KING'S PRINCESS SHOWING TO-DAY
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! SUSAN HAYWARD "BEST ACTRESS** IN HER BRAND NEW TRIUMPHI
THE BRAWLING,
SSPRAWLING STORY OF
Susan Hayward
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CARTOONS"
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To-mor, w At 12.15 p.m. Kay Kandell⚫ Kenneth Moore in "GENEVIEVE"
WEEK-END MORNING &
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To-morrow At 12.30 p.m. 20th Century Fox prosents Joan Collins Richard Burton in "SEA WIFE" CinemaScope • Color
HOOVER GALA
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SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.25 and 9.50 P.M. (Please note the re-arranged time of performances) ALFRED HITCHCOCK AT HIS BEST!
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CARY GRANT
EVA MARIE SAINT
JAMES MASON
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The Master of Suspense toffs his greatest tafo!
ALFRED HITCHCOCKS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST
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at 11.00 ..
M-G-M's TOM AND JERRY COLOR CARTOONS
Burt Lancaster • Virginia Mayo in "FLAME AND THE ARROW"
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THE CHINA MAIL," SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1959
FILMS
"NORTH BY NORTH-
WEST" (Hoover and Gala), is Alfred Hitch- cock at his very best. My reason for so saying ls, in this film he is given the plot he loves to play with. "North. By Northwest" 14 really an inspired night- mare. Not the kind of nightmare that vanishes with a serram, hat the kind that persists, in which you find you have committed erimes which you are per- feetly incapable of commit- ting, but of which there is ample evidence you did,
Or things that change before your eyes. Criminals you ne- cuse of ghastly deeds become kindly tolerant folk to your face, napoyed, and justifiably so, that you bring the police along, but helpful, bearing, and obse- lutely without mallee. Bookcases that held sinister evidence in mupport the charge you brought against your sinister enemies, prove to be no more than book- cases when examined by the- police.
So now the incubus persists, and refuses to vanish before your waking eyen, Someone is guilty, ni rst of only a pecun- dillo, but now it is murder, and all you have done is evidence | against you.
You know you ure Janovell. but all roads lead to guilt. Sanity demands an explanation, but the unly explanation remaining in a nightmare-crazed world is that your doppel-ganger has been about the business.
So you hast away, direction, north by northwest.
Cary Grant, perfectly trimmed for such a role, is the casual, smart, easygoing, nian of affairs, one of thou- sands, until he stumbles Inlo a world of fantastio chimera. He handice the role ex- cellently, from Indignation to doubt, from doubt to hor- rible certainty...then fight, north by northwest.
Eva Marie Saint is the in- evitable woman in such a altua tion. Cluuming, yet blase; per- turbed, but cool; undisturbed by paper headline proofs, relying upon intuition, o you
TIMEST
CURRENT & COMING
by
ANTHONY ANTHONY FULLER
Cary Grant walks into a nightmare in "North By Northwest," showing at tho
manner of her Academy, win- ning rule.
Wagon wheels, endlessly turn- ing. Dust and gunsmoke, èrba- son arrows, all this appeals to even the most urban of us at times, but why do not the dis- tributors space them out, instead of descending upon us in bulk? The box office would present for.
not richer returns if we were stunned and choked, by five gigantic outdoor efforts in four weeks.
PREVIEW
ANGER WITHIN"
"DAN
Hoover and Gala.
debonair
reliable
Arc,
is made; who is the trailer, escape leaders, while the danger within?
Michael Walding, and The Prisoner of-War camp is Bernard Loe und Peter set in Italy, the camp comman- support a robust lead. dent ag nasty piece of faselvi The
the poetic revelation, rubbish as ever shouted "duce," justice, and the cops selt plants the stooge.
place this Blm right up top. Richard A man's film from the word fanatical "go."
Richard Todd, and Altenborough are the
FILM BRIEFS
Fox To Have US$60,000,000
(Roxy and Broad- Programme For 1960
way) is another variation
guaranteed a steady flow of top quality motion pictures for the next two years," Me Adler revealed that more than 60 ilms are in various stages of production-from
Company has more than 28 the completed creenplays,
casting to himing and that the
In
*
addition
*
to plotures
on the theme prisoner of SPYROS P. SKOURAS, 201h highest in 20th's history.
Century-Fox President, de- war, escape. It is gend.clared his continued "faith and make no mistake about It, optimism in the motion pleture but it is far too late. The industry" by announcing Jointly. think subject is out at the elbows with executive producer Buddy Adler a 40-picture, US$60,000,000 knees, moth fodder production programme for 1060, plain and simple.
along with a production schedule into 1961.
