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KING'S ♣ PRINCESS

2.30, 5.30, 8051 150 1044.

TO-DAY

CAN YOU TAKE

THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN

"THE REVENGE" is twice as

homifying as 'THE CURSE'

SUPERNATURAL

TECHNICOLOS

AMA

PRODUCT FOR

A LOIMIA PICTURE

(This film is unsuitable for young children)

KING'S

air-cond

5 SHOWS TO-MORROW

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1958.

FILMS Current and Coming

T

by Lucy Downing

of

directed by Arthur Lubin,

Because Max has an unusual- TT is pleasant to be able to ing shots of the Olymaple Games restraint in this film capably

ly large esophagus, doubtless recommend a film for ut Melbourne,

As a parent with a yung extended by the constant gulps school children during the Here is another youthful ad- son who recently flew out from of vitamin capsule, it is sug- holidays and think that venturo two young boys England, I wondered if I had gested that he should present a many

hitchhiking across "Japan also been wise to take him along note to the bank teller demand- will Nike RKO'

shown in "colour. In the back when the plelure carmenced Ing money and then swallow "Escapade in Japan" now around of this exciting slogy. with the loss of an aircraft over the scraped-up paper,

stretches showing at the Lee and are lovely

of the the Paelde and will interest To their incredulous surprise countryside, the fishing village focussed upon an unescorted the robbery is successful and the Astor.

of Saigasaki and rural charm six-year-old aboard.

Gus-Max Horse Farm, with one But the viewer was spared horse, comes into being. of Nara, with the world-famous phrines and temples in Kyote the seeming endless suspense of

imed in brilliant detail,

the waiting parents and was Of course there

the exelling ате the diverted by

5 of air-sca rescue Geisha girls and scenes In a quenees burlesque Chentro for extra routine and the swift action of valuo but there in a dignity and kindly Japanese chorfolk whore sickeningly docile and full-

During the recent perform. unces of "Geordie" at the same so theaire it was good to sÓD

their many young folk anci parents obviously enjoying the colourful story based in the Scottish Highlands and includ

"THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN" NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE

Extra Morning Show at 12.15 p.m.

Special Morning Show To-morrow at 11.00 a.m. 20th Century-Fox TERRYTOON Technicolor Cartoons Admission: $1,00, $1.50

PRINCESS

WEEK-END MORNING SHOWS

To-day at 12.30 p.m. Warner Bros. presants JACK PALANCE & SHELLEY WINTERS in "T DIED A THOUSAND TIMES" in CinemaScope & Technicolor

To-morrow at 11.00 a.m. M-G-M presents

"TOM JERRY" TECHNICOLOR-CARTOONS. Variety Programmo

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To-morrow at 12.30 p.m.

Paramount presents BOB HOPE & MILLY VITALE in "THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS"

in VistaVision & Technicolor

Free BUBBLE UP drinks at Princess to-morrow for 11.00 a.m., 12.30 & 2.30 p.m. shows

Morning Show Admission: 70 Cts.. $1.00, $1.50

ROXY & BROADWAY

★ SHOWING TO-DAY ✯ AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 .P.M. TOM EWELL AT HIS FUNNIEST SINCE "THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH"!

A

20th Century Fox presents

CINEMASCOPE Pet

NICE

LITTLE

BANK

THAT

SHOULD

BE

ROBBED

Co-starring: Mickey Rooney • Mickey Shaughnessy

Dina Merrill

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TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW » AT REDUCED PRICES

ROXY: At 12.00 Noon

"BATTLE HYMN"

In CinemaScope & Color Starring: Rock Hudson

[BROADWAY: At 11.00 a.m. WALT DISNEY'S TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

PROGRAMME

BROADWAY: To-morrow Special Morning Show

At 12.30 p.m. "YOUNG BESS"

An M-G-M Picture in Technicolor

Starring: Stewart GRANGER • Joan SIMMONS

HOOVER PARAMOUNT

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TEL:54:30

NOW SHOWING 2.30, 5.30, 7.30

9.30 P.M.

ROBERT TAYLOR - RICHARD WIDMARK

ACROSS MOUNTAIN AND TEBERT.........

