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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1956.
FILMS
The King and I:
This IA ⇓ musical that
magnificent
appears trans-
to have been ferred piece by piece from the stage to the screen and it reassembled exactly an was before.
The lucky people who have seen the original production in ther Lion or New York wil! probably disngree with
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violently and add that as 1 can- Exp have seen either, {sm talking pornothing of which I know little.
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My answer to the anticipated critickam
that the Current screen version of Miss Landon's book still looks like an cx- cellent piece of theatre fure that bas telligcotly, expertly pulngstakingly betri photo- graphed from the centre of the stalls.
This is the only Internet to
warning!
who
give to those sally go to a cinema musical exceting plenty of story, with muste addeNŮ.
"The King and I from the pokut of view of n Thentregoer is excellent certainment,
It has a dominating personality in the main role firmly holding together the whole plot. It has Lp, ceremony, costumes int could only be described
cockly gorgernin. And it has the fairy iale quality of pantomime, coupled with some old fashioncri Victorian
that In pantonalne would been supplied by the Court Jesler, but which b. in the case of "The King and I", supplied by "I"-Mrs Ana Lumowe
Palace Music
I am frankly prejudiced in favour of "The King and 1”. The wonderfully forceful "Palace" music that is played.
the King introduces Anna to numerous progeny has haunted
the me since I w pr. view
of the film more than a month ago, It is the theme musi of the picture and the string.
brussy arrogani, impish, impressive melody is Yul Brynner himself, Osear Hammerstein could have had nobody else in mind when he wrote it.
The songs from the Alm have become popular classies since they were introduced some years DRO, yet to hear Deborah Kerr shug them
iike B new photograph of well loved face. W remember reading somewhore that in some of the Dongs, her voice is not used.
If this is so the clubbing has been a well done that it is im-
sible
that it is not
M Kerr singing.
Her best song is "Hollo young lovers", in which she sings of her happiness with her husband Tom, now dead. It is typical of the character of Anna. She
Current & Comin
BY JANE ROBERTS
This Week's Films-
In Pictures
Yul Brynner in "The King and 1"
A scene from "There's Always Tomorrow"
110 taken the best of the most peuple will enjoy every ever when a word of note memories of her happy life moment of it.
with Tom, added a philosophical of humour outlook, plenty primness without prudery and the result is a firm, purposeful woman who will stand no nonsense bul who enn be nevertheless feminine with
all.
Dynamic
Irritated by her,
mused by
Davy's Here
Davy Crockett:
craze hav
that one syllable is introduced and happiest when he is being ulmost In- sent off on some
presible errand,
A Surprise
Tribute To A Bad Man:
Westerns
Sho is a young woman he has picked up in a saloon and taken bock to his ranch to cook, housekeep and provide feminine comparton:hip when necessary. There is no attempt to hide the relationship, yet nellher la *it given undue importance, It t made clear, and sensibly left there. The man is happy, the
girl is
happy, she knows she can go if and when she wants to, he understands that she will
stay as long as It suits her. There la un absence of fum and outward demonstration about Meir affection for each other that I liked very much. There wits certainly no coldness about it but the warmth between them WIS fell rather than tralen home in the usual ob- vious fashion.
There are two men in the picture who try to win the affretion of this, by her own admission, not always good girl, bat although she has in the part been fond of one, and goes as for fur s leaving the ranch with the other, the” inner strength of Cagney is an irresí-table inagnet and without exerting uity out- wird persuasion he draws her hack.
The young-man who nearly succeeds in winning her from James Comey is Don Dubbins again a newcomer to the Holly- wood sevne. He la another of Cugney's kame dogy** and except that he covets his boss's woman, turns out to be as Rich of an asset is the woman her. self. Dubblas.
like the lovely
Greek woman, has lookes, talent and the
of a veterul), He has had stage training and this in evident in everything he does It is not the singe tezining
hax
กร BLOGUER shambling, ruturallstic style
that
of Brando and James
l
Dean (a Technique employed by Vie Murow in the aim it has given him un vase of manner that makes a gxi contrast to the jerky impatience of Cagney
Stephen McNally
makes
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rather olly, obvious villain, but perhaps the exceptionally good performances of the rest of the cas! focus altention 011 the weakest link.
