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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1957.

FILMS

Forty Guns:

CURRENT & COMING by

ANTHONY FULLER

the despondent Anne, France June- Thorburn, and Cecil

it's I am very sorry but "An bas compensations, Jane Parker are uaring to famo

visit the Casino Affair to Remember" seems and Tony

with that kind of picture that where Valerie 'gambles heavily, expresses British humour, It to be getting an affair to and Anne makes considerable is foolish to say that the Bri- forget. For weeks we have progress with the mysterious fish cannot make

imagine a prescher would be have when his village is threa tened. Ho sincerely believes that prayer and good common sense will atop the bad men. comedy, His mortification when ho finds What is really meant is the that evil con be slopped only British rely on the dialogue by a taste of its own medicine more than the Hollywood pro- is really good.

NeverthelesS, +TUD

A 24

been promised it, this week though fascinating Harry. was certain, and now at the But the worst form is yet to last minute I have been come. A French, official ex-

plaina that the Casino had ductions. informed that the second changed its style of gambling print of the film has not yet counters two years before. In

more of this kind of picture, arrived. So the Roxy and chilly tones he adds that 00.00 Turtle is leading the way for worlit ot cbsolete and is gradually paving the the Broadway have had to renes

appreciation advance "Torty Guns" which ounters were passed the night way for a wider

before. He also suggests was to have followed "An Partridge Plastics could

dhat of that underplay of force that have is no typically British. "True Affair to Remember".

forged them,

as a Turtle" is ably directed by Gun" released "Forty

The gulity person confesses Wendy Toyu, she is responsible. Valerie, in order to keep the extent of her gambling from her husband, had secreted old counters on previous trips.

by

a

This is quickly followed by another startling Harry is discovered to be

Revivalist

Gun Glory:

Now I've seen and hurd everything. Here's revelation.

Holly wood breaking into the revivalist business.

They

( 'Twentieth-Century Fox is

explosive Western drama srt agnirant the hackground of the

law Arizona Territory in the less days of the 1880s: starring Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan, Mr Fuller (no reis tion) who has produced, dirve ted and written the screenplay Casino spy, and is ordered of for the CinemaScope produc- the ship by the furious Dud- tlon, hna Denn

Jagger, John ley. Anne dellantly announces Ericsen and Gene Barry in co that she wants marty the Earring

roles, Tho yorsatte sleuth Harry. motion picture maker In addition to his most

recent bren

effort, "China Gate" has responsible for such matiun pictures as "The Steel Helmet”

Attorney-General,

Humiliation

comes the

dio-

IL

I haven't said much about the feminine role. It's there,

But we Western fans go to nee the big stuff, and get constier- bly annoyed when the women, try to stop the flight. And when their silliness almost couses our hero's death. But she's there. Rhonda Fleming. But how the keeps her hair so tidy, her nails so manicured, her facial 60 perfect, is beyond my ken,

It's a good illm, a very good Alin; they don't come better, and Gregory as Grinsell is the best baddest man I've seen in

nes of celluloid.

The Zenith

n

now [跬

have lifted The Ninety and Nine" right out of the The Prince And The Show

Girl: evangelical hymn book. As

"The Prince and the Show the credit titles flash upon the screen while Stewart Girl" Warner Bros Techni- Granger rides in the back colour comedy starring So in the mkist of this ground, Burl Ives lilta this Marilyn Monroe and Lau and "Hell nud. High Water." domestic storm, the Turtle sets lachrymose little number. rence Olivier, is

Griff Bunnell (Barry Sull for home. At sea the emotional Not us Sankey sang it, full show at the Queen's and van). an ex-unslinger now climate is matched by working for the United States weather. Down comes the fox that last century's sinners reaches the zenith of her career

Alhambra. the of power and passion, so I think Marilyn just about driving and that is the moment the Els two brothers, Wes (Gene Turtle chooses to break

down came weeping to the in this production, I think Barry) and Chico (Robert Dix) completely. With her engines penitents' bench. Oh no It also that it proves that in spite to the lawless town of Tomb- out of action and her antiquated comes over us a kind of hill- of all the ballyhoo that accom- stone, run with an iron hand pumps stopped, the crew have billy number.

plcture, when you Drummond (Bar-

I panies by Jesulen

o alternative but to fre

Now,

wont real acting you have lo bara Stanwyck), and her Terly tres rockets.

thought, sort that one out.

go to the British singe for it. hired gunmen.

