1947-03-29 — Page 2

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

xime Cloud? OP THEIR OLAMOUR! ·

ALL THEIR

ALL THE

At-2.30, 5.15,:

7.15.0 9.15

AND THEIR LAUGHTER!

: Dating OF THESE DARUNGS) »

story spectacular

these pos

THE DOLLY SISTERS

Technic

BETTY GRABLE

JOHN PAYNE JUNE HAVER "S. Z. SAKALL- Regnald Gardner

URYING CUMMINGS-GEORGE ASSEL 29-

TO-MORROW AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY

"THE SULLIVANS"

with Thomas MITCHELL

D

Anna BAXTER

A 20th Century-Fox Picture

ALHAMBRA CENTRAL

NOTE SPECIAL TIMES ALHAMBRA: 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

CENTRAL:

p.m.

12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 p.m.

"THE MOST

THRILLING ENTERTAIN- MENT TO COME TO THE SCREEN!"

AIR

NY. JOURNAL-AMER,

FORCE

HAL B. WALLIS

WARNERS'

HIT!

THE PLAYERS INCLUDE JOHN GARFIELD GIG YOUNG AMARRY CAREV-GLO TOBIAS ARTHUR KENNEDY; JAL, BROWN' JOM M MIOSELY SCREENPLAY. DUDLEY NICHOLE

HOWARD HAWKS

LEE THEATRE

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of the

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DETWEEN 11.00 AM. AND 6.00 1.M. DAILY

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They made history...

LOVE!

COLUMBIA PICTURES.presents

Alexandre Dumas The FIGHTING GUARDSMAN

WILLARD PARKER ANITA LOUISE JANIS CARTER

* JOHN LODER - EDGAR BUCHANAN • GEORGE MACREADY: Screen Play by Franz Spencer and Edward Dein » Cased on "The Dompanione të fabul by Ajazendie Dumas v. Produced by MICHEL KRAKE • Directed by HENRY LEVIN

SHOWING TO-DAY

MAJESTIC

At. 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m,

M-G-M'S GREAT MUSICAL SENSATION!.

Red SKELTON~ Eleanor POWELL

In “SHIP AHOY”

with Bart LAHR Virginia O'BRIEN

Next Change: "THERE IS THE GLORY"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1947.

LEISURE IS JUST A WORD

TO DEBORAH KERR

EBORAH Kerr, the British scroon star who travelled 4,000 miles

Dio appear in an American film with Clark Gable, has been in Hollywood only two months but she says she is already looking for- ward to a rost.

After a typical morning spent working with Gable before the cameras, Miss Kerr took lunch standing up, while a wardrobe atten- dant fitted a new gowni

"Never in my life," she de- clared, "did I think things would happen so fast."

Miss Kerr went to the Uniteit- States to test for the role op- posite Gable in the movie version of "The Hucksters," n best-selling novel about the ad- vertising business. Two weeks after she landed" in New York she was in Hollywood, compet- ing with five other aspirants for the part. She not only won it but also a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

studios.

"I was nervous during that test.

as you can imagine," she said, "but

I noticed that Mr Gable was just

as nervous, and I felt better."

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The actress had never met Gable, although he and her husband, Tony Bartley, became friends while Cable was stationed in England during the

war.

ducer Arthur, Homblow claim they

Director Jack Conway and-pro-

know Deborah was perfect for the

part before she completed her test. The minute she stepped before, the comeru we were certain," Conway asserted. "She had such polse and self-assurance. It was a pleasure to watch her in the scene."

Immediately thereafter leisure be- came a word Miss Kerr'seldom used, Atlings, Hairdress testa, wardrobe interviews, portrait sittings and D myriad other preliminaries lisve engulfed her. Sho She

says she is excited and happy with all this business of being an important star In another land, but she is

also anticipating the respite which will come only when the pieture is com- pleted-weeks away.

Miss Deborah Kerr is one of a number who are arriving in Holly- wood these days with an auspicious record in the cinema already estal lished. Her film career began in 1930, after many disappointments. Lunching with a friend in London one day, she was seen from another table by Gabriel Pascal, the. pio-

spotlight

BY ERNEST BETTS

Abbott and Costello, Holly- wood's biggest moneymakers, are to visit England in the sum mer, and will play in a London theatre for four weeks.

Jack Buchanan, who dutifully

turned over hls American dollar holdings in 1939, has discovered in New York that he was not cleaned out. His account with the Guaranty Trust Company stands at $5.

*

ducer-director. He was so impressed

Sho managed it, and Poscal

Now, strangely enough, both Miss Kerr and Pascal are in Hollywood,

She and her husband, the son of Sir Charles and Lady Bartley, are living quietly in a rented house in

that he presented himselt.

"Let me hear you recite the Lord's Prayer," Pascal requested. engaged her to portray the Salvation Laurel Canyan. aacation of the Army girl in his film version of famous Hollywood Hills. Life is Show's play, *Major Darbarn." full and busy. But there may be n Since then sho has appeared in twinge of wistfulness in the tone some aino English flims, of which with which she says: "I had always "Love on the Dole," "The Life of heard

that time is something Colonel Blimp" and "Vacation from Americans don't waste. Now I Marriage" mada her knowIL to know, first hand. how true that is." American audiences.

Associated Press.

34 YEARS IN PICTURES

Harry Carey, whom you see here (centre) with John Ridgely and Arthur Kennedy in "Air Force," now showing at the Alhambra Theatro, plays bis 367th part in pictures in this film. Scone shows a tense moment just before the dropping of the bombs.

