Mother's Well Kept Secret
Another "mother" story comes to the King's Theatre this week with RKO Radio's "I Remember Mano."
A Norwegian mama this time, Irene Dunne negotiates the erlaes, chleily fluincial and emotionat, of
family widely assorted
п
end sundry relatives who don't seem very clever ut managing own affair,
their
With her usual happy blend cl placidity, humour and scheming. na steers them all through a host of problems which might well have daunted à leaser wo-
mati,
mama arr
Co-starring with Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka and Phlilp
Dorn, with
THE CIUNA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.
CINEMA WORLD
NEW BRITISH PICTURE "Mr. Prohack" By
Arnold Bennett
HAS GERMAN BACKDROP Is Being Filmed
Third in a series of films made in Germany by Gro- H. G. Wells has for lung been hom Wallace of Britain's Crown Film Unit, a favourite author with the film working with a band of Gorman film tech-producers. nicians, is entitled "Trained to Serve." The other two films were Sir Cedrle Hardwicke as the "K.R.O. Germany 1047", ↑ concelled ex-actor boarding with the fly, who imparts literary picture of the daily life of an culture and departs leaving
uverage Kreis Resident Of- lud cheque behind other crisis!
Son's Honour
Theme In
New Picture
one
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of the greatest legal fights
Anatole do Grunwold's pro- duction Terence Ruttigan's well known play "The Winslow Boy," coming to the Lee Theatre, Cinemagoers will remember two brings to the screen the story of The Public Safety Officers of the excellent London Film Productions of the century, a trial which C.C.G. advanced into Germany
· mild-thirties___"The Man aroused world-wide interest. with the Army of Occupation. In the was their job to get the German Who Could Work Miracles" and
The Winslow family, portray- distinguished group of him...an- Come". Carole W
of British artisis Officer in charge of a German laid down by Military Government Reed made an excellent film
including Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Lohr, and Margaret Leighton, Is re-| vealed against the background of well-to-do middle class comfort amid pleasant surroundings.
Tragedy breaks up this happy
Honnie.
Not until the end loes mama revent that all the time she had n guilty secret of her own.
RADIO
This
Kreis, or district, and "School In Cologne", which presented a picture of the problems which have to be faced by the Educa- tion Officers of the Control Commission for Germany in their task of getting the chil- dren "in Germany back to
school.
Trained To Serve" deals with Radio Hong Kong another set of problems the re- frequency ofganitation and rehabilitation of
the Gerund police force British Zone.
broadcasting on N
845 kilocycles per second and on 0.32 megacycles per second la the 31 metre band. H.K.T.
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1...-Intertiule,
13 m. "Munte for You."
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Report and
6,30 p.mywramme Summary.
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Story of Male In England durite the inal Four Hundred years.
Written by Ruth Kirby. (Btudio) 0.10 p.m.-Cuneert by the Pupile at the Direna espe Brħasol, (Atudio)
0.30 p.m.anturma by Radio len by stan from Wai Lan and H. K. Le Studio)
6.00p.m.--Harry Parry and 12 Sertet, 7.00 p.m.-Wold News and News An-
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The im opens with a scene of a buany elty in Germany before the war. In those days of peace the German policeman stented Just ke any other, but with the cam ing of the Nazi regime we see how these same men were used 10 mash any opposition to Nazism. Unlimited power WAB given
to the police and their chief, Himmler. The Gestapo could they pleased,
perost people as without warrant or reason. The
filled goals were
with people who were held for weeks and mantha without telat, and with. out knowing why they ware Imprisoned. They were Just "Enemies of the State."
The film portrays the terrorism of a people who learned to fear the power of thetr police, who
mament watched over every
f their lives.
"Trained To Serve" brings to
7.50 mMy Homes for You Song the audience the forceful runiian-
by Marker Keary, (BDCTA; 7.45 qu-arnala Von livery and Hition of the chaos which resulted
Berlusion.
from the War. There was on 8.00 Press the Falitartatu," (Lon-1rgent need for inw and order,
Forco but the Nazi Police don Relays
ная
0.10 p.m. Chad Companions" by destroyed for ever.