Then

wasn't hard. Stewart crownin

Without for one momcat Was humiliation of all. Sir Harold Granger

the last sheep wishing 10 detract from Brazier, Sir Dudley's business finding his own way home. Tie Marilyn's performance, you can ninety and nine were safe below see for yourself what I mean, sociate and seafaring rival,

in the fold, Western fans will Alongside Sybil Thorndike, fatt, Sir Harolds the owner

find a great deal of similarity Miss Monroe is merely a Holly- of the Liberty, a proud plush, showing of

between "Gua Glory" 'Dow wood star in the presence of a the Hoover and great netress. "The Prince and extravagantly equipped yachi.

As the tog closes

Liberty, and "The Lonely Man" the Show Girf" is the title in,

recently shown here.

given to Terence off the Turtle's

Rattigan's But apart from plot, the London crew, including Harry who

hit, "The Biceplug tho shooting. overpowers now a stowaway. But before drama is superior in every way. enger

MGM's latest outdoor Brockie, and whicels him off to Jone and Tony can leave,

action Prince," and the movie has un chorus giri (Marilyn) gool

the It is better acted, it is Almed in mixed up in Turtle drifts into the fog. On CinemaStepe,

a Ruritanlan It is only a matter of their own,

it is in colour, Intrigue. But for the purposts minutes before Jessica Drum- pre reconelled and Jane finds a

the honeymooners and is far more spectacular. of the plot, the Prince has got mond, Brockle's sister and latent seamanship. She steers

For those who fead" Westerns' to be in London. So what bet- forty hired gunmen ride into with new-found skill

as well as see them, the story ter than to bring him there for on-the-spot inas himself a successful

Tony is taken from Philip Yordan's the Coronation of King George

*on of the West." gineer, so off they sail.

the Fifth in 1911? For, alas, Then

Liberty Not all her new equipment can help

Forty Gunmen The trio is not in town long

meels

before Griff, upon requeMÉ the helpless townsfolk, up with a young tough named Brockie (John Ericson) who, in a drunken rage, has shot the

Comey to the

town marshal. Griff avenges Liberty lakes

on

lown to hold an

tria) and free Brockle "disturbing the peace" charge.

It works around Twist, Wes accepts the tion of town marshui, and his wedding day

this trouble. to

posl- fangled

the

rescue. Worse

the

17~

13

in

on her as she drifts helplessly,

A and ultimately drifts is given

Now Sir Harold is humiliated aground.

as he Ands he has run into

present of a bullet in the back, by Brockie.

|murder,

when he makes

#

Is it a good Dim?

It is. It's Ruritania ceased to exist soon the best Western I've seen since after that year when the First "Shane."

Now

Hay-Makera

what do the fans ex-

World War blasted the Balkons

of the map, with all its petty spiteful kingdoms.

His Grand Dural Highness Charles (Olivier), who is caught

Brockle is sent to prison and 13 set to be hanged for Wes' reached harbour.

All right, here it is. business, is eager for a bli of So he has Marilyn around And of course, romance 1

for Granger was tutored by Cari fun. dramatic gani break using the newlyweds is truc,

Fit, Hollywood trick shot ex- at his country's embassy. Jessien as a shield. Now you as a Turile," If we saw more. it came to the camera

"Truc pert for this business. When However, Marilyn is a bit of are all set for the fancy shool- British

work, a spoil-sport, but not so dumb pictures here, Ing. Well it's not so good be should see that John Gregson, camera-man said the shot would his political game. This is no

we Granger drew so fast that the

that she does not sen through cause Griff shoots Jessica, but fortunately wounds her only slightly. He gives the remain- ing ve bullets to Brockle.

rock peol while the Turtle has lay

pret? First of all, fast gun up in all this plot-counter-plot

Of course, these All-up pic- lures don't call for analysis or criticism, they entertain some of the people all the time. What I do say is this: If you ke Western, make it in co. or leave it alone,

The Turtle

True As A Turtle:

The British seafaring tradition that blazed ocean routes across the world and made immortal such names as Drake, Forbisher, Ra- leigh, and and Cook, has not perished.

*True Turlie". the J. Arthur Rank Production, film- ed in Eastman Colour, and now showing nt the Star und sur-

SINATRA Metropute, shows

AS

JOHNNY CNCho

vives in the most unexpected places.

For instance, it lives on in the veins of a plasties manu- facturer, Dudley Partridge, and KEENAH WYN WILLIAM CONRAD-FIMYLUS KIRK young newly-wed Tony Hud-

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son, whose lives are completely wrapped up in Dudley's vacht, Turtle, which was probably launched in time to help tercept the Spanish Armada.

When Tony (John Gregson) is asked to join the Turtle's crew for a trip to Dinard, ho accepts Joyfully. He targets that ho has promised his pretty bride Jané (June Thor- burn) a honeymoon In, Italy. Anne (Elvi Hale), a cousin of Dudley's wife Valeric, (Avicu Landono) also comes pectation of a miniature Mediterranean cruise, This illusion is soon shattered.

