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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1955.
KINGS PRINCESS; EMPIRE FILMS-CURRENT AND COMING
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SHOWING TO-DAY
It's the talk of the town!" Nominated for 4 Academy Awards!
JAMES STEWART
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S
REAR WINDOW
COCOR BY TECHNICOLOR
GRACE KELLY WENDELL COREY THELMA, RIITER
With RAYMOND BURR Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCX, Screenplay by JOHN MICHAEL HAYES BASED ON THE SHORT STORT BY COINS, WOOLINGH, APARANDON TEXTU
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If you can only see one film over the week-end, then my advice, is to pick the one showing at three cinemas- "Rear Window". With the exception of the King's, Princess and Empire the other theatres seem to
be holding their fire for Easter and while, according to your tastes, you might find some- thing you like in parts of the rest, the Hitchcock picture offers the best all-round entertainment.
lo
ww
Rear Window" Hitchcock is malking another of his familar journeys into the Jungle of suspense and I think that his time he has captured a tiger.
He doesn't crowd his screen with a lot of characters, in spite of the number of lives into which Peeping Tom, James Stewart, can look-it is only th the presence of his principal player that we participate-hor does he give us a false per- spective from the rear window, leading us to suppose that the events we see through Stewart's vyes are other than what they
zeem.
James Stewart is confined to his rooms in an apartment block by a broken leg. Being a by photographer
he naturally gravi- tales towards the window to watch while he cannot work, and
sees from everything he
we ste with him. Things there. that are hidden from him, sit- in his wheel chair, are ting hidden trem Us:
At
thought this may first
unplea- scom to be rather an
garet form of amusement, re- minding one of a sour faced, nasty minded old lady furtively
through peering
lace cur her the hose of catching tains somebody in an unguarded mo
in the
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AND THE BEAN STALK
about James Stewart however. All his interesting neighbours are free in watch him observing them and it is only when he thinks that a a crime has beer. committed by one of them that he resorts to the telescope and a seat in the shadow from the window.
WIDE OPEN
away
The temperature is high New York and everybody, with windows wide open and cur-" tains pulled well back is too of his hot to care how much,
life the neighbours can see. In
Greenwich Village:
where Hitchcock, was clever enough to se is picture, the dwellers' in- comes rule cat air conditioners! CPITTES
The
feeling of heat
comex
OVET extremely well-the muted voices of children and the lazy hooting of cars filter
alleyway ing up through the
Stewart's
to
Brod
vart's room in just the tones of a stifling sum mer's day, And when the camera catches an orange sky at the beginning of an evening
By JANE ROBERTS
James Stewart looks through the "Rear Window"
CinemaScope
In French
· Franec's first Cinema- Scope movie is abont ready, and according to its star, Dany Robin, It's going to make Hollywood take notice.
The French wouldn't have been true to their name had they selected anything but "Fred
Fron
"slightly naughty movie,"
to
Grace Kelly wears some very elegant clothes, speaks clearly, distinctly and humourlessly in her coldly brittle tores,
yet convince us that manager she is in love with James Stewart, as far as her some, what shallow mind can allow It is a pity that we are left tho impression that al- though James Stewart's is the stronger Character, if he mar ries her
he will be smothered by all the conventions and cor rectitudes that a girl of her will demand, once she has ht her man. She devotes
with
2
most
she explained, glorifying the Paris of the cabarets and ray bistros.
"It's the story of a little flower
mod
hal
wild west
as all the heroines before ber. She fakes mårdüding Blackfeet, land grabbers, catll thieves and hired killers with equal level-headedness. Hen few tears are reserved for her father; killed off comparatively early, in the picture,
Benedict Begears is the pro- "ducer and Ronald Reagan- .cu- "star
FLYNN RETURNS
Errol Flynn win zoon be be here in "Lilacs in the Spring” with Anna Neagle, and his fing will have a chance this week, just before the now Alm arrives, od taking a lock at their hero as he appeared irs*1946.
For some reason we seem to be getting quite a few pictures of this vintage recently
and "San Antonia" is the latest.
Aleris Smith, Who has dis- appeared from the screen scène these days is cast opposite him ng a rather retired dance hall girl of the west and Paul' Kelly told Victor Francen are respec- tively tight-lipped and suave.
