1946-12-21 — Page 2

CENTRAL

BATRI

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 230 515 716 & 915RM,

DAYS OF ADVENTURE..

NIGHTS OF ROMANCE

-in a land where love is king..and you fool like a mil- lion on nothing a year!

LAUGHTON

THE

TUTTLES

OF

TAHITI

with

JON HALL

PEGGY DRAKE VICTOR FRANCER GENE REYNOLDS FLORENCE DATES

"Froduced "by”SOL LESSEN, Directed by CHARLES VIDOR. Screen Play by 5. Lowin Milter and Robert Carson. Adaptation by James Hilton.

The xwentiza la

Tahiti wear

Parque... buch wenn fra thas sarongs!

ALHAMBRA

BEARCAT

BUCKSHIN

and a biondo blaze

tame the flaming frontier in a kurg- ing saga of grim courage by

SHOWING TO-DAY

2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

"CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND

VALLEY SU

LUCILLE BALL ALES CRAIG

STR CEDRIC

HARDY/ICKE

OKAN JAGGER

OF THE

PETED YARITHEY - BILLY GILBERT - TOM TYLER - ANTONIO MORENO

Based on The Saturday Evening teul sary by CLARENCE BUDİNGTON KALAND Produced by GRAHAM BAKER • Diracted by GEORGI MARSHALL – Screenplay ay Marote McCar

DEE THEATRE

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY 12.00 NOON BETTE DAVIS MIRIAM HOPKINS in

“OLD ACQUAINTANCE ”

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,30, 5.10, 7.10 & 9.30 P.M.

UMBIA PICTURES

TECHNICOLO

HOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele!

CORNEL WILDE

ORIENTAL

SHOWING TO-DAY: -2,305.15—7.159.15.P.M. THE MOST AMAZING OF ALL TARZAN ADVENTURES!

Elgar Rice Burroughs

TARZAN AMAZONS

AKU THE

WEISSMULLER JOYCE SHEFFIELD STEFIJENSON MADAME MARIA QUSPE SLATION MOBANE DON DOUGLAS

Now and amazing Tatzan thrils...as he fights to

guard the fabulous, /

• secrot Amazon king. - dom from the grasp of scheming Intruders!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946.

FILMS & PLAYERS

LINDA DARNELL, although busy playing the name part in the flim version of "Forever Amber," found time to visit the Big Dear "Amber", which resort in the Sereas to choose her Christmas troc.

has been in production nearly a year, lo expected to be completed

In February.

Britain Sets Up Film Academy

A representative cross-section of Britain's film-makers met recently and decided to set up a British Film Academy. The initial step was to appoint the following temporary committee-Anthony Asquith, Michael Balcon, Sir Alexan- der Korda, Frank Launder, David Lean, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Carol Reed and Paul Rotha.

FIRST NIGHTS ARE OUT

HE world premiere, movie-town's THE

most treasured Institution, its pride and joy from a social and publicity standpoint, seems hended fer the rocks to-day.

Virtually every major studio in Hollywood admits that the premiere

Movie Greats

Of Twenty

Years Ago

One of the most

fascinating

and romantic things about the film business is that the actors therein, like their honourable forebears of the stage, seldom leave the profession for any thing or anybody short of the "Grim Reaper."

As a matter of fuct, the number of old-timers still kicking around on movie sets occasionext much. surprise among researchers who lately have been engaged in digging up honry data.

With no little astonishment, these busy gentlemen roport that most of the players stárrod, featured or oven merely mentioned in the casts of inte silents and carly talkies about 20 years ago are still either working in pletures or are willing and waiting to do so.

And, surprisingly enough, some of them have neither lost nor tarnished their piltler. For example, there are Warner Baxter, Richard Dix, Ronald Colman, Willian: Powell, Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, Myrna Loy, H. B. Warner, Lionel Barrymore, Irene

Virginin Bruce, Charles Chaplin, Dolores Del Rio, Lillian Gish, Anni Harding, Mary Astor, Creighton Hale, Jack HoÏl, Walter Pidgeon, Basil Rathbone, Anna Q. Nilsson und Juck Mulhali, all of whom fought through the coming of sound to equal if not brighter fame.

