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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1947.

At 2.30, 5.15.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

★ KINGS ★

"You'll always be

with me... whatever I do whenever

I dream"

THE ACADEMY

AWARD

1947

7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

Paramount proudly presents.

the story

every wor

two great

Olivia DeHavilland "To Each His Own

MARY ANDERSON » BOLAND CULVER BLOOOOWN pat karsinang 120H LÚNO

„MITCHELL LEISEN

PRODUCTION

Freed by CAMES MAČESTI

TO-MORROW AT 11,30 A.M. ONLY

IN TECHNICOLOR!

66 THE DESPERADOES ”

with Randolph SCOTT Glenn FORD

Claire TREVOR

Evelyn KEYES Edgar BUCHANAN — A Columbia Picture

SHOWING

TO-DAY

No Wonder

Hearts are si Lips are you

Chevalier

lived up to my expectations

By RENE CLAIR

the famous French director

the

brightest stars of the modern

Chovallor

few

AST year in Paris, when timate stage, there is no doubt but I was about to start pro- that he would have become one of duction on "Man About theatre. I wanted to prove this, I Town,'

". I mot Irving Ber wanted to offer him the opportunity lin, who asked me about of displaying his talents as an actor.

The script came back in a and my plans. I told him that without the help of music

days. On it Maurice had pencilled I was ready to begin a pic songs.

The character which I had in "OK."

Even with this approval I wanted ture starring Maurice Chevalier and that this picture would not mind for him had to be simple, real,

human. He was to to impress him with the importance completely be a musical.

portray

ordinary man, not too of the venture, so I talked to him

at length. young, who falls in love with

In the middle "Think it over, Maurice," I cau- very young girl. If

there to Lioned. "It's a big gamble for you, of the picture's action I were allow Meurice to sing even once in and I don't want to feel entirely his inimitabio manner nobody responsible for what might happen. chango the; story would believe in the reality of the It's too late to story, because a man who can sing now." like Chevaller is not an ordinary I'll share the responsibility with man. He is an accomplished artist you" he replied. "It's a deal.” with extraordinary appeal.

en-

Irving grabbed my arm. "Why," he said, "Maurice one of the world's greatest tertainers. He has made his reputation with his songs Surely you can't be serious. To put Chevalier in anything ex- cept a musical would be game bling with his career and it would most certainly result in a disappointment to the public.”

Versatile Personality Irving's arguments were persun- alve. I found it difficult to explain to him why I wanted to go ahead with all this. I felt I was right but I couldn't put in into words.

Now, after having completed the pleture, I am better able to define my feelings.

The most important thing was to discuss all this with Maurice. Ho had been singing in Paris since the liberation, and he was a tremendous success, but he had not made a pics ture for seven years.

I discovered how sincere he was almost immediately. When I sent in a final script he returned it without a single objection, and on the second day of shooting when invited him to see the rushes he re- fused.

New Character

I sent him a script, although It Was not completely Anished at the

"I told you I trust you entirely," time, and I said I was most cager he said. "You say this is a also explained that this would be to sign him for the title

" characterisation for me.

11 1 Бес

role.

new

also explained that this would be a myself on the screen I may ba complete departure for him; that he disturbed by this new character. I I always had, like millions of od- would have to lay aside his straw may become nervous, I might

I mirers all

the world,

don't want the hat and songbag and play a straight you for changes.

Lake that chance. I 7.15 & 9.15 p.m.ller. No one can surpass him when

greatest regard for Maurice Cheva- dramatic part,

frust

QUEEN'S

At 2.30, 5.15,

IRISH

EYES ARE SMILING

OUTIN - WORINTY. BOSINCOM

and that

IZOWARD WARREN

BLANCHE DIE BO

MONTY

WOOLLEY

JUNE

HAVER

DIGK

HAY

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW. mornings" ONLY

SPECIAL TIMES

11.30 a.m.; 12.15;

1.00

1.45 p.m.

TWO

REELS

"THE

SPECIAL PRICES D.C. $1.50: B.S. $1.20;

İF.S. 90c. & Gal. 60c.

