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KING'S PRINCESS
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TO HELL AND BACK
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"THE EXCITING TRUE'
ELIFE STORY OF
AUDIE MURPHY
FAMERICA'S MOSTE DECORATED HERD!
Starring AUDIE MURPHY
WIN MARSHALL, THOMPSON
A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE
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NIN HARV
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Nagendra Rao
J. S. Kashyap Maya Banerji Produced & Directed by 5. S. Vasan Music by Rajeshwar Rao & M. D. Parthasarathy Regular Admission Prices
ROXY BROADWAY
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30. 5.30. 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
20th Century Fox pecemo
THE
VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
starring
RICHARD EGAN DANA WYNTER CAMERON MITCHELLI
with Andrey Blackmar
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{{THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1956.
FILMS T
Everybody in terribly de- cent and gentlemanly In "The
Scarlet Coat" -
so anxious in fact were the makers to avoid offending either Great Britain or America In this story the American Revolution. But half the time I wasn't who WIG on who's
sure
side.
on
Cornel Wilde, as what would probably be called
• special agent these days, was American. le pone as an American turn- cont (in the racest possible way, of course) to try to uncover the identity of a mysterious "Gustavus whoot Intercepted Letters
to the British pinpoint him as
highly placed Amert- eun traitor who is planning to sell out to the British.
The nigger in the woodplic, as any small boy will probably tr-ll you. ky General Benedict Amold However, in the ple-
It is presumed that most people are ignorant of this fact and a lot of time is used up by half hearted suspicion, being
on the shoulders $#lover severd featured charactere
the
In spite of the tact that the British were in uunistakutaly
blue Royni
conta and Americans in technicoloured red forced to lean I found myself left and right towards my coin- panions
almost In the cinema every five minutes to whisper "whose sick is he on?"
The ty of it is that The story of the intended defection of Beneket Arnold la un ab- sorbing one, and could have been made Into an interesting
Cornel Wilte makes galent and fair minded Ameri- Michael Wilding, as - - 1 1 .
British has counterpart on the side displays the same qualities. There is foo
much talk of mediocre type to retain the at- tention howevir, even it is
the beginning- captured in which is doubtful. And the action is a combination of tedium and intricate detail which is at the same Uno dull and hewilder- ing
was
entirely Anne Francis superfins at George Sanders
have changed need only
his clothes to have been playing any ore of his recent roles.
A Misleading Title
BY JANE ROBERTS
The New Films At A Glance
SHOWING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Scarlet Coat". A complicated mixture of aptes, counter spies and treachery during the American Revolution. Cornell Wide, Michael Wilding and George Sanders, KING'S and PRINCESS: "To Hell and Back". Actor Audie Murphy was highly decorated during the war for his This picture tells of some of his exploits. A
courage.
A
return visit, NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Tennesto's Partner".
western. John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhoadà Fleming and Coleen Gray.
QUEEN'S and ALHAMERA: "Touch and Go". The trials and tribulations of a family on the brink of emigrating to Australia - and net cute they want to ko any WAY - Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, Roland Culver and John Fraser,
ROXY and BROADWAY: "The View From Pompey's Head".
A romantic drama involving iḥo colour prejudice still fe existence in some of the southern states of the U.8.A. Richard Egan, Cameron Mitchell and Dana Wynter.
COMING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Marauders". A westernL Date Duryea, Jeff Richarda, Keenan Wynn and Jarma Lewis. KING'S and PRINCESS; "Genevieve". A delightful British comedy returus, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall and John Gregson.
"Kiss of Firo". A mixture of fighting, romance and melodrama. Jack Palance and Barbara Ruh
NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Raising a Kloš". A
British comedy. Kenneth More.
QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "licidi". A re-make of the
Shirley Temple flim about a little Swiss Girl. ROXY and BROADWAY; "The Texus Lady". A western.
Claudette Colbert and Barry Sullivan.
cscapes from
the
basket in which he is being
the fact that he no longer speaks general, with a southern draw).
However,
his former sweet-
thal heart makes up for
(she was born. in England and lived in Rhodesia bofore gatecrashing Hollywood, so presumably finds the accent easy) and the southern syrup fairly oozes from
her come hithery lips.
on one
studios have spared no effort to tell us what a miles, average, representative-of-all-that's- beat in the British-characttr person he is, but in spite of all fent build up, I'm afraid that I cannot see Jack Hawldns an actor. The rest of the cast including Roland Culver, who can steal a scene (but gallantly doesn't attempt to this time) with the best of them Actors. Jack Hawkins, for the moment, is a star!
are
Around The World.
