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ELROY HIRSCH GEOFFREY TOONE JERRY PARIS PEGGY KING
CAR JC.CHAMPION HALL BARTLETT ARTHUR HALEY, HALL BARTLETT
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KING'S
Air - Conditioned.
To-morrow at 11.00 a.m. SPECIAL MATINEE
20th Century-Fox present a
Programme of TERRYTOON Technicolor Cartoons
Admission: $1.00, $1.50
PRINCESS
At 11.00 a.m.
TO-MORROW SPECIAL MATINEE
RKO-DISNEY present a
VARIETY PROGRAMME OF TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS Ar 12.30 p.m. M-G-M's Spectacular Romance
"VALLEY OF THE KINGS”
Eleanor Parker Starring: Robert Taylor
in Colour
Admission: 70 Ch., $1.00, $1.50
ROXY & BROADWAY
★ SHOWING TO-DAY ★
Please note change of timos: AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.
- PAUL NEWMAN just voted by the Cannes Film Festival
at the BEST ACTOR of 1958 for his performance in "THE LONG, HOT SUMMER"!
JOANNE WOODWARD Academy Award Winner
BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
in her finest performance!
(WILLIAM FAULKNER'S
The Long, Hot Summer
Ccont
PAUL NEWMAN · JOANNE WOODWAND - ANTHONY FRANCIOSA ORBON WELLES LEE REMICK ANGELA LANSBURY COLE EXTRA!. EXTRA! AT THE ROXY: To-day At 2.30 p.m. FREE "SUNKIST" TO ALL PATRONS
BROADWAY: 5 Shows To-morrow, Extra Performance of "THE LONG, HOT SUMMER" At 12.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW -
BROADWAY: At 11.00 a.m.
ROXY: At 12.00 Noon
3 STOOGES COMEDY & M-G-M TECHNICOLOR
TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS||
At Reduced Prices
CARTOONS
AIR - CONDITIONED
STAR
METROPOLE
SHOWING TO-DAY ★
AT 2,30; 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
HENRY FONDA
12 ANGRY MEN
............ ET FXPLODES LIKE 12 STICKS OF PYNAMITE↑
LEE 1. COBBED BÈCLEY SA
E & MARSHALL: JACK WARDEN
I PLEASE ́ven it from the beginning!
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW
STAR: At 11.00 .m M-G-M TECHNICOLOR" CARTOONS PROGRAMME
A
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1958.
FILMS
10
CURRENT & COMING
by
ANTHONY FULLER
secret hope, whim, and weakness, is exposed to the public gaze,
son.
QUEEN SHOOVER LIBERTY
TO-DAY: 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
Winner of 5 Golden Harvest Awards
at the 5th Asian Film Festival
DIAU CHARN
OF THREE KINGDOMS
LINDA SAO RAY
yet
now
So on Hollywood.
There ore long sensuous COMPLETE change of tain drop in a play to denote get from
which tre
disturbing. films all round makes the passing of time, or the shift that account, I give 12 Angry scenes"
which fall into from one scene to another. Men," full marks.
place in the this an interesting week. This film has none, nor any dis-
drama, and are essential to its * end. The Roxy, and the solves, nor any farbbṛcki
comprehension, Such is a decre Broadway are taking of relate what has passed.
