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SHO
THE CHINA MATE,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1941.
BY JAK
ADMIRALTY SECRETS
DFT.
"THE GAME'S UP. HARMSWORTH. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME I'VE CAUGHT YOU
IN HERE SMOKING
HONGKONG
MOVIELAND
BY DAVID LAN
'Marilyn's approach is
different to mine'
"Marilyn Monroe's approach to acting is different
to mine,"
says Hongkong's pretty
Agnes
Wong who has just returned to star in a film after a year at the Pasadena Playhouse, California.
Miss Mare who purstieri academic fly of acting after AUTESS on the screen is consider-
covers the
The second year acting laht (practical perfor
ed by Agnes a "an exception nee), technique of celing on rather than rule."
iedern
ariel
And
TV, directing (uptional) Guth
"Wizen you reach the third "500 Agnes, Decialise in one saibject.
Agnes, who belleves in first dancing things itrat, thinks that dram balki school before an neling career
year,"
is "the normal couse of events."
Hence she enrolled with this
Pasadenu
You
Playhouse at which avose from TV, directing.
Cecil B. de Mlle was a director playwriting.
and frum which Willan Holden and Barbarn Rush graduated.
How does her rehood growin
or stage manage-
ment. And f Corse, you
huye practical perior
Dances."
Her marks in school? Agnes
the student for TV, screen and wrinkled her nose ther favourite
theatre?
Take Agnes for example.
expression when asked a leading tastion), "I got A on acting
in and B' for the rest. R's
her first academic yene, she has Pasalina mean "over 90."
stadler the art of aeting, fence
ing, social history, rustume his
tory, history
"The
last
faken
With her talent and her of theatre, stage ally, she has already
part in the performances, of
ciation, power and
Agnes Wong at a recent reception
make-up, dancing both modern sweeney in the Trees," "Rain," and ballet). and speech.
and "As You Lee It," and play- subject, Sperch, ed the leading cules in the consists of phonetics, pum Time of Your Life." and "Dark
of the Moo profretion,
Agnes is now making use of to live years in television, Aims artlculation," resonance,
Anicrica and on the stage in explained
fasts her summer holiday to full a Aputs. It throughout the Three adenie in contract with the Tungaian galaing more practical experi years and everybody must take Motion Picture and General De- erce. Then she wants more theatrical training in New York. velopment Co. here.
In Fortitude of Life." she "The first year is telused will make her film debut as on "When
learned 1 bave house for the academie subjects acrobat
enoughi, with feats of knife-
171 come back to only," Agnes went on. "From throwing. plute balancing. Hongkong to organise a drama the second year onwards, it's somersaults,
wire- school with Chinese and Ent- 'open house when students put walking.
ilah departments.
Light art
on shows for public appraisal." When asked If she "sale through the air with the greatest
ARTIE
Punce.
"Don't shop at any Common Market, Hawkins."
London Express Bervice.
of ense" Agnes wrinkled her nors again. 1 tumble with my hands touching the ground like a monkey does you know
"And then we will set up a theatre of medium capacity for stage performances," she said.
Agnes is among the few who
the
HE IS BRILLIANT; HE 18 COMMANDING, BUT➡
•
Is Mr. Macmillan the right
man
to lead
US
now?
MR MACMILLAN is a brilliant man.
Mr Mac-
millan is a great personality. Mr Macmillan
is a commanding leader. But has he that balanced long-term view which it is essential that a British Prime Minister should have?
by
I wondered this the other day when I read Şir Anthony Eden's speech at Wetherby, for here at last after four years was an expression of a fixed line that our foreign policy should follow, and for the first time a true analysis of the meaning of joining the Common Market.
