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KING'S A PRINCESS

SHOWING TO-DAY

5 SHOWS TO-MORROW

“PARDNERS”

EXTRA PERFORMANCE AT 12.20 P.M.

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VISTAVISION

A BARRAGE

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They're the

damndest cowboys

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CADERIES

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The Wine.

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PARDNERS

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ADDED ATTRACTION: Bing Crosby prosents Oreste

EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW

KING'S at 11.15 a.m.

Columbia Tochnicolor

Cartoons and 3 Stoogers

Parade.

PRINCESS at 11.00 a.m, Walt Disney's TECHNICOLOR

CARTOON PROGRAMME

At Roduced Admission: $1.00 $1.50

CALA PREMIERE NEW YEAR'S EVE AT 9.30 P.M.

RODGERS-HAMMERSTEIN'S

OKLAHOMA!

RICHARD RODGERS

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, 11

Filmed in

CINEMASCOPE*

TECHNICOLOR*

Starring:

A WARNA PRODUction

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1956,

FILMS

BY JANE ROBERTS

Two Changes Oklahoma Honeymoon

There changes

only are

two

in the first run: films this weekend and it should be a lesson to cinema that managers

A Ught- weight adventure film and a satire on political rela- to have proved equally unsuccessful in Hongkong

at least at holiday time. Replacing "Santiago" at the Queen's and Alhambra IM L comedy that started te some years ago as "It Happened One Night." It had a lot to do with making the names of its two far-Claudette Colbert und Clark Guote.

Very much the same story R its predecessor--that of an un- married couple forced to spend the night in the same room-is "You Can't Run Away From II", hut just as was the

with Society"

The

11igh Philadelphia

hia Story" the older picture possessed a piquancy That the new one lacks.

It's not that we know the situations. It's not that we know

It's the income.

Just that matter very

neither

>cem tu

much any more.

Undoubtedly June

Allyson-

though possibly 13 little too malure for the coyness she is called

to exhibit-and Jack upon to Lemmon, Javo the

for comedy that this type of fim ents for, bai they have to work too hard for the laughs that should come naturally.

In case you've forgotten-or bre lucky enough to have been

have

the seen too young to former im-the girl is rich and the young man is poor.

This, in self is not a novel situation, and the fact that he' brighter than she in spite

add to

or

should work of funds.

Night

Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahamo, Shirley Janez, Gone Nelson in Happened One

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To-morrow Morning Show At 12.30 p.m.

20th Century-Fox presents

In CINEMASCOPE & COLOR "RIVER OF NO RETURN"

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To-morrow Morning Show At 12.30 p.m.

• Stewart GRANGER ins Joan SIMMONS

"YOUNG BESS"

Color by TECHNICOLOR

An M.G.M. Piétura

At Reduced Prices: 40 Cts, 70 Cts, & $1.00

CAPITOL FITZ

COMMENCING TO-DAY

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

FINAL TO-DAY-

AT 2,80, 5.30, 7,30 & 0.30 P.M.

for

found myself feeling sorry June Allyson however

→ and that's always

straight

blow

in

dy. She seemed id Phi comedy. br such a deluded soul, and the fast that her tough father had

lo kidnap her to stop her from 11 fortune hunter marrying cersnel

a Borrible fection on her powers of por- ception.

re-

In the process of ficeing from

her father's bonevoient tyranny

New Films -At- A Glance

SHOWING

A

HOOVER and LIBERTY:

Society": musical version of "The Philadelphia Story": Dine Crosby, Frank Siratra, Grace

Keus. Louis Armstrong, Louts Cathern.

KING'S and

"Pardnery":

A

PRINCESS: Martin and Lewis comedy. With Agnes Moorehead, Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow, METROPOLE and STAE: "Alexander The Great": Spectacle

with BOIDC psychology thrown in. Richard Burton, Fredric March, Danielle Dar- rleux. Claire Hloom, QUEEN'S

ALHAM- and BRA: "You Can't Ran Away From It":

Comedy

Texas heiress run- ning from marriage and falling into love, June Allyson, Jack Lemmon. ROXY and BROADWAY:

"Between Heaven Holl": A good war film. Robert Warner, Brode- rick Crawford.

COMING

and

HOOVE and LIBERTY: *Ten and Sympathy": Romantic entanglement between a schoolmaster's wife and one of her husband's charges.. Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Ericson, KING'S and PRINCESS: "Oklahoma" Beroem

version of the mootestul musloat Gordon Ala Rae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahama, Gene

METROPOLE and STAR! Ambassador*%

Daughter -Smooth

comedy sel in Clonma scopedParis. Olivis, da Havilland, Jolin Forgy the, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Monjou.

