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KING'S » PRINCESS

TO-DAY

He defied a Frontier of Comanche Terror!

VHIVICAL ONTBIMATIONAL PYOMOTED

JACK PALANCE BARBARA RUSH

KISS OF

FIRE

Technicolor

REX REASON - MARTHA HYER „ ALAN REED - LESLIE BRADLEY

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ON THE STAGE, IN PERSON featuring Cha Cha, Mambos

YOLANDA Latin-American Rhythms

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{ERE --CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1956.

FILMS

*"The Marauders" on the

face of it, does not appear to have a great deal in it in the way of action.

Briefly, it OOTSORPTIO G lone squatter who barricades himself into hia brakon down shack bicked up against the wall of a canyon and defents his attackers by the simple strategy of having a gun in every window, making them think that he is command... ing a band of at least 15.

I can think of many other pictures that have roamed the world and Included acenos shot in many different countries, but have not managed hold the interest nearly no well as des this moxiest little film that never moves out of the desolate spot

the middle of the canyon where one rather dour and or- dinary man holds out against a gang of cut-throats.

There are many points that But never explained in full and I found this unusually intriguing for a Western where cus-

EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW tumarly every situation that is

King's at 11.30 a.m.

THE THREE STOOGES

& Techni. Cartoons

by Columbia

Admission:

PRINCESS=

Princess at 11.00 a.m. TOM & JERRY Technicolor Cartooni by M-C-M

$1.00, $1.50

SPECIAL MATINEE

To-morrow at 12.10 p.m.

Firdaus Films of India present

Starring Niroo —

Kamran

Kumkum

Written & Directed by R. D. Rajput

At Regular Admission Prices

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COMMENCING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M. It's A Riot All Right-A Laugh Riot!

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KENNETH MORE in his latest rollicking

comedy

RAISING A RIOT.

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Sensationalt · Daraling!

La Follies De SWAN

ALLOW

MAGNIPIČENY DANUING, BIOW Played by Logi Kanding Singles, Dancora di Artista.

FLEASE BOOK-KARL:

not unmediately obvious s Inboriously explained by a dis- embodied voice off screen, plus hammered home repetition in the dialogue.

Jeff Richards is the squatter. He has found a small piece of Butici

The it: the middle of Arizona desert that happens to As this "OIT- se water. modity is beymul price in this particular part of the world, the local cattle baron gathers a gong together to drive him off.

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BY JANE ROBERTS

The New Films At A Glance

SHOWING

HOOVER and LIBERTY; "The Marstiders”, A westerT).

Dan Duryea, Jumia Lewis, Jeff Richards and Rephais Wynn. KING'S and PRINCESS: "Kiss of Fire". A Spanish princess adrift in Old Mexico. Jack Palanen, Barbara Ràsh and Martha Hyer.

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD:

“Raising » Riet", 4 British comedy in which Kenneth More has to care for his three children during his wife's temporary absence. With Ronald Bagire and Mandy Miller. QUEEN'S and

ALHAMBRA

Jack

"Pete Kelly's Blum". A gangster thriller with the 1920s as the backround. Webb, Pogar Leo, Edwand O'Brim and Janet Leigh. ROXY and BROADWAY: Texas Lady". Claudette Colbert sa the owner of a newspaper tamen some relions of the wild west. With Barry Sullivan and Jobo Lite).

COMING

HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Boy's Town”. A juvenile de- Hnquent is reclaimed by kindness, Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, A re-issue.

"Quentin Durward". A swashbuckler based on Bir Waller Scott's classic. Robert Taylor, Kay Kendali and Robert Mortey.

KING'S and PRINCESS: "Laughter in Paradise”. An cocentrle will and the peculiar tasks set for the benefi- darien. Alastair Sim. Fay Compton and Goorge Cole, with a small part for Audrey Hepburn. This has been shown before.

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Top of the World", American fliers stranded in the Aretic, plus a little love interest. Dale flobertson, Evelyn Keyes and Frank

Lovejoy.

The Kentucklan”.

A backwoodsman with a hatred of towns tries to make his way to Texas with his smanil son, to bring him up "where the air is free". Bart Lancaster.

QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA;

"Combat Squad". A fim about

the Korean war, John Ireland and Lon MeCallister, ROXY and BROADWAY: “My 014 Friday". Castaways on

desert island. George Cole, Kermeih More and Joan Collins. Here for the second time

"The Rains of Ranchipur“. A re-make of the Myrna Loy-Tyrone Power picture, set, this time, against a back- ground of modern India. Laus Tarner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Michael Kennic and Joan Caulfield.

It doesn't attempt la reuch for to visit her mother, who is dan-

O'Eten has his own ways of fording obedience to his scheinen and soon the band playing

to his junk, with Kolly some- times giving

sometimes slanching up to him.

The jazz background is EX- gollent, como prominent players, having recordod for the sound- track

100 Ivy, a girl with

much money, too much of a craze for plessure and having her own

way, and a devotion to the over-broke cornet player Kelly, bright-eyed played with

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brittleness by Janet Leigh. in quite effective but not nearly as effective as this faded einger, pathetically dependent on every whim of the gangster the part taken by Posty Lee. Fully driven into a mental institution by his savagery she is a pitiable sight and her performance 14 consistently good.

the

One fault I have to find with picture is thi it is Loo Jerky. with each scene hot facing smoothly into the next. This makes the action difficult to follow at times, but there is nothing wrong with the overall atmosphore. I huy the weary that hopeless nervous tension must have been a feature

ot adult life In the 1920s,

This picture is not for every- one, but if you like good jazz, A Jast moving gangster melodyuma and forceful noting, It's for you.

Reviews In Brief

it comes

as a bit of surprise to see Claudette Colbert in a western.

There is much more interest in the relationships between the mn in the gang however, than in the actual battles, Dan Duryen, with his

ryllatus somewhat

than i noticeable lp more some of his recent pictures, is

This clever actress who has the

mild book keeper employed

been everything from Cleopatra by the rancher. From bis frst

to a tea planter's wife now lakes cough It is evident that he

to the trail in *Texas Loậy”, sick man, and from the glitter

with Barry Sullivan. I hate to in his eyes it is equally obvious

such heresy, but I'm that he is mentally sick too. It acting awards, but it is invigora- gerously ill. The sting is in the breathe is not until his employer dies ting and the lite team of fiers tall of this newa-he will have afraid she doesn't do it very

take meanness marooned "on top of the world" to

care of their three well. his underlying

aged 11, 10 and 5. comes to the fore though: until do not indulge in the usual mock children,

for desperate

and the three riots he then we only get a glimpse of heroics reserved

must attempt to prevent from what is to come by a passing re- situations.

turning into fighting demons be ference to the fact that he insists

Their position is extremely fore their mother returns. on wearing his dead brother's

precarious, as the Polar weather army uniform.

station they have been sent to

se a guide, establish is located on an Ice this is a picture I shall go to, Island, that a fierce storm is not from duty, but with an acting of the bad cattle baron,

The air- cipatory pleasure. rapidly breaking up. craft in which they have flown

15 that

Two New Faces

my

These

K It is any use

actors, to this advanced base has been Jazz & Gangsters

Then there Is one of favourito character Kernul Wynn

Duryea's put out of action and they have Beutenant. Ho

known as lost wireless contact with their

home station. "Hook" for the same reason an

J. M. Barrie's villainous pirate Captain His cold-blooded obedience to his master, while that master has the whip hand. He neither is perfectly done overplays it nor gives it less Importance than it merits. me he steals the picture,

For

But although Krebun Wynn is so right in his part it would not be fair to leave out the new find the M-G-M introduce in

Her name

10 "The Marauders." Jarna Lewis and it would be nice to see a lot more of her. She is lovely to look at, curries hewolf well and has a fascinat- ing aloofntry that makes itself

felt even when she has nothing

to say.

There are two love intorests

in the background—Evelyn Keyes and Nancy Gutes, as a brash and

irritating somewhat Heutenant.

W.A.C.

"Pete Kelly's Blues" will please some people and revolt others.

It's about the roaring un- Inhibited twenties in America, when prohibition, jazz, gang- There is a semi-documentary sters and thrill-seekɩts mingled flavour about this nim end to make that particular patch of would put among the better history one of the most lurt ones we've been offered lastly, ever.

