1954-10-30 — Page 2

KING'S PRINCESS

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4 SHOWS TO-DAY

At Special Times: 2.15, 4.45, 7.15 & 9.45 p.m.

In all history the world has

known me more compelling

nor moving love than that,

Dulu dz

TECHNICOLOR

Romeo and Juliet

LAURENCE HARVEY - SESAN SHENTALL-FLORAROBSON NORMANWOOLAND MENYTH JOHNS ich bin - SoboN CADUTI E NE SERVICE

A J. Arthur Rank Organization 1954 Production

KING'S

MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 11.30 A.M. Tyrone POWER • Micheline PRELLE in "AMERICAN CUERILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES"

Color by Technicolor

AT REDUCED PRICES: $1,00 & $1.50

Coming to KING'S

• PRINCESS •

EMPIRE

Bob's Hilarious As The Menoca

Of Venice!

CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT

Color by TECHNICOLOR,

BOB HOPE JOAN FONTAINE

BASIL RATHBONE AUDREY DALTON-HUGH MARLOWE Ported by therman ± skland shown for the baron By Hat Barket and Gömynd for NOT ON

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CAPITOL

THE HOME OF

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LIBERTY

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.

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ON PANORAMIC SCREEN

I must possess the

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body and soul!

M-G-M's love story of the year with the world's greatest love music in Color by TECHNICOLOR!

RHAPSODY"

STARRING

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

VITTORIO GASSMAN JOHN ERICSON LOUIS CALHERN

AN IGN PICTURE

WITH PERSPECTA STEREOPHONIC SOUND

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 12.30 P.M.

BY POPULAR REQUEST!

M-G-M- presents

TOM & JERRY JUBILEE

In Technicolor

in

CINEMASCOPE

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1954.

FILMS-CURRENT AND

Long-running films seem to be the order of the day.

The ROXY and BROAD- WAY will be showing "The Egyptian" for another two weeks (scheduled to follow it is "The Raid" with Van Hellin) and the QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA plan at least a full ten days' sercen- ing of "The Caine Mutiny”,

The KING'S, PRINCESS And EMPIRE will start Bob Hopo's picture, "Casanqyn's Big Night" on the day be- fore. Guy Fawke's Day, with "Romeo and Juliet" running until then at the first two cinemas and the combined film and stage show ton- tinuing at The EMPIRE.

The new film at the EMPIRE is "Northwest Territory" and the real star is a most magnificent white German sheepdog, looking like

between Cross Alsatian and a Husky. The Jackson Orchestra are changing their programme, too, so that people who saw and enjoyed them during the work will be able to see

1 entirely new show.

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By JANE ROBERTS.

Susan Sheptall and Laurence Harvey as Romeo

and Juliet.

Several times I was so carried away by the ploying that return- ing to earth several hundred of feet later, it was dimcult to re- member the gyrations of the plot

the intervening pertod, Briefly, "Rhapsody" is about two musical students, one

pizhist and the ether a violinist whose lives crom that of a spoil- ed young socholite.

COMING

only change being that of necessity--the rather colourful language has had to be watered cown.

The one thing that sent shud-- dern through me had nothing to do with the acting. It was the music. The ghastly, blaring roh- rah band that thumped away in

сусту almost

non-dialogue sequence.

gather that in the days of the old silent filme'n plinist wäs employed by the theatre to all In any background music f you didn't like the planist you could always shoot him even if he happened to be doing his best. How I'd like to have got my hands on the musical director of "The Caino Mutiny.”

