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KING'S PRINCESS

2ND WEEK OF BIG LAUGHS!

NOW SHOWING THE 9TH DAY!.”

At 2.30, 5.18, 7.20 6. 0.20 p.m. ||| At 240, 640, 7.80 4 9.30 p.m.

KING'S 5 SHOWS TO-MORROW

EXTRA PERFORMANCE AT. 12.20. P.M., *

DEAN MARTIN

IT'S A

CROSS-

COUNTRY

RACE TU

- ANITA'S

EMBRACEL

TECHNICOLOR VISTA VISION

CONGO:

A Day Crateji ir kombe hike Carm 1985 Andoyly West

Tour the scenic Amorica

with the Doan-Jerry team

and i

JERRY LEWIS

HALWALLS'

HOLLYWOOD

or BUST

PAT CROWLEY MAXIE ROSENBLOOM

GUILT STAR,

ANITA EKBERG

PRSTILURYRANK ZASKUN WRITTEN BY EINKLALARUS

EXTRA MORNING 'SHOW TO-MORROW

KING'S at 11.15 a.m. }| PRINCESS at 11.00 am, M-G-M' TOM JERRY

TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS At Reduced Admission: $1,00′ & $1.50

★ NEXT CHANGE

*

SONJA ZIEMANN

in

The BATH

in the BARN

A German Picture

with English Sub-titles

in EASTMAN COLOUR

CAPITOL RITZ

2nd BIG WEEK

NOW SHOWING THE 10TH DAY!

HECHT AND SANCASTER BURT

LANCASTER

CINA

TONT

CURTIS

LOLLOBRIGIDA

TRAPEZE

CINEMASCOPE

Cofer by De Luza DEARER REED cat by JAMES

2.30, 5.30, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m.

Released thru UNITED ARTISTS

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12.30 p.m.

RITZ

CAPITOL

Burt Lancaster

• Jean Potera "APACH-E".

Joel McCREA •

in Technicolor

Vora MILES

"WICHITA"

in Technicolor

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE" · 1957.

FILMS

New Films At A Glance

SHOWING

HOOVER and LIBERTY: "A man Is Ten Feet Tall": The scamy side of a New York railway worker's life. John Camayetes, Blaney.Pol- Her, Ruby Dec, Kathleen Maguire, KING'S and PRINCESS: "Hollywood or Bust"; A Marlin and Lewis comedy in which they drive across the USA with Pat Crowley order to Intel Antla Ekberg.

ת!

BY JANE ROBERTS

the and though, in order, pre sumably, that movie-geers don't young man too much. come to dislike this sulky faced

Broad Farce

Noro's Week-enda:

curiosity to see how the screenwriter was going to get his man out of his pre- dicament enabled me to keep my attention fixed on the

screen.

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall:

At a time when many of the major film companiea are going into the television fleld and producing pictures for this medium, three big names. In American televi- alon have switched to the No attempt has been older entertainment outlet. mude to follow history at The men are Davla Sussking all in "Nero's Week-ends" us producer, Martin Rit alrezi and broad farce seems to be ing and the tereenplay for the keynote.

The story itself is as incredible "A Man la Ten Feet Tall" Alberto Sordi is Nerp him as the title promises, but the was written by Robert Alan

out being spectacular.

It never was resolved to my sailsfaction and the loose ents left are inclined to make one cave the cinema with a feeling of frustration,

Arthur. The result is good with self and in between trying to izlek photography in most places

Agrippine is cleverly polton his mother

done. Sometimes, played by Gloria Swanson--and however, the ruses used to make protect himself from being the central character appear two poisoned by her, firds time 10 inches tall. as the chrinking cavort with Brigitte Bardot and process continues are only too generally make merty at his obvious.