German Measles

cx-

And to Jone, Tonyla nautical Instructions are not the en- dearments young bilde ex- peets to hear on her honey-

To cap it all, an

of German

moon

break

aboard necessitates

Juno

tut measles and

Tony occupying separate cabins! But the girls and something to talk about. They see Harry furtively

scorching through

Dudley's

Iugzogc. That la enough. They decide he is an international crook.

More by luck than judgment, the Turtle arrives at Dinard.

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HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Gun Glory". A Shane class Western starring Stewart Granger, KING'S and PRINCESS: "Funny Free", A song and dance and colour- ful Paris. Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. STAR and METROPOLE:

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June Thorburn,

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Anthony Qulun

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escapado

Cary Grant and Deborah KeT.

Que

Thorn-

come out as a blurr. Granger Jess thon to stop a popular grew more slowly, but still too rising to set his own son upon fast for the camera. They took the throne of Carpathia,

The good acting I mentioned n third camera shot, even more

when the slowly. Granger asked, "What occurs Die you gong to call this am? Dowager,. (Dame Sybil "The slowest gun alive?" So the dike) takes over. She is by no camera took it at Grainger's means as senile as she pretends spoed. It is the fastest shot to be, and soon sees what is I've ever seen of the draw. going on. At the same time, Is there a fight? There is. Or she takes a liking to the Show- rather

Stewart giri and even takes her along Granger and Arch Johnson put to the Coronation. up a real corner-ender.

a brawl.

MGM spent two days putting this shot

in

Forthright

with her

the can, and I am told

Of course, Marilyn captures by MGM's representative who everyone's hearts was at the Alm preview that forthright manner which shows neither Granger nor Johnson up so well against all their mistad all the hay-makers that intrigue.

were telegraphed their way.

Tho estranged son

are even

Now don't go dismissing the and father are reconciled and the pocket-size kingdom goes Western as merely a hack-plot,

ali democratie, You This one isn't. It takes itself led to suspect that Miss Monroe very seriously. It presents the will become Olivier's conseort problem that millions of me have had to

consider and once things have settled down.

Now plays of this kind were answer according to their con- sciences. Is there a time when showing at every other London

a man must fight?

Theatre from about 1900 to The community 10

and Dame Sybil knows Which 1014,

the geography of Ruritania. Granger belonged is shown 85

Such n plat demands all un one of those tight little Puritan

self-satisfied actor can give to save it from sects; completüly

And it gets all with their own interpretation of sheer farco all euidcal problems. I thought Dame Sybil and Sir Laurence the performance of the crippled Olivier have. The consequence Sam Wainscott,

by Is a right rattling good show. played

In spite of all that, I like the Aubuchon, particularly Ane. He puts in all the sell-righteous way Miss Monrue fits in with intolerance that these people the regal pair of the show can assume, and shows all the business. She gives a spirited hatred they can show and mask and

performanco called for high

with words of love.

vivacious which has

are

It seems that every critic Is Lotices. Especially from those

who critica praising

Inspired by the performance of

patriotic rather than "histrionie Steve Rowland, Granger's son, who also

values. hates his misunder-

rolo he created on the London

Laurence, as the stuffy stood father. If you want my Prince, brings to the screen a opinion, here it is. He gave mo a pain in the neck. He looket to me like a Teddy-boy stage oppoalle his wito Vivien who has just "acon the light," Leigh,

The varying mogus ០០៩ characterisations of the

The Stampede Prince's rejuvenation from u

stuffy, over political, under- loved monarch, to a giddy, The great spectacle is the love happy, champagne silly caltle stampede. It is simply Prince is an acting four-de- marvellous. This is the greatest, forco, Ha theatrical perfor I am told, that has ever been mances could fill a book, and Almed.

It i certainly the the praises heaped upon him greatest and most authentic I from both sides of the Ailantle have ever seen. You had bet- could casily spoil leas

The and

Its

ter have a look at it because balanced artist. you won't see ono again unleas Olivier bringa all that crit Hollywood buys up a two thou- to this flimuy pleco of nonsente, sand herd of is own,

what is better, the film cattle men are paid, of course, shows good taste oven in for the use of the herd, but the upproach to things we are very going is getting too rough as the icuchy about. Aims move closer to reality. This is due to Sir Laurence. Before I close, I want to tell 1 think you will enjoy the Jou about another

Ала the part I Coronation scents, enjoyed.

preacher ls Coronation dance, And above taken by Chili Wills. Its a all, those scones batween the lovely performance because he stary... Prinos and the salva plays the part as a man likea-to (chorus girl,

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