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Deanna Has A
Rival
TO-DAY, there are nearly thirty child-star films in the making with Shirley, Beanna, Mickey Rooney, Baby Sandy, Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Jane Withers and the rest.
They have stolen the hearts of cinema audiences the world over. But eleven- year-old Gloria Jean Schoon- over, of Scranton, Pennsyl- vania, looks like stealing those hearts for keeps.
As
The Hongkong film public, who close Deanna Durbin their favourite star, will soon have the opportunity of seeing Gloria Jean's film debut in "The
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ta he screened locally towards the end of next month.
Not only is Gloria-Jean very like Deanna Durbin in appearance. but she can already sing and act with engaging self-assurance. Her voice is remarkably good. She can trill up to top C with ease. In her first film she's a tomboy. She also sings six songs.
Gloria Jean, who is a Universal star, was taken to New York fur the premiere of her firat m. American film critics were intrigued by her uravity and poise. She takes herself very seriously, is really hurt if other people don't,
Star's Family
Gloria Jean has three sisters- Sally, aged fourteen, Lois nged ten and Bonnic, aged four,
The latter is the ambitious one.
DET TY
DEANNA AND GLORIA JEAN.
Goncharoff Ballet
THIS afternoon, the fifth dis- play of ballet dancing by the of George Goncharoff School
She and Giorla Jean love the droma, agt together whenever they get Dance will be held at the King's ehance. Bonnie is already under contract. She has to play her sister Gloria Jean at the age of five in her next film. Sally prefers training for Olympic swimming trials and Lols
acts as Gloria Jeans' stand-in.
But to Mrs. Shoonover goes the major share of credit for the intel- gent handling of Gloria Jean's te! and career to date. From the first, her mother refused to "push" Gorlu
Early Start
Theatre. Another show will he presented to-morrow afternoon. The two main bullets are "A Christmas Night Dream," capably handled by the younger pupils, and "Springtime Suite", a colourful ballet featuring the older girls.
The costumes and actings for this car's display are bright and pleasing especially, the "Springtime Suite"
Jean n she felt that her daughter in which pastel shuded gowns blend was old enough and strong enough in with a modernistic background. for an intensive carcer
Over seventy talented Hongkong and older girls take part in kiddies At the age of three and a half the ballets among which special men. Claire van years, Gloria Jean made her first tion must be made of stage appearance as an amateur. In Wylick, Laureen Clemo, Betty Lee, 1938, the Colonial Opera Company of Lara Tersar, Peggy Stoneman, Irene and New York City engaged Gloria Jean Artful, Pat. Pusco, Ellen Ford and she became the youngest mem- Pery Scotcher. ber of an operatic troups in America. Later that year. Producer Joe Paster- nak, maker of all the Deanna Durbin Alm hits, met Gloria Jean and on his return to Hollywood induced the studio to sign Gloria Jean and in December 1038 she was taken to Hollywood.
One of the first friendships Gloria Jean formed on her arrival was with Drama Durbin., la the spring of last year, Gloria Jean was tested for and won the "Underpup" title role. Production started in May und was completed in July.
"The Real Glory"
Coming
in tise
The
for Pro-
proceeds of both shows will go to the Hongkong Society tection of Children and the British War Organisation Fund,
Charlotte
Greenwood
Returns
AT
THE CINEMAS
Dr.
Alhambra: "Meet Christian" (Jeon Hersholt. Dorothy Lovett), ‹
Queen's: "Ex-Chanip" (Victor McLaglen, Nan Grey). Oriental: "One Third of a Nation" (Sylvin Sidney, Leif Erickson).
Majestle: "Secret Service of the Air (Itonald Reagan, John Litel).
King's "The Escape" (Kanc Richmond, Armanda Duff).
M.G.M. Film's Record Run
Wizard
"The
of Oz." Metro- Goldwyn-Muyer's three million dollar technicolour fantasy, is enjoying a phenomenul run in Shanghai just now which will, undoubtedly, rento 12 all-time record for Shanghai.