THE way I spe "The L between Anthony Franciosa and "The Young Lions," but in The person who knows what Hot Summer," ls as a Leg Remick, when the audience its place goes "The Long I'm talking about will say: "All kind of smouldering film is never quite told whellier the with his wife desire to retire right, su you have a static dim." which suddenly bursts into during these terpid days Hot Summer," a film that The answer is, you haven't. By flame. shows the genius of Jerry keeping the camera trailing all
Taken from a book another sign of Franclocu's Wuld from opening to close the time, you get a mast vigor by William Faulkner, it has weak indulgence; or the terror of reaction, Nor does the that clever theme by which his father who demands a grand- Ing shot. A kind of behind cus the scenes film, it is the camera move illogically just to you take what seems to be Introduced Into this atmo-
get movement, Let me qualify. second of the new pletorial you watch one of the jurymen an ordinary family from sphere is Paul Newman whose only cm. type of personal dramas, in- making a point, and what he anywhere, and suddenly you very ruthlessness
annoys his opposite turn the glaring light of an phasises Franciosa's weakness, to sensitive in personal rela ir saying tionship, but us true as life. you to see the opposite number their private lives, until dictator of this seemingly sleepy
number, so the camera allows author's
the contempt of Orson Welles, perception onto
the powerful and unprincipleri Two Alms use the "bring them getting worked up. Suddentv together" technique: "12 Angry quiet chap bursts into anger, every little detail and every Southern town.
Jonnne Men" locks you up in a jury- the camer
Woodward, Is there to get his room; "Zero Hour" trapa you reactions, and so on,
established as an actress, tokes In a plane where sickness has
over the tole of a sensitive and Just for interest, followed uusted both pilota. Both is one sequence, and although I
troubled daughter of the family, are ripping in their way. did not time it until I saw it was
who in the end seems to accept Scienco fantasy returns with a going to be quite long, it seem
the fact that the only way to man, as real shocker, ginnt man-eating ed to me to last for almost len
deal with a mithless rrorpions in "The Black Scet- minutes. Tuls must make it
her father, is for another man, pton" at the Let and Astor, The one of the longest shots in Blm
equally as ruthless, to outwit Queen's, and the Hoover and history. It is a new technique When such a theme is taken him.
You will nolice I draw no Liberty group Join up to give for the cinema, an exciting one, over by Jerry Wald, you have
Dlau Charn" a three-theatre an acknowledgement that at the world's greatest producer on strong conclusions from the film, Nowhere is there an- as if 1 were uncertain as to how Hongkung premiere.
tares there is an inteligent the job.
That is how it is, audience. But netually the skill other producer of his ability to it all ends.
and that accounts for the ex- and the technique comes from take these small loestion dramas,
Riccess of such who ad show. us the very nerves of traorditory bright young men THERE
HERE is quite a lot in television, and fieldent life, exposed and raw, and bleed novels and such films, when the say about "12 Angry ally, the young men who hayo ng Thai was the brillance of latter are made true to the men," which is showing at given the Hollywood Rajahs Peyton Place," and it is the author's treatment.
brillance of The Long Hot the Metropole and Star 10 terrific headaches. day. It is a most unusual who have been locked in to find
The netlon surrounds a jury Summer." Alm, and will appeal more to a verdict on a young man held the intelligent and dis- for murder.
Regarding the playing. As is criminating filmgoer, rather
get than the vapid-minded possibe with a jury, you
twelve different types: the chap person who drops in a who couldn't care less and wants cinema, closes his mouth and to get it over; the chap who opens his eyes, and waits tends to domineer the jury and for what the distributor bas bring in his findings; the quiet Cup who wants to agree with sent him.
METROPOLE: At 11.00 a.m. WALT DISNEY'S FEATURE-LENGTH TECHNICOLOR CARTOON “LADY AND THE TRAMP"
At Reduced Prices
METROPOLE: To-morrow Special Morning Show At 12.30 p.m. Marilyn Monros in “NIACABA” in Technicaler
At Reduced Prices
★
1 had better say in what way
everyone.
The greatest contrast ls be-
It is an unusual Bim. Well, tween Henry Fonda and Leo J. fxt trusting to my mentory, i Cobb, yet every Jurymun co- should say that no other film tributes his own quota of per- has relled on so small u locntian sonallty to the film. Jora Alm, Other films have I cannot help but praise a pro- come hear it, and some very duction that dares to be dit- fens at that. "Front Page." Ierent and venturesome in the a classic of the thirties; The interest of cinema ort. It is the Barrets of Wimpole Street," al- Jolt the industry has needed. The ordinary most all centred around Eliza- One other thing. Let's sitting room; ims taken filmgeer will be wondering what und in trains, but all these Broadway people are un ships never, to my knowledge has a doing in the film. The answer producer confined himself to one is, was fimed In New York, set. And I would say that over and as a consequence, the actors ainety per cent of this film is could carry on with their shows, laken within a set of a jury and take time off for the aim. They can enclly do that in Lon- on, but Hollywood being where it is, never.
room.
