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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1958.
Anthony Fuller's Column
Quite a packet for one voyage
renched for his
That moment a now writing team was born.
Roy Bakok. But the dancer is able to ex- nodded.... HAPPY New Year Alm's director,
William MacQuitty, the pro- press joy and redness, or almost gultor. to you.
I thought ducer, bas had letters from mar any amotion simply by a wave that you might like to vivors all over the world. Did of his hand."
you know that a luxury suito read a letter I received aboard the Titanie cost £8507 from Pinewood just be Equal to about £2,000 today. fore the studios began a from England to New York."" bhort Christmas holiday. I have been plaguing them about stuff on the Titanic film they are mak- ing. The trouble is I al- ways expect others to be as obsessed by certain sub- jects as I am.
The Titanic is only one of many as this column must have revealed. The nineties, the waring-twenties, Scott Filz gerald, are three subjects I am working on and anxious to see the film people take up.
However, perhaps you'd like to read part of this long letter mail from England, along with the Christmas cards.
which arrived with the air-
Speaking of the set for the Titonic, my correspondent goes
on:-
wen,
"Edwardian ladies, superbly kowned, stood in groups with their impeccably dressed genile
WAS and there
201 murmur of conversation, Near- by a steel stairway turned up and up again unlik is disappost ed in the shadows of the roof of the huge sound stage. And then a door opened and I saw the luxurious interior of the first-class lounge, "Titanic's"
sol at such a crazy aʊgle that I wondered how the actors could keep their balance at all.
"I felt quite ili after work ing on that set for a few hours, one of the Edwardian ladies told me. It has the most extraor-
dinary effect to move or stand on a long stope for so long. 1 aimos: feel that one of my legs in longer than the other now.
"Kenneth More, heading the cast, joined us.
Like my part? Certainly, ho told me. I play the part of Lightoller, an officer who aur vived... in fact he died only a I've met his few years ago. son and he was very helpful.'
"Another of the Titanic's of cers who survived was a young man nomed J. G. Boxhali. Fourth Oficer Boxhall was one
the officers on the watch when an locberg ripped out the underbelly of the great ship; today he is acting as technical adviser on the Pixwood Pro duction of the world's worst- ever shipping disaster.
"It will be interesting to see myself as I was 45 years ago," he said.
fr
Young
film exiri,
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The news got around. Andi Bow they have recorded four of their song for HMV.
The tities cra,
"Your Trusling I began at Pinewood on the Strangers,
of "Windom Way," Love," "A Certain Girl I Know," 1 Unfortunately, that is all am told at the moment about during a luil between the fakes, and "Never Be Alone."
Malayan this so intriguing drama, and Sammy San, was idly drumming almost all my questions are stil; vul on his gultor a tuno be bad unanswered.
written.
a switch for Incidentally, another person
Stars Peter Finch, Mary bed THERE will be
exchanged the tnd Natasha Parry
the famous "Blue Lamp" extremely interested
Producer Michael Relph, Titanic is Waller Lord, whose amused glances....started bum
is ming. Technteigas joined in. Pearl Harbour
and director Basil Dearden, will account of
in the just finishing
Puges of
Everyone on the set joined in away jobs for their next m our fellow journal. The South...except Glasgow-born actor for the Rank Organisation.... who remained Dearden will produce, and Chinn
Post-Herald. John Cairney Lord has written a book on silent. He scribbled on a piece Relph will direct
The film which goes Into the subject, "A Night to Re- of paper.
When the impromptu concert produclon, early in the member," but even he falls to
Br Compton anawer the question I asked, was over, he strolled up with year, is from and nobody either will or can the piece of paper in his hand. Backer.zie's new book, "Rockets answer. Who over-ruled Cap- "Here are some of the lysics Galore." It follows "Violent tain Smith, and caused him to I've written for your tune," he Flayground," which aing the ship at the leeberg in said, "like to try them?" Sammy has just completed. spite of the fact that plenty of warnings had been given?
Sunday
However, my correspondent must have broken off for lunch. for he goes on;—
in
at
Or
"Lanching
the Stars' Restuarant
Pinewood nowadays is an experience with nothing narrowly British insular about it. In fact I saw actors and actresses not only iom Europe but from the Far East, too.
"That Chin, captivaling young Chinese actress, sat a few tables Both away with her brother. bave
Important Just nu hed roles in Violent Playground, a which deplata the Dew im mrethod of Bichling Juvenile
which Пла жел B0 crime
En the tough accesful English port of Liverpool,
"Deep in conversation
with
producer Betty Box eat a lovely Japaness girt. Who is she? I asked, and my companion said Yoko Tani. Sho flew in from conference Paris tocty for a
with Boty Box before the be gins work on The Wind Cannot Read,' opposite Dirk Bogarde."
"Dirk himself was being in- terviewed by a Belgian journ~ Hardy list while he lunched.
star, Kruger, young German arrived with prou Jul Wintle, 'What has Hardy come back to Pinewood for?' I asked
'Oh, and received the reply,
future plans just to talk over Julian."
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This did not make senso me at all, then I remembered Hardy's Arst British nim, "The that Jalan Wintle, produced
One That Got Away." I saw it yesterday, you will be seeing it
soon.
"There's an amazing amount of authentic and detailed in- formation to be had. put in the RE
Headaches (BAYER
Toothaches
Colda
are quickly overcome by
CAFASPIN
DEFERRING to his appear- unce in "Les Girls," Gene Kelly writes about his choice of a song-and-dance role, rather than one of the many dramatic roles offered him,
"I hope I shall be lucky enough to appear in both types of movie, but I don't fool my- sel. I feel I know more about dancing than I do about acting. I've been at it longer"
Actually, it takes a simple look at the record ta revedl how Gene Kelly is one of the most
in the versatile actors
game today.
His appearance with Mitz Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Talna
Elg in
Giris,' "LCS climaxes д
has surcer that seen him achieve success as a dancer, singer, actor, waiter, director, producer, and chorea- grophor
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"But if I had to confine my- self to just one area of the show business,” avers Gene Kelly, "it would certainly danting. An actor has a chance to create character out of his role,
and director must call upon his imagination create an illusion in a scene.
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