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SUNDAY

MORNING

KING'S

20th Century-Fox Presents

JAMES MASON in

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11.30 AM.

THE CHINA ‘MAIL, ·SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1954;

FILMS CURRENT AND COMING

Two pictures not having been censored In Limo for their scheduled showing throw the HOOVER

pro-

“THE DESERT FOX" out this time and

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NAKED JUNGLE

Grafine by TECHNICOLOR

Lavring ELEANOR PARKER CHARLTON HESTON

Prep SONEPAL, Themed WYMON HABEN Teenplay by FiİSİ YORDAN

HARALD MCDOUGALS Rosemary spr

& PARAMOUNT FICTĂRI,

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By JANE ROBERTS

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This is a pleure see.

I intend to

The Junttie trek through the ants are more than Betlen, how instend

"FLIGHT dripping swampa to ket so the ever, They really are enormous NURSE"

"HELL'S planter and he struggle back to and

destmy

any hase, with the feeling of dunger animal and vegetulle uitler HALF ACRE" (both pf turking behind every tree, their philh which we'll be seeing A forms the main body of little later) "GERALDINE" "BEACHHEAD". and "FORT ALGIERS" took I'm afraid thist beyond the over. "BEACHHEAD" will fact that the two featured play- then nove in for next week- ers in "DESTINY” are Alan Curtis and Gloria Jean, I cun tell you nothing. A Press Book isn't available, nor have I seen a preview.

end.

you're a car racing fan, names of Duk Nalon, the Johnny Parsons, Henry Banks and Manuel Ayulo will mean a lot to you. They're featured in them. "THE HOAR OF THE the EMPIRE CROWD", which is showing at the end of next week.

Walter Sidžak is to on the cakt ist.

QUEEN'S

TO-MORROW MOÀning at 11.30 A.M. ON GIANT PANORAMIC SCREEN

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Not having been this h can't tell you whether situations are romantic or funny, but you'll be able to guess, frami the stars and the story, whether It's something that will amuse

you.

BACK IN JEANS

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The last time I saw Muellyn Monroe in Joung wus in a lin

she played Barbara wherO

chocolate - eating Stanwyck's younger sister in a New England Dùm having something to with fab.

wan a small part, but strangely enough (or was it so strange?) I remember ker merv

thun Barbara Stanwyck or Paul Dougins-the which I've stars-or the title, completely forgotten.

The LEE and GREAT WORLD plan to show the film of the Hongkong Beauty Contest next after Now what san 1 say about "DANGEROUS MISSION". "THEM" without giving away With it will be "DESTINY", "their" secret. I think I can

Li Li Hwa is al the Kive you a hint by saying that All the emphasis in this pic on the the ima

Ines of ture is on racing, QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA "KILLERS

with a small FHOM

SPACE" bit of love interest from Helens now that "KILLERS FROM chant creepy-ernwifes are the Stanley and Howard Duft.

Anyway, back in jetins she 13 in "RIVER OF NO RETURN". SPACE" have played out killers niet some of the equip-

A pleture of this kind doesn't with a few changes into the sort their time. The title of ment selentist Edmund Gwenn.

dahler Jon Weldon (you saw need a story to help it afong, of garb we've come to associate her picture is "GIRL

ON her

sing maluous It "THE

background with girls who COMMAND") except for n little THE LOOSE" but

the apart and polleeman James Whitmore un

various drivers, and of the wild Northwest. I'm have to

the ue against "THEM" luckily

producer hasn't from that translation

muska Ar

confuse the issue with machine tried afraid that It's in Mandarin ar

Anything startlingly Need I say more? Funt

original there and

are no English

detracting from the interest of sub-titles. A Warner Bro-

the actual racing. MARAUDING ANTS thera picture follows this - it bears the intriguing title "THEM".

con-

It's just the old and very human

of the gi ano

not wanting her fiancee to carry on In such a dangorous occupation and but giving in when she sees how important a part It plays in his life.