CINEMA GUIDE

SHOWING TODAY QUEEN'S-Dolly Sisters, KING'S-The Magle Bow. ALHAMBRA-Air Force.

NEXT CHANGE QUEEN'S—Days of Glory. KING'S-Ziegfeld Fellies of 1945. ALHAMBRA-South of Tahiti.

GLAMOUR GIRLS

"The Dolly Sisters," 20th Century-Fox's sparkling new Technicolour musical starring Bolty Grable, John Payne and June Haver, and based on the story of the two top glamour girla of a generation ago whose lives and loves were the talk of the world, is showing at the Queen's.

In the gay story of the fabulous sisters who set a world aftame with their song and dance, and broke a million hearts, Betty Grable is seen in the role of Jenny Dolly with June Haver as her equally talented sister, Rosie. John Payne, in his Annette Mills, "Boomps-n-Dalsy" first screen appearance since being composer, launched a now dance, honourably discharged from the "Hop Scotch,"

Lyceum. Army Air Forces, is seen in the role Sentlish ing with hops but-no) of a

man young song-and-dance bumps.

whose fomantle Birk with Jenny constantly threatens to break the sensational sister team. ̧*

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Claudette Colbert plans to give up acting in three years' time and turn to producing.

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The story opens in 1904 with the polly Sisters' arrival in New York

children from Hungary as

who dance for their supper in a little restaurant in Manhattan's East Side, The electricity cuts have affected and goes on through the dazzling the studios, and the hold-up

when the daring sisters in oru production has cost plenty of thralled America and the European money. Gainsborough Studies had continent with their musical and to stop work on "Good Time Girl" romantic exploits. and "When the Bough Breaks." Denham and Pinewood were both able to film from their own genera- tors, but at Walton-on-Thames studios, they had to bring in folr- ground generators.

Beatrice Lille, one of Britain's top favourites along the Grent White Way, Has been talked into doing a new musical coníedy In Landon this year,

·Metropolitan tenor Lauritz Melchter says he will not sing opero In Boston because the local board of 'opera directors: would not ollow German opera during the war. "Art has nothing to do with politics," he says,

No pletures scheduled, but when Bing Crosby makes July and August, tour of Europe he will use English talent to help`him, make,

gramophone records. Bob Hope will be in Britale about the same time, and they will get together to make at least one record.

Olsen and Johnson, whose mad antier drow almost £20,000 for the Arst week in a New York night club, got as their share just under £5,000 -a record in their 34 years. partners.

#9.

SONGBIRD

21 YEARS

AGO IN

PICTURES

Ruth Rowland has come out of retirement to star in First National's "The Masked Woman."

are

The Duncan Sisters any that they guing to produce a screen version of "Topsy and Eva.”

William Farnum is driving flashy new Stutz roadster,

Mary Astor says that John Barry- more Is "the greatest lover on the screen to-day! Having been one of Bir Barrymore's many. leading ladies in Warner Bros. highly touted "Don Jupa," she should know.

-Cloria Swanson will portray Jahın d'Art In United Artists' "Battalion of Death."

Pola Negri and Rudolph Valentino are planning to wed, come winter, at the actress's beautiful estate in France.

Ben Turpin is married again!

the former Bride

Babette

Elizabeth Dietz. She is his third.

Irene Rich has-signed-a-contract with Warner Bros. Her first picture will be "My Official Wife." She will co-star with Mr Conway Tearic.

Fox is dickering with that great actor, David Warfield, to make his initial screen appearance in

."The Music Master,"

Jack Holt has been set as leading man opposite Poll Negri in "Hotel Imperial.”

hix occurred:

The unbelievable Tem Mix fell from his favourite steed, Tony, the other day and was badly shaken up.

Lon Chaney has signed a contract with Louis B. Mayer,

Ida Lupino Faces The

Future

By Bob Thomas

If this were a soap opera, it would be called "Ida Lupino faces the Future," because the gal has more plans than an ar- chitect's convention.

First of all, Ida is another of the secessionists from Warners. She is rounding out her last year at the Burbank lot. Her reasons for leav- ing include selection or roles, but of course the mala- reason in that folding stuff.".

"I want to be able to retire In five years," she claimed, “And ́ ́I con't do i on my salary," Sho pointed out that a contract player can't salt away much these days. The solution, which many are seek- ling, is the free-lance ticket.

Her present plans call for a film In England with Rex Harrison, Then she would partner with Benedict Bogenus and maka a picture with him.

As to Ida's other idens. "I want to buy a boot

',

"I want a boat so I can write on it. And she is no hunt-and-peck addoodler, either. She has already sold several stories for good money. -And when in five years" she reaches the ripe age of 33, has nipussed a comfortable bank • pee count and a yacht, and has "tima".to write, wlist then, Ida? ja Matabe The once-married, galsmiled Knowingly and " murmured: WHA man, of colirse.Associated Press.

Pretty Kathryn Grayson Is one of the many stars appoating in. Ziegfeld Follies "of = 1946," coming to the King's. Others include Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Esther - Williams and William Powell.

NOW

SHOWING

KINGS ★

At 2.30, 5.10.

7.159.15. p.m.

A STORY OF ROMANCE, ADVENTURE

AND EXQUISITE MUSIC

J. ARTHUR RANK

presents

"THE MAGIC BOW"

LOVE LIFE OF PAGANINI, WORLD FAMOUS VIOLINIST

...with..

STEWART GRANGER PHYLLIS CALVERT

and

Joan

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