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LIBERTY

SHOWING TODAY

At 2.30, 5.15 7:30 & 0.30 P.M.

IN Ar

It's Here and it's Magic!! TECHNICOLOR!

MARKER RAYS,

PRESENT

JACK

CARSON

JANIS

PAIGE

DON

DeFORE

DAY

DORIS

"ROMANCE HIGH SEAS

ON THE

MICHAEL CURTIZ,

jet dry

OSCAR LEVANT

S. Z. SAKALL FORTUNIO (OMANOVA

ERECTED BY

MICHAEL CURETZ

CHINA

THEATRE

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1949.

CINEMA WORLD

"April Showers" is the name of the musical which coming to the Lee Theatre. The picture stars And

Jack Carson.

Raw Deal Is Too Obvious

And

Shallow

the

Raw Deal." now at Queen's Theatre Is just an other notch on the long, long

ista manhunt frass and

| pretty shall welch at that,

A

Ann

Bothern

Good Tunes

In Musical At The Lee Background: San

Francisco

Authentic Thriller Deals With Fight To Oust Smugglers

If you are an armchair traveller you will thoroughly enjoy Sidney Buchman's production of "To The Ends of The Earth,” coming to the King's Theatre next wook-end.

Circling the globe from San Francisco vio Shanghai, Egypt, the Lebanon, Cuba and back to New York, you follow the exciting trail of an inter- national gang of opium smugglers.

the

Based on netuni incidents from the hitherto secret files of U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Nar- cotles, Coastguards and Custerns, 123 Alm 12: an authenticity Which belles

fantastic

il

as the

govern-

sequence of events,

Dirk Powell, ment agent engaged in trolling the shadowy captalu

20 Ja-

panese slave ship, plays the most uneunvincing role in z

wise

convincing story. Raving

other-

ing started on the trail, he requires far too much unneces- FATY persuasion from Lumy Chi Com- Chow, Chinese Narcoties missioner in Shanghai (played by Vladimir SakolafT) to convince him that the chase is worth con-

tinuing.

the fact that

This attitude is chielly due to he has met the mysterious widow of on Ameri- can engineer, Ann Grant (Signe Hasco), but it is quite out of the

in the Good Old Days. Setting: The good ad Vaudeville Family Act with papa, mama and junior all doing their bit for better or fear worse. This is the theme of "April Showers", starting at Tag: Kesto is this one who the Lee Theatre tomorrow.

!-#v,{t!x• deal this time. Ann Sothern, is the gallanter stet though it's chileult to understand | Bftle woman who works hard on

anything the stage and harder off, res-pleiens so quickly. hows he ematid experi

he when Chanch

LANDALE STREET WANTSAI, | Cougsters.

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The tim follows the old, fami- (Dear Solders & Sidlers Home) 1 pattern so closely that acy-

SHOWING TODAY At 2.30, 5.00, 7.00 & 9.00 pm

Ingrid BERGMAN

Charles ROYER

The Ileal Pair of Serven Lovers at Their Best

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Admission Prices:

$6.50,- $100, $1,56 & $2.00

FOR

TOMORROW

ONE DAY ONLY "MARK OF ZORRO"

SAFTIA

Tyrone POWER

LOR DARNELL

Coming Great Attractions,

from be»

character of i hard-bitten Rov- ernment agent that the widow'a rather reflued aux gentle charm should have disarmed his sur-

mixes in with a training her not too bright bus-

One

the most shocking double - crossing i hand Pack Carson) of

scenes ever to be portrayed on baying like a bull in a chin the screen is breathtaking in s

brevity and Joeldity, and it

underlying authenticfty which makes it real. This is the brief moment when the govern- ment agent, through his glasses, witnesses the jettisoning of 100 Chinese slaves, bound to a long cham, from a Japanese freighter, the fox-bound coast of San Franelsco.

ane old write the story with- Irut even seeing 11. Po nately for the box office however, there are lot of people who will put up with all this for the sake of a prea game of cops and sub- hers.

pices of brendi.

shap

When Brei Times come, as they invariably

clo in this sort of stony, she keeps up the family mornie. singing About April Showers raining violets as she puts the last sandine on the last Father's reaction IN to clear off, full of alcohol and self pily. He doesn't sober 112 11

From Shanghai, we follow the

secret poppy appropriate sunment arrives for trail to

fields in to stage i glorious come-Egypt and thence track the re- Aned opium on the remainder of back.

Their young son Buster, ployed its world tour,

Ellis, is by 12-year-old Bobby The lad who gayes the

show.

