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MORNING SHOW

TO-MORROW.

KINGS

Vivan Leigh in Leo Tolstoy's

At 11.30 am.

ONLY!

“ANNA KARENINA”

At Reduced Prices: $1.00 $1.50

KING'S PRINCESS EMPIRE

⭑ SHOWING TO-DAY ★

WINNER OF 3 ACADEMY AWARDS!

Best Actress' • Best Story

•

Best Costumo

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, ABRIL 17, 1054.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

NOW I GOTTA LETHIM FIGHT

| THEY'LL LAUGH

ME GUTA TOWN.

DON'T CARE!

I GOT HIS TEN

THOUSAND

BUCKS!

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

I'M GONNA QUIT THE FIGHT GAME” AND BUY ME À GAS STATION WITH THIS DOUGH.

THEN I'LL TAKE IT EASY AND

HUNTHE MONEY TURNIN

IN TO-- SMOKE!

YOU STOOD LIKE A [DUMMY KID, AND LET

HIM PLASTER YOU, WHY THAT SILLY MAKE-UP DIDN'T SCARE YOU?

I DUNNO TORNADO TIM

7.7

FILMS-CURRENT

ONE OF THE 10 BEST OF THE YEAR! Most of the big pictures

LIVED, LOVED and

GREGORY

PECK

AUDREY

HEPBURN

FILMED IN ROMANTIC ROME!

-WILLIAM WYLER'S

PRODUCTION OF

ROMAN HOLIDAY

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF SHOWING TIMES:

KING'S at 2.30, 5.00,

7.15 and 9.30 p.m.

AND COMING

By JANE ROBERTS

I told you about last week are continuing for a week to ten dayR "ROMAN Brst started acting on the films slightly drugged by a sedative. HOLIDAY", "MOGAMBO", in the "slient" days7

she decides to escape for a few We shall be secking him again hours from her dull duties. HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE", "THE GLENN on in "THE FRENCH LINE”........

that much discussed Howard Gregory Peck is the news-

who Anda MILLER STORY" and Hughes picture, starring Jane paperman "BENEATH THE 12-MILE Russell, that will be coming to realises who she is

the LEE after "THE GLENN mediately grasps her potentia- REEF".

-MILLER STORY”.

Ilties as news value.

the PRINCESS & EMPIRE at 2,30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.40 p.m.

PRINCE

TO-MORROW EXTRA MORNING SHOW

--TOM

AT 11.15 A.M.

and

JERRY"

Presented By M-G-M

AT REDUCED PRICES

PRINCESS

TO-MORROW AT 12.20 P.M. EXTRA MORNING PERFORMANCE

A Super Indian Production

Amiya Chakrabarty's

"DAAG

Starring: Dilip Kumar Nimmi

Lalita Pawar.

Usha Kiron

A Mars & Mavics Production (with English subtitles!

At Regular Admission Prices

CAPITOL

LIBERTY

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5 SHOWS DAILY

At 12.00 noon, 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.40 p.m.

Owing to the length of the picture)

ON PANORAMIC SCREEN THE BEST PİCTURE OF 1953

Battle of the Sexes! Battle of the gorillas!

CLARK

GABLE GARDNER

MGMG

If

'MOGAMBO"

TECHNICOLOR

nuch

far le

ROMAN HOLIDAY The second of the big Easter my about which I've not said "HOMAN HOLIDAY."

Since "ROMAN HOLIDAY

Hep- out, Audrey Arst came burn's face seems to gaze at us twin every magazine. If slac's not on the

cover, then she's inside, featuring in one of those "girl must kely to

succeed" pe of articles that take up so type muel of the printing ΠΤΕΠ the glossy magazines.

with Robert Taylor as Sir Launcelot, Avo Gardner 82 Queen Guinevere and Mel Ferrer, as King Arthur himself. This will be shown on May 31,

Then next day, comes the aim version of the sucéesful show, "KISS ME KATE with her, streamlined Kathryn Grayson in and im the leading role, that clever

dancer, Ann Miller, in featured cast as Blanca and Howard Keel as the male lead.

the

On June 2 (a Wednesday),

While the Embassy 19 in A turmoil over the absence of the princess, she and Gregory Peck "do" Rome. Not the museums and the art galleries, but tho a

places-markets, ordinary night club on a Barge and the ESCAPE Forum by moonlight,

them

of

we'll be scoing Whillan Holden, (always, these days, turning, In good performance), Eleanor a Parker and John Forsythe In

FROM

FORT BRAVO", This is o tole American Civil War doys in Trailing along behind

which Eleanor Parker, e Eddie Albert, taking plc-

effect the escape of tures. ile and Gregory Peck trying to

her Confederate flance, falls in are going to make 1 small

love with the stony-hearted scoop-the of fortune from this

princess docan't know they Yankee captain (William realise who she is and Gregory Holden). Peck doesn't suspect that he's

while

"ALL THE BROTHERS going to spbil all his money- making chances by falling in WERE TALIANE" will be the love with her.

to be shown. This gives

22.

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

10, DA NIKAON JA LAN

SHOWING TO-DAY

SEE HONGKONG 74 YEARS AGO!!!

