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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949.
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SHOWING
TODAY
QUEEN'S
AT 2.30, 5.15,
7,20 & 9.30 P.M
SPENCER TRACY
MGM.
DEBORAH
KERR
EDWARD MY SON
* IAN HUNTER
COMING SOON
M-G-M presents CHARLES DICKEN'S Glorious Romance! "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" Starring RONALD COLMAN with
Cast of 49,000!
CINEMA
MERLE OBERON AND PAUL LUKAS A Battle of Witn
Governor To Head Queen's
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No Harder Guy Ever Lived: No Softer Lips
Ever Lied!
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FIRST GERMAN METUER AFTER THE WAR ! HITLERS MISTRESS MARIKA ROKK
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A Day Romantic Comedy
Anna - NEAGLE, -Michael WILDING "SPRING IN. PARK LAND”
Gala Performance
The Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham and Lady Grantham, who watched the "shooting" of one scene in the film at the Yung Hwa Studios, will head a distinguished list of guests at the performance of "The Sins of Our Fathers” which opens at the Queen's Theatre on Tues- day. Yung Hwa film will run concurrently at the Alhambra Theatre in Kowloon..
Alsa at the gala performance at the Queen's which will take
place at 9.30 pin.. will be the Regimental Band of the
Buffs
and two of Yung Hwn's starlets --Misses Chow lilao-yeh and Chen Lin-hstawho have con-. sentes! to art as usherettes to the distinguished list of quests.
A stirring story of the Tabulous Lolo tribes, which inhabit the the mountain fastnesses on the Szochwan, Yunnan and Sikong border, this Yung Hwa produc- Lion is meant to be a vehicle for all races, though the dialogue is
ini Mandarin.
WORLD
TREACHERY ON BOARD "BERLIN EXPRESS," IS THEME OF ROXY SHOW
Rating:
A thrilling battle of wits between Allied ropre- sentatives in Europe and a murderous gang of Nazi fanatics sooking to prevent the unification of Germany, is developed in "Berlin Express," week-end attraction at the Roxy Theatre.
Starring Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin and Paul Lukas, "Berlin Express" was the first Americon picture to have been filmed inside Germany since the end of the war. The film's authentic settings lend vivid realism to the story and are perhaps one of the reasons why we have found "Berlin Express" absorbingly entertaining.
Opening in Paris and ending British Film
in Berlin, the Miary deals in absorbing fashion with a struggle between the German underground and the Allies,
A mysterious code message re- ceived by the French police in- dicates that something will hap- pen in the border town of Salz- bach Railway Transport officers | on the "Main-Seiner" from Paris
to Frankfurt are alerted.
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Passengera
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Showing At The King's
Rating Poplar books don't always make good film material. But the Associated British adapta- tion of Francis Brett Youngs'
British Educator; Lieutenant Murray with Mary Clair, Finlay
Maxim
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First American picture to be made aside
Merle OBERON
Robert RYAN
Charles
KORVIN
Paul
LUKAS
bombṛanaged Germany!
PERILOUS
ADVENTURE IN A LAND OF TERROR!
They dored Invada forbidden
zones in search of a
man of mystery...
kidnapped by fanatic
underground killers!
Berlin Express
DORE SCHARY
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BERT GRANET CACHE I JACQUES TOURNEUR + Sezon Fine by HAROLD ME Adder! Latest Fox Movietone News! England's Bonnic Prince Charles at 6 months. Bathing Suit Fashions.
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Theatre
THE MOST MODERN CINEMA-IN- KOWLOON, NATHAN ROAD & ARGYLE STREET JUNCTION
Lucienne (Merle Oberon). a best-seller "My Brother Jonn- Frenchwoman; Lindley (obert than" is one of the exceptions Ryan), an American agricultural that proves the rule the film is) expert; Perrol (Charles Karvin), now at the King's Theatre,
French importer: Franzen With a cast of players including Dulele Gray, (Paul Lukus), a German Imsiness Michael Denison,
Ronald Howard and Stephen man: Sterling (Robert Cucte), a
Beatrice Campbell and (Komen Topora), Rus- Currie,
Young, "My Brother sian guard. and Dr. Bernhardt Arthur (Pritz Kortner),
German Jonathan" tells the story of statesman working with the Allies man's life set against the chang-
background of Ing
the early on a plan to unify his country.
Suspicion among the travellers 1000's. intensifica when, near Sulzbach, "Dr. Bernhardt"
is killed by in br
great surgeon, an anbi- bomb planted in his rumpartment. At American military headquar- tion that went with the hope that Final
someday he would marry the lit ters nt
Frankfurt, Franzen
tle girl, Edie, whom he first met revealed as the real Dr. Bern-
a village cricket match. harvit, The man killed on the
Jonathan's dreams do not all train was a secret-service agent
come to reality, and instead of taking his place for Accurity becoming
pecinilst he
19, reasons, since the Naz! under through fmancial circumstances ground plotted against his reach. destined to become ʼn doctor in a Charles Dickens' immortal ing Berlin. Lucienne is Bern-¡ small,
dirty Midland town. "A Tale Of Two Cities," whichhardt's secretary. He continues manages to keep his mother and thrilled cinema audiences more the journey, still in the role of to pay for his brother Harold's than a decade ago, will make Franzen.
University's fees and is further
Dickens' Novel Still Top Cinema Show
Rating: *
its re-appearance on the screen
Since, boyhood, Jonathan Dakers | (Michael Denison). has wanted
11
is.
