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KING'S PRINCESS

IN-470-8-930 PM.

TO-DAY

IN EASTMAN COLOR

Blood

Will Tell

紅常海

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EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW

KING'S A 11.30 a.m.

PRINCESS At 11.00 a.m.

Columbia presonts

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A Variety Programme of Technicolor Cartoons & "THE THREE STOOGES"

Admission: $1.00, $1.50

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ORINGESSE

TOMORROW

Extra Show at 12.10 p.m.

C.P. Production presents

A Truly Magnificent Indian Picture

"ADL-E-JEHANGIR"

Starring Meena Kumari & Pradeep Kumar Produced & Directed by C.P. Sippy

At Regular Prices

With English Subtitles

NEW YORK GREAT WORLD

CAUSEWAY BAY, JEL 78721

KOWLOON. TEL: 58500

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COMMENCING TO-DAY

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

TMF

WOMAN

FOR JOE

Cefer by TECHNICOLOR YISTAVI

DIANE CILENTO GEORGE BAKER.

... DAVID HOSSOFF

* HOT BAKOUNI

**

HORI DZEMAALS Protect Seven) PARAYM

SUNDAY MATINEE AT 12.30 P.M.

NEW YORK: GREAT WORLD:

Warner Bros. Technicolor Cartoons Faramount Technicolor Cartoons

ROXY BROADWAY

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

20th Century-Fox presents

SEVEN

CITIES GOLD CINEMASCOPE

COLOR BY DE LUXE

STEREOPHONIC BOUND

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955.

"The Woman For Joe"

is not a directorial effort by

a former actor,

But it has the ambition that initial venture from n former actor might have.

R A

If you enn Take the railer unwholesome

thought of midget falling in love with beautiful woman and expecting her to accept him as a husband, then the first hurdle of "The Woman

For Joe" will have been overcome.

The second is the disjointed way in which the story is pre- sented. It jumps from situation to situation in a most COM- fusing manner, However it beingoe

fuscinating l us that woman from "Passuge

Home Cilento. again-Vluy

aski 1- troduce British actor without

RADA

decent-George Baker. in trite, Samo Tf the dialogue in a lite has the ring of huo.n understanding and the ending is, when controversial

beins afted the serven, neatly contrived by the main issare being evadest,

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Lis Questions

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Diane (no crooning til a aeroptione as part of a chens act (the whole film has a third- cate cireus background) by le ugh- able, even

though it is meant

to be an example of her courage -portups I should mention tha 411-

a rage full of los at the tune but at let th conventional

trick than conve

the urost nefiveses are called upon to perford.

In addition there is a semi- Live performaner from

the

mkiget, Jimmy Karoubi, and

U oughtful +371 from Googe

Perinps

the latter i shout 14

for dramatic

Baker. inline effect sometimes, and peasibly he hasn't resisted the

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Sorin

man's exhortations to please"

Men enough--at las often

it is only too obvious that als studio is thinking is little more of his Box Office appeal than of his value as on actor-but be is delitely

of the answers to the eternal question "Where are The young British actors of today?"

Producers And

Directors

For those of you who have been puzzled about the distinction between the terms "director" and "pro- ducer", here is an eminent critic's definition of the former, with a few views of his own added:

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The tough and responsible of film director, in addition to their olhers, is a tribute 1o the function they must LAT

turm.

Carre

BY JANE ROBERTS

The New Films At A Glance

SHOWING

EMPIRE: "The Hob Machian Story". Some of the events in the He of America's pupular athlete. Bob and Melba Mathis with Ward Bond.

BOOVER and LIBERTY: "Bedevilled". Steve Forrest and Aun Baxter romantically teamed in a gang warfare story.

KING'S and PRINCESS: "Hood Will Tell", A Chinese pic- lure starring the eclebrated Chinese antress Li Ll-Hua,

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: The Woman For Joc”. An unusual story about a circus midget who falls in love with an ordinary girl. Well presented, it is nevertheless ale too bizarre to be credible, Diane Cilento, tieorge Baker and Jhumy Karoubl.

QUEEN'S and ALRAMRRA: "The Dam Gustera”. A moving and well-arted Bim showing the difficulties that were overcome fu the development of the bomb tint smashed The Moehne and Eder dams, and elimaxing with the raid

elf. Michiari Redgrave and Richard Todd.

