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TAVO D. GELZNICK'S PASS HEATEAREN HETORELL'S sure al de Du Lam

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THE CHINA MAIL, - SATURDAY, OCTOBER:

1954.

FILMS CURRENT AND COMING

There are comparatively Tew new Bimis being showit next week and what, there are will run for at least a week or so, it la hoped.

By JANE ROBERTS

many of the wise-creels that spark the film along.

This to a picture for all who iks thes drama strong and mainty and definitely not for children. WONDERFUL

SPECTACLE

The ROXY and BROAD-

Dick Powell, who took time |-WAY, 'won't be changing, off to make this film from the on which he con- until the end of next week, producing

thepo days, groes when they'll introduce "The centrates Gambler From Natchez", a through the ploture At a fast pace and there's one particularly

What a wonderful spectacle is picture starring the now clever little scene.

which,

"The Greatest Show On Earth", comer Dale Robertson. while sitting watching a tele- Ondl B. DeMillə adds yet am

visjon play ho wrote eme years other title to his lot of credite This will be a long run- before, he acts both the male with this, and what charmere ning CinemaScope produc. and female parts, complete with a principal characters are.

facial contortions. tion to be followed by the much Egyptian".

publicised

Ho's a

་

Hame time ago, when Euro- viewed obori Shay's Cinémare. Scope fim "Lucky Me" I spoke of the "reppat-haired beauty who was the star's rival, for the affections of Robert Cummings. That girl was Martha Hyer and hors was a very knall part, Now she's tontured, in, a. film pi her own, "Boaript year,"

She and her husband, District Commissioner in Africa, are trying to persuade the Masai tribe to give up one of their primitive practless-that of only allowing a now chief to take over the ruling of the, tribe after he has killed an energy.

It's a picture in which Martha Hyer has somo stii competition from the jungle creatures.

Don't Get Ideas About

Jane.

First of all there's the mon "The Another highlight 1s the they call the bass 'män of the

dream sequence

which circus. Nothing is too large or Debbie Reynolds, Dick Powell too small for him to tackle. From

artists The latter had its gala and Anno Francis talte part. temperamental

and to world premiere in New York It's a ballet depleting the two. mcrupulous "operators""," on August 24 and will have girls fighting for the affections rough edges on the elephants

of the author and gives us a hooves, they're all in the game its British premiere on plimpse of the old Dick Powell

for him. October 14, so we're, not in his dancing days some yentu

Charlton Heston takes this very far behind the times, on many filing go.

part and inakes "Brad" a really here in Hongkong.

briefly mentioned Alvy

in The LEE and GREAT Mcore, but this former stage personable character in spite of

star with the crew cut and the harshness he has to use

arder to kotp the tough. circus WORLD have got a de clipped speech deserves more performers in line. Of course, ho lightful little comedy in than a passing word. "Susan Slept Here" and character with no looks but one do this by letting his heart of I'd like to see more often in gold peep through from time to they intend to follow it with hims.

time, but who wants subtlety in "The Greatest Show On Earth'. a re-make of "The Magnifi-

"A prude?" said Jane cent Obsession" and later on

Also on hand to supply laughs

Then there's Cornel Wilde as Russell with that famous with "The Creature From and a little pathos is Glenda

Farrell. She's still got the same "The Great Sebastian". He's a half-smile, half-sneer. "No, The Black Lagoon”.

the I don't think I'm that." fascinating way of talking and trapeze artist who rico

which in show though her looks are a lttlo centre ring, "Pushover" in the against her now, her trim figure business means that he has the QUEEN'S and ALHAM- would be a credit to any twenty star spot of the show. Until he's signed on, this place has been BRA's show, introducing year-oldi.

Betty Hulton'a end when she's yet another new personality The former columnist, Harriot moved to Ring One to make way

Kim Novak and dur- Parsons, produced "Susan Slept for him the fur really fles. ing next week, for two Here" e if you can spot the

be days, there will the woman's touch." English version of Jean

Cocteau's

Terribles".

CROWD OF CRANKS

To Heston falls the task

of

telling her that she's to take second pluop and until the Aiyer fascinating Frenchman

**Les Parents "King Richard

the across

Scope

screens

end.

CESS and EMPIRE they're *The screening

Greatest

At the KING'S, PRIN-ad and wife, George and

has!

