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SHE KNEW WHAT HE WAS and she was afraid! ...yet even in
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every libor of
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UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL Presente
JOAN CRAWFORD - JEFF CHANDLER
on the Beach Female
JAN STERLING
CECIL KELLJORET - CHARLES DIONICE » GREATS EVĚDY • HAZALTE ICHWILI
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The Tender Trap
starring
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Frank Sinatra. Debbie Reynolds David Wayne - Celeste Holm with LEWIS
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CHARLES MALFER LAWRENCE WEHIGARTEN
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1956.
FILMS
"Female on the Beach"
is one of those nervous (I use the word in the English sense, as opposed to the American) highly-chargei pletures in which Joan Crawford excels, that ELIT forever hinting at mysteri- ous happenings and sinister motives, but that always and, like shaggy dog story, on a tote of anti- elimax.
A
of
It's us tharth Mies Consfors but wrung herself so dry onction during
1
story
the telling
DE that sl141 hadn't left at the ent to
possibly. that
ahre so loves to be in front of the camera that she barn't the hart to bring down the curtain and always hopes she'll be able
the to bulger
director into letting her have yet one moro
**
That's best to say that "Femal On The Beach" doesn't keep up the part of Tebsion throughout - azul wheneven the poddalitu of the plot have been nearly exhmurated, a straw print
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one
of interest is introducer Terr Lan concentration lags mmely that, Crawford fon aes arm, 1 Stalt Ihrisk the endings of The plures are weak and that "Panade ofi the Bench exempellin
Found Dead
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It begins sausfyingly enough There's que s zeene going on 1 luxUPIGAN Trench hote
Cecil Kellaway and he wife. Natal Schafer, with apprehension drunk
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bubbling of a 1, white Jeff Chandler. outwardly unconcerned. is ob Vaishy puplicated
trouble in
some Way
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the The
wotnati's voices woman
Piss hysterically her fuddled mind has hit on problem.... shp
as
a colution to her with go to the police.
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ext day
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the beach. The verin.lab
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Current
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Coming
BY JANE ROBERTS
This Week's Films
In Pictures
Jan Sterling and Robert Aftrchum En 1 scene from "Man with the Gun,”
of the Cast have provided the atuorphere for her, and t shir slk ikke a queen, to carry on
1
1
from there
I like her performance AVIER INCIDE controlled and Je evealing than usual and when
11
50 1 estently by The highly
SUS}*** zuelo, Jeff Chandler, une Tett Forts for fory which is sturety ་ W། *
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she was being woord
used twice in recent films. The scone is
apart- an expensive ment.
Two men are talking. One is the host, the other the visitor,
The door OPERS,
Korgeous girl walks through, the her acknowledgea host barely
and she makes her exit. A second H.. Koca Drough
light variation of the game Hal.
д then
third. Visitor IL was goggles, host shrugs. funny the first time, but please,
no more.
Fourk Sinatra has a chance to air some of his dry humour and arrange his
into mobile face several eloquent expressions and David Wayne, though not as successful with his facial con- tortiors, does better with the spuken jest.
An for the ladies, Celeste Holm is her charming self-p mistress of the wiseernek yet without Eve Arden's hardness, while Debbie Reynolds is all that is inferred when one woman murmurs to another "Isn't she sweet. simple, so unspoiled."
Based on a successful Now play, the picture spends
7.
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60
ment of Frank Sinatra and might have produced less claustrophobla more outside scenes had been cluded The best indoer rene The aftermath of the party Kiven Lu celebrate Frank Senatra's engagement--to two Rara. This is really funny but for the rest. I was disappointed.
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Crawford AN the
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1sh whit Chat unnufortable, thok Arlene Dahl inks about
tight-fiting Karment black that doesn't seen in serve
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shop window for "Arione Inh. Creat as" a fusha e- wwrnod by the
a new sensation to be evoked liv Naturally her Joan Crawford
lothes **
delight The st. wendthe widow of a Los Vegas gambler would dieren well, and Joan Crawford's dress designer has taken full advantage of the opportunity
With regard to the character- isation, H is not as strong as it might be, with the exception of Ceelt Rollaway and his wife. As a mealy-mouthed. superficially charming
of confidence
Par
tricksters they are quite real, but
Th
1
will purushmeni meted Kong.
that's
Jt
apparently without podien
indesfetence.
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of
hightoung and the mixture of cunning and childishness in the cha) a terr
the gang leade. ite Corin) is portrayed well by tids up-and- sotning elaracter nebor
The story is by that puČARY OU James M. I envationallani,
the police are called, as a maile the mixed motives (springing Cain
of course, to inveUgale, it could qulle enilly have been an
from an event in the past of ace course can't leave psychology
eldent except that we, the out, these days) of Jeff Chandler Juan Of New York
aruljence, are obviously expect ed to suspect that ff's not. Thi Is th cue for
Join Crawford's entrance. The real
New Films At A Glance
SHOWING
HOUVER and LIBERTY:
Trap": comedy. Frank
The Tender
A
Sinatra, Celeste Holm, David Wayne,
KINGS
and PRINCESS: "Female On The Beach": Romantie
drama a Crawford. Joan Craw. ford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling.
let"
NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Slightly Scar- let": Gangsters and crooked politicians. Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Uahi, John Payne. QUEEN's End ALHAM- BRA: "One Mon Mutlay": The 1025 court martiat of America's General Mitchell. Gary Cooper, Rod Bloger, Ralph
Bellamy ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Man Who Never War": A war glory. Gloria
Clifton
Grahame,
Webb,
COMING
10OVER and
LIBERTY:
"Coubbinh": French and About Kerima morrow!
