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- THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY ́1,

1954.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

WTUEZ TO

ROAR GREETS THE MYSTERIOUS

MR.BEAM!

LISTEN! NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF

| JUST A SKINNY GUY WEARINAWIG AND FALSE TEETH AND EYEBROWS, GOT IT!

GOT

By Leo Falk and Phil Davis

AGAIN--THE SAME RESULT--THE

FIGHTER DOESN'T EVEN GET HIS

HANDS UP..

FILMS- CURRENT AND

–

Well, I really fooled you with "GASLIGÍT"", didn't i

...even gave you a picture seen the film, so it's the best I to whet your appetites. I it's any consolation, I far 39485 oking forward seeing the picture again and

By JANE ROBERTS

FATEL

can do.

IVANHOE" 14

Et

HOW HIM!

QUITY

DIFFICULT. I VOERSTAND THE BYERIDUST

BEAM NOW,

COMING

Having come to expert mostly cartoons from Walt Disneyan even though they've always been cartoons with a diference—it's still a novelty to find him pro- ducing live actors. very

Trup, he's before with TREA done it SURE ISLAND"

OF ROBIN HOOD", In my

nind ho'll always be pociated with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Which only goes to show how difficult it is to eradicate first impressions,

ACTION IN PLENTY

Loifferent kettle of fish. You may have seen it when it was here before--I did, but what I can a series of retnember of his Bashes.

JZ

Instead of "GASLIGHT" Jester

Robert THE they're playing MINIVER STORY" then "IVANHOE".

the

THE

keture

scene

[

Vin-

Two wealthy old gentlemen (Ronald Squires and Wilthed Hyde White) belleve that a mŋMASK walking around with a million pound note need never spend penny of it. Merely by producing STORY it, people will fall over them- hut selves to offer him, for nothing. the things he wants to pay for with it

There's

Gregory Peck Is the Im- paverished young American they plek on for their experiment and

plenty of action in naturally this brings him into

"THE SWORD AND THE contact with many Interesting

ROSE". people, Among Them

As you can guess from the title, there are sword fights beautiful society girl, played by and love scenes woven into the Jane Griffiths It's her first picture, but although it's about starring role. This gives you the times

is 21

of Henry VIII, his for once,

future

don't

S Ulster

the main

finde

the love interest.

wives, Comedy is provided by nutny

prominently in the story. This different character the

cusi ro

his Lime is olive with ist

promising woman in his re and very nancy, There's Joyen Grenfell ma sentiorbrained duchess, the two old gentlemen I've already k‡oned, Hartley Power and 1 for one in- host of others. tend seeing the thin when

comes.

WORTH RESHOWING

FL

much

of a nuisance he Henry and his sister are James Robertson

very disappointed discover that it's not coming after ail. Schedules, I An exciting jousting gulher. are fixed at long with horses galloping towards distance from New York each other at a terrifle speed- Elizabeth Taylor irritating me for the CAPITOL and

by <la about LIBERTY so the charge of

a gin open all the time-a can't be performance by Felix Ayinier as being uncertain

Jew slightly exaggerated levelled at them.

one by Emlyn Wilitanus as

the remarable eyes

Taylor as

Ivanhoe--the of Joan Fontaine as the dipity Saxon mute Rowens.

It's action all the way

the whole IVANHOE".. The EMPIRE is going to

Piasis being on spectacle. khow

Viennese musical

ACCOMPLISHMENTS alter "TANGATIKA" endle **MARIKA". Then

Der

"MARIKA" is Marika Rokk

respectively, That it'll be "MY DAUGHTER who is a very popular singer

Justice and Glynis Johns

She is a pawn in the game of in Vienna

These

with JAY" followed by Vittoria and dancer

politics Henry is playing Taro accomplishments ara

France. Promised to the aging Cheammin in a film based on a

femure! almost exclusively in

Louis XII in return for France's story by the Russian writer

which wu: selt

friendship and I vast

Bum of Pushkin,

made in Vienna and directe

A great deal has already been money, it doesn't seem as if she CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER". by Marika's husband. George said about "FROM HERE TO has a hope of marrying the man

ETERNITY". GU

content she loves the captain of the myself with a few notes on it palace guard. This, of course, It has already been shown is where Richard Todd comes here, but is well worth another In. It's a far cry from this part

Frank run

Sinatra was to the one in which he made highly praised for his his nume-us the unhappy terpretation of

the role of young soldier of "THE HASTY Magido the Htio soldier with HEART the big heart.

