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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1957.
A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHINA
Through The
Eyes Of
One Family
by William Smyly
A Chinese film, technically better than anything yet produced in Hong- kong, started its run at the Cathay and Shin Wah theatres last week. And the run looks as if it may be quite a long
one.
The fact concerns Hongkong in several ways. First, because Communist film companies here produce a large amount of the film material used at present on the Chinese mainland. Their whole production goes into China-but they represent & Births, Deaths, Marriages, fairly prosperous local industry.
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companies they
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A better job of maj And than Hongkong studios, all but their more arrently there is no reason to suppose "Western" or "anti-Communla that China's financial subsidy productions.
of Hongkong studios will con- tinue. And if that support is withdrawn KO much The worse for Hongkong.
One Of The Best
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No Neutrals
Influential
"anti-
Communi" Alm executivo put
the situation to me this way:
"In Hangkong there is no i kong. The Hongkong-made film But it may concern Hong-neutral flim company, Either a korg too by offering a wider, film is made by a Communist So the present version of the toured China and was popular. instead of a smaller market. company
shown and
inside alm "Family" Was produced This picture "Family" is China, or it is made by a no- with a delnite psychological an honest piece of film making. Communist company and shown Two size. LyalBule
Although
it runs on a pro- outside. The non-Communist pagando theme, the treatment companies fuce a very difficult is fair. It could be shown as situation because the market for straight entertainment in my Chinese flims is so small. Very
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background,
revolutionary-a spline, and exultant.
The Voice
Voice Was BIGGER
Than The Band!
When we arrived at the Hongkong Football Stadium last night a fair-size crowd of spectators had already gathered, The peanut vendors and pedlars of soft drinks were making their way up and down between the stands.
There was a band and in one; of this performance; I could not, descriptive picce of music, however, praise highly enough "Tulsa" by Don Gillis, which their attack and precision. they played, we even heard tho Their first item was "Fanfare raforce's whistle and revolver at Allegro" by Williams. This shots presumably on attempt was a difficult item to begin a to "shoot the ref." The only
things missing wore the bail programme with as, I am sure, players" and "cheer-leaders." the majority of the audience However, we were not attend- were hearing it for the first ing any sporting event but the time.
The second item was a tribute first concert given by the United States Air Force Band under to the conductor of the band, their conductor Colonel George It was anditled the Colonci 5. Howard,
George S. Howard March and was written in his honour by Pecking.
The bandstand was on one side of the stadium and we sat on the other. As a result there was a distance of 200 feet be tween the band and the nearest members of the audience. This large distance made it essential to have high power amplifying equipment which rendered almost impossible any judgment utional quality or balance.
Vocalists Suffor
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So the programme continued Through many styles and moods including another example of Instrumental virtuosity "Bugler's Holiday" by Osterling featuring a trio of trumpets from the band.
The programme concluded with the choir and band join- Ing together to sing and "play selections of American marches. In this they were conducted by Colonel Howard and Captain Landers together.
First Class
Taken all-in-all, this WOLS
This amplifying system gave the first soloist T/Sgt. Robert Kerns (baritone) a mighty 100 walt valce which at times drowned the band even when they were playing fortissimo; first class performance against this
Is not n unheard of
üremendous odds. All the pinyera currence in this electronic ego, and singers deserve our praise. The choir, the Singing Ser We must also register our Instead, one is left geants conducted by Captain gratitude to all those concerned as the character. The Communist film goodness by no means a very amiable regretting the greatness and the Robert L. Landers, also suffered with this performance
of the Old that because of the poor bars responsy entire proceeds are
going to directors hurve not done any has been Jattirased - but of the amplifier. This mute it local charities. thing to soften or excuse his | still conscious that it died of almost impossible to hear the If I might be allowed one final preoccupation with the writing natural causes, stiffening of the lower register and led to some word of critician, the soft drink of revolutionary
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pedlars were editorial arteries perhaps... old age. apparently strange harmonles,
active between while his sweetheart commits
Recond soloist, M/Sgt. Items and even (oh horror!) What to presented this time
DuPree (Tenor) also during some of the actual play- the story of China as
In a way, the story is almost William an suicide.
Communist
What suffered because of this apologia.
poor ing. Could not their activities part of the world. It is one of few Alms are able to pay for allegory, The best of the Old is | The best Communist made their costa."
represented by a magnificent Touching Love Scene okse could possibly have hap bass response as he had to bunt be confined to the period before flims of recent years and could
to for some of his lower notes the coneer, and the interval? What was there pened? grandfather ruling his house,
could
There are to be three more hardly be proved
and fighting a hard but losing
replace the old... but Compresumably because he world distribution,
concerts with not hear himself clearly.
entirely different battle against the laxity of the
munism?
