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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1959.

Behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, FESTIVAL IN KUALA LUMPUR

officials plan a secret deal to...

Save The Queen THE TRIALS OF A JURY

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Those Long, Non-Stop Tours:

Those Endless Handshakes:

Those Duty Week-Ends

By PETER EARLE

London. TOP-SECRET now

The first of four articles by John Luff ́on his experiences as adjudicator in

the Asian Film Festival

ON Saturday, April 25, just three weeks ago, planes from all points of

Asin were descending upon Kuala Lumpur. There were no special flights, they were not necessary at this time because the planes carried only their usual quota of passengers, the only unusual quality being that cach plane carried two people who had the delegated power to sit ́in judgment upon Asia's films, and after long deliberation, to pronounce upon and tries to put more and more such films which had outstanding qualities.

work on the Queen,

A "Battle Order," aimed at protecting the Queen weekend

has been from overwork, prepared aL Buckingham Palace. It covers every- thing. from Her Majesty's health to who shakes the royal hand at official recep- tions.

For some time officials have been worried that the Queen is being asked to do too much and about the way in which ache duled engagements have been Into each allowed to telescope other, Shureby giving the Queen very Jittle time "off duty,"

Presentation lists, 100, have mysteriously turned out bigger thought. The than At first Queen herself was approached about "aking it eary," but re- fused to cut down vn her public duties.

backroom planners Bo the are determined to make quite sure nobody oversleps the mark

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

White's "Blackmar Gambit" in the following game (Dahm v. Grau) is probably unsound, but it gives splendid attacking chances in practice. 1 P-Q1, P-C4; 2 P-K4, PжP: 3 Kč į QB3, KKB3; 4 PBS, PxP: 5 QXP, QXP: _6_B=K3 Q-

I Aloyed overnight at Singa in comfort over a considerable He immediately reminded the From now on, I can reveal,

Jury of their duties. We were work is OUT. The pore and lett a seven o'clock period,

Kuala Lumpur was just re- to forget the country which had We were there in before covering from a Convention at appointed us. Queen must also have the day-in the morning, anxious to

arrive and settle me free on Monday.

beginning what I knew must be the Junior Chamber of Com- to choose the best film 'shown

I murec. In the drawers of my to the Festival We were not And If there in an evening a long and arduous task.

generally then arrived at Kuala Lumpur quite dressing table were a consider discuss the films cyen among number of pamphlets ourselves, and above all, we engagement,

in sessions suiting out searching

detail tho tricot, the show much NOT be prepared to endure one of those able

were not to speak to anyone spun out, ร often happens, long and

the authorities deter pleasurable activities of the cutside about the Alms until the Just because the Queen is there. while

mined the statue and where J.C.la. I noticed a few tele- judging was over. abouts of the said John Luff. phone numbers scribbled here In this I was pleasantly disap- and there; they seemed

teresting. ar-pointed.

* * * Provincial tours must be ronged so that they Brish Windsor. There must be

ot

leapfrogging of one such en- Sceretary to the Film Festival

in-

there was tule However, I was met at the airport by

A sum- no Mr G. H. Kio, Executive time for meditation,

mons for the jurors was issued, And on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, we met in the offices of the Culhay Organisa- tion, who placed their pre-view projection room entirely at our disposal.

And] Committet, From then DI gagement into another, tours will be of Iwo days everything moved with pre maximum duro Uon. (Tarcecision. Within one minute, I days is now officially consider was walking out of the airport cd-lo be wo much.)

car which, had dored is move within one inch of the taboo zote, and was on my way to the appointed hotel.

Special Instructions are also being laid down for visits paid by the Queen to private homes, Her hesly and hostesses will be told that the Queen will not leave their house before ten in Unfortunately, Mr Kiat had The morning for more work, no control over the economy of and, if she has a late ment the night before, not be-hullding by any standards, but engage the hotel, a pleasant enough tore eleven.

It was run as casually as a She must have a minimum of Bloomsbury boarding house. an hour and half for lunch. A closer watch will be kept on presentations at public func- tions, Generally speaking. twenty handshakes will be the

maximum allowed,

*

I had to wall in the lounge tung out of their beds and while deporting guests were

bastened on their way, but at lost shown to my room, there

wages

began one of those battles the experienced traveller from time to time. Incensed. upon some former occasion, the hotel proprietors had removed Presentations en bloc will be all bells from the rooms and allowed only on a full civic guests were invited to use the I lifted tho day, and individual presenta-room telephone. tions will be confined to the receiver and waited. After a

long silence, on most senior officials present,

valee asked, "Yes?"

Under the new regulations,

Q7 Kt Kts. Q-Kt5 cha many wives who have hitherto PB), QXP: 6 KEXP ch, K-met the Queen would not now Q1: 10 R-Q1 ch. KxK: 11 | do so.

The two months

the Queen

Incredulous

I asked for a number of things, among them a key in

| order that I take the elementary precaution of locking my door before taking a bath.

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the The sheer audacity of my R-Kti ch, K-R4; 15 K-K2 spends at Balmoral In Q-B4 ch: 10 K-KUJ, K-R4 Highlands of Scotland and the using the room telephone in- ch: 17 QxKt, QxQ: 18 B-month at Sandringham in Eng-mediately upon arrival was too

Jand are officially

Q2 ch. KRS; 19 8-82 ch. K-R6 20 BK ch, KXP; absolutely essential from

21 K-03 mate.

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medical point of view.

I was considered much for the operator.

Instantly put in my place, and as a punishment, no soup was placed in my room during the remainder of my stay. How- ever, my presence was acknow- ledged upon my departure, was presented with a bill, the regard to the forthcoming laundry item of which úlone Canadian tour.

would have kept a poor family

TOUR NOTE: Mr Esmond Butler, the Queen's Canadian Press eccretary, has had special or Kt Kts: 2 Kt-Kts, or Kt-guidance on similar lines with K7; Z R-K3.

London Kapreas Service,

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me.

That seemed perfectly fair to the After discussing

by which we varionis details should assess the aims, we broke off for luncheon, and at two o'clock saw our first film,

NLCOME DELEGATES TO THE SIXTH FILM FESTIVAL

of

INSTA

Enthusiastic Wolcome at Kuala Lumpur Airport.

Post printed a forecast of the of primitive brutally; sono true decision; on questions of were

beauty.

resulla with Dommendable security, I have no qualms. surpassing

RecurRay. Some should not have been Directly we saw a film, we

None but a Juror could have entered; some should be entered awarded marks in duplicate.

One copy was surrendered and seen all the Bims. A forecast in an International Festival.

sealed in on envelope. The with the merits of all the entries The days ceased to exial. envelopes were collected and unknown, is a dangerous thing; Day and night, darktiem and locked in a safe. Our personal an outsider can always ramp. light were fused into one lont copy was placed in an envelope home. period of endurance. And which we retained. This wo How did this happen? I can sandwiched between were could scan from time to time think that someone with a breaks for coffee snacks so that we could revalue the exaggerated sense of importanco glance at the headlines of the merits of any particular film talked too much, Not directly. paper. But all the time there against another, Whe the claema until its

at last we emerged made.

fantastic ghosts were the only

Bin Shame

ordeal by viewing, 1 Permanen

It might be thought that the real world we knew,

the safe was opened and our Bed was a blessed relief. Yet cards were returned to us. Secretary 10 the Malayan senses weuld be overwhelmed. Government

of Sixty hours of sitting looking always before I slept 1 follow- Ministry

made such alterations as were External Affairs. ΣΠΑ ap at films alone, excluding such ed my customary habit of neecssary upon completion of pointment as our Chairman time we sat and entered our reading. At such times, I choose

our task, and we met at a table at once lifted the Jury to marks.

to read old favourites. Chester- and surrendered our amelal considerable status.

ton's Essays; Fronk Horrls on cards entered in ink, Our cards Shakespeare: Hana Fallada and now bore name but

The Chairman was elected from our host country. No better choice could have been Che Mohd. Ghazali

I found him to be a man of wide cultural tasten; of in- flexible principles, extremely forthright when necessary, of

considerable tolerance,

above gifted

All with puckish sense of humour,

and

That evening we broke off at about six o'clock to attend n dinner, but for the remaining eight days, we were to work far into the night, and on one occasion rarrowly missed work-

g Into the next day.

Sixty miles of celluloid slipped through the projector Colour, black and white; tears laughter; beauly and ugliness all made their impact on the renses of the beholder.

Some flims were exhausting some were boring; some were

Spencer's

When from our

but a hint. There is no denying that once the Festival proper began, all eyes were on the Jury. Wo Fortunately, hinta cannot in- fuence the findings of the Jury. And by the very precautions token security was obtained, and the awards wero fair.

I

his novels of the depression in number, and a sub-committee Germany:

Faery of three now tolalled the marks, Queen; all this purged my mind using a calculating nuchine,

and left my faculties remark- ably clear so that I found that

at the end of the long session,

I was able to recall vividly, und *Our final

assessment Co-

Not by a fraction of a detail c 1 and myself at variance with the findings; in fact I feel fallered to find myself so much

in agreement.

I have helther the right nor the inclination to divulge what went on in the committee, I know It was impossible for anyone to

I

can at this moment, the details incided with the second day of eblain a peep at the cards. of the sims that suggested them- the Festival proper. Eelves for merit or demerit,

On questions of security, I was supported by my colleague,

Illton Choong-leen of Hong- kong. On these points wo were adamant, in fact, so far did' I carry my point that it led to the only acrimonious exchange, among the Jury,

Final colu

Obviously know that the fiunt results were we wore surrounded by curious not entered until noon, Tuesday, people as we were entertained May 5. I know the by the generous people of Kuala culations were made over the Lumpur. To hold a secret the Wednesday, Just before luncheon the Jurors were whole of Aim Asia wishes to on Thursday,

detalled share is a temptation in Itselt. summoned, and the

The The Europeans and Americans results were announced.

next twenty-four hours were of made for me, and I was able to introduce them to the delegates news was released to the Press. close security, Mid-day the from the various countries.

I hold it to be true that none I was naked on several oc- But over and above this, the

position should know how any single cations how things were golag,

1s as follows: By Sunday, was

I Juryman votes. I hold that to I replied that we were forbid-

certain of be essential to the democratie den to discuss the films of the placed a bet, I would have split nothing, but it I could have privileges of an appointed fury Festival until the officlal an-

it on the two dlins that achieved It is pedantic perhaps, the more nouncement was made. so when one remembers that all In the main, people respected the major awards. So, I think, would any other Juror. But we that was at stake was finding this and stopped questioning. the best film in the Festiva}.

were under an obligation to re Only once was I robufted; "My,

Any violation

At any

rate, security, was we do take ourselves seriouslyard security, established beyond suspicion. To which I replied that while other by hint or gesture was a At no time did any Juror know I did not take myself seriously, betrayal of that trust, how his fellow voted, and even I certainly took the task to now, beyond the announcement which I had been elected very

of awards, I have no knowledge seriously indeed, whosoever of how my follows voted.

I believe we found a

Yet upon relarning, I find that the South China Morning

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