ROXY and BROADWAY: "Seven Gilles of Gold", Two satiflers and a priest head an expedition to claim the territory of California for Spain. Anthony Quinn, Richard Egan and Michael Rennie, with Rita Moreno.

COMING

HOOVER and LIBERTY: "The Cobweb". The problems of

bath the patients and staff of a mental home A fine performance from Itchard Widmark. Others havolved are Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Gloría Grahame. Adele Jerzens and Lilian Gish.

KING'S and PRINCESS: "We're No Angels".

A comedy About three escaped couviets whose hearts are nearer to the right place than they realise. Peter Ustinov. Hum. phrey Bogart and Aldo Hay.

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: The Road to Denver''.

A western. John Payne, Lee J, l'obb and Mons Frermat QUEEN'S and ALHAMIRA:

Gangsters, crime and punishment.

The Dlamand Wizard".

Dennis O'Keefe,

ROXY and BROADWAY: The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing". This is based on a turn-of-the century true ille oprade about a chizus girl. her married lover and emotional playboy she eventually marries, Joan Collins. Ray Mand sud Farley Granger, with Glenda Farrell.

Rita Moreno, Michael Rennie and friend in “Seven Cities of Gold".

"There isa't much question and maintains the tempo and that the director is logically the gives the whole thing its ulti- key man in the complex. e- mate lone.

operative Mart of pulling to- "He is or should Ex-the gelber a film. At least, he should keystone in the elaborate creu- be the individual who conceives tive arch. No wonder so many the pictorial design, establishes producers and actors want to

dueel.

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30

G 9.30 P.M.

We shall see, when "The Kiniu¢klam", from Burt Lan- caster. "The Night of the un- ter," from Charles Laughton and "Ang¤la" from Dennis O'Kerfe here. (Dennis O'Keefe, by the way, can be seen by an actor in the Queen's and Alhambra's coming show, "The Diamond Wizard.")

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But even if, os he suggesia,

аге their products

not by a long way

professional a5 those produced by individuals who have been longer in the business, isn't it rather a tribute to an institution that has come to be thought of as "money for J" that there are a few box

certainlles

who are pre- pared to sacrifice a sure thing for a problematicni futurg be- ebuse of the very qualities in their make up that captured the imagination of the people who

watched them on the screen?

I See That

Cole Porter is to be paid a quarter of a million dollars ta write tunes for a musical re- make of The Philadelphia Story" It will still be an MGM property, so I wouldn't be mure Pupell as plex to see Jane

the conventional socialite who re-marries her divorced husband after tumbling off her pedestal of pride.

Glenn Ford in making “Rack”— picture telling of an American GJ. who la subjected to Comm munist brain washing wikte n prisoner of war.

Sheree North Jas bern allowed to shift her ground now that Marilyn Mouron has returned to 20th Century Før studios, Instead of being forced to be as alike the star she was 10 be replacing an the can now be her- self. In "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, her present picture with Tom Ewell, she is as diferent from the girl she aupeured in "How To Be Very Very Popu- lar as the proverbial cherie- cake from chalk,

Deborah

have Kerr wili finished her "Anna" part in the film version of "The King and by Christinas, It will bc interesting to compare her pet- formance with

of the that previous jim Anna Irene Dunne.

Speaking of people connected with "Anna and the King of Siam", Deborah Kerr is possibin going to play Gertrude Lawrence În "My Life With Mrs A. Misa "However. ambition and Lawrence was playing Anna in achievement arc two quite the American stage veraton of different things, and experience the story up to the time of her

→ difficult laskmaster, #3 death on September 6, 1952. vvidence has shown."

ile goes on to say-at con1~ siden ble Tengu that the umbition of several actors to branch put into the held direction is praiseworthy. sometimes unwarranted,

Anthony Quinn will orite, produce, direct and star in his of next ALTTL To be started in bul January it will be called

"Vallant Renegade."

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

cra, 120 & PANE NOU

SHOWING TO-DAY

INCREDIBLE, BUT TRUE! The amazing story of the Bombs that had to Bounce"}

SWARNER BROSA PATRON

SUONERO

* RICHARD

•

MICHARL

TODD REDGRAVE

• TO-MORROW MORNING SHOWS

QUEEN'S

5 SHOWS

"The Dam Busters"

AT 11.30 A.M.

