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Great human story
of real men and women...fighting desperately for life, love, fortune!
Story by Michael Blankfert and Lewis Malts Screenplay by Horace McCor, Lawis Maiteor, Michael Blankferre Directed by OFŐRŐÉ MARSHALS
Produced by SAMUEL BISCHOF
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Rita HAYWORTH
TOMIGHT AND
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Janet BLAIR- Lea BOWMAN
MARC PLATT & LESUE BROOKS Berman Play by Latzer Gerwels and Abem [19530/man/+ Denge by Jule Styna sad kummy an Prostood and Dinted » VICTOR SAVILLK
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1946.
FILMS & PLAYERS
RAFAEL SABATINI's tale of the Spanish Main, "The Black Swan," has been made into an exciting Technicolour film. is the Now Year attraction at the Queen's. Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara aro scon above in a tense moment from the picture. The cast includes Laird Cregar and Georgo Sanders,
Elsa Maxwell Retains Party-giving Title
The wild battle for Hollywood's party-giving champion- ship has been resumed-and at its old furious pace. Once again, Elsa Maxwell, America's No. 1 mistress of fun and frolic at its social best, is lending the gay rush.
and
KATINA'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT
A few days before Christmas 1939, a high Nazi official arrived in Athens to ask a famous Greek! tragedienne to appear on the German stage. This actress was Madame Katina Paxinou, now starring in "Uncle Silas", which is being made in Britain from lo Fanu's book.
Her refusal was curt, "I do not wish to leave my Greece during the war!"
The Nazi insisted, trying to bribe her, with an enormous sum which ns further enticement, sho could take from Germany in the currency of any nation she cared to name. Even so, Katina Faxinou was not interested. In order to get rid of the man she invented a magnificent Ilc.
"I am going to England! I have been offered a contract there!" she said.
The omelal sneered that in three days England would be an Isolated, unimportant little Island cut off from the rest of the world by Germanic power.
Madame Paxinou quietly replied: "I still much prefer to go to this unimportant Hifle island".
Just before four o'clock -on Christmas morning Madame Paxinou returned home from @party. A telegram was awaiting her tele- gram from England offering a con- tract. By soven o'clock she had wired acceptance.
The He had become the truth!
TEX GUINAN'S LIFE STORY
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MARIA MONTEZ
JON HALL TURHAN BEY?
A 2.30, 5.15,"
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Sudan
**M TECHNICOLORE ANDY DEVINE GEORGE ZUCCO
ROBERT WARWICK
TO-MORROW. MORNING AT. 11.30 A.M.
"THE SPANISH MAIN
FOUR
Texas Guiunt, the famous Broad- SHOWS way night club character of the twenties;
TO-DAY vivid life in "Incendiary Blonde," techni by colour musical coming to the King's Theatre on New Year's Day. Betty Hutton plays the part of
She recently gave an extra-arrived in variegated outfits vagant party for Jack L. Warner, were Immediately paired off head man of the studio bearing numbers. his name. Although she vigor-specially built stage, and told to Then they were escorted tou ously denied any competitive into an act-any kind of act they intent, Miss Maxwell apparent-might conceive within five minutes. Sultable prizes, of course, were ly was aiming her big social guns awarded, but not in the gain style at the all-night affair staged a of Selznick's shindig, wherent fully week before by Jennifer Jones clothed guests dived into a gardenia-
encrusted pool for platinum rings. and Anita Colby at the David O. Selznick home-a reception for
AZETINCHURIAETHE the newly wed director and
CINEMA GUIDE actress, John Huston and Evelyn Keyes.
The excuse for Ela's festivities— n going-away parly for Europe- bound Jack Warner.
This latest in the record-breaking aeries of Hollywood parties was a "costume" event, in which the guesta
BAD LUCK
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LAMAAR
Showing To-day
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father
Early in the "Incendiary Blonde, Texas" lovable, but improvident his family to a rodeo match where
(Barry Fitzgerald).
Lakes Texas rides a wild bronco, wirts first prize. Within a short timo
Texas is the headline attraction with the rodeo..
Moving on after her triumph ini rodeo, Texas
Jy an immediate hit in musical
comedy on Broadway. The Guinan Ince is one for
ingenuity as well as talent and, though luckless and disappointed in love, her promotional ability makes her the talk of New York and Queen of the Night Clubs. In the night club sequences Betty is truly at her best, greeting every ALHAMBRA—To-night and Every guest with "hello sucker" or some
Night,
KINGS-Kismet.
QUEEN'S-Sudan.
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equally Insulting phrase. and
making them love it. Her antics show-stopping as orc
the musical numbers including "Row,
are
KING'S-Incendiary Blonde (Wed- Row, Row."
nesday).
Other songs sung throughout the picture are "The Darktown Strut- QUEEN'S--The Black Swan (Mon- ters Ball" and "Ida." Some Sony
day).
hits of the period are instru- ALHAMBRA—The Sky's the Limit mentalised a background music.
(Wednesday),
Among them are "Pony Boy, "Oh You Beautiful Doll," "Margie" anci
Hedy Lamaar has wealth, 10400139) 220mm'"Ching Boy." rating and everything in the world to live for, but 1946 has brought such a succession of tough breaks she would much rather have been working behind i a dress counter.