THE NAKED JUNGLE" deals primarily with the

between husband wife. Chariton Heston

"THE NAKED JUNGLE" met

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Yvonne Do CARLO - Carlos THOMPSON

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LATEST BRITISH PATHE

PIETAL SUNDAY MORN

EMPIRE, KING'S and PRINCESS. They split

EMPIRE

Hu Is nlready plantation owne

and

wealthy in South

again after that with the Amerlea at the begining of

taking "ROAR the Alm and she, for

disclosed it Erot OF THE CROWD" and the KOSZY KING'S

PRINCESS is of the story and "DRUMS OF TAHITI".

the

(1 haven't seen the Alm because another preview clashed with it the day it was shown) has married hilmi

I hardly dare to mention by proxy. NEVOT having seen "KNIGHTS OF THE nim before,

Inc,

The Indianapolin 500-mile race is a topleni subject at the moment, many of the newercels Centuring it, and ROAR OF THE CROWD" goes me beller and gives it to you in colour,

NO REAL VILLAINS

"DRUMS OF TAHITI" is one ROUND TABLE" in con- This part sounds voguely Im- of those nice little films in which nection with the CAPITOL probable" to

villainous, Joanna nobody's ny

really LIBERTY again, Leiningen is described As "a and

there's a lot of colourful South though provided that beautiful, cultured woman from Sen Island scenery but the two

New Orleans".

nin male charneters, though everything is ready at the

dly on different sides of the LIBERTY in time. it will If this is so then why on earth fence, treat each other with the

have to

go husband-

utmost courtesy. definitely be shown on the does she

hunting in the sticky jungle of 30th at both theatres. To

when many South America keep you going until then woman with ic to offer has there's A light piece of snapped up an equally wealthy Nalubrious sur- entertainment called "CON. prize in more

roundings. FIDENTIALLY CONNIE".

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There are hims that it has Last, but by a very long something to do with a previous stretch not least, is "RIVER marriage, so perhaps all is made OF NO RETURN" at the plain in the picture.

Chaeton

is Beston ROXY and BROADWAY.

$0 parzzled by the woman's motives Yvotune de Carlo is back in and being. on the gurlace " the desert again. "Sand in any rough domineering character"

be the song that he doesn't attempt to hätte his shtes" must

HOTEL mistrust or dislike of her. haunts her dreams. SAHARA" to the only one of the other desert pletures whose

On the other hand, Elennor ide can call to mind, but you Purke appears to emerge from cus probably supply the rest the early scenes in n rather better light. In spite of the cold without thinking too hard.

welcome she tries to make success of the marriage, with dis- appointing results.

The French Foreign Legion features nimost as prominently na do the Arab foes in the new desert drama--this one's "FORT An army of marauding ants ALGIERS". With Yvonne de resolves U situation-he'd Carlo is a newconier to Holly been about to give up and go work! Whe

their Latin-American home when warning of Carlos Thompsoni.

coming is received-living to stay with her husband and help Ther A the common

that

thern brings

Evidently Hollywood thinks enough of him to star him again, us 1 see that in a

later stacle lm. "THE FLAME AND THE together. FLESH" he's the target those two lovely ladies, Turner and Pler Angell.

of Although I haven't seen this

Lane picture. I've read several

criticisms of it by writers whose opinions I respect, and the con- census of those opinions seems to be that Charlton Heston and

But back to the desert... The glamorous Yvonne de Carlo is a spy in "FORT ALGIERS", but the very nicest canor Parker really bring the kind of spy-a patriotic French- story to life. woman, to be exact. Her Job I've found Charlton Heston to

is to find out who is behind the Arab uprisings disturbing the comparative peace of North Africa.

be

B

The two latter people, in the case of "DRUMS OF TAHITI", are Dennis O'Keefe and that delightful MIRTI. Francis L Sullivan-complete with broken French accent.

i

Tab, at the Lime of the is controlled by Frater, but the Queen, who has English blood somewhere in her ances- try, dreams of the English fleel

coming to free the island from the French, Not that the French il1-treat the Tahitians or ex- ploit them with her it's just a matter of pelde.

Dennis O'Kecte-a wealthy American among whose interests is a sort of bar-cum-night club, is drawn into the Intrigue on the side of the Queen.

In

The provocative Marilyn scen to her best advantage

and the other Technicolour grenery (the Canadian Rockies) is superb too.