N-G-M

THE

THEY MATCHED

CONFIRE

AND FURY!

AW

AND JAKE WADE

PATRICIA OWENS - ROBERT BUDOLETEN • by Clayısęściem And DEXTROCOLOR.

5 SHOWS AT HOOVER. ON SUNDAY

SPECIAL SUNDAY MATINEE AT REDUCED ADMISSION PARAMOUNT THEATRE »t, 10.15 a.m. BETTY HUTTON • HOWARD KEEL in "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN"

mon

SHOWING

HOOVER & PARAMOUNT: "The Law and Jake Wade." Red Indians scalp-hunting, desperato

treasure- hunting and a lovely glit held captive, Theoc are KOMU of the cxolting Ingredients of the film starring Robert Taylor. Itlohard Widmark atid Patricia Owena (of Sayonara) Cinemascop

and Metrocolour.

Produced by William Hawks and based on a gold metai ΠΟΥΡΣ

Maryin by II. Albert, ช six-gun history reunites former hold- blood- -up-paringTMs with

curdling consequénees. Set In the sweeping grandeur of the High Bletras, A Western with sustained suspense and dramatic climax. METROPOLE & STAR: "The Female Animal." Not a story drink-sodden Blm

of

actress as the opening might fead one to suppose, Still a peep at Hollywood with the d off. Hedy Lamarr starring bead and shoulders above the oiber women who include Jane Powell and Jan Sterling.

George Nader DA TEO healthy animal the ferngles of varying agro and apposi desire.

tro

Bo

Malibu Beach with its riels and gigolos ly the chief location with many behind- the-scene

the incidents. Hedy is the brillant ster and Jane her embillerod adopted daughter,

ROXY & BROADWAY: "A Nive Little Bank That Should Be Robbed." Тол Ewell, Mickey Rooney and Mickey Shaughnessy дл horse-mad men in a good- humeured farce concerning - vitamin pills, training race horses and bank robberies of au hilarious nature.

Tom Ewell

Fino

(of

The

Seven-Year Itch" fame) in better than ever as soft- natured Max Rutgers who can be persuaded to enter any criminal undertaking (with a certain amount of innocence)

bombastic

Gus Haines (Mickey NooBey). Mickey Shaugh- nesty as the accomplished tout is the third of the un- holy to who finally end up in guol. The viewer has many pills to swallow. They are so well-coated in pink sugar that happy and relaxed frame of mind is Inevitably reached by the time Bic film ends. KING'S & PRINCESS: “A Revenge of Frankenstein," Columbia's Technicolour film which

Мого Dickens' story than modern-day thriller in its opening stages. Only near to the end does the revolt- ing nightmare aspect of this drama horrify the spectator. The acting is of excep. tionally high quality wilh performances

good

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spotted the yellow inflated raft on the migl-ihrouded sta.

With gentle hands the sleep- to ing occupant was hauled on the motor fishing vessel, bundled in warm quilts and given me stimulant to which he quickly responded.

Mickey Rooney's portrayal as the gloating Gus is even harder to take when he is on top of the world and Max becomes

of humility.

even

Then the professional lout Rocky, well-played by Mickey Shaughnessy arrives on the scene. He gives the aim a shot of good horse-sense, does a little the detective work and adds threat of quiet blackmail until ho is taken into partnership.

When the home, trained on Max's vitamins, wins and is dan qualified, the three men and the horse return to town and pick gut another bank.

From there on the study of into.mitssr cunturs, cruises through the beautiful inland sea of Japan and the friendship of the two small boys, and an American traveller and the other a Japanese schoolboy with a good command of English, were fascinating to watch.

