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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, JULY 1948)
CINEMA WORLD
CHAMPION TITLE-CHANGER
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THE CONTOURS
Ella Raines, who, plays in "The Senator Was Indiscreet" is seen here in a swim-sult of
lee-blue satin designed to mould the contours in easy grace,"
Ronald Colman's
Colman's Oscar
Probably only once in the act- The good taste, und integrity | 1′′hava;to put up with Dorothy ing career of any man or woman which mark every fenture, make Lamour, too. 1'find'the boys more
role IL
which
cornes heaven-sent.
Most people think a movie pro- ducer who changes the title of his pleture, six or eight times be tore he gets, it out must be either (1) mentally unstable, or (2) consulting a ouija board.
But Harry Sherman, the indus try's new and unchallenged cham- plon ute-changer, says its isn't
10.
"Lots of factors enter into tilling a picture besides just how a name sounds or how it will look on a marquee." Sherman said.
By Patricia Clary
"You have to consider whether it's been used, or whether St sounds like one that's been used, and whether the audience, can pronounce it."
Sherman's new Enterprise re- lease la "Four Faces West," which tarted life as "Pasb.por Aqul." That was eight changes ago,
The movie is based on a book titled 'Faso por Aqui about a famous cliff on an early-day trail in New Mexico on Which the Conquistadores scratched those words," Sherman said.
Hard to Pronounce **Nearly
every westerner, knows what it means, but my friends convinced me that other people wouldn't know and wouldn't go for it. And besides, they don't know how to pronounced it.
"Take a young fellow who's going to treat his girl to a movie. Maybe he wants to see 'Paso por Aqu but, he doesn't want her to find out he can't pronounce it. "Or maybe the girl has read
Puso
the axis. and wants, to see por Aqul, but she decides simpler to tell him. My Sacrifice."
„So, the title was
Then
seems it obviously the work of people than make up for the presence of This Way They eat to
I am certain that every netor in Hollywood with any pretén- slong to merit must be Kreen
with envy of Ronald Cotmail for his Academy Award winning Job
Universal In
International's afronia, "A Double life,"
To take a Shakespearion dra- ma and comblue it with a similar plot in a modern setting, might easily haye bren 怎 tollure, though the tragedy of thello and Dredemeno, who "loved not wisely that too well," will never loses poignancy.
The screen
classic
By Marjorie Beckingsale
who understand the best tradi- tions of film entertainment."
the
dual-roles-of-Anthony John-and
Colman simply picks up: Otaette In his capabile
hands and gives them everything.
His scenes In the excerpts from othello are as thrilling as
the seyyences when us Tony he realises his coming madness anil cannot combat it.
Signe Hasso as Tóny, z torine“ wife and co-star must have wel-
the wife
comed her role as much as Col- the R
man did. She makes Brita on in-
is the richer ~*~Druble" "Life, in which story of Othello brifiantly interwoven with life story of a great actor whose mind gives way under the stress of feeling that_no.. Isilving the
portrays.
roles, he
telligent, charming, and poised conditioned by her growing fear woman, whose love for Tony is of his unstable min
Be mind
Quite apart from knowing that the starring role of Anthony work of newcome Shelley Win I was highly impressed by, the John won this year's Academy ters as the waitress whose cass Award for Ronald Colfan, I would not have missed the nim virtue costs her her life at th for world
hands of Tony when, he finally goes insane. Such -performances by newcomers are rare. **
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Authors Ruth Gordon and Gor- son Kauln and director George Cukor have given us zumethin old in plots wrapped so skilfully with something new that it rates
a plus valuo in entertainment,
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Judging from recent: Allms_and_ most prospective ones, it up- peers that Hollywood has been joft the job of keeping the comedy flag flying.
France, of course, can provide the most subtle humour, but we don't get much chance to sec. 1
more's the pity.
So we cross our fingers....and hope that America will remem- ber that, people like to laugh, even when the comedy suggesta a bulldozer at work and not the Glick of a rapier.
For my money I'll 'taks Hops and Crosby any day, even when
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La Lamour, for whom lushness is all,, warong or strapless even -- This Ing.gown included.
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CROSSFIRE
Passed
That title became the gas of the week. Everybody, around town: was drawling "They. Passed THIBA 'Way." Sherman switched toNew Mexico;">Apr 11
That was aswell ÷title" he said. "My afternéys; however, thought K.was so good they were sure I must have been used be
fore for a son or a book "or something.
Back Again. So it went back to "They Pass- od "This "Way,”
Then it became "Four Faces Weat
that souided tou
But
much the an old time picture toked "Three: Facer Fast
Next change was to."Wanted." And finally we hope it
went
Back to "Four Faces charged
Sometimes dites" Are because they're
marquees long for the SHOT! Happy Life of Francis Macoriber became "The Macomber Affair", for that reason. Sometimes producers think they're dull. Samuel Goldwyn changed "The Bishop's Wife" to "Cary and the Bishop's Wife The Sin of Harold Diddiebock becane "Mad Wetl nesday after-a Diddleback showed up.
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last picture, Sherman says he KAYAMALLY BLDG. knows for sure what he'll call his next..
It's bared ότι
the
Bret Harte yarn, Tennessee's Partner," and If it shows up at your theater under any other title, Sherman says he will let you in "froe,
LATEST FROM HOLLYWOOD
Bond,
**"Good-looking“ '` Derek'
now, in the last stages: of work „ön ““Scött? · of the .. Antarètic” at Ealing, already has his next on- signment. He's to play à rávál Comter: in "Martha," the now Two
Cilic film based.
on Balher Me- Cracken's play, "No Medals, which is a tribute to the fortitude of British housewives, in coping with the dimculties of postwar When movie producers start life. talking about an "expedmen- title role and Derek will be leam- Ursula, Janns, plays ¦ the tal flim now. It seems apparent od with Joan Hopkins, the charm- LEE "Blauche. Fury." With that they are putting their ing, blonde who made her screen
Stewart Granger: and Valerir Hobson. A Pritis film of on, or into, a sure thing debut in "The First Gentleman."
The first of these so-called real merit.
experimental pictures was RRO It is rumoured, that 20th Cen Itadio's "Crossûre, which was ALHAMBRA. "Desire Mc."
a Kury's Production of Oschr ...With Greer Garson, Rober
big box-office,suce
Wilde's famous "Lady". Winder- Another experimentalim mere's Fan will have a modern Mitchum and Richard Hart. will soon be relbared by RKO. setting. But whoever heard or a The old triangle with a wor That is "Your Ted Wagon which girl leaving her fon In 6 gentle- atmosphere..
insiders say is an American ro-
ager:
ORIENTAL. — “De – Union in ance on the Seventh Heaven" man's fat in this day
France.With Joan Craw order. John, Housoman, “promi- Dennis Price, that, busy actor, ford, John Wayne and Philipent in the experimental, theatre, is debo Dom:
MAJESTIC "Dead Reckoning."
produces
In the top roles of "Your Red Wagon! are Cathy O'Dorinell 'and) With: "Humphrey Bogart Farley Granger,, who Were ond, Lizbeth Stott,
rowed from Samuel Goldwy the picture. Goldwyn considers GATHAY,The Secret Lite of them the beal bets, for Matardom || Cuntz
Walter Mtity”—With Danny | of the year na da Kaylance with STAR, "Casablanca.
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergmann
thoa, were employed in himning Fevolutionary production,me-
mont
Hollywood.
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