1947-08-30 — Page 2

SHOWING

TO-DAY

I...

At 2.30. 5.15.

7.20 0.9.30 p.m.

AIR-CONDITIONED

ADVENTURE! DANGER!

ROMANCE!

IN THE SMASHING MANNER OF

CLARK GABLE

CO-STAR WITH LOVELY ROSALIND RUSSELL

66THEY MET IN BOMBAY"

A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE

ADDED: LATEST METRO-NEWS

TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11.30 A.M. ONLY "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN” with HERMAN BRIXAT REDUCED PRICES

SHOWING

TO-DAY

QUEEN'S

Samuel Goldwyn,

Presenta

A Wonderful Merry. Go-Round of Garis,

Laughs and Lore !

At 2.30, 5.15;

7.15 & 9.15 p.m.

Danny Kaye "WONDER MAN"

VIRGINIA MAYOVERA ELLEN

DONALD WOODS. S.Z.SAKALL

ALLEN JERKINS » EDWARD DROPHY » DITO KRUGER *

STEYE COCHRAN - VIRGINIA GILMORE and

THE GOLDWYN GIRLS

Ciracted by US VILAFESIONS

TO-MORROW MORNING

AT 11:30 A.M.. ONLY

SHOWING

TO-DAY

in Technicolor

Stan LAUREL & Oliver HARDY.

"THE BULLFIGHTERS” ALSO COLORED CARTOONS AT REDUCED PRICES!

ALHAMBROJ THEATRE At 2.30, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20

ACTISH PICTUR22, Robert L. Chsmrt, Pensiónxt - genoty

James Oliver Curwoodi

GOD'S COUNTRY

Color

#LATAYAKING

“AMONG TUT

·MAJESTIC- REDWOODE

LOWERY GILBERT-F

-FARNUM KEATON FILMED IN CINECOLO

Distributed by SCREEN GUILD PRODUCTIONS

ADDED! M-G-M SHORTS!

5 SHOWS

TO-DAY

BEEF SOUNE COMFORTABLE, BRATO A

Cathay

p.m.

At 12:30, 2.30, 5.00, 7:15 & 9.30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME WITH 14 REELS OUT-THRILLS ALL OTHER SCREEN SPECTACLES!

SPIGIACCEP

Cecil B. DeMille's GREATEST REAP THE WILD WIND

JECANICOIDAA

FAMI

MILLAND WAYNE GODDARD

Raymond Massey. Lynne Overman Robert Preston Susan Hayward

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1947.

FILM FAN FARE

THE NEW

SEES THE

OLD

The Ophella of 1947 weat recently to see Ophella of 1852|

famous painting by Mials, now in the National Gallery, Do you recognise the new Ophella -the film star at 182 N

You may have seen her as a slave- harpist in "Caesar and Cleopatra." As the young Estella in "Great Ex- pectations."

Jean Shamons is the name, And she is playing Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet in the. film he is! now directing.

Korda Asks

For Films

Of Quality

It's not the quantity but the quality of films produced by Britain that will determine their popularity, Sir Alexander Kordu declared in a letter to The Times.

"If the British film industry is to live and prosper, it does not have to produce an enormous number of Alms, he stated. What it must do is to produce as many Blms as It can of the highest possible quality." Noting that creative manpower was incrensing, he prophesied that from now on, Britain should be able to turn out approximately one-third of the flims required to keep its theatres

If the p

are good, by. 1939 they should talte in from Empire and other countries about one-third

BING ADOPTS CHILD

Bing Crosby, the radio and screen singer, has become the foster father of Zulma Scheino- witz, 11, a Belgium half-orphan under the care of Children, Inc.

Rescue

This organisation maintains 17 children's centre throughout Europe, housing 3,000 Jewish war orphans. Crosby, who has four sons of his own, "adopted" Zulma by contributing money to the rescue organisation for, hér support.

Some 1,800 other foster parents have been enlisted, each of whom contribute a dollar a day, on annual basis, for the care of

child.

an

1

Zuimia was born in Liege. At the war's outbreak, the family fled to France, where her father was ar reated by the Nazis when Zulma was six years old. He has never been heard from since. The mother took Zulma and her sister, Miriam, to a forest hide-out of the Maquis, where they spent the rest of the war. On their return to Belgium, the mother and Miriam were stricken with tuberculosis and sent to sanitarium. Zulma, in Antwerp. was placed under the care of the reselle group.-Associated Press,

Oh, those Anglo- U.S. accents!

by STEPHEN WATTS

XCHANGE of stars be- Dear old Rin-tin-tin didn't know tween Britain and what he was starting when he de- Amorien is a busy trade menstrated that to be a film star it:

helps not to be human.

now....

