Fage 8 3
Luscious fruit juices
TO QUENCH
YOUR
THIRST
M
T
for punny and
Mana Brut Cap
• Mysor Faur Cur maker
the deal have for kids
and long thøst-quenchers.
1
MYNOR FRUIT CUP [Peper tract CORDIAL
MYNOR
FRUIT CUP
Australia's leading Fruit Juice
Dittesters for Hong Kong and Somibers Chines
THE DAIRY FARM ILE & COLD STORAGE C
金
TRADE
MARK
BUY OUR PRODUCTS
THERMOS FLASK
and
ENAMELAVARE
and let Han give you the BEST service.
A REUZINIIDT THERMOS CO, LTD.
J-FENG CO., LTD,
Address:
93. Bondain St., E., Bunglong Tel. 93557
GET TO KNOW...
ONE BOTTLE MAXES
A WHOLE GALLON
RAD
.་་-་*1
DOMINO
• CHOICE IMPORTED AND
DOMESTIC TOBACCOS
• VACUUM CLEANED
• FIRMLY ROLLED
• MODERN PRICE
A RICHER SMOOTHER SMOKE Bola Agents for Hongkong & South China
MAXIM & COMPANY
TEL 83280
FIRST
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948.
CINEMA WORLD
RATE SHOWS
The film industry is going out of its way next week to give of its best for Hong Kong.
Even the most fasti- dious and discriminating of local film-fans will find the choice (where it is impossible to go to them all) likely to prove excredingly difficult.
Bere to a list of the principal Letterings, all of which if
trictly reviewed elsewhere it this page:
"Sinbad the Sallor" wil by shown at the Queen's:
"The Road To Utopia" is a King's Theatre offerling:
"The Macomber Aftale." from the Hemingway story will be showing at the Lee Theatre: and
"San Autando,” an Errol Flynn film, is destined for the Central and Alhumbra Thea- tres.
Two of them are in lectii- colour, and in all there is much So delight those who are as keenly interested in photogra- nhy, as they are in the story which the film endeavours. In portray. It could easily be 號 long tune before a more attrue- tive selection offers,
FEAST FOR THE EYES!
Their are the beauteous handmaidens and their winsome mistress of the Emir's harem, Maureen O'Hara, in "Sinbad the Sailor,“ apening next werk at the Queen's Theatre.
"Her Husband's Affairs"
The im has Tone all exciter!
of
When a rurious wife turns the wife team whese marriage is like Meantime, Lorey March, private life of her genus husband ju servamlined tobogan-with Jobins a "miracle" cream, invented writing froIR Bollywood, gives
Tante into an hilarious publie scandal, splinters!
aby delightfully-ad friend portrays away a secret to most film-fans movieg ers are the winners in the smooth, Test-talking advertising his, which will do away forever when he discloses that 12
accoun executive; Lucille fan sweepstakes.
his with the barbarie custan of shav- "Loves of Carmen. not pro- duction, three members of the
"Her Husband Affairs," is the "little woman" always ready tong. With all newspapers cover- cream 3 Cansino family will be seen at most rollicking and completely help him out of a pinch with a few ing the occasion, the work.
demonstrated before H huge Most famous of the entertaining Blm in many a month, genius ideas of her own, irto
Ititu
Hayworth-you and opens at the King's Theatre Supporting the two stars are gathering of prominent citizens. knew Cansin Was her real 13 Tuesday. L'elle Ball and Edward Everett Horton, Mikhail including the governor of the state, Mane, ur didn't you?"--and there's Franchet Tene play a husband and Ruaummy and Gene Lockhart, Rita's uncle, Jose Cansino, whe
des a dance contine, and also Rita's father, Eduardo, also la u dance number.
