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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAFIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1990.

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Holon Prior, E. G. Smith-Wright, Jane Weller, Donald MacAlister, Myrtle Brown,

PICK OF THE FILMS

He Likes Our Peak: We Love His Music

·BY "FIRST NIGHT”

Theatre: Alhambra and King's; Film: "Rose Marie." Stora: Jeanette MacDonold; Nelson Eddy. WHEN Musicomposer Rudolph Friml

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paid his third visit to Hongkong eighteen months ago, his best-remembered remark was that "Hongkong's Peak pre- sented a picture that should be framed."

Mr. Friml, we return the compliment. Because of your music "Rose Marie" is a picture that should prove as great a mag- net to cinemaddicts as our Peak does to visiting tourists.

"Rose Marie" has much to commend, but the superb music of the old stage musi- cal comedy is its greatest pull.

The server adaption, in other ro spects, differs so widely from the stage version that the two,with Frimla music, would be unrecognisable as twins. But the change is for the better, and exemplifies the majestic spread of the screen яя compared with the restricted confines of the stage..

Apparently M.G.M. haye knitted their screen version together on the Bound assumption that cinemaddicta will pay little attention to plot and trimmings if they can hear Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy sing. To this end, little time has been devoted

to the plot, a few magnificent Canadian outdoor scenes have been painted around the two centrai gures, who have then been allowed to amble and sing through the sequences almost at will.

The story is the usual Zane Grayish

or other Western one centred ground

the activities of Caanda's famous Royal North West Mounties. Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) is a pettish, kittenish opera singer whose scopegrace brother (James Stewart) kas escaped from jail, murdered a pursuing officer. They bring him fin- ancial assistance; she treks toward his cabin in the woods. Cheated on the way by an Indian guide, she meets Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Bruce Nelson Eddy), likewise on the trail of her brother. Unaware that he suspects the family connection, she is forced to travel with him when the guide deserts her for the second time.. The trip, replete with fluffy comedy, engenders love and such songs is "Rose Marie" and "Indian Love Call", whose charm twelve years of plug- ging have not impaired. Though Bruce's capture of her brother tem- porarily dampens their ardour, her adroit manager (Reginald Owon) brings them together for one last meaningful duot.

BRIEFOORAPHY: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, previously ve-starred in "Naughty · Marielik”, will be seen ister. In korral other muzicomedies, James Stewari

Princetonian who reached Hollywood vin· Broadway, where he

three. appested in stage hita.. Will prove a top-liñer before' 1976 only Mufe for original

"Klose Marly” was "composed by Rudolph Frimi. who weards Nongkong as his second home- town, violta hore ovary year. In polishing "Sing-Song Girl", which wrote and come pased in Hongkos (in room in Peninsula overlooking harbour and Peak) and far which he unsuccessfully soureled for "iden1" Chinese girl to take funding role. XX.G.M. are patung "Bin Bong Ciri" (under differ ant- title) Inta production in near future.

"Good God, Holen."

MYRTLE DROWN;

The next time a man anka voi to marry him, Sarah, don't keep him dangling-dangling.”

HELEN PRIOR, E. Q. SMITH-WRIGHT DÓN ALD MACALISTER. STOTLE DROWN.

Candid camera photographs above and below were taken, Wednesday night, during performance of A.D.C.'s "Lovers' Leap"," show live artists at various stages in production. Coples of these. and other photographs taken by Staff Photographer'may be obtained

From "Telegraph" Oflee.

"FIRST NIGHT" SEES

The Pictures Jump

Off The Screen At The King's

"I don't think Mr. Norroys Nas been in all night.. His bed hasn't been· olept in"

JANE WELLIER, BIYHTLE BROWN, HELEN PRIOR.

Ecstasy And The A.D.C. In Brief

By "FIRST NIGHT".

AD.C. have had so many pats on the back that I think they will take a few well-intentioned criticisms from me that are intended to be of a reconstructive character.

First: why do they always chose plays that require a very d small cast? I know from past years that they have plenty of talent and it is a pity that they do not show more of it instead of "taking turns" with their stars as they do now,

The mallness of the stage and

Inadequacy of dressing rooms is some

excuse but not sufficient, Bela, Helena May To End

more local artistes bigger public.

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Actually there were only four characters in "Lovers' Leap" as Jane Weller was wasted. This would seem to be the author's fault and one can- not take liberties with copyright.

Pity, too, that a little more music cannot be interspersed during "A.D.C. plays. There must be plenty of suit-

Film: "Audioscoplies"; Type: "Pete Smith" Short; Release: able productions in which the heroines King's, Wednesday.

at a private showing at the King's new film this week ducked in their seats.

PEOPLE in the audience

A football thrown by a man on

the screen soomed to be coming atraight at them.

