1952-11-12 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1952.

★☆★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★★★

FILM ON GILBERT AND SULLIVAN LIKELY TO BE This is

;

THE CINEMATIC EVENT

OF CORONATION YEAR

A film revolving round to the first Glibert and Sullivan | the lives and works of Gil-peru in the 1870's before the

bert and Sullivan-a subject cinema was' dreamed of.

For years, Nim producers

as British us Westminster Abbey--is likely to become

cinematic event the Coronation Year.

of

He also worked to, deplet Gil- Awit both in bert's mordant

librettist private life and as a and Sullivan's. charm and sen. have realised what rich timentality, both as a lover of

musician torn be material lay in the fascinating life and a sticcess story of the two men, tween serious composition and Вис the laws of copyright were sparking light opera music. such that, though the operas Gilliat combined the most Set in the reign of Vic-have been pirated in the United colourful Incidents from 23

they were Arst toria, the world's last great States since

written, the film rights to the Queen, the film is scheduled words and music had remained for release early next year, in the control of the D'Oyly whose founder and should be screening Carte family

Richard, managed the celo- overseas just before the brated operatic team through sides exerting their own Infinite Coronation itself.

out their turbulent career.

On the strength of the timing, and the popularity

of Gilbert and Sullivan's

BUCCORA.

ONCE DEFORE

The Alm embargo has

only

years of

stormy partnership with excerpts from the whole range of operas most suitable for punctuating and underlining the broad central theme

and

be-

to story

immortal appeal.

A COMPROMISE

Although this meant, in a tow once previously been lified cases telescoping certain periods light operas, it is assured of when a screen version of "Then the biography in order

Mikado was made in 1938. emphasise an exciting

In recent yours, the control point or present an opera to its The timing, however, Was

of the operas passed into the best advantage, both not pre-planned. It has come about purely by chance the hands of Bridget D'Oyly Carlo, Launder and Sidney Gilliat felt

of the

Vic-liat no-one would blame them climax of a long history of eir-granddaughter

in for a compromise which could Early cumstances dating right baeit 1950, she authorised the pro- only enhance the entertainment duction of a Gilbert and Sul- value of a story concerning two Uvon film, giving a carte blan- of the most popular entertainers che so the most could be made of all time.

France Beats

Ireland 3-1 At Paris

of

Paris, Nov. 11. France, making more use thoir chances in front of gael. beat Ireland 3-1 in their socce International at the Colomber Stadiumi here today before a crowd of 50,000.

in

torian Impresario.

of both the words and music.

Frank

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In this reproduction of the finale of the first performance of "Trini By Jury" at the Royalty Theatre in 1875, Harold Williams gives a delightful cameo as the 'good' Judge, with Yvonne Marsh as the jilted bride and Thomas Round as the

'heartless' defendant.

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It Should Have Been The LIFE FROM AGE 55

Of the many bidders from Excerpta from eight орегаз Hollywood und British

alm occupy 50 minutes out of two tudlos, she entrusted the pro-tours screen time. Sir Malcolm duction to Sir Alexander Kor-Sargent, with Muir Mathieson da,

as his associate. handled musical direction. Everything Kordn, in turn, handed the

was pre-recorded by well- project over to Frank Launder was

known singers of the

British and Sidney Gillat, who have musical

Including world combined on films for many Webster Booth, Elsie Morison, years,

So began the Aiming of "Git- Majorie Thomas, John Cameron, Gordon Clinton and Jennifer bert and Sullivan."

Vyvyan.

A

A

They were

accompanied br

Cillat, who wrote the screen play, aimed at making a Atra

the London Symphony Orches- The French team had more of which,

though neither the play before half-time, when biographical

tra, conducted by Sir Malcolm study nor they led 2-1. Ireland, improving musleal, would

Sargent himself. Places on the embody the

taken by midfeld in the second-halt,

actors ta chosen as the most suitable had many chances of saving the incompatibility of Gilbert and screen; were

members of the game, but lack of co-ordination Sullivan os men as well as their

perfection as represent among the forwards enabled the complementary

original D'Oyly Carte Operi French defence to break up their artists.

Company. attacks.

Irish goalkeeper Norman Up-

several good

In the Brst-

richard, made saves, especially half.

