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At Hoover, 3, Shows: 2.30, 5.00 & 7.00 p.m.

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Tennessee Williams' Play

On The Screen! She

kissed and clawed her way back to the one she loved!

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Cat on a

.

Hot Tin Roof

EUZABETH TAYLOR. PAUL NEWMAN

BURLIVES

JACK CARSON-JUDITH ANDERSON

In METROCOLOR 7 AN AVON PRODUCTION

This is Maggie the Ont

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At the HOOVER THEATRE To-day There will be only 3 performances of the "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF"

AT 2.30, 5.00 and 7.00 P.M. (Please note time of performances has boan changed) The theatre will be engaged for a Premiere of the Italian picture "SCANDAL IN SORRENTO" of 9.30 p.m. Regular 4 daily performances of the "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" will resume on Sunday,

At the GALA THEATRE on Sunday, April 12 There will be only 3 performances of the "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF"

At 2.30, 5.20 and 7.30 P.M.

The theatre will be engaged for a Premiere of the Italian picture "THE REVOLT OF THE GLADIATORS" at 9.40 p.m. Regular 4 daily performances of the "CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" will resume on Monday.

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THE CHINA · MAIL,

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1959.

FILMS

THAT 'with one thing this is

WHAT

and another,

quite an important weekend in our cinemas.

First of all there is the visit of Unitalia. Best known to Hongkong audiences in Rossana. Podesta. Also with her аго Merco Vicorio, favourite male film star in Italy: Franca Bet- toja, on Italian screen beauty; and Dino Risi, director of the film, "Scandal In Sorrento," to be shown tonight at the Hoover.

The

Before the film is screened, the Italian Consul-General will hold reception int lounge of the Hoover Cinema. The Governor will attend this and the Gala Premiere of "Scan- dal In SorrETÜD,**

CURRENT & COMING by

ANTHONY FULLER

I cannot tell

you anything about tonight's film as you will be seeing it as soon as I, but regarding tomorrow's Pre miere at the Gala. Readers who follow the column will remem- ber that I wrote quite a long plece some time ngo pointing out that the Italian cinema Industry, and not Hollywood, first made the spectacular film.

"The Revolt of the Gladia Aldo Ray, in a scene from, "The Naked and the Dead," lers," starring Georges Marchal and Glanna Marla Canole, such a film,

As #

Is

At the same time, his obses- sion with the alinormal and perverted types, has provided im with a medium well suited to his genius. For genius he is. Make no mistake about that.

"Cat On A Hot Tin

Roof," now showing at the Hoover and Cala, is an eple of the abnormal. It concerns itself with the affairs of a family, and in particular with the married son, Paul Newman, The playwright suggests that at some time in his career, his hero worship of a friendy now dead, has evolved into homosexualism, Maggio (Elizabeth Taylor,) is the wite, and what the playwright does manipulate his puppets along the theme homosexualism will before the overpowering onslaught of sex on more conventional lines.

is to

that

The part calls for Elizabeth Taylor to literally XLC BCX. Every gesture, every senience she utters, every stop she takes.

calcidated to reveal the character of Maggio,

As I see it, the playwright has Maggle accept her husband's ubnormality in a challenge to her sex. He throws his pillow out of her bed, and she throws thlek, let's say, Yorkshire or "I Want To Live," is a terrible it back.

film. I uso the adjective The terrine character Atudy film of ancient "terrible" In its true sense, not is given by Durl Ives. His per- Rome and a gladiator entering the rense vengo has given it. To formance is greater than that the ring and his aide saying: it in a cinema while the grün "Ee lad, thas coom baht-sword." business of execution is pre-

Now In The Revolt of the pared before your cyes Gladiatora," the provincini king terrible.

to the Roman Tribune: "Welcome, O Roman,

D

Lancashire accenta.

Imagine matter of fact, "The Revolt of the Gladiators could do quite good business in Hong kong because it is a lim of netion mather than dialogue.

