KING'S 5 SHOWS
DAILY
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.
"SIGN OF THE PAGAN"
EXTRA MORNING SHOW AT 11.30 A.M.
KING'S PRINCESS
✰
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.29 & 9.30 pm || at 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 8:30 pm ----
SHOWING TO-DAY
AGAINST THE RAVAGING HORDES":"
DF ATTILA STOOD A WARRIOR'S
MIGHT AND A PEOPLE'S FAITH! Á
„against his ruthless lusts, the power of a woman's love!
OF THE
SIGN PAGAN
STARING
„THE STORY OF
ATTILA THE HUN
CINEMASCOPE Technicolor.
-JEFF CHANDLER JACK PALANCE·· LUDMILLA TCHERINA RITA GAM
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AT: KING'S
Complete Effects with 4-Track
Magnotic H.F. Directional-Stereophonic Sound
PRINCESS
At 11.00 a.m.
TO-MORROW
MORNING SHOWS
Walt Disney presents
MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, GOOFY, PLUTO AND A VARIETY OF TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
in CinemaScope
At Reduced Prices
At 12.10 p.m., Guru Duft productions
+
present a terrific Indian picture "AAR-PA ÅR”
with Shyama ● Guru Dutt • Jagdish Sethi At Regular Prices
LEEK ineaire
AIR CONDITIONED, OZONIZED AND WARM
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
SHOWING TO-DAY
PATHE OVERSEAS LTD. presents
LAFILLE
DE
MATAHARI
ANIACOLOR
DAUGHTER OF
MATA-HARI"
ITALE
FRANK
LATIMORE
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MORNING SHOW TO-DAY AT 12.00 NOON 20th Century-Fax presents MIGHTY MOUSE COLOUR CARTOONS
DETTO-MORROW
Wamer Bros., presenta
ALL TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
At Reduced Prices: $1:50, $1.00 & 70 Ch.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1955.
FILMS — CURRENT AND COMING
By JANE ROBERTS
As
the
Palance.
personality
Jack
fax
"Woman In the Window" is an ingeniously contrived thriller of a few years ngo
The special sound Used that loses nothing by not chubby than in recent pictures, Rome theme it is somewhat deficiencies
Elizabeth Taylor, a little less centration on the "Press an to with CinemaScope hides the of this actor's having been made,
bubbles with life, and with a of an anti-climax when the voice,
luckily,--the Cagney- CinemaScope, Wide Screen, hair style longer than the fami- great attack never takes pince. like
resy, quite obvausly in Vistavision or any other of liar urchin cut looks completely The screenwriters have a real life not rising the new techniques.
captivating
turally taken suune licence with
with above a hoarse whisper, coming Over as a rather, sinister growł. It has the assured acting managing to suggest at the same although the main characters Pitt
But although it can raise the of Edward G. Robinson In time, a waspish, envious nature were contemporaries of his, and volume of a voice, it can do a quiet role that removes hiding under mask
2
of did actually come in contact nothing with accents and of the the temptation of overplay righteous disapproval
welle Ludmilla Teherina's frivolous ways of her family.
is not attempt to broken English is agreeable to ing (a trap into which even
In this early part of the pic- chronicle the victories of Attila listed to, the same cannot be said
Van Johnson plays his part er demonstrate the methods by of Jeff Chandler's twang.
candour
of which. he achieved them (other
Donna Reed is serenely the known facts of Attila's
the most experienced actor tu the open faced
sometimes falls), it has, the
with him.
נה
.
In fact, it might be better in
beauty of the Joan Bennett that used to be a regular tea- than by the use at mount future not a star this actor in
ture of his screen appearances.
the 'foot
of yesteryear and in addi- Not too bright, but with all the nor does
I
tion, one of the most sur prising climaxes I think can remember having seen on the screen.
way
home
from" the
The
the
a picture he has to share with carmarks of a young man, whe
a ckar picture of the mother male lead for when though not destined for the hably of the times
es (except compared with Palance, faithful and hardworking heights, will always be steady: that of tearing into a piece of kempt
and dirty though the chicken with teeth and fingers) latter appears in contrast with bu it's an entertaining
That's what we think. A gush from one of the slumbering of wells changes all this, money is plentiful, the struggle is aver and Liz at last looks like tiring life she of the fast Parisian professes to love so much. Bui in the meantime something has
to-Van. happened to-
Don't begin to think that I've given too much of the story away already: this is still vir tually only the beginning. "The Last Time I Saw Paris" is a very long picture,
Elizabeth Taylor is better in her my moments than in the
In any murder story there are bound to be inconsistencies that the eagle eyes of the audience pick up and argue over on the
cinema, Many of them are put to de- lay the moment for unmasking the killer, and many others
accident. creep in by creator of the plot of "Woman in the Window has thought UP a foolproof way of explaining away any of those recriminatory remarks that begin "But why didn't he...?" But it would be unfair to give-away_his_secret________
Raymond Massey has a sup- latter part of the film wher, she bas supposedly matured-her porting role.
