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TO-DAY
LOVE'S NOT A GAME...IT'S A WAY OF LIFE
Paramount prevente
CARMEN
SEVILLA
and
RICHARD
KILEY
The endor
spectacularly
captured
Ramener Told To I'mm Thiriet Temao Of A Homing Pimento Cutterl
PANISH AFFAIR
JO GUARDIOLA Jesus Tordesillas Jose Manuel Martin
Francisco Bernal-Rafael Farina with the seal collaboration t Julio Pena and José Nieto Produced by Brun Odium Dicasted by Donald Sage · Rotten by Richard Dolkes TECHNICOLOR
A Nomad Production in to production mets Cea Barto Pero Mand
Froo Samples of AT PRINCESS, to-day only; NIVEA Creme for Backsfall &.D.C. Patrons
SPECIAL MATINEES TO-MORROW KING'S 11.00 a.m. PRINCESS 11.00 a.m.
Universal-International
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1958.
Anthony Fuller's Column
[ARILYN MONROE ar. One of the greatest shotz ever come studied and deilberats and
Mrived in
sur she appears to live in another Hollywood taken by a film cemera
rounds this role. When Emil world, last month.
To Reason:
the plat- Janning stands on prepare for a remake of form of a beer-hall and another....
ege on his "Blue Angel." 20th Century clown breaks en Fox are going to tackle the head. The yolk runs all over
Jennings head and neck, job, and if asked to name & all the time a frozen mask leers studio which in my opinion at the audience, but beneath the could undertake the assign mask is the agonising expression 20th of a scholar sunk so low that he ment, I should say
can sink no lower. Century Fox.
1
071-
s
It is of no use imagining that cne studio in as good as other.
follow you
nolice closely, you will
excels irt every studio particular branch.
and
1, myself, when young, was tragedy for haunted by this many a long day. The break
well that is up of empires, that merely history, but the breaking one up of a man is tragedy. And wise is the playwright who can Bee it. That in why, it wo con see it, "Across the Bridge" be longs to great einemn.
In my opinion there is only one director I should choose to make the Alm. I know he le ticd
I shall watch our Marilyn with International- up Universal with "A Time to Love very closely in this role. It takes and a Time to Die," but even a lot more than a sexy twist of so I would wait for him the hips to All high drama, ead
I BOCESENTY.
mican Douglas I wonder if Marilyn can do it. And then, who would you cast Sirk, the old UFA Director.
a
ng Old Mud,' the schoolm str
by
Japanese composer-conductor Tak Shindo, who functioned as musical technical adviser with Franz Waxman during the scor Ing of Warner Bros Sayonara," has been approched by a record- Ing company to arrange
tho 11 popular album from Japanese songs he transposed from the Japanese scale to De- cidental orchestration for picture.
an
11
Immense Interest out of tracing the evolution of a word, Tako the oath "bloody" for instance which was introduced is a polite pubile in Pygmalion" and "zines then has crept into pletures now and again. But this week I have heard it three times in dif-
Actually. It is feront pictures. not a bad word. It comes from the days of Caiholle England, and is the very old English oath "By
Lady." 80, our Shakespeare you find the oath "ounds" which arin CAMO from the same source and is the slurred over "God's wounds," for men used to sinke their re- Included would be a swing butation by taken an oath upon
what they considered sacred. version of "Tanko Bushi," favourite with the GAs in the Orient under the title of "The Coal Miner's Song," and Ryan Se," the Japanese equiva- lent of London Bridge Is Full- ing Down."
Both songs figure prominently in the "Sayonarn
score,
ab ained
"WOODPECKER" TECHNI. CARTOONS Dietrich a star-but it was UFA being a great covellst in his cwa hiassom shots we
Varioty Programme
Admission: $1.00, $1.50
KING'S 12.10 p.m. PRINCESS 12.30 p.m.
Jool McCros
Allied Artists present
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Lloyd Bridgen
Vera Miles in "WICHITA"
a CinemaScope & Technicolor film
Admission: $1.00, $1.50
Lee.