*
until nightmare heaps upon and
nightmare.
marc
I
*
James Manon is Mr Night- Authentic I Fun you;
himself, * veritable directed by @
firm hand; racy lying Mr Sandman, who dialogue; estimable acting, fine brings terrible dreams to thrilling plot of " Stooge
The announcement, part of a nauglity bi grown-upa.
planted among the plows; in speech by Mr Skuras to the think for plol, pact, scene, every department excellent, but Company's branch and advertis- and action, Alfred Hitchcock e me out of joint.
ing-publicity Managers. has found the perfect agency for him zenfus as master of thrillers.
*
*
came
No girls, no giggles, this is after receipt of a wire from Mr strong brew for strony: men, as Adler to the meeting, detailing masculine as a stat rmoker, and the production schedule. It is his skilful welding of therein lies the content that contradictions which give fright- places It among the good escape ening predicaments
In cdallion to the announced this series of filrus.
list of product, which Mr incubus of fear.
Someone blows the gal Skouras sald: " bobths;
...strows the telephone
that he horror
every time an escape attempt exhibitor
will bic wagon-lits;
to
Terror
alarm in In quiet
tiwellings: and tear In Junely places.
Well, my friends, I recom- mend to you Master Hitchcock, nd happy VistaVision Techni- relour nightmares to you all.
**
NCE more the wagons cun west, this time in "Thunder in the Sun" (King's and Princess).
This is a rearing, brawling, Jus! stock-whipping, drama of
in the dust, which re-assembles montage form before my сукв
States Alm for every major company have set the wagons rolling, and brought out the Red Indlans on the war-path, and released their films simultane- ously, until the senses reel be- fore the slekening blows, and is nausealed by the stomach crantz blood therally spread upon the
bold outridors.
of the faces
This time, Susan Hayward hits the trail, and as I saw it, she is a fery French viken who turns the Alin red in tooth and claw. Tempers are lust as easily
books as pocket
in Queen's Hond, and blows are given and Traw- received with reciprocal
tude..
Again, as I saw it, the caravan where secks a pleasant valley the rolling greco hills will afford abundant hospitality to some precious vines whose grapes will yield the exuberant juice which in tam will make Champagne
In some far und foreign field.
But the slender vines need waler,
or two and one dubious characters are‘uriable to appreciate the fact that the vines hayq first olalı`oti a rapidly diinfulahing, supply.
So out comes the sorpchting whip, which oufs through Desh ́and vines with equal ense. * Jeff Chandler in the snowy haired charmer in this pleca bt colourful violence; and Miss Susan Hayward fumes and ex- plodes with all the fury, but with far is shuon, in thei
NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE
·
METROPOLE
A
SHOWING
ASTOR:
Ti Cranes Are Flying." The Bovlet Academy Award winding film, which brings
1m now Inok
Russian filma. Intensely human, warming and romantlo, places Tatiana Samolova among the first ladies of the screen. Sel In
during World War X, It is the drama of Russia's little neople snared In the events of Alt but
Also Alexei Batalov and A Shverin.
KING'S
"Thunder
War.
PRINCESS:
Le Sun." Hugo lusty dusty wazon wheel effort, which has tough Jeff Cliandler leading
shd the caravan, Hayward spitting
fire. Scento and brutal in Its way a saga of endurance. Technicolor.
METROPOLE:
"North
currently ready for releas between bow and tho end of 1939 which Mr Adler sald represented an Investment cf more than US$20,000,000, several of the pictures were listed. They dre: Jerry Wald's "The Story on Page Que," Bochm's "Seven Sydney Thieves," Lord Brabourne's "Sink tho Bismark," Mark Robson's "From the Terrace," Marvyn Leroy's "Wako die When It's Over," Walter Wagner's "Cleopatra," Jerry Wald's
Rillionaire," Samnel Engel's "The Story Mabin Bath," John Lee
Rackin's and Martin Alackans,"
of
**The
Ella Kazan's
"Time and
Tide" David Weisbast's "The Live Wire." The Bud Walter Wagner's Avocado,"
*
Also for release during
1960-61 are the following Darryl F. Zanuck's Productions, "Crack in the Mirror," Richard Zanuck's 100VEN & GALA:
"Requiem For A Num," "Ballad By Northwest" Old mastër. of the Red Rock," "De Luxe Hitchcock at bļa very best Tour," The Fish Don't Bite," with a isle as terrifying a
"The Big Gamble," "Patale," "The Secret of Lilly Dafon," nightmare. manun's
"Yes, Monsieur," "Settled Out of Grant Involved Is Cary
Court" and the newly acquired who walks into a fearfulThe Chapman Report." Incubus by merely Being lounge. Eva wily
д
paged in t Plaric Fuint 28 * charmer, and James Mason version, thriller gracious, killer,
A3
a
LEE: Short season of Chinese
Opera. ROXY & BROADWAY: of the "Carlton-Browne F.O." This : Nirà · La being retained owing to "Thousa One lend Full" notloes. long laugh at International politics, with mirth maker Terry-Thomas leading.
