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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950

Pago

LEE Theatre

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FINAL SHOWING TODAY

Four Shows at 2.30, 5.20 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

TEXAS WILDCATTERS

They ripped the oll frontier wide open... battling for black gold

...and a woman!

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March Of Time

" IS EVERYBODY HAPPY ·

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Also Intest Gaumont British News. The Battle For Taegu and Pohang British Troops Embark For Korca Birthday Tribute To Princess Margaret Duke of Edinburgh Awards Ynchting Trophies, etc.

TOMORROW

NEVER A LADD

LIKE THIS... NEVER A

PICTURE LIKE...

Prudend by ROBERT FELLOWS Directed by JOHN FARROW

A Paramount Flatwen

LADD REED "BEYOND

GLORYTM

GEORGE MACREADY - GEORGE COULOURIS HAROLD VERMILYEA HENRY TRAYERS

KING'S LIBERTY

Com

COMMENCING-TOMORROW.

Aadanie.

INGRID BERGMAN

IN

DAVID O. SELZNICK'S

Intermezzo

INGRID

STARRING

BERGMAN LESLIE HOWARD

Directed by/OREGORY RATOFF.

CINEMA WORLD

CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND FRIEND Misery overcome,

New Alan can't hold candle to old Ladd

Rating:★★

There's a new Alan Ladd in Paramount's "Bayond Glory," coming to the Lee, a Lodd faced with situations out of which even he cannot slug his way, loving in a manner radically different from his he-manhandling style of old. sonally, we prefer the old Ladd.

"Beyond Glory" is a story of our own turbulent times, told, in authentic location shots, against the never-chang- ing. tradition-bound back- ground of West Point. There a man, and the institution it- self, go on trial, the former trying himself for the murder of his wartime commanding officer, the school defending. itself against charges of ́un- democratic practices.

Por-

Ladd, as Brooklyn-born Rocky Gilman, cumes out of the war e here to every one but himself Tormented with the thought that he was responsible for his cap- tain's death, he finds the latter' whicwco-star Donna Reed- and seeks salvation 'in confession. They fall in love, and she in-} suires hint to und-regeneration at screen debut in the film as Ladd's

West Point.

LADD AND REED

What's the point?

the

room-mate.

All

'Three Came Home' touching drama at Roxy, Broadway

Rating: ★ ★★

"Three Come Home," now at the Roxy and Broad- way Theatres, is a touching and roolistic pic- "turisation of a book of tho samo name that has enough emotional ingredients - love; sadness, kindness and cruelty and what have you to make your lady's sniffles audiblo above the incidontal music.

Although we regard the screening of such a type of film rather unfortunate (why open old wounds after more than five years?) we must admit that the producers, have done an ad- mirable job. in translating Miss Mrs. Agnes 'Newton Keith's story on to celluloid; even the

uniforms of the Japanese are genuine to the ' last detail.

Starring Claudette Colbert, isolated incidents and imEueing who turns in a creditable per- them with warmth and colour. formance, the film will proba- One of those incidents is wher bly be received with mixed Australian prisoners of war make a sneak visit to the women's feelings, depending on whe-

camp, only to be discovered by ther the movie-goer has suf- the guards and to die under fered Internment at the hands withering sub-machine fire that

of the Japanese or not. Al- tears their bodies to shreds, though we were not interned, we readily believe the pictura of misery and human degrada- tion presented to be true. If we are wrong, we don't mind heing corrected.

in

Another one is n scene which the women say good-bye

te their husbands across a nar- row strip of water. They are not allewed to kiss. but their eyes Ly more than words can tell.

Miss Colbert has that rare gifs But yet another one is when of living a part, and her portrayal Colonel Suga discloses to Mrs. of Mrs. Keith, the American who Keith, whom he looks on as n is caught in the whirlwind of felend, the loss of his Japanese aggression in Borneo family. during the last war, is an excel- lent one.

entire

All in all, "Three Camo Home" is worth while erging. It is no The longing for her husband, a war picture, any defalicly nož segregated with the men in a propaganda. It is a tale of humanj different prison camp, her love] sacrifice and love. for George, her four-year-old

Bon, and her steadfastness during Lurid as may sound, it lo periods when despair and misery only a factual rendition of a seened overwhelming, are some factual book.-F.L

of Miss Colbert's acting gems In "Three Came Home."

