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́KING'S ★ PRINCESS
AL 2300-5 45 120 & 5.10 44 M.
AU 2 M--3 17:30 A 9.900 PM
SHOWING TO-DAY
The star of
"TO HELL
AND BACK" in the fighting story of the
Champion of
all the World!
UNTVERIAL INTERNATIONAL Presents
IN
WORLD CORNER
STARRING
AUDIE MURPHY BARBARA RUSH
CO-STAREG JEFF MORROW JOHN MCINTIRE
with TOMMY RALL,-HOWARD 51, JOHN-CHICO VEJAR-ART ANACON ·CISCO ANDRADE
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KING'S at 11.15 a.m.
PRINCESS at 11.00 a.m.
Disney-R.K.O. Present
THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1956.
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FILMS
$1
it in
almost empty at if o'clock in the cinema morning and not feel a fool, laughing by yourself.
"The World In My Cor- to ner" has us its hero a brash young left from a poor home who aspires to the heights represented in his mind by money.
On the other side of the fence is the poor little rich girl who corn her father's money und as some ridiculous notion that "money an't everything"
Between the one who wants money and the one who doesn't Riri's father who bas it and realises that it can buy a lot of things besides material
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in which I have In the order introduced them they are Audie Murphy. Barbara Rush (who looks a lot like Kathryn Gray. soo) and del Morrow.
the
the
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dunghter speak clipped Tones
Hollywood imagines are employed by aristocracy -American
variety *The best performance
fron Joli cleatibitedly
The rest of the picture just missed being as hilarious is the irs, three-quarters, but it still worth seeing
cond
time
for those laughs alone.
The Boulting Brothers, who mate Private's Progress have dedicated it to "all those who got away with it" in both high and low circles during the war. It's
1301
incunt
to be taken
BY JANE ROBERTS
spine of them are as extraordin- ary on his name.
Jn
The story, more feasible than inny of itstypo, was ruggested by a non-fletion work by a US. Army oflicer on "Flying Saucers From Outer Space".
the book have not read question, but as no one has yet come forward with any omal or malignant mon- that robots slers of any sort exist in outer space, it is safe to assume that this work, written with official blessing, must come itself to
existence of matter
outer space.
The produces of "Earth vs. The Flying Sapoers" have emried
on from thero and propted this unexplored terri- tory
with power-hungry crea tute that wish 30 extend their donsination to inke in our own planet,
seriously to all those who had the resent the examination of the
that a hard time needn't feel theur hardships are at all mini« But oh how near to the mised truth one of the situations are!
Ian Carmichel the prze clot of the time fellow to whom everything happens and who preserves his innocent be- The story is a very well worn
lief that the rest of the world but Audie Murphy makes
ay there a ไทย Ex right tikenble enough and understand- Fabte
wanting the through to the final réel young ! EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW hngs of life, and father
He is far more suited to Che university ways of Lurely
this to the artful dodges for 1942, Scied to practise when
Into the is drutted
Ariy and his bewilderment inereuKA with very brick he is taught.
Hi privigal Meta but then, this is what
schoolmasters vine to expect of him,
the art of serounging 112 enough unfeminine
ant Attend orough to Rihard
Vi have enjoyed the boxing scenes
Madzern, td how well more than the verbal ones, Pul
the at even their net Notat for all
1art than at by this down una penchant
Carmichael's uphringing. If not boxing, or to the paucity of the srigets you will.
a & tires put him in *****
they mait mal" class,
their diarence
!
Variety Programme of TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS,
•
Wonderful Adventures of PINOCCHIO In Technicolor
ADMISSIONS: $1.00, $1.50
ROXY & BROADWAY
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
a masterpiece
of stystery
VAN JOHNSON VERA MILES
TO-MORROW ROXY: A 12.00 Noon
20th Century-Fox prosents
In CinemaScope & Color "KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES"
Starring: Tyrone POWER
BESTBROAD CENTURI - YOZ prævesta:
23 Paces to Baker Street.
CinemascoPE*
MORNING SHOW
BROADWAY: At 11 a.m. Warner Brothers Technicolor Cartoons At 12.30 p.m. 20th Century-Fox presants
we've
Lie
-
Underworld Tour with Jolly unconcern.
has
where mure
Dresent
His po thon, in fuel, brings out The name of Orson Welles the Propelive metines
ixcome
synonymous the of male atinsphere that with eccentricity. What pervades the whole fim is no- ever he does is unusual and his greatest fiascoes have scroungers been at least spectacular.
He
401
As is
the mixed
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Scientist Hugh Mulowe and his new wite foolhardily attempt to outwit the visiting sucommen --delegates from outer space- but marksty finally forces them to admit that they must call in the help of their own country as well as that of the other malous of the work!,
if plane Earth is not to be destroyed,
friend in Her boy
a muscle man who might turn out well in it is a little future productions, difficult to what he is like from this picture as
his part calls for
" Somewhat wooden disposition, though coupled with fino tandsome face and phyfl ut.
