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KING'S PRINCESS

SHOWING TO-DAY

2 SHOWS DAILY

At 2.30 & 7.30 p.m.||| At 2.30 & 8.00 p.m. INTACT! UNCUT! SEE IT WITH YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY!

Masterpiece of all motion

pictures!

"THE GREATEST MOVING PICTURE

I HAVE EVER SEEN!" -Walter Winchell.

"A FILM OF REVERENT AND MASSIVE MAGNIFICENCE!" ·

---Life Magazine

CECIL B.DEMILLE'S

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHARLION

TUL

ATKE

COWARD

HESTON BRYNNER BAXTER ROBINSON

YYOKKE

CLEAR JORN

DE CARLO PAGET DEREK

MARIHA

JUCHIR

VINCENT

SIR CLORIC KIMA HARDWICKE FOCH SCOTT ANDERSON PRICE

When MEHERS PACKERNÍ (JSSEL ÜKSIKU JE V JACK GARISS - FELDECA IMAR Bundan da NCR, SCHMATS with mount tadan sorago e Predvial by Peter Paron Kaendas the

**TECHNICOLOR

Admission: Loge & Dross Circle $4.70

Back Stall $3.50 Front Stall $2.00 Special Prices for Students & Servicemen:

Logo & Dress Circle $3:50 Back Stall

$2.40

PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!

PRINCESS

Gregory Peck

WEEK-END MORNING & MATINEE SHOWS AT REDUCED PRICES Boderick Crawford in

"NIGHT PEOPLE" in CinemaScope, & Color

To-morrow At 11,00 a.m.

Feature-length Color

Cartoon

"THE ANIMAL FARM"

KING S

Jai-Condition.

To-morrow At 12.30 p.m. Marlon Brando & Jean Simmons in "DESIRE'E" CinemaScope & Color

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW

AT REDUCED PRICES

To-morrow At 11.00. a.m. M-G-M Presents

"A PROGRAMME OF TOM & JERRY & VARIETY CARTOONS”

HOOVER GALA

S

-NOW

TEL. 52970

PLAYING

TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 and 9.30 P.M.

M-G-M's Story of an interrupted Honeymoon!

Deborah Kerr

Rossano Brazzi

Maurice Chevalier

-Count Your

Blessings

in ma?¢ ñ METROCOLON

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Special Matinee At Roduced Admission To-morrow.

Gala Theatre

at 11.00 a.m.

Gala Theatro

at 12.15 p.m.

Hoover Theatre at 12.00 hoon

20th Century-Fox COLOR CARTOONS

Clifton Webb

Dorothy McGuire In "3 COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN"

Ingrid Bergman * Joseph Cotten in "UNDER CAPRICORN" directed by Alfred Hitchcock

ORIENTAL MAJESTIC

VA

SHOWING TODAY,

The book that rollicked timenta la a romanile rist

ACY CUTE.

DEBSIT

FIBALD ON! LOCATION

IN THE HAYSTACK!

TONY

REYNOLDS RANDALL

PANI DOUGLAS "The Mating Game

FRED CLARK

Con-

on the

Morning Show Troitskyde 'ILIS

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 3.30, 5.20, 7:30 & 0,80 P.M.

SUSAN HAYWARDI

DANE ŠUOVO SEVCE HAVE TAKEN THE PSTRANGERAM: „SIZE KUHILE NIVER

·HAVE TAKEN THE STRANGERS LOVE!

STEPHEN BOYD:

· Morning Show Td-morrow

"LITTLE WOMEN". (in Color);

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1959.

FILMS

66 MOUNT YOUR BLESS-

"CINGS," (Hoover and

Gath), is a film version of Nancy Mitford's book, "The Blessing." It lans sophisticated as a chromium plated bar selling fruit juice as high priced cock tails; for indeed, although the story is flimsy stuff, the superb casi Lurn oul a highly polished, intriguing piece of entertalament.

It is capital light fare, just the evening you will enjoy in ar alr condiúonce cinegia, and, not much on your mind.

The story has Deborah Kerr as an aristocratie Englishwoman meet up with Rosanno Brazzł. French Bying officer of I wealthy family. The tire is World War 11, ond ine setting. war time London.

