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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1953.
KING S
PRINCESS
HOT CÔNG
AT 2.30, 5.30,
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
EMPIRE
I'M 50 LAZY, TODAY. I'M GOING DOWN
TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.15. AT 2.30, 5.30,
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THEY'RE PAVING A NEW;
HOWL-HAPPY "ROAD" FOR YOU!
ROCKED with LAUGHTERI
BUMPY with SONGIN
J
CURVED with GIRLSI
·SPLASHED with COLORI
FARAMOUNT praseniz
BING: CROSBY
4.
BOB HOPE
DOROTHY. LAMOUR
in the dönerDES
ROAD TO BALI
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Rood To Bat "To See You"
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
PROČILNÉ BY HARRY TUGINO
Duscled by HMGALDEN
Screenplay by FRANK BUTLIR,
ARE MANTEN WILLIAM MORROW
New Songs-Lys by ICHIRO BUNG
MUSK VY JAMES YAN HEUSEN
Also Latest Paramount Nows
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ALSO SUNDAY AND MONDAY
PRINCESS & KING'S 11.30 A.M.
EMPIRE 12.30 P.M.
66 ROAD TO BALI”
TO MY CABIN FOR A NAR
· By Los Falk and Phil Davis.
AT 2.30, 5.15,
psse SHE'S COMING!
FIND THE MAR
NO, DIDN'T FINISH LOOKIN'. I'LL HAVE ANOTHER TRY.
Even Madame Tussaud's Grew Impatient With Laughton
In the film world, last his torso-can last a life- his back on Hollywood and "Honging Judge," the Raymond year's shining star is this time.
played at the Old Vic for Massey £20 G week because he respected his craft more than his bank balance,
year's has-bee, But an Charlle Laughton was actor-a being who relies once an actor of Integrity on his talent rather than and refinement. He turned
CHINESE FILM TOPS THE LIST Says SUE DAWSON
screen.
Arc
But at any moment now we are going to see Laughton play ing third-fiddle stooge to Abbott their latest
In
and Costello |rumpus.
And, however competently ha may clown, I think that is the bottom of the slippery slope for the man who was once called "The English Emil Jennings."
ΠΟΥ
play
which Bir Godfrey Teacle recently scored. course, it would be a gamble.
Laughton" should, accept.
He would have to net again. But Laughton once had the courage to gamble on himself, and he won nearly £40,000.
a
When Korda made "Henry VIII" Laughton took only nominal salary, Ho. had sufficient faith in himself and the script to chance a ten per cent deal on the profits of the film. And his faith paid off handsomely.
If Laughton is to survive as serious actor he must plunge again. And his best place for plunging is Britain.
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5. SHOWS TO-MORROW SUNDAY
MONDAY Extra Porformance "Million Dollar Mermaid” at 11.30 a‚m.
ROX Y BROADWAY
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3 YEARS IN THE MAKINGI.
3 MILLIONS TO MAKE!
CAST OF TERS OF
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MARIA MONTEZ-PAUL CHRISTIAN
beteged sheep Canyo
FAYE MARLONE MASSIMO SERATO
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5 SHOWS DAILY,
ROXY & BROADWAY: TO-MORROWS
BROADWAY:
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Extra Performance At 12 Noon
ROXY SPECIAL MORNING SHOWS
Sunday, 15th February At 12.00 Noon
Starring Richard WIDMARK • Robert WAGNER A 20th Century-Fox Picturo
DOWNHILL ROAD Laughton has been allthering downhill for years. Now he's 52, almost level pegging in years with actors like Gielgud, Olivier
*For Hollywood Is befuddled The film feast prepared circumstances" has forced him and Richardson, who are for Chinese New Year offers to divorce her, and eventually at the peak of their art But and bemused by a good actor. Laughton, who won an "Oscar" It is only happy with types. blatant comedy on one side accepts bribes,
HISTRIONICS OVERDONE for his Henry VIII in his carly And if Laughlon has any spark of the harbour, and enchant- The histrionles
rather thirties, wouldn't rate a wooden of ambition delt he must know ing tragedy on the other. overdone in one of his last spoon these days.
what is happening to him, even While the King's is showing scenes, when Kwel Ying, who
Actors
it "ham." Ever since citizen. "Road to Ball", the Majestle is he believes has committed sut-The rave a word for it. though he is now an American And I'd like to, seo The the two-and-a-half cide, visits him in a thunder-Laughton played the lip-curling heur
Chinese flm "A Torn storm. Surprisingly
enough,
Bligh of the Bountya villain Laughton effigy back in Madame
Tussaud's. of the court who learned his kavish tricks
thero Lily", which has been made in for the ministers
It was put Hongkong with Mandarin cern
pretty corrupt bunch, he on the playing fields of Dart atter "Henry VIII It has now dialogue and two starlets com-
gets his deserts, and Kwel Ying mouth-he's been imprisoned been removed and melted down. paratively new to the Chinese sets sadly out for their home by his mannerisms.