Charles Tully of Glasgow Ireland's outside-left, Celtic. scored their only goal in the last few minutes of the first- half. Joseph Ujlaki, the inside- right, scored the first goal and outside-right. Raymond Kopa, added two' more,

POPPY

DAY

FUND BOXING

At one time the French team

The Earl Haig Poppy Day had 12 men on the geld. Centre- forward Thadee Cisowsky went Fund Boxing

Compeution will at the Southern take place off for seven minutes with a strained leg,

and was replaced Playground, Wanchol, on Satur- The opening by Jean Baratee. Cisowsky re- day, November 22 turned, but the referee did not bout will start at 8.30 pan.

The

Committee Organising Bee him for a few minutes, and during this time he and Barates has produced an excellent pro- of bouts and the were both on the field-Reuter. gramme

Boxers include - many- well- "GOALLESS DRAW

known civilian and Service Toulouse, Nov. 11.

boxers. France and Scotland played a goalless' draw trught "B"

in a hard- Cp) Mulligan of the Royal International Uister Rifles and Cpl Forster of the Hongkong Signal Regi-

soccer match here today.

Play was fairly even ment who battled it out In the throughout and

there was final

of the Hongkong Land

Cham- Middleweight Defences on the whole pionship last season will meet held the upper hand, but they again in a return bout. were helped to a great extent

Cpl Mulligan won the first

little to choose between the Forces teams,

forwards.

of

Show Of The Year, But

It Was A

Film Fiasco

Says ROBERT OTTAWAY

TORE television fans and pixie cape pretending M

Amongst those who were able

were created by this to full the dual function

Per- singing and acting were Martyn year's Royal Film

George Green as

Grossmith:formance than any pro- Thomas Round, another former gramme put out. from Lime

D'Oyly Carte Grove, member of the

(London Express Service)

PIN-CHOSEN?

8

10

would How much better. It seven dwarfs, coyly have been if the Brief Encoun- be the

The only ter episode had been shown on singing Heigh Ho. point in this sort of show the screen and Miss Johnson the and Me Howard had taken å that one should recognise

If anyone could tell bow afterwardy anti said a few stars.

Me- Herbert Lom from John

chotee words. Callum in this little gang, he

the Reserves a ticket for next year's show.

In this way, I believe, publie would not only have its appetite for star-gazing satis-

would fied-but honour

have It was gone where

due. It A Is absurd that in the year of

Celin There were

Johnson Trevor were and

Howard in

Opera Company, as the defen- The Kreat

Leicestersquare dent in "Trial by Jury and bungle hos been repeated in

"The Mikado" Leeds and Nanki-Poo

Liverpool where the grin-American stars like Yvonne de Muriel Brunskili as cipal contraito; Owen Brannigan Carlo and Rock Hudson as the bass baritone and Harold supposed to appear and did snatch of the buffet scene frem.

lost The Sound Barrier we could Williams as the Judge in "Trial not turn up. They had legit- Brief Encounter that was

not give a small cheer mate excuses but I guess it in the recesses of the stage and David Lean,

Ann Todd, Sir was a case of "once bitten....distorted by a wrongly-placed Ralph Richardson, and By Jury."

Nigel mike that tipped their voices

Patrick. Especially when the with tin.

stage was cluttered by young

pro the greatest film show that can The whole thing was sultahir starlets, full of untested be devised. The chosen

pro wound up by a string of plat!-mise. duct should represent the intudes, called a "loyal address,"

And dustry at Its peak.

the put into the committee that picked- Because Mills. You're Mind must

blind, be dent, and dumb; or maybe, they just took a list of titles, closed their collective eye, und stab- bed it, with a pin.

VIVA THOSE

WHO MAKE

SUCH FILMS!

Says Sue Dawson

one

This performance should be

mouth of John

DEAR CHARITY

I know this is a charity show and I don't believe in snip- ing at a good cause but this is also a showcase for the Alm Industry.

The audience has to pay up

I'm sure that the happiest people were the crowds who watched the arrivals-outside the theatre and didn't trate inside.

pent-

The 'War'

In Malta

There is no reason why musical should not be honour- ed if it has the wit, taste, Marlon Brando-remem- and polish of Singin' in the The lucky film, and the stars Der "Streetcar Named De- Rain, but this one is garish, selected to appear, are not only lot of Buried in honoured; they get a of willess, and inept. sire"? - carries by the weak finishing of the encounter on points and it will Hollywood's most unholly- the sixth layer of script-writers, free publicity as well.

there seems to be a gilmmer of The forwards also found the be interesting to see if he can woody successes which was on idea. It was effectively con-

to twenty guineos for the show.

