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KING'S PRINCESS EMPIRE

At 2.30, 5.15,

At 2.30, 5.30,

At 2.30, 5:30;

7.20 & 9.30 p.m. 7.30 9.30 p.m. 7.30 & 9.30. p.m.

TO-DAY

SECRET OF

THE INCAS

Valen! Luvo Vintent Adventure!

TECHNICOLOR

CHARDON

starting

ROBER

COLE

THOMAS

YMA

HESTON YOUNG MAUREY MITCHELL · SUMAC

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ON PANORAMIC, SCREEN The Blue Ribbon Award Winner Tromondous TEN-STAR DRAMA!

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"EXECUTIVE SUITE”

William HOLGER June ALLYSON Barbara STANWYCK Fredric MARCU Walter PIDGEON Shelley WINTERS Paul DOUGLAS Louis CALHERN

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The lives and lovey of

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SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12:30-PM.

TOM & JERRY JUBILEE

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SHOWING TO-DAY- AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30′8′′ 9.30 P.M.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1954

FILMS-CURRENT AND COMING

The programme, at the QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA after "The Big Sleep" will include "Battle of Rogue River" and "The Calne Mutihy.

By JANE ROBERTS

The charge of over-keting de woeld it might have taken prids hardly one that can bo ponterced of place over routing westerns in a Shakespearian dramos, fog and musicals. As it is, it's worth everything in it is on much larger

"Executive Suite” will be chany life alzo, Julieta, mlad you like thrillers.

DOWN TO EARTH 17tlement and and fulfer” "Executive, Buke" Ufted me

Tarrely, litle maid drskiha, that poration of "thakvaluable relig will help to buy bück some of the-fire of his "lost "youth,"

Charlton Hoston has the map showing where the golden sun burns In

buried, but Mitchell is the man who can get them both

third adventures

the ceno is

is a beautiful political ra- fuger, though she's living by hee

weite

ther

#basibly Ipfiger, Judging. Juliet, tells him that she doesn't brought me down to sky-wit more fröm föreẻ thần choloo,,

прихов

off

playing for week at the then, can only be described as CAPITOL and LIBERTY magnificent in the scene in which

feel able to marry Paris It.

scraper-level from the number of cara I wrath is theatrical, it's also very

The first,

though written by In case you should we saw outside the former real,

un obrthy gentleman called Heaton and Nicole Maurey as the Next in order of merit, I think, William Shakespeare,

f

is high saviqus romantic interest, Robert theatre on opening night For Robson as Jullet's nurse. tomed Imaginative fantasy. The Young is Introduced as a pips-

La and then a ploture, starring Her suggestion of slight coarse second is realisra, beautifully touching filth in human nature #moking árcheologist with a Elizabeth. Taylor..moves in ness and vulgarity was in produced with. split second and eye for Miss Mauroy. His called "Rhapsody".

diented by gestures and expres- precision and very very mucks boautiful assistant, whose charm The HOOVER is showing slons not detracting from the down to earth.

slavish devotion she had for her

Don& other than the exotle Peru-

a thriller, "Make Hasle Tould. A very good chủ, and higher before it staru, vlan singer, Yma Sumar.

was

Much as I admire hur voice and lave those wonderful salgs of hers, I wish they wouldn't force gorgeous creature to comara while grimace into the

einging. Incidentally. she's

VOTY

rominis-

Let's stop this game of higher he doesn't seem to notice is Live" harking back to an-

however, The skyscraper par cient Rome in the middle of

musical direction the week for an Italian flawless; not intrusive, imperecep- comes in because that's where The Executive Sulle of the tive in the love scenes and grand Tredway Corporation is located; ploture. "Neró and Messa- and glorious when the full choir

right at the top. And it's here lino", with, next week-end, sang at the funeral of Juliet.

It was used extremely well at that the big dramatic scene takes "Overland Pacific”,

"Secret of the Incas the beginning of the film place and where all the main there's something

del Rio about somehow conveying the idea of contributing scenes are set.