Anna
gypsies. With "T'll Cry To- The alcohollo curve i Liilian Roth's Jire. Susan Hayward, Richard Conte. KING's and PRINCESS "Raising A Rlot": A Bri- tlah comedy. Kenneth More. "The Rose Tat-. too** Earthy
drama with humour. Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Mariza Pavan, NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: **Man With The Gun"; A western. Robert Mitcham, Ján Sterling, Barbara Law-
QUEEN' and ALHAM- BRA! "The Crooked Web: Crime and comt. er orime, Mari Blanchard, Frank Lovejoy, "Marty": A repeat of the Award winner. Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair.
ROXY and BROADWAYİ "On The Threshots of Space"; U.B." Torbe experiments with high flying machines Guy
are far from convincing.
As for Jan Sterling-she's just there to intrigue and confuse the blot
Here's a sample of some of the dialogue in one of the love scenes between Joan Crawford and Jeft
Chandler when she is first begin hing to get over her antagonism
towards hum
- wish I held afford you." she says softly as the expected clinch takes place, "Save your pennies. he mullers back.
Scarlet What?
I'm not sure who is meant to be "Slightly Scarlet" in the film of that name.
For a stort, the hero is part
With Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds in the cast of "The Tender Trap" one could be forgiven for pecting to see a musical. It isn't. It's a straight for- ward comedy with touches of pathos, dash of mis- understanding,
really hilarious scenu,
a pinch of snappy dialogue and a top- ping of pretty girls.
one
One ingredient that couht have been left out Debbie Reynolds. The one song, that receives rather perfunctory treatment, is
The Tender Trap" itself;
He
Frank Sinatra is the contrat villain, the "bad" girl only bad character and while he is taking because of, once again, some the centre of a scene it is im- thing that happened 11: her possible not to watch him with past, and the haruine is not amusement and admiration "good" enough to fight against is known by various soubriqucis, her love for the villain hero, the must fitquently used being
"Sullan because
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Dankon Henyon nur rous air friends and the would say, is a le confusing. devotion they lavish on
on hum. However, the result is a One lovely admirer brings him decortive ertine thriller, with expensive cheeses, another takes John Payne once agiln proving his dog out and another, equally that although may never as beautiful. is almost embar- have got right to the top as vassing to her offers to take him far as aeting is concerned, he to dinner. has become allek and poised enough to build a flim on.
As for the ladies-Arlene Dahl and Rhonda Fleming- As his married friend, David they make excellent models Wayne, says enviousy, What's
me my fathlons
he rot?" The atiswer, we they display (though the measure- gather, la simple. It's not what ments of Rhonda Fleming must he has, but what he hasn't. be a little larger than they red namely, a wife. It appears that to be) and there were one or in New York there
touching moments when pondarénce of good looking girls Rhonda Fleming looked really all looking for husbands and
tho concerned about the welfare of until
day that Sinatra on one of them they ster, decides
all
all hopefully aspire the position.
for the
two
then
Uttlo ruughty Arlene Dahl.
What He's Got
is a pre-
to
Miss Dahl Js Loo self-con- This is an excuse to introduce sciously wicked for words and lot of pretty girls into the when her sinuous swaying is picture, although the gig used repulsed by John Payne we get for their entrances hrs been
Madison, Virginia Lofth, · }} -
Dean Ingger
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Mitchell's Mutiny
I regret it hasn't been able to see "One Man
but VivTiny"
with Gary q in the leading role that of General Billy Mitchel
und Ralph Bel- Rod Steiger Jay and The role of defence and prosecution lawyers resper- tively, it can't fail nder sting.
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It's a picture 1 shan't feil to
Boe.
in the
A Western
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Jan Sterling can be seen The second time within a week 14 a western with Robert Mitchum, and although not good looking envenurma) Hollywood "Man With the way, she is, in Gun" an interesting personality. Whorens in "Female on the
clothes, Duch", although allowed some gitmerous
she ourely seernd lidate to Joan Cmwford. in "Man with the
was
Gutt" dressed sombrely and
wi
with inst unattractive make- up she almost steals the picture from the Man himself Robert Milehun
It's
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'Riot' Returns
British
It'
front
a
After "Female On The Beach" the King's and Princess will be showing
the happy comedy "Raising a flot".
but if been here before but missed it, it's well worth a visit. It shows Kenneth More as Navel officer on leave coping with the domestic crises that arise when his wife is called away, leaving him with the care Ronald of the young children,
raising the Squires helps in laughs.
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