Buckingham (Michael Gough) Burt Lancaster and Mont- is the villain of the piece.

ery Clift are also

Tutor to rescue Mory their and

women are played by from the king of France, ho Deborah Kerr and Donna Rood, doesn't propose this out of The whole thing is adapted kindness of fieart. Oh no-with from the best selling novel of a "What Ho, nic proud beauty" the same name by James Jones. Jook on his face, he wants her

to "THE CHARGE for himself. OF THE LANCERS"

The picture was produced by to see strong dra

drama. When a gentleman with the delight- tell you that the stars are that ful name of Ferce Pearce and cheekily smiling Frenchman, directed by Kenneth Annakin. Jean Pierre Aumont and that for from dramatic actress, Paulette Goddard, you'll realise

the

the story behind poem has been treated

railed

moby

through It young writers dogged by

The ROXY and BROADWAY ere ex athmung their polley f It's termed a musical ballet, showing CinemaScope pictures but there la story Funny.i involving three for as much as two weeks

to be So that having fold you about

who seem

every misfortune "HELL AND HIGH WATER" Just werk there's nothing of time they try to put on

musical comedy they've interest to pass 1 to Current

about you

these two hours. pused. Marika is, of course, the "PRINCE VÄLIÄNT"" will be stur of the show. the next Alm to bu shown there, but ahred.

that's

the

C021-

fortnight The music and dancing (by the Vienna Symphony Orchester and Vienna State Opera Ballel AL the QUEEN'S and

respectively) appear to be gay ALHAMBRA you'll be able to and litilhearted and altogether see "OLIVER TWIST on Tues-

This acemy to bu a bright tiny

Wednesday i you tuneful picture to see, if caly mussed it before and I be forget your worries.

It's in followed by a J. Arthur Hank Natural Colour. production starring Gregory Prek called "THE MILLION POUND NOTE".

DESPOTIC

gonery

famous

soldiers Willing

as a lighthearted frolle. Taken

st

to

"MY DAUGHTER JOY" was The KINGS and PRINCESS produced and directed in 1000 like a true father and daughter by Gregory Ratoff. Edward G. De Robinson is the despolie father, display the same features. pendent on how well you like a wealthy international financeler; In that spirit, you'll probably "THE SLAVES OF BABYLON", als daughter Georgette (Jay) enjoy it as much as I did. they will be staying for any a spollt darling in love with

a few days to thing from

A newspaperman,

Peggy werk, then that much praised Cummins. Richard Greene is the

"FROM HERE ΤΟ

newspapermIDA, picture ETERNITY" comes buck for 11 few days and somewhere at the end of the week there will be starting "THE CHARGE or THL LANCERS".

19

Among his pet schemes, Edward G. Robinson has an "Operation X" which involves obtaining the co-operation of an African sultan. To help the Another of Howard Hughes success of the plan, he wants his iris-Jean Simmons-goes to daughter Joy to marry the the LEE and GREAT WORLD sultan's mon "to start A new after Jane Russell. The film is dynasty." "SHE COULDN'T SAY NO".

From the look

The whole picture seems have been conceived and pro- duced in a spirit of mischievous fun and I. for one, would ke to see a lot more history stripped of its pomposity and treated in this manner.