But for the French, one Whi leads in another, and as a result, Brazzi is away ព long time, during which his son grows lip, and does his best ta separate bis mother and father.

The asides from the nipper are quite among, although he reis elaborate presents when the slipper would bo more to the point, or to the rear, my.

The fun oozes féminine appeal

CURRENT & COMING

ANTHONY

ANTHONY FULLER

Rossano Brazzi, Deborah Kerr and Maurico Chovalier In "Count Your Blessings,"

showing at the Hoover and Gala.

cockiness.

than tokument, and I could be sure of the Frontier West. It

that It Todd of DeMille were

scenc

by cunningly using the small boy of confidence rather as an excuse for introducing in- triculo commentary on the The book has the 30 steps as on the job, the box office would gives both Guy Madison and Rhonda Fleming plenty of halts of the rich and cultured a places the film has it a code, be busy. French mule. On The other and while it is not fair to hint But there was much I liked opportunity to meet with

Command excitement. hand, the Alm makes its point at the punchy climax, 1 feel that about "The Ten without hnaplne on sex, or the film is an Improvement on menls," the ark in the bullrushes giving us one of these behind the original Buchan plot.

the very for instance; the hand sniggers, that to me,

magnitude of the building of the at any rate, are more scruffy than

trensure elty. in dozen Brigitte Rarint- słowa,

In Made

Metrocolor, and filmed ira CinemaScope, the peenes of Parts and London ex- teriors and interiors are benuti- ful.

Deborah Kerr is just right as

So there it is, a really good colourful tuilles, not Hitchcock, sut Thomas, bul a good evening'a fun just the same.

Turn

Madron comes along with quite a good performance as a convict who escapes the death I did not like the striking out penalty after fulfilling the un of the Ten Commandments, but gual request of a judge to

I did like the seene when Charl- marry young woman who to Heston turned aside to talk must have a husband in order to with Jahweh.

THIS weekend sees a re- But millions of people every

of "The Ten where have paid their shillings,

dollars, the blue blooded Engilshwoman, Commandments," the record see this film, and doubtless many franes, and marks, to Grace Allingham. She is dazzingly gowned, so much

film, So breaking

which is in this Colony will count it that most waren will have to showing at the King's and worth while to have a second

look. see the flim twice; once in ex- Princess. amine Mias Kerr's wardrobe; and the second time just to see the Alm.

about ble nim, there seems te

So much has been written

to add, save that in spite of the Rossana Brazi, as Captain Charles-Edouard de Halhubert is scorn poured upon is by

viewers everywhere, the public, the romantic figure many of us with le usual disregard for the remember pushing uside the advice, scorn, and cheap wit of blackout curtains of Shepherd's; the pen, has paid more through and later in Paris, just right the cash box to see "Ten Com- Emotig the peach and creata mandments" than ever to any family heirlooms, where he pur- previous film, sues his pre-war hobby of chas- ing girls.

O0UTC,

the birds oul of the trees.

Young Mariin Stephens is the cause of all the trouble, and he

But how

receive a large inheritance.

Mies Fleming, as the girl who takes over large trading business and emerges as a Acry to lashing out with a bullwhip, young woman, not at all adverse is quite adequate.

B Metropole) is 66DULLWHIP" (Star and Filmed in CinemaScope and an all Colour by De Luxe, full use is made of some of California's action film placed in the days most spectacular scenery.

I

FILM BRIEFS

1

and

have Just this minute come A scene when Laurel The point is, the inte Cecil B.

from a preview that was ex- Hardy stopped outside a baker's DeMille had his hand on the

traordinary in every way. shop: the van driver pot ple in There is, of

the public pulse as none other had

the oye, and that led to a whole It was all very wall to wicked

Previews are an early show- orgy of ple throwing. I have uncle in the story, or hus. and who better than Maurice talk about anachronisms, glaring ing of a film in order to Allow said before in this column that

co vulgar (in the real sense of the the trade to have Chevaller, who can stil

look at we never get a really prolonged word) scenes, or Caesar's talk-coming events, and, incidentally, burst of laughter "at the pic- ing Bike a bowery bum; in a

to see whether they want to turns, nowadays. sense all this was true.

show the lm or not; but this

No that it is just seeinga what DeMille knew was,

was different.

person stop a fruit ple with his face, but rather the expression Make a note of the film now on his face. One man lying The Golden Age of Comedy." It beck in a barber's chair; a ritzy

museum plece, but the

old lady gazing from the win-

The indignant surprise of it

thor of the pastry eple as in- nocent as a Bainb

of late.

is a refreshing change from to pack them in the cinema, and воле of the wise-cracking, that is just what he did.