PRINCESS'S WEDDING DAY"

TWO REELS IN FULL LENGTH

With Narration By ANNA NEAGLE ALSO: NEWEST MARCH OF TIME "GERMANY-HANDLE WITH CARE"

ALHAMBRANDTHEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20′′& 9.20 P.M. THE MUCH PUBLICIZED CHINESE TONSORIAL

COMEDY!

"THE BARBER TAKES A WIFE"

OPENS

(凰虛風假)

Starring LI LI-HUA • SHEK FAI

Dialogue in MANDARIN

• Myrna LOY Don AMECHE

TO-MORROW! “SO GOES MY LOVE””

TO-DAY

ONLY

MAJESTIC

AT 2.30, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

A HILARIOUS COMEDY WITH PLENTY OF LAUGHS!

LAUGH!

M+G=M]}]

HOWL

SCREAM!

RED SKELTON "The SHOW-OFF"

with.

ADDED ATTRACTION.

ROYAL WEDDING OF H.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH

And H.R.H. DUKE OF EDINBURGH..........

Commencing Sunday: "0.5.$.”

over

alonc he is

on a stage, singing those either in English or French wonderful songs for which he famous.

But, I thought, Maurice is such a versatile personality that his gifts need not be confined to musical en- tertainment only. If he had start ed as

a dramatic actor on the legi-

HOLLYWOOD

CHIT-CHAT

DUDLEY NICHOLS is in New

York with the first assembled print of his produc-. tion of Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra." Besides showing it to top RKO- Radio executives, he will have it viewed by O'Neill and Lawrence Langner, head of the Theatre Guild which originally produced the Broadway play.

EORGE RAFT has reported for work on his new picture, "Race Street," in which he will be teamed with William Bendix. Rall will play an ex-war correspondent re- duced to handicapping horses.

MITORIUM,

co-star of

DOBERT

Loretta Young and Willam Holden

Rone Clair

ask

duction until the

am going

end of pro-

I won't see anything

the picture until it is completed."

We Anished "Man About Town"

Paris. The picture has been shown in

In Europe, and I know now that T

I was right to bel on the acting

genius of

of Maurice Chevalier, Not already

only has he delighted his huge army of admirers

With

Tresh

characterisation, but las

inst summer

after the picture had won the Grand Prize of the Brussels Festival, Matt- rice personally wo

won the

Critics'

Award of the International Festival at Locarno for giving the best mas- culitic performance of the year.

their If other critics agree with Swiss

colleagues I shall be very happy.

But I shall be happier all when I bump into Irving Berlin again and perhaps hear him tell me that may be I was nut such a foul after all,

LONDON BY NIGHT

WEDDING BOOSTS SHOW BUSINESS

By HAROLD CONWAY

LONDON, Nov. 19. Cinemas expect to cash in at the THE Wedding brings Big end of the week with wedding news- "Cross-fre," will star with Money to London show reels. in "Rachel." He will play the guitar business. I estimate the public and sing ploneer ballads in characterisation.

tion of an

American woman

ول

Dancing Star Fred Astaire's his will spend £260,000 in West

former dancing Marjorie Reynolds, End theatres, cinemas.....

and partner,

"one-of-the-film-contingent brought | MYRNA

YRNA LOY'S fine characterisa-principal restaurants during the here in the Queen Mary

week. The amusement parade I understand she will star with judge in "The Bachelor and the matches up to any great gala Bonar Colleano and Zoe Gall in a Bobby Soxer" has brought her an weeks of the past.

new production of "Burlesque," the unusual honour. She has been in- At most of the fashionable dinner- play about. the American viled

to be an honoured guest at and-dancing centres every table has world, in which Claire Luce and the before the late. Nelson Keys appeared the annual dinner of the "National been booked for

the war. It opens a pre-London Association of Women Lawyers at Central London stage offers орега Cleveland, and meet prominent U.S. and ballet (at three theatres), 11 tour in Manchester on December 22.

