KING'S ★✩ PRINCESS
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TO-DAY
FIRST STARTLING STORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS RIBE!
Technicolor
Cady Godiva
Staphstick
MAUREEN O'HARA GEORGE NADER
TORN THATCHER
ong VICTOR McLAGLEN - REX REASON AZ ARTHUR SELD'S
A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE
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EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW
King's at 11.30 a.m.
Princoss at 11.00 a.m. A Variety Programme of WALT DISNEY-RKO
TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
Admission: $1.00, $1.50
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1955.
FILMS
On my way to Hongkong Bay this from Repulse
morning. I saw an orange coloured steam-roller. Some people may think thia smacks of the comedian's opening "On my way to the theatre this evening a funny thing happened to
me...
BY JANE ROBERTS
ff
The New Films At A Glance
SHOWING
HOOVER: "The Flame and the Flesh". Flomaner against an
Enropean background.
Turner Lana
and Carion Thempson.
"The Last Time I Saw Paris", Sentimental nob story involving Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson. KING'S and PRINCESS: "Lady Godiva"". A romp through 11th century England that's fan enough if you don't expect too much historieşi fact. Maureen O'Hara, George Nader and Victor Melaglen.
LIBERTY others, less charit- able, may be tempted to talk of pink elephants — however, I DID orange-coloured steam roller me of and it DID remind Joan Crawford.
see an
The comparton is, 1 hope, ub- vicus, Holh tre dependable, and violently Karlsh, ident exhibitionistic,
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in every
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can always a Crawford picture and on being full of the lady berset- she's
sikil it's almost possible to feel her fiery breathing down the product's neck-her dresses ara is exheme that an ordinary pet → son wind hundly dare to ty them on in the seclusion of the berlivom her cunthence in her
lity
to charm. bewitch of baldin 12 overwhelming and
NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD; "A Bullet for Joey", Edward G. Robinson is on the sido of law and George Raft provides the graft in thẩm tale. the ball. QUEEN'S And ALHAMBRA:
and dusting off her hands lilos a prize aghter.
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She gets her man by theso tactics, but George Nader does not benefit, screenwise, by them. He appears, beside her energy, rather understuffed dummy, this not quite sure what all English history is about, a little overawed by it, and determined, at all costs, to keep a stiff upper I prefer him as an Ameri- up. ein delictive It's more his line of country.
taken
A
be
As for Victor Melagien and his two merry chuma -- AN sort of buckskin version of the three
at musketeers, always hand in an emergency (even if don't think a little lipsy)-- Audrey Toster is
they were even meant to
Maureen O'Hara is How ously. a pleture to look at, even though
among she is no longer ranks of the very young, and the whole film
n vigour and bounce that excuse the licence taken with history and the bana- ity of the dialogue.
"Mission over Korea". Romance plus action in a tribulo to the role of the prconnaissance aircraft used in the Korean war.
John Hodlak
Totter and Derek, Audrey
Maureen O'Suliran. ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Queen Bee".
John
With a smille she sigs everyone who comes in contact with her. Jean Craveford. Harry Sullivan, John Ireland, Betsy Palmer und Lucy Martow.
COMING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The King's Thief".
Another tilb
** history, muying up to Charles If's reign this time. A bigh grade swashbuckler. Ann Blyth, Edmond Purdom, David Niven and George Sanders,
These two cinemas will be showing some of the year's in theatrical that one
best M.G.M. plotures during the coming week. "The leave one of her pictures won-
King's Thief" will open on Friday, whs such
KING'S and PRINCESS: outchied hasta comtes did not bring on the laughter reserved
derma
Free "CLOETTA" Chocolato Wafer to patrons of this show embargowi
PRINCESS=
5
SHOWS TO-MORROW
"LADY GODIVA” EXTRA SHOW AT 12.30 P.M.
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BUKETTO MOSCH
A Bullet
For Joey
George
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SUNDAY MATINEE AT 12.30 P.M.
NEW YORK:
"PINOCCHIO"
GREAT WORLD: FOX TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
COMMENCING TUESDAY 20TH DEC.
LOVER! ROVER!
HOWARD HUGHES
prents
SON OF SINBAD
starring
DALE ROBERTSON SALLY FORREST LIL st. CYR VINCENT PRICE --
MARI BLANCHARD.