Paul Muni is one of those actors it used to be possible to rely on to give an Interesting performance whatever the part he was playing. I haven't seen him for a very long time and therefore find it difcult to say whether or not his standard is as before. You'll be able to ace for yourselves in "Stranger on the Prowl",

Still Miss Kelly

To Me

The right ineldents have been chosen from the book to cach character and illustrate preserve the author's conception of him

Wille Keith, the Ensign. 15 the exception; trut luckily, although his is a pivotal part Elizabeth Taylor founced and in the book, he la more An

By MOORE RAYMOND puted very prettily as the poor unlooker than little rich girl whose trouble was The film

a participant. has made time pass So for Grace Kelly leaves me that she always got what she by without touching willie cold. Not as an actress, but as wanted, but as the father who'd but Wouk has also partially a representative of womankind. anthipated her every material failed to present him Hs A Even director Alfred Hitch- wish, that one actor, Louis character broadened and mutur cock and all his tricka can't will succeed "Casanova's Culhern, was a little disappoint- ed by his experiences, so give her romantic warmth in

ing. is consciously pedantic Big Night" and though 1

perhaps the Alm can be forgiven her latest and delivery irritated rather thm for not Aureerding where the 6lm, haven't yet sten it, there's helped define the character.

"Rear Window." book falled.

kissing sequences be- something so pleasing about

There's

Miss Kelly and James the title that I intend to do

intimate it soon as I can,

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"Ride Clear of Diablo"

Another big picture is at

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called Barbara Bates in the pic- a bouncy little piece ture who'd be beautiful if he'd but she didn't only keep still, really create any serious oppo- antion to lovely Liz. For one thing,

wardrobe wren'i her

cx tensive.

For feminine audience It was

fashion parnde de Juxe Elizabeth Taylor's dresses were

delight to temptation to copy.

LIBERTY "Rhapsody" this is something no music lover should miss.

Following the French film "The Bed" at the LEE and GREAT WORLD. Rock Hudson will be exhibiting his munly frame in "Taza, Son of Cochise", with, pos- sibly "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home" after that and cer- Lainly "The Beachcomber*" on November 12.

starts

"Stranger on the Prowl

ut today

the HOOVER and following it there will be "Overland Pacific" and "Son of Lugarde".

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was toli

Mr Mayse, Director for M.G.M's Regional the Near and Far East, that uns tudio is very proud of its ple- tre "Rhapsody." I should to. for obviously u great deal of time, trouble and talent have non ile : making.

look at unci

I think a good overall descrip- tion of the picture would be romantic.

What you're reading is a bit of all three

Many people say that if the alm of a best seller doesn't bear any resemblance to the original Irem which it was taken. It's quite unimportant. [ the characters have been twisted canniballsexi

multiplied

The love affair between

thetween "

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TIMES.

2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 5.30 p.m.

2.90, L80, 7.30 & ́0.40 p.m.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At last on the screen! THE CAINE MUTINY

DIG #AB.

THE

OCEAN

HUMPHREY BOGART - JOSE FERRER „VAN JOHNSON - FRED MACMURRAY -------- HOBERT FRANCIS « MAT WYWR - ***TECENGCOLOR

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- QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

5 SHOWS TOMORROW

"THE CAINE MUTINY”

EXTRA PERFORMANCE AT 11.30 A.M.

NOW SHOWING

HOOVER most brilliant

and

the Princeton-taught Willie and Stewart are (I conjecture) the singer seemed intrusive and supposed to be pointless--11 wasn't at all daring.

They are certainly unusual. necessary to the story that we should

think Some of my colleagues Willie's Some

they are repulsive. But to me they have as much passion as

have

of any background: none of the ren participants In the mutiny were given any, except by implication,

why Wither

The main persunalities were

and chler much better,

among them was Van Johnson,

EMERGES AN ACTOR

He emerges from "The Calpe Mutiny

the beak-tweaking of a couple ol budgerigars.

Six months ago I wrote of Miss Kelly:

"This blue-eyed blonde of 24 hos suddenly become Holly- wood's most-sought-after young actress.

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"She's now at the enviable

men.

