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KING'S MAJESTIC

air -

Conditioned

SHOWING TO-DAY ★

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20

& 9.30 P.M.

KING'S:

TO-MORROW morning AT 11,30 A.M. Special Preview of "HAPPY GO LOVELY" For invited guests only

Bud

ABBOTT COSTELLO Ride em

Cowboy

AT 2.30. 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

MAJESTIC: -

EXTRA PERFORMANCE

AT 12.00 NOON

"RIDE'EM. COWBOY"

!**

DICK FORAN, ANNE GWYNNE

JOHNNY MACK BROWN --

The MERRY MACS ELLA FITZGERALD

THE HI-HATTERS THE BUCKAROO BAND RANGER CHORUS of 40

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

Special Added Attraction at the KING'S "FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN"

In Technicolor

LEE

Liberty

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

✯ SHOWING TO-DAY ✯

She's Mixed Up With THREE Ga-Ga Guys!

Dear BRAT

stavio

MONA FREEMAN BILLY DE WOLFE EDWARD ARNOLD LYLE BETTGER

→ MARY FILES - BADER W

Pats by DEL EPSTER, pano 1. MAAR & STER were to the seven by Devery Jers

A Paramount

Picture

ADDED AT THE LEE

LATEST PARAMOUNT & GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS Bombor Smashes into House-India Marks Birthday→→ F-86 Wins Bendix. Race-Big Channel Swim-Turpin in New York-Fashions, etc., etc.

MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW

at LEE THEATRE.

AT 11.30 A.M.

Columbia Presents

3 Stooges Comedy &

Colour Cartoon

Programme

At Reduced Prices

SHOWING

TO-DAY

STAR

at LIBERTY-

AT 12.30 P.M.

20th Century-Fox Presents

Mighty Mouse Colour Cartoon Programme

Hanu 58195288

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

17, Hankow Rd. Kowloon FIRST TIME SHOWING IN FAR EAST

1. Arthur Rank presents Michael Balcon production Dennis PRICE Valerie HOBSON Joan GREENWOOD Alec GUINNESS

KIND HEARTS CORONETS

and

Directed by Róbert Hamor Screenplay by Robert Hamar

and John Dighton Made at Ealing Studios Engle-Lion Distribution,

He planned to MURDER them all!

BELT MALENEXT CHANGE Y

WUTHERING HEIGHTS"

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY,

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

Mandrake, my sou

SO IT WAS THERON WHO CONTACTED YOU BY

TELEPATHY.

Before this letter comp to you, I hope to hea you by mecital mesy

so you

will knour/ message is gening feel that I ay be to perform

SHOW TALI

angerous m

NOW WHY IS THE

SIGNORINA ALARMING?

by Harold Conway

ITALY'S NEWEST BOMBSHELL in film allure-20-year-old Lucia Bose-is due to hit London's screens next month.

She is the ex-typist, ex-sweatshop girl who is being built up as a successor to the exolle Silvano Mangano. Signorina Mangano, you may recall, was the sultry beauty whose charms occupied so considerable a part of the entroversial "Bitter Rice."

Lucia Bour's family, who live in Milan's work- ing quarter, cbiteled 15 a screen career for her: It wasn't "quite nice," they thought. So she los! the "Bitter Rice" part to Mangano, after being the criginal choler.

Since then, Luca has got her own way. She ling made three films, which are to be shown in Britain and the United States.

In the company of half-ardazon exports on 06 1 star an advance sertening of Lucia B's Apcture, "No Peace Among the OVIE" And I am midy alarmed.

In the matter of physionl charms, the now signorina nas nay everything that Mangano had you can see here, But, oh, what a paine- laking, self-conscious citort this

is to expla: the "ter

success.

Rice":

1 locks as ! British and American audiences have been neuing too cxelted about these Itella beautics-and the local producers are now shrewdly cut to cash in,

That will mean taking all the anaffected charm out of Italian alms, and substituting a Roman holiday for ICK.

the

One Manganɔ is ample; girl from Milan should be allowed to make her own mark --not serve as a carbon copy.

London Express Sarvica.).

HE GOES ON TO SAY-- |*--BECAUSE=||

I MUST ASK YOU TO PERFORM A DANGER- OUS MISSION FOR ME.

I FEEL SAFE IN ASKING YOU

SKIP THE

NEXT PART.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1951.

