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KING'S 5 SHOWS

DAILY

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.

"SIGN OF THE PAGAN"

EXTRA MORNING SHOW AT 11.30 A.M.

KING'S PRINCESS

✰

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.29 & 9.30 pm || at 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 8:30 pm ----

SHOWING TO-DAY

AGAINST THE RAVAGING HORDES":"

DF ATTILA STOOD A WARRIOR'S

MIGHT AND A PEOPLE'S FAITH! Á

„against his ruthless lusts, the power of a woman's love!

OF THE

SIGN PAGAN

STARING

„THE STORY OF

ATTILA THE HUN

CINEMASCOPE Technicolor.

-JEFF CHANDLER JACK PALANCE·· LUDMILLA TCHERINA RITA GAM

JEFF MORROW » GEORGE DOLENZ EDUARD FRANZ - ALEXANDER SCOURBY By DXUOLAS TURK-mn by OŠTAJ USCKPOT on KARTË SENECA)- my y Can bantay - Frend by ALBERT 2 CONDI LA SZREDA, TEZE

AT: KING'S

Complete Effects with 4-Track

Magnotic H.F. Directional-Stereophonic Sound

PRINCESS

At 11.00 a.m.

TO-MORROW

MORNING SHOWS

Walt Disney presents

MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK, GOOFY, PLUTO AND A VARIETY OF TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

in CinemaScope

At Reduced Prices

At 12.10 p.m., Guru Duft productions

+

present a terrific Indian picture "AAR-PA ÅR”

with Shyama ● Guru Dutt • Jagdish Sethi At Regular Prices

LEEK ineaire

AIR CONDITIONED, OZONIZED AND WARM

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

SHOWING TO-DAY

PATHE OVERSEAS LTD. presents

LAFILLE

DE

MATAHARI

ANIACOLOR

DAUGHTER OF

MATA-HARI"

ITALE

FRANK

LATIMORE

WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

MORNING SHOW TO-DAY AT 12.00 NOON 20th Century-Fax presents MIGHTY MOUSE COLOUR CARTOONS

DETTO-MORROW

Wamer Bros., presenta

ALL TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

At Reduced Prices: $1:50, $1.00 & 70 Ch.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1955.

FILMS — CURRENT AND COMING

By JANE ROBERTS

As

the

Palance.

personality

Jack

fax

"Woman In the Window" is an ingeniously contrived thriller of a few years ngo

The special sound Used that loses nothing by not chubby than in recent pictures, Rome theme it is somewhat deficiencies

Elizabeth Taylor, a little less centration on the "Press an to with CinemaScope hides the of this actor's having been made,

bubbles with life, and with a of an anti-climax when the voice,

luckily,--the Cagney- CinemaScope, Wide Screen, hair style longer than the fami- great attack never takes pince. like

resy, quite obvausly in Vistavision or any other of liar urchin cut looks completely The screenwriters have a real life not rising the new techniques.

captivating

turally taken suune licence with

with above a hoarse whisper, coming Over as a rather, sinister growł. It has the assured acting managing to suggest at the same although the main characters Pitt

But although it can raise the of Edward G. Robinson In time, a waspish, envious nature were contemporaries of his, and volume of a voice, it can do a quiet role that removes hiding under mask

2

of did actually come in contact nothing with accents and of the the temptation of overplay righteous disapproval

welle Ludmilla Teherina's frivolous ways of her family.

is not attempt to broken English is agreeable to ing (a trap into which even

In this early part of the pic- chronicle the victories of Attila listed to, the same cannot be said

Van Johnson plays his part er demonstrate the methods by of Jeff Chandler's twang.

candour

of which. he achieved them (other

Donna Reed is serenely the known facts of Attila's

the most experienced actor tu the open faced

sometimes falls), it has, the

with him.

נה

.

In fact, it might be better in

beauty of the Joan Bennett that used to be a regular tea- than by the use at mount future not a star this actor in

ture of his screen appearances.

the 'foot

of yesteryear and in addi- Not too bright, but with all the nor does

I

tion, one of the most sur prising climaxes I think can remember having seen on the screen.

way

home

from" the

The

the

a picture he has to share with carmarks of a young man, whe

a ckar picture of the mother male lead for when though not destined for the hably of the times

es (except compared with Palance, faithful and hardworking heights, will always be steady: that of tearing into a piece of kempt

and dirty though the chicken with teeth and fingers) latter appears in contrast with bu it's an entertaining

That's what we think. A gush from one of the slumbering of wells changes all this, money is plentiful, the struggle is aver and Liz at last looks like tiring life she of the fast Parisian professes to love so much. Bui in the meantime something has

to-Van. happened to-

Don't begin to think that I've given too much of the story away already: this is still vir tually only the beginning. "The Last Time I Saw Paris" is a very long picture,