QUEEN'S

and ALHAM-

REA: Rock,

Rock.

Rook: Moro "Book" with, Alan Freed, and ROXY

"Love Me

chanoo to tale,2 TOUR MU the fabulata:57)/Kivik

Presley, With Richard

Couple Set Off

Curly (Gordon Machac) and

Jones) Laurey (Shirley aiari off on their honeymoon in the "Surrey with the Fringe

froth Top" Scene

Rodger

Hammerstein's

Oklahoma)

στι

"Ifish Society" Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly.

she encounters a reporter who, having indulged in the ultimate Editor what orgy of telling the he thinks of him, is for a time, unemployed. In Miss Allyson's he sees a escape from father chance to recoup his losses and

lumself back buy

he

SO

into the lightly threw

background

&

અ

Shady financler on the run from the United States Into Mexico. In order to conceal his identity, he changes places with a drun- the same wuin, ken man o flinging the fellow through window to fool bla pursuers. His choice of alibi has hardly been wie, however, as the man Is discovered to be wanted for murder. Ironically, Steiger is killed by

ine border poller when back the ha attempts to 100 drunkan man's dog-of which ho F103 become fond-as the animai crosses D bridge. At

feast we'll have one apt tile next year.

The two John Masters books

scheduled to be turned into films

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

ANG NAGTAN QA, N

SHOWING TO-DAY

JUNK ALLYSON · JACK LEMMON

In the funniest movie in

maybe twenty years!

YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM IT

CINEMASCOPE CHARLES BICKFORD CO menunt

TECHNICOLOR

- QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

5 SHOWS TOMORROW

"YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM IT"

In 1957 ate "The Deceivers and EXTRA PERFORMANCE AT 11.30 A.M.

"Night Runners of Bengal".

This ex-Gurkha officer was the author of "Bhowani June-

tion" and

it looks

as though anything he may write in the future will be with one eye on its transformation into a screen- play.

The Droeivers"

dealt with

whose

an odd cult of killers ritual murders caused a lot of

nuble to the authorities.

"Miracio In Sako"

..(pro- vistoun title). At present a sug- gested title is "Isinad is the This is due on the floor City.

January 14, produced Emeric Pressburgor and directed by Jutlan Amyes in colour VistaVision. it

from `original screenpluy by Emerty

Pressburger

COSMOPOLITAN SOHO

is

by

K

Juba Gregson and Belinda Lve are the stars.

completely unsuitable. Somchow he finds his own point of refuge in this and there are inadhouse

The story is of noisy nud that Humoroits moments

take cvmopolitani Sobo in which live some of the ghoulishness oui or

an Italian family who have kog the nightmare.

walled for passporte to Canada. turns This is

sand The ♫ sympathetic

youngest daughter back at the last moment to ind comparatively unemotional up-

I that the man she loves, an in- problem that A

have contigible breaker of hearts, suppose many men mus

of has disappeared. fneet during the periods

that fighting

have

occurred during the last fifteen years or so although been its perceptive than her

h many perhaps have Wagner

gner and not realised inly what a desert of misery

hey were descending.

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It's dimcult for a woman to Ly to understand the loneliness of a stetitive man among near but Robert Wagner has

DA well enough

to

make thir n thoughtful action picture.

"Robbery Under Atlas.” This

is now due do start filming un January 7 It will be produced Jack tee makers of the world by Joe Janni and directed by

trex-office record breaker, "A Town Like Alice." "Rubbery Under Arms" will be in colour ung Vista Vicion and is a Pine- wood alaptation of Australia's 1830 classic by Roff Boldrewood.

Peter

Flich will be Starfight,

Maureen Swanson Kate, Reiald Lewis Dick, David McCallum J: Jill Ireland Ju

This film is set in Australia in 1850. It tells of two brothers, Marston, whuse father talks them into Jointeg News from London in lieu forces with Starlight, a raw hard- of local news this week -- riding bushranger. Key Agure of there not having been many sionate Jealous spitfire on

this retion story is Kate, a pas- the changes in the first run lines of Scarlett O'Hara L cinemits - will be of in- "Gone With the Wind”,

New Year Films Jim and Dick

terest.

The end of a year is an appro- priate time for the various flm studios to announce their inten- tions for the next and it le equally appropriate that this column should start with a Bri- Ush

company's plans.

Original screenplays

having been almost completely ousted in favour of adapted best sellers, it will come as no surprise that most of the projected pletures will bear the credit, "from the novel by.

"Campbell's Kingdom" is due

to start in mid-March, produccu by Betty Box and directed by Ralph Thomas In Eastmon colour and Vista Vision,

It is from the novel by Hammond innea

Dirk Bogarde and Stanicy Baker will have the chief roles.