War-- ündeclared but "to rescue from the cealed. two goalkeepers, Tom Ledger- repeat the performance

Marie Lanza

have may

They would have been more evident has broken out wood (Partick Thistle

Henry Wong of local fame is made and

tough fight back of a mule, where it ຕ

into mil chiertained in the one-and-in Malta: a film war. fun-mail that runs

1 Scotland) and Frantz Femetter scheduled for

Gil of tho once hung, bodiless and Gunner

lions,

nines at their local Odeons, But as far as the cinema against

could not be better pleased. (France) in splendid form and

Royal Artillery, who

more was bloody, the head of one of is concerned he is little

So I make these Ruggestions they saved anything that came

runner-up in the A.B.A Cham the great human beings than a two-legged larynx for next year, it is obvious that Already on and around the their way.

this effort he helped by D

Hollywood's- 200h In the second half Scotland pionships in 1940. falled

Royal Navy are represented in modern times."

cluster of barrack-room cliches, the committee that chooses the island: penalty. Tom

the programme by A.B. Baxter, That was Edgcumb Pinchon's ranging from the angry captain alm le incompetent; so sack it. Century-Fox in force, to make Gemmell, Scotland's inside-lett,

Let each of to a heavenly meets Rifleman Short of alm in writing his novel

company submit, a "British" film based on C. S. choir of top-alm to a panel of Ave two Forester's naval

atory of the was brought down in the rear

the Roval Ulster Rifles, a Emiliano Zapata in 1941, and

sergeants. and outside-left, Billy Ormond. Northern

persons 1914-18 war, Brown On Resolu- Ireland District was also Elia Kazan's In Aiming

The final insult would have film critics and three

of taste and judgment

whotion.

the say based, because who was entrusted with the

Champion in 1051.

| "Viva Zapata, the story of the kick. shol over the

AC Lucas upholds

peared in person. I congratumat ali (naturally!) and let last war-and the title changed Reuter,

prestige of the Royal Air Force Mexicun state, who all his life late all concerned on the Tow in a needle encounter with Sg: fought against the system which with M.-G.-M. that prevented their choice be final. Farrel, also of the Royal Ulster allowed the big estates la seize his coming. That at least Rifles.

the land of the peasants.

in the best of taste. Broadway supplied most of Then there came the stage

for John Steinbeck's show, which proved the cast screen-play of the novel, and

with

bar.-

Alec Bedser To Take His Benefit Next Summer

London, Nov. 11.

Alec Bedser will take

benent

F

his

next summer ufter

nearly 18 years with Surrey,

Bedser his twin brother

who

THE PROGRAMME

is shown below:

of

It

the rebel hero of Marcks. a little been for Mr Lanza to have ap-have nothing to do with films script is, now largely about the

was

OSCAR AWARD

to Single-Handed;

In quotes

been

I put "British" And the chosen film should because Roy Boulting, one of our

ablest

has directors, that 60 receive an "Oscar,” on

aword

口 Hollywood actor

A full list of events with weights the combination is really power-grown stars would have a hard of merit that will have as much allotted

to find work in a village standing as the accolade from Jeffrey Hunter, for one of the

the Venice or Cannes film fes Ma Lu-slug v Gar Tilley (MA.;-ful with none of the excesses dramatic soelety.

one has unfortunately come to Mosquita,

Just three came out well in tivals,

ar the Sigma Hunter (Hongkong Signal associate with Alms from Holly- this part of the flasco, They Academy statuette. Regiment) (Cumberland District Champion 1951 v Ple Morrie (11. wood. Norfolks),Light Middleweight.

Ko Moon-lung y Cpl Bartlett (79 i Coy R.AS.C.)—Flyweight.

BUT ALASI

But clas! The

01 oentors

Cpl Mulligan (R.V.R.) (H.K.L.F. some other scissor-happy era Eric, aud the County Captain, Champion 1953) Cpl. Forster Lures have been indiscriminately Stuart Surridge, all accepted (longkong Signal Regiment) (Best-

10311 nipping at the celluloid. tish Command Champlon Inviations to weck's first Middleweight.

this

The result in "Vivo Zapata" dinner annual

of the Henry Wong y Gnr Gill (RA)

(Runner-up London A.BA. Cham-is that the story is apt to be Guildford area of the Surrey

muddled; pionship 2019)-Lightweight Association of Cricket Clubs.

over

chunits

AC Lucas (LAF) (TEAF Chem right out, action Hongkong FARELT 1052)--Light Welterwalght.