A new Hollywood film stars Deborah Kerr. A new British Alm stars Martha Scott from Hollywood.

Ann Todd. Phylls Calvert and Scottish border country, a green and This new film takes place in the Michael Redgrave have made Holly misty place, with cute thatched cot- wood films we have not yet seen.

Ray Milland and Paulette God- tages and shepherds who wear Bal- dard are in England at work, and morals and tartan shirts. Mr Rank has Crosby, Claudette Colbert, Douglas say no more than that "Nay" is an

signed

up Bing On the subject of nccents, I shall Fairbanks jun., and Joan Fontaine uncommon negative to make some films.

on Scols Hips and that Lon McCallister,

nice, fresh-faced American boy, is about as Scols as that spelling of his sur- name.

The two-way traffic is, on the whole, a good thing. Flm-making Is a palyglot affair and a change of scen is stimulating for everybody, so long as all the trips are round trips.

But-there-are-dangers, and sound Judgment on the choice of occasions is very necessary.

Who erred?

N Deborah Kerr's case judgment has erred. Whose judgment I'm not sure.

Miss Kerr is a highly intelligent young woman. Did she read and approve "The Hucksters"

s ho

HOLLYWOOD CHATTER

FRANK SINATRA will soon face the severest test of his

The Miracle of the Bells" at RKO, career. In

he will play a straight dramatle role,

actor,

of the amount now pald by -Britain | American debut? Or had she signed He will not sing. His success will a contract which gave her no choice? depend solely on his ability na an for U.S. pictures.

There will be no resistance, The part is unsuitable and un- whether organised or otherwise, in worthy. She does all she can with America towards British films, heit, dignifying the role by her pre- sald, If these films are liked by the sence. American public and are profitable for, the theatres to show.

HARRISON'S HAREM WAS

REDUCED

Her beauty is indestructible, but for the first time I have to report 3 British star less well photographed than she wace at home.

*

Half a dozen Hollywood could have played the part perfect

girls

ly well.

At least there would then have been no need for wedging in a clumsy line about her being "the doughter of un Engush lord-Str Somebody." Dan

That is presumably to excuse Miss Rex Harrison, who feels cheats accent problem works badly ed these days because Twentieth

both

One of the biggest undertakings Bells" will be produced at a cost of of the year The Miracle of the about $3,000,000............

These actors famous in the days to the cast of "Dream Girl," a film of silent pictures have been added

Donald Carey. JEAN ACKER, first starring Betty. Hution and Mac- wife of Rudolph Valentino, has ap- peared in nearly 100 pictures. FRANKLIN FARNUM starred in many known leading man in the

Western pictures years ago. CHARLES MEREDITH Was a well- early

Century-Fox promised him 1,000 ways. In "So Well Remember- 1920's and. In later years was activa |

wives for "Anna and the King of Siam” and only came across with 18, at least has the compensa tion of knowing how it feels to live in a harem..

donned

When the British, actor his -crown and, royal robes to play the fabulous. King Mongkut of the 1880's in the screen version of the Margaret Landon novel, the Arst thing he did was to count the women in his harem."

in amateur theatrical production.

As soon as

JOAN BLONDELL

ed" Martha Scott with her American accent, is the daughter of a Lonça- shire cotton-mill owner. the fact that she was educated on Alley," she

So somebody has to remark on completes her Fox film, "Nightmare and her two children. the Continent, in America and nifleave for Europe. Join says they Roedean. America won.

want to bicycle all over England, By contrast, John Mills manages and then visit... France, the North Country speech admirably, Switzerland; and Italy.

Synthetic Scots

VEN If there are only 4,000,000 Scots, they're a vocal and in- transigent crowd. And I shall be At first he thought there had been very surprised if any of them are an error in the bookkeeping that not Incensed by "Bob, Son of Batile," might still be corrected. Later ho

a new dòg-opera. discovered that the had reached the

1,000 wives might o

.censora

that

that tho

King or

of Siam was promiscuous. He also learned that Director

John

Cromwell decided that 1,000 would make the story seem implau sible. No man sitting in a thoulze would bellove that any man could endure that much matrimony. ..At first Cromwell cut the harem down

to

30.

