1959-02-21 — Page 2

г

Páte z

KING'S, PRINCESS

★ TO-DAY ★

France's Famous Sex-Kitton Revosli More Than Ever Beforal

BRIGITTE BARDOT'S

...FIRST

NEW

FILM

SENSATION.

FROM

THE

MATERS OF

"AND

GOD

CREATED

WOMAN...

BRIGITTE BARDOT

STEPHEN BOYD ALIDA VALLI

THE NIGHT HEAVEN FELL

Produced by Raoul J. Levy Directed by Roger Vadim Servangley by Roge Vade and tacoste Rany - Brand in the verdt by Alber) thaul & Kagney miamasional Retour

CINEMASCOPE

ad Enttilan: ChLOR

The Hottest Exposure Since Man, Created Film!.

KING'S'

Air - Conditioned:

At 11.00a.m.

TO-MORROW

MORNING SHOWs

PARAMOUNT TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS Admission: $1.00 $1.50

At 12.15 p.m.

John Wayne in "HONDO" A Warner Picture

PRINCESS

WEEK-END MORNING & MATINEE SHOWS

Today at 12.30 p.m. Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis in

"SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS"

Tomorrow at 11.00 a.m. Universal-International Presents "A VARIETY PROGRAMME OF WOODPECKER CARTOONS"

Tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. Clark Gable & Yvonne De Carlo in "BAND OF ANGELS" in Color

AIR CONDITIONED

STAR

METROPOLE

2ND TRIUMPHANT WEEK

NOW SHOWING THE 8th DAY Owing to length of picture please noto change of times: AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.

STAR: To-day Extrá Performance of

"THE VIKINGS" At 12,30 p.m.

The Screen Invades

No

THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

1959.

FILMS

It concerned, to he said, the late Colll DeMilo who was bent upon making the biggest animal pleturd over.

7OU can'take it from me

CURRENT & COMING by

ANTHONY FULLER

scena stráis

at sea and women

TOEL Purcell told me a that Som patted Maeterlinck on Hoover and 'Paramount, la first him on the good story last week the shoulder and said, "Never an exciting underwater the situation

I enjoyed it. The situation be- on Rank'e set of "Ferry to mind. I don't doubt you'll do

quite well in the future."

plece of violence, which tween men Hongkong."

gends Glenn Ford and left behind in the Pacific stations Ernest Borgnine into is cleverly done by Illustrating Japanese Harbours during the men's thoughts World War IL

Ford is thinking of. Ute being pleasant before the war came. two takes over you now showing at the Lee and when the submarine blastsits with his thoughts. Astor is one of the best way through a net; and when Nothing new about it, of laughs to hit this man'e the Japanese use a ship curry- course, but as I said, it is well town for many a long day. lng American nationals us

a done. has everything. Good screen for their capital ships. photography, good acting What Glenn Ford has to da and above Dil,

good is to fire his torpedoes to just Deript. The set-up is as usual miss the passenger ship and

This involved

going

location to Africa, and soiting fire to a stretch of forest, the object being to get the animals to stampede and leap in terror over a precipler.

DeMille, realising that this could be photographed only once, took no risks.

He placed No. 1 camera to this left of the scene; No. 2 camera to the right; and took extraordinary caution by having a third camera away in front on a high hill where it focussed on the scene with.a telescopic lens,

Satisfied

everything rendy, DeMille gave the order for the forest to be fred. Away wont the animals, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles, snakes, and deer, all heading for the pre- cipice like mad.'

was

At last, when all the animals had leapt the precipice, DeMilio gave the order to stop shooting. Ho called, "All right No, I camera?"

Back came the answer, "Sorry sir, no fim in the camera."

All right No. 27" "Sorry sir, picce of dust in the gate, the film got scratched." DeMille picked up the ampli- fier and halled the third comes "All right away on the hill, No. 3"

No. 3 cameraman waved back excitedly, "We are ready, when

you are.

*

Y that "Perfect Furiough" At I remember, it the iwe he came out of the rubmarine

scoro a bull's eye on the war

in a film of this kind. A unit of sex hungry soldiers isolated ship. in some Arctic base.

Definitely more a man's Bim than

woman's, even the romance is looked at through o

man's ayen,

The water tank takes over for the submarine manoeuvre shots, and thero is a trifle bit of clumsy work there.

The film is well made for this The suggestion is that one” kind of situation. "Enemy," Diane Brewster and Dean the unit chooses, and the others partsum, mon be given a furlough where Below" obviously invites com- Jones co-star in this colourful and I think mosi and exclung episode of World will work off their inhibitions people would answer that the War II. by proxy.

Listen the script in re- lucky winner. ference to Tony Curtis, the

King Donovan (Major) to Janet Leigh (Azmy psycholo- gist and Lieut.) "He seems co- operative.

Janet: doubtfully. "Yes."

Major: "He seems sincere." Janci: "Yes."

Major: "Do you trust him?" Janet: "No.""