He
At Berlin, Bernhardt is kid- harassed when he incurs the en-
of the Queen's Theatre this napped by the Nazis, Lucienne mity o of.Dr. Craig, his fashionable
week-end.
of
appeals to her fellow travellers to
does Jonathan
marry
Directed by Richard Fok of "Soul of China" fame, "The Sins of Our Fathers" brings to the
Dickens'
How- novel sitould be help her find him, stressing the screen for the first time a story
known to most people. It is importance of his Assignment. Edie, only to lose her soon after- about one of the most remote cf
ultimate hap- China's minority tribes. Filmer
story which combines the suspense Lucienne and Lindley are decoy-wards, but finds
blness, is cleverly handled by under the actual supervision of
modern adventure plot with ed to the Nazi hide-out in a Lolo tribesman, who spent the romantic charm which per- abandoned brewery, where Bern- producer Warick Ward and direc- tor Harold French. Drama, mo- vades most of that great writer's hardt
tlon and authenticity of scenes, work.
all help to make this a picture an enjoyable show,
about one month on the sets. "The Sins of Our Fathers" por trays many little-known tribal customs and given a faithful pic- ture of this habits and every day lives of the Tulos,
Lolo music and costumes have been faithfully copied and many months of intensive research by Yung Hwa's technical staff have resulted in a colourful spectacle. the like of which has never been made by any other Chinese studios. For the benefit of Europeans and other non-Man- darin-speaking members of audi-
ences, English slides have been prepared to explain the action of the fim.
"The Sins of Our Fathers" is a younger generation on both sides, after years of useless slaughter. took over the reins and brought the two races, living in one land, together in friend- ship and brotherhood.
A ferce and warlike people, the Lolos are little known, even to the Chinese. They are renowned as a slave-keeping race the slaves are mostly captured Chinese-and there are three classes in the their society: the Black Lolos (ruling classes), the White Lolos (commoners) and the slaves.
The mixing of the classes is
it presents the flamelight of a great social upheaval, and in its bloody light a terrible drama is played to its logical conclusion.
The picture is very true to the book, in fact, one has the impres sion of "seeing" the complete! novel, word for word, оп the
screen,
Ronald Coleman's portrayal of Sydney Carton is warm and sin- eere and unforgettable. It de-l monstrates once again that good nelors earn their place in Holly- wood not overnight, but by years
and Ances.
years of top-notch perform-
He Ls ably supported by G stellar supporting cast which in- cludes Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Donald Woods and Re- ginald Owen.
Re-released more than 10 years after its initial triumph, "A Tale Of Two Cities" is still excellent screen entertainment, a must for those who appreciate a superb picturisation of a great book,
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MAJESTIC
SHOWING TODAY
strictly forbidden and the penal- | AT 2,30, 5.20, 7.20 & 1.20 p.m
ly for any infringement is death
a fate which the two stars of the film (Liu Cheung, o slove, and Sun Ching-lu, the daughter of the chief) face as result of their love.
Among the quairt customs which will be seen in the film are the Lolo wedding ceremony, the Lolo ritual before a battle. a Lolo fcast. in which a whole sheep is bolled, Lolo funeral ceremonies and ancient Lolo songs and dances.
Produced by Lee Tsu-yung. this film is an educational treat for all and will give Hong Kong residents their first opportunity tribe which, even of seeing
now, is fighting and raiding in China's mountainous South West.
RATINGS
The "China Mali” is uning the following classification to indicate to rexdare the quality of flima reviewed:
... Excellent _***—Vary-dood: "Godd
• Fair
L ABIMUR RANK KIETENTS"
MARGARET LOCKWOOD * JONES HORMAN WOOLAND
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frana thay by Koti Triba -- PHYLLIS STANLEY Seresepion by MRISCILA LONE burected at RADOLU KUIN TABLE-SION SIETRILUTION
NEXT CHANGE W. Somerset Mangham's
"QUARTET"-
with forty famous plays.
an bin
pasa
is held captive. Somo exciting minutes before the film reaches Its end. They include a flat fight in a huge heer vat and a running gun battle between members of the underground and the Lary Constabulary.
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Clark Gable-Deborah Kerr
As an added attraction, the King's Theatre will screen
"The Story of Birth," a true and selen- title description of the birth of a baby.
SHOWING TODAY
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Showing Today: 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.20 P.M. ROMANCE! ADVENTURE! THRILLS!
You can't ESCAPE its romance 1 REX HARRISON PEGGY CUMMINS
in John Onliwasthy's
Escape
Directed by
Produced by
JOSEPH MANKIEWICE - WILLIAM PERLBERG
STARTING TOMORROW
BETTY GRABLE & DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. in
"THAT LADY IN ERMINE"
A 20th Century Fox Technicolor Production
KING'S
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OWING TO THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAMME
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIMES: 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 and 9.45 p.m. EXTRA PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY AT 11.30 A.M.
My Brother
Jonathan
Few stories have dealt sa frankly with relationships between male and female not as a romantic gome but as a soul-searching test of the
franes of human Rash and sp
AND
"A TOP HOTCHER, DEEPLY PENETRATINGI VIND, KLAI CHARACTERSP
WHY DID THIS FAMOUS DOCTOR FORSAKE THE WOMAN HE LOVED?
WHY DID HE GIVE EDITH MARTIN'S
BABY HIS NAMET
-RONOSTICE
Dace Dion Bana
My Brother Jone
"THE STORY OF BIRTH"
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