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TO-MORROW'

KING'S MORNING SHOW

·

AT. 11.30.A.M.

20th Century-Fox prosents

ALL TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

At Reduced Prices - $1.70, $1.20 (Incl. tax)

SHOWING TO-DAY

KING'S ALHAMBRA

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

Sensual

« PONTS DE LAUROCRE and Catatan

TO-DAY ONLY

A STORY

OF THE FIGHT FOR LOVE

starring

Eleonora Rossi DRAGO Amedeo NAZZARI Marcello, MASTROJANNI

with English Sub-titlen

ALSO LATEST PARAMOUNT NEWS AT KING'S

TO-MORROW AT KING'S -- "THE SEVEN MAIDENS"

A Chinese Picture in Mandarin Dialogue.

CAPITOLO LIBERTY

THE HOME OF M-G-M PICTURES Capital Town Broking Office:

Wing Hong Firmn. Hong Kong Hulet, Queen's Noad., C.

FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

MGM'S

Bathing

TECHNICOLOR

Triumph!

Beauty

RED SKELTON

ESTHER WILLIAMS

TO-MORROW, 5 SHOWS

T'S THE UPROARIOUS STORY OF THE &L WHO TOOK HIS PET LION

ALONG WHEN HE JOINED THE ARMY!!!

FEARLESS FAGAN

MGM's Laugh Rick·

of the Year 1.

JANET LEIGH CARLETON CAR

FEARLESS FAGAN () OULES LEDERER

TO-DAY

ONLY

AT 2.30, 5.15,

MAJESTIC 7.20 & 9.30

AIR-CONDITIONED

ROBERT

P.M.

IT'S THAT LONG, LONG LAUGH YOU'VE BEEN

LONGING FOR!

ANN

MONTGOMERY BLYTH "Once More, My Darling"

OPENS TO-MORROW

A CHINESE PICTURE "SEVEN MAIDENS”.

ORIENTAL

AIR CONDITIONED

SHOWING TO-DAY: 2,30-5.30-7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

A HILARIOUS COMEDY WITH PLENTY OF LAUGHS!

BUD

— UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL prejanja.

ABBOTT

LOUCOSTELLO

and

HOLD That GHOST

SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT

12.30

“O.K. NERO" An Italian picture in English dialogue.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN :.

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

MIND EI TAKE YOUR

NO

PICTURE FOR OUR AMALINES Í PICTUR PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT? PLEASE

ALANDRAKE GESTURES HYPNOTICALLY--| JUST A QUICK DON'T WANT ANYONE

SHOT.SR.

TO KNOW LOTHAR'S HERE SORAY. NO PICTURES?

IT'LLONLY TAKE A SECOND-Huh-- WHAT HAPPENED? MY CAMERA-- DISAPPEAREDT

—AND SO HAVE THEY!

THERE'S NO ANGER HARDER TO CURB

THAN THAT OF BOBBY - SOXERS

They say there's no anger harder to curb than that

of bobby-soxETS on the And

rampage. know!

now

I

Last week I wrote that big-time the day of the

stars Was over and that you film-goers would rather ace a good picture without a star than mediocre film It just shows with one. how very, very wrong one can be!

ON THE RAMPAGE

By JENNIFER JOHNS

it can make

where he breeds racehorses. Which: Just shows what you can do with monry if you spend it wisely.

ABOUT PRIVACY

Local story about privacy to end un with. It's. that man Joel Bletres again. To many he is the strong, silent man of adventure films. He is certainly allent all right. the last ten years of his life on He has spent cattle secluded

ranch with just no distraction at all,

Until last week when telephone people

decided to

13 other

4

present

Came

him--and

.

the

monúng. During the past few movies I don't want to end up weeks, however, its 17,000 casual leafing around a set as an extra.

at I want to be able to do some inhabitants have been up dan enjoying one of the big thing better than that". gest propenity booms that any Artene Dahi is A toy cun- of the local characters can re- tender for "Helen of Troy member. Camango has even which is to be filmed in Italy, abandoned ith time-honoure If it is a question of launching It seems from my mail- lesa so that it does not miss a ships, I should think she should move in on, his little retreat and

I should have moment in which bag that realised that, while Britain money. By selling food and

I hear that Jackie Coogan is people in the town with a

telephone. and America may speak drinks, momentoes and all the running after Charlie Chaplin

One of the biggest attractions

tho telephono man. the same language, they do to the locals has been Warners Junior to get him to play Charlie