BUILDING DAM

Sequences featuring the building of a dam will be film- ed with the co-operation of an Italian construction outfit which actual dam is working on an

settlement Among the best selling novel project, ists represented are Graham Canadian log cabing" will be Greene, Hummond Innes, Mary built in the Dolomites,

Robert When studio work is com- Webb, John Masters,

the

of a

A

A

of

favours DWLY.

Naturally nature steps in and Lemmon falls for his victim.

aubiic The horseplay is less then in the original who can Imagine Clark Gable falling off the back of an ancient car? and music, quite inappropriate to the story, is introduced in the if I'd oddest places. Perhaps

and Cable, never seen Colbert the anties of Allyson and Lemmon might have seemed Graham

the Rank Or- battle against a syndicate who Bridge" callsty more funny. It's average.

genisation the most pride,

plan to flood the valley for a picture is the to start on big hydro-electric scheme This

"Ifell Drivers," "to_begin January 21 and for tracdinary reason, although shooting on the last day of 1980. the original story takes place. It will be produced by Benny in Mexico, it is being filmed in Fisz, and directed by Cy End-

deld in black and white Vista Spain.

The plot is tailor-made for Vision. It is based on a short Steiger's brooding, somewhat story in Argosy by John morbid -style. He is cast seven si Krunge

Shule Novil

unit will fly to the and pleted i Compton

Mackenzie, Dickens Canadian Rockies for authentic and Thomas Hardy are also background shots,

The im takes its name from having their works adapted for

СОБС screen in the

high valley in the Rockles to Campbell young Dickens, for the second time. It which

(Bogardz) arrives from Eng- is to be hoped that they will

Although he believes. sidep pencefully in their graves lund.

himself incurably ill he goes when the results are out.

task begun by his Apparely the fact that Rod ahead with a

signed for grandfather to find oil. The

Misfits In War "Between Heaven and Hell" is trying very hard to tell us that there were an awful lot of misfits in com mand during World War 11 The trouble is that the out- look is so limited.

The fact that the Commanding Oficer of a small, post close to suffering the achting area is from "combat

or any fatiguo

of the other technical terms that

are used to describe a man no longer compalent to lead, direct

or

avon advise men is the malo

Steiger has boon

Green's "AcroES the indis ilmself fighting a one-man

some ex-

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SHOWING TO-DAY | SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.30 PAL 120 3.30 1.30 & 0.30 pm.

paint of "Heiwen. Heaven and Film with a thrillɛw minute} Hall. His indecisive, miadirected

and stupid orders are the result

mind raker

than of

of a sick mais intelleet and the an undeveloped intel

„bdestino R

is frightening be

show! - his meet could go on

for how long gitustion of

corronte

Robert Wagner fresh

fresh from n comfortabla, existenes in A South that most of us think want out with the Civil Was drafted into the Army and sent to the Far East. Therợ hơ moves straight into a unit that Is; rölter": The Comrdan

off

Richard Widmark

ROXY & BROADWAY

GRAND OPENING TO-DAY

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

ROXY:

Also Bookings at Kowloon Side. STAR THEATRE, Hankow Road,

The fierce, fighting, flaming fury of the South's finest...THE DIXIE DAREDEVILS who became..... THE HELL FIGHTERS

OF THE PACIFIC!

"

Robert WAGNER Terry MOORE

Broderick CRAWFORD

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BUDDY EBSON

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DAVID WEISBART RICHARD FLEISCHER

HARRY BROWN

20th Century-FoxPrasante

Between

Heaven

and

Hell

GOLOR SÝ DRLAZER

CINEMASCOPE

ADDED ATTRACTION!

Presenting before your eyes-never-seen-before horizon! CinemaScope short subject "HUNTING THE NETCHIK"

Color by de luxe

5 Shows To-morrow, Extra Performance of "BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL".

ROXY: At 12.00 Noon BROADWAY: At 12.30 p.m.

BROADWAY: To-morrow Special Morning Show at 11 a.m, M.G.M. TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS PROGRAMME At Reduced Prices

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TO-DAY

TOGETHER_FOR_ THE FIRST TIMEI

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

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A SOL C. SIEGEL PRODUCTION KÄTTING

* BING CROSBY GRACE KELLY FRANK SINATRA

is the hilarious low down on high life

"HIGH SOCIETY“

LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS BAND

Musk, and Lyric by COLE PORTER PERSPECTA STEREOPHONIC SOUND

HOOVER at 11,30 a.m.

SUNDAY MATINEE · :« REDUCED ADMISSION

✓ LIBERTY at 12.00 noon

"THE GOLDEN HAWK??! Sterling Haydon,

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