យ

The main object was to plon 1953) v Bgt_Farrel (R.U.R.) butchered in the middle

County's celebrate the Champlonship-winning exploits of Ipst season.-Reuter,

Snooker League

Results

are

sliced

scenog arc

AB Baxter (Royal Navy) perial Services Champion) Short (IV.) (Northern

Ireland

Champion what

(Im-incidents v Rtn there.

appear

und to ba irrelevant crop up here and

wit, ribald soldiery rud.

Heavyweight.

District Champion 1901) Light donly swoop down on a train Ng Tik-tu v Bor Dunstance carrying a startiled feminine (APIU), (Kunner-up Bingapore Dis-

Championship

1953)Light Cargo in the freight vans. This trict Welterweight.

part-Incident remains while

-Bantamweight

Han Man v L/Bdr Traynor (RA) context lies in a heap of dis-

carded clippings. L/Cpl. Callaghan (NU.N.) And Fernando the zeolot, (FARELF Champion 1733) V unr Heim (ILA.)-Wallerweiht.

played so well by Josephi Wise.

Muntell. Gene were Patrice Kelly and Tamara Toumanova. Why? They all did what came aturally to them; they sung, or they danced.

PIXILATED

American

principal roles, and, Michael Henale-who now does most of his acting in America--for the other.

Nineteen hundred and fifty-

The Rank Organisation hava two has produced some worth-

sprung Into oction. while films The Sound Barrier, already Cry, the Beloved Country, Pat They have flown out their own and Mike spring to mind. I unit, and some of their loading can't believe that the films re- stars to make a rival-and simu- hor-jected for the Royal Film Per-Latious picture

Heading well-performance are

WOSC

than The

the big guns, in beards Because You're Mine.

a star sense: Alea Gulmeks, Jack Hawkins The stage show, lí“ Its pro-and Anthony Steel. With Marie) sent form, should be scrapped. Pavlow, aaa Maltese girl, to

Among a whole heap of rors, there were seven known actors in grey

CLASSIFICATION LIST CHANGES

The following are Hongkong Jockey Club alterations to the Bony Classification List:

To Class 2:

Crackerjack

and

Norseman (from Class 1): Kentucky Lad (from Class 3).

To Class 3: Amazon and Marietta Efrom Clani 4).

Stary call-}

I don't blame the young pro- provide romantic interest for ducer, John Varley, fo

Guinness who will play o RAF failure. It is impossible to pro pliot. Buce anything acceptable In a couple of days, with snatched For their Forester adaptation rehearsals and on unwieldy the Hollywood company pre host of celebrities,

being given help by the British stars | Navy /The neweomers have en- crav-listed the aid of the combined

to Armed Services,

*Now

aro

1

By all means let the PPPORT. There's a great ing (heaven knows why) sta them life-size. of Geo. Younger -Results

the

islands already scenics suggest that Ho Hong-pang v Gnr Falkinder man, seerns nebulous character Snooker, League matches played

(CRTITOTI-COTAscious," will watch chopers from the best films of last night were;

(ELA.) (Darlington District Cham-whose purpose and presence are!

To Clans, di Bent That And New the previous year. Let them be furious race-since the Guinneas Lusitano "Blue" 5, KCC "Red" pion 1950)-Boolamwoight.

Rin McPhibia (UN) (FARELY 1o unclear as pea-soup.

Zealand from Class 6): United shown on the screen. Then lot company are bent on finishing One could name more instances Victory, trom Class 4). 0: Lusitano "White" 4, HQLF 1;

Champion · 1902) · V L/Bdr. Lang

To Ci 0: Concord (from Class the stars from those films ap-est, and establishing Malta as a

British crown colony on South China 4, Eastern "B" 1; B^ (^^ Command Champion, ad infinitum.

pear on the stage to utter a world's screens as well as in fact, What a picture, though, what | D)- Eater, "A" 4, KCC "Green" 1; 1950-01)-iddleweight.”

Fong Ki-ko

D: Exquisite Love and row pointed words about them-

Class 83: National RAF Kal Tak 5, Chargeman's (2) Group Champion acting and what an ending-Viva souvenir (from

those who can make such Almal income (from Class 10).

selves, the film, or their future.

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.

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