Special mention should also go to Sessue Hayakawa of silent screen fame, playing Colonel Sugn, commander of all prison

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STAR THEATRE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRS.

The Star Theatre, Kowloon's camps in Borneo, who loves "Little Theatre that shows Bir children and suffers the supreme Pictures," will be closed for re- punishment a father can receive. pairs and alterations beginning His part combines ruthlessness| inday.

with kindness and understanding, and Hayakawa plays it well.

Realism takes a front seat, and, wherever possible, the camera has taken authentic back- Kround shots in Borneo, venue of the story.

For those who have not read In all, "Beyond Glory" Mrs. Kelth's book, the story deals iccan't seem to be very convinc- with life in the internment camps

Rocky makes good at Academy, but, despite his modeling. It drags along, and the in Borneo, whence the few Euro- conduct, becomes involved in a serious investigation. Then, a audience will start axiting itself pean elvilians from Sandakan

The Management will announce the re-opening date of the theatre through the newspapers.

KING'S

WAIR-CONDITIONED

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TOMORROW

Ingrid BERGMAN Leslie HOWARD

In David O. Selznick's

"INTERMEZZO"

QUEENS ALHAMBRA

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SHOWING TODAY'A: 2:30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M..

SCOTT ROMAN

From

COLT

45

WARNER BROS..

TECHNICOLOR:

ZACHARY SCOTT

5 SHOWS SUNDAY

EXTRA PERFORMANCE "COLT .45"

See you al

QUEEN'S

AT 11.30 A.M.

a series of flash-backs, "Beyond about half-way through, "What'u were sent after the Japanese the Eagle

the point?" The producers offer larring. It tells of their suffer- Glory" builds to an anti-climax.

Noteworthy supporting perform- no answer to that one.~~FJ^

auces in "Beyond Glory" are turned in by George Macready, George Coulouris, Harold Vermil yen und Henry Travers, Audin Murphy, World War II's moot decorated

soldier, makes bis

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Randolph battles Zachary

Rating:

A fight in which a Scott can't lose takes place at the Queen's and Alhambra Thea- tres with the screening of Colt 46," in which Randolph battles Zachary for honour, soma revolvers and a girl.

Of the many Westein Alms

which have been relensed heré over the past few months, "Colt

the 45" la definitely not

bost. Warner Brothers' contribution to this type of pleture proves clearly that the Ingredient that makes or breaks a horse opera is h good story. Give it a mediocre story and you have a mediocre movie. no matter how marvellous the scenery.

In this particular Western, thu killings are so numerous and the bad men so bad that, by the time the tenth corpse has rolled along. you are wondering whether you aren't witnessing a mass slaugh ter.

The trouble begins when two of the earliest six-shooters", fail into the wrong hands (Zachary Scott's) at a time when the

pposition has to stop and reload ifter each round, The Colt salesman is leather-faced reliable tandolph, Scott. . It falls to the atter Scott to chase his name- ake and recover the revolvers.

How Randolph, succeeds. forms the greater part of the picturn. Indiana-this time on the side of Right (with a capital "r")—ap pear throughout the film:autfart- dolph enlists their ald to stalle Zachary, and his gang.

in the middle of all the hard riding and shooting comes Ruth Roman to lend the Alm, romantle interest. The climax of "Colt 245- is rough and laugh, anding

with a Beeft va Scott bout to the finish, LA

inu. of their hum-drum daily Ballroom existence on insufficient rations,

of the cruelty of the guards and tonight! the kindness of individual Jopa-) nese, of the torture that only separation of familles can bring. "Three Came' Home" als achieves the greatness by taking|

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AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M. THE YEAR'S MOST OUTSTANDING PICTURE !

THE TRUE STORY OF ONE WOMAN'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!

Told the way it

happened...Great as

the love that lived

through it all!

for you!.

Three Came Home

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ALHAMBRA

AT 12 NOON

ORIENTAL

AIR CONDITIONED

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LAUREN DURIS)

DOUGLAS BACALL-DAY

young man, with a horn'

LIBERTY

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