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FILMS
THE PLAINSMAN,”
(King's and Prin- CERS) La one of three fine Westerna that are being re- issued, the other two being, "Shane," and "High Noon.”
Cel B. DeMile mats the fim, and he was consulted of course, baford it was sent into circulation again. He was rather touchy at this stage about the remarks the reviewers had been making regarding the presenta
on of "The Ten Command- ments." He therefore felt com- pelled to give his reasons for making this film, and what fol- lows is his own report on "The Pieinsman."
"For the peak of drama, action and excitement, one hai only to turn to the history of America's West. Among the colourful men who people ins | pages good men, bad men, and men who were a mixture of both-there is one who intrigues : the imagination beyond all
others.
"He is Wild Bill Hickok, and his story is told ki 'The Pain man. Historians disagree about him. Some any he was a man with a gun for hire, and no respect for human life. But from as much of his story which can be pleced together from existing recordo, he was a man who lived by the law as he saw the tastest it, in a time when man on the trigger
the WKS Judge and jury, and there was no Sunday west of Junction City, no law west of
son City.
Hays
CURRENT & COMING by
ANTHONY FULLER
Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Joan Arthur as Calamity Jane, from the
film, "The Plainsman."
the last, Mary at the foot of chin was thrust proudly some- the Cross perceives the where in the, direction of his Divine meaning of her mls- nável. sion, and reçoyers its penes
· of her sopl.
'I recommend this im
on
City, and no Ged west of Car- purely personal grounds. The
broad vietos and dritted
crowd scenes are a spectacle at its best... "Illokok had a phrase, I But with it all, it seems to me a will not be put upon," Hickok reverent attempt to portray the followed the code and neces- tremendous years as they were, sity of the time and place in in an age, very similar to our which he lived. When he own, tom by religious and fost his watch playing poker, political strife. and the
ta winner failed honour the right of redeem- ing It, Hickok met him in the street the next afternoon in * draw so fast it gave him the reputation of a runman. Then he took his watch from the body of the dead, man and left town
"This incident is not shown in The Plainuman, but the watch plays its little wine of tenso end, drama from beginning to
Wild Bill Hickole is played by Arthur is
Gary Cooper; Jean Calamity Jane,
-
"I do not choose an episode
And to the fore is a person, who makes heaven und hell against such a background, and at last flads peace.
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66THE TOMMY STEELE
"T STORY," (Star and Metropolo)
Often in the long proud history of Britain, we have been thrilled by the yaliant story of her sons.
In history because it happened The catalogue is long, for chouso the subject because hero worship is part of the it is a good story-and I am a game, and they hold the whole world of valiant achievement in story teller.
"Ther
is why I made The Plainsman, the story of the Indian
rising led by Yellow Hand and Sitting Bull, and Wild Bill Hickok's part in it."
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Ho strummed the matar "Noy all the youth of England
lance in the wondrels lien.”
one dry And silken "dal- As a matter of fact, I wit- nessed one of Tommy Bleele's
triumphs when greatest bysterical teenager was car ried out on stretcher.
with the determination of a pink blanc-mange.
Nor does this complete the list. We have the Steelmen
his Humphrey Lyttelton and band a Skiffle Group; all that
Is noble and best.
an
But we have "Tommy, and to hear the sweet cadence of the
in Anglo-Saxon tongue Elephant and Castle accent pour from his lips, is to understand the Inspiration and Miton.
of Shakespeare
Unfortunate youth of Hong koog, you cannot see him in
This success story should in- person, but bearing this in dro every young Briton in the mind, Tommy bas enshrined
Colony. It is the duty of every bb art in celluloid and parent to see that their children schloves immortality, There attend, art by example, to write before you, Tommy Steele ne more glowing page in the stands, lounges, and prances, history of our Island stay.
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your feel in Alled Artists' "Weit Larsen," which is based on Jack London's immortal sen story. Producer, Lindsley Par- sons, ordered the entire film to be shot at sea!
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Lauren Everywhere
Bacali travels she takes her battery- operated
Sho record player. likes music, it helps ber to reinx Every young Englishman, at Once this had beca decided, fitter a hard day's work filming. some time or other, wants to be Parsons had to find the right When she went to India.to a St George, riding lonely to type of vessel on which, to make. Alm "North West Frontier" with battle with dragons, and those the picture. This problem was Kenneth More the record player who have done great explolis solved by lm star Sterling was packed first-with afty are sung by the posts of Eng- Hayden, who is the proud owner records. land.
of the Graco S., a 93-foot But the music sessions didn't SWORD AND Noel Coward in his "Caval- schooner. Hayden readily con last long....the battery gave "THE CROSS" (Boxy cade" causes comeone to su It sealed to hiring his chip to the out, and they we
cas1, in India. Lauren Bacall had to is still thrilling to be British," film nnd Broadway) is an Italian and I was never so much aware
maka do with the three-piece spectacular Bim, made in of this as when I actually aw
Indian string band that always seemed to pop up while the Unit colour with all the lavish Tommy Steele in person.
He strode onto the sloge, his
was filming round Jalpur. detail the Italians bring to
legs firmly planted like two this kind of film. But question meals, his guitar shung hasten to add that in theme with all the abandon of ew nudacious minstrel it ranks with "Ben Hur" and ancient "The King of Kings," and His hair fell in a careles locic upon his noble brow, and his will appeal to many who otherwise never go near u cinema.
