1961-03-11 — Page 17

NOTES ON NOTES

by CARL MYATT

MONA NEVER SOUNDED BETTER

"PEPE" PRIZE WINNERS OUR "Pepe" com-

petition proved popular with Club. members, and of the many entries received, we had three people sending in all correct answers to the quiz..

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Here then are the cor. rect answers and the names of the six lucky winners of the contest.

Answers: 1. Sandra Dee, 2, Yes; 3, Gossip Columnist; 4. Dancing: 5, Piano; 6. Frank Sinatra.

Easy, wasn't it?

The winners:

Miss P. Dunk of Flat 7A,

135 Boundary-st.

Miss Patricia, Cresswell, Flat 10 C, Marlborough House, 154 Tai Hang-road.

Miss Maureen Edwards, 12, Briar-avenue, 1st floor, Happy Valley.

All three ladies had all correct answers,

The following three gentlemen had one mistake each, but still get one of double-passes to see the "Pepe".

They are: Peter Tse, 34 Hankow-road, 3rd floor.

George Loh, 17 Leighton- road, 1st floor.

George Ho, 91 Third- street, third floor, Hong- kong.

the

Thank you all for writ Ing in. To the winners— congratulations. To josers better luck next time. And. watch column for, more

petitions future.

in

this

com-

the near

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REATLY encouraged by the success of her first major recording enterprise-the Kong Ling album-Music City's Francis da Silva has revealed her intention of recording more Far Eastern artists, "whenever the opportunity pre- sents itself." Which, interpreted, means: if they are good enough to break into the tough Asian and Far Eastern ‘markets.

Miss Mona Fong, possibly the most famous of Chinese "pop" singers, apparently fits the bill, for Miss Silva has just returned from Manila after personally supervising the recording of Mona's first stereophonic album.

majority of the songs-many of them you'll be hearing for the with first time and together disc jockey-singer, Tony Myati, wrote the lyrics to some of the tunes, like "Millionaire," "Bun- gawan Solo" and "Delilah."

Big surprise of the album to But why go all the way to Manila for a recording date? me, however, was the unusual The ansver is simple. The arrangement producer wanted the best Latin best-seller, American orchestra available Hongkong to accompany the singer

Mona and Cruz during a recording session in Manila,

The globe-trotting musician

of the Presley who has already visited Japan is "Wooden Heart," in Thailand at present, where band-leader Celso apart from fulfilling concerts but Carrillo, who handled all the and nightclub engagements, he at a price that wouldn't leave arrangements, did a masterpiece sat in on a jam session with the anyone's bankk balance in the of re-writing on this one. red.

The 17-pizce orchestra of and Carding Cruz. was hired the job done in exactly two afternoon sessions.

Both Miss Silva and enthusiastic Fong are

Opinion

King of Thailand, an avid jazz

fan.

Watch this column for more on Tony in the near

Some of the other tunes on details the Japanese future. the album are song

"Kiirol Sakuramboo ("Yellow Cherries"). "Sailor." Aliss "Romantica," "Yie Lai Shan," * "Laredo," "Look For A Star"

over

the finished product, and and "Green Grow The Lilacs."

after hearing the tapes, I can- not help but share their enthusiasm.

Richer

I asked Mona Fong her HAD the good fortune of opinion of the album. She de- meeting Senor Mario clined to comment, and said Moreno-Cantinflas dur- she'd rather let the public de- ing his stay here. I found Miss Silva listens critically cide. One thing she did say: him

"I've never worked harder."

to be Q warm and charming mon, soft-spoken

the

during a "take."

picture of himself for young man.

Altogether it was a most in-

Miss Fong has made many records before, but in my The Carding Cruz orchestra opinion she has never been is just tremendous. The (out- and easy going.

is considered the best heard to better, advantage. Her fit)

band in

At the cocktail party given in the her tone Latin-American voice sounds richer, rounder and she handles lyrics Philippines-this in a country his honour by Columbia Pictures teresting evening.

Hotel res- where good bands and excel- at the Ambassador and tunes many of their.

lent musicians are

common-taurant, Cantinflas made it really difficult-with unusua!

place.

point of meeting everyone ot confidence.

his guests, and posed happily But the reputation of the with many of them for pictures Miss

Fong sings in both

Carding Cruz orchestra has which will surely become English and Mandarin, and 1

now spread overseas, and music treasured possessions. expect this disc to have wide critics now count it one of the appeal.