Other Great Names

Then, there's Al Jolson, first grent singer of the talle era and famous for his "hammy" songs. Jolson still going strong. Recently he ap pented in "Rhapsody in Blue".

Monte Blue, one of the silent ple- ture greats, hasn't been off the screen for more than a month at a time. He recently completed an important role in "Cheyenne" with Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman and Janis Faire.

05

The late John Barrymore, who fi- gured in the introduction of talking pictures because it was his "Don Juan" which introduced Vitaphone. remained a busy actor to the time of his death. And his leading lady in the picture, Mary Astor, is yet ne- tive and successful, and beautiful, as This temporary body was a featured player and sometimes as given powers to draft a constitu-n star. tion, to make recommendations exactly how many there are, they're As for the rest, and nobody knows regarding the finances of the stil in pictures-people Academy, and to submit for William Desmond, who is no election to the Academy a pre-ing as an extra player in "Life With liminary list of individuals who, Father" and like Harry Carey, who In the opinion of the committee, will leave his prosperous ranch rends-

ly to do a spot of acting.. have contributed outstanding creative work towards the fur- In therment of British films. this connection, the committee. Was asked to pay particular regard to the pioneers of the in- dustry in its early days.

such

work-

COLMAN AND DIETRICH

IN "KISMET"

It was unanimously agreed by the meeting that the Academy should be non-factional and non-political and

There's fuis and drama and its primary aim should be to enhance spectacle at the King's Theatre to-

be

has outlived its usefulness—that it is the prestige of Britain's film indus-morrow, for. Kismet" will now a state and outmoded stunt that try,

shown. It is the familiar story of Among the

functions the beggar-magician, who plots many Academy's more than opathetic draws little

are likely to be the aim to bring pawns from stars and other top per about closer co-operation

betweenings and consorts us facilely with sonalities on whose attendance these the creative workers in filins of alloyalty as he doea with his fellow- beggars. It's the story of his beauti- (feature, shindigs depend for the success.

documentary. ful daughter whom he wants to educational, cartoon and newsreel), marry off to royally and the scheme "We've killed off the premiere sur-the provision of a professional group he has for accomplishing this-alli

Alm- selves," declared one veteran slutio capable of

knowing that his Festivals and he me nut head. "And simply because we have Conferences, and the giving of awards daughter loves and is loved by the used bad judgment in staging them. for work of artistle merit in the pro- Caliph himself!

categories

makers at Internat British i

After the war's end we' poured them duction of British films. The Acude-

there have been no fewer than ten cala premieres. There never should

Insulatist

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has filmed

on to fast and too thick. This year my may also undertake research, Kismet" in Technicolour and with information and a superb cast headed by Ronald Col- compile

an and Marlene Dietrich, n3 the There are many excellent organisa-beggar-rascal and queen of the two or three in atlons representing sectional interests dancing girls. In their support are You can't blame the in British films, but this, it is claimed, such outstanding players as James in the first body to be set up covering Craig, who plays the Caliph Edward stars for not wanting to turn out so the whole field of creative endeavourArnold, as the Grand Vizler; Hugh

in British film production.

be more than single year.

oficn."

LUBITSCH COMEDY

"The Best thirty years are the hardest," says Ernst Lubitsch-but he smiles as he says it.

Master of the art of sophisticated comedy, originator of the Lubitsch touch," and the director who, it is claimed, has done more than any other to advance motion pictures us an art, as well as entertainment, this alert, energette man is celebrating his 30th anniversary, in Alms,

A

Herbert, as one of the beggar's

BE:A990 CITROENERACIONEarcasmus. Į henchmen, and a newcomer, Joy Ann Page, who does an outstanding plece of "acting in Hils, only hee second, fifth appearance.

CINEMA GUIDE

SHOWING TO-DAY KING'S The Chocolate Soldier' QUEEN'S-Heaven Can Wait ALHAMBRA -Valley of the Sun.