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Usually, I do not like Ans made on a Biblient theme for whoi my personal taste is worth, I find my senses offended. However, with "The Sword and the Cross,” a piau- albic story is worked out, bo plausible, in fact, that might well be the true version of the privato Lo of some of the people who walked and talked With Jesus,
Beautiful Yvonne De Carlo is Mary of Magdain, and she plays that part which the Bible dis- miasca so graphically, a beauti- ful young courtcen whost beauty is a share.
Romance has har the desired of a young Roman centurion, and she is also loved by Anan, afercely nationalistle Jew who finances the armed excursions of Barabaa
The story also has Yvonne
· De Carlo as the woman taken in the Templa when the Christ uttered the words "Lot him who is einless throw the first stone."
Rossana Podosta, who gets top billing, probably because she is known to us, takes the role of Martha, She is the good InGuenco in Mary's His
So the romantic story unfolds against the well known story as told in the Gospels.
-sword of
The Sword the Barabas; the Cross is the Cross of Christ which is no nose in time to the incidents unfolded upon the crown,
Both Anan and Galus. Mar- sellus try to destroy the Christ In order that Mary escopo Hi influence.
While fo-poon its way, as it ever did the Gospel svetior ATO trented with great roverence and roailty, None, zave those, wha Save permitted sentiment to overlay the reality of the tremendous years whilch shored In Christianity, could be oftend-
Immensely-
3000 unit, and technicians and all the many other folk who are needed for making a picture, wero miles from land in the Pacific Ocean.
have Pammount:
Stare of the film, Barry Sq11- van, Peter Graves and beautiful Gila Itall, who incidentally ba Five Consand high schools came Mrs Barry Bullivan throughout the USA shortly after the film was cot been supplied by pleted took a while to find their with quantities of the company's unique study manual for TEMPEST, Dino DeLaurentiis production,
NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE
SHOWING
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Kingdom and the Beauty." Third week of Film Festival Award picture. Tale taken from Chinese folk fore.. Bean fully produtood Eastman Colour by - Run Bun Shaw. Starring Lin Dai and Chao Let
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ROXY & BROADWAY: "The Bword and the Crass." Spectacular Kallan produc- tian in English veridon, of a tale of the time of Christ. - New Testament thema handled with reverenot, skilful script has while
characters into..
situations during ibe-trercendous years Palestine. Rossana Podesta an Bartha: Yvonna Do Carlo sa Mary of Magdala; Jorga Mistral as dalus the Cen-
woven plausible
: turion. Supereinsscope', and
.. colour.
LEE & ASTOR: "Imitation of Life." LaDA Turner and
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The 16-pago manual delves into the picture's historio back- ground, provides extensive bio- graphical material on Alexander Pushkin, on whose works the. film was based, and offers study questions and a supplemental cerns Itself with the probreading list. A map of the late
John Gavin in the second Alm version of Fannie Hurst's novel, which con-
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of two widows; one white, the other coloured, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, and Susan Kohner,
Also
18th century Russia, setting of the story's fiction, also was con- Ipiñed in the manual. The his- torical research represented was provided by the Department of Slavie Languages, of Columbla University,
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KING'S & PRINCESS: The Plainsman:" Re-isane of the Ista Ceell # DeMille's spectacular ilm. of Wud Bill *illekok, his lis
The study guicio for high school classes is one of many projects limes, and the Indian fight.
has developed to Gary Cooper as Wild BIU, Paramount
axtimulate teen-age patreringo for Jean and
Arthur
the picture. Theatres that have. Calamity Jane.
opened TEMPEST report that ŠTAR, A METROPOLE: “The
Tommy-Stools-Story-teen very nevy
attendance by teen-ager has of Britain's wonder boy, and his inspir- Ing rise to famo. A feast of maslo, sparkling wit, azad scintillating brilliance, Of Tommy Steelo himself, with a fow want boards and the kitchen sink thrown in.
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'HOOVER & GALA: "Green Mansions." Strango TOTO story set in the exollo Janatos of Orinoco. CusÒEINS lidelt with foresi brod Audrey Hepburn; politically. disillusioned Anthony: For- * king;)) and crepentans, ex-
sunnan Lee J. Cold
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orphan boy, untrusted te
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Runnell with Rosalind rustling her way through contemporary.../ American society, Also Forrest Tucker"," Coral Browne, and Fred
Clark. 'FING'S ̧ & PRINCESS: "Love, *Is My Profession." A frank
· and determined 'effort · to. prove that modem inta oarder depends upon an ad- traolive body, [ADĜ. uninhibited mind. In other Swords: Brigitis : «Bardot,"
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A glance around Rod Steiger's dressing room at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, where he | £n starring with Clairo Bloom to
"Rashormon," reveals two sides to this famous actor's charneler, It lo large room, somewhat old fashioned.. and in need of redecoration. A deep shelf rina along one wall, and beside it is the familior mirror, surrounded. by guarded light bulba. This. shelf is loaded with jais of make-up, bits of costumes and other theatrical pric-a-brao. Thía:45 the working Stelper.
But on the for aide of tho room there taƐn' similar shelf --*** | the resting place for the equip.
ment of the relaxed, Steiger a wooden box with, oil, paints, n jar? of briskies, a couple of, Incompleted canvases, a types writer and paper, and devoral, profcaslong-looking off paint.
of via Towheelia agudiri, 2 The undelshed canvasses are mind, and of MiN BYLİ KOMBİR?
Etolzer's. 211, 105, peilings come threeseneck the Happiness et under the heading of improx
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