1949-12-16 — Page 5

SHOWING

TODAY

KINGS ★

at 2.30, 5.00,

7.20 & 9.30 PM:

"On of the grantest, pictures

- aver minde!”

-Dense Rumpin

Charlie

Chaplin

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The Great DICTATOR

Trudyond, wellten and descend by

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

PAULETTE GODDARD

ALSO LATEST PARAMOUNT NEWS

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ZANE GREY'S

"RED CANYON

Col by Technicalor!

Starring Ann BLYTH * Howard OFF

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* George BRENT

A Universal International Picture

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TAKE ANY GASTERN TRAM CAR OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS Showing Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

A VERY INTERESTING CHINESE PICTURE IN MANDARIN DIALOGUE

Storring Li Li Who Tai Chin

碧海

A MEHERMING HONOUR

IT'S YUNG HWA'S MIGHTY DRAMA OF THE SEA!! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION *

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ROXY MAJESTIC

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SHOWING TODAY

Lifts the veil of mystery

Filmed with all-star.

Hollywood Cast! .

with the cooperation

of

The University California, West Coast Health & Organizations!

Welfare

A PICTURE.. that answers-all the QUESTIONS about the TRUE FACTS

LIFEL

of

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ROXY Final showing | |MAJESTIC 4 shows daily

today

at 2:30 p.m. Ladies Only of 5.00 p.m. Ladies Only 5.20, 7.20 & 9,30 p.m.

2.30, 7.15, & ́9.30 p.m. Men Only ALSO ADDED

SO DARK THE

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NANOOK OF THE

NORTH

An UA: Kelease,

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1949.

CINEMA WORLD

Adventure Drama Starting Today At Lee, Liberty

Rating:

If you like your film entertainment charged with adventure, action and intriguing romanco, gthen Hal Wallis "Ropo of Sand," which is now at the Lee and Liberty Theatres, is a "must" on your movia list.

It is the kind of thriller that will send you home satisfied that you have seen a fair share of excitement.

"Rope of Sand" co-stars Burtare covetously and understand- Lancaster, Paul Henteid, Cinude (chly turned, Hairs, Peter Lorre am introiticed

Cus Corinne Calvet, Pari- M's Calvet portruya a pedne. stenne beauty, the only woman in tive Capetowi, cafe girl who is In the cast, on whom all eyes led by stockholder Rains to pry lot:at; from Lanenster the neation of a cache of diamonds. Lancaster, former griddle, has returned to the forbidden din. mond area in splie of the com- mander's threats 10 bis life.

COMMENCING TOMORROW

AT THE

ROXY

Jeanne

CRAIN

• So tempting

IT COVERS

A MULTITUDE

OF SINS!

Jeanne

CRAIN

Madeleine

CARROLL

George

SANDERS

Richard

GREENE

MARTITA, HUNT JOHN SUTTON. HUGH, DEMESTER RICHARD NEY VIRGINIA MCDOWALL 0 Produced Bon Destiéd by ot

OTTO PREMINGER

--farven Play by Traher Reach, Boischý Pi Parker and Prosa Exam • Based on Ostai Mildura State RunGRIMATES FRA

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!

viciously i

Henrek plays the Prue) commander of Diamond-

SANDERS, CRAIN AND GREEN

The Eternal Triangle

Oscar Wilde's Play

At The Roxy Theatre

Rating:

stadt, who wants the diamonds For years, people have been

at would

like nothing better

than to kill Lancaster 111 *get th. The latter hats why did sewe Paetlig with lebreld and his resire for vengence motivaten the ve #ghts between them that follow his return.

Me Calvet's omantic prefer- ener for Lancaster further fous Heureki's hatred of him and dis

chuckling over the

gay, bright lines and the amusing characters in Oscar Wilde's play, and now Twentieth Century-Fox has brought "The Fan" to the

screen.

Starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders and Richard Greene, "The Fan" starts tomorrow at the Roxy Theatre.

