, there it is, a halo, as it
Men are interested in her, between her and the very moody
Local authorities send her from man she has married, is out- East Indian island to East Indian standing in this brilliant adapta- island. tion of Daphne du Maurier's She causes riots in saloons, novel.
She just looks, her face an enig- alle triumph of the make-up artist's abour, smiling the faint labour.
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diamond and Lady's Dairy Farm, Lee & Cold Storage platinum wrist watch, value $3,000; (Directors Messrs. Ipeldjan Bros. Ltd. per Mr. T, M. Gregory), Jade necklace, value $300; (Mons. R. Ohl). Cheque for
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and ten films, value $300 (Mr. F. L. Lam), Chinese Blackwood Cabinet, value $200 (Mr. E. 11. David). "Nogatco" Botany Wool Pullover, value $30 (Commercial Traveller Sünde pass for one year for Queen's Theatre: Single pass for one year Alham bra Theatre: approximate value $300 (General Amusements, Ltd.) Oil Painting (Miss Mitzi Glover); Silver Sulver, value $80: Crystal Bowl, value $20 (Anonymous); Prize to the value of $250 (Hongkong Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.): Five cases UB. Beer, value $172.50; Two cases Vat 60 Whisky, value $175; Five crises Sunkist Assorted Canned Fruits, value $102.50; Five cases Sunkist Assorted Canned Vegetables, value $95; Five Sets Culex Latest Manicure Sets, value $55 (W, R. Loxley & Co. (China) Ltd.). Prize to the value of $200 (The Kowloon Motor Bus Co, (1033) Ltd.). Silver Pagoda, value $150; (Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Tavadia). Two Colour Prints on canvas and one Chinese Drawing (The Hon. Mr. K. Lol. Two Children's
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Set, value $75 (W, N. A. Smalley & Co.)., Hermes Sherry 2,000 Portable Typewriter, value $200 (Hongkong Mercanilie & Chemicals, Ltd.). Six Round-Trip Tickets available either for Shanghul or Manila: Approximate total value $1,825.00 (Java- China-Japan Lijn, N.V.). Dunhill Gold-Plated Lighter value $50; 12 Tins Mocha Coffee value $18; (Graeco-Egyptian Tobacco Store). Lady's Clip-On Watch, value $40 (0. Kera & Co.). Pastel Painting (Mies Christine Corra), Collection of Very Old Foreign Stamps, value Scale Model and Stand of Empire Flying Boat; $250 (Anonymous),
100 Books of ten tickets (British Overseas Airways Corporation). each; value $350 (Hongkong Bowling Alleys). Prize to the value of $200 to be made at discretion of winner (Liu-Ho-Kou Ironworks, Ltd.). One pair Lady's Jade Dangles, value $300; One pair Lady's Jade Bangles, value $200; One set Lady's Pearl and Blue Stone Jewellery consisting of Bracelet, Brooch and pair of Ear-rings, value $150; One Indy's Jade Necklace, value $100 One case Mumm's Champagne (quarts) value $170 (Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung). Gent's Dressing Gown, value $18 (Mr. S. CLI), Carved Malachite Vase, value $300 (Mr. Wong Sik-chung). Set of Lacquer Trays and Lacquer Box, value $47 (The Peking Embroidery House), Jade Necklace, value $25; Grass Linen Cloth, value $5 (The Shanghai Trading Co.). Two Purchase Vouchers, value $100 each; One Purchase Voucher value 550 (A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd.). Rowing Machine, value $125 (Inter- national Sports, Ltd.), "An Old Chinese Garden" (Book) value $50 (Chung IIwa Books Co., Ltd.). 20 Individual Supplies of Triton Motor Oil for duration of the War: (Waple & Co.). Embroidered Luncheon Cloth, value $36: (The Kowloon Linen Shop). Electric Razor, value $30 (Anonymous). Five Permanent Waves, value $20 each (Helen's Sailing Dinghy, value $700 (Marsman Hongkong Beauty Salon). China, Ltd.). 60 cases, each containing 37 lbs, assorted Sugar Pro- ducts, total value $350 (The Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ltd.). Credit Coupon value $100; (The Chinn Emporium, Ltd.). Credit Coupon value $100; The Sun Company, Lid.). Credit Coupon value $100, (The Sincere Company, Lid.). Credit Coupon value $100, (The Wing On Company, Ltd.). Carved Ivory Box, (Fook Weng & Co.). Six Swiss Calendar Wrist Watches, "Eloga" Brand, value $200 (Liebermann Waelchli & Co.. Hongkong). Indio Set, value $185; (Rotary Club of Hongkong).