You've heard

cant of Dolores countless of is playing over the week-end the importance of what was to

wend her. plotures where the plot is con-

Heston's charms for women is at the KING'S! PRINCESS follow.

not very subtly. Indicated to us and EMPIRE, then while The colours of the costumes earned with the reactions of a

To mako the KING'S and PRINCESS and sets were mellow, even the group of people to one event in the opening reels. Lake Romeo and Juliet" very prevalent red being soften- which has a different effect on his living while waiting, for, the So often they big fortune to slip into his ed to help the eyes. A pity that each of them. the EMPIRE will turn its the chase through the streets nop

characters pockel he meets all the tourist spotlight on to the stage. after one of the clashes between aren't sharply enough: defined. planes coming Into Cuzco and the two families was so muzzy. The pictures quite often show guldes the visitors round the Until the EMPIRE joins In some of the smaller scenes how the course of the lives of de reactions of 'his lady up again with the KING'S mot close-up I noticed the there individuals is changed but

for and PRINCESS, carly in same thing.

don't build up to that change or customers (a brief part here November for Bob Hope's Another small point on the make the characters rool people, Glenda Farrell) to the tall, good "Executive Salta" gives you looking, rude, always behnited new comedy, "Casanova's editing side was the poor cut-

ting once or twice, leaving an eight main people and every guide, verge, on that of een Big Night", you'll be able to netor with his sentence in mit- one a winner.

agers to Tony Curtis. see there a combined film air. And talking of sentences in There's just one small thing and that's the order

Mexican Manhunt” hay

turc

because the

billing.

and stage show. The pic- mid-air, Susan Shentail would I'd change lead of putling George Brent chasing off down

starling off this have commended herself more of

Willlans Holden ∙nt the top of Mexico way on the trail of the arrangement will be "Mexl- when she wasn't speaking. The the cast list I'd have put vital clue to h. 15-year-old -

can Manhunt”.

the

the

tis n

#

to me had the closed her mouth

habit of leaving the lips parted Froderie March. portrayal

Last solved murder, hard-headed. The LEE and the GREAT is one che shores with Elizabeth of

urial thinking yet nervous executive

Living. South of the border in WORLD have the Japanese Taylor and it's equally

a one-time, newspaper reporter tractive in her.

of modern always a jump ahead of every and his daughter. Between the film "Golden Demon" show.

Fond Ds. I am

one, is the best thing I've ever three of them they hope to bring. ing now, moving to France

dancing. the groccful gesture:

Then there la Louis Calhern, the killer to justice. Their later for "Secrets d'Alcove and gliding Agures of, the old seen him do

suave completely without fcol- plans are somewhat hampered "The Egyptian" is the Italian dances Included In

prodaction made" me wish We

lly with other plans- by fairly ROXY and BROADWAY's had them with us still. Oh in, yet neccpted picture one .of those these beautifully subtle hand good fellow because of a certain void-eyed Hillary Brooke

DEMON WITHOUT FIRE living he zest fr

seems to super-colossal epits the cost movements!

radiate, He's ĉight down, on the We've had gorillas, creatures. of which is widely public- last because her

I've left Sugon Shentall until cast list.

from the black logcon, rebats, performance

Fach is almost bottom, and now Japanese "Goldeá ised. "The Raid" will be is dimcult to assess.

Deman" yet her perfect secretary la nofably next.

There were scenes,

top grade performance. Juno A demon without fire, how Martha Hyer has been featur- that on the night before. her Allyson and Barbara Stanwyck ever, for the gilded brast referred variety of parts since projected marriage to Paris in have seend and third places to Is that friend in need, meney,

which

her.

loneliness and respectively and it doesn't

Prove that true Here was a that Nina Foch's name should be a modern adaptation of en heart

durable than affluence. of 14, her proud, above theirs.

It's n io. ancient Japanes *story in

In which Jurjo Allyson doesn't have, understanding lack of

d much more than be the two youn

ed in a

she was ftat discovered at that vary in the lace of it tore detract from their merit to say sets out or wrongly, the atm

alorchouse of American talcht, the Pasadena Playhouse,

at one's

She's played in westema, ing parents, by their

science fiction pictures, ("Alders

To the StarsTM 18 one that should be here soon), in musicals etc.

