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BROADWAY
AM KOMMTIOWLS
Theatre
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
It's
WHOMARK..
back in action and gotting plenty of it!
RICHARD WIDMARK LINDA DARNELL
VERONICA LAKE
MATTERY'S HURRICANE
JOHN RUSSELL.Cary Merrill Waller Kingsford Naymond
Orveniat. Sanley Warman, Joseph De Baile
Ducted by ANDRE de TOTH Produced by WILLIAM PERLBERG
Son Pay by Hermes Post and Rubert Marshy Fren a Story by Jerman Mərk
20.
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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1950.
A SEAT IN THE STALES
OIL-WELL INVESTMENTS ARE NEW WAY TO WIN FAME—OR CUT INCOME TAX
Hollywood's top stars are getting
the 'black gold' fever
From Frederick Cook:
New York
Talk in the Hollywood night clubs these days la hardly ever about films, or parts in them. Stars with world-famous names sit half the night in earnest. dis- cussion about oll well- drilling bits, whip-stocks, rock faults and barrel enpacities.
Fame in the swimming- is measured pool-set now
not so much by the size of yacht or the number of limousines, as by the oil
wells owned and shared in. And how they are doing.
It atk began when the history of Glenn fabulous McCarthy, of Houston, Texas, penetrated to the film capitni.
Determination
DINAH SHORE
McCarthy, once
muscled, working well
steel- rifter,
started out' with
not
more than determination.
much their drillers
rich wells
in the
In 17 years he built
oll weeks.
empire nilons.
worth nearly
£10
An option
His example is proving to be
JANE RUSSELL
in a "wildent" Huston and Mervyn Leroy who, Dennis O'Keefe, discovered two rank £72,000
Arsi eight operation. The result is not yet with actor
known, but the whole region is lost £70,000 in n bone-dry hole known to be rich in all. Ran- In California, dolph Scott also holds big lease- hoids in Texus.
Don Amecho took an option far away,
a glittering temptation to many on 20,000 acres not
in
Those who have fared less
Include directors
John
Hollywood with surplus and with partners from Chicago well cash for which they are seck-
an outlet.
Stars like Bob
Hope, James
Stewart, Gene Autry, Frank
Don Ameche, Charles Sinatra,
Boyer and Fred
MacMurray
are deep in the Anuncial heart
ROXY ADDED: March of Timo's "REPORT of Texas, sinking their savings
ON ATOM ENERGY"
TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW
ROXY AT 11.30 A.M.
Columbia Pictures Prosents
Glenn Ford
Rita Hayworth
IN
"Loves Of Carmen" Color By Technicolor
At Reduced Prices
in holes in the ground.
For stars with big money to Invest, of is a foolproof gamble. If they strike oil, they can
half deduct
of the original
BROADWAY AT 12 NOON | capital investment In drilling
By Request-Repeat
Showing Of
"Fairytale Color Cartoons"
A Special Programme For Children!
WWE Theatre
AIR COOLED, DEHUMIDIFIED, OZONIZED AND PURIFIED
the well from their Cross
for income incomes
tax
purposes.
When the well yields, they can deduct 27 percent of the Income for "depreciation" of their machinery and buildings. The rest they can put back into another experimental hole the ground.
in
If the drilling fails-and in many cases it does they still make money if they are in the highest-earning bracket on the Blms. For in that case the whole
cost of the operation be shown
their tax on
can
can
return
as a straight business
lasa, substantially reducing the
TAKE ANY EAST BOUND TRAM OR ROUTE NO. 5 BUS tax.
COMMENCING TO-DAY
DAILY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
DIABOLICAL DISCOVERER
OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING
INVENTION IN THE HISTORY
OF CIVILIZED MAN!
Maver before such a picture) Horse bufare ruch shell?
"Dr.CYCIO
A Faramount Picture IN TECHNICOLORI
SEE 'Dr. Cyclops' powerfulängere mezione
a beautiful gitt—vitim of his experie ment, Can shu trìurn to normal niet? SEE■ pormal-sized house cat becomes a bugs, rivenleg montice to the serrited PYET-like Tiedost
SEE Dr. Cyclops' siedme, maddened at tha remics of their tire reduction, suika
back til madenin atlantisa?
1
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MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 11.30 A.M.
The luckiost
la
WEEK-END SCREEN FARE
Darnell are
Samp
of the women stars gold" fever hove the "black
as any of the men. as acutely Greta Garbo and Hedy Lamarr are two of the oil-struck.