Elizabeth Taylor is better in her my moments than in the

In any murder story there are bound to be inconsistencies that the eagle eyes of the audience pick up and argue over on the

cinema, Many of them are put to de- lay the moment for unmasking the killer, and many others

accident. creep in by creator of the plot of "Woman in the Window has thought UP a foolproof way of explaining away any of those recriminatory remarks that begin "But why didn't he...?" But it would be unfair to give-away_his_secret________

Raymond Massey has a sup- latter part of the film wher, she bas supposedly matured-her porting role.

seriousness after her previous gaiety coming over as smugress rather than the result of a logical mellowing

process. On the other hand, there's much more in Van Johnson as the reformed "The Last Time I Saw Paris" playboy, pleading with a heart- is an unashamed weepic. From breaking intensity mixed with mement that Van Johnson diffidence for the return of his wanders sadly through Paris, little daughter whare the vin- gazing at the familiar land-. dictive sister has caused maries with obviously poignant Law Courts to take from him. memories coursing, through his then he shows in the sequences mind, the audience realises that immediately after the war. here is a man who has loved and lost and is still bitter about

the

it.

More Americans

In Paris

The picture loses a lot of time while the camera follows him and it would have, been less tedious if the nostalgic atmosphere had been created in a less obvious way. Finally our wanderer comes to rest in

the

The little girl, though not showing any signs of being Future Duse, is free from most of the affected gestures of

costume plece dominated by (Continued on Page 3 Col. 4)

The New Films At A Glance

EMPIRE:

SHOWING

"Woman In The Window". A thriller with an unexpected climax. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Raymond Massey.

HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Last Time I Saw Paris",

Sentimental, yet difficult to resist, Van Johnson, Eliza beth Taylor. Donna Reed and Walter Pidgeon.

Alleged KING'S-and-PRINCESS:

"Sign of the Pagan".. incidents In

nts in the life of Altila the Hun. Jack Palance. Jeff Chandler, Ludmilla Teherina and Elfa Gam. LEE:

of Mata Hari". Taughier

Adventure story set in war-time Indonesia. Ludmilla Teherina, Erno Criss and Frank Latimare.

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Johnny the Giant

Killer. A full length cartoon in Technicolour.

and ALHAMBRA: "The QUEEN'S

Silver Challee", Christians and pagans struggling for possession.of the cap used - at the Last Supper. Virginia Mayo. Jack Palance, Pler Anzell and Paul Newman,

"Untamed", ROXY and BROADWAY:

A South African western an a grand scale. Susan Hayward, Tyrone" Power and Richard Egan.

·

COMING

EMPIRE. KING'S and PRINCESS: The Country Girl". Two people fighting to restore the self-respect of a drunken actor. Bing Crosby. Grace Kelly and William Holden. screen children and has enough

About a "The Secret Island". HOOVER and LIBERTY: appeal to bring a lump to the

Gene Kelly and research station on a remote island. throat in the sentimental scenes. The whole picture, I'm sad to

John Justin. be preaching LEE: "The Divided Heart". Moving story about a displaced say, seems to

child. Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell and Michel Ray. NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "The Stranger's Hand". Political intrigue in Venice.. Trever Howard, Eduardo Clanelli and Vaill.

a bar where he is welcomed as against light-hearted exuberance, has been guilty a prodigal, with The nor Everyone who

owner intimating that in days gone by of frivolity is forced to suffer in this was one of his prized some shape or form and the customers. From there on the melodrama of making every flashback takes over and we little peccadillo accountable for ire transported to "Paris, is exploited to the utmost. On 1945."

the whole, though, tho. tor- over and mented cast bear up well.

The war

thousands of exultant Parisians are welcoming the allies in the traditional way. Van Johnson, a young lieutenant on the staff of the US Army newspaper Stars and Stripes" receives

1)

Surprise In CinemaScope

an unusually lingering kiss I must confess that I went to from a black haired beauty, sec "The Sign of the Pagan" looking like a Gaille version of with many misgivings. To me, Elizabeth Taylor, it is Elizabeth and I know, to many others, the Taylor, as it turns cut. She super-colossal stamp on a ple- and her mealy-mouthed sister ure very often brands it as a (Donna Reed), as 'different as bure 00: grand scale

with chalk from cheese, arc the endless battle scenes, indifferent daughters of an irresponsible acting, juvenile dialogue and American landowner from the hero's only expression one Texas. As Walter Pidgcon drily of gritty determination to get tells Johnson, *Acres of all his best profile to the camera. land-no ailf

There is sometimes the added To Walter Pidgeon and his embarrassment of seeing several and more experiencet party loving daughter, the end of older the war

excuse for yet players who have seen better scripts. another of the celebrations they days and healthier

humiliatingly

like court flunkeys. It is It is quite obvious that easy to call to mind several re- Donna Reed is jealous of her cent examples of this kind. fay, carefree sister and that at "Sign of the Pagan" is saved the same time Van Johnson is from such company by a surpris- going to be unaware of the ing performance from Jack barely admitted struggle for his Palance in the title role. the affections going on between the real, un-Hollywoodish dignity of Budmilla Tcherin as the sister two sisters. It's a foregone con-

an

love so much and at this party, mind a

our principals sort themselves

out

clusion that the lively, though physically weak Elizabeth Taylor is going to get her man and that her debonair father is going to borrow money from him all in a very gentlemanly way. of ecurse.

