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At first sight "Emperor Waltz” (the Queon's initial offering for 1949) would appear to be light opera. On a second look, however, it turns out to be a burlesque of light opera, which is even better, with Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine doing most of the burlesquing.
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of the aformant-oned haley outs bring the pretty glow of love to the cheeks of the antes- man send the Courless,
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out that Mr. Crosby in his own quiet way hat falled the pros durer's attempts to malo hint the great lover, and that Miss Fontaine hat played up to him The result is more then ano e ing and mint esteetednÅTEST.
Bins of course, chints and golden faryas is this time hills vndels thuigbout by his bumit- el as Ameriran travelling able and thoroughly plensing saleemon, Vavit Seulb, Revise to mormen. make the Viennese grameqantee- minial. conclusion that the bo
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The American travelling katea man (Bing Closby) defers to the haughty Countess (Joan Fontal ne) in a scene from "Emperor Waltz Paramount's Technico or affering for the New Year at the Queen'a
TALKING TURTLE
handling. Sally meets a thespian friend, Olive Lashbrooke (Eve Arden), un attractive and ma ture wench, and +4 seasoned lance-carrier in the tournament of Bantur. Olive is in a fix of un Hollywood hus, inany a time, embarrassing but dattering typ For the mbat part, the RC-
taken popular stage successen having two boyfriends anticipat- tion takes place in
in the part what
and made them in the enjoyment of her cum- represented pofto
Avatriae into Hims. the
"'ho movies thus pany that evening and only one Alps. This gives the director made have seldom been flups Olive with which t Kemplify of photography (Ceorge Barnes)
their anticipation.. and frequently have been #5 plenty of
for making successful as the original play. good use of the Technicolour This cannot be said for
Voice Of The Turtle', the Lee's New Year feature.
L
woudt resh To buy the fungiert marfyme of the Brupere į Franz Jmet dense it, enterprising salesandi muske art determined -
angelife fort to obtain the all-important
in which the film is shot.
A welenme addition to the sts Reland Culver, the 110- the English Relor, who plays
The
tossed Into Salty's up. He turns out to be u sergeant
Obviously, the spare man is
comely young army numed Bil (Ronald Reagan). What with one thing
This may be because the Jolui į and another (such as having a
Druten Die van
cnnedy
theather cloyingly nostalgie dinner
Ust;
endoyurment.
in the
courant falling to achieve this he meets Gounters Harm Bolenia, father of Johauna
(4000 Fontaine, # Contess. Equally good, as the bourds was somewhat more vis- at one of those incredibly chic nuble piece of goods with aamuble Eroperor Franz Josef, isque than the Johnson Office little restaurants and spending strong sense of nobleany but Richard Haydn.
would allow to pass on the pure the night in Sally's appartiment white screen. Presumablynwing to the shortage of hotel cinema audiences are considered accomodation) this Bill develops a fairly high-powered yearning towards
very life of oblige.
I should be tafel herpe umi
now, at the risk of turning away thow ans. that them arr couple of dogs in this film whose
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LEONID KINSLEY-CHESPRE MARTIN
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DEANNA DURBIN
"DONALD O'CONNOR ·
The
TARZAN TO THE RESCUE
For the twelfth and (rumour last time, murmurs) possibly Johnny Weissmutter bares his mighty chest and, of latter days, even mightier mid-see... tion, and hurls himself around some jungle settings in the character of Tarzan.
Turtledove Eleanor Parkee receives n. little ald in un zipping from fellow turtla Ronald Reagan,
Shure the first Tarzan picture, twenty-four productions ago in the year 1914, the stories seem to haya wandered steadily further way from what Edgar Rice Bur- rough had in mind when Ի peated the prototypu for supe man. None love wandered quit ins for as "Tarzan and the M- maks," the New Year attraction
the King's.
be much more naive than Whereas, un till now, the pre-five whe attend the theatre. ence of females has been kept to Armin may be because in
minimum, the present efforts original for
The play fers, o hewy. or what the Holly jane of those intimate little pro-
nd publicity
boys refer to auctions-only thre characters "agita-eutics," eullection
and only one serne, that of a arl-diving hussies most pearl-mung netiss's appartment.
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was
The
te of whom is Marn, a veritable ilmi tioes contine most of its ne- suren of the pourlers, that to hiơn to the appartiment, but ven- onfused with a Pearly
Queen,
pues abroad bran time to time. bna whom the loseims Mura sually this touch to improv Linda Christian) is considerably the stage verslin but in this less ornitely clothed.
ase the improvement is debat- The story this time concerns abic. Tarzan's rescue of the fair Mara from a fate worse than death at the hands of a rascally trader (Fernando Wagner) who hamed Vargs but le not seen at any stage engaged in producing eye-thing lustrations for Es
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Gulre
magazine.
However, though It appears
to have last the vital
spark
which Invigorated the play. the fim is stli to be rated fairly high in the list of come- dies
on the recent Hollywood
tist.
Eleanor Parker plays Sally Mr. Weissmuller, in spite of his idleton, a young actress with agging midriff, is called upon, to volatile affections, who, when rform both stremungsly and he action begins, is undergoing ften. Among
other incidental the slightly painful process xertions. he battles with six being brushed off by
the cur- mite-waving thugs under water,rent boy friend. Sally is
not "80; on a glunt octop: down in meant to be a very stable chr the depths aid spends a goal deat acter, obviously, but it is doubt-
Line
erther chasing Missful if Mr. van Druten ever meant Christian under wider or towing her to be sentty to the point of
er along in the open sea.
imbecility, which is what Miss All of this is very exciting and Parker makes her at tin
not displeasing to the eye. Brends Joven
is present once
Now a completely unnal more as tnched state and a very recup- fane, the apple of Tarzan's Eden.tive inoud for some sympathetic.
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IN TECHNICOLOR
}}} NEW VEA”, ATTRACTION:-Thrills Stamned the Sersen'
Jon HALI
Margaret LINDSAY in “THE VIGILANTES RETURN”.
IN CINE COLOR, AYAwith Andy DEVINE
Sally.
This is not to be wondered at as Miss Parker, though day. ing on the
scattiness with
course.
steam shovel, is ΠΟ hammer. tood drudge. And, of Ronald Reagan Is no
#toop. choutdared, old gargoyle wither. With a deal of very good din- logue, some excellent playing of the hard-boiled good-time girl "by" Eve Arden, and a little ami- able clowning by Wayne Morris, who pinys Ned Burling, Olives choice of dates. that is the film.
OPENING
TODAY
TODAY
ONLY
KINGS
At 2.30, 5.18.
7.20 9.30 pas
Sterpers
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DE MARNEY
Ronald
FRANKAU
DUAL ALIBU
Practed by LOUIS N.JACKSON Directed by ALFRED TRAVERS
OPENING TOMORROW. NEW YEAR ATTRACTION
SCORES OF GORGEOUS
AQUA-CUTIES-SLÁVES
TO A HIDEOUS IDOL!
A thousand thrilling amazements when
Tarzan invades a forbidden kıland Porodice!
SOL LESSER
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'
presents
TARZAN
EXTRA
AND
THE
MERMAIDS
Starting JOHNNY WEISSMULLER and BRENDA JOYCE LINDA CHRISTIAN
end introducing
Produced by SOL LESSER - Directed by ROBERT FLOREN Original Story and Screenplay by Devrall Yout Based upon the Charactará Created by Edgar Rice Burroeghe PERFORMANCE AT 11.30 A.M. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
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the
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Emperor
Waltz
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