They didn't have anything not necessarily think the new 3-D film monster, which Chaplin Senior in another life- same thoughts. Not about looks something that I.G. Wells story film.. Young Charlie, it exactly modern, they said, but

of might have films and film stars.

had nightmares seems, does a really magnificent what they had would work. It

Imitating his father. W.

those phones perched America's bobby-Boxers about. Everywhere the monster Whether he will do it for the on the wall, with the receiving

the locals plod moves

along may be deserting Holly- behind as well. It has been screen or not is another matter. end on a length of wire and the Trying to solve problems with mouth-plate Just over the top wood's established glamour there many weeks but they still the Income Tax people, Errol of your head. stars (male and female) in can't quite believe it. They just Flyan is sub-dividing his estate heard 40 acres away and before It had bell which could be favour of TV's up-and- stand and stare.

in Jamalez, township going through its Ida Lupine says that she lost meron that when he heard "six left the engineers told coming ones. But not so in seventh year of drought and 10 lbs directing herself in Britain. The majority of with the temperature maintain Britain's teen-agers, it ing a steady 120-that takes, seems, will flock to a film- some doing. just to see their favourite star.

And

in A

MILLIONAIRES IN LOVE Humphrey Bogart and William will play millionaire Holden

with brothers both in love Audrey Hepburn in a new film "Sabrina Fair".

was one

"The Bigamist. Seeing some of long rings, then a short one" It that direction, I think she got was time to answer the phone.

But off lightly.

if he wanted to make a call, Rita Hayworth is being asked he had to turn a handle and by Columbia to dub in some might drop off if he

"crank up". And the handle "Miss Sadio Thompson" clla

wasn't careful. And the adults do much the

Jogue, Same as well. It appears that

When Metro paid James Craig After two days McCrea pluck- e film in Britain can be slashed and

a million dollars in a seven- ed up courage to make his first to ribbons by the critics

year contract they didn't know call to his agent in Hollywood. torn apart on technicalities, pro-

Van Xelin is the only big what a good tum they were It was just what the town had viding it has one big star name,

name movie star who is still at doing him.

been waiting for. Within a few however, it will still be a box

college. He is now working Now he doesn't have to work hours he discovered that every- offion Success.

for his Master's Degree and on pictures unless he feels like one of those 13 people had been And while I am about it, I might as

well

hopes eventually to get his it. He sunk most of the money listening In. give you soine

of Philosophy Degree, in a ranch and now sells 11,000 "It was on engineer's mistake, of the stars that British Doctor

He explains it all by saying: eggs a day. He also operates a but.. they certainly made Fudiences apparently still go to When I get too old for the restaurant and has ranch most of it!" said. McCroa.

Heading

Ing the list are John Wayne, Mario Lanza, Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart, Close up behind are grouped Marlin and

Gary Cooper

see.

and

And there is Marllyn of course. Except that she doesn't count. She is not a star, she's u Creation!

to

Barbara Hutton is trying to

*

the

ZSA ZSA.....NOT FOR ME!

Says ROBERT OTTAWAY

JOKING APART

and

Page

QUEEN'S PRINCESS EMPIRE

QUEEN'S

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.29 0.30 p.m,

5

PRINCESS & EMPIRE AL 220, -529, 130, &(9.40 pas.

TO-DAY

SAMUEL COLOWYN's ̈

"A thing of

New Minical Wonderfánl.” song and

dance, love

Hans and joy1" Christian

TECHNICOLOR,

Andersen

Starring

"And the dancer

Danny Kaye

FARLEY GRANGER

SHOWS TO-MORROW

!

JEAN MAIRE

Queen's & Princess

At 11.30 a.m.

ROXU BROADWAY

COND FITS

"Anywhere! WS** “Thembaleg

Empire At 12 Noon

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

THE FULL OF FUN MUSICAL

Farmer Wile

TO-MORROW MORNING

ROXY

A Selected Programme of Walt Disney's TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS Presonted by RKO Radio Reduced Admission: $1.50, $1.00, & 70c.

LEE GREAT WORLD

LEE:

GREAT

BUTY GRABLE ROGERIOR-RITER GUTOLL

CALE

20

SHOW AT 12.00 NOON.

BROADWAY NEWEST TECHNICOLOR CARTOON PROGRAMME Prosonted by 20th Century-Fox & M.C.M. Roduced Admission: $1.20 & 70c..