"Syancy Tader, always worth going to be, is "Madame Rita" those dress owner of one of
shops where the patter of the proprietor is more clever than Buys collected Tafler to the crow round his stail "You'vo 'card of Christian Dlor? Well, I'm the Jewish Dior"
David Kossoff is the dear old follow
himself a
and who ነ።
More who calls "pants pressor" guide, philosopher and friend to most of the neighbourhood,
He is who comforta Celu Johnson when the husband who haus gone to Africa writes none ton hopefully of business possi- bilities out there and he it is
who waves the stories for the
small boy around story centres.
Carol Reed Film with
"A Kid For Two Far- things" gels off to a good start as we look down on London's bustling Petticoat Lane through the necessary boredom of The credit titles.
thin
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the
n tight plane Is Car.
uristocratic uncle a great showman and michael's
He has the noble his "Confidential Report takes Denis Price
grund tour of art of doing outling developed 11 Europe us he unfolds a story to the nth degree and us. Colonel de- Tracepurcel of the War Office, of murder. Intrigue anal
secret in charge 05 wetion.
usual in « Wellesian ration, is invulnerable
Then there's Terry-Thomas, production. ใบ wrole the
the most fe-like of the whole und produced screenplay.
H
parlesales directed the lm, and also stary cast,
sinceure 19 a desk job in a buste in inself.
CCULTE. One of Ty prefers training usual, he Again, as himself as an arch
Villain and Kavourite moments is when the In "Confidential Report" he is lights go up during an afternoon be has mlilionaire who cinema show to which ruthless
o!! HL. wandering rinbarks on a series of murders ended to prevent his daughter from glance encounters the horrified his unit and uncovering his unsavoury past. faces of most of Joan SIMMONS
There is hardly a pleasant every one of the expressions is
Robert a masterpiece. claracter in the cast.
of the Arden is
The is both
ponambulations snuggler and
tu bekmatter,
Michael Redgrave plot any not always easy and Akta Tamiroff two shady follow, but for good clean fun dealers in stolen goods, Katina and plenty of it, I recommend Paxinou a while slave trafficker Private's Progress and Patrie
Patricia
girl Medina th friend of the blackmaller
BURTON
In CinemaScope & Color "THE ROBE" Starring: Richard Terry MOORE
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• OPENS TO-MORROW
THE ZOMEDY.THAT ALTEREOswodie-nqum,E-UP-WITH CAUCHTER:
Private's Progress
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A RIOT OF FUN
FIRST BIG COMEDY
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Lucille BALL-Desi ARNAZ James MASON in MGM's FOREVER DARLING Color . LOUIS CALLMEAN
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MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW 12.10
Robert Mitchum - Marilyn Motiroo
In "RIVER OF NO RETURN"
2.10 3.00 3.00 1.45 **.AT.
CAPTAIN
10.
„GISTILE
TYRUNE POWER
Jean Peters Cesar Romero
John Sutton - Lee 1. Cobb
Directed by
་
Wydated by
HENRY KING - LAMAR TROTTL
RUNDAY MORNING SHOW Charlie CHAPLIN IN
"TILLES' PUNCTURED ROMANCE"
WATCH FOR OPENING!
'MADEMOISELLE PIGALLE
(CETTE SACRÉE GAMINE) ☆
*
if you want glimpses of slum in Munich, #custic In Zurich, Copenhagen,
Flying Saucers
Spain,
There's not Paris,
much doubt
Mexico and Amsterdam, plus a about the subject of "The very complicated plot, go to se Earth
VK. The Flying "ConBdential Report",
Good Clean Fun
of
Saucers".
In a film of this kind, the names of the actors appearing in It are of far less importance than "Private's Progress" is a de- the creator of the wierd and lightful
mixture
broad, wonderful devices designed to mucous comedy and sophisti- stimulate the imagination and distract the attention from the caled humour.
For seventy-five per cent of often ridiculous story. the film laughed until I was case the technical effects are the hoarse and it's pretty difficult work of a Ray Harryhausen and
In this
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
* 20, 3.15, all data ja 194.
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"FANTASTIC, SINISTER: EVIL AND HAUNTING" LEAK HOLT, DART HILALD
ORSON WELLES
Confidential Report
miles sige er van vranan. MECHAEL BEDGRAVE - PATRICIA NEQUKA TEN "KATIKA PAXĪNON- AKIM TANHOFF- MISCHA ABER-PAOLA MORI - ROULET ARDEM
TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11.30 A.M.
