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BUSINESS

Another

snag for

'Devil's Disciple'

T

RI DEVIL'S DISCIPLE." the row-ridden flecht- Hill-Lancaster film which should have been finished last week-end, now needs three weeks' extra work.

REASON: Burt Lancaster and his co-producera wanted the Alm to be fast moving. Bu they cut the script until the film lasted only an hour.

Cut scenes are being reshot to make it hutt frature length.

Dame Edith Evans

THE CHÏNA MAIL," SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1958.

SCHOOL FOR CLINCH-CLINGERS; HUSBAND AND

watched her own funeral for a scene in "Look Back

in Anger." She sal, out of camera range, as the coffin, Richard watched by

Barton, Wa lowered. Quipped Dame Edith "Most interesting .. but not an experience I would care to repeat too often."

WIFEUNDER INSTRUCTION..

LILLA PALMER, who has not made an English-speaking nim for several years. has been lured back to Hollywood. The ball: playing Clark Gable's wife in a

But Not For Me." comedy,

IMAGINE AU trying to teach him how to kiss her!

THE HAND on Kay Kendall's shoulder is NOT Rex Harrison's. It belongs to director Vincente Minnelli-tactfully_guiding Harrison on how to kiss his wife. The guidance was necessary, from a camera-eye view, to get a romantic scene in "The Reluctant Debitante" exactly right. The film is the hit of the season in America. It is due in Britain soon.

The next Harrison-Kendall co-starring feature is likely to be more exolic. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, the team that wrote "My Fair Lady” are now working on a musical adaptation for the stage of Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra." They would like Harrison to hring á debonair touch to Caesar, with Kay as his chic Cleo.

KANKAA

Janet Munro told Wall Disney that she thought "The Third Man On The Mountain

was a rather

long film title. replied Disney.

"50?" "We're

still doing all right, with *Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs,” **

It's Bardot In Her Latest

YES! THE COSTUME IS NORMAL

-BUT THE SUPPORTING CAST

IS THE BIG SURPRISE

By Leonard Mosley · (OMEONE once told an American author that the most popular subjects for books in the United States were those dealing with President Lincoln, or doctors, or dogs. - He thereupon sat down and wrote a tome called "President Lincoln's Doctor's Dog."

So

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France has now tried Out of a headmaster of an unortho- the some formula in Alins, a dox co-educational school" in you will see when LOVE the West Indies (one of those MY PROFESSION is shown. where no child, no matter how The film is an ordinary little unruly, is ever punished). Hor melodrame about a middle-aged husband is a well-meaning lawyer who falls in love with fuddy-duddy.

una of his young clients, and There is a big uncompileated wrecks both hila own lite and master In the place, in the his wife's. But into it all the person of Bill Travers, on current best-selling ingredients whom. Mitchell's Unsatisfied have been injected.

yearnings Inevitably solic

for

Edwige

First, two of France's, greatest themselves. No polite in- Aerious actors have been east difference, for even downright the middle-aged couple: rudeness, will rebuft her. Jean! Gubin und

Into this sterile, triangular Feuillere. These

cal vacuum two are

landa Virginia

Mc- jeulated to draw the discrimiant- Kenns. She has been injured in

ing patrons,

a plane crash and she has 10

Second, the direction of the stay at the school unlii her 13m has been handed to that bruises Indo, master craftsman, Claudo Autan-Lara, who made the lovely picture "Devil In The Flesh." He wil alfrael the classic-Alm enthusiasts,

UNLUCKY

Those bruises are mental as

Third, for the part of the well as physical, for she has young girl who causes all the been unlucky in love too, and trouble, they have chosen she responds to the slow smile Brigitta Bardot—and i am and lumbering charm, of Bill for Travers as to a magic medi-

sure I do not need to say

what reasons she got the nod. cine. So the night begins for I wish I could say that it all Travers between the iwo adds up to a really well-acted,

wamen.

cuttural production with eye- It might have been a fac popping sexual overtones. It cinating battle to watch if only did not hit me that way when the director had dono the I saw it recently in Venice.

logical thing, and faced thesa But it is, at least, rather two talented, highly more exciting to see than "Pre- actresses on the some ScrLED, sident Lincoln's Doctor's Dog" in a showdown.

was to read,

strung

It could have been the ten-

Best emotional stanging knotch

LIMELIGHT

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MEETS A MAN WITH MAGIC FEET

Only Ava could make

Antonio miss

a performance

HE little man, not THE

much more than 5 ft. 4 in. in height, who looks like a well-dressed Teddy Boy is Illustris- simo Antonio-to give him the title which General Franco be- stowed on him.