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of

It has the unul fine vistas the speaks thus Halians seem to frames so well how long do you reckon to pare the deadly vapour which In their wide shots, and they achieve

more authentie stay?" atmosphere with their Drenas and reproductions

their of ancient bulldings than Holly wood can. Doubtless this Le because it is in their artistic iradition.

To see the executioners pre-

will choice the life out of the Proud Remon Tribune to body of Barbara Graham is King "Well, that's up to you." terrible. I ask you, How ridiculous; how utterly silly. To Unitalia I They are kindly men. God give another bit of idiomatic has said, "Thou shall not kill." English. Let them ponder over But the state has overridden

"Why spoil the ship for a Gott und said, "Thou shalt till. halfpenny-worth of far?" It requires a far cleverer man than your humble seribe to re- solve this contradiction.

The setting of the film is in an ancient Romon Province,

If you are not careful, you'll Armenin I think, and it is con- give the world is biggest laugh cerned with the oppression and since the late Cecil DeMille exploitation of the gladiators. made "Cleopatra." Wicked Miss Canale is the

1 am mire readers of

ven in "The Big Country." Eut obviously Hollywood na ride-stopped "Cat on a Hot Tin Root" Not for reasons of art, but because Hollywood is too childish to distinguish between a person and her art.

Pleased as I am that Susan Hayward has at last achieved the reward that stomps her us the actress of the year. I con- alder Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie the Cat surpasser by for any performance given by any other nctress this past year.

As

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Flaming ROMANCE Blazing Adventurel

BOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr.

| MAUREEN O'HARA - WALTER SLEZAK SINBAD THE SAILOR

ANTHONY QUINN - GEORGE TOBIAS

JAME GREŠE • MIRE MAZURKI

in Gloriam Technicolor,

ROX V& BROADWAY

★ SHOWING TO:DAY ★

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AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.

Paul Newman too, seems to Of course, the killing is neat, give a study far surpassing any this clean, and scientific. When thing he has done before. Intrigula queen, and the climax column will join me in welcom- the job is done, these kindly a matter of fact, thin film is the revolt of the gladiators.

step into their cars up among the honours, and no Ing Unitalia Films, and wish men will sweeping pictures and grand themselves in Hongkong.

Those who like these wide them juck, and hope they enjoy and rejoin their families Only doubt would have scooped, had for a moment have they step- not the domestic affairs of Miss of the Taylor come into conflict with ped outside the circle spectacles will certainly enjoy

conventional merry-go-round. Hollywood's code, whatever that this in, which in spite of its grand design, maintains a lively

No one is responsible save the is. statc, And the state has no pace, and combines its theme

conscience. of beauty and cruelty in ex- cellent contrast,

But while Unitalia Flims are here, I want to get back to the business of dubbing. I montoned it a week or so ago when the Curl Jurgens Dim was showing at the Roxy and Broadway, (Michele Strogoff.)

Now of course, if the Italians are going to recapture the film market, then they have got to dub their nims in English. My

*

Let us cross to the Roxy and the Broadway. Just OVER

wrote in a Satur- month ago day edition of the China Mall, the awful story of the execulion of Barbaru Grabem.

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Peculiar it is, both in forin and theme. Its obsession with perversion and the corrupting Influences of life as shown in Burl Ives molady, is not enter- LAYWRIGHT Tennessee talning Then Tennessee

Williams

never Willams is not out ta amuse,

the film. Then I called to mind ordinary nor

First I questioned the ethics of shown any interest in the His challenge la. If God is in even in the His Heaven, then what of all these twisted creatures; these Comething once said to me by higher types of humanity. dreadful diseases? member of the Howard League: In his hunt for plots, he that if capital punishment Is

really a deterrent, then bring it reminds

has

How can you say all is right the world before such

of a gar with me

out into the open where society dener lifting a flower-pot evidence to the contrary?

what it awards, and

at which all the allmy, any potential criminals can see

was and is, then why can pee query

kimp on the dubbing?

Quite frankly, the dubbing eeems to be done by a crowd of Gls who happen to be around

what they are going to get. wriggling, crawly, and

multi-legged creatures are, ¡

At the came time I said that

the studios at any old time. the theme afforded a wonder for a moment, exposed lo

skinned ful opportunity for sucli an the sunlight.

to

In case any thin American

reads this, and netress as Susan Hayward imagines I am asking for what achieve the highest honour of everyone most mistakenly calls fimland. And as I type this, the Oxford accent, then let me the news is coming in over the add, the film would seem just tape! Susan Hayward has at as ludicrous If It employed as Inst captured that clusive Oscar.

NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE

SHOWING

HOOVER &. GALA: “Cat on

n Tới Tấn Roof" Ell be h Taylor in the greatest per- formance of her career, A tremonders, sordid drama, nf, “perversión and its complica- tions. Also Paul Newman and Burl Ives. Metrocolor, KING'S & PRINCESS: "North West Mounted Police." Croll EL. DeMille's old masterPleco recalled to the screen, Wide, high and coloured, It con cerns læelf with the comlari of law through the "Moun- tlow," Gary Cooper; Made. Ine Carroll Technicolor, LEE & ASTOR: "The Naked and the Dead" This Dies dealing with the fuehrer theme s it in alfered to corrupt the U.S. Forcen, now enters ita second week. Powerful Rnd intelligent drama. Aldo Ray; CILI

Robertson: and, Raymond ***Massey, RKU¬S¢obe® "and"

Technicolor.

ROXY

& BROADWAY: "I Wand_To_Live SA flm

deling maluy

with

UTE "eat and mouse” taotles that preceded the exccution of Barbara Graham. *This wonderful portrayal of the murderess has earned Suzan coveted Hayward the long

Oscar Award). STAR & METROPOLE: "The Big Country," Story of Eastern-dude Gregory Peck in conflict with born-to-the- mddle Charlton Bestop. Romance augte provided by good girl Jean Simmons and fickle Carroll' Baker. Story: of feud and violence in which Burl Ives steals nothing but the tim. Tech- nicolor and Techniruma

COMING

HOOVER & GALA: "Watud,** or "The Eeturn to Ming Solomon's Mixes" Colourful adventure story using the characters of. Rider Hisg- rard's romance. This hús à racial hatred theme also. Good entertainment. George Montgomery; Davíð Farrar; and Taina EIK. KING'S

PRINCESS: *Houseboat. Paramount's uninhibited analaught the box-ofiled. All the ingredients of success; wise- cracking skyldren; colour. fu whimsy · "bringing up father Cary Grand"" theme. Mlus. Laren na nursemaid. 'A czasy 'booklebosk. Iniry' Inle. Blg verven and oəlmir. LEE

& ASTOR: Park Dobby."

Straightforward

Wenlornomoerning total hombre who is closted of murder charge and zonertes

widow.

Krediinals familiar, but vigorously mixed; brushes against Indinus · impressive and vialas high, wide and handsome. Virginia Mayo; Clint (Cheyenno) Walker; and Befan Keith, ROXX Z BROADWAY: *PETTI." Technicolor true fio frotany of the bough- ship of squirrels. Superb photography; plenty of tight relict and thritis with ... catchy sworn. Mas the real-

Ditney than with a lovely CORENSIKLÁMEY by Winston Hibler.

STAR & METROPOLE;' The Decians Onës” Hollywood's attack" on the silky TSON war problemi. Bitjar, mavijo, and brutish, with all the hatred of biisă, prožudion,

formanook frum Tony Curtis. (While man) and Bidnos

STAGE CLUB

ROMANOFT AND JULIET

a comedy by Peter Ustinev

April 23rd, 24th & 25th

A bold if sordid genius!

STATE

TO-DAY-

THE BEST ACTRESS OF 1959 SUSAN HAYWARD ACADEMY OSCAR Awarded for Her Hole in

"I WANT TO LIVE" Also Voted

THE BEST ACTRESS by

The International Film Festival

Argentins and THE BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR by the

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

SUSAN HAYWARD

in the true alory of Barbara Groham-whose murder trial shocked the world!

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