A Rising Star

Pelo Kelly is played by Jack Webb and he gives the part the Dragnet reutinent. With tight lips, a mono-tone volte and only

vicious

racketber

It's not a bad western, taken

all round, but it depends for its interest more on the wild per- formance of that rellable fim veteran John Litc) (who plays owner of the the part of the saloon) and on the damboyant Ray Collins, than on the box

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PETE KELLY PETE KELLY'S BLUES

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ADDED ATTRACTION! Walt Disney's Technicolor Cartoon Donald Duck in "NEW NEIGHBOR" and Letest Movistone News, Featuring: "A FANTASY OF FASHION."

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12.00 NOON

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BROADWAY: M-G-M presenta Tom & Jerry TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

PROGRAMME

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"Combat Squad" deals with a bunch of Gls during the fighting in Kores. There is the usual tough sergeant, a mulky replacement who hates the sergeant and re- senis the fact that he is not allowed near the fighting until he has had proper battle train- ing, a medical orderly whose strong point is a philosophical outlook and the usual comple- ment of barrack-room jokers, gdri hunters, etc.

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TO-MORROW

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on the Stage

THE SPANISH & MEXICAN STAGE TROUPE (Direct from Spain) Featuring

IRMA VILA (Mexican Singing Star) FERNANDO DEL MONTE (Famous Mexican Dancer) ALEJANDRIA LARIOS (Spanish Ballerina)

with their groupe PEPITA-NEĻIDA—ELVIRA Prosent Thoir Songs and Dances

on the screen: Joan COLLINS in

"OUR GIRL FRIDAY"

in glorious colour

It's a long, long trek a very occasional smile he tries through hostile Red Indian It hasn't been possible to to oppose, single-handed, the

in country for Spanish Prin- see "Raising a Riot", but most

cess Lucia in "Kiss of Fire". Kenneth More's steadily in Kansas City.

to Edmond O'Brien is the gang- She is successor creasing acting ability and ikable personality should and once again, as in "The throne of Spain and is try. Barefoot Contessa" he show

to Monterey,| Admission: Lodge $3.50, Back Stall $2.40 Front Stall $2.00 ing to get a good enough recom. what a really fine actor he is where she hopes to board a

Repulsively fat, viciously mean and at

times transparently

ship for her home country. train she has simple, he is a completely ruth-

courtiera and a less heartless and

Prading and yot bollevable, treacherous

is given to the basutiful. acusin who doesn't

be

mendation for anyone,

Ta

har

disciplined naturalness of his although he had strong competitory by Kelly's vacillation. He look en though she should

doesn't single-mindedly bust trusted for either.

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A protege of Gene Kelly, an 11-year-old boy called David Kamlay is also not lost among the good performances from the other members of the cast. He

free from that horrible Recently I saw a preview of "cuteness" so many youngsters The Deep Blue Sea" in which exhibit on the seroon and the he stars with Vivien Leigh and talented acting mark him down s alon from both this

down the zacketeer.. Ho la just discovery equi in worth to actress and from another veteran,

player his

whoes band The escort is provided by a Williams, that of his screen mother, Jarma Emlyn

per- a

by O'Brien wants to take over as renegade Spaniard, played Lewis.

NITAance topped those of both.

one of his "enterprises. Know Jack Priance Both Barbora Princess-and her This is a western that almost makes me retract my oft re- From the synopsis of "Taising his reputation as a particu- Rush-the

larly

sadiste aller

Idiler, Pete ad- cousin, Martin Hyer in A peated cry "another western a Rios" it would not appear that virs the members of his band brunette hair-do, encourage the he has much to do other than that it would be wise to do as fracinatingly ugly Mr Palance his delightful self, but most they're told, but less familiar with long languishing looks, and of the critics in England seemed with the mthods of the under- fox Rosson has to walt until to like it and oven those two worid, they are against E, and the end of the picture. to find

choosy ladies, rather

Dilys for the sake of keeping the band out which of the two will be Powell and C. A. Lejeune say, together, he given în. respectively, "The acting is good

ugh!"

· Drama On Ice

bo

We have seen a lot of throughout" and "The laughs films about flying of late, come freely". but "Top of the World",

It is about a naval officer who though as modest in its fold as "The Marauders" is returns from three years over- among westerns, has the as duty, to be met with

same quality of surprise.

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