Others sill "playing safe" Include Dorothy Lamour, Dinab Jane Russell, all of Shore and whom prefer to sing for their kupper.
now
All have Alled engagements for Glenn McCarthy at his #t entertainment centre Houston, under contracts which gave them part of their salary In oll shares--carefully selected by the mon who has demon- strated 0 certain talent picking the winners.
-London Express Servic«)
&
QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA
AIR-CONDITIONED
AIR-FRESHENED
- 5 SHOWS TO-MORROW
QUEEN'S:- Extra Performances at 11:30 am
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.
ERROL
"ANC
FLYNN
PRINCE PAUPER
THE MAUCH THINS
CLAUDE BAINS
AND
FRESCATT
WILLIAM KLICHLEY WARNER BROS.
ALHAMBRA
TO-MORROW AT 12 NOON ONLY
Esther WILLIAMS — Ricardo MONTALBAN "ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU"
SHOWING
TO-DAY
a1
Vivien Leigh will star in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
By DAVID LEWIN
Vivien Leigh, who WIM The Adventures of Ichabod Lake and Linda
choice as and Mister Toad (KING'S) thrown in for extra storm effect Hollywood's
Disney's one but latest and the latter is the victim of Searlett O'Hara in "Gone first celluWith The Wind,” has now Luckiest of Hollywood's new excursion into fairy tale llena Richard Widmark's
been picked to star in have been ture. Washington Irving's "The loid kiss. oil magnates so far Bob Hope and Gene Autry. Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and
The Friuce and the Pauper another much-sought-after { Cowboy, actor und erooner Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind
part. provide the (QUEEN'S Autry Is regarded as the best and the Willows" businessman in the film colony, two main characters, the school is on old one, with Errol Flynn He has a substantial holding in muster, Ichabod Crane, who and the Mauch Twing starring six Texas oll wells. Ho holds meets the Headless Horseman, in the Mark Twain story. enough land leases to Elak and 20 more.
&
ALHAMBRA)
TC-
De-
In Technicolor
AT REDUCED PRICES
KING'S
"AIR – CONDITIONED
AT 2.30, 5.15,
7.20 & 9.30
P.M.
EXTRA PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW.
BING
AND
AT 11.30 A.M.
Walt Disney
PRESECTS
THE ADVENTURES OF
WALT ICHABOD
wake up Sleepy Hollow
Two Tall Tales in an All-Cartoon Featurel
BING Singst
AND MR. TOAD"
BING CROSBY ABASIL RATHBONE ****)
Distributed by RKO Radio Fictures, Inc. Colư by TECHNICOLOR,
WITH SPECIAL OSCAR AWARD ATTRACTION
SAVAGE BATTLE FOR SURVIVALIS
WALT DISNEY presents
THE ACADEMY AWARD SHORT FEATURE
"SEAL ISLAND
A TRUE LIFE ADVENTURE
PRINT ST
TECHNICOLOR
-Bulbusted, by Pkey #aqlY PICTURES
She will play Blanche Du Bois in the film version of Mister Toad, the
Dr Cyclops (LEE) is unusunt,1"A Streetcar Named character who has a penchant for motoring and sells Toad Hall being about one of these sadistic sire."
American actresses Many From his present
"Doc" Cyclops wells, to a pack of criminal wearets to scientists made popular by H.
G. Wells. royalties at a fracilon more satisfy his craze.
duces his fellow humans to a wanted the role. And Olivia de are bringing than 4d, a barrel
holding Havilland and Bette Davis were ALSO LATEST UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL
it. But Elia Blattery's Hurricane (ROXY) size comfortable him now nearly £18 a day.
is about the them in the palm of his hand suggested for Hope, and his partner, Bing & BROADWAY) Crosby, leased 1,700 acres in Storm Charting Service of the and the poor people have a job Kazan, who will direct the film,
Navy. Veronica of it fleeing from the house cat.wanted Mirs Leigh.
Stre
the has played
stage and United States County, Scurry
Blanche since the show opened in the West End eight months ago.
Texas,
THAT STAR NO USE
TO
by Leonard Mosley
HEN you see an actor making the into horrible grimaces dressing-room mirror just before
curtain-up you can usually presume that he is neither worried nor sick-but merely un-knotting his facial muscles
benefit of the audience.
At the Garrick
for the
in Thentre
London. twitches that were however. the ugly passing over the craggy features of Alastair than a pre- Sim were probably much more Himinary warming-up for a performance.
