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SAFARI

Big game hunting seems to be a matter of minor importance nowadays when so many people are using guns for other purposes, but "Safari," which comes to the Queen's Theatre to- morrow, has an air of topi- cality.

The hero, leader of count- less hunting expeditions in Africa, is anxious, though an American, to have a share in the war, The European volcano is about to burst before the hunting trip has started, and when it is over the leader and the lady friend of the financier, of the expedition have decid- ed to face the new life together.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr., looks the part as the virile American who exclaims, "This war is everybody's business," and Madeleine. Carroll, as the lady in the piece, is her usual charming self. Tullio

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 4, 1941.

Songs Switch From

KHAKI TO KISSES

By

The new vogue is post- Dunkirk: After Dunkirk wanted military marches, bugles, drumbeats.

nobody Car-

minnti is appropriately impos- ing as the wealthy baron who promotes the hunting trip.

ERNEST BETTS

THAT has happened to the gay, melodious, tem- peramental song-hit trade

Hence the current trans- formation.

There is lively action in the film, and the jungle, with its since the rafters rang with Did you know that the wild inhabitants, provides all those war tunes?

four biggest hits at the colourful background.

moment in Britain, not ex- What is Tin Pan Alley cepting the work of Bing

What songs will doing?

Crosby, Deanna Durbin, and

A Line on Hollywood

The Cisco Kid charm us from Hollywood Judy Garland, are headed by Hagerstown, Maryland, to pick

this winter, what themes a simple, almost Victorian arise from the trumpets of balled?

and the Lady Charing Cross-road? It is called "I'll Walk With

On the screen of the King'sj

A few months ago every You," and has already sold That, my Theatre's to-morrow, O. Henry's new film, every big broad- 100,000 copies. famous bandit returns in un cast, every great chorus dear Toscanini, is real music. other exposition of colourful rolled out a barrel or hung

After the ballad, Cole dare-deviltry,

out the washing on the Sieg- Porter's melodious muse ar- rives with "Begin the Be- old. After that, "All The guine." It is fifteen months Things You Are," by Jerome "Showboat") Kern hits the keyboard.

This time, the Kid is. be- fried Line. queathed a share of a gold mine R.A.F. men, Army men, map, tho other portion being in the hands of the bad men. The at canteens and smokers, action of the film revolves said Good-bye to Sally or around the efforts of respective Followed the White Line or sides to determine the exact yelled "Kiss Me Good-night, location of the mine. It is un- necessary, perhaps, to state that Sergeant-Major," to an ac- the Kid finally emerge winner.companiment of fruity wise- cracks unacknowledged by Cesar Romero has stepped easily into the shoes of Warner King's Regulations.

Francés Day is singing! this in her new play now on Baxter in the role of the Cisco Gracie Fields sang "The tour, "Divorce for Chry- Kid He is a gorgeously swag. Grandest Song of All." stabel." gering bandit of the Robin Hood "There'll Always be an Eng- type, and a Galahad thrown into land" sang Gracie.

the bargain.

Marjorie Weaver plays the school teacher to whom the Kid turns over the mine, and Vir-

If Frances starts something like this you can bet your life it will continue. It is the biggest hit_since "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."

Then comes a ten-year-old} That seems a long time number, "Sleepy Lagoon," by Eric Coates. Dorothy The music publishers have Carless, the B.B.C.'s Num- maid who clearly knows where been very cagey about their ber One vocalist, has given to hide the map in an emergency plans ever since. Comedy proceeds from Chris-Pin Martin as an obese caballero, and the villainy in the piece is in the hands of Robert Barrat.

ginia Field, whose acting in "Of ago. Mice and Men" many will re-

member, is the robust saloon

Britain's R.A.F.

This "March of Time" produc-

new life to this number on What is to replace those the air. memorable ditties?

Carroll Gibbons, who plays I will tell you.

at the Savoy and is a sort Sentimental numbers, old- of humming bee of popular fashioned songs, songs of songs, thinks we're in for a

lovers and romantics, in- big romantic revival in timate and snappy duets. popular music. And no musical notes about the war.

tion, made with the help of the ARTISTS'

Air Ministry, is showing at the

King's next week together with the film, "Men Against the Sky."

