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TWO WOMEN FACED DEATH...
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MAUREEN O'HARA MELVYN DOUGLAS
GLORIA GRAHAME
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN: HONGKONG
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, `SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1950.
SEAT IN THE STALLS
BRITAIN WINS FIRST PLACE AMONG THE FILM STARS AFTER 14 YEARS
Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding top the world
Britain's Anna Neagle and top of the poll of international Michael Wilding drew more stars-first British stara. to win people into British cinemas the lead in 14 years. in 1949 than any other stars of any nationality.
That is the judgment of the yearly poll run by Mollen Pic- fure Herald to And the stars.
The results of the poll are an apt comment on recent declara- tions that the Irish make successful pictures.
cannot
Anna and Michael havd pushed Bing Crosby from the,
The poll was taken among exhibitors, and is based on 1,500 returns from 4,702 ballot papers,
The Herbert Wilcox-Nengie- Wilding pleture, "Maytime in Mayfair." Aglires high 1a the
ten year's
moneymaking ple- Fures And Ove other British Wilma Agure among the top moncy-makers,
The poll's list of International stars is: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Blob Hope, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alan Lauld, John Mills, Jenn Siramont am Betty Grable
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THE MARSHAL who learned the gulle of a woman's ways)
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HELLFIRE
Well Miss Lupion is a young woman who has always quietly
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Attractions for the New Year hollday period included: *** Member of the Wedding."
Car- the sex-drenched neuroile stuff son McCuller's dramatisation of bee her novel of the same name; nid Whatch Broadway has wurished lately. But the glove "Happy As Larry.
MUSICAI tittle better for some fantasy by Donagh MacDonagh, which London and Dubila have trendy Direction Ly
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ore facing too father wrestles with his con- grum.
selt nee in a dirty deal, his son They thought better of "Silent wrestles with herwilderment at Dust," the Alm version of the his first stage play, "The Paragon," prejudice. Lols of itiner turmoil,
JOAN GREENWOOD
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TRUBSHAWE
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UBSHAWE, who has been
named in more than 20 films
at last faced the cameras,
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Little Women (QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA) 19
many
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film versions
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Louisa May Alcott story, friend of David Niven, the actor. WATCH FOR THE
This
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and the little women are June his name into severni, pleturos Allyson as Jo, Elizabeth Taylor he made.
ne Amy, Janet Leight as Meg
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and Margaret O'Brien as Beth. "We must go and see Trub-
4 Woman's Secret (ROXY) shawe." Niven would say. Or a Is adopted
led from Vicki Baum's bushy-moustached screen char- "Mortgage on Life." The story acter would appear briefly and is a most curlour one of a answer to the name.
woman other's reputation by claiming to
attempting to thield an
Maureen Douglis
Michael Trubshawe in real life
have fired the fatal shot in whats bushy-moustached. Ite is six
and often was actually a sutelde attempt. 19ot nix,
colour- Far-fetched, but making for an fully dressed. Intrigueing BCTECTI play. Friends in the film world O'Hara, Molvyn talked him into playing a leading and Gloria Grahame part in the plature, "They Were cad the cast.
Not Divided" being filmed at Letter to Three Wives Denham. He is a squadron- (BROADWAY) is good screen Leader in this film, which is entertainment evolving from a based on the adventures of the polson pen story. Ann Sothern. Guarde Armoured Division....... Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crainn are the three vleilms
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