KING'S • PRINCESS
2ND BIG WEEK!
2 Great Stars in the Somon's Most Hilarious Picture of Qualities of Wholesome Entertainment for the Family!
LOVE SONG FROM HOUSEFOR
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BANGI SONG!!
CARLY GRANT
SOPHIA LOREN
Cary and Sophia...in love with life, each other, and Cary's irrosiobiblo, Irrepressible kids!
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ON THE STAGE - IN PERSON The Greatest Conjuret of the world H. M. VAKIL
AN GUSTANDING PADEDAMINE OF SPACIE
WEEK-END MORNING & MATINEE SHOWS
TO-DAY At 12.30 p.m. Ray Milland Ernest Borgnine
in "3 BRAVE MEN" in CinemaScope & Technicolor
To-morrow At 11.00 a.m. Paramount Presents "ALL NEW TECHNICOLOR
CARTOONS"
At Roduced Pricos:
KING'S
air - Conditioned
To-morrow At 11,00 a.m. "PARAMOUNT COLOR CARTOONS"
To-morrow At 12.30 p.m. Tyrone Power Charles Laughton in "WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION"
70 Ch., $1.00 & $1.50
SUNDAY MORNING &
MATINEE SHOWS
To-morrow At 12.30 p.m. Charlie Chaplin in "GOLD RUSH"
At Reduced Prices: $1,00 & $1.50
AIR - CONDITIONED
STAR
METROPOLE
SHOWING TO-DAY
PARKINGENTIE WAT 2,30; 5.30, 7:30 G:9:30P.MP
ANOTHER HONORED PICTURE FROM U. A.! Voted by "Film Daily" as ONE of MATTHÉ TEN BEST of 19581oyantham
The Best Actor of 1958, DAVID NIVEN Academy Oscar Awarded for
His Role in "SEPARATE TABLES" Aho Voted THE BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
WENDY HILLER, Oscar Awarded as
THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS of 1958
RITA HAYWORTH
DEBORAH KERR
DAVID NIVEN
AND
BURT LANCASTER
SEPARATE TABLES
THE NBA Scam Ben Broner
ALLGA POPL FCA CHICE THE WORLD!
STAR:
And the BIKIEDOLT MITUTE ›
with WENDY HILLER
5 Shows To-morrow, 'Extra' Performanco of "SEPARATE TABLES" At 12.30 p.m.
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1959.
FILMS
CEPARATE TABLES "
comes to the Star and Metropole with all the additional glamour of two Oscar awards. It is, of course, so easy to be wise after the event, but look at this film any way you like, It Is a winner from the word
Ko.
It Introduers a new Davil Niven. Up to now, he has al- ways played the blase debonair Cosmopolitan: David Niven,
"Separate
Tabics" reveals
him as a serious dromatic actor
af force and tenacity.
the
To Wendy Miller goes second award for a performance
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good tempered, capable spitler running a seedy hotel Bournemouth. (English south court holiday resort.)
Now such a star-studded cust ta must have been dimeuit handle, so right away let us sive credit to Delbert Mann who has made his cast jump through the hoop and collected so many honours on the way.
taken
"Separate Tables" is from the play of the same name, written by Terence Rattigan, and bas ns is scene one of these perfectly grim little board. the Ing dumpy which have
call colossal impertinence to
emselves hotels.
In fact, if Viki Baum had not already set the style of plot, and used the name, "Grand Hotel,"
1 rould easily be called "Sredy Hotel,'
Rattigan
har What author one is to take one. boarding house and assembled his com- plex charseters, and allowed Uk to work out their own Inte.
As an audience winner, it has all the necessary complicaitons, It is good entertainment, if only for the fact that you forget your
Forries Own
watching the characters in the film worrying
through theirs.
