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From
COLT
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WARNERBROS.
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5 SHOWS TO-MORROW
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A British Star ROXY The Current Rage Of Paris
whose
Joan Greenwood, performance in "Kind Ilcarts and Coroneta" has made her the current rage
of Parls, is going there at the beginning of September to star opposite the cele-: brated Frenchi comedian Hourville in a film entitled "La Passe-Muraille."
She will play a jewel thief in this comedy about u mun with the gift of walking through walls. Producer Jac- ques Barr and director Jean Boyer are delighted with Joan' Franchi secent,
the
An English version of film will be made simultaucous- ly with the French version.
It will be the first foreign fm Joan ha: ever appeared in
aret the
Organisation have released her for the dura- toon of the shooting.
Itanic
Under the Hide "Noblenzo Oblige," "Kind Hearts And Cormicia" has done record busl niss in Paris. The picture is
n great success in New York where it has done even better than the record-breaking "Whisky
Galore," (reflfled "Tight Littl island" for America).
MICHAEL TAKES OVER
Michael Redgrave is to take over Eric Portman's role in the An of Terence Rattigan's "The Browning Version," whleh An- thony Asquith will start mak- or at Phewood on September
with Jean Kest in the lead-
pin feminine part. theit entire
be-
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Three Came Home
20-CLAUDETTE COLBERT
JEAN MICHISCO-KLINNÄLLT JÖRKSOM
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with featured billing on thed his wife, troubled and screen and in the advertising ret..
avoided
discussing as well.
marital problems. The
Eric was to have repeated the A SELECTED PROGRAMME When Carol
Beed,
British rerne was underlined dramati-iste of the schoolmaster director, filmed The Third day by Hachmaninoff's Second creuled on the stage, but Mon" In Vienna he didn't have Fiano Concerto stealing Inteuse *11k Excellency," 1312
worry about star-power in the room over the couple's current Landon singe bil, looks his cast, with Joseph Culien, radio, The music bared theke being a prolonged success and
pitated thoughts behtud The he felt that he could not do
emingly innocuous conversa-atlee to both,
"Put another nickel In the nickelodeon. All I want is having you, And music, music, music." When Stephan Weiss and Bernie Baum composed the to popular song of which the Aida Vaill and Orson Welle above ditty is a part, they in the leading roles. really flushet the Hit Paratie jackpot.
for
Quite unconsciously, per- haps, they also tied right ined each night, Reed decided t musical
vique he had discovered a new stor into a phase of movie mak fing that bids fair to develop his film. As soon as
Liture was finished he ar- into'
powerful fremi; ranged to have the entire mus- namely, the unique 11s of cal score done by Karos
hi ither. music. rnuste, music.
In at least two current pie- tures the
muse is getting much attention as the actors
A Blushing Memory
Richard Todd,
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ench
After listening, however, to tion.
" Excellency" starts the strange, appealing xither
None of these earlier exam-330 each evening as well marie of Anton Kaas in a cafe ples was all-inclusive. For the laving a Wednesday. matince where the movie company
part they presented and Alming at Pinewood con-
background) tinues unifi 6.20 p.m. for certain unusually day. Thus it would be impos the only
matic sequences in the plc-ble for Erie Portman to op lure.
pear In the film without
CX- ceptional strain. So, regretful- In the eurrow
offy Eric bower out of the role "Wagonmaster" and "The Third wanted to much to play. When Fe Third Man" Man, however, the score is t opened in London, The zither haming firead nf music raie became the talk of Pie- wal
woven into the entire fabric offere, star in the part of An- illy. Thonisions of seconds each film and there is everyw Crocker-Harris, the in "The Harvy Lime Tuen remon to believe thint many middle-aged, unhappy schoul- From the Alma were sold. and good pictures of The near master, married to a faithless
platters soon became more future will be treated in simi- sunb (Jean Kent), sought after than personal in- or fashion.
ןןןן
tructions to the movie's flesh-
"The Turd'
in
Innel-binud stars.
Min"
in showing now Amertua, where the Kuras who raner music creating a simt-
doesn't know a pas de deux sensation.
from the shup, shyly admits. that he once was a ballet dancer-with the Family of Great watching his single singular effort,
OUT OF SIGHT
Ben Johnson, Joanne
Uru, Ward
Royal Harry Carey, Jr., and Britain Fond are the stars of "Wagon-
and marter," directed by Joh
Fere, but it was the unique matical background t this **!! was wore thura any that had preview audien- see I've ever played on the der buzzing recently. Porcen," the Lapbome
Stan youg
Jones, CUDIA er ara said. any cars still turn "Cost Riders
The
Michael Redgrave will, there.
"Ham-
For the star, whose let" was ane of the
majur events of last season's Old Vic, "The Browning Version" pre- sts the acting role of the year In Britte ims.
Michael Redgrave's nerfor- uunces in films like "The Cap- tive Heart." "The Way To The Star" and "Fame is the Spur" were int.rrupted by
year in Three Came tome (ROXY & Holywood. BROADWAY) could have been
WEEK-END SCREEN FARE
a better film without Claudette Terence Rattigan has written Colbert, shouch IL Wig In the script of The Browning tended, apparently, to Riverson.
of Mia Colbert a chuner to claim Sky," the Academy Award.
