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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 27, 1941,

NELSON FILM HAS A FINE TOUCH

TO-DAY this page - becamer

Nelson's Cotumu. The toast'

la Admiral Lord Nelson nad the men. of the Royal Navy, and the picture, shot with smoke and flame and pas- slon, is the fragedy of "Lady Hamall- ton," which comes to the Lee Thestre on Thursday next.

It'An picture that sings with patriolle pride, and it's Line We heard this song.

It shows you Nelson knocking out "ald Boney" at Trafalgor just as his Majesty's ships have knocked out the enemy to-duy-on the River Plate, at Matapan, In the Atlantic, perosa the seven sens to the inst floating corpse of Nazi tyranny.

Centred in the picture is the heart esfa brillant womun, Ema Humit- lon, to whom Nelsoni owed every- thing. For three minutes at the end of the film Vivien Leigh, as Lady Hamilton, puta up Д Performance which would make Any unknown actress a star overnight. And she doesn't say a word.

She listens to Captain Hardy tell- ing her how Nelson died at Trafal- Kar. Every one knows what she is thinking. It's is the Anal crisis of

a proud woman, loved and hated by inen of state, by the world of fashion, before she goes iztek, a harridan, to the mean streets she came from.

EMMA was a young and lovely

girl of low birth but high aspirations. A kind of Nell Gwynn heckoning towards kings and princes.

She is cheated of marriage by her lover, the cynical Charles Greville, marries Instend Sir William Hami- ton, British Minister at Naples and connoisseur of art, to whom she s sent with load of pictures and statuary.

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"So I'm part of the brie-n-brac,' she says bitterly. The bargain deso- lotes her, and we now see a woman, surrounded by luxury but bored with Sir William, seeking love. And this picture, for the first half hour, is the story of a daring and beautiful wo- man in search of romtinee.

But the moment Nelson comes on the scene it changes. Ships and meD and victories, heurts of bottles of rum, occupy

oak wed the fore-

ground, history abolishes the per-

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh as Lord Nelson and

Lady Hamilton.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

sonal note, and England expects every man to do his duty,

A with

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QEHIND the gundre, like

lament, is the grlot of Nelson and Emma nt, their lil-starred love LL this has been managed affair. Secret meetings, long fore- uncanny Judgment, wells, hearts of ash and not much rily, golting Nelson supplies, the

haven't had so fine a film since fuming admiral cursing the Admir "Henry VIII".

Bory.

ally, the tide of anger against him It shows a deep understanding of over Emma, his decision to save her the English spirit, plenty of pairio- from the rabble At Naples-these tism, and no bunte about expressing scenes are superb.

it.

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fine

Ang un-

Laurence Olivier makes Nelson's return to England to face Nelson, maybe not quite crotchety n hostile Government and a freezing wife-and the wife is far worse than enough, for his lordship

sinubtedly 11 lough cag: but It the Government equally superb. romantle and

and Bery. Finally, It's a great thrill to nee The premiere on Thursday even- the wooden ships of his Majesty Ing is in aid of Royal Navy. 'pounding brondildes nt Trafalgar. Benevolent and Charitable Funds, the French ships blown to 'smithe and will be under the distinguished reens, and Napoleon knocked for a patronage of H.E. the Governor, Sir loop.

Mork Young.

OTHER NEW

THE main entertainment in

FILMS

Geoffrey Household's novel, "Rogue

FLIGHT COMMAND, now showing Male," an been filmed, and now

at the Queen's and Alhambra, tien in the thrilling aerial sequences. The story itself ly a Blight affair which follows pretty much on the tradition of its type.

Pers as MAN HUNT, the current feature at the King's Theatre.

This la an adventurous story of a big game hunter whe gels Into Dutch with the Nazis in Bavarla before the war, becomes a hunted man and 05 an R.A.F. Robert Taylor has the familiar role eventually returns

Germany.

of a somewhat cocksure young plot parachutist to hunt human game in completing his training with the famous Hell-Cat Squadron. He given

Walter Pidgeon is Capt. Alon Thorndyke, who is wrongfully accus- a good, self-assured performance,

ed of trying to assassinate a Gestapo Sanders, as major As the squadron commander's wife man. George who falls temporarily in love with Quive-Smith, attempts to extort u confession from him, but must be him, a state of affairs which does not careful since Germany and England improve Taylor's status In the at the time were not at war. squadron, although he is entirely in- nocent, Ruth Hussey is well in character.

Waller Pidgeon makes a convincing squadron commander, and the pilots are all represented effectively by a strong supporting cast.

The thrills appear early in the pleture; Taylor tries to land in a fog and has to bole out soon after he fouls a towed machine gun target, and then a pilot, the squadron comman- der's wife's brother, is killed whilst Lesting a new fog device."

· Final sensation is Taylor's.rescue of the squadron commander whilst on aerial manoeuvres and the perfection of the fog devico.

There is, as you see, plenty of excitement, and this is put over with the maximum technical efficiency.

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Captain so that the affair will appear The Major tries to murder the

to be an neeldent, but Thorndyke escapes and returns to England, only to find that the Nazis are seeking his extradition. He finds refuge in Los- don's Ghetto through the aid of Jerry, a walf (Joan Bennett) who befriends himi, not knowing his true Identlig.

The Gestapo catches up with bìm, and the Major again uttempts to make Thorndyke confess. There is a fight in which the Major is mortally wounded. The Captain is also jured, and while he is recovering Europe is plunged into war, He finally Joins the Royni Air Force and returns to Germany to pay back old

scores.

In-

It is a good melodrama,with the players contributing some very finc work.

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