The flim has you'laughing all the way as a movie betress, Linda Cristal, is thrown in with the prize furlough.

when

The riot

The

commenceg

AS

NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE

SHOWING

HOOVER & PARAMOUNT:/

"TORPEDO RUN."

Giann Ford and Ernest Borghino la

CinemaScope and

2

Metrocolour submarine drama of World War IL Co-starring

Diane Brewster and Dean Jones, STAR

METROPOLE: "The Vikings" Technirama and Technicolor romanes

OR.

Linda Cristal announces she is going to have a baby, Hollywood holding the Army Tony Curtis) responsible.

performance given by Janet Leigh

rool calculating Froudian psycho- logist seems to me the best she has given yet, especially when her psychology lets her down. Tony Curtis as the G.I. on

депо, himself who finds The fact is, both DeMille and the spree Goldwyn became legends of more or less in a luxury deten- sparkling Hollywood comparatively early tion camp, gives a in their film careers.

performance, better when he Sam Goldwyn always seemed plays straight as his sorely

pose to the

illiterate type tried palience, gives out. of Alm maker, for which he was Linda Cristal, the supposed American 'bombshell' himself responsible, yet he was South by no means an uncultured man. movie star comes along with per- You have probably heard that not only an attractive when Goldwyn engaged Maurice sonality but a lively portrayal Maeterlinck to work on a script which skils all bombshells.' in Hollywood, Sam is reputed You can write it down 19 å to have placed a pencil in the cert. It is a good laugh for internationally famous author's grown-ups, The kind of film hand and sald, "Now by the erid you say 'takes Vou out of of the day, I went tu ECC yourself**

of the Viking · ratđa (through

Erillish ahores. Extremely well made with stormlog. soenés shown with vivid reallari. Kirk Douglas; Tony Curtis; Ernest Borgnine; and Janet Leigh. ROXY & BROADWAY: "The Ian of the Sixth Happi-

Ingrid

Bergman: Curt Jurgens; and Hobert Donat. A compelling and beautiful tale based · upon.

00

worn down to there,"

"The second one concerning

the

4

same author, after tho

latter's International Buccess

with his work concerning bees

is. Sam Goldwyn camo rushing

comment on

M Brigitte Bardot, known

too much of her. Not in, the personal sense, of course,

out of his office screaming. as B.B. pronounced Bey "Maeterlinck's made the leading Bey, ls that we are seeing| man a bee."

And third concerns the samo two. Macterlinck WDS about Hollywood's biggest op although she closely rivals as a writer, and Goldwyn saw Jane of Daily Mirror Jame him off.

in finding situations for losing her clothes, if not her

Naturally, the great artist was

a trifle upset. Rumour has it

The Violent Age Of... STATE

VIKINGS

KIRK DOUGLAS TONY CURTIS ERNEST BORONINE-JANET LEICH The Vikings

TECHNICOLOR'

· BOVINE 2900 24 UNITED ARTISTS

AT USUAL PRICES!

Aziusy Fat Kaha Tha capped Of Heway And The Sanjaybat)

Cuth of Brittany!

STAR & METROPOLE: 5 Shows To-morrow. Extra **Performance of "THE VIKINGS" At 12.30 p.m.

To-morrow Spacial Morning Show At Reduced Prices STAR: AF11:00 am. METROPOLE: At 11.00a.m. **

· LATEST FOX TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS PROGRAMME

Washington

RESTAURANT, NIGHT CLUB & BARI U NA Delicious Cantonese Cuisine" and, Full Wine List

Music by Tino Gatchalian and

hil band featuring the most

famous Philippinos: Radio & TV. Star

Min Carmen Perina

and the Queen of Songs, Miss Yvonne Chaung,

PARKING SPACE NO PROBLEM Reservation: Tel. 60000, 60177 3rd to 5th floors, Buckingham Bldg. -317-321 Nathan Road, Kowlege.

TO-DAY

At 2.30. 5.15, 7.20 °Ģ 9.30 p.m.

SPRING SONG"

Starting

Grace Chang Lin Trui Peter Chen Ho Chiao Hung A Mandarin Picture with English Subtitlos

| SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 11.15 A.M. "The Love Ranger" In Wamercolor

AT REDUCED PRICES!

honour.

"The Night. Heaven Fell," CinemaScope and Esstman- colour romance, has B.B., In scantles, pantics only, dress torn revealing neck and spine, a tumble in the dust, and stand up fight with Stephen Boyd.

In fact, on the rare occasiona she appears fully clothed, you wonder who the actress is.

In situations of this kind, you wonder why they bother about In plot for the whole film is "ET"YROTU"fan""f-mediuin-to- display Miss Bardot 10 the fullest advantage.

Nevertheless, the film has ploi, for it is taken from the Jewel- novel, "The Moonlight iers, by Albert Vidalle.