COMING
"The Bloom of Hell." or "Hell's Flowers,” Another Japanese'super pro- duelion in colour.
KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Man in the Not" A murder Alan mystery featuring Ladd and Carolyn Jones. An intefeately work- cd out exercise in 10-
Airo genuity; it
gives considerablo ковре to a gang of children who slá Ladd. Innocent, but a mur- dor, suspect.
*
HOOVER & GALA: "The
Young *Philadelphiana,”. Magnificent story of the focal Philadelphian aristo- cragy, and how they GRITO - tholt soolal „problems, and how Paul Newman, his a' „fool both dow of thos -rallinge, Tremendouà olimax.
-- marks_ihla- film xe one; of.
Also Tho year.
Harbora Hush! Alle Smith; and Brian Keith,
LEE & ASTOR: "Tiger Day,"
Excellent British flim with - murder plot set In Cardur's notorious Tiger. Bay, Blory basyoung -gist 'who Torms -an, odd' attachment with: » murderer. Strong direction
13
Along with these, Mr Skouras and Mr Adier announced the production of three multi- million dollnr large-scale altrue-
to "The tions, in addition Greatest Story, Ever Told," to be and directed by produced George Stevens. They "Jahn Brown's Body." Battle of Leyte Guli" and "The Comancheros."
* * *
dre The
A nine-year-old Italian boy known as Moristio has been cast to play the star-making role of Nando in Paramount's 101 DAY OF. NÅPLES, being Almed
LEE
TO-NIGHT
at 7.30 p.m.
SIEN FUNG MING CANTONESE OPERA prosents "THE REGENERATION IN THE RED-PLUM CHAMBERTM
(配梅紅世再)
Metropole
Astor
SHOWING ĐÀ
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
Awarded the GOLDEN PALM at the XI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in CANNES
now international star* TATIANA 'SAMOILOV.
in her remarkable performance
THE CRANES ARE FLYING
irring
Alexei BATALOV
A SHVORTH
A Russian Pictuto English Version
MORNING SHOW .TO-MORROW
METROPOLE THEATRE
At 11.00 a..
20th CENTURY FOX'S
ASTOR THEATRE
At 11.00 a.m.
RKO's
TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS ·
At 12.30 p.m. "ISLAND IN THE
SUN" CinemaScope-Color
At 12.30 p.m. "THE KEY"
William, Holden Sophia Loren
ROXY & BROADWAY
SHOWING TO-DAY.
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.. "It's the ROAR to end WARI"
Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers
CARLTON BROWNE
THE MOULTING
BROTHERS
A YEAR
PRODUCTION
of the
EO.
Distributed by LION INTERNATIONAL FILMS
A
20th Century Fox Release
TOMORROW MORNING SHOW • AT REDUCED PRICES
ROXY: At 12.00 Noon
Dean MARTIN Jerry LEWIS
In
"MONEY FROM HOME" IN TECHNICOLOR
A Paramount Picture
BROADWAY: At 11.00 am)
WALT DISNEY'S TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS
PROGRANDME
At 12.13 p.17. James STEWART & Dézis DAY THE MAN WHO KNEW
TOO MUCIL" DA In Vista Vidon & COLOS
ORIENTAL MAJESTIC
CONDITIONED
SHOWING TO-DAY
AND
At 239, 8.50, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m. by Melvilly Shavelson and Jack Rose in Italy with Clark Gable THE MOST Serting and Sophia Loren In the EXOTIC ADVENTURE-ROMANCE explosively-romatic leads.
Marictio
fovable. pinys n thieving archin in the Vista Vision
Technicolor comedy When his uncle, Philadelphla remackable · pors | lawriz: Gable, formance: by young Hagley a Milia. Also -John ·MUS VAN
Horst Backwakwak ROXY A BROADWAT: “Tho'
Diary of Abob Frank." Story of a young Jewish riri, who wna" Bladin, by the Naal küllén... “Ifte, donYDES SIRI WHA)=”Moro- than anyiking. I want to be a „WEŻANK, ALE I want to an on living after my-Costa," Thu filia, la her hapo tulbika. A:
cothes to Capri to take hiin to America and Kivo firt "advantages," rumantia poignant fun fest ennuks pitlin Uncle Clarks against Aunt Sophia with amorous resulte
Märketto hade his film debut as a wolf In the Italian dim. "La Ballering oil Padreferno" and gavu.notice of being such hit that the director put him A under petostal contract. German dlm, followed, then the which Mills Perkins; • Josephi : (Intertrational comedy
• tendèr ... raro, meblevenant
· Botkidkrant; and RIMANTÉ [parentezzatavetips und Producer
Breymer.
Róná nii palātorā
IN A LAND UNKNOWN TO MAN!
M--M Brasanta
AUDRY
→ SHOWING TO-DAY
Please Note Change of Times AT 2.80, 0.00, 7:20 & 1.4K mm.