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THE CHINA MAIL,” SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1954.
Around Hollywood With MICHAEL RUDDY
MICHAEL
JUDY GARLAND IS A STAR RE-BORN
VESL
Warner Brothers Studios, 10.8. Lot's Ho. Judy Wearing LA old most Ready the best-planned and
fashioned top hal, talis, efficient of the Hollywood and tight pants of '90s, Judy film factories, la busy and nodded. The cameras zoomed 2,500 workers cheerfully high over the stage. The music Jingle those silver dollars on began. And against a kalei payday
Seven films doscope of brilliantly costumed
dapcers, Judy sang on the floor, although and a medley of old songs...
"Swance" two are actually filming in you'll cheer when you see this, Rome, "Helen of Troy," and near Oniro, "Land of the Pharaohs."
are
act
And the coldest looking villainous Sultan, Bex Harrison,
was en after
month several ting of the biting the dust hand-to-hand fighte mace Stage 7 where director William versus battle-axe. sword. versus Wellman ("The High And The seimiler. George Sanders growls Mighty", gag, zwar rehearsing Hebei tobum, Teresa through his regal role as King Wi
Dians monarch, Wright,
Lynn, Beulah Richard, dies like
wicked
plotters Bondi, Philip Tonse and the two
and Robert Hunter, Stetched Douglas get Milehigel" "Pato
their ⚫
clean,
vast gomo upper Great spectacle all, pana
to the white made in Southern California,
Ar-glad
mountains. The and should-makce milliona
only. Much of ablour ma acarlet Mackinaw worn by
and
Mariasa
and Tab
QUEEN'S
-MORROW MORNING AT. 11.30 AM,
MCM's. Technicolor Musical
“TEXAS CARNIVAL"
ith Esther Williama Red Skoltap
AT REDUCED PRICES!
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
bus Special Tirent To-day: "2.30—5.157.30 & 9.40 p.m.
Oul. of Uin re-make with music and dance of a classic alm, Judy is like a phoenix a
Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton Mitchum star re-born... talked
Pavan with
(Plor twin sister) WEID while Angell'e
Contrasta For Diana bar, for a few minutes
outside their lest in London coffee other she related: In her dressing- having
will caravan-dressing
as I teenager of rooms turned room. "1 hope out thousands of weapons, like this film. We've all worked
another of the standard frustrated በረ plastic, in wood and
hope to return to Loudon and stories of the US. Cavalry this mountain village," Diana
But for both these pro- ductions, the mill, the prop-
and six shop departments, have
everyone
very hard....And next year I Beat" on to the set of "Drum Blue", actors are not expendable, Glasgow, Manchester, Birming- versus the Redskins. Alon in
and shipped them to
the of
scene
battles....
m the unhappy
stuck spinster
2nd BIG WEEK
故要
the
Lynn, My
The Moon Is
"'dial M for Murder
In
We've
in
s is the ligh Blertes, 1880, perfect for this sombre
the
greye in
said. And the metnice 13 A cougar, a killer, in this story. "Track of the Cat,” The Jocala
the ham,
the and again meet
"Join us?" said cinoma wonderful people who helped tunic and riding boots.
me so much," Judy wild.
just come back from a wonder ful location, Sedona, Northern Arizona, but it was hot. 110 in the shade," "There was no
shade," Audrey mur- mured. "But the key was so blue, it reminded me of Italy." said Marisso.
Torin Britons. three For Thatcher, Sir Cedric Hardwiche, and Robert Douglas ta doughly
been 0 In Itome, villas, all by Warners, Ho, ho, for the life of an actor!
Jack Hawkins and James Robertson Justion, a fine
carcer. Six months living in luxurious expenses puld
FOUND WANTING
what "I have learned
the
bo
COOL PICTURE
Seat, family name Finlayson), responsibilty of being a star "Helen of Tory" has
is."....And her co-star, James
in the Canadian Strat BIO, ford Festival, is also learning that that Shakespeare cannot taken lightly. His "Measure for
Alan Ladd's last film made Measure" was dissected by the critics and found
in Britain, about whaling in wanting.... But, a good effort. Even when the Antarctia called Hell compered
with
Also Below Zoro", is being shown what
In the USA....It ought to do Guinness might have done....
The Silver Chalice", one of well this summer. That's a cool the many in the Biblical cycle, picture. 80 below zero. Icebergs. Vast ice floos" Alen sald. Good is being directed by former Birmingham cinema manager, selling point.
this
in kills and with falcon, will
me to Hollywood later
a relaxing session of your for interviews and personal appearances....
COSTLIEST IN HISTORY
At the Burbank studios, the biggest musicale, and the cost- West in Warner history, "A Star Is Born", is, in the com-
i pletion stage. watched Judy Garland in the 14-minute dance spectacle, in which she tells in sung and dance, the history of hur full fe.
Ho crualed
Choreographer is brilliant Dick Barstow. He and his sister danced in Britain like Frod and Adele Astaire.
for Gertrude LawrenES dances and Noel Coward in "Tonight 8.30" He worked for C.B. Cochran,
Knew Anna Neagle
art when she was Marjorie Robert So. "I create the dances and the spectacles for the Ringling Bros. Circus, but this," indicat- ing the stuge
which on dancers awaited Judy Garland, "I what 1 enjoy
he .mnost," sald.
77
Independent
Mickey
Victor Savillo, who launched his career as an producer with two of
вся and mayhem, Bolilano's
items.