HOLLYWOOD
HEARSAY: "Cars" presents Vietor Jury in a picture for the first time in five years.....while in England Bob Hope gave ait his changes of clothes to those who so badly needed garments. there. He ar. rived back in New York with inst what he was wearing..... Jack Oakie 1:5 gaining back
those many, many pounds he' Just.....Burgess Meredith off to England to star in "Laurence of Arabia"
Cesar Romero will star in a New York stage revival of "Strictly Dishonor- able," the same role that made him tunne 15 years ago..... Mexican Charneter Actor Chris Pin Martin gets one of his best comedy syportunities in "Cork- screw Alley"........... Frank Veloz, of Veloz and Vidunda, has writ ken a new chumba hit, “Caban Deng".....Jackie Scarl, that
Council Of War
nusty Pitle kid of pictures Monje 20 years ago, isn't uasty or u kid any more, but is still in pie-, tures, Look for him in “Hazard" with Paulette Godtland Frank Morgan having a new yacht built, and will try to win the Honolulu race again Max Factor, Jr. justsas he'ri, make too many enemies if he
Macomber Affair," 4} Gregory Peck is cast named his choice for the most serien adaptation of cam of lanky, intrepid hunter who can glamorous glamour girl in town, Ernest Hemingway's most drop a buffalo at one hundred as I asked him to,........on a ve dramatic short-steries, opens at yards, but falls himself when cent radio programme Al Jolsen; the Lee Theatre in Wednesday, lovely Jonn Bennets draws a observed: "I have mucht to be Based on "The Short Happy bead on him. Robert Preston thankful for the food I ent, Life of Prancis Macomber," shures co-starring honours. the clothes I wear, and Larry, which is regarded as one of the The atory deals with the Parks."
A scene from "San Antonjo" which is coming to the Central and Abamba. A shutzy a "ouncil of war" between Florence Bales, 5, Z, Sakall, Alexis Smith and Farm Flynu.
A Hemingway Story
•
Maureen O'Hara confides that If she doesn't have a youngster of her own within the next year, she will make up for this lack by adopting one.
"The
28 it
auther's most compelling wealthy, unhappily married atories, this Benedict Bogenus | Macombers, Francis "(Robert' film contrasts seething emotions] Preston) and his wife, Mar- and violent hatred against the garct (Joan Bennett).
As a exciting background of a big final attempt at reconciliation, j game be in the heart of the Margarut agrees to accompany African lion country.
her husband to Nairobi, British East Africa, where Robert Wil- scn (Gregory Peck), the re- nowned professional hunter and guide, is engaged to lead the
Bằng Craiby, Dorathy Lamour and Bob Thoje até castarted în a Menn "rond? Sim, Paramount's "Rend to Utopia" coming to the
· King's Theatrez This is "shit"to"ke' even funnier than ""Märd"to Sia-" populer, "Road to Myrecia", and "Road to Lapullanc
a
popular indvie star, forty policemen, etc.
they
The next morning, however, those who participated An have longer beards than ever! From this point on, one hilarious
follows seruchre
with another trias! Tone being put on
for a murder that never happrised, Bat knowing that the vietin as alive, Tone decirles to use the trial t bund
WORSTED
SUITINGS
FROM
DORMEIL FRERES
JAMES HARE
AIN SHIELL
CURTAIN NET
MOSQUITO NET STAIR-CARPETING
PRINTED FURNISHING, FABRICS
LEUNG YUK KEE
99E, WELLINGTON.ST TEL 25327
"THE RITZ”
DINE and WINE
AT THE BEST SPOT IN TOWN.
BEST MUSIC
BEST DANCE FLOOR
BEST ATMOSPHERE
Phone 27580-For reservation, Address: 939 King's Road.
On The "Road" Again
up publicity fr another creation, an oasified Bower that will keep its fragrance forever. Rushing to his rescue, Lucille up- seusoned travellers cap
Three of servenfund's
moat nium in laughs in this show their which takes the trio into the
sets the applecart, by swearing adventures with an hilarious gold-studded Yuken. Tone is insane, hoping that way trek up the "Road to Utopla," The object of their misadven- to save his life!
which is to open on Thursdayures is a rich mine buried in "Her Husband's Afalts" was next at the King's Theatre. the showcapped Alaskan hills. directed by S. Sylvan Simon fer producer Raphael Hakim.
