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MARYLAND

Film Stars'

Aid For

Britain

ON

success

revealed the extent of their contributions to Great Britain's war chest.

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

A basically simple theme-how a mother widowed through her hus- band's death on the hunting field seeks to drive from her blood a traditional love for horses and to prevent her son from developing the affection-is handled with sincere approach and excellent appreciation in "Maryland," a fine story of the turf now showing at the King's Theatre.

same

All the excitement and thrill and suspense of the hunt and the race track are here, dexterously woven against a story pattern that is dis- tinctly human and not difficult to understand.

Technicolour enhances the spec- tacle, and the sporting pink and the greens of a healthy country have never before been shown to such realistic perfection.

The fight for the classic Maryland Hunt Cup, when the son wins the coveted honours despite a bad spill whilst his mother, too late to obstruct his path, is reconciled with her real self, provides a stirring and heart- warming climax to an enjoyable film. The drama is set besides some genuine comedy, and in the portrait of a coloured stable boy's strength and weakness we have a real gem of negro humour.

Walt Disney's

"PINOCCHIO”

NE of Disney's secrets of swallowed by a whale whilst İH that having searching for his son.

The leading rolės are played by Fay

well

grand-daughter.

Ben

HOLLYWOOD'S British achieved technical brilliance he Nothing daunted, they go to Bainter, as the mother,

colony, angered at being is always introducing new and the bottom of the sea and find Inbelled "deserters," have lovable characters in his draw the old man with his cat and John Payne, as the son, dropped all mystery andi ings.

his goldfish in the belly of the

Walter Brennan, as the at the Queen's and Alhambra,

In "Pinocchio," now showing whale.

Finally, they escape and the

manager, and we are introduced to Jiminy good fairy removes the donkey's (stable It was announced that:

Cricket, a personality that bids ears and tail which Pinocchio Brenda Joyce, as his fair to rival Dopey in your had acquired when he was on Anna Neagle and Laurence affections.

the Island of Pleasure and turns Olivier, by touring the United He is in fact a cricket and is him into a real boy because he States making personal appear made the keeper of Pinocchio's had saved his father and shown Carter is more than at ances, have sent £175,000, less conscience by the fairy who courage and unselfishness. taxes to aid England's war gives life to a wooden puppet Figaro the kitten, and Cleo home in the part of the effort;

made by a kindly old wood- the goldfish noteworthy

additions to Disney's picture stable boy, whilst Hattie "Cary Grant has given-£31,000 carver, Geppetto, his sulary for starring in hist He is not only comic but also gallery. latest film, "Philadelphia Story," quite philosophical and prac The Fox is splendidly drawn, McDaniel, the "Mammy" to British war relief;

tically steals the picture. as is his companion, Gideon the

cat, but Stromboli, the puppet of "Gone With The Wind," is a lovable Aunt over his entire radio carnings of have to leave a lot of admira- master, is rather too much in £1,000 a broadcast;

tion for Pinocchio himself, the the tradition of cartoon ogres.

The Coachman is quite good little wooden puppet who is led

Carrie. and Lampwick, a tough little Gracie Fields is sending the astray by the Fox and sold to urchin who accompanies Pinoc entire proceeds of her present Stromboli, an unscrupulous pup- chio to the Island of Pleasure Canadian tour;

Charles Laughton is handing I say practically because you

£1,500,000 Film

pet master.

naughty little boys to the Island

are

and becomes a donkey, is excel Coming Films

Monstro the whale is immense

Noel Coward's play. "To- Later he escapes but is again lent. night at 8.30," at presest run- trapped by the Fox who sells ning in New York, is expected him to the Coachman, a black in the true and colloquint sense to realize £25,000 for Britain's) hearted character who takes of the word.

The old woodcarver's house cause.

of Pleasure where they are with its numberless clocks and turned into donkeys and resold. musical gadgets is full of suring in time, it is learned that It was also announced that the] Jiminy helps Pinocchio escape, prises; there seems to be no end colony are perfecting plans for a but when they return home to the inventiveness of the pro- "Six Million Dollars" (£1,500,- they find that Geppetto has been ducer. 000) British propaganda film, glorifying the Empire And

featuring more glittering names

than any picture yet produced. shall, Laurence Olivier, Cary England. The rest will go to

Grant, Charles Laughton, Anna United States charities.

others.

With Christmas and New Year in the offing, theatre operators in Hongkong are doing something about their holiday programmes. Though every- thing depends on the film arriv-. Charlie Chaplin's latest picture, The Great Dictator," is booked for Christmas week.

Austen's "Pride and Prejudice,"

Next week-end at the Queen's and Alhambra we will have Jane

(which stars Greer Garson and It is tentatively entitled "The Neagle, Greer Garson, Maureen From Ottawa it is reported Laurence Olivier. Read the Rafters' Ring.”

O'Hara, Sabu, Basil Rathbone, that three young Hollywood scrialisation of the story, which None of the Britons who take Una Connor, and a hundred stars have joined the Canadian begins in the "Telegraph" on

Air Force "as ordinary airmen." Monday. part in the film will receive a

Sir Cedric Hardwicke and They are Patric Knowles, of The King's is putting on penny.

Herbert Wilcox will produce the "The Charge of the Light Loretta Young and Melvyn Dou- They will include Ronald film. Alfred Hitchcock Edmund Brigade" and "Robin Hood," glas in "The Doctor Takes a It's a fine Colman, Merle Oberon, Ma- Goulding and Zoltan Korda will Robert Coote, of "A Yank at Wife" next week. dolbirie Carroll, Gracie Fields, direct.

Oxford" and "Gunga Din," and comedy.

All in all, cinema fans are in Brian Aherne, Vivien Leigh, Seventy-five per cent, of the Colin Tapley, of "If I were Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mar- film's proceeds will be sent to King" and "Storm Over Bengal." for several weeks of good shows.

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