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 ·

9.30 P.M.

EXTRA PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW

AT 12,00 NOON "THE RAIDERS":

Mechnicolor

RAIDERS

Universal Internationst Picture"

RICHARD CONTE VIVECA LINDIORS ADAREARA BRITTEN

? HUCA D'USIAS

MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW WORLD AT 12.30 þ.m. “o At Reduced Prices STOOGES COMEDY AND COLOUR

CARTOON PROGRAMME.

RIALTO

.....................** AIR CONDITIONED **********

LANDALE ST.

TEL 21550

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

TO SING AND DANCE Jane Wyman hopes to collect £7,000-a-week-when-she-ap- pears at Las Vegas this autumn. that you can fool some

That astute gent who said in the spring he told me: "I must soon My present film plans-in-

of get back to Zsa Zsa. Life with clude olther 'Anthony She will just sing and dance.

Donna Reed is off to New the people all of the time her has its ups and downs, but Cleopatra' or 'King Leos.

I miss the excitement," York for two weeks of personal has a living proof in Zsa Zsa I suggest that Mies Gabor "But before that I must get Rppearanc

with "From Here Gabor.

should devote her talents in out of costume. After The think tho Research is going on in No one has talked more in future to amusing her husband. Beggar's Opera" I Vienna for a movie blography the past two years than this She's moved conclusively that public would like to know if

enn laugh in modern of Richard Wagner.

thrice-marrried blonde. She he can't entertain anyone else.

I'm tired of this re-time-TO-DAY ONLY SHORT TAKES was "Miss Hungary of

routine. for-comes fall for it, John | AWARDED SPECIAL PRIZE AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL persuade her son to return to

All too. In Italy, the aim of "Romes our She has become Hollywood or hureabouts and 1936."

Michael Redgrave, take up muching, He writes. "Miss Loudspeaker of 1958," and Juliet" will be called Gielgud,

"Giulietta • Romeo." Comments Richardsonthe only jokes they that he however,

prefers to

She has spouted her way Laurence "Great Lover" Harvey: seem to know are period pieces. paint in Paris. Paint what he through seven film parts. "You mean, that

I know that great actors are I'm getting doesn't say. Maybe the town.

This week she wiggled second billing?"

only proved by great parts. But across the screen in "Lili. to Munich to be Gregory Peck's dramaties

Gloria Grahame refused to to by insisting on darge-scale tragi- has become so much the

they Danny Kaye to with

their Junit Most of this film 16 leading lady in "Night People." audience, and 'diminish' their play dual roles in his aims at delicate and charming. She so silent siren Rita Gam goes appeal the story now has it that he turned down i picture offer

Sir Laurence's sleeve is Three lights and a dome will a play by

seen on one stage in N. C. TV success, "Anastasia."

custom

second

brought to it the gentle instead.... caress of a sledgehammer. After Moulin Rouge," I be seen thought the producers would have rumbled Miss Gabor..

ONE OF THE 10 BEST OF THE YEAR

Joan RENOIR'S

"THE RIVER" Tochnicolor

9) In Color By

SHOWING

TO-DAY

Released Thru United Artists

STAR

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30

PM.

Lesley Storm and TO-MORROW: "RETURN OF THE CORSICAN BROTHERS

Why Hunters "Day by the Sen" this shouldn't there be a life or two autumn. They are Sir John by Frederick Lonsdale or Bon Gieknud, Ralph Richardson, and Travers — or even Vernon Lewis Casson und Dame Sybil Sylvaino? Thorndike. Also present Irene I'd be far happier for a little ("Call Me Miss") Worth... farce in the Olivier "design for ant, it would be a GAY AND GALLANT wonderful change for a Hamlet

Leigh's comeback two of them recently. -

WHAT

AT THEY SAY

At Vivien

with the words "It isn't for me. I am only one person!"