SUPERSCOPE
TECHNICOLOR
EMPIRE
TO-DAY: 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
A CHINESE MANDARIN PICTURE "BLOOD WILL TELL"
In Eastman Color
Starring: LI LI-HWA
• WONG YIN
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 11.00 A.M..
"WHITE WITCH DOCTOR"
in Technicolor
Starring: Susan HAYWARD • Robert MITCHUM
Parisian Grill
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for those whose tricks do not quile crane VII.
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A Domineering Woman
That the latter does not hap- is due to Joan Crawford's superlative all-confidence. Flow watch anger she will be able t play these
underst/xu!,
bukinced
domineering,
emotionally
Women
1113-
11-
is debalalik. but in spite of the contrived, theatrical pkn of "The Queen BU"
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"Cult of the Cobra". A templo dedicated to snake worship is invaded by GI's. Vengeance follows them from India to New York. Faith DotETSUO and Kathleen Hughes.
"You're Never Too Young". Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
another of their crazy comedics. NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD; "Son of Sinbad". girls, dashing hero and an Arabian Nichis atmosphere in the essence of this picture.
Vincent Prico makes
Seantly clad
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a convincing Omar the Tentmaker, Dale Robert- iries hard to be the hero and Lilli St. Cyr and Mari Blanchard wear hot weather clothing. ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Living Swamp" and "The The former is a documentary about Dancing Masters".
seen
her Lady To
10 Law ever
the swamplands of southern Georgia, with production and narratton in the hands of two of 20th Century Fox's stars, Jeffrey Hunter and Dale Robertson; and the latter In a Laurel and Hardy comedy.
Now let's look at what they've dome with Lady Godiva in the film version. For a start, she's
to been
ailowed
retain her passionate devotion to the cause of the Saxon working man- however, as most of her mine fiery speeches are delivered in an American-Irish brogue, they even lose a little conviction.
the
there can bo possesses enough important job meat to satisfy the appetite as her
418- But if you're not interested in Barry Sullivan, illusioned husband who drinks to the modesty of the rescue side of the American Army, there's In marrying Kirget his mistake
and John still a romantle angle. Audrey her, is too wooden
Totter-who radiales personall- land, as the lover Chatterly, 1 too
ty in spite of her lack of looks woman of her ove altrocled a
and John, Derek-who has The acting of shou undoubted unstr.
he can act of shown that
force doesn't her sister-in-law. Betsy Palmer, though he
Mission and her cousu, Lucy Marlow, point home is too stilted-yet this him stili Korea"-indulge in a sort of run- has the ring of quality about it, hug battle with romance during
Joan Crawford und the others may make as
as minny head-in-air ex as they like, the dialogue
be
mannered
can
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the court of the picture, and as the stern-fated star of the whole thing (John Hodiak) gets his just reward hefore the end, leaving a rather aging Maureen for bini, O'Sullivan to mourn provides the love interest.
the
No Longer One Way Traffic
the
the British
I have just read through the first Issue of a Review Affairs, of British Film published by Film Producers Association and one article seemed to me to sum up very well the trend of picture making today.
It said that once upon a time all roads led to Hollywood, the movie stars Mecct
The European discovery could hardly wait
the for
cable conlairing the dollywood offer. Especially the English-speaking player.
"Good" the Lynies
would say when he or she had made a first hit, "Too good. They'll be off to Hollywood be
can Gay fore you
"Action" again.” A reputation was only considered half made until it had received the seat of Holly- wood approval.
The actor's attitude was un- Brillsh derstandable; but for producers it was no joke. Com- was all very petition for talent well, but lu this instance tha
loaded. dico were role casting wag headache.
Leading- perpetua)
The famous ride, however, has been attacked with fur more
Although the ori- Today this is changing. The imagination. ginal difference of opinion was one-way star traffic is pussing. one of pulley, it was still a do- British stars still go to Holly- mcalic
In Issue.
Screen wood sometimes but they go Version
Godlya" we for a visit, for speelfie picture. of "Lady our colleen. Mauren, And they return, have (O'Hara it
it is, now,) advising, visit the old folks at home, but and browbeating a eagerly, to work. And the other-
Con- way fessor into uniting the divided Hollywood stars go to England
man senan and observation slips their extremely unsuitable unionlating
Variations On The
nigeleenth century melodrama, but the odd little grain of com-
through In spite of it all and when Joun Crawford declaims, with the customary Crawford druma that "there's something of me in every woman," she never said a truer word.