The film, which will run for .20 days in Shanghai, is adaptation of the famous story by L. Frank Baum. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Luhr and Jack Haley handle the leading roles.
"The Wizard of Oz" will be screen- ed in Hongkong during the Chinese New Year holidays at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
CHARLOTTE Greenwood is coming! Another Cronin The famous comedienne, who has Book For Screen
back to pletures.
THE Real Glory," Samuel Gold-been absent, from the screen fur
COLUMBIA Pictures recently Д wyn's adventure film which eight years, has been signed by 20th Production Chief, considerable, stir
Century-Fox caused
bought the film rights to a new novel Philippines last Augui, is on its way Darryl F. Zanuck for a major role in that has neither been written nor set
Little Twinkle, Twinkle,
Star for publication by Dr. A. J. Cronin, will commence to Hongkong and local screening in about a fortnight. scheduled to go into production is author of "The Citadel" and other
literary successes. When the film was first shown in month.
Miss Greenwood returned to Holly- America, widespread criticism was
The novel is tentatively titlerl, ""The aroused by Producer Goldwyn's re-wood recently after a highly-success Doctor of Lennox" and will be pro-
duced and -scenes ful tour of Australia in "Leaning on
directed by Wesley for time this year from the film which were allegedly Letty" a farce in which she starred Ruggles some
for three consecutive years In Columbia. offensive to the Filipinos. Later. America. She made her last picture The first two pictures slated for however, a few of these scenes were
by Ruggles ara **Too production deleted at the request of President in 1931 with Eddie Cantor, after which she went to London to be- Manuel Quezon.
come the Sett American to be starred Many Husbands," a comedy based on The central theme of "The Real
ham, starring Jenn Arthur, Fred Glory" revolves around the exploits in the Theatre Royal of Drury Lane, the stage play by Somerset Maug- She will have a role both symp MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas, handful of American et n
army
and comic in Twinkie, oflcers who, after the U.S. Arny
and the saga of the southwest,
fusal to climinate certain
thetic
withdrew from Mindanno, were left Twinkle, Lile Star" a story revol|Arizona," a picturisation of Clarence | to train the Filipinos so defend them- i ving about the search, discovery and Budington Kelland's popular novel.
selves against the aggressivy Maros.
Canavan,
Cooper appears (LS Dr.
development of Hollywood talent in Gary
which Linda Darnell, will be starred. an Army surgeon. Ac-The screen play will parallel many cording to American reports, the film of the Incidents in Linda's own life
and her overnight rise to stardom. is one of the finest action pictures Dircelor since Gary Cooper and Henry Inthaway pooled their talents in "Lives of a Bengal Lancer."
COMING TO THE
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OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
Negotiations for the forthcoming novel by Dr. Cronin were concluded during the author's vialt to the studio. Informed of his impending arrival in
Hollywood from New York, where' Dr. Cronin placed his two sons in on eastern school, President of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn, invited him to The studio.
At an informal con- ference attended by Director Ruggles! the auther outlined the story he coll-
"Dodge City" (King's): A period templated doing as his next novel. melodrama.
from Itobert Within a half hour the purchase was Ruckner's tereen play, the film des- made.
Taken
cribes the growth of Dodge City na] Dr. Cronin has made his home in a railroad terminal and its emer- Beverly Hills for the time in which gence through the Tawless cra to he will write "The Dector of Len- Among his mony literary Brit direction at not.” respectability.. colourful material results in a high successes are "The Citadel," "atter's Only
speed weiter of action generously in-Condo" and "Vigil In The Night," terspersed with shootings and other
menta The theme comments strong- Angels vioicht assaults. The colour photo-
spy le among the finest yet pre-escarci aspects of landlord Sympathetic lend- on the screen. Good straight responsibilities, forward portrayals by Errol Flynn, ing portrayal by Sylvin Sidney.
"Scrrel Servien of tiin Ale!! (Malta» Olivin de Havilland, Bruce Cabot and to): An alien smugging fim. The others. Good entertainment.
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