CURRENT & COMING by ANTHONY FULLER
Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, and the sweet little darlings, in a scone from the Paramount comedy, “Houseboat.“
However, the ploture flaten burband, Loule,
AN
who has only being readied as a Jerry Lewis into new life and haired us it a little time left to live.
starter to go before the cameraa out the sorta
complicated
April with Norman In desperation she seeks the late la situation
leading ald of London's most eminent Taurog as director, and Ten- characters sirive express doctors who A that Louis nessee Williams SUMMER AND their
in this is an unprincipled and carefree SMOKE is scheduled for own interests bid to establish low and rogue whose engaging qualities September start,
order.
the 10
·
Enve completely bunded his Further
this, to
tie
Han wife to his infidelitics..
com- Pablo boys have by no means The drame is further
plicated when one of the given up the struggle.
An experiment in drawing HEAT gambler doctors inds himself attracted
conclusion For Quinn,
Marlon Anthony
es to Jenniter, a situation which Brando. Very soon he will have friend of Henry Fonda, tablishes his rucket under the in the course of events puts him completed directing a motion Sheri. in the dilemma of the film's picture for the first time, How patronage of the new
does he evaluate his Initiat Widmark changes sides; Dorathy
Richard le. San Pablo Kungster
This in Leslic Caron's first behind-the-camera experience? And, more important, what do his fellow
the workers on "Gigi" and she certainly makes
Western drama, ONE-EYED the most of it. Dirk Bogarde, JACKS, think of Brando, the as Louls is brilliant.
director?
Tomance.
David Niven plays a phoney Malone rides into town scelting appearance since her triumph in mujor doing, his officer and Kntleman act for the benefit of
the other residents.
Wendy Hiller has her hands full of the hotel and a com-
·plicated affair with Burt Lancaster, an author in search of a best seller,
He is quite willing to settle for domestic bliss with Wendy Biller until his ex-wife, Fulla' Hayworth turns up, upon which has he suddenly recalls he business elsewhere.
Deborah Kerr renounces her She is Alamour for this in.
downtrodden spinster a poor, with a ferce old beam of a mother (Gladys Cooper).
The whole thing is a tangle of. human nature at its worst when
lived under Tarjow secdy conditions.
The
these The
Ahn scores because all familiar ingredients of Western are well mixed and well served, and although the Alm
the does not take
it is light shortest way home, and easy entertainment.
The colour content helps the well chosen viston, film in is and the end has a twist that lifts the Alm above average. The casting
good:
If you enjoy Shaw, and there are few who do not, then this film is a definite must.
nt
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*
Brando's views on himself in the role of film-maker:
"I find it very tiring, chare- With five pictures in various some and fatiguing. There are states of work the same so many things which can in- time, Hal Wallis today rates fuence the total quality of a the as Hollywood's most active - Alm.. I'd rather wait until the good 'une and had 'uns are well dependent producer. Currently smoke clears completely before contrasted and a conventional before the cameras at Para- attempting to judge my success
on mount Grain
is
starring as a director." CAREER, Dean Martin, Anthony Fran. clora, Shirley Carolyn Jones.
Western scores strong direction.
* ***
MacLaine and
$$$$
*
*
for
Karl Malden has the leading role opposite Brando in this Wallis 19 also supervising picture produced by Frank P. editing and scoring of the re- Rosenberg
Pennebaker producers George only completed Jerry Lewis executive tarrer, DON'T GIVE UP THE Glass and Waller Seltzer and SHIP, and is' working with Paramount release. Malden Paramount's
★ ★ TTP PERISCOPE" (Lec. "UP
Astor). Here we go again with another of the The only bright spal is David ever-popular submarine war Niven's faded military glory which he relates untiringly, dramas, this time with Ed.
sales until one day he is charged with mond O'Brien as the bitter,
and pro- acted with Brando on screen molesting a woman in a local ruthless CO, and with the motion departments on reicaso in "A Streetcar Named Desire" cinema.
usual loyal executive officer plans for LAST TRAIN FROM and "On The Waterfront," and episode unstrips Thits
him, and in the hotel, it has serce prepared to sacrifice his life GUN HILL, with cost toplined is himself a director. He ac
by Kirk Douglas, Anthony cepted the assignment to work for the sake of the cause- Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl under Brando's direction with- and docs,
Holliman,
repercussions,
indys Cooper Comes out swinging punches, and demands he be forced to leave because daughter Deborah Kerr Is la love with him.