It is on that account that snarling little brates we've had claim that the man who con- derides him, and ploce of fun; or if you don't like screams at the public for belnit copies, are remarkably clear. It dow of her saloon car.

I put this down as a spley tinually

tickling, foolish, is not only a fool himself made the world laugh between all. And Ston Laurel, the au- splee,

soothy, exhilarating dry champagne.

R

make

*

but n. bore.

DeMille was who

A

is a

is scenes

from the alms that

the years 1910 to 1935, showman,

Admitting I like a good knew what the public wanted, and he gave it to laugh, and by laugh, I mean them. In every sense, he was laugh, I came out of the Roxy a success for he accomplished quite helpless.

There on the screen were what he set out to do.

Blm DoMille made.

*

1

*

Rated the best comedy over,

EGARDING "The 39

by laugh count, was Steps," (Lea and

I admit that, and admire hinbuch old time favourites as, that is

This Astor) I do not know if it for it, but that does not neces-Laurel and Hardy; Will Rogers; "Two Tars" which is included

cavalcade of fun. is such a good thing to re- sarily mean I enjoyed any one Jean Harlow as the stooge of in this

Charley has Laurel and Hardy again, in But what Laurel and Hardy,

one of the first troifle smarts, films. Granted a difference does that make? Chase, and others.

And quarter of a century gives I am not here to dielste, but

what got me laughing with Edgar Konnedy doing his Arst controlled rage act. Laughi more than anything? us improved techniques, but to review in the light of entir

thought I would never stop. that does not necessarily

Mark it down a must see, for give us a beiter film.

the laugh of your life.

****

Alfred Hitchcock gave us the Arat ilm, made from 口 plot bared upon John Buchan's thriller, and this present version maintains all the high spots of the original script.

Ralph Thomas directs the film now on show, and he is certainly trending where angels fear to tread when he remakes a Hitchcock vintage plece,

Kenneth More takeo the original Donat role, that of Richard Hannay, and this time we seein colour the escape from the train while it is erosing the Forth Bridge.

Buchan rarely wrote feminine rates in his thrillers, but both the original, and this version dritroduce a role to be played op- posite the male-lend.

enough will re- Those old call Madeleine Carroll, and the scene I remember vividly: was when she, handcuffed to Robert Donal, tried to take her stockings, hanging drying from the mantel-piece, and

· sitempt to put them on It was one of the small asides that Hitchcock could, build up with onlonishing' vitality with fmcizuno audience response.

This fim bax Taina Elg play opposite Ken Mort, id I m certain that those who knew not the original will find it an in- tensely satisfying flim on s own account

Kenneth More has a certain nonchalance of his own, a bright and breezy approach, a kind of audacious aasiaranice · which' the Hannay saracter calls for.

Whether he is hiding from the villains, ceceping from the "truirk nirting with les dig, or leefu

NEW FILMS AT A GLANCE

SHOWING..

·STAR & METROPOLE: “The Bailwblp." Guy Madison and Rhonda Fleming In an Cinemus- off-beat Western. Brope anul Colour. HOOVER & GALA; "Count Capital Your Blessings." entertainment of a light and Jolly kind. Light'story with an extremely polished cast playing against a superbly

and Paris photographed London background. Dow borah Kerr; Rossano Brazzi; and Maurice Chevaller. ROXY & BROADWAY: "UIS Yeller," Delightful story of a scraggy mongrel who, was faithful unto death, Popular entertalonient to salt the whole family, will high- lights given to the dog and

Dorothy the youngsters. McGuire and Fess Parker, LEE & ASTOR: "The 39 Steps." Buchan's thriller remade In Eastman Colour. The file retains much of the Hitchcock script, and worka

up to a emmaking

thriller climax. The

for Kenneth More this week. and Taina Elg. KING'S

*

"The Diary of Anne Frank," soon to be soen here, had a won- derful send-off at the Orriton in the Haymarket. They adopted u plan that should have been in operation long ago, that of play- ing to copate houses, and making every seat bookable.

