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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1957.

FILMS

Tony Curtis must be one of the most valuable pieces of property owned by Universal studios - to- gether with those prop. spiders and reptiles that appear in some of this studio's horror chillers from time to time,

Not only Is Curtis one of the seton's number one glamour boys, he I recently shown that he has acting ability it he is gym a role in which It can to displayed.

"Mr Coy" Its somewhere in between the conventional pattern glorifying laid down for films Humbler and the wider area in build up which there's room

a believable character recognis~ able as other than a type.

He starts off in his ensionary trngulent styl, ready to punch the world on the nose and prove that he's every bit as good as the successful ones who've had all the advantages. To augment his gambling gains he works as millionaire's "boy" al Liter

Де

un resort and tains the democratic admiration of two wealthy sisters.

The brush side of him is at-

the tracted by

sophisticated Abby, played by well groomed Martha Hyer, but we are allow ed n hit that although posts- slk more ex appeal thin ber alster, she is probably not going to get her man in the end. appears she's too greedy, want- ing the penny and the bun as represented by wealthy William Neynolds and unpredictable Tony Curtis.

It

Curren

BY JANE ROBERTS

This Week's Films--

In Pictures

Pablito in "The Littlest Outlaw" receives the horse "Con- qutstader" as his very ownI.

the heart to face la suc- eessful punters and makes off in order not to let them see his disappointment at not being able to pay them their winnings.

It's a short step from here to impersonaling a wealthy race horse owner and with the ad- vantages gained from this torly position to plan a switchover bist of herses the night before a race is

Alded and abetted by his gang. Sydney Janes and Trois out all Brian tix, Shiner the old tacc course Rags plus a few new ones and manages to make a passably funny film out

run.

a

of rather shopworn material.

The film takes its title from the ce

condition of an old country ina

that

a large part in plays the film and naturally the direc tor couldn't fight the temptation lu make the stairs the principal Part affected; with obvious ic sulls. I seem to remember Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan uning the sumo

Alm years gag in a ago called "George Washington Slept Hero", but I suppose this type of joke will never cease to have its following.

Mcunt o

portly policewoman works hard for her laughs and deserves Bome ot them--which la, I think, a fale comment on the picture By B whole,

Rodan

The scenic and sound effects introduced into this.] picture by its Japaness director, Inoshiro Honda are

True love comes in the form The Littlest Outlaw and bad luck. It was tragically calculated to induce fear and

once he's

of cister Jen-apparently th

leal of every man Got over the Martha lyer stage. Andres Velasquez is a Curtis, too preoccupied with

making his fortune, fails to see large eyed little Mexican

The

to

the dog-like levotion o. Kathryn boy whom Walt Disney has Grant, however, and bowls along aimed at the motherly Blekford, getung as close to the hearts of his prospective merrily with partner Charles borderline between honesty and female audiences, knavery as is permissible if one Is to remain the hero of a movie, This is by no means a great Bin, but it has its moments and these lift it from the rut of most good-lime-boy-gets-cut down le size-pictures.

New Films -At- A Glance

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**Rodan": A Japanesa horror picture relying for its thrills on trick shots with the camera, KING's and PRINCESS:

*Tho tulest Outlaw": The friendship between ม small Mexican boy and a stolen horse is the theme, Andres Velasquez in the

boy, with Pedro Armandariz and Joseph Callela, METROPOLE and STAR: Cory": Gambler Tony Curtis is attracted by cards and women and lucky with both WILL Martha Hyer, "Kathryn Gral. Charica Bickford. QUEENT and ALITAMBRA:

"The Spirit of St Louis": James Stewart as Charles trices the career of the Byer from five dollar air trips

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Lindbergh

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"Dry Kot": British comedy involving Roxaid Balner, Sydney James,' Peggy Mount, Brian Rlx and a lot of slapstick.

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“Designing Woman":

· Career girl Lauren Bacall marrica newspapermRO Gregory Peck and the fight is on, With Dolores Gray and Sam Levine, KING'ʼn and PRINCESS: "Pabllo Pigeon No. 1o: Red Skelton, as dumb as

ever, hooks the croolul. With Janet Blair, Vivian Blaine, Allyn Joslyn, METROPOLE and STAR: "Istanbul": Adventure in Turkey's capital, Errol Flyun, Corneil Horchers, QUEEN's and ALHAMBRA: "Calypso Heat - Wavo"; From the mums stable sa the "Rock" and

"Olia- Cha" plotures. ROXY and BROADWAY: "Three Men In A Boat: Јегодо Κ. Jeroso hilartona book comes to life again wiki LaureacD Harvey, David Tomilaspu and Jhumy From Hero") Edwards sa the three india

fire

butle against Anencial Josac fronteal that the kidnapping of

his son later was attributable to horror, but unless you are Iris eucecas and the firm fan- under twelve or highly im-

not have been achieved. clni portion tequired after his pressionable the object will

pic-

dream was realised.

