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THIS, ABOVE ALL

TYRONE

POWER

JOAN

FONTAINE

is the Great

Love Story, of Our Generation!

·YOUR POUNDING HEART WILL CHEER

at every throbbing moment, every breath-taking scane, every Iving, pulsating climax, övery bit of dramatic action comes

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SUSPENSE

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"THE THRILL OF BRAZIL

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Ally JOSLYN

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· OPENING MONDAY, 9th DECEMBER, 1946.

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Fouchow, Dec. 0. Part of the Italian trade delega The Ministry of Justles to-day tion going to London for cominercial ordered all war crimes trials in Fuklen, Cheliang and Klangat to falks with the British Jeft cease to-day, all pending canes to be night. - Other members will leave | transferred to the High Court in to-day-United, Press.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1946.

FILM FAN FARE

What it is like

to

be married

to

a

a star

By SHEILA GRAHAM

I

I

PVE always wondered what it to make pictures at Universal be-

pictures.

An

Pictures starring

is like to be married to a cause they were making so many "D' movie star. So I hind, unch Tho

that amalgamation means with William Dozier who is from now on every plcture la married to Joan Fontaine.

product. Ho A

Universal stars like Deanna Durbin. says it's fine to be married to a Maria Montez and Donald O'Connor movie star when the movie star will be made with greater care and is Joan Fontaine.

they'll have better writers and bel- ter directors."

love we

10 "It was only after we fell in

Dozier is handsome enough and decided to marry that

star in pictures himself. I didn't It's realised how much Gense

he is, but our ask him how old marriage made," says Dozler, im- around 38 or 10. And he's tall and purtant in his own right

as Vice- darkt. President and Associate Head of Pro- duction of the new Universal- International Picture Company.

"We are both in the same business, but there is no conflict. Joan asics for my advice about her pictures and

He and Joan became acquainted when he was production alde to the Jale Charles Koerner at RKO. "But I knew Joan casually for a year be- fore we really got to know enen happened other," says Bl. That

I can tell her my problems and we when Jonti was sick in a local hos- both understand what we are talk- nital and Dozler called on her in the

Ing about. It's the ideal marriage." | line of duty.

瞎

NEITHER Joari nor Bill have been

to England, although Joan was

born a British subject in

Too Fame Awaits

Japan. She had a difcult time be

coming an American subject at the Man With

beginning of the waf

"We are planning to go to Europe." says Dozier. "Joan will star in A picture--Korda wants her for "The Kings General." But she won't go until we can go together. And that will be when I can supervise a ple- ture for Arthur Rank."

Joan and Bill were married May

Dog's Voice.

By Patricia Clary

PERT, blonde young Barbara Lawrence did bits in quite a fove. pictures before she convinced the directers that she could play bigger parts. She lo at pregunt playing as a high school trener In "Margle."

Round

QURMIRO & CENTRAL QUAMURA

DAILY AT 219 58° 75° & ́930 AM-

Hea

a

Hero.

DAILY AT 2o 51 Z@ & DEM.

SHOWING TO-DAY

Heat

Battle

It's a furlough of fun-when a high flying.

Navy Wolf gets bogged by Cupid and takes a, nose dive into the sea of motrimony,

CLAUDETTE COLBERT FRED MACMURRAY

"Practically Yours"

AMITCHELL LEISEN PRODUCTION

PARCONT

PICTIM

Hollywood EE THEATRE

Studios

HARRY James, musician and

the

trumpeter, is fast turning himself into a romantic star as well. Director Lew Seiler, who 2, 1940. The honeymoon storted If you have a volte like a dog, is a man of some movie ex- with Bill accompanying Joan to Bebe Daniels and movie fame are

perience, couldn't understand Canada for her location jaunt with looking for you. Bing Crosby in "The Emperor Waltz" Miss Daniels, movie star turned Harry's refusal of a close-up

Hollywood on

recent filming and continues In

comedy producer, has embarked on during Sundays, when the couple always the talent search to end all tulent of "If I'm Lucky". "I don't

A searches. She's looking for a mamind for myself,' give their servants the day off

explained they can be alone.

with a peculiar gravel-throat quality

Harry, "only for the audience. After breakfast with no one for dubbing in the voice of "Rags," around," says BIL, "we swim in the the dog who plays the title role of I only like to see a close-up on pool in their birthday suits. Joan "The Fabulous Joe," her first pro- the screen if it's one of a pretty cooks the food on Sunday. And duction for Hal Roach.

girl." B seems to survive it.