Donna is forced to accept a rather serious minded young Frenchman who will be under her thumb from the moment he says “I do”.

of the Emperor Theodosius of Byzantium, and both colouring and sound less harsh than usual.

One of Attila's most difficult problems, that of uniting the various barbarian chicriains during the fourth century and these, keeping the allegiance of treacherous, gavages, is merely taken for granted in this pic- ture: Much more is made of his intended capture of Rome As far as here (only about quarter of the picture) Walter He talks of it constantly, his daughter (Rita Gam) risks her Pidgeon has registered as a life in an effort to divert his charming American in Paris, attention from the project and insouciant, favouring the fun Jeff Chandler, as the centurian, loving daughter who so closely later to become the Emperor resembles him and incorporating Marcian, owes his part in the all the Pidgeon mannerisms into picture to this obsession, of the general picture,

Attila's. With all this com

NEW YORK GREAT WORLD

- Cafseway Bay, Tel. 18721 Kowloon, Tel: 53500.

5 SHOWS TO-DAY

AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

JOHNNY

the Giant/ Kille

(JOHNNY THE LION HEA

CARTOON

QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA:"""They Rude West". A western.

Robert Francis and May Wynne.

ROXY and BROADWAY: "The Racers". The lives and

loves of the men who live for the excitement of est" racing, Kirk Douglas. Bella Darvi. Cesar Romero and Katy Jurado.

EMPIRE

.

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM.

PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS THE CLIMAX OF THIS PICTURE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT

The Screen's Supreme

Adventure in

Suspense!

EDWARD G. ROBINSON

and JOAN BENNETT.

The Woman in the Window!

"ONCE OFF

GUARD

YOU ARE

CAUGHT!”

HOLIDAY MATINEES AT 12.00 NOON

SUNDAY, MONDAY,

10th: "LET'S DANCE"

11th:"SON OF ALI BABA"

REDUCED PRICES: $1.00 70 cts & 40 cts

NEXT CHANGE

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

WOWING TO LENGTH OF FILM SPECIAL TIMES:

AT 230, 5.00, 7.20 & 9.40 P.M.~

SHOWING TO-DAY

or this was the

Temptation and

Was

the day of Sin

CINEMAScopE

DI 4-TRACK HIGH-FIDFUITY STEREOPHONIC SOUND!

WITH A CART OF THRGAGING

·THOUSANDS· STARUNG-

VIRGINIA MAYO PIER ANGELI

JACK PALANCE PAUL NEWMAN-

WARNER BROS ESENT. THOMAS B. COSTAIN'S

! SILVER

CHALICE

VICTOR SAVILLE PRODUCTION IN WARNERCOLOR

TO-MORROW Queen

MORNING

5. SHOWS

"The Silver Chalice" EXTRA PERFORMANCE

At 11.30 a.m.

RITZ

SHOWS Alhambra

AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY Academy Award Winner MARLON BRANDO in "THE WILD ONE" A Columbia Picture Reduced Prices: $1.50, $1.00 & 70 Cts.

FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY

THE DREAM TEAM!

DORIS DAY

FRANK SINATRA

Lampung at Heart

WARNER BROS. present it in WARNERCOLOR

GIG YOUNG ETHEL BARRYMORE DOROTHY MALONE

To-morrow: THE LITTLE GIRL NAMED CABBAGE”

Capitol

FINAL TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 & 9.30 P.M. ON, PANORAMIC SCREEN

SO THIS IS

PARIS

SCHNIC

TONY CURTIS. GLORIA DE HAVEN / GENE NELSON " CORINNE CALVET PAUL GILBERT

CAN MITA CORONE - NES BUTLER IN 1958 DEFINE MEA, CRIS 11.3, OF RE-BOOK BEŽ

A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE

To-morrow: "TANGANYIKA

ساد

IRIENTA

AIR CONDITIONED

James Mason

"FACE TO FACE"

HORRO MONDAY:

Final Showing To-day AT 2.30, 5:30, 7.30

9.30 P.M. ON OUR GIANT WIDE SCREEN

JAMES CAGNEY

WHITE HEAT

VIRGINIA MAYO

STOOGERS" VARIETY PROGRAMME

"DESPERATE-JOURNEY."-