A ladder toppled over and scem-. ed certain to crash on their heads. A man squirted a soda siphon- and they ducked again instinc- tively.

The film was a "short" called "Audioscopiks."

It is the latest experiment In the production of Rtereoscopic films-giving the lusion of depth to pictures on the normal flat screen.

The film, which is produced by

Happy Returns

To

Charlie Chaplin, celebrating 47th birthday to-day some- where, in French'. Indo-China. Has spent 26 of his 47 years in films, the last 11 with United Artists, which he help ed found. His best friends are Mary Pickford and Doug. Fairbanks; his worst enemica are newspapermen.

"Don't you find something hounting in the thought of two propi

drifting into old age, together?rried, of course.

HYRTLE DROWN; E. G. STU-WRIGHT, DONALD MACALJST

GREEN

INK

GREEN GELATIN

RED GELATIN

RED INK

This diagram shows how a log, photographed by the stereoscopic camera, would be transformed by colourcil

from spectaclen double Imago to a "three-dimen sional" picture.

or heroes break out into song,

These points aro worth nothing if the object of the A.D.C. is not to just put over a play with as little trouble as possible. The aim should be to produce it under the best possible circumstances..

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Critica have lavished praise Justly an on the artistes in "Lovers Leap", unjustly made little mention of the people behind the scenes who make it possible for theso shows to be so successful. Worthy of extra of thanks from A.D.C. Com- mittee, applause from aesthetically- inelined audiences when the final cur- tain goce down to-night is Mr. W. A. Cornell, who had only one setting to make for current show, has neverthe less done a job replete with taste added much to the success of “Lovers' Leap.

E. Grossman and R. Barry na Stage Managora, IL Starling (asalated by L. 8. Yeale and I. S. Britnoll) in chargo of Lighting, Chiton's, bo Malzee's, Dolly Varden's and The Wednes-ssisted in more than keeping up the Caravan's gowns have also materially high standard set by. A.D,C,” in” pro- vious yourB

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. will shown to the public on

Jay,

THE ILLUSION Bakh member of the audience is given a pair of inexponsive_gela- tino spectacles, one lens red and the other green.

The illusion of the third dimen sion is created thus:-

When one looks at an object normally the left eye secs more of. ong-sido than the other, and the right eye sees more of the oppo- site side.

Α two-in-one camera, with lenses taking the place of the

photo human eyes, is used to graph the atoncoscopie · film sub- Jeet. Then the two laive aro merged on ono print. The result to the naked oyo is a blur-like tho effect of squinting.

Then the two viowa tre dyed on the print in green and rod, ink.

Through the coloured spec. tacles, the green gelatine can- cels out the green ink and sees only the red 'print. The eye looking through the red gelatine seca only the green ink.

Thus urch eye has a different vision and the result la-equivalent to the human eye looking at a reni three-dimensioned object instead of two-dimensional photograph

Extraordinary effecte are pro- duced, ca in the case of the falling ladder, by moving the objects while they are being photograph od.

The artistes take the bows, but add an extra clap to-night for the people behind the scenes. Upon them also depended the success of the play.

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ALL credit to Mr. Smith-Wright for throwing himself so whole-heart- edly, into amateur dramatics here, He has canily earned here the high position he held in Shanghai

Something too, must be said of Már,

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Season With New Singer On April 23

Helena May. Institute, which has sponsored Colony's most, delightful winter concerts, des serves bumper audienco for final Concert of season, set down for. Thursday next at 9.15 p.m.

Glance at advance programme disciones newcomer, one Anno Halfour. Further enquiry elicita · she is delightful: mezzo-soprano who has done much singing else where, particularly in England, and is decided acqulaltion to Jocal musicircles.

Fifty cents non-members, 40 cchts members, 30 cents. Service men in uniform admits to Cen- cert. Slight expenditure provides means for spending delightful, inexpensive evening on a date worth noting in your diaries.

Champkin, whose own uppearances on the stage have always been woll ze

colved. Buhind the scenes he has in-

pred a great deal of work in the President's fob in a very practical present production and has done a

marner.

COMEBODY whispered to me that

the Colony would never get the full benefit of its musical and bir- trionic talent until the A.DC and the Philharmonic Society make friends I didn't know that they wordn't friends until I saw a paragraph-- waste-paper-banketed--sent in by ono of the parties the other dayan

It read: “The rumour that the-

is giving a charity performance in aid of the de- donjed.” Fill In one blank with A.D.C. and the other with Philharmonie Society and you have the answer. No, I'm afraid I can't tell you in what order.

“Darling, what teore you doing all night?! E. SMITH-WRIGHT, DONALD KACALISTER. MYRTLE BROWN,