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Vivien "Gone With the Wind" Leigh and her new husband, Laurence Olivier, have returned to England to share experiences in the blitz with their fellows. They recently completed work on "Nelson and Lady Hamilton." in sales which they play the famous ad- The camera never by any chance miral and his mistress respec- The whole theme of the plot fails to ineltide, her slim but shapely tively. Olivier has a big part in
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"Rebecca," showing at the Lee is that a dead woman comes be legs.
And thus is Marlene Dietrich the Theatre next week. tween the pair and nearly causes stren in "Seven Sinners," now at the Shirley Temple has gone back a tragedy. That sense of haunt- King's
work-this time at the ing presence is admirably sug-- She wears genuine South Sea siren to
extreme and faney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. gested by Alfred Hitchcock's in- clothes, very
She's
of Bali She reported on February 15, been kicked ou telligent and imaginative direc Sumatra, and Shanghai because men but so far no information is tion.
simply can't resist rioting over her forthcoming as to her future Laurence Olivier is excellent Please don't ask why. as the husband. He expresses If you pin the situation down to pictures. his queer brooding moods, his essentials, about All she actually does
ja sing.
"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has
cer Tracy in the part made standing, and his innate good- various ways and capacities are John famous a few years back by Wayne, a naval officer; Broderick
lapses into kindness and under- The men who pursue her in their gone into production, with Spen-
ness of heart.
George Sanders gives a brilliant Crawford, a former seamau; Mischa Frederic March. Sigrid Berg- portrayal of the soulless, would-be Auer, pickpocket and magician; Albert man is the girl in this latest blockmailer, and Reginald Denny is Dekker, ship's doctor and derelict; adaptation of Robert Louis well cast as the manager of the big Billy Gilbert, saloon and cabaret - Stevenson's story, while Lana Cornish estate.
prietor, and Oscar Homolka, villain)
Turner also has a big part. Particularly good is Judith Ander, and murderer.
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son as a housekeeper who worshipped the memory of her late mistress, re- sented the cuming of a new one and
TYPHOON
even tried to drive her to suicide. it The common fantasy of the desert is a grim, forbidding yet understand- island-the place, the time, and the able characterisation,
loved one, all and always together Pictorially, the picture is notable is in "Typhoon" most bountifully in- and its
its camera
work particularly dulged, with nature seen in brilliant effective.
colours and all the incidents described Opening in the South of France, it with an
problem, often a difficulty on desert islands, and leaves Miss Lamour free to keep her nails manicured and her eyebrows plucked even after 10 years on the island.
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A forest fire and the inundation of the island by a typhoon provide
motie conjuring.
moves in the huge Cornish mansion for probability handsome disregard climax and a lively display of cine- |
where spaciousness is combined with
As the hero's friend remarks, no one Typhoon" is the type of entertain- artistry, both interior and exterior, but the hero (Mr Robert Preston) ment which contributed enormously
to ind lucky enough
towards the general success' of 'films This is certainly one of the best would be pietures seen for a long me, and it "Folllen girl" (Miss Dorothy Lamour) In the days when action was of more was not surprising to read that it was the moment he landed on an island. Importance than conviction and sen- A well-trained ape, which must timentality made a greater appeni given the Academy Award for 1940.
The film is due on Friday at the presumably have been marooned by than subtlety. The picture is running) Lee Theatre.
it passing circus, solves the servant at the Queen's and Alhambra.
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