Tall (2439
Tol. 72436
Astor
Booking Office
Fol. 6777
Tol. 67777
SHOWING TO-DAY
4 SHOWS AT 2.30. 5,15, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M. (Please Note the Change of Time)
HELEN
MORGAN- CINEMASCOPE
her songs..
her sins.
The startling story bohind
the girl they called
Goddess
of the
'Jazz Ago.
the
Helen Morgan
Story
HER REAL BTORY FROM REAL LIFE
AS NO ONE HAS TOLD IT BEFORE?
HOWANI I-WANNER BROS - CINEMASCOPE WR)
ANN BLYTH PAUL NEWMAN RICHARD CARLSON
GEM EVANS ALAN KIMO. CARA MELLIAMS MANDREAS SACE ZEN KETHER, STEPHEN EDHE THOTE SHELDON TENN makina Parker Bagué le Later Pass, Prabové by se rectal by MICHAEL CURTIZ
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ASTOR THEATRE
MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW
At 11,00 AM.
M
TECHNICOLOR TERRYTOONS from FOX
LEE
At 12.30 P.M.
Stowart Granger_in
"GREEN FIRE" in Technicolor
MORNING, SHOW
THEATRE To-morrow At 12.00 Noon
WALT DISNEY'S
"PETER PAN" in Technicolor
COMING SOON
101 baba YAMESÄTEGA parasity
STANLEY BAKER HERBERT LOM PEGGY CUMMINS
PATRICK MCGOOHAN
Don't forget
HELL DRIVERS
YOUR APPOINTMENT TO-NIGHT at 8.15
with REDIFFUSION (Blue Network)
VISTAVISION
that made her an actress.""
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When UFA made the original aim, "Be Angel," they gave How many of you know that A. DIFFERENT Impression of
lesson in film "Blue Angel" was writton
la gained the world
Taran
from than this Heinrich Mann, alder brother of watching "Sayonara” muking. I always say to
olso
the cherry Hollywood made Marlene Thomas Mann? Heinrich day,
are usually right.
Most of the film was taken on and Ircaiton in Tokyo, Osaka,
Kyoto, during the winter boll- day season, and the soft back- WARNER Bros have leapt to
Around given an added dramallo VV the Front with apleture accent to the warm love affair called "Sayonara" pronounced between Marlon Brando and the
"sigh-yo-nah-da.” Japanese beauty, Muko Tuka. in Japanese This film stars Marion Brando, and opposite him in Milko Taka as his Japanese sweetheart,
be true thirt I hold it to Marlene never gave a perform- ance In Hollywood to anywhere near equal that which she gave In "Blue Angel."
Here are my reasons for day- In "Blue Angel" Miss ing so, Dietrich was given no glamour, she appeared as she was sup- posed to sppear, a 'tart doing turn in a beer-hall, the Angel.
Blue
People who know Milko Taka Ry the actress has a dual per The contrast character W zonality. Milke admits it with- Emil Jennings as an elderly on reservations. tyruraical schoolmaster, who, as the German version of the g tells
elderly sluged hig LIS, wings in her bright flame.
Was
In addition, the stark land- seaves in many sequence pro- vide a mysterious beauty, fully Captured by the new Techni
ama-Technicolor process.
The personality enge
Joshua you will be probably seeing Art noted by director Logan during the flimbing of the I "Bombers B-52" some time East-West next week at the Astor and Leo Inmes Michener
evident Cinemas. An amusing story love story. It becomes the minute she slips from De- came out of the making of this cllentat into traditional Japan- film, at any rate it amused me.
Karl Malden. Efrem Zimba- reports her the ese attire. Logan
Gordon pace slows up, her reactions be lif, and the director,
Douglas went on location at Castle Air Force Bane to shoot the aerial sequences for "Bombers B-52."
