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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950.

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THE BIGGEST HOWL' IN YEARS

THE "EXPECTING PICTURE!

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She craved leechee nuts!

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Robert Barbara YOUNG-HALE

And

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ROBERT HUTTON - JANIS CARTER - BILLIE BURKE

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A SANTANA PRODUCTION - Diacted by HENRY LEVIN » Progced by RDBENT LORD

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 11.30 A.M.

UNIVERSAL & EAGLE-LION Present

"A VARIETY PROGRAMME OF

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NEXT CHANGE

1. ANTHUS RAME' PRESENTS

DAVID FARRAR HOMOR BLACKMAN - DIANA DORS

Diamond

City

SHOWING

TODAY

Wish

NIALL MacGINNIS

ANDREW CRAWFORD

MERVYN JOHNS HAL OSMOND

BILL OWEN

Directed by DAVID MACDONALD Produced by A, PKKNA BUNDY

Screenplay by *OGSÁSRAY & ROLAND PERTWES

A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE

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..Johnny wears a flower on his coat and a gun under it!..

JOHNNY WAS A GUY

WITH A RECORD

...with the cops

or with a doll!

CINEMA WORLD

Musical duel at the Queen's soon

Rating: *

"That Midnight Kiss", open- ing at the Queen's Theatre shortly, Introduces a new tenor to the screen, a young man

named Mario Lanza, whose voice is one of the most remarkable heard in a long time.

He stors opposite Kathryn Grayson in a romantic fairy-tale about a truck-driver who crashes into opera with a minimum of effort

Included in the cost are such Ethel Barrymore and names Jose Kurbi.

The story is filmed to a back- ground of glorious colour and lavish settings, and many opera- tic arins are sung without Inter- ruption, Miss Kathryn Grayson does four familiar pleces, and Mario Lanza joins her in finale which for sheer theatrical spectacle hos seldom been equal-

Ted

the

The director of "That Midnight Kiss hus apparently worked on the idea that plot is unimportant, The story is pointless and one guesses the end from the start. However, it does provide many opportunities for

grand singing, and there is plenty of it.

JOHN WAYNE AND JOANNE DRU Pretty colours.

John Wayne

stars in Ford picture

Rating: *

British action film coming to Roxy

Rating:

A British action picture that could give its Amori. can counterpart a good run for its money is coming to the Roxy Theatre on Sunday. It is "Diamond City," an Eagle-Lion_production starring David Farrar and Diana Dors. "Diamond City" possesses a plausible and strong plot and produces some excellent acting on the part of Mr. Farrar.

The scene is Hopetown, South Africa, in the 1870's, and thou- sands of diggers search vninly for new diamond finds. Among them: аге Stafford Parker (David Farrar), agent to native chief Jan Bloem, and Muller (Nail Mac- Ginnis) trader.

an unscruplaus rum

Two years pass before a new diamond discovery is made, and the news spreads like wild-fre through the Hopetown community. Parkers the first to hear it, and, well ahead of his rival, Muller, obta

sole concession of the feld from Bloem. In the local bor, which is run by Ma Bracken (Phyllis Monkmart) and her daughter Dora (Diana Dors), there are wild celebrations.

The whale settlement moves en bloc to Klipdrift; Ma's bar gives place to Parker's Hotel; Parker up an office with

John Wayne, who is rapidly himself sets

.... becoming America's No. 1 box} David (Andrew Crawford), n

doesn't dis- prospector friend.

Miss Barrymore appears in re-

costumes, and imparts an air office attraction, of distinction to her role.

gal

a

escape

'Oscar' winner

to be screened next week

"All The King's Men," triple 1949 Academy Award pleture, will have its Gala Premiere at the Roxy Theatre on Wednesday evening, with the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, and Lady Gran- tham, attending.

Named the best picture of the year, "All The King's Men" also brought faurels to Broderick Crawford and Miss Mercedes McCambridge, who won the Oscare for the beat actor and best support. Ing actress performances, respectively.

Other In the film are John teoland, John Derek, Joanne Dru and Snapperd Strudwlok.

"All The King's Men" whi open to the public next Fri day.

bns

Two new Mr.appoint his fans in "She Wore members of the community are Iturbi is joined by his sister Am-A Yellow Ribbon,"

Hart (Mervyn present the evangelist

Johns) and his daughter Mary paro in

classic scene featuring film fare at the King's Theatre. Hon ar two world-famed planists. |

Blackman), to whom the two Comedy is

The fine, forceful hand of Parker finds himself strongly al- by J. Carol Director John Ford who made tracted. This does not Naish and Keenan Wynn, whose

"Stagecoach" is apparent in this Dora's jealous eyes. scenes-helping 4

temperamentat

dent. Meanwhile. Muller latest Western, despite a,per- opera star to break furniture-functory and a bit

Parker strongly suspect that persuaded Bloem to transfer the provoke laughter.

sentimental story line.

Muller is buying diamonds from land concessions to him-but This picture exploits the voices

the natives; he founds a Diggers Parker refuses to recognise his of Miss Grayson and Mr. Lanzo: Grand outdoor scenes in lovely Prote

Protective Association, and at- j' authority and prepares to fight. remarketble way. It In a

does Technicolor, plus Wayne's down-tempts to impose a rough justice Muller and his supporters plan a not

to do much else, and to-earth performance make the upon the townspeople. attempt

Muller great attack, but Parker strikes succeeds in satisfying because for pleture very good entertainment. opposes him, and starts an uproar Arst. once great moments in opera are]

during a Court House session. In not spoilt by the transferrence of

the camera to other scenes.

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overdone

the film is a rousing tribute to follows, Hart and Mary appear thirsty, and Muller's

The major business at hand in the midst of the fierce fight which

The battle is fierce and blood-

un undermanned outpost of the on the scene; then Dora and the finally routed.'

United States Cavalry, caught in Cap-Can girls from the hotel at-

the

storm centre of the great tempt to create a diversion. The Indian uprising that followed result is utter chaos... Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn.

As he has done to perfection before, Mr. Ford turns his Tech- nicolor camera on superb pic- torial arrangements of men and horses. Such familiar Ford actors LS Wayne, Victor McLaglen, Harry Carey, Jr., John Agar and Ben Johnson are fine, sitting in the saddle or attending to such masculine matters

barrack bar-room brawls,

The picture's sentiment, per- sonified by pert Joanne Drú, is Irrelevant, although necessary to justify the tlile."

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men are

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News comes through that arbitration committee has award- ed the diamond fields to Britain, In an effort to stabilse matters and the Union Jack is hoisted to Republic with Parker an Presi- flag. the Diggers' committee forms supplant the shortlived republie

OPENS

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

JOHN WAYNE in his greatest vale, Cepi, Eritries, Indian Nghtar. sentimentalist.

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