I

The lucky winner. has to do more than just sound like a dog. He has is very obvious that Joan is to sound like this particular dog.

None Just Right happy in her new marriage. Sho

to Brian "I'm looking for something like a was married previously

of Lionel Aherne and in those days, she was combination of voices temperamental with the press and Stander, Smiley Burnette and Andy difficult to work with. But now, Devine, Miss Daniels said. "I've except for an allment that makes her listened to hundreds, but none so far

sho has been just right. put on weight and for which takes shots, Joan is us guy as a woman usually is and popular with everyone at the studio.

new

That is why Harry talked Seiler into giving the scheduled one of him to Vivian Blainc. Seiler still It's very couldn': understand it. seldom, he said, that an actor thinks so much of his audience and so little of himself.

inade

who

"Son

of

"Thunderhead," Flicka" and "Smoky," is the pro- Another horse story also ducer. being made by Mr Bassier is "The Homestretch," locale of which is not Wyoming but England, and which Lakes place during the coronation of George VI,

"When we made the picture we ANOTHER outdoor story, "Green had Rags move his jaws as though Grass of Wyoming," based on he were really talking. Now all we the Mary O'Hara novel, is in pre- have to do is find a man with a volceparation by the Twentieth Century- Joan and Bill own stock in the that sounds like Rags and its his Fox studios. Robert Bassier,

Universal-International and personality." they also have their own company,

Rags, or "Joe," is an animal who Of coursO, 'Rampart Productions." Joan will make pictures for both talks and gets Waiter Abel, playing his master, in a lot of trouble, part!- companies.

She will be free of her David cularly with his wife, (Abel's wife, Selznick contract after her next that is) played. by Margot Grahame.

mongrel trained Rags is a picture for RKO, "Christabel Caine,"

animal and then she will be able to collect Henry East, famous movie for herself the 315,000 and $200,000, trainer who also trains Asta, the dog used in the Thin Man movie a picture she has been enrning for

series. Rags makes his movie debut Selznick..

In Miss Daniels' plcture, and accord- "We're looking for a movie to star Ing to her steals every scene he's Joan with her sister, Olivia DeHavil-in. lond," says Duzier. "They are very

od friends now." That

long-standing feud

by

Difficult Casting The movie has been finished and began is now being cut, but is held up by the search for Rags" "voice."

Food when so-called friends would tell Joan what Olivia had said about her and tell Livvy, what Joan had said about her. When they finally got together and compared notes, they realised they liked each other very much.

•

TWENTIETH Century Fox has an- nounced that Robert Shayne has been signed for the role of Jimm O'Neil in the Sol M. Wurzel drama "Backfire."

Joseph Mankiewick will direct The Chast "Custing the dog was a difficult R. A. Dick's novel, thing too," Miss Daniels said. "Hal and Mrs Muir," which will co-star completed Roach Jr. and I looked at hundreds Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.

work on

on "The Razor's Edge," and of dogs before we decided on Rags Misa Tierney has just

They even looked at and listened to a dog owned by Riley Bryant who in addition to the "Ghost" has been cast in "Brittania Mows" again with really talked. The dog had

Fred Kohimar, who vocabulary of more than 10 phrases Mr Harrison.

bla is now working on "The Late George to the sister pleture and astonished

everyone with

Apley" will produce "The Ghort and IN addition

with Juan at Universal- loquacity.

a lot of Mrs Muir." "It would have saved International. Olivia is starring for

ť

1

her brother-in-law's company In trouble." Miss Daniels sighed, "but Sam Wood's "Ivy." Joan is starring we couldn't use him. Universal-International In type."United' Press. "Written On The Wind." And Olivia

for

He wasn't the CIGHT of the century, according to crílica in Hollywood who have seen the press preview of the Warner Bros. musical, "Night and Day" is Mr Manty Woolley, beard (dyed pink) and all, singing that celebrated Cole Porter. ditty, "Miss Olis Begrela She's Unable to Lunch To-day."

