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"MADAME BUTTERFLY”

A BIG SUCCESS

CLEVER

DIRECTION

"PASSPORT TO HELL”

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(By "Celluloid")

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those "different" films. Hollywood Bex, except for a bedroom

scene,

In conspicuous only by its absence. und in its place is given a real insight into rural American life. The picture, because of its entirely new character, may have a limited appeal in Hongkong. We have been brought up on sex and artificial set-ups to such on extent that the revolution of State Fair with its simpla characters, Its rural story, surroundings, and lack of sophistication may have its reac tions on number of partons.

But

sa im. It is one of the best yet presented in this Colony and I for one expect to see it prove a big attraction.

AN unusually powerful east con- tribute impeccable perform unces, Will Rogers, Janet Gayor, Norman Foster Sally Ellers and Low Ayres are all in their element. and in addition there perfectly glorious photography, which, I hardly think, has yet been surpassed by any previous film shown here.

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some

There is enough emotional gloss on A Farewell to Arms, which

Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant as they appear together in Paramount's delightful screen version of "Madame Butterfly", one desire to prove that a

which is showing at the Queen's Theatre, film needs a good plot to anally discovers herself married which depicted the American navy comes to the Majestic on Sunday, puil it through from being à to a young German to escape des carrying out war time manoeuvres, to hide its lack of argument; picture which one tolerates be- tention and other unpleasant The photography is really excell fortuitously built up from incidents cause one has paid $1.70 to one things. Then the young bride, gut and there isn't too much of in Ernest Hemingway's novel, it which can be thoroughly enjoy- gorgeously gowned, beautifully the Blah Blah which too frequent has been played by Frank Borzage ed, a visit to local theatres at manicured, etc., etc., finds herself ly mars U.S. travel and propagau- for sentiment, and on acutiment it the present is only required. forced to live in a jungle station da films,

will get home. Helen Hayes plays with her husband. Still gorgeous, -

the war nurse who falls for an beautifully-by way WHICH brings me to Madame officer on the Italian front, and dies THE contrast (and thereby the gowned,

Butterfly,which has started in a Swiss clinic in bearing him a proof) is afforded by the offer. Ko on, she runs into none other

fine upright a run at the Queen's Theatre. This child; she is not a very deep actress, Inga at the King's and Queen's than Paul Lakas, a Theatres. At the one you have young German soldier-until he is a great film. Not so much be but a tricky one, and her man- n West Africa melo-drama romance meets her. Even then his survey cause favourites such as Sylvia nerisms are deliberate enough to

a powerful enough Sidney, Cary Grant and Charles be taken for the grand style. and the other the sereen version of maps Pemain

keep him on brilliant influence to a successful book and a

the Ruggles figure in it, but because stage play. The first named, with straight and narrow, until, in a the story in itself is sufficiently something powerful to carry it through to a a story which might have come out moment of pique, or

One cannot

be

of the Ark (though heaven forbid like that, he picks her up in his triumphant end. To the producers there should be two of such a arms. After that it is just too and the actors go the honours of kind!), offers two problems. First, bad. She can't go no living with having added to it a sort of down- ly why it was erer conceived, ut him and he can't go on exist right reallem which Secondly what influenced Fox to ing without her. But they manage help feeling, despite the fact that believe it was attractive material it even when the husband returns, the story is not intended to for screen adaption ?

and the husband's father (rather taken seriously. a nasty of individual) joins them. PASSPORT TO HELL, which is Then emmes the climax. The sur. AND that really is its strength, vey plans are discovered stolen. The subtlety of suggestion and the fitle of the picture under list an an English subject is imagination lifts it from a pure discussions, features. or rather. Jail to feature, Elisa Landi. The suspected, arrested, but not des romely et musical romance into a The stark It jected. Her opportunity for self portrayal of life, story is set in West Africa.

sacrifice arrives. Her husband had tragedy of little Cho-Cho-Sun, the opens with a suicide (cherzes in committed the foul deed for love. Butterfly stands out above every- femme of course) in a British port, Paul Lahas also finds an excuse for thing else. To those who are and then switches over to German

complete really serious minded the picture West Afrien just at the time the the disillusionment, Warner Or- comes as a screen illustration of SANG ANAKNE TORTE SERIES Acre Tanzel (the nasty individual refer- Kipling's lines "East in East, and But more inter- red to), who had heretofore been West is West".

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heroics, and finally, to

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on the only one to net necording esting still is the fact that in this to his lights, suddenly realises story of the hopeless love of that sentiment has not before en- Geisha girl for a handsome Ameri- tered his life, and so the sobbing can naval officer, can be found an circle is completed. and Elissa analogy of life in every country Hoes on her way, knowing that whether the central figures be a mixture of races or of the game Paul will be in the offing.

nationality and colour.

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THAT is the story. The trouble

Eric Linden and Sidney Fox appearing together in "Afraid to Talk", which opens at the Central Theatre on Sunday,

THE American studios have decided that Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse

is there is very little to relieve THE poignancy and drama of is no longer a sufficient attraction to Butterly's life is magnificently m faas on his own. At least that it. Elissa Landi, who is obviously portrayed in the first instance by seems to be the only possible reason meant for better things, tries Sylvin Sidney and secondly by the for their latest move which is to make hard to infuse some sincerity in directer. And the director in this as animal, together with live actors full length Alm featuring the fam- her work, but how could she? She case is, most fittingly, a women. Including Jimmy Durante and Jack is charming of course, awfully at. So far as I can recollect this is Peurl. Mickey's new story, which is tractive yet never a figure with the first picture we have seen wing husnulled by 31.6.M. has no title whom one can find any sympathy. mude under the direction of yet, but it is stated that all the cast, And really she should be getting Marion Gering. I sincerely hope it with the exception of Mickey, will be a lot. Paul Lukas is again the is not the last. She tackles her live people. must polished actor in the crist, task with the utmost confidence

but he has a miserable sort of and adds sympathetic touches i move is obviously an experi- ment but as to how successful it character to portray and quite un- which refresh our flagging spirits worthy of his talents. Warner about the technique of the cinema, is likely to be is a matter for con- jecture. In his cartoons Mickey has Oland does manage to infuse some

been in a class of his own in cinematic

reality in his work, whereas Alex- CARY Grant, who is incidentally, art, and it is dificult to corecive hims breaking. Great War is

Ellest ander Kirland, confronted with a U an Englishman, is probably moving about with the same freedom Lindi, central figure in a London study between a viralent young one of the best looking herus on and interpreting in his wonderfully Society scandal, escapes the cut mari hopelessly in love and a cow the screen today, Furthermore he dumb eloquence in the company of ting glances of her eastwhile ardly young fool fearful of his, can, within certain limits, art ex- live actors. Incidentally Jack Pearl friends by shipping to Paris, Ber- father, leaves one convinced that tremely well, and he has à charms unknown on the screen, but is

favourite in America. lin Morocco and inalty Africa, he doesn't sympathise with either ing voier. Charles Ruggles adds Front sture There, in the tropies, where men character.

delicate humour and an extremely Durante, of course, with his famous nozzle is known the world over. capable supporting cast nasists the The results of this experiment, which are men, and collars are cellulaid

is bringing together for the first time so as to speak, she becomes en. FRANKLY I did not find much to film being a pronounced success.

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