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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1957.
CHINA White Santa Is Rehabilitated A Romance, A Comedy
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By COLETTE BLACKMOORE
Warsaw, Dec. 23.
well-known HAT
refugee of Stalinism,,
TH
from his exile-but in Poland some of his gifts may be late this year.
& 'Red' Santa Retires
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And A Musical
"Čive Mo
A
66°CNTERLUDE," Star and century pastoral. The chief, are Ave songs in the show.
Metropole's choice for attraction about the film isprli Love,"
Gentle Girl," "Do It Yourself," the holiday season, la a of course, the two stars, Patentonvillo Fair," next "Cover Santa Claus, is back fur-trimmed robe and high (each other that he died gone, hand shops, but they too sell highly emotional film, made Boone and Shirley Jones, I In The Meadow."
Idral entertainment for the white back to Moscow with Marshal at high prices.
against the background of quite enjoyed this film as blahop-like hat with a
who cross prominently stamped in Konstantin Rokossovsky
Christmas here junt au in
postwar Germany and light entertainment, and for holiday, and sweet all the way front
through. formerly headed Poland's other countries menn many
Austrin. The film is made a change, I found the Standing majestically in an Ministry of Defenco,
things to many people. 8 Nicholas's position is m To Polish Catholics it is ar by Universal-International, singing very pleasant.
Techni- The Government's imports of old convertible taxi and accom-
The story ta slight In that oranges, lemons, ralsins, nuts,panied by a bevy of pretty girls, once again as Polish Christians other occasion to give thanks and screened in
the Fat Boone seems to bo Communism that
ond the colour-CinemaScope. Christmas the legendary patron of Christ-and Communista alike prepare and other
American version of the angry wines
The emotional drama mas cheer was driven through to celebrate the Yuletide with Church are able to co-exist.
bas goodies have not arrived yet..
For almost everyone it is June Allyson
young man, and his anger is as an American with the fact, the city by the Polish Molor caroling, feasting and religious
Chicago police who Newspapers have in
other holiday from work and
Government girl in Munich, have been unreasonable enough turned on the trade ministries Association to distribute gifts to servicos.
War- On Christmas Eve Poles will nother good excuse for ener Christmas the traffic polleemen of
who falls in love with famous to arrest him for botrowing a to inquire why the
cating, drinking and gather at home to break un relk
Furopean symphony conductor, ent and breaking the dinner supplica promised more BW.
loavened bread and ont a big merrymaking.—United Press,
(Rossano Drazzi). Their Jimit. than a month ago have not yet
meal. For those who stick close reached the stores.
to the old traditions, this is the after
climax of a day of fasting.
What good is custard the dinner is over?" sald eritical newspaper.
Formal Debut
onc
But things could be worse. After all, the Russian "Father been retired, St Fra hus Nicholas has been rehabiliated -ond
Christmas
trees and
This is S Nick's second rou- son back in the good graves of the Communist regime.
During 1.he years when Stalin's Iron-hand governed Poland, the local authorities Ig- nored him in favour of Father of Frost the Russian version Santa Claus.
Soviet Steppes
They tried to make the state- decorations dlom.nate marketly. Bearded gentleman from the Soviet steppes the places and sidewalks pa the northern
Polish symbol of a non-religious days of old.
St Nick made his formal de-Communist Christmas.
the But when
BROW but this year on December 8,
after Church's started to fall the Roman Catholic S1 Nicholas
Revolution Day. He rode October down the streets of the capital Father Frost did not | dressed in the traditional
the Poles smilingly long and
1?
Breaking Bread
In the countryside some
still
The Follow pensante coremony of breaking bread in their stables and feeding it to their cattle. The legend mays thol on Christmas Eve even the cows speak with human velces.
Carp, the favourite fish of the 400,000 Jews living in Warsaw before the war, is still eaten by this eve. to- fakes many Poles on Poland's gether with mushroom or beet cakes, 1950, Boup, icilled dishes,
wines appear, sweets,
and vodka, told Sometimes the dinner runs into
twelve or more courses,
China -Mail: Entertainment Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Delicate Delinquent."
Jerry Lewis wants to be a policeman.
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA: "Band Of Angels." Clark Gable and Yvonne DeCarlo in a drama of the Deep South.
ROXY & BROADWAY: "John Of The Black Gangs."
Vittorio Gassman and Constance Smith in an "April Italian production of mediaeval times. Love." Pat Boone and Shirley Jones in a twentieth-century pastoral.
STAR & METROPOLE: "Man Afraid." George
Nader and Phyllis Thaxter.
HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Bonnie Scotland." A
Laurel and Hardy comedy.
LEE & ASTOR: "The Pajama Game." Doris Day
in a Broadway musical.
CAPITOL & RITZ: "The Lonely Man." Jack Palance and Anthony Perkins in a cowboy drame.
MAJESTIC: "Stopover Tokyo." Robert Wagner and
Joan Collins in a spy thriller.
ORIENTAL: "The Living Idol." Steve Forrest and
Liliane Montevechi in Modern Mexico.
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*
At Midnight on December 24, poles including Com- many munist Party members attend Muss.
Church-going Communists are. sometimes referred to here as radishes"-red on the outside, but while inaide.
The Polish Communist press no longer plays down the re- Igious side of Christmas and no longer tries to picture he holiday us one descending from pagan times.
Carols
Now the newspapers and the radio use the expression "Peace On Earth goodwill to Men" when they speak about Christmas.
Christmas carols including those sung the world over lik "Silent Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" are broudonat over the radio. They can be bought ufi records and carller this the first real book of month Christmas Corals, beautifully Rustrated to be published in Poland since the war was dis- played in the bookstores.
Polish children also look for- ward to receiving Christmas The toy shops are presents. featuring their newest nad brightest acquisitions which, according to many parents, ure net varied enough to suit the needs and Inclinations of the different ages.
Russian-made electric trains costing around 000 zlotys HK$216) are too expensive for most families. Western munu- Tactured toys are soanelunes available in private and second-
Best Wishes
for a Happy
Christmas
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TUERDAY, DECEMBER
By Air
speed
romance athleves that classical He is sent into exile in the
found in the sereen's blue country quality
where he meets inest love stories.
Shirley Jones, and a very in- "Interlude" calls for Miss Ally- telligent horse.
Lon to play the other" woman He abandoned his wild ways, for the first time, and she gives swops the hot-rod fun for the extremely sensitive perfor-horse trotting races, and falls in unce in the role.
love with Shirley.
1th-
Hossano Brazzl who is
What is really important from membered for ble performances the film point of view is, there in "Three Coins in the Foun--| lain," and "Summertime," res- pands with another great per-
formance.
The third in the ill-starred team is Merianne Cook. the line young German Ictress
who gives a splendid performance us Brazzi's
Rick wife. mentally
This highly emotional film entis
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PRINCESS GARDEN
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prc
Along with there leading roles
the understanding
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played by Francoise Rosay; the SPECIAL DANCES: 24th 25th 31st & 1st
patient young American dorter, played by Keith Audes: Jane Wyatt as the energetie super- visor of a US Information Centre, and Frances Bergen as June Allyson's best friend.
But
the 'Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middle
apart tran Fast, Africa, Great Britain & Europe, drama that is unrolled 1 น.ส.
"Interlude," there are fine musical sequences in which the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Brahms, Liszt, and Schumann, are heard.
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I
HAVE said elsewhere,
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