As for the plot, it's a a country house setting with the beauti
Godiva Theme
The Earl of Merela and
ful wife radiating sweetness, Lord of Coventry in competence and innor in- security, and the rest of the
her lune. cast dancing
New War Film
On Korea
"Mission Over Korea" is a modest little war film that is more restful than most of the others that have modern warfare as a back ground, in that instead screaming jets taking the centre of the stage, the hero
L-5.
of
Edward the
trafic
A
not just
to
substantial-—
It's quite a triumph to realise that British flms are no longer
me industry
that city would refuse to look,
MAJESTIC
England of that day, bringing now her stubborn husband to his knees by the simple expedient of locking the bedroom door against him, and finally riding the poor relations of the film her hair, to prove that although through Coventry, clad only in пет the this was the punishment usually early 11th century, Leofric, meted out to women of bad re- was obviously a man who putation, hers was so pure and liked a dare. His excessive unsullied that the good people of Laxation having brought about a great deal of bud feeling against him, his public-spirited wife became most anxious about the situation, In fact, #he began to be such a bore on the subject that her husband thought that only strong measures would keep the family peace.
even with such a treat fold be- SHOWING TO-DAY fore their eyes!
Princess Maureen Shows Her Charms
I've always imagined Leotric as a lusty bull of a man bal- seroudy rowdy when hoppy,
bear cruel as a
when crossed and not a comfortable person He is supposed to have offered to have around the house. to "case the burden of taxation," concession to this conception of is that slow moving little to use a popular phrase of the tim is admitted
in the picture, reconnaissance aircraft, the present day, if his importunate by Leotrie declaring that he spouse would rido naked
aked cannot sland the Norman prin- through the streets of Coventry ess King B
Edward wishes him to Lady Godiva must have possessed spirit as well as long marzy, in order to cement re- hair, because she took Lectric lations between the Saxons and the Normans) as Norman wo- up on his offer and started the men are too much given to the famous story. History says that he kept his side of the bargain vapours.
urs. Maureen O'Hara (not yot married to him) hene enters and the citizens of Coventry the Isis by beaving an enor wero duly grateful.
mous log into the fire, hauling a heavy table across the room.
It handles as simply as a car, and in spite of a tendency to seck out every air pocket on the course, is surprisingly comfort- able to ride in.
Now that some of the pic turcy mado during the Korcan war are being released, the L-5's
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AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
Technicalor CHIEF CRAZY
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OF THE WORLDS
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Gil B. De Mille s
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STANWICK
Janes
ORIENTAL
AN ECINCTE ELİMİNLƏ
at 2.30 5.20 1:30 & 9.30 pm
HER LIPS LIED
and then the
guns spoke!
VIRGINIA MAYO
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PEARL OF THE
SOUTH PACIFIC
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At 12.30 p.m. Reduced Admission Bud & Lou "HOLD THAT GHOST"!
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30
9.30 PM.
THE BEST PICTURE MARILYN MONROE EVER MADE!
20
...a thundering act of tout etrtement!
MARILYN MONROE JOSEPH COTTEN JEAN PETERS
SPECIAL
TER MENSCH M RICHARD BREEN
AT 12.30
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
SHOWING TO-DAY
IT'S ACK-ACK
ACTION-PACKED
ADVENTURE!
MISSION ́OVER
KOREA
John
John
Maureen
Audrey | HODIAK DEREK TOTTER - O'SULLIVAN.
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"MISSION OVER KOREA”
AT 11.30 A.M.
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AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY Columbia's
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FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY
A
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
COLUMBIA PICTURES presente
Crawlord
QUEEN
BEE
AKERSY WALD Prediction
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12.00 NOON
ROXY:
SELECTED PROGRAMME
OF TECHNICOLOR
CARTOONS
Presented by
Paramount Films
BROADWAY:
Cary Grant Ann Sheridan
In
"I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE"
A 20th Century-Fax Comedy
Reduced Admission
Roxy: $1.50, $1.00 & 70 Cts. Broadway: $1.20 & 70 Cto.
GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW
WILD
20
CERTI
EXCITING!
FASCINATING!
The Most Dangerous Labyrinth
Intimately Photographed
CromaSCOPE
FEATURETTE
in
The
Living Swamp
fraded by
JEFFREY HUNTER L
Fabulous Adventures in the Okulencžer Wilds!
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