By Leo Falk and. Phil Davis

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DON'T SKIP? LET MG -* | NOW, SEE.--BECAUSE YOU LYONDER ARE THE ONE PUPIL FULI GOOH, WHO BECAME GREATER;" [MANDRAKE.

THAN 1, YOUR TEACHER"

SEAT IN THE

H-Hour for

Edinburgh, arrived about mid- ught-and, after a few hours sleep, started the dress rehearsal for her Festival stage appear ance in Pygmalion,

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEENS ALHAMBRA

Altariatöly

600 PART I) AT 5.15 & 9.30

THROUGH AN ERROR, I RELEASED AN EVIL UPON THE WORLD. YOU ALONE

CAN STOP IT.".

PART I AT 2.30 & 7,20

NEXT WEEK=THE MISSION!

Lockwood

Mother smal MARGARET LOCKWOOD the Peter Pan tour finished last one character: "The plot · con- car to February-all Alm projects had uses.mc-but I'm mad about

come to nothing.

Che dialogue,"

CLEOPATRA & Cò, If she makes a success as ElizaOMPENSATION for character Doolittle, before tite year's actress most critient interditional au-

Pat Nye, who mclourama pay at the Bedford, professlorin Camden Town.

It was a journey of import-dience, it will compensate. her ruggled so vallantly to make ance for Miss Lockwood.

frustrating, unhappy a

her

She for

has not had an acting job since period in

Garbo Is Tempted

To

Return In "The Life Of Duse"

career.

She is to accompany the Oliviers on their visit to New. Shaw sent his written consent York; is new rehearsing to take to Henry Slierek for a Pygma- ever. Elspetli Barclis two im- lion production with Margaret pertant parts in the Cleoptitra only two monthis before he died, plays for the lust weeks of the He had held up the revival West End run. rights two years for Gertrude Miss March whose former Lawrence, then, grew tired of husband, Stewart Granger, is in waiting.

Hollywood-is out of the Sh James's cast; must remain in Edinburgh will home when the.

Success

at

EVERYONE WANIS TO SEE

GONE WITH THE WIND!

DANO I JELZRCES PROVA), E LEGACY MITCHELL'S NOT EN DE S

GONE WITH THE WIND

•

ENTIRE NEW PRINTI

TO-MORROW MORNING

EXTRA PERFORMANCE

PART I (GONE WITH THE WIND)

QUEEN'S

AT 11,30 A.M.

ALHAMBRA

AT 12 NOON'

--

ROX & BROADWAY

Commencing To-day At 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9,30 p.m.

EXCITEMENT RIPS THE NIGHT!

The

SLEEPING

ACITY

Storring

Richard CONTE Coleen GRAY

and Introducing ALEX HICOL Y

Story and Screenplay by JO EISINGER Directed by GEORGE SHERMAN Produced by LEONARD GOLDSTEIN - A Universal-international Picture

TO-MORROW

· ROXY: AT‍ 11.30 A.M,

20th Century-Fox presents

morning shOW

BROADWAY: AL 12:30

mean a West End season; pas. She broke her ankle a few days

company sall.ALL COLOR CARTOONS”

sibly a Broadway appearance,

some monilis.

ico, for Miss Lockwood, But it all, has been ordered to rest for depends on her own performance PASSING THROUGH

and well she knows it.

NOE

CONFUSING

NEVER thought to welcome

an encore for that hoary old operatic ingle, I Dreamt That

- At Redkend Pricos

A Special Programtime of

-"FOX COLOR CARTOONS"

At Reduced Pricos

Patrons Are Requested to Note:

By Order of the Government Authority

TOEL COWARD, has leading- I Dwalt In Ma-arble Halls. But The Showing of “SMUGGLER'S ISLAND"

Colonial.

Chat is the trick 21-year-old Roberta Peters performed for.