NEWS OF BRITISH
STARS AND FILMS
(By "Telegraph" Film Correspondent)
In rapid order, starting on Jan. 2, the year tortured ·iledy with no- eldents to both her children (one very serious), theft of costly jewels and furs from her home, repeated If you meet Gary Cooper, Charles in French. The only dimculty that dimculties in producing her two Laughton, or John Abbott at any may arise is whether Redgrave will
look at personally-financed features, a motor time,
their ankles. It is be able to make a French flim in accident that almost cost her life, probable that the socks they are addition to his other commitments. temporary desertion by her husband. | wearing have been knitted by Flora After making "The Secret Beyond John Loder, two nervous collapses Robson. Many Hollywood stars The Door" in Hollywood he is due on her set that shut down the purchased Florn's socks when she to make "The Tollers of the Sea" in company-and score of minor was knitting them on behalf of war Britain and appear in Shakespeare's Items that have helped make 1946, a relief organisations. Since then all Macbeth on the West End stage. nightmare.
her friends have been coming to her with requests that she should knit Henry Edwards, wilo plays In- socks for them.
Latest Is Basil spector Archer of the C I. D. in Dearden, her director. It looks as "Take My Life," has gone to New lucky, though. He
wants yellow Evan's new G. I, version of "Hom- He played the same role in socka, and Flora just cannot get the lot." won! Not that Flora would have the full-length version of "Hamlet" much time these days for knitting which ran in New York for three Rita Hayworth's nickiame, "Rusty," is hers for keeps.
Is busy on two films simultane-scasons from 1938 to 1940. only"Friedu" and "Holiday Camp" She indicated this on the set has a during the firing of "To-night and Duchess. Theatre in London, where party from the House of Lords
show
every evening at the Hended by the Earl of Huntingdon, Every Night," by restraining the she is playing in "Message for lunched with J. Arthur Bank, the property man from removing the Margaret", and broadcasts for the film tycoon, "Rusty" tag from the back of her BBC as well. canvas chair.
RITA. "RUSTY" though Dearden is going to be un-York to play the King in Maurice
HAYWORTH
at Pinewood Studios recently. After lunch they were She explained that many of her
shown round the studios, and were Hollywood is taking n deep inter-introduced to co-stars. Greta Gynt friends have called her "Rusty" everest in Mai Zetterling, but, although and Hugh Willems, They also met since the cognomen was applied to Sweden has always been a happy Ronald Neaine, the director. In- her in "Cover Girl," "and that hunting-ground for Hollywood star cluded in the party were Admiral of material, this time Hollywood is not the Fleet Lord Chatfeld and Lord tokely to be lucky. There is little Winster.
zeemned to at.
"To-night and Every Night" showing at the Alhambra lo-day.
risk of Miss Zettering accepting. She was saying the other day that
cutting
This is o'might-have-been · sad she has a Stockholm stage contract story with a happy ending the not which permits her to make Alma
only
unfamillaratory of "the face on the
Bloor." room
Blonde, glamorous June Elvin hit the head- lines recently when Ealing Studios engaged her for the leading femi- nire, role
"Hue and Cry" It won
Fred Astaire Still twice a year. She wants to make those pictures either in Sweden or in England and she is already dis- cussing another British film, which she may make next year.
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FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY: 2.30—5.15—7.15—9.15_p.m. Danger, laughter and trepic love in this surging story by tho authors of "Mutiny of the Bounty"!
DANCER, LAUGHTER and TROPIC LOVE... By the authors of "aily De The Botty"
LAUGHTON
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JON
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A BUMPER MUSICAL SHOW Featuring
JIMMY PICKARD'S CHINESE SYNCOPATORS
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MARIE ERLEIGH
RAE HAMMOND OTTO FOORMAN
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THE SWING BAND
of the
Still holding the title of the
a big opportunity for n film new- screen's, foremost dancing star, E
homer. But when the film is shown, ittle ho won more than ten years distinguished composers to write the after all, bichuel Balcon gave her
The excellent policy of inviting
Elvin will not be seen in it go in "Flying Down to Rio," Fred music for British pictures is being the part because she was the right Astaire tops his previous spectacular dance routines with his brilliant continued with the signing of Rath girl for the role. But when the film performance In Limit," coming
Vaughan. Williams for "The Loves of went into production, the character "The Sky's tho Joanna Godden. There are few way to the Alhambra Theatre.
composers so well suited to compose was changed completely. June Elvin role
2nd Bn., W. YORKSHIRE REGT. White Written expressly to suit Fred's musle with the English spirit which was no longer suitable for the talents, the picture co-stars charming is la this film, which atars Google and part wont to Valerie
instead. The happy ending? Having
ALL THIS WEEK AT 7.30-P.M.) Joan Leslie with him in a gay and Withers and Jean Kent.
been
engaged for this lim, the
(LAST PERFORMANCE — SATURDAY, 28th DEC.))- tuneful” romance. of Manhattan to-
studio gates have been opened to day. Robert Bouchley heads. the Michael Redgrave has been offered her,
BOOKING HOURS: 12 p.m.--2 p.m. Ealing have given her a long-
4 -6.30 p.m. supporting cast and Johnny Merceg a part in a French film on his retur, term contract, and she will be seen
TELEPHONE: 58335. and Harold Arlen-wrote the catchy | from Hollywood. He speaks three on the screen for the first time in
languages and would record hla part | "Nicholas Nickleby."
new songs.