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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1953.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
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HOW DO YOU
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FOR A SPLIT SECOND, MANDRAKE! SEEMS TO VANISH~~
CH--TIKRE YOU ARE? NOBODY'LL HEAR THE SHOT IN THIS STORM--
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
THEN HE SEEMS TO REAPPEAR THE THUG SHOOTS-ATMANDRAKES
FIGURE-IMAGE-- WHILE MANDRAKE WATCHES, INVISILE
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Jerry LEWIS in "At War With The
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THE TRUE STORY OF A WITCH WOMAN
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12.30 P.M.
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SHOWING TO-DAY: -2,30—5.30—7.30 & 9.30 P.M. THE BOLDEST TALE OF PIRACY THE SCREEN HAS EVER TOLD! Whan_the_Pirato Kings of the Spanish Main Clashed for blood-stained treasura....a red-haired beauty....and possession of the pirate stronghold!
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At Reduced Admission Pricas --- Ann Blyth & David Farrar in "GOLDEN HORSE!!
HIGH MARKS FOR HIGH NOON
in
By SUE DAWSON
returns to replace the 'n star on his shirt, much to his Quaker wife's disgust. In fact to every- tne's; there is no support forth- coming.
Perhaps not a Cooper to beat all Coopers
there have been several of those since the 1920s when Gary came into the limelight -
It is this factor which makes the tremendous climax, so that but certainly top Cooper the only real action during the
Western A
to beat whole hour and a half of the all Westerns. There have, film break loose in the lost
twenty minutes. allegedly, been several of plenty of scope for being a hero! Cooper hus these too, bnt
few have Not the events, but the insight really qualified for the into human beings involved in description. "High Noon", the events is the utilisual and important thing about this I think, does,
paychological drama, this unique Western.
The invr'erate Western goer who ୫୯୯୩ this is In for a THUGS BEYOND REPROACH surprise, It breaks
many of
the conventions of the In such a fin, the acting is customary Cowboy film, and frebly important. Gary Cooper is with them, the tedious sameness unquestionably good, and the which stamps every adventure thugs beyond reproach. The from the slick wildness of townspeople are excellent support Western studios, Trus,
there for them. That leaves the young are horses, cops and robbers deputy ranger, whose lack of and gunfights one gunfight. daring And maturity come As Baked Alaska would not be through well in Lloyd Bridge's Baked Alaska without the fee performance, and the two svommen. cream, so you could not tag the One of these is Mexican Katy the most exciting name 'Western' to a fim with Jurado - out any of these ingredients, character in the film-brave, What is so revolutionary about sophisticated, worldly-wise. The "High Noon" is the way the other is the girl Cooper marries, story is unfolded, and the con- Grace Kelly, who is well, just centration on the human side of 30-80.
it. There is none of the usual Being a Stanley Kramer pro- duction, the distinction of "High explanation or
introduction;
Come-back Girl Is Coming Back Once More
By KEN SMITH
Britain's come-back. girl No. 1 is coming back-for the third time very nicely, thank you. And not before time.
Few actresses aged 26 have twice known wealth and fame and twice been flung back to the bottom of the ladder.
She is Peggy Cummins, 501. in. tall, soven stone honey blonde with blue eyes, She first became * stor at 13, when Warners gave her a contract on the strength of her success in the revue "Let's Preiend."
Because of her Bgc she was
allowed to work only during the school holidays, Her first dim was Dr O'Dowd. The day after the film was shown war
Was declared and her Warner con- tract was cancelled,
At 18 Peggy made come-back No. 1.
She was "discovered" while working as a salesgiri in a London store. A year later came her biggest success, as the 12-year-old in Juntor Miss.
hurdly anything Is suld at at Noon", his first Western, is per-week. In Hollywood they did
in the first ten minutes
You
hape not really so surprising. It of the was he who made "Cyrano de
Burgerac",
watch through a glass,
darkly, what you feel to be the of a critical· episode,,
beginning atmosphere is being
Α
THIS IS WHY
built up, while slowly the my- stery is dispersed. Words and their full moves have
Why did Vivien
Leigh after
starring and accept the
role in now being made. And the whole thing is Elephant Walle. egulated by the clock. It is med In Ceylon?
significance
they have
only some time
spoken
been
minutes to eleven when you first see the hands of clock; the train is due in Hadleyville at midday high
noon.
There is nothing particularly unusual about the story--it is the tale of an ex-ranger, who, having just been married, is off for his honeymoon-when-ho finds that a murderer he sent to: be hanged some years before, and whose sentence was com muted to 'life, is coming back to town on the noon train, for which three of his henchmen ure waiting up at the station.
The townspeople greatly fear the deadly Frank Müller (Ian
"As soon as I saw that the planter's wife was described us a 'normal, healthy girl I jumped at the role," she says.
"Oh, the bliss of not having to go mad, commit suicide or contemplate murder!"
- Lawronco At Last –
of life THE
Lawrence of Arabia is to be filmed ot last. Independent producer David E. Rose is acquiring the biographical rights from Law renee's estate and production will begin later this year.
MacDonald), but are disinclined Earlier, Rose will bring Gary to resist him. Ex-ranger Will Cooper here to im Äfrican Kane (Gary Cooper) is advised Rifles with location shooting to get out quickly; he starts, but in Kenya.
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FLYNN UFAFA AGAINST
ALL FLAGS Technicolor
Hollywood grabbed her, and in 1945 sho went to America with a seven-year contract at £250-
their best to smooth the life out of her and turn her Into yet another specimen of the Hally- wood doll. They didn't succeed.
They picked her to play Amber.
Two months (and £75,000) later they sicked her. She still looked too young and fresh,
Still Not Satisfied
Four Bms for Twentieth Century in America and Britain followed, but in 1048 her con- tract wis terminated-three years early, Her four years had been full of bad luck and -
health.
She returned to Britain for come-back--No.--2-the-lead -- in Benn Levy's play Cupid and Psyche. It died on the road: before reaching London.
Peggy dreaded the return to Alms. Since the end of last year she has made Who Gots There, Meet Mr. Lucifer, and Street Corner. Now she's busy Pinewood in Always a Bride.
at
But Peggy is still not sallsfled, "I would like to make a fourth come-back," she sald. looking for a new play."
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TO-MORROW
AIR-CONDIMONEG Morning SHOW
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Dean MARTIN and Jorry LEWIS
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“AT WAR WITH THE ARMY”
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Original Title:
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22 PAGET RODENT RUTH WAGNER HUSSEY
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