Sense Of Guilt

court,

Too Realistic

It was fined entirely in New York City and

The power behind the throne is u milder "On the Waterfront", The is Vittorio De Sica and his task later picture has not set out to is to 20g that all is kept run- probe too deeply into the ning as smoothly as possible in

The fantasy seznes in which prychological efféci" of a young the madhouse while flattering that spider, beloved of Uni- inan's misplaced sense of guilt and cajoling Agrippine in to

versal's property men, is used at the death of his brother in a causing as little trouble as pos- and the household cat appears METROPOLE und STAR: car accident, although this ia sibis.

magnified to such enormous "The Incredible Shrink- meant to be the reason for tils Poppara has passed into his proportions that it really Ing Man": Camera tricks almost pathetle

ston dependence on tory as a scheming and clever appear menace to the are used to tell

the friendship of Lais

mor a negro and hussy whose influence o the are well dona weird tale of a

and only too his wife,

Rather does it piny count of Nero was all pervad realistic. whose sizo diminishes to

up the racial angle by stressing Ing In this picture, however, mtra inches, Grant

the persecution of the coloured she in

Brigitte portrayed by

On the whole found the Williams, Randy Stuart,

man by the brutal gang leader Bardot as a rather sweet young mobily of the subject tho QUEEN's and ALHAMBRA;

of the railway yard in which he thing whose only interest is in gradual shrinkage or a man's and the whlto boy work

Nero himself, but this is hardly body while his nad remains as

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Tho Girl Ite Lefi Behind": The kind of polfier the Army doesn't want until the Inst reel Tab Hunter,

Natalie Wood. ROXY A BROADWAY: "Nero's Week - endя": Just what you'd expect from the title and the presence in the cast of Brigitte Bardot. WILL Vittorio De Sica And Gloria Swatiran

, COMING HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Tarzan and the, Lost Safari" More rambles in the Jungle. KING'S and PRINCESS: "The Bath in the Barn": Broad faree about the first bath to come to the Dulch Lown of Ter- brugge. Sonja, Zieman, Paul Klinger, Herla Staal..

METROPOLE and STAR:

"You Can's Escape": A British thriller. Noelle Middleton Gay Bolle, Robert Urquhart, Peler Reynolds.

QUEEN'S and ALIIANBRA: "Un I The World": Norman "Wisdom" İy/TX+ fremely funny

this comedy about a window cleaner. With Maureen Swanton and Jerzy Desmonde.

ROXY and BROADWAY: "Too Bal Bho's Bad": Sophia Lorch spreads ker allure once again. With Vittorio De Sica,

SUMMER SEASON

There

-hooks used in loading cargo and

come of

Villorio

tainment. A

12 Gome unpleasant an important poing in a fim of ictor-los harrowing for enter fighting with the grappling this sort.

really fantastic De Sica is served horror film can be amusing if the back stets and bell, ball with the dialogue he the thrills are laid on thickly bar rooms of Harlem are do is given and by director Stenu, enough to be treated as a picco presing and Bordid to see. How though I don't think the over ever, there's a tender love story all merit of the picture wi Interwoven into the plot that is push it into the prominence the fairly adequate compensation for actor deserves. the more sensational and morbid

side of the picture.

The young Army deserter on

Their Last

the run from himself and his Hollywood Or Bust:

past is a new personality, John

Chasavoles. The coloured' boy

Martin and Lewis come-

is Sidney Poitier who played so dies have usually been suc well In "The Blackboard cessful in Hongkong and Jungle," The two girls are this one seems to be follow- Kathleen Maguire

who photo-

graphs well and a talented co- ing its predecessors. oured girl, Ruby Deo.

No Worse

The Girl He Left Behind:

Tab Hunter is hardly an example of the keenness and patriotism of the modern American soldier and while

It may be that "Hollywood or Bus" is enjoying more popu Jarly than previous pictures in which the two comedians have appeared, as it is the last on they made before the loud pub- Telly that announced their final separation as partners.

Frustration

he is possibly no worse than The Incredible Shrinking moat draftees of any 11a- Man:

tionality, a little more There's a good start, to humour of the "Private's this film and the idea is Progress" type to show that original, but the incredible the whole thing is not to be part wore me down towards taken

too seriously, would the end and only a womanly not have come amiss.

Most of his bad soldiering s the result of wanting to be with Natalie Wood, and young love is of made the excuse for many his misdemeancurs, He is allow- : ed a chance to réform before

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of tions:Tise, but there were cid streaks of realism that made the acceptance of "The mcredible Shrinking Man" as pure fantasy difficult.

