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KING'S ✩ PRINCESS
AL 300-515-120 6 9,03 PM,
A 220-2407.30 X 9.30 1958, +-
SHOWING TO-DAY
The story of A FABULOUS GUY...
A WONDERFUL GIRL and the EXCITING MUSIC they made together!
The
Benny Goodman
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To the Glea
TECHNICOLOR
Story
STEVE ALLEN DONNA REED
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and the incomparable music recorded by BENNY GOODMAN I
--GENE NЯUPA-LOHEL HAMPUN BEK POLLACK TEDDY WASON (DWARD "XED' ORT
and grace Dears HARAT JAMES - HARTHA TILTON - ZIGGY ELMAN
A UNIVÉTESSE INTERNATIONAL PICTURE
EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW
KING'S at 11.30 a.m.
PRINCESS at 11.00 a.m.
A Variety Programme of
TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS presented by Universal-International
Admission: $1.00, $1.50
SOPINCES S
SPECIAL MATINEE
To-morrow at 12.10 p.m.
An Indian Production of Superb Quality by M. P. Pictures -TATAR-KA-CHOR ̈
Starring Shyama, Mahipal, Vijaylakshmi &
Chandershekhar
Directed by Majnu
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THE CHINA MAIL, · SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1956.
Current & Coming
FILMS!
The changes this week provide five contrusting pic- tures.
"The Son of Caroline Cherie' 13 a costume plage, that, whries depending for Its background on the life and times of Napo Iron, harit overlooked the more erialn Jure of Jovely Indtes, over exposed.
Sex of a different sort la ex-
ptops &T& "rienie", which, while
giving us a slice of life in it is presumably lived in an Ameris con sual town, tries to hotento The undercurreds of frustration suring the outh the thoughts of the women of us place.
avlj Only the Pune to te kon in “The Benny Goodman Story" which is as it hould be Any attempt at anve
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BY JANE ROBERTS
The New Films At A Glance
SHOWING
HOOVER and LIBERTY; "The Son of Caroline Cherie". The son of the famous lady gets involved in Spain under the rule of Napoleon's brother Josoph. A French picture starring Jean-Claude Pascal and Brigitte Bardot. KING'S and PRINCESS: "The Benny Goodman Story". There are many hig jaza names in this story featuring the highlights in the career of the clarinet player and band leader. Steve Allen and Donna Reed, with Gene Krupa Fletcher Henderson and other musicians playing themselves.
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"Simon and Laura". NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD:
sophistealed British comedy that pokes fun at television. Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Maurice Denham and Mariel Parlow. QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: “Picale". A husky young man emrs to a small town and has all the females drooling ever bin Wam Holden, Kim Novak and Belly Field. ROXY and BROADWAY: Montmartre Nights". Crime and detection sef against a background of Parisian night We. Jean-Marc Thibault, Louts Seigner And Genevieve
Kervine.
COMING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Trial", A courtroom drama in whleb an lungernt boy is exploited for political purposes Glen Ford, Barothy McGuire, Artitur Kennedy and Jelin Hodiak
camrea
KING'S and PRINCESS: "Ermale Ou the Beach".
Crawford is almost constantly before the agala as she struggles against the rugged charms of felf
handler. With Cecil Kellaway and Jan Sterling.
The Yellow Tomahawk. NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD:
familiar
symbols red,
loser meantime, Es sincerity in the "Plenic" tries to show that the obvious made of conluct-the "ight Thing" is not always the ሰበር
moet productive of the
for happlaces the majority of people Involved.
On the face of 1, the pretty but dumb daughter of respeel- all t disillusioned mother hould skider herself extreing- ly hely to have won the atten- on of the rich and presentable Fon of one of the town's lending citizen.