..Jack Palance murder (remember him in "Shane" and "Sudden Fear'?) is a sort of magician-conjuror - juggior in this,
with beauteous Virginia Mayo and charming Pier Angell wearing silkon robes of the period and smiling gently for the cameras.
Virginia has a royal time in "King Richard and the Crusa dera" Warner's version of Sir Walter Scoll's "The Talisman". Battles between Crusaders and. her, Saracens are fought over but Laurence Harvey
knight (speaking Scottish sort of Old Via English) sweeps
her off in the Indie-out....
knight- Oh, it's all gallant, hood
flower, with the
the
The First Authentic
Cowboy Film
By JANE ROBERTS
A letter Lo the paper written as a result of my interest in Spanish-speaking Apaches in "GUN FURY"
realise made me
all over again the tremendous ap- petite for western pictures there is an appetite shared by young and old alike, it
seems.
a
NOON" (for which he won an "Oscar") and "THE TALL TEXAN" which he also directed will early 1953, whch Robert L. Lippert agreed to back the documentary venture.
SIX-MONTH TEIF
to
Last
year, Williams and his wife set out in a station wagon with the basic outline of a story and unrestricted freedom travel some 12,000 miles of the United States and Moxico.
The trip took them six months, over They travelled hundreds of
Westerns have preoccupied Hollywood continuously
tale, and whites of winter.... Virginia
husband, Mayo's Michael O'Shee, was asked by Warners to me, the premiere of "King Richard, etc."
which stars his wife, "Sorry", he said. "Im doing a television
show and I simply cannot be €580- clated with motion pictu In Ho-hurn. New Team: Dan Dalley and Gene
in Tair Weather"", Kelly ✡ musicale at MOM.... And "Oklahoma" will be filmed in
because Oklahoma Arizona doesn't look like the Oklahoma of the musicale any more.
uny way.
Enter The
Mason Tot
By LEONARD MOSLEY
PORTLAND
With co-starring mother.
PORTLANU
With director father.
PORTLAND
Sola tur
the 40 years since Bronce Billy miles to line up and shoot single made the original horse opera scenes, They found windmill in 1908, but a 1954 feature they wanted to uso la Arizoni, aptly titled "THE COWBOY" a ghost town at Lake Valley Are child film stars is Roy Kelling, Pamela's former is claimed to be the first authen- New Mexico, and took count-human beings too? Not to, husband. tic story of its subject,
less photographs of ancient cowpunchers with wild tales to
from
range,
me.
HEB ONLY RIVAL. How does she 'shape?.
For a five-year-old, not back
So you can see that Portland was not lacking in support al "THE COWBOY" is a two- toll
When I see the name of an encouragement from family end man (or rather a team com- posed of husband and wlte) The youngest of these latter infant at the top of the bill of friend in making her screen debut. (Sho gela bat neme, by show! produced, directed, was 74 and the oldest wouldn't a big new film i quell my in-
the way, not from her resem tell his age but all of them still stent revulsion by telling my- photographed and edited by a
"Now, now, don't start blance to a slab of concrete, but. man called Elmo Williama toon spent from eight to 12 hours in self
the saddle every
day.
with prejudices. Just treat the as & compliment to Portland an idea bulit up and written by his wife Lorraine. It's in East- Wild horse scenes
were brat as if it were a pums or a Hoffa, wife of Fred Allen, the man colour and tukes 70 photographed on runch deep tiger, and regard the picture in American comedian.) minutes to run.
in New Mexico's desolate Son the same category as an animal
60 A film editor since he went to Andreas
miles fim. Hollywood in 1933, Williams
The only comfort I get from was born at a place with the boys mall in an area cow
and on locations scing children in him "last stand"-sounding
name of in the world" sorriest, country
where Be W
knowledge that no matter how Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, and was
woman had ever much dialke them, the pro brought up in New Moden before get
ducer, director, and cameramen cattle country,
strange ina have loathed them more. The idea of making a correct country one's apt to think of as
You have an easier time ly factual picture of the growth being completely discovered and
other mus- and you rot tower bruises and decline of the West was the tamed. Only on regult of a talk with a colour-tang-herd is known to survive photographing rhinoceroses. fu old-timer known as Uncle in the USA.
· get mixed up in the appallingly excoptions. 1 fre Twenty years dgn the ranch You they Bil McCall at Hatch, New
story of soupy Mexico in 1930./
possessed 10,000 homes and gold doubt, por instance, if the director which is all about a londly possibilities of making a motion down to owning 300 and fouling CHILD had any trouble whats and tries to keep her. ploture on the cowboy, to bo 60.
While the grown-ups are mad enacted by natives of the south-
With mechanisation inciting performance out
increase of his tiny tot. For the director ly overacting and overplaylpa west and particularly bringing ing more and more rapidly the James Mason, and the child all pund her, Portlandt doodies in its vanishing generation of poor old home will soon be gl star is his as daughter Pongly in the corner, happily piqneers,
most burply creature of the land.
**_uf***!-conscious", [as friendly He nursed the notion Salla Sperate with thần his comboy | Pretiand's co-star “is hit "unconcerned, as a baby potpr eding three sctional werterna partner, The Williams' venjuté mother, Pamoin Kellino Mason, bear on show in a 100,
"HELLGATE
"HIGH · seems to be a timely mag
and the praficer of "The Child”””
Forms
at all. I won't my that she is as interesting to watch on the Ecrou as a baby elephant, But she is just as attractive as her mother,
who is her only rival and a darned slight in the cast better trean hon Mum for
She la alo wise enough not to
The
Child
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