LORD LAMBTON
Tory M.P, for Borwick-upon-Twood
Many times in the past four and a half years I have found myself in direct op- Gaulle as the leader of Europe, position with Mr Macmillan and devoted a large section of because it seemed to me his his summing-up speech to the policy was leading nowhere, glory of France, and only men- and that although he was lioned the British position almost enjoying himself immensely, as an afterthought. the country was being en- couraged to forsake Tory principles and continuity of policy
It always seemed to me that he was fascinated by motion und novelty, and that consistency had no part in his character.
In short, we debaged selves for nothing.
017-
Then suddenly Mr Mac. millan seemed bored with the policy of special relationship,
bummingt
For what have those policies and became the peacemaker seemed to settle on Europe, aud and dashed
Nothing, except off to Moscow, suddenly at a cocktail party in in common?
that that there are enough elements where be dicted with Khrush- Washington he announced chav over
the position of we were going into the Cornmon
Market. Berlin.
This brought us into conflet with France and fiermany and
the U.S.A., and how successful it
IMPOSSIBLE
Now I cannot help feeling that the Tory Party is be- was may be judged by the faci ginning to pay the price for that when Mr Khrushchev and having hitched itself to a Mr Kennedy mei in Vienna What did it matter that for the last four years he had given star that, any
rate to me, there was no third choir, and
that now while the U.S.A. and reason after reason for not going the
France, and Germany, are abso- in, that the adamoney c! his lutely agreed on standing firm brief to Mr Mauditng made it over Bertin, we have taken impossible for as to go in when
the eyes of we Turkey's pince in
could have gone in the world as the slek man of reasonable terms? Europe.
was Lurnished by manoeuvres of Suez.
SACRIFICE
Let us look at the Prime Minister's policies and where they have brought the Tory Party.
DIVERSION
ор
What matter that our special relationship
with America had cut zeross հում inbittered France?
in ach to confound the success of the others.
They are not consecutive or orderly. They are the children of expediency. And it is Lype
this
of Government, and not the Tory Party, that I have ai- ways fought against.
that
The fact of the matter is It is because the Tory Party has swallowed itself that we have lost the world's respect, and we have declined In both power and prestige. And now there is on us a monetary crisis, for the noncial world has lost confidence in and is frightened of Britain's leader.
And so am I, for if we go on ny we are doing at the moment,
are
What matter that our przee- it must be clear that we So it can fairly be said that
outraged ending, through loyalty to an To begin with, shortly after
Mr Macmillan's European pulley making policy had Mr Mucralian became Prime has achieved less than nothing. bath France and Germany and individual, and not to principles Minister. he declded to WCO
America al
ference.
But, of course, Mr Macmillan made them demand the strert or a consecutive nglley, to the destruction at the next election any price. The himself recognised this fairly terms? result was the Bermuda Con- quickly, aud, as if to diveri Mr Macmillan seemed to have of the Tory Parly.
attention train this failure, of said to himself: Let's all forget this and go in all the same. But. It involved our sacrificing once dashed off to Africa and our independence, our foreign conjured up the wind of change, of course, the issues must be policy, our everything to please which has already blown South blurred, it must be stresard that
the Americans.
Tunls.
It was always
produce marvels.
OBLIVIOUS
they are financial and not Afrlen out of the Common- palitical. It must be carefully There is a terrible end to a wealth, may well do the same handled so that the country novel of Balzac which
and Rhodesia, Southern
could
*
It brought us buto conillet
relates with France over
to to arms
does not know what le being how a dreman scizes control of is now blowing the settlers out
done, and if it does And out, we train and, unconscious of going to of Kenya.
mustn't he committed so far everything except pced, senda
with- It
the night The
kindest
nying through you that there cannot be thing that we
The cover this policy, drawal under of day
of regardless of stops or in blisstyl of the ignorance of the favoured therefore, is that it has achieved patriotism.
nothing.
How can a policy carried out lie, while oblivious behind him soldiers sing troopload of of it may bu
When Africa went wrong Mr in such a way succred?
look How can a country governed patriotic songs. what happened Macmillan appeared to
President around again fur scme other in such a way retain the respect
do great part to play, and his eyes of the world?