QUEEN'S
WB & Columbia
VARIETY PROGRAM
ALHAMBRA
Columbia's
VARIETY PROGRAM
3 Stooges Color Cartoons]3 Stooges Color Cartoons
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HOOVER LIBERTY
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·PIROT
THE WIZARD OF OZ
JUDY GARLAND
MASTERNICH REPIVOT -
SHOWS ON BUNDAY
To watch Dis
whom 130
anc
Unkorny, so the old man has told the little fellow. are very rare,
but when
en be fourni. iL has been endowed
Thui magle prosportler enable it to grant wishes, Like wil amri boy's this one is very fond of animals and when he pets a mare-borzed #1, he bargains with the owner (quite convinced thea he has tond u unicorn) until the animal is his. The rest of the picture is
whiley bit contrived and the Inclines to become self-com latus
times, but
you'll if you like to see some of the screen's best supporting British players showing
their accomplishments,
Carol Reed is both producer and director
HD
Good Thriller
The camera
Recina authentic spirit famous market place.
Hordering on Whitechapel and
End The East
of London, the people who live and work around feiterst Lane are predominantly Jewish and come from nearly very country in the world. They are the real Londoners and for all their sharpness and habit of
Robert Beatty and Holly- cheating a stranger, are basically kind-hearted aud neighbourly wood's Terry Moore are the principal people in "Post- IL it among themselves.
section of this com
mark For Danger" il munity that
life in tumes to
murder-thriller with the "A Kid For Two Farthinga".
There's
buxom blonde identity of the ringleader chessmaker who's been going of the
gangsters (Engilsh stenciy" with her boy friend for
in doubt until the slyle) despaira years and over being able to make him end.
In this role Diana marry her. Dors hardly needs to act at all. She's a nice, jolly, friendly girl, sole ambition of
troe
with the
having her own home.
New Films -At- A Glance
SHOWING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: “Wizard of Oz": For chidren of
ages, Frank
Judy Morgan
Garland,
KING's and PRINCESS:
The
My World In Corner": Boxing. Audia Murphy, Barbara Kush, Jeff Marrow.
NEW
YORK
and GREAT WORLD: "A Kы For
Two Farthinga"; Life in London's Petticoat Lane, Diana Dors, David Koss- off, Celis Johnson. QUEEN's and ALHAM- BRA: "Confidential Re- The European
of
throughs the Gyts Orion Welles. With Michael Redgrave, Akini Tamiroff, Patricia Medina.
ROXY and BROADWAY: 123 Paces To Baker Street": A blind man
solven $ crime, Van
Johnson,
Vera
Cecil Parker,
COMING
Mites,
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Forbidden Planet"; Adventures in SPROD. Walter Pidgeon, Anne
Francis.
KING' and PRINCESS:.
"The Ellris and Ben": Comedy involving
an adventuress,
JOKE
gambling father and her gullible boy friend, Midyl Cisynor, David Niven,
George
NEVOLADI "Partenark For Dans Marda And
YORK and GREAT
hand in handelt, Rober
Geoffrey Kee QUEEN'," and
ALHAM-
BEAN?The? Earth (vs.
Tho
· Flying ・・BauOCTU Bolence
Boklon,
Dad – BROADWAY!
Comedy, Tan
As
often happens in
low comparatively
budgeted picture, the character actors in the smaller parts are those who are given most scope and in this na Geoffrey Keen.
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GRAND OPENING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 ́0 6.30°P.M.
You've heard about it-now see it, and enjoy it to the full --
London Films present.
CAROL REED'S PRODUCTION
NO KIDDING! THE HARPIEST MOST HUMAN
FILM YOU
EVER SAW!
A KID FOR TWO P
FARTHINGS
IN EASTMAN COLOWA
Cella Johnson Diana Dora Jonathan Ashmore David Kossoff Joe Robinson Vera Day
Brenda de Banzia Primo Carnera
A STORY TO TOUCH OUR HEARTS SIR CAROL REED has pulled it off
once more derful
wou-
a lovely, most moving film
"DAILY HERALD"
Gook and Screenplay by WOLF MARKOWITE Directed by CAREL, REED Distribution Controlled by INDEPENDENT FILM DISTRIBUTORS
SUNDAY MATINEE AT 12.30 P.M.
NEW YORK: Univemat Colour Cartoons
GREAT WORLD: 3 Stooges Comedy & Cartoons
CAPITOL RITZ
Inpector Colby of Scotland Yard, SHOWING TO-DAY & SHOWING TO-DAY
who comes off best.
He is a {TV} stasitive actor whose versatility allows him to take on any part. You'l im- mediately
bit recognise having appeared here in "Tho Man Who Never Was", “A Town Like Alloo"
Carrington
cla
V. C.", "Storm Over the Nile" and in "Postmark For Danger" he keeps up his ex- cellent standard.
The original stary LE by Francis Durbridge who has writ-
ten so many plays for the BBC and into the plot of "Postmark For Danger" have gone all the Ingredients that make a good thriller.
Robert Beatty is an artist with two brothers whose othies aren't es pure as his. Terry Moore is a girl whose father isn't all he sćems, Both stem to have secrets.
Puzzle: Guess the identity of "Nightingale",
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