There is everything In this film that the public wants; it is every Intelligent person's favourite alm: 1 places every- one on the spot. Why, in the Isolation of clrcumstances do we sit at separate tables?
Good as the script is, it earns jis well-deserved hancura be cause the actors live their roles. Niven was never better than
In
out ever seeing one line of the screenplay an unusual situa-
There is the familiar sullen
E3 : and eritical crew, relaxing Inte
tion for an actor of his stature. "Marion culieti me, told me appreciation when the skipper
pictures are Two other
for preparation eventually gets a clean hilt on active
this the story, how he wanted to do Inpanese destroyer,
year's shouting schedule, VISIT it, and I agreed," Malden ex- There are the same-and al- TO A SMALL ways exciting-underwater ple- tures of depth charges exploding just above, below and beskle the evadilog submarine.
But the big difference in this pleure is the presence in the trap of: Inges Garner, seconded to the submarine for a secrel mission, and none too popular, in this most unusual (for him)
for some unexplained reason, role, Wendy Hiller is perfect and with the dispruntled CO. nabits Kerr absolutely inspiring;s froginan explait la and the Americans seem to have making his way through the taken a lenf from the Bellish coral lago to the Japanese- producers' books, for the support held island, and his breath-
are perfectly as roles
cast, eniching lone
tho essault on Cathleen Nesbit unc Felix enemy radio station are all ex- Aylmer also to be mentioned, cellently dine while the men It is a film; an adult film; in the submarine walt' endlessly, film of immense promise short of oxygen and of breath, which surpassen · expectations: La rc-embark their intrepid
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT REDUCED PRICES STAR: At 11.00a.m. | METROPOLE: At 11,00`am. LATEST FOX- TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS PROGRAMME
METROPOLE: To-marrow Special Morning Show At 12.15 p.m. "Klm NOVAK @ · William- HOLDEN in "PICNIC"
In CinemaScope & Color
1
66YXJARLOCK,"
passenger.
It la here that human allowed to errep (Roxy vagaries are
in for Edmond O'Brien, the and Broadway) hard man, takes what ha 10- CinemaScope colour West- gards as an unwarrantable risk ern drama takes the dusty and waits longer and more ob-
of trusively Bunbaked frontier town
thai he should have
to com Wurlock, and tells you the done for the frogman
plete his mission. violent story of how law
The ending of liis exciting. was established within its film is neatly manipulated; and civic limits.
the attractive girl (Andra Mar- There is not a lot new in lls in), who appears earlier in the thrilling sngs. The sheriffs of story, makes a timely reappear- Warlock And little future in ance to round off the proceed- their jobs, and are either vio- ings. lently exterminated, or antici- puth the quick draw by walking
out of the job.
The cause of this trade de- pression is the lawless San
THE Olm version of "The Doctor's Dilemma" --
Paulo ranch The townspeople one of Bernard Shaw's most
of Warlock, as did the towns- celebrated plays
will open
people of Hamelin town, hold a at the Hoover and Gala to- meeting to see what they can do morrow, about the posts, and elect
For over half
T
century,
force the law. Henry Fonda, gunman, to en- "The Doctor's Dilemma" has beeu among the most popular Obviously, the boys from the of all Shaw's stage achlove San Pablo ranch are not taking menta, following Ita first સમા
in London
this lying down, as they ride performance Into town to see what Fonda's · 1906,
bullets are made of. They find The work combines typical out, and here the film could and Shavian wit and zatire with `except, the 'customers have not the moving story of Jennifer
received their · money's · Dubedat, la' beautiful women.
masky · Xi žovo with her artist
worth.
PLANET is plained.
NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE
HOOVER
Journey."
SHOWING
4 GALA: "The fascinating A
film which uses the Karlan rising of 1950s llà) background. Deborah Kerr
sa an Engilsh aristocrat alda
patriot Hungarian
*
01
Ful
barrier. Рава the Brynner as Communist offi- cer is a move ahead of the beauti- Thrilling, game. fully made In Metroooier; this is one of the outstand- ing flims of the year.