He is indeed most illustrious.

by

THOMAS WISEMAN

as

He stamps the ground as if he

had some long-

standing grudge

д

Uruguay

against it....

The only time he missed performance was in

when he went on the town with Ava Gardner,

"We have a wonderful time,"

he said in his chatty, eager. see Ava he call the head walter three cars, seven galloping volee. "We dance and send her a note.

the flamenco in the streets. All night. In bare feet. Is wonder- ful. She is wonderful.”

"But hot girl she never wants to go to bed. With Ava When he talks, he USC many gesticulations as u tie-lap you never have a clock. For her man in the somewhat stuffy it has not been invented. I may to her always, low is you look the the atmosphere of

restaurant

you of his long always so lovely when twish-swish the eyelahes served as an effective never sleep? substitute for an electric fun.

His eyes are large and mobile

He has become renowned exponent of a style of dancing which might be described as a stampede for two feet and one eyebrow.

When he stamps the ground, us if he had some long-standing in a bony face; is a face as

as a mimle's his Are continually ге

themselves In

new

expressive grudge against even stald

undemonstrative features and normaly English audiences go discreetly arranging

and surprising patterns. mad.

Nol

Flock even

Hudson's 11 is like watching Pleasso at physique or Yul Brynner's hair work the nose which was in Liberace's Mom have one place one minute is sudden- quite as much romantic appeal ly, and disconcertingly for women as Antonio's feet.

. cut or

He is the Elvis of the squares, He is also Ust Kreatest male dancer alive.

filustrissimo Antonio recently opened at the Collseum bis Beventh London senson Its BULLESA was assured. Later this year he will make his debut as a flim star in Michael Powell's production of Honey- moun, which ዓቢ made Spain.

With relish

In

In this he co-kinrs with Anthony Steel and Ludmilla Talerion in what must be re- garded a tuiler-made role.

He plays himself: Illustrissimo Antonio.

where else.

some-

film star, he was introduced a Though he is still a fledgling long line ago to the movie high- Ble.

"I tell you, I think she is stil madly in love with Shatra. My

records are all

dear, his

her apartment.

'It is sad'

over

'Is very funny, I tell you some. thing, In Madrid one day I go out with Ava to a night club, There is sitting at another table six girls. Six girls, Then who comes in? Frankie.

VIRGINIA

of the year. It could have made up, in its excitement, for all MCKENNA the slow and ponderous melo-

and Yvonne Mitchell dramaties that go on all around

them. are the two most explosive But för Bome mysterious women personalities In reason the Big Scene nover British flmts,

McKenna the Blonde seethei

D

comes.

The two women mool. They anub each other or on the screen like a moulder elthor

Mitcheli ing hayslack.

the politely ignore oach other, Brunette Is the typu to whien Never once, face to faço, do scrvants, I "What is it I have? I don't someone has already touched they tell the truth about each make more money than the know. Sex? Perhaps. SomeTM | match,. and she blazes with other.

ther her own bright fre. "In the note he write, 'Please, great bull-fighter. I have blocks times. I don't know why

The result is that "Passionate darling, don't get nervous." Is of apartments, I am the land- Hike me so much. Bometimes I Put these two tempestuous Summer" is a beautifully photo-

Just stand

into still and snap 'my young women very funny? Wo laugh. Then lord.

fum,graphed West Indian travelogue Ava she say she want to leave.

Angers and they go mad.” especially a dlm in which they into which a teaspoonful of like- With this dim I make, She is a funny girl. I adore her.

could become The 'most flustrious Antonio are both in love with the same warm drama has been infused, man-and you or anyone else Instead of the pallful of scalding I would have love to marry her," Honeymoon, 1

millionaire. Millionaire in then went off to send a cable to might well expect pyrotechntes passion which should have been I asked Antonio to tell me

sterling-not pesetas, that I am Ava Gardner, inviting her to bid of multi-coloured brillance.

poured over the plot, and then did not shop his already, plenty of times. I have opening. He what did his father do?