or Ginger Rogers probably Kantor

will getan the lend, in the MacKinlay

CINEMA: GUIDE story, "Midnight Lace."

are

It is interesting that these big Lars)

working for Universal- International because before the merger took place, as Duzier

says,

"It almost was getting to be a Eligma

ANN MILLER, danoing star, 'who is one of the nitratsiona, of.. "The Thrill of Brazil,"

now Columbus musical coming to the King's

SHOWING TO-DAY QUEEN'S This Above All. KING'S Suspense." ALHAMBRA Practically Yours,

Miss

THE signing of Joan Crawford to a seven-year contract has been announced by Warner Bros. Crawford, who won the Academy Award for her role. In "Mildred Pierce," has long been regarded Go one of the top dramatic actresses of the screen. She recently completed Brazil Humoresque" with John Garfield. Joan's first picture under her now

NEXT. CHANGE QUEEN'S—A-İsuntlog We Will

(Wednesday)

| KING'S The Thrill (To-morrow),

et

at

ALHAMBRA➡¡Áloma of the South contract will be "Need For Each

Seas (Wednesday).

New To Hollywood,

Chicken Lays Egg

Aciora, it would appear, aren't the only individuals who can blow up and cause retakes.

Other," in which Errol Flynn and Jane Wyman also will be starred.

COLBERT'S DRESSES

The best-dressed woman on the screen, Claudetto Colbert, is at the Alhambra Theatre in Paramount's new riotous comedy of errors "Practical- Brazil," ly Yours," co-starring Fred Mac-

King's Murray

A chicken did it one day during the shooting of Columbia's musical, "The Thrill of coming

to-morrow to the

Theatre.

her

Originally a fashion designer, Miss own atill creates was Colbert basket of trained hens carried on the head of a

dancer millinery tidbits, which are the joy during the lavish dance Anale. All of all her friends. For her role in went well duringt rehearsal but on "Practically Yours," Howard Greer

and executed her

wardrobe.

|the first take one ten stood right up designete's role as the sweetheart

and cuckled!

The chicken's handler sheepislfly of America's Number Ono war hero Look the lid off the basket and gives her ampla opportunity to dia lifted out an egg.

play a succession at smart costumes Ann Miller, Evelyn Keyes, Tito of the kind which inspired her Gulzar, Veloz and Yolanda and enviable fashion reputation. Allyn Joslyn appear in the picture, with Eric Madriguera's orchestra.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 12.00, 2,30, 5.10, 7.10 & 9.15 P.M. LI LAN (Miss Hongkong of 1946)

"THE FLAME OF LOVE"

(A CHINESE PICTURE)

—— COMMENCING TO-MORROW

APPOINTMENT

SUPER-SPY ON RADIO BERLINI

BERLIN

with

Cruce SANDERS

MARGUERITE CHAPMAN

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY 12.00 NUUN JOHNNY WEISSMEILLER

IN

MAUREN O'SULLIVAN

"TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE"

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A SPY PICTURE WITH PLENTY OF LAUGHS!

THIS is their funniest

Directed by

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SCREENPLAY BY MARET KÜRNATI

Released through

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BOB DOROTHY. HOPE LAMOUR THEY GOT ME COVERED

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WALLACE BEERY in "WYOMING"

Commoncing To-morrow: "BAD MAN TERRITORY”....

SHOWING

TO-DAY

MAJESTIC

A 2:30, 5.20, .7.20 & 9.20

P.MM

Lana TURNER

IT REVEALS A MAN'S SECRET DESIRES! Spencer

TRACY

Ingrid BERGMAN

in VICTOR FLEMING'S Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production of

"DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE”

Donald Crisp

P

Barton Machano *. Ian Hunter * C. Aubrey Smith NEXT CHANGE: THE LADY IS WILLING”

HERE IT IS!

THE NEW

THE

THRILL!

THE TROPICAL TUNE-AND-TALENT TOPPER

OF THEM ALLI

THE THRILL OF BRAZIL

Starting

EVELYN KEYES KEENAN WYNN "ANN MILLER - ALLYN JOSLYN TITO GUIZAR= VELOZ AND YOLANDA ENRIC MADRIGUERA”. ORCHESTRA Nadal, Rey Chart no funny sanomat

DS. SYLVAN SIMONA » Pinkert by SESEY ROLLE.

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