T/Sgt. Joseph Suprant gave a programmes. There will be two of the Foreign and the Now. Old and the unknown terror
superb demonstration of techni- today and another tomorrow. Į | cal agility at the sccordion play- would encourage everyone to gó one of these, I can ing thred very fast pieces, Hora to at least Staccato, Tico-Tico, und Flight assure them they will have en of the Bumble Bee.
and these per- enjoyable time As I have already sold, Iformances are for
very good would not like to pass judgment cause. on the tonal quality and balanct
Lor
Technically--the photography and the sound are better than anything I have seen or heard from local studios.
flim
The result or opening the
market China
to
selected Hongkong-made films probably be to switch produc- would ton from the present style of mostly drawing room comedy type productions of a If this film is not an exception Westernised high society 10 it could
imply that artistic!
n more Chinese type of society standards
ricing are Chinese mainland, and that the cameras more on the
on the and story, and possibly focus the insistence on brash propagandal than the businessman.
NOTICE
SAINT DAVID'S SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
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peasant
But "Family" may be a freak. I may have slipped through the Communist system because of a long and complicated history.
The story is part of a trilogy written by the author Ba Jung -aid has been fired reverei THE SHEK O DEVELOP-
Notice is hereby given that times, This first section deals the Annual General Meeting with the cullapse, about 1920, or MENT, CO., LTD.
of the St. David's Society of an old Chinese
family NOTICE
The second section Hong Kong will be held at the Szechuan HEREBY GIVEN
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And
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taka, Gezerni Meeting of the Share-
"Autumn", completes a land of holders will be held in the 17th, when the presence of social history of China between Board Room of Measro.
all members is specially re- the collapse of the dynasty and quested.
the rise or Communism as seen Jardine, Matheson and Com-
through the eyes of one family, pany, Limited, Hong Kong, on
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The first section, which is a tragedy, was aimed previously
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Six cases of thefts from cars have been reported to the Police, Two suspects were arrested yesterday and this morning.
Among articles stolen were a headlamp rim, windscreen wipers, an umbrella, a lady's handbag containing a fountain pen, a cigarette case and a pair of spectacles, and some clothing and papers: All these thefts oc- curred in Hongkong.
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The 38,000-ion American aircraft carrier Hornet wearing Hedding, Commander at Carrier the flag of Rear-Admirət T.
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Between these forces one of the most touchingly acled love seces 1 have ever seen on the screen tells, or seems to tell, of The wont of the Old is pro- | the ungulsh of the whole of rented
Uncies who China as by three
between she banks might
be called (but the Old and the Now. well aren't) Pride, Lust, and Greed.
The spirit of the New is pro- And at the end of the sented in the form of a young one
jp not left in any woy
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
MANDRAKE WOULDN'T COME TO SEE MET DIDN'T YOU HAVE A GUN?
CURE! HO TURNED IT INTO A FATHER-- LIKE HE DID
ON STAGE
FERDINAND
NANCY
JOHNNY HAZARD
RADIO FEAD TOG HUH, KITTY 7 WELL, LEAST WE KNOW WHERE WE STANDY AND ITS SOCKED-IN DOWNSTAIRS GIVE ME A BEARING,
TROYI
"THEN--HE TURNED ME UPSIDE-DOWN -LIKE NE DID ON STAGE- AND WALKED AWAY-
WHERE'S THAT TRASH BASKET ?
NEAREST I CAN FIGURE, JOHNNYA. WE'RE OVER OPEN WATER NOW, BUT
THROW
PAPER
HERE
Anyway the film is worth seeing." "And that is the highest
praise that any flm can get.
Family is showing without English sab-tilles. It is to be Alm followed by the second in the series "Spring" which was made in Noorkots.
"HE LEFT ME HANGING THERE FOR TEN MINUTES --THEN--CRASH!"
STRIKE ONE
WE'RE NEAR THE JUNGTURE OF JAPANESE HOKKAIDO ISLAND AND SONET-HELD KURUL ISLANDS! THEIR COASTLINES OVERLAP PRETTY CLOSELY
ABOUT HERE
The
By Lee Falk and Phil Davia
I KNEW HIS MAGIC ACT
WAS DIFFERENTI HE CAN REALLY DO IT! TAKE MIKE, AND BRING
HİM HERE!
R. A. BONES,
There's More Than Hagia FRYS
By Mik
BONG BONG
CRYSTALISED GINGER
COVERED IN
FRY'S CHOCOLATE
CUTEX
THE WORLD'S
MOST
POPULAR
NAIL
POLISH
・
By Ernie Bushmiller
By Frank Robbins
WHICH MEANS THAT KHEN I PROP DOWN THROUGH THIS SOUP WE MAY COME OUT OVER
ETHER ONG, EH,TREVI
WITH NO POWER, WE HAVE NO CHOICE WHERE WE LAND, JOHNNY!
ROWNTREES
SMARTIES
N
SMARTIES
.....this situation calls for a
San Miguel