It is a factual record of R.A.F. organisation and achievement, First we are conducted behind the scenes of a day-to-day air raid to the nervo centres of de- fence.

are

IDEAL

MODEL

"Revivals are enormously) popular," he told me. Judy Garland's song, "I'm No- body's Baby," from the latest "Andy Hardy" film, is a, case in point. It was written in 1922) -

:

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Jimmy Stewart landing his plane at Clover Field and dig- covering himself in the middle of a flock of expert pilota .. Maureen O'Sullivan making her first public speech before 5700 persons at a benefit in Ottawa,' - Canada...Ann Sothern shop- ping for a copper-topped coffee table for her sunporch... Hedy, Lamarr giving an impromptu song recital between scenes on the "Comrade X” set... Jean- elto MacDonald making prop-i arations for her concort tour this winter. Nelson Eddy, busy making new phonograph recordings... Bob Taylor's fly- ing teacher, Max Constat, off to Ruth up Taylor's now ship Hussey buying two Oriental rugs and a priceless chest at the! auction of the estate of Princess! Der Ling... Greer Garson off; on a ten-day trip over the Red- wood Highway... Clark Gable spraying his orange trees in an- ticipation of a record crop of fruit... he's getting more spray, on himself than on the trees, ho says...Jack Conway's prize black Angus bull capturing the first prize at the County Fair ... Katharine Hepburn receiv ing wires of congratulation from the film cast of "Philadel- phia Story" when she opened with a re-run of the play. George Cukor off on a trip to New York to see the now shows ... Norma Shearer spending the fow remaining days at the sea- shoro taking advantage of the warm weather at her bench homo..

Ann Rutherford re- turning to Greenville, South Carolina, for the annual Cotton Festival... June Prelaner en- tertaining her brother Samuel from New Orleans.. Billic Burke considering an offer to

Mar appear in a stage play.. jorie Main compiling material for a book on the life of her hua- band, Dr. Stanley Krebbs Judy Garland parting with her tonsila at a local hospital Dan Dailey, Jr., spending spare hours breaking in a new horse

..

Lana Turner back from San Francisco where she was mnid of honor at the wedding of n school chum... Virginia Weld- ler taking a library course in the Research Department at the studio,

Joan Crawford com- pleting the reading of 125 plays in New York... Myrna Loy out on a shopping tour for winter hats she buys hats first, then the dresses to go with them.

Barrymore Writing Memoirs

HR

ere's

THE

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Llonel Barrymore, between Carroll is confirmed by the Hollywood film men. "No, etching and composing music, One of Hollywood's unknowns. No, Nanette," "Little Nelly has finally made up his mind to petite Kathleen Ellis, stand-in for Anna Neagle, made the Kelly," even "Bitter Sweet, Purauc a plan he has had for many years. He has started Bombers signalled ap-All-American "Glamour Team" vhich will be coming to your writing his memoirs of stage proaching the coast, Spitfires when famous artist, McClelland shortly, have the nostalgic and screen. and Hurricanes crowd the sky, Barclay selected her copper flavour of fluttering hearts moving in long, straight de tresses to crown his ideal com-and magic moons.

Three chapters have alrendy | cimating lines to their targets. posite Hollywood model, The roar of engines, battle-hymn

More modern but still, been completed, dealing with his of the fighters, comes up like In the film capital to paint a fluttering is the music to carly stage daya, his parents, thunder behind.

life-size portrait of Mign Neagle Bing Crosby's "Rhythm on John Drew, Modjeska and other to be used in "No, No., Nanette", organising the fight-to the ter of beautiful women named 'Strike Up The Band," intimate notes on Nat Goodwin, Then we cut to the work of America's most successful pain he River" and M.-G.-M.' famous Broadway figures. Ho tells of great performances, with Bomber, Fighter and Coastal eight famous stars as possessing which is an old Gershwin James A. Herne and others. Commands.

the features he would most like

core revived, The massing of our air re to find in an artist's ideal model. sources, men and machines, After naming Kathleen Ellis as the

Finally, Deanna Durbin. In further chapters he will go Dietrich into carly screen days with D.

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clay made the following selections:

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Lombard; all-round gute Spring Parade" and the urging him for years to write

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