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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1954.
French Gangster Film Talk
Film Is Kunyonesque
By JACK SCHEMEIL
Paris.
The world of the cincina has just been enriched by France's first major gangster film, "Ne touchez pas au grisbl," which means, "Lay Off the Dough."
By JANE ROBERTS
Film companies must always be on the look- out for dominant personalities to weave their screen plays around, Contemporary characters preferably with something shally about them, are preferred from the Box Office angle, of course, But there's so much thin ice to skate over in such cases, that by the time the subject has given his permission for the expurgated material to be turned into a picture, it's worthless except as
Rather than let Hollywood keep a monopoly on this type of film, the French have come up with a piece of cinematographie violence, brutality and raw passions that might well excel James Cagney's and Edward G, Robin-portrait of a saint. son's best contributions of this nature.
bu: thus
The veteran director, Jaeg ser Broker, threw everything the kitchen slavo inter hodgepodtage of 1:14 Fren underworld Men are killed londves and bullets, cars ovel turn and burn, a molt is slipped
akulamppet mobster auspendet from
Angertips
2
to make him "sti."
Unlike Formandel's
Enemy No " which mathe
Uth g
Becker's Alm
Tinly. Jean well known in the States. pinys The
**Publ
was
International Flavour For "Helen"
tak
By GEORGE SALERNO
Gabin,
Rome.
United
[eacting
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the
Max Character,
Lar, The gresie fer who veform Just peel
'TOUGHE TALK
th
Not stopping at giving it the fall tremtient, Berkers
by
い
adaptation of a detective novel
Albert Stavuin retains the of the Paris under- which only members of
1. ngunge world
а
Eyen colourful characters recently deceased, are unlikely starters, as they've always got the odd relative Hovering, lynx-eyed for points to take to the law courts.
By far the most satisfactory of the Princess Pulcheria and a
of version from all angles is the historical savage personally, if he was bad, so allure in the person
who plays intich the better; if he was good. Gam. then there must have been a daughter,
feminino of Rita Afula's
Greek-born
Grune,
villain in the piece somewhere, Rome has the hullas beauty.
ut his heels, who Sophis Loren and snapping could be built up to satisfy the Irene Fapas in similar roles of craving of the majority for n Princess Onorin, and
ittle leavening vice.
Attila's Invourite mistress. Rocent
have been While most of the Hollywood! examples Julius Caesar, King Arthur and picture, which cost a reported is being filmed un Take an American direct-Lucrezia Borgia, while further $1,000,000.
Universal-International sound back. Queen Christina, nn French actor,
Charlie and Cleopatra came in stage, the Italian counterpart is a for their share of attention. lavish $2,000,000 production Now we're to hear about two with 1,000 nelors andi extras, people who've (as far as I can cost!
costly exterior sets, and expedi 201
the trans fraced
In the remember)
It may of your real atmosphere. screen so far toenwirles are tatter than mine
talian actress, add several British and Greek support- ing players, and you have an idea of the international Devour of the "Helen bring Try
mude Warner Brothers.
This $5,000,000
of
by
1954
m
the underworld and Simonin's version of the Homeric classic readers understand,
Becker's quest for authenticity
of this kind is based on the pre- mike Bial countless. Thousands of Fregelunen are Simonin's avid tours.
Eughsh-speaking madienees, The jp༧༣༣༩{༤༣༧(+1* will be ved Trouble if following the strange innguage of the original. There will be a dubbed version and klon, one with subtitles. The Laryninge will be
COINITION-Use English with a bit f Damon Runyon thrown in.
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Curiously. Itunyon Als the French underground to perfor-
Mix tion.
the Llar counterpart of Hurry the Horse. There's une charseter valfect Fin the Loafer and others carry intenta koleknumes that to all and purposes have come off the pates of funyon's short startes.
The story of Y Off this Dough" deals with two rival mob. fighting for the possession sahicken treasure in
steten gold worth 50 million franes.
Becker shot much of his ro in the authentic locale of Place Palle at the top of the Mont- martre waiting every night until the bistros emptied.
Other scenes were med in fashionable Avenu Hoche moll supposedly where Max's occupies a swank apartment. A climactic gun battle was fought
here
that's
why thing been
attempted al Cinecitta studios since MGM nude its super-colossal "Que
Vadia ere four years ago.
The
Hollywood director is
Wis: voterat. Reber:
athi he has as his stars the French matinee idol. Jacques Sernas, | portraying Priner Paris,
the strikingly beautiful Rossanu Podesta of Italy, i the title
rota role.