There have been many

03

The story is n mixture of selence, biology and fietton, with

of a

tures and more books that have The picture is interesting from taken as their theme the gra- an entirely different point of dusi rice from obscurity to pro- view that of "selling" the

of a personality and beauty of the Japanese country by's devotion iminence

The Eastmancokur brings horse is a bid for the attention the path tradden by him itsual side.

admirably the towering of the youngsters. and Pedro ly follows the same pattern, out Armandariz has been thrown in He has an unremarkable child mountains, wooded alopes and to capture the interest of there hood, is either a dreamer or a picturesque valleys better than who think of him as a sensitive pusher in his teens, dependent any of the previous Japanese character actor always capable on what the author has decided Aims I have seen that have been at Film Festivals for of giving a good performance. will be his goal, manifests an praised

Added to what Mr Disney must early interest in the Beld he has their photography, have regarded aw three sure chosen, meets with act-backs

plods methodically winners is the romantle but

the time strong leaning towards the background of old Mexico and gaining ground all

Anal reef or latter. It tells of the emergence, the some skulduggery by two bad until

with

are crowned after many million years, bearded bandits.

page. his efforts

Extinct In spite of a good sustained with Ufe success he appears to species of Pterodactyl.

for all this time a number of performance by the young boy deserve.

them break oul from thel and the usual competence from

crowded cifles of North Japan.

selentist advances two theories for their sudden reap- One is that the pearance, bowels of the earth are getting hotter (the winged mönsters make their entry into the day- light through cracks in the earth in a coal mining area) and the other is a rather obvious piece of propaganda against the use of the H-Bomb as it suggested that the disturbance caused by H- Bomb experiments might have cracked the clign that Enve lain stains for buried in the coal millions of years.

reccivo many letter

of Bi Louls" and as the

on

enormous eps and menace the

A

Pedro Armandariz, this picture spirit e pattern of the seems to hack the sure touch usually associated with a Walt picture was taken from the book by Lindbergh himself, who are Disney groduction, It's па though once having assembled we to quarrel with the atquence events leading up to the his ingredients, worked out his of

fight,

their spectacular plot and told his actors what 10

authenticity. do, he has suddenly lost interest.

If we scem to have seen the Perhaps I looked for more in

obineles in the paths of the simple story behind the same

time was other screen heroes, the modesty complicated notion Incant to be there and I shall and charm with which am

Stewart possibly

plays Charles Lind berating me for my lack of bergh is ample compensation and appreciation of its honely ap- by the end of the film he has peal, Let's say that the children won his audience over to such will love it, and leave it at that. on extent that his triumph seems

to be a joint affair.

The destruction of a town by His

partner

during the early suction caused by the beating of difficulties

when,

to make the bird's wings was impressive money, he accepravelling circus

for the first few seconds until job as a

up the tumbling buildings became cluni man. In a

50 obviously faked that Hamilion Murray

interest died. Surely some other although this is very much James evidence of the thing's destruc Stewart's

Hamilton picture,

could have been doesn't miss the opportunity of tive powers

ured if the production company making his part effective.

did not want to go to the ex- It looks as though award win-

pense of having a more realistic icoking background.

The Spirit of

St Louis

James Stewart udds Colonel Charles Lindbergh

is

prid

to his growing list of in-ring director Billy Wilder in personations of famous achieved another success with people and a very good job "The Spirit of St Louis, he makes of it.

Although the present genera-

tion non-Americans anyway

are probably a little hazy as

Dry Rot

Mount Aso in eruption at the end of the picture was better, and the gyrations of the dying graceful. monsters grotesquely

Here too the sound effects were well managed, being loud

and not noisy enough to denferi.

to what exactly constituted Ronald Shiner, that in enough to quicken the senses Charles Lindbergh's claim to gratiating bounder, is p It was even possible to admire fame, the was a hero to the air- bookmaker temporarily em the tremendous fight for survi- minded of the late 1920s. His barrassed by lack of funds in val of the birds and to feet non-stop light from New York Dry Rot". In fact he's so silchily moved at their ultimate warding conclusion to an uphilt embarrassed that he hasn't destruction.

to Paris in 1927 was the re-

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