Me

Jerry Wald and Norman Bernhardt in her native city, Krasna have entered the She actually surpassed the great

actress, French

who finally Garbo sweepstakes. They joined in applause at her rival's have completed their treat perforinance,

ady trouble agila. -ment-of-"The Life of Duse, Duse retired from-the-theatre “Because — Gertrude Lawrence

which dramatises the story at the height of her career and kept him waiting yes, Coward Covent Garden the other

well as

night. Shaw he had to of the fabulously beautiful ten years later reappeared as as

They sent especially to New Italian actress who captures American and continental tours of his new comedy, Home and ter-so that Beecham's new ver

"The Lady of the Sea. Her pu: off a West End production York for this attractive young- the hearts and imagination were a succession of triumphs

sion of The Bohemian Girl should of the world, and are pre- but none knew that Duse was

Her last perfor- Owing to the hold-up he was have an Americap sitting paring the screenplay which mortally

That is in the they will submit to Miss mance in Pittsburgh on a winter unwittingly forestalled by an- Czech hereine with an Irish it. trad!- operate night was incredibly magnificent other play with a sliplier than lon; Miss Pelers, for once, made Garbo within the month.

His Excellency. but it was her curtain call.

seem just right. She falls me Since acquiring exclusive

MAURICE EVANS AB Now Coward has secured on the has 20 operas in her. 10- "The Life of rights, to

CAESAR

American try-out for his play pertoire-nearly one for cach under. the amended title of year of her life-and

speaks Duse," the producers have Maurice, Evans, one of the Island Fling. But it may have Italian, French and Cerman. personally prepared screen treatment and have been discussing it with Mel choir Lengyel who wrote the original story for Miss Gurbo's "Ninotchka."

English-to come off after only three Alas When "The Bohemian great names in the speaking theatre has been weeks, without a New York pro- Girl" leaves, Miss Peters leaves secured by RKO Radio Pic-duction either.

to for a holiday in fly, then Pascal for

back to the Metropolitan in Now turer in Gabriel

York. Covent Garden have not the key role of Caesar In Pas cal's forthcoming production-of

invited her to stay. George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy "Androcles and the

Llon."

For i hear

that Claudette Colbert, his new star, has to re- turn to fallywood-and there is no successor in sight. Miss Law-|| rence is already busy on Broad- Evens Jolds น distinguished wày in a new Rodgers-Ham- Simmons, Alan Young, Victor star cast which includes Jean merstein musical,

A colleague who has seen Mature and Robert. Newton in

Chester Island Fling tells me that, its the production which Erskine has just been signod brightest feature is an uproarious "arunk" scene for Miss Colbert. Famed as one of the greatest Mr Coward seems to have pro- Shakespearian nctors, Evans viled his own criticism of the Is almost

renowned play self with a line spaken by equally his for interpretation of Sha- vian characters, One of his

to direct.

While Wold and Krusta haye not discussed "The Life of Due with Miss Garbo, it is a matter of record that she has been in terested in the life of the im- mortal Duse for more than ten years and that theto is a remark- able resemblance between the lves of the two great actresses. The producers and Lengyel are convinced that the finished script of Duse's life will bring Miss Garbo back to the screen. Duse began her career in the Italian

provinces

sub- was in the New York produc- picture, one of his rare excur- and sequently conquered the capitals flon and subsequent nations Elons into aims, Evans return- Her love affair wide tour of "The Devil's Dis- cd to New York to serve as with D'Annunzio was world- ciple."

artiste director for the Civic. wide gossip.

When that tour ended in Los Centre Theatre where he also Angeles, Evans remained to scored one of his memorable star, with Eihel. Barrymore. In felumphs

Shakespeare's the MCM fim, "Kind Lady." "Richard III.

of the world.

Dusc saw Sarah Bernhardt playing "Camlile". in, Parls and took up the challenge of besting

recent

resounding

ERROL FLYNN says:

"I shall be with you shortly at the LEE &

LIBERTY in the role you like me best the swashbuckling lover "NEW ORLEANS

ADVENTURE.” Micheleno Prelle ta

no is Vincent Price.

successes Following completion of

1

(World Copyriolit, Roserord

London Express. Strules).

LUNA PARK

HAIR CINEMA

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Final Showing To-day: 2.30—5:30—7:30 & 9.30 p.m. HERE ARE THE BEST AND THE WORST OF THE BADMEN with Cuns Blazing

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STARRING

BEST OF THE OBERT REAKS CLAI

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Abbott

SHOWING

TO.DAY

AT 230, 5.30, 7:30 08:30 P.M)

THE MAGIC AND MYSTERY OF AN UNKNOWN WONEN DISCOVERI

AFTER ONE MILOMON YEARS

DISCOVERY