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Charlie
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ZANE GREY'S
"RED CANYON
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Starring Ann BLYTH * Howard OFF
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* George BRENT
A Universal International Picture
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A VERY INTERESTING CHINESE PICTURE IN MANDARIN DIALOGUE
Storring Li Li Who Tai Chin
碧海
A MEHERMING HONOUR
IT'S YUNG HWA'S MIGHTY DRAMA OF THE SEA!! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION *
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ROXY MAJESTIC
THEATREEN
SHOWING TODAY
Lifts the veil of mystery
Filmed with all-star.
Hollywood Cast! .
with the cooperation
of
The University California, West Coast Health & Organizations!
Welfare
A PICTURE.. that answers-all the QUESTIONS about the TRUE FACTS
LIFEL
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ROXY Final showing | |MAJESTIC 4 shows daily
today
at 2:30 p.m. Ladies Only of 5.00 p.m. Ladies Only 5.20, 7.20 & 9,30 p.m.
2.30, 7.15, & ́9.30 p.m. Men Only ALSO ADDED
SO DARK THE
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NANOOK OF THE
NORTH
An UA: Kelease,
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1949.
CINEMA WORLD
Adventure Drama Starting Today At Lee, Liberty
Rating:
If you like your film entertainment charged with adventure, action and intriguing romanco, gthen Hal Wallis "Ropo of Sand," which is now at the Lee and Liberty Theatres, is a "must" on your movia list.
It is the kind of thriller that will send you home satisfied that you have seen a fair share of excitement.
"Rope of Sand" co-stars Burtare covetously and understand- Lancaster, Paul Henteid, Cinude (chly turned, Hairs, Peter Lorre am introiticed
Cus Corinne Calvet, Pari- M's Calvet portruya a pedne. stenne beauty, the only woman in tive Capetowi, cafe girl who is In the cast, on whom all eyes led by stockholder Rains to pry lot:at; from Lanenster the neation of a cache of diamonds. Lancaster, former griddle, has returned to the forbidden din. mond area in splie of the com- mander's threats 10 bis life.
COMMENCING TOMORROW
AT THE
ROXY
Jeanne
CRAIN
• So tempting
IT COVERS
A MULTITUDE
OF SINS!
Jeanne
CRAIN
Madeleine
CARROLL
George
SANDERS
Richard
GREENE
MARTITA, HUNT JOHN SUTTON. HUGH, DEMESTER RICHARD NEY VIRGINIA MCDOWALL 0 Produced Bon Destiéd by ot
OTTO PREMINGER
--farven Play by Traher Reach, Boischý Pi Parker and Prosa Exam • Based on Ostai Mildura State RunGRIMATES FRA
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!
viciously i
Henrek plays the Prue) commander of Diamond-
SANDERS, CRAIN AND GREEN
The Eternal Triangle
Oscar Wilde's Play
At The Roxy Theatre
Rating:
stadt, who wants the diamonds For years, people have been
at would
like nothing better
than to kill Lancaster 111 *get th. The latter hats why did sewe Paetlig with lebreld and his resire for vengence motivaten the ve #ghts between them that follow his return.
Me Calvet's omantic prefer- ener for Lancaster further fous Heureki's hatred of him and dis
chuckling over the
gay, bright lines and the amusing characters in Oscar Wilde's play, and now Twentieth Century-Fox has brought "The Fan" to the
screen.
Starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders and Richard Greene, "The Fan" starts tomorrow at the Roxy Theatre.
Otto
to their determination to get the almonds and each other. Producer-Director
Pre-fast-moving plot shows that the minger has taken ilberties with "adventurers" In actually Lady Through it a Rains manine-Oscar Wilde's play, in addition to Windermere's mother, who letes the strings suavely Meubi-shortening
hap 1 title, and most revealed her identity to her son- stophelinn. His acting, as always, changes are to the good. superbly Buisher. Ruina crentes a
The in-law, yet successfully prevents opening serjucntus stow Made her daughter from learning her nister character of the unser- leine Cárroil und Sanders in secret.
lous Martingale.
London in 1949, and the action is Jeanne Crain scores hanrisome→ 10ld in FL series af Peter Lorre comes through well dash-backs which give a sense of Windermere
tntricately as the charming young Ludy with his portrayal of Toudy, din-realism to "The Fan's" corned) Carroll Is eally
while Madeleine reputable outer who will sell and biting satire.
cast as the clown the river for u
beautiful scheming Mrs. Erlynne. The well-known story of "The Paired with Miss Crain 1s Richard Fun" is that of Lady Winder- Greene, while George Sanders is mere, a young wife who suspects good as the sly, unconventional ner husband of carrying on an Lord Darlington who tries hly atair with
notorious Mrs. utmost to break up the happily Erlynne. Prevented from com- married couple.
any mar
i prier.
RATINGS
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JUST ABOUT THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE STORY EVER FILMEDI
SAMUEL GOLDWY's
Enchantment
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an indiscretion by the
Also featured in the outaland-
very woman the alstrusts, the ing east are Martia Hunt, John
Chinese Film At Queen's, Alhambra
Yung Hwa's "Little Shrimp," which is now at the Queen's and Alhambra, was filmed en- tirely in Hong Kong, numerous "shots" of which are dotted throughout the picture.
a
Featuring Yeh Hsino-chu, nowcomer to Yung Hwn, in the title role of "Little Shrimp", this picture has a star-studded cast. including Hsu Shib as "Crocodile Head" Hung Niu Peng as
street urchin, pretty Lu En os the boat-girl, Yang Wei as Hung's mistress and Chen Yu-ju as the maidservant.
A tale of the underworld in a big maritime city, "Little Shrimp" has a fast moving plot and its action follows closely that of the novel from which the screenplay was adopted "Spring Winds and Autumn Rain." a novel which was the most successful in South
China in 1947,
As usual, there are English slides to
to expinin the Mandarin dialogue and special music had bech prend
prepared by the Yung Hwa orchestra throughout the film.
The film portrays the first part of the story of the vicissitudes of Shrimp". The second part,
22 also be screened by]
will also follow the novel,
Hwa
Only 17 years of age, Yeh
Hsiao-chu
gives the role of
"Little Shrimp" all the dramatic
Sutton, Hugh Dempster, Richard Ney and Virginia (McDowall.
"The Fon" Is an enjoyable popular form that all will enjoy.
comedy drama, presented in a
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ellect of an accomplished actor. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon Like Niu Peng. he is one of Yung
Hwa's young discoveries,
Elizabeth Taylor.
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
TODAY AT 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.
A GRIPPING STORY OF YOUTH IN THE
TOILS OF THE UNDERWORLD
Yung Hwa Presents.
"LITTLE
SHRIMP"
WITH DETAILED
TRANSLATION
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COMMENCING TODAY
Out Of The Dark Contin- ent's Danger-ridden Dia- mond Country Comes Savage Greed... Sultry Love... Great Adventure!
BURT
Paramount presents
PAUL
CLAUDE
PETER
Lancaster Henreid Rains · Lorre
HAL WALLIS PRODUCTION
11
Rope
OF
Sand
CORINNE CALVET-
LOAM DIETERLE
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