The point of the Alm is that to the schoolmaster struggles
even keep his pedantic dignity whon
assigned ludicrous role of a lesser clown.
he
is
NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE
QUEEN'S
Pance,
SHOWING
and
of Numbers." MGM's escape drama actually Bimed in San Queplia. Jack Palance with Barbara and Harold Stone Lang,
Now they found the Air Force Unit following a strange custom which is called "dining is," and when they asked about 1 they were told it is a tradition bor-
ALHAMBRA: HOOVER & LIBERTY?" "Houserowed by American flying off- "Dangerous Exile," A beanti- fully coloured Vista Vision starring Louin Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Mitchell. LEE & ASTOR: "The Holon Morgan Story." A true tale of the "Roaring Twenties" star- ring Anne Blyth, Paul Now. man, with Richard Carison. KING'S & PRINCESS: "Span
lah Affair." A colourful the modern romance Carmen type of story. Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiles, gni Jose Guardiola.
the R.A.F. during cers from World War II
The bit that made me laugh remembering some of the pomp and circumstance associated with "dining in" nights. The Holly- STAR & METROPOLE: "Night wood reporter, in trying to ex- Passage." James Stewart and plate to his readers what. "din- "It Audie Murphy in the saga ofing In" really means said:
and might be termed McClaine Brothers
a glorified smoker
Any comments?
QUEEN'S
&
the
their blood feud. ROXY & BROADWAX: “April Love." A rotara engagement of the holiday musical star. and Shirley ring Pat Boone Jones.
COMING
ALHAMBEA: "The True Glory." The true record of the Second Front from D-Day lo VE-Day. LEE
fa
lor and Dorothy Malóno the drams of an ex-war pliot tangled with the International Police.
ASTOR: "Bambers STAR & METROPOLE: "Saint B-52." A full-scale American Air
Отада Force
Karl Malden, Efrem Kimbalist, and Natalie Wood.
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Mister Rock and Roll." Alan Freed In a crasy free-for-all, along with Rocky Graziano and Lionel Hamptott and his band. HOOVER & LIBERTY: “Tip on 4 Dead Jockey." Robert Tay-
AER
Juan." Georgo Bernard Shaw's brought to the masterpiece screen by Richard Widmark, Richard Toda, Anton Wal- Gielgud. and brook, John Jean-Beborg. ROXY & BROADWAY: "Car- touche" a racy robust story
of the pageantry of the SEO Louts XVI starring Patricia Roo and Richard Basehari.
CONDITIONED
STAR THEATRE : METROPOLE
★ SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
TEENKIRAMA.
THE SAGA OF THE MELAINE BROTHEEKST
UNIVERSAL-WECKBPSÄTKIOBAI Presenta
JAMES STEWART AUDIE MURPHY
NIGHT PASSAGE
ГО-ЛА
TECHNICOLOR.
DAN DURYEA DIANNE FOSTER ELAINE STEWART @BRANDON deWILDE
*** -- MAY C. FLIPPEN
STAR: 5 Shows To-morrow, Extra Porformanco of "NIGHT-PASSAGE” At 12.30 p.in.
TO-MORROW. SPECIAL MORNING SHOW STAR: A 11.00 .m. || METROPOLE: At 11.00 a.m. WALT DISNEY'S TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
PROGRAMMES MOD
At Reduced Prices --
ROPOLE;" AL:12.80 p.m. M.G.M..presents
"Lin" Cinaniaäpose & Color “SIVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS'
Howard, KIEL@tjana POWELL.
At Reduced Prices, junior
*
THIS is merely to introduce out of the filming of Arises
the subject of sing which "House of Numbers."
Let's pretend you are a fish the join!, arrived af Just
you were possibly rousted.
feeling
You would never have been sneezed if some wrong guy had not shat you down. Man, you'd be still on the bricks, your sky- rocket full of bread, ranking like hoosier.
Now Zot us tranalute this American prison jargon. A sh
is a new fuunate of a prison. He possibly feels he was unjustly
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
TO-DAY.
AN EXCITING STORY OF ROMANCE & INTRIGUE
Louis JOURDAN Belinda LEX Keith MICHELL
Dangerous Exile
FRAKTKAN!
H+
SUNDAY MORNING SHOW REPEAT PERFORMANCE
HAMLET”
arrested. He would never have QUEEN'S AT 11.30 A.M. || ALHAMBRA AT 11.00 A.M.
informer
Man,
been caught if some had not squealed him. he'd still be outside, his pocket full
like law- money, abiding citizen.
of
a
Very
I And American slang
and Damen Runyan For:using, stili Bila me with delight, especially as I do not have to semich my head to wonder what is meant when a charac- andi ler "outs with that thing resents the insult." Or is given a "Chines" for the theatre, or calls a yellow short, then elips the jockey.
