CENTRAL
| THEATRS
5 SHOWS TO-DAY
AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.
FIRST EPISODE
RIDING HEADLONG INTO ACTION! Zorro, the masked terror of the plains, braves the vengeance of
a gang of ruthless killers in
episodes of spectacular acțion,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947.
LADY IN THE DARK
SHOWING
TO-DAY
KING'S
AIR-CONDITIONED
At 2.30, 5.15,
7.20 & 9.30, p.m.-
WITH LOVELIGHT IN HER EYES. And Three Alen On Her Mind
CINCER
ROGERS
Mia In Mink with Kyen for
RAY
MILLAND
He showed Lady
In the Dark the fight!
10%
HALL
́Always a glet
Lady
in the Dark
· WARNER
BAXTER
A hiband, but
not bei
ZORRO'S
FIGHTING LEGION
REED
•
SHEILA
HADLEY DARCY
A Republic SERIAL
ORIENTAL
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY: 2.30-5.20-7.30-9.30 P.M. SEE the Adventures in China Seal 2 Great Stars!
THEY MET IN BOMBAY
Starring
Clark
GABLE
Rosalind RUSSELL
Commencing To-Morrow: "RENEGADE"
SPECIAL MORNING SHOW ON SUNDAY AT 12.30 ...... “ACTION IN ATLANTIC” Columbia Picture-
SHOWING
TO-DAY
TRIAL WHEN THE
MAJESTIC
A+ 2,30, 5.20. 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
Themes anthralling romance.of our time ...made Immeasurably greater with glas elava musić..brilliant color! The Queen. of Song's mast magnificent blumpht
MITRO.GOLDWYN MATER
MACDONALD
Brian AHERNE
SAMER
MILIN
THROUGH
* GENE
RAYMOND HUNTER
NEXT CHANGE: "IN HOLLYWOOD"
Cathay
SHOWING
TO-DAY
The screen's most tempting tribute to that
ALTER: WANGEN
"STAR QUOTES
JOAN CAULFIELD
answers this question:
"Do you believe · that, apart from your unques tionable talent, there may have been some other coin- cidental reasons for your
skyrocket ascendancy screen stardom?"
JOAN CAULFELD
10
Yea
es, I do believe
that my me- teoric rise, so to -peak, to movie tardom WDS Jomehow facili- inted by the three following circum- stances.
The Arst of these is the fact that I used to be A model. Strange As it may seem, while once the
business of ruture stardom was
"Lady in the Dork," that fabulous Saga of Jenny" in, which Ginger Moss Hart play that ran for three sings and dances and gives an ac years on Broadway, has been made count of what happened to a girl into a picture by Paramount, with who always made up her mind. Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner This is one of the dream sequence Baxter and Jon Hall co-starred and numbers as shown above and Ginger Mischa Auer in a top supporting sings it in defence of her inability role. Filmed in Technicolour, "Lady to make up her In the Dark," is now at the King's Theatre.
The picture retains the original Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin music and has added a new tune called "Sud- denly It's Spring."
The story of Law.....
In the Dark" concerns the confusion and unhap piness of successful fashion maga zine editor, Ginger, who goes to psychoanalyst for help, and learns a great deal about herself and the The song that stopped the show, men in her life.
By means of however, and will probably give dream-analysis, Ginger inds herself fim fans an equal kick, is "The and the man she really loves,
What are they
up to now?
by STEPHEN WATTS
LONDON. make an outstandingly good film is a feat. Το follow it up with another is. a nightmare._
based almost exclusively on an ex-been a group of outstandingly good In the past year or so there has tensive theatrical training, a new British Alms. For the men who trend in movie-town contends that made them the nightmare period is modelling
provides vainable sort of experience.
an equally now on.
Men 18te Carol Reed ("Odd Man Look
Out"), David Lean ("Great Expecta at the cases of Lizabeth Scott and tions") and Michael Powell C'A Lauren Bacall too. I think this is Matter of Life and Death") have a dua to the
exacting demands ot photographers-particularly those in the fashion and flustration fteld.
Learns Poise
substantial record of good alms. But it so happens that their 1946-7 works were their masterpieces. The on commerce, is that cach produc- rule of the game, be the game art ca:n should aim at outshining... thò fast,
HAUNTED BUT HAPPY ONE of them confessed
mo
to recently that this follow-up task none of Usem kok is nightmarish.
But I must say Ikke haunted men. In fact they looks happy and stimulated.
The reason for this Hes in the eun'ous, dedicated, nature of Alm- making. It is a job for the single-
STORY OF DR minded, the rapt and the devout.
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་
WASSELL
No matter what fiction writers may dream up, a model leads strenuous and highly illuminative existence. She learns poise. and how to hold same for those trying A news message Inst week hours when the pose must be held.doctor here of the U.S. Navy during announced that Dr Corydon Wassell, I know I gained much self confidence the recent war, was returning to when I learned to model for photo-his medical work among the lepers Kraphers. It helped me a lot when in Molokai.
even moro
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The harassing complexity of the Alm in hand chuts out everything ,, No actor lives in o part with moro concentration than the film- maker,
Now, what exactly are they up to these days the young men (average age is under 40) who have lately given you please and British Aims prestige at home and abroad?