So why, why, in PASSION- served up piping hot. in the

ATE SUMMER don't you "My father," he said, "drank. big percentage of the Bim in all fingers. And nobody

get build and milk-watered are crowded hotel foyer went mad.

them? He was a truck driver, Now he Latin countries."

the two strongest adjectives I The boy who used to dance Not even discreetly,

of to think

describe The situation is this: Yvonne enn It is sad because he

now never saw me in my fame. From for pennies in the street

Mitchell is the frustrated wife "Passionate Summer." sliver hairbrushes, the age of seven I always sup- a sold port the whole family-six dozens of ruby cuff-links, olive brothers. two aunts, one grand- groves, poultry farms and sea- homes nt Maluga and mother, one mother, one father. side

something of his background

is dead.

" dance in the street for Costa Blanca. pennies. We were

In Madrid he has his own very poor, Now my mother live like a private theatre. When he walks women throw queen full of diamonds and with in the streets, own chauffeur.

down their coats for huri to "Unless you come from poor cannot be a background you great artist. Now I make £3,000 "He sit down at the table a week, More. You see, I am bear to the six girly. When he any own Impresarlo, I have

walk on. A mililonaire offered to pave his ballroom floor with gold coins if he would consent to dance at his private party- and was turned down.!

But Walt Disney Says 'Keep It Clean!?

AMID THE

HORRORS....A TOUCH OF SINCERITY

This is, of course, n role NE man stands out mode.in studios with eardboard

which Antonio has played be

fore with enormous relish. He

was playing R for my beneat

the other night at dinner.

of 50

ONE

artificial.

Crevasse

The basis of Disney's method work, for today in Hollywood hills, stand-ins for neters in any though, is not merely to have Disney alone of all the big film.

linnging on ropes on makers is actually building against the current dangerous situation, and fake, actors

We are making one Swiss mountain sides, or 10 bigger studios to make more money-making trend of fake, fake.

films. with real everything-including rely on a title, "Third Man on the Mountain," which might After long day working in horror and violence in real danger." the studios on his dim and re-films-and make a Only some of the snow is imply a reincarnation of Harry Three hundred tons Lime from the sewers of Vienna hearsing his company for next week's opening. his money. His name: Walt of artificial snow have been which it is not.

In Switzerland his unit con imported from London1.

Walt Disney Bees a mountain vitality was undiminished.

"Third Mon story

the inues to shoot appealing to 19

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out of pulled

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Mr Disney believes different- Sunstroke Frankenstein and today in Zer- Already the star of the film, matt, in Switzerland, at the foot Michael Rennie, has fallen down The director of the film, of the towering Matterhorn, he

a 40ft, trevasc and nearly. Britain's

Wholesome:

have only

werd

Ken Annakih, nays:

is making e new live action film, everyone else has been injured, "Disney originally made his called "Third Man the Moun even if they

had fortune out of cartoons which "Between those two lee walls, lain, which demonstrates all his

to children. The gleaming uppealed

green, and sunstroke.

with bellofa.

Insurance companies, asking children were loyal to him, another 1,000ft. drop to the Thase bellefs may read in agitation what all this was They have grown up now and bottom of the crevasse if any strangely today for they are: about, were soothed with

the married, and have children of thing went wrong, I was not Make a story SIMPLE... Information that the actors their own. When they see his feeling at all happy. You could EXCITING... WHOLESOME.

mountain- name on a film they know have thrown a stone down the were not really

and gone and had climbing they

Just there'll be nothing in to crevasse "waling to the tops of the hills le cimbarrass them if they go with lunch before it hit the bottom,"

Gaston the family.

Robanal, famous So he takes a mountain, he have their pictures taken." gets his aclors lo climb it, he Herbert Lom, who plays o "There'll be nothing to make mountain guide who is working has a fellonat story laced with mountain guide in the Alm, and a child say to its mother, for the group as technical fact, and adds just a dash (a oft sel and in rest life has no Why is that woman kisstug adviser for mountain shots an wholesome dash, of course), of head for heights, aayu: "On that man in bod? Therell be to make sure danger is kept to boy-meets-girl romance, and ho, my thay off all I do is lako the no need for awkward explana- the minimum, said to Rennie: seems all set to make another mountain railway down to the tons of the action. That is why. "Don't worry. If you had gone million.

station where I have parked my no Dianey films play up sex tr to the bottom you would have come out of the glacier in- 69 Says Disney: "Unli

now car and I sit in it all day. It brutality."

It may be a simple, almost years' time perfectly most Alms with mountain back- is so nice to be on the level grounds have been, phonay, ngain."

nolve approach, but it seems to served.”

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