Young Jon Provost and clever little companion Roger ed to flag by the machinations Nakagawa did not allow any of of the now experienced Max.1 the adult stars to outshing them..

his

It speaks well for the direc- of the Hon and octing ability sira cast that interest is in- creased rather than being allow-

It such a nice little bank, An Tony Saunders and to owned by a nice old lady. -This- Tanaka respectively they stur. is all too much for the tempera- and dily plodded through their roles mental and panicky Gur

Max and with relish, giving at the same Rocky who desert time a jolly good object Isson leave him to carry on with the possible In the folly of evading the robbery in the nicest police, or trying to, for whe way. strong arm of the law was very There is excitement, humour. bags of suspense and crime com- useful at the last,

Teresa Wright and Cameron-mlüed-in-the-midest manner. Mitchell as Tony's distracted The children might enjoy it too parents also pointed a moral much. I wouldn't take them. Their marital problems and hurt pride were as hothing compared

of losing with the fear

the Eroguish young 300,

THE

THE Female Animal" the playing at

The Japanese parents played by and Susamu Kaniko Miyake Fujila with exquisite impassiv- Hy evoke sympathy and ad- Metropole and Star is de- miration. There is an finitely for adult audiences.

Shirley Japanese Give ite from

title like that it Temple, who plays the part of With a

She is Dekko-San.

Hideko could hardly be otherwise. brazenly Koshikawa and flirts with the little runaways who ke her but like the contents of ther lunch con basket much better.

Peter Cushing, Michael Gwynn, Eunice Gayson and Francis Matthews. The title and the posters are the most pulting-off, but it is an all- out horror film very well done indeed,

A

*

GOON - NATURED

LEE & ASTOR: "Escapade in Japan." EKO's adventure story of two youngsters who traverso the lovely land of the Nipponese visiting fam- ous beauty spots, netent--garage---owner one Buddist sanctuaries asach would like to shake and a Geisha academies In the

bumptious bully who needs Courso of fleir travels.

a swift kick in the pants, Colourful and exciting.

are the main characters in Blue-eyed Jon Provost and black-eyed Roger Nakagawa the amusing Alm, "A Nice are the stalwart little stars.

Little Bank That Should Bo Teresa Wright, Camerou

Robbed," showing at the Mitchell, Phillip Ober and

Roxy & Broadway. Kuniko Miyake all play con. vincing roles in this drama with comedy and travelogue features.

COMING

HOOVER & PARAMOUNT:

"Ininkirk

Nolri . Goldwyn-DIzyor pletars of the days of deliverance for

of the British many men Expeditionary Forces on the beaches at Dunkirk. A war ilea stripped of glamour and without any. tadicalion of the miracle of the nat days when the smog of the burning town and docks blanketed the survivor. strewn sandy from the constant Luftwaffe attacks. The Royal Navy gets Bount mention either but the or- dinary soldier is starred. John Mill R$ him Naper.. Intive best

boral

cor-

who nover wanted his stripes anyway, and wha brings back the remnants of his platoon left behind to demolish bridges, Richard Attenborough as the spectacled garage owner with wife and young lofant. He didn't want to get mixed up with the phoney war and did-up to the week. Then another civilian here, Her- nard Lee who died on the beaches among the men ké WILS irging to saya. All these are wonderful charan- ler studies and there are many others, bubbling with humour in ป most des. perate situations. LEE & ASTOR: "Dial M for Murder," Alfred Hitchcock's thriller with Ka sigulligant, + Titio, which stara Gron

•Kelly

wife of Hay Брате playboy and Robert Cummings sa E. serlov-minded third iḍde to the trianglo.

Milland,

There are the distinpšivo Hitchcock touches, ximple and sinister, ranging fro the commonplace to the macabre... A'filma ja nen again watching for such things na neimota, kayu and. the ringing of jha telophouse"," METROPOLE" 4" STAB: "Man In the Stadown.” A Wortarti of five pharmafers who ruled the land of the lawican, starring Joft Chandler, Orren Wellos, Calloon MBär, Bar 'bara Lawromes, and 'Bon Aloxander. Powerful drums of a despolio cattle barota

who dominates a Western town until challenged by a courageous aberiff, willing to 30 battle for fustico. KING'S & PRINCESS: "Desize Under The Elms." An adaptation of the story by Eugene O'Neill, Nobel and Palitzer prize wither and considered to be his master-

A New Dirce.

England drama of creed, infidelity and infantichilo Burt Ives 43 proud and hard Ephraim Cabot; Sophia Loren as his Third

wife and Anthony Perkins as the covetous san who falls in love with bls stepmother. Not a pleasant film. The viewer is shocked And almost mesmerised by lis savagery; yet there aro shots of sheer beauty-frees laden with blossom and the land the principals leve so much. Sophia LOTTE is ideally cant as the Talkst peasant wife una standa up well to the strong mato characterisations,

KOXY & BEQADWAY:

Certain Smile." Francoise Sagan's precocious love story brought to the screen by 20th Century Fox in De Luxe Colour.

