1959-02-07 — Page 2

KING'S PRINCESS

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JERRY LEWIS

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To-morrow at 11.00 a.m. Columbia Presents COLOR CARTOONS & 3 STOOGES

AT PRINCESS To-day at 12.30 p.m. Grace Kelly Bing Crosby in "HICH SOCIETY"

AT 11.45 A.M. TO-MORROW

The Greatest Film in Technicolor Ever Mado in India!

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# THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1959.

FILMS

Namusing and

on to become

CURRENT & COMING by ANTHONY FULLER

Ahora u veekend ans, chizen of the love and a food, ILE & winner Guinness fan. played the Japanese Oficer in

Three right good comedies, one western, and a delight ful pantomime. Pick whero you like and you can't go wrong.

You will soon be seeing one, of the best fents of photography ever in a film version of "Bell Book and Candle," to be shown at the King's and Princess. The photographer James Wong Howe, a name familiar to all deering Blm goers.

Bul Howe is abandoning photography to direct a Mim for Allled Artists. He says he will return to the camera.

New for the Horror Fans, Alm based on original horror

lories by Alonso D. Cole,

Titles: "The Experiment of Dector Zann." and "The Gypsy's Hand." Both are shortly to co into production.

Allied Artists are to make two

The British Film Academy bas just made the following award to teom At The Top," a British Abn.

Dridge

J's a winner all the way. A father Sessue Hayakawa, who

"The gambles away his position to Guinness given onev, ogain defend a woman who has not delibtful end joyous perform Kwai." a goot reputation. Don Murray ance. He to excellent; and co in cast in the lead which is u

are the rest of the enst. It's a marked contrast to the part be great Alm. Guinness in cer- played in "A Hatful of Rain.

tally good for you.

giri Murray marries.

Lee & Astor

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The ang is, they go in to the garden where Hayakawa 13 dressed in Omcer's uniform

FUNNY.......WHEN THE while the P.O.We are construct- Inga mininture bridge to the UNDERWORLD'S PRIZE NITWIT GETS THE FORTUNE March, "Colonel Bogey" OF LIFETIME — IN THE COMEDY OF THE YEAR!

Opposite him is Richard Egan a rancher gambler who be- comes Murray's chief enemy

"tom thumb" showing whittled, of course, and with whom... yes you've got it, Murray fights a at the Hoover and para-Lewis is gazing at Fujiyama. The second gag occurs is prolonged hand-to-hand battle. mount Is à real holi-

Suddenly the summit of this Lee Remick is the dance hall angel, and Fat Owenge hat day film: Lighthearted, gay, mountain is surrounded by siars, and full of turning it into the Paramount The other colourful,

their opening outstanding part is taken by good music. it is a delight Trade Sign, and

serepade blares from the screen, Stuart Whitman 19 Murray's for young and old. companion who runs foul of English fingoers will

Good, for they come without warning. Egan

struck by the reat pantomine "Flimed against the beautiful treatment this film receives. backgrounds, the film is a cert for the Western fan, but most of the ingredients are rather too familiar now.

Nevertheless, the aim moves at a good pace, with a shattering elimax, and taken along with the rest of the holiday film fore, offers excellent contrast,

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by the Brothers

Also tangled up in the Jerry Lewis complication is Maric the temperamental

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is just like getting the Lyceum McDonald, Pantomime on a fm. More wonderful in fact, because the star of the troupe.

Well, it is all high jinka in camera can do tricks that could never be obtained on the real Japan.

fat it be sold, this is stage.

a good Bearing litle resemblance to comedy film, distinctly Arieri- the story

In its angle, but it will Grimm, the film is, if anything please the Jerry Lewis fons. an' improvement on the story. Nothing subtle about it, ranging Made in Eastman Colour, it from sheer uninhibited sent!- THEÁDERS of this review has the lovely June Thorburn me

ment to unabashed slapstick. The extreme being, Jerry and his I had better adjust their for the principal giri, as beauti- discount to my opinion of meet, and one who comes and Japanese boy

ful Fairy Queen as you could affection for

little

"The Horse's Mouth," at rees as no pantomime queen counter in a Japaneso pubile cording to their admiration could ever hope in do. of Alec Guinness. I will Bu Tamblyn is only on bic Best Performance by a British say that my admiration for an your thumb; all done by

him as an interpreter of are Terry-Thomas and Peter PRITISH comedies move Actress-Hermione Baddeley.