EMPIRE

PRING S RULAUKOMÀÍZ903

GRAND OPENING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 pm,

AYA

PECK-HAYWARD GARDNER -

JEREMY NGAUNGEWATE

THE SNOWS of

KILIMANJARO

Please Book Early

AIP - CONDITIONETI

STAR THEATRE · METROPOLE

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.80, 5.80, 7.30 & 9,30 P.M.

A FASCINATING ADVENTURE

INTO THE

UNKNOWN

THE INCREDIBI

SHRINKING MAN

in

GRANT WILLIAMS • RANDY BRANT

CINEMASCOPE

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TO-MORROW, MORNING SHOW

STAR: At 11.00a.m. M.G.M. TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

STAR: At 12.30 p.m. "THE INCREDIBLE

SHRINKING MAN" At Regular Pricos

METROPOLE: Ai 11.00 a.m. FOX TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

METROPOLE: At 12.30 p.m. In VistaVision & Color "THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE", Starring: Peter Finch Ar Reduced Prices

ORIENTAL MAJESTIC

WARRA

CONDIDONEUS

Please Note Change of Times TO-DAY

46 2.30. 5.15, 7.20 & 9.40 pm) WINNER OF CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THIS YEARI. GOLDEN LAUREL, AWARDI

M-G-M PRESENTS

"NIS GREATEST MIT

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.30 & 8.30 PM.

ENSTER ANGELA AND MARDI CENIRAL. ALLSON...

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

OPENS TO-DAY

THE BIG HAPPY LOOK AT THE NEW-LOOK PEACETIME ARMY!

TAB

HUNTER

*HATALIE

WOOD

"The Girl He Left Behind"

tor FoO BAN BEVÁND?

Picsát to do WARNER DROS, VALJEASE MOTOR LAMINI »JAMI ŽACITUS (HENRY JANE

SUNDAY MORNING SHOWS •

AT 11.30 A.M.

QUEEN'S

RKO presents

"SON OF SINBAD"

(in 'SuperScope)

WALHAMBRA

Stanley Kramer presents "NOT AS A STRANGER"

Release Thru United,

Artist)

AT REDUCED PRICES!

ROY Y&BROADWAY.

FINAL SHOWING, TO-DAY Please note change of times:

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

CinemaSCOPE

INICOLOR

Brigitte Bardet Vittorio De Sioa

Alberto Sordi inija SmaNTON

NERO'S WEEK-ENDS

SPECIALLY ADDED! →

“FRANCE WELCOMES A QUEEN" CinemaSCOPE Cefar by EASTMAN COLOUR

Distributed by Pathe Overseas Ltd.

• TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW

ROXY: At 12.00 Noon | BROADWAY: At 12.30 p.m. 20th Century-Fox prosents in CinomaScope & Color Marilyn MONROE' ● Tom EWELL In "THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH” At Reduced Prices

BROADWAY: To-morrow Special Moming Show At 11.00 a.m. UNIVERSAL TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS At Reduced Prices

• GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW » Sophia Loren, of “BOY ON A DOLEHIN” famo, Steps Back on the Screen, Gives Her Latest and Best Performance!

1

SOPHIA LOREN

VITTORIO DE SICA

TOO BAD, SHE'S BAD”

An Italian Super Production in Engllah' Version

... BOOKINGS NOW OPEN!

HOOVER LIBERTY

#R.30, 5.80; 7.30

LAST 2 DAYS 9.30 PM.

-A TAOT HARD-HITTING DRAMA WITH: NEW YORK'S BAILROAD YARDS AS BACKGROUND!

A MAN

IS TEN FEET TALL

GARY COOPER

Heaton Knows.

LEADER: FRED CARPID

'FRIENDLY PERSUASION

Mr Allison

RADIO PEOPLE MOUTRIES. Come Early.

Morrow Marning Show

MANY.

CONDUCTOR: VICTOR ARDY

TICKETS: HONGKON Book Early

SUNDAY 16 JUNE 9p.m.

MOUTRIES, TSANG FOOK.

KOWLOON

Doors Open 8p.m.