1947-01-11 — Page 2

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

At 2.30, 5.15,

7.15 & 9.15 p.m.

IT WILL THRILL AND EXCITE YOU AS 'REBECCA'. DID!.

HERS

WAS THE DEADLIEST OF THE SEVEN DEADLY

SINS!

Leave Ite

To Heaven

LAST

THREE SHOWS

TO-DAY

BEN AMES WILLING TO

TECHNICOLOR

TIERNEY CORNEL WILDE JEANNE

BJOHN MYSTALIKS

TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11.30 A.M. "CASABLANCA".

AT REDUCED PRICES!

LEE THEATRE

AT 2.30. 5.10. G

7.10

p.m.

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SUE SHEK in

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BETWEEN 11.00 A-31. AND 5.00 P.M. DAILY

CHOW. SHUEN

"FOREVER IN MY HEART”

A CHINESE PICTURE

SYDNEY

PREMIER PERFORMANCE AT 9.15 p.m. TO-NIGHT IDA LUPINO PAUL HENREID DE HAVILLAND GREENSTREET

DEVOTO

MANCY COLEMAN ARTUR KENNEDY-BANE WAT WHITTY VICTOR FRAJICEN - DIRECTED BY GUNTIS BERNUAKYY

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SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW AT 12 NOON JON HALL MARIA MONTEZ SABU in "ARABIAN NIGHTS"

(IN TECHNICOLOR)

S STARS

THEATRE.

The Hong Kong stage CLUB {BY COURTESY OF C. S. E.) presents

"OUTWARD BOUND'

A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

By

SUTTON VANE

PRODUCED BY BILLY WATERS

THURSDAY, 9th; FRIDAY, 10th & SATURDAY,

11th JANUARY AT 7.30 P.M.

BOOKING HOURS: 12 p.m.-2 p.m. 4 p.m.-6.30 p.m.

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Presents:

BLANCHE LITTLER'S

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IN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1947.

FILM FAN FARE

என்ன்ன

Saving Space In British Studios

The greatest problem facing British Alm

studios to-day is the; shortage of studio floor space, essen- tial materials and worn pre-war equipment. How are British studios combatting this problem? By every trick to save space and material, by new British manufactured, equip-" ment, and using new ideas such as "Slient Turnover" to eliminnie waste,

A good illustration of what can be done to save space is the example at Denham Studios, England, where on one of the two largest stages there has been a remarkable feat of con- struction. For Eric Ambler's pro- duction, "The October Man," star- ring John Mills and Joan Green- wood, seven sets have been built on this stage.

Six of the seven sets, are interioră of the suburban hotel which is the major background for "The October Man"; the seventh is the Interior of setk a laboratory. Severnt of the are double fler efforts, with a double staircase built up through the centre of the hotel. To photograph scenes of John Mills and Joan Greenwood and Kay Walsh on this staircase, director Ray Baker and Erwin Hil Hier, the director of photography, used one of the Denham cranes as a rostrum with effective results,

ROBERT TAYLOR IN A WESTERN ROLE

Everything comes

who to him walls, and Robert Taylor, who has always wanted to play a Western role, gets his big chance in “Blily the last Kid," dramatic saga of the frontler and of the man who wrote Western history in gun smoke.

Scene from "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" shows Tarzan (Johnny Welsmuller) boing threatened by Queen Loa (Acquanetta), priestess of a murdering sect of jungle outlaws. The film is now at the Alhambra.

It happened in Hollywood

By LEROY MARCH

Charles Chaplin steadily refers to Smith has so for killed four rattlers the picture he's now making, "Mon- around her new Northridge home. sler Verdoux," as a comedy, but, These reptiles are one reason why

Chorie, in the title role, is more than cramped quarters of his apartment

possibly at the risk of displaying - I don't year to set up as a country norance. I can't quite sec eye-to-eye gentleman in the hills around Holly- with Chaplin on this classification. wood, and am content with the somewhat addicted to

Lena Home, Duke Ellington, and murdering women, and in finally hauled off to trumpetcer Louis Armstrong signed

Orleans the guillotine to make amends for ar top roles in "New this lethal hobby. This doesn't sound Merle Oberon's latest picture has had at all. comic.

its name

to "Tempted from "Bella Donna

to

be off

....Laraine Day will England กร finished "Alice Adams as she's Jennifer brating its 20th anniversary, it's par- have been wed by the time you read With the talking picture now cele-Hol; and Billy Bakewell will: probably

blanch

her heavy summer tan for her

ticularly interesting to look back at this...

at this....Idn Lupino 1s having to The spectacular new M-G-Mone set of

of comments made on a test production was filmed in colour and was photographed on Urst persons brought from Broadway The French flim "Sirocco," four locations in Arizona's ple- and considered for takkle stardom. New York, will probably get a

turesque Monument Valley.

Techni-report on Fred Astaire, one of the role in "Deep Valley" at Wand in

Although Taylor 19 1 skilled horseman and owner of his own stables, his first Western role caused him long hours of study in other fields. He took lessons in handling a gun from a rodeo siar for weeks before he was solished with his ability to portray "The Kid,"

What made it harder was the fact that he had to learn to use the gun with his left hand!

the King's.

This Initial report on Fred sald: showing in Hollywood....Lucille "Difficult to photograph. No drama- Ball is trying to persuade M-G-M to tie abilly. Poor speaking volce, let her do the lead in a Jed Harris Thin hair. Not a romantic type. play Dances."

