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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 5, 1989.
CHATTER ABOUT FILMS AND FILM STARS
**KING OF UNDERWORLD' BRINGS. STAR RATING TO HUMPHREY BOGART
By LEDO
In his first starring role since making his mark in Hollywood felt 39 a featured player in "Angels With Dirty Faces," "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse," and "Crime" : Sachool," Humphrey Bogart, film- dom's ace gangster, will star in "King of the Underworld," which comes Sunday to the Oriental Thea tre.
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MOPSY by GLADYS PARKER
torial treatment of his underlings are said to be highly amusing.
But he fails to take into account the surgeon's feminine ingenuity and her complete knowledge drugs which eventually proves dis- astrous to the gang chief.
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The story, by W. R. Burnett, who wrote the famed "Little Caesar," which starred Edward G. Robin- son a few years ago, was adapted for the screen by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman.
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A Warner Bros. picture 'and fea- "THE THREE MUSKETEERS” turning Kay Francis as a surgeon, OPENS SUNDAY AT THE KING'S the case includes James Stephen- With batteries of unknown col- son, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, laborators, Alexandre Dumas pere Arthur Aylesworth, John Ridgely, ground out historical yarns in mass Harland Tucker and Charley Foy, production. He was a veritable ro- and was directed by Lewis Seiler.mance foundry, and his best known The picture marks Humphrey Bo-novel, "The Three Musketeers," gart's rise to starring ranks a fact has had many productions on the welcomed by his fans.
CRIME AND HUMOUR
stage and some in the films, but none as weird as this version, in which those zanies, the Ritz Brothers, steal the picture hats, the Although "King of the Under-velvet pants, and the swords of -world" is a crime picture, it is not | Athos, Porthos, and Aramis and without its humorous twist. The personally assist D'Artagnan (none -capable Bogart, possessing a Napo- other than Don Ameche) in out- leonic complex, really thinks he is witting Richelieu for queen and the king of Crime-so much so, country. that he kidnaps a young novelist, 'Ameche's swashbuckling D'Art Stephenson, and commands him to agnan is his first film role since his write a biography, glorifying the appendectomy in Holland last sum- exploits and achievements of "Red" mer. Ameche sings three romantic Gurney, which is Bogart's charac- ballads, one on horseback, makes fervid love to a newcomer, Pauline Moore, who is the Constance of this 1939 Dumas.
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Red Gurney's philosophy of life, This inordinate vanity and his dicta-
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HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN
Charlie Ruggles and Lionel At will have been added to the cast of “Balalaika," new starring picture for Nelson Eddy and Llona "Massey in the feminine lead,
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Nancy Kelly will be co-starred with Randolph Scott in "Frontier Marshall,” it is announced by Darryl Zanuck 20th Century Fox production chief.
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Work has begun on Metro's “The Return of the Thin Man" starring the popular team of Bill Powell and Myrna Loy.
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George Brent has been assigned the leading male role opposite Bette Davis in "All This And Heaven Too" an adaptation of the best- selling novel by Racchel Field. The picture will be produced by Warner Bros.
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