16 women lawyers and judges.

musical productions,

Broadway Hit Беуса dramas and three

Another distinguished actress

And weeks.

comedies,

variety

show

FAMES

STEWART co-star JAME

of shows, Including an ice spectacie. from America is due here short- Robert Riskin's forthcoming There has been a mounting theatre ly-Mady Christians, Viennese star "Magle. Town," has returned to boom for some time; this week it of German silent films, who had be- Hollywood for a vacation. He spent has reached its peak, though for come a leading figure on Broadway, the summer as star of the Broadway wedding night the competition

hil "Harvey," while Frank Fay was outdoor sights and traffle problems he will star in and direct a

has acted as a brake,

on vacation.

SHE COULDN'T RESIST

THIS FILM ROLE

LIVIA DoHavilland, star of "To

Olivia in every

Eceno in

Och HBO, Paramount, great picture. During that course of

love story now showing at the King's netlon sho matures from a Theatre, says that this was one plc-

the

swcel, mature,

ture she simply had to make. And romantic 18-year-old to a despite doctor's orders, which em somewhat embittered woman of the phasized rest in order fully tà com- world.

plete her recovery from a recent ill-

ness, Olivia insisted upon making it. The four men in Miss DeHavil- What critics had to say about her land's film life are John Lund, hand- some Broadway-stage stor, Phillip performance should make her.

stage

Remem production of ber Mama," for H. M. Tennent and Frederick Valk (who

Emile Latule,

came here from Czecho-Slovakia be- fore the war) will have a big part.

Setting of "I Remember Mama

Is San Francisco at the beginning

of the century. Miss Christians op- months' peared throughout the 18 run in New York.

Accent On Culture Filippe Del Giudice, that volatile Alm producer from Italy, has a new idea. He means to introduce aThird Programme"

into

the cinema-alternating out-of-the-or- dinary subjects for "intelligent" au- diences with more popular fare. Eight to ten million cinema-goers are potential customers, he reckons. Del Giudice founded the Two Cities organisation, which put some Intelligent and successful pictures on the British and American mar- ket. His first independent produc- tion will be "Happy, as Larry," the comedy-melodrama ini verse, now at the Mercury Theatre.

THEATRE Directory TODAY'S FILMS

QUEEN'S-Irish Eyes Are 'Smiling (June Haver, Dick Haymes). KING'S TO Each III (Olivia de Haviland)

Own

LEE The Red House (Edward G..

Robinson)

CENTRAL-Buck

Privates Come

Home (Bud Abbott, Lou Cos- tello)

ORIENTAL The Saint Meets the Tiger (Hugh Sinclair, Jean Cillie)

radiantly happy girl. She won an Terry, Roland Culver and Bill Good-CATHAYA Yonk In The RAF.

"Oscar" for her work. A heart-win,

stirring account of twenty-seven

years in a woman's life, the role of *To Each His Own"

WDR Con

Jody provides a magnificent range sidered a film of such great impor of emotions and is a part no actress, tance that it had its world premiers doctor's

notwithstanding, at Radio City's Music Hall, New

York's famous theatre.

orders could turn down.

(Robert)' Taylor, Betty Grable) ALHAMBRA-The Barber Takes a 'wife (Li-hus, Shek' Fal) MAJESTIC The Show-On (Red

Skelton) STARThe Big Bicep (Humphrey

Bogart, Lauren Bacall)

Lise Theatre

ADVANCE BOOKING OFFICE

ST. FRANCIS HOTEL, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL BOOKING HOURS:

11.30 A.M. TO 5.30′ P.M. DAILY.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.

That Productions, lag, presanti

EDWARD G. ROBINSON

LON MCALLISTER

The RED HOUSE

JUDITH ANDERSON RORY CALHOUN - ALLENE ROBERTS

•

JULIE LONDON ONA MUNSON HARRY SHANNON

From the novel "THE RED HOUSE" Twenig Agnew Chamberlain

Written for the screed

and Directed by DELMER DAVES

A 201 LESSER producten • Ratersed thes Lindad Artists

MORNING SHOW SUNDAY AT 11.30. A.M. ONLY

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