NEXT CHANGE KING'S Klide: (Tomorrow) QUEEN'S-Sudan (Tuesday) ALHAMBRA -Duffy's Tavern

(Tuesday)

AMA

THE WORRIES

OF MONTEZ

:

Maria Montez belleves she has something that no other stars can in-

who and

It is an event worth comme clude in their income tax reports, not only She has a professional warrier, to do. morating, when man rounds out thirty years in one po- all her worrying. He is Dr S. R.

language coach, Mitchneck, fession, but remains tops In that pro

speaks 12 tongues Auently fession.

understands 10 more.

Before Dr Mitchneck took on the burden of Miss Montez's multiple worries, she worried constantly about

struggles will

with the English at the her

Longue. Thus worrying, she often "blew her lines, which meant many lat of In speaking

pleture, rolakes, and retakes consume

these Lubitsch communicates the feeling alm, and film is hard to gel that was a picture worth making days. It costs a lot of money, 103.

When Miss Montez was informed one that gave him much enjoymenŁ.

His first Technicolour picture, the romantic comedy, "Heaven Can Wait,' which features Gene Tierney and Don Ameche, is now showing Queen's.

of

the

It is a gay, amusing: story of New that she was to be co-starred in "Sudan" with Turhan Bey and Jon

•

York, in the gay old days, the Hall, she demanded a good English YOU will sea hor this Christmas.

"The leading hole, played by coach to do her worrying about her Ameche, a man who had always speech Mitchneck was lived for the charm of living,"

was hired to relieve

Lubitsch, explains, "A type that I her of her worries. admire. I want to remember him, "Sudan" comes to the -ho had so much fun out of life." on Tuesday.

Queen's

Who is she? Her name is Larissa Anders, and she will entertain at dinner dances at the Hongkong and ¿Páninsula Hotels during the holiday season.

TO-DAY ONLY

KING S

“At 2.30, 5.10.

KUSSEINFED 7.15 & 9.15 p.m.

NELSON EDDY in 66 CHOCOLATE

SOLDIER

With RISE STEVENS "NIGEL BRUCE

FLORENCE BATES DOROTHY GILMORE'

+

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture TO-MORROW

99

YOU'LL HAVE A NIGHT OF FLAMING ROMANCE

AND ADVENTURE AMID SCENES OF LAVISH SPLENDO

SHOWING

TO-DAY

BOLD INTRIQUE AND BLAZING:

RONALD COLMAN

KISMET

MARLENTZA

DIETRICH

Joon: 065 · Edward 12201

He HELT - Jayden PACE

Chevné BATES - Baby DAVENPORT

QUEEN'S

Candilimads

IT'S A TONIC FOR EVERYTHING...

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9:15 p.m.

FROM YOUR FUNNYBONE TO YOUR HEART Ernst Lubitsch'S EXAUDIST PRODUCTION HEAVEN

Can WAIT

in Technicolor!

» GENE TIERNEY - DOH AMEDEE - CHARLES DODUNI.

a 20 Cartey-hot Pichen.

TO-MORROW MORNING

AT 11.30 A.M.

""DESTINATION TOKYO'

with Cary GRANT John GARFIELD

NEXT CHANGE

MARIA MONTEZ

JON HALL TURHAN BEY

Sudan

INTECHNICOLORE ANDY DEVINE GEORGE ZUCCO

ROBERT WARWICK

S STAR S

THEATRE

COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT Presents

"XMAS

CRACKERS"

A BUMPER MUSICAL SHOW

Festuring

JIMMY PICKARD'S

CHINESE SYNCOPATORS

with

MARIE ERLEIGH

RAE HAMMOND OTTO FOORMAN

and

THE SWING BAND

of the

2nd Bn., W. YORKSHIRE REGT. OPENING MONDAY, 23rd DEC., 1946,

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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &9.20 P.M.

MAJESTIC

The true story of every woman's fighting man!)

LESTER COWAN prosents ERNIE PYLE'S

STORY OF G. I. JOE

Starring: BURGESS MERDITH as ERNIE PYLE Released thru UNITED ARTISTS

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