10-

If the picture had been tended to be a mustend #1 could have got by on even two of the songs Marilyn Monroe sings in it. As it is there are four and

uver each she puts manner that places mest of the arten's songstresses completely in the shade.

one in

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Timer York Both the New

have Yorker New the and

about to my scathing thlogs "RIVER OF NO RETURN." I hate to be in complete disagree- ment with these two august publications, but I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the picture..

Most of the story is concerned with the voyage down the river

of Marilyn Monroe, Robert MIL- chum and young Tommy Rettig (Mitchum's son in the pleure). time, but the It took a long suspense of wondering if the Indians would attack, if the raft the would be overturned in very realistically photographed rapids, or if they'd just slarve

death, to

Was admirably sustained,

The relationship between

Mitchum und hile young son was most sensitively conveyed by the two-affectionate without being mawkish and at the smine time restrained.

to

It's not necessary to refer to the obvious churns of Marilyn Monroe herself. A rather rowdy audience,

of composed mustiy her fellow countrymen (I went to the afternoon show) lestilled

her pulling

that power in Une.

Belog Feminine (although still able to admire her) was much indre interested to note that she automatically puts him can act. If you're feminine too on the opposite side from that and disagree with me out loud of his chess opponent, Francis in your menfolk's hearing, L. Sullivan, This isn't all-force they'll only accuse you of of circumstances makea him jealousy, so better no! waste marry a hard-boiled burlesque your breath! artist, Patricia Medina,

This

All ends happlly however, Tahill remains French and the Queen bows to the inevitable.

"CONFIDENTIALLY CONNIE" is a romantle comedy starring Van Joturson, Janet Leigh and Louis Calhern, with that olly uttle man, Gene Lockhart cast, this time fairly pleasantly, as a College Dean.

Rory Calhoun, who manages to throw dust in the eyes of the

apparently Marilyn, Isn't quite as sure of worldly-wise

himself as usual, but still hand- some enough to turn any giri's head.

A very small cast for all that enormous breadth of sechery ang at the risk of being repetitive, u good one.

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A last word--a deßant one in the face of the New Yorker's critic. He says "..seldom havo I scen an actor maintain Louis Calhorn is the prime markted an air of aloofness In Iittle lacking in the mover in the story-prime being the face of proceedings ke qualities necessary to convey the operative word. He's a Texas shooting rapids on a raft, fight- complicated feelings and mental cattle baron trying to win his ing a mountain lion, and processes In the past-end son and daughter-in-law (Van dodding the arrows of outraged

was more of Johnson and Janet Leigh) back red men.” The newspapers have recently thought his level been telling us that things are

the plain black

What did he whlte chorac from schoolmastering (in Van's

want Robert by no means peaceful in French the emotionally upset fellow he

ter in a murder mystery than case) to the cattle ranch.

Mitchum to do register North Africa, so at least it's

emotion

by grinding his tooth topical.

The story hinges on appears to be in "THE NAKED

Van or flexing his jaw muscles? Ho JUNGLE" But apparently he Johnson's failure to buy ateaks was playing the part of a man I usually find that in Yvonne carries it off rather well.

for his expectant wife on the who, in the middle of hordes of de Carlo's plotures she's far

salary he's carning. Grandfather- tinbalanced gold miners, wanted superior to the material, she's The producer is George Pal to-be, with the best intentions, something permanent out of life given. "THE CAPTAIN'S whose usual field is that of tries to right this with almost form and peace of mind, I PARADISE" was on exception, science-fiction. Actually found in as much subtlely as his own think he played that part to parhaps "FORT ALGIERS" will South America, the Marabunta prime beót,

perfection. prove to be another,

LAST WAR

We go back to the last war for "BEACHHEAD". It's not a back- ground or a subject that's been very popular in recent pictures. If a in company has wanted to make a war picture, it's chosen Korea as its locale, or one of life many guerilla ware going of at the present time.

The exact period during the war that **BEACHHEAD” '. script writer chose was just before the battle of Bougainville; and the place, an làtand cibo LOVE st,

Four American Marines. Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy Skib Homelor and Alon Wells aro detailed to got in koch With French planter on the island, who has radioed some: Informa- Bon concerning the position, "of; Japanese mines.

It's essential to plans for the forthcoming engagement that this Information be verified. For some, ramon, the planters daugister | (Mary Miroky) dawith_frame

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