To

Jappie very

love

in

much of her girlish feelings more understanding wife of Willing love are separated by the

kirl's In spite of her comparatively Lolated from her than if they'd Holden, the youngest, of the bembitious family. They want her Barbara to marry inlo mother wealthy recent discovery,

bert dend; her erstwhile con executivos. she's made fidant - the nurse

or thienst family and she only agrees when offering Stanwyck is once more the bots her husband-to-be offers to pay lms in Australia, Japan and

naturally oft lady of the supreme proctical counsel Africa and, gazing

into crystal ball, I'd say that this abhorrent to the child, and her whese sudden death leaves the for the education abroad of the

husband for away.

vacancy all the fighting's about defeated ecntestant. girl will probably be getting

Not realising that the giri Susan Shentall made the.. In bigger and better parts as time

la a cast of stars I'd say that June Allyson's and Barbara has sacrificed herself for him, supporting the boy is very bitter at her potion an act of heartbreak-

As supposed defection and fries to pursuit of forget her in the riches.

Subordinating everything to

drinking of the death-simulatanwyck hati main i

goes on. Her studio to probah19 bravery.

giving her the slow build-up treatment.

In

werb

roles of Shelley

other scenes her acting too is,

LACKS

ose wife doesn't

To say, though, that the this, he rises to great heights

In "Battle of Rogue River" appeared fat and insignificant, the girl friend of Paul she's got a conventional role as Frankly, I can't make up my the feminine lead in a story of mind about her.. Red Indians versus the US.

SOMETHING performance of each one of of wealth and position only to "Make Haste To Live Opens them would be, the mainstay of lose Cavalry. Nothing startling,-ex- cept that Oregon (not as aften woll. It's night, and the streets a smaller picture only gives used as some of the other of what appears to be a small greater credit to the men Slates) is the setting.

town are deserted. Thero' com It's an excellent picture in George

and plote

silence except for the every way,

crickets increasing are also chirping, of

the

of emptiness. sense Then

Montgomery Richard Denning

featured,

alms aro coming moro Into the

them at a

single blow. BECS the two The last reel loves, united in the ruins of his home

and fortune. Japanese more and limelight, as the producers set "Nero and Messalina" is a themselves very high standards. wo see a man standing picture I haven't seen, but from The producer of "The Golden car, his the press book it would appear Demon" Wes responsible for

NEW CONCEPTION motionirss besidio a

One of the greatest tragedies menacing.

very stillnets making him more that there's plenty of what the Cannes prize-winner, “TH

opens

In the

days of

this

of all time deserves to be treated and he start to move slowly Reno

His face is hidden everyono. Imagines went on in Gates of Heti". with solemnity, but even if this were not the case it would be towards a house, silently hard to find a discordant note in the front door and starts up the precious polr.

A pieces of news that may not of stairs. Castellani's

The quietness Is then VISUAL ENJOYMENT, ·

"Secret Of The Incas may mean very much to you unless "Remco

broken by an invisible orchestra and Juduction

punctuating the man's footsteps, not have a very credible story you read the American papers the tension of a very new one, but it's n: and understand the apprehen-

I recommend

elon felt there for the future of picture and closing the

for the film business in relation to laxation and visual enjoyment-television has So far so

come from tho good; In spite

Is of on Lourenzel Harvey's perform-

Dorothy Maguire Tho

of the RKO Studios in bead of for and the

Hollywood. ence after the criticisms of it usually a good actress and

It's to the handsomely sinister Stephen Mc that.

I've read. My apprehension war unnecessary, for he brought Nally, the picture seems to lack

Let me cal

cal with the out- slending

features first.

I was apprehensive at the thought of having to comment

thereby loserito tunata

Use the

for ng did Views of

the

nim, the

company

effect that this

is not selling ita

mhhh the Royal New Zealand in backlog ~ pictures to teleylatoni

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

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20th Century Fox presents GARRYL F. ZANUCK'S

THE EGYPTIAN

JEAN SIMMONS VICTOR MATURE BOGÈNE TIERNEY

**: MICHAEL WILDING

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103) to the subsell will n he was brought news of But JK:

matter.

appear la Juliet's apparent death. We've along rathe

Rainbow offen heard the cliche suddenly. Perhaps it suffers uitis by the growing old in front of our Being, shown, while "Romeo, ahaan uneasy, partner

chlp for Stanwyck in "Caille Queen of Montaura Linda. Darnellin ard on: In one of our dreamier other is bound to him only by The My Love and Cornet

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