However, although she drifts wundly abeut, apparently
IC this
the contributing work of the household, (tackled mother) ingle-handed by her
ngplast
talag expected
We feel л certain amount of pemi-inart)- sympathy for her
merely culate revel beleg pretty
harry buy he lave With the noting of brain how: ver, IL HIN ale exhibits Fit ciem to mr how she could ku w. after two days, that the penal ss, boastful hobu, pinyed by Wham Hokies, is more her meat
A Part Too Small
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Helet, rule is faintly
Streetcar Named dougla I is made to appent far less confident, less brutishi
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ptertreessor
A western. Rory Calhoun and Peggie Cantle. ALHAMBRA; The QUIEN S god
Blue Continent”. faselnating documentary fined almost entirely below the waters of the Red Sea, RONY W BROADWAY: "The Lieutenant Ware Skirts". WHe goes back into the Army and husband has a hard time try log lo be near her. Sheree North aut Tom Ewell.
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At Regular Prices
HOOVER LIBERTY
CAUSEWAY BAY
TEL.72371
KOWLOON TEL 00140, 60240
2.30, 5.20, 7.30
NOW PLAYING and 9.40 p.m.
Romantic adventure of a Great Lover during the occupation of Spain by the French troops.
Color by Techowder
Om of Caroline Cherie
JEAN-CLAUDE PASCAL
With English
Sub-titles
Napoleon conquered the land
but
He won the heart of the fair sex!!!
SUNDAY MORNING AT 12.00 : REGULAR PRICES
Charles Dickens' Immortal Classic
-DAVID COPPERFIELD"
Produced by David O. Selznick
Special Price for Students
LEE Theatre
presents
LEE WING WAH TROUPE (Contonese Drama Group)
"LADY PRECIOUS STREAM" (EJII)
Produced & Directed. by Prof. S. 1. Hsiung
TO-NIGHT AT 8.00 P.M.
MATINEE PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW AT 1.30 P.M.
Admissions: $7.50. $5, $3, $2 ₺ $1.50
ORIENTAL
AIR CONDITIONED
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
IN PERSPECTA, DIRECTIONAL STEREOPHONIC SOUND!
*IN PEACEFUL MUDSON VALLEY THE DRAMÀ LE HISTORY'S MONT
TREACHEROUS PLOT UNTOLDS!
The Scarlet Coat
Starring
CORNEL WILDE MICHAEL WILDING ANNE FRANCIS
FRAÎCH IN COLOR ANG
GEORGE SANDERS MALCODE.
SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 12.30 John Payne in "CROSSWINDA" Paramount Technicolor film.
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Many of Fletcher Henderson's arrangements have been used in the film and besides this jazz
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be names will tiller to jazz fans Ben Pol- back, the well-known drunner LUK. actiel dance luuad leader, has quite purt, as have Gene Krupa and Tedzy Wilson.
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before, but there's an assuranett about his portrayal of the part that speaks of much study
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had knowing that his started with a clamical training,
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an actoral picture, but the emotion is handled with Petralet and whh eh of the
koi ttatr racters falling and Temaer degree short of per- Netion. it is impossible not to foot sympathy for each of them.
Don't Miss This
Should
"The Blue Con- In reality they are i pau of what generally known as has invited him to play with linent" appear at the elegant crtil Of work actors
members of u famous
ymphony Queen's and Alhambra bes "ok "Jazz". from the commercial who 724 te k
type mure suited to a digni- achestra. Anyone who kwa fore this column comes out fed parade round the floor of Goldman's recording (played with a visiting guest of the Budape Quintel will know nexi, werk, do let me urge what to expect. Not o Miss you na to miss it. It's an one's husband, to the more fred. Registering horrer,
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beautifully of
photographe exulerant rhythms favour- expect her by friend to burst
via into よす spirited rendering ed by the teenagers.
in spite of its docu- TOWH Strutters and some really good jazz of the
The middle of
mentary style, absorbingly kind once known as "swing". Mozart Clarinet Concerto. With interesting.
quietly endent air, Good- Jann plays Mozart as it should be played and alt well, Seen tai, situation before?
a pestur who sometimes pas
thing. by Kood
Lati Carmichael) dream.
#1 110W series for se on TV.
Anything less like the pur of Lomey lovebirds they are aziend to show the world over the TV Lerreti i impossible to and the contrast between their priv,še zereaunlag and ranting at each other, and the picture of wraded bliss they
weekly to the present world is very funny indeed.