One, very good point abul this is the quickness of the pucu, There are no long linger ing shots while the reaction on the face of the actor is allowed to sink in to the audience. All unnecessary packling bus
been removed and although wes'era fans may protect 甜美 the cx- elusion of those lengthy gun battles and interminable shots of galloping horses, they will
disappointed by
nort be action scenes,
the
This is a worthy successor to "Hhowani Junction" at the Hoover and Liberty cinemas,
New
Films -At- A Glance
SHOWING
HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Tribute To A Rad Man": A western, JaIDEN Caghty, Irens Papes, Sepeba McNally, Den Dabbins.
"Davy almost
The Crockett ing arrived and passed on in Hongkong without leav- Ing any annarently lasting palatable taken in small impression, on the children, doses and over EL long
are
her and sometimes goaded by and in the ears of adults period. When it is part of
her erlicism to the point of having her punished, the King finds her advies invaluable and on his death bed commends her
$5
court
of
left nothing worse than the one's job to see every one, nasal twang of yet another grød, mediocre and often popular singer, it will be in terrible, the prospect of yet teresting to see whether the another does not arouse any to his soft,
film now showire promotes degree of enthusiasm. this Although
picture
11 A rush of coonskin caps that
this mood was th mainly a succession of superbly staged
production
numbers the song bit failed to raise. patient resignation that I drugged my feet up the stairs of the string together by dialogue,
tho
Thursday the film has Hoover Theatre on still manages
to convey
One thing thei feeling of the passing, of world done is make n star of Fess afternoon.
Parker.
To delighted
my
surprise events outside the Uttle of the King of Slam and of a
"Tribute to a Bad Man" turned Ho is a tali, easy-going, good- mit out cul-
very be not only man, half barbaric, half tured, who is pulled many ways locking young man with enough good western, but a well made brawn to please the youngster alm from every point of view. by his violent disposition but who is passionately trying to
and enough charm to appeal to
The love Interest was plau, Bro fairly
the sible,
and camera work rule himself and his people women, but these
of young editing were good and the new There is nobody with whom of Walt Dimey to back him his every word
actors and even with the name actress, Irene Papas, Ilves up to
of the one can compare Yul Brynner, name would probably not have about her.
publicity It is diicult to visualise him in
What is moro, she been heard of nguin had it not can not, any other part but this, yet here a person of such dynamic per- sonalty that not to see him again would be a tragedy. His name
with wisdom.
common
altributes
to
beca for the unaccountable The bad man of the title, is success of the popular jingle. rough, down to earth James As a western "Davy Crocket!" Cagney. He is a ranch owner on the cast list of an future pro- is fairly routine. The hero first who spares neither himself nor duction of whatever type will fights the Indians, then, with a his men, has no time for weak- ensure a visit from me.
knowledge of their ways, soos ness of any sort and treats hi With
horres with a consideration be Yul
and that right is not always on the does not find Brynner Deborah Kerz dominating the side of the white man. Being
screen for so much of the time, the hero he naturally can't com- tend to his followery to ex-
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Cagney has found exactly the the other characters pale by promise with what he feels to comparison, However, with not be just and proceeds to force right note for this part.
a great deal to do but look his opinions down the throats does not overdo the toughness, exquisitely lovely in a doll-ilke of others, oven to the extent he doesn't swagger or boast way, Rilla Moreno succeeds in of becoming a congressman to tricks actors often find it neces it or indulge in any of the capturing attention and the th- do so. Bruiculate love between the two
la sary to use to hamma home to The member for Tennessee is their audiences that they are Young people her lover is Carlos. ftivasis, qulie moving
pet fearless in Washington - ng 'hard, Of humour there is plenty and he is out on the lone prairie and grouchings if his are unexpooled sales of laughter. without much trouble tames the appearance, Mis perfectly.
from
and unattractive.
the unpreciclable: King diy slickers as comily, as he has, foumible that a lovely atwoman “,
moet of flis Indian opponania, * Blow | Irene, Papse, could® white
take him at times ondearingly
2 Ble trusty friend throughout deploring his though I
human
Nobody, can
to And some-bit the shoging and talking' is: admiry@respect. thing in this plating to like "na-Buday Randy kokang ke panign® Torg blank th
KING 8 and PRINCESS: A Crockett": western, Fem Parker, Buddy Ebien, NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Caroline Cherie: French costume pleen. Martine Carol. QUEEN'S and ALIIAM- BRA: "The Lost Con- Incal": Travelogue made by an Italian dim anlt. ROXY and BROADWAY;
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