Unless you are interested in the technicalities of a fim, you won't notice the fade-outs und Dissolving sho's you find in the urdinuty fim.
Pur ally. I should like New York to build up its industry if mean the shots only to challenge the monopoly that take the place of the cur- of type, not quality, of films we
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OPENING TO-DAY
4 SHOWS AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 9.30 P.M.
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HONG KONG CENSOR BOARD REMARKS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
--MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW LEE THEATRE
At 12.00 Noon BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO in
“A & B LOST
IN ALASKA"
ASTOR THEATRE
in a way, it is cruci writing. it shows no pity whatever for any one, but none can deny it is clever, and creative writing at
is best.
Af 11.00 am TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
from For FREE BUBBLE UP to all Patrons for this þarformance only:
At 12.50 p.m. "ADVENTURES OF BOBIN HOOD" In Technicalor
(Contd. on Page 3, Col. 5)
NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE
SHOWING
STAT & METROPOLE: "12 Angry Men," Clever one- set social drama. Action mainly confined to Jury clever Extremely camera work employing TV technique. No dissolves, no fadeouts,
flashbacks. Excellently cast with huge
room.
no
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Town.
Lense.
door
· Broadway name: stark, violent audienor response;
unusually intelligent film which has Henry Fonda play the lead
as well as produce. Reginald Hose, top Blates TV writer and producer, Associate responible producer and for.
Fonda, story. Henry Lee J.. Cobb, and Ed Rogier. E. G. Mirall Jack Warden.'
LEE & ASTOR: "The Black Scorpion." "Starrife" fantasy
tho which
Carth biz threatened once again, this
B
time by ghastly scorpions, and the exact localt, Mexico. Sploo chilling, it 19 the old story with different
species, kind of The points about this film are; it is more authentic, therefore more convincing, in that the producer goes to more trouble to produce an location where the earth- quake some can be shol with terrifying reality. Unsuitable for children.
Richard Denning, Mari
Corday. Carlos Rivas, and Mario Navarro.
And LIBERTY HOOVER.
QUEEN'S: "Blau Chara." The Shaw Organisation's million dollar production of the story of the "Wonder wir" of the Han Dynasty. Beautifully filmed in Easi- man colour, with period costumes of dazzling hues. Beautiful mais; sensitive direction; winter of five
awards at the Asian Film Festival, Linda Lán. ROXY & BROADWAY: "The Long Bot Summer." Jerry Wald production of William Lic Faulkner's novel of
Film takes Southern States and
the unlocks to
audience, the
feelings. *paring no one's Stark, reycaling, hwmillat- ing, yet true to life, with no attempt to glit over the of paradox complexing human behaviour. Cinema- Boope, mado in colour by De Luxe, captures scenie beauty, but concentrates an close chote, Wonderfully
cast with noting rising to Errat, on occasions. Raw to Indelicate. yet never offen- nive. bath producer and director observe the ethics of the film, but make ny concession to the pullari. Pan!
Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Fran- cloest Orson Welles. Lee and nemick,
Angela Lansbury
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Zeru Hour." Locks you up in a pläne where kie pilots are down with food polsoning. Point to make is, author of script has brought his types into this plane. They ret aboard, their minds full of their personal problemi, which rade into Insigu ilcanes before the present danger. A clever presen- tation. Blick production. smooth dialogue, good characterisation, Teusc. prolonged suspense, sensi-
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approach Individual problems: good direction. Dana Andrewa, Y.{uda Dargell, Sterling Hayden, with Elear Hirsch, and Geoffroy Toopt.
