SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1951.
NO. I TOLD YA? GIT- OR I'M GONNA--
MANDRAKE GESTURES HYPHOTICALLY,
AND...
TRUST ME! I'M TRYING || WHAT.
TO HELP YOU--
THE~!
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
NO--GIT OUTA HEBEL SICʻIMDAN!
SIC'IM?
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.15,
QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA 7.20 & 9.30
P.M.
626
QUEEN'S
·5 SHOWS TO-MORROW Extra Porformance "3 SECRETS" At 11.30 am,
KING'S LIBERTY
Air-Conditioned
★ SHOWING TO-DAY ★ AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 PM.
INGRID BERGMAN
and
GREGORY PECK:
ara.
SPELLBOUND
In the screen's.
most dramade
romancel
AT 2.30, 5.30, 1.30 & 9.30 P.M.
THE CHINA.. MAIL
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
AS THE KING'S OFFICERS SPEED TO HALT MANDRAKE'S SEARCH...
Your Majesty,
Take Mandraks off my trail, at your sou dild at once.
The Mark One
JUST THIS ONE NIGHT -LEAVE NO MONEY FOR THE DARK ONE-
DAVID O. SELZNICE presunta
INGRID BERGMAN GREGORY PECK
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S
SPELLBOUND
Screenplay by BEN HECHT Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
An BRO Releas
SUNDAY MORNING SHOW
At the KING'S
AT 11.30A.M.
"'SPELLBOUND”
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AT 12.30 P.M. TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS Prosented by 20th-Contury-Fox.
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STILL PACKING-INI PLEASE COME EARLY! Two Breathless Solid Hours of the Most Far-Flung Excitement Ever Reached the Screen! Burt LANCASTER and Virginia MAYO In Warner Brothors' TECHNICOLOR Hit
"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW"
- SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 12.30-
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EASTER ATTRACTION
Mr. Music
BING CROSBY NANCY OLSON CHARLES COBURN
RUM HUSSEY
& Used 200
LUNA PARK
CINEMA
The Nicest Little Theatre in town FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY| AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30
& 9.30 P.M.、
THE LADY KNOWN AS LOLÁ!
Queen of a roogle-and- roody men what rDO-
and loni ved undo at
YVONNE OF CABLO DAN SURZIA JEHERTY TYNN
MORK
BAR
THE MERRY MACS
TAR
STA
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17,. Hankow Rd, Kowloon
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At 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
REPEAT BY REQUEST!.
thy most unusual love story in years and yours!
The enigmatic Lew Ayres
Cope, 1714, Ring Treers Syndcars, Inc.
A GOOD SOCIAL
SOCIAL MIXER
MIXER WHO
SPENDS MUCH TIME ALONE
Lew Ayres is a man This, too, came to an end,
Hollywood
everyone in
The flood of criticism that when knows and respects. He is he voiced his convictions con-
engulfed Ayres In 1942, a fine actor and musician, cerning war, is famillar. Equally a good social mixer who familiar is the fact that he spends much time alone, proved his courage and willing- ness to serve, during his three fn artist Recognised and one-half yea
of
years, first as talent who rarely exhibits medical corpsman and later as his works, a philosopher, 4 ander fire dozens of times and on assistant chaplain. He was writer-and a great hand left the service with the great with the ladies.
respect and esteem of his fellow servicemen.
Niven
Busch's
Third return
#
Ayres has had three dia- tinct picture careers, climaxed by his perfor-
In December, 1045, Ayres re- mance in
turned to Hollywood, His Arst "The Capture." The first motion picture in the third phase was a psycholo- came in 1929 when he was of his career signed to play opposite gist in "The Dark Mirror." Then Greta Garbo in "The Kiss." followed other outstanding per- For the
next six years, Ayres has often been mention-
romantically Ayres had scarcely a day ed
with Jane his co-star in "Johnny off from pictures. Remem- ber "All Quiet on the Wes- firm serious intentions. Ayres tern Front"? Then follow has been single for some time. ed a spell when nobody His two marriages, first to Lola wanted him.
formances.
But neither will con-
Lane, then to Ginger Rogers, both ended in divorce.
Except for an old man-about- In 1030 Lew Ayres was re- discovered. And again he be work, Lew lives alone in his house high up in Hollywood came a big star. This time MGM
hills. Here he spends many of signed the actor to a long term his lolsure hours painting and contract and assigned him the reading and
studying things title role in the first of a series of pictures. It was called, "Young Dr. Kildare," and success is history.