I'd better explain, "Chinee" 16 a free bass called such because it has a hole in the middle as Chinese money used to have. "That thing" is one of the many older terms for a gun. "Yellow short" a taxi, and the jockey is obviously the driver.
DUT all the same I hold that the Blang of my native London is the funniest in the world, especially in its rhym- ing form,
To wit: "I've come to the tail of my linen draper, so I'm going to put the old plano wolf and stray, and Jack Jones It over to Hongkong."
Can you provincials translate
ANGUAGE, good or bad, kas
always interested me. I get that?
CAPITOL
SHOWING TO-DAY
at 2.38, 339, 7.30 & 8.30 ..
MARTINE CAROL
The Car Cherieť Girl in
Caroline's Fancy
De Fire Prouch Pink in Lavish, votre
TREN DASAR FERTILE Sequel (o"Caolina Chetw"
TO-MORROW MORNING BUOW
AL 12.30 p
JOCK MALONEY "BOWDOWN AT ADİLENE" In Technicolor
RITZ
FINAL TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 8,30 P.M.
In All Its Fury and Violence! |
29. Lika No Other
Picture Since "SCARFACE"
"LITTLE CAESAR'!
Fit.
KILLINGA
TO MORROW
Rory Calhoun In "FLIGHT TO HONG KONG"
ORIENTAL MAJESTIC
Bansa LILINUITIONEU
*-TO-DAY ---
AT 2.30, 6.30, 7.29 ☎ 0.30 P.M.
ROCK, ROLL AND ROAR AT THIS DELIGHTFUL ROMAN. TIC COMEDY! 321-LAUGHS 821--LAUGEIS!
SCHOOL TEACHER FAMILES WITH MUSTERS!
JEAN SIMMONS
PATH
DOUGLAS
ANTHONY (FRANDIOSA.
Tins GarLE RE TOP Nast
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.90, 8.20, 7,30 & 9.30 pm. THE FUNNIEST MAN AND MOVIE OF THEM ALL!
CHARLIE CHAPLIN MODERN TIMES
66
Puma EMorning Show To-morrow
Morning Bãow. Lo-Marrow 15.19 "Girnon Kotly, fa” “TIK SWAN" "
"ATTACK”
SPECIAL PRICE FOR STUDENTS
$1.50 FOR DRESS-CIRCLE & STALLS
ROXY & BROADWAY
LAST 4 SHOWS TO-DAY". ROXY: At 2.30, 5:20. | BROADWAY: At 2.30, 5.30,
7,30.& 9.40 p.m..
7.30 & 9.30 p.m.
20TH CENTURY-FOX'S GREATEST SALUTE TO
LOVE AND LOVERS!
PAT
BOONE
SHIRLEY
JONES
April Love
COLON DELU
BE SURE NOT TO MISS IT TO-DAY!
GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW
man of mystery - man of courage WHO IS CARTOUCHE?
LOVES BALNE PREDENTI
RICHARD BASEHART PATRICIA ROC
CARTOUCHE EASTMAN COLOR
with AKIM TAMROCE
ISA BARZIZZA and MASSIMO SERATO
Devrtek ve Sirvi SERCUTI POKER Ae plat mudel
BOOK
EARLY!
BROADWAY: 5 Shows To-morrow, Extra Performance of "CARTOUCHE" At 12.30 p.m.
TO-MORROW SPECIAL MORNING SHOW ROXY: AF 12.30 p.m.
Another Thriller
from Fux!
"SUPERMAN IN'EXILI”-
BROADWAY: A‡ 11.00 a.m. M.C.M. TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS, PROGRAMME
At Reduced Peleton Fa
HOOVER: LIBERTY
OPENING TO-DAY
AT 2.80, 3.90, 1.30 & 9.30 7.ME
M-R-MO THELLS RANA ACTUALLY FA MEJ IN SAN QUENTINĮ
SPECIAL SUNI
HOOVER
HOUSE OF
NUMBERS JACK PALANCE
BARBARA LANG
REDUCED ADMISSION-
12.30 pm.
man Wisdom