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THE JAMES MASONS

GO INTO BUSINESS

*LONDON. TWO of the biggest box-

By Stephen Watts

Telice names in British They bought his story, The. Up: Dakar, South Africa-le will go to

Antertainment are off on

Monahan is the American the But when he returns from his Masons met while touring Germany, present trip-New York, West Indies, here to work on it.

Glass, and brought him back work ne o lm producer-with a new enterprises.

He lived with

Technicolour version of "Perchance them, went to to Dream" for Two Cities. James Mason, about whoso America with them, and they have future there have been many has been known to use the collective been inseparable ever since. He rumours, has cleared up the "we" when talking of Mason family situation by forming his own plans. film company-Gamma Films of America Corporation.

Real and Simplo FTER "Open City" comes "TO First aim of the new company is Italian school of Bims. It had

A Live In Peace," next of the now "Del Ptima," from a novel by West End premiero, whom do you think?-Pamela Kel-

My italics. That's one Eng- lino. lishman whose dollar earnings won't help us a bit.

Stage to studio

Gamma is going to be quite a litle VOR NOVELLO is the other star family party in an unorthodox way. with new plans, Having been Mrs Mason (Pamela Kellino), her one of the biggest British film stars Brst husband, Roy Kellino, and John of the carly days. Novello has kept Monulan are the directors.

away from the studio for years.

NEW HIT-Filmed in Technicolour in beautiful surroundings, "Courage of Lassie" brings Frank Morgan, Elizabeth Taylor and M-G-M", "wonder dog," Lassic, to the King's Theatre screen today in a touching story of a girl and her friend.

AL JOLSON BACK AMONG BIG ENTERTAINERS

AL JOLSON, who two years

ago was just a name and a memory in the minds of most cinema-goers today Is back among the greatest names in entertainment-

down

10

"Open City," of which the word masterpiece can be used without qualification, was an eye-opener many people. I can promise them that "To Live in Peace." which I JAW

at Brussels, is another brilliant picture.

"Shoeshine," which has had a rap- We have yet to see "Paisa" and turous reception from the sternest American critics.

What is the secret of this sudden renaissance of the Italian Aims? Far from

showing signs of backward- ness after the long years of Fasciat stultification they seem have come

up fresh and inspired.

If I had to cum up the qualities of the postwar Italian Alme I have seen I would say "reality and sim- plicity."

HA

Year of an idea

APPY birthday-not to a per- son but to an idea. With its latest issue-"Will Britain Go Hun- gry?"--the This Modern Age series is n year old, "

Its 12 monthly films have struck a remarkably high average for a new venture. It is making steady progress in popularity.

The Idea was, frankly, to make a British March of Time. But now the films have a style of their own. The

independence and impartiality are highly commendable in a parti- san world. The best example

their issue on Palestine.

was

They have tackled housing, crime, air transport, coal, the Sudan, soil erosion, and now--in the new one agriculture. It was in the making long before the Government drive in agriculture began. But its appear- ance is timely and its contents ad- mirable.

It's that Bergman story again!

✩

by DAVID LEWIN...

LONDON.

That I am not sure about-and I'll

LFRED HITCHI- By PATRICIA CLARY

COCK cabled Lon- don from Hollywood HOLLYWOOD. and parking lot attendants alike felt

asking if David the unpenses

Farrar could star opposite In- When the strains of "Toot, Toot.grid Bergman in "Under Capri- Tootsie" rehearsal, a middle-aged secretary corn," which he is to make here

winged out during Jolson's in the studio stopped her typing to early in the New Year, listen with a reminiscent smile. A This will be Farrar's biggest part small girl stopped sorting and gazed yet: since he made into

those An ABC usher pecked Blake films three years ago he has space

Sexton ilis records are outselling into the studio ns he strode

come a long way, and now claims a Bing Crosby and Frank Sina the corridor.

At 59, Jolson still has the polish Mason.

bigger fan following than James tra, two to one and Jolson, once of years of show business.

