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* KINGS

RED SKELTON

• WHISTLINGK

IN DIXIE

wich Ann RUTHERFORD ·

George BANCROFT

Guy KIBWEX • Diana LEWIS

Peter WHITNEY

Soses Play by Hal Parla Aserimoni Disleges ky

Wikte Mahoney

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Directedby Stran Simon (Pemen

Predced by George Helad

7.159.15 p.m.

1:1000 HOWLS!

picture ever

ALSO LATEST METRO-NEWS!

COMMENCING TO-MORROW

Gable's back

Garson got him

in M-G-M's exiting soon Adventure

screen

CLARK GABLE. GREER GARSON

In Victor Fleming's Production

"ADVENTURE".

JOAN BLONDĚLE THOMAS MITCHELL •

·TO-MORROW AT 11.30 A.M.

IT'S A MIRACLE!! A'MIRACLE OF MIRTH THAT ROCKED THE WORLD!

"THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S GREEK" Starring Eddio BRACKEN Botty HUTTON A PARAMOUNT PICTURE AT REDUCED PRICES.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

WHAT MAKES A GORGEOUS

GIRL GRAND ? SHE'S GOT IT!

Krd-Kiended?

Recithingt

Namuntiol

METAL

HAYWORTH

Chate MATURE JOHN SUTTON CAROLE LANDIS

MYG

At 2.30, 5.15,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1947.

AMERICAN FILMS ARE SLIPPING

by

BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD.-American movies are not as good as they used. to be. This is the opinion of many film sages, and Director William Wyler is one of the first to offer some whys for the situation.

That American films are) slipping is evidenced by several factors: 1. The large number of foreign films in the lists of 1946's "ten best," 2, decreased theatre receipts; 3, critical pannings of many expen sive productions; 4, current shakeups of studio person- nel.

Regarding this matter, Wyler wants it known that he likes Hollywood, but he sees trends that are damaging the industry. "The trouble is that making pic tures here has become piece-meal work," he told me. "A flm thrown together by many hands, with no particular guidance along the route! And дру one of the hands can louse the whole thing up.

GUIDING FORCE

"To make good pletures, there must be one guiding force. not necessarily the director, although he is in the best position to be it. Nowadays in the big studios the director allowed very little Inde. pendence; a script is shoved at bit and be in told to shoot it as is:**

Wyler recalled when he started as director at the old Universal in 1028. He said directors were handed scripts and told in do any thing they wanted with them.

"But you can bet if we didn't get picture out of it, we were Cained." he added,

a

The director said that now a big studio might give a director a story and tell him, "We realise it's a bad script so if it's a bum picture we won't blame you." The result is one big happy family within the studio and worse pictures in the theatres.'

ONE A YEAR

The altuation won't get any bet- ter until directors are given more

said. independence, he

And then, they must take more tinc und trouble with their pictures. He and Frank Capra and George Stevens are allowing themselves only one film yearly apiece.

"It took me three years in the army to really know my characters in 'Best Years of Our Lives"," he said. "I often think how much bet- der my other films would have been if i had as much time." Some of his Heights,"

7.15 & 9.15 p.m. other Aims "Wuthering

"The Little Foxes," and "Mrs Mini- ver," all of which did all right any- way.

WHAT MAKES A MERRY MUSICAL MARVELOUS 7

IN TECHNICOLORE

JAMES GLEASON. - PHIL SILVERS WALTER

CATLETT MONA MARIS - FRANK ORTH

PELJSKINJE

4 2014 CINTUITĪJOS PICTU

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IT'S GOT IT!

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DimBree! Tunes!

Girtat

10 Great Song His insteding Post Clositor's "MY CEL SAC

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OF IT ALL"

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IT'S ‘A SAUCY, SPARKLING STORY OF THE NIFTY, NAUGHTY NINETIES! ERNST - LUBITCH'S PRODUCTION

"HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Starring: Gone TIERNEY Don AMECHE A 20th Contury-Fox Technicolor Picture COMMENCING TO-MORROW

THE NEWEST, biggest, BALMIEST HIT! Bud ABBOT * Lou COSTELLO in “PARDON MY SARONG"

Oil, Food Exports

Are Banned

effect has been served by the Muni-

elpal Government to the Maritime Customs.

The Yuan has issued this order In view of the fact that the export of edible oils is one of the causse which gave rise to the recent jump in prices of some daily necessities.

The Executive Yuan has instructed the Shanghai Municipal Govern- ment to restrict the oxport of edibly vegetable oils and mincolinucous The Yuan's order restricts export foodstuf

of such foodstuffs as beans, peanuta,

This new ordár: is effective: “Im- || sesame mediately. Official notice to this 'others.

Beeds, collon seeds, and

Wyler received an Oscar for direction of "Miniver."---Associated Press..

EDITS NEW FILM

MAGAZINE

now

Mr J. L. Hudson,, well-known British author, journalist, and war correspondent, is associate producer and literary editor for "This Modern Age,” a monthly film magazine.