Francis da Silva has put in a (tremendous amount of work herself. She selected the

Reel Corner

THIS

KATI

O'REILL

HIS is the third picture in our series showing how

history is reconstructed for the screen.

show you how the Italians do it.

This is to

to

You must have seen quite a You probably read about this i number of Italian films which at school before you started starred Steve Reeves.

Some of them

specialise in history.

are no more This monster demanded than a joke as far as history is human sacrifices from the concerned, but on the other citizens of pre-Christian Crete, hand, they prove mighty attrac- and the legend is told again in ancient frag- tive, not only in Hongkong, but and again all over the world.

ments of pottery and stone.

This film happens to be véry good one, so they

say at any rate, and it will prob- ably find its way here.

That is because they entertain, and they entertain because they are in colour, they have plenty of action and a simple story with no complicated plot.

a

It is made in the Italian big screen process which they call The picture shown is taken TotalScope, and the colour is from "Warlord of Crete" and it the Eastman process.

tells the story of the legendary The stars shown in the pic- Greek hero, Theseus, the slayer ture are Bob Mathias and of the monster Minotaur,

Rosanna Schiaffino.

best orchestras of its kind the world.

clarinetist

а

in

One young man was lucky enough to win a Rediffusion Movie Magazine quiz.

Tony

Jscott is due in Hong-

His prize? An invitation tu meet the famous Mexican comedian at the cocktail party.

He had his picture taken kong towards the end of shaking hands with Cantinflas the month.

and the star then autographed a

MEMBERSHIP.

Fill this in and send it to the China Mail, 1-3 Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

Name

Age Occupation Address

The Hit Parade

By Ted Thomas

visit of the inter-

Mexican and national film comedian Cantinflas marks the or- rival in Hongkong of the film "Pepe" in which he i; starred.

Billed as the highest-paid film star in the world he shrugs this off as due to the fact that being part owner of the film company that employs him he is able to set his own salary.

During the last visit here of Mike Todd before his untimely death in an alr disaster, Mike Cantinflas said that though was unknown outside his native Mexico, his (Mike Todd's) picture "Around The World In Eighty Days" would establish him for all time.

Mike was right.

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doesn't seem but a few months since I sat in the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel with Mike and his new bride Liz Taylor.

Miss Taylor was looking even lovelier off the screen than on it (one of the few female stars that does), and obviously doting on her quick-

1. Where The Boys Are 2. Surrender

3. Calender Girl

4. The Story Of My Love 5. Perfidia

6. Don't Read The Letter 7. I Will Follow You

8. Wait Till Tomorrow

The World Is Getting Smaller 10. Somebody

11. Let's Go Off Beat

12. Lop-Sided Over-Loaded 13. Rubber Ball

14. If I Didn't Care

15. Devil Or Angel

16. Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight 17. Three Steps To Heaven 18. Calcutta

19. The Green Leaves Of Summer 20. You Are The Only One

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witted and likeable husband. Now, a couple of years later with Mike long dead and Liz again married to singer Eddie Fisher, we find her consistent-

ly making the headlines with

the state of her health.

* ★ ★ WONDER what

be- came of the visit by Pat Boone, expected here round about Fat Choy time. This might well have been just the spark needed to set the annual

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Connie Francis. Elvis Presley. Neil Sedaka. Paul Anka. The Ventures. Patti Page. Eydie Gorme. Eileen Rodgers. Mark Dinning. Johnny Nash. Kong Ling. Brian Hyland. Bobby Vee. The Platters. Bobby Vee. Dodle Stevens.

Eddie Cochran. Lawrence Welk. Easy Riders. Ricky Nelson.

charity drive aflame, but alas Pat didn't show.

Rumours are stilt rife that Johnny Mathis might drop. by but nothing definite.· · The main trouble seems to be lack of an attractive offer for a personal appearance.

That will all change with the completion of the new City Hall, and my bet is that when the City Hall Theatre comes into operation we shall see a new impressario concentrating on the field of light entertain. ment,