Two pictures in the making means plenty of at one time cycling for Robert Cummings

Her face has the glazed, brittle Ho has pedal exercise between th bets of "Lucky Me" with prettiness of mass-produced Doris Day and Hitchcock's "Dini china. Its one expression is of 'M' for Murder"

bored disdain. She uses it to Carlos Thompson is writing express Joy, anguish, anger or his

novel while Alming despair as the script demands. "Flame and Flesh" with Lana But through thick and thin those party, her smile was winsome Turner. With that sort of in-hard-painted, lips and plummy gay and" gillant: "Don't talk How does a film producer react sptration, who couldn't write? eyes stay just the same.

about inresa. I'm just interested to the stars in his film? I asked Gene Nelson starts his new Now the uses of publicity are in health.".

two of them rocently, Night Club act at the Arrow-sweet. And Zsa Zsa Gabor has Sie Laurence Olivier bubbled. Here's Walt Disney on Richard

with

unabashed gloe, hood Springs hotel this week. It had two years in which

to enjoy

"We're Todd's appeal: "Y don't under ← ' but them. may be just coincidence,

having ten days holiday in the start it mysalt. But they love I see that there is a certain But I think it's about time, the sun before rehearsals if there's him in America. I suppose he brings out the maternal feeling Jane Powell who happens to be lady who can no longer be called any sun anywhere,"

Even their

their friend and agent, in, registered in the same hotel at young should show some talent

hord's Joe Pasternak on the same time.

for acting, as well as matrimony Cell Tennant, save

6 more than " per cent

Mario

Lanza and

"I've made A little while ago Zsa Zsu and 10

when 1-to John Wayne planed in from her retinue of six dogs tried to The Sleeping Prince is a Hollywood

wonderful pay. beach

I I know why back

The camp on a private

his next, Mexico last week to contest his Calffornia. She was ordered out. Larry is so keen on it. He has Student Prince. And that, my ex-wife's appeal to set aside

of uniform. changes "But," she said in that gritty six

boy, is a life's work in itself." the alimony judgment which voice which some and foreign ***MONEY, OR PRESTIGET

I HEAR THAT Everyone "I am Zsa Zsa

Vernon

IF IT TAKES EVERY CENT

up

But

+4

A

start

all his

part in "The Little will play the

on Broadway

champion acting.. whose ·

what does the future

fim

Phone: 58335

FUN FOR YOUNG AND OLD!;

QUVV "TOPS! DONT MISS IT!"-P

TWO HOURS OF HILARIOUS FUN!

Charlie Chaplin Festival.

The one and only CHARLIE (the way you fore him) in 3 BRAND NEW FEATURE CAVALCADE,

of his most beloved film successo

SHOWING Cathay

TO-DAY

Tops OPEN CITY" and "PAISAN” IL ustion and gripping interest!”

"Torah, Hard, Resim” “N, Y.-SUN

9.30

gives her nearly £400 n month.

In fact was happy. He says he

he will fight the case and alluring,

takes Gabor. If I go on an ordinary And rightly so. For the Oilviers Jonn to tie end even, If it

beach those peasants almost are. Britain's every cent he has. Catching

once - mighty Andre with

him I learnt other mother me trying to get auto- team.

revues helped All about film graphs."

THE LADY'S FATE hold for them? If they follow Bootrice Lille, Gertie Lawrence, inaking in

But the owner of the beach pattern they've ct for the and Jack Buchman into the big The flim ds

*Hondo" and Mr insted that she, should go.

few years, they'll bwlich time, a two-day bit_part. in Woone, (along with Geraldina He said by don't think you from classical Wop on the stage the

the new Eizabeth Taylor... Page and the need of a star cont) will have any trouble on the to contemporary woo on the Vittorio Glassmati has been catching the Mexican pubile beach. After all, I ain't sczech. There's more money th Rhapsody. His role? doorman. sunshine for quite a few weeks

the latter and more prestige

in at a concert halls Farrell

And silent atde Charles Even

was 2: Janet Guytor's that his now play, had a "serious favourite clieber basa tiny that the arrival of the Holywood prattle away delectably, about

3D Follies". Company the sleepy Mexican men, money, and marriage. She's political pont and Rattigan is part in "The

Robert Mitcham said to town of Camargo find much the md seven chances to prove she's the daly British playwright, they Csorná effdos ins the arrival of more than a two-year wonder, say, with the dye power to match Susan Bayword: "My you're small

Psd, the Oliviers" great tune.

with your shoes off." Miss H Mašenkov olho Peisingoni And she's muffed, the lot

When her thin

Balds Normandy Camargo jy so sleepy

ale. Ledrenge pay mus said to Mr Me You've small with Next Change: "ELIZABETH IS QUEEN” that you and almost, Beir fl Georgo Sanders, was in kasiand Ind a comedy for the horman yours: DEL"

тосоване

That, I'm

You Into, tha

now. The story is being filmed omia the Chihuahuan mountains] [..

['nod desats. Mr. Wayne is mei 12 store for the lady whhco Rattigan Insiste -he

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