Mr Hodson took over from Mri George Ivan Smith, who is now in New York as chief of programme planning for the United Nations In-. ternational Network,

As an author, Mr Hadson has written nine novels, and his plays have been produced by well-known British companies. He also wrote the

commentary for "Desert Vic-

tory."

At one time he was news editor of the Manchester Daily News, and during the war he was a war cor- respondent in France, the Middle East und Burma.

Gable And

More Gorgeous

HERE'S RITA HAYWORTH, moro

gorgeous

than

ever, painted by artist von Hentschel. The popular dancing star appears in "My Cal Sal," now at the Queen's Theatre,

SID FIELD IN LAVISH BRITISH MUSICAL

Showing at the Lee Theatre this week-end is Britain's first technicolour musical comedy, produced by Wesley Ruggles, the American director, for Rank at a cost of nearly £1,000,000.

Commissioned by Rank to make a musical that would out- Hollywood-Hollywood,—Ruggles.

Cinema Guide¦|brought his own team of music

SHOWING TODAY

QUEEN'S—My Gal Sal.

KING'S—Whistling in Dixie.

ALIŁAMBRA-Edge of Darkness,

CENTRAL-Edge of Darkness,

NEXT CHANGE

QUEEN'S Flying Tigers.

KING'S Adventure.

ALHAMBRA-Blues in the Night.

CENTRAL-Blues In the Night,

Garson

A TENSE MOMENT in “Adventure," nów marital comody, starring Great Garson and Clark Gable, The

film comes to the King's Theatre next week.

writers and dance, directors from America.

They knocked out several songs, including "So Would I," "It Spring Were Here To Stay" and "My Heart Goes Crazy," while "The 'ampstead Way" was written for a new dance which is proving very popular.

Since beautiful girls is a "must" in a musical comedy, Ruggles bad talent scouts all over the British

Isles, From hundreds of lovelles, he selected 18-year-old Kay Kendall to adorn, the pleture. For the comedy lead he picked Sid Field, of whom Bob Hope Bold: "This man is the best comedian i have seen."

The highlight of the show is the Sensational dance, "The *ampstead Way." The dancers caper in swingy cockney style. put

their thumbs in their lapels and point them back and forth. Trousers are hitched up, and so are altiris. The dance includes શ waltz turti. Charleston step. a skipping move- ment, a cockney curtsey and, finally, a universal salute-a kiss!

#1

ALHAMBRA & CENTRAL

DAILY AT 21o 5TM* 737 § 97o OM DAILY AT 2M 50* 2# & 902M CENTRAL: Extra Performance at 12.30 P.M.

SHOWING TO-DAY.

EDGE

OF

DARKNESS?

Mighty and Important from WARNERS!

WALTER HUSTON-NANCY COLEMAN

JUDITH ANDERSON · RUTH GORDON »urestua ny LEWIS MILESTONE

Screna Piny vz Pebert Folgen - Dated in the Novel by William Wazda

LEE THEATRE

TOWN BOOKING OFFICE -

W. HARING & CO., ALEXANDRA ULDG, GE, FL- BETWEEN 11.00 AM. AND 6.00 PM. DAILY

OPENING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

WESLEY RUGGLES.

LONDON TOWN

TECHNICOLOR

SID FIELD

with

GRETA GYNT TESSIE O'SHEA PETULA CLARK

... introducing

KAY KENDALL.

and the LONDON TOWN DOZEN AND ONE" BEAUTIES

Lyrics and Music by JOHNNY BURKE AND JIMMY VAN HEUSEN

Associate Producer WILLIAM COLLIER JAK

Distribution by Eaglellen

TROOPS PET ORIENTAL

AS KING'S

MISTRESS

French actro Pati, Behrs, im- ported by: Twentieth Century- Fox Studios a year ago, was instructed to lose 15 pounds be- fore starting her role as a mis- treas of King Charles II in the film "Forever Amber."

"But then," says Miss Behrs, "they dressed me in billowing 17th century -dresses, and you can't tell whether I

weighed 110 pounds or 170.”.

SHOWING TO-DAY: -2,30—5.207.20—9,20 P.M.

M-G-M'S MUSICAL COMEDY 'HIT!

Red SKELTON,

i in

SHIP

AHOY"

with.. Bert - LAHR.

Virginis O'BRIEN

Eleanor POWELL

SPECIAL” MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 12.30 NOON "THEIR'S IS THE GLORY"

NEW ENGLIS:

The actress was born in the Rús- sinn province of· Georgia. Her family. fed during the revolution. rottling first in Istanbul, Turkey, and later in Paris, where she became

French citizen. She danced, inʻ French cafes, and or the Paris stage, and during the war was voted "the most beautiful actress in France" by Benjamin Britten, remposer of it American troops there...... ---Associated | operas "Peter Grimes" And

Rape of Lucretia”, is writing a une:

OPERA

operatic comedy and has forried his own organisation to produce it next years E

The new opera, "Albert Herring" is laid in a Suffolk village and will be produced at: Clyndbourne - In June by the English Opera Group~~ United Press.