Best Performance by a British eccentric characters knows Sillers, again both in pan right to the top with Actor: Laurence Harvey: no bounds;

"The and "The ismime traditon.

Big Money," Segend Nomination:-Sir Donald Horse's Mouth," opening at thews have straight parts as

Alan Young and Jessie Mat- absolute riot of mirth, Beat Performance by a the Star and Metropole Tom's Inster parents. The showing at the Lee and Fortiga Actress: Simone tomorrow merely confirms music is lively, tuneful, and the Astor. Sipwre

me in my opinion.

Adapted from the best selling navel of Joyer Cary, this screen adaptation was written by Alee Guinness who stars elong in it with Kay Walsh, Renee Hous-

on, and Mike Morgan.

Best Film from any Sourec. Best British Film.

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SPECIAL ADMISSION: Logo $6.00, Back Stall $4,70, Middle Stall $3.50 & Front Stall $2.40. Patrons are requested to note that there will be no more shows of this picture within one year's time.

GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW

THE ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE! VOTED BY THE STATES AS THE BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR!

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In The

Horse's Mouth

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STAR: A: 11.00 an. 2 METROPOLE, AF 11.00 m LATEST FOX TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS PROGRAMME METROPOLE: To-morrow Special' Morning Show At 12.15 pm, 20th Century Fox prosents In CinemaScope & Color "BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL” starring:" "Robert WARNER

Most Promising Newcomer to Films: Mary Peach.

"Room Ai The Top," is Lion International Film, and will be distributed here ay 20th probably Century-Fox, and shown at the Roxy and Broad- way:

20TH CinemaScope,

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Gulancas takes over the role of Gulley Jimson, eccentri artist, tramp, renegade. arch non-comformist and genius. And he plays the part ab ho sces i and he sees it very well indeed. The setting of "The Horse's Laxe Colour treatment of Mouth" is London. A cock-eyed Guthrie's "These Thousand sort of London, but true enough

if one allows for that touch of Hills," is the choice of the artistic licence Guinness brings Roxy and Broadway for to the Olm. Chinese New Year. Read- Pubs, arl ers of this

cxhibitions, high

enera magic. The two villains

"Yawninu Song." sung by a Filmed in big cercen an puppet is about the best thing Technicolor, starring Jon Cor- ever done in trick photography, michael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Two sequences stick out in Harrison, and Robert Help-

The beautiful fairy mann, i trumps every trick of my mind tala escain and the Russ the comedy game. Tamblyn dance with the toys.

Of course, every child in the Colony must it, I can Imagine nothing more delight. ful. But the amazing thing about this fairy tale is, the Town ups will love It too. A fine choice for the Chinese

New Yeart

☆

661EISHA Boy," holiday T comedy at the King's

Pulitzer Prize characters in low pubs, a sort and Princess, returns popu- on lar comedian Jerry Lewis to novel will know the action of zaney London Bohemia

the loose.

18 concerned with the ad- You will know by now that the Hongkong cinema. This

It opens with a heart warm- ing shot of the Friths' comfort- able home in a London suburb. The atmosphere

caplures your niind right away. They are delightful family, hard working, and full of admiration for one another.

K

Ever Mum goes out to work, shoplifting! Dad the breadwin- ner has had a good day with

three or four wallets. Sla has a nice new mini stole; all her minics are stole; only Willie is a failure (lan Carmichael). Ho has lifted' a commercial travel- ler's sample case.

He determines to make good, Viata Vision Technicolor ventures of a young

to get into the big money cow- this flm is the Royal Command buy who drifts into an Performance

this brash and buoyant piece of and that is the plot. Ian Car- choice for year; and that the Americo nonscasu Uses the pastel michael has now cstablished Oregon town with a huge critics have already gone crazy hued vistas of Japan for himself in this character, the

rogue. His its locale, and at times it is friend out to help him spend very beautiful.