ROBERT OTTAWAY | “HALLS OF MONTEZUMA” Technicolor province of Shantung with her GENIUS MUFFLED It is the story from
childhood girl friend, playe Everyone knows the Laughton the delightfully by Shih Wel, and line, the thick leer, the voice famous stage play of a thoat- sand years ago; a moving tale the faithful old servant who with the genteel ander, the wink
stayed with
master in the ing eye. of a sing-song girl who gives
hir
It's d hallmark as stalo Capital until he everything she has and can get duvenchanted
became and stereotyped as the Alastair so that her husband may study He is a wonderful fellow, this
Cecil B. de Mille last week at his treachery. Sim eye-roll or the Bette Davis announced plans for the biggest
slouch. for the Grand Examination of
topical note
the Yet this was
the man who film of his career, The Ten the Imperial Court.
disastrous but
not
allogether Bitted Shia Mung, who
story of to Commandments, the Rembrandt from plays the convincing Blood, which never- Ruggles of Red Cup, from Tony
Moses as a part of Kwei Ying, is somo di theless shows some pathetic Pirelli in The Squeaker" to the
The film
· goes Into.pro- covery as an actress. Unusually socnes, all too familiar. There bad Barrett of Wimpole Street been described as being based. duction later This year, has tall, sho moves with quiet is some beautiful photography grace, Beting so
who expressively in the film, a sword-dance by to
once had ambitions
stories from the Bible, Torah, although
King cannot Shia Mung
Lear. to play haunting and the
the Koran and other ancient Last year we had a tiny fash ment rather like a mandolin.
can best-seller, "Priaco of seedy tramp in The
Wall Great
Movie the
the O. Henry can Enterprises have Ping Fan is the adored but bestirred themselves, and it is of a new Laughton freed Salome, In that alm Alta Hay-
certainly Then I felt that there was hope
accum do Mille will be more than the makers of spincicag husband Wong Qual, good to
accomplished Bee So whose character mts hoad awolls after his examina Hongkong.
was confirmed when I saw his worth does the dance of the tion success in the Capital. He takes a new
that
OBC
the
mar
од
understand Mandarin, nothing notes of the pl-pa, an instru-of the old Are when he played Writings, and a current Amori-
of the story is missed in spite of Intermittent cap-
the sketchy
tions in English.
three-story fim "Full House." Egypt.
13 bis n production coming from als shackles. And that feeling
"Don Juan In
As far as film-fare goes, this stage appearance over here in seven vells to save the life of Hell." There John the Baptist, and does not Kwel Ying that the "force to is the pick of the New Year was the genius that Hollywood demand that King Herod give
wife,
writes
of feast!
CAPITOL MAJESTIC Bing, Bob And Ballyhoo
OPENING TO-NIGHT
AT 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
A "GREAT WALL" Suporproduction in Ancient Chinese Costume and roal Chinese Architectural and sconery beauty.
The First Chinese Film with English Sub-titios
the CHINESE ART,
For YOU, who love
the CHINESE LITERATURE.
花
海
̇孽
A TORN LILY
Starring: Hala Moon
Be
Absolutely crazy--the craziest
Suddenly there is Humphrey
of all Bing's and Bob's 'Rood' Bogart, pushing his way through films, and this one is in colour, the reeds of the lake, straight : which livens things
"The Africah up oven from
Queen". Even his 'Oscar award is there more.
to prove it...(such subtle, nd- Penniless, Crosby and Hope vertising) hit the "Road to Ball" as deep- The jaws of the crocodile are divers, to retrieve sunken only the Arst of countless jawa trvazure, for Prince Ken Aruk of thenger_tigers, monster (Mervyn Vye), who takes them baboons with hidious facts, to the island of Vatu where his capture
headhunters, by cousin, Lalah McTavish (71) is erupting volcanoes and so on. Princess.
An Englishman in blimp-type Lana Turner warns Bing the shorts appears momentarily whole
talentning L sheer from nowhere with a "thanks, murder, but that doesn't worry old boy, and the programme Bing. After all, he is not doing СУСП includes a marriage. the diving. Ho just sits aboard between Crosby and Hope, Prince Arok's Imaury yacht When at the end it comes to with Lana,
who gets girl' However, the
resorta to (or Hope, the undtagen, whatever it is) that
magle he har picked up in the the sub-marke peril, is
course of his eastern wander inclinech to detain the innocuous ings, Ho pipes a tune over an Hope, who is allowed to sur- empty Jobster basket face with the treasure, But at sea-shore, and to-there 越 the critical moment, the master Jone
Putasoll
complete In obligingly flips wicked Prince picture hat, long gloves, Arok overboard. (Never fear, heels and swimsuit! But
off with reappears Inter.)"
Bing as well, Thenceforward, adventures o
while the abandoned Hope, stili girl-less, tries to prolong THE
be
the
directing proceedings. point of
on the
high
OIER.
and pariis pile up, each trailing ND of the ploture, so he con a thousand bone ends. What matters? As long as our heroes have another try.
But letters
and heralno
"POSITIVELY around reading
THE nothing. They suffer shipwreck END" black him out, and that because of Bing's crooning, and is that Hope misses the mapping jaws VERDICT: Tremendous fun of a crocodile by only-the wat if you like this sort of his pants,
foolery.
of tom-
haa muffled.
A man who shares that ballef
her the prophet's héad on a platter.
is producer Michael Powell. He This must surely be Holly-
is persuading him to come back
wood's most shocking distortion
to Britain for the film version of to date-Ken Smith
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"SONG OF THE ISLAND” Technicolor Starring Botty GRABLE ● Victor MATURE
A 20th Century-Fox/Picturo <T Tuesday, 17th February, As 12,00 Noon “CHINA. GIRL"
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