J. Brimley, Adapted for Drond.
rantzu
(BRUTSI
by
5.10 p.m.-Interlurse,
2.18 ..The Deterlire In
Gregson.
Fletion"
Read by Clifford Darim, (Bludlo)
"Whispering
935 p.m.-A Short Programme of the Smith' Coming
Munte al Cirley,
10.00 .madlo News Neel: London
Relay
10.16 p.m. This in New Zealand" Alory
of Dominion by D. 6. Hridean. with music specially cumped by Douglas Liburn, (Londom Rey) 11.02.Vieter Alleralers Strings, 21.16 p.m-Weather Report and
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Coming shortly to the Queen's Theatre is the new Alan Ladd
m, "Whispering Smith,"
appearance in
"Kipp".
and to make a clean break with the methods and traditions of the Nazi Police.
Pollec
The Passionate 1948, up Friends" and "The History of Mr,'
Tho
ntary tells Training Schools
how
wero
In
Irene Dunne smiling at Her Brood in Remember Mama".
been filmed- throughout the British Zone of, Polly" have both Occupation, under the supervision though not yet released, of Public Safety" Offleurs,
All the available men were call-
the
atmosphere when younger son, is expelled from
in
Susan Peters stars "Bign of the Ram" which, will be, shown shortly at the 'King's Theatre.
'Woman In White' Here
To the Lee Theatre this week-
the Royal Naval College of Os-end comes Warner Bros, produc- famous borne after having been accusedtion of Wilkie Collins'
of stealing a a five-shilling, postal naval "The Woman in White".
order from a fellow cadet. This part is played by Nell North, a 15 old newcomer to the
13 усог screen who makes a very credi- table debut,
The whole story from then on for concerns the father's fight
his son's honour, a fight which costs him both health and for-
tune.
"The Woman in White”, writ- ten more than a hundred years ngo is'n classic which is still can- sidered the дсе of mystery
stories.
Eleanor Parker plays the dual role, with Alexis Smith co-star- ring as Cousin Marian.
white Gig Young plays the young artist who comes to teach and stays to tove.
Robert Donal, who makes his long-awaited return to the screen in this picture, takes the role of Sir Robert Morton, K.C., who
As Count Fosco, the sinister takes up the challenge on the critic, Sydney Greenstreet has boy's behalf. He contributes on one of his best "villain" roles. impressive performance presiding
of
of
over the court scenes and makes Told in the sombre mood a brilliant speech In the House the 1850's, there is no lack of
and at the same suspense, but plenty Commons...
of fleeting time manages, after a bad start, figures, hidden passages and to win the affections of the Win- poison daggers around the slow's daughter Catherine (Mar- grounds of Limmeridge Heusc garet Leighton).
to keep you in suspense.
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Now Wells' great contemporary,
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used.
AK 8000 as possible, younger men were recruited and trained.
were
Wassox Film
From their first day at schoolmaking a picture based on "Mr. these recruits were taught that the Prohack". This novel has already fans will see him making a dous Police Officer is the servant of the been seen as a play, with Charles ble debut, his first Western and People and not its master. They Laughton unforgettable as
Techwere trained along the lines of meticulous Civil Servant who doen hin Bret
the British Police Force, and they not know what to do with a sud- nicolor.
taught many things, such as denly acquired private fortune. Ladd goes West with a ven- first aid, that were new to them, geance, and back about 50 years and that the Nazis had not thought In the picture, Cecil Parkor. to the 1890's, when men were necessary for their policemen to excellent recently as the bewlider- he-men, fists like the rocks of know. They learnt traffic contral, ed Colonel in "Quartet"-will play the mountain frontier, and guns practical mechanics and driving, Proback, with Hermione Baddeley were both bigger and louder. Aelf-defence (for in future then his wife, Glynis Johna'na Mimi, Once out West, Ladd loses no German police would be unarmed, his secretary, Dick Bogarde and Ume gettin to work on the train except for a few special dutiva), Sheila Sim robber gang. Like all be-men, the elements of detective work, daughter, and Heather Thatcher
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