G....

Broadway....The Bill Powells are all set for a long vaca- tion in the West Indies....Frances Gifford stayed on the bench too long Bing Crosby is firm in his conten-and got seriously Bunburned.. tion that he's through with radio Rudy Vallee is moving his extensive unless he is allowed to make the library of musical recordings from programme on records for rebroad- Hollywood to his new home at Palm cast, rather than be

Desi Arnaz has christen- upon to do Springs,

11 "live" show before on audience at aed his new boat “Cuban Pete”........... certain hour

week. Bing

anyone recognises Lana

The film is currently showing at favours this transcription system be- Turner quickly these days, all of cause it would allow him to get as account of her hair being now dark..

shows ahead of funny

Noreiga broadcast Eduardo

is Carmen schedule as he might choose to, and Miranda's new heartthrob. thus he would not be confined to

KAYA KALAENUANCENEJERNATEAU SU5209 NOVEMBERNEKONTEKŚNINSURED RITATIAN

Hardwicke Defends town for his radio appearances week

Old Movie Colony

Now look who's defending Holly- wood-Sir Cedric Hardwicke?

"The motion picture does not pro- fess to be an art," he said while sipping coffee with spoon. In the cup on the set.

"It is an industry, and as such it does a magnificent job. This is the only place in the world where there is lightness and galety. Hollywood brings brightness into millions humdrum lives."

Sir Cedric is gloomier about his own medium-the stage.

after week,

As soon as Louis Calhern Aniskes "Arch of Triumph" in Hollywood he will return to New York to inke over once again the starring role in "The Magnificent Yankee" on the singe there, and when the play has completed its run he will come back to star in it as a picture.

HOLLYWOOD HEARSAY: Glibert Ro- land will probably become the Cisco Kid just as permanently as Bill Boyd has become identified with the llopa- land will probably become the Cisco "In the theatre they are more in-productions already released didn't terested in selling their plays to the cost too much to make, and are movies than in putting on good pro- proving exceptionally popular and ductions," he remarked.

Cinema Guide]|

SHOWING TO-DAY

QUEEN'S-Leave Hfer to Heaven.;

· KING'S---BWlly the Kid-

ALHAMBRA—Tarzan

and

the

Leopard Woman,

NEXT CHANGE QUEEN'S — Naughty Ninelles

(Thursday).

KING'S--Bedella (Friday).

ALHAMBRA ---

day).

Ige-capades (FYL

profitable at the box office..........Alexis) enmurmamentDULRAUNATAL KADETTUN

CALENDAR

OFF

1947

JANUARYĄJĮ FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

Sunday

1/~

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday Friday Saturday

BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE A DIME

MAY

"A LITTLE ON THE LOAN-LY SIDE... JUNE

CANT GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT»

LOVE, BABY

JULY

* PERCHANCE 1:TO DREAM...

AUGUST

SHOWING

TO-DAY

KINGS *.

HE WROTE HISTORY LIN GUN SMOKE... Billy The Kid's Saga Is M-G-M's Mightiest Out- door Technicolor Romanco Since Famed "Northwest;Passage!'!

TAYLOR BILL

with

BRIAN DONLEVY

Jan HUNTER - Mary HOWARD Gene LOCKHART • Lon CHANEY, Jr.

Screen Play by Dana Fawler Directed by me nga DAVID MILLER ↳ IRVING ASHER

Produced by

***AP 2.30, 5.10.

7.15 0.9.15 p.m.

TECHNICOLOR

ADDED! SPECIAL PARAMOUNT NEWS

SPECIAL MORNING. PËRFORMANCE TO-MORROW AT 1130 A.M. `ONLY AT REDUCED: PRICES

ERROL FLYNN

"THEY DIED WITH.

DEHAVILLAND THEIR BOOTS ON-

A NEW VARNER BROS SUSCHAN, 119 ARTHUR KENNEDY - OAKLEY GIAPEWIN GENE LOCKHART]

Deney by Wally Show wrt hamar Barknad)» Directed by RAOUL WALSH

ALARMORA & CENTRAL

DAILY AT 210 5.80 720 & 92o AM BAJLY AT 2o 5! 7 & 915 EM

SHOWING TO-DAY

EDGAR RICE

WITH

BURROUGHS

Her Eyes Promise LOVE Her Lips Decree DEATH!

Lovely priostoss. of the Leopard Mon ...sworn to put Tarzan to fiendish

torturet

TARZAN

AND THE

Leopard Woman

STARRING

JOHNNY WEISSMULLER

BRENDA

JOHNNY

JOYCE SHEFFIELD

Produced by

ACQUANETTA SOL LESSER

Resiste Producer and Directe RBËT KEUMANN

teraanaa, İtary and Jonas Pag, sp 2000CLL FOONG

AT 7.30 P.M. BOOKING HOURS: 12 p.m.-2 p.m.

THE SPARKLING. COMEDY

'MADAME LOUISE”

VERNON By

SYLVAINE

DIRECT FROM ITS PHENOMENAL RUN

AT THE CARRICK THEATRE

OPENING MONDAY, 13th JAN., 1947, .

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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SLICK

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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M«G-M PICTURE

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COLMAN HISHET

MARLENE

DIETRICH

TO-MORROW AT 12.30" P.M.

"OUT OF THE FOG”

Starring: JOHN GARFIELD IDA LUPINO A Warner Bros. Picture