ALHAMBRA

At 11.30 A.M. Only M-G-M prosents

“A NIGHT AT THE OPERA"

with the Marx's Bros. AT REDUCED PRICES!

HOOVER LIBERTY

CAUSEWAY DAY TEL 72371

KOWLOON

TEL. 80333

- NOW PLAYING- AT 2.30, 5.20. 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.

THE GIRL HE PICKED UP TURNED OUT TO BE A Killer!

Wwch

grad-kesking' dug

JA SIEVE FORÉASI

JO EISINGER-

It could happen to anyone! The beautiful

girl was frightened, alone! He was interested, then intrigued and then, alas, he fell In love. What happens then could happen only in Parts!

M-G-M

CINEMASCOPE

WITH DEKSPOCÍA, Įsikepronë ko

Bedevilled ANNE BAXTER STEVE FORREST

...SIMONE RENANT · MAURICE TEYNAC · ...VICTOR FRANCEN

- MICHELL LEISEN →→→ HENRY BERMAN

EASTMAN CULOR

PICTI

CONCERT PROLOGUE

In CinemaScope

by M-G-M SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Strauss Fantasy

Conductor: Johnny Green

Jubilee Overture

Conductor: Johnny Crean Poat and Peasant

Conductor:

Alfred Wallenstein

Johann Strauss

M-G-M

Von Suppo

5 SHOWS ON SUNDAY › Hoover at 12.00 FIRST MATINEE Liberty at 12.30

CAPITOL RITZ

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30

9.30 P.M.

SHOWING TO-DAY Special Times: At 2.30, 5.10, 7.30 & 9.45 p.m.

DOUGLAS

Richard EGAN

Starring

Anthony QUINN

a

0

Jeffrey HUNTER

Michael RENNIE ❤ Rita MORENO

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5 SHOWS TO-MORROW

Extra Performance At 12.00 Noon

T HONG KONG

STAGE CLUB

Present

"THE MISER"

at the

CHINA FLEET CLUB

on

8th December

9th December

10th December

www.m

·

9.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m.

9.00

p.m....

Advance Booking at Moutries-Chater Road

(No Telephone Bookings),

in ald of the

The first performance will be a “Benefit Night”.

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children,

Maurice Clare VIOLIN RECITAL

with Marta Zalan, Pianist at

WAH YAN COLLEGE HALL, H.K.

сп

Monday, 19th Doc. 1955

at 9.00 p.m.

HOTEL |MIRAMAR

2013 Cesty for

The

Virgin Queen

ONEMASCOPE PICTURE BETTE RICHARD JOAN

DAVIS TODD COLLINS

* The wenger of STEREOPHONIC SOUNDTM*

Morning Show To-morrow

at 12.30 p.m. "TALES OF ROBIN HOOD"

GOLD ROOM

X'mas & New Your Fastivities

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X'mas Eve Cala Dinner Dance X'mas Day Special Dinner Dance: New Year Eve Gala Dinner Dance New Your Day --- Special Dinner Dance

Reservation now open ¿Tel: 61261 Ext. 68

TRANA KOMPEPLIN POAUN, KLM

EMPIRE

SHOWING

TO-DAY

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

DILLINGER

SHOCK-BY-SHOCK STORY OF THE MOST WANTON OUTLAW

OF OUR TIMES!

Edmund LOWE Anne JEFFREYS

LAWRENCE TIERNLY

TO-MORROW Morning show aT 11.00 A.M.

“HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE"

in Technicolor. Starring: BURT LANCASTER REDUCED PRICES AT 40 CH

$1.00 ONLY

JANK RUSSELL JEFF CHANDLER

FOXFIRE S

DAN BURYEA →→-7ROMADOBE.

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW

AT 12.30 P.31.

Danny Kaya in "INSPECTOR GENERAL"

RIENTAL

NO LUNETEGNEO

20,000 Leagues Sear

UNDER THE

MASON

LUKAS

SUNDAY SPECIAL SHOW at 12.20 p..

"THE SAVAGE"

in Technicolor

SHOWING TO-DAY

‚AT. 2:30, -5.30, 7.30 - & 9.30 PM.

10TH DAY — PLEASE COME EARLY!

CinemaScopo in Technicolor ---- Stereophonic Sound!

THE MAGNTIEST Motion Picried OF THEM MAKE ALBINEREIKIA WALT DISNEY GEN

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