Law abiding Errol is cleaning up the west in San Antonio": Not entirely disinterestedly how- over; being a cattle owner, he's the automatic cremy of the o- ganised bands of outlaws steal-
ef Texas. His opponents are and killing in the Badlands Victor Fransen and Paul Kelly, with S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall Seng either amusing or irritating according to your feelings about him,
Another link between this cf her time to this western and the forthcoming. being
rewarded by
only his attention, the other hal musical is that Fiyan dances in being fixed on the events tak-boti.
ing place over her shoulder in
?
the rooms girl who becomes 1
of the
commercial
"White Feather" has to do traveller and his wife, and of with the surrender of the great star of the cabaret." confided wide-eyed, pelite
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the honeymooners, the carcer's, Chay:ane tribe of Red Indians to The 8th Day! Still Going Strong!
the lonely girl's and the com- the U.S. Cavalry in 1870. Robert poser's
James
Stewart
appears beyish, and what is rather un- usual for him, cheekily -
impression pudent, an
diff... to convey, acting entirely cult from a wheel chair and a couch. The gleam of humour in his eye does not detract from his mature
Attitude
tewards his work but increages our in
the people under the terest in was
microscope of his attention,
This film is very good value,
"You will see Paris tiris do the
hoop-la CinemaScope like you've never seen it before. And the Moulin Rouge, and reckless,
breathless Paris of years gone by. CinemaScope has been put to the acid test, this is it!"
Actually the
French movie is partly Italian, for director
Genina brought up from Rome, along with couple of performers and additional cash provided
by Italian partners. The movie is Europe's great wide-screen
and extravaganza,
the producers aren't sparing the franes and lire.
Famous
Range on
T
Moulin reproduced mammoth
soundstage Were- cther Landmarks Identified with Paris of tla early 20th Centary. The story covers a span of time from 1912 to the present, and great pains to have been taken populate it with person- ages of Paris night life the bonvivants would recognise.
**
an
Wagner's voice off screen at the beginning et this CinemaScope affair tells us that with the ex- ception of the portrayal of In- dians by white
CA, all that is shown in the picture is true.
Ferhaps it would have been bitter if the makers had-used: a little honest Retion to pep up the tate, for I'm forced
to admit that for a western it moves very, very slowly.
As
pictures of the outdoors,
always in CinemaScope
scenery is impressive, but that,
the
"The Girl Thief of Baghdad" plus the looks of Robert Wagner. abounds with names like and Debra Paget are not "Omar".
"Ibrahim" and "A", sufficient to hold the attention dancing girls, camels and all for one and a half hours,
od accoutrements
I admited Wagner for the Arabian Nights extravaganza, control he showed in the many The German acters speak their scenes in which dialogue and own tongue, but there are Eng action were at a minimum and lish sub-titles to help you fol- everything Had to be played at low the story when the pants- tair speed while attempting to mime gets too coscure.
keep the audience's attention. THE REAL McCOY Eduard Franz too, as Chief Devotees of westerns are Broken Hand has diguity and usually conservative in their sincerity, but his son Jeffrey outlook of this form of estertain. Hunter and his friend" "Hugh ment. Give them something new O'Brian scemed mest: unhappy.
western in their parts. O apparently out of character and "they will com- Virginia Leith, who appeared plain that they have been as an impressive newcomer (you victims of misrepresentation. will probably remember her as
They should not have sticky night, the tension is set
any the artist) in "The Black at just the right degree for us mansensz platitudes stream complaints about "Cattle Queen Widow has a routine role' that to move on out into the story lined into the appearance of of Montana", Barbara Stanwyck wen't do much to advance her James Stewart's only two re- coustic wit, others of them are of the husky voice and curling career and John Lund is a gular visitors during the course interesting sidelights on James lip is as true a daughter of the cerventional US. Army colonel. of his
his enforced idleness are the Swart insurance company's nurse. She freely admits that she Thelma Ritter, and the beautiful and her own husband are a who hopes to make hlin pair of maladjusted misfits who marry her Grace Kelly.
have been se all their married Thelma Ritter keeps up * lives, but as they are still just running stream of ex
conversation as
in love in spite of it, much that patters
so swiftly she along to
LTges him to throw his that. It is difficulf at times to very well-founded doubts as to catch it all. This is a pity, be his fitness for Grace Kelly to cause in spite of the fact that the winds and marry the girl many of her remarks are com- immediately.
relief
that, far from mortably
only promises ar
girl
Around Hollywood with MICHAEL RUDDY
Red Skelton's TV Dinner
The Hollywood touch: Red Skelton wanted the Press to see his new television show. So his Press-agent sent us each a specially wrapped dinner of baked ham with pineapple, olives, celery sticks, potato salad, buttered rye bread, fruit salad and coffee with a note attached sug gesting that we dine in front of the TV set while watching the Red Skelton show on CBS. We did. Fun.