"The Night Heaven Fell," now showing at the King's and Princess is directed by Roger J. Levy, the sanie team that crashed B. B. into the limelight | with, "And God Created

Wonian,"

<cpORPEDO "RUN”, 66 CinemaScope

and

Metrocolor, showing at the|

RITZ CINEMA

SHOWING TO-DAY ★ AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

JERRY LEWIS

The Mother of The Year...in

ROCKA BY

BABY

TECHNICOLOR

MARILYN MAXWELL-REGINALD GARDNER-BACCALONI;

TO-MORROW

AT: 10.30 AM.

BOURNE

NINE STEVENS

AT REDUCED PRICES

280 F.M.

and

true tocidents in the life of Ciladys Aylward, a London girl who went to Chilna, KA B CinemaScope miflcnary. and Colour by De Luxe. KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Night Heaven Fell." Brigitte Bardot Inn a CinemaScope and Eastmancolor version of B.B. Surrounding it is a tale of feudal lust feudal revenge, but the filin to all B.B. In her usual poses. Also in film are new- comer Stephen Boyd and Alida Valli. LEE & ASTOR; "The Perfect Furlough." CinemaScope and Eastmancolor light- hearted farcical frollo In Pares. Tony Curils: Gay Janet Leigh; and Keenan Wynn, Elaine Strlich, and Linda Cristal,.

COMING

HOOVER & GALA: "Girl” New musical MGM romance, bailed as...the "My Fair Lady" of the film world. CinemaScope and Metroodlor. Leslie Caron; Maurice Cherailer; Louis Jourdan.

STAR & METROPOLE: "The Deflant Oner” Probably the *greatest film of 1958. Holly- wood's attack on the filthy racial war, Johnnie (Tony Curils) and Cullen (Sidney Follier).

ROXY & ́ ́ ̈BROADWAY: "The Roots of Heaven." Una] and provocative piece of entertainment

about

An Engllahman's obocrsion for preserving ---wild elephant,berda. Errol Flyan; Trevor Howard; and Julletin Grecs. CinemaSoope and Colour,

KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Last Hurrah” An American filiounding bloctions and the Irish vote. Chiefly_ noticeable for performance of -Spencer Tracy. Also Jeffrey Hunter. LEE & ASTOR: "Stage

L

Birtok," "starring Heary Fonda and Stiman Sirsaberg in first major feature of New York's theatro world. Bir Screen and Technicolor.

HOOVER PARAMOUNT

TEL:72371

TEL:5453O

To-day At 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

(TO-MORROW 5 SHOWS AT THE HOOVER). The Greatest Submarine Picture!

THE GREATEST SUBMARINE PICTURE!

M-G-MEKTE

1

GLENN FORD ERNEST BORGNINE

TORPEDO RUN

· DIANE BREWSTER · DEAN JONES ·

IN CINEKARCOPE AND METROCELOR

Special Matines To-morrow At Reduced Admission

Paramount Theatre Gary Cooper Ruth Roman In

At 10.15 am, ·

CAPITOL

CHARLES COMEL

“DALLAS”

SHOWING TO-DAY

2:30, 5:80, 7:30 -and 9:30 p.m.

RATS TOBRUK

Lee Astor

•

** TEL” 72436 (BOOKING OFF7(CK) * -ZELN 677777--

OPENING TO-DAY

-4 SHOWS AT 2.30, 5:30, 7.30 & 9.30 ·P.M.

TONY CURTIS JANET LEIGH "The"

Perfect Furlotel

Chemus.ool in Edimax COLOR

KEENAN WYNN - ELAINE STRITCH. LES TREMAYNE and LINDA CRISTAL

MARCEL DALIO and

LEE: Morning Show To-morrow at 11.00 alm. WALT DISNEY'S TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS

AT 12.30 P.M.

A & C MEET THE CAPTAIN KID

ROX V & BROADWAY

2ND SENSATIONAL WEEK NOW SHOWING THE 8th DAY Owing to length of picture plesso notë SPECIAL timors? 3 SHOWS DAILY At 2.30, 6.00 & 9.00 P.M.

NO GREATER LOVE STORY WAS EVER FILMED

OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION!

CinemaSCOPE

COLON BY DE LUXE

AT

20. Contry's premier BUDDY ADLER'S trubicine,

INGRID BERGMAN

NORMAL PRICES!

CURT JURGENS

ROBERT DONAT

THE INN

SIXTH

(HAPPINESS)

ROXY & BROADWAY: 4 Shows To-morrow

At 1200 Not

1.00; 6.00 6-9.00 pam.

|||||||||||||||

BROADWAY: To-morrow Special Morning Show cont At 11,00 á.m.

UNIVERSAL TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS -- AT REDUCED PRICES ---

ORIENTAL MAJESTIC

KSENI CONDITIONED

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 8.30, 8,30, 7.30 & 9.30 PM. SHOWING TO-DAY

Solid hours of wonderful

fun and laughter!

Very Good Eaterialamenti____

MANSFIELD

THE SUCHUTT FRACTURED JAW

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30:

G 9,30 p.m.

Morning Show. To-morrow MAEMBLOWING WILD"

Morning know Tomorrow 12.30 | "BOMBERS B-81" '

STAGE CLUB

"CRIME PASSIONNEL

LOKE YIW HALL