*

A strange thing about Hong- kong is, the psychological films or those to do with the deep tortuous ways of sex, drop-dead here. Why I say that is, "Midilo of the Night" just managed to slay on its Teet at, the King's and Princes, whereas at the Odeon, Marble Arch, It was strongly supported by high glass audioRCOS.

Paychological? I

PRINCESS: "The Ten Cumasandments," Return visit of Cecil B. 'DeMille's last film. This thum broken records everywhere, and as a SPOO table, is great entertain- Charlton Heston as ment. Mosts, supported by a star east, Technicolor and Vista-g in particular Vision,

COMING

A

was-think- of "Three Faces of Eve” which fell down at the Roxy end Broadway. The film which

placed Joanne Woodward on the film map.

The Rank Organtation have a good gimmick in London, Lcd Up with Terry to Hongkong."

J Et John and Cargit works like this. Suppose you Lynicy. Light bright: zilahile

Cintas and trasy days, Boope and Colour by Do Laxe.

BROADWAY! ROXY & METROPOLE STAR →

"Holiday for Lovers." "Around

World In the

grand colourful tour of Sno Eighty Days." Return dato,

Panto, ie, and Peru, with with Alko Todd's Decta», -

Cutton Webb, Jano Wyman, ctilar film, based on the Jules Verna novel, Scenio splendour, catchy theme vour, big screen and velost, Blox

Stereophonic Bound Dávid Niven

HOOVER & GALA: "Gione With The Wind" Return of celom American Civil War uplo, with, the ærvalost čini over nnevanbied for any mogło "Aim Clark Gablo, Vivien Keith, Leslie

HAVINKUA

ing in a girls school, he allowant, and Divis maintains a chaourful spirit, born:

LEE ASTOR: The Bloo Girl," "an: Iiklian fim fol. lowing the town to earth- atmospherb of "The Bleyclo Thloves,” and “Hilter. Rio.” KING'S & PRINCESS: - "Jokai

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are a busy man surrounded by telephones, and you are taking a call when another comes through you Just rest your phone on the cradle, and It plays the theme song from the film, until you life it ngala and are prepared to continue.

Of course the bet weather Warner always etver the best office the plačilom, starring knock in sudand, but even so, Hebers Stack, · * ZYD® glass ・ ・ "Terry To globe. Fraven, "and" Charton Coburn, dog well, hate to 7 "I

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SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 & 9,30 P.M.

The RANK ORGANISATION PRESENTS

The GREATETTSPY STORY OF ALL TIME"

KENNETH MORE TAINA ELO

$39 STEPS

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MORNING SIŁOW TO-MONNow

LEE THEATRE

At 11,00 a.111, M.G.M'S CARTOONS

At 19.30 p.m.

A. & C. MEET

THE CAPTAIN KID

ASTOR THEATRE

At h1D it PARAMOUNT'S CARTOONS

At 12.30 p.m1. NEVER BAY GOOD-BYE

ROXY & BROADWAY

2nd GLORIOUS WEEK

NOW SHOWING THE 9th DAY! Owing to longth of picture please note change of timos: AT 2.30, 5.15. 7.30 & 9.45 P.M.

WALT DISNEY

DOROTHY MAGUIRE and FESS PARKER OLD YELLEN

ADDED ATTRACTION: Walt Disnoy's "PORTUGAL! 1n CINEMASCOPE & COLOR

BROADWAY: 5 Shows To-morrow, Extra Performance of "OLD YELLER” At 12.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW ● AT REDUCED PŘÍČES ROXY: AF 12.00 Noon BROADWAY: At 11:00 am. 20th Century-Fox presents In CinemaScope & Color "BERNARDINE" Starring: Pat Boone

Tony Mooro

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