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the

son

around whom the volves.

picturo

Michnel

TO

Says ROGER LAWRIE

Roslining on a chaise-langue in a Paris hotel, wearing bright coral earrings, a brilliant tan, and a turquotes drres dung 12 frago ekdin, she spoke without malley but with a deal of quiet conviction.

It is true yter sizes Jano was lant in Europe. And ever since then we have been hear- ing intriguing rumours of Jane the Sunday

Teacher, School Jane the Choir air.

Bo I might her out in Paris

the thing straight. નાખત Jane, tha Caration

wra a Loup

other

and

to sweep her off, her feet she And The Crusaders" will Jean Cocteau's play "Les takes it badly. Cornel Wilde is

has been very leable an Sebastian, with t ride

Cinema- Parents Terribics"

adapted for the screen and given his broken accent, gallantry and next week-

titio the English

"Intimate Galle gestures. All are in keep-zember of Relations". The players are with the character he plays Hollywood..

three with Along Warrender Harold

and Mariah

pizie che makes records of re- the

maladjusted what a physique the man

1igious congo. "They're rpiri- Yvonne;

Ruth

Both Gloria Grahame and fuels. They have bounce Denning Leonie, the strong-minded

sound noting 13ka Show On Earth". This will sister of the wife and Russell Betty Hutton, as elephant girl hythm. They really move, boy!!

and trapeze artist respectively, They are in love with Heston, but hymne"

lo Sebastian

She shock off a snatch of always there's

"Gimme That Old Time Ball- complicate matters.

gion.

She whs right-It It's a very strong story con- Gloria Grahame has known sounded nothing like a hymn. In the Causeway Bay

Yvonne's corning

morbid,

Sebastian before and when he "We figure that if it means district the CAPITOL has

possessive love for h 6. makes a play for Betty Hutton, anything religion must come

of bim as that record-breaker "Gone She still thinks

gives her sume friendly advice. no life "during the week as on Sunday. I was this isn't well re-well as With The Wind". It's child in spite of his 22 years and Naturally

is horrified when her sister ceived and the many little brought up on the Bible-1. being shown concurrently at 19

Lconio telis, her that

lils asides

between the girls are always have one in my dressing- the LIBERTY, while at the reaso for not coming most amusing. Both girls are room." HOOVER "Scarlet Spear" her

home

decorative, can act and do much to add to the interest of tho is on.

flim.

be on for about a week and Ensch then for a few days only you can see "Monsoon".

Ls that one night he's been with a woman. She persists in imagining the woman At the end of next week as a scheming slut who's led her the HOOVER will be chang- innocent baby astray. ing to the Errol Flynn- However, strong though Gina Lollobrigida romp plot is, it's surpassed "Crossed Swords".

the

characterisation.

The wife

Tho third girl starred Dorothy Lamour na the gum- the chowing Phyllis whose looks are by the so much mere glamorous than sho herself cares about being Apart from a few production an untidy, numbers we don't see a great

Ficbbery and murder is

staring vacillating diabetic; her husband deal of Dorothy, but look out thame et **Pushover"!

a dreumer at besi, a wealding for a shot of the crowd watch Fred MacMurray ond iatru-

That her sister-ing her act her old sparring ducing Kim Novak. Her apon in any case.

and emcien!

beautifully in the Road flims is there eat- have sors, for

De some

groomed-should, after having ing popcorn. Hope! chosen to show her to is as a

them for 23 years, bad girl and you can judgo for lived with

love with him is yourselves how wise they were still be in

counting the

or difficult to understand. by

number starring roles she receives after this

Carey initial effort. Phil and Dorothy Majone featured.

A

WEE BIT DIFFICULT

THOSE DANCES

And how did she reconcile that with her standing as high priestess of physique?.

"You mean the high-pressure stuff about my figure?" she said, "Well, that's publicity.""

And her dances?

QUEEN'S & ALHAMEKA

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Pushover

·A STORY OF TEMPTATION

FRED MACMURRAY PHIL CAREY

KIM NOVAK

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*Listen she said. "I don't ROXY: $1.50, $1.00 & 70c. BROADWAY; $1,20 & 70c.

see anything wrong in a slick dance. As I do them there's nothing in them that would offend my grandmother.