In Todd-A0
One of the nicest things about cinema roviewing that
is
or
with
NIGW anything startling is launched
a cocktail party.
3
I looked through the most unnusual camera the other night -on Tuesday, to be exact was parked in the middle of the Peninsuln's "Green Room" and it was the star of the
wire pf The newest
combines processes, Todd-AQ completely different lens system from the ordinary movie camera with larger
d-channel Alm, u ultra high fidelity sound system and
Curved SCIEN crusted with hundreds of thou- sands of tiny lenses.
a new
CD-
It was brought here (sur- rounded by as much care as a newly-born child) to shoot the last sequences of Jules Verne's classic "Around the World in 80 Days,”
The term Todd-AO is a com- carried across one of the bridges
of tho names of bination (I looked like Lambeth to me,
it but I'm not taking bets on It) Michael Todd, whose iden
inilisis of and the and perches
of the was,
the the American Optical company who bridge supports eyeing
than crowd who have collected, with developed it. It la more
simply
it is also wide-screen, every appearance of disgust. I believe I omitted to mention the family, who has been taking
The rather sweet daughter of large screen and wide angle. Pictures photographed by this that
nim that Richard Egan, before his
Heathcliffe to the good Samaritan process are taken trip south, showed all the cus- who
is to give him his new home 65 mm. wide nearly twice evidences
being of tomary
in more than blonde is distraught-unti personable three times the area of standard
large and taking happily married to
young man copes along, deiles northerner.
the policeman, and
35 mm. film.
The film itself is projected on Heathcliffe by the simple method
a curved screen with a very of climbing down to get him,
surface. Susan is grateful, well brought light reflectance
A
Dialogue Could
Be Better
The triangle in Pompey's Head resolves itscit inle a quRITET although the New York giri wisely stays out of the episode for Dana Wynter (our souther Kiri)
4
rescurs
10
08
lip Olough to know that the typical size is 50 feet across and really shouldn't
encourage
25 feet high. with a
curve 18
the centre,
The this new
strangers mat by chance, but feet deep in quite carried away by the mix- great advantage of ture of assurance, shyness, system over other processes Es exuberance and general youthful those of you who bave been on that, like Cinerama (which charm of her knight crint,
home leave recently will have There is Just
one snag. Father already married to in the person
been lucky enough to have seen) of Jack Haw, it lifts the spectator right out nouveau-riche Cameron Mitchell, kins, had blown his top at a
Stir into the mixture a little staff meeting just a few days of his sent and puts him down
the middle pey's Head" has the advan- of a reluctance on the part of to his employer that he no longer able
However, Todd-AQ claims to be tage of having been given the writer to sue his deceased 10.
ased wishes to work for him! Father
her Inovitable distortion
"The View From Pom-
let
It fool you. Yvonne de Carlo once starred in a film
the
extra complication in the
form
of previously, and has given nolice
the
fn
of the
action.
to do this without the
of
Cine
head of the design departiment #
Muut rama, of prosperous furniture making m company and as such, sufficiently The people who accompanied affluent to be able to afford to this glant-sized now gadget to tali bis family that they are Hongkong, although enthusiastic about its potentialities seemed In going to emigrate to Australia.
for more binse about their con- often "Heathcliffe" Saves
movie world than most flim daris would be. Perhaps we put our The Day
film stars on too high a pedestal!
that can be seen 타
trife
facts with the "greats" of the
A Galaxy Of Stars In This Film
company for a title that could mislead partner's
money his wife claims was duc anyinxly.
you have
the There not fumillar with the to him. peculiar names of some of the ingredients for the plot of "The
View From Pompey's Head". town in the southern states of
Dramatically it scores. America could be forgiven for
those glossy, big screen affairs, thinking that this picture had a
the
plot 19
too Bodding aquaintance with an-
sacrificed lo commonplace situations erent history.
Don't
mile away.
The actors, unfortunately, called "Salome Where She
On the eve in fact have not been given sufficiently Danced"--and it was
of departure we intelligent dialogue to put over have quite a situation. Father is abunt a western mud town.
was to the busic idea, which
edgy, mother is obedient, albeit Blm called they ever make o
show the stiff-necked pride,
the Lived
merest
truculent, "Cromwell
Here'
and refusal to accopt com daughter has suddenly fallen in But to return to "Around the vestigate it thoroughly before x
mercialism, of the old families love, and the cat is determined World in 80 Days". This pic- ubou! expecting anything
of the southern states of
to do all that a four footed furry ture has an array of names that Great Rebellion
America
feline can do to gum up the make some of the wartime star But to revert to Pompeys
Richard
Egan 19
easy, works.