Many faces well known for character parts
on the
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This ir st nice pleture anl Injoyed it.
I fou very little Dixieland mede played in the in, but as benny Gaudino, In spite of the rfection of his clarinet play- on has never been a follower of this extreme school, it's to be expired A modifedi
Chica ised in many
of the tyle sequences though and notlarl at the preview that many of the Colony's leading dance music the explosive quality Briti
The Festival of the Arts.
THE MASQUERS (University of Hong Kong)
present
COMUS
By JOHN MILTON 1634.
preceded by..
THE SECULAR MASQUE
By JOHN DRYDEN, 1700.
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TUESDAY, 20th MARCH AT 8.30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, 21. MARCH AT 9.00 P.M. SPECIAL SCHOOLS' PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY, 21st MARCH AT 5.30 P.M.
at
WAH YAN COLLEGE H.K.
Tickets NOW available at Moutries and the Union Office, University of H.K. Prices: $6.00, $3.50, $2.00. Schools' performance: $2.00.
Time Fuse
WATCH FOR IT!!!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN's
Picture of the Year
There is no doubt about GUYS
of
to
"Plente", even though the fuse takes a long time. become really alight. When it does, however, the tense- ness of waiting for the big hang that is inevitable be- comes almost unbearable.
It a really sincere effort to deal unsentimentally with sen Imental subject. Instead of presenting the details in the Conventionai manner, that, while being more intelligible lo a wide audience because of the
G
AND
M
DOLLS
in Color and CINEMASCOPE
and Samuel Goldwyn will appear in person
STAGE CLUB
Present
"OTHELLO”
at the
LEE THEATRE
on
Friday, 16th March at 7.30 p.m. Saturday, 17th March at 8.30 p.m. Book in Advance at Lee Theatre
and
Leo. Theatro Booking Office Queen's Rd., C. lopp. Edinburgh House).
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
2.30. 5.167.20, R20:30. p.me: 2.30, 5.30, 750kæ: 9.30 p.835,
SHOWING TO-DAY
6 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS!!
Now they were alone...
and the whole town know it!
COLUMBIA PICTURES PERJESTE
Weltırım Molden
picnic
Kım NovAM
Derry Field QUSAN STRASSE na Cur RogeKTDON
ROSALIND KRUSSELL
KRY
CinemaSCOPE
Color by
Technicolor
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOWS
QUEEN'S
ALHAMBRA
At 11.30 am. Only
5 SHOWS J. Arthur Rank's Technicolor
"Picnic"
At 11.30 a.m.
"DOCTOR IN THE
HOUSE"
Konneth More Kay Kendall
At Reduced Prices!
NEW YORK GREAT WORLD
Causeway Bay, Tel. 78721 Kowloon, Tol. 53500
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
S
THE BANK OĦRANDAFILIN APPLES
Theyne so happy
PETER FINCH
WITH
MURIEL PAVLOW
HUBERT GREGG
MAURICE DENHAM
JAN CARMICHAEL
SEREENPLAY AT PETER BLACKMOES
DIRECTED BY MURETY ADI
PRODUCED BY TEDDY BAINS
its not true!!
KAY KENDALL
SIMON LAURA
VISTAVISION
COLOUR BY
TECHNICOLOR
SUNDAY MATINEE AT 12.30 P.M.
NEW YORK: Walt Disney Technicolor Cartoons GREAT WORLD: Fox Colour Cartoons.
LINDEN PLAYER'S
NEXT
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
PRESENT
DESERT HIGHWAY
HONG
ESTIVAL
OF
KONG
J. B. PRIESTLEY
MISSIONS TO SEAMEN
8.30 p.m..
BOOKINGS AT MOUTRIES.
Sheum's Circus
Victoria Park, Causeway Bay TO-DAY
3 SHOWS DAILY AT 2,30, 7.00 & 9.30 P.M.
MOST ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME Thrilling! Wonderful!
At Reduced Prices $1.00, $1.70, $2.40 & $3.50 ZOO opens daily 9 a.m. Admission-Children 10 ets. Adults 20 ctr
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