Paulette Goddard doesn't even bother to be very convincing as the #ypsy girl who befriends Sho the escaping Frenchman. frisks her skirts and very near- by winks at the camera over her shoulder. She fairly bubbles over with exuberance does look a and even if she

the boyish little mature

Pierre, ehc more than makes up for it by her high

Jean

of the postern Very near to the borders of advertising the previous pleture Insanity, a revelation by Norah one might almost think Hughes Swinburne (his wife) med to had got his titles transposed! sove Joy from the unsuitable

martingc, 起 the straw that spirits. bicaks the financler's back.

for

most cinemas at their opening ROSE") are among the cast. can remember of

and humbly wish It every

SUCCESS.

as its opening

preoccupied wit

the look

of

the

TAIN'Saved by an Italian- that it was shot there." In fact, :

different from

Joining the ranks of long

The famous charge docsn't kong's first run theatres very

Such excellent character actors figure at all prominently in the soon is the HOOVER, located in

as Finlay Currie, Waiter Rile picture, which might have been the ROXY and CAPITOL area at Causeway Bay, Frum the and James Robertson Justice called "CRIMEAN SCANDALS" utied. outside it looks ns de luxe s (soon to be seen as Herry VUI and been just as aptly

in THE SWORD AND THE It's in colour and from what I

the

Bas- The EMPIRE

be the country around seems to The HOOVER's chosen

with daughters next phorus from an aircraft, aim (scheduled originally

In "THE CAP scenery is authentic though thougUGHTER" Chinese

New Work

she's a that doesn't necessarily mean Усаг, believe). the British picture "THE SWORD AND Russian,

wastly

our own it was filmed in the San Fer THE ROSE" with Glynis Johns Peggy Cummins. Howover "THE nando Valley.

CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER"

Both Jean Pierre Aumont end mean more to you a little nearer Richard Staples, as the officers to playing date I think, so I of the 18th Lancers, are leave my review of it until next tremely good looking young: "THE MINIVER STORY" has week-end it'll probably do men who should prove popular an element of sadness running starting next Friday or there with the older teenagers. through it. The end of the war abouts,

MODERN COMEDY has come and Greer Garson is to welcome her preparing scattered family home, This should be a happy reunion but there are various reasons

and Richard Todd. It is due to open on 6th May.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT

to make it not so.

Walter

EXCELLENT

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And so to "SHE COULDN'T which is a modern SAY NO" "OLIVER TWIST"", 38 you know,

is Dickens story of the comedy in a rural setting. Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum small boy, born in a workhouse, stars handsome a couple Mr Miniver (again played by who is really the grandson of a as you could wish for.

wealthy man. In the novel, you

ate is a small town Pidgeon) has been away Dickens tried to bring out the

doctor in Hamburg: on construction work The daughter, god 19 the alums of

dreadful conditions existing la and she is his wrally patient,

the ume (Cathy O'Donnell) has been in the WAAF in Calry and be and

married come infatuated with a man. The little boy has been in America with many other evacuated

children and has

but there's more to it than this. the cople in Only recently having come to the small town, she tries to hide Charge of many public' Institu- H

hor past association with it, but Workhouse. such as tho

from the best bassile motives. This has been admirably con when she was a child, she and

to the screen and al- though it makes for a gtrieral ed

father, then poor, had pass- through thero. She had is mother.

good oxcellent if a bit depressing citizens had clubbed The

daughter, however, Im't Like many character actors, thys expensive, operation only one to have had "com. Alec Guinness and Robert Now necessary to save her life. Her plications during the years of separation. Mrs Miniver herself to have made Fogin the Jow falher, how dead, had made stog lovely to have cecaped Bill Sykes, respectively, fortune after leaving the little the attentions of lonely men bland size, but lige town of Progrps and Joan's ob

"Beckhidze that domnilah TEE IN away from their wives and badly “he melodrama there's bout one in particular US

plot, but Minivor first concretion to

perhaps grown away from him ale of gloom, the picture been taken all and ther

the onto

returning, hekk han ruashew of

mean that Mrs Miniva

1 mld the AT KHA

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