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Lewis, who sccm3 dieter- mined to stereotype himself as the screen's goofy genius plays a bungling inept magician who gets a job entertaining the US. Forces.

The comedy here is, he ir ritates everyone with his goo- finess, and the truth is, I was alightly irritated myself,

He travels with an educated rabbit, and personally, I think this rabbit should get star bill ing, for it is easily the best actor in the first hold of the film.

ponsive

barmald

the big money is Belinda Lee,

The oct that always gets a British audience screaming 18 provided by Robert Helpmann is the croak in a parson's col- lar. To hear him bawi out his mob in a pulpit voice is very very funny.

Colourful, interesting all the time, a lovely shot of Ascot, & slapstick scene in a right club, Keystone Comedy free for all in a lush hotel, hold you help- less with laughter.

For supporting roles, I select Leslie Phillips He the re- ceptionist in the swanky hotel, The best parts of the film are and Renee Houston as a bar- the gags:

Pretty

mald. Made without re- Nobu McCarthy straint, completely uninhibited, (Japenese married to a G.I. In a right snorting laugh from be- real life) takes Jurry to see her ginning to end."

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Holiday Special-Matincos At Reduced Admission` PARAMOUNT THEATRE AT 10.15 A.M. To-morrow, Sunday: Glenn Ford in “3:10 TO YUMA” Monday, Fab, 9: Robart Mitchum in "BANDIDO"

ROXY

HOLIDAY FILMS

BROADWAY: "These Thousand Hilis.” A Pulitzer Prize winning Western, mzde In Cinema- Scope and Colour by Da Хихо. Usual Ingredients including the slugging match. Above average. Don Murray; Riobard Eran: Remick: Pairlcla Owens; and Stuart WYHIL- man,

HOOVEN & PARAMOUNT: **Lom thumb." A very tali zlory about very short lad. Light, entertain- ing, musical, good to look at Will some SCENTS and fascinating 2008. Ku Tamblyn; Terry- Thomas; Peter Sellers; and June Thorburn,

enchanting

LEE & ASTOR: "The Big Money. A VintaVision Technicolor comedy about a London family making big

made,

money the easy way, Stap- stick, farct beautifully guaranteed to give you the laugh of a Heilme, Ian Carmichael; · Belinda Leo; Kathicen Harrison; and Robert Helpmann. KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Gelen Boy." Jerry Lewis as the roof of roofs, in Удран At least three new gars, together with 106 nicial

Lewis performance

as a petisivo chump. Also Marie McDonald and Sessuo Hayakawa, VistaVision and Technicolor.

STAR & METROPOLE: Guin- nesa na » smart Alen i a comedy that toled the States and la miccted for the Royal Commsna Per- formance, **To Horse's Mouth." Bla 'Bereen and Technicolor. AMO Kay Wash; Relles Hopson; and Mike Morgan,

COMING

ROXY & BROADWAY: "The Inn-of the Sixth Happines,“ Torta Bergman in the rote of a North London girl who wet out to convert the Chillers to Christianity. Abi pealing

general audience. Also starting Curt Jurgens and Robert Donal.

"Tho

KING'S & PRINCESS:

Night Heaven Fell.” Belgiito Bardet as a sexy killen nåd- ed by Cinentscope and Technicolor.

HOOVER & PARAMOUNT,

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Chema- Scops and Technicolor. LEE & ANTUR: “Fory Dobbe." Atraightforward Western, with Indian fight thrown Ini, Virginis Miyo; Cliat (Cheyenne) Walker: and Di Keith. STAR À METROPOLE; "The Vidings.” Big Bóróan, and Colour, poriengal' dr the Séu `Bäldern talogingen bil of raping and loving on tho North

Kirk Doskiss: Taky Cvetli Beobet Borgning and Janet

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To-Morrow at 12.30 p.m. PETER PAN

Monday at 12.30 p.m. PAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER

Tuesday at 12.30 p.m. GOLD RUSH

ASTOR THEATRE To-Storrow at 11.09 a.m. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

Monday at 11.00 am, PETER PAN

Tuesday at 11,00 a.mu LADY & THE TRAMP

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