Abel the sluts or takeg di, treebnious half tight,

give that under-h pressedly to world feeing where it is always either Claw

dusk, where Sunke deures the moors, and fing the wice, open spaces.

the

A round dozen ratchy tunes,

In keeping will he general plenty of dancing and wisecrack-

al morphere Vejr ate muted, int, eke out the story which ends

to ever punable, to terse inut-up happily for everyone except wag attoed through stif lips. Hubert Alin, who almed too high Accompanying O'Kiek mga his and is brought tow by Father,

theht from Justler are two wee One is his faithful

heart. Clane Trevor, whose un- spoken thoughts provide

Green Dolphin Streets commentary

1.

2.

Fort Apache

3.

4.

Anna and the King

of Siam

Holiday in Mexico

The ther

the story. Marsha Hunt,

at

Best 2013 unwilling hostage, but

later dragged into the melee by her own heart strings.

The tough guy's way with Wo- men, us with prions, enjo and to treat len rough.

very sparing of the kind words and kisses.

Watch for the Playing Dates! Kirk tem aprint and L very,

ROXY

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A town can be too small to hold their kind of love!

CORNEL

LINDA

WILDE - DARNELL

ANNE

•

fa

KIRK

THI

(15

BAXTER DOUGLAS THE WALLS OF JERICHO

ANN DVORAK. MARJORIE RAMDEAU

HENRY HULL COLLEEN TOWNSEND BARTON MacLANE GRIFF BARNETT WILLIAM TRACY - ART BAKER

20) Directed by JOHN M. STAHL

· Freduced by LAMAR TROTTI

་

Maylin, the exotic young Chi- nand beauty who makes her de- but in this Alm as Sha Pan Wo. protegee of the American widow, provides the startling finale to n him whose chief eritielsm is that one or two lighter moments are needed to relieve the suspense.

ALHAMBRANDTHEATRE

HELD OVER! TODAY ONLY !! AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

Hal Roach

pravania

THORNE (Topper) SMITH'S HILARIOUS NOVEL

TURNABOUT

starring

Carole

Juhen

Adolphe MENJOU LANDIS * HUBBARD

OPENS TOMORROW

!

Winner of 3 Academy Awards! "THE RED SHOËS” Color by Technicolor

ORIENTAL

AIR CENFFTIONETI

TAKE ANY EASTERN TRAM CAR OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS Showing Today: 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

. Thrill-swept epic of the herole empire builders who tamed the railroad pirates of the old West!”

LOOK!HERES LADD...

ENERT

In his first

Westeri

LADD PRESTON TECHNICOLOR MARSHALL CRISP

boule

Whispering SMITH

“A Poramount Picture

› WILLIAM DEMARET

דלן

Maylia

The Suspense Needs Relief

TODAY &

TOMORROW

Young Love Has Fling

At Roxy

It's the name of a novel by George Agnew Chamberlain that captivated a large number of renders with a tender story of young love.

It's the title. also, of a new film, which comes to the Roxy next week-"Scuckin-Hoo! Seud- da Hay!"

Starring June Haver, Lon Me- Callister and old-timer Waller Brennan, the picture. does not quite live up to expectations, although this should by no means that the alm is not en-

of

here are moments great beauty and majestle out- door scen

scenes; and

there are again, parts where "Scudda-Boo! Scud- da Hay!" stands sorely in need of an expert seript editor,

June Haver

this time

ime tries her hand at a straight dramatic role (a phrase usually attacheri by Hollywood publicity men to any actor

or netreas who manages to squeeze a tear and look realistic doing It). But lest the male audience, who felt like whistling through

which other pletures starred this blonde charmer,

fee} bit cheated by the arim Im- plication of a dramatic role, they can relax, June plays half of her scenes in a nifty bit of bathing sult that sh

should sendt even the most Jaundiced wolf howling deep Info Wie night,

A

As Snug Dominy, whọ gambles everything on the purchase of a pair of stubborn mules in order to propose t by the gif he loves, Lon McCallister has the type of hole that suits him best. He turns in a fine performance, ably sup-

ported by Walter Brennan Anne RevĒTE.

•Sculia Fio

ane!

Scudin-Bay!"

is a story of young love. It is t tines tale of violent confiet and of tender emotions and, with

the aici of

outdoor splenulki series, manages to entertain for the greater part of the film's run- ning time,

Queen's

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PICTURE

April Showers

SHOWING

TODAY

JACK CARSON ANN SUTHERN

*** ROEDS ADA-Sİ ŞAKAI JASTERY

Cathay

AT 2.30, 5.30

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ONE OF THE SCREEN'S GREATEST ADVENTURES.

BEHIND THIS MASK HE HUNGERED

FOR REVENGE!

EDWARD SHALL piesents Alexandra Dumas' Adventure

THE MAN IN THE ** IRON MASK

starting

LOUIS HAYWARD JOAN BENNETT ? Re-Released by Producers Aninating Corporalian

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