KING'S
PRINCESS: "Houseboat.” Paramount's Vista Vision Technicolor comedy about father Cary Grant and Isle three une
and obildren nurtemald Bophia Læren,
ASTOR!
-operative i
LEE
"Up
Periscope." Submarine war
*
drama starring Jatice
"Maverick" Garner who
HOOVER
邀 GALA:
"
undertakes
to station
secret sulssion destroy Enemy radio Plenty of cilon ̈und-narrow-escapes, Co-star- Edmona O'Brien commands submaritte.
STAR &
METROPOLE: -Seperate Tables." Oscar laden film which has a DOW seedy David Niven; a de- glamorised Deborah Kerr: Burt Lancaster, and Rita Hayworth; with Wendy tiller walking off with the other Oscar. A sun right above the rest.
ROXY + BROADWAY: "Warlock." CinemaScope Western Light and nasy entertainment with a good cant. The twist pula the Elm in better than aVOTAED Richard Widmark, class.
COMING
"The
Doclor's Dilemma." Leslie Caron follows hitz atleeam En "Girl". and
Do-stars with
Dirk Berardo ·In' Blew's brillant comedy-drama. 'Ab excellent prođualida Metrocolor.
oh
"The
KING'S & FRINCESS:
Bandit of Zhobe." Cinema- Scope and Technicstor of drama, adventure, and ros *mance in the days of the -British on the Indian North-
work - Fronfier. Victor Mast turoj › Ande Aubrey;', and Anthony Newler, LEES ASTORI “Ben · of Sabd. Excelleek, war bites ́of Long Bangs Devers Group SCAI SE" & pro-ki Almarin
Henry Forde, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malor Dolores Michaels.
patrol
feallelio dintoguo with tense battle scenes. Richard Attenborough; John
Michael Cele Greguan: atid Vincent. tall. STAR. 4 METROPOLE! "Escort West” is a full sation Western, with rough and tumble all through. Elaine Mature, Violer
End Faith
Stowar
First made
Domergue,' - ROXY & BROADWAY:
"Boom at the Top" clam · Briiich · film with 1done and' imagination. ANETY, Young man snakes -hia - way-to the top in T small - Yorkshire 'town, Kaga (rubeo) Earver: Hlmare Gignersi; mad Ilenther Seats,
Lee & Astor
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• SHOWS AT 2,30, 5.30, 7.80 & 9.80 P.M.
up periscoper
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TECHNICOLOR"; from WARNER BROS. VADERSCOPE•
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AT 12.30 P.M.
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AT 12.30 P.M. Ulanova in
"STARS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET"
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HOOVER GALA
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A MAN PAST FAITH...A WOMAN PAST INNOCENCE!
PRASLASE
MGM DEBORAH KERR · YUL BRYNNER
ANATOLE LITVAK'S PRODUCTION OF
THE JOURNEY
CO-STARRING ROBERT MORLEY - E. G. MARSHALL
AND INTRQONCING
JASON ROBARDS, JR. METRICIAN - AN ALAT PICTION
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
"What an appealing widow she would make!"* That's the wicked thought of the Society Doctor!
MOM pre
LESLIE CARON-DIRK BOGARDE
* BERNARD SHAWD
THE DOCTORS DILEMMA
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MGM Relata
Special Matinee To-morrow at Reduced Admission Gala Thestra PARAMOUNT COLOR CARTOONS
at 11.00 a.m7!..
Gala Theatre
at 12.15 p.m.
Hoover Theatro
at 12.00 noon
Jane Powell
⚫Tony Martin in : "HIT THE DECK"
James Stewart Janet Leigh in "NAKED SPUR"!
'ORIENTAL MAJESTIC
CONDRIONETI
SHOWING TO-DAY —
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 520, 1.30 & 9.30 p.m.,
AI 2.30, 5.10, 3.30 ♣ 0.30 pm,
WILLIAM FAULKNERS
BLISTERING STORY OF LOVE,
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A SAQA
AND TRANSAKALIMENTE STR-========GE=COURADE...
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BRYNNER-WOODWARD - LEIGHTON
Sound Fury
AND LOVE {{ 1-
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