Its justification was would birome the child of America.
when
The succes judged by GI and
famed recently Takaratsuka Dancing Kennedy pralaed Team of Japan for bor- rowing Mits
Helon Ll
Mel to perform the lead- ing role in the Chinese soction of the Japanese
rovao.
Itelen who returned lust Wednesday from a holiday trip in Taiwan, is still awaiting the Boalisation of the agreement.
When it materialises, Holen prefer the legitimate stage to will have to go to Japan for beting in the movies, "For the rehearsals at the Takatsuka
The emballes she will per- form in the film will be typically stage, appearance rioes not count. Theatre, Chinere. Agnes wishes to in It's the acting ability that mat- troduce the Chinese art to the ters,"
West.
The show will start some-
General
Stokowski in
HB
E perches on the ros- trum like an aged stork, his hands waving languidly in the slow movements or clenching and punching the air
Even the dances she per- What is behind Agnes that time in August and last for above him when the tem-
*
Helen, as you may remember. Sald the 20-year-old student played the leading role in the
formed AL Pasadena were makes her take up acting so days. Chinese clamsles-Flower Drum seelly? Dance, Fan Dance, Sleeves Dance, Fairy
"Since my childhood, Flower Dance, actress,
first Hongkong-mado colour Swords Dance.
Ribbon I've always liked to see movies musical, "The Calendar Girl," Red Dance, Silk Dance and many and pluys. When I grew up, 11
thors.
struck me there was something missing in Chinose shows and
"Fortitude of Life" will be that started my search for an subtitled in English for over- answer."
soas distribution and Rs Eng-
the Pasadena Playhouse when
Hish seript will be presented to
she goes back to remuno ber
studica.
Agnes plans well ahead for As reported in this column
Ther futuro. After drama school,
she and, she wants to spend four
to
MP & GI's star, Grace
Chang, was married Mr F. C. Ko in London on June 15.
The newlyweds will bmers) recently, negotiations are moon on the Continent and in underway between MP & the United States
at
po speeds up . . . this is Leopold Stokowski work, making an orche stra of 100 musicians obey his every mand,
shirt
sleeves
com By MICHAEL WALE
Music, to Stokowald. is an all-absorbing compulsion. Ho coust Involva himself in it 10 deeply that he has little time for anything else.
But this great
conductor, who at 74 has achieved almost every goobition
KITTYBOOK.
anything
cert hall, Ho wants to be a thing that I've had
to do with grow up. I know a
tho lot about
land. I havo "I would love to form if I
he said wist talked to and latened to many had the time,"
farmers on mor travels and I'm break in re- fully, during hearials the other day with the sure I would know what to do
it I had a farın," in Orchestra Philbermonja the Fertival Hall, Londoni.
His jacket and tie were slung Why? "I love to plant treas over one end of the usic lias to offer, has a secret ambition AWAY from the con- myselt to feel that any-walking-stick at the other,
the world of
rostrum:
a
end
I will make no comparison,
-(London Kaprem Service).
"Sorry
about the Kuid in nam volec.
stick," he
"My doc tor told me I must
use it. I don't want to, but I broke my Jeg playing football a few weeks ago, back in America."
studio al large He has a home and spends a lot of time playing with his two sons, Stan (aine) and Chris (11). "Ar
chery, bicycling. running. I Join In
everything. Hut fool ball is one amo I'll have to stop playing."
'Rubbish'
There have been several Qicorles about how this nged maestro icrepa
kowski: "There
talk about it
fit. Says Slo-
Was a lot of all being dum to me doing yoga dally, 'Iwb' bish. Yoga is a roligion, a way
of life,
"I have my religion, I am s Roman Catholic"
In his younger days he was one of the tierlert of condue- LORE Temperament, በsco words were. part of his rem petoire. Even now the like has not gone.
(London Expresa Service).
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