Ike "Hollywood Can- Head. Nobody
packages in the picture
pleasant and healthy looking,
teen look a little thin. why this ever bothers to say
but he is more at home with Margaret Johuston is sweetly David "Niven Centinflas the deep community In
south
the happy-go-lucky characters feminine as Jack Hawkins wife, Robert Nowlan and. Shirley ever acquired its peculiar name he was with in Underwater though I would have preferred MacLaine
head the cast, but and it is irrelevant anyway.
than
that she as a single-minded lawyer.
bad showed
Komp of the others making briet What makes it of special im-
sho Dana Wynters could shed most character
undoubtedly appearances are even more yell portance to the story of the film
Hitle iss known. Here are some of them: that possessed by being a of the inannerisms and find sophisticatedly #prvije, and the Frank Sinatra, Ronald Colman, is its attitude towards nigroes, com
13 Everybody
the campwhere she had the makings fidgety on
and
daughter and the young Charles Caburiene Cameron (played
Xpel subject, but the truth remains Mitchell would be wise to give
of an actress
re Fernandel that nobody who is, thinks they up these supporting roles and the
Mariine Carole, are, or who aspher to be any wilck out for the more worth of
Johns, adrait суст body would
time, Heathcliffe him Gilbert Reland and having
many from white parts with been descended
to self is a saturnine charmerad others equally as well known other than
white shows premise of being able to purely
of course is the factor that
Even if the Todd-AD camera Lamily. Pompey's Head
solves the whole problem.
stocen't equal its claims, it will Which leaves us with the star be Dixie town that still thinks of
Sreat inset to iamd- 600 alt those stars together." Jack Hawkins. Goodness kapwa. The picture is due to be shown Mr Hawkins iso kahlo in April this year. enough
@
northemers as duris Yunk
Richard Egan In
The Starring Role
Lu
copo.
by John
the
which he ang lovers I have seen for John Gielgud, Glynis
The Family That
Didn't Go
"Touch And Go", to me, the was remarkable for
The screenplay has been taken from a books by someone called lengths to which the makers Hamilton Basso. I haven't read felt
wife an intelligent
it, but from the insinuations of should go to boost the ego the flm I should imagine it's and placate the bad temper one of those epics that appear
of her husband.
in paper backed covers with a modest note inside to the effect Anybody can argue with 'mo that it is the eighth series and about the fact that it was meant that over a million copies have to be a comedy, thereby allow
"coll~ been sold.
ing any situation to be trived" for the humour its pro That personable product of leetion beyond life-size might Hollywood-now almost always
not be appearing for 20th Century Fox Produce, but they will
able to convince me that a |--Richard "Egan, an employco
per of a publishing firm that is being son as balanced as Margaret sued for the sum of US$20,000 Jatinston could have accepted as by the wife of their best writer. husband, let alone produced
The wrker is in som-retire- child by such
a schoolboyish Jack pscudo Englishmkanı ment on a windy coast town in
Hawking the south where all the gor mercialism of the New York The nicest part of this picture
the publishing firm a allen.
shy love affair between Egan is a particularly good re- the two juvenile leads. They presentative to send to this part meet when the tally of the world as he was Born the absurd name of the there, However, an so often bepas pli hay to pens in real life a Pellen la hi pave in the Film something of a let-down. His Sensing low he is to be ties, have been severed, and on to a fond, but what suspect is the unkindest friend, Frosināta, si cut of all to the southerners is ful glance at the
50
ph
his personality, and
Headaches
Toothaches Colda
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THE WOMAN FOR JOE
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"From the Witty Pan of William Roze
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THE RANK DIGANSATION sammen
A MICHAEL BALCON PRODUCTION
JACK HAWKINS
MARGARET
JOHNSTON
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Bob Hope Virginia Mayo
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M-C-M BRINGS TO LIFE THE STORY OF DENEDICT ARNOLDI SECRETS HITHERTO UNTOLDI FILMED WHERE IT HAPPENEDİ
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The Scarlet Coats
Starring
CORNEL WILDE MICHAEL WILDING ANNE FRANCIS GEORGE SANDERS
FILMED IN BEAUTELIL HUDSON VALLEY. WHERE IT HAPPENED!
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