seriousness after her previous gaiety coming over as smugress rather than the result of a logical mellowing
process. On the other hand, there's much more in Van Johnson as the reformed "The Last Time I Saw Paris" playboy, pleading with a heart- is an unashamed weepic. From breaking intensity mixed with mement that Van Johnson diffidence for the return of his wanders sadly through Paris, little daughter whare the vin- gazing at the familiar land-. dictive sister has caused maries with obviously poignant Law Courts to take from him. memories coursing, through his then he shows in the sequences mind, the audience realises that immediately after the war. here is a man who has loved and lost and is still bitter about
the
it.
More Americans
In Paris
The picture loses a lot of time while the camera follows him and it would have, been less tedious if the nostalgic atmosphere had been created in a less obvious way. Finally our wanderer comes to rest in
the
The little girl, though not showing any signs of being Future Duse, is free from most of the affected gestures of
costume plece dominated by (Continued on Page 3 Col. 4)
The New Films At A Glance
EMPIRE:
SHOWING
"Woman In The Window". A thriller with an unexpected climax. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Raymond Massey.
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Last Time I Saw Paris",
Sentimental, yet difficult to resist, Van Johnson, Eliza beth Taylor. Donna Reed and Walter Pidgeon.
Alleged KING'S-and-PRINCESS:
"Sign of the Pagan".. incidents In
nts in the life of Altila the Hun. Jack Palance. Jeff Chandler, Ludmilla Teherina and Elfa Gam. LEE:
of Mata Hari". Taughier
Adventure story set in war-time Indonesia. Ludmilla Teherina, Erno Criss and Frank Latimare.
NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Johnny the Giant
Killer. A full length cartoon in Technicolour.
and ALHAMBRA: "The QUEEN'S
Silver Challee", Christians and pagans struggling for possession.of the cap used - at the Last Supper. Virginia Mayo. Jack Palance, Pler Anzell and Paul Newman,
"Untamed", ROXY and BROADWAY:
A South African western an a grand scale. Susan Hayward, Tyrone" Power and Richard Egan.
·
COMING
EMPIRE. KING'S and PRINCESS: The Country Girl". Two people fighting to restore the self-respect of a drunken actor. Bing Crosby. Grace Kelly and William Holden. screen children and has enough
About a "The Secret Island". HOOVER and LIBERTY: appeal to bring a lump to the
Gene Kelly and research station on a remote island. throat in the sentimental scenes. The whole picture, I'm sad to
John Justin. be preaching LEE: "The Divided Heart". Moving story about a displaced say, seems to
child. Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell and Michel Ray. NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "The Stranger's Hand". Political intrigue in Venice.. Trever Howard, Eduardo Clanelli and Vaill.
a bar where he is welcomed as against light-hearted exuberance, has been guilty a prodigal, with The nor Everyone who
owner intimating that in days gone by of frivolity is forced to suffer in this was one of his prized some shape or form and the customers. From there on the melodrama of making every flashback takes over and we little peccadillo accountable for ire transported to "Paris, is exploited to the utmost. On 1945."
the whole, though, tho. tor- over and mented cast bear up well.
The war
thousands of exultant Parisians are welcoming the allies in the traditional way. Van Johnson, a young lieutenant on the staff of the US Army newspaper Stars and Stripes" receives
1)
Surprise In CinemaScope
an unusually lingering kiss I must confess that I went to from a black haired beauty, sec "The Sign of the Pagan" looking like a Gaille version of with many misgivings. To me, Elizabeth Taylor, it is Elizabeth and I know, to many others, the Taylor, as it turns cut. She super-colossal stamp on a ple- and her mealy-mouthed sister ure very often brands it as a (Donna Reed), as 'different as bure 00: grand scale
with chalk from cheese, arc the endless battle scenes, indifferent daughters of an irresponsible acting, juvenile dialogue and American landowner from the hero's only expression one Texas. As Walter Pidgcon drily of gritty determination to get tells Johnson, *Acres of all his best profile to the camera. land-no ailf
There is sometimes the added To Walter Pidgeon and his embarrassment of seeing several and more experiencet party loving daughter, the end of older the war
excuse for yet players who have seen better scripts. another of the celebrations they days and healthier
humiliatingly
like court flunkeys. It is It is quite obvious that easy to call to mind several re- Donna Reed is jealous of her cent examples of this kind. fay, carefree sister and that at "Sign of the Pagan" is saved the same time Van Johnson is from such company by a surpris- going to be unaware of the ing performance from Jack barely admitted struggle for his Palance in the title role. the affections going on between the real, un-Hollywoodish dignity of Budmilla Tcherin as the sister two sisters. It's a foregone con-
an
love so much and at this party, mind a
our principals sort themselves
out
clusion that the lively, though physically weak Elizabeth Taylor is going to get her man and that her debonair father is going to borrow money from him all in a very gentlemanly way. of ecurse.