Then
the
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VEIL LIFTED
But the Hollywood Yersion is "SIGN OF THE PAGAN."
formation.
he
was
ALSO FABULOUS I'd been puzzled for me ane
the by Mrcing, in
advance
character The other fabulous plotures of is Genghis Khan und lie part publicity columns. both Jack Palance and Anthony will be taken by John Wayne. Quinn as Attila the Hun, No According to some advance in
have stery had come through with the pictures and I'd been very played the role in a "bald" wig, much mystified. Now comes the but the producer and director
finally decided that if Civ
Crosby's hrung of the vril. Aut
Rime Ki Hollywood, vying and Bayer's popularity coul
couldn't world's stand the cash of the
the risk of a receding Jor
Wayne's chances with inivic fans, have finally clashed hairline.
dome bend-m with two Aims on the
naked Д completely weren't too good and he's been same subject.
An hordes of fifth century allowed his hair. Huns, led by an American-born
whom
a
short
FROM
there's the Amercan Robert Douglas, 08 Maltese- Agamemnon;
The fact that Susan Hayward American, Eduardo Clanelli os
the Ap has romantic role opposite him Attila, stream down fisherman, the Greek Andros
penines towards genuine Rome, probably swayed the decision in and a Greek actor, Alex
extras
in similar Barb are favour of hair. Revidos, as the Spartan Cup-
Pedro from the Hollywood emerging
Armandariz, talo, Alpheus.
hills to
as Cesare of the you've rush a replica
seen Just Britain
represented by
real thing.
Borgia in "LUCRECE BORGIA" Baker DIS Achilles, Stanley
Both fins deal with the story is high on the east list, es art Patroclus. Terence Langdon as
of the 11un lealer whose such excellent character actors the Greek warrior, and Cedrie
followers, 700,000 strong, creamed as Agnes Moorehead and Thomas Hardwick as Kl Prim.
the Alps into Italy after ravag- Gornez (By the way, ing most of Europe and who while ago I saw a preview of
REDHEADS almost
wiped out the remnants THOS
which SEATTLE" in
Agnes of the split Roman Empire. SEAT
The Hallon Attila ay m Holly Moorehead was the mother of It should be wood actor, Anthony Quinn, Rhonda Fleming, who considers this one of the showing soon and Agnes Moore- anest roles of his career. The head in it was delightful.) Hollywood barbarlun chief is Returning to Genghis Khan- Jack Palance who considers the film is to be called
the pro- and this one of the finest roles of CONQUEROR"
ducer
and director combined is his career!
none other than the one time crooner, Dick Powell!
Te like to have been able to location sald
the
121
HELEN AND PARIS The largest sound stage Italy was commandeered for the erection of King Priam's
throne room, Now
completed.
the massive plaster creation of Cinecitta Centures 20 40-foot
flanking it on three sides.
Britain's Bluebell Girls ballet tape came down from London and already has completed work before the "Helen of Troy"
its
cameras, exceuting the colour- ful
otal with blanks in the woods of bacchanale ballet under the
St. Cloud.-United Press.
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The latter apparently went ove into strict training for his role work was being carried out he is reported to have sold (after grudging permission had Tibet or "As long as I've been asked to been. obtained)
to The Helen of Trop" him story
play Attila, I'm going to keep somewhere
character is an adaptation by Hollywood the
was correct as possible, Atilla writer John Twist, who has con-
teacher,
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In Greek mythology. Helen
n child was Sparta by Theseus
too.'
And here's the sidelight on
She returned years later to her drink several gallons of wine Southern Utah of the good old
little in habit and custom since
the weigh
Interest Attila that must have inspired authenticity might have.
It seems SD Palance. "Attile, KOTO of the
the Intriguing to know that of history, groW fiercest leaders
meat
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wives and could milk, had 400 to Attica.
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long queue to and married be Queen of Sparta,
play Asia which have changed very Menelaus, the choice of her Solomon. father.
But back to the Hun. Both Warners' verslon
opens with films are climaxed by Attiin's his ftetime.
but otherwise they Helen already Queen of Sparta, death,
concerns itself mostly with manage to tell different stories.
Hollywood version
incidentally, I've just heard her fight to Troy with Paris and The
centred on the court of Emperor about
another yet. the eventual Spartan-Trojan war Theodostus, of the East, and technique.
called This one's which leads to the death of her the Rome story has Emperor MOBELIA
(Bounds ilke handsome lover:
name of another now Blm stari) Valentinian, of the West
Jeft Hollywood's
Chandler and in this, the size of the plays General Marelan who sup- sercen can be varied from scene posedly defeats Atilla to become to seene..
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