Starring Rossano Brazzi, - Bradford Blum. Joan Fontaine, newcomer Clia- 1100

and Catere

singing favourite Johnny Mathis. Depleting a restless young girl's search for excitemESZVKI Į and her discovery of a young boy's love and p married ma's desire.

Hedy Lamarr in Cinemascope is loveller than ever and to my mind rompiolely outshone her adopted teenage daughter, play- nd by Jane Powell although the taller got her man.

There have been 50 many Hollywood stories of ebriate actresses that the thought of another gin-coated script appats but Hedy only played one drun- kem secne and for that I didn't blame her.

and

As a him queen in her own! metler Vanessa Windsor (Hedy Lars) is saved from a set ne-

cident by a handsom bawny movie extra (George Nader). Sho

is intrigued by his insuming manner ank! masculine charm and invites him to become caretaker of her Malibu beach residence.

Tom Ewell plays the vitamin- pl addict, Max Rutgers, whose pals can persuade to do any thing against his better judg

All very hackneyed perhaps ment, He plays the role of a

and with an air but sincerely portrayed reluctant criminal

Then along commer of innocence so convincing that well-acled.

blonde the pocket-size curvy the picture is in danger of ex- cusing crime, cold-blooded and Jane Powell playing daughter

She hates her attrac Max Pony, calculated. Even though

and tive and talented mother docs and up in gaol.

deliberately sets out to wreck Mickey Rooney, Rutger's her tove-lite. She gets away obnoxious companion, uses his with it too but Hedy souls the friend in every possible way to picturo. iroslizo ELE

ambition

to

become a horse-trainer and make a fortune. Max swallows inchiding vast everything, quantities of pills at Irregular intervals with a gratine gulp. He is completely gullible, al- most irritatingly co

Work at the garage le of

解

slow and stop variety. Max's distractions are frequent and of long durations, There are pets to be fed he has an instinct and great attraction for his four- footed friends, especially and horses,

doy's

Gus

Bul the four-Busher wants money, time and all of Max's attention,

Max patiently coaches him for in horse-trainers' licence. Gus fatis four times and it is patent- ly obvious to everyone that Max could easily pass with flying colours, but Gus must be in the centre of the picture.

WINING

Gus thinks up a plan to rob a bank to get money to buy a horse and tells Max that his reward would' bo the means to get, married to Margle. Dina. Merrill is the long-suffering giri-tricod, Marglo Bolltare who has been engaged to Max for Ave years and is still hoping.

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The exciting adventures of two little ronswaysi

Escapade in Japan

TECHNIRANA TECHNICOLOR

SLAMPOR

TERESA WRIGHT-CAMERON MITCHELL

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ACROBATIC SHOW ON THE SQUARE

At 12.30 p.m.

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STAR METROPOLE:

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

What must she do to keep him?

Laraversal International Meivre torine

We these kissan and

maugh”

Hedy LAMARR-Jane POWELL

Jan STERLING-George NADER Female Animal

16. JERRY PARIS - JAMES GIRASON - GREGO PALMER

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UNIVERSAL

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LATEST TECHNICOLOR. CARTOONS PROGRAMME

METROPOLE: Ta-morrow Special Morning Show At 12.30 p.m. "THE CONQUEROR” In CinemaScope & Color Starring: John WAYNE ́» Susan HAYWARD

CAPITOL RITZ

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 9.30 P.NL.

GLENN FORD

in

THE

GREEN GLOVE

BERALDINE BROOKS

Sir Cedric Hardwicke

TO-MORROW MOUNING SHOW

AT 1130 P.M.

TONYUNTIA in "BAWHIDA YRABS"

TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.39 & 0.30 P.M.

HIGH FLIGHT

RAY MILLAND

CHICOLOR

ChemScop

To-morrow Speciał Show At 13.30 p.m. TOTO in "TOTOTABZAN”

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THE NAKED JUNGLE"}} HOUT CRY"