JUMP TO COMEDY
MISCHA AUER
Emer Produ
B. G. DISYLVA
A MITCHELL LEISEN
PRODUCTION
Omaet by Millebell Leisen
intret t
by Jelges best shals Wheel by thank
Cendre
She sings Stie dances She to mincess in the screen's most darating creations, fined for exqui».
.. The Picture
site Technicufor
of a Lifetime
ADDED ATTRACTION
Colour Popoye
"PEEP IN THE DEEP"
TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY
"THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER”
with GARY COOPER *
Franchot TONE
Richard CROMWELL-A Paramount Pictura
SHOWING
TO-DAY.
QUEEN'S
Ar 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 p.m.
The greatest celebration the screen has ever seen!"
KERN'S
CENTENNIAL
SUMM
20
JEANNE CRAIN-CORNEL WILDE-LINDA DARNELL-WILLIAM EYTHE WALTER BRENNAN CONSTANCE BENNETT DOROTHY GISH• OTTO PREADINGEN
TO-MORROW MORNING AT. 11.30 A.M.
Ingrid BergmAN, CHARLES BOYER in
"GASLIGHT"
An MGM Picture—AT REDUCED PRICES !
ton
I was given my first stage part, and
The story of Dr Wassell's courage when I reported to
and devotion in caring for the Paramount for my first screen role. wounded from the USS Marblehead,R DEED is back from America atter and in taking them to safety across; I talks with Cary Grant about this
NOTICE It may be that the screen presents Jap-overrun Java, is well known. picture. The title is not fixed, but
to a player in such out-size proportions It has been made into molion it may be "Young Nick," being that modelling becomes a helpful pleture by Cecil B. De Mille, the about devils and angels. Reed has
ADVERTISER'S veteran director. trick to have in one's acting bag.
moved for from the mood of "Odd Man Out" this time his subject is a All firms requiring advertising My foilah for perfection is the Gary Cooper takes the part of Dr sophisticated ecmedy.
space exceeding single second, coincidental factor which is cast in the part of the nurse whom Wassell in the film,, and Laraine Day
David Lean is hammering a script
column inches (other than that At 2.30, 5.20,
may have resulted from my Arst he married ira his carly days out of "Oliver Twist." He is an under contract) oro requested to venture on the stage, in my college ministering to the auffering in xious to deny that he is becoming give at least 48 hours notice. 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.cerned with Journalistic style than
days. A student critic, more con- China.
a regular Didicenslan. It just hap No advertisements (with the pens that his two consecutive sub-coption of urgent notices) will critical analysis, panned my
jects come them the same author be accepted between 12.30 noon, ald fooling!formance, and since that time
Delta 1,000 applicants, he has Saturdays and determined that my future work in
not yet found a boy to play Oliver. the dramatic held, as well as in
The only major part cast is Alec
Mondays. anything I'd undertake, would be as
Guinness as Fagin. near perfect as I could possibly make it..
NIGHT IN
PARADISE &
Laterdag
MERIE OBERON TURHAN BEY
A Universal Picture with THOMAS GOMEZ GALE SONDERGAARD RAY COLLINS ERNEST TRUEX GEORGE DOLENZ, JEROME COWAN PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY AT 12.30 P.M.-
Big Break
per-
Based on real life incidents as re- inted by the Doctor himself and the Marblehead wounded who eventual-- reached Australla, "The Story of Dr. Wassell" is coming shortly to the King's Theatre.
THEATRE Directory
TODAY'S FILMS
to
Michael Powell has been America twice since his Command show triumph.
His next nim to be seen will be "Black Narcles," which has De- borah Kerr and Jean Simmons as nuns in the Himalayas.
But at the moment he is seript=.
KING'S-Lady in the Dark (Gingering. 106, the first British ballet plc-
Rogers, Ray Milland)
My having been cast with the top stars since my Hollywood debut ia the third factor. Playing my first rule opposite Sonny Tufts in "Mles Suric Slagle's" was a big break for a screen newcomer, wasn't 117 Then the succession of top names
con QUEEN'S - Experiment tinued-Bing Crosby And Fred
Perilous Astaire in
(Hedy Lamarr, George Brent) Irving Berlla "Blue Bob Hope in "Monsieur CENTRAL—The Verdict (Sydney Beaucaire, Bing Crosby and Barry Greenstreet, Peter Lorre) Fitzgerald In Welcome Stranger"
Skles:"
and William Holden for my latest, LEE Confirm "Dear Ruth."
(Monday--Gary Cooper)
or
Deny Ameche, Joan Hennett)
ALHAMBRA....The Verdict,
(Don
ue, "Red Shoes.".
Then there is the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gillial, whaso "Adventures". (known to us as "I See a Dark Stranger") is a New York hit at the moment.
They are completing = "Captain. Boycott," in which they have gone to Irland amin for their setting, The star is Stewart Granger,
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