COMING
STAR & METROPOLE: "The Good adult Ride Back." Western.
Anthony Has Quinn starred as a killer brought back to stand trial Milan for murder. Llla plays the Mexican sweet- bears of quinn, * xer- William cat performÍRNÉE. Coprad 'the law effect, A real" "Western, IndiaDA
Good direction, and well.
characterisation
good
Quinn going
EX
10
characters
Toulolevaky's . reach the screen. Rich in deep colours and theme, rich low rive mood lo the film. Characterisation brilliant, moods of Love, hatred, revenge, sin, hell, heaven, and forgiveness, all there. Great direction; much made of contrasis of light and shadow. Rermions, revolting Imes, never- Dostojevsky. Just heard this tim has been entered for the Cannes United Festival by the Stales, Yul Brynner and Maria Schell lead a great cast
1'theless, by
and Cortad. Easy pace, mounting in
build-ups,
(Indian attack; Conrad's decision to stand ielai). Individual perform- shoes wood is a now over- worked sllustion. LEE & ASTOR: "Carve Mer Name Wilk Pride." Direct- ed by Lewis Gilbert, ́ ́Pro- duced by Dániel M. Angel. Bordenplay by Lewis Gülbert Hastil sid Vernon Harria.
on book by R. J. Money. Photographed by John Wilcox. Mundo by Willlim Alwyn, British. Bank. Film Diatributors. Violeție Szabo, Virginis Kenna Tony Fraser, Pabr "Sokatoli Violette's father, Jaok Warner; her mother, Deniso Grey:" uzvanici TrES story, thus detalled "roles Kiven Siety of
aunt for Delilah | forces. Shop girl ai-19, war widiw at 21, dead to Gernian part- centration", "camp" Awarded Glitte Cross. Made with restèsing, show- tig, Individuat chalée, sWGY. Troms much- Korolók 24gying.. Enedited) Tes" MAMENT"A filmm
HOOVER S
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trite
ROXY & BROADWAY: "Man Hunt." Westerni drama. Usual tale of misunder- standings and organ purpuser lead to the climax 'in' this film. On the basin' flikt Ure Western WEI never go Ita popularity, this film is a good average, licking close to onventions, and malo- taining the dubious theory that right will telilmph. Good directions bost da made of conventional plot; valour by De Luxe; well cast severat higtī spots. Dan Murray, DinemaScope. Diane Vazzi, Chijt "WUM, And, Denali Hopper. KINO'S and. PRINCESN
"Beau Gente," Belite of the Paramount èlmente." Well - trariis, soning selling and
has topicat angle from current
Canned affairs. considerable content when first 'inued. Gary Casper, Bay Muland, Roberi, FEGEML With Brist Doblewy
EASTMAN COLOR
A SHAW STUDIO PRODUCTION
Added, Morning Performanco To-morrow, Sunday QUEEN'S: 11.30 — HOOVER: 12.00 — LIBERTY: 12.30
CAPITOL RITZ SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
John Wayne Sophia Loren Rossano Brazzi
CAPITOL Tu-Morrow Special Show At 12.30 p.m. "VICTORY AT SEA"
Legend of the Lost
Meera Soù le mien dies
RITZ To-Morrow Special Show A. 12.15 năm
| "THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY"
ORIENTAL MAJESTIC
AIR.
TO-DAY
CONDITIONED
A1 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.
IT'S THE HI-TOP OF MUSICAL with Loaded COMENTES! laughs! Throbbing with thrillst
A circus of FUN!
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A SOLC, SIIGEL Pradeckice-pairing
DANNY KAYE
"MERRY ANDREW"]
PIER ANGELI - BACCAL DHI NOEL PURCELL ROBERT COOTE
PATRICIA CUTTE
Morning Show Tomorrow 12.10 PLAME AND THE ARHOW":
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2:30 5.15-7,30 G 9.40 P.M.
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