So long

as my films finish with a good moral," she said, "In happy. I'd never make a Alm with a bad moral,"

I've said nothing yet about James Stewart, You never see

And the film she was making his face in the film, he goes

now in Paris-any dances in It's a theatrical situation and right through it disguised as a

that? such clown, but he's 20% a good are the players treat it pa Instead of behaving as

for this and although dream most reason Alm actors do and ignoring the he's killed someone, he's such

they ust the stage lovable person that you'll find un yourself in complete sympathy technique and treat it as audience, delivering the punch with him. lines of their parts, gazing it straight in the eye moving down stage and centre to do so.

Debbie Reynolds, in looks, is combination of many young stars. She most closely resem bles Ann Blyth but there's a dastr of that other young Bern- bardt. Maggio. McNamara about

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camera,

The son's struggle to become his an adult in the face of mother's sliding love is well done by Russel; Enach his

into childishness,

In "Busan Blept Here" she lapsed

well and though irritating, are quite does exceptionally when I say that I'd have dif- character.

Al-

in

A brief spot in the show found for Henry Wilcoxon and I thought it was rather-sur- prising, when I saw how well ho's worn, that we don't more of this competent actor.

try

BCD

"Sure," she said. "And if they up some snappy little costumes for them, I won't cry. "After all," she repeated, smoothing her dress,

"I'm no

pruže."

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Michael Wilding, in London on, brief visit, falkod about his Lyla Bettger snarls his way legs. He has just dulated playe through the picture as the Gering Prince Charming in a man clephant trainer and apart Hollywood version of from a couple of minor people called "The Glass ficulty in recognising her again.". Harold Warrender's shambling who

to break up the That pert its no reflection on her acting portrayal of the husband who Greatest Show On Earth, he's ballerina Lexile Caron played ability.

because of his wife's negleợt of the only obnoxious person in it. Linde his time in tights as and Mr Wilding, spent While we're on the subject of him for their son 1263

I could have done without her dancing partner. Jooks,

the older Dick Powell iven into the arms of the girl

Before he went to rehearsals wipe becomes fils son's mistress Cecil B. DeMille's platitudes in gets the more ho seems to w

is slightly overdono. Ha'a n. poor the background from time to he found there were whispers resemble Jon/E/ Brown, Not

fish and one wonders where the time, but in a harmonious flimround the studio. Terribly enly in Eudial stricture er family's income comes from, a lasting me than 24 hours It's confidentially they werD asking TO-MORROW SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12 NOON -ho seems to have copled the apparently his inventions never easy to forget these odd dis- everyone they know what my comedian's expressions too.

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A lovely, brassy, brush, lovabis wife) and asked her, joo. She bim to take the whole family said: "All right, I suppose. I to even if you've seen it before.. never really thought. Finally, I've seen the trailer of "Mon- to put them out of their misery, soon" though not the fim self. I unvelled my legs. From the trailer and press book

looks

pretty powerful place of drama.

I suppose it'a poczable that a "Immediately after having goen young girl with all the slang. the picture I thought he growly talk and sloppy 100 accoutre overplayed the pathetic sido of ments of the teenager could the pant. On further considera- conceivably fall for an obviously on though, I realised that I've fortyish author, but I found it often met people like hiro,

"They were so relieved. They a wee bit difficult to swallow.

were scared I might appear The girl Medeleine, beloved

knock-kneed in ballet lights," However, having accepted by both father and apn, lo a

and they would have to film It's set in India and is about someone else's legs on my the pill, the result is very satis Swedish actress, Elsy Aublin,

and the most nearly normal a men and hic fiancee who go to body," among this crowd of cranks.''pay n last visit to the girl's Debbie is a young juvenile Even she, however, was on the family living in a small Indlan AT 2.30, 5.20, delingluont who's in custody point of committing suicide when village before leaving for Eng

land on their honeymoon wer Christmas for having hit a picked up by fathor George, Folleeman, over the head with a bottle. The two

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such an apparently who're supposed to be guarding discover that the money Goog duced when Leonie and George her bear bar ho malice for her and borrowed from Leonte

stormy

sister younger. affront to the force though and asterably to help in farthering has been brought up by the fool porny, for, the child, t Lindenlentino uzeocarola, and, pocentric father to believe that

Madelaine turn

been instincts. fick Powell, a successful author used by her ca Michuti. who's about to write a book (or work goodness it's all) in the The brother is a moody fel- 2. Num. X forgot which) on family," wryly remirks Loonie, kw, still brooding over his un- Juvenile delinquarey. They dink!

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