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A GREAT STAR in a GRIPPING STORY! :

TO A FRIGHTENED

CITY

HE WAS A

Paul

MUNI

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THE

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BIT OF ALL THREE

as a really competent stage of stardom when she can Letor. Gone completely is the pick and choose her leading I've tried three times to write young man with a stock reac-

"She dedicated herself to about

Llon and a stock expression for Mutiny": "The Calne

ocention. In his place aeting with the rigid, fervid First, from the way it appear every

İs

that has since a player losing his determination as a film, then comparing it with there the book

and then again dis identity In that of the individual caused ond film producer to

describe her regarding the back but lonkh. ho's representing.

as the girl with the

stainless at the dim characters with the

nless steel guts,” That that comes Although the familiar freckled

very attitude towards extended insight

features of Van Johnson are her job gives a stainless steel after reading the book.

there before one's cyes, it's character to her heroines, Lieutenant Maryk that appears. As the Puritan wife of Gary sailor Cooper In "High Noon" sha An efficient, instinctive with no background, poor was calm and cool, but not my education, but every inch a first cup of cold tea.

As the strong-minded English class officer in spite of L

wife in "Mogambo" she was Captain Queeg's character is capable, clear-minded, and re- stick for more diffuse and it's because sourceful-and crisp as a or never mind as long as the result of its peculiarities that the of celery. Is satisfactory.

mutiny comes about. Humphrey In "Dial M for Murder" sha always, there are two sides Bogart makes him stubborn, played the heroine with all the to the question: if thousands of nervous, vacillating, Ingratiating shining coolth of an ice cube. The three chike f players, people have read the book and and dictatorial and you almost And now, in "Rear Window" Elizat oli Taylor, John Erleson the film makers are capitalising forget you're watching Bogart-Miss Kelly has warmed up a and Vilicola Garsina arc all on its popularity by using the but not quite.

Ilttio, but she is still what some- generously endowed with good some title, the picturegoer has a

one once called her "a lady looks and it all three are a right to expect the same spirit Fred MacMurray has sonte who kisses," Ittle melodramatic at times, in the film as was in the book. good dialogue which he seems That's why I keep on refer- It's possibly the power of the

The picture of "The Caing to appriciate, but the perform-ring to the lady as Miss Kelly. To-morrow! musle that influences them.

Mutiny" does, I think, stick ance of Jose Ferrer is even I daren't call her Grace. pretty closely to the Idea behind hotter. He doesn't appear until A colleague says I have these If the peuting of Elizabeth the

Prize-winning the last part of the picture, but feelings about Miss Kelly Taylor gets you down, if the novel,

into the comparatively short cause I realise she is unattain- flashing smile and sensitive Jaw of Gassman seem to be levelled Large lumps of incident are time he's before the cameras be able.

ted taken more

word for puts everything. What an artist self-consciously

the word from Wouk's

story, the he is!

tro

the

camera or if Johu Ericson ap- rears ico much of an over- Crown schuolboy-there's Al- ways the music, ways

Chopin, Mendelsohn, Rach- maninov and Tchaikovsky ere all represented, or well as the music of many other camposers, and many times I wished I had been listening for pure enjoyment instead of having half my mind on my columni

HARRY ODELL -proudly presents

As

Pulitzer

or less

King's Road. Telephones

70103 & 70104.

be

He's

Just wrong. I

don't

want Miss Kelly.

Charlie Gray, who gave you "Xavior Cugat" and "Holiday

Ico"

now brings to the

on

EMPIRE THEATRE

Town Booking, Shall House, tide lane,

The greatest entertainment value in town

THE JACKSON ORCHESTRA

with the

SENSATIONAL VOCALIST

BABE DAVIS

In

SOPHISTICATED JAZZ

ON THE STAGE

COMPLETE

CHANGE OF

PROGRAMME

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"ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE"

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12:30 P.M. Gregory PECK • Susan HAYWARD- in "DAVID AND BATHSHEBA"

The Garrison Players

Present

WHILE PARENTS SLEEP

a comedy by ANTHONY KIMMINS

"

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Gloucester Road

November 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th

A

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BOOK NOW AT SKINNERS Pedder St.

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"{under the patronage

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the at the

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AT 2.30 5.20 07:20 p.m.

WALLY and JEAN NASH

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