QUIET WAY OUT
rest when I think hit it." wrote four ongs for Waggon Jin't that the evergreen Lying fo bed all day - and master"="Dust," "White Tops," ME Colbut doen't do well being paid for 11-1 what
her.
nĮ
It happened when Todd was "tzravens Wed" and "Chucka-vnough by the part of Agnes Michael. Cough is doing for his with an English repertory thea-walin Swing"--and shrewd Newton Koth She is an ac-part tu "The Blackmaller," at tre, and a ballet group put in John Ford hired the Sous of complicad Hollywood trouper Tintwood Studios. Playing Mal fu urgent call for muscular the Piements, noted cowboy could probably play Juliettering's tick husband, ne young man who could
of holdrical group, to stay out if the rele was demanded of spent a week lying in a com- three dainty females in his sight of the camera and record
fortable bed, writing letters, [here melodies in the scote
reading, drinking cups of ten the film.
*** story would have been and being cared for by Mar. The rerul a haunting and best prevented with a enst that.
well any
Michael's only complaint known "eting lyrical impresion that excluded Transcends in interst almost
The ninthet he has to dig in the film. personality. the fine performances of the hoses some of the realism that nuncie Fury" he was shot. In "Anna Karenina" he died of would have made it memorable. picture's staя,
These songs are so cleverly It is
Celbert's amplion, in "Saraband Fur not Claudete
Dad Lovers' he was killed in
wat
"The frana director put his Buster ca me. ang thes [nothing I could to about it,"
Todd recalled.
INTO LEOTARDS
steven
Is
So he clipped into leotards, written and handled." wrote fault. The story in well-pre- stomped onto the stage with one Hollywood trade paper eri-scated. She does her beat, but title and in "The Small Back
everal pairs of royal eyes up-te. "that they become
that he was blown up. This 40- the J
Jef: la impresion en him, and awkwardly forced inite part of
Claudette Colbert rather than me he dies quietly in bed. the ballerinas around in what There are two nolabje
Agnes Newlon Keith was on!
ILL-NATURED
of the drama.
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he hoped was the required rent examples of background of the three who come home.
musie which many rammer,
competent It still an umeual Bm and
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Paramount presents ALAN
DONNA
LADD REED
BEYOND GLORY
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No self-respecting production "It was a terrible thing to cbservers believe will be fol- well worth the Journey to wit would build a forest happen to anybody," he said. "1] Inwed by numerous other un- Causeway Bay or up Nathan in a film studio without mak- Kew-arsel still know-leza ustal motion picture scores. Read way.
ons? some arrangements for than nothing about the ballet. There have been in the past a
moving branches a little to give I'm a soccer player, not a slot number uf examples ni Intermezz (KING'S &he woods "life," Iritter.
similar unique quality which, LIBERTY) is a re-issue of the although scattered and isolated, ülm that was Ingrid Bergman's But no such arrangement was Anyway, that's what he got might be worthy of
recollec first In Hollywood. Starring ad on by nature when a Pine- for having muscles,
which tien.
with her the late Leslie wood unit took their cameras brings him right up to date,
Howard, The Tim K'กะ
to woods near Aldershot for because in the forthcoming Al-
claimed in a time. It has lost tues of Margaret Lockwood fred Hitchcock mystery thril
Clark fu "Highly ler, "Stage Fright" Mr Τολεί
little of ile original attraction and Dane
music und bas to
a refreshing:
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heat wave the
ON A TOY TRUMPET
Rack in 1934 RKO Radio! make romantics with those "The Lost Patrol." One od two of the most fascinating and scene showed Douglas Walton, Miss Bergman of the era when During the energetle women on the screen a young British subaltern,
on Hollywood' hadn't really pro- forest 1oration was so still that tudny, lovciles Jane Wyman uard duty at a desert out-perly gut to work on her.
chector Roy Baker asked for a nt Marlene Dietrich,
pest. Victor McLaglen
wand machine to be brought Beyond Glory (LEE) brings from the studios. out to buck un the Ionely, homeslek Ind, and drew
him back a feminine lead of whom into talk of his childhood.
we are seeing too little-Donna Reed. Against West Point}
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"And that, sighs Tod. "was us job for a weakling."
20 YEARS OF HITCHCOCK
went
It was a tear-Jerking, lump-background, the plays opposite Few Film Fans know that in-your-throat scene-but what Alan Ladd.. Alfred
Ilitchcock.
film
They Say
(QUEEN'S presents
FROM week's show busi- [ness notes:—
Ran
Scott and you
drove it home to every master maker of movies with suspense the background score by Max ALHAMBRA)
fan who saw the picture was Colt .45 has been directing talking
Steiner that corried nostalgic | dolph pictures for more than 20 years musicnt phrase played on a toy struggle to get in if you don'HARDWICKE to his 18-year- That long ago, In England, ho Idirected that country's first trumpet. talking picture, i thriller titled "Blackmufl." latest effort
ARDEN & HARPO
1,000
A
markable effects in "Stage China, Japan and Turkey."
lot of letters t week also
wi TIS advice by Sir CEDRIC hook early, The reason? War-fod on EDWARD at school in John Ford, who has alway
"England: "Don't become an act Brothers announces in ncr appreciated the value of music recer bulletin that he Ketstor. There are too many good Is Warner Bros. "Stage Fright." contributing factor to the 1,000 fan letters
on unrs. Try politics, where the a week from: moet of a picture, attained re-
competition is less."
TJUS conch" cleven years ago with n'fh
enbaret quote rench Randolph from
to Arden's new tailored bilden, accordion playing
Hong-BNODGRASS, the dummy old an
kong. Ле hair-do for "Tea For Two" at Wester songs,
though Accordion
Randolph CANFIELD SMITH, the best. Warners is so short that she calls) music also was
Scott wasn't sufficient to pack ventrilogquist In London: dominant Er It a "modified butch" and says "Of Mice and Men."
them in, Ruth Roman is in the working my fingers to the wood that it makes her look liko "Brief Encounter" had'
lim too and she's an altructive] for you." one Harpo Marra
gripping scene wherein a man girl.
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