For Mb Sim has a problem on his hands.
ALL COLOR CARTOONS PROGRAMME | It is the sort of problem that comes to all great
SHOWING
TO-DAY
AT REDUCED PRICES
Cabhay
At 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
FIRST SHOWING IN HONG KONG
ANU.S.S.R. Picture
IN GLORIOUS COLOR
MICHURIN
COMING: "The Girl From Manhattan'
character actors when they make a success in nims, except that in his case it is urgent. SHALL I LET THEM TURN ME INTO A STAR?
+
י
ANY PART HE LIKES
nim Industry-and
cludes Hollywood,
comes to anyone
for
LABEL IS
MR. SIM
ALASTAIR SIM
problem on kis hands,"
+
Then she will rest until she Roes to Hollywood to start work on the picture in August, Play- Ing opposite her will be Marlon the Brando, who acted in Broadway version of "Street- car."
PART FOR SIR LAURENCE
Sir
Misa Leigh's husband, Laurence Ollivier, will go with her to Hollywood. He will also Rinke a picture there us the star Carrie," based on of "Sister Theodore Dreiser's novel.
The films will be the first the Oliviers have made in Holly- wood for 10 years, though st tempts have been made to get them over there.
They will be away from Bri win for three months-and will collect at least £50,000 each.
fryt
made
In "Sister
Carric" Laurence will play his modern part since he "Henry V." and "Hamlet," fe turned down the lead in an~ other Hollywood picture-- "Ivanhoe" as he wanted a change from a costume role.
"Sister Carrie" Is to be directed by William ("The Best Years of Our Lives") Wyler. On a visit to Londen he showed the script of "Sister Currio" to Sir Laurence, and he agreed 10 It is about a
runu a
in love with a
If you have seen those two recent British Alims, "Happiest Days of Your Life" and "Stage Fright," you will not be surprised that Alastair Sim is at present the
But Sim, riding on a wave of too much and too prominently. sihr in the film. most-sought-after actor in the
slrccess that rurely Peter Lorre-whose fame dim-middle-aged man who that in- popular
as his name increased bar and falls who lacks a fished profile, a Blure or sex-appeal in And Boris role he bed woman younger than himself. to be a good actor until he pre-
'NOT STAYING His and-old gargoyle of a face, the way he does, is
hearing ferred star parts in bad' aims (which Because producera, his remarkable voice
Sir Laurence continues in his maintains an even baritone while the laughter of the lmgoers at to feature puris in good ones.
Alastair Sim is a greater
prevent West End play "Venus get a twitter, a the sight of him, have begun to managing to
Observed"
He until August, simper, and a world of cynicism think of him as a star who cur actor then all Alec Guinness
and Erle Port-wil stay in London for the first into every word he says), and sell a picture before it has been
man (two other fine artists who night of his next production, his consummate mastery of his seen
Fave talent to give) he is hereby "Captain Carvello." acting craft are not only making
the heady
Str Sald laugh nudiences
everywhere,
Laurence: "Afr HOPE he will not fall for warned to erchew
picture and helghts of stardom, and be con
I shall Como but are also making producers
their blandishments,
I' shall not their telp rench madly for
have himself turned into a Blm tent with the pleasure of con- the
the picture back to London. which mually stealing
stay on in America," phonea
atar. It is a trap into
actors away from the stars.
His part
"Ivanhoe" will be featured Great acting (in
taken
by Britain's Slewart Anest gift in roles) is still the
Granger.
EX
WARNING
of them.
Like
in
He is at have stumbled.
present
He can have any part he likes other
play or a fim.
juggling. with
Charles Laughton, for different offers, and he can ask stance-who turned his fat face-Britain can provide for films,
-(London Express ·Service) his own price.
Into a boring.blot by appearing
great character.
-(London Express Service)
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SUNDAY EXTRA SHOW AT 12.00 NOON
Montez Aumont · Okeefe
in Seymour Nebensalt
SIREN OF ATLANTIS
Directed by ARTHUR RIPLEY - Produced by SEYMOUR NEBENZAL
Based on the novel "Allantida" by Pierre Benoit Released Thru United Artisty
NEXT CHANGE
"Adventures of FRANK and JESSE JAMES”
Starring Clayton MOORE
SHOWING
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(LIBERTY
fir: Conditioned,
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"STORM OVER formosA”
阿里山風雲
A Chiness Picture in Mandarin Dialogue