WARNER BROS. PRIR

BURT LANCASTER

IN HIS ROLE OF ROLES AR ́

His Majesty Okeefe

TECHNICOLOR

JOAN RICE

it is my Father's wish that

Hove

The lave story of

the lost trader

wip became "ruler of 10,000

barbзious warriors!**

në Viticsirs o' the

PATKANIE TÁBOR~ BITES!

They're nearly all start- ing as wo go to Press -- day everything being one early this week because of Easter holiday. For this reason I haven't been able to see "ROMAN HOLI- DAY" again and as the promised preview of "BE NEATH THE 12-MILE REEF didn't materialise, I haven't seen that at all.

As, however, It's one of 20th Century Fox's bit CinemaScope

Or she's arrayed in a snappy productions, you'll be wanting tle playsuit, gazing wistfully to knew him which on the nve into an oven, with underneath fore deelding of five

a caption le "Audrey's taking much advertised filma you want

3 home-cooking course." The contrast between the us Stewart Granger, presumed to see over the holidays.

Everyone can now play safe First of all, "BENEATH THE and say that he, she be it pre- when discharging her duties as wants to claim Ann Blyth, his

dignity

Audrey

who is found, Hepburn killed 12-MILE REEF relles a great

dieter a star-studded future W deal. I believe, on under-water

princess both before and after former sweetheart, only to and for this girl years ago.

brother

5 Shows To-morrow (Robert QUEEN'S : her meeting with the newspaper- his quieter shots of diving for sponges. The

suppose all

mun and her simple, school- Taylor) in possession. Greek crew of the bost "Acgli“

cali inevitable

fate of someone girlish excitement when she's The anal day brings that ronsists

father (Gilbert wit Lwo stage SUCCESSES

Television husband Roland), son (Robert Wagner), ("Gigi" and "Ondine")"

out seeing Rome with him, is of American and unele (3. Carrol Naish) and im hit to their credit at such the delights of the film.

and

wife team, Lucille Bal Desi Gregory Peck's mixture of and dance bond lender because of a bad srason, decides to pouch on rival grounds shed an early age, but let's hope it

deosn't go to her head and tenderness, hardness and humour Arnaz, In "THE LONG LONG This is the Orst an English party.

is also most convincing, while TRAILER". spoil the future for her. As if this is not enough to

Eddie Albert supports admirably, pleture Lucille Ball has made Must of "ROMAN HOLI- stir up trouble between the two DAY is fun--Eddie Albert is being not a scone steater, but a for three years. bouts, obert Wagner falls fer featured with the stars Oregory perfect complement to the stars.

All five are in Technicolour Terry Moore, the daughter of Peek Bad Audrey Hepburn,

be William Wyler is the director, and will

shown at the ony of the rival party, who was, and he's nearly always played on, and Hartley Power-an old CAPITOL and LIBERTY. What until then, rather unsuccessfully in comedies but there ** being courted by a second mem- parts of if that are intensely favourite of mine has a small a grand weckt

by

ber of the crew.

}

this is

the..

and ศ

of

part in the picture which be plays in his usual delightfully cynical way.

FIVE BIG.FILMS

moving. Very bitter feeling develops Onc

quite

new between the Greetes

genuinely and the affected with pity for the English only the wo young

escape her people, Terry Moore and Robert princess who cannot Wamer, managing to

responsibilities and indulge in stay out

the youthful freedom allowed I don't think it's too early to of it and breaks out later into

This may sound tell you about five commoners.

big films fighting and tragedy.

impossible, as everyone envies that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will be putting out in the first week a princess and thinks that even if the life is a bit restricted, of June, in celebration of this its compensations far outweigh studio's 30th anniversary. the disadvantages, but it doesn't appear so in the Dim.

The film is the third presenta- tion in the CinemaScope process in Technicalour and is photo- graphed off the coast of Florida. This is a very photogenic part of the world from what I can re- member of previous pictures of

It will be interesting to see how Gilbert Roland has worn with the years he looks sur- prisingly youthful and it from the firm stills. Did you realise he

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Clark Gable has left them to work independently, but they still have some very impressive At the beginning we see the stars under contract. Here are poor girl led trance-like through some of them you'll be seeing. public engagements and trium- Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner phal tours every second of and Mel Ferrer in "KNIGHTS

life organised, Suddenly, OF THE HOUND TABLE"

her

at sca,

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Still Hope-ing

Quotes from Bob Hope's own life story, This Is On Me, now being serialised in America:

"The day I was born Mother took one look at me and yelled: {'They've taken the baby and

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"As an amateur boxer I อง Rembrandt Hope--I known as was always on the canvas.'

"Everything that Bing Crosby touches turhs to gold. Every- thing I touch hollers: Police!"

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ROX Y & BROADWAY

★ SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5,30,--7.30 & 9.30 P.M. SUPER EASTER ATTRACTION! CINEMASCOPE Win's Special Academy Award!

CINEMASCOPE

YOU SEE IT WITHOUT SPEGIA GLASKILAR

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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

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ROXY & BROADWAY: 5 Shows To-morTOW

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ROXY $3.50, $2,40 A $1.50.

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