**
Jean Simmons
To Star As
Lavinia
Completion of a broad- scale agreement which will bring producer Gabriel Pascal, international star Jean Simmons and the
production of George Ber-
nard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion" into the RKO Radio fold has been carried through.
The contract not only
will star.
scientifle.
Among his science hobbles are astronomy and minerology. He enjoys living under the open sky and likes nothing better than to pack Bome camping equipment Into the back of his jeep and take off for the desert or mountains.
If a a co-star gives an excep- tlonal performance, Ayres pre- sents her with a portrait. Ayres sleeps in only the lower half of his pyjamas, in an oversized bed. He likes to read in bed, saving allosophy for the late hours le smokes a pipe and prefers trong tobaccos.
In excellent physical сод- Ition, Ayres' appearance is de- civing. He looks frail, but ac- ually is superbly muscled and
perfectly proportioned.
£60 FOR THE
10-SECOND ACTRESS
the
ank young actress has con- tributed outstanding por- trayals
in such British films as seconds on the screen), £75 for "Great Expectations," "Black two lines in another and Bho Narcissus" and "Hamlet."
Three
LEW AYRES
Warner Bros.
"Three
Secrets
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"BILL & COO"
In Trucolor
"BELLS OF SAN. ANGELO"
with Roy Rogare.
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In Trucolor
•
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30,
LEE Theatre 30 6 9.30
AIR-CONDITIONED
★ SHOWING TO-DAY ★
A SALUTE
BING
&
P.M.
TO HONOUR
CROSBY
ON HIS 20TH ANNIVERSARY AS "MR. MUSIC"
IT'S THE GREAT BIG MUSICAL SHOW
THAT SINGS FOR ITSELF!
Mr. Music
Padrend by DOCET I. SKIPS -
banned by a Pig ly hour Batatas
BING CROSBY
HINE
NEW
HIT
TUNES!
HANGY DISON
CHARLES COBURN RUTH HUSSEY
MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW
Awards For COLOUR CARTOON AND
"All About Eve"
For the first time since On the second ballot, Stewart, the establishment of the Ferrar getting six, Peck, four; ́Calbern and Jaffe were out, with New York Film Critic an- Guinness, three; Crawford, one; nual awards in 1985, a Holden one, Tracy one. On the single company, 20th Cen- third ballot, Peck had six, as did tury-Fox, in one lot cap- The fourth
Ferrar, while Guinness had four. and Afth ballots tured those for the best showed no change, but on the calls for Pascal to imme- By Harold Conway English language picture, sixth and final ballot Peck roll- diately produce at the RKO
the best direction and the up nine, Ferrar six and studios in Hollywood a It's all very pleasant for outstanding performances
Guinness otke, top-budget screen version actors to get up at public by actor and actress.
The feminine race was strict- of the famous Shaw play, meetings and virtuously
ly between Judy Holliday of The winners: "All About “Born Yesterday", Bette Davis cinema but also for Pascal to pro- blame
All About Eve" and exhibitors Eve," director Joseph L. Swanson of "Sunset Boul films for the British film crisis. Munkiewicz, duce two additional
(for
"All Miss Holliday and Miss in which Miss Simmons But I still' think the
About Eve",) studios, and
and stara had seven each on the
the first While Jean Simmons is un-themselves, are due for an in "Twelve O'Clock High") Halliday gained one at the ex- actors Gregory Peck (for his role ballot, with two votes for Miss Swanson. On the second, Miss Cer contract to
Arthur economy wave. Rank, Pascal, who discovered
and Bette Davis (for her
pense of Miss Swanson, who her, holds most of the remain- Even with the present cuts in role in "All About Eve").
dropped out on the third time Ing commitments
her force the contrast between Alm tinkier
round when Holliday and Davis "All About Eve" scored and stage salarles le fantastic, neat bull's-eye on the first ballet, held on the fourth Rank deal.
"were even with eight. The vote A girl I know was paid £60 for receiving 11 votes, Other Pie on the fifth and the anal sixth, ballot, brut 12 days' work on one film (10 lures and
the ballots cast for the count was them were "Sunset Boulevard",
six for Miss three "Asphalt Jungle",
Holliday and 10 for Miss Davis. two;, "Dovil's Doorway one.