Otto

to their determination to get the almonds and each other. Producer-Director

Pre-fast-moving plot shows that the minger has taken ilberties with "adventurers" In actually Lady Through it a Rains manine-Oscar Wilde's play, in addition to Windermere's mother, who letes the strings suavely Meubi-shortening

hap 1 title, and most revealed her identity to her son- stophelinn. His acting, as always, changes are to the good. superbly Buisher. Ruina crentes a

The in-law, yet successfully prevents opening serjucntus stow Made her daughter from learning her nister character of the unser- leine Cárroil und Sanders in secret.

lous Martingale.

London in 1949, and the action is Jeanne Crain scores hanrisome→ 10ld in FL series af Peter Lorre comes through well dash-backs which give a sense of Windermere

tntricately as the charming young Ludy with his portrayal of Toudy, din-realism to "The Fan's" corned) Carroll Is eally

while Madeleine reputable outer who will sell and biting satire.

cast as the clown the river for u

beautiful scheming Mrs. Erlynne. The well-known story of "The Paired with Miss Crain 1s Richard Fun" is that of Lady Winder- Greene, while George Sanders is mere, a young wife who suspects good as the sly, unconventional ner husband of carrying on an Lord Darlington who tries hly atair with

notorious Mrs. utmost to break up the happily Erlynne. Prevented from com- married couple.

any mar

i prier.

RATINGS

The "China Mall" is using the following classification to indicate to readers the quality of film raylowed:

**

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Fair

BROADWAY

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4 SHOWS TODAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

JUST ABOUT THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE STORY EVER FILMEDI

SAMUEL GOLDWY's

Enchantment

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an indiscretion by the

Also featured in the outaland-

very woman the alstrusts, the ing east are Martia Hunt, John

Chinese Film At Queen's, Alhambra

Yung Hwa's "Little Shrimp," which is now at the Queen's and Alhambra, was filmed en- tirely in Hong Kong, numerous "shots" of which are dotted throughout the picture.

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Featuring Yeh Hsino-chu, nowcomer to Yung Hwn, in the title role of "Little Shrimp", this picture has a star-studded cast. including Hsu Shib as "Crocodile Head" Hung Niu Peng as

street urchin, pretty Lu En os the boat-girl, Yang Wei as Hung's mistress and Chen Yu-ju as the maidservant.

A tale of the underworld in a big maritime city, "Little Shrimp" has a fast moving plot and its action follows closely that of the novel from which the screenplay was adopted "Spring Winds and Autumn Rain." a novel which was the most successful in South

China in 1947,

As usual, there are English slides to

to expinin the Mandarin dialogue and special music had bech prend

prepared by the Yung Hwa orchestra throughout the film.

The film portrays the first part of the story of the vicissitudes of Shrimp". The second part,

22 also be screened by]

will also follow the novel,

Hwa

Only 17 years of age, Yeh

Hsiao-chu

gives the role of

"Little Shrimp" all the dramatic

Sutton, Hugh Dempster, Richard Ney and Virginia (McDowall.

"The Fon" Is an enjoyable popular form that all will enjoy.

comedy drama, presented in a

STAR

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ellect of an accomplished actor. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon Like Niu Peng. he is one of Yung

Hwa's young discoveries,

Elizabeth Taylor.

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

TODAY AT 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

A GRIPPING STORY OF YOUTH IN THE

TOILS OF THE UNDERWORLD

Yung Hwa Presents.

"LITTLE

SHRIMP"

WITH DETAILED

TRANSLATION

Pugo 6:

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COMMENCING TODAY

Out Of The Dark Contin- ent's Danger-ridden Dia- mond Country Comes Savage Greed... Sultry Love... Great Adventure!

BURT

Paramount presents

PAUL

CLAUDE

PETER

Lancaster Henreid Rains · Lorre

HAL WALLIS PRODUCTION

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Rope

OF

Sand

CORINNE CALVET-

LOAM DIETERLE

Soup and replay by WALȚIE DOMCH Addisonal Bialogue by JÕżjše PÁRTON

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