200, then to 30 and finally

to

This number satisfied the censors, but it was not the last word on the subject. They laid down their own law. The King must not make passes at any one of his wives. Its must not kiss them. · Bo`munt not flirt with them. He could not aven indulge himself in a little romantic learing to pass the time 'DWAY,

THEATRE Directory

SHOWING TODAY -

KING'S They Met In Bombay.

QUEEN'S Wonder Man.

prominent

n love

ADVANCE BOOKING OFFICE

ST. FRANCIS HOTEL, QUEEN'S. ROAD, CENTRÁL, BOOKING HOURS: 11.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Daily

LAST 4 SHOWS TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

The Picture with a Thousand Elephants anda Million Thrills!

ELEPHANT

BOY

PADOUCES EP

ALEXANDER KORDA FROM "TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANTS" BY.

RUDYARD KIPLING

DIRECTED BY

ROSERT FLAHERTY ZOSTAW KORDA

TO-MORROW —

ALEXANDER KORDA presents

MERLE OBERON

REX HARRISON

OVER THE MOON

IN TECHNICOLOR

CENTRAL

5 SHOWS DAILY

AT 12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

FINAL

EPISODE

A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER-SERIAL!

With a million-dollar castĮ of dare-dovils...in the super-

serial of all time...

DICK

LEO

BUCK

FORAN CARRILLO JONES

CHARLES BICKFORD

RIDERS OF DEATH VALLEY

LON CHANEY, Jr. NOAH BEERY, Jr.

·BIG BOY WILLIAMS JEANNE KELLY MONTE BLUE

ORIENTAL

SHOWING TO-DAY: 2.30-5.20-7.30-9.30 P.M. Blaxing with colour, laughs, romance and rhythm!

BETTY GRABLE VICTOR MATURE JACK OAKIE in

SONG

ÓF

THE

ISLANDS

IN TECHNICOLORI.

SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 12.30 "DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE"

New Coat-of-Arms

For Princess

Red Run. Is Now Vodka's Rival

HUGH, FRENCH, British stage, cinema and

radlo actor, recently arrived in Hollywood for a fentire role in the film, "I Winter Comes,"

a. production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios 'which will atar Walter Pidgeon and Deborah Kerr. It is

story. Acceptance of the part followed two by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, made seven years apart. The rat offer, and a screen test, followed his

is married 10 1939 appearance-with Beatrice Lillie Philip, it will be necessary to change announced production of its Aryat in the New York revue

the coat-of-arms granted to her, byrum.. the King on Music." At the start of the

her 18th birthday, Ja, French became attached

It source is the first Soviet sugar tho 1944. British 8th Army, and Field Mambal

cane farm in Uzbekistan, which 15 The buckground. to her Arms at now producing 30 tons of suzar Viscount Montgomery decorated present is lozenge-shaped, showing cane per hectare..

offers

5ct

war.

When.. Elizabeth

| CENTRAL-Hiders of Death Val-am for bravery after the battle of the is a single woman. After mar-|

ley.

ALHAMBRA-God's Country.

ΕΙ

El Alamein.

Lator he served Iraq, Iran, France, ・・ Belgium and Holland with commando forces. Previously, French had played leads in several West End shows, includ- ing, Noel Coward's "Bittersweet" and "Operetta." He also had be come known for his · radio ALHAMBRA Song of the Sarong. I formatices- over the B.B.C.

ין

NEXT CHANGE

KING'S-Ladies In Retirement,

QUEEN'S-Hatter's Castle.

CENTRAL--Song of the Sarong.

The Soviet Union has proudly

ringo the background will be shield- About a year ago the Arst Soviet Bined with her husband's. shaped, and her Arms will be com-vermouth appeared in Moscow shops, adding to a long list of Soviet-manufactured wines and As a Greek Prince, Mountbatten vodkas. Champagne is on the list. carries the Royal Arms of Greece, with an escutcheon of the Arms of and Mounbation's combined. Arms per-Denmark.

on the advice of the Garter King at. The King will decide Elizabeth's Arms, Bir Algar Howard.