Donna is forced to accept a rather serious minded young Frenchman who will be under her thumb from the moment he says “I do”.
of the Emperor Theodosius of Byzantium, and both colouring and sound less harsh than usual.
One of Attila's most difficult problems, that of uniting the various barbarian chicriains during the fourth century and these, keeping the allegiance of treacherous, gavages, is merely taken for granted in this pic- ture: Much more is made of his intended capture of Rome As far as here (only about quarter of the picture) Walter He talks of it constantly, his daughter (Rita Gam) risks her Pidgeon has registered as a life in an effort to divert his charming American in Paris, attention from the project and insouciant, favouring the fun Jeff Chandler, as the centurian, loving daughter who so closely later to become the Emperor resembles him and incorporating Marcian, owes his part in the all the Pidgeon mannerisms into picture to this obsession, of the general picture,
Attila's. With all this com
NEW YORK GREAT WORLD
- Cafseway Bay, Tel. 18721 Kowloon, Tel: 53500.
5 SHOWS TO-DAY
AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
JOHNNY
the Giant/ Kille
(JOHNNY THE LION HEA
CARTOON
QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA:"""They Rude West". A western.
Robert Francis and May Wynne.
ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Racers". The lives and
loves of the men who live for the excitement of est" racing, Kirk Douglas. Bella Darvi. Cesar Romero and Katy Jurado.
EMPIRE
.
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM.
PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS THE CLIMAX OF THIS PICTURE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT
The Screen's Supreme
Adventure in
Suspense!
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
and JOAN BENNETT.
The Woman in the Window!
"ONCE OFF
GUARD
YOU ARE
CAUGHT!”
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SUNDAY, MONDAY,
10th: "LET'S DANCE"
11th:"SON OF ALI BABA"
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NEXT CHANGE
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
WOWING TO LENGTH OF FILM SPECIAL TIMES:
AT 230, 5.00, 7.20 & 9.40 P.M.~
SHOWING TO-DAY
or this was the
Temptation and
Was
the day of Sin
CINEMAScopE
DI 4-TRACK HIGH-FIDFUITY STEREOPHONIC SOUND!
WITH A CART OF THRGAGING
·THOUSANDS· STARUNG-
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JACK PALANCE PAUL NEWMAN-
WARNER BROS ESENT. THOMAS B. COSTAIN'S
! SILVER
CHALICE
VICTOR SAVILLE PRODUCTION IN WARNERCOLOR
TO-MORROW Queen
MORNING
5. SHOWS
"The Silver Chalice" EXTRA PERFORMANCE
At 11.30 a.m.
RITZ
SHOWS Alhambra
AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY Academy Award Winner MARLON BRANDO in "THE WILD ONE" A Columbia Picture Reduced Prices: $1.50, $1.00 & 70 Cts.
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY
THE DREAM TEAM!
DORIS DAY
FRANK SINATRA
Lampung at Heart
WARNER BROS. present it in WARNERCOLOR
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To-morrow: THE LITTLE GIRL NAMED CABBAGE”
Capitol
FINAL TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 & 9.30 P.M. ON, PANORAMIC SCREEN
SO THIS IS
PARIS
SCHNIC
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A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE
To-morrow: "TANGANYIKA
ساد
IRIENTA
AIR CONDITIONED
James Mason
"FACE TO FACE"
HORRO MONDAY:
Final Showing To-day AT 2.30, 5:30, 7.30
9.30 P.M. ON OUR GIANT WIDE SCREEN
JAMES CAGNEY
WHITE HEAT
VIRGINIA MAYO
STOOGERS" VARIETY PROGRAMME
"DESPERATE-JOURNEY."-