Only one more is a household institution. thing about his radio show worries really believe Miss Bergman is com- It can't be said that the greatest him. He earned his style of singing here when I see her. Already showing of the 1920's is forgotten. ing long before the days of micro- she has been "on her way" for two He was more away on vacation, phones when he had to project his yours.. until the movie "The Jolson Story' voice into the deepest recesses of brought him back in the spotlight. the theatres. Now he has to tone it down. He works hard at singing Some say the picture made him softly until he famous-again, but others believe it then steps away from the micro-ind

gets exasperated, just renewed the public demand for phone and lets his valec bellow out. Jolson. He

responded, not money, because he's a long-time mil- Honaire, but because he wanted 10 In perfect physical condition, Jol- e back where he belonged, behind son takes a massage and rub-down

footlights with applause ring- ing in his cars,

After being radio's favourite guest star for a season, Jolson came out of retirement formally this autumn with his own radio show, the Kraft -Music-Hall-·-·

the

for

Hollywood Listens In Hollywood waited the night of his first show with hushed expectancy, Ratios were turned to the station in movie colony-bars.--Vice-presidents

HOLLYWOOD CHIT-CHAT

Keeps Himself Fit

every morning at 10. That's his favourite time for receiving inter- viewers, and he rattles on about his new show with endless enthusiasm. His colourful conversation automa- fically takes his listeners back The 1920's.

to

KRUMANIA

MICHAEL OF decided to about pic- Royal Film

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حمر

MERICA'S crazy

gang, Olsen and Johnson bring their

crazy show, "Hell- zapoppin," he early in the New Year. To- re gether with 14 stooges they

putting it on hour's variety act at the Casino.

are

he

Photographers as always are his friends. They can shoot him uny time- they let him know so can take off his glasses.

03

an

Friends of the "Hellzapop- pin" gang are Bud Flanagan and the English crazy comics. They have known

Jolson is married to the former Erle Galbraith, whom he met while touring Arkansas

hospitals during each other for years, and swopped Santa gags by post regularly through the

the war. They live in the Monica mountains overlooking San Fernando valley.

thing."

have everything now I have ever wanted, except one Jolson said, "and I hope to have that before long. That's a son."

ROBERT RYAN is on the way to United Press,

Marle Oberon in Berlin, where the major portion of BKO- Radio's "Berlin

med.

Express" will be This co-starring role Ryan's reward for his outstanding realistic performance In "Cross- Are."

•

ICHARD HAGEMAN, the Dutch composer, is writing the score for "Mourning Becomes Electra," whose principals are Rosalind Rus- sell. Michine! Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou. Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas,

TOUR original westerns with his- toric interest will be made stor- ring Tim Holt, with Richard Martin as his Irish-Mexican partner. They will be aimed at both adulf, and juvenile audiences, and will deal with actual episodes that took place when the romantic Southwest was Arst: suttled.

Raymond MASSEY In

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“ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC”

ELVYN DOUGLAS will co-star with Cary Grant and Myrna the film of Eric Hodgins" Loy in best-selling hovel "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House."

THEATRE Directory

war.

WHEN

Robert Montgo- mery's latest film, "Ride the Pink Horse," gets into London, one screen eredit will be missing. That is Script by Ben Hecht. The publicity boys here do not think it would help the picture along..

*

COMPLETELY. new. ver-

sion of "The Wizard of Oz" is promised for Christ- MLAR nt the Strand, with Jackle Hunter playing the

KING'S—Courage of Lassle ("Laslon, and a magician, Robert Harben,

sle," Elizabeth Taylor, Tomas Merlin. Drake)

QUEEN'S Magic Town (James

Stewart, Jane Wyman) LEE Capiain Boycott) (Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan) CENTRAL-Scarlet Street. (Joan Bennett, Edward G. Robin- son) ORIENTAL-Tarzani

And the Huntress (Johnny Weissmul- ler, Brenda Joyce) CATHAY—The Oklahoma Hid (James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart) ALHAMBRA-Scarlet Street MAJESTIC-Arizona (Jean Ar-

ther, William Holden) -STAR-Nob

(George Raft,

Joan Bennett).

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BRITISH Alms have found

a Dan Duryea. After sceing 20-year-old Кеп Gritha at work in "Bond Street" I nominate him as quite the nastiest thing on the screen today. He plays a blustering wenkling so brilliantly you will hate and admire him at the same time.

Grifiths, whose acting background is so similar to Emlyn Williams, got his training with the Stratford Memorial Company.

CCRIPT writer out off

work in studlo re- shuffle: "I can't got used to not being paid for doing - nothing."

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THE

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TRACY

IN HIS

GREATEST

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SEVENTH CROSS"

with SIGNE HASSO

HUME CRONYN *

JESSICA TANDY

Based upon the Navel by ANNA SEGHERS Directed by FRED ZINNEMANN Produced by PANDRO 5. BERMAN WATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE