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TOP COLUMN

THE CHINA MAIL," SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1959

Roderick Mann

OF SHOW BUSINESS

Why Welles missed

his big first night...

WHAT JURGENS SAID DID

NOT PLEASE HIM AT

ALL

London. 7HY did Orson Welles miss the splashy West

their

Wad premiere of the most ambitious film to date, Ferry to Hongkong-in which he stars? Along with the other stars, television "plugging" of Curt Jurgens and Sylvin Syms, picture. They were unable to do negotiations ho had been invited as guest of so-and so began

Not only to the pre- with Wolles fur some of the honour, milene but also to the big party footage which he was shooting for 600 people given afterwards for his own company. at the Festival Hall, But bulky Orson was not there,

There are reasons,

FIRST: Wolles has taken vlolent excaption to co-star Curt Jurgen's recent re- "When marks about him. we wore in Hongkong," said Jurgons, ** was all set 10 walk

Welles out. For wanted to rawrite not only his own dialogue, but most of mine as woll."

on

(The animosity was not Jurgens's side. Rumbled Orsan, who prefers to think of himself as a director: "I hate all netors. Stupid, emply-headed creatures," When he said it he was looking straight at Jurgena.)

SECOND: Normally the Rank unit would have shot extra film In Hongkong to be used for

Welles said they could have his film-if the price was right. Enfd The Ran Organisation they would buy it-If the Alm was good. They would like to see it first.

down Orson is a much more difficult proposition,"

I saw a

Welles... "I hate all actors”-

company

But Lancaster's gripping picture the other day called The World, the now owns the film rights to the Flesh, and the Devil, which story, To which the Rank Organisa-, shows New York after an tion rather sadly adds: "You atomto kolocaust has destroyed can say that again."

allfe-save three.

THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

SAYS Herlond

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