In a sequence in "Violent Brothers Karamazov." for any- Saturday, Victor Mature gets one except dear old TCFox. His mouth taped tight by I'll wager there' be a com- gangsters holding up a bank. promise and Marilyn will get Friends suggest it might happen what she wants, double her more often. Victor's inclined to salary which is now $1,500 a shoot off his mouth,
weck, and the right to do tele- vision shows and an indepen- Interesting to see Sylvia Sidney dent motion-picture. This is pa again. Definitely older but who blende who's as
dumb ss
fox. isn't older in Hollywood, She For the ultra-busy tycoon, a
who Hollywood res plays a meck librarian
wood restaurant has equip suddenly explodes and handles a ped a special dining-room equip- bunch of hoodlums.
ped with dictaphones, so he can save time while he lunches. The Edmund Purdon is trying to same eating place, the Tail of -popularise, snuff-taking. But no the Cock, has a conference din- | one crept Mr Purdon, named ing room where deals can be
"Hollywood's most impudent made ever lunch or dinner. actor" in a recent magazine
article, is taking snuff. His There's pushbutton "walter ser reason I hate people who vice, secretarial service, private smoke at dinner. Snuff telephonis, deep leather chairs preftrable."
around. a vast mahogamy table. Reminds me of Errol Flynn's "All you need," said Michael chert to popularise dinger shirts. Rennie who looked at it with a few hot and cold with lace sleeves. They were inc, me popular with Flynn and co and running seretaries just as you
have in the moslas fad, or Cinema memos, Rita Hayworth reports to Columbia Pictures for
Cisc
Anything Nfor
for a fad, o publicity, seems.
Battle lines are again draw
drawr her role of Potiphar's wife in
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between Marilyn Metro andJoxeph and his Brethren Darryl Zanuck MM. announced penthouse dressing-room she'd formed her own compens, being re-decorated for her...500 MM Productions Ltd. to make wigs, Saxon, Norman and what my own films and television have-you-period are being worn almas and
Things Marilyn said on the set of The Court Jester blithely. Mr Zanuck said no, which is another romp through abe was under contract to #1038 and all That with Danny [TOFOR@antil 1968-eridewalks to Kayum
make any flims, not even "The is the new
The New Films At A Glance
SHOWING
EMPIRE, KING'S and PRINCESS: "Rear Window". Alfred Hitchcock's thriller showing all that can be seen through an apartment window. James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Wendell Corey.
HOOVER and LIBERTY: “Betrayed”. Spies and counter- sples in Bolland during the war, Lana Turner, Clark Gable and Victor Mature.
LEE: "Girl Thief of
of Bathind A German picture, on the
lines of The Arabian Nights, *
NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Cattle Queen of Mon- tana" A western with the heroine defending her Montana ranch against all comers.”. Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan.
QUEEN'S End ALHAMBRA: "San Antonia”. A westerni with Texas as the setting for a running fight against cattle rustlers: Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. ROXY and BROADWAY: "White Feather". A western
the new style, with some good redskins, some bad. Robert Wagner, Debra Paget.
COMING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: “Northwest- Passage", "An oth- door fim about the pioneering days in Amerlex's north- west. Spencer Tracy, Kobert Young, KING'S and PRINCESS: "The Sign of the Pagan". Alleged Incidents in the life of Attia thể Hon. Usck Palance, Jet Chandler, Ludmilla Teherins and Rits. Gam NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Lilacs in the Spring”. A screen version of the stage musical "The Glorious Dags". Anos Neagle, Errol Flynn, David Farrar and Peter Graves.
QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "The Bounty Hunter" A western men hunt in which three train robbers are the quarry. Randolph Scott and Mario Windsor ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Racers". The lives and loves of thé men who live for the excitemerit of car racing. - Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Cesar Romero and Katy Jurado.
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