Bing Crosby, Bob Bupe and It's Dotty's inheritance, hul two Dorothy Lamour hit the millen-of the Yukon's shootin'est thugs
A Madcap
Film
This scene, at arişinally shot, soos one of the most talkedinf of
the year, in the comedy “Her Husband's Affair? which will be filmed at the King's next week. This that shows the "genius" getting a bright iden at 5. o'clock in the morning.
film directed by Zoltan Korda,
Macomber safari through the who directed "Macomber." Errol Flynn
Jungle in search of game.
Margaret's auspicions of her the outdoor glm, with such
Korda is famous as a master of f husband's Inherent cowardice
are
proven
a senso of shame, la further
The supporting cast includes
are out to swipe, Ho Bub and Bing assure lamour they'll bent them to the punch. The trip is made just a bit more
difficult when the two boys mlalake the ship's porthole for a safe and throw their bent fare to tho shark's Gins. With their lust dollar floating away, Bob and Bing have to start working their way northward.
While climatic conditions make it necessary for Dotty to trade her jungle marong for a for-lined parka, she nevertho. less has ample opportunity to display the famed Lamour form In some slinky Edith Head creations. On one such De casien she gives forth with little ditty titled, "Personality," lyrics by Johnny Burke and musle by James Van Ileusen. Bob and Bing also sing a tune- ful array of metodles.
Under the direction of Hal Walker, "Road to Utopia" moves along at a riotous pace.
A New Arabian Night Show
taunted by his wife's audilon | Reginald Denny and Jean Gillean era in Texas history.when het every bit as exciting as those related interest in the manly Wilson. from England.
Swashbuckling adventures on land and sen, with plenty of comantic em- Telianent, are enacted in RKO Radio's lavish technivolour" extravas ganza, "Sinbad the Sailor," Starring Warner Bros.' drama, "San Douglas, Fairbanks, Jr.. Maureen when Macomber great spectacles to his credit as Antonio," in technicolour, spens
which at O'Hara and Walter Slezak, "Four Feathers," "The Thief the Central and Alhambra Theatrer turns and fees at his firat en Of Hagdut," and "Sanders cf next week, with a
opens at the Queen's next week. cast hended by with counter
Sinbad, the seafaring adventurer the game. the River.”
Errol Flynn and Alexis Sinith. whose seven vayages are graphically Macomber, already tortured by
described in The Arabian Nights, Briefly, the story is concerned with here undertakes an eighth voyage, great nomadic cattle herds were be- | by Scheherazade. The fabulous ing preyed upon by highly organized treasure of Alexander the Great is bands of night Every studio in filmland has
raiders.
Sinbad's post. The Emir of Daibul been negotiating via cable or bittered cattleman,
As Clay Hardin, stubborn and can also has designs on the treasure and
Errol
a man who intrepid adventurer, in the chtout
fui adventurers, whose charms Whom The Bell Tolls." "Toiture, with no luck. Then love for a beautiful woman, His per completely intrigue
Sinhad that he Have And Have Not," and "The produser William Pertira of formatice bests the stamp of
omance is player ablucts her. The romancejí any. Killers" all made unusually fine RKO got to wanting Vivien for who not only understands his rule thing but placid; in fact, it
often violence. Alms. "The Macomber Altair," "The Captain Was A Lady" to but relishes it as well. Ciny Hardin, dates into open which was produced by Benodlet such a decree that he dropped rc reel, of San Antonio", and, recome Into Sinbad's arms wires
in Flynn's hands, comes to life in the However, she is happy though, tơ Bogeaus and Casey Robinson, is all his work, at the studio and mains a life-like character sarongh has sent the Emir and his men 'ta the most recent of the Heming fled to London to try in person out the film. It's a roughriding, fast- a picturesque end and sails away way tales to reach the screen to persuade her. No report as homing, role and Jun Errol Flynn's with her into a gorgeous. “Oriental
Another wolzomo “event is a to his sucçraa yat
The situation grows until it is finally culminated in a violent death.
The film of a Hemingway seents for monthą' now, trying vincingly characterizes Flynn call proves to be a worthy fod of the atcry is always an event. His to sugn England's Vivien Leigh has, sworn Whorewell To Arms. For to come to Hollywood to do a only to find himself hindered by his ue of ver Fine is Shireen, a beauti
b