The voting rules require a two-thirds
falling majority, OF girl in "Androcles anxi the ing parts in stage repertory for that, tho taking of six ballots
offers her the greatest £8 a week.
to determine a winner.. Another soaring
Mankiewicz, victor in ther actress-you know starting role of her career.
Gabriel Parent long has been long ago for four days' Alm earlier, won out on the fourth one of the outstanding creators work; she disappears after the ballot, receiving 11
ballots
over of European Alms, having had went to the leading part in a with three, and Billy Wilder,
first reel. From this job she John
(Asphalt Jungle") Huston, his own. production unit in
Germany
repertory production at £15 France, Italy,
a('Sunset Boulevard") with two. ".. On the first ballot,
lot, Manklowicz notable week, England. Among the
I don't want
to be unfair to received ove votes, as did Wilder, to lose that tag, "the most produced
these youngsters, who have a while Huston had three; there beautiful "Major Bar-
girl in the and Cleo tough time job-hunting. But were single votes for Carol Reed world." and Caesar patre."
(The Third Man"), Elia Kazan tomatic of the extravagance run-**
and Instead, she'd like to be he also directed,
ning right through the studios-John Sturges ("Right Cross), known as "the girl with will The original Show play be closely adhered to..
up to the top stars and tech- Reed and Sturges were out on the most exciting future." How-nicians.
the second tally, Huston and over, the film version will em-
When the cry is that British Kazan held their votes, while play the beepe of the
motion Alma lose. money, this lavishness Manidowicz bad seven, Wilder: picture comern to achieve a seems crazy,
thepiction completely modern
five, and. Huston, four." of the Early Roman Empireo hackground against which the brillant Show sudiro is "uD=
thinica the lines have
since
This girl is glad to act lead-
Her role of Zavinia, the been cut out, beautiful Christian patrician
Lion,"
Alms he has
bara" "
CHARLES BOYER JOAN FONTAINE folded.
ALEXIS SMITTL
CONSTANT NY
CHARLES COBURN ATLA
VORMEN EDMUND GOULDING TO-MORROW
THE LOVES OF
CARMEN?
and
are
་
The
De Carlo
VARIETY PROGRAMME
* AT. REDUCED PRICES
ROX V* BROADWAY
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
2nd BIG WEEK.
HIS MAS
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HALLS
OF MONTEZUMA
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*** HOUR IN 1 HISTORY'S FINEST.
HEROISM 1-S
Richard WIDMARK
BROADWAY SPECIAL ADMISSION PRICES: $3.50,
$2.40 &$1.50
No Complimentary Tickets Avaliable.
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW
het naine--was paid £256 201 Film Daily Tops of 1950 Wants To Lose ROXY: AF 12.00 Noon
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the matter two of which such scales of pay are sympanic in the Strocia")
FOR GUINNESS
That Tag
Yvonne de Carlo
wants
claiming, this title. During the Yvonne has seven reasons for past few weeks two Hollywood producers have been trying to ACTOR VOTING HECTIC
put her under personal contract; 'has been inundated with Alec Guinnces tells me,
While six ballots were requir-TV offers from New York; sadly, that I' have done od to determine the best per- negotiations are almost com- him an injustice. He is not a hele voting was in the actor Palladium; scripts from British formance winners, the most plated for her to appear at the
» NEWTON AS FERROVIÐB rich man. His aim caring for
Robout Newton, whooo por- the past. 10 months, " It sooms, Cuingway, «Da the - first - ballet, producers have been flowing intą trayal of Long John Silver in total Uitle more than 23,000, five vOKE, WONT BE
candidates and their respeenar het kants her to
her Park-lane apartment; Fer- Walt Disney's "Trenaira am o sorry.
de In Vedette", with
finest character portrayals of
motors are paid hand-
as one of the somoly two past year Bas been sign politician
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Messalim," In Rome.
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He has promised to;
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"HALLS OF MONTEZUMA”.
BROADWAY: At 12.00 Noon TECHNICOLOR CARTOON
PROGRAMME, From
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# AT 2.30; 5:20,
SHOWING MAJESTIC 7.20